#also putting the finale at no. 1 and by THAT large of a margin? it's a joke

[clarkgriffon]

The Best of the Best: IMDB’s 10 Best Ranked Episodes of Gossip Girl 

[lavenderchqn]

𝐶𝛨𝛢𝑃𝑇𝛦𝑅 𝟎𝟏𝟐 — GENESIS - PT. 1 (1,4K WORDS) 𝑅𝐸𝐷 𝐿𝐼𝑁𝐸𝑆 — lyney x f!reader smau

𝑆𝑌𝑁𝑂𝑃𝑆𝐼𝑆 —

Second year of university should've been everything you thought of it - more studying with human interaction sprinkled throught... What it definitely wasn't supposed to be was an investigation saga where one of your friends goes missing out of nowhere

𝑃𝑅𝐸𝑉𝐼𝑂𝑈𝑆 — 𝑀𝐴𝑆𝑇𝐸𝑅𝐿𝐼𝑆𝑇 — 𝑁𝐸𝑋𝑇 𝐸𝑃𝐼𝑆𝑂𝐷𝐸 CONTENT WARNING: ALCOHOL

The evening passes in a whirlwind of laughter, clinking glasses and occasional sounds of some guests almost losing their balance. The energy in the room had been electric, with everyone gathered in front of the TV, watching the recording Furina managed to get. With the quality of [Y/N]’s camera, the video’s quality is stunning.

“You did such a good job capturing the performance!” Navia says, her face next to Furina’s. 

“Thank you!” She smiles, sparkles of excitement in her eyes. “I’m quite shocked at how good it looks!” 

“That’s a good camera for you~” Charlotte remarks, sipping her drink.  

As soon as the screening ends, the room gets filled with ovations. Everyone’s clapping and commenting on the siblings’ performance.

“Oh, stop it you guys—“ Lyney’s covering his face with his hands. It’s red, from both embarrassment and the alcohol in his body. 

His glass has been getting filled almost the entire evening. No matter how many times Furina or Wriothesley tried to argue with him to lower his alcohol intake, they got brushed off each and every time. 

“Good job out there, you two!” Wriothesley pats Lyney on his shoulder. “Shame you didn’t fall on your face, Lyney.”

“Oh, fuck you.” The teasing gets cut short with an elbow jab into Wriothesley’s chest. 

“I really liked it,” [Y/N] perks up. “Both the execution and aesthetic of it was spectacular.” 

“You can tell that the two of you have put immense care into this project,” Neuvillette adds. 

“I know we’re all excited about the thing… but no more mentions of projects please…” Charlotte’s meek voice says, tired with the week’s adrenaline ending. “Just... let’s not mention the word ‘project’ at all.” 

She's sitting right next to the open door to the back garden. Since getting to the party, she’s been nursing her glass. She didn’t have as much compared to the man of the evening, and yet she was getting a little bit drunk already. From the entirety of the Table Troupe Cuties group, her past week had been most challenging by a large margin. 

“Just… don’t spend your next finals’ prep on stalking twitter…” Lynette sighs, patting her back. 

“But the masses need to knowwww…

When her words start slurring together, it’s decided that Charlotte gets cut off for the rest of the night. By the time the toast comes, she’s forced to cheer with a glass of water.

She’s matching Neuvillette, who jokingly talks about needing to prosper on his housewarming gift from when he visited the sibling’s house for the first time. He’s keeping his tradition of having very little alcohol whenever being a guest. 

Lynette and Clorinde opt to have non-alcoholic wine, knowing they’re willingly volunteering to be caretakers for the rest of the group.  For the most part, that's going to be an easy job… with a few exceptions. At the very least, they don’t have to worry about [Y/N], Navia or Wriothesley, who manage their alcohol intake quite well… 

Either that or their tolerance is quite strong. 

The same can’t be said about another person.

A few minutes after the toast, Furina fell asleep after having a singular drink. She’s taking a nap in one of the chairs, her position curled almost like a kitten. Her sudden quietness doesn’t go unnoticed by others. 

“Gotta get her somewhere… comfy…” Lyney stumbles in her direction, stubbing his toe on the coffee table. “— Fucking hell…”

“Alright, you’re also getting cut off,” Wriothesley says coldly, gently moving him away from the sleeping girl. “Go home. You’re drunk.” 

“I’m home, you… dick.” 

With guidance from Lynette, the taller man moves Furina to a more comfortable spot to get her rest. At least she won’t complain about back pains once the morning comes.  

Lynette mentions she’s also gonna retire to bed, justifying her choice by her social battery getting low. Nobody has it against her — the performance must’ve taken quite a toll on her body. The group wishes her good night as she leaves the room. 

Charlotte follows Furina soon after, complaining about getting a headache… Unfortunately, nobody can get Lyney to take a nap of his own. He’s seemingly getting more and more energy with each and every drink he’s having. His behaviour makes him look like a tiny puppy excited by having company rather than a grown man slowly entering his 3rd year of university. 

“Does he always get like that?” Navia asks, swirling water inside her glass. At some point in the night, she switched her drink of choice to not get unnecessarily drunk and hungover.

“Like a five-year-old that just got his ass grounded?” Wriothesley counter-asks, taking a sip of his own drink. “Hard to say, to be honest.” 

“I’m unsure what you mean by ‘hard to say’, Wriothesley.” Neuvillette comments. “Lyney always has a hard time managing his alcohol intake whenever in the company of new people.” 

Now that [Y/N] thinks about it, it does make a lot of sense. People of similar personality to his often have the tendency to go overboard. Well, it’s not like she has a psychology degree to make those statements. They are much better kept as a thought to herself. 

All of a sudden, Lyney goes quiet. He takes a seat next to Neuvillette, spacing out. Perhaps his body finally decided to give him a break? 

“I don’t know if we should be talking about him… especially when he’s right here with us.” [Y/N] points out, her voice laced with guilt. 

“Should be fine,” Wriothesley takes a good look at Lyney. “Although he’s here with us in body, his soul is probably off somewhere in dreamland…” 

“I think it’s a good time we head to sleep,” Clorinde states, yawning a little. “I’d rather not be barely alive once the morning comes.” 

With that, the nightly discussion comes to an end. 

Neuvillette and Wriothesley help Lyney get to bed and wish the ladies good night. 

By the time [Y/N] gets up, the air feels different. A thunderstorm must’ve happened at night since the air had a note of sulfur and noticing the streets covered in puddles. 

Judging by the time on her phone — indicating a lovely 7 am — not many people have awoken from their slumber yet. The house feels quite empty… weirdly so. Charlotte and Navia are still asleep in the room they’ve all graciously stayed at. 

Maybe Clorinde and Lynette are already up? 

She decides to head down to the kitchen to hopefully find another awoken soul. The closer she gets there, the more noises she hears.

From what [Y/N] can gather, it's some idle chatter about Furina's plans for getting her apartment clear.

"I can't wait to get my pillows clean!" The short girl exclaims. "Due to uni, I haven't had the time to wash them last month." 

