#and if youre lucky you can work 2-3 of them if your boss amends to the scheduling to go to school

[sunflowerknighted]

Do you guys know when you start working retail, fast food, restaurant jobs, hospitality etc it's kind of designed to keep you there your whole life and alot of the people you interact with truly don't have much choice

[jpchathamandfriends]

TW: suicidal ideation cuz that's one of the reasons I went to therapy

So for context I am normally about a 2 out of 6 on the imagination scale but I can hit about a 5 if I try. I can deliberately imagine sounds, pictures, and physical sensations if I want to, but passing thoughts are much more vague. The thought I would put into words as "I should do the dishes" is really a blurry image of the dishes in the sink, plus a slight physical pulling feeling towards the kitchen, plus a vague sense of guilt at something being unfinished. For what it's worth, the thought "What if I jumped off the cliff?" is a blurry video of cliff rocks moving upwards as I fall down, a slight physical pull towards the cliff, a slight weightless feeling of falling, a feeling of tenseness in my legs as if I was preparing to jump, and a feeling of excitement and curiosity and fun. It is Very Freaky but I'm used to it so it's not completely terrifying. And I know that as a rational human being I really should not jump off the cliff, even though my first thought could easily be translated to "what if it was fun?"

For me, the DBT idea of "watch where your thought came from and trace it back" is entirely metaphorical, but it is also very useful. I used to have suicidal ideation, which for me was mostly the physical pulling sensations: a feeling that my arm and hand were being pulled, or tensed up and preparing to move, in one of a few different actions. The therapy that worked for me took a few steps:

1. Learn to actually notice the thought. It often happened when I was thinking about something else, and often I'd notice it a few minutes after I got home and then realize I'd been feeling that pull ever since I left work. It took work to start noticing it soon after it started.

2. Realize the thought means something, in a diagnostic sense. It took a few sessions with my therapist to figure this out, but a pull to do Action A means I'm feeling shame, and a pull to do Actions B or C means I'm feeling guilt.

3. Realize the thought does NOT mean something, in a desire sense. Just because I feel pulled to do Action A, that doesn't mean I, the person, actually want to do Action A. For me, it means that I am feeling an emotion that I once taught myself not to acknowledge, during a time in my life when I actually did want to do Action A, and my brain built connections between the neurons so the emotion triggers the thought. (That is still my best way to figure out if it's guilt or shame I'm feeling, by the way - if my arm wants to do one thing then I know I should think about how to make amends, and if it wants to do another thing then I know I should think about whether anyone really cares about what I did.)

4. Try and remember what recent event caused the emotion that triggered the thought. Sometimes I'm lucky and it's what I was already thinking of before I stopped to investigate the pulling feeling, or sometimes I need to think through what happened earlier in the day.

5. Once I know what I am feeling and the event that caused it, it's pretty easy to take the last step and compare them. I am feeling pulled to do this action... because I accidentally started to talk over my boss in the meeting. Either that action is a reasonable response, which it obviously is not, or the thought is a leftover that's tied to an emotion because brains are weird and very good at learning even when it's not helpful. So I can disregard the thought, it is not helping further my goals as a functioning member of society.

I am curious about how well this applies to you! I don't know how a thought could even be distressing for someone with aphantasia, but the world's a strange and wonderful place and many things are possible! So I hope this helps!

People who don't have aphantasia, who can see images in their head and such, I have a question.

When you have thoughts, do you hear them in a voice in your head? Like, if I "think to myself" something like remember to do the dishes, I don't actually think it as a phrase, its...conceptual, just a thing I know. Until recently I've always thought things like "I can hear it in my head" or "I thought to myself" were just idioms.

If I think about needing to do the dishes I don't hear it or get a visual of the dishes or whatnot. Do you?

I'm struggling yet again with DBT partly because I keep running afoul of the wording, and I can't tell if I'm taking it too literally or if it's asking me to do something a lot more abstract for me than for other people or what. We're in "mindfulness of current thoughts" at the end of the distress tolerance unit, and they keep saying things like notice the thought, don't judge the thought, watch the thought to see where it came from, you are not your thoughts. And like...okay...but I am. They come from me, they're part of me, I cannot watch a thought, it's a thought. Why would I judge it? It's me, I don't have emotions about my own thoughts, they're in my head so nobody can see them anyway.

But I'm beginning to think that there's a certain binary most people have where they don't consider their thoughts to be so integrated into their consciousness. I thought maybe it's because they can hear them or similar, and with aphantasia it's not a binary or even a spectrum, it's just in you. At least that's how it is for me. It'd be like telling me to notice but not judge the function of one of my kidneys. I mean, mission accomplished on not judging, but I don't have a way to consciously observe the kidney, it's on its own journey.

Anyway I just wonder. I'd like to understand at least one thing from this unit before we finish, but my track record suggests that I would do better to radically accept the reality that I will not.

[fangirl-writes]

Dancing in the Street

Willard Hewitt x Fem!Reader; Ren McCormack x Sister!Reader

Warning(s): Just general stuff in the movie. If you’ve seen it you should be fine. Also the reader doesn’t like Ariel so if you like her, sorry.

Request(s): 

I lost all these asks trying to answer them so idk what happened I’m sorry.

1) Hi hi hi, I was wondering if you could write a Willard x reader fic from the 2011 footloose? I'm having Miles Teller brain rot and cannot stop thinking about him!! 💕💕✨

2)  Can I get a Willard Hewitt x reader where your Rens sister and you guys meet at school then is really impressed you and your brother dance so good at the diner plssss?? I love Willard

3)  hi!! i was wondering if you could write something for willard hewitt (footloose 2011)? i can not find a single fanfic for this man so if you could write something with fluff and maybe like best friends to lovers that would be so awesome! thank you so much :)

Notes: Hope you guys are happy. I had to watch the Footloose remake to do this fic. The remake. It’s...not good.

Anyway, first footloose fic! Yay! I hope you like even if it’s ridiculously short.

When you agreed to move down to Bomont with your brother, you didn’t think it would be as shitty as it was.

You’d already lost your mom, you didn’t need the rest of the joy in your life sucked out, but apparently the town was looking to do just that.

