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[randomfusilier]

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[iniziare]

Tag drop: Aventurine.

[daisymylove]

Right, so, I'm an acotar hater with all my heart 😍 and don't care for the other sjm books in the least.In fact, it came as no surprise at all that she's a zionist, considering that her beloved ruler not only hoards copious amounts of wealth while his people is segregated, most of them living in poverty, and the marginalized /brown folks being portrayed as inferior, backward brutes and arseholes unworthy of their precious city and time.Did I mention that over half of his people hates him? Fantastic leader 😍👏🏻☺️🥰😘

Anyway I found out recently that there's a crossover between the series, got the context about what nesta did and went to read the extra chapter online to see bat lord's hissy fit first-hand.

Bryce's mom is low key shitty btw, my own mom is far from perfect, but even if she did want to obliterate me, she would never stand by and let some random fucker say that, let alone bad mouth me to said random fucker.Its odd that she seems to stand up more for a boy that she has known for weeks and a woman she just met than her own kid, also I would file for fucking divorce on the spot if my husband had decided to be complicit on a sexist joke about me and our daughter with aforementioned fucker, but I digress

What I did like about her tho was how she handed lavender eyes' ass to him.Someone has to since apparently feyre has been lobotomized and those cult members of the ic murdered Nesta's fighting spirit

And tbh I feel so bad for her, she seems so subdued for nesta's standarts. I wanted to reach for her hand and tell her that 1 if her husband loves counterfeit Batman so much he can go gag on his cock all day, she'll find something better in no time and 2 she'll do it sooner rather than later bc her sister and her are coming with me.If feyrug wants to bring the devilspawn along its fine too

The thing is the average acotar fan is pretty much Sjms trained dog.They'll go along with everything the narrative says, no reading comprehension skills whatsoever.But apparently all characters from CC who have met Rice bowl dislike him and like Nesta, so I am now wondering if she's not planning to reveal later on that Batfae was the villain all along and completely fried Feyre's brain.Again, I don't expect much from a zionist, but its undeniable that it doesn't add up, to the point that I'm wondering if it's the sake person writing the books.I would like someone who actually read the Cc books I would rather lick a McDonald's slider than subject myself to that togive their opinions

[ogdeville]

Clone High Theory:

Many of the clones aren't actually who they think they are, and that's why there's clone 'copies' between S1 and S2. Some of the new ones included.

My examples: Topher Bus, The Freida's, Joan of Arc, and Ghengis Kahn.

1) Topher Bus doesn't look much like Christopher Columbus (CC) did at his age, and there's a difference in core personality traits.

At Topher's age CC was actually quite tall for his era at 5'7. With modern medicine, nutrition, etc- he would likely be equally tall as, or taller, than JFK. (but not as tall as Abe)

CC also didn't become a Brunette until later in his life (only to go pure white at 30) with light colored hair in his youth.

What they do have correct is his curly hair, nose, and skin tone. (CC was described as having a 'Ruddy Pallor' and 'burned easily in the sun. Likely he had some kind of Rosacea. They're both cave dwellers.)

The core personality traits that are different between them:

CCs core personality trait was Greed. he was a self serving person who was superficially charming, good in social situations, and had a lust for wealth and extravagance.

They share self serving behavior, elitism, egoism, superiority-inferiority complexes, and nearly all men back then had mommy issues and Topher definitely does.

However Topher completely lacks social skills, any kind of socially acceptable charm, and while he is self serving he isn't as quick to opportunistic risk. He needs more time to weigh things. He COULD have not attempted to save Abe from continually shooting himself in the foot verbally the first time they met. Why? in order to make a new social pariah, or shift focus off of himself. Make a new public enemy #1, be the first to call him out openly and attempt to make himself look good. Instead his first instinct was to try and save Abe from the same fate he suffered. (Suffered being generous; but they are mentally torturing him with asylums and angry possums so I'm giving him a handicap.)

It wasn't until later he felt he could take a risk on Abe. Both in trying to socialize with him, and in blackmailing- sorry, WHITE LEVERAGING- him. He had to be sure it would work rather than sail across the Atlantic.

His choice in aesthetics (Topher being minimalistic and CC being maximalistic) may be part of him actively distancing himself from CC, but there is also that to consider. He seems to enjoy cramped spaces. Topher's core traits are anxiety, and rage which have led to bitterness. Quite frankly, he's a whiner who doesn't actually want to DO anything, just bitch about it unless the effort it takes is truly minimalistic, or if he can remain anonymous.

It's very possible since CCs remains were moved 3 or 4 times, over long distances, since 1509 when they were moved for the first time from Valladolid to the Monasterio de la Cartuja.

2) There are several clone copies but none more dramatic in change and status than Frida. Why would he clone a duplicate that looked so drastically different? Because the first Frida wasn't the right one. This seems fairly simple.

It is possible that the first Frida he cloned was a Frida Kahlo impersonator and being as scattered as he is- he dug up the impersonator by mistake, only to correct it later with the new batch of clones. Just leaving the old Frida frozen like Ghandi and wiping her from their memories.

Frida had to be a copy by time overlap.

(I can picture a scene of Mr. B very unceremoniously saying 'I told you so' while digging up the correct body.)

3) Joan of Arc was burned at stake. There were no actual physical remains to bury or do anything with at all. The heat would have destroyed everything useable even if she hadn't burned to the bone.

There is no way for Joan to be the actual Joan of Arc. Likely there was a chapel that claimed to have a reliquary or lock of hair belonging to Joan of Arc which was counterfeit and likely belonged to a young woman who simply looked like her.

She also WOULD be hearing voices by now that don't come from a retainer. Joan of Arc was very obviously schizophrenic (assuming she believed she was hearing the voice of God and not just claiming it) Joan is currently at/past the age it would have begun to manifest. So far the only emotional or instability she's shown was in response to aggression, and sleep rejection. Why she didn't want to sleep is a mystery still. She seems to have a lot of mind-body problems like Silly Legs, but not hallucinations or voices. So she may have mental issues, but I don't think they are the same. If she started hearing voices for real shed reject all medication so there's no way she's managing it herself. Likely her clonemother had mental problems which led to further belief that whoever they got the DNA from was Joan. Additionally, quite a few people claimed to be Joan of Arc shortly after her death.

[side note: I don't believe they genetically altered the clones in any purposeful way. Abraham Lincolns signature height, lankiness, large nose, and hands/feet were the result of Marfan Syndrome. Since his appearance is unchanged, it stands that he also has Marfan Syndrome. This means JFK has Addison's Disease as well. So I don't think they 'snipped' that part out if it was present.]

4) Ghengis Kahn wasn't a mouth breathing idiot, he was a savvy military leader able to defeat armies far larger than his own. He would have fucking DOMINATED that maze. Not mention just be... Y'know... Smarter in general. Like I feel as if this doesn't need to be said??? That's not him. No way.

Ghengis Kahn asked to be buried without any sign or markings, though it's generally believed to be somewhere near the sacred Burkahn Khaldun in the Khentii Mountains of Mongolia: which are heavily regulated with even the Soviet Union leaving it undisturbed due to the symbolic importance of the site to the natives of Mongolia.

It is more than likely he cloned a falsified artifact, or had to scramble so hard to avoid the authorities that shoot on sight, he took the first large male body he found.

Summary: considering Scudworths self admitted incompetence when it comes to keeping track of DNA samples. He ended up cloning himself over and over again on accident while trying to clone Wesley bc he couldn't even keep the hairs straight.

I have no doubt in my mind that at least half the Clones in Clone High aren't the right person/ not who they think they are. There might even be some mislabelings or mix ups with switched identities. Mr.B wasn't part of the process until after he made his first batch of clones as we saw him holding Joan's test tube, so he wasn't there to keep Scudworth even somewhat organized.

What are your thoughts?

[vapehk1]

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[stabbingandorbeingstabbed]

ALSO a note on the bags since that's what u initially asked abt i'll put it under a readmore to not clog the dash even more LMAO

okay so the really nice coach bags that will last someone two lifetimes if u take care of them are the ones from the 80s-00s !! i didn't realize this but coach makes a TON of bags for their factory outlet and they're made out of inferior quality materials as snobbish as that sounds and i didn't realize it until i bought one !! it was only $10 so not a great loss but you'll want to look at the listing and make sure there's a pic of the serial number on the imprint on the inside of the bag formatted like XXX-XXXX. the factory outlet ones will normally have an XXX-FXXXX number bc the F notes it's from the outlet :-) there are resources online on how to decode the serial numbers to figure out what year the bag was made and if it's a counterfeit etc this is the one i used !!

