#and unfortunately for me my mom and my aunt both have it so i probably have it too

[agathabridgerton]

getting tested for the motherfucker gene next week pray for me guys 🙏🏻

[demigirl-demigod]

I’m so sick of being the only fucking person in this family who has their shit together

[tea-cat-arts]

Ranking mxtx couples by whether or not I think they'd be good parents

(I'm 90% sure I'm forgetting someone)

Yep, next question (S)-

Wangxian: tried and tested good dads. I wish them luck with the whole “trying to get wwx pregnant” thing 

They have some shit to work through, but after that I think they'd be fine (A)-

Ling Wen/ Bai Jin: if we're just going off the original publication, I would put them in a much lower tier, but since the revised edition added that thing about them raising orphans together and said orphans turning out alright before unfortunate circumstances, I'm putting them up here. I think they'll be alright once they work through the miscommunication

Xiao Xingchen/ Song Lan: They obviously have a lot of trauma they're working through, but I'd like to think they and A-Qing will be a loving family in the long run 

One of them would be a good parent, the other wouldn't be a bad parent (B)-

Jiang Yanli/ Jin Zixuan: there's no canon reason for me putting them this low. Jin Zixuan just gives off a mediocre parent vibe to me (and we all know Jiang Yanli is the best)

Yushipei: Yushi Huang has good mom energy, and Pei Ming has been shown to be a not terrible mentor. I'd want the misogyny fully beaten out of him with a mace before I'd think he should have kids of his own though 

Lang Qianqiu/ Little Guy: at the very least, they're making sure Guzi is fed, clothed, washed, vaccinated, and has access to education. Neither of them know what they're doing, but I think Little Guy is good at faking it. I wish them luck in their upcoming custody battle  

You know what, surprise me/ I'll hear you out (C)-

Bingqiu: My first instinct is “no, do not bring kids into this,” but then I remembered tharnShen Qingqiu has a surprisingly decent track record? Like, Ning Yingying and Ming Fan both turned out a lot more health than they did in the original novel, and though I wouldn't call him in a good place, Binghe is doing a lot better than Bingge. The wild card for me here is Luo Binghe because I have no idea how he'd be with kids

Quanyin: Yin Yu had a decent track record until he was pushed into snapping. I think rn, he needs a couple centuries of being a babygirl before he's ready to parent again. No idea how Quan Yizhen would do though 

Born to “dual income, no kids, rich uncles/aunts” (D)-

Fengqing: Feng Xin is canonically a bad dad. I know he's working on it, but it is what it is. Mu Qing has been shown to be decent with kids, but I think he’d have a melt down if he had to deal with the mess constantly. 

Hualian: I mean, Xie Lian has raised three kids at this point and one of them became a god, another became state preceptor and then sorta complicit in a genocide, and one became god AND committed genocide + he babysat a ghost king for months and didn't even realize that's what he was because it was a miracle if he remembered to feed him… so, a mixed bag. Hua Cheng may be schrodinger’s child hater, but I'm intrigued by the idea of him raising kids just because I want to know how his own childhood would influence his parenting abilities. They should probably just stick to babysitting for now though 

Mingling: Liu Mingyan is too busy writing gay porn to be dealing with kids, and I just can't imagine Sha Hualing as a mom

Please don't bring a kid into this mess (F)-

Beefleaf: Do I need to explain this one?

Mobeishang: Shang Qinghua should not be put in any position where he has to teach someone about consent (Binghe’s early attempts at flirting being a prime example of why that's a bad idea). I also think Mobei Jun is still working on the whole “why hitting people is not cool” thing. 

QiJiu: I think the original timeline is a prime example of how they're just not in a place to be raising kids 

Jun Wu/ Mei Nianqing: Xie Lian would like a refund on his adopted father figures. They had one kid and he only made it to age 20 because he was cursed to not die