"ehhh?" A slurred voice of Lyney's comments. "Do you have to wash... your pillows that often?" 

"Should happen at least twice a year. C'mon, don't tell me you don't wash your sheets." 

An outburst of annoyed cries comes from the short male. "What did you flick my forehead for?!" 

"Wriothesley's justified." 

"Not you too, Neuvi!" 

Soon enough, she's standing at the doorway to the room. 

“Good morning, [Y/N]!” Furina greets her as soon as she notices [Y/N] enter. “Did you sleep well?” 

“Surprisingly, yeah.” 

There’s no sight of either Clorinde or Lynette in here. There are only members of the Beverage Gang here… although it’s debatable if Lyney counts as present.

“I’m so fucking jealous of you…” He whines over his cup of black coffee, hungover out of his mind. He doesn’t even have the energy to look at [Y/N], keeping his forehead against the table. 

On the other hand, Neuvillette and Wriothesley look better than ever. They’re helping Furina prepare the breakfast. They’ve already cooked some eggs and got bread and pastries on the plates.

Soon enough, Clorinde also gets to her kitchen — her wet hair explaining her absence. They quietly greet each other, both finding a place to sit. 

A cup of tea gets passed to the girls alongside some breakfast foods… And yet, [Y/N] isn't able to get anything into her system. Her body clearly states that something is wrong. She’s unable to figure out why she’s feeling like that. 

Minutes spent sitting there feel like hours. Perhaps her... unexplainable instincts are simply effects of paranoia? Charlotte and her investigative work must've rubbed off on her. 

“Has anyone seen Lynette today?” She asks, looking around the room. 

𝑇𝐴𝐺𝐿𝐼𝑆𝑇 — OPEN

@state-of-grac3 @santaluna @meigalaxy @romyoia

@meurtreofcrows @charles-braindump @floweringanna @moonjellyfishie @vavrin

date of posting — august 24th 2024

[lugagl]

ITSS TIMMEEEEEEEEE!!!~/ref

Over the past couple days I have been working on four queer headcanon flag charts with the overarching theme being Intermission/Problem sleuth. I AM FINALLY POSTING THEM AFTER AROUND FIVE DAYS OF WORK.

without further ado, THE CHARTS!!! :

extra info under the cut! :o)

HI!! These are queer headcanon charts! I very commonly find myself making these with my interests, favourite characters, and my own and friends oc's. I use these to have a vauge headcannon understanding and baseline for my interpretations on the queerness of characters. It helps me when writing fanfics, drawing, aswell as discussing headcanons with others! it also makes me INSANELY happy to make them and put labels onto characters without a universally agreed way of self expression. Throughout making this batch of charts, especially towards the end, i did a LOT of reasearch on different sets of Neopronouns, Neurogenders, MOGAI [1] terms of expression, aswell as just general queer labels. which is why towards the end especially there is a large jump to neopronouns aswell as complexity in their associated flags.

Extra fun tidbits of info!!: The one that took me the least amount of time was the extra felt members page, with only five characters taking only 23 minutes to complete. THE ONE THAT TOOK ME THE LONGEST, BY A LANDSLIDE, WAS THE PROBLEM SLEUTH CHART WITH *FIVE AND A HALF HOURS TOTAL TIME.* ll In order from first started to last finished, these charts go in this order : The general felt chart/Leprechaun chart, The extra felt members chart, The general carapace chart, and last but not least the Problem Sleuth chart. || I myself personally identify very strongly with multiple items under the MOGAI umbrella, which is a large reason I love doing these charts and including identities from the MOGAI microlabels! || Items under the MOGAI unbrella used in the post above include but arent limited to: Xenogender, Neurogender, and Egogender. || If you use/check Alt Texts on posts, you'll notice this post doesnt have alt text for any image given. That is because I plan to make an entire post dedicated to a image ID for the four photos, including: What the flags are, What they mean, Who theyre next to, What pronouns does each person have, aswell as where the images end and go onto the next image. The reason an ID isnt included in this post is due to purely how outrageously long it is, however I look forward to writing the ID/Alt text to this post sometime within the next few days.

Did you catch the little bracketed one next to the first time I used MOGAI in this post and come down here looking for a citation? if so, here you go! Items under the [1] are copied directly from the LGBTQIA+ Wikipedia page on the MOGAI umbrella term!

[1] : MOGAI is an acronym for Marginalized Orientations, Gender Alignments, and Intersex. MOGAI is an umbrella term for people who are not cisgender and/or heterosexual and/or endosex [2]

[2] : Endosex is a term used to discribe those who are not intersex and whom are born with typical sex characteristics that fit the Male/Female binary.

[justinssportscorner]

Li Zhou at Vox:

Caitlin Clark, a college basketball phenom and the top pick at Monday’s WNBA draft, will make a staggeringly low salary in her rookie year compared to her NBA counterpart. Despite her record-breaking performance in the NCAA and the energy that she’s generated for the sport, Clark’s base salary will be $76,535 as a rookie. In the NBA, meanwhile, the first draft pick is expected to make roughly $10.5 million in base salary their first year.

Players like Clark, who was picked by the Indiana Fever Monday night after multiple blockbuster seasons as a point guard for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes, and former Louisiana State University forward Angel Reese, who was signed by the Chicago Sky, have helped women’s college basketball achieve a landmark year. For the first time ever, the women’s final March Madness game, which drew as many as 24 million viewers, surpassed the viewership of the men’s final. “It’s been catapulted this year to a whole new level,” says University of Michigan sports management professor Ketra Armstrong. “People are tuning in to the WNBA draft that never had before.” The fresh attention for the WNBA draft, however, is also spotlighting the problems the league has had with pay equity. For years, the WNBA’s salaries have lagged the NBA’s by a massive margin. That’s due in part to the leagues’ differences in revenue and season lengths. But other factors, like differences in collective bargaining agreements and revenue-sharing, also play a big role. [...]

The pay-gap problem is bigger than any one player

Despite her record-breaking performance in the NCAA and the energy that she’s generated for the sport, Clark will earn less than 1 percent of what her male counterpart will make in her first year. She will be able to supplement her salary through endorsement and marketing deals, but even with those, her estimated earnings will be lower than the base salary of a first-round NBA pick. Clark isn’t alone. WNBA star Brittney Griner — who spent months jailed in Russia — spoke about the reason she played abroad in the offseason, and noted that a big part of it was to supplement her income: “I’ll say this ... the whole reason a lot of us go over is the pay gap,” she said at a press conference in April 2023. In 2023, a WNBA player made a $113,295 base salary on average, while an NBA player made an average base salary of $9.7 million. The NBA’s much larger revenue is part of the reason for this discrepancy: It takes in an estimated $10 billion annually, compared to the WNBA, which has been projected to bring in roughly $200 million. Its season is also about twice the length of the WNBA’s, including 82 games compared to 40 games. Those factors alone, however, don’t tell the full story.

It's a grotesque insult that WNBA stars (and potential stars) such as Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, and Brittney Griner are appallingly underpaid compared to their male counterparts in the NBA.

