#and shu but mostly ales

[thebrookesnook]

Hi, hey, hello, maayong buntag sA TANAN 🙌🙌

IM AWAKE (yes i know i slept for an hour sue me) AND WITH MANY THINGS I WISH I SHARED LAST NIGHT ABOUT THE STUDIES AND ITS ONLY ABOUT SHITARA.

I'll post another one about my thought process on the others' design elements I included mayhaps after part 2 is out (which i assure u is not as extensive as part 1, its a one per person package deal). Like their body hair or whatnot (yes, takiishi's lack of a happy trail was intentional).

(p.s. this is a vent for me but if u want to watch me simp haphazardly, then u're in the right place)

This was my reference for shitara and let me tell u this was more than i needed but my fingers kept screenshoting more and moreee.. .

Hes so silly and funny, and hes a dilf so hes already checks out more of my ideal type sksk. HIS SCRUFF, I LOVED DRAWING HIS SCRUFF AND HIS BODY HAIRR. I HAVENT POSTED ANY DRAWINGS PUBLICLY WITH BODY HAIR BUT FOR YOU SIR, ANYTHING FOR YOUU.

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QnA Time:

"Whats up with the dad bod Brooke/Eve?"

Hear me out: I wanted him to have a beer belly and then I went oKAY maybe lets give him MORE chonk aND I DID AND HES LITERALLY EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED ICANT- *slams fist against the table*

"Was shitara the reason why-?"

Yes, yes. I got hit with the sudden urge to draw him topless and i decided to extend the graces to umemiya (thats his son in all but blood so ofc) and togame (no. 3 on my list). But ig four sounded better than 3 but i didnt know who to pick so i let y'all pick for me. Now takiishi's there, with messly drawn up left hand on the handstand sksk. The reference photo wasnt any better, who knew people could have such large fingers.

"Why did you make it a torso study instead of drawing him topless once like a normal person?"

Because im insane thats why and what is normal, dont know her. Also i thought it would be a good way to learn how the torso anatomy and how the muscles work u know? And i chose quite the variety to characters that canonically have different body types that i can play around. So now i know which muscles go where and how light plays with it skks.

"Is Shitara your no. 1?"

No, that belongs to Ales 🫶. The absolute rock they were the entire time i was sharing her wips. He's no. 2 tho, that's why my OTP (and OT3) for windbre is Ales/Me/Shitara. It was never gonna be anything else but SuoSakuNire is a close second. Highkey in love with both of them sksks.

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Back to silly thoughts:

sirrr keep me warm in this cold ass weather bagyo seasonn~

Speaking of, u know i had to play "Big Boys" by SZA on that SNL show or whatever AND "big boys x streets" mashup because the wayyy i feltt a lot of thingsss in my heart when that song was on. Very yummy. OH YEAH AND "CANDY" BY DOJA CAT AND "AUSSIE AUSSIE O SIGE" BY ANDREW E!!

I will patiently await the day we see current timeline Shitara looking as handsome and gorgeous as ever. I WILL PATIENTLY AWAIT THE DAY HE GETS A SEIYUU. I HAVE A LIST ON POTENTIAL VA OPTIONS SKSK.

anyways, i think thats all. kissing his scruffy chin in my head before i skiddadle to uni 🏃🏃

[apiswitchcraft]

altars for kemetic/egyptian gods

hi yall, another purely based in UPG, new agey post! historically, deity offerings for the ancient egyptians often took the form of art/sculpture/hymns, incense (like frankincense or myrrh), or offerings of food (especially meat and bread) and drink (wine/ale, mostly). dialogue with the gods was often facilitated through the pharaohs or funerary rites, but your average person had access to daily magic and regular temples as well.

RA

Colors: yellow, orange, red for the sun

Offerings: eye of ra, dates, figs, grapes, apricots, sunflowers, morning glories, chocolate, pastries, orange juice, honey

Crystals: sunstone, yellow/red jasper, citrine, carnelian, honey calcite, angelite, kyanite

Animals: falcon

SHU

Colors: white, blue for the air/sky

Offerings: feathers (especially ostrich), sandalwood, gardenia, anise, paper fans, cornflower

Crystals: white/clear quartz, angelite, selenite, blue calcite, fluorite, blue lace agate

Animals: lion, ostrich

TEFNUT

Colors: white, blue for water

Offerings: sea salt, reeds, shells, water, coral, water (especially dew), lotus root/flower

Crystals: blue calcite, sodalite, lapis lazuli, amethyst, larimar, ocean/blue lace agate, aquamarine

Animals: lioness

NUT

Colors: blue, black for night. white for stars

Offerings: amber, sandalwood, sycamore, moonflowers, morning glories, milk

Crystals: lapis lazuli, star jasper, azurite, obsidian, smokey quartz, black tourmaline, labradorite, sodalite, moonstone (especially black)

Animals: boar, cow, sow

GEB

Colors: green, brown for earth. black for the underworld

Offerings: grain, beans, yarrow, cinnamon, coffee, egg shells, foliage, dirt, rocks, snake shed, milk

Crystals: jasper (various types), aventurine, moss/tree agate, unakite, obsidian, jade, malachite

Animals: snake, goose, rabbit, bull

OSIRIS

Colors: green for renewal, black for death, white for rebirth

Offerings: bandages, dark chocolate, dried fruit (especially oranges or dates), dark chocolate, coffee, cedar, vetiver, bones

Crystals: lapis lazuli, moss agate, jasper (various types), malachite, obsidian, smokey quartz, pyrite, jade, howlite, star jasper (for his astral form)

Animals: heron, ram, cow

ISIS

Colors: white, grey for the moon. blue, black for the night. green for life and resurrection.

Offerings: the tyet symbol, cow horn, milk, sycamore, feathers, dried fruit (such as raisins or dates), pomegranates, nuts, pastries

Crystals: star jasper, moonstone, rose quartz, amethyst, fluorite, bloodstone, red jasper, carnelian, labradorite, aventurine

Animals: birds (especially a kite hawk or vulture), cow, cat, scorpion, sow

HORUS

Colors: blue, purple for insight and intuition. white and red for pharoahship.

Offerings: eye of horus, weaponry/iron, lotus flower/root, feathers (especially hawk or falcon), yarrow, chocolate

Crystals: malachite, aventurine, pyrite, amethyst, lapis lazuli, jasper (various), howlite, sunstone, aquamarine, labradorite, hematite

Animals: falcon

NEPHTHYS

Colors: black for darkness and funerary rites

Offerings: beer, linen, feathers (especially of a crow or vulture), bones, coffee, nuts, milk

Crystals: obsidian, smokey quartz, black moonstone (because of association with Isis), black tourmaline, red jasper, bloodstone

Animals: vulture, crow

SET

Colors: red, black for chaos and storms

Offerings: lettuce, sand, alcohol, dragon's blood, patchouli, yarrow, vetiver, charcoal, dark chocolate, black pepper

Crystals: red jasper, black tourmaline, howlite, obsidian, labradorite, sodalite, bloodstone, malachite, pyrite

Animals: the set animal (which resembles a canine, giraffe, and aardvark), donkey

THOTH

Colors: grey, blue for intuition/intelligence. white for the moon

Offerings: quill, ink, pieces of writing/books, feathers, rosemary, citrus, sage, moon water, lavender, nuts

Crystals: amethyst, lapis lazuli, malachite, moonstone, selenite, howlite, angelite, sodalite, fluorite

Animals: ibis, baboon

ANUBIS

Colors: black, grey for funerary rites/death

Offerings: bones, ash, charcoal, red/black peppercorns, marigold (associated with the dead), linen, yarrow

Crystals: hematite, obsidian, black tourmaline, howlite, jasper (various, but especially red), smokey/rutilated quartz, bloodstone

Animals: canines, especially a jackal

BASTET

Colors: white, red for pharaohship

Offerings: ointments/perfumes of most types, cedar, anything cat related, rosemary, black salt

Crystals: tiger's eye, cat's eye quartz, bloodstone, red jasper, black tourmaline, howlite, milky/smokey quartz, pyrite, carnelian

Animals: lioness, cat

SEKHMET

Colors: red for war. grey for justice

Offerings: sand (especially red), scales of justice, iron, cypress, red pepper, black salt

Crystals: bloodstone, red jasper, carnelian, garnet, ruby kyanite, jade, smokey/clear, hematite

Animals: lioness

HATHOR

Colors: pink, red for love/sexuality

Offerings: dancing, dried fruits (especially figs/dates), pomegranates, sycamore, milk, honey, pastries

Crystals: rose quartz, amethyst, citrine, carnelian, fluorite, jade, aquamarine, garnet/ruby

Animals: cow, lioness, cobra

KHONSU

Colors: white, grey for the moon. blue, black for the night.