[maculategiraffe]

for the longest time I didn't know what was up with anybody in my family, and then I figured out my sister and I and my dad all have adhd but I still didn't know what was up with my mom, and then my sister said she thought our mom and I were both autistic and I spent awhile considering that, and now I must say I think all four of us are autistic AND have adhd, and furthermore I also think all my aunts and uncles and cousins are autistic and have adhd, and the three of my late grandparents I ever met were all definitely autistic also. probably my dad's mom was too but I never met her because she self medicated so heavily her whole life with booze and cigarettes and benzodiazepenes and probably like seconal and nembutal that she died pretty young. also steve is definitely autistic and I strongly suspect both his parents are

unfortunately my mom starts shrieking and throwing chairs (metaphorically. mostly. although she did once drop kick a toaster) if anyone ever floats the idea that anyone she has ever met might be autistic, so her internalized self loathing is still firmly in place and the idea that the baby might have similar neurological tendencies to literally every single one of his known genetic forebears is freaking her the fuck out because it's "mean" to "accuse" someone of being autistic. because apparently it's NOT mean to make a person feel like they're failing the Last Judgement anytime they say or do anything, and refuse to consider that there might be any reasons for a person acting in any way she deems eccentric besides the person just being too lazy or wilfully perverse to put in the effort to Be Normal.

but my mom is also aware on some level that she is not normal, and also thinks that it's because she is lazy and perverse and not making enough of an effort, which means she resents herself as much as she resents the rest of us, and refuses to contemplate figuring out what would actually make her happy because the fact that she's not happy the way she's living means there's something wrong with her. because she is living the right and normal way to live. so stop saying anything is wrong because only an abnormal person would say that and (gripping a wineglass so hard it shatters) nobody in this family is abnormal.

I obviously can't fix her but it makes me feel so much better just to understand where all her constant nonsense is coming from. she'll start bitching about somebody on TV doing something stupid that's going to get him in trouble and she goes-- at this absolute edge of nervous breakdown pitch, I cannot describe the hysterical rage that is barely contained in her chest when she says something like this, nobody would act like this. nobody would do this. and I'm like sure they would and she's like NO THEY WOULDN'T and I'm like ...oh, oh yeah, the hyperempathy thing. she identifies so strongly with every person before her, even the fictional ones, that it's like physically painful to see them make decisions she wouldn't make. just like it is to see me and my sister making decisions she wouldn't make and leading lives she wouldn't lead. so instead of going "oh! I would never!" she's got to go NOBODY IN THIS WORLD WOULD EVER. THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. EVERYONE IS NORMAL OR ELSE THEY ARE NOT REAL.

it's just a really good perspective to have. like... I get it now. that's really all that's changed but it feels like a lot. that I get it now.

[joshsilverseyebrow]

peter steele for KERRANG! Magazine (1999),

(VIA BiggestBaddestWolve ON REDDIT)

(OP has said it suffered some water damage, so i’m transcribing what i can read from the first full sentence i can make out. but i hope you still enjoy!)

THE DYING GAME

“I’m waiting for the strength to kill myself…” PETER STEELE

But, consistent with recent interviews in which he’s disparaged the album as a “waste of money,” he’s about as interested in playing his record company's hard sell games as the Pope is in the contents of Pamela Anderson's bikini. He admits that he's only here at all because “I promised the other guys (guitarist Kenny Hickey, keyboardist Josh Silver and drummer Johnny Kelly) that I'd do my job.”

Steele's apathy is all the more surprising given that “World Coming Down” is his band's most complete, cohesive and fully-realized work to date. It's also arguably the New York quartet's bleakest recording: an album which resonates with world-weary cynicism and self-loathing and sees Steele cheerlessly embracing self-destructive urges and yearning for descent into oblivion.

Given his huge appetite for sarcasm and deadpan piss-taking, the album's none-more-black atmosphere verges on goth-metal parody - but today it's disturbingly evident that Steele's current dark mood isn't just an ironic affectation.

"I FEEL like a total ingrate," he sighs, slumping his massive frame into a leather-bound armchair as we retire to the hotel bar. "I have a great life, I have my health, my family and friend; I'm not the worst-looking person in the world, I've got a half-way decent band - and yet I'm not happy. I'm just waiting for the strength to kill myself."

From other rock stars, such whinging might seem like mere melodrama. But when Peter Steele admits to suicidal thoughts, his matter-of-fact musings are coloured by personal experience. On October 15, 1989, tanked up with alcohol and self-pity, the vocalist slashed both his wrists and crawled into the back seat of his car to die. “At that time it was because my girlfriend had left me and took 95 per cent of me with her. I thought I could not go on without her,” he sighs.

“Obviously I was wrong.

“The worst part was actually

coming home and hearing that my ex-girlfriend's mother had phoned my Mom and told her that i'd been hammering on her door with blood dripping from me. That was really embarrassing.”