The large gender pay gap between WNBA and NBA players is why WNBA players choose to play in overseas leagues during that league's offseason to supplement their income.

[shortkingvi]

Do you have a particular method for cutting old t-shirts into muscle tanks? I did it to one of mine a while back but the arm holes just didn’t Look Right after, not sure what went wrong

i definitely can walk you through what i do!

so the biggest mistake i think a lot of people make when converting tees to muscle tanks is that they’ll pick an oversized tee, assuming the cropping will handle the size difference. what you instead want to do is select a shirt that fits you well already (not too tight though!), because that’ll give you the dimensions you want

i’m using two shirts to demonstrate here, but this is my process:

1. lay the shirt flat. you want to look for a shirt with arm holes that aren’t too large at the seams so you don’t end up with a stretched out shirt.

2. once you’ve selected a good shirt, cut along the OUTSIDE of the seam, meaning make your cut where the sleeve is, not the shirt.

3. once the sleeves are cut, it should look like this. the seams are still visible, but you’ve removed all the sleeve fabric from the shirt.

4. determine the length you want the shirt to be. with muscle tanks, i like to cut to the upper middle part of my hipbone so that it sits right at the hem of my pants. this gives your final outfit a more segmented feel and reduces overlap that can look messy, but you can also choose not to crop the bottom at all if you aren’t comfortable doing so!

(this is usually the length i aim for)

if you do want to reduce length, i typically will put the shirt on, identify that upper middle hip marker, and then place a single dot with a pen or marker.

from there, remove the shirt and use a ruler to draw out a straight line across the shirt as your cutting guide. make sure the line is straight! a crooked line is incredibly difficult to level out, so you can always cut an inch lower than you’d like to make sure you have a wider margin of error.

5. once done, it should look like this:

(this one is recently washed so the hem has rolled a bit, but a quick iron would take care of this and bring it back to that straight line i cut into it)

i look to get mine to fit like this, but you may want more length from the bottom and that’s totally up to you!

the biggest thing to remember is that the shirt provides you with a guideline for the sleeves, so don’t cut beyond the seam or you’ll forever be cropping fabric to try and get these massive holes to match (this used to be my eternal battle)

i hope this helps!

[theapangea]

Night Out

Chapter: Girls Night Out Pt.2

Pairing/Characters: Steve Harrington x Reader, Nancy, Jonathan, Jason Carver

Summary: You and Steve have been dancing around each other for sometime now, neither of you wanting to make the first move. All your friends decide it is finally time for you both to confess your feelings.

A/N: So sorry I have been mia lately, just some super crazy personal stuff came up. I think I'm finally getting my Inso back to write. I hope you enjoy this chapter and finally some drama happens yay!!!

Also please know that my replies aren't working.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

It was pretty anticlimactic when you finally arrived at the Wheeler house. Steve, nor any of the boys were anywhere to be found. 

All the hard work that you and Nancy put into making the perfect plan. Something along the lines of you and Steve being magically locked out of the house and forced to talk, professing your undying love for each other. The ‘undying love’ part was definitely Nancy’s contribution, making you wish that’s how it actually ends. 

Nancy’s Dad grumbled something about them heading out on some “grand adventure”. The air quotes indicating that he was speaking verbatim. Probably quoting something that Dustin said, that sappy line definitely a dead giveaway. 

Smiling to yourself on how he would do anything to get you on a date. Only understanding now that most of those times were signaling you to go out with Steve. The tingling feeling of a giggle holding onto your lips as the faint memory fades.

And as much as you tried to fight off the sheer thought of Steve while you were getting ready. Everything you did and every word you spoke reminded you of him. The way he compliments the sparkly pink lip gloss you wear or the way you’d tell a story about some customer that he originally told you. The way his hair falls in front of his face while he laughs, putting his whole body into something funny. 

He was constantly on your mind. Finally realizing how much he has influenced your whole life. He wasn’t just some goofy coworker but a friend who’d you see every single day of the week. Even when you didn’t always want to. Making your day better by a large margin.

Don’t think about Steve.

Don’t think about Steve.

Don’t think about Steve.

Reminding yourself over and over again.

And the whole time you were trying to forget Steve while getting ready, he was still at the forefront of your mind. The shining star in this crazy darkness that is this night.

The butterflies are swarming in your stomach as you slump into the backseat of Jonathan’s car. Begging any god that will listen to let you sink into the folds, disappearing before you get to the party. But sadly there is no answer as Jonathan pulls off the road. 

Jason’s house was a typical middle American suburban house. Not too small and not too flashy. The music noticeably shaking the house from the outside. 

Sluggishly following behind Nancy and Jonathan. Their hands tangled around others. Your heart strings pulling, the instant thought of Steve and the way his hand would feel in yours. 

Don’t think about Steve.

It feels like the whole senior class is shoved into Jason’s house. The dancing, singing, shouting filling your ears as you enter the house. Passing by people making out, grinding on each other and giving/receiving body shots.

Don’t think about Steve.

You follow the only couple that isn’t all over each other, maybe Nancy felt like she couldn’t be intimate with Jonathan for your own sake. Nancy hands you a red solo cup full of some clear liquid. Flashing her a quick smile before bringing the cup to your lips and taking a sip. The liquid instant coating your mouth and throat. The burn sends goosebumps through your body. 

After a couple of minutes, the liquid took effect and you didn’t even care to think about what’s-his-name. Allowing yourself to let the butterflies free, letting the alcohol carry you into freedom. 

Rough hands snake around your waist while a hard chest hits upon your back. Looking up to see the blonde playboy by your side. 

“Hey you.” You giggle, the alcohol clearly doing its job. Swirling around in your veins and head.

“You wanna go somewhere quieter?” He says just loud enough for you to hear him over the speakers.

Shaking your head yes before chugging the rest of your drink. Placing the empty solo cup on the counter as you turn around to grab his hand. Allowing him to take the lead. Signaling to Nancy that you were heading in that direction with Jason.

A thumbs up shooting back from her.

Pushing your way through the crowded people, his hand squeezing yours, keeping you close. Leading you towards the back of the house, passing several closed doors before slipping into one of the vacant rooms. 

It is clearly Jason’s room. Your eyes gaze upon the blue walls lined with dozens of trophies. Making your way to the bed in the middle of the room, taking a seat as Jason locks the door. 

It is almost like a dream, your mind happy it isn’t fully present because if it was it would definitely be thinking about Steve. And the way his shirt rises when he’s pulling a movie away on the top shelf, showing a little bit of his tummy. Or the way his jeans hug his thighs, not leaving anything to the imagination.

Don’t think about Steve.

Jason clears his throat, “I’m really happy you came tonight.” His thumbs hooked into his belt loops as he makes his way over to you.

You hum in response. Desperately wish it was Steve standing in front of you.

Don’t think about Steve.

“Something on your mind?” He questions, the bed sinking next to you finally pulling you from your thoughts, pulling you from Steve.

“You can say that.” You try to play it off, forcing a smile.