No music? No dancing? Are you kidding? Isn’t that against the first amendment or something?

Apparently not, as it seemed this rinky-dink town hadn’t changed its views since the ‘80s.

You worked as a waitress at Starlite and Ren was stuck in a cotton gin. The school hated Ren’s guts and didn’t take too kindly to your “explicit and vulgar display” of band t-shirts. Plus that plus prissy little Ariel Moore made you wanna hurl, even if Ren was infatuated with her for some god-knows reason.

It wasn’t all bad. You helped Ren fix up the yellow bug and he drove you to school every day, not that you had another choice besides maybe walking.

And there was also Willard. The ray of sunshine through the cloud of darkness in all his southern glory. 

You guys met him the first day of school and the three of you meshed right away. You told him when Ren was bullshitting him and he explained what all of his crazy phrases meant.

You weren’t sure you were into him “like that” yet, but you’d heard Ren smack him upside the head for commenting on your looks once, which told you enough.

And, lucky for you, Woody’s uncle, Claude, was a pretty rebellious boss.

“Hey, Woody!” Claude said. “Check the door man. Cop still here?”

Ren and you exchanged a glance as Woody went over to the window to watch the cop pull away.

“Five-O getting his move on,” Woody reported. “Whatcha got for me, Uncle Claude?”

Claude reached down below the counter and pulled up a burner CD. “David Banner, bootleg. Don’t get too krunk out there. First sign of the police, I’m gonna pull the plug. I don’t want a fine and you don’t want another ticket.”

“Wait,” Ren said. “You got a ticket for dancing?”

“He got two tickets for dancing,” Woody’s girlfriend answered. “One more and he’s off the team.”

You followed Claude to the back where he had a record player that doubled as a CD player. Your mouth dropped open in awe.

“All right, let’s get this party started,” Claude said.

He flipped some switches that turned on the outside speakers and turned back to you.

“Now, I know you’re new here so I’ll let you go watch this one time,” he said. “But don’t expect me to let you off work just to dance.”

You grinned widely before practically tearing off your apron to follow Ren, Rusty, and Willard outside.

The speakers were like old drive-in speakers that blared in the parking lot and you watched in awe as the previously perceived boring small-town kids danced better than you could.

“Yeah, dude, they- they get into it,” Willard said.

"Hey, you,” a girl said to Ren. “Come on, let’s dance.”

She pulled him out onto the floor and you watched gleefully as he busted a move.

“You dance, Willard?” You asked.

He blushed a little, shaking his head. “Oh, no, no way.”

“Why not?”

He shrugged. “I don’t dance.”

You rolled your eyes.

“Me and my boys are going to push everybody back,” Woody said to Ren over the music, pulling his leather jacket right off his shoulders. “Let me see you and your sister do your city slicker thing.”

Ren jogged over to usher you in with him and you happily obliged.

“Number 24,” Ren said and you nodded.

You both fell into a dance you’d choreographed together back in Boston, moving easily to the beat and doing your “city slicker thing.”

You shared a quick glance, a silent communication, before you both ran up and backflipped off the edge of a blue pickup sitting on the edge of the dance area.

The crowd cheered.

You laughed, falling into freestyle mode with the others as Ren walked over to dance by Ariel (who looked eager to receive the basically lap dance he was offering).

You felt alive for the first time since your mom. You missed dancing.

That was until you spotted Ariel and Ren grinding on each other shamelessly.

“Oh, gross,” you said, turning away and spotting Willard, who was already looking at you.

You flicked your head, gesturing for him to come join you.

He just shook his head and saluted you with his coke cup.

You sighed and walked over to where he was gathered with Woody, his girlfriend, and Rusty.

“Mind if I have a sip of that?” You asked Willard.

“Oh, uh, sure,” he replied, handing you his cup. “That was some pretty good dancing out there.”

“How would you know, you don’t dance,” you joked.

“I got two eyes, don’t I?” He asked, grinning right back at you.

You two were leaned so close you felt his breath on your face. It made your stomach flutter.

“Y/N, I was wondering-”

“You can put on a show for that guy, but that doesn’t mean I’m gonna.”

You both looked over to find Ren walking up to the group.

You and Willard leaned away from each other.

Ren’s jaw was so tight you thought he might crack his teeth. 

“That guy block your boner?” You joked, referencing a joke Willard made a few days ago.

“Shut up,” he replied, shoving your head away jokingly.

Suddenly, the music cut out and Claude came over the loud speaker. “Attention, Attention. Ariel Moore, will you please come up to the front of the diner, your daddy is here for you.”

The crowd sniggered and laughed as “daddy’s girl” stomped her way up to the diner.

“Show’s over,” she said as she passed your group.

Your face contorted.

“Daddy’s gonna take her out to the woodshed,” Willard said.

“What the hell does that mean?”

“It means she’s in deep shit.”

You bit your lip to keep from laughing. 

“Come on, loverboy,” you said, shoving your brother. “Let’s get home before we get picked up by the law at ten o’ one. Oh, and Willard,”

The boy in questioned looked up at you.

“We can finish our conversation tomorrow, okay?”

He smiled. “Yeah, alright,”

You grinned back and turned away from him.

Ren’s eyes narrowed at you. “What was that all about?”

You shrugged. “Nothing. Willard and I were having a conversation while you were feeling up the preacher’s daughter.”

“I was not feeling her up,”

“Oh, please, Ren, the whole parking lot could tell,” You replied, sipping the last of Willard’s drink you’d never given back. “You’re practically throwing yourself at her.”

“I was just dancing,” Ren retorted, pulling open the door to the bug.

“Funny, you never dance like that with me.”

“That’s because-” Ren huffed dramatically. “You know what, this conversation’s over.”

“Oh, I’m sure it is,” you replied, getting in the passenger side. “Can I pick the music?”

“Can you ever pick the music?”

“No?”

“There’s your answer.”

You rolled your eyes as Ren picked “dancing in the dark” by Bruce Springsteen for the ride home.

You turned to look out the window, noticing Willard in the rearview talking to Woody.

You smiled. This town might suck, but Willard makes it more bearable. 

[rongasm]

Have you seen the bold type do you recommend it?

