#and how and where they will pivot to substitute that

[knightofleo]

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[navy-leader]

Latest episode enabled me so heres my cooking/eating habits headcanons for the sticks:

[Color Gang]

- Blue cooks the most (obvi) for the gang, the best cook all around

- Green does it the second most, hes the substitute when Blue is too busy

- Green's the type of cook to get really pissed at other people being in the kitchen when hes cooking

- Blue on the other hand doesnt mind company and help but he cant be responsible for what happens to them if they come uninvited

- Yellow is officially banned from cooking in the kitchen without supervision

- Yellow is often too distracted with working on things to the point where they forget to eat, the others often have to remind them

- Red likes baking more than cooking

- Second doesnt do it very often bc theres usually someone else doing it but hes pretty good at it

- Purple is a pretty good cook as well, though when he's low on energy he tends to whip up the weirdest fucking combinations of simple processed foods ever, though they somehow taste? Good?

- Overall the ones who eat the most are Red and Green, being gym rats they tend to burn a lot of energy pretty quickly

- Green drinks protein shakes 👍

- Red is a sweet tooth

[Hollowheads]

- Chosen and Dark when they lived together had a very "fulfilling what the other lacks" dynamic when they cooked

- Chosen has awful motor skills so hes pretty shit at cutting stuff up meanwhile Dark excelled on that

- Dark has no sense of temperature, having only fire powers so he tends to run hot and has a natural resistance to heat. So things are never hot enough for her and ends up burning their food more times than they can count

- Chosen on the other hand had more of a balance with his ice powers so he's better on that end

- They tried utilizing Chosen's laser eyes as a microwave at some point. Didnt work out.

- More than once did Chosen try using his fire breath to cook but swiftly gets reprimanded by Dark for "breathing on the food"

- Chosen's really lazy and would only eat simple foods unless someone drags him to cook something (that person being Dark)

- Those two only know simple recipes but its enough for them

- Victim has GOD AWFUL eating habits, similar to Chosen he'd just not eat anything but simple processed foods and often forgets to eat altogether. He really only eats if someone buys food for it/cooks for it

- Victim has never set foot in a kitchen ever and god knows what'd happen if it did

[AvM]

- Orchid had awful eating habits and made the weirdest food combinations and called it a meal. After getting with Cobalt she basically forced Orchid to learn how to cook properly so shes better now but every once in a while,,, old habits die hard

- Cobalt cooked for the household the most

- King was a decent cook, enough for him and Gold

- That is until Gold died, King didnt really took care of himself and ate very much, let alone cook. Probably takeout if he remembers

- Post-avm 30 hes getting better and tries cooking again every once in a while but yakno,,,depression

- Purple cooks for them when hes like that

[Mercenaries]

- None of them cook very often because theyre usually on the job so they tend to get takeout most the time

- When they get a chance to, Paleo and Warn are usually the ones to do it

- Pivot and Ballista are coffee drinkers

- They all drink protein shakes

[anixknowsnothin]

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I WROTE A FULL REVIEW OMG

Mean Girls the Musical

The entire production of "Mean Girls the Musical" was absolutely amazing. The sets, the actors, the production, lighting, and sound were all outstanding. I was completely captivated and didn't blink once. The musical was incredibly funny, and both my parents enjoyed it, although some choreography in "Where Do You Belong" and "Meet the Plastics" felt a bit inappropriate to watch with them. Thankfully, it wasn't as intense as "Heathers."

I wore all pink because, as the famous line goes, "On Wednesdays, we wear pink."

Detailed Comments

The Beginning: The show opened with Janis and Damien at a Mandatory NSHS Friendship session, which was hilarious. I adore Janis—I'm practically in love with her—and Damien was iconic, especially with his recurring George Michael poster joke.

A Cautionary Tale: This song is a favorite of mine. Janis and Damien's voices blend beautifully, and I couldn't stop smiling while mouthing the lyrics.

It Roars: This song had significant lyric changes and was shortened. Cady only had a mom in this version. Despite the sets feeling a bit empty, Cady’s talent shone through. The play also emphasized Cady's outsider feelings through her awkward first interaction with Aaron, which was a good substitute for the original animal-human comparison.

Where Do You Belong: Damien stole the show here, especially in the girl's washroom scene. The supporting cast quickly changed costumes to represent different high school groups, which got my respect . Although some lyrics were altered, the essence remained, and Damien's desire to join the dance team was a cute touch.

Meet The Plastics: The Plastics were iconic. Initially, I wasn't fond of Regina due to my bias toward Taylor Louderman, but as the musical progressed, I fell in love with Regina's embodiment of the mean girl spirit through her voice, expressions, and actions.