“Well I think of a way to clear it.” He whispers, closing the space that separates the two of you.

His lips capturing yours, dominating the intimate moment. Sloppy and too much tongue is all you can think. The kiss is no longer what you want but you don’t stop yourself, you don’t stop him. 

Gently pushing you onto the bed as your hands grasp the fabric of his shirt. 

Don’t think about Steve.

Don’t think about Steve.

Steve.

It has always been Steve.

All the years you tried to push this feeling down and here you are tongue deep in Jason Carver wishing that it was Steve. 

Pushing him off rather aggressively, “I don’t want to…”

“Come on.” He begs, “You come here looking this hot and I can’t even get any?”

“I'm just not in the mood.” Shifting yourself away from him, exiting from under his body.

He scoffs, “You were like a second ago.”

“But not now, not anymore.” You roll your eyes, pulling your jacket back on.

“So we’re really not doing this.” 

“No.” You are firm in your words, “We’re really not doing this.”

Jason tilting his head back as you can tell her is clearly annoyed. But you didn’t care, you wanted to get out of this room, of this house, away from this party. 

Steve .

You want to find Steve.

Stepping out of the room, straightening your clothes and hair as you feel an arm rest on your shoulders. Noticing Jason is standing unusually close. 

Finally lifting your head to see Steve staring back at you at the end of the hallway. His once open mouth shuts, nodding his head as he makes sense of the situation. Turning on his heels and getting lost within the crowd.

~~~

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[star-arcana]

Why the Fire Emblem Three Houses/Hopes discourse surrounding Almyra is unfairly biased against them!

I expect everyone to know about Almyra and Fódlan, so I will not go over in great detail as to the history and mention all the bad points right away to be debunked, but first a little intro:

The continent of Fódlan is attacked from time to time by Almyra, a persian-coded empire that once tried to conquer Fódlan and was beaten only marginally by the combined effort of Adrestia, Fearghus, Leicester and the Church. Afterward a large fortification called Fódlan’s medallion was placed between the border of Leicester and Almyra. Then the Church of Seiros established the Officer's Academy and attempt to prepare the young nobles for a future of conflict. To the present day, we see small attacks from Almyrans on the border and that might make one think that they are pure evil and pretty much the bad guys from 300...wrong for following reasons:

1. We only get Fódlans view of things and never that of Almyra. Cyril doesn’t count because he himself admits to not know why Almyra attacks in his support with Hilda and would have been 5 years old when he was orphaned and as many of us know, our me memories of these early years is not clear, so he cannot be seen as completely reliable narrator on such matters, especially when he is wrong about some of Almyra’s stuff as I am mentioning now.

2. Almyra has no real incentive to conquer Fódlan. After a century, no real invasion took place with the exeption of some border raids that counts as nothing, since such small scale conflicts happened a lot in history, and they still persist even in Fódlan as Jeralt mentions battles taking place. Coming back to the Cyril point, the Almyrans have a powerful navy, more advanced than Fódlan (which casts doubts about Cyril mentioning how inferior Alymran tech is, because they appearently can’t build a structure as grand as the Bridge of Myrrdin). With that, they should have taken easily the Alliance capital, the Fraldarious territory as well as the Kingdom capital and debilitate the Empire, allowing them full control over most of Fódlan this way. One might say the hero relics, but how much good will it do against high advanced tech?

3. Another problem is that the King of Almyra has no interest in a invasion and many of his officers as well as many others do also not think of invading Fódlan. This led to Shahid being betrayed by Nader and before that having his soldiers fight with low morale to the point where the GD conclude that had the Almyrans been serious, they would have been in big trouble and presumably lost.

4. If really Almyra was such a big threat, why are there no long-term consequences for missing out on the paralouges in Three houses where you battle them. If we are meant to think that they are this dangerous, why is there no punishment? It makes no sense.

5. Finally, saying that all can be blamed on Almyra is also against the GD’s theme of Isolationism and ignorance clouding our senses as we see how aggressive Fódlan is to outsiders and even if Almyra is as bad as people say, not wanting peace with them is what would lead to more death and more hate and this is pretty much what the story criticizes; The Nabateans and Agarthans are unwillingly to let their past go and because of this, they burend the continent asunder and nearly wiped out all life on it. So for the sake of future generations, Almyra and Fódlan have to put aside their differences and work together for a new dawn.

If you have disagreements with me, tell me and I’ll answer gladly.

[procrastinatorproject]

Procrastinator's Kitchen Countdwon - The Measuring

About 6-7 weeks to go (with any luck)

In my quest to buy a new kitchen, I first turned to my trusty provider of decent, sensibly-priced furniture: IKEA. I'm sure I could have gotten better quality for less money elsewhere, but given that I will probably take this kitchen with me when I move and will have to fit it into a new space, the modularity and continued availability of IKEA furniture is a big plus.

So, I sat down with their 3D kitchen planner, diligently did my best to measure out each nook and cranny of my convoluted kitchen, and got to work.

One of the problems is that the very large slanted roof is 1. very hard to measure with furniture still in the room, 2. also hard to measure because it's fairly old and there are very few straight lines or crisp edges, and 3. extremely confusing to the 3D planner. Normally, you put in a detailed floor plan and the IKEA algorithm will spit out some suggestions for furniture placement in your kitchen.

When I tried it, at first, the model refused to show the slanted wall at all, because it couldn't believe it would come down as far as it did. After a bunch of prodding, I managed t oget the walls set up, but was then informed that there were n osuggestions available for a kitchen like mine. And every time I add a new piece of furniture, the software complains that there is absolutely no place it could possibly fit that and defiantly places it in the middle of the room.

I did eventually manage to play around with furniture options and got some ideas for what I might need and where it could go. But as soon as I really got serious about it (and climbed around my kitchen with measuring tape and chalk pens to sketch out possible cupboard-placement on the current furniture), it became abundantly clear that there was a huge margin of error. I might not know if my desired kitchen furniture fit into the space I had chosen for it up until the moment it actually arrived at my flat - at which point, exchanging it for something more fitting would be a fairly big hassle.

When I mentioned this to the IKEA kitchen adviser on Tuesday (because IKEA offers to go over your kitchen design with you free of charge, whether you end up buying the kitchen from them or not), he made a suggestion: they could send someone to my place to take measurements with a laser tool, that would give them an accurate model down to the milimeter! It would also allow things like ordering a pre-cut counter top from IKEA, rather than having to worry about cutting it myself to the extremely wonky shape required.

I had seen on their website that this option was available, but I'd dismissed it because of the additional cost. However, the IKEA employee told me that if I decided to purchase my kitchen furniture from them (which I had already decided to do anyway), I could get reimbursed for the measuring fee afterwards!

My next objection was that it might delay the whole process even more. Once you order a kitchen, it takes about five weeks to be delivered. Which, on the one hand, is good, because I still need to get rid of the old furniture, clean and paint the entire room, order new appliances, and hope that the construction site in front of my house will finally get done so a delivery truck can actually park on the street. But on the other hand, uni starts again in late October, giving me a deadline after which the whole endeavour will get exponentially more stressful.