*steps up on soap box* ahem

Why I recommend The Bold Type

I know that a bunch of people have written posts like this, but here’s my iteration, which comes from a place of: 1. Love, 2. being the exact target audience, and 3. watching too many TV shows that don’t give me what I want. The Bold Type, as it turns out, is all about going after what you want. It is about rejecting the societal standard that tells women to become meek in the workplace and, instead, use that standard as a bar over which you can raise yourself and become even better. The Bold Type is along the same vein as the short-lived MTV show Sweet/Vicious— feminism for women, to entertain women, to show women in lights that we are interested in seeing. I think that the success of this show could cause a boom of similar shows— sleek, modern, female-centric. Watching The Bold Type isn’t just about The Bold Type. It’s about supporting the content that we want to see.

There are three main characters— Jane, Kat, and Sutton. All are best friends. All are in different places in their careers. All are successful in their own right. And all work at the fabled Scarlet Magazine, a magazine written by women for women to be their saucy older sister, guiding them through life. Instead of 50 Ways To Please Your Man, it’s 50 Ways To Please Yourself. Instead of Lipsmackers That Will Stay On While You’re Lipsmacking it’s Lipsmackers That Will Stay On While You Take On The World. Their boss, Jacqueline (we’ll get to her later; she’s my favorite character) refers to this as “self-feminism.” Other people are important, absolutely, but make sure you’re taking care of yourself and your needs too when it comes to work, relationships, and sex. Scarlet Magazine is about real women who are motivated, who are struggling, who are successful, who are scared, who are human. It’s a publication that I, personally, would love to read.

Jane works for the writing department. She is a young writer who is thirsty to prove herself, but is also conscious of the fact that she’s low on the totem pole. The pilot begins on her first day as a writer, when you find out that Jane is a smart, capable, confident young woman who was raised on Scarlet Magazine. This is her dream job. She’s organized, thoughtful, and resilient. Although she tends to complain about her assignments, she always comes through and makes them her own.

Kat works in social media— in fact, she’s the head of her department. She tends to see the world through the lens of her camera even when she isn’t working. Kat, by nature of her position, is always on-call. She sees what is beautiful about the world and what is beautiful about people. She also knows, with great clarity, what is important to her, and always fights for these issues— perhaps a little relentlessly. Kat excels at her job, but she doesn’t excel at relationships. She likes “casual,” preferring to have flings. When she meets Adena, a beautiful Muslim lesbian, her idea of relationships and her sexual identity goes out the window. I am looking forward to seeing Kat and Adena’s relationship evolve just as any ol’ heterosexual relationship on television would— full of ups and downs, but also full of love, sex, and moments that just make you hold your breath. Luckily, these two ladies already serving a full course meal.

Sutton is the final female in our group of girls. Undoubtedly the lowest of the three girls on the corporate ladder, Sutton’s reason for that is simple: she didn’t have the socioeconomic privilege that Kat and Jane had been lucky to have, and got off to a more disadvantaged start. Sutton had fought her way to her position tooth-and-nail. And, better yet, she’s damn good at her job. Sutton is the most tenacious character on the show. She’s spent years fighting for herself, and she isn’t about to stop now. The romantic plot-line revolving around Sutton involves her dating a superior in the company, which is normally a story arc that might make me cringe, but Sutton is 25 and Richard is probably in his late-20s, early-30s. There’s lots of respect between the two of them, and their relationship isn’t a conflict of interest because Richard works for the legal department for the company that owns Scarlet. This relationship is adorable, sexy, and Sutton absolutely holds the power in it, meaning that we, as audience members, can root for these two.

The Bold Type shows female friendships exactly the way I know them to be. They love and support each other. They overshare. They talk over each other. They play and tease. They make cultural references in a speedy fashion that temporarily makes you think you’re watching Gilmore Girls. They get selfish. They apologize for being selfish. They fight and make up. They change the direction of their conversations constantly, flashing from topic to topic like strobe lights, showcasing how incredible women are at multi-tasking. It’s the dream female friendship that all of us are desperate for on TV, and no romantic sub-plot is going to tear that down. It’s like Friends without the guys, and as much as I love Chandler, with a show like The Bold Type, I think we can live without him.

Perhaps the best character on The Bold Type is the girls’ boss, Jacqueline. She is the head of Scarlet Magazine; the leader who knows what she wants and knows how to get it. As fearless as she is, she is not to be feared. Jacqueline may be respected, admired, and adhered to by her staff, but if you’re looking for Miranda Priestly, you won’t find her here. Jacqueline cares about facilitating the careers of her employees. She rules her disciples with a firm but fair hand, often giving them more than they deserve. Life is hard, especially for women in the corporate world, and Jacqueline understands that. Her character’s scenes are always an absolute treat— the ones I look forward to the most when I sit down on the couch to watch The Bold Type with a glass of red wine and a feeling of safety on the side. Because I, as a viewer, have learned in just a few episodes (five, to be exact) that these writers are ones that I can trust. They’re speaking using my voice, the voice of my friends, the voice of my peers, the voice of my generation.

Turning your television on to The Bold Type means hearing women discussing issues that are relevant to you. It means being inspired by their tenacity and individual power. It means enjoying an episode full of sumptuous fashion, invigorating music, and a bustling city life. The Bold Type is a show that you can turn on and see yourself reflected in your TV screen— whether it’s your sexual identity, your racial identity, or the personality traits that make you who you are. It’s not that The Bold Type never utilizes tropes, cliches, or predictability. It’s that they do it differently, they do it better, they do it while conscious of what it is and what their show is.  

The Bold Type doesn’t necessarily preach that you a required to live your life boldly. The lesson to learn here is much simpler than that: live. Simply go out and live your life, get what you want, make yourself happy. Stay safe, stay kind, stay supportive, stay healthy, stay loving each other. Perhaps Jacqueline describes this mentality best in her speech in the pilot episode of the show. She says, “I expect you to have adventures. I expect you to fall in love. To get your hearts broken. I expect you to have sex with the wrong people; have sex with the right people. To make mistakes and make amends, take a leap and make a splash. And I expect you to unleash holy hell on anybody who tries to hold you back.”

So you heard her. Let’s go unleash holy hell, ladies.