Where do u shop for ur bags?!?!? And stuff in general I am in love with all ur fashion finds

oh THANK you !!! well the bags mostly come from ebay or like poshmark? i think u used to be able to luck out and find old ass coach bags at the local goodwill but the reseller game is too fierce these days tbh 🙄 but what u CAN find at goodwill even as a fat person are coats/jackets and shoes like the last two times i went i got two pairs of $200 loafers for like $8 !! most of my actual clothes come from fat friendly places like old navy and weirdly enough jcrew and abercrombie ?? they've really stepped up their game for gals like me but i never buy anything from those places full price bc they're still dummy expensive. abercrombie especially for jeans it's literally one of the only places nearby i can walk into the store and actually try things on that isn't like. torrid lmao. old navy is GREAT for dresses but their sizing is inconsistent as hell like rn im wearing a dress that fits like a glove and it's only an extra large but i tried on a different dress there that was a 3x and it made me look like too much sausage in a little tiny casing so u kinda gotta go in and make sure things work lmaooo. ebay is also good for shoes especially if you have specific ones you don't wanna buy at full price !! i got two pairs of everlane shoes on there that were basically new and would have cost $150 EACH from their website but i got BOTH for less than $80 <3

[hippoinspector]

who’s this freak

a few weeks ago i wasn’t really into mobswitch. i thought it was interesting but i could never really dig my teeth into it. and then last week the thought popped into my head “what if innovator had a fucked up magician thing going on” and i haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since. and now i’m going to share it all with you. thank you to @inkwell-intermission​ for helping me with the magicians outfit and for also developing with me our little mobswitch au. you’re everything to me

(more under cut)

he’s a bit more “off-kilter” (as the mspa wiki calls pi) than pickle inspector, but in a “"fun”" way. he’s sort of like a jester-esque character... classic magician shit. a little bit over the top and enthusiastic about what he does

what he does is, as it says in the job description, magic. he performs at casinos run by the twilight scoundrels doing all sorts of stuff. sometimes people get killed in front of a live audience. its fine!

he has a whole range of abilities that stem from him pretty much being his own patron horrorterror (dpi). he could probably do anything he wanted since he’s pretty much a god, but he doesn’t bother with like. taking over the world or anything because then who would he perform for? that doesn’t sound like very much fun.

he also could be the boss of the scoundrels but he lets scofflaw do it because 1) scoff has enough inferiority issues already so he might as well give him something to do and 2) as stated by eugene, "if he’s busy making phone calls and breaking kneecaps and setting up supply chains and counterfeiting rings and rigging casinos then he has no time to perform or for his pet projects (deadeye)"

did i mention he loves performing? he does. a lot. he wears sleeve garters and keeps his clothing relatively tight because he’s not performing some low-brow sleight-of-hand (in front of an audience at least), he’s performing Real Magic. also he hates cheating and people who cheat at his games. if there’s anything he absolutely does Not do it’s cheating

one of his specialties is changing what’s on the face of a playing card to look like a trap of some sort. (pulls out a card) “is this your card?” and then the person finds themselves in that trap suddenly. maybe like an enclosed water tank that the person is tied  up in and cant get out of and at the last minute they’re suddenly back out of the tank on their feet (before they collapse of course)

sometimes he does acrobatics/trapeze shit at his show just because i think it’s fun

sometimes he’ll goop-ify himself or just start oozing from his eyes or whatever. his whole body can start melting whenever he wants he’s so gross. along this vein he can also distort himself to look like other people (especially whoever it is he’s confronting)

innovator goop is like oil. because of this he is Very Very weak against fire. he cannot get too close to it without risking burning up.

worst part of this is, much like my idea of pickle inspector, innovator is very cold-sensitive. to counteract that on top of wearing very warm clothes during the cold seasons he also insulates his clothes with shadow magic to keep himself warm. usually wears gloves unless it’s warm enough out that he doesn’t need them

nefarious bawd acts as his assistant on occasion during shows. they are both [THIS POST HAS BEEN REMOVED BY THE MODERATORS]

he and deadeye detective are also both [THIS POST HAS BEEN REMOVED BY THE MODERATORS].

im probably forgetting other stuff but Whatever. i hope you guys like my idea of this little freak

[marzipanandminutiae]

I don't go here but can you explain the post about art theft and stuff in the doll community? Niche drama fascinates me

Hoo boy. Gather ye round, friends, and let Marzi tell you a very long tale. A tale of counterfeiting and people being very selective with their definitions of “art theft.”

So BJDs. Ball-Jointed Dolls(TM). For the purposes of modern collecting, these are dolls primarily made of polyurethane resin, strung with elastic cord, customizable, and highly articulated.They stemmed from a combination of anime model kits + the aesthetics and jointing of some 19th-century European dolls, The first ones were made by the Volks company in the 1990s. 

Nowadays there are dozens of legit companies out there, mostly in Japan, South Korea, and China, and even more individual BJD artists all over the world. And that’s not even counting the artists who sell goods and services for BJDs: wigs, clothes, eyes, faceups (basically, the painting on the doll’s face), furniture, accessories, etc. It’s quite a large community at this point. 

These are dolls for adults. They’re usually made in very small batches or to order, and the term “company” can be deceiving. Often, it means something like “12 people in a rented studio in Seoul.” The materials have to be purchased. The artists have to be paid. There are bills and other overhead costs, and the product isn’t something that sells in high volumes. Basically it’s a quality over quantity operation, for most companies, and that means the dolls are expensive. Very basic “budget” BJDs start around $150, and it can get all the way into the thousands for very exclusive, OOAK dolls.

Enter recasters.

Recasting is basically bootlegging BJDs. Plain and simple. Recasters, usually factory owners in countries where production costs can be very low, either buy a legit doll or have it sent to them. They take a cast of the parts and start using the molds to produce copies of the doll. Those copies sell for a fraction of the legit dolls’ prices, because of course it’s easier to just crank out products when you don’t have to go through the development and sculpting processes. And when you can get away with paying your workers peanuts, using inferior materials, spending less time on the finishing work, skirting safety rules, etc.

Obviously, if the market is flooded with cheaper copies of an expensive doll, a lot of people will buy the cheap version without realizing it’s a knock-off. And that can drive legit companies out of business. Recasts, especially in recent years, have gotten VERY good at aping the look and feel of the original doll, so if you don’t know it’s a problem it can be very hard to tell the difference.

Or if you just don’t care.

Because, you see, there are people out there who are totally okay with this. A lot of them claim it’s a “more accessible” way to join the hobby, and that people who are against recasts (commonly called “pro-artist”) are just elitist snobs. Instead of, you know...decent human beings who don’t support art theft.

There are multiple lists of less-expensive legit BJDs out there, that people have taken considerable time and effort to compile. The most common argument from the pro-recast side that I’ve seen about this is basically “Well, if people want a specific higher-end doll, they shouldn’t have to settle for something ‘lesser!’ “ So even though a lot of work has gone into finding the most budget-friendly dolls in the hobby, apparently that’s still elitist. Somehow.

You can probably tell from my tone where I stand on this. I think it’s flatly absurd that people are driving small, artist-run companies or individual artists to bankruptcy because they feel they’re entitled to a certain luxury hobby item. And entitled to it right now, without even saving up or doing a layway.

(So many companies and secondhand sellers have layaways. Most BJD collectors are not rich. I’m banging my head against the wall thinking about just how many ways there are to make this hobby work on a budget that the pro-recast crowd just ignores or shoots down.)

Anyway now there’s the problem that sales pages for recasts tend to dominate generic searches like “BJD for sale,” and people from outside the community often know BJDs are a thing before they understand about recasts. If you see a doll for like $100 and the same doll for like $300 elsewhere, you might pick the cheaper option without stopping to think about it. Because you don’t know you need to think about it.

 Once somebody clues these people in to what they’ve done, there are all too many pro-recast forums and blogs waiting to tell them that pro-artist collectors are just “mean, elitist bullies” and that recasts are totally fine. Which is probably what you’d want to hear if you just got this doll you really like, so people are ready to believe it. And thus the problem continues.

Honestly, it always surprises me a bit how angry I get about recasts. I’m not primarily a BJD collector. My main focus is antique and vintage dolls. I have three resin BJDs, all legit, and I’m mostly in it to have dolls I can actually take places without the risk of damaging a historical artifact.

I just. I hate the idea of artists getting ripped off, and people falling for scams that put them into bad situations because they don’t know any better. And ESPECIALLY other people who think artists’ ability to support themselves doesn’t matter.

So anyway, that’s a very long-winded explanation of the recast issue. Hope it was interesting and informative.

[mystech-master]

F/GO High School/Modern AU BS

Me and @rex101111 have been talking about a modern/HS AU ft. as many Chaldean servants as possible. Here are the ideas we came up with (I am pretty much cut and pasting our message convo, so this is a mixture of both me and Rex's ideas):

Gil is the douchbag Senior everyone hates but his dad owns the school or whatever so he can do whatever he wants. The only decent person who willingly hangs out with him is his childhood friend Enkidu who's hoping he can un-douch his bro. He has kid Gil as his little brother and Caster Gil as his older bro who both agree that he sucks (Gil is the loser middle child of the family), Caster Gil wonders what Enkidu sees in his shit head brother. "He's too good for you." "Blow it out your ass." "One day he's going to wise up, see how much of a shit you are, and when you're all alone don't come crying to me." Caster Gil is in college studying political science, Kid Gil goes to a fancy boarding school. Archer Gil goofs off and throws parties

Scathach is a swimming class teacher, mainly b/c I recall underwater training being a part of Cu's regiment under her tutelage. People were jealous of the Cus for like two seconds when they find out the swim teacher is their mom, then they see her having them do an extra twenty laps and ignoring when OG Cu starts floating in the water. "CU DIED!" "YOU'RE NOT HUMAN!" while Scathach is like "you have two seconds to stop playing around before I ACTUALLY drown you" and he's back to doing laps.