Luckily, when my friendly IKEA adviser checked his system, he found that there was a measuring appointment available two days later, meaning I could be back at IKEA the following Tuesday for the final planning and ordering, and my kitchen furniture could potentially arrive in the second week of October! Or hopefully the third at the very latest.

So, yesterday, I had an appointment for someone to laser-measure my kitchen! Because the room is still fully furnished, I would have to remove everything from the countertops and empty the cupboard under the sink to allow an accurate measurement of the water pipes.

The technician was supposed to call me an hour before arriving, which would have given me plenty of time to move everything into the living room (and to make sure there were no crumpled clothes or other embarrassing clutter left anywhere in view in the rest of the flat). When the very nice man from the measuring company called me, however, he told me that if I was currently at home, he could be with me in 20 to 30 minutes. And of course, as someone who rarely thinks these things through properly, I agreed, since I didn't want to cause him any unneccessary delays in his day.

It was then that it occurred to me that I really, really should have emptied out the kitchen the night before. Alas, there is a reason this is the procrastinator's kitchen adventure 🙈

As it was (and with some lovely moral support from @regionalpancake, with whom I happened to be on a Discord call when the technician announced himself), I just managed to get everything out of the kitchen in time. 35 mintues after the technician's call, I was just about to run the hoover through the half-empty room when the doorbell rang.

I have to say, I am fairly prod of myself for actually getting everything out in time, and for removing as much stuff as I did. I even took out the 2 by 2 Kallax shelf after emptying it, since I figured the corner it was in was one of the more vital parts that needed accurate measurement. The technician was also very pleased, because apparnelty, a lot of people are not as diligent about making space!

Looks like I am getting a good grade in kitchen emptying, something that is entirely normal to want etc. 🤣

The measuring itself happened with the door closed. I got a brief glimpse of the futuristic device the technician mounted on an impressive tripod, and I could hear it beeping through the door for 40 minutes or so, but when he called me to say he was done, it was all packed away again.

It's wild to think, as Pancakes pointed out, that there is now a laser-accurate 3D scan of my kitchen just... out there in the world somewhere. We live in a time where that's possible! And where I can use it to sit down with the IKEA people on Tuesday to order furniture that will actually fit my space! Hopefully that means I won't have any of the issues we had with the current kitchen, like suddenly being unable to open the oven because we had pushed it a liiiiitle too close to the wall when installing a new countertop and now the door frame was in the way.

(Have I mentioned that any time I mention to someone who's cooked here that I'm getting a new kitchen, their reaction is "Finally!!"? 😅)

I really hope I'll get to take some version of the 3D scan home with me or at least get access to the model they build based on it. If I do, I will definitely post some screenshots here :D

For now, I need to finish moving all my Stuff back into the kitchen - because of course it's still spread all over the living room, 24+ hours after the technician left 🙈 I have moved about a third of it, which is pretty good by my standards, and part of taking it easy for a few weeks is not getting mad at myself for procrasitnating chores. But I think I'll try to tear myself away from blogging and mapping now to at least put cleaning supplies and spices back where they belong. I do enjoy smelling the potato spice blend when sitting in my armchair, but the occasional whiff of bathroom cleaner is not exactly a harmonious addition.

Next step: second IKEA meeting on Tuesday, at which we will hopefully put in an order for the furniture and I'll learn how long my countdown is actually going to be!

[askkrenko]

Krenko’s Guide to Pokemon: Ledyba Line

I don’t want to tell you how to do your job, but you need to put your stats in things that do things.

DESIGN:

Ledyba has the “just a ladybug” problem, generally speaking, but the round hands, big smile, and overall friendly shape go a long way. It’s not an overly interesting Pokemon on its own, but it has enough of its own shape that I like it a lot better than something like Noctowl or Furret. Yes, it’s just a ladybug, but it’s a ladybug redesign as a bug-type Pokemon and shaped in a way that doesn’t look generic about it. 

Ledian then adjusts this design, makes it more upright, and turns it into a superhero. I’m not sure if that was intentional or just the result of some superheroes trying to be bugs, but its head reminds me a lot of Kamen Rider, Ant-Man, Spider-Man, and various other bug-themed hero characters. It’s still obviously a ladybug, but now it’s a ladybug that’s ready to go and will kick your ass. I’m pretty confident just by looking at it that Ledian is a cool dude who’ll fight for what’s right. He also looks like he packs a punch... or at least makes a good faith effort at it.

ECOLOGY:

Ledyba are omnipresent in Johto’s and Kanto���s trees during the warmer months, only occasionally found on the ground in the tall grasses. Though safe from land-based predators, they’re easy pickings for even smaller birds of prey like Pidgey and Spearow. Their large numbers and bright red coloring ensure an easy time reproducing, resulting in a healthy population despite their abundance of predators. Ledyba have been spotted in other regions, but never in relevant numbers.

Ledyba are, perhaps, the most important species in the region, acting as the largest pollinator of plants by a significant margin. During the colder half of the year, Ledyba retreat underground to hibernate in massive clusters. Either intentionally or coincidentally, Spinarak mating season begins at precisely this time, and while their territory overlaps entirely the two bug-types rarely interact for more than a few days a year on either end.

As Ledyba are timid and avoid battle, wild Ledian are almost unheard of, and most of those that do evolve naturally leave Johto for warmer climates.  Because of this, Alola has a sizable Ledian population despite Ledyba being completely unable to thrive around the Pikipek and Yungoos.

Ledian’s Pokedex entries are notoriously unreliable for unknown reasons. While the Pokedex describes it as a nocturnal Pokemon with a star-shaped pattern that gains its power from starlight and scatters glowing powder, wild Ledian are only active during the day, have simple black spots, have no ability to gain power from any star other than our own Sun, and have no powder-based moves. While the Pokedex often has questionable information, this is an unusual extreme. Further, Ledyba is listed as 1 meter tall and Ledian as 1.4 meters, and while height can vary widely within a single species, most sightings [read: anime, manga, and card appearances] put them at about half that.

Art by AutobotTesla

TYPING:

Bug/Flying is a curious combination that gives Ledian an immunity and two double-resists, plus one regular resist, but results in five weaknesses to many common types including a double weakness to Rock. The two types together still only hit five types super effectively and neither of them can hit Steel. 

STATS:

Ledian has some of the worst stats of any Pokemon. I don’t just mean that 390 is viciously low for a final-form Pokemon, below that of second-form starters, but that its stat distribution is useless. While it comes with a solid 85 speed and a whopping 110 special defense, an HP of only 55 means it’s still prone to getting one-shot by special attacks, and its stronger attack stat, Special, is ALSO only 55, meaning even when it does go first it’s dealing negligible damage. Ledian’s stats don’t allow it to deliver or take hits, and its speed isn’t high enough for it to use status moves despite that.

Art by Pinkophilic