[showmethemon3y]

Freelancers – know your rights! By Sara Hirsch

My wonderful friend Sara Hirsch has been a fantastic ally in the tricky world of making a living as a freelancer. Recent advice she has given me was so great I asked to write a post snd and really happy she has, as it's super useful. Have a read and share away -//// 

 Sending invoices just doesn’t seem to be enough for us freelancers anymore. Apparently we now to have to email at least 3 times to remind the accounts department (if you are lucky enough to have a direct contact in accounts and not be dealing with a middle person who makes empty promises based on no actual facts) that we exist. We have to beg. We have to be patient. We have to endure repetitive strain injury from constantly checking our app to see if the money’s gone through, and, when it hasn’t, we have to brace ourselves for a list of frankly ridiculous excuses; 

 Oh, we actually just received your invoice because we were on holiday when you sent it. Oh, we thought you were joking that you wanted paying? Oh, we can’t pay you for two months because we have expenses from the event that you performed at. What? You think YOU count as an expense? No, no we mean REAL expenses, like hiring the stage you stood on and our wines. I, for one, am really getting a little tired of these whacky excuses and jumbled non-apologies. 

Plus it is getting expensive to keep replacing my laptop screen every time I punch it from frustration at another ‘lost invoice’ email. It’s ok though, the laptop screen company sent me an invoice, which went into my junk folder, so obviously it doesn’t exist, and anyway, I have more important things to spend my monies on. Like wines.

 It was during a tension headache, caused by my current ‘trying to get paid the money I am owed for my monthly job, whilst trying to keep the job I like and cannot afford to lose, even though it technically hasn’t paid me since February’ situation, that I finally decided to look up my rights. ‘

WHAT?’ 

I hear you whisper (because you are an artist and therefore actually an introvert and not one for shouting out in hipster cafés) 

‘WE HAVE RIGHTS!?’ 

 I know, I didn’t think so either. But look! Here is actual proof: According to the London Freelance Guide: The payment clock starts ticking when you deliver the work, or on the day when your client has notice of the amount they owe you, whichever is the later. The client then has 30 days to pay - unless the freelance and the client agree on a reasonable alternative period. Clients must not pressure freelances or attempt to impose unreasonable payment terms. So basically, that ‘payment is due within 30 days’ that we thoughtfully tack on to the end of invoices, actually means something. 

It isn’t us just being ‘nice’ and giving them what we consider as reasonable time to make the payment. Nor is it just a ‘rough guideline’. This is real life law stuff (that’s the official title) and law is law (that is literally my entire knowledge of the law, right there. You’re welcome). It get’s better. Apparently, whether or not you put that you charge late payment fees on your invoice, you are completely, legally entitled to, and, in fact, breaking the law if you don’t then DEMAND them! (That last bit was a joke, but if it helps you to think of it like that, great. 

The more pressure we put on ourselves to get what we are owed, the better and if the pressure has to come from outside, so be it). The London Freelance website (or, as I like to refer to them, ‘my heroes’) state: The Late Payment of Commercial Debt (Interest) Act (1988) was amended in 2002 to include fixed penalties in addition to interest. For debt of less than £1000 the penalty is £40, rising to £70 for debts up to £9,999.99 and £100 above that. Interest is payable at 8 per cent over Bank of England base rate. 

The penalties and interest now apply to all businesses regardless of size. They even include an ‘interest calculator’ so you can easily work out how much interest to charge and attach it to your email like a boss. They recommend including wording like this on your invoices: 

 We understand and will exercise our statutory right to interest and compensation for debt recovery costs under the late payment legislation if we are not paid according to agreed credit terms. 

 But they add that the law applies whether or not you mention it on an invoice, which I think is brilliant. They have loads of other helpful tips for getting yourself paid, which I highly recommend reading. I did actually try this technique yesterday and sent a firm yet respectful email, including the information above, to the company that owe me for a load of work that I very definitely did, in the real world, in front of witnesses.

 I attached an invoice for the late payment fee of £40 plus interest (in my case £0.49) and I attached the interest calculation because, well, to be honest it looks super official. I don’t know whether it fully worked, because they replied asking me to kindly ‘waive the late fee’ (which I absolutely won’t do) but they just paid me for 3 months worth of work in one go, two of which I have been waiting for ages. So, certainly a result in my eyes.

 In terms of the late fee, which is an on-going conversation, who knows what will come of that? Technically, according to my new hero, if they don’t pay it I could be entitled to take them to the small claims court. But to be honest I think that would be more trouble than it’s worth at this point. As far as I am concerned, whether or not I end up getting an extra £40.49 to buy my wines, I mean, to pay the laptop screen company, this approach got results that I have never got this quickly on my own.

 It seems that putting some legal words in an email and sounding like you know what you’re talking about can make a real difference. Who knew? As freelancers it can be hard to stick up for ourselves. To view ourselves as the small business that we are. To go to any lengths to be re booked and not be considered a ‘difficult’ client. 

 However. And yes, this ‘however’ is so important it deserves its own sentence - these companies would not expect to give out their products for a promise. The theatre that puts you on their stage would not let someone ‘pay for their ticket in 2-3 months, maybe, if they can’. They have staff to pay, expenses to manage, just like you do.

 My final thought is this. Next time you chase an invoice, get the accounts department in the ‘business of you’ to write the email. Get them to consult the legal department (with a little help from our friends on the internet) and then run it past the marketing department to make sure it will still get you booked again in the future. Then press send, and trust me, you will feel fantastic.

 AND, think of the money you will save when you stop punching your laptop screen from frustration! Happy freelancing and may the odds (of getting paid) be forever in your favour. 

 References 

 London Freelance Guide – Advice on Late Payments (accessed 2017)  

Casual ‘Hunger Games’ reference at the end there. 

