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she-who-fights-and-writes · 6 years ago

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How does middle/high school work, what's it like and what's the difference between the two? I really need some help! (I know this is a weird question but I was homeschooled most of my life so I have no idea how middle/high school work and what's it like.)

No problem!

How to Write About Middle School/High Schools

Middle school and high school are key times within a child’s life.

Gone are the days where they only had one teacher to tell them everything; now they have to change classes and have harder content that they have to study.

There’s more friend drama now that they’re all developing their own identities and their sense of who’s a good person and who’s not, and along with that comes astronomical stress compared to their elementary school years.

There’s also puberty, which sucks, and the beginnings of serious extracurricular activities that require a lot of time and dedication.

*This may vary from school to school*

Middle school = Grades 6-8 (Kids 11 to 13)

High school = Grades 9-12 (Kids 14 to 18)

Since many people have no idea how to write about schools, whether they be homeschooled or have graduated a while ago, here’s a few tips on how to write middle school and high school.

Just a note that I’m going to be describing public schools and not private schools, Also, schools are going to be different across the country; I’m a New Yorker, and my school knowledge and experience can be way different than those of someone who went to school in the south or in the midwest.

**IMPORTANT NOTICE!**

“High school” and “middle school” are not capitalized! Only capitalize it when you’re saying the name of the school. (Example: Eldridge Middle School)

1. Know What Grades Take Which Courses (AKA Know All the Technical Stuff)

Nothing demonstrates complete lack of knowledge about the school system than not knowing the basic technical side of it, such as which grades take which classes. Aside from various exceptions, an eighth grader isn’t going to be taking Physics and a twelfth grader isn’t going to be taking Biology.

Here’s the list of the core classes in middle school and high school:

English

Math

Science

Social Studies

Foreign Language

These classes are going to be the hardest and the ones that the students stress out the most about.

Grade 6

- English

Read things like The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe and Tuck Everlasting

- Math

Multiplication and division

Decimals

- Science

Basic physics…like, very, very, very basic. Also a bit of chemistry.

-Social Studies

Ancient history

Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Persia, China, India, Renaissance, etc.

- Foreign Language

In my school, we didn’t start a foreign language until seventh grade.

This year is very stressful because it’s the transition from elementary to middle school. They now have things like detention and multiple teachers and changing classes.

Grade 7

- English

Reading books like My Fair Lady, The Miracle Worker, The Pearl, etc.

- Math

Starting to work with “x.”

Percents, statistics, basic algebra.

- Science

Basic biology

- Social Studies

Beginnings of US history. From the Native Americans to the Industrial Revolution.

- Foreign Language

Very basic facts

How to say hi, describe yourself, furniture, food, activities, ask questions, etc.

This is a pretty chill year. You’re all adjusted from last year and have more stable friendships.

Grade 8

-English

Reading books like Call of the Wild, The Outsiders, the White Mountains.

Starting to get into Shakespeare

More in-depth analysis

-Math

Algebra

Equations, find x, etc.

-Science

Earth Science

Rocks, weather, space, etc.

-Social Studies

End of US history, from the Industrial Revolution to present day

-Foreign Language

Developing the basics learned in seventh grade.

This year can be hard because students start taking more difficult, high-school level classes.

Grade 9

- English

Reading books like To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, Great Expectations, and Romeo and Juliet

Introduction to research papers

- Math

Geometry

Learning about shapes and how to find the area and sides

Most useless math there is unless you want to build things

- Science

Biology

Learning about living things, cells, ecosystems, etc.

- Social Studies

Global History

Beginning of the world to the Renaissance

- Foreign Language

More complex sentence structure. Learn different tenses other than the present tense.

Yikes! This year is incredibly hard; high school is so much more difficult than middle school! There’s an open campus and a lot more freedom, but there’s also a lot more room for error. The first year where the grades start actually counting.

Grade 10

- English

Reading books like Macbeth, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Canterbury Tales, Beowulf, and Animal Farm.

- Math

Trigonometry/Algebra II

Very difficult Algebra and Trigonometry

- Science

Chemistry

Learning about molecules, elements, formulas, and reactions.

This is the science with the periodic table and mixing stuff that blows up.

- Social Studies

Global History

The Renaissance to present day

- Foreign Language

Learning new tenses other than Past, Present, and Future (Ex: Imperfect, Conditional)

This year is okay. Mostly spent worrying about Junior year.

Grade 11

- English

Reading books like Hamlet, The Great Gatsby, and Farenheit 451

- Math

Pre-Calculus

Yikes

- Science

Physics

Also Yikes

Learn the science of movement

- Social Studies

Complete US History

Advanced Placement US History is abbreviated to APUSH (pronounced ay-push)

- Foreign Language

Same class but hard now

This year is very stressful because it’s the year that counts the most; colleges look mostly at the grades from this year.

Everyone is freaking out and taking AP and SAT and ACT prep classes. A shit-show in its purest form.

Grade 12

- English

Read books like Othello, The Crucible, and The Scarlett Letter

Senior paper

- Math

Calculus

YIIIIIIIIKKKKKEEEEESS

College course

- Science

AP Biology, Chemistry, or Earth Science

Students must choose one or the other or an elective science like Marine Biology or Anatomy

- Social Studies

Government and Economics

Two courses that are each only a semester long. You either take one class for the first semester and switch to the other class second semester or switch the classes every other day

- Foreign Language

Nobody even cares anymore

This year is the most fun year of high school; although some colleges do still look at the grades, many students are already committed to college and get a case of “Senioritis” which is when they let their grades slip and take it easy because they don’t have to worry about impressing colleges.

OKAY THAT TOOK A LOT MORE TIME THAN IT SHOULD’VE

2. Know the Types of Classes

Depending on their skill level in the area, kids can take a variety of different versions of these core classes. There’s reagents classes, honors classes, and advanced placement (AP) classes.

At least in New York, reagents classes take state-made reagents at the end of the year as a final exam.

Honors classes are basically advanced versions of reagents classes. They teach at a faster pace and go more in-depth into the topics. They, too, take reagents at the end of the year.

AP classes are the hardest of them all. They’re college-level classes and make students eligible to take the AP test. Depending on what score they get on the AP (1-5), they can skip the 101 classes in college.

(Example: If a girl gets a 4 on the Global History AP, she can skip Global History 101 in college)

Junior year is also the year students take the SAT and ACT, huge tests that are very important for college.

Other schools may have other kinds of classes like IB, but this whole list is JUST ACCORDING TO MY EXPERIENCES.

3. Just Know that School Is Not the Worst Place on Earth

Although there are certain times when school can be the absolute worst thing ever and there are a lot of flaws in the education system, it’s not all downsides!

School is a place where you learn new things, meet new friends, and get to hang out with people you wouldn’t hang out with otherwise.

There are extracurricular activities available for FREE that you can join, and aside from being academic, school sponsors a very nice social climate that is crucial for kids to develop skills in communication and interaction with others.

Of course, high school is also the place where people start getting into serious relationships, which you can research here.

I really hope this helped!

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rosalvafoller91 · 4 years ago

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pocket-anon · 7 years ago

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The Long Way Home (4/10)

On to Chapter 4! I'm so pleased that so many of you seem to be enjoying this story, and I deeply appreciate the time you've taken to reblog it, leave comments, and tell your friends about it! This really isn't half the fun without you. Hugs.

As always, thanks to my beta, @captainstudmuffin, and to @lifeinahole27, @clockadile, and @ladyciaramiggles for their additional feedback. Additional thanks to my wonderful CSBB artists, @waiting-for-autumn and @giraffes-ride-swordfishes for providing some gorgeous artwork to accompany this fic! Links to their illustrations of certain scenes (*) will be in the text - go show them some love!

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Summary: After an unnaturally long life fraught with personal tragedy, Killian Jones has become known throughout the realms as the infamous Captain Hook, an opportunistic ne’er-do-well and one of the most formidable pirates to ride the waves. When he crosses paths with a mysterious young woman with no memory of who she is or how she arrived there, he recognizes the chance to claim a monetary reward that will constitute his biggest score yet. But a journey across the world to get her home leads to a series of adventures that reveal that her value lies in far more than gold and jewels. A Captain Swan Anastasia AU - sort of. (Captain Swan Enchanted Forest AU. Romance, Adventure, & Eventual Smut. Rated E.)

Warning: Brief but graphic depictions of violence, peripheral character death, and smut.

Steel whispers as Emma pulls a cutlass from a rack of swords in the Jolly’s armory and draws it from the scabbard to examine it with a narrowed eye aimed down the edge of the blade.

Hook watches her with amusement, leaned against one wall with his arms and legs crossed. She’s wearing her hair up for the first time today, woven with a few thick braids and pulled back into a ponytail that’s already been touched by humidity and the morning breeze, and there’s something very wild and pretty about it. “I assure you they’re all good swords, Swan,” he promises. “I select them myself.”

“Who says I’m not more discerning than you?” she quips, the corner of her lips pulling upward until one of her dimples appears. She meets his incredulous grin with a chuckle. “Kidding.”

He laughs richly. Glorious creature.

She moves on to a different, slightly more slender sword and looks it over before rotating it with a few turns of her wrist, the blade arcing gracefully through the air. Emma hums with satisfaction, admiring the clean lines of the wire-wrapped grip. “I like this one.”

Hook nods. “Very well.”

The blade hisses back into its sheath, and she flashes him an appreciative smile as he hands over a spare sword belt. Standing back, he watches her thread the belt through the scabbard’s leather suspension and loop it around her waist. Emma experiments with the best angle at which to let the sword hang for a minute before electing to just cinch the buckle snug to her middle. The belt is overlong, but it only takes her a moment to formulate a solution, tying the remaining length off so that it hangs neatly downward and then pulling her hands back so she can survey her work. “Does that look right?”

He hums the affirmative as she practices yanking the cutlass from the scabbard, the easy rhythm with which she slides the blade out and back home again making it seem as if she were old hand at this. “It suits you, lass.” He scratches behind his ear. “As does your hair,” he adds shyly.

Emma blushes. “Thanks.” She fingers a golden lock over the back of her ear. “It, uh, it beats pushing it out of my eyes every other minute.”

He rumbles his agreement. “Indeed.”

Her eyes glint, and she grins, turning her attention back to her new sword. A thoughtful look crosses her face, and she chews on her lip.

Hook eyes her knowingly. “What is it, Swan?”

Her gaze turns hopeful. “Do you have a spare a knife or a dagger? Something small for my boot?”

His face brightens, and he cackles with approval. “Now you’re thinking like a pirate.” He pulls open a locker and retrieves a bound leather bundle, which he unties and lays open across the nearest bench to reveal a dozen smaller blades in various styles. He gestures. “Lady’s choice.”

Emma comes to his side and studies the collection. She selects the slightest of them, a simple blade with an unadorned grip and no guard, and pulls it from the sheath, testing the weight and giving it a simple flip. “Thanks,” she says, slipping the blade back into the sheath and bending down to tuck it into her boot.

“You’re very welcome.” Hook grins with admiration. He proceeds to bind up the remaining daggers and put them away. “And now that you’re armed, we must be sure that you can wield that cutlass properly,” he says, pointing to her scabbard. “It’s no longsword. Come.”

