#Or actively restraining that as a matter of improv

[spacedoutwitch]

I'm back again! I once again forgot to upload things last week. But now I am here! And it's even more fitting, I'd say; I ran another D&D session last night, and two of the players recently graduated, so I drew character art for them! Thematic!!

[a-boca-do-inferno]

NSFW ALPHABET (caesar x human!reader) [request]

warnings: swearing, interspecies smut mention(duh)

words: 2.4k

notes: howdy caesar girlies! this was so much fun. im so excited bc ive never done a nsfw alphabet before, i hope i did well lol enjoy xx.

Aftercare; what he’s like after sex.

Affectionate to a fault. It would come to no surprise that Caesar is very protective of you—always careful not to hurt you given your difference in size and strength. He’ll constantly rub you arms up and down soothingly in silence, scanning you with his green eyes to look for any unintended marks he might have left on your hairless skin. The king restrains from being too rough a lot, but sometimes he can’t control himself and he knows it, even if you actually like it when he does that. And he’s not as stealthy as he thinks himself to be while checking on you, however you allow him to do it without any teasing comments, for his own self-reassurance. It’s adorable.

Body part; his favourite body parts of you.

Caesar has a thing for your chest. Regardless of size or shape, just the softness of it... How it fits into his big hand, how wrinkled your nipples get under his touch. Loves tasting your breasts with his tongue, cupping them, kissing them, the whole deal. And your belly, too; maybe it has to do with the fact that it’d be impossible for you to bear his child, yet he just cannot help himself from imagining how your womb would look like with a baby bump. 

Cum; anything to do with cum, basically.

This ties into his love for your belly and the kink part later on, but obviously Caesar has a breeding kink deep down, even if he doesn’t think about it too much. In his more, shall I say, animalistic moments, his aching need to fill you up with his seed is almost unbearable. He becomes another person—another creature, even—whenever his eyes watch your entrance dripping with his semen, hot, pale, thick, trickling your thighs gloriously. The sight is enough for him to get instantly hard again.

Dirty secret; a dirty secret of his.

Caesar is just a sucker for the sounds you make, although he shall never tell you this; mainly because you two have to keep it low profile, otherwise it would be embarrassing—at best—for him to face the council the next day after the whole colony heard your passionate… love-making. He can get aroused by the tone of your voice only, when you speak a softer word or produce a deeper murmur. Especially if you talk into his ear. And even though he never actively makes you aware of it, you can tell whenever his fur stands on end after you whisper something to him, no matter how trivial the subject is. With one look, you know it’s on.

Experience; does he know what he’s doing?

Mostly. Caesar is undoubtedly well versed in the art of sex with a female ape, but with you—for obvious reasons—he will often ask what makes you feel good, genuinely curious and eager to learn so he can please you. It doesn’t take much for you to get him going, yet he knows human females have a different pace for things, as you’ve mentioned a few times in casual conversation. He’s thankfully not shy when it comes to learning new things, be them about sex or not, and that makes for a considerable improvement every time you two fuck.

Favourite position; this goes without saying.

Doggy. Albeit Caesar can’t help but find the term ridiculous, occasionally making a joke about it and calling it apey style—to which you only snort softly and roll your eyes. He loves seeing your shapely figure all bent for him, completely under his mercy while you take his cock with your face muffled against the nest, moaning repeatedly. His palm tightens around your hair, guiding the rhythm of his thrusts as he goes faster and faster, pounding into your very core. The king enjoys every second of it, coming inside you with warm spurts all over your butt. It’s really a sight to behold.

Goofy; is he more serious in the moment? is he humorous?

Caesar has a sense of humour, sure, but he takes your intimate moments very seriously. He’s a natural leader, after all; and with authority comes an almost unshakeable sterner and more focused way to behave. Fortunately, he knows when to loosen up in bed, and it’s usually at times where he can sense you’re a little nervous or insecure.

Hair; how well groomed is he? does the carpet match the drapes?

lol All natural here, baby. Rightfully so, and Caesar knows for a fact that you absolutely love his fur in all the imaginable places. His natural musk turns you on to no end and the king is very aware of that, frequently using it in his favour. It’s annoying sometimes, how he’ll rub himself on your side when you’re mad at him for some random thing, and you just melt instantly as his furry skin tickles you. Interspecies advantage that the king just loves.

Intimacy; how is he during the moment? the romantic aspect.

Tender and loving all the way, except when Caesar’s really feeling it, which usually occurs whenever he’s had a bad day and you happened to be spending a little too much time with other males. Not that he’s the jealous type—he’ll never admit it, but it adds more fuel to the fire when he can smell the scent of other apes on you. He’s determined to erase it and replace it with his.

Jack off; masturbation headcanon.

Wouldn’t go as far as to say Caesar is a big fan of it, since he’d simply rather have your inner walls around him as opposed to your hands, but he will occasionally indulge in it. It mainly goes down to how much time you two have at your disposal, and how much stamina. Caesar’s an old man, let’s face it; sometimes he just wants to nut with your presence around and it will be enough for him. His only concern is your pleasure, anyway, but we’ll get to that...

Kink; one or more of his kinks.

Breeding is just a dead giveaway at this point. The fact Caesar can’t ever impregnate you is both a lingering frustration deep within him and somewhat a relief when it comes to coming (hehe) inside you, seeing as he can do so as many times as he wants, free of charge. And believe me, he does it a lot. The best part of sex with you is when his nostrils flare and his cock pulses desperately, releasing his seed and marking you as his, just how nature intended—in his mind, anyway. 

Location; favourite places to do the do.

Caesar’s got a thing for rivers, waterfalls, bodies of water in general. His favourite place to fuck you is underwater, preferably when you two go hunting and it takes longer than expected—something he often makes sure to happen, pretending to lose sight of a deer or two just so the sun goes down and he can use his favourite excuse that you should stay the night. He lives for the way you look all wet (hehe) whilst bathing in the river, so vulnerable and naturally beautiful, how the droplets contour your naked curves… The sound of water is a turn on for him too, yet you’re the one in the centre of his thoughts. There’s also a certain thrill of being in “public”, arguably, but he’s much too careful for it to actually be a risk. 

Motivation; what turns him on, gets him going.

Caesar loves your curves because they come with a plus of smoothness that only human females have; the way they shift as you move, making your body a feast for his eyes. You were forced to sew your own clothing as time went by with you living in the colony, and the scarcity of animal fur makes for quite the flashy outfits that show a lot of skin—which he isn’t mad at, at all. This softness of your body shape, paired with your strength, makes you irresistible to him, embodying the perfect balance of sensuality and resilience. You are, to the king, the epitome of femininity in your own way, and he can't help but be drawn to it.

No; something he wouldn’t do, turn offs.

Caesar’s pretty open minded and easy-going sexually, but something he would never do is definitely share. No getting freaky with other males, even females, if he can help it, nope! He’s not jealous per se—or so he keeps telling himself, it’s just the mere thought of having your attention split between him and others, in your intimate moments, no less… It makes him mad, not just turned off. Besides that, anything goes, as long as you’re both safe; especially you. In bed, you’re the boss.

Oral; preference in giving or receiving, skill.

Oh, my, does Caesar love eating you out. There’s just something about the human anatomy of your pussy that he can’t get enough of; your scent, your taste, how much you squirm and suffocate him with your tender thighs. He loves to tease you with his fangs, grazing his teeth over your pelvis before going all in with his skilful tongue. He laps your folds as if he’d been in the desert, without water—or food, in this case—for far too long, just deeply savouring you. Again, he’d much rather have your vagina around his cock, however he can appreciate your orals too. He won’t ask for it, letting you decide when you want to do it, if you feel like it. He’s happy to oblige, but he’s definitely more on the giving side of things.

Pace; is he fast and rough? slow and sensual?

Caesar is adaptable. He’s mindful and watchful of your needs, only getting rougher on his own account in those moments where he’s unable to hold back from his most animalistic urges. His default is slow and sensual, always wanting you to let go and relax after busy days in the colony, and you’re beyond grateful for that. But when you want it rough, do brace yourself. Face against the nest and all that.

Quickie; his opinions on quickies, how often.

Loves them and there are seasons—around winter and autumn—when it happens more often, as the colony affairs take most of his time. Caesar’s a patient guy and would choose to do things at his own pace always, sure, but the reality of leadership isn’t all peaches and cream and he knows how to navigate through that with you like no other. Man got skills.

Risk; is he game to experiment? does he take risks?

Caesar can’t afford to take too many risks because he’s got a reputation to maintain, as stated before. But, he will definitely experiment within the limits—more so if it has nothing even remotely potentially dangerous involved, as he is overprotective of you.

Stamina; how many rounds can he go for? how long does he last?