Yeah with 4-5 Cus (if you count Setanta from Arcade) that is like 5 brothers.

Nightingale as school nurse, she is friends with Asclepius who works at a hospital associated with the school (strictly professional, but the students think otherwise).

Side note, keep in mind you can have multiple servants be the same type of teacher, just for different classes/grades.

King Hassan is the old Religious History teacher. Every one thinks he's older then the rock is the school is made out of. He has a scary face and a scarier voice but most students consider him the most fair and patient teacher in the whole school. He always gets a lot of food gifts before Ramadan form the students. (A few students, such as the Guda twins and Mash, call him gramps.) The other Hassans are his grandkids, like actual grandkids. He's super strict with them because he expects a lot from them. He always praises them when they do well though. He made sure they ALL got into his class and they've been living in fear ever since. They love their grandpa but by Allah they know not to disappoint him. The only one to ever get out of anything is kid Hassan (one of the hundred face). Cursed Arm is oldest, then Asako (the main hundred face), then Serenity.

"I am very disappointed in ALL of you, have you all lost your heads? I swear I-*to kid Hassan*-ah no Habibi not you you're fine here have a candy-*back to the rest*-I KNOW you're better than this!"

VERY traditional guy, Cursed Arm mutters "Oh for God's sake" while doing a pop quiz and King Hassan looms over him and growls, "No Blaspheming In This Class Room"

For the various Artoria/Arturias, I imagined Lancer and Lancer Alter being sisters, so Saber Alter is a cousin. That leaves everyone else to just be sisters with one brother. Mother Lartoria owns a casino and gas her own yacht in reference to the summer event where she became a Ruler. If you want MHX could be a part of the family as a massive fucking Star Wars nerd. MHXX and MHX Alter are her mom and sister (so MHXX is a third sister for the two Lancer Artorias)

For Irisviel, I remember in one of the Nero Fest things that she was called Therapist Iri. Maybe she starts to get into that b/c she wants to help her adoptive son Shirou (instead of a big fire like in Zero it can be an orphanage fire thing, similar situation but a much smaller scale) , so she is the school therapist/psychiatrist. Like Maruki in P5 Royal.

Iskandar died in his 30s, Waver is around his 30s as Lord El Melloi II. The two are old college friends who still hang out and Alexander is Iskandar’s kid.

If you guys want you can see this as the two being gay dads since I know that ship is popular.

Fran had an abusive father before Babbage and Moriarty got involved. In the og story, Frankenstien has a scientific mindset like his creator, here Fran has a talent in the field, but she also hates it b/c it reminds her of him. Like imagine being talented at the thing your abusive parent was good at/known for. Moriarty tried to get it into her that SHE'S the one with the talent, not her college dropout bum of a father, "From you tell me of him Victor couldn't engineer his way out of an argument with a cat, you have a magnificent mind my dear, not letting it flourish to spite him would be a horrible waste...it's your talent, your skill. Not his." He smiles that smile she loves that scares every one but she knows he only smiles like that when he is absolutely convinced of something, "and you can out perform him without breaking a sweat."

Moriarty teaches Fran sign language while Babbage teaches her some engineering.

Jekyll is going for a major in medicine with a minor in law (in the actual irl story Dr. Jekyll was a doctor in medicine and law).

For science associated servants, you got da Vinci, Babbage, Edison, and Tesla as possible science teachers.

The Jeanne sisters. Without the Avenger BS, the reason Jalter (or Joan as one series of fics calls her) could hate her here is just inferiority complex and being compared to her perfect saint big sister all her life. Joan does have her talents, based on the summer event an, but again she doesn't acknowledge her own talent b/c of her always being compared to her older sister., in the 7 counterfeit events she is a really good artist. And it is the typical thing of Jeanne actually being scared out of her wits of being less than perfect because of all the expectations thrust on her. She gets one A- and runs to the bathroom crying and Joan has to swallow her pride and actually have a conversation with her sister for the first time in years. Jeanne Alter lily puts up Christmas decorations super early, much to Jeanne Alter/Joan's displeasure.

"IT JUST TURNED NOVEMBER CHILL TF OUT!"

"CHRISTMAS!"

Martha is Jeanne's BF since middle school and has this HUGE dog that scares everyone and growls at anyone expect Martha and Jeanne. She calls him Terry.

Rex loves Penthesilea. and we talked at length about the situation between her and Achilles. Can you not tell that he likes a woman who can kick his ass *gestures to all of his Baiken posts*

Rex's idea: I think they had a fight when they were little and Achilles, being a little shit back then, made fun of her for being a girl, and Penth has been sore about it ever since. She keeps running into big misogynistic meatheads that reminded her of that and she just got angrier over the years. She's a wrestler and can knock out just about every dude in school by herself. Achilles is very regretful about back then and wants to apologize but Penth ain't having any of it.

My idea: I thought they were on opposing HS sports teams and when Achilles handed her ass to her he forgot to drink his respect women juice and then Penth got all pissed.

In this AU, Penth and Hippolyta's dad was a general who taught them how to kick the ass of men twice their size since they were seven or something.

Penth surprises everyone when a festival comes up and she gets picked to be the one to organize everything...and does a spectacular job. Another surprise is that she plans on being a business major when she goes to college (Obligatory Amazoness CEO jokes)

Bedivere is the Arturia Pendragon family butler with a prosthetic arm. He's also the security guard, last guy that tried to steal something or cause trouble got slapped right out of the window he sneaked in from.

Francis Drake and Artoria Alter Lancer are work friends (referencing them both being associated with the Wild Hunt in F/GO's lore).

Beni-Enma is the short and shorter tempered lunch lady, last kid who mouthed off at her during lunch got smacked upside the head with her spoon. She's sweet, but if you're in detention and have to help her in the kitchen she's a mini Gorden Ramsey, "IT'S RAW DECHI!!!" She can also come into the home EC class where Shirou is her best student. Also her roasting of the other girls like in her quest. Getting Fs in Beni's class is the worst, because it isn't just an F, it's a meticulous dressing down of exactly why letting into a kitchen should be considered a war crime, dechi.

The three Avenger Nobus are three different people. 1st Ascension is basically Archer Nobu, then you got Oda Kipposhi, and then the mom is Ascension 3 with Demon King Nobunaga. The youngest Ascension 1 Nobu is a musician. Demon King Nobu is one of those "super scary but also super polite people that only makes them scarier" type, basically a female koei Nobunaga from samurai warriors (check out some cutscenes form the games with him, he's a treat).

Imagine Demon King Nobu mom in a business suit.

Suzuka Gozen and Sei Shonagon are the textaholics who always talk in slang to the point of it sounding like they speak a different language. Murasaki is the librarian but Sei is like that ONE student who just makes her job so much harder.

Every week it's "No phones in the library Miss Shonagon." while Sei rolls her eyes and types out twitter post like "fugly ol librarian at my school needs a life lol"

Oui Katsushika is a gifted art student, and her dad (not a floating little octopus), is just a normal dude with a squid/octopus like beard. She's the teacher's pet in De Vinci's art class.

Eresh and Ishtar come from a rich family, Ereshkigal is the older sister so she had a shit load of responsibility to take over the family business while Ishtar basically gets to party her life away. Rin is the cousin they each try and swing their way. Eresh wants Rin to keep up her studies and get into a good university, Ishtar wants Rin to loosen the fuck up and admit that she likes that scrawny Emiya kid already.

BB is the host of a talk show downtown so she is kind of an absentee mom. Meltryllis has prosthetic legs that she specifically asked to be made into stilts b/c she wanted to be taller, and Passonlip has a massive rack that makes life difficult (either people staring, people assuming she's gonna be a home wrecker b/c said staring must be intentional, etc.), and of course he also has prosthetic arms to match her canon claws, obviously not as massive.

Hijikata is a very serious police officer but his wife Carmilla just uses this to have fun in the bedroom. They have two Dobermans. Hijikata's route has him patrolling near the school so most of the kids know as that scary police dude that has a picture of his wife in his pocket. One day a famous Idol called Eli-chan~ (yes spelled with the ~) is about to perform in the town and the kids can't stop talking about her, so Hijikata overhears. But, being the serious dude he is he shrugs it off until he sees a picture of this "Eli-chan~" and realizes it's his sister-in-law that came to visit and suddenly the influx of parasitic paparazzi near his house start making sense.

Carmilla: "Now you see why I hate them?", Hijikata: "No you cannot send the dogs after them honey."

She almost ran one of them over in her, very expensive, car and when that reporter says she should be locked up Hijikata corrects that would only happen if she had hit him...and she would be fined. For littering.

Okita Alter being Hijikata's partner, while Okita is her younger sister who's looked up to Hijikata since she was a little kid but she has asthma and such so she's afraid she might not get accepted.

Sigurd owns a metalworks shop (referencing his myth where he was raised by the dwarf Reginn), he met his wife Brynhildr when she was disowned by her overly controlling father.