Stupid with Love: This song was shortened, likely for time, and possibly merged with its reprise (still having brain fog). It remained one of my favorites.

Apex Predator: This performance was powerful and my favorite of the night. The combination of Janis and Cady's voices and the choreography illustrating the animal-human parallel was just, WOW.

What's Wrong with Me?: Gretchen's performance was emotional and relatable. The actress vividly portrayed her insecurity and self-doubt, and Cady's awkwardness was quite uh evident.

Stupid with Love (Reprise): Adorable song, though I don't have many additional comments.

Sexy: This song was incredibly catchy. Karen's comedic timing was spot-on, and the costumes were fantastic. I couldn't stop singing it after the show.

Someone Gets Hurt: This song showcased Regina's gaslighting and was one of my favorites. The performance illustrated Aaron's shifting emotions and Regina's vocal experimentation was impressive.

Revenge Party: A super fun and energetic song. Janis's desperation to ruin Regina's life was palpable, and the supporting cast excelled. It highlighted the fakeness in people.

Intermission

Fearless: Gretchen started to stand up for herself, and Cady's transformation into a mean girl had begun. Karen was purely there for vibes.

Stop: This song wasn't there I think, atleast not memorable to me, but it was replaced with Cady planning a party. (Again, brain fog.)

What's Wrong with Me (Reprise): The parallel between Mrs. George and Gretchen was clear and shows how Regina is surrounded by people who are willing to do anything.

Whose House Is This?: A wild and fun number that marked Cady's final transformation into a Plastic. Karen's cluelessness about whose house it was added humor.

More Is Better: Cady's fakeness was evident, and Aaron's attempt to connect with her highlighted her flaws. The line "You are like a clone of Regina" was pivotal.

Someone Gets Hurt (Reprise): This song showcased the breakdown of Janis's and Cady’s flawed relationship. While Janis used Cady for revenge, Cady also went too far. Damien's humor provided a lot of relief too.

World Burn: Regina's best performance imo. Her acting, the fire effects, sets, and vocals were all powerful and compelling.

I'd Rather Be Me: This song boosted my self-esteem and conveyed a positive message. It marked a huge turning point in the play. I also believe Janis used this song as an opportunity to flip us off.

Final Few Scenes: Cady visiting Regina, and only she and Janis showing up to see Regina, spoke volumes about their characters. The drug case and Cady's suspension led to her realization that it was time to change.

Do This Thing: Cady's speech about not pitting women against each other while her opponent focused on solving the puzzle was quite entertaining. Plus the topic of “Limits” being the final question was symbolic, it had me asking “what is the limit of meanness”

I See Stars: A cute and happy ending to an amazing show. I was bopping my head along.

Overall Impression: "Mean Girls the Musical" was an incredible experience, and I loved every moment of it. I officially died dead.

[bullet-prooflove]

Show Me: Nestor Oceteva x Reader - Mini Drabble

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The prompt for this was 'Weird but fucking beautiful' - literally the summary of their relationship. I love writing these two because they do weird shit like this.

It’s past midnight when you finally catch up with Nestor. He’s standing at the gateway to the desert, leaning against the black SUV, the headlights on focusing on the spot where the two of you buried a body over a year ago.

“You got a body in the trunk or are you just happy to see me?” You say as you appear from the darkness. He smiles, it’s a shit joke but accurate. After all this is how the two of you started, singing a song together as you dug a hole for a convicted paedophile.

It’s not a normal first date story, but it’s yours. Being back here, at this pivotal moment of time in your history feels oddly romantic.

“Happy to see you.” he responds, his hand coming to rest on your hip as he leans in close capturing your lips with his.

It’s a slow kiss, the simple brush of his lips over yours. You raise up on tiptoes, hands gripping the fabric of his shirt as you press closer. His tongue dips into your mouth, savouring your taste as his thumb chases along the line of your jaw. You moan at the sensation, feeling that familiar rush of heat course through your body. You’ve missed him over the past few weeks, you’ve been on a job in Portland and although you’ve kept in contact there’s no substitute for the real thing.

He’s magnetic, this man of yours. There’s a rawness in his eyes when he looks at you, it’s both tender and powerful at the same time, you can��t help but be drawn to it.

“Fuck, I’ve missed you.” He mumbles against your lips. ��Missed kissing you, missed loving you, missed every little thing about you, mi corazón.”

“Show me.” You ask him, your fingers tracing along the buttons of his shirt until they come to linger on the buckle of his belt. “Show me just how much you’ve missed me.”