Offerings: lavender, sage, mugwort, dried fruit, moon shaped items, moon flower, ash

Crystals: moonstone, selenite, sodalite, obsidian, black tourmaline, smokey/milky quartz, jasper (various), blue lace agate, lapis lazuli

Animals: falcon

[shion-yu]

Medwhump May '24 Masterpost

List of prompts by @medwhumpmay. Chose to stick to mostly drabbles/short chapters of around 500 words for this challenge. Ranging from angst to fluff with a few full length stories which I’ve noted with *! My second monthlong writing challenge I have managed to complete :D

Day 1: Under anesthesia (Al/Theo)

Day 2: Running out of time (Al/Theo)

Day 3: "Squeeze my hand" (Shu, Alex)

Day 4: Sedated (Cliff/Elliot)

Day 5: "Stay with me" (Al/Theo)

Day 6: *Doctor turned patient (Ryo/Alex, full length with day 7)

7. Unresponsive (Ryo/Alex)

8. Going into shock (Cliff/Elliot)

9. *Bedside vigils (alt, Rey, Felix, full length with day 13)

10. Emergency surgery (Cliff/Elliot)

11. *Passing out (Shu, Alex, full length)

12. Broken bones (alt, Shu, Alex, Julian)

13. "You've been very sick" (Rey, Felix)

14. Seizures (Cliff/Elliot)

15. *Infection (alt, Cliff/Elliot, full length)

16. *Coma (Cliff/Elliot, full length with several parts from both here and Whumptober 2023)

17. Forced to stay awake (Ryo/Alex)

18. *Appendicitis (Ryo, Alex, Shu, full length)

19. Blood loss (Cliff)

20. Surgery recovery (Cliff, Elliot)

21. Nausea (Ryo, Alex, Shu)

22. Sirens (Ryo, Alex, Shu)

23. Resisting treatment (Ryo, Alex, Shu)

24. Not breathing (Cliff/Elliot)

25. High fever (Ryo/Alex)

26. *Exhaustion (Shu, Alex)

27. Pain meds (Cliff, Elliot)

28. *Head injury (Shu, Alex, Julian, full length and supplemented with days 3 and 12)

29. Extended hospital stay (Cliff/Elliot)

30. From the brink of death (Cliff/Elliot)

31. "I'm so sorry" (Cliff/Elliot)

[memoria-99]

So I'm quite surprised to see pronounciation differs after seeing this post

Here's how I pronounce...

Elias Goldstein: Eh-li-as Gold-stahin(like, style without l sound + sign without s. Like Einstein and Frankenstein)

Luca Orlem: Lu-ka Or-lem

Yukiya Reizen: Yoo-kee-yah Rai(like rice goes)-zehn

Klaus Goldstein: (Santa) Claus

Randy March: Ran-dee March(3rd month of the year)

Serge Durandal: Surge(like surgery) Dew-ran-dal

Azusa Kuze: Ah-zoo-sah Koo-zeh

Joel Crawford: Joe-l Craw-ford

Vincent Knight: Vincent Night

Leon: Leh-on

Cerim Leiado: Seh-rim Lay-ado

Guy Brighton: Guy Bright-un

Glenn Qing: Glen Ching (this kind of alphabet is mostly the one from hanyu pinyin, Chinese prounciation. There q equals ch sound.)

Leslie Roseblade: Lehs-lee Rose-blade

Sigurd Curtis: Si(from sick)-guard Cur(from curve)-tis

Mel Glover: Mel(melon) Glove-r

Zeus Brundle: Zoos Broon-dle

Hiro Tachibana: Hero Ta-chi-ba-na

Alfonse Goldstein: Al-fons

Caesar Raphael: Kai-sar(like car) Rafa-el

Lucious Duller: Lucy-us Dool-ler

Hugo Peers: Hew-go Peers

Hisoka Hagakure: Hee-so-ka Ha-ga-ku-reh

Willem V Rembrandt: Will-lem V Rem-brant

Nox Noir: Nox No-er

Rex Blanc: Rex Blahn(g) (Blanc is French so French style)

Gray: Gray

Ted: Ted(dy bear)

Lars Lagrene: Lars(Mars but with m sound) La-gren-eh

Clive Lagrene: Clive (Cliff but with v sound)

Florin Arden: Floor-in Ar-dehn(like Denmark)

Albert Auburne: Al-burt Au-burn

Light Fildora: Light Fill-dora

Felix: Fell-lix

Vain: Vain (like rain)

Viggo: Vigo(rously)

Randolph: Ran-dolf

Conrad Schuyler: Con-rad Sky-ler

Loran Merculova: Lo-ran Mercul(like mercury)-lova

Carbuncle: Car-bunkle

Taffy: Taff E

Ronny: Ron E

Chica: Chi-ka

Mischa: Mee-sha

Chocolate Cake: Chocolate cake

Hachi: Ha-chi

Nidhogg: Nid-hog(like fog)

Shu: Shoo

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Amelia: Uh-meel-lee-ah

Eress: Eh-ress (Empress without the mp)

Brunhild: Broon-hild

Saella: Say-la

Aulelia: Au-leh-lee-ah

Claudia: Cloud-ia

[aethracaeles]

I. Introduction —

The name is Aleena Lorelei, you may call me Ale or Leena for short or maybe you can come up with a better and cute idea? Let me know, hee-hee. I need to tell you something, actually.. I'm still 17— nah, I lied. I think.. I'm legal enough to call myself an adult ... meh, not really. So, for minors, please move away. Thank you.

Anyway, I'm not really good with this introduction stuff. Let's just get along and get to know each other, how about that? Sounds great, eh? To be frank, I am kinda a shy person, haha. But, hey, it doesn't mean I can't be a funny one, right? So, let's be GOOD friends!

II. Favorite Stuff —

You know.. I don't know where I should start— let's talk about music first. Music, honestly my music taste is kinda random. I like Fall Out Boy, Kanaria, YOASOBI, takayan, Ado, ONE OK ROCK, Tomorrow x Together, Simple Plan, One Republic, Day6, Ive, Linkin Park, Enhypen, and maaaaany more.

I looove horror-thriller and mystery movies, books, and animes, I haven't watched and read that much yet though. If you have recommendations, you should let me know. I read manga/hua/hwa, I also watch anime and donghua. And don't forget about games and favorite streamers ... I have a lot but I mostly watch The Joomers, MiawAwug, Tuonto, K9Kuro, Ike Eveland, Luca Kaneshiro, Shu Yamino, Shxtou, etc. Oh, by the way, you play Honkai Star Rail, too? LET'S BE FRIENDS!

What else should I write here ...? Well, let me think about it first and will add some more later, maybe? Psst–actually I wanna stay mysterious y'know, wanna act cool. PFFT— not really.

[aphrodite-astocci]

dialovers oc pt2.

the second and last child of shu and haru.

alessya sakamaki

aka the bi disaster the princess of the sakamaki family.

name; alessya sakamaki.

nicknames; ale, sya, princess, gremlin.

birthday; 15th august.

zodiac sing; leo.

race; half-vampire ; half-witch.

status; alive.

eye color; alice blue.

hair color; blonde.

height; 1,57cm.

weight; 54kg.

hobbies; playing piano, painting, calligraphy, modeling, visiting museums, dancing.

charismatic | drama queen | prideful | greedy | sarcastic | talkative | extroverted | curious | cunning | competitive | loyal | romantic | creative | polite | intelligent | bossy | vengeful | impatient | athletic | cynical | charming | stylish

-doesn’t look like, but is more dangerous than her older brother.