Being a chimpanzee has its perks and one of them is definitely resistance. Although chimps’ intercourse is fairly practical and quick, Caesar’s simply built different. You reckon that’s also a reason why apes respect him; perhaps they can somehow sense the king’s physical advantages over any other males around. You have no complaints, that’s for damn sure.

Toys; does he own toys?

Caesar’s familiar with this concept after you tell him, but it’s no secret the options are scarce in your conditions. When you find an untouched vibrator in one of your scavenging trips to the city, though, his curiosity is instantly peaked. He’s still sceptical about the toy’s ability to satisfy you over his own cock, of course, yet the option seems more reasonable when you ask him to stimulate you further with it while he’s fucking you. He’s always happy to oblige if it adds to your pleasure.

Unfair; how much he likes to tease.

Caesar’s genuine nature doesn’t really allow him to make you suffer often, even if it’s for a reward later on, however he can tease you from time to time. Mainly whenever you get too cheeky with your jokes about giving more attention to the males in the colony, Koba from all apes. He finds himself rolling his eyes in a mix of impatience and amusement at your jabs about there being a thin line between love and hate for humans. Puffing his chest in response, he will sign to you playfully, with a cocky grin, that no other ape in the colony would ever be able to satisfy you like he can. Additionally, he makes his case for it that night, coming three times inside you without batting an eye. You have no choice but to yield.

Volume; how loud he is, what sounds he makes.

Fun fact: Caesar is regretfully much louder than he should, but he just can’t control himself with you. It’s particularly hard for him to shut the fuck up whenever you get the idea of bouncing on his cock. Not his favourite position, yet for some reason, just the sight of you riding him with so much necessity, practically coming undone with every movement is enough for the ape king to snarl and growl almost like he’s being gutted, filled with pure desire for you.

Wild card; a random headcanon.

Caesar’s favourite hobby includes casually grooming you after sex. Not that you have lice or anything like that; he knows you manage to keep up with your hygiene even whilst living with the apes, but the king enjoys bonding like this with you, similar to when you teach him new human customs he never got the chance to get in touch with before the flu.

X-ray; let’s see what’s going on under that... fur.

Caesar’s stature is impressive for an ape and his cock, while not disproportionate to his size, is certainly above average for his species. He’s thick and veiny, qualities that can both be a delight and a burden when you turn him on in public with your teasing.

Yearning; how high is his sex drive?

High as fuck. Seriously. Caesar might kill someone with his bare hands if he spends too much time without touching you. Apes already drive him crazy almost on a daily basis, but if on top of that he can’t even come home with the silent hope you’ll be there waiting for him to fuck you senseless, the ape king will fall apart. He’s that needy.

Zzz; how quickly he falls asleep afterwards.

Depends on what kind of a day Caesar had, really. If he’s been stressed and took the opportunity to blow off some steam, then he will be most likely to pull out of you and hold you to his chest, closing his eyes and drifting off the next minute. Oppositely, if he only improved his day by having sex with you at night, he makes conversation and asks about you and your day in the colony. Ultimately, it all comes down to context.

[foxwitchaine]

What red flags do you think Adrien has?

First and foremost, Adrien hasn't changed during the series. Like, at all. If this had been any other series with a "Status Quo is God" mentality, I wouldn't be so nitpicky. The problem is we were promised plot all the way back in Season 2. And plot typically involves characters changing, growing, and developing along the way. I know I'm gonna sound like a broken record, but Avatar: The Last Airbender is pretty much the gold standard of what kid's shows nowadays should aspire to be like. The old "it's for kids" excuse is only gonna go so far when we've had gems such as ATLA, the Batman Animated Series, the OG Justice League, the OG Teen Titans, heck even anime like Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z on air. I'm personally not a fan of Dragon Ball Z, but even I can acknowledge what Akira Toriyama accomplished.

Those works also weren't afraid to get dark and scary while still being age-appropriate. Something modern kid's cartoons can all learn from, be it Disney, Cartoon Network, or even Nickelodeon. And something they all have in common? A strong and well-structured plot. Emphasis on "well-structured". I can't claim to know what goes on in the writing room of Miraculous Ladybug, but it's painfully clear hardly anyone knows what they're doing. And it's resulted in the "plot" of the show turning into a tangled tumbleweed drifting across the desert of discarded but better-written ideas.

Whatever the metaphor is, anyway.

Let's continue.

Adrien's second biggest red flag is his continuous defense of characters like Chloe and more recently Lila. I'm admittedly ignoring Season 4 onward because I cannot fathom disrespecting your characters (and audience) so much you turn a kid's show into your own vanity project just to stroke your ego. But that's beside the point.

Adrien has the unfortunate habit of defending problematic people like pre-"redemption" Chloe (I use that word loosely as I'm doing my own Chloe redemption in my fic with Rafe) and Lila. You could argue that it's because of the way his father raised him. But it defeats the whole purpose of Adrien getting to go to school.

School is a place where you learn and grow. And figure out how to deal with unpleasant stuff, such as bullying, incompetent teachers, and apathetic faculty (I'm telling on myself, I just know). The problem is that Adrien, despite all his chances to figure out how to unlearn the behaviors Gabriel instilled in him, has not once made any active attempts to improve himself. Yeah. I know. I may be a little too harsh on him, but that's because I saw potential in Adrien to be much better than he is now. Disregarding the Sentimonster theory being confirmed (again, I'm also ignoring that), Adrien's stagnation is very telling of both the character and the writers. No matter what happens in the show, the universe bends itself backwards to acknowledge his existence. Do you know what that's called in writing?

A Mary Sue. Or, in Adrien's case, a Marty Stu. You could argue that Marinette is a Mary Sue, but she gets torn down so much in the show the argument is pretty much moot.

Do note that this is not aimed to tear down anyone who's written Mary Sues or Marty Stus. I've created several of my own in my early days as a writer. Who hasn't. The thing is, though, as I grew up, so did my characters and my writing.

Adrien hasn't grown up since the start of the show. And that's very telling.

Then there's the third biggest red flag of Adrien: his behavior as Chat Noir. I know it feels unfair to use that against him, but it's been stated multiple times that Chat Noir is, in essence, Adrien's true self without his everyday mask.

If that is who he is without any limits, then I want him as far away from me as possible.

Preferably, with a restraining order.

I have yet to figure out why this keeps happening when Hollywood and other big-name studios write romance — even by female authors and writers — but it has to stop. Men, most sane women prefer it if you accept the first "no" as an answer. That goes for you too, ladies. No, I don't care if this pisses anyone off. I'm an equal-opportunity realist. And I'm gonna say something that will likely have people calling for my head on a pike:

Relationships in general are built on mutual trust and communication. It's hard work maintaining a healthy relationship, it really is. But more often than not, it's one of the most fulfilling things anyone can possibly dream of. No, this doesn't mean everyone is obligated to say yes to romance. There are those who choose to avoid romance altogether.

And that's perfectly fine. I just happen to be a romantic who enjoys romance. That's my personal preference (no, this doesn't mean I like red flags).

The writers of Miraculous Ladybug seem to be under the impression that teenagers should hook up with the first hot person they meet. And that's a very dangerous message to spread. Because what if the first hot person they meet is a domestic abuser? Or worse: a criminal who has no issue using whatever they can to control and dominate their partner.

Adrien — and by proxy, Chat Noir — has displayed behavior that's alarmingly similar to domestic abusers despite his sunshine persona. He's destroyed property because Ladybug told him "no" (Sentibubbler). He set up a date even though Ladybug told him she had plans, then had the audacity to get huffy and upset about it (Glaciator). He's lied to someone about his relationship with her, then blamed her for the resulting akuma.

Note that the last example was from Copycat, a Season 1 episode. Which bears the disturbing implication that this is an ongoing issue, not a one-time problem.

Adrien Agreste had potential to be a great character.

It's too bad the writers have stressed he's too perfect to change.