ABILITIES:

Ledian’s abilities aren’t even bad. Swarm is, of course, as are all the “you deal more damage at 1/3rd health” abilities, but Early Bird has its uses. Though not as good when defending against Sleep as Insomnia, Early Bird cuts a round of sleep off of Rest to turn it into an incredible healing move for Pokemon that don’t get one-shot by everything.

Its hidden ability, Iron Fist, increases the power of Punch-based techs by 20%, which is also a great ability, except that Ledian’s attack stat is THIRTY FIVE, so even the best Punch attack is still garbage on it.

Art by Oddsocket

MOVES:

Ledian learns Bug Buzz to attack with, which everything resists, and can also grab Air Slash, which is entirely solid. Its sole relevant coverage option is Giga Drain if you’re using its special attack. Its physical options are far better, with Drain Punch, U-Turn, Ice Punch, and Thunder Punch, but then you’re contending with an even worse base stat.

Ledian otherwise has a very mediocre set of abilities. It can theoretically leverage Rest with Early Bird, but only against weak foes. It has Light Screen and Reflect, but there are plenty of faster Pokemon that can learn those. Agility and Swords Dance are options, but not Nasty Plot, so if you want to build up you’re still relying on a base 35 attack stat.

I made fun of Furret for being bad here, but with Ledian it just kind of becomes sad.

Art by All0412

OVERALL:

Something went very, very wrong with Ledian’s gameplay mechanics, and I’m not sure any of it was intentional. Yes, Ledian has low stats. That’s just going to happen with the early route evolutions, but its Gen 2 moveset tells an interesting story. While its 55 special attack is bad, in Gen 2 it could learn Ice Punch and Thunder Punch, both of which were Special attacks until Gen 4. Sure, it needed TMs for the moves, but this cemented those as the moves it was supposed to use. Unfortunately, when the Physical/Special Split happened, those punches became Physical attacks while Ledian’s stats remained the same.  As more and more moves came out, Ledian was granted moves and a Hidden Ability based on the idea that it was a punch buggy, but its Attack stat was never increased.

Ledian’s never going to be ‘great,’ and as an early route bug I’m sure it’s not supposed to be great, but I would love to see a simple buff of it getting a serious increase to its Attack stat.  Turning that 35 into a 65 or even a 75 isn’t going to break anything or ruin the experience, but it’s going to make Ledian significantly less miserable.

Another option with Pokémon of stat values this low, of course, is to just give it a new evolution. I think Ledian evolving into something sleeker with chitinous armor that really went for a Superhero vibe would be ‘Super’ cool.

Art by Zero

[heartsoulrocknroll]

Kings Island trip report!!!!! June 2023.

Kings Island was as great as I had hoped. I had been wanting to go here so badly for so long, and it exceeded expectations. Beautiful park, great operations, great rides. Loved it. Now let's talk coasters.

1) Mystic Timbers -- 5 rides -- This has been one of my most anticipated coasters for a long time, because of how insanely fast it looks in POVs, and I was not disappointed. It absolutely feels as fast as it looks -- the pacing is excellent, the transitions are quick, and the airtime never stops. The twisting drop is fun, and every hill delivers with the negative Gs, from the larger hills to the smaller banked hills. However, the out-and-back layout causes Mystic Timbers to lack the twists/turns that make Thunderhead feel so out of control for me. As a result, while I love both rides, Thunderhead remains my favorite GCI by a small margin.

2) The Beast -- 4 rides, including 1 night ride -- The Beast may be one of the most iconic roller coasters in history, but it is still ridiculously underrated among enthusiasts. Because of that, I went into this ride with low expectations. And boy oh boy, was I blown away. The first drop into the tunnel rocks. The setting deep in the woods is incredible. The ride feels like it is never going to end. The finale after the second lift hill is, of course, the highlight. The unnatural banking on that shallow drop is a crazy sensation on its own. And then, the love of my life, the double helix in the tunnels!!!!!!!!! The continuously increasing speed plus the LATERALS plus the tunnel wall being right beside my head on the left side of the train!!! All of this is crazy enough during the day, but at night, deep in the woods where you cannot see what is coming next??? WTF????? I waited over an hour and a half for my night ride, and my god, for the way I was losing my mind during that ride, it was sooooo worth it. A large part of me wants to put The Beast above Mystic Timbers. It's impossible to choose.

3) Diamondback -- 4 rides -- This is one of my favorite B&M hypers, right up there with Goliath. It's hard to choose between Diamondback and Goliath, as they are both great for different reasons. The airtime on Diamondback is unlike any of the other B&M hypers I've ridden. Diamondback may not (key word here is may) have a hill that outdoes the first hill on Mako in terms of one singular moment of sustained floater, but cumulatively, Diamondback has way more airtime than Mako. Even in row 7 (the closest to the front that I rode), the airtime hits. But in the back row??? I managed to be the least stapled I've ever been with this type of restraint, and I thought I was going to die on the first two camelbacks because of how sustained (and relatively powerful) the floater air is. Even the drop off the midcourse and the small hills after the midcourse give good airtime. And I love the splashdown on this ride, not only because it looks cool, but because you can actually get wet in the back row if you try.

4) Orion -- 4 rides -- This ride is extremely underrated. I think people who act as if there is some kind of night and day difference between Orion and Fury are insane. The height and the sense of speed alone are amazing, but Orion also has a great mix of forces. The first drop is excellent and basically indistinguishable from Fury's first drop, giving great airtime all the way down. The positive Gs at the bottom of the first drop are awesome. The inward banked hill after the drop does nothing, so that's one legitimate complaint. The speed hill after the turnaround and the camelback that follows are the standout elements. The speed hill gives borderline ejector airtime, while the camelback gives great floater. I also like that this ride has a helix to add some more positives into the mix. The helix is not as intense as I would have hoped, but it was still good. (Maybe I'm just spoiled by the beautifully sustained positives of Goliath's 540 degree helix.) Overall, just a great ride.

5) Banshee -- 1 ride -- I really needed to ride this more than once to get a good feel for it, but I just didn't have time, and honestly, I didn't really want to because of the restraints. I try not to let little things ruin my opinion of a ride, but I cannot get past those vest restraints on some B&Ms. Anyway, I liked this ride. The drop is huge, and there are no midcourse brakes, so this ride has breakneck pacing and crushing positive Gs, which I love. However, the inversions are more gracefully profiled with far less whip than the other inverts I have ridden. I found the slow inline twist at the end to be particularly out of character. The snappy inversions are the main reason why I have loved every other invert I've done, and because Banshee falls short in that regard, it ranks as my least favorite invert. (Also of note, this ride rattles hard for its young age. I personally don't mind that, but thought it was worth mentioning.)

6) Invertigo -- 1 ride -- This inverted boomerang is so much better than a traditional boomerang. It is incredibly forceful and didn't really bang my head at all.

7) The Bat -- 1 ride -- This is a completely different ride than the only other Arrow suspended coaster I've done, Iron Dragon. The Bat has a great sense of speed, as it is continuously descending throughout the ride. The setting in the woods is nice, and the swinging is crazy in parts, particularly coming into the final brakes.

8) Racer -- 1 ride -- I love my woodies, but these old PTCs just aren't the intense ride experience that I need. This one actually did give a little bit of airtime on some of the hills, and it is very smooth since the recent track work. Just a nice, fun ride.