He leads her above, throwing his crewmen cool looks of warning to behave as they make their way starboard, the shadow from the main-mast providing them some shelter from the late morning sun. He takes the time to review the basics, making adjustments to her grip and stance and running her through a few principal cuts to let her familiarize herself with the weight of her new blade and its greater maneuverability compared to what she seems used to.

Emma proves herself to be an apt pupil despite having to take her lessons under the observation of seasoned pirates. Her bearing is indeed noble as she forces her eyes away from them and focuses on her weapon and his words, and her face is so set with concentration he’s left with little doubt that he can turn her into a good swordsman.

By midday, he’s completed his introduction, and he squints in the overhead sun. “Feel up to a quick spar before lunch, Swan?”

Indecision flashes briefly over her face as she glances at her cutlass and then at men scattered around them, most of whom are doing a poor job of pretending they aren’t watching, but, true to form, the decision not to back down takes hold and she straightens and tosses her head, planting her free hand on her hip defiantly.. “If you want.”

Hook smiles and positions himself across from her. “Aye. Let’s see what you’ve learned, shall we?” They stare at each other for a moment, swords at the ready, and though they both know she’s no match for him, her eyes shine with a determination to try to best him that sends a thrill through his chest nonetheless. He licks his lips with anticipation. “Begin.”

Work around the ship halts as the clash of steel grants the crew unspoken permission to give up their ruse and gather round. There are the expected cheers for the Captain, but he also hears a few calls of encouragement for the Lady Swan, and he hums as he parries Emma’s eighth strike. “Seems you have some admirers, love.”

Her beautifully flushed cheeks turn even rosier. “Yeah,” she pants, grunting as their blades slice against each other again and they both spring back.

“Can’t say I blame them,” he adds with a devilish grin. The tip of his sword traces a few lazy circles in the air, his steps mirroring hers as they circle. “You are a far sight prettier than I.”

This earns him a little chuckle, and she feints high and slashes low, forcing him to jump back a few inches.

A ripple of excited cheers and jeers erupt from the men, and Hook crows. “Excellent!”

He begins a light offensive, jabbing mainly toward her sides to give her a chance to practice deflecting, and when she appears to have gotten the hang of that, he follows up with a quick spin ending in a more aggressive slash. She reverts to a two-handed grip to block it and proceeds to keep both hands on the hilt as she tries to return the assault.

Hook tuts. “Drop your other hand, Swan. It’s not a longsword.”

She colors a little and complies. A minute later, however, she falls back to her old ways.

“The hand, Swan,” he says patiently.

Emma corrects herself again, looking chagrined as she whips her blade around for another strike. She grunts when he blocks her blow, the steel clanging hard. “Sorry.”

They exchange a few more attacks before he finally deigns to end it, pressing her sword off to the side and twisting his blade around to force her to lose her grip. Emma yelps indignantly as her cutlass clatters to the deck, but the men cheer, and she shakes her head and gives him a conciliatory grin. “One of these days, you’re going to show me how to do that.”

Hook chuckles, sheathing his sword and reaching down retrieve hers. “I suppose I could be persuaded.” He offers the hilt up to her in gentlemanly fashion, a smirk playing on his lips. “Very good, love. Excellent progress today. But keep your other hand in check,” he teases, arching a brow and gesturing toward her left arm, “or I may have to tie it behind your back.”

“Hmm.” Emma narrows her eyes at him knowingly. “No doubt something you would enjoy,” she comments, her face still glowing as she accepts her weapon and puts it away.

He laughs and gives her a wink as his men disperse. “No doubt.” He motions for her to lead the way toward his quarters. “Lunch?”

* * *

As apprehensive as Swan was about it, having the rest of the crew witness her sword fighting lesson with their Captain seems to go a long way toward earning their respect, and she notices that the men become more open to letting her observe them at their duties, even engaging her and indulging her questions as she learns more about the ship with each passing day.

She’s standing at the base of the main-mast and peering skyward one morning when Thomas swings down from the rigging to land beside her.

“Help you, milady?”

Swan bites her lip, studying the complicated network of ropes that extend in various directions overhead. “What’s it like up there?”

He laughs. “Depends on how you feel about heights, I s’pose. Made my heart race the first hundred times I went up there and still does when the weather’s foul.” He rubs the back of his neck. “But the view from the top on a clear day? Aye, it’s hard to beat.”

Her eyes trail along the thick lines of the shroud which arches above them. “Can I go up?”

“Oh.” Thomas blinks, surprised. “Well, beggin’ your pardon, ma’am, but I don’t know if that’s wise. Cap’n says our top priority is to keep you safe,” he replies apologetically.

She rolls her eyes, remembering the royal reward money, and cranes her head up again wistfully. “Well, what if I just go up there?” she asks, pointing to the main yard. “I don’t have to climb to the very top. I just want to see what it’s like.” She glances sideways at him with a hopeful expression. “Please?”

The poor lad looks conflicted. “I…” His eyes dart helplessly to Roberts, who approaches from the bow. “Sir? The Lady would like to climb the mast.”

The older pirate’s step slows, lines of disapproval and confusion creasing his face. “What on earth for?” he demands. “…Ma’am.”

“Just getting to know the ship, Mr. Roberts,” Swan explains. “The Captain’s encouraged me to learn a little about sailing while I’m here, and this can’t be any riskier than sparring with him,” she reasons, glancing back up at the yard.

Roberts makes a dubious sound low in his throat. “All due respect, milady, but the Captain’s an expert swordsman who knows how to spar without hurting you.”

“And you’re an expert sailor,” she counters sweetly. “I’m sure you can find a safe way for me to climb the rigging. Every member of this crew had a first time, didn’t they?”

He huffs, running a hand down his face. “The rigging’s no place for a Lady.”

She chuckles dryly. “Yes, well, I’m already on a pirate ship, sir. I'm pretty sure we’re past the point of arguing where I do and don’t belong.” She fixes him with one last long look of entreaty, and her chest swells with triumph as she watches the last of the man’s resolve finally bleed away.

His shoulders slump with a heavy sigh. “Fine,” he grits. “But you’ll wear a tether or else the Captain’ll have my head.”

Swan beams. “Thank you, Mr. Roberts.”

Roberts grumbles. “Get up there and get a line around the yard for ‘er,” he growls at Thomas. “Be quick about it.”

Thomas gulps and scrambles away.

* * *

Hook emerges on deck for his morning inspection, squinting into the easterly sun and breathing the temperate air.

“’Morning, sir.” Smee greets him with a nervous half-bow of his head.

His first mate’s tone is an immediate red flag, and Hook aims a questioning glance over his shoulder. “What’s the problem, Smee?”

“Um, no problem, Captain.”

He raises an eyebrow before looking around for signs of Emma. “Where’s the Lady this morning?” he asks. “Still below?”

“Uh... n-no.”

Hook turns his head curiously to see Smee wearing an anxious expression and pointing. His eyes travel upward, growing round when he glimpses the telltale green skirts and blonde ponytail whipping on the wind high above them. “Bloody hell,” he breathes. His forehead furrows, and he bellows indignantly. “Swan?!”

Perched atop the main yard and hugging the mast with one arm while she looks aft, Emma’s face comes into view as she leans forward a bit and flashes him a breathless smile. “Hi!” she calls back.

He backs up a few paces in order to see her better, mouth agape. “What the devil are you doing up there?”

She laughs, her face shining. “Flying.”

“Fly—” He clamps his mouth shut and charges forward, veritably leaping down the ladder to the middle deck. His frustrated glare lands on Roberts and a contrite-looking Thomas, who stand watching her at the foot of the port shroud. “What’s the meaning of this?”

“Apologies, Captain.” Roberts holds his palms up to mollify him. “She said you wanted ‘er to learn something of sailing and fairly begged to be allowed up, so we tied a tether to ‘er and I let Thomas show ‘er a bit about managing the sails. We’re just letting ‘er enjoy the view a while longer ‘fore she comes back down.”

Hook blinks at him and Thomas dumbly, the quartermaster’s words taking the sting out of his displeasure, and the anger fades from his expression as he glances upward again.

“For what it’s worth, she seems right at home up in the rigging,” Roberts notes with a rare gleam in his eye. “Never would’ve guessed it, but the girl can climb.”

“I’ll fetch her down, Cap’n,” Thomas offers hastily.

Hook huffs and waves the younger crewman off. “No, lad. I’ll do it. Back to your duties.” He reaches for the shroud and swings himself up easily as Thomas looks relieved and scuttles away.

“Will you be needing anything then?” Roberts asks, risking the barest of knowing grins.

Hook shakes his head. “Never thought you’d be the first to fall for her charms, Old Man,” he chides, narrowing his eyes.

Roberts snorts. “Fairly sure I wasn’t,” he shoots back, his expression turning droll. He clears his throat with a shrug. “She’ll do well enough. She’s got guts, I’ll give ‘er that.”

Hook concedes with a hum, trying to ignore the little surge of pride in his chest as he begins his ascent.

Emma is looking down at him with amusement when he draws near. “Coming to check on me?” she teases.

“Coming to make sure you don’t break your pretty neck,” he retorts, affecting a scowl. He pulls himself up onto the yard beside her, taking half a second to ensure a steady footing and a good grip on one of the lines.

She smiles, seeing through his feigned gruffness. “I didn’t mean to cause so much trouble. In their defense, your men did insist on taking good care of me.” She pulls one hand away from the mast to pluck at the improvised rope harness that girds her torso.

He huffs. “As well they should.” He relishes the way the morning sun plays upon her face, even as he forces his features to remain stern. “You are not to come up here without supervision. Understand?”

She nods agreeably. “It was trickier getting up here in a petticoat than I thought it would be,” she admits, wrinkling her nose. “And not just because I have to worry about being exposed by every stiff breeze.” Her cheeks turn crimson, and she smoothes the fabric down over her backside self-consciously.

Hook forgets his pretense and breaks out in a deep laugh, quite certain his men below would be more than happy to see a gale blow her skirt aloft. “Aye. Lovely as you might be in that dress, it may not be the most practical choice for climbing about.” He juts his lower lip out thoughtfully. “We’ll make port in about a week to shore up supplies. Perhaps you could find something else to wear that would be better suited,” he muses.

Emma chuckles. “No, it’s alright. I’ll make do. I don’t have any money anyway.”

“Consider it a gift then.”

She blinks over at him with big eyes before her expression softens and she shakes her head. “You don’t have to do that.”

“Aye,” he concurs cheerfully, “but there’s no bringing out the sailor in you without the proper clothes, Swan.”

She looks conflicted for a moment, but at last she gives a grateful nod. “It would be nice not to have to wear a corset,” she supposes, grimacing and arching her back slightly.

The motion causes Hook’s pulse to quicken as he eyes her gorgeous curves in profile. He swallows and plasters on a cheeky grin. “Then again, perhaps I should rescind the offer.”

She rolls her eyes and straightens, her cheeks flushing again, but he doesn’t miss the tiny, smug smile that hints at the corner of her mouth.

He chuckles. “Very well, darling. As you like.”

“Hmph.” Emma gives him a reproving side-eye before turning her gaze back out over the southern horizon. They stand there enjoying the view for a few long minutes, surrounded by the sound of the wind buffeting the sails and the soft groans of the ship. From somewhere below, the distant voices of some crewmen singing a shanty also rises to meet their ears.