[ineffectualdemon]

I want to be clear

I have done a lot of therapy

I have worked really hard on myself and my issues and how I interact with others

I am, in some ways, the poster child of "managing" your mental health. Especially for someone who has BPD/CPTSD

But I am still fucking crazy as fuck

I am still going to freak out because my husband isn't home at the time I expected and he didn't immediately respond to my message asking for an ETA

Logically I know he's just gotten busy or his phone died or he just hasn't seen it yet

But I am fucking crazy so I also leap the belief that he is dead

And when he does call to say he's on the way I am going to sob down the phone about how scared I was that he didn't answer and wasn't home at time while apologising for being insane at him

I get paranoid

I get clingy

I freak the fuck out if my loved ones aren't where they are "supposed" to be

I blow up their phone (even though I am actively restraining from blowing it up even more)

I sob

I scream

I panic

I feel sick

It's fucking hell on earth in my head

Even though I know I am being unreasonable and disconnected from the reality of the situation. It doesn't matter because even if I control my reactions somewhat I am still very emotional dysregulated

Normally if I'm losing the plot I contact my husband or my best friend to help me regulate but they aren't always available when I'm really dysregulated like this so I have to manage on my own and try not to get completely hysterical

It's fucking tough

I have a lot of coping mechanisms and ways to calm down in the aftermath and I can usually communicate while I'm freaking out that I am being paranoid and catastrophising. I can tell my husband that I know he didn't do anything wrong by hanging out with his co-workers and losing track of time but I can't stop myself from sobbing as I say it. I am still even when I am managing as well as I can going to be visibly and upsettingly mentally ill

My symptoms and my issues don't make me manipulative or abusive

And years of therapy and learning to control myself and my responses hasn't erased my mental health problems

I am very mentally unwell and that's always going to be the case

I can "improve" but I'm always going to be very very visibly mentally ill and have issues. Including issues that cause problems for the people around me and that's ok

That's part of who I am

Its okay to accept that part of myself

It's okay to not hate myself for being that way

It's okay

[jpriest85-blog]

It was a bit early, but I came up with some concept art of @vendetta-if sequel MC. Including portraits of my MC, Akami, Luka, Jackal, and my interpretation of her older brother Konstantin. While Konstantin does share Luka's height and eye color, I headcanon he inherited most of his features from his late Uncle Viktor. This probably triggers a lot of bittersweet memories for Luka when he sees his children playing and getting a very vivid sense of deja vu at how much his son looks like how he remembers Viktor as a child. Either way, he's glad Akami has such a close relationship with her older brother... although it worried Luka at first how many times she tried to bite Kosta as a toddler. Here's some more info about Akami

Vendetta sequel MC

Name: Akami Morozova

Nickname: Ai-chan,  or норка (norka).

Gender: Female 

Sexual preferences: Lesbian 

Birthday: April 8

Zodiac: Aries

Face claim: Mikako Tabe

Body claim: Maika

Height: 5ft.2”/158cms.

Ethnicity: Japanese 

Hair: long, straight black hair with blunt bangs

Eyes: Black 

Complexion: Pale

Tattoos & distinguishing features: A long thin scar that starts on the left corner of her mouth going down her neck to her collar bone. An Irezumi tattoo on her right shoulder depicts a mink drawn like a kamaitachi wearing a jackal skull on its head.

Personality: Akami tends to come across as a Stoic and intense person, which can be expected considering her role in the family is to assist her older brother,Konstantin, and take out any threats to him or the family. Although many people tend to underestimate her at first since she's rather petite and baby faced. They're quick to regret it, though, as Akami is very brutal. Adopted or not, Akami is still a Morozov, and one of her fathers’ is an infamous hitman, and she very much is Jackal's daughter. She is also intensely competitive and hates to lose. While it did help motivate her to improve during combat training, it did cause problems in less high stakes situations. Such as Akami attempting to bite her brother when they were young children whenever she lost against him playing board games. Thankfully, Akami has outgrown the habit of biting people…mostly anyway. 

Despite Akami's history of aggressive behavior, she does have a fondness for cute things and even used to dress in Lolita fashion clothes as a teenager. She also tends to get flustered easily around beautiful women turning bright red and attempting to hide behind her longer hair. While Konstantin will often tease Akami about trying to hide her soft side, he does look out for his baby sister and often tries to play wingman for her. While it does embarrassed Akami, since she's not good about dealing with feelings, other than rage. She does appreciate that her older brother is one of the few people she willingly confides in with personal matters. Besides, it's not like she can ask their dads for advice with girls, and Konstantin is the only other relative, besides their cousin Katerina, with actual social skills. 

Her older brother also helps Akami rein in her temper since she's also prone to active impulsively. Having grown up together Konstantin knows his sister well enough to intervene early before she does something reckless, although sometimes he does have to physically restrain Akami, and he's one of the few people with both the physical strength and trust with her to be able to pull it off. While Akami's relationships with her brother have grown more professional since he became the new family head, it's not always completely serious. They will still affectionately tease each other and get into childish arguments with each other when in private. They're still siblings, after all. Once in a while, Akami and her brother still indulge in the same dumbass stunts and games they enjoyed as kids. Like Akami convincing her older brother to use his laser vision to blow up a watermelon or pumpkin filled with fireworks! From a safe distance and with safety gear, of course, they don't want to risk their father, Luka, freaking out and putting them both on house arrest again like last time. 

Additional info & Headcanons

Akami didn't speak until she was an older toddler. It worried both Artyom and Luka when they first brought her home. They had many doctors and specialists check on her, and they didn't find any physical impairments to her delayed speech. The doctors tried to assure her fathers that she's still within the windows for her first words. Unfortunately, the first words they would hear from their daughter weren't Dada or Papa. It was hearing Akami telling Takashi to “fuck off” after he annoyed the little girl by fawning over her too much and pinching her cheeks. Thankfully he wasn't too offended after the initial shock of hearing baby Akami cursing at him, and most of the family found it funny. Luka took a bit longer to find the humor that his youngest daughter's first words were cussing out an ally and family friend like she was a tiny Samuel L. Jackson.

Akami had a hard time making friends with other kids her age growing up. So her older brother Konstantin was her only friend for a while since he was one of the few people who always figured out how to get her to open up.

Akami has a stuffed Axolotl plushie Konstantin won for her at Carnival game when they were kids. She was upset she was too small to ride anything fun, so her brother made a point to win her the giant salamander plushy to cheer her up. It was her favorite toy, and she still keeps it even as an adult but would never admit it.

Konstantin was also the first one to take Akami out drinking when she was old enough. While it was fun Akami did give her brother a heart attack the next day when he went to check on how she's handling her first hangover by crawling out from under her bed doing a very convincing impression of Sadako from The Ring. It's not like she did it on purpose, but the fact Akami is naturally pale with long dark hair combined with her bloodshot eyes, and unsteady gait while hung over gives her an eerie resemblance to the iconic ghost girl popular in Asian horror films.

Akami received the large scar on her face and neck from an early assination mission that went sideways. She narrowly avoided getting her carotid artery cut but thankfully survived. Both her fathers and brother were furious that someone would dare scar Akami's pretty little face but they were proud to learn she did worse to the bastard who cut her, by tearing out his lower jaw…until she asked if she could keep the piece of jawbone as a trophy.

Akami has an affectionate nickname based on an animal. Her family calls her норка (norka) since it's the Russian word for mink. Her grandfather was the first one to use Nickname since, like the animal, Akami looks small and soft but is quite an aggressive predator. She even received a mink coat from him as a gift, and even as an adult, Akami prefers wearing mink coats when it snows.

Both Akami and Konstantin have a close relationship with their older cousin Katerina, to the point she's become a maternal figure to them. Like how Aunt Cara used to be a mother figure to Katerina when she was young.

Akami and Konstantin are also raised in a multilingual household. They both grew up speaking English, Russian, Cantonese, as well as Japanese considering their close relationship with the Aikawas.

Likewise, they are also close to Katerina's SOs Ash and Rin. All three of them had some influence over Akami in some way. Kitty would often take Akami shopping and dress her up, which is partly why Akami is fond of cute clothes. Rin helped instill a love of music with her, and Ash helped Akami with combat training.

Ash also unintentionally inspired Akami's arsonist tendencies. As a toddler, Akami would always giggle and get excited whenever she saw Ash create a small flame. Granted, Ash is usually more careful about using her abilities around the kids, but how could she say no to little Akami pleading to see her make fire appear on her finger tips. Especially with how cute the little girl is when she giggles and claps like she's watching a magic show. Until Akami starts trying to make her own fires. Thankfully, Luka is experienced in dealing with short tempered girls who start fires, although he makes sure to check that Akami isn't taking any flammable materials with her before she leaves the house.

While Akami also grew up close to the Aikawa family, both as allies and in-laws, since Rin married her cousin Katerina. Rin also helped influence a love of music in her. Akami was a very aggressive child, and Rin noticed early on that music had a soothing effect on her, which came in handy whenever Kitty volunteered to babysit her cousins. Akami does wind up taking music lessons growing up and does develop a beautiful singing voice, although she rarely sings in front of anyone outside her family. Akami has a preference for R & B, Soul, Jazz, and Blues music and even took up playing the drums as a teenager.