Ozymandias, Nitocris, and Cleopatra are all the high board members of a company. Nitocris specifically got wind of Scheherazade's abusive husband situation and after getting said husband arrested, she offered Scheherazade a job.

Atalanta is a college student/TA who worked with Achilles' dad who ends up at their HS for a program or something, Achilles' dad has told him a lot about her.

Amakusa Shirou is an uncle married to the CEO of Babylon Gardens Pharmaceuticals, Semiramis. Semiramis herself is kinda chill if REALLY scary. She had to be pretty cutthroat to get to her position in the company, but Amakusa Shirou helped her mellow out, but she is still a massive tsundere.

"You know you COULD poison their lunch." "Semi, dear, I'm not going to poison my coworker's sandwich for being an ass." "It wouldn't kill them! Just a bit in their peanut better and they'll be stuck on the toilet for a week, no harm no foul."

Rex initially said Taiga would be an overly enthusiastic gym teacher but then I remembered that she was a homeroom/English teacher in Fate canon, but either or can do if you wanna be unique.

For Quetzalcoatl, Wrestling club supervisor when she isn't the senior year gym teacher. Some of the male students laughed that they didn't think a woman would know anything about wrestling. Two piledrives later, the students have earned a new appreciation for the importance on how not to be two pieces of shit. She's big on Lucha as in canon and during Halloween she gets JAGUARMAN to have an exhibition fight with her. They make a show of it but later on Taiga admits that Quatz could have CRUSHED her if they were actually fighting. She takes the wrestling club out for homemade Mexican food after tournaments

For Siduri, there's a bunch of rumors she's dating Caster Gil but it's strictly professional, Caster respects her too much to consider that. Archer Gil hits on her relentlessly, she manages to wound his ego more severely then anyone else simply by being unfailingly polite in her rejections and treating him like what he is, a teenage punk jumping higher than he can handle to land.

Ibaraki is Shuten's adoptive little sister after she was taken from an abusive mother, hence why Ibaraki looks up to her. Ibuki is either Shuten's big sister who had to take on a guardian role, or just her mom. Shuten and Ibuki have a bit of a strained relationship because Shuten saw the way Ibuki acted as they grew up, taking more and more responsibilities onto herself and refusing any distractions. And she decided that her biggest nightmare is to wake up one morning and realize she's turned into Ibuki so she tries to do everything to avoid that, hence their relationship not being the best. Ibaraki is kinda stuck in the middle because she wants to side with Shuten but she sees where Ibuki is coming from. Messy.

Caren is still Kotomine’s daughter, but he isn’t a good dad and in rebellion she sleeps around despite being a woman of god. Including sleeping with local punk Angra Mainyu. Angra Mainyu seems like a bad guy but he has a shit load of issues due to being blamed for everything going wrong in his old town, eventually coming to believe them and thinking he will cause nothing but problems. Caren banging him gives him a type of closeness he’s never felt, but under very warped circumstances.

For the Tamamo family, Vitch totally fucked her way up a corporate ladder or something, imagined Tamamo Cat working at a Cat Cafe if she were a Student. Tamamo no Mae accidentally fed her prev BF a food he was allergic too, and that kind of haunted her and scared her rep. IDK basically she seriously fucked up a previous relationship, either on purpose or accidentally, and that kind of hurts her deeply so she wants to start over with Hakuno.

Nero and Tamamo no Mae are rivals over this one guy.

Kiichi Hougen is the adoptive mom, Benkei is the family friend/uncle, Taira is Ushiwaka's older sister. Taira isn't on the best of terms with her family, some drama way back caused a rift and nowadays Ushi is the only one who's willing to talk to her and visit. Benkei never lets her go alone because he doesn't trust Taira one bit. Taira and Ushiwaka are Kintoki and Tomoe's cousins (I say Tomoe b/c apparently her husband and Ushiwaka were half cousins, with their grandpa having kids with their grandmas. I tried to make a whole family tree out of a few servants).

These are the ideas we had the most to talk about, if you guys have any suggestions for your fav servants in this AU, let either me or Rex know. Or just reblog and say them here. Who knows maybe you have a much better idea for a Servant we already mentioned.

[binsofchaos]

Toni Morrison | Nobel Lecture December 7, 1993

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.

“Once upon a time there was an old woman. Blind but wise.” Or was it an old man? A guru, perhaps. Or a griot soothing restless children. I have heard this story, or one exactly like it, in the lore of several cultures.

“Once upon a time there was an old woman. Blind. Wise.”

In the version I know the woman is the daughter of slaves, black, American, and lives alone in a small house outside of town. Her reputation for wisdom is without peer and without question. Among her people she is both the law and its transgression. The honor she is paid and the awe in which she is held reach beyond her neighborhood to places far away; to the city where the intelligence of rural prophets is the source of much amusement.

One day the woman is visited by some young people who seem to be bent on disproving her clairvoyance and showing her up for the fraud they believe she is. Their plan is simple: they enter her house and ask the one question the answer to which rides solely on her difference from them, a difference they regard as a profound disability: her blindness. They stand before her, and one of them says, “Old woman, I hold in my hand a bird. Tell me whether it is living or dead.”

She does not answer, and the question is repeated. “Is the bird I am holding living or dead?”

Still she doesn’t answer. She is blind and cannot see her visitors, let alone what is in their hands. She does not know their color, gender or homeland. She only knows their motive.

The old woman’s silence is so long, the young people have trouble holding their laughter.

Finally she speaks and her voice is soft but stern. “I don’t know”, she says. “I don’t know whether the bird you are holding is dead or alive, but what I do know is that it is in your hands. It is in your hands.”

Her answer can be taken to mean: if it is dead, you have either found it that way or you have killed it. If it is alive, you can still kill it. Whether it is to stay alive, it is your decision. Whatever the case, it is your responsibility.

For parading their power and her helplessness, the young visitors are reprimanded, told they are responsible not only for the act of mockery but also for the small bundle of life sacrificed to achieve its aims. The blind woman shifts attention away from assertions of power to the instrument through which that power is exercised.

Speculation on what (other than its own frail body) that bird-in-the-hand might signify has always been attractive to me, but especially so now thinking, as I have been, about the work I do that has brought me to this company. So I choose to read the bird as language and the woman as a practiced writer. She is worried about how the language she dreams in, given to her at birth, is handled, put into service, even withheld from her for certain nefarious purposes. Being a writer she thinks of language partly as a system, partly as a living thing over which one has control, but mostly as agency – as an act with consequences. So the question the children put to her: “Is it living or dead?” is not unreal because she thinks of language as susceptible to death, erasure; certainly imperiled and salvageable only by an effort of the will. She believes that if the bird in the hands of her visitors is dead the custodians are responsible for the corpse. For her a dead language is not only one no longer spoken or written, it is unyielding language content to admire its own paralysis. Like statist language, censored and censoring. Ruthless in its policing duties, it has no desire or purpose other than maintaining the free range of its own narcotic narcissism, its own exclusivity and dominance. However moribund, it is not without effect for it actively thwarts the intellect, stalls conscience, suppresses human potential. Unreceptive to interrogation, it cannot form or tolerate new ideas, shape other thoughts, tell another story, fill baffling silences. Official language smitheryed to sanction ignorance and preserve privilege is a suit of armor polished to shocking glitter, a husk from which the knight departed long ago. Yet there it is: dumb, predatory, sentimental. Exciting reverence in schoolchildren, providing shelter for despots, summoning false memories of stability, harmony among the public.

She is convinced that when language dies, out of carelessness, disuse, indifference and absence of esteem, or killed by fiat, not only she herself, but all users and makers are accountable for its demise. In her country children have bitten their tongues off and use bullets instead to iterate the voice of speechlessness, of disabled and disabling language, of language adults have abandoned altogether as a device for grappling with meaning, providing guidance, or expressing love. But she knows tongue-suicide is not only the choice of children. It is common among the infantile heads of state and power merchants whose evacuated language leaves them with no access to what is left of their human instincts for they speak only to those who obey, or in order to force obedience.

The systematic looting of language can be recognized by the tendency of its users to forgo its nuanced, complex, mid-wifery properties for menace and subjugation. Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge. Whether it is obscuring state language or the faux-language of mindless media; whether it is the proud but calcified language of the academy or the commodity driven language of science; whether it is the malign language of law-without-ethics, or language designed for the estrangement of minorities, hiding its racist plunder in its literary cheek – it must be rejected, altered and exposed. It is the language that drinks blood, laps vulnerabilities, tucks its fascist boots under crinolines of respectability and patriotism as it moves relentlessly toward the bottom line and the bottomed-out mind. Sexist language, racist language, theistic language – all are typical of the policing languages of mastery, and cannot, do not permit new knowledge or encourage the mutual exchange of ideas.