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[theaenetworks]

Going through the phase of starting and growing business in Africa, will prove to be a herculean task with little resources and unconducive environment to strive on, with innovative young people seeing entrepreneurship as a way to transform their ideas into providing goods and services to the society, will face a tough labour market in Africa, where the economic assistance is minimal, with a big hope to go ahead with the vision. Agriculture is taking new shape, with more advanced way of going into farm to make a produce that will sustain a community and extend beyond, shoemaking is fast growing amongst young Africans who aspire to become a giant designer footwears company and tailoring provides the satisfaction of feel-good factor when you’re comfortable with your dress.

The big question is how these ideas are going to compete and strive in African market, where local based companies and produces, are substituted with fame attached foreign designers, while the local ones never get the chance to inspire, and quickly dies off. It is about where young African entrepreneurs base their will powers in going forward with their dreams, to have a global company, share the joy of their passion through reaching to wide audience and become successful, that’s where it lies, it does matter how long it takes but it will not be built in a day.

It is about getting the full information about development of entrepreneurship in Africa, and the need to have a system that will facilitate and promote local based companies. It comes with a lot passion to grow a big company, talent and passion is involved, consistency and perseverance is the necessary ingredients to keep forging ahead in building and growing business, the fulcrum of every grounded and structured business is to see it live to the fullest potential and touching the lives of people in any possible way.

Passing through the giant’s odds in growing business in Africa is another pivotal step, but structurally the marginalization of Africa from global economy weakens every attempt to come up with a grown business, especially building from the scratch where more than enough capital is required to compete in the local market, not to mention the toughness and demanding nature of global market. For entrepreneurs there are no such strong system which is widespread across Africa in providing the tools for businesses to strive.

Failed leadership and poor governance across Africa has killed the possibility of building flourishing business in Africa, and leaders are not taking responsibilities, that’s why Africa need the thought leaders of tomorrow to take over the affairs, governance, economy and development in Africa. The infrastructure is weak, scarce availability of finance and no health care scheme that takes care of medical records of average citizens, not to mention the poor masses that have been relegated to the depth of trenches. There is a chance for reset, things can be corrected if proper approach is adopted to get rid of all the malfunctioning governance that spread across African continent, and give hope for entrepreneurship in the continent.

https://anthonyemmanuel.com/entrepreneurship-growing-business-in-africa-amidst-the-giant-odds/

#entrepreneur #entrepreneurlife #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurmindset #growingbusiness #againstallodds

[blackjackkent]

All right, time to return to Oliver's little corner of the shadowlands. Rakha isn't deeply excited about this - their last encounter with Oliver made her fairly uncomfortable, given how saturated he is by the cursed magic of the area, and he didn't seem to be much of a fan of her either after she beat him at hide-and-seek.

But she's hopeful, based on what Halsin said, that it's a step towards healing the land and its magic for real. This would be basically the only positive thing that has happened to her since they entered the Shadow Cursed Lands, besides getting together with Wyll.

She's expecting him, looking for him, but it still makes her jump when Oliver surges out of a dark corner of the abandoned building where they last saw him. "Not back to gloat, are you?" he cries. "Nobody likes a bad winner!"

Narrator: Though shrouded in shadows, the child's resemblance to Thaniel is unmistakable. This must be his dark half - warped by the curse.

Yes - she can see the similarities. This must be the right track. Perhaps they really will be able to heal this place, and she can live again without the pain of that tainted magic on her skin.

Oliver shifts uneasily under the intensity of her gaze. "I still think you might have tricked me," he mumbles petulantly. "If you did, I'll figure it out!"

No point, she supposes, in being anything but direct - not that she's usually anything else anyway. "I know who you really are and where you really belong," she says. "You need to reunite with Thaniel."

"Spoilsport." The boy scowls. "I'm not going back. I like it here. I've made a family for myself. I get to play all the time."

Rakha lets out a heavy breath. She would be just as stubborn, in the boy's place, if someone came to tear her away from the battered little unit that she and her companions have become. But Oliver's companions are not people; they are shadows, and corrupted ones at that. "Like it or not," she says quietly, "you don't belong here."

As she could have expected, the boy flares at once with defensive anger. "Yes, I do!" he snaps. "You can't make me do anything!" He pivots, flares with broken magic; a portal opens behind him and he dashes through it into further darkness and disappears.

Lae'zel grunts irritably. "Back to the shadows," she mutters. "After him, t'rac'shka.(*) We need to see this through."

Rakha squints at the portal warily. For a moment she thinks it is like the one Halsin opened - that it leads to the Shadowfell. She's relieved to see, though, that the area on the other side is familiar - although only a little relieved because it is the square of Reithwin Village. She can almost smell the village's bloodsoaked air across the portal's surface.