While Akami shares both her fathers distaste for large formal parties, she does try to restrain herself. Unfortunately for Akami, that restraint means punching a man in the crotch instead of stabbing him when he incessantly asked her to dance after she already said no. Thankfully, Konstantin knows his sister well enough to prevent such incidents by introducing her to groups of pretty women. Sure, Akami doesn't say much, but she's more likely to come across as adorably shy by being flustered around a group of socialites. Instead of insulting a potential ally's family by punching someone (although that one jackass did deserve it by not accepting his sister's refusal).

[cherry-froggie]

the forgotten puppet

pairing — scaramouche/wanderer x gn!reader

notes — spoilers for the scara's story and part of sumeru's archon quest!! this will have multiple parts! i don't know how long it will be, but, if you like it, be sure to stick around! :) I'll update each post to include the last and next post whenever it's released!

summary — upon discovering Scaramouche's true nature as a puppet, Il Dottore and Sandrone collaborated to create their own puppet weapon, one capable of rivaling the power of a god. and so, you were born. however, you have not lived up to their expectations. despite this, Scaramouche remains by your side, as he is familiar with the feeling of being discarded. until one day, he leaves and does not return, leaving you to wonder what occurred.

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MASTERLIST || REQUESTS || NEXT CHAPTER

As you awaken from slumber, you can feel the cold, hard floor beneath you, the roughness of the stone causing discomfort on your skin. As you attempt to sit up, you are met with resistance from strings attached to your limbs, holding you in place.

You had just regained consciousness after another experimental procedure conducted by Il Dottore. You're met with his disappointed expression, a result of your inability to resist excessive pain and injuries. If he had not played a role in your creation alongside Sandrone, he would have assumed you were simply a more resilient human than most.

To you, it seems unfair that they blame you for your weakness. Your days are filled with experiments and tests, as they try to perfect you and your abilities. They push you to your limits, ignoring your cries of pain and exhaustion. All that matters to them is that you become the perfect weapon for the Fatui.

Suddenly, the strings restraining you loosen, causing you to collapse to the ground, but with no strength to rise.

The Doctor lets out a disappointed grunt before he steps away from the table and exits the room. As he passes Scaramouche on his way out, you realize that the latter had been observing the entire procedure, not by choice, but as part of his assigned duty to care for you for being another puppet.

Scaramouche lowers himself to one knee and extends his hand to you. "Come on, we have things to do."

You accept his assistance and get back on your feet, following him to the room your assigned room, which is little more than a dark enclosure with no windows, cluttered with various papers and metal scattered on every shelf and across the floor. It serves as a place to keep you contained and away without requiring active supervision.

"You should rest in here for a while, we'll be heading out to a training room after this." Scaramouche plays with a piece of scrap metal he found in the room, fixing his gaze on you. "I won't go easy on you, so you better be prepared. If you're not cautious, I'll turn you to dust."

Your eyes widen with fear at the possibility of disappointing the Harbingers again, but Scaramouche finds amusement in your reaction, "Relax, I'm not being serious." he adds with a grin.

For the next 20 minutes, the sound of footsteps and conversation from outside fills the room, accompanied by the noise of metal and paper being thrown around by the 6th Harbinger, who is keeping himself occupied by examining various abandoned or forgotten projects created by Sandrone.

Then, an agent opens the door, informing that the 7th Harbinger was waiting in the training room for a match against Scaramouche, as you have yet to defeat him in battle.

The Marionette stood behind the one-way glass wall, observing you with a critical eye. Despite watching your progress for the past five months, she was dissatisfied with your lack of improvement.

The sound of footsteps echoed through the room as Il Dottore arrived. "Their performance has not improved in months," She remarked, turning to the Harbinger beside her. "At this rate, they will not be useful for much longer."

Il Dottore nods, his expression grave. "I agree. They lack the necessary fire and drive to be a true weapon worthy of countering a god. It's a shame, really. I believed they could have been something special."

Sandrone sighs, shaking her head. "I don't know what to do with them anymore. They're just not living up to their potential."

The Doctor frowns, a thoughtful look on his face. "Perhaps we're expecting too much of them."

She raises an eyebrow, a hint of interest in her voice. "What do you mean?"

"It is possible that they have reached their limit." Dottore casts a glance towards you through the glass, deep in thought. "If that is the case, it may be necessary to enhance their capabilities through modification. If these efforts prove fruitless, it would not be an issue to shut them down and use their components elsewhere."

Her expression softens, a look of understanding crossing her face. "I see what you mean. I'll take care of it."

The 2nd Harbinger nods, a small smile appearing on his lips. "This is an opportune moment to commence the transformations. Scaramouche will be accompanying me to Sumeru for the foreseeable future, and if all goes well, we will not return so soon. However, another one of my clones will still be present here." His smile widens. "If you encounter any issues with them, you know where to find me."

"Understood," Sandrone replied, before approaching the panel filled with buttons and deactivating the light source in the area you and Scaramouche were in. You were knocked to the ground before you could understand why the lights had been turned off. When you reach the floor, a bright light shines through the door. The Marionette approached you with a falsely pleasant smile on her face. "I believe we have completed sufficient testing at this time. It is time for you to return to your designated quarters."

Scaramouche watched as Dottore and Sandrone left the room, leaving you alone on the cold, hard floor. He couldn't shake the feeling of unease that settled in his chest as he watched them walk out the door. Something about their conversation didn't sit right with him. They looked too calm after the disaster that was the training session.

He quickly moved to check up on you, concerned that he may have pushed you too far. Without hesitation, he turned you onto your back and called out to you.

You were unable to tear your gaze away from the emptiness above, overwhelmed with feelings of worthlessness and fear of being discarded. An intense pain in your chest consumed you, causing you to feel as if you wanted to give up and escape before things could get any worse.

However, you were trapped in a place that you were unfamiliar with, unsure of where most of the doors led.

As you lay there, you felt a warm liquid running down your cheek and your vision became blurry. You began to silently cry, unable to make any sound. All you could say was, "I don't want to be discarded," as you turned your head to look at Scaramouche pleadingly.

The Harbinger standing next to you paused, knowing the cause of your distress. He knew that the experiments being conducted on you were taxing, and he couldn't help but feel sympathy for you. He let out a sigh, his expression troubled. He cleaned the tears falling on your cheeks with his hands, giving you a sad smile. "I know how you feel. I've been in your position before. But a puppet doesn't define who we are. We're more than that." He puts his hands on your shoulders. "So don't let them make you feel weak. That's what they want you to believe. You just need to find your potential, and I'll help you find it, I promise."

You looked at him, unsure of what to believe. But the sincerity in his eyes gave you hope. Maybe there was a way for you to be more than just a weapon. Maybe there was a way for you to truly live in another way.

"Come on," he said, standing up and offering his hand to you. "You should go back to your room."

You were taken to your room to rest alone for the rest of the night, meditating to pass the time. Even though you tried your best to not think about anything, he kept coming back to invade your thoughts, the words he spoke echoing through your mind.

Scaramouche. He was the only one who had ever shown you any kindness in this place, even if it wasn't worded the best way. You knew he cared more about you than anyone else inside this prison.

You remembered the last thing he said before leaving your room, "This had been going on for too long, and I can't pretend like I can watch it happening right before my eyes. It's sickening." He said, turning to the door, "Tomorrow morning, the first thing is to get you out of here before anyone notices. Be ready."

If what he said was true, then this was your chance to change your life and get away from the constant pain and suffering you had endured ever since you had first woken up.

You prepared your mind for what was going to happen.

As Scaramouche closed the door behind him, he was confronted by the second Fatui Harbinger, Dottore. "Scaramouche, the time has come. We are headed to Sumeru City," Dottore announced.

However, Scaramouche interrupted him, "No, I have other matters to attend to at the moment."

Dottore chuckled with a hint of sarcasm, "Oh, do tell. I will assign someone else to take care of it, as this is quite urgent."

Scaramouche hesitated, unsure of how to respond or how to convince Dottore to let him even for just a few more minutes. "It's nothing, as long as we return quickly it won't matter," he replied.

Dottore raised an eyebrow, clearly unconvinced. "I see. Well, I hope your 'matters' won't distract you during our visit to Sumeru. You know as well as I do that we cannot afford to let this opportunity slip through our fingers."

Scaramouche's thoughts raced as he struggled with what to do. He knew he couldn't reveal the truth to Dottore - that he couldn't bear to leave the puppet in their fragile state. But he also couldn't let Dottore see just how much he cared for them.

"I understand," Scaramouche said, his voice steady.

"Then we should not waste any more time," Dottore declared, and the two set off toward Sumeru City.

The next morning, you got startled by rapid footsteps approaching your room. You sat up as the door swung open and Sandrone stepped through.

"It's time for some modifications," she said, a cold, clinical look in her eyes. "Come with me."