The old woman is keenly aware that no intellectual mercenary, nor insatiable dictator, no paid-for politician or demagogue; no counterfeit journalist would be persuaded by her thoughts. There is and will be rousing language to keep citizens armed and arming; slaughtered and slaughtering in the malls, courthouses, post offices, playgrounds, bedrooms and boulevards; stirring, memorializing language to mask the pity and waste of needless death. There will be more diplomatic language to countenance rape, torture, assassination. There is and will be more seductive, mutant language designed to throttle women, to pack their throats like paté-producing geese with their own unsayable, transgressive words; there will be more of the language of surveillance disguised as research; of politics and history calculated to render the suffering of millions mute; language glamorized to thrill the dissatisfied and bereft into assaulting their neighbors; arrogant pseudo-empirical language crafted to lock creative people into cages of inferiority and hopelessness.

Underneath the eloquence, the glamor, the scholarly associations, however stirring or seductive, the heart of such language is languishing, or perhaps not beating at all – if the bird is already dead.

She has thought about what could have been the intellectual history of any discipline if it had not insisted upon, or been forced into, the waste of time and life that rationalizations for and representations of dominance required – lethal discourses of exclusion blocking access to cognition for both the excluder and the excluded.

The conventional wisdom of the Tower of Babel story is that the collapse was a misfortune. That it was the distraction, or the weight of many languages that precipitated the tower’s failed architecture. That one monolithic language would have expedited the building and heaven would have been reached. Whose heaven, she wonders? And what kind? Perhaps the achievement of Paradise was premature, a little hasty if no one could take the time to understand other languages, other views, other narratives period. Had they, the heaven they imagined might have been found at their feet. Complicated, demanding, yes, but a view of heaven as life; not heaven as post-life.

She would not want to leave her young visitors with the impression that language should be forced to stay alive merely to be. The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers. Although its poise is sometimes in displacing experience it is not a substitute for it. It arcs toward the place where meaning may lie. When a President of the United States thought about the graveyard his country had become, and said, “The world will little note nor long remember what we say here. But it will never forget what they did here,” his simple words are exhilarating in their life-sustaining properties because they refused to encapsulate the reality of 600, 000 dead men in a cataclysmic race war. Refusing to monumentalize, disdaining the “final word”, the precise “summing up”, acknowledging their “poor power to add or detract”, his words signal deference to the uncapturability of the life it mourns. It is the deference that moves her, that recognition that language can never live up to life once and for all. Nor should it. Language can never “pin down” slavery, genocide, war. Nor should it yearn for the arrogance to be able to do so. Its force, its felicity is in its reach toward the ineffable.

Be it grand or slender, burrowing, blasting, or refusing to sanctify; whether it laughs out loud or is a cry without an alphabet, the choice word, the chosen silence, unmolested language surges toward knowledge, not its destruction. But who does not know of literature banned because it is interrogative; discredited because it is critical; erased because alternate? And how many are outraged by the thought of a self-ravaged tongue?

Word-work is sublime, she thinks, because it is generative; it makes meaning that secures our difference, our human difference – the way in which we are like no other life.

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.

“Once upon a time, …” visitors ask an old woman a question. Who are they, these children? What did they make of that encounter? What did they hear in those final words: “The bird is in your hands”? A sentence that gestures towards possibility or one that drops a latch? Perhaps what the children heard was “It’s not my problem. I am old, female, black, blind. What wisdom I have now is in knowing I cannot help you. The future of language is yours.”

They stand there. Suppose nothing was in their hands? Suppose the visit was only a ruse, a trick to get to be spoken to, taken seriously as they have not been before? A chance to interrupt, to violate the adult world, its miasma of discourse about them, for them, but never to them? Urgent questions are at stake, including the one they have asked: “Is the bird we hold living or dead?” Perhaps the question meant: “Could someone tell us what is life? What is death?” No trick at all; no silliness. A straightforward question worthy of the attention of a wise one. An old one. And if the old and wise who have lived life and faced death cannot describe either, who can?

But she does not; she keeps her secret; her good opinion of herself; her gnomic pronouncements; her art without commitment. She keeps her distance, enforces it and retreats into the singularity of isolation, in sophisticated, privileged space.

Nothing, no word follows her declaration of transfer. That silence is deep, deeper than the meaning available in the words she has spoken. It shivers, this silence, and the children, annoyed, fill it with language invented on the spot.

“Is there no speech,” they ask her, “no words you can give us that helps us break through your dossier of failures? Through the education you have just given us that is no education at all because we are paying close attention to what you have done as well as to what you have said? To the barrier you have erected between generosity and wisdom?

“We have no bird in our hands, living or dead. We have only you and our important question. Is the nothing in our hands something you could not bear to contemplate, to even guess? Don’t you remember being young when language was magic without meaning? When what you could say, could not mean? When the invisible was what imagination strove to see? When questions and demands for answers burned so brightly you trembled with fury at not knowing?

“Do we have to begin consciousness with a battle heroines and heroes like you have already fought and lost leaving us with nothing in our hands except what you have imagined is there? Your answer is artful, but its artfulness embarrasses us and ought to embarrass you. Your answer is indecent in its self-congratulation. A made-for-television script that makes no sense if there is nothing in our hands.

“Why didn’t you reach out, touch us with your soft fingers, delay the sound bite, the lesson, until you knew who we were? Did you so despise our trick, our modus operandi you could not see that we were baffled about how to get your attention? We are young. Unripe. We have heard all our short lives that we have to be responsible. What could that possibly mean in the catastrophe this world has become; where, as a poet said, “nothing needs to be exposed since it is already barefaced.” Our inheritance is an affront. You want us to have your old, blank eyes and see only cruelty and mediocrity. Do you think we are stupid enough to perjure ourselves again and again with the fiction of nationhood? How dare you talk to us of duty when we stand waist deep in the toxin of your past?

“You trivialize us and trivialize the bird that is not in our hands. Is there no context for our lives? No song, no literature, no poem full of vitamins, no history connected to experience that you can pass along to help us start strong? You are an adult. The old one, the wise one. Stop thinking about saving your face. Think of our lives and tell us your particularized world. Make up a story. Narrative is radical, creating us at the very moment it is being created. We will not blame you if your reach exceeds your grasp; if love so ignites your words they go down in flames and nothing is left but their scald. Or if, with the reticence of a surgeon’s hands, your words suture only the places where blood might flow. We know you can never do it properly – once and for all. Passion is never enough; neither is skill. But try. For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don’t tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief s wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear’s caul. You, old woman, blessed with blindness, can speak the language that tells us what only language can: how to see without pictures. Language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names. Language alone is meditation.

“Tell us what it is to be a woman so that we may know what it is to be a man. What moves at the margin. What it is to have no home in this place. To be set adrift from the one you knew. What it is to live at the edge of towns that cannot bear your company.

“Tell us about ships turned away from shorelines at Easter, placenta in a field. Tell us about a wagonload of slaves, how they sang so softly their breath was indistinguishable from the falling snow. How they knew from the hunch of the nearest shoulder that the next stop would be their last. How, with hands prayered in their sex, they thought of heat, then sun. Lifting their faces as though it was there for the taking. Turning as though there for the taking. They stop at an inn. The driver and his mate go in with the lamp leaving them humming in the dark. The horse’s void steams into the snow beneath its hooves and its hiss and melt are the envy of the freezing slaves.

“The inn door opens: a girl and a boy step away from its light. They climb into the wagon bed. The boy will have a gun in three years, but now he carries a lamp and a jug of warm cider. They pass it from mouth to mouth. The girl offers bread, pieces of meat and something more: a glance into the eyes of the one she serves. One helping for each man, two for each woman. And a look. They look back. The next stop will be their last. But not this one. This one is warmed.”

It’s quiet again when the children finish speaking, until the woman breaks into the silence.

“Finally”, she says, “I trust you now. I trust you with the bird that is not in your hands because you have truly caught it. Look. How lovely it is, this thing we have done – together.”

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/books/best-toni-morrison-books.html

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[ERS] Expose His Heart ～ Theodorus

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Upon touching Theo, you’ve somehow gained the ability to read his mind?! The sweetness the lies underneath his ordinarily sadistic face leaves your heart pounding all day....

The moment you touch upon the emotions hidden in Theo’s heart, is the moment you come to understand a deep, deep love.

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[This is an unofficial work based on fan-translation. Copyright belongs to Cybird.]

Warning: Spoilers Underneath.

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The next morning, MC found herself wrapped in Theo’s embrace as she recalls how she fell asleep in his room after helping him out with his job. After greeting Theo a good morning, MC felt elated about having the chance to talk to her loved one the moment she wakes up and the couple shares a kiss.

Theodorus: Cute again today, huh…

MC: Eh?!

Theodorus: What, why are you being so loud for?

MC: Well, because you said something strange.

Theodorus: Huh...? I don’t remember saying anything weird.

MC was confused because she could have sworn she heard Theo say she looked cute just moments ago but she brushed it off as soon as he saw the suspicious look on his face, saying she was probably still half asleep.

The two then head towards the dining room for breakfast and while MC was handing Theo a bottle of syrup, their fingers touched and she suddenly heard him mutter how the syrup smelled really good and that he’d use the whole bottle for his pancakes prompting MC to exclaim how that’s too much.

Theo was in shock and Arthur entered the room asking why MC was shouting all of a sudden. She explained what happened which made Theo confused because he hasn’t even poured it yet. Noticing that the plate of pancakes indeed did not have a single drop of syrup, MC blurted out a reminder for him not to consume too many sweets and in order to escape Theo’s gaze, MC hurriedly went to the kitchen after eating. 