But Lae'zel is right. It will all have been for nothing, and the curse will never be broken, if they can't catch the boy.

She strides through the portal without a backward glance, and the others follow behind her.

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(*) In-game, the word used here is ra'stil - "ally." Substituted in a word I made up some time ago as Lae'zel's nickname for Rakha specifically. XD

[gigglystudent]

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In navigating microeconomics assignments, grasping nuanced concepts like elasticity of demand is paramount. Seeking assistance or guidance from educators and peers can foster a deeper understanding, paving the path to academic excellence.

[ikram1909]

the thing about xavi’s subs is they could’ve worked if the tactics were different. when romeu came on we had been losing the midfield battle (fermin and gundo were very obviously tiring and weren’t doing the defensive duties they should) so the sub makes sense. but he keeps making romeu the pivot and taking gavi up high to press and do runs.

against a counter attacking and midfield heavy team like rm you can’t leave a player as slow as romeu there with only gundo as his main support no matter how good your “high press” might be. especially because the defenders don’t tend to mark second line players like valverde and bellingham (and sometimes kroos).

it doesn’t help that your high press only works if it is super in synch and here it is lewy, lamine, gavi and raphina. half of which just came back from injury and are inherently not at the same wavelength as the others.

anyways, i would’ve switched gavi and gundo, keeping gavi deep and a more press resistant passing option while also marking second linemen extremely well. gundo works well in tight spaces and has a better sense of space than gavi (not an indictment of the latter, just something that comes with experience and style) so he would’ve supported lewy better so that he stayed high as a 9 keeping that rm back line up and forcing the midfield to either also move closer to their defenders or leave an exploitable gap between the two. as it was… romeu lost balls gundo/the cbs couldn’t help him recover, lewy lost balls too close to midfield because there was no one to truly support him in tight spaces (lamine and raphina not good at that either) and gavi ended up super isolated and barely able to touch the ball.

You're right. The substitutions make sense in theory and it would've worked out if Romeu was better at certain aspects or if Gavi stayed deep. I don't know why Xavi is obsessed with sticking him up front where he gets none of the ball when most of his best performances came while he was playing deeper. It's like shooting yourself in the foot Gavi literally has better defensive statistics than our only DM and you push him all the way upfront for what exactly? Even he said he prefers playing in the double pivot and we all know Gundogan is very clinical and offense oriented so the decision shouldn't be that hard to make no? Guess not.

Another thing I didn't understand is why was it Lamine who had to be sacrificed to the left wing? He could've easily kept Felix on and subbed one of Lamine and Rapha instead.

It's so frustrating how such small details cost us the game and that's not to say Xavi is the only one to blame because he isn't. So many people should've done better but we have to move on. It's one game and if it can open Xavi's eyes about certain things then I'll take the loss.

[omgkalyppso]

🍄Decriscribe your wip/one of your wips in the format of “___ + ___ =___”  

🖍Post Any sentence from your wip

♻️A scrapped idea for your current WIP

I'm always interested in the ideas that just don't work out for whatever reason, probably because I end up scrapping about 60-80% of my ideas lol

asdhfkjlas That's so relatable.... Thank you for the ask!

🍄 Wordy but:

two ties to Menzoberranzan + a duke and two guilds on your side = a civilized, if fucked up, society of vampires

🖍 I can never limit myself to a sentence, let's be real.

b/g3 spoilers and pre-established relationship (Étoile and Wyll) conflict implied below the cut

Here's some dialogue from a vampire spawn oc, Anastasia. Turned by Leon less than a week before Cazador's defeat, with a son in Baldur's Gate. She doesn't want to go into the Underdark. She argues she isn't blood starved like so many of the rest. She is pivotal in how their little vampiric society forms:

"...Property disputes go to your member of the council. Worship of Shar or any devil, and signs of Shar or any devil should be reported to the Council. Two vampires of the House must always be in the Underdark. The council meets every new moon. Missing Council members forgo their votes, and vampire spawn are immediately up for replacement, while vampires and Étoile must have their deaths confirmed to be relieved of their positions on the Council. No vampire may substitute their vote on the council. Some votes will be open to all members of House Ienith. Punishments for law breaking will range from pain, to fines, to labour, to exile, to execution by beheading or exposure to the sun. "But we are not a stupid people. We want to eat and laugh and love again. We will flourish together. We will uplift one another. We will be free."