9) Adventure Express -- 1 ride -- This is one of the better mine trains I've done, but it's still a mine train.

I didn't ride Flight of Fear or Backlot Stunt Coaster, as I have already ridden their clones at Kings Dominion and wanted to spend my time on re-rides on the top 4. But they would rank at #9 and #10 respectively, following Racer.

[private-bryan]

How I bind my fics - Part 1

So, I said to one of my mutuals (@imstressedx) that I might do a step-by-step on how I bind books, so this is as good as opportunity as any! The first glue up on the spine is drying, so while I'm waiting I'll show you how I assemble the text block ready for trimming and endbands.

The fic I'm using for this is "Making Moves" by @areseebee and @derrygirlstrash, and starts with typesetting:

I've recently switched to using inDesign (previously I used LibreOffice), and for the most part it's pretty good - explaining how to typeset is far beyond my skills, but the basics are pretty easy to get a grip on.

Since we're printing two pages to each side of the sheet, and printing front and back, the number of pages in the document should be divisible by four - we add in extra pages or tweak the layout to get this number. Ideally the number of pages match one of the numbers in this grid, to make the signatures the same size.

For this book there ended up being 96 pages, which gave me the options of six signatures made of four sheets, four signatures of six sheets, to three signatures of eight sheets. I went with four signatures, but in retrospect I'd probably go with six signatures next time.

Next up is to print it, grouped together into the desired signature size and laid out accordingly (e.g. the first sheet would go pg 24, pg1 on one side, then pg2, pg23 on the other) so that when we fold and stack the pages they are in the correct order. We also print/cut/use the endpapers at this point. I've printed this on 100gsm A4 paper (approx 27lb letter paper for you Yanks, although the measurements aren't quite identical)

Next, we fold the pages. It's a simple case of aligning the corners, folding flat, then using a bone folder (actually made of teflon) to make the crease nice and crisp:

(The first two signatures folded and stacked)

Next, we need to pierce holes in the creases to sew through, so we make a template using scrap paper/card (I used a piece I was using as a glue shield on a previous bind - I like to use a bright/contrasting colour to make it easier to see):

The gaps at the top and bottom are quite large on this template, and that's because I'm intending to slice off an entire inch of paper on those sides due to the way the printer scaled the margins.

We then place each signature/endpaper in my janky, homemade punching rest, and use an awl to pierce through according to the template:

Once that's done, we can stack them ready for sewing, and wax our thread. We use thread as wide as the signatures, and use that number of passes to get a decent length. We then wax it, to make it easier to slip through the paper and to untangle any inevitable knots. I use beeswax and cotton thread, although I originally used parrafin wax and polyester - there's not much difference IMO, but if I'm doing this by hand I want materials I'm happy with.

Next, we sew - I like to use French Stitch, as it gives a nice finish. If it were thicker I'd use cotton tapes behind the wider sections, but for this book I just went with the thread. Tip - keep the thread taut, but not tight, otherwise the pages could rip.

(Half way done - fun fact, chapter four takes up two of the four signatures by itself)

Finally, for this part, we just need to put it in my (also) homemade press, and apply two layers of glue to the edge.

Once this is dry it'll be onto the next part!

[leafatlaw]

prime defenders design thoughts because I’m finally drawing them again

Vyncent: catlike pupils, lots of gold jewlery from fauna( hanging star, stud in shape of the moon, ect), s1 hair is in the typical ponytail but by s2 has grown out enough to be put up in a bun, furry ears, oversized knife shirt (because it’s borrowed and it how’s he’s out of place and it’s a metaphor also), little scars on face, tallest by a large margin.

William: i try to draw him in like an off white, pink color, cause of yknow the whole rotting thing, 2 white streaks in his hair(1 for og death, 1 for the train), TRANS HOODIE, greasiest hair ever in emo style over one eye <3

Dakota: literally covered in scars, bandana is held together by threads but he refuses to get rid out it, literally none of the prime defenders brush their hair, but dakotas is probably in the worst shape, twigs and leaves stuck in there, eyes are literally stars if u care.

[hotgirlmythology]

Tum'jai outfit idea

hiii everyone I have some outfit ideas for my oc Tum'jai even though I haven't even decided what she actually looks like lmaoo

Here is what I have so far: 1) She likes to look sexy while kind of playful at the same time, in a rejection of the rather starched and regal attire of the previous line of 5(!) successive emperors. They were all quite boring. Tum'jai was very proud of being an empress of people, not of trade caravans. 2) She has access to a vast array of silks and dyes from domestic production, as well as some very fine craftspeople, given her ideally situated location in the heart of Minashun 3) Her dominion is particularly deficient in accessible metals, and while she is able to use imported metals in jewellery or piercings tradition says that the current ruler wears very minimal metal as part of their actual clothing, though in accessories and piercings it is generally permitted

Hence I have quickly drafted up some outfits for any occasion - this may be extremely disjointed but at the same time it should be possible to follow.

Formals: For holding ceremonial court, receiving high ranking guests who may take things marginally the wrong way if received in a nightie

These would likely take the form of long dresses and would be significantly adorned. I am thinking heavy silk sheets dyed richly, maybe in a darker crimson because umm she likes that??? This is boring. Over this long dress would be a sunflower yellow asymmetric skirt, silk too obviously. I think also some woven patterns, though what these should be of I have literally no clue.

I have also been toying with the idea of incorporating a corset purely to synch the draping fabric in a bit and also because it is conveniently made to attach lace to. However, this might not be too formal, so instead I went with the skirt synching around her waist

In terms of jewellery it's going to be quite ostentatious, think Egyptian pharaoh necklace, but with larger jewels and more sheet metal-y.

The headdress depends heavily on the occasion.

Slightly-less-formals: For receiving acquaintances, holding civil as opposed to ceremonial court. Very much lighter clothes , though in this case mostly still covering. Still in dark crimson as she likes the colour, but this time the overskirt is gauzy and complemented by a yellow chest sash as well.

Instead of the large ceremonial gold "necklace", she has one that looks more like a slimmed down gorget, like a choker but extending down a bit. It also reaches down her torso a short distance, with a bit of silk underneath so the cool metal doesn't irritate it.

If she does wear a headdress at all, it is likely to be a veil either made of beads or lace. Acquaintances and people of her own city are likely to be able to read her expressions better, she reasons, and it is definitely not that she likes the mystique