“So what do you think of it?” he asks, watching a loose tendril of her hair curl backward over her brow.

She inhales the salty air contentedly. “It’s amazing,” she murmurs. “I’m starting to understand the appeal of a life at sea.”

Hook smiles, eyeing the endless blue expanse. “Aye. The ocean’s an unpredictable mistress sometimes, but there’s nothing like standing on the deck of your own ship and knowing that she can take you almost anywhere. Where else can you see so much of the world without ever leaving home?” He taps his hook against the mast.

“How long have you lived on the water?”

“Nearly all my life,” he replies. “Since I was a lad. I was ten when my brother and I boarded our first ship.”

“Ten?” Her mouth falls open. “And you never returned to live on land?”

He looks away. “No.” He hesitates when she waits for him to continue. “We… we were traveling with our father. He disappeared one night,” he explains quietly, steeling himself against his emotions and choosing the words carefully. “Left us in the service of the ship’s captain.”

Emma squints, looking horrified. “He left you,” she repeats.

A cheerless smile ghosts over his lips. “Aye. Turns out he was a thief fleeing capture. He went off the ship in a dinghy shortly after putting me to bed, I’m told. We never saw him again.”

He doesn’t have to see her face to feel the quiet sadness that settles over her. “And your mother?” she murmurs, clearly braced for another unpleasant revelation.

Hook dares to meet her gaze again, his expression becoming more drawn. “Died the year before. She’d been sick a long time. One day she fainted. Liam and I waited and waited for her to wake up. She never did.” He glances briefly at Emma’s now heartbroken face before redirecting his eyes to the tail end of their wake, staring numbly as it’s swallowed by the passing waves.

“You’ve lost so many people,” she observes softly.

“It was a hundred and fifty years ago, Swan.”

“Does that make it easier?”

He sucks in a breath, deciding whether to acknowledge what she seems to know already, and bows his head. “No.” He chuffs. “Wounds that are made when we’re young tend to linger.” Hook lifts his chin again and glowers out toward the waves.

Emma angles her head. “How have you lived so long, exactly?”

He hums, grateful for the change of topic, and his shoulders relax a hair. “I spent a very long time in Neverland,” he says simply. “The magic of the island makes it impossible to age there.”

Her brow wrinkles. “You went back to Neverland? Even after what happened with your brother?”

He nods.

“Why?”

He feels her eyes on him as he contemplates the most benign way he can describe the wrath and overwhelming desire for vengeance that fueled his decision to return to that accursed place. “I needed information,” he answers, trying to sound nonchalant.

She arcs an eyebrow. “You spent over a hundred years looking for information?”

Hook shifts restlessly. “I spent over a hundred years in the reluctant employ of Peter Pan, who rules the island. He was, shall we say, disinclined to let us leave.”

Emma frowns prettily as she considers this, a dozen questions writing themselves on her face. “What kind of information were you looking for?”

He’s quiet for a beat. “The way to kill the demon who took my hand.” His eyes dart away, and he swallows tightly, unsure why, for the first time, he feels less than comfortable telling someone about his quest to destroy the Dark One. For decades it’s been integral to his identity, as much a part of him as his hook, but now… now something about revealing himself to her as a man hell-bent on revenge makes him feel less than proud of who he is.

Silence falls between them, and he wonders whether he’s lowered her estimation of him. Not that it should matter, he reminds himself hastily, sneaking a glance at the unreadable expression on her face as she, too, stares wordlessly out over the ocean.

At last she clears her throat. “So, did you get the information you needed?” Her head rotates back toward him.

Hook nods soberly, a knot forming in his stomach at the bitter memory of learning about the Dark One’s dagger – the only weapon capable of killing its malevolent owner – from Milah’s son, Baelfire, during their ill-fated encounter in Neverland.

“Have you had the chance to act on it?” she asks softly.

His gaze remains fixed on the water. “Not yet.”

Emma bobs her head slowly and licks her lips. “And what will you do after it’s done?”

A wrinkle appears between his eyes. “I don’t know,” he admits.

She opens her mouth but falters, as if debating whether to say something. “Maybe…” she starts, “if you find yourself back in the north… you could come say hello to a friend.”

He blinks, his heart leaping in his chest as she glances back at him with a solemn smile. Friend. “Aye,” he agrees, flushing with pleasure and enjoying the hint of color that rises in her cheeks as he grins back at her. “I’d like that.”

* * *

“Come on, Swan. Let’s get a look.” Hook’s voice is slightly dampened by the curtain covering the doorway of the clothier’s dressing room.

A week has passed since Emma’s first climb up to the yard, and the, true to his word, Hook has put finding a more suitable set of clothes for her on the agenda for their two-night stop in this, the largest port in the Southern Isles. And thus she finds herself in the back of this shop, half-naked, with him but a stone’s throw away.

Swan huffs as she appreciates the lightweight cotton shirt in her hands, the fabric covered in matching white embroidery that gives it a lacy, feminine quality. “As many years as you’ve been alive,” she admonishes, slipping it on and beginning to do up the buttons leading up to the V-shaped neckline, “you’d think you’d have learned how to wait by now.”

Her ears catch his chuckle. “You need a hand, love?”

She smirks to herself. “Is that a joke?”

“No, I’m quite serious,” he calls back airily. “I’m rather good with fastenings.”

It’s her turn to laugh. “I’m sure you are.” Swan finishes buttoning the shirt and sweeps her ponytail free of the collar before examining her reflection in the clothier’s mirror. She smoothes the hem of the shirt down over her hips, turning this way and that to survey her appearance. Her eyes fall to the dark blue leather trousers the clothier had chosen for her. She may have had to suffer the mild indignity of being eyeballed and prodded and measured by the excitable wisp of a man while Hook looked on with a beguiled grin, but the result was definitely worth it, she thinks with a quirk of her lips. The trousers fit like a second skin, and while they’ll take a little getting used to, she has to admit that she loves the look of them as much as she loves the idea of no longer having her movement hindered by the voluminous fabric of a skirt.

Satisfied with her appearance, she reaches for the most indulgent piece of the ensemble – the thick cobalt jerkin with a high collar that the clothier had enthusiastically offered to go with the trousers. She’d expressed reservations about the cost, but Hook had simply rolled his eyes and stepped forward, transferring the jerkin from the other man’s hands to hers and nudging her toward the dressing room.

“Believe me, you’ll be glad for something like this when we travel farther north,” he’d said. “Go.”

Now that she wraps herself in the snug, buttery soft leather and links up the tiny, leaf-shaped clasps that run down one side, she can’t help but let her smile grow. It’s perfect.

Swan tries to mute her pleased expression when she pulls aside the curtain and steps back out into the shop, her old clothes and shoes sandwiched between her hands and the soles of her new knee-high boots thumping quietly across the stone floor.

Hook turns away from inspecting a dark red waistcoat and his jaw slackens at the sight of her, an appreciative sound sneaking past his parted lips. “Now that’s much better,” he rumbles, his wide eyes sweeping up and down.

“You like it?” she asks coyly, giving the clothier a grateful smile when he beckons for her to hand him her old things in exchange for a pair of elbow-length leather gloves.

Hook’s face brightens with a slightly awed smile. “You look stunning, Swan.”

Warmth creeps across her cheeks, and she allows herself to preen a little, experimentally wiggling her fingers as she finishes tugging the first glove on. “And here I thought you’d miss the corset.”

“Well, that does have its own charms,” he chuckles, scratching behind his ear, “but I’d say this is a better fit for a woman who wields a sword and climbs the rigging.” He ducks his head a little. “Besides, you’d be lovely in anything.” His words leave her heart fluttering, and his grin widens. He pulls out a purse heavy with coin and turns to the clothier. “She’ll have all of it.”

They leave the shop behind a short while later, the paper-wrapped parcel containing Swan’s old clothes swinging on its twine from the Captain’s hook. The sun shines, and the call of voices and the squawking of caged chickens greet them as they wander up the small side street and emerge back onto the port’s main thoroughfare.

“So now what?” she asks.

He hums. “Normally I’d begin negotiating for new supplies,” he replies. “But if you’d prefer I show you the town, I can leave the task to Roberts. It’s usually a quartermaster’s job, anyway.”

“So why do you do it?” Swan looks up at him, puzzled.

Hook’s eyes twinkle. “Because I find merchants to be much more honest when they’re faced with this,” he says, lifting his hook, parcel and all. He smiles mischievously, and she laughs. “Most just want to make a decent profit, but there are always a few swindlers who need a little… inspiration.”

Swan nods, remembering the way her skin had crawled when a vintner had once tried to sell Maggie a case of wine for twice what it was worth. A thought occurs, and she tilts her head. “Could I come along?”

He arches a brow and gives her an amused sideways glance. “Desperate to stay close to me, love?”

Her eyes roll skyward. “Or I could go explore the town on my own.”

“No, no.” He grins and pulls a piece of paper from his pocket, handing it over so she can see the purchase list written on it in his neat, flowing hand. “You’re quite welcome. Just remember that not even I can make talk of salt pork and pickled vegetables very interesting.”

She chuckles at his hubris while she peruses the sheet. “I’ll take my chances.”

The butcher that comes recommended to them has a very large shop and an excellent selection, but it becomes clear to Emma as she pretends to admire some hanging ham shanks and listens to him haggle with Hook over ten crates of cured meats that the burly, fast-talking man doesn’t have any qualms about charging whatever he wants, even after the Captain drops the pleasantries and pointedly sets his hook on the counter between them with a dull thunk.

Hook makes a dissatisfied noise in his chest as he eyes the new figure the butcher scribbles on a scrap of paper in lead pencil. “Thirty-two silver. That’s your best price?” he asks, his voice heavy with skepticism.

The man shrugs. “Afraid so, Captain.”

It’s hardly the truth. The telltale crawl of her skin makes Swan lick her lips. She rapidly considers her options for convincing the man to be more cooperative, briefly wishing she were still wearing something that left a little more cleavage on display. “Please?” she purrs, stepping forward to stand at Hook’s elbow and perching her fingertips on the counter. “You can afford to do a little better.” She looks the butcher straight in the eye. “I know you can.”

He blinks. “I… I really would love to, miss. But that has me barely breaking even as it is.”

Lie. She folds her lips in a tight smile. “That’s a shame. We can only spare twenty-six. Guess we’ll have to look elsewhere.” She slips her hands around the crook of Hook’s arm and gently pulls him toward the door. “Sorry to waste your time.”

“You’re not going to find a better price than that!” he protests.

Lie. Swan arcs an eyebrow over her shoulder at him. “I don’t know. I think we might.”

“Silly girl. Captain, please.” The butcher waves a doughy hand at Swan with frustration. “You and I understand business. Talk some sense into her.”

Much to her delight, Hook embraces her charade, canting his head to one side and allowing his eyes to flash murderously. “I’m sorry, did you just insult my Lady’s intelligence?” he snaps, whirling so fast she loses her grip on him. His hand finds the hilt of his cutlass. “You must have misspoken. Surely a smart man like you knows how unwise that would be.” He makes a show of stubbornly refusing to move even as Emma lays a hand on his shoulder and urges him to stand down.

The butcher glances at the sword and the blood drains from his face. He swallows hard. “Of… of course, Captain. My mistake, ma’am.”