 Sara Hirsch is a London grown poet, performer, promotor and educator and has been officially freelance for a year and a bit. She is currently attempting to smash the patriarchy, one poem at a time and is learning to snapchat in her spare time. www.sarahirsch.co.uk twitter: @sarsbars89

[doktorpeace]

in Persona 5 for me it’s July 11th, meaning I’m exactly 3 months into the game. I’m going to assume I’m getting to about the third way point, both previous games lasted 9-10 months and I’ll assume this one will last until January on the end game Calendar. Here’s my thoughts so far, spoilers inside:

Well I’ve spent a clean 44 hours on the game already so there’s that. I haven’t even been fucking around a lot, I completed Madarame’s Palace in just the 3 required visits and I completely cleaned out Kaneshiro’s Palace in just one discounting Makoto’s joining visit and the re-visit to defeat the boss. I’m really digging the story so far, it feels well paced and everything’s progressing at a reasonable, steady rate but the tension keeps building. It also REALLY breaks tradition, but in ways I’m finding refreshing. I’ve already formed my Judgement Confidant in spite of being only a third(ish?) of the way into the game, and I’ve formed a Confidant relationship with someone I know WILL be a party member even when he’s not a party member yet. Though I don’t trust Akechi as far as I could throw him. I’ll have to play farther into the story to write a real feeling piece about it, I’ll probably do that once I complete the game. Igor’s got me scared though, and I really loved and trusted Igor wholly in the last two games. My social stats are progressing well, I’m at rank 4 on Knowledge, 3 on Guts (promoting to 4 soon I think), 3 on Charm, 2 on Kindness, and 2 on Proficiency (also promoting soon). I knew Knowledge and Guts would be the most important ones going in, they always are so I’ve given them a special priority. So far I love this game, it’s really stellar and it’ll be my game of the year for certain. Everything works really well, my sole complaint at this point is that one time I had a shadow not join me after giving two good answers to its questions during a negotiation and I wasn’t told why not, but whatever it’s fine. The dungeons are getting steadily tougher and I really like the variety in design approaches they take. Kaneshiro’s was incredibly long but could be done all at once if you had enough items and good enough pacing, Madarame’s required more involvement and opting into scripted events since you had to get stuff done in the real world as well, and given it was a tutorial dungeon Kamoshida’s was also good. Honestly the level design in the Palaces has all been really good and I’ve liked each more than the last by quite a bit. I even got unlucky with some Onis getting crits and hitting my whole party with Rampage near the beginning of my run through Kaneshiro’s Palace and I still made it through so I was pretty happy with that. The main plot and characters are very much enjoying that the game, while fairly lighthearted so far, takes itself seriously and handles its themes maturely. They don’t make jokes about serious things and they let things have the weight that they should. The Party Member’s social links going on lockdown if you advance them too fast to wait for another moment in the plot is also a great idea since it means they can build in some of the character’s development from the plot into the social link and vice versa. This, combined with how the social links each focus on them growing as a person from the issue that caused them to be socially outcast and ostracized in the first place gives it a more down to earth feel. The party members have noticeable growths of character and mindset in both components of the game’s writing side by side, and it’s good to see them finally address this issue the series had been having. Rather than being like Persona 4 and making each of them a HUGE LIFE CHANGING EVENT THAT HAS A MASSIVE EFFECT ON THEIR PERSONALITY but then that having no bearing on the plot so the whiplash of maturity is really immersion breaking, this game’s focus on a more personal push towards growth and change. Be it making amends for past mistakes like Ryuji, finding a new source of strength with Ann, or pushing forward and grasping his future in spite of his situation like Yusuke, they all have to deal directly with what caused them to become an outcast in the first place, and feel like strong bits of development that don’t completely change them as people. I personally like and relate to Makoto’s being about being more honest with oneself and living for you, and not for the expectations others have for you. This sense of giving situations the gravitas and seriousness they require extends to side social links as well, of which I’ve liked all the ones I’ve found. One that sticks out to me is Kawakami’s social link. She is your teacher and you happen to hire her through a maid service because Ryuji and Mishima are fucking dumbasses who want to see a hot maid do chores for them and the situation you find yourselves in is naturally a little sexually charged, something which the game does not ignore or distract from. It owns up to the awkwardness of the situation it sets up. As the social link progresses (without Ryuji and Mishima there) it even gives the player the option to try and hit on her in a sexual manner, but she turns you down on the grounds that A) You’re her student B) the age gap is gross and C) specifically sites it would make her no better than Kamoshida, who was your first target as the Phantom Thieves in no small part because he sexually harassed and in one case raped a student. The fact that the game doesn’t just walk the walk of saying ‘oh yeah sexually assaulting minors is bad’ which is obvious to anyone of decent moral standing, but further drives the point home and WON’T make an exception for you because you’re the player is very good and not something many games are willing to do.  The variety of characters you encounter during social links is also nice, from a washed up politician genuinely trying to improve the world after learning from his mistakes, to the owner of a model weapon shop doing illicit business, to just the guy who runs the Phantom Thieves’ Forum they’ve all got a charm to them and feel well written. One that worried me initially was one where you meet a news reporter in a bar and the bar happens to be run by a drag queen. I was worried cause I had heard this content was transphobic, but seemingly that was a misunderstanding from someone playing the japanese version with less than a perfect understanding of the language. Lala Escargot as she goes by, is voiced by a man in both versions and is referred to with ‘-chan’ and female pronouns, however this is proper etiquette for drag queens while playing their stage persona. Further, Lala Escargot is shown to be of good moral standing and isn’t made out to be a joke, two things I was glad to see happen. This game’s schedule also feels good. Like I said, I’m about a third of the way in and I feel like I’ve been able to make comfortable growth with both social stats and social links, and I was worried about that because the game really railroads you a lot in the first two plot arcs, but it’s working out comfortably. Combat feels really good, while spell animations feel a tiny bit less flashy than previous games I’ve still only seen a handful of them, and the combat animations are all still really good. The balance is great, I feel challenged but not overwhelmed, but it is noticeably getting a lot harder with each main palace. Your Teammate’s in combat abilities they gain from social links are definitely nerfed compared to P4 