-everyone’s little princess.

-probably everyone’s favorite.

-loves auntie yui more than anyone.

-her parents spoil her a lot, but she is grateful anyway.

-a bit bratty but lovely.

-artsy child.

-plays the piano with uncle laito.

-is the center of attention in every place she goes.

-girls tend to get jealous of her, but she doesn’t really care unless is a cute girl she likes.

-flirty bisexual mess.

-likes more girls than boys.

-rumors says she and jade mukami make out often.

-she just smiles.

-gets everything she wants but with hardwork alone. doesn’t get extremely angry if something doesn’t go the way she planned but will make another plan or find the error in the equation like WHY it didn’t work.

-listen to classical music but dances to britney spears.

-i mean it’s britney bitch.

-cool fashion, even with uniforms. she has great fashion sense. (hates her brother’s guts)

-more on the vampire side but loves reading runes.

-helps aleksei with the animals he takes home.

-more of a dc fan, loves the gotham show.

-wow did you said pizza?

-only eats trash food. like, all the time.

-learns every type of dance possible; now she dances contemporary, hiphop, popping, ballet, salsa, tango, foxtrot, waltz, etc.

-loves formal events because that means she can convince her brother of making a dance routine with her.

-sometimes their parents are surprised of how much power alessya has over aleksei but are happy they get along so well.

-alessya likes thinking they are some kind of ryan and sharpay. she clearly is sharpay, but her brother is more of strange emo alex turner than ryan evans.

-her powers are kind of unstable and sometimes when her emotions are out of control she makes a mess. one day she blew up a person on fire but in her defense, this guy was sexually attacking high school girls.

-practice a lot of keeping her emotions under control with uncle reiji.

-duets with her parents.

-likes to travel when she’s stressed out.

-likes to feed from girls mostly.

-has some health problems that come with her unstable problems, since little she gets high fevers or faints when too much power is accumulated in her body or somehow she exceded her power’s use.

[righthandsnail]

Kintype Discovery Story

A little over a month ago I came across a childhood notebook of mine, from around when I was 6. In it, I wrote all sorts of weird stuff. Comics, random things about my family, daily happenings.

But I also wrote... a LOT about King De/dede.

Now, mind you, the only Ki/rby game I’d played at the time was Kirb/y 64. King D/edede was one of my favorites in the game, so 6 year old me imagined hanging around with him.

Except all I ever did was watch him eat, and watch TV with him. Evident by the fact that’s what I even wrote about IN MY NOTEBOOK.

Seeing this stuff in my notebook made me start fondly remembering other things I imagined as a kid. Watching Yug/i run alongside my schoolbus... imagining S/onic during gym class... the hundred wadd/le dees in the storage room.

Wait. Another Kir/by thing. This time about Wadd/le Dees.

Keep in mind that this was still after I had only played Kir/by 64. How many wad//dle dees were in Kirb/y 64?

One.

And yet, child me was INSISTENT that there was more than one. And also, that Wa/ddle Doo was its own separate entity.

Weird, I thought to myself. I hadn’t known there were multiple wa/ddle dees until... the anime.

I only ever saw three episodes of the Kirb/y anime, mostly because it was on so early in the morning. It was two years after I had played Kirb/y 64 that I saw this anime for this first time.

Reflecting on it, I got hit with a thought.

Wait... am I Escar/goon?

Thinking back on it... I’m not sure HOW I didn’t kinfirm this sooner. What I imagined in my childhood about Kirb/y stuff was not only weirdly accurate, but there were even MORE signs.

1. I always had some sort of affinity to characters with big hammers. Amy R//ose was another character I really liked.

2. Characters like Zaz/u from Li/on King and Cogswo/rth from Beau/ty and the B/east always resonated with me. Like a, “oh, I totally get it.” Resonating. Relatable.

3. ALSO my strange habit of latching onto horrible, HORRIBLE royalty/rich characters. Kiseki from Shu/go Ch//ara, Sno/oty Villagers from anim/al cross/ing, Pri/ncess Mor/bux from P/PG... you see the theme here.

4. Also, my weird... uh. How do I put it. I never really feel like I should be front and center. I’m more of a... P2 if you will.

ANYWAY, I just wanted to write this down. I felt like it would be a good first post here.

[babyawacs]

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@law (((((.@law)))))) .@fisa .@judges @judge @snowden @h aaretzcom @harvard_law @all @world @bbcworld @bbc_whys @ap @reuters @france24 @haaretzcom somehow dumpster smeared th at they dodged compensation that it  i s daytimecharged accurately truthfullyallalong what allnot only knew all along but all messed allalong in a system them cause allalo ng with shuffled authorities and their tricks allalong its decoyed  with smear and yomamawas sonuts tricks and f ool shitballthrown objects demonisation that this is allalong govt agenda fringequellkill for trickflipping thei r crimes as blackmail by the mengele survivor hedged gov t controlmethods instead for enemyof state treats tothat a dded theydeserve inventiosn too how to stealit  controli t or quellit  chainit themore their bunches suck even t hat,  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e x x x x x x  wi th germans mostly and only  wouldbe revealing and excluding alot of germann tricks letalone biological harms //// rescue persons of itnerest and evenmoresomykids ca utionwithsupport trickdeceit is sayhomersimspsoy make se lffulfillignprophecy  counterfactuality is a proofin itsel f itis a buzzword about joing sssexxxbadensers: coutner factual: there itis rebabbled: who tries the self fulfilling prophecy sssexxxbadensen trick tonaswinn is a trick a bout a verylate stage fear illness fullof preconditions as fe ars and itis persistent not triggered by realtime only. notfakeable a single day. tur nsout itis their own theme name.  but thereitis . rebabbled   who efforts teh tricks is the point not if a minor be lieves thetrick itis a set of shitballdecoys thrown obje cts thebasis is criminal german govt agenda withfringe q uell killl feels blackmailed to compensate their crimes the ir spybotch case coveredup want to control or chain or ste al or quell inventions they cant have decoys fundamental things as averted immunisation by toplevel intel notby c ockroaches that imagine thecase lets em and each deed is   s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e x x x x x x  with germ ans  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e x x x x x x  with germans before charging  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e x x x x x x  with germans during charging  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e x x x x x x  with germans afterchargign and another batshitnuts decoy for charign g itnelcoma rapes judges  while you may try tofind w h y allthe harm itis german govt so not compensates what they do with others, they  feel  b l a c k m a i l e d a s trick  or someone trickflipped it internally  itis vo gelfrei  thatharm extra hightreason to germany for hating us  started with coverup intelbotch so do somuchworse wi th anyone else trickflippedit as mengele victim blackmails them rightfully quelled inventions of the mengele victim it is not how they trick fake it the verfassungsschutz h a t e d r u g cat apults whenthere is meager sympathy itis a mix of cri minal govt agendas played proxies as fools plausible den iability  even when it isabout their own firms they ga me for a fringequellkill for a killit fringe it smearit all thetime they need alibis for me alibis for the moth er alibis forthe pet and now they mayhave tossed in some ki ds ofmine too they are so criminal itis any shred ofamb iguity is a win already you lose tracking on them when s omeofthem are r e a l l y sorry asifthey prevented the c rimes thesmear tricks victim as hatenut as ifthey didnt ra id my chamber for their lust gains  their blackmail tricks horrorshows andwhatnot theyshuffle authroites allalong facts flipped to confusion batshitnuts  with hedging wet farts for symptoms lacking atleast understand whatsplayed

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Shion's Masterpost

Hello! I go by Shion. 27/she/EST. I love whump and have a particular fondness for illness, fevers and caretaking. Below you will find links to my OCs and their longer stories in mostly-chronological order (shorter stories excluded in this post due to link limit). Find individual character master posts below or my full OC writing masterpost google document here. I use the tag #Shionwrites for writing and occasional art. And feel free to message me on discord! @yu.ba.to

My Writing/Select Masterpost

INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER MASTERPOSTS with short character bios, pics, timelines and Toyhouse links: Al & Theo | Cliff & Elliot | Ryo, Alex & Shu | Rey & Felix

MODERN STORIES in (mostly) chronological order.