Swan accepts his apologetic bow with a gracious nod, biting her tongue and doing her best to keep a straight face.

“Come, love,” Hook growls, giving the man another prize-winning glare before wrapping his hook arm around her back and reaching for the door knob. “If he won’t do twenty-six, he won’t do twenty-six.”

“I could do twenty-nine!”

They pause, shooting him identical dry expressions before daring to look at one another, and she can’t be sure whether the thrill she’s feeling right now comes from having the man right where they want him or from the way Hook’s eyes laugh and his arm tightens around her as they silently agree to continue out the door.

“Fine, then! Twenty-six, twenty-six…” the butcher grouses. He slaps a new slip of parchment on the counter. “Bleeding highway robbery,” he mutters, dashing off a purchase agreement.

Hook gives Swan the barest of winks and wanders back over to the counter, a little extra swagger in his step. “Take it from someone who knows, mate,” he says, snatching up the slip of paper between outstretched fingers. “If this were actual highway robbery, you’d be a lot worse for wear.”

* * *

“How did you know he’d do it?” Hook admires the purchase agreement one more time before tucking it into the breast pocket of his coat.

Emma allows herself a self-satisfied smile as they walk down the road together. “I just have a good feel for these things, I guess.”

“Perhaps I should make you the quartermaster.” He throws her a grin before checking their surroundings and nodding in the direction of the grocer.

Emma follows gamely. “And where would that leave Mr. Roberts?”

Hook snorts. “Knowing him, he’s got a secret fortune somewhere. He could take an early retirement or hire on a crew and find his own ship to captain,” he muses. “The Dread Pirate Roberts. Has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?” He savors Emma’s dimpled cheek and dancing eyes and invites her to go first as they wander beneath the shade of the grocer’s enormous tent. “Now, love, care to work your magic again?”

By day’s end, he and Emma manage to secure agreements for enough victuals and supplies to sustain the Jolly the rest of the voyage to Misthaven if need be. Hook mentally tallies the sums while they sit in a local tavern awaiting the arrival of their evening meal. He shakes his head in amazement. “Don’t look now, Swan, but I think we make quite the team,” he informs her jovially. “This is the least it’s cost us to outfit the ship in years.”

“What is?”

They look up to see Roberts, a fresh flagon in his hand, halted on his way to rejoin some of the men at another table a few feet away.

Hook gathers the little sheaf of purchase agreements and hands them over, looking smug.

The quartermaster sets his drink down and shuffles through the papers, his bushy eyebrows leaping upward. “I’ll be,” he drawls with a toothy grin. “Those’re some pretty numbers.”

“Turns out the Lady knows how to drive a hard bargain,” Hook explains, gesturing toward Emma with his own ale and beaming. “You should see her do it.” He catches her eye and smiles. “It’s a thing of beauty.”

Emma blushes hard, and Hook chuckles as Roberts hands the papers back.

“It’s very impressive, ma’am. You’ll have to tell us your secret.”

She lifts her cup up to her demure smile. “It’s nothing, Mr. Roberts,” she replies, taking a sip. “The Captain bought some things for me today, and I was just returning the favor.”

Roberts raises his flagon to her. “Well, my hat’s off to you. And…” The normally-gruff man eyes her new clothes and hesitates a moment, as if the words are awkward on his tongue. “You… you look very nice.”

Hook swivels his head toward his crewman in surprise, and Emma rewards Roberts with a brilliant smile before the quartermaster wanders off with his cheeks as ruddy as a schoolboy’s.

* * *

Foamy waves lap gently at the stretch of white sand that runs north of the docks, the entire landscape saturated in shades of indigo and dark blue beneath the light of an enormous full moon. The dull roar of the ocean mixes in their ears with the intermittent rush of the evening wind that whispers along the coast, and the warm air smells faintly of brine. Swan surveys the scene with a happy sigh as she and Hook elect to make a detour on their way back to the ship. Behind them, the town is dotted with the glimmering light of a hundred lanterns, and the sounds of late-night merriments grow fainter as they hike several hundred yards off the path to the beach. The ground softens beneath their feet, and Swan stops for a moment to bend over.

Hook turns to watch as she pulls off her new boots and hitches the legs of her trousers halfway up her calves. “What are you doing?” Even in the relative dark, the white of his amused grin is evident.

“Enjoying the sand,” she says simply, snatching up her boots and straightening. “You said the shores up north are rocky. Who knows when I’ll be someplace like this again?” She shrugs and flashes him a little smile as she resumes their course, relishing the way her bare feet sink ankle-deep in the cool, dry grains.

They stroll up to the water’s edge, their parallel lines of footprints growing more distinct in the damp terrain, and she sighs happily as the perfectly tepid sea washes over her feet with every lazy surge. Swan cranes her head upward to admire the stars which twinkle in the inky void beyond the moon’s halo. “Does the night sky look the same in all the realms?” she wonders aloud. She glances over to see Hook smile and nod.

“Aye. The constellations move with location and season, but yes, it’s the same stars in every place I’ve encountered. It’s what allows me to navigate no matter where I go.” His gaze sweeps the heavens, and he slows, turning about-face and pointing. “See those four bright ones there? The Southern Cross?” He traces the perpendicular lines in the air with his finger.

Swan steps closer, squinting to try and see what he sees. “There?” Her voice is uncertain as she shifts her boots to her left hand and points with her right.

Hook steps around to her right side and hunches down a bit, all but lowering his chin onto her shoulder to try to approximate her line of sight. He reaches for her outstretched hand, and her heart begins to beat erratically at the sensation of his breath on her cheek and the warmth of his palm around her wrist as he adjusts her angle. “There.” He slowly moves her arm in a similar crisscross pattern, pausing briefly on each individual point of light. “One, two, three, four,” he counts quietly in her ear. “See it?”

Her lashes flutter, and she manages to nod despite the sudden fullness in her throat and the gooseflesh that seems to have erupted across her back and arms.

“Now follow the long axis,” he coaxes, drawing her hand toward the horizon at a slight angle, “about four-and-a-half lengths down. That’s south.” He seems to catch himself and pulls away, clearing his throat. “Um, see? It’s simple.” He scratches behind his ear.

Her breath feels stilted, as though none of the air around them can find its way to her lungs. “Yeah,” she croaks, tucking a stray curl back away from her face and forcing a nervous little laugh. “I’ll have to remember that.”

Hook diverts his gaze almost shyly and looks toward the ocean as he turns to resume their walk. Something a few paces ahead catches his eye, and he strides forward to investigate, reaching down to pluck an object from ground. “Ah! Look at this,” he calls.

Swan trots to his side, watching curiously as he straightens, cradling a flat, round disc in his palm. “What is that?”

“A sand dollar.” His thumb swipes across the surface a few times to clear the thin layer of wet sand that clings to it, allowing her to see the pretty, flower-like imprint in the center and the odd pattern of slits that surround it. He motions for her to take it. “Some people think they’re good luck.”

She chuffs and accepts, admiring the hard, milky white artifact in the moonlight as she gently brushes the last of the beach off it. “Guess I can use all the luck I can get,” she says with a rueful smile.

He chuckles. “Somehow I get the feeling you make your own luck, Swan.”

“Right. Because waking up on the wrong side of the world with no memories was so lucky,” she shoots back wryly, tucking the sand dollar into her jerkin.

“Well, if you hadn’t, you might never have met me,” he points out, shrugging amiably. “I’d call that a stroke of luck, wouldn’t you?” He offers her his arm and an impish grin.

She can’t help but laugh, and she acknowledges his point with a bob of her head, sliding her hand into the crook of his elbow and trying to ignore the pleasant quiver of her stomach as they turn to keep wandering. “I guess so.”

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the human sex talk

okay trolls listen up heres the sex talk your lusus wont give you

im going to try to keep this as basic as possible because its going to be confusing anyway so if youre human and youre reading this thinking wow davesprite why didnt you bring up x im sorry bear with me

okay

humans have two basic sexes male and female

for trolls this split isnt really significant in terms of reproduction obviously universes vary and i dont know about every troll but the sexual dimorphism between trolls is very low compared to say some of your lusii or native animals i know some universes where trolls dont have sexes at all just genders

for humans however outside of medical and scientific intervention only a male sex and female sex pair can produce a child

males of the species are born with what is called a penis this is roughly analogous to the bone bulge of a troll below the penis where a nook is on a troll are the testicles sometimes referred to as the balls

you then have the what do trolls call it waste chute or whatever thats further behind the balls

and thats all that is down there

the penis is a flesh covered muscle that normally hangs limp in front of the pelvis there is no sheath and it does not retract into the body it is usually smaller than a troll bulge so the average range is between four and six inches its generally the same width all the way usually between like an inch or two inches in diameter

the head of the penis can be slightly wider than the shaft but doesnt have to be you can usually tell where the shaft ends and the head begins because the shape is slightly different usually the skin that covers the penis will also cover the head and then there will be a sort of fold where the urethra is at the very tip

the urethra is a small hole and thats where piss and ejaculate come out but well get to that in a bit

some humans however have the fold before the head leaving the more sensitive skin around the urethra exposed this isnt the way humans are born but its pretty common so its worth mentioning you dont really want to know why so dont ask

when a male sex human gets aroused the human body directs blood into the penis muscle which then causes it to stiffen otherwise it would just be sort of floppy and useless during sex this is called getting hard or getting a boner or whatever else theres tons of nicknames for all this stuff those are just the big two

then there are the testicles or balls that i mentioned before these are about the size of a golf ball i guess im not really sure what the best troll analogue is there i guess if you imagine the size of an eyeball that is removed from someones socket its just a little bigger than that but again sometimes its different depending on the human

these are also covered in skin like the rest of the human and theyre not really important for the act of sex but they play a part in reproduction because inside is the males genetic material theyre pretty much just weird flesh sacks so its sort of boring but some humans like them being touched i dont know

lets skip over to the female sex organs so we can see how they fit together

females have the equivalent of a troll nook collectively referred to as the vagina which is composed of several parts they do not have a penis

essentially you have a hole much like a nook and around that hole are a few flaps of skin for protection i guess you cant just leave a hole uncovered its all sort of shaped like a clamshell if you turned it on its side or a sort of vertically oriented oval so the quote unquote tips of the oval are oriented toward the belly button and the waste chute respectively

at the top of the clamshell though still within the skin folds above the vaginal opening and just barely above the female urethra which is just another smaller hole with no sexual purpose is the clitoris this is the big one boys this is the doozy this is essentially the female penis or bulge except its only about as big as a pea and something like fifty thousand times more sensitive than a penis so tread carefully

unfortunately for most ladies the clitoris or clit for short isnt reproductively relevant its just sort of vestigial so while its great for pleasure it often goes neglected which sort of sounds like a shame if you ask me and probably more than half the human population

anyway

you might be wondering well if the human males have balls to hold the genetic material where is it on the female its on the inside

essentially the vagina is like a tube and at the end of the tube it narrows and theres a very small opening called the cervix which is where the vagina technically ends and past the cervix is the uterus which is like a balloon with two small deflated balloons attached on either side called the fallopian tubes and finally at the end of those deflated balloons are the ovaries and thats where the female genetic material is squirreled away like some sort of dragons hoard except the hoard is squishy little things called eggs and each egg holds all of the females genetic material