MC recalled the events that happened in the morning and ended up with the realization that she can read other people’s hearts through touch and she couldn’t believe it at first thinking it was something straight out of fiction so she had to double-check if she was right when Vincent appeared asking if anything happened. 

She asks Vincent if he’s seen Theo around, saying she was looking for him but she can’t seem to find him anywhere. Vincent tells her he hasn’t seen his brother yet and MC thinks about how it’s unfortunate she can’t find Theo when she wanted to confirm her suspicions about the strange incidents that occur whenever they touch.

MC then decides to test it out on Vincent first, asking him if he could shake her hand. The painter extended his hand without question and MC held it with her own. Immediately noticing that she couldn’t hear anything, she asked him what he was thinking about right now and Vincent answered saying that he was wondering why they had to shake hands and that her hands are really soft.

As Vincent smiles at her, MC realizes how embarrassing the situation actually is and was beginning to think that her ability to read other people’s heart was just her imagination when she heard Theo’s voice asking what they were doing.

MC explained saying she just wanted to shake hands with Vincent before noticing that their hands were still entangled so she hurriedly let go. However, Theo was still confused and told her not to disturb his brother. To MC’s surprise, he started patting her head the way he usually does when she suddenly heard Theo’s voice in her mind.

Theodorus: Holding hands… seems like they’re in quite a good mood. I wonder, huh.

Theodorus: Even if it’s to Vincent… I won’t give MC up. 

Realizing that Theo feels jealous of his brother, MC felt bad she made him feel that way so she blurted out that the only person she likes is him which left Theo confused as to why she was saying that all of a sudden and MC told him she just felt like telling him that at the moment.

Vincent: Wow... Theo is really loved. I’m glad to have a cute sister like MC.

Theo then asked if she was going to start calling Vincent, “brother” too and MC caught another glimpse of his thoughts when the art dealer started thinking how it was a bit complicated to think of someone else other than him calling Vincent that even if that person was MC.

Upon hearing this and realizing that Theo was beginning to get jealous of her as well, MC started laughing out loud shocking both brothers, the younger one asking what’s the matter with her.

Later on, while Theo and MC were about to head out into town to deliver two of Vincent’s paintings, her head was preoccupied with the thought that her wish did come true but it didn’t feel right to peek into Theo’s heart without him knowing. 

She started slowing down her pace and distancing herself from him in order not to touch him but MC was worried about what would happen if this would last forever. Suddenly Theo called out to her before he pulled her out of the way of a moving carriage.

Theodorus: What are you doing? Be careful.

MC: I-I’m sorry.

Theodorus: That was dangerous. What if you were injured?

As they were still holding hands, MC could hear how worried Theo is about her since she’s been acting really strange since the day started and although it was nice to know what he really feels, she feels even more conflicted about the situation.

MC thinks about how Theo keeps calling her “hondje” but today he’s acting more like a watchdog himself and imagining that in her mind made her smile a bit which prompted the art dealer to ask what she was grinning about before he pats her head again. While MC was complaining about the gesture messing up her hair, Theo exclaimed that she won’t look different from usual.

Theodorus: She’s finally back to normal.

Once MC heard that from Theo’s heart, she realizes he was messing with her on purpose because he was worried about her unusual behavior and getting a glimpse of his hidden gentle side made her feel touched.

(He might be mean to me sometimes but I know it’s to hide his true feelings.)

Theodorus: MC, a smile suits you but I can’t get enough of your angry face either. It makes me want to force you into submission...

(....I take it back. A Do-S is who he truly is.)

Theodorus: I want to tease you more... I want to kiss you. 

MC: Y-you can’t do that on the street!

Theo was surprised by her sudden outburst, exclaiming it was as if she could read his heart and MC got nervous since she didn’t know how to explain to him that she did just what he was accusing her of. 

MC hurriedly tried to change the subject by saying they’re getting in the way of other people. Although Theo didn’t look quite convinced, the two then continued on to the first client. 

Once they arrived at their destination, the Marquess was pleased with Vincent’s painting and briefly left the couple in the room to grab the other works he has purchased for his art collection because he wanted to show them to Theo. 

While the two were alone, MC noticed how Theo seemed uneasy but when she asked him about it, the art dealer simply said it was nothing. before she could say anything further, the Marquess returned to the room. 

Inwardly apologizing to Theo, MC gently touched his arm to know what was bothering and apparently, the next appointment was coming up really soon and despite knowing how talkative the Marquess can get, Theo couldn’t bring himself to deny the request. 

MC thought that Theo really treated his clients well. He also tends to carry his problems and worries on his own, making her wish Theo relied on her more so she volunteered to go deliver the painting to the next client in his place.

At first, Theo was reluctant to let her go by herself but she assured him that it’ll be fine. However, when MC arrived at the appointment, she found out that the noble didn’t want to buy the painting anymore stating that his mother mentioned that it wasn’t good enough to be displayed at such a high-class residence when it isn’t recognized by the Academy of Arts.

MC is upset since she felt like the brothers were being ridiculed and told the noble that a painting’s worth shouldn’t only be determined by the Academy. Suddenly the man started propositioning her by saying that he’ll buy the painting if MC can help change his mind by joining him in his bed.

—

Sweet End:

When our feelings are conveyed, we once again come to know each other a little better....

“...If your heart belongs to me, my heart is yours.”

��

Remembering how Theo wanted to change the art world, MC knew he would stand up to any absurdity and as the man’s hand was about to touch her cheek, MC pushes it away while telling him off saying he doesn’t need to buy the picture if he’s only going to get it with ill intentions. She also pointed out how the painting deserved to be bought by a person that will appreciate it for the beauty and the feeling it depicts.

The noble then calls off the deal and dismissed Vincent’s painting as well as MC but that was when Theo came in, standing in front of MC with a smile on his face while insulting the man saying that his words make him sound inferior. Taken aback, the noble tells Theo how someone of his standing can be considered inferior.

Theodorus: Oh, that’s right. Blinded by power, you look down at painters and their works. You simply either don’t have any taste or can’t appreciate fine art.

Theodorus: I can’t find a painting to sell to a lower rank like you.

The art dealer starts walking around the hall while ignoring the angry noble who was complaining about how a commoner could be so rude to someone like him. However, Theo interrupted him and said 90% of the paintings displayed are counterfeit. 

The man stood still in shock and while he was looking all confused by what he learned, the couple then decided it was time to leave the mansion. During their walk back, MC notices how heavy the air seemed like since Theo has been quiet ever since they left. 

When they reached an empty alleyway, Theo suddenly hugged MC tightly before apologizing for letting her go alone saying he should’ve been more careful. As they were touching, MC could hear his thoughts and how he was currently thinking about what the noble could’ve done to her if he didn’t arrive in time. 

Theodorus: Damn it... I’m a fool for putting my precious woman at risk. 

Hearing how worried Theo has been, MC didn’t want him to put the blame on himself and reassured him that it’s touching to see how worried he’s been. Deep inside, MC realizes Theo probably worries about her all the time. 

MC: ...I love you, Theo. I love you with all my heart. 

Theodorus: With all your heart, hm... does that mean, your heart belongs to me?

MC says it’s embarrassing to repeat again while Theo teases her, telling her to show him her shy face and grabs her by the chin to bring MC’s face closer to his so they can kiss. 

Theodorus: ...If your heart belongs to me, my heart is yours, MC. 

Theodorus: For a long time, it’s only been yours...—.

At that moment, MC felt how genuine his words were that she couldn’t help but smile. Theo points out how she could be flustered one moment and be happy the next. Not to mention how she’s been reading his heart all day. 

When she heard the last part, MC felt her heart leap and wondered if he found out about her power. Until Theo mentioned it was like she was voicing out what was in his own heart when she defended Vincent’s painting to the noble. 

MC revealed at that time she was thinking what Theo would’ve done if he were in her place and the words formed naturally. Theo understood MC wanted to preserve the value of the artwork and with a gentle smile on his face, he pats her head once again. 

Theodorus: ...Thank you. You’ve become a great art dealer. 

MC was happy she was able to help Theo and protect the things that were important to the two of them and without using her power, her heart was able to connect with Theo’s. Suddenly realizing that she doesn’t seem to be able to read his heart anymore despite touching one another, MC concludes that it was probably because they don’t need it anymore now that their hearts are closer together.

Theodorus: Hey, MC. You can’t really read my heart... Right?

MC: Haha, I wonder?

Laughing mischievously, MC simply entwines her fingers with Theo’s.

—

Premium End

His truest thoughts, delivered directly from his heart to yours....

“If it means I won’t be able to touch you anymore, then I don’t care if you can read my mind —”

From where your skin overlaps, love continues to endlessly overflow —.

—

The man taunted MC and asked her what she’s going to do while his hand reached towards her. At that moment, MC was thinking about what would Theo do when she suddenly felt her body being pulled back.

Theodorus: —Don’t lay a single finger on MC!

MC: ...Theo!

Theodorus: Hey, brat. This painting isn’t here to satisfy your vulgar desires.