Mononucleosis (young Shu, Mathias, unrequited love)

Overworked (Shu, Mathias, fainting, fever)

"Why Wasn't I Enough?" (Al/Ollie, self-harm, suicide, angst)

Headaches | Oxygen Deprivation (Al/Theo, separate undated pre-transplant sickfics, acute with chronic illness, coughing)

Exhaustion (Alex, Shu, flu, father son relationship)

Not Your Fault Part 1/3 (Alex and Shu, Ryo, headcold, fever, father son relationship)

Ice Cream for Dinner (Alex and Shu, chicken pox, fluff)

False Alarm (Al/Theo, young Cliff, pre-lung transplant talk)

Experiment (Cliff/Elliot, their first meeting, no whump)

Hold Him While You Can (Cliff/Elliot, flu, Cliff's first time sick together, caretaking, high fever)

A Safe Place Part 1/4 (Cliff/Elliot, high fever, coughing, emeto, pneumonia, hospital)

“You’re not fine, you’re throwing up.” (Cliff/Elliot, follow up to A Safe Place, stomach bug)

Tales from the Waiting Room (Cliff/Elliot, accident)

Passing Out (Alex, sick Shu, fever, coughing, snz, contagion, working through the cold)

Campus Crud (Cliff/Elliot, pre-breakup angst)

"I'm not hungover, I'm just sick." (Cliff, Phoenix, angst)

Sick (Cliff, Claude, diagnosis of chronic illness)

Appendicitis (Ryo, Alex, Shu, sick while performing) 

Popsicle (Al/Theo, stomach flu, fluff)

I Still Think Of You (Cliff/Elliot, meeting back up)

Told You So (Cliff/Elliot, coughing)

“Great, I got a cold for my birthday.” (Alex, Shu, parental fluff)

Summer Flu (Alex, Shu, both sick)

Head Injury | Cardiac Arrest (Shu, Alex, Julian, domestic abuse, near death experience, hospitalization)

Borrowed Hoodie (Alex, Ryo, early dating, fluff)

Ears Ringing (Cliff/Elliot, delirium, feeding tube, hospital, ft. Shu)

Brain Fog | Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (Cliff/Elliot, Alex, Shu being parental to Cliff, pneumonia, sick while partner is away)

“You didn’t use my cup, did you?” (Alex, Elliot, colds on tour)

Just the Two of Us (Shu, Paul, fever dreams, domestic abuse PTSD)

Turning Page Part 1/8 (Cliff/Elliot, severe illness, coma, delirium, opportunistic infection, hospital, angst)

Dizziness/Vertigo | My body is one big ache | Anaphylactic Response (Cliff, Elliot, married life before kids)

Doctor Turned Patient Part 1/2 (Ryo/Alex, Ryo's graduation, flu, fluff)

Cabin Pressure (Ryo/Alex ft. Nathan, sick while traveling/flying, fever, rival caretaker)

This is non-negotiable (Ryo/Alex, cold, stubborn Ryo)

Wait for Tomorrow | Hospital Bed (alt) (Cliff/Elliot, Mia, Al, hospital, parental angst, pre-transplant)

Rogue Organ (Cliff/Elliot as parents, Mia, surgery)

SICK LOVE AU: "You Look a Little Pale" | Lying | Isolation | Seizure | Under a Spell (Shu/Julian, medical abuse, gaslighting, rated M. The only series on here that approaches the “kink” category.)

FANTASY - REY

Kidnapping | Too Exhausted to Keep Running (Rey backstory, torture, experimentation, infection)

Flashback (Rey/Clerval, recovery, catatonia, trauma, platonic love)

"The Easy Way or the Hard Way" (Rey/Felix, undated incidents including lighthearted kidnapping, banter)

Bedside Vigils Part 1/2 (Rey/Felix, 2 part story, fever, magical exhaustion)

Out of the Woods Part 1/2 (Rey/Felix, fever, fainting, caretaking)

Field Medicine (Rey/Felix, giving self stitches)

An Honor and a Privilege (Rey/Felix, kidnapping, stabbing, fever, hallucinations, poisoning with convulsions)

Pulling a Ferris Bueller | Toxin/Poison (Rey/Felix, more random shenanigans, budding relationship)

FANFICTION, LISTS, MISC. 

Taco Fiesta 2.0 (Cliff/Jack, food poisoning, overeating)

Hold Me Tight (RW&RB fanfic, sick Henry, colds, sneezing)

Contagion (POV fic)

Challenge Masterposts: Ai-less Whumptober 2023 (completionist) | Hurt Comfort Bingo | Bad Things Happen Bingo | Nov(emeto)ber 2023 | WLC Winter Exchange ‘24 | Medwhump May 2024 (completionist) | Sicktember 2024 (completionist)

My AO3 account: shion_yu

My favorite OCs by other people!

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Anime Update 90

The Day I Became A God - The game-changing, fittingly titled "Day of Deicide" episode actually only gets to what we all kinda knew was coming in its last third. For the prior two thirds the focus is on Hiroto as he secretly observes Hina and Yota and completes his analysis. And I could not be happier with that choice since Hiroto is objectively the best character on the show. Like, this kid is just all kinds of fascinating to watch, especially here when we get to see his feral rage unleashed and are given a glimpse into his backstory where his info-gathering and hacking gifts were exploited by his hideously abusive parents in order to get them quick and easy money. I could not blame younger Hiroto at all for being elated at their deaths. The weird part of the episode was the visualization of exactly how Hiroto uses his own unique super ability - he literally dives into the ocean of information, suddenly has webbed feet as he swims in it, and chases down a computer program fish that’s being protected by some kind of whale. It was really cool but also really strange. Hiroto ends up finding out how the computer program developed by Hina’s genius grandfather was planted in Hina's head, granting her a miraculous recovery from her Logos Syndrome and filling her head with data that provided her godlike omniscience. When Hiroto realizes that his findings are only to be used to exploit Hina, he’s able to mentally warn her what’s coming just as the CEO he’s been working for gets the approval of a shadowy government council to capture Hina, who’s deemed a potential global security threat. And despite Yota and the others efforts to protect her, Hina willingly surrenders since her world is coming to an end anyway, leading to a very different ED credits that perfectly captured the sorrowful despair of this situation.

Dragon Ball - Even within the confines of anime filler, this episode was filler. It had Goku and Chi Chi looking for this nearly extinct bird called a Fire Eater because Roshi’s turtle claimed that a Fire Eater’s feather was needed for making the Bancho Fan, which took them to lava-filled caverns where they meet an old scientist who sounds like Professor Oak and have to protect the Fire Eater egg from Emperor Pilaf, Shu, and Mai, who are just suddenly in the show again because why not? What makes this so filler-y is that at the end it turns out that Turtle got his information wrong and the feathers can’t be taken, so now Goku and Chi Chi have to go looking elsewhere!

Your Lie In April - So Kaori has now been assuring Kosei that she was totally just kidding about that whole double suicide offer, but Kosei won't hear of it. Took a remarkably good, serious talking to from Watari of all people to get Kosei to go visit Kaori in the hospital again, but he and she don't have that much to say to each other once he does, to the point where Kaori, who's clearly given up on life at this point, tells Kosei to just forget all about her and move on with his life. I find this interesting since Kaori's whole deal was that she wanted to leave behind a lasting impression and be remembered so that she'd "live in people's hearts forever", so when she's telling Kosei to forget her, it's a sign that her physical AND mental state have taken a turn for the worse indeed. The rest of what I watched was mostly about Kosei and Nagi performing a piano duet at Nagi's school festival, with Nagi experiencing severe performance anxiety in the days leading up to it. But when the time comes, Kosei embraces the adversarial light that Nagi sees him in so as to motivate her to play her best in order to keep up with him. And their duet was really, REALLY good because of this, with the insights into Nagi's state of mind and how much giving her big brother a boost in faith and confidence for his own musical caeer means to her really endeared me to her as a character all the more. Takeshi was watching this, of course, and he confronts Kosei backstage all furious and envious of how he well he performed with his little sister, which is when Kosei finally finds out that Nagi is, in fact, Takeshi’s little sister. As Takeshi swears he’ll beat Kosei in the upcoming piano competition and storms out, it’s unclear how much Nagi was able to reach him. And this whole time, the recital was being streamed for Kaori in the hospital, reawakening her passion for music...and for life. Kosei visits her on the hospital rooftop for an emotionally tense yet pretty understated confrontation in which he ends up challenging Kaori to push herself to get better so that she can play her violin in a duet with his piano. She accepts, but of course since she already got the children with her at the time thinking Kosei’s a trespassing jackass, they get all savage on him and Kaori has the last laugh yet again.