or P3 Portable, but honestly that’s welcome in my opinion. In the previous games they were flat out overpowered and could carry you through the game. As is they feel like nice bonuses that happen just often enough you don’t forget they’re there, but not so often that they take away any feeling of depth or strategy, particularly in P4 where they were extremely ‘Win More’ mechanics. Particularly the ‘Save the main character from death once per battle’ is reduced to a chance, but can happen more than once per battle if you’re lucky, and requires the relationship be at rank 9 instead of rank 5. A hefty but welcomed nerf that doesn’t eliminate any feeling of danger. Oh also! The fact that your non-party member Confidants confer permanent benefits, some in combat, some out of combat is a GREAT incentive to level them up. I know that I’m focusing on Kawakami’s so hard because it frees up so many phases in the game, not having to waste my own time brewing coffee or doing laundry is a huge boon, plus 1 point in knowledge from lecture (assuming I get the answer right) can be exchanged for two lockpicks and two points in proficiency, or a book read and its bonuses which is a great bonus effect. Eventually she even gives you the ability to go out at night after going dungeon crawling which in and of itself is an ENORMOUS benefit. Finally, as for the party members it’s really cool the variety this party has and their variety of motivations. They’re a very fun group whose personalities work together dynamically an in a fun way, I know I still have 3 party members left to get, so we’ll see how they affect things. I’m just loving how much we get to see them all interact, between how many plot events there are and that there’s at least one text chatlog a day with everyone talking together, it gives you a ton of dialogue with them and time to see their party dynamic.  Ryuji’s a good boy. I like him a lot, he reminds me a lot of myself in terms of behavior. His social link has been a little slow, but cute, and his date sequences when you aren’t actively going up ranks are also cool. One big improvement he has over Yosuke in particular is that after being hit on by a couple of gay guys he just expresses distaste for the situation and leaves it at that. He was uncomfortable with it, but he doesn’t hark on it and veer off into being a homophobic shitbag like Yosuke. But Atlas, blease let him be gay in the expansion I know you’re going to make. Let me date the vulgar boy he’s such a cute good boy. Really though his growth as a person is already tangible, he’s gone from feeling like a total outsider with nothing to work for and nothing to lose to being a fairly responsible guy who owns up to his mistakes. He’s still not smart but he’s grown enough that he’s the party member to remind the others to keep it calm and lay low after a major operation, which is a really cool role for him to play. Ann is fucking great, her force of personality and strength as a character is immediate right from the start. I was worried for her, but she’s an explosive character, a lot of facets to her personality and situation are revealed to you quickly and then elaborated on over the course of her social link and when you hang out with her or go on sunday dates together. She’s obviously a kind, strong individual but she questions her own genuinity and strength as a person, and is exploring different ways to broaden her horizons and improve. I was a little worried she’d be a generic spitfire angry girl, but really she’s only super pissed off at injustice and sexual harassment. A big part of her character comes from her staunch hatred and opposition ‘of men who treat women as sexual outlets’ (literally word for word something she says) and it’s a really strong, cool way for her to be. I’m very grateful for the game’s writing for having such a staunch, unmoving stance in opposition of treating women like objects especially in a series like Persona where fans have an extremely gross tendency to do just that. It’s a good lesson and message to put out there. In other cases she’s actually really level headed and willing to admit when she was wrong or when someone’s outplayed her. I like Ann a lot. Yusuke’s a really deep and interesting character who I sadly keep blowing off for Makoto and Ryuji, but I’ll hang out with him more soon. His circumstances are really fucking difficult, first of all he’s an orphan, which sucks. Secondly his adoptive father is abusive, which really sucks. Third off he’s autistic. Seriously, think on his dialogue and tell me I’m wrong. We directly get the line ‘not many people will deal with my eccentricities’ which is as close as Japanese media ever gets to saying ‘yes I’m autistic.’ His dialogue often hints to how people ostracize him for being autistic even though he’s a great guy and I’m sure it’ll come up in his social link in the future. I’m glad the game paints it as a negative thing for society to treat him bad and not that it’s bad he’s autistic, it’d be very easy to slip into that but they haven’t fucked up yet. And finally, he’s fuckin gay dude. Don’t fight me on this one, I know a gay when I see one. He specifically dodges the idea of being attracted to Ann ‘as a member of the opposite sex’ and the way he says it isn’t ‘oh I’m interesting in girls, just not Ann’ it’s much more ‘I’m not interested in girl, and thus not interested in Ann.’ He’s got a lot going against him, but unlike with Kanji nobody acts like it’s weird he isn’t attracted to Ann (though Ryuji will rib the player for saying the same thing) and everybody’s doing their best to be supportive of him. I’m excited to see more of his character and see how he overcomes the ways society is stacked against him. You can even take him on dates and he comments that it looks like you’re lovers. I hope he gets a nice boyfriend. (also atlus please make him a romance option in the expansion as well.) Finally Makoto is the character I’ve most been suspicious of how she fits in. She’s an honor student, lives in a nice house, has a sister in a high paying job, was born into a good family, what’s bad about her life? Well, she’s outcast from the average student because she’s ‘just a robot’ and she has these obscene expectations thrust upon her, yet people still call her useless. She has to constantly wear a face and be who people expect her to be and not who she really is. It’s a more subtle kind of outcasting and she certainly doesn’t face the negatives the other members do like being an orphan or having their best friend hospitalized after a suicide attempt, but she’s got her own set of issues which are playing out alongside these things. The game also doesn’t frame her situation as equally bad, it’s just a very stressful, difficult situation for her and she really needs an outlet and somewhere she can genuinely just be herself. The fact that her rebellion is just having a space to express herself normally in is kind of fucked up, she had a really suffocating life and now she doesn’t and I like that. Her Confidant relationship is also really fun so far, I like Makoto even if she’s not an outcast in as strong or the same kind of way as everyone else. I don’t have a lot to say about Morgana so far. I like him, he’s an enormous step up from Teddie, but I think I’ll only be able to write how I really feel about him once the game is over. All in all I fucking love this game and it’s a huge improvement over all of Atlus’ old products in all the ways I’d hope it would be. I’d still prefer there be a gay romance option in the game, but the fact that you can take guys on dates and that you have a gay party member who isn’t treated as weird for it is great. 10/10, my personal game of the year already.