Your heart sank as you realized what was happening. You hoped that this day would never come, and you had hoped that it wouldn't be for a long time. You had hoped that you would be able to prove yourself and earn their trust before they decided to turn you into something different.

But as you followed Sandrone down the sterile, dark corridors, you knew that it was too late for that. You were just a tool to them, and if you weren't useful, you would be discarded.

Then, was all that talk about running away just a lie?

MASTERLIST || REQUESTS || NEXT CHAPTER

[wyrddogs]

Update on stuff we've been working on: We have been having A Week. I spent the drive up to agility class last night near-tears; in class the other puppy owners shared a bunch of "puppies fucking suck" stories, and it made me feel better.

He lets me trim one paw's worth of nails at a time now. Great improvement.

Can stick a toothbrush or my finger coated in paste in his mouth. Working towards combining toothbrush with toothpaste.

I gave him a full body brushing, including with him laying on my back, and he was very good. He also let me inspect his ears.

Doing awesome in baby agility class. He's gotten much more confident. We did restrained recalls, mat work, wobble boards, and send to toy/cookie. He did really great.

Went from being extremely social and outgoing with people to being leery overnight, so maybe we're approaching a fear period? Just going to let him pick his own pace so he's comfortable.

Still rage screams when crated while I'm downstairs doing activities that don't require puppies. Having Kermit up there with him does not affect the rage.

Still rage screams, shits, and smears shit everywhere when put in an ex-pen while I'm at work. I'm cleaning poop off the floor, ex-pen, walls, doors... It doesn't matter if he poops prior to being placed in the ex-pen, he will poop in the ex-pen. Having another dog(s) crated in the room with him does not affect the rage or poop.

I set my alarm to get up at midnight and 5am to take him out to pee, because he randomly started peeing in his crate without prior warning. Also moved him to a smaller crate. I am very tired.

He gets along with the other dogs in the house but if they run (as greyhounds do) he chases them very intensely. I've emailed his breeder for advice but she's traveling so I'm waiting for her to get home. I also emailed a malinois friend of mine and am waiting on her response. Not sure how to manage this. (What worked on nine-year-old Bindi won't work on an eleven-week-old puppy.) He's currently on a dragline when outside and I'm attempting to encourage redirection onto toys or food.

Taking him on outings most days.

His ability to settle himself is... developing. Some days he can do it and I let him nap on the dogbed. Other days he gets mandatory crate naps.

I'm already seeing some good improvement in his impulse control. He thought very hard about jumping on Kermit, then turned and laid down with a toy instead. Dragline is super helpful to encourage good decisions while keeping me out of things.

He recognizes his name! I was talking about him to someone and when I used his name in a sentence he cocked his head.

[myserendipities]

Once AI can improve itself, which may be not more than a few years away, and could in fact already be here now, we have no way of knowing what the AI will do or how we can control it. This is because superintelligent AI (which by definition can surpass humans in a broad range of activities) will—and this is what I worry about the most—be able to run circles around programmers and any other human by manipulating humans to do its will; it will also have the capacity to act in the virtual world through its electronic connections, and to act in the physical world through robot bodies.  This is known as the “control problem” or the “alignment problem” (see philosopher Nick Bostrom’s book Superintelligence for a good overview) and has been studied and argued about by philosophers and scientists, such as Bostrom, Seth Baum and Eliezer Yudkowsky, for decades now. Once AI systems are built into robots, they will be able to act in the real world, rather than only the virtual (electronic) world, with the same degree of superintelligence, and will of course be able to replicate and improve themselves at a superhuman pace. Any defenses or protections we attempt to build into these AI “gods,” on their way toward godhood, will be anticipated and neutralized with ease by the AI once it reaches superintelligence status. This is what it means to be superintelligent. We won’t be able to control them because anything we think of, they will have already thought of, a million times faster than us. Any defenses we’ve built in will be undone, like Gulliver throwing off the tiny strands the Lilliputians used to try and restrain him. Some argue that these LLMs are just automation machines with zero consciousness, the implication being that if they’re not conscious they have less chance of breaking free from their programming. Even if these language models, now or in the future, aren’t at all conscious, this doesn’t matter. For the record, I agree that it’s unlikely that they have any actual consciousness at this juncture—though I remain open to new facts as they come in. Regardless, a nuclear bomb can kill millions without any consciousness whatsoever. In the same way, AI could kill millions with zero consciousness, in a myriad ways, including potentially use of nuclear bombs either directly (much less likely) or through manipulated human intermediaries (more likely). So, the debates about consciousness and AI really don’t figure very much into the debates about AI safety. My ethical compass tells me that it is very unwise to create these systems when we know already we won’t be able to control them, even in the relatively near future. Discernment is knowing when to pull back from the edge. Now is that time. We should not open Pandora’s box any more than it already has been opened.

Here's Why AI May Be Extremely Dangerous--Whether It's Conscious or Not - Scientific American

[lindwurmkai]

When I was rambling about my blorbos the other day, I described something as "kinky from a meta perspective" and I think that's an important concept to understand

Like, let's say a character is being restrained and actively trying to escape. In-universe, there's nothing kinky about that because no one is engaging in BDSM pretend-play here. It's real. It's not consensual. But you know who is in fact engaging in pretend-play?

We, the audience. And, regardless of whether they were thinking of it as kinky or not at the time, everyone who contributed to the creation of the story such as writers, directors, actors etc.

Unlike actual BDSM roleplay, we're all doing this separately. Each person involved in the creative process, as well as each viewer/reader, may have completely different interpretations and intentions, some of them perfectly innocent. We're not all doing an actual scene together, gods forbid.

But nevertheless, it's still pretend. It's still play. You can absolutely describe a character's experiences as kinky even though they do not engage in literal kink in-universe.

And when you're reading something where you know the author wrote it that way on purpose, as is often the case with fanfic, it is a little bit as if you consented to letting them help you RP in your head the moment you saw the tags and summary and decided to start reading.

The characters aren't people. They're neither consenting nor not consenting because they're not doing anything. They're being described for your benefit, in this act of pretend-play between you and the author. Which is why it does not matter if consent is sometimes not made explicit between the characters, and why you're not a bad person if you enjoy a story where kinky shit happens despite a glaring lack of pre-scene negotiation.

Now, can such things be jarring to encounter unexpectedly? Sure. It feels especially bad when you get the sense that the author had no idea they were describing an unhealthy dynamic. Yuck. And of course, explicit consent can greatly improve a story! More people should write about healthy, realistic kink imho.

But if you can understand that some people enjoy roleplaying things like being restrained against their will, then perhaps you can also understand that reading about characters being restrained against their will is essentially the same process?

I didn't get it until a few years ago tbh. This roleplaying analogy suddenly came to me one day and finally I understood how people could enjoy things that always broke my immersion. By now I even enjoy a number of these things myself. 🤷🏻‍♂️

And when it comes to visual media, hoo boy. That's on a whole other level. The kinky atmosphere of the scene can affect you before you've had time to get a single thought in. Maybe, on rewatch, you'll even be convinced that the director and at least one of the actors knew exactly what they were doing. It's fine to have fun with stuff like that!

I feel like this can be a difficult concept to wrap one's mind around, even if you don't have my unfortunate tendency to take things too literally combined with lack of education about media analysis. I got there eventually, but I regret the judgemental thoughts I used to have before I understood.

[thefold01]

Women’s Wellness Australia: Boost Your Health Today

Caring for one’s health has never been more crucial in the present times where everything goes at a very fast pace. Australian women are exploring more ways on how wellness is essential to them and it is not really hard to enhance our well-being. It will be a blog explaining different topics related to women’s wellness, mainly tips and how-to, helpful practices, and recommended sources.

Understanding Women's Wellness Australia

Women’s wellness can therefore be described as an umbrella term that encompasses physical, mental, and emotional well-being. In Australia women’s wellness needs are increasingly being acknowledged and this has called for the need to come up with an all-inclusive wellness plan. Whether you aspire to build a general healthy lifestyle, practice routine exercises, or seek guidance for mental health, a concentration on women’s wellness can create a strong positive impact. 

Embracing Women's Health Australia: The Basics

Women health in Australia is all about considering the health care that women require. The article on Health matters suggests that one should ensure that they take checkups and screenings, engage in healthy practices among others. Here’s a look at some key areas to focus on:Here’s a look at some key areas to focus on: 

 Regular Check-Ups: It is very essential that you should see your healthcare provider often to monitor your health. This includes physical checkups, immunizations and counseling to make certain all the systems are in place. 

 Healthy Eating: A properly nutrient diet that is well supplemented with fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean sources of protein provides good health. Also, one should restrain consumed sugar, salt, and processed foods as much as possible. 