♻️ There are two moments of conflict with Wyll that I'm scrapping. I don't want to make him in conflict with Étoile just to honor canon that could've been more considerate to begin with. He's capable of social understanding wrt "monsters" if he can canonically romance Astarion, of being self-aware wrt the "devilish" appearances of tieflings, and of being happy helping people as Duke — really there'd be no shortage of combat, how familiar are you with the forgotten realms? dfjshgbskdjh

But that does mean that I'm losing a planned moment where Étoile leaves the duke's estate to spend a night at The Favored Knight, a classy inn in Hightown I made up and Astarion comes to comfort them. I'll share some blocked dialogue:

It's like 2 AM.

Étoile: A room is 14 gold? Innkeep: Yes, sir. Étoile: Here's twenty-five for a room, a bath and a bottle of wine, and two more if you can find me a messenger to go to the lower city? Innkeep: Certainly. Do you have a letter prepared? Étoile: No, I'll need a minute to write it. Innkeep: Of course. Right this way. I'll send three up with the bathwater, and either I or another will come for the letter. Étoile: Please. Innkeep: My pleasure, Mla'ghir. [i headcanon this name to find purchase in their vampire community and slowly fall into public knowledge; this is just a statement that they're recognized, and there's an implication of discretion as a reflection of authority]

[the letter]

Astarion. I am at the Favored Knight in Hightown. I wanted a bath and to be away from our old friend. Things did not go well. You are welcome to stay at home, but if you came to me … I would appreciate the company. All my love, Étoile

[some time later]

Astarion: Do you want to talk about what happened? Étoile: Say you love me. Astarion: Oh, Endanya, more than anything. I love you. Étoile: I love you too. Wyll, he— [REDACTED] Astarion: He's had a long time to [REDACTED] Étoile: [REDACTED] Then he wouldn't allow me time to dress before he stormed out. It felt … very undignified. Astarion: Fuck him then. Étoile: Astarion. Astarion: No, I— I don't want you treated that way. Étoile: He said we could talk about it tomorrow, and he did apologize. I want to hear what he has to say. Astarion: [indignant] He's going to hurt you again. Étoile: [resigned] Probably. Astarion: [REDACTED] Étoile: [REDACTED]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And I still want Wyll as part of their relationships, so I worried about how conflict would be to my audience. It'll be lighter. Different. Better.

I hope. LOL.

But yeah, I'm not going to share Wyll's (just) anger blocked dialogue. I'll figure it out.

[bronzefuryfic]

https://www.tumblr.com/bronzefuryfic/731560785775558657/just-realized-a-multitude-of-rhae-parallels-to?source=share

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(so curious to hear!)

OH you have no idea how badly I was hoping someone would ask me to elaborate on this. Succession spoilers beneath the cut!

Okay so I think narratively Greg and Rhae share parallels in how they serve as an audience’s point of entrance into the upper echelon of their respective world’s ruling class. There’s obviously some large departures because the settings are so different but hear me out.

They are both the offspring of a king’s (Logans obvs a CEO but.. y’know what i mean) estranged brother, which gives them a way into their most inner circle. The Kings (Viserys and Logan) are less interested in their niece/nephew (Rhae and Greg) than they are in a proxy to their estranged brother (Daemon/Ewan). Rhae and Greg are both pushed to pursue that connection by other family members after a humiliating ordeal that signifies rock bottom (Greg puking in his costume vs Rhae’s failure to claim her dragon). They do not have quite enough power/ connection to pivot their way into the top spot, but they are still at the heart of a succession crisis and have the chance to influence the outcome. In doing so, they both risk corrupting themselves from the weaker, albeit kinder, versions of themselves at the start of the story.

Some looser parallels:

Rhae and Greg are brought into the fold and become closer with their cousins- the King’s three children by his second wife. (Although Viserys favors his child by his first wife, while Logan rejects Connor constantly, so the dynamic itself in that way is flipped.)

Rhae and Greg both get taken in by a fellow outsider to the family’s most inner circle in an attempt to bolster their strength, seeing value in their protege where others may have missed it(this one is really loose, but bare with me, because it might become more apparent later):

I think Alicent is kind of like Rhae’s Tom. Alicent singles Rhae out and is manipulating her under the guise of kindness (though, I don’t think Rhae quite realizes and I still do think Alicent cares in her way). Furthermore… I think Rhae reminds Alicent quite painfully of a certain distant lover who she is on difficult, if not outright hostile, terms with. And I think Rhae (like Greg) might be a type of outlet, an easier-to-control substitute for Alicent(/Tom) to indirectly express their true feelings toward. But. The depths of that are not quite revealed yet and will be a lot difference. But the parallel is there. Trust!

(((Here’s a hint, for those interested or not quite sure what I mean- it’s not a spoiler for anything major plot wise, but it is a currently hidden character motivation that has been influencing things and may enhance your reading- If you don’t want to know, stop reading now!!)))