Much as I enjoyed this little mini-arc with Nagi and think it was a really solid use of Kosei that made me appreciate and respect him a lot more, I still feel there are characters and potential plot threads being neglected here. Takeshi and his angst have pretty much become a plot device for his little sister’s own angst, Emi has gotten little exposure and done jack shit as of late, and again, we needed more Kaori POV that the occasional flashes of it we get. This is a very critical period for her character, where she’s finally run out of plans, the tightness she formed with Kosei seems to be slipping away along with her health and musical abilities, and she’s about ready to finally accept her fate and die of her illness when her time comes...until she’s blindsided by an angle she never saw before, that being that in all this time she’s been helping Kosei find the will to live and to play music again, she never expected him to in turn give her the hope that she could, in fact, go on living and making music to her hearts content, and the strength and desire to act upon that hope. Her emotions and all that she knows and expects are now conflicted, but in the face of the light and color that Kosei is returning to her life, none of it matters - her spirit is soaring and there is nothing that can hold her down any further no matter how terminally ill she may still be. It’s such a fascinating turn for such a fascinating character, so it really deserved even more time and extra focus to do it justice.

Date A Live S2 - Strangely enough, the special extra episode for this season seems to have taken place some time after Season 1, before all the events of the season itself. But man, what a shockingly cruel and depressing story this turned out to be. It takes place on the day of the Tanabata Festival and is a prolonged date between Shido and Kurumi, who seems suspicious at first but it’s made increasingly clear that she only wants to enjoy this day with Shido to the fullest, to the point of even doing a fake wedding shoot with him like Yuno and Yuki did (Josh Grelle can’t avoid landing these types of roles, can he?), because it turns out she’s an escaped variant of Kurumi from another point in time who doesn’t have long before present day Kurumi tracks her down and “kills” her. Which is exactly what fucking happens. By the time Shido nearly injures himself placing Past Kurumi’s Tanabata wish up high on a tree, she’s already been skewered and absorbed by Present Kurumi, who cheerfully walks off, to menace Shido and the Spirits again some other day. What. the actual. fuck. WAS this?

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - Oh yeah, we got to THIS ONE. The wild and wacky annual Ashford Academy school festival that actually makes the “chase the cat with Zero’s mask on” episode look tame in comparison! It’s just a hot mess of a situation all around where Lelouch, who is Zero and who Euphemia knows is Zero, is at the festival. Kallen, who Suzaku knows is a Black Knight, comes to the festival and has to work around Suzaku, who she knows is with the Britannian military but who openly states he prefers the two of them be at peace while on campus grounds as schoolmates. Ougi, who Kallen knows as a Black Knight co-worker but Suzaku doesn’t, comes with the amnesiac Vieltta. Shirley, Milly, Nina, and even Lloyd and Cecille show up too, and a series of close encounters risks the revealing of everyone’s secrets. And on top of all that, Suzaku gets to do the honors of tossing the dough to make the Worlds Largest Pizza, but when Euphie’s presence is exposed a mass panic ensues and causes it to be ruined. C.C’s horrified reaction is just perfect. 

But alas, it all ends with Euphie announcing on live TV her plan (which Schniezel suspiciously approved yet Cornelia had no idea about) to turn the section of Area 11 around Mt. Fuji into the Specially Administrated Zone of Japan (SAZOJ), where Elevens can be  Japanese again. Lelouch is FURIOUS about this, partially due to valid concerns that she’s naively putting trust in a plan that’s being set up to fail, but mostly because if it does go through, his revolution will lose its public foundations, and if he vocally opposes it, he’ll lose support from the Elevens who work for him! His hopes of toppling Britannia, taking revenge on his father, and building the world Nunnally wishes for will go down the drain! And he seems on the edge of the deep end, like he’s not gonna take this and will do just about anything to stop it from happening. Hoh boy, this is gonna hurt.

Sound! Euphonium - Was really happy to see Natsuki keeping in good spirits despite not making the cut last time, and I liked the scene she and Kumiko shared on their little smoothie date. She’s not done too much before now, but she is a very positive, friendly and insightful character that I hope to see the show make more use of going forward. But then we get to the real meat of the episode when Yuko Yoshikawa, a second-year trumpet player with a pretty distinct design, is all pissy that her idol Kaori (again, not THAT Kaori) got passed up in favor of Reina as the trumpet soloist and when she learns that Mr. Taki has past history with Reina prior to teaching at Kitauji, she publicly accuses him of playing favorites in the auditions, which gets everyone talking and spreading rumors. It gets to the point where not only did Reina angrily rebuke Yuko (declaring very bluntly “I’m just flat out better than Kaori, so you can suck it!”), but it’s all clearly getting under Taki’s skin too and he even has an outburst at one point. Certainly not something that happens often, and I have to say that I do feel really bad for the guy since this would have to be a stressful thing for a teacher to deal with when it’s regarding one of his students. Reina also cuts loose and confides to Kumiko that she chose to enroll in this school because she has a crush on Mr. Taki, much to Kumiko's surprise. Finally, Mr. Taki has had enough and he makes the band an offer for a second round of auditions for anyone looking to appeal the results of that first audition. Naturally, Kaori asks to redo her solo audition, meaning Reina will have to redo hers as well. I honestly can’t say I’m sympathetic to Kaori or Yuko here, as they’re acting really entitled. And I can understand why Mr. Taki chose this option - he wants to silence the bad talk once and for all. Reina Kousaka will be chosen on her own merits, or not at all.

Magic Knight Rayearth - So in between waiting for Hikaru and/or Eagle to awaken and have their worth as the Pillar’s successor judged, Umi is given a challenge from the Princesses Tatra and Tarta of Chietza - an in-person battle, no Rune Gods or Djinns, loser has to surrender to the winner’s terms. Thankfully, Umi is able to beat both princesses, who were both prepared to lose since they, like Aska, had been having second thoughts about invading Cephiro and claiming the Pillar System anyway. Meanwhile, Lady Debonair can sense Cephiro’s crown has come alive with the Proof of the Pillar once more, which is what she hopes to quell so that she may gain full power and have Cephiro crumble away into nothing but an empty void that she may reign over for eternity. So it looks like once more  Nova is going to have a chance to play with her precious Hikaru...

AMC: Yuki Yuna Is A Hero - Episode 3 bucked the trend of the last two by having the magical girl action against the Vertex only at the very start of the episode, which is when this new girl comes in and arrogantly declares that now that she, a truly powerful hero, is on the scene, the Hero Club girls’ efforts on their own are no longer needed. This girl, Karin Miyoshi, then transfers into the girls school and is taken to the club room, where it’s worked out that she’ll oversee the “lesser” heroes training. While I suspected I’d like this character, I’d pegged her immediately as the Kyoko Sakura of this show (even though she’s got Sayaka Miki’s VA). Which I guess she kind of is, but as the episode played out it became increasingly clear that....she’s Nico. Yes, this little bitch is eerily similar to Nico “Nico Ni” Yazawa, and with the temperment of Georgia from Pokemon: Best Wishes. It was just too much: I could not stop cracking up at her own antics and her reactions to those of her four new friends. She really ends up being a ton more likable and endearing than you’d expect her to be given what a smug hotshot she comes off as at first, and the final act was just all kinds of heartwarming. Karin has clearly given her all to the life of a hero who fights the Vertex that she’s got no friends and can’t even keep track of things like when it’s her own birthday, so seeing that she now has friends who give her a surprise birthday celebration at her house really got me right in the feels. With Karin here now, this show can only get even more fun going forward.