Absolutely-in-no-way-formals: When no delegations are expected and Tum'jai can finally have a break. As is probably extremely obvious from her character thus far, this is the variety of clothes she has the biggest variety of. - A waterfall neckline sleeveless affair designed to hug the waist mildly using a cunningly disguised pull-through string that tucks into a single buttoned pouch at the back. It's in ummm light blue because i like that colour so she probably might - A practical tunic and breeches, kind of floaty in order to retain moisture while out walking the city or surrounding area. Unfortunately I have no way to make this sexy. There is no point being sexy if you die of heatstroke. - A very flowy gossamer silk dress. Gossamer as in, clingy. I am smirking as I write this, please take the hint. She has several of these because the base tends to get kind of mucky given it pools around a lot, and there is only so clean you can keep a palace. It amounts to a bedsheet. A very silky bedsheet. It would be useless in a bed. - A slightly shorter corseted lace top and skirt, to be put with some elaborate jewellery pinning up her voluminous hair (which is very luscious and black and wavyish curly and and). She likes wearing this because it looks very hot. Ignore the heatstroke problem because she only wears it in the evening - Something topless because SOMEBODY told me it would be fun (you know who you are) and to be fair in areas of more shaded, humid heat (like, for example, the crammed inner areas of a savanna/desert city), going topless might be more normalised. Idk in any case the skirt paired with this would be a 3 layer thing with the undermost being an underskirt because 3 layers of skirts in a desert is asking for trouble. She also wears a belly chain because I saw a picture of one on pinterest while writing this and it looked pretty.

This last one conveniently allows me to talk about piercings. Because it's frowned upon to use metal and metallic colours in your clothes, jewellery is often used, but also piercings are frequent. Common ones are in the ears, nose and navel. Herbalists and magicians are in massive demand in the beauty industry, as they are able to dull the pain and reduce infection risk, which is no mean feat when you need to import most of your herbs as dried varieties and thus reduce their potency a lot. This actually is not very related to the topless outfit as I was going to say Tum'jai mightve gotten nipple piercings but I think those might have been a bit too far in medieval medicine even if you do have magicians who can just spontaneously make the hole appear. Idk she might still have them they are quite pretty.

TA-DA YOU AHVE REACHED THE END OF THE OUTFIT POST!!!! I hope you liked it and if you didn't tell me so so that I can persuade you that it is in fact the greatest piece of literature imaginable ok ciao ciao hotties ;)))))

[describe-things]

[ID 1: A seven-panel "Pills that make you green" comic, showing simplistic digital stick figures for people. Panel 1 shows a lime green person on the Left, saying, "It's important that you center lime green people, who are the most marginalized in the green community!" On the right is a dark green person shouting, "No! It's moss green people who have it worse, and when you don't mention us while talking about your own experiences you're erasing us!". A leaf green person stands in the center silently. Panel 2 zooms in on the leaf green person in the center, showing them thinking, "I uh, I think I actually prefer arguing with greenphones to whatever this is", while those on either shout repeatedly, "Lime! Lime!! Lime!!" and "Moss! Moss!! Moss!!!". Panel 3 shows a plain black stick figure that walks up, saying, "Just to be clear I literally don't know what the difference between the three of you even is. Also, my absolute revulsion at the very idea of you is driving policy. We're trying to pass a bill to put you all in the contraption.". The three green people stare from the side. Panel 4 shows a zoom in on the green people's heads as they stand next to eachother. The lime green person says, "They meant I'm going in it first.". Moss green says, "No they meant me" The leaf green person says, "I think there maybe shouldn't be a contraption". Panel 5 shows the non-green person say, "Finally, you're starting to see my point". The leaf green person says, "what" while off to the side, Lime green and moss green continue to argue. The non-green person continues, "Green people will always fight to be the most oppressed. It's about being the biggest victim". Leaf green responds, "No, what the fuck?" Panel 6 zooms in on the leaf green person as they continue, "I'm never going to agree with you even a little bit based on this argument. Both lime green and moss green people have their own unique challenges that actually need addressing. Some individual people in this community may struggle to show solidarity with each other, but that doesn't delegitimize the real problems they have. Also, you're literally causing those problems." Panel 7 shows the three green people lounging on a large couch. Lime green says, "Wow I'm so glad we beat up that guy together". Leaf green says, "Yeah it was cool to just straight up do violence for our rights". Moss green says, "And it was cool to share experiences afterwards so that we could understand each other better!". End ID]

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[ID 2: A screenshot of tags that read, "Someone in the reblogs calling OP 'least transmisogynistic T M E' is really funny. It's not. It's really disappointing, but it's also really funny". End ID.]

I hope it's okay to add your tags:

Non-transmisogynistically projecting viewpoints onto a trans woman that make her Bad and refusing to hear her out, As she states clearly what she actually meant several times

infighting

[bllsbailey]

GOP Clinches Houses Majority, Ups Seat Tally to 219

After Newsmax projected an official clinching of the House majority of at least 218 seats, Republicans have upped their total to 219 with the official victory declaration of Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif.

Calvert is a long-serving House GOP member in the deep-blue state of California.

There was a flip away from Republicans in the state as Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., has officially lost his seat to Democrat George Whitesides.

That sets the latest House tally at 219 Republicans and 210 Democrats with six races remaining too close to call. Republicans lead in three of them.

Breakdown of the remaining races:

California (five seats): Districts 9, 13, 21, 45, and 47. Republicans lead in Districts 13 and 45.

Alaska District 1: Republican Nick Begich leads incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, in a ranked-choice voting state that would flip a seat to the GOP.

Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Ariz., held on to defeat Democrat challenger Kirsten Engel in Arizona's District 6, Newsmax is projecting, which clinched the 218th seat for Republicans, assuring the majority.

Democrats had been hoping to capture control of the House to blunt Republicans' grip on both the presidency and the Senate. In last week's election, Donald Trump recaptured the White House, while the GOP claimed the Senate majority 52-47 with one race (Pennsylvania) yet to be called by Newsmax.

Majority control is likely to smooth the way for enactment of the many elements of Trump's new administration, including plans for a large-scale deportation of illegal immigrants and tariffs on various foreign countries' products.

Trump is also expected to put forth a number of judicial appointments, which would likewise face a smoother road to passage under a GOP-controlled government. That is expected to include one or more Supreme Court justices.

The projection is a major victory for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who rose from relative obscurity to lead the House in both its legislative agenda and its push for Trump's reelection, according to The Hill.

Vulnerable Democrat incumbents like Susan Wild and Matt Cartwright of Pennsylvania were toppled, though the GOP did suffer some losses of its own. Three of its freshmen New York lawmakers, Reps. Anthony D'Esposito, Marc Molinaro, and Brandon Williams, lost reelection bids.

The final House tally is unclear, as some races in California remain to be called. The ultimate margin, The Hill said, could make a difference in how Johnson handles the House and how much he is able to achieve.

House and Senate Republicans have been working up a legislative plan for Trump's first 100 days under total GOP control, Johnson told Newsmax on Election Night.

"Those include extending the tax cuts passed in Trump's first term, boosting border wall funding, repealing climate initiatives, and promoting school choice," the Hill said.

Another issue is sure to be whether and how to continue support for Ukraine in its effort to repel a Russian invasion. Many in the GOP have raised questions over the continued allocation of resources to this foreign conflict.

Eric Mack ✉

Eric Mack has been a writer and editor at Newsmax since 2016. He is a 1998 Syracuse University journalism graduate and a New York Press Association award-winning writer.

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