Rhae reminds Alicent of a younger Rhaenyra, there’s a version of Death of the Dreamers where Alicent admits it/ more heavily alludes to it during their dinner

[evillittlebirdie]

The First Dance (Tav/Wyll)

There was nothing like a well-fought battle to keep the adrenaline up. 

After checking over his companions, Wyll could finally tend to his wounds. He had a long but superficial cut on his right forearm. It was his fault. He had gotten too eager and left his right side open. Wyll did not have bandages left in his pack, but he knew where to find a substitution.

Petra, their resourceful leader, would steal a bed from an abandoned house if she could convince Karlach to carry it. She could pick a room clean of silverware, books, jewelry, knick-knacks, candles, and weapons better than any vulture. Petra would sell almost ninety percent of her haul to a trader. Indeed, she would trade something in her pack for Wyll's. 

Petra was a tiefling warlock. One of the Archfey granted the powers she used in battle. Petra spoke of her patron with fondness and adoration. She remarked how he saved her from an undesirable fate. She shared no further elaboration with the group. "My powers speak for themselves, as does my freedom," Petra would tell others. Whatever fate her patron 'saved' her from must have included scarcity. Wyll could see how Petra was desperate to shove another book in her bag. 

"A moment?" Wyll prompted as he walked up to the tiefling. Petra quickly turned her head to look at him. Her black sclera surrounded a periwinkle iris. Often, her expression was mischievous. This time, she looked at him inquisitively. 

"Do you have anything in your pack you would be willing to trade so I can take care of this cut?" Wyll questioned. He pivoted to show her the cut on his arm. 

"Nothing to trade," Petra commented, returning to her pack.

"Ah," Wyll responded, disappointed. But then Petra suddenly pulled a pristine towel out of her pack. 

"But I have this to give," Petra told him with a playful smile, giggling at her words. 

Wyll chuckled, "To give? Well, I cannot decline a gift." He went to take the towel, but Petra pulled it back. 

"You can't possibly hope to wrap this around your arm yourself. Here, let me help," Petra offered with a beaming smile. 

Wyll could feel his cheeks flush at her beautiful grin. "I could not possibly deny help either. But it's truly unnecessary," He asserted, "I've bandaged worse wounds with the full use of one hand before." 

"Why? When you can use my two hands?" Petra insisted, "Now, please straighten your arm."

Wyll wasn't uncomfortable accepting help, but he extended his arm. Petra hummed in approval before she began to wrap the towel around his arm. As she did so, she told him, "You don't need to offer to trade for anything in my bag. If you want something, take it. It's as much yours as mine or anyone else in the group." Once the towel wrapped around his arm twice, Petra gave it a final tight pull before tying it closed. 

Wyll held back a groan. As great as Petra was at charming her way in places she didn't belong and smiting her enemies, she failed at medical arts. She tied the towel too tightly around his arm. He could feel the muscle begin to throb and numb. They needed to get to camp quickly before he lost all circulation in the limb. "Thank you, Petra. It's much appreciated." 

Pleased with herself, the tiefling returned to rummage through her pack. Now that Petra was distracted, Wyll backed away to inspect the makeshift bandage. The towel was wrapped so snugly around his arm that he couldn't even force his fingers under it. Petra didn't seem to understand the difference between a bandage and a tourniquet. He would have to call for her aid if he was bleeding out.

Wyll was trying to loosen the knot when he realized Petra was walking towards him. She had spied on his meddling. "Oh! I..." 

"You could have told me if I did it too tight," Petra scolded him lightly before she went to undo the knot. 

"I didn't want you to think I was ungrateful," Wyll responded, looking down sheepishly. He rubbed the back of his neck with his free hand. 

"There's a difference between being unthankful and corrective criticism. I'm not the best nursemaid," She cautioned. Once the knot was loosened, she tied it properly. 

"Still, you offered to help. You didn't have to do that," Wyll approved. He flexed his arm. The makeshift bandage was secure but not too compressed. 

"You can ask for aid. And you can say when that aid isn't too beneficial," Petra assured him. She patted the towel, "I hope it feels better. I know it will once Shadowheart gets her hands on it. But...for luck," She leaned in to brush her lips against Wyll's cheek. She then giggled before spinning around and returning to her pack. As she skipped away, her tail swished back and forth in rhythm. 

Wyll could feel the ghost of Petra's lips on his cheek. He reached up to touch his skin. Maybe he should ask for help more often. 

[unitedbydevils]

Match Review: Manchester United 2-1 Brentford

Football, bloody hell.