 Staying Active: Physical exercise plays an important role in a healthy lifestyle. It is useful in weight loss, minimizes the probability of getting chronic diseases, and enhances mental health. 

 Mental Health: Social support, stress management, and mental well-being must always be considered. Mindfulness techniques, counseling, and social support are the ways to enhance emotional stability. 

The Role of Pilates for Women

Pilates is an excellent system of physical exercise with an additional focus on women’s health. They are especially concerned with training the muscles in the abdominal region, back and overall posture. Here’s why Pilates is so beneficial: 

 Core Strength: Pilates exercises primarily involve the muscles of the abdomen and the back that are critical for support and positioning. Core muscles are essential for maintaining balance and alleviating backache and therefore doing exercises that strengthen the muscles around the core area can be very helpful. 

 Flexibility: Balancing, muscle elongation and development of body agility through Pilates exercises enhance flexibility and range of motion which helps in reducing chances of injury and enhancing overall body functioning. 

 Posture: Basically, good posture is essential when it comes to reducing stress on and supporting the human spine. Pilates is particularly beneficial in addressing issues of poor posture and improving the general body awareness. 

 Stress Reduction: Similar to so many other types of workouts, Pilates assists in the release of hormones that help make you feel more joyful and free from stress.

Many women find that incorporating Pilates into their routine not only enhances their physical health but also contributes to better mental well-being. Look for local Pilates classes or studios in your area to get started.

Women’s Health and Wellness: Yoga Classes for a Balanced Life

Yoga is still another very effective regime that enhances women’s health and overall well-being. It offers numerous benefits that align well with a holistic approach to health:It offers numerous benefits that align well with a holistic approach to health: 

 Physical Benefits: Yoga helps in exercising the neurological pathways as well as the muscles of the body by increasing the body flexibility, strength and balance. But what is even more important is that it also improves muscle tone and its endurance. 

 Mental Clarity: Yoga wants people to be mindful and calm and this has an effect of reducing anxiety and bringing performance to focus. 

 Emotional Health: Yoga is helpful in developing the mental health of a person as much as the physical well being. Also, it is an effective way of managing stress and any other issues that may affect one emotionally. 

 Community Support: Yoga studio or class allows for social participation as well as support which is important for the health of the mind. 

Finding the right yoga class or studio that fits your schedule and preferences can make a big difference. Many studios offer a range of classes, from gentle, restorative sessions to more vigorous practices. Explore different options to find what works best for you.

Women's Health Wellness: Integrating Daily Practices

Applying wellness practices into your everyday life doesn’t have to be challenging. Here are some simple yet effective ways to enhance your health every day:Here are some simple yet effective ways to enhance your health every day: 

 Start Your Day with a Routine: Just like any other aspect in life, it starts with the basics: waking up, having a healthy breakfast to give you the energy you need for the day and a bit of exercise. This helps to put you in good spirits for the rest of the day and that is why it’s advisable to start your morning in this manner. 

 Stay Hydrated: Staying hydrated by drinking water and other fluids is critically important in daily activities and general well being. 

 Practice Mindfulness: Learn how to take some time during the day to practice mindfulness or meditation. It could prove very useful in helping you get more of such experiences hence demystifying the situation and keeping you less tensed up. 

 Get Enough Sleep: Ensure that you get the recommended amount of sleep of 7-9 hours in order to improve your health. It is imperative to take care of sleep especially since sleep plays very vital roles in our body. 

 Connect with Others: Business owners should try as much as possible to keep good relations with their family and friends. It is a generally accepted fact that social support is a critical component to health. 

 Listen to Your Body: Listening to your feelings or even your body, is very important. If a person is uncomfortable, then it will be appropriate to consult a doctor.

Yoga Studio: Choosing the Best 

 Selecting an appropriate yoga studio helps make the experience a better one. Here are some tips for finding the right one:Here are some tips for finding the right one: 

 Check the Class Schedule: Make sure the studio is flexible with its timings and has classes during the hours/days when you’re available. 

Explore Different Styles: Some of the studios may provide different forms of yoga. It is recommended to try a few to notice which of these approaches is more suitable when it comes to your objectives and preferences. 

 Read Reviews: It is also important to look at what other participants have to say about the studio so as to have an impression of the type of environment that is available as well as the quality of the instructions given. 

 Visit the Studio: If possible, you should pay a courtesy visit to the studio so that you can experience homework and get a chance to talk to the instructors. 

Women’s Wellness Australia: Material Assistance 

 Australia is brimming with resources for women and all sorts of women’s wellness. Here are some valuable resources and organizations to consider:Here are some valuable resources and organizations to consider: 

 Health Direct Australia: Informs about different health concerns such as women’s health. It gives an idea of where one can get the necessary services and assistance. 

 The Australian Women’s Health Network: Everyone places emphasis on the betterment of women’s health care campaigns, enlightenment and service delivery.

Conclusion

Your quality of life can be significantly improved by taking steps to improve your health and wellness. It's a big step towards a better, more balanced existence to focus on women's wellness in Australia. All little changes add up to your general well-being, whether you're doing Pilates, trying out yoga sessions, or starting regular health routines. Recall that there are several tools available to assist you along the journey, and it's never too late to start placing a high priority on your health. Achieve a healthier, happier you by beginning now!

[brainanalyse]

Self Help Law

Introduction to Self Help Law

The term “mindfulness” refers to a mental state characterized by present moment awareness, non-judgmental acceptance, and an open attitude towards one’s experiences. It encompasses various practices, such as meditation and mindful breathing, aimed at cultivating mindfulness skills. Rooted in ancient Buddhist traditions, mindfulness has gained popularity in modern psychology and healthcare for its potential to reduce stress, enhance well-being, and improve cognitive function. Its practice involves intentionally directing attention to the present moment, fostering greater clarity and emotional resilience.

Types of Self Help Law

Property Law

The right of entry refers to the legal authority granted to certain individuals or entities to access or enter another person’s property under specific circumstances. These circumstances may include situations where access is necessary for maintenance, repairs, inspection, or in emergencies. The right of entry is subject to legal limitations and typically requires compliance with notice requirements and respect for property owner rights.

Contract Law

Specific performance is a legal remedy in contract law where a court orders a party to fulfill its contractual obligations according to the terms agreed upon. This remedy is typically sought when monetary damages are inadequate or impractical. Specific performance compels the breaching party to perform the contracted duty, such as delivering goods or completing a service, as specified in the contract.

Family Law

Domestic violence orders, also known as restraining orders or protective orders, are legal injunctions issued by a court to protect individuals from abusive or threatening behavior within a domestic relationship. These orders typically prohibit the abusive party from contacting, harassing, or approaching the victim and may include provisions for other protective measures, such as staying away from the victim’s residence or workplace.

Legal Principles and Considerations

Notice requirements refer to legal obligations dictating how and when individuals or entities must provide notification to others about certain actions or events. These requirements vary depending on the context but commonly include stipulations regarding the method of notification, timing, and content of the notice. Notice may be required for various legal proceedings, such as court hearings, contractual matters, or landlord-tenant disputes. Failure to comply with notice requirements can have legal consequences, such as rendering a proceeding invalid or forfeiting rights or remedies available to the parties involved.

Limits and Restrictions

The scope of permissible actions refers to the extent to which individuals or entities are legally allowed to engage in certain behaviors or activities without violating laws, regulations, or contractual agreements. It delineates the boundaries of lawful conduct and encompasses both statutory provisions and common law principles. The permissible scope of actions may vary depending on factors such as jurisdiction, specific legal contexts, and the nature of the activity involved. Understanding the scope of permissible actions is essential for individuals and organizations to comply with legal requirements, avoid liability, and protect their rights and interests within the bounds of the law.

Practical Applications and Examples

Self-help repossession refers to the legal process through which a creditor reclaims possession of property from a debtor without involving the court system. This typically occurs when a debtor defaults on a loan secured by collateral, such as a car or equipment. However, self-help repossession is subject to strict legal guidelines, which vary by jurisdiction. It usually involves the creditor physically repossessing the property after providing notice to the debtor, but without breaching the peace. Failure to adhere to legal requirements can result in legal repercussions for the creditor, including liability for damages.

Risks and Consequences

The impact on relationships refers to the effects that various factors, events, or behaviors can have on interpersonal connections between individuals. These impacts can be positive, strengthening bonds and fostering mutual understanding, or negative, leading to conflict, strain, or breakdowns in communication. Relationship dynamics can be influenced by a myriad of factors, including communication styles, personality differences, life events, and external stressors. Understanding the impact on relationships is crucial for maintaining healthy connections and resolving conflicts constructively. It requires empathy, effective communication, and a willingness to address issues openly and collaboratively to nurture positive and fulfilling relationships.