now again this is all on the inside

now lets get to the big shabang itself sex

if your planet doesnt use the word sex this is what youd call pailing and some parts of this might get sort of scandalous depending on how into pailing culture you are and if youre from alternia or beforus so im sorry if it makes you blush or makes you angry but youve been warned

sex occurs between all genders but the again the only kind of sex that has reproductive merit and can produce descendants is between someone with male sex organs and someone with female sex organs as described above

when a male becomes aroused and gets a boner he will then part the folds of the female and insert his penis into her vagina carefully because the vaginal opening is relatively small compared to the penis but fortunately its flexible and if the female is aroused it produces a lubricant sort of like pre material if everything goes well and the foreplay was good enough it shouldnt be painful though if the female hasnt done it before aka is a virgin it might take some time

from my understanding troll bulges are prehensile so pailing involves a lot of wiggling in the indoor area but human penises are not so from here it just becomes a lot of thrusting straight forward and back changing positions can change the sensation but its really pretty boring to talk about but in practice its fun because if it werent our species would die out obviously

anyway then climax happens this should be pretty self explanatory even for a troll this is when the genetic material is released

for the purposes of reproduction the female doesnt have to orgasm but if youre having sex and you think its over just because the guy came youre a monster always take care of your partner

now youre going to be thinking wait davesprite you skipped a step no i didnt

the male does not pull out of the female to release genetic material i repeat the genetic material remains inside the female this is where it belongs it might be gross and drippy but that doesnt go anywhere its not collected its not put anywhere

in human reproduction there is no bucket

the males genetic material which is called sperm or semen technically two different parts of the same liquid but people use them interchangeably goes through the cervix and into the uterus then it will go up the fallopian tubes where if the timing is right because the female reproductive system is not always ready and thats a whole other lesson i cant go into right now there will be an egg waiting

the genetic material of the male will attempt to merge with the genetic material of the female in the males ejaculate there are tons of little packets of genetic material thats the sperm i mentioned before and these little packets have tails on them which let them swim up to the egg and then attempt to break in like little horny thugs the egg will attempt to kill them so only the strongest reach the center

if one of the sperm is successful and of the millions and millions of sperm released in the semen only one usually ever makes all the way from the cervix to the egg the egg will be fertilized and then it will move down the fallopian tube and embed in the wall of the uterus

by then the sex is long over but the egg remains in the uterus for nine months longer if you dont know what a month is its basically a perigree so nine perigrees give or take a little and then a baby aka a grub comes out of the mother through the vagina

and thats human reproduction we do it ourselves because thats just the human way

thanks for listening ive been davesprite and ill take your questions now

oh wait

faq number one

yes trolls and humans can have sex because while the parts are different they can usually more or less fit together however this wont make a grub or a baby unless your universe allows it which sort of varies but usually the answer is no

faq number two

humans can do it up the waste chute which is how a lot of gay men aka male humans who like other male humans choose to do it because they dont have a vagina or nook again it is extremely rare that this makes a baby though the multiverse is a big big place

okay there you go now ill take any remaining questions

#nsfw/#ic #long post/#[[ there it is. youre welcome. i suffer for you ]]

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southrift-galaxy-safaris-blog · 5 years ago

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Ultimate Guide to Visiting Egypt (& Not Just the Pyramids!)

Egypt is a land of dreams for travelers looking for a bustling destination with a vibrant culture. For Europeans, Egypt has been a popular spot (among Turkey and Tunisia) to go for a resort getaway with occasional day trips to Luxor and Cairo. Growing up, I remember seeing many chartered flights to Sharm El Sheik and Hurghada, and everyone and their mother has been to Egypt. It’s no surprise that Egypt has been the first place I traveled to solo after my high school graduation back in 2007, at the age of eighteen. However, Egypt for Americans has never been a ‘hot spot’, but after my second independent trip to Egypt I can say that it surely should be! Here’s everything you need to know about visiting Egypt. Safety in Egypt First things first: is Egypt safe? Absolutely! When I visited Egypt back in 2008 safety wasn’t the biggest concern. Unfortunately, nowadays most of the Middle East is currently in a political or social unrest, but we often forget to see the difference between Egypt and the rest of the Middle East. Sure, there are some regions which are not safe, but there are also regions where are perfectly fine. Just like in any other country and city. That said, everywhere in Egypt I was told that the only rules for tourists in Egypt are to “enjoy and feel like at home”. As you may know by now, Egypt is NOT on the travel alert or travel warning list for the U.S Department of State. Tourist attractions are largely safe and not under any threat. Egyptians are one of the most welcoming people I’ve ever encountered on my travels (among Iranians!) and they love tourists. Not once I felt in any danger anywhere in the country, people constantly had my back when I looked lost or unsure I was very saddened to read a lot of other blog posts saying that everyone in Egypt wants your money, as it’s absolutely not my experience. I met locals trying to help me on numerous occasions, asking me if I’m all right, feeding me good food. Everyone was nothing but nice to me. When to Go to Egypt? Don’t make my mistake during my first visit by going to Egipt in the summer. In summer, temperatures can get up to 45 degrees Celsius in dusty, so Luxor and Aswan are unbearable. Remember that nights can be freezing so bring a sweater and a pair of warm socks. Trust me, you can thank me later. The best time to go to Egypt is surely between October and April. The tourist high season is considered from December to February, so if you come slightly out of season you will also enjoy cheaper hotel prices and fewer crowds. Also, make sure to avoid traveling during Ramadan. How Much Does it Cost to Travel to Egypt? Not much. Egypt is comparatively cheap if you’re coming from a developed nation. For a bed in a dorm, you’ll usually pay about $4, guesthouse would be about $12 per night and a higher standard shouldn’t be more than $150. If you’re backpacking you could get by for $30 a day without any issues. The most expensive thing I paid for in Egypt was my hot-air balloon flight ($50). Always carry a lot of coins and small bills. You will have to “tip” many times a day, for all kinds of reasons. While you don’t HAVE TO do this, it’s customary to for instance give some coins to a bathroom lady who hands you a few sheets of toilet paper. I was completely fine with tipping here and there, especially after visiting some of the poorest neighborhoods of Cairo and Luxor. Food in Egypt I enjoyed the food in Egypt very much. I ate anything from basic kebabs to local vegetables and rice, through the most traditional dish – Koshary. It’s a mix of rice, macaroni, and lentils topped with tomato-vinegar sauce and fried onions. If you’re staying in local hostels or hotels be prepared that you’ll be served a LOT of food. Quite often for breakfast, I was receiving a few bread rolls, 8 balls of falafel, hummus, omelet, hard boiled eggs, french fried, yogurt and a fresh smoothie. It was impossible to eat it all! How to Get Around Egypt Plane Domestic flights in Egypt as affordable and great. You’d be looking at two airlines: EgyptAir and NileAir (I can only personally vouch for EgyptAir and they’re great). For a flight from Cairo to Luxor or Aswan, you’ll pay about $50-80 one way and the flight takes about an hour. Bus If you’re on a strict backpacking budget, you might want to look into Go Bus. Their buses are very comfy, cheap and easy to book on the website or app on your phone. Train Sleeper trains are another popular way of traveling, but since my flight to Luxor cost me the same as the sleeping train would have, the choice was obvious. Boat (Nile Cruise) There is a cruise on the Nile that starts in all of the touristic cities, and most tourists decide to do it. Many travelers think the Nile Cruise is the only way to get to some places, which isn’t true as the same places can be reached by car or bus. Keep in mind that it’s not going to be a very local experience hanging out at the pool and eating touristy food on the boat. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that but it might not be everyone’s cup of tea. I opted for a cheaper version staying in local guesthouses. Uber & Taxis In Cairo, you can take Uber anywhere and it’s extremely cheap. For instance, an average taxi trip from Cairo Airport to downtown Cairo should not cost more than 50-60 LE, whilst a journey from Cairo Airport to the Pyramids go for 100-110 LE. See Related Tours Walk in The Footsteps of Jesus Tour Top Self Drive Holiday Deals in Kenya If you think you have to travel far to enjoy a nice weekend, you may never get away. Besides, you can enjoy a beautiful weekend right here in Kenya. There are countless wallet-friendly Kenyan self drive getaways that won’t even break your budget. Don’t spend your weekend, doing absolutely nothing at home. Whether you are looking for romantic destinations, pristine beaches, and adventurous outdoor activities, there are plenty wallet-friendly getaways that will satisfy your weekend desires. Malindi & Watamu Self Drive Deals Mombasa South Coast Self Drive Deals Mombasa North Coast Self Drive Deals Masai Mara Self Drive Holiday Packages Lukenya & Machakos Self Drive Meru Holiday Self Drive Deals Mt. Kenya & Aberdare Self Drive Holiday Deals Nyeri Holiday Self Drive Deals Samburu Holiday Self Drive Deals Top Outdoor Activities in Kenya Outdoor activities in Kenya are a great way to experience Kenya, Choosing where to start in Kenya can be overwhelming. The country has many different outdoor activities, ranging from adrenaline-pumping adventures to more meditative outings. Kenya is always a fantastic destination for family bonding. Spending time with the family on weekend is a great opportunity to re-connect and communicate while having fun. Outdoor activities are perfect for those who want to experience a relaxing and refreshing weekend in an amazing place. Do something fun this weekend and spend worthy time with your family. For great weekend bonding, we present to you 6 fun outdoor activities for the family. These outdoor activities are great adventures for you and your family. Hike To Ol Donyo Sabuk & 14 Falls, Thika Chaka Ranch Day Trip – QuadBikes, PaintBalling Ngare Ndare Day Trip Hike (Nanyuki) Kereita Zip Lining & Hiking Day Trip Top Madaraka Express SGR Holiday Deals 2 Nights Malindi & Watamu holiday with SGR 2 Nights Amboseli Holiday With SGR 2 Nights Tsavo Holiday With SGR Sa 2 Nights Voi Holiday With SGR 2 Nights Mombasa North Coast With SGR 2 Nights Mombasa South Coast With SGR Read the full article

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10 Tips for Becoming a Candid Photography Pro

Authentic photography is an extraordinary device available to you. Be that as it may, there is a major misguided judgment that genuine photography is tied in with covering up in the shrubberies, stowing away and pausing. This couldn't possibly be more off-base.

You can draw near, connect with your subjects, and still exploit real photography procedures. This works for a wide range of photography to make your photographs feel like piece existing apart from everything else.

Peruse on to discover how to take extraordinary real to life shots, from how to set up to how to shoot open wedding photography.

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What Does Candid Photography Mean?

The significant first inquiry to pose is what is real to life photography? Genuine photography is any kind of photography that is genuine and at the time.

There is no representing, no phony grins—just evident, authentic emotions. The subjects may realize you are there capturing them. Be that as it may, they are not removed from the minute by a camera's quality.

It is so natural to detect a phony grin or phony look, and that is the snappiest path to an unremarkable photo. Be that as it may, an open photograph enables certifiable feeling to radiate through.

You could be doing picture, occasion or wedding photography. Or then again travel or road photography, or family photography. Figuring out how to get real to life shots will take you to another level as an expert picture taker.

Authentic picture takers realize what to look like at every scene. What's more, they utilize the environment or different plans to their focal points. This all accompanies practice. Real to life minutes are shots of definitive minutes.

Here are a few hints to help you en route.