Since we're quoting Fergie, I'd like to pay my respects to the Ferguson family and give my condolences on the passing of Lady Cathy Ferguson. She was a remarkable woman and gave crucial love and support to a man who provided so much joy to Manchester United football club and its fans. May she rest in peace.

How apt though that it was one of Ferguson's academy kids Scott 'McSauce' McTominay who came off the bench and rescued United from despair with not only the equalising goal but also the winner.

Not just that, but the winning goal was assisted by Harry Maguire; an almost loathed figure amongst the fan base at present but one of our best players today. He had a very resolute game in defence and quietly got on with his job. Perhaps he was aided by the veterancy of Jonny Evans and that calm support and guidance. Perhaps he simply cannot play with Victor Lindelöf.

We should roll back to the earlier parts of the game though, and what for 90 minutes was simply dire football. United seem to constantly suffer lapses in concentration, which meant we conceded a silly goal to Jensen in the 26th minute after Casemiro lost the ball and Lindelöf failed to clear properly. Onana could perhaps have done more to save it, but he is looking behind a crowded box of United and Brentford players, and should he not expect one of his seasoned defenders to be able to successfully get rid of a ball?

Both Casemiro and Lindelöf appear to be devoid of form, and Onana's not far behind. After the international break it will be interesting to see if other players force them out of the side. Starlet Kobbie Mainoo is close to a return, Hannibal Mejbri has impressed, and if a left back can return to fitness then Amrabat can stay in midfield as the anchor or pivot.

United's play seemed to lack not only intelligence, but also energy. Are we unfit? Are we tired? What is going on? Because at this rate I'm more inclined to put our poor performances down to a lack of willing or desire, and simply put that isn't on at Manchester United. You fight for the badge or you sling your hook.

Confidence is blatantly lacking though, and that's definitely impacting United's composure to retain possession and perform habitual passing patterns, whether triangle moves, give and go, one-touch retention... it's sloppy and uncoordinated and very frustrating as a fan.

For all United failed the eye test, the statistics show we were the better team which (Thomas) Frankly is embarrassing for Brentford. 64% possession to Manchester United, 21 shots, 8 on target, 7 corners... the intent was there but it's about the execution, and that comes from confidence and synergy.

Højlund looked poor today, for example, but he's still young and new and bedding in. This is why he was talked of as a second-fiddle for a star signing like a Harry Kane - he will take time.

Erik Ten Hag is as culpable as the players for poor results, and many fans will say we got away with it today and decry the lack of standards from other fans for enjoying a 2-1 win. That was, after all, the first time United had trailed in the 90th minute of a Premier League game and then won it.

To the bitter fans I say go boil your head, because if you can't enjoy United winning then what's the point of you. We're not owed success. We're owed a desire for success - from players and coaches. We're owed a determination to do well. That's where we should rightly be criticising people. McTominay's heroics at the end of the game bagged us two goals in under 5 minutes. Now imagine if we play with that urgency earlier in the match. We could have snotted this lot and given them the sort of rodding that would boost any ego and make Gary Neville or Jamie Carragher think he had a chance at pulling Beyonce.

I also believe that Erik is as deserving of praise when things go right as he is of criticism when it goes wrong. His choices to substitute Casemiro for Eriksen, Rashford for Garnacho, and Amrabat for McTominay proved to be excellent decisions. We know he has tactical intelligence, we saw it at Ajax. He's been on camera and broken his style down in interviews. The issue is players, man management, and in-game decision making. We don't know the whole picture, but fuck it, at least today he got the decisions right.

The man is under huge pressure at a club owned by people who only care for money. He will get some things wrong. He also has to let players try and prove their worth, which might cost him and United. How many fans would have been happy at McTominay coming on as a sub to try and win the game? Honestly? The answer is not many. Yet he bangs in two in Fergie Time, the Old Trafford crowd roars, and McSauce pulls off yet another textbook knee slide. Fuck yes.

United are in a bad way. The players are playing like shit, and the manager has made some dumb mistakes, but we have to be fair and give them time to fix up. That doesn't mean they are exempt of criticism, but there's a balance to be had that isn't just TEN HAG OUT, SELL RASHFORD, TAKE AWAY BRUNO'S CAPTAINCY, BENCH ONANA. Honestly, go and watch United in the early days of Fergie, or even before that in the void after Sir Matt Busby. Understand that there will be bad times - yes, even more than a decade - and that it's on us as fans to be loyal and support the club.

What next though... I already jumped the gun and said that the Burnley win might be the turning point, and the Palace cup match seemed to prove that, but we're still faltering. We need a good international break now and to regroup with fresh ideas and renewed confidence ready to go on a run to Christmas. We have the talent, but do we have the mental fortitude and that drive to bounce back? Now's the time to show up.