[kahran042]

Unless specified, all of them are my comments.

(in response to the song Makin' Mischief from Jem) I think that they might be making mischief. Just a hunch, really. :) (in response to Enchanted Riverbank from Donkey Kong Country 3) Other commentator: Lightning Look-out - A level designed by Satan! Me: I don't know... even Satan has standards. (in response to Creepy Time Limits # 3) Other commentator: But he hasn't appeared in any other game afterwards so he might as well be dead Me: The reason he hasn't appeared in any games is because unlike some other Final Fantasy games, FF6 hasn't had any direct sequels... which is probably for the best, TBH. At any rate, Shadow's fate is currently up to the player's interpretation. (in response to SlimKirby's Let's Play of Donkey Kong 64) Other commentator: "And now we will let some light into the temple to freeze the water" lolwut Me: You're cooling the water's frozen heart with a hot island song. (in response to Selenimar's Let's Play of The Pink Panther: Passport to Peril) I couldn't help amending "She was delicious!" to that blue-turban guy's response to Pink's inquiry about Chione. (in response to SlimKirby's Let's Play of Link's Awakening DX) As another great adventurer once said, "Mermaids are weird." (in response to In Defense of Columbus: An Exaggerated Evil) Technically they were the king of Aragon and the queen of Castile, if I'm not mistaken. And, on a lighter note: If the world were flat, cats would have knocked everything off the edge by now. =ↀωↀ= (in response to Autumchild's Let's Play of Breath of Fire III) I'm not sure of how majestic they are, but I do know that Thrashers are the only non-boss enemies in this game with no palette swaps. (in response to Lucahjin's Let's Play of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night) I love the white cape on Alucard! The protection from Imp and Mute status is a nice bonus, too. :) (in response to Lucahjin's Let's Play of Suikoden) With regards to bitter tea, I know that some people say that tea should be as bitter as wormwood and as sharp as a double-edged sword. (in response to Lucahjin's Let's Play of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night) Other commentator: Jon and Lucah still not realizing Jewel sword forces only salable gems to drop. ^u^  Also still calling Australia Skellies; Canada Skellies. Me: Obviously, they're half-Australian and half-Canadian, which is how they can use hockey sticks as boomerangs. (in response to Lucahjin's Let's Play of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night) Other commentator: Lucah, when Jon enters a new area: "The music playing here is The Final Toccata. You may remember it from nearly every other area in this damn inverted castle." Me: To be fair, it's not a bad track, just oversaturated. Kind of like Labyrinth ~ PENPE2 in Suikoden II. (in response to Lucahjin's Let's Play of Suikoden) Other commentator: always good to see a dude named morgan too often people think the name is only for girls Me: Next time someone says that, remind them about Morgan Freeman (in response to aulddragon's Let's Play of Star Control 2) And so, the Eluder becomes the eluded. (in response to Failous' review of The Secret of Anastasia) Other commentator: I wish a movie would finally show what rasputin really was. A dark summoner who was able to summon creatures from Russian mythology, and he was also an android. (numerous other comments alluding to Rasputin's appearances in other media) Me: What about the time he stowed away on an expedition to Mars and was possessed by a megalomaniacal plant-alien? (in response to Lucahjin's Let's Play of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night) Akmodan II tries to hug you... is he Love Mummy from ATHF? A merry messy Kwelfnuve to both of you! :) (in response to a video reviewing bad episodes of Thomas the Tank Engine) The lesson of "Toby and the Flood" is "don't build a railway over a dam". :) (in response the song You'll Always Be In My Heart from Jem) Other commentator: What did Jerrica and Kimber's dad die from? Me: Protagonist Parent Syndrome. (in response to Bobsheaux's review of Good Times' Little Red Riding Hood) "She offers to help the beaver get wood." Phrasing! :D (in response to MasaeAnela's Let's Play of Okami) I actually thought that Blight's voice acting was in-game until I read the comments. Great job! :D (in response to Lucahjin's Let's Play of Suikoden II) Theory: The reason the entry permit didn't work wasn't because of Jowy and Nanami being lousy actors. Rather, it's because the guard would know what Alex looks like since he was there just yesterday, and Riou doesn't look a thing like him. Of course, the lousy acting didn't help... :) (in response to Lucahjin's Let's Play of Suikoden II) Other commentator: I love how Lucah is so lucky in this playthrough, but in Suikoden I she has the worst luck XD Me: Except for that one time with the wheel of fortune in Lepant's mansion. (in response to Lucahjin's Let's Play of Suikoden) Other commentator: Id also like to see Kage in the party if he's usable in battle,he seems cool.He reminds me of Shadow from FFVI. Me: If you know Japanese, that makes a lot of sense. (in response to James A Williams' review of Big World, Big Adventures!) Other commentator: Has this movie caused kids going missing Me: Probably not. I'm pretty sure most kids are smarter than whiny moral guardians think. (in response to a video of a cat taking a bath) She looks sort of like an owl at 2:29. Or maybe a gremlin. Or an owl-gremlin. =^_^= (in response to Phoebe Kalinowski's Let's Play of Illusion of Gaia) "Skull Man", eh? Too bad Will doesn't have the Dust Crusher. :) (in response to aulddragon's Let's Play of Tactics Ogre) Maybe it's just me, but something about Barbatos' portrait makes me think "mob boss". (in response to Phoebe Kalinowski's Let's Play of Terranigma) An interesting tidbit I recently learned with regards to Columbus in this game: 2+8+6=1+4+9+2. (in response to a Bloodstorm longplay) Other commentator: Actually I think all the characters had a bad ending except for Tremor if memory serves me right. Me: You could also argue that Tempest's ending is good for everyone except her. (in response to Kiara0Yunochida's Let's Play of Pajama Sam: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet) Pretty clever how it's the kidney beans who have a restroom-related demand. :) (in response to Lordofthelosers01's Let's Play of Trapt) "Who electrifies a throne chair?" The NetHack dev team, for one. (in response to DagaYemar's PMV of Portobello Road from Bedknobs and Broomsticks) Commentator: Ha! Discord's own statue!! You know, technically, according to the lyrics and the images, he just insulted a statue of himself. Me: To be fair, who would be better suited to judge a statue than the subject of said statue? (in response to Musical Hell's review of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) Sin 3.5: At 7:19, there are cacti present in what's ostentibly the Levant, despite cacti being New World plants. (in response to NocturnalOwlie's reaction to Odessa's death in Suikoden)I'm going to still assume that she meant "an ordinary person," because I would hope that no ordinary person, regardless of gender, would want to let a child die.