A high contrast real to life photography wedding shoot

Real to life Photography Tips

10. Shoot in Burst Mode

Individuals are flighty and you possibly get one possibility when taking real to life photography: take bunches of shots. Your camera, regardless of whether Nikon or Canon computerized cameras can take incredible photographs.

You'll be astonished at what you find. I frequently end up with something fun and unconstrained. Also, shooting in burst mode expands the opportunity of catching that ideal shot.

Family minutes can be the best time for sincere photographs. You can discover incredible tips for those minutes here. For increasingly real to life photography tips, you have to peruse on.

A real photography shot of a gathering talking at a corporate occasion

9. Lay it on the line

In case you're stressed over being seen taking photographs of somebody who may not need their photograph taken, have a go at shooting with your camera at hip stature.

This gives another and energizing point of view on a circumstance that you won't be utilized to, likewise adding to the 'real photography' feel of the shot. These pictures offer an unexpected point in comparison to from eye level.

In case you're winding up with a great deal of terrible photographs, take a stab at utilizing live view to make a shot first. There is no best focal point for this real to life photography, however more extensive is simpler.

For additional on road photography, read our article here.

A real to life photography representation of a man remaining before a tall structure

8. Move Around Your Subjects

In case you're taking a real to life photograph of somebody, you can't approach to them to move for a superior organization. It's additionally futile requesting that they look characteristic – this makes the most cumbersome shots of all.

Get up and stroll around your subjects until you have them situated how you'd like, at that point snap the picture. Have your real to life camera prepared.

A whole arrangement of photographs taken from a similar seat will in general be exhausting and unsurprising. Development blends things up.

An open shot of a horde of individuals gathered

7. Lose the Flash

Utilizing a blaze is obvious – in the event that you need to go concealed, broaden your opening and raise your ISO. You will most likely take well-uncovered photographs in low light conditions, for example, inside.

I prescribe an ISO of around 400 and you can broaden the opening as much as you need. This gives your photographs a pleasant, shallow profundity of field, which means the emphasis will be regarding the matter as opposed to its environment.

This is one of the most significant real to life photography tips.

A real to life photography picture of a lady with her hand held against her face

6. Pose Inquiries and Engage in Conversation with Your Subjects

The camera will regularly go about as an obstruction between a picture taker and their subject. It can make your subject feel exceptionally reluctant and uncovered. Utilize your conversational abilities to break this ice.

Representation real to life photography may appear to be a bizarre term. How might you take a real picture shot of somebody during a session when they realize you are capturing them?

In any case, there is an approach to photo your subjects so the minutes are genuine—and feel open.

On the off chance that you have ever seen extraordinary real to life picture takers working, probably the best quality is the way they collaborate with their subjects. They realize how to keep them agreeable and bring their characters out.

Consider inquiries early or scan for some shared opinion to discuss. On the off chance that you don't have the foggiest idea what to state, ask them a basic inquiry.

Maintain the concentration off the way that they are being captured. When you get an individual talking, they will start to disregard the camera.

They will begin feeling genuine feelings and demonstrating them in their outward appearances when they talk.

This is an approach to get characteristic inclination real photography shots inside a setting that isn't helpful for that sort of picture.

Hang tight for the minute in the middle of the occasions. Frequently your subjects will hold up until they don't think you are shooting to enable their actual character to sparkle. I call this the minute in the middle of minutes.

Focus when you are not pointing your camera at your subject. Look out, and be prepared to shoot.

You can even deceive them. Take a presented photograph and afterward disclose to them that you are changing your settings. Or on the other hand have a go at putting your camera down as you make a joke.

The subsequent they understand that genuine look all over, pull out all the stops and take the shot.

A real to life photography picture of a man sitting inside

5. Draw near and Watch Your Subjects Without Looking at Them

During occasions or weddings, there are numerous picture takers that will sneak from a remote place with a long range focal point. This works without a doubt, however regularly you will in any case be seen when you point that colossal long range focal point at an individual.

I incline toward the contrary methodology. There is no best focal point for genuine photography, just which one gives you the best pictures.

Get into the center of the activity. Be a piece of the good times. By doing this, individuals will turn out to be increasingly agreeable around you. They will be all the more eager to allow their to protect down.

From here you can study the room and hold on to see who seems as though they are having an extraordinary time. Try not to take a gander at them before you are going to snap their picture.

People have a transformative propensity to notice eye to eye connection, so this will remove them from the occasion. This is outstanding amongst other authentic photography tips, straight from the book on the best way to take open photographs.

You have to do this by mixing in and staying silent. Some of the time, the consideration is away from you and you have to utilize this to further your potential benefit.

This is particularly significant in case you're chipping away at a corporate activity as it's ideal to go unnoticed. Move gradually and unobtrusively, and mix in by wearing comparative garments to the individuals you will take photographs of.

Another great tip is to utilize live see on your camera where conceivable; this lifts the shade up before the photograph is taken, decreasing the sound of the introduction.

A real photography shot of a gathering talking at a corporate occasion

Rather, go about as though you aren't giving them consideration to lose them your aroma. Trust that the correct minute will occur before at last pointing the camera at them.

When they're giggling or in some kind of passionate minute they won't see or be influenced by the camera pointed at them.

For gatherings or calm occasions where you are trusting that individuals will open up, consider putting your camera down for some time and viewing.

Keep the camera prepared, obviously, yet realize that individuals will begin to loosen up more if it's far out. For real to life photography, this implies you may need to hold up quite a while.

Sit and trust that somebody will make a joke or remark that enables the space to eject in giggling or demonstrate their common feelings. At that point begin shooting like there's no tomorrow.

Here and there it requires some investment for these minutes to happen, so hold on and hang tight for them.

A real photography way of life shoot

4. Utilize a Prime Lens

As I referenced in the last point, long range focal points will work fine, yet I want to likewise utilize light primes.

Light prime focal points will make your camera a lot more minimal, substantially less detectable, and simpler to utilize. It will enable you to stroll around an occasion, mix out of spotlight, and raise your camera to snap a photograph without anybody taking note.

A 50mm, 35mm, or 28mm prime with more extensive gaps (in the f/1.4 to f/2 territory) will work well for you in these shooting situations.

This doesn't mean you need to jettison the long range focal point. Utilize both or trade between the two. This is the reason you will see many wedding picture takers utilizing two cameras—one with a zoom and one with a prime.

In the event that you have one, zooming focal points are an incredible approach unnoticed. You can remain far away and still catch a subject as if you were very close.

A zooming focal point additionally powers the viewpoint onto your subject. This makes it less about the scene and increasingly about the individual, This is the reason zooming focal points are frequently utilized for pictures.

As far as best focal point for genuine photography – go with what you are OK with. Thusly, you will almost certainly take progressively real to life photography shots.

An open photography representation of a man sitting on steps

3. Advise People to Get Comfortable and to Pose Themselves

When taking somebody's representation, the most effortless approach to present them is to remove them from the occasion. Rather, request that they present themselves. Ask them how they would stand on the off chance that you weren't there or request that they propose a few stances.

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HVFF Chicago 2017 Wrap Up

What an amazing weekend! First, I got to spend it with my dear friend @triciaolicity. She generously let me stay at her house, which gave us ample more time to talk about Arrow and our lives as wives & mothers. We are two Irish ladies who love to sit around a kitchen table and share stories. She is such a blessing in my life. I love you!

Second, HVFF Chicago was AWESOME. Seriously great. I tweeted out as much information as I could, but I do have a few more details that cannot fit in a 144 character limit.

This was my third convention, not including SDCC. I realize there are so many of you who would love to go, but may never get the chance to for a variety of reasons. So, all the goodies I picked up at the convention I will be giving away. It's just my small way of trying to bring HVFF to you. The giveaways will start the week before 5x20 airs. I'll give away something each week (5x20-5x23). I thought it'd be a fun way to wrap up the season together.

Back to HVFF though. Let's dig in!

David Ramsey

If you ever have a chance to go to a convention make sure you see David Ramsey. He comes to play EVERY SINGLE TIME. David is swarmed with fans at the autograph table, but he always takes his time with each one of us. He listens intently, tries to answer all of our questions and gives the best spoilers. He is warm, incredibly gracious, humble, funny, energetic and his hugs are out of this world. I've never heard a single bad thing about him from any fan. David Ramsey is just good people. Also, may I just add, he is a fine male specimen. Honestly, we just stare at him while we wait. God is a friggin genius.

I headed up to the autograph table (with giveaway goodie in hand) and David signed it. After we exchanged pleasantries I got down to business.

Me: So, a lot of fans were upset with Wendy's last interview.

David: Oh really? Why is that?

Me: Well, she said Olicity would be rebuilding on a friendship level.

David: (nodding thoughtfully) Well that's true.

Me: I know, but it's been a rough season David. They are hanging on by a thread.

He laughed.

Me: Is there anything you can tease on a romance level for Olicity at the end of the season?

David: (smiling) Well there's always a chance for romance with Olicity.

I give him a look.

David: (without missing a beat) There's a BIG chance for romance with Olicity.

Then, he gives me the same knowing look and we both laugh. We hug. He tells me I'm awesome. I start to swoon and Tricia leads me away, so I don't actually drool on the man.

@triciaolicity asked David, "What's Diggle's role if we can presume Oliver Queen will be a full-fledged superhero at the end of Season 5?" David told her that Diggle will still be Yoda. Oliver will always mess up and Diggle will be there to guide him just as he does now.

However, NONE of this compared to what my friend Laura got. Laura regularly attends conventions, so if you don't follow her on Twitter please do because she's awesome. Here are her tweets from her conversation with David:

Now, it's a little confusing because of the 144 character limit, so this is how Laura explained it to me while we waited for David's panel to start. Laura and her friend asked David if he could describe the end of the season in one word. While David was thinking, Laura's friend offered him an answer by saying, "OTA?" David quickly responded with, "They get back together," thinking she said "Olicity." Laura jumped in and asked, "Wait hold on. Do you mean Olicity?" But David didn't respond. (It's really noisy in there.) But... he kept talking. David explained it's a television show and there had to be conflict at some point. He compared Olicity to Dyla and said he believes they'll get married someday. Laura asked if there'd be babies too and David said, "Sure." Then, Laura asked if they'd get back together at the end of the season, but David implied it would be before the end of the season.

Laura is a goddess.

Now, this entire conversation backs up what David said to me. It backs up what the 5x20 spoilers are hinting at. It backs up what Marc told me in JULY at SDCC. It also backs up what we've seen in the show this season. So, I hope this abates any fears that Olicity is not getting back together this season. If it doesn't then... I'm tapped folks. Don't know what to tell ya.

Before anyone asks, you know I hate to guess exact episode number, but I’ll make an exception. I’d say we’re looking at 5x22 for Olicity to reunite. Sort of like Oliver and Laurel did in S1′s penultimate ep, but Olicity will stick. Olicity is forever.

We can always count on David. He's the hero this fandom needs.

David also had an amazing panel that you can watch here.

Stephen Amell

Stephen had no line at his booth for a minute, so we took it as a sign from Jesus and hurried over to get his autograph. Now, Tricia has met Stephen before, but was a little disappointed with her first encounter. She asked him if he could tease something for Olicity in the future. He said no and Tricia asked, "Anything?" but he didn't respond. Instead, he got up and moved to the other side of the table.