[josiah-theory]

How the hell do changes work?

Sorry, I don't have much of an answer. Only guesses.

There seem to be multiple different ways of getting around

1

Holy shit it made the number big. Anyways, uh, cadences. You know, like a G chord going into a C chord, or an F chord going into a C chord, to establish that feeling of "we are in C major."

Cadences seem like the most obvious scheme to work from, when trying to establish tonality. V -> I, IV -> I, ii -> V -> I, IV -> V -> I, V -> vi... these are the blueprints which can be injected with detours and be stringed together to form more sophisticated progressions.

The motivation behind their use seems to be "let's make it sound like we're in this key."

2

Pivot chords. Say we're in our previous example: C major. We've gone between the I and V a lil bit, and then we've reached our IV chord, F. Then we play Dm - still in C major, because Dm is the ii chord. But, wait - then comes a Bb chord. Huh? Then another C - are we still in C major? - but then we go back to our F chord - and it sounds resolved! In F major, not C major! We've used Dm as a pivot chord to modulate keys - from C to F.

This works because the chord D minor is present in the keys of C major and F major. In C major, it's the ii chord. In F major, it's the vi chord. the ii became a vi, and facilitated a smooth shift from one tonality to another. The pivot chord was our entry into the tonality of F major, and then the IV -> V -> I cadence, Bb -> C -> F, sealed the deal, communicating "yes, we are in F now."

3

Modal interchange. This is when you take a chord in a progression and temporarily borrow tones from another key to momentarily change the chord's "flavor". Let's assume you're playing F -> G -> C. Now, the chord Fm uses a tone that's outside of C major - the tone A flat. But hey, it sounds cool. So maybe we decide we want to make the F a minor chord at some point. We are free to choose this - I promise you won't go to jail.

Whenever we substitute a chord in a progression for a chord sharing the same root but different tones, that's basically what modal interchange is.

Now, you can combine modal interchange with pivot chords and cadences, and things can get really interesting! Now that' IV chord in C major can become basically whatever chord in whatever other tonality you want. Fm? FM7 augmented? F9? Fm7b5? [Insert corresponding keys these chords fit into here]? Have at it.

4

Hey, where'd my huge numbers go? I guess you only get three.

Anyways, the next one I wanted to mention was voice leading. This is another way of deciding which chord comes next - you can shift around the notes in the chord you're currently playing.

This technique has a lot of overlap with modal interchange - after all, when you substitute a minor chord for a major chord, you're just shifting the third (and seventh) tones down a semitone. But where modal interchange works with respect to the root note and its position in the key, manipulations of voice leading aren't really focused on key/tonality so much as they are focused on how the voices in a chord move around.

There's a kind of music theory called Neo-Riemannian theory which covers these kinds of manipulations. There are fancy names given to these different manipulations - they're called "transforms" in this theory - but I'm not going to go over them, because I can't be bothered to google it right now.

But basically, you can do things like shift from minor to major, or major to minor - C to Cm, or Cm to C - or perhaps shift the C note down to yield B E G, the notes of Em - or perhaps shift the G up to G# to yield C E G#, the notes of C augmented - or a personal favorite, shifting the first and fifth up a semitone to yield C# E G#, the notes of C#m - there are many possibilities.

With manipulations of voice leading, you're not focusing so much on tonality as you are the way the chromatic movements feel in their own right. But just like modal interchange, this can be combined with the other techniques to establish a feeling of tonality.

5

Oh cool, my big number privileges have been restored!

There is actually no 5th thing I wanted to say, that's really all that's on my mind right now.

All of these concepts (and more than what was listed here) may be used to get around harmonically. I like thinking of harmony in terms of a big complicated city, or maybe like constellations in the night sky. You learn to get around, you learn the routes. Tonality concerns orbiting around a certain star, but wouldn't it be boring to orbit the same ball of gas forever?

I'll stop before my metaphors become even more tedious.

[digitaltravelexpert]

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[grandeur-elite]

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Simplicity is a key feature of luxury decor. Rather than overcrowding a room with excessive items, focus on creating a clean, organized space with a minimalist approach. The beauty of high-end design often lies in its restraint—selecting only the most necessary pieces and pairing them with a neutral color palette for a timeless, elegant feel. Declutter your space, choose quality over quantity, and let the design breathe for a luxurious look.

Conclusion

Creating a luxurious look on a budget doesn’t mean sacrificing style—it’s all about being strategic and imaginative. By incorporating thrifted items, taking on DIY projects, and making thoughtful investments in key pieces, you can achieve a high-end look without stretching your budget. A bit of creativity, resourcefulness, and smart choices can transform any space into a luxurious haven.

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