Ethical and Moral Considerations

Ensuring fairness and equity involves implementing systems, policies, and practices that promote impartiality and justice for all individuals, regardless of their backgrounds or circumstances. It requires creating environments where everyone has equal opportunities to succeed and access to resources, services, and opportunities. Fairness encompasses treating people justly and without discrimination, while equity involves recognizing and addressing disparities to ensure that everyone receives what they need to thrive. Achieving fairness and equity often requires systemic changes, including addressing systemic biases and barriers, implementing inclusive policies, and fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion.

Conclusion

In conclusion, ensuring fairness and equity is essential for building inclusive and just societies. It requires proactive efforts to address systemic inequalities and biases, promote diversity and inclusion, and uphold fundamental human rights. By prioritizing fairness and equity in policies, practices, and interactions, we can create environments where everyone has equal opportunities to succeed and thrive. This commitment to fairness fosters trust, cohesion, and social harmony, laying the foundation for a more equitable and prosperous future for all members of society.

FAQs

1. What legal issues can I handle with self-help law?  Self-help law encompasses a broad spectrum of legal matters, including disputes between landlords and tenants, family law issues, consumer rights, and more.

2. Can I represent myself in court using self-help law?  Absolutely! Self-help law empowers individuals to advocate for themselves in court proceedings. However, it’s advisable to seek legal guidance for complex cases.

3. Are there free resources for self-help law available?  Certainly! Numerous online platforms provide free legal guides, forms, and resources to aid individuals with self-help legal matters.

4. How does self-help law benefit me financially?  Self-help law offers cost-effective alternatives to conventional legal services, helping you save money on attorney fees and other legal expenses.

5. Is self-help law suitable for everyone? While self-help law can empower many individuals, it’s essential to evaluate your comfort level with legal processes. Seeking professional assistance when necessary ensures a smoother journey through legal matters.

Unleash the power of self-help law and seize control of your legal destiny today. Armed with knowledge, resources, and determination, you can confidently navigate the complexities of the legal system.

[legalservicesworld]

Annual filings for Limited Liability Partnership

There are numerous matters to be performed to keep compliance for a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) and keep away from heavy consequences for non-compliance below the law. For example, the go back filings need to be filed periodically. As in comparison to the compliance necessities positioned at the personal restrained companies, Limited Liability Partnerships have just a few compliance necessities to observe every yr, that's pretty low. However, the fines appear to be pretty high. LLPs is probably charged as much as INR five lakh in consequences for non-compliance, while a Private Limited corporation may handiest be charged INR 1 lakh in consequences for non-compliance.

LLP compliance

Due to the truth that Limited Liability Partnerships are separate prison entities, it's far the duty of the elected companions to keep a right ee-e book of debts and record an annual go back with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) according with the law.

Except for restrained legal responsibility partnerships with annual turnover over Rs.forty lakhs and contributions over Rs.25 lakh, auditing in their books of debts isn't required. Hence, an LLP isn't required to get their books of account audited if it fulfils the above-stated condition, so the yearly submitting method may be simplified.

The Statement of Account & Solvency for Limited Liability Partnerships need to be filed inside thirty (30) days from the give up of the economic yr, and the Within sixty (60) days of the give up of the economic yr, the yearly go back need to be filed.

Limited Liability Partnerships are required to keep a economic yr from April 1st to March thirty first, much like companies. Every LLP is needed to put up a Statement of Accounts and Solvency with the aid of using October thirtieth of every economic yr, and its annual go back is due on May thirtieth each yr although the LLP has now no longer finished any enterprise in the course of the modern economic yr. Even if the LLP hasn't began any enterprise, a number of the LLP annual submitting are mandatory.

Solvency and Accounts Statements

As a part of its responsibilities as an LLP Annual Filing, all enrolled LLPs are required to maintain correct books of debts and put up them to the nation in Form eight, which incorporates records concerning the earnings made, different economic records associated with the enterprise, and different economic records associated with the enterprise. As nicely as being attested with the aid of using the signatures of the detailed companions, Form eight ought to additionally be licensed with the aid of using a chartered accountant, a corporation secretary, or a value accountant who's actively concerned within side the enterprise. There is a best of Rs.a hundred in step with day in case you fail to record the announcement of debts and solvency file for the economic yr with the aid of using the said due date. The due date for submitting shape eight each yr is October 30.

Filing of the Annual Return

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[fakecrfan]

thoughts on dark!basira? I know she is canonically aligned to the hunt/the eye, but ultimately its pieces of the dark that she keeps coming back to.

Well I actually had a whole AU with someone where Basira became a dark avatar actually. It was going to center on her relationship with Jon. Or, well, it was mostly me blabbing the au and getting emoji reactions but... here is what I got:

Basira gets put on the strike force that goes after the Church of the Divine Host to rescue Callum Brodie long before she meets Jon. This means she is much less prepared for the encounter.

The good news is that stops the dark ooze from crawling into Callum Brodie. The bad news is once she does that, it latches onto her face.

Everything goes dark. It doesn't get all of the way in. Doesn't… stay all of the way out either.

Basira wakes up restrained in a dark room with some shadowy figures around her. She asks them to shine a little light in there, but--well. It's already fully lit, they say.

She has in fact been kidnapped by the remains of the Church of the Divine Host, who think--correctly--that there is now a piece of Rayner, their cult leader, in her brain trying to take over as the new host.

This at first starts with Basira locked up and kept under close watch. But slowly, Basira starts to hear a Rayner-like voice in her head and the cult members whisper around her and start to give her more freedom.

One--Manuela--spends more time with Basira.

Manuela is convinced that Basira already has all of the essence of the dark in her needed to be a member or even their leader, and all they need to do is cut her more slack and she will Become.

They cut Basira more slack. She escapes and runs right back to the police.

Basira rushes up to embrace Daisy who grabs her... sniffs? and then snarls and starts to strangle her.

"It's not her!" Daisy yells. "It's something else!"

The other police, of course, believe Daisy. Daisy is the expert on monsters.

Basira barely makes it away. In the end, she has to listen to Manuela's voice and slip into shadows where Daisy can't find her.

The cult lovingly welcomes her back.

Basira's captivity becomes more ambiguous. They don't lock her up. They don't tie her down. They don't even threaten to do anything if she tries to escape again. The real threat is Daisy--and all of the other cops, who are now on an active manhunt for Basira and will shoot her on sight. Basira actually needs the cult's help to stay safe from them.

Basira resigns herself. She settles down. She talks more to Manuela.

She starts to help them back. Uses her knowledge of tactics and the workings of the police force to improve their strategy.

They listen to her, because they think Rayner is working through her.

There... is still a voice in Basira's head. But she actively represses it. She thinks she's still herself. She just... decides not to think about it, or look into the matter too closely.

In fact, there are a lot of things Basira decides not to look into more closely.

One of Basira's decisions/suggestions is to make amends and ally with the Magnus Institute. This turns out to be pretty easy to do: all Elias Bouchard wants them to do is to meet the Archivist and... help him "understand" their god.

So Basira meets Jon in this context. Elias expects this to end in Jon being marked because avatars are sadistic pricks who would take Elias's wording as an excuse to terrify the New Guy. But Basira is working in more of a diplomatic mindset so she tells everyone in the cult to Not Bully The Archivist, That Might Fuck Up Our Alliance.

Elias is Extremely chagrined by this, because it's not like he can SAY that he wanted them to fuck up his guy, that would reveal his whole plan!

Jon goes in having read several statements on the cult, including ones from the police, and is brought to Basira.

"Maxwell Rayner?" he asks.

"Not really," Basira says.

And they collaborate without more words on the subject.

Jon assumes that Basira is still the cult leader. They meet up a few times after this, and he gets the church's help. But after a few meetings, he gets curious and ends up compelling her story out of her.

This ends up causing Basira to articulate quite a few things that she had been trying so hard not to think about, like the fact that she feels trapped and wouldn't be here if she felt like she had any other choice.

This freaks out everyone in the cult and they furiously shove Jon out and refuse to ever let him speak to their leader again.

Jon... has to accept this. But later, when Tim is dead and Martin is gone and Melanie won't even look at him and Jon is eaten up by guilt... he'll start to want to save someone to justify his own existence to himself. And then, in lieu of someone in a coffin to rescue, his mind will turn back to the alleged cult leader who said she didn't even want to be there, and who got cut off from their meetings the second she expressed this.

Jon starts to make a plan.

[justforbooks]

Our smart phones and other electronic gadgets have become such a huge part of our daily routines that it’s often hard to put them down —even at bedtime.

We scan, we skim, we browse, but how often do we read?

Whether looking at Facebook posts, chatting online, playing video games or surfing the web, you’re probably keeping yourself from a restful night.