WataMote - After the previous episode was so lonely and miserable for Tomoko, this one was exactly the sort of catharsis that was needed. Tomoko tries to actually involve herself in helping her class prepare for the cultural festival (sure were a lot of festivals this Thanksgiving week, huh?), and when she cuts her hand by accident, she’s helped by a girl named Megumi who happens to be the festival committee president and seems to take a liking to the weirdo girl. It gets better when at the festival, Tomoko invites Yu-Chan to hang with her there, recieving an intimate hug from her upon their meeting up, something Tomoko then actively tries to get a repeat of ‘cause she is just so nakedly infatuated with Yu-Chan and loves every aspect of her. Despite not getting a second hug, Tomoko ends up appreciating her and Yu’s time together, finding that populated events become more fun for her when she’s got a friend to share them with. She gets a bit downhearted after Yu leaves, only to be reminded that she’s made another friend through all this when Megumi comes to her in a mascot costume and gives her a big, comforting hug. D’aaaaawwww!

AND

CLANNAD: After Story - I am officially done with a rewatch of this that I did throughout the Fall season. It’s amazing to think how much time has passed since I first picked up Clannad in late 2019. This still held up as well as I remembered and is just a well realized, thought and feels-provoking story in a beautifully done series, adaptational issues towards the very end notwithstanding. Not everything gelled together perfectly, but Tomoya and Nagisa’s intertwined journeys are still so powerful, they will stick with me for many more years to come.

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10 Show Notes - Which dynastic restoration most deserves an epic movie/miniseries?

Look....we’re all thinking it....

Before going on to the show notes, don’t forget to listen to the episode! 

Dynastic restorations have always been a very appealing fantasy--in tumultuous times like these, who doesn’t want a righteous leader to show up and set all things right in the world? Preferably one with mystical powers that enable them to accomplish the impossible, as well as a nice patina of grandeur inherited from some illustrious royal ancestor. 

(Side note: in the episode, we promised to link the weird story of King Arthur’s conception and birth, because that’s a whole thing and he definitely qualifies as a dynastic restoration. Here you go.) 

Of course, people like these are pretty thin on the ground, and even when they do get around to a glorious dynastic restoration, things don’t always go as planned. (See above.) But sometimes they’ve turned out better than expected, so we thought we’d take a look at some of the times in history where heirs have emerged to restore their families to power and glory.

Our answer choices for this week are: 

the Eastern Han dynasty

the Umayyad dynasty

the Borjigin clan AKA Northern Yuan dynasty

the House of Stuart

Option A: Eastern Han Dynasty

Restored 25, China

Gentlemen in conversation, Eastern Han dynasty [source]

The main source we used for the Han dynasty was Jonathan Fenby’s The Dragon Throne: China’s Emperors from the Qin to the Manchu, with some help from help from Mark Edward Lewis’s The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han. 

Fenby’s book, which mostly covers the different dynasties in wide swaths, has great details about Wang Mang’s rise and downfall since he technically qualifies as a dynasty in his own right, the Hsin. Meanwhile Lewis’s book does discuss the dynastic histories of this period, but he’s much more interested in what we can learn about daily life in Qin/Han China. I really recommend it for anyone who’s planning on doing historical fiction in this period. 

If you prefer primary sources (and can read Chinese), here’s Liu Xiu’s biography in the Hou Han Shu, the official dynastic history of the Later (Eastern) Han dynasty: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%BE%8C%E6%BC%A2%E6%9B%B8/%E5%8D%B711

I also loved Overly Sarcastic Productions’ video on the same historical era--they’re always concise and to-the-point while being massively entertaining, so if you prefer videos to books, go check them out! 

Other sources: [1] [2] [3]  Option B: Umayyad Dynasty

Restored 756, al-Andalus (present-day Spain) 

Please have an aesthetic photo of the Alhambra, Granada, Spain, by yours truly. The name “Alhambra” comes from the Arabic al-hamra’ meaning “the red,” referring to the red tiles and stones used to build the palace.

(Yes, in the episode I say 1756 the first time the year is brought up. My bad :[] --Sophie) 

Our main source on the Umayyads and the fascinating culture of al-Andalus was The Ornament of the World by Maria Rosa Menocal, which traces Andalusian history from before its founding through the final defeat of Granada in 1492 and also covers the enduring cultural legacy of Islamic Spain. 

If you want to know more about the Abbasid coup that sent Abd al-Rahman to North Africa and Spain in the first place, as well as the early history of Islam, there are pretty solid accounts in both Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary and The House of Wisdom by Jim al-Khalili. Interestingly, both books include an account of the Umayyads being wiped out in a murder dinner--something of a theme in this episode. It wasn’t just that they were killed at their summer home of Rusafa, as we discuss in the episode--the story goes that the new Abbasid caliph invited the Umayyads who’d survived his uprising to a banquet, to demonstrate that there were no hard feelings. There he had them all slaughtered, Red Wedding style, locked doors and all. We’re still not sure what to believe about how Abd al-Rahman survived, but that’s to be expected--tall tales abound in times like those. 

Also: al-Andalus is a place Sophie has actually been to, so: pictures! The Great Mosque of Cordoba: 

And the Alhambra, viewed from the Summer Palace nearby: 

Borjigin Clan / Northern Yuan Dynasty

Restored 1479, Mongolia

For the history of the Borjigin clan and especially its many amazing women, the seminal book is The Secret History of the Mongol Queens by Jack Weatherford. It’s in this book that you will find the fascinating story of Manduhai the Wise, the woman who partnered with Dayan Khan to restore the Borjigin and the Mongol nation. You will also find the full gamut of harrowing stories about Batu Mongke/Dayan Khan’s father, Bayan Mongke, who survived several attempted murders by his own grandfather Esen Taishi, thanks to the craftiness of the women in his family. 

The tidbit about the IRL Order of the White Lotus comes from The Imperial Capitals of China by Arthur Cotterell. 

Other sources for the Borjigin Clan: [1] [2]

House of Stuart

Restored 1660, England

Not super much to say on this one, our token European answer choice. If you want to learn more about the Declaration of Breda AKA the four promises Charles made which we touched on in the episode, you can go to these articles: [1] [2] 

For more on the House of Stuart in general and where it fits into the tangle of English royal houses and lineages, historian Lucy Worsley has a fantastic docuseries called Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History. In addition to talking about royal health, she also talks about politics, including the English Civil War. She covers the House of Stuart in the first episode, here. 

Other sources for Charles II and the restoration of the House of Stuart: [1] [2] [3]

Thanks again for listening, and we’ll see you again in two weeks! 

[branch-and-root]

Meme: 10 favorite characters

Okay, this one sounds fun. Favorite characters in 10 different fandoms.

1. Fullmetal Alchemist. Roy. I mean, Ed is huge fun to write, and so is Al when he gets his snark on, but Roy is my most reliable fic-fodder character, plotting creature that he is.

2. Prince of Tennis. Probably Yukimura, with Rikkai as a whole coming close second. They’re just so much fun to write about as a team; tasty dynamics everywhere, especially with the angst-lever to crack it all open.

3. Bleach. Hm. This one is actually a little difficult. I mean, in absolute terms, Rukia, but, again, mostly Rukia in relation to Ichigo and Orihime and Renji. Close second place is split by Byakyua and Hirako Shinji, despite the second’s late appearance.

4. Kuroko no Basuke. Kuroko, hands down, often in relation to Kagami, but also in relation to the other Miracle-idiots. No one can lay the straight-faced smackdown like Kuroko.

5. Angel Sanctuary. Mad Hatter, with Kira following close behind. I have a soft spot for complex motivation, in case that wasn’t obvious.