Now... the man is asked for spoilers all the time and I'm sure he was met with more than a few cranky Olicity fans this past year. However, Tricia is not one of those fans and that kind of a response is a bummer when you just dropped $60. So, I convinced her to give Stephen another chance.

Tricia: You tweeted out "Holy shit!" after reading the 5x22. Can you tease any "Holy Shit" moments?

Stephen: (abruptly) No.

Tricia gives me the "It's happening again" look. So, I put my arm around her and smile at Stephen.

Me: Hi!

Stephen: (looks up at me) Hi!

His eyes are insanely blue. It's really not fair to be this handsome. I promise you, it's out of hand how gorgeous he is in person. It always takes a minute for my brain to readjust, but I was a woman on a mission. No time for the distraction that comes from all the pretty. I forged ahead.

Me: Yeah so... we're gonna need more than that Stephen. It's been a really long season.

Stephen starts to laugh: Oh yeah?

Tricia and I: (in unison) YEAH.

Me: Anything you could give us would be so appreciated.

Stephen: (thinks for a minute) Okay, well if you're a fan of the series since Season 1 -

He pauses and looks at us.

Tricia and I: (in unison) We are.

Stephen: (smiles) then there's someone who's coming back in 5x22 that we haven't seen since S1. And... you should be the most excited about a series finale than you've ever been based on the last scene in 5x22.

Yeah okay. That did it. We're jazzed. Stephen takes my giveaway goody and starts to sign.

Me: Thank you so much. So, how do you want Oliver to handle his final showdown with Prometheus?

Stephen: (thoughtfully) I don't know. I think it depends on what he does, you know?

Me: Very true, but do you think Oliver is going to come out of this with a stronger moral code?

Stephen: Yes, I think so.

Key to spoiler hunting is to know when to tap out. I thank him profusely and scurry away.

Milo Ventimiglia

I've seen Milo at the other two conventions I've attended. I've watched basically everything he's been in (Gilmore Girls, Heroes, Gotham). I have always been a fan, but I am completely in love with his performance of Jack on This Is Us. So are a lot of people, because from what I could tell in comparison to the other conventions, his lines have DOUBLED.

Milo is like David Ramsey. I've never heard anyone say anything bad about him ever. The man had surgery on his hand and he was signing autographs with it. That's serious commitment. Again, Milo's lines were long, but he was taking his time with each fan. Really listening to their questions and offering thoughtful responses. Also, unbelievably handsome. He was wearing a tight t-shirt because God is kind and there are muscles on top of muscles. Thanks for the tip from fanmommer, I can also attest that he smells incredibly yummy.

He takes the This Is Us giveaway to sign (I'll give that one away before the Arrow ones) and we start our nice chat.

Me: You are just spectacular on This Is Us. I think you were born to play this role.

Milo smiles so sweetly and so shyly it almost broke my heart.

Milo: Thank you so much.

Me: I have to say I really enjoyed the finale. I've been married almost 11 years and man... that is a fight you have when you're married. Both my husband were nodding along and saying, "Yes!" as Rebecca and Jack hashed it out.

Milo: You know, what's interesting is that we did several takes of that scene and there were quite a few that were way more intense.

Me: Really?

Milo: Yeah there were some where me and Mandy really went at each other, but that's the great wisdom of the director and Dan. They chose the one that felt true to the characters.

Me: Well it did. Really. I love how you've unraveled these insecurities in Jack. Yes, he's very much the superhero dad, but there's flaws too. It's almost as if his need to be almost superhuman is covering for some of those insecurities.

Jack: He's very human.

Me: Yes. As we all are. To be honest, I wasn't disappointed you guys didn't reveal how Jack died. His story is bigger than that one moment.

Milo: It feels a little morbid to me. And yes, exactly. That's what I tell people. It's not about how he died. It's about how he lived.

Me: Well that's the show. It's about life. That's why I watch.

Milo: (nodding enthusiastically) Yes. Yes.

We say goodbye and I float away because the man could not be nicer.

Robbie Amell and Italia Ricci

I've met Robbie Amell before. I had a fantastic talk with him at HVFF San Jose. We talked Firestorm, our mutual dislike of Jay Garrick and his wedding to Italia. When he heard I was a huge Chasing Life fan, he Facetimed Italia. Robbie is perfection, but this go around I wanted to meet Italia. We had to go past Robbie to get to her though. As we waited, Robbie looked at me expectantly.

Me: You're fabulous Robbie, but I'm here for your wife.

Robbie nodded enthusiastically, completely understanding because OBVIOUSLY, and made a motion to push down closer to Italia.

Me: I could have had Snowstorm babies Robbie. I'll never forgive Barry.

Robbie: (laughs and shakes his head) I know!

Italia was ready for me. Later Robbie. Now... I'm just going to warn you I was not cool. There was no chill. I love this woman. She was dressed in an all white button down and she looked AMAZING. She's insanely beautiful.

Me: (babbling) I adored you on Chasing Life. I was absolutely devastated that it was canceled. So I tweeted out one day that the only way to make it up to me was for you to get cast on a show that airs on one of the Big Four. Then, you were cast in Designated Survivor. ABC for the win.

Italia: Oh my gosh. Thank YOU so much for putting that out into the universe!

Actual human angel. Then, we took a picture and I had to let her go back to Robbie. Sigh. My girl crush is strong.

Panels

Stephen's panel was AWESOME. Best panel of the entire convention. I especially loved his remark on villains and ratings. Tricia can attest to my excessive fist pumping. Also, the kids asking questions were ridiculously cute.

I enjoyed the crossover panel more than the Arrow cast panel. There were better questions for Caity, Brandon, Neil and Robbie.

Willa and Katie seemed a bit distracted during the Arrow panel. Also, I was starving so I was a bit distracted.

As always, the best part of HVFF is hanging out with my friends. I am so glad I got to spend time with so many and hope to spend more time with others I missed the next time!

#arrow #david ramsey #stephen amell #arrow spoilers #arrow fandom #olicity fandom #hvff chicago #arrow cast appearances #milo ventimiglia #italia ricci #robbie and italia #spoiler theoretical

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Transform Your Tummy With These 8 Essential Tips!

Transform Your Belly With These 8 Crucial Tips!

Introduction

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This article will talk about eight necessary pointers that will certainly help you in the search of the abdominal muscles and stomach you prefer, as well as change your stomach from ordinary into something that you could be pleased to flaunt at the beach.

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NUTRITION is one of the most vital element of weight loss. Lots of people get also captured up in counting calories or pursuing certain macronutrient ratios, when basically, for weight loss to happen, the only point that truly matters is that total daily calorie intake should average out at less than Upkeep over the once a week duration. Considering that everybody responds differently to various dietary methods, each specific have to discover their very own 'sweet spot' regarding macronutrients are concerned, making certain that they get in adequate protein to preserve their existing muscle mass (at the very least 1.2 g each kg of body mass), with excessively reducing or eliminating carbs not needed for effective weight loss (at the very least 50-100g day-to-day is needed for the body to efficiently melt fat).

Tip # 2: Lower your bodyfat degrees by performing one of the most efficient training exercises

Resistance training or weight bearing workout is much more important and far remarkable compared to cardio for fat loss, as well as must be an important part of your training program. Workouts that are best used for weight loss are the core, substance, multijoint exercises: Squat, deadlift, power clean, bench press, reverse bent over row, pull-ups, army press, and dips. By triggering more motor units and muscular tissue fibres (i.e. extra muscle mass), and recruiting more of your body to carry out the exercise, these workouts work greater than one body-part concurrently for more reliable and also efficient training. For more details on these eight workouts, please evaluate the short article The Important 8: Workouts That Will certainly Obtain You Ripped!

If you ARE mosting likely to do cardio, think about doing high intensity cardio as opposed to long, steady-state, low strength cardio, as significantly even more fat is oxidized at greater exercise strengths, accelerating your metabolism as well as making fat shedding a great deal more efficient as well as fun.

Tip # 3: Develop the muscle in your midsection

There is no factor being lean as lean if you have actually not created the muscular tissues in your waistline. Guy prefer to see blocks, women have the tendency to favor the more streamlined as well as streamlined appearance. Both looks require muscle meaning to a various level. For interpretation to occur, the muscles of the core must be accumulated enough to make sure that there is something to see.

Building up your core does NOT mean doing too much problems or executing limitless abdominal exercises, your abdominals are like any various other body-part as well as for that reason ought to be educated like any kind of various other body-part for muscular tissue accumulation (please note that nourishment plays a vital role in getting muscular tissue mass, so adjusting your diet regimen for this will yield better results if more muscular tissue is preferred). For those that want deep grooves in their abdominals, weighted workouts - such as heavy crunches (using either dumbbells or a rope and also cable television), heavy side bends, etc. - will help achieve this.

For those that desire a sleeker waistline, stay clear of doing a whole lot of oblique job, so that you do not build a thick waist, concentrating instead on exercises such as hanging leg elevates, etc. No matter just how you wish your abdominals to look, you must not neglect workouts for the transverse abdominus - the more powerful this is, the extra you will be able to 'pull' your stomach in for that level as well as limited look.

Tip # 4: Decrease or get rid of the tension from your life

Fluctuations in the steroid hormones could impact the appearance of your waistline. Among these hormones is cortisol. Whilst cortisol is needed in the body to set in motion fats for basal metabolism, Raised cortisol degrees are a variable included in the accumulation of bodyfat around your midsection, as well as the catabolism of muscle mass - neither which are favorable to a level and also attractive stomach. Cortisol can be increased any kind of number of means, the majority of that include anxiety, either via training or events and also events in our lives.

Studies have revealed an adverse correlation between cortisol and total testosterone, with a boost in cortisol associated with a decline in overall testosterone, a combination that could make it tough to optimize weight loss. To maintain optimal cortisol and also testosterone levels, taking care of anxiety levels comes to be necessary, and reducing stress will certainly in turn decrease the cortisol levels in your body, enabling you to lose fat much more efficiently.

Tip # 5: Ensure that you are correctly hydrated

Proper hydration to protect against water retention is essential. It is an usual mistaken belief that drinking less will make the body resolve even more water as well as give a harder, drier look. When you do not drink enough, the body launches antidiuretic hormonal agent, which triggers the kidneys to HOLD ONTO water. Water retention, particularly inside the body' cells (i.e. subcutaneous) and also cells could create puffiness of the skin and bloating, giving you the appearance of being soft and smooth, fatter than you really are.

To prevent high antidiuretic hormone degrees in the body, ensure that you drink sufficient water, enabling a greater volume of body fluids, and as a result triggering the water to just pass via your system rather than being stored.

You ought to NOT be parched before you consume - if you are thirsty, it means that your body is ALREADY dried out - as well as maintaining a huge water bottle with you whatsoever times to sip from throughout the day can aid you take in an ample water intake.

Tip # 6: Avoid your 'problem' foods

Regardless of the calorie content of food, even if you ARE following a diet regimen, if you are delicate or have hatreds particular foods, then eating them can create food responses, consisting of but not restricted to fluid retention as well as storage, mobile as well as cells swelling and bloating, and gas manufacturing - all which could give you a bloated look and the impression of being a lot bigger compared to you in fact are. Food responses can additionally cause metabolic conditions as well as food cravings, which can lead to a vicious circle that will certainly maintain your abs concealed as well as your waistline continuously looking soft as well as puffy.