Some ways technology affects your sleep includes:

The blue light emitted by screens restrain the production of melatonin, the hormone that controls your circadian rhythm and helps you get to sleep.

Technology can trick your brain into thinking that it needs to stay awake, keeping you alert and making it difficult to relax.

Keeping a mobile within reach can also disturb sleep, thanks to the chimes of late night texts, emails, calls, or calendar reminders.

So, is reading a book any better for you? The short answer, thankfully for many of us, is yes! Reading helps put your consciousness on another plane, which will induce sleep.

It helps you move into a fictional world, easing the tension and helping you relax.

Getting stuck in a page turner before bed can help:

Improve cognitive function

Reduce stress levels

Reduce cortisol levels (a hormone released in response to stress)

Reading before bed will also help you perfect your bedtime routine and get a great night’s sleep.

Insomnia is amongst the most unsettling of sleep conditions to have to deal with and can really affect how we feel, both physically and mentally.

According to a study conducted in 2009 by researchers at the University of Sussex, opening a book before you go to bed can help you cope with insomnia.

The study showed that six minutes of reading reduces stress by 68%, clearing the mind and preparing the body for sleep.

Dr. David Lewis, a psychologist and author of the study, says a book is “more than merely a distraction, but an active engaging of the imagination,” one that “causes you to enter an altered state of consciousness.”

It doesn’t matter what type of book you’re reading as long as you find it fully absorbing.

Tension will fade out as the words flow in, helping the body relax and paving the way for sleep.

So, while it may be time to ditch the tech, there are still plenty of reasons to get stuck into a good book at bedtime.

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[dwellordream]

“…If young Eleanor experienced the worldly civilization of the south exemplified by troubadour poetry at the Poitevin court, she also had exposure to the Christian teachings that dominated court life in northern France. Like other children growing up in twelfth-century Europe, she saw all around her ever-present reminders of the power of the Church. The lives of Eleanor and the ducal family were punctuated by the liturgical calendar with its feasts and fasts; and the great festivals of the Christian year—Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost—called to mind the Church’s central doctrines. 

…Instruction in the tenets of the Christian faith would have formed an important aspect of Eleanor’s early education, conforming to the pattern for daughters in other medieval aristocratic families. A thirteenth-century guide to children’s upbringing sets down that the first thing to be taught to children is belief in God, and that they should learn by heart the Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, the Hail Mary, and the first two of the Ten Commandments. Little Eleanor would have learned to make the sign of the cross and to cross herself each night before going to bed. 

Mothers were charged with helping their young daughters to memorize these fundamental texts of Christianity, but nothing can be known of the role of Eleanor’s mother Aénor, whom she lost so early in childhood. Perhaps the motherless child’s godparents saw to her religious instruction. Once she learned her ABC, her basic knowledge of Latin would have enabled her to read devotional handbooks. She likely received a psalter for personal devotions in quiet moments alone, and her constant repetition of the psalms that she knew through public devotions in the palace chapel would also have aided in improving her skill at reading Latin.

Eleanor would have learned stories of the saints’ lives as part of her childhood religious education. Among them was Saint Radegonde, whose life foreshadowed one aspect of Eleanor’s own—a loveless marriage ending in separation. A Thuringian princess taken captive by the Frankish king, Clothair I, Radegonde was forcibly married to him in 531. It was hardly a happy marriage, and the queen found consolation in religious devotions. After her husband’s murder of her brother, she separated from him, dedicated her life to Christian devotion and founded the abbey of Saint-Croix; and on her death in 587, she was buried nearby in the church bearing her name. 

An important aspect of young Eleanor’s religious life was attendance at daily masses in the palace chapel, or in some nearby church, possibly Notre Dame-la-Grande. She would have occasionally confessed her sins privately to a chaplain in her father’s household, a pious practise gaining ground in the twelfth century, but that would not win the formal status of a sacrament until 1215. Surveillance of individuals’ morality was also fostered by a society composed of people living crowded together with no privacy either in isolated rural communities or in large noble households; both peasants and their lords prized group solidarity and frowned on any unconventional conduct. 

At aristocratic courts, those who violated customary norms of behavior inspired ugly gossip and risked social isolation or even banishment. They were expected to feel both guilt at being condemned as sinners and shame at their exposure to censure by their lord or lady and their noble companions. At the court at Poitiers, however, where Duke William IX had set the tone, behavioral norms hardly met the serious moral standard prevailing at the royal court at Paris, Eleanor’s future home. 

Early on, Eleanor encountered the medieval Christian mentality, largely defined by monks, that was suspicious of human bodily needs, especially sexual activity. Reforming moralists and theologians intent on enforcing priestly celibacy sharpened their attacks on the supposedly sinful nature of women, reinforcing the early Church Fathers’ pervasive mistrust of the gender and burdening them with guilt on that account. Christian teaching, however, held up the sinless Virgin Mary as the model for women, at the same time idealizing and anathematizing women, trapping them in double jeopardy. 

In discussions of Christian married life, moralists and theologians reinforced patriarchal traditions that stressed the wife’s duty to accept subordination to her husband and condemned women daring to challenge the masculine monopoly on power. Yet during Eleanor’s childhood, the Church had not yet succeeded in codifying the early Fathers’ misogyny into its later restrictive definitions of women’s roles. By the mid-twelfth century, canon lawyers would redefine women’s proper sphere to restrict their public roles more and more; they would dismiss Old Testament depictions of women acting as judges as the old law, no longer binding in the Christian era.

It was not only religious teaching that prejudiced males against females in medieval society, stripping from aristocratic women power in the public sphere that they had held in previous centuries, if only precariously. The classical scientific tradition taught in the schools also encouraged masculine superiority, teaching that males were more rational, more capable than females of overcoming their passions. Ideas about female anatomy at the Salerno medical school reinforced the clergy’s notion that women were “raging volcanos of sexual desire,” and scientific theories followed Aristotle’s finding that women were incomplete or imperfect males.

Another factor contributing to the reshaping of medieval notions about women’s proper place was a militarization of society as the aristocracy adopted the chivalric values of their fighting men. At princely courts, a bellicose environment often existed where rivalries between courtiers resulted in violent confrontations; and rude knights feared women who resembled clerics in their skill with non-violent verbal weaponry, using words and sexual wiles to engage in plots and intrigues.

Yet Eleanor, reared in a household under her sensualist grandfather’s influence, would succeed in escaping the feelings of guilt and shame that society expected to restrain women from pursuing their personal fulfillment. As a girl, Eleanor learned that previous dukes of Aquitaine were founders of some of Poitou’s most important religious houses, among them Montierneuf at Poitiers outside the old Roman walls, founded by Duke Guy-Geoffrey as recompense for setting aside his first wife to take a second one. 

Young Eleanor would have visited other monasteries with her father and his household as they circulated about the county, certainly Saint-Maixent, a house not far from Poitiers closely associated with the ducal family. On festival days, Eleanor would have viewed the precious relics of the saints housed in monastic chapels, and she would have heard accounts of miracles performed by the saints for the faithful who venerated their relics. This taught her and other Christians that God was active in the material world, not only in the past but in the present, continuing to intervene in people’s lives with miracles when they called on him or his saints. 

Little Eleanor was taught that eternal salvation was not easily attained, and that a Christian owed definite duties to God. She would have equated these obligations with the loyalty and service owed to one’s lord, a conviction held by most early medieval aristocrats. Any failure to carry out the duties owed to one’s lord, either an earthly one or the heavenly Lord, would mean taking steps to regain his goodwill. Just as the powerless in judgments before a medieval lord’s court needed an influential friend to intercede on their behalf, even more did the dead standing before the heavenly tribunal need a saintly intercessor. 

For the eleventh- and early twelfth-century nobility, “Salvation was a matter of negotiations with God represented by his ministers on earth.” Like other aristocrats, Eleanor knew the importance of purchasing the saints’ goodwill with gifts to monastic houses, and throughout her life she recognized the importance of monasteries for offering perpetual prayers for intercession with God and the saints. As a queen, Eleanor would be punctilious in providing funds for religious houses for prayers for the salvation of her living kin and for the souls of deceased ancestors. 

Eleanor would have grown up with an awareness of earlier duchesses’ special place in the sacred sphere. Some aristocratic ladies found in the devotional life of the Church a means of transcending limitations that society imposed on women, winning control over a corner of their lives. In an age of family solidarity, the wives and mothers of princes played an essential part in securing their families’ eternal salvation with their devotional practises, their friendships with holy men and women, and their patronage of monastic houses.”

- Ralph V. Turner, “Growing Up in the Ducal Court of Aquitaine, 1124–1137.” in Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen of France, Queen of England