Recognizing Theo as the art dealer who was in charge of the solo exhibition, the noble starts going off about how a painting not recognized by the Academy of Art is considered a waste. But Theo stood his ground saying most of the people in charge of the Academy are just taking advantage of their authority and have nothing to do with the artists and the value of their works.

Theodorus: Art should be without prestige, it should be something that everyone can enjoy freely.

MC is reminded once again how amazing Theo is for wanting to change the art world. On the other hand, the art dealer goes on to inspect the paintings decorated around the hall and mocks the noble for displaying counterfeits. Trying to defend himself, the man justified his purchases by saying he paid so much for them but Theo challenges him to ask an expert opinion to appraise it.

The noble fell on his knees, looking defeated when he couldn’t counter what Theo said and once he realized he’s been exploited by scammers who mass-produces works, prompting Theo to speak up about how necessary it was to open the eyes of people with authority.

Theo’s words gave MC an idea and she asked if it was okay to show Vincent’s painting to the noble again. Trusting her actions, Theo gives MC his permission and watches her as she removes the cloth covering the canvas before approaching the man.

MC: What did you think when you first saw this painting at the solo exhibition?

Noble: I don’t know... At that time, it caught my eye and I couldn’t move from my position.

Noble: I just wanted to keep looking.

MC: I think that’s fine.

MC: Don't let power blind you, enjoy the painting based on what you feel.

Going as far as to bowing deeply, the noble asks if he could buy the painting. For a moment, Theo was silent for a while before he told the man to take care of the painting since it’s one of a kind and can’t ever be replaced.

After leaving the mansion, the couple walked hand in hand when MC asked if the noble would be able to enjoy the painting without any reservations now and Theo said it’ll probably be alright.

Theodorus: When his eyes saw Vincent’s painting, it looked like he fell in love. 

MC: ...For him, that painter was like his lover.

Theodorus: Yes... By the way

Theodorus: The way you’ve been behaving today, it’s almost like you’re reading my heart...?

At that point, MC couldn’t hide it from Theo anymore and revealed to him that she was able to peek into his heart. Theo immediately asked if she’s been doing it the whole day and MC said it only works when they’re touching but she admitted that she did hear his jealous thoughts. 

She confessed that it was wrong to read Theo’s heart without his permission but was glad she was able to know what he was really feeling. MC also said she felt like she could help him more if she knew what was going through Theo’s mind.

Realizing that it seemed like she was making excuses the more she talked, MC promised that she won’t touch him until the strange power wears off. Suddenly, Theo blurts out how he won’t allow it and pulled MC closer to his body despite her struggling to break from his grip.

MC: Theo, when I touch you, I can overhear...

Theodorus: I don’t care.

MC: Aren’t you angry?

Theodorus: Why would I be angry? You were thinking of me. Also…

Theodorus: Today, you changed the heart of the noble. It was you who woke them up.

Theodorus: I would’ve taken the picture home. You did something that I couldn’t have done alone.

Theodorus: Thank you, MC.

MC felt grateful she was able to help him and Theo smiled wryly, now believing that she really can read his heart. He loosed his hold on her and brought their faces closer together that their forehead was touching.

Theodorus: If it means I won’t be able to touch you anymore, then I don’t care if you can read my mind—

Theo kissed her lips before she could utter a word and when they parted for a bit, MC reveals that she also can’t stand not being able to touch him. 

MC: I want to touch Theo’s heart more…

Theodorus: Oh, you can do it as much as you want. But…

Theodorus: we can continue the rest in bed.

Note: This is where the paid Epilogue starts.

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Epilogue Preview

Sweet intimacy deepens the love between your overlapping hearts... —

Theodorus: Read my heart, MC. The things I want to do to you... I’ll tell you each and every one of them. 

Deliberate fingertips touch my most sensitive place, and when my body jumps at the sensation...

Theodorus: I’ll touch all the nooks and crannies on your body, then I’ll tease them... I want to feel you so damn badly. 

Along with the stimulus on my skin, the way Theo views me is directly communicated to my mind. 

(I want to tell him as well. How I feel towards Theo... —)

—

Event Info Post | Arthur Route | Isaac Route

[wiyshipching]

Air freight from China to USA

You've seen the bridal dresses through the internet that explain how you save hundreds or a lot of money against your wedding gown by ordering direct air freight from China to USA. Do you want to gamble your hard earned dollars on a very important dress you can make by ordering an unseen dress from a mysterious source? Before you decide to click on the buy button, please you should know WHAT that you're buying. You can find amazing deals on wedding dresses. Some are from major bridal manufacturers and therefore are bona fife bargains, some are cheap imported "counterfeits" of designer gowns. Don't risk being disappointed when your favorite luxury gown arrives and it's not actually what you really are expecting and appears not wish the image through the internet site. Customer warning, if the offer is good really, it in all probability is not a deal! You can not buying a great wedding gown for $29.95.  You can receive everything that you've purchased, a $29.00 dress. 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[mahou-queen]

Back at the beginning of quarantine, I got really into watching wish hauls on YouTube. This led me into actually buying some things from wish...in MARCH. The very last item arrived last week so I am finally going to review some of the things I bought. Today's review will be on items I bought from wish specifically for j-fashion. 

For those of you who don’t know, Wish.com is basically a HUGE online shopping mall of cheap stuff (where prices change all the time). However, it’s pretty common for the items you get to either be not what you thought they were, or of inferior quality. This is why wish reviews and hauls have become so popular, so that people know what the good stuff is and what is garbage. Wish also is known for having a lot of replicas and counterfeit items, so you really need to be careful shopping there. 

⚝⚝DISCLAIMER: DO NOT try to buy lolita fashion on wish. As you will see here, I bought some small accessories I plan to wear with lolita fashion, but no dresses, blouses, shoes, etc. It’s just not a good idea. The quality is not going to be good, and you’re very likely to get a replica. Please use a legitimate lolita fashion website or taobao reseller to buy lolita fashion pieces. (I’ll link some at the bottom of this review)⚝⚝

onto the review:

https://www.wish.com/product/5bebf218f8bc936a780b974e?share=web

The first thing I got was this FABULOUS goose purse. I saw this and fell in love. I paid $6.65 + $2.00 shipping for this bag. I am shocked at the quality. The lining is a little crunchy but this bag holds a terrifying amount more than I was expecting. I can fit my entire phone, small wallet, hand sanitizer, eos balm, and my keys in this bag without distorting its shape. It is very cute and I have gotten a lot of compliments on it. Would buy again ★★★★★

https://www.wish.com/product/5df9efcd4f80d40f29c08b50?share=web

This furry heart cross-body cost me $9.00 + $3.00 shipping. I have seen this bag all over amazon for much more money, and frankly it’s not worth more money. When I first got the bag I was very unhappy with it because It did not appear to be heart shaped, however after messing with it I realized it was partially pulled inside itself. After a simple smoothing from the inside it popped out into heart shape so I am much happier now. It is true to color, I know it looks practically white in my photo (my lighting is bad today). The chain however is AWFUL and I plan to replace it. The chain it came with is plastic?? it’s very lightweight and cheap. And the D-rings don’t stay in place. I will be replacing those with O-rings. ★★★☆☆

https://www.wish.com/product/5e8d24215a44df0449af2144?share=web

Next is this black star themed puff key-chain, which I bought to wear on my gold star loris bag with black x gold star themed lolita coords. I paid $2.67 + $3.00 shipping for this. I like to add little details everywhere I can in my coords. This item is actually very nice, the faux fur is very soft and the puff is not misshapen. The hard wear is metal and feels decent and looks decent. Comparable to something you would find at a regular store at the mall or something. Would buy again.  ★★★★★

https://www.wish.com/product/58cb463d33b01a534f5a0e6b?share=web

This white key-chain I bought to put on my purse for my Cinderella bunny coord. Because it’s like a bunny tail, and the pearls go with the pearls on the dress and throughout my coord. I paid $2.78 + $2.00 shipping for this. The puff ball needed a little TLC as it was squished when it arrived, but I was able to fix it. The faux fur is soft, the hard wear is not as nice as the other key-chain I bought. It’s a bit light weight which makes it feel cheap but it looks fine. As you can see, the circular pendant is missing some pearls. I intend to try and glue new ones in. but if I can’t I will just remove that piece entirely.  ★★★☆☆

https://www.wish.com/product/5c73aa943156ff31c5866a07?share=web

I have been seeing these type of earrings everywhere and I really wanted some for some of my lolita coords I am planning. I got these free + $3.92 shipping. They’re pretty nice, they feel secure, they look like the picture. They don’t feel super high quality but they don’t feel really cheap either. I’d buy again. ★★★★☆

https://www.wish.com/product/5e7c06e156076e10cccdbdf7?share=web

This bunny necklace was also bought for my Cinderella bunny coord. I paid $1.71 + $3.00 shipping for this. I was actually expecting this to be unwearable. I thought it was going to be very cheap looking and plasticy. I was pleased to find out it’s not as gross as I was anticipating. It’s definitely wearable, however I fear the enamel will wear off in time. ★★★★☆

That concludes my review of some small items I bought on wish for j-fashion looks. I was able to do this because I have been wearing j-fashion for almost 10 years and can discern what is and isn’t going to work due to quality. Also because I watched a lot of videos on YouTube about wish that helped me learn how to shop more safe on that site. If you’re interested in learning more about shopping on wish I highly recommend Prettypastelplease , she has A LOT of wish hauls on her channel. Also if you’re new to j-fashion, specifically lolita fashion. PLEASE DO NOT RELY ON WISH TO FIND PIECES. here is a list of better places to shop:

bodyline.co.jp devilinspired.com clobbaonline.com fanplusfriend.com lacemarket.us store.lolitacollective.com Glittertale  wunderwelt.jp closet child I did a review of spreenow not too long ago, you can use spreenow to buy from taobao outside of China. 