6. Naruto. Kakashi, closely followed by Sakura, albeit usually in the key of “omfg, move over and let me drive” given that canon gives them both a pretty raw deal, character-development-wise.

7. 07-Ghost. Frau. I also have a /huge/ soft spot for Teito and Ouka, and everything they might make of their world, but Frau is the most fun to play with.

8. Katekyou Hitman Reborn. Gokudera is entertainingly highstrung, but the more I dug into it, the more Squalo showed up with a bagful of plot and emotional porn. 

9. GetBackers. Kazuki, especially in relation to Saizou, Toshiki, Sakura, and Juubei. Also with the emotional porn and fix-it urges.

10. Nirvana in Fire. Lin Shu/Mei Changsu, yes, all the way. A type, I can haz it, and it’s called Magnificent Bastards.

In conclusion, I clearly like the ones who smile politely all the while they’re getting a nice, iron grip on everything around them. Though also the ones whose central motivation is devotion. 

Consider yourself tagged, if you’d like!

[thebrandtag]

Al Ain muroor canceled my car for no reason. via /r/dubai

Al Ain muroor canceled my car for no reason.

Recently, I've imported a 15' altima with front accident damage. It was minor just the bumper and the hood needed a replacement. AND A SLIGHTTTT Bend to the chassis. I've been in car importing business for a good while (somewhere around 5 years) and i had a problem with registering the cars (accidented cars mostly as i get them repaired very well and replace airbags and what not.). So i got the car checked and stuff as usual before taking it to the muroor. so i get there and this filipino guy who works there (inspector i suppose) starts looking around the car and stuff. All the sudden. He cancels out my car from being registered in the State of Abu dhabi. At first he wouldn't tell me why. So then i made a fuss about it and his "Mudeer" or something comes out and hes like "Shu salfa" (whats the problem). I tell him that he canceled out my car and he gave me no reason on why he did that. so then the filipino guy is like "HIS WHOLE CAR CHASIS IS WELDED" DUDE WHAT F**K. FIRST OFF ALL NO WELDS WERE DONE TO GET THE CHASIS STRAIGHTENED. The Emirati "Mudeer" or something then processed to say "Hes right, Don't aruge and go". he didnt even look at the car. The car is perfectly fine. I got it "passed" from tasjeel in Dubai without any problems but i can't register it there and i've a customer waiting to buy the car who knows that the car was accidented and has the pics of it. Hes really pissed about it. because he lives in Al Ain and he can't get it registered here.

Sorry for the long post but i really need help here. But what are my options here ?

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[todokori-kun]

0.0

THE QUEEN HAS RETURNED.

BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP AT HER FEET

*insert bunch of emotional gifs here*

WELCOME BACK <33333333 :D *hugs*

Ok you know how bad I am with linking OTL I’m not even gonna try because I’ll probably mess it up. BUT. Queen Luna must see the glorious Saiko/Urie conent, so…I know it’s in the omakes for Volume 7 and you can totally find a link for it on reddit (the complicated way I found a translation for that omake: first search ‘Tokyo Ghoul Re omake Saiko and Urie’ on google. Click on the first result ('TG:Re volume 7 omake translations’), then go to Part 3 of the omake translations). Idk I’m so sorry OTL

Do you know. Touken had a freaking wedding ceremony this new chapter. The only good thing about that was that Touka and Kaneki’s costumes were serious eye candy, beautifully drawn (I mean, it was Shuu’s work, how could they not be beautiful) and that we got to see drunk Yomo stealing Nishiki’s glasses and calling him 'Nishi’.

(Also Kaneki is just really mean to Shuu? I mean, he never apologized for what happened with Kanae, he never talks about what happened during the Tsukiyama Family Extermination Operation arc, he smilingly told Shuu “I’m going to marry Touka’ to his face, and this chapter he’s seen sitting alone with Touka, telling her that Shu insisted on them having a wedding and planned all himself. We don’t even get a 'thank you’ from Kaneki, just Touka being all "Hey, he’s always been good at that kind of stuff.”

Like, come on. You ruined Shuu’s life, Kaneki, even if you didn’t mean to, and you never apologized. Don’t you think it’s, oh, I don’t know, a little insensitive to go talking about how happy you are in front of him and act like everything’s cool when it hasn’t even been that long since you impaled him, threw him off a roof, and indirectly killed his cousin?)

W O W that really is heaven/hell on earth.

Dolphins. Seahorses. All the activities. It sounds so fun, I’m so jealous ;-; says the person who’d curl up in a ball and die of awkward embarrassment if they ever went to a place like that

Hot Mystery Person must be very attractive if he made the Queen helpless 0.0

Ok I didn’t even notice that until you pointed it but now. Omg. I’m sorry, but this is what my brain created-

Tsukiyama: “Longing for Tatsuo, missing my wife, that’s when Kaneki Ken-kun walked into my life, he said-”

Kaneki: “I know you are a man of honor, I’m so sorry to bother you at home, but I don’t know where to go, and I came here all alone…”

Tsukiyama: “He said-”

Kaneki: “My wife’s doing me wrong, sir ;-; beating me (cue several canon flashbacks of Touka beating him up), cheating me, mistreating me, suddenly she’s up and gone- I don’t have the means to go on…”

THE KANEKI PAMPHLET

HAVE YOU READ THIS?!?!

And Naomi during Burn

“Tsukiyama Shuu, I think you’re forgetting that I’m a Chimera Ghoul…”

(Ok tbh it would be more like extreme numbness, a lot of heartbreak and secretly crying when she thinks no one’s looking, but shush, let’s pretend for the sake of comedy)

And Tatsuo crashes in like

“Heard you couldn’t keep it in your pants

PrEpAre tO dIE”

(sorry lol)

(Also: I’m planning on starting Hunter x Hunter this week or the next, just because of freaking Hisoka OTL have you ever watched/read it?)

I KNOW! I was such an idiot ;-; I think it was mostly the art style that made me think that, because tbh it looks a lot like typical Shounen art during the earlier manga chapters and in the anime (I do think it starts looking a lot better in later manga chapters though).

Ok, the thing about Mustang is that I like him and hate him at the same time. It isn’t his fault, but tumblr made me think that basically “TINY MINISKIRTS” + cool flame powers + major troll to Ed + loves Promotion almost as much as Urie= Roy Mustang, and turns out that was wrong XD I mean, all of those ARE true, but there’s a lot more to his character than that and he’s also colder than I thought he’d be (especially for a guy with fire powers lol sorry). He’s still really cool, though.

True, just from what I know about him Greedling seems to have a LOT more development than the original Greed ever had. I still like Original Greed though, mostly for his attitude and his style XD (something about his 'death’ scene and his final words to Father sort of gave me chills, in a weird way)

I expected Al & Ed to be your typical shounen protagonists but they’re a lot more complex than I thought! And way more likable. Al’s kitty obsession gives me life.

Also, Lust. Freaking Lust. I just read her death scene today and even though I’d already watched it as a clip from the anime it still gave me chills (especially since I was imagining her English VA’s voice and WOW).

And Bradley. I was sort of expecting him to either turn out to be a villain or play a really big role in the story later on, but I wasn’t quite expecting him to be Wrath…the moment it was revealed I was like “oh NO” because come on, I liked Bradley ;-; he was a cool dude.

As for Scar, idk. He’s not quite the type of character I usually 'crush’ on but he’s just… wow 0.0 I also just like his character in general, all his backstory and personality and his character arc.

(Though if I imagine meeting him irl all I can see is him giving me one look and me immediately curling up into a ball on the floor and just freezing up right there because wow, that’s scary

Scar: “…Did it die?”)

Aww, TYSM <3 It’s great to have you back! :D

P.S:

Remember how I’ve talked about my art before? I mean, it’s wonky and weird and almost never colored, but I might actually be able to show some of it to you this week or the next! :D I only just figured out how to submit pictures to tumblr OTL (Yes,I have no idea how tumblr works ok) so…do you want to see it? XD

Oh, I see ^^ take your time! I’m looking forward to your reply :D

Also, FMA update:

I met Olivier. She was one of the characters I was interested in even when I only knew FMA from tumblr, and now that she’s actually appeared….I love her. She’s amazing. I’m officially over Lust (sorry bae but you’ve been dead for a while)

I also like Mustang a lot better now. He’s slowly but surely worming his way into my ‘top characters’ list (especially after I watched that one Koma Theater thing with his 'on hold’ song omg).