At the risk of sounding unsympathetic, isn't slashing your wrists more of an attention-seeking act than a genuine suicide attempt?

"I wanted to shoot myself in the head," he shrugs, "but I couldn't get a gun - which is kinda ironic, considering you seem to be able to buy a gun on every corner in Brooklyn. Okay, it was probably not a wholehearted attempt last time - but next time it will be. Life is a game, and like cards sometimes you have to know when to stop playing. l'm not getting anything out of this any more.”

You must have fans writing to you telling you that Type O Negative's music has got them through difficult times - what do you think those fans are going to make of what you're saying today?

Steele shrugs, and drains his first glass of red wine.

“I’d advise anyone who's depressed to stop reading right now,” he smiles.

THE SHADOW of death hangs ominously over “World Coming Down,” Songs like “Everyone I Love Is Dead” and “Everything Dies” are rested in tragic personal experiences for Peter Steele.

The album was written in the aftermath of the death of his father on February 14, 1995, and recorded during a period when Steele lost an aunt and uncle and watched his mother battle againat serious illness for almost a year in a New York hospital.

"I expected her to die," Steele says quietly, "and unfortunately I still think she'll be next to go. One of the most traumatic things in life is loving someone and watching them die and knowing you can't help them. I just don't know how to handle watching people die. Maybe It's cowardice but I truly wish I'm next. I've tried everything in excess - Prozac, alcohol, cocaine and women - in an effort to deal with life. Nothing works for me.”

Steele says that his parents never discussed his own suicide attempt, but admits: "I think I hurt them a lot." The death of his father, has had a "profound effect" on the singer.

Is there anything you wish you'd asked your father before he died?

“I’d just like to have asked, Why didn't you spend more time with me?,” Steele says, sounding uncharacteristically vulnerable. “When I was a kid and he'd come home from work, it was like Superman coming to the house, but I always felt like I was some little happy dog that was always underfoot and he was always trying to kick me away.”

The youngest of six children - he has five elder sisters - Steele can trace his current feelings of worthlessness right back to his childhood.

“I used to feel that I was an unsuccessful abortion,” he sighs. "That I’d pulled myself out of the bottom of the bucket and lived. I remember when school would start, my father would say things like, ‘Now we have to buy him clothes’, and I’d just wish I could unzip my skin, crawl out and slime myself under the bed and die. I felt like such a piece of shit.

“My mother still doesn't have a good word for my father,” he reveals.

“I don't think she ever forgave him for inflicting kids upon her. I'd love to say to her, 'Mom, if he was such a prick, why did you stay?’ He didn't seem a bad guy to me. I think he was just tired by the time I was born. My mother had me when she was 39 and my father was about 41.”

No offence intended, but as the youngest of six kids, did you consider the possibility that your conception might have been a mistake?

“Put it this way, there was an average of three years between my sisters, but there was eight years between me and my nearest sister,” Steele replies without flinching. “I know I'm just the result of a biological urge at four in the morning when the pharmacy was closed."

DEATH FIRST impinged upon Peter Steele's consciousness at the age of seven, when his grandfather passed away (“I didn't really understand what was going on but I saw my mother was crying, and thought that it was probably my fault,” he notes). Born of Russian and Icelandic parentage, Steele grew up in the middle of two theo-fascistic ideologies - Catholicism on one side and the Orthodox church on other”, and although he recalls praying after the deaths of his grandfather and uncle, he rejects the Christian notion of life after death.

“If Hell does exist, then I'm certainly going there,” he smiles. “I actually think it's cruel that someone who suffered their whole life is just going to go to the grave and share the same fate as people like Hitler or Stalin, who deserve to go to Hell, But no one said life is fair.”

Do you believe you have a soul?

“No, I'm just a very inefficient meat machine lubricated with mucus and semen,” he answers.

And you don't fear dying?

“I don't fear death, but i fear dying.” Steele confesses. “The thought of being in a car accident or being burned and lying in a hospital suffering is horrible. I don't like pain - If I found out I had cancer, l'd probably rob a bunch of banks and hope I'd get shot by the police.”

So when you shuffle off this mortal coil, how would you like to go?

“I've been thinking of the cleanest way to kill myself recently,” he admits.

“Everyone talks about poisoning themselves - but you vomit and shit everywhere, which is not cool. A shot in the head would be ideal, but I'd feel sorry for the person who had to clean my f**king brains up.