The most typical foods that people have sensitivities or hatreds are: Wheat, sugar, soy, peanuts, milk, eggs, and corn. Food responses happen when the body's immune system interprets the inbound food as allergens and launches an inflammatory immune reaction to them, or the body reacts to chemicals in the food. As a result, it is a smart idea to recognize exactly what foods you are sensitive or have allergies to as well as stay clear of consuming excessive - if any - of them.

Tip # 7: Consume 5-6 smaller sized meals 2-3 hours apart throughout the day

Having 3 healthy meals a day is not mosting likely to suffice. To keep your metabolism going you need to consume more typically - which is why you often see figure competitors and bodybuilders expanding the same amount of calories and food into 5 or 6 smaller sized dishes daily, timed 2-3 hrs apart.

When you keep your metabolic rate stoked, your body has more capacity to shed bodyfat and make use of the energy that you are supplying it. Not only does consuming extra often raise your metabolism and also maintain it elevated, however it additionally enables the body to keep and maintain your lean body mass much more efficiently.

Tip # 8: Follow everything that you do

Last, yet most significantly, there is NO magic tablet that will certainly change your belly, no magic exercise device or equipment that will instantly provide you the abs you desire. It is CONSISTENCY with your nourishment and also training that will certainly get you to your last objective as well as achieve the improvement sought.

There is a tiny regulation called the "70/30" guideline: Due to the fact that life has a routine of obtaining in the method as well as interfering with also the most well-laid of plans, for whatever factor, remember that as long as you total at least 70% of exactly what you are intended to, there is room to enable the various other 30% that may be disrupted.

This does NOT supporter missing out on training sessions, intentionally having bad dietary days, or suggest that you can make reasons for refraining from doing exactly what you understand you should, but it provides you some leeway in improvising as well as changing your nourishment strategy and also training programme if it is required.

Conclusion

Whether you're currently lean or have to come to be leaner, there is ALWAYS something that you can do to transform the appearance of your waistline and also make even the tiniest of improvements to your tummy.

For most people, the trick to changing the look of their belly depends on transforming their body structure, generally by lowering their bodyfat degrees. This can be accomplished with either nutrition or training, and functions best with a strategic combination of both targeted at fat loss.

Those that are currently lean can make certain that their belly stays lean and also flat by preserving correct hydration, eating smaller dishes regularly throughout the day, and also reducing or removing any type of foods that they are sensitive or sensitive to from their diet plan. Even those that are not currently relatively lean and are trying to lose body fat can do this, and also in doing so, get rid of any excess water and food weight that is triggering cellular as well as cells swelling or bloating that makes them appear larger than they actually are.

Lean or not, building muscular tissue in your core and belly will make sure that you have abdominals to see when you ARE lean, as opposed to simply looking flat and skinny.

Decreasing the tension in your life to keep an ideal cortisol: testosterone proportion could assist in your belly change, by controlling your cortisol levels to stop extra fat storage space around your midsection.

Most notably, keep in mind that uniformity is the key to any kind of makeover. Continually use these eight important suggestions to your day-to-day nutrition, training, and way of living, to produce the lean, attractive abdominal muscles and also waistline that you desire.

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TOP 10 Boss Fights in Final Fantasy XIV

First of all I would like to thank everyone on the Facebook Page “Jenova Server” for taking part in a poll to decide which Top 10 I would create here today and with a score of 14 votes the winner was Boss fights so here we go.

You join the game, You create your character, You pick your class and You set about your journey across the Land of Eorzea. You grind, You complete quests, You grind some more all the while hoping to become the best that you can all the while hoping that what you are doing is good enough...But how do you test yourself? WITH BOSSES OF COURSE!!! Like with all Final Fantasy games, A Good Boss can test your skill in a way that can show you were you have improved and where you need to work on and Final Fantasy XIV is no exception with some of the best mechanics that you will find from bosses in any RPG games to date in my opinion. So I here to rank my very own top 10 best Boss fights from the Land of Eorzea starting with... NUMBER 10

LADY AMANDINE from Haukke Manor

OK, I am sure some may be wondering why I would have this boss in the list but please hear me out.

Lady Amandine compared to most of the other bosses in the list is not a difficult boss but to me she was probably the first boss to a new player that gave you a decent challenge compared to all the bosses that came before her in the game. The fact you had to not only focus on her but on the 4 lanterns in the corners of the room meant that players had to learn to watch everything that was going on and not just the boss itself and as basically a teaser of what you could expect from future battles. That's why despite not being the hardest challenge, just the fact she was a lesson of what you need to start preparing for made her a excellent boss fight and worthy of a place on this list. NUMBER 9 GOBMACHINE G-VI from Brayflox's Longstop (Hard)

Similar to Lady Admandine, Gobmachine G-VI is not the toughest fight...just as long as you have the right kind of ability on hand before your team faces him. I mean we have all been in this position at least once with this boss, you are kicking its metal ass all over the arena thinking that this is just an easy encounter, he does his little bomb thing and after 2 seconds you panic because you realise no one on your team has an AOE attack that can knock them away from you *GASP*

I know it may not seem like much but this fight definitely teaches you to be well prepared before entering any dungeon better than any other encounter because I guarantee if you lost once to this boss you were into your action bar making sure you had some kind of AOE move ready for round 2.

NUMBER 8 KRAKEN from Hullbreaker Isle

A lot of people will probably call this boss annoying but if I am honest I absolutely love this calamari wannabe because once again its all about making sure to watch everything that is going on around you and making the correct decision through out so that you don't accidentally wipe your own team. The idea of the boss is simple, you got 5 platforms and 10 tentacles to cut down to size to win this fight - However you also have a chance of being giving a green aura that can be turned into a hurricane so you have to make sure you jump to another platform away from teammates and leave it there.

BUT there is also a chance you can be grabbed by a tentacles and thrown to a random platform where the hurricane will then activate and a good chance that you will be thrown back to the same platform as your team mates so you need up looking like a complete idiot. End of the day this boss is both annoying but a whole lot of fun too.

NUMBER 7 LAHABREA and IGEYORHM from The Aetherochemical Research Facility (ARF)

Another excellent boss fight in my eyes although may not count is as such since its really the set up for the big match up vs the Ascian Prime is this encounter between our old nemesis Lahabrea and the first female member of the Ascians, Igeyorhm. So why do I love this fight? Well if you seen the theme so far on this list I love having a mechanic we need to learn and be second nature to us challenged in a way where we can say "We got this" or "We need to work on it" and in this case its DODGE!!! Yep, this boss will have to jumping in and out of abilities from both enemies as you learn to use your time well to heal, deal damage and everything else you need to do then dodge again and repeat the process until you attain victory. This boss is so good that half way through it throws you a curve ball and makes you learn to dodge whilst the floor is covered in ice so not only do you need to avoid an attack but you have to be careful not to accidentally slide into another one.

NUMBER 6

VISHAP from The Steps of Faith

So you think you have your DPS down to an art? You think you know how to deal the maximum amount of damage to an enemy? Well then lets see how you do against THIS boss shall we? Vishap is one huge MFing Dragon that starts from one end of the bridge towards Ishgard and will proceed to march his way to the gates in an attempt to destroy it thus securing victory for the Dragons and all you have to do is batter him before he can reach his destination...Simple right. Well yes once you get a hang of it this isn't as difficult but when you are first thrown into this fight it is definitely a wake up call to both you and anyone else in your team because this is the point you realise you may not be as strong as you should be, that you are not healing as much as you should be and you are not taking as much damage as you should be...

This is your wake up call and right now if you are level 60 with ilvl 270 then I am pretty sure you probably have this encounter to thank for motivating you to reach those heights in the first place.

NUMBER 5 FORGALL from The Weeping City of Mhach

You know what? Sometimes your list just has to give credit to a boss that no matter how good you are just somehow or someway has your number and for me that boss is Forgall from the WC raid. I seriously do not know why but for some reason I do not believe I have gotten through this encounter without dying at least once simply because I was unable to get to a green puddle to get gradual zombification so that I can survive Mega Death and although it annoys the hell out of me I have to tip my hat to this boss for giving me a challenge I need to overcome.

NUMBER 4

CALCABRINA from The Antitower

A lot of people may not fully remember this boss by the name but if anyone says "Naked Loli Doll" then the nightmares start flowing back into your soul as you take your position in the corner rocking back and forth hoping she will disappear soon T_T

She starts as 6 miniature dolls (3 red and 3 blue) but once you defeat them she combine to become this creepy looking human version of Derpy from My Little Pony only she is not as adorable, she then has simple attacks that aren't necessarily dangerous but an ill prepared team could still find this challenging.

This boss was not a massive challenge in terms of the fight itself but actually looking at it creeps out a lot of players both old and new and thus has become memorable because of that.

NUMBER 3

NIDHOGG from The Aery

Nidhogg is possibly the best villain in the entire game to date because no matter how much you want to hate him for wanting to send the entire human race into extinction... You can not honestly blame him for any of it since it was them who betrayed his own kind and killed his sister in cold blood and even left him on the brink of death too.

But what makes this fight so good? Well it was the first fight I remember where you had to protect not only your own team mates but a fifth member in Estinien who it is no secret is actually a bit of an asshole and some people probably dislike him for his attitude and his blind belief that all dragons are monsters even when the evidence before him suggests this may not be completely true.

So having to defeat a boss that you can respect and having to aid someone you probably wouldn't feel bad for if they died makes for an interesting fight as you have to swallow any pride you may have to help the latter defeat this mighty foe "once and for all".

NUMBER 2 NAEL DEUS DARNUS from The Second Coil of Bahumet

Possibly the hardest encounter back in A Realm Reborn, Nael provided a challenge to all players as they had to learn mechanics, timing, map positioning and how to fall orders perfectly or this boss would have you pulling out your hair in no time. from positioning the meteors correctly to making sure not to kill adds too quickly to simply standing the correct distance apart - This boss has very simple mechanics on paper but a margin of error that is near none existent that can be the difference between surviving this battle or wiping when all had been going so well for you.

This is one of a few boss battle that you honestly feel a sense of accomplishment when you finally defeat him and still feel that same accomplishment when you do it again and again and again thus making it a worthy second place. NUMBER 1

SOPHIA THE GODDESS from Containment Bay P1T6 (Extreme)

So you have complete the game, you have been training hard and learnt every aspect of the game that you feel you need to learn and now you need an encounter that truly says you have achieved something. Look no further than this boss fight Sophia EX is in my eyes the best boss that the game has to offer because everything you need to have learnt and mastered during the game is presented to you in this one fight - Map Awareness, Team Communication, Surroundings, Mechanics and so much more. Not to go into too much detail but you have to first know all the mechanics that this boss encounter will have to some degree, you will need to have someone willing to communicate certain aspects like the balance since this can wipe your team so easily at any time and even just simply making sure the time you have to deal damage to her is used properly makes this boss so good. I am not going to claim she is the hardest boss by a long shot but just for the fact she takes everything you need to know about all bosses and presents it in one glorious encounter makes her without question the best Boss fight in Final Fantasy XIV.

Well that was my top 10 boss fight list, what did you think? Who would you have as your top 3 boss fights in Final Fantasy XIV? Thank you again for Reading!!

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