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Burnley 0-3 Liverpool: Sadio Mane incident is played down by manager Jurgen Klopp

Sadio Mane (right with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp) was later comforted in the away dugout by James Milner and Roberto Firmino

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp played down striker Sadio Mane’s reaction after being substituted in the 3-0 win at Burnley, and then praised his forward line for helping the club achieve a 13-match winning run in the Premier League.

The incident involving the Senegal international occurred in the 85th minute with the Reds 3-0 up. As Mane walked off he made a gesture to the bench and continued to be animated as he sat down, seemingly frustrated at fellow forward Mohamed Salah’s decision not to pass to him in the opposition area moments earlier.

The German boss laughed off the incident, and said: “But it’s good eh? He was upset, it was obvious.

No pre-season for the front three but they still deliver – so far, so good

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp

“Sadio cannot hide his emotions, I like that. But all sorted. We spoke about it and everything is fine.

“We are individuals, we are emotional. It was a situation in a game. What else could have happened? It was not a phone call.”

Mane, Roberto Firmino and a fluke own goal helped the Reds maintain their 100% start to their Premier League campaign.

The Clarets had fought toe-to-toe with last season’s runners-up until the 33rd minute when Trent Alexander-Arnold’s seemingly intended cross to the far post brushed the back of Chris Wood and sailed over the head of the stranded Nick Pope in goal.

Another piece of misfortune occurred soon after the restart. This time Burnley skipper Ben Mee inadvertently found Reds forward Firmino with a short pass; he then found Mane who fired low past Pope.

There were few chances after the break, but Liverpool converted the clearest of them when Firmino fired in from the edge of the area after he was teed up by Salah.

Klopp said he was surprised the league leaders had extended their winning streak, because none of his front three had a full pre-season – both Mane and Salah played at the African Cup of Nations, while Firmino competed at the Copa America.

It was an unfortunate moment for Burnley’s Nick Pope who this week received a recall to the England squad

“If you ask me four weeks ago I wouldn’t expect it would happen,” said Klopp.

“We had a tricky pre-season. No pre-season for the front three but they still deliver. So far, so good.”

His Reds go into the international break with as many points and in the same position as the corresponding period last season.

Burnley, who have now won just two of their past 17 matches against Liverpool in all competitions, drop down to 11th in the table.

Reds forwards make most of limited chances

Burnley 0-3 Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp pleased with Reds’ second ball game

Not too many will begrudge a team like Liverpool the rub of the green now and again.

Up until Wood’s own goal neither full-back Alexander-Arnold nor Andy Robertson had much of a chance to attack down the flanks, as they were both kept busy by Burnley’s Aaron Lennon and Dwight McNeil.

However, the danger posed did not deter Alexander-Arnold from pushing forward at any opportunity, and just after the half-hour mark his latest foray led to the lucky opener. As his cross nestled in the back of the net, the England defender reacted with sheepish pleasure.

There were, though, more lavish scenes of celebrations moments later when Mane sent his angled drive past the Burnley keeper.

Both he and fellow forwards Firmino and Salah were limited to scraps in the match, but when the next opportunity arose after the break they took it.

This time Egyptian Salah made one of his familiar marauding runs forward only to see his progress halted at the edge of the area. However, the cavalry arrived in the form of Firmino, who struck home the third for Liverpool.

Burnley out of luck

Burnley 0-3 Liverpool: Sean Dyche admits Liverpool can ‘hurt any team’

Two errors in two successive games will grate on a Burnley side that prides itself on making the opposition work for their win.

It was Danny Drinkwater’s mistake that led to Sunderland’s equaliser in the 3-1 Carabao Cup midweek defeat, and against the Reds, skipper Mee suffered a rare lapse at the wrong place and against the wrong team.

That was an unfortunate four minutes for the Clarets, who up until the fluke opener looked good as they sparred against the European champions.

They came close to taking an early lead when Wood flashed a shot that Spanish keeper Adrian pushed away. And minutes later, Alexander-Arnold prevented Barnes from an almost-certain fifth of the season when he cut out Aaron Lennon’s ball from the right.

The two first-half goals seemed to knock some of the wind out of Burnley, who failed to put up much of a fight after the break. Had James Tarkowski left a cross for Mee from a second-half corner, the captain might have atoned for his earlier error. And late in the game substitute Jay Rodriguez was denied by keeper Adrian – a sharper Rodriguez might have scored.

Having been competitive in almost three-and-a-half league games, Burnley boss Sean Dyche is unlikely to be too concerned about a second defeat in a matter of days.

Man of the match – Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)

Roberto Firmino was alert to Ben Mee’s error and then got his goal after reading the play of Mohamed Salah – a great forward display

Mane the lucky charm – the stats

Liverpool have won 13 league games in a row for the first time in their history, while they are only the second English top-flight side to win 13 in a row while scoring more than once each time (after Tottenham in 1960).

Liverpool have gone 21 Premier League games without losing (W17 D4 L0); losing just once in their last 43 games in the competition (W35 D7 L1), a 1-2 defeat to Man City in January.

Burnley have picked up just one victory in their last 25 Premier League games against ‘Big Six’ teams (D6 L18), beating Spurs at Turf Moor in February 2019 (2-1).

Liverpool have won three consecutive away games at Burnley for the first time since August 1970 (all competitions) under former boss Bill Shankly.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has won five Premier League games versus Dyche; against no manager has he registered more victories in the competition.

Since the start of the 2016-17 season, Burnley have scored eight own goals in the Premier League; only Bournemouth (nine) have scored more.

Liverpool have not lost any of the last 33 Premier League games in which Mane has found the net (W29 D4 L0).

Since the start of last season, no Liverpool player has scored more goals in all competitions Mane (30 – level with Salah).

Firmino became the first Brazilian to score 50 Premier League goals; he is the ninth player to reach the milestone for Liverpool overall – no other club has had more (level with Manchester United).

What’s next?

Liverpool are at home to Newcastle on Saturday, 14 September (12:30 BST) and Burnley are at Brighton the same day (15:00 BST).

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