I also have a series called “budget lolita” where I review and recommend items from cheaper shops.

I hope you enjoyed my review. This was not sponsored, I was not asked to review these items. Everything I reviewed here was purchased by me, for me. I was not asked or sponsored to mention any of the other shops or YouTube channels that I did.  Is there anything you bought on wish that was good for j-fashion? I’d love to hear about it. 

please stay tuned for the next installment in my budget lolita series coming soon!

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Authentic Religion

by J. C. Ryle

"Rejected silver" (Jeremiah 6:30).

"Nothing but leaves" (Mark 11:13).

"Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth" (1 John 3:18).

"You have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead" (Revelation 3:1)

If we profess to have any religion at all, let us be careful that it is authentic. I say it emphatically, and I repeat the saying: Let us be careful that our religion is authentic.

What do I mean when I use the word "authentic." I mean that which is genuine, and sincere, and honest, and thorough. I mean that which is not inferior, and hollow, and formal, and false, and counterfeit, and sham, and nominal. "Authentic" religion is not mere show, and pretense, and skin-deep feeling, and temporary profession, and works only on the outside. It is something inward, solid, substantial, intrinsic, living, lasting. We know the difference between counterfeit and authentic money--between solid gold and tinsel--between plated metal and silver--between authentic stone and plaster imitation. Let us think of these things as we consider the subject of this paper. What is the character of our religion? Is it authentic? It may be weak, and feeble, and mingled with many defects. That is not the point before us today. Is our religion authentic? Is it true?

The times in which we live demand attention to this subject. A want of authenticity is a striking feature of a vast amount of religion in the present day. Poets have sometimes told us that the world has passed through four different states or conditions. We have had a golden age, and a silver age, a brass age, and an iron age. How far this is true, I do not stop to inquire. But I fear there is little doubt as to the character of the age in which we live. It is universally an age of cheap metal and alloy. If we measure the religion of the age by its apparent quantity, there is much of it. But if we measure it by its quality, there is indeed very little. On every side we want MORE AUTHENTICITY.

[musclestrength198]

NUTRITION SUPPLEMENTS SOLUTION-KNOW WHY YOU NEED SUPPLEMENTS

Wholesome enhancements are consumable well-being items that have at least one supplement and fixings found in the typical food.

Individuals inquire as to whether they should take them. My answer is, yes!

As indicated by the Natural Institute of Health, enhancements can help you in getting enough amounts of fundamental supplements. Anyway, they ought to never supplant your everyday diet, they just supplement it.

Simply consider our present frenzied ways of life;

We scarcely devour the supplements that our body needs.

Without acknowledging it, this furious way of life acquaints us with quick and shoddy nourishment's.

These have a great deal of sugar, fat, and sodium, which can prompt coronary illness, stoutness, diabetes, joint pain, and another way of life maladies.

These days regardless of whether you are so well-being cognizant, you are set to flop because of elements outside your ability to control.

Causes of Nutritional Deficiency

Healthful inadequacy is where your admission of supplements isn't sufficient for the ordinary working of the body. I have assembled genuine realities on a few variables which causes a sound eating regimen not to give adequate supplements.

1) Soil Depletion

In many pieces of the world, the soil has been drained by overgrazing, over-cultivating what’s more, and ecological debasement. Thus, our specks of dirt are of inferior quality and it is difficult to improve them. Along these lines, the dietary benefit is lost on the grounds that our dirt is exhausted of basic supplements.

2) Food Processing and Preservation

Food preparation and protection removes fundamental supplements. For example, 80% magnesium and 70-80% zinc is lost when refining wheat to white flour. In a similar way, 99% of magnesium is lost when refining sugar sticks to white sugar. These are only a couple of models.

I am persuaded that these figures just talk about the amount we have to enhance our eating routine. Newly collected food has a significant level of supplements. Yet, how regularly do we get them? You will concur with me, extremely uncommon!

3) Food Additives

Several counterfeit flavors, sugars, conditioners, and additives are added to most present-day food. While a portion of this assistance in protecting the food, not many are innocuous and many are poisonous. Practically these foods added substances frequently drain supplements further.

Additives, for example, BHT and BHA are the most terrible that can be on your food. Aspartame-a counterfeit sugar and EDTA chelating specialists eliminate crucial supplements from the outside of the nourishments they are applied to.

Different reasons incorporate rushed ways of life brimming with pressure, helpless dietary patterns, and substance poisons present noticeable all around and water that we take.

Health Benefits of Nutritional Supplements

The supplements remembered for these items incorporate nutrients, minerals, amino acids, and unsaturated fats among different substances. Individuals supplement their eating regimen for reasons identifying with boosting their weight control plans. The primary reasons are:

To support essentialness

To restrict or defer the indications of maturing

To decrease weakness to medical issues (like a virus)

To forestall respiratory failure

To forestall disease

To decrease pressure

Along these lines, the fundamental motivation behind why individuals take wholesome enhancements is for general well-being and prosperity.

As such, don’t hold up until a difficult strike; assume liability and watchman your heath!

Risks Associated with Nutritional Supplements

A significant number of these items have dynamic fixings that cause natural impacts on our bodies. In this way, they might be hazardous in specific circumstances, and they can con-volute and hurt your well-being. At the point when taken in an accompanying way, they can prompt hazardous and perilous outcomes;

Taking a lot of them, similar to nutrient D, iron, and nutrient A.

Taking an enhancement rather than endorsed medication.

Taking enhancement items along with prescription without your primary care physician's recommendation.

Taking enhancement items during and after the medical procedure.

Thus, abstain from taking more than the suggested sums. Continuously look for the counsel of your human services supplier or drug specialist when you are in question.

The Safety of Nutritional Supplements

Supplement organizations are not directed by any administration. Along these lines, their items are not affirmed for security before being advertised. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) audits the well-being of any new fixing in an item before showcasing. The viability of the new fixing isn't evaluated and consequently, it isn't known.

It is the duty of makers to guarantee the well-being of their items before selling them. They ought to guarantee that their items are liberated from contamination's and contaminants. They additionally guarantee that base quality norms are met and that their items are named precisely.

These producers should report any genuine enhancement impacts or disease to the FDA. FDA is liable for pulling back from the market any enhancement that is dangerous, incapable, and whose mollusks are bogus and misdirecting.

How can I Know More about the Supplement I am Taking?

You can discover more about enhancement items you are taking by reaching the maker or merchant. Their contact data ought to be accessible on the item name. You can look for additional about;

The security of the fixings in the item and their viability

Backing data on the cases of the item

Reports on the utilization of the items, for example, unfavorable impacts

What Should I do if I have a Reaction to a Supplement?

You should look for counsel from a doctor on what to do. Else you may accomplish more damage than anything else to your body.

Difficult issues coming about because of the utilization of any enhancement ought to be accounted for, either without anyone else or your primary care physician, to FDA. FDA might want data on any wholesome enhancement that causes unfavorable impacts or sicknesses.

Choosing Nutritional Supplements

I will make reference to just the primary realities here. For a nitty-gritty, conversation go to how to pick wholesome enhancements astutely.

Here is the way to pick carefully;

Purchase just from eminence organizations – look for the sites of regarded organizations.

Check whether the item has clear naming. Post for words like 'normalized' on the name.

Search for the 'authentication of examination'. This affirms the virtue of an item.

Watch out for bogus explanations, for example, 'can treat and fix all sicknesses', 'no reactions'.

Visit Health Fraud Scams to know the fake dietary items.

FDA's Tainted Supplement records a portion of the perilous enhancement items in the market.

[angrybell]

For someone who seems obsessed with the 2nd amendment you sure don't seem to care about the postal clause. Do you get to pick and choose which articles of the constitution are worth enforcing and which aren't.

From the US Constitution, Article I, Section 8:

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;–And

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

(emphasis added)

Ok, so you seem to be saying...what exactly? That I don’t think that the Congress has the power to establish Post Offices or Post Roads? Nope. I just don’t think we should be mailing in our ballots. The process lacks a chain of custody. There is no guarrantee that it will be delivered on time, if at all, and there is no guarrantee that election officials will include the votes in the counts.

Now, I’m not in the camp that wants to abolish the USPS. On the other hand, I recognize that the creation of the USPS is not mandated by the Constitution. Congress, under the Constitution, “shall have the power to” create a postal service. Had the Founders wanted to make it mandatory for the Congress to create a post office, the section would read “Congress shall establish the post offices and postal roads.”

So your accusation is about accurate as Stormtrooper with a blaster.