And hey, Ling suddenly became one of my favs. Idk how even because I was sorta indifferent to him at first but just… don’t ask LOL I’ve also met Greedling and I definitely see why he’s one of your favs :D I personally can’t quite 'crush’ on him tho because he’s two different people mashed into one body…guess that just means Queen Luna can have him all to herself ;)

Also, Kimblee/Kimbly/Kimberley/Kimberly/whatever the heck his name is supposed to be (I want to go with Kimblee or Kimberley but then I see someone else using a different version and it’s like “??? can I just call him Fedora-chan?”). This Magnificent Bastard. I hate him. I love him. Possibly one of the most interesting characters in the entire series. Boy, you got me helpless- and NOT IN A GOOD WAY *incoherent screaming*

(and my crush on Scar is still there. Yes, I’d still curl up in a ball and die if we met irl, who cares)

(Last note: Sloth. SLOTH. It’s freaking Tatsuo no one can convince me otherwise. He’s put on a weird costume to troll the FMA cast.)

And then I disappeared again for a while :PP Well, hopefully I’ll be able to answer more often now, but if I don’t, it means the internet is acting up again ;-;

AAAAND THERE GOES MY HEART. CRAP. SAIKO/URIE IS A BLESSING TO THIS WORLD. 

They what. What?? NOW?? IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING THAT’S HAPPENING???? As you can see, I haven’t read the new chapters yet ^^;;

Wow, that really is mean from Kaneki. Damn it. I love Shuu and am still not over Kanae, because Kanae and Shuu. HNNNGH, WHY DID KANANE HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE?? Drunk Yomo does seem entertaining, tho.

Dude, a guy thought I was playing a game where I was supposed to be as silent as possible in the camp, because I literally read and slept 90% of the time.

Seriously, tho, I’m still not over the guy. Damn. BUT HEY I GOT INTO AN ANIME WHICH has a character who’s definitely more attractive ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Aaand, he is voiced by Suwabe. Yaaaas. Time to binge the 223 chapters of manga!

WELL FUCK. THE KANEKI PAMPHLET. SHIT. COME ON.  I mean, I was the one who mentioned it first, but damn. Congratulations with Tatsuo would be interesting. 

Nope, I never read/watched it, but I heard a lot of good things about the anime ^^ So, tell me about it when you’re done (or when you get a feel of it).

Art improvement is my favourite thing to see in manga. My favourite mangas for that are probably Fairy Tail, Akatsuki no Yona and Black Butler, since the art progression is very visible and damn it, I love seeing people improve.

Mustang is my ultimate favourite in FMA. Cause MUSTANG.  Ahem.

OH SNAP SNAP. SPARK SPARK. IT’S TIME TO LIGHT UP THE DIGGY DIGGY ART. I’M THE FLAME ALCHEMIST AND I’M GONNA BE FUHRER. MY BEATS ARE HOT AND MY RHYMES ARE PURER. I LIKE THE LADIES IN THE MINY SKIRTS. I’LL BE POSING IN THE MIRROR WITHOUT MY FANCY SHIRTS. I’M GONNA SET YOUR HEART ON FIRE WOOSH WOOSH. AND YOU KNOW MY HEART BURNS BRIGHT TOO KABOOM KABOOM. MY FIREPOWER TONIGHT IS FEELING JUST RIGHT KABLAM KABLAM

*slams the phone down* Fun fact: this was written from memory. I actually know the whole song. Help.

I.

Am.

Gay.

For.

Lust.

Also, Olivier. 

Those two are just... Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

I think you’ll like seeing Scar more in the future, since he gets even more development. Cause he gets a lot of it. Everyone does, though.

I think Scar would be fascinated with you. Like, ‘this smol thing. I want to protect it. What is this feeling’

AAAA! I hope you submit your art soon! I really want to see it!!

Olivier is bae. She can step on my face and I won’t complain.

Ayyy I get 2 guys at the same time. Greedling is second to Mustang. Cause damn??? Especially when Greed is in control?? Damn. 

Kimblee, says the wiki, is my nightmare. I never really liked him, honestly. Cause  shit, the guy blows stuff up for fun. He is definitely interesting, but I’d be scared to be in a 5km radius of him. He’d blow me up. One sarcastic remark, and I’d probably be dust. Yay.

Ahahah Tatsuo Sloth. Wow. 

Sloth scares me, to be honest.  A lot of fma characters scare me, it appears. 

[shion-yu]

Ai-less Whumptober 2023 - Shion's Masterlist

Not necessarily all "canon"

Day 1 - Sick (Cliff). A snippet from when Cliff first got sick and some backstory for his parents. (I don't love this one. Start somewhere else lol.)

Day 2 - Overworked/Exhausted (Shu). Shumei doesn't know when to take a break. Pre-Julian.

Day 3 - Isolation (Shu). It's lonely to fall apart.

Day 4 - Lying (Shu). Shu keeps getting sick, but Julian doesn't seem to mind.

Day 5 - Kidnapping (Rey). Rey backstory.

Day 6 - Forced Feeding (Rey). Rey can't refuse food for much longer; Clerval takes matters into his own hands.

Day 7 - Flatline (Cliff, part 2/3). It gets more than Elliot can handle at home (part 2).

Day 8 - Seizure (Shu). Julian was aware that he may have gone too far this time.

Day 9 - Interrogation (Rey). When you get kidnapped this often, you have to get a bit of fun out of it.

Day 10 - Scarring (Rey). Rey’s body looked like a battlefield where neither side had possibly won.

Day 11 - Fainting (Cliff). Elliot never minded driving Cliff everywhere.

Day 12 - Sacrifice (Rey). If they were going to escape, they couldn't wait long.

Day 13 - Paranoia (Rey). “Then why have you poisoned my tea?”

Day 14 - Bleeding Through the Bandage/Field Medicine/No Anesthesia (Rey). Rey can’t heal himself magically, but he knows how to use a needle and thread...

Day 15 - Experimentation (Rey). Rey's powers could only do so much.

Day 16 - Hospital (Cliff, part 2/2). Elliot would stay until Cliff woke up. (Part 2 to Blood Loss).

Day 17 - "You Look a Little Pale" (Shu). Love at first flu sight.

Day 18 - Fever (Cliff, part 1/3). It gets more than Elliot can handle at home.

Day 19 - "Why Wasn't I Enough?" (Al). If he could go back in time and change it all, would he?

Day 20 - Bullied (Cliff). It's Elliot's fault that his stomach hurt so much.

Day 21 - Blood Loss (Cliff, part 1/2). When Elliot goes back to collect his things after the breakup, he doesn't expect to walk into that.

Day 22 - Punishment (Cliff). “Would it make you feel better if you hit me?”

Day 23 - Begging (Al). Promise me you won't ever do this again.

Day 24 - Too Exhausted to Keep Running (Rey). If he could have run forever, he would have.

Day 25 - Nightmares/Flashback (Rey). Rey's not the same when he comes home.

Day 26 - Magical Exhaustion (Rey). Rey hadn't used his powers to heal anyone since back then.

Day 27 - Hypnosis (Rey). Sometimes it's better to forget.

Day 28 - Oxygen Deprivation (Al). Can't breathe.

Day 29 - "The Easy Way or the Hard Way (Rey). Rey gets kidnapped. Felix gets mad, mostly at Rey.

Day 30 - Coma (Cliff, part 3/3). It gets more than Elliot can handle at home (part 3).

Day 31 - Headaches/Crying (Al). Headaches and CF don’t mix very well, but having a loving boyfriend helps.

AI-Less Whumptober's Prompt List: https://www.tumblr.com/ailesswhumptober/725663795951878144/prompts-for-ai-less-whumptober-2023?source=share