“I’ve got a tidier solution, actually," he smiles. "I want to attach a water pipe to the wall of my house and then take one of my weightlifting bars, sharpen the end like a spear and place it into the top of the pipe about 40 feet off the ground, with a rope attached. Then I'd lie under the other end of the pipe, point it at my temple and let go of the rope. Gravity would take its course and it wouldn't be too messy. That would be a neat end to all this misery.”

You don't go along with the view that suicide is the coward's way out?

“No, anyone who kills him or herself automatically gains my respect,” Steele shrugs, betraying not a flicker of a smile. “No one knows what lies beyond, and it's a trip from which there is no return. You have to admire anyone who'll willingly step into the unknown.”

You don't think it's a selfish act?

“It is, but I don't think if I killed myself 'd be affecting anyone detrimentally.” he considers. “If I had a wife and child I might think differently.

“I'm starting to think that children are maybe what I need, actually,” he continues. “Maybe bringing new life into the world is a way of replacing the void you feel when you lose someone. At the moment, though, I don't think that I could be so cruel to a woman as to implant her with my demon seed.”

SUCH COMMENTS are a reminder that even when discussing grave matters, Peter Steele's bone-dry sense of humour is never far from the surface. The singer concedes that “sarcasm has always been part of my insecurity” and admits: “It's a strange thing that when I'm lying people believe me, and when I'm telling the truth they don't.” But he insists that he's deadly serious about initiating his own exit from this life.

“I know someday I'll do it, I just don't know when,” he smiles. “When I feel l've become more of a burden than a help to those around me, It'll be time to take that swan-dive from the World Trade Centre. But one of the things that gives me a slight glimmer of happiness is irritating people, so l continue to live just to annoy them.

“But nothing gives me pleasure ary more,” he sighs, gulping down the dregs of his second glass of wine. “I’ve become really nihilistic and I just wonder who's going to be next to die. And I pray to God - if She's listening - that it's me.”

TYPE O Negative's ‘World Coming Down' album is out now.

[miss0atae]

Random Thoughts about Leap Day (EP2) : The way the curse works and the figure of the guide.

I can finally comment on what I've seen in the second episode of Leap Day. It took me a while to write this post because so many things came to mind while watching this episode and I didn't know how to articulate everything. I thought about doing two parts for this random thoughts, but it won't be needed anyway. I want to talk mostly about the « curse » of leapers and then focus on the role of the two deuteragonists, Dream and Ozone.

This episode started right where it finished last week. Both, Day and Night are in the hospital waiting to hear about the medical condition of their loved ones. They tried really hard to avoid the curse of their birth date, but it couldn't be avoided. Dream and Ozone were hurt and no one knows (at least in the episode 2) if they are going to make it. The episode, then showed us how Day and Night's past, how they have dealt with their curse, their fear of being close to someone and the relationship they still created with Ozone and Dream, despite it. It seems like they can't avoid losing people they care about and if anyone gives them a little bit of attention, they can also be at risk. So far, these are the known victims of the curse:

I assume they are around 20 years old now because they are in college/university, so it seems like they must have lost someone else, at least around 12 or 16 years old. I’m not really good to guess what uniform they were wearing (and if you can guess what age they are from them) when Day lost his aunt and uncle or when Night lost his girlfriend, but it would make more sense if it’s when they were 16 years old. I’ve read somewhere (can’t remember from which post) people think the parents of Night may have lost their life around the same time as Day’s sister (it seems she lost her life during a mass shooting in episode 1), but it would mean, he lost other people before.

So the curse of the leaper is to lose people they love or someone who love them every four years on the date of their birthday and no one can really escape this fate. So far, no one has been able to survive and people judge Day and Night from these unfortunate events. They have to live with this fear of losing a closed one and probably bear the burden of the survivor guilt. That's what we gathered from the two episodes. However, there is the death of Day's uncle that doesn't make a sense, if we believe the prerequisites of the “curse” we know so far. It seems he didn't really like Day and the "curse" is supposed to work against people who cares about the leaper. He even criticized his wife for spending time with him, before their death. I have three guesses to explain his death: firstly, there are other prerequisites for the “curse” that we don't know yet, he is merely a collateral damage or the writers of the story forgot about their rule to create shock value. Another thing to notice is that all death must be pretty gritty: Day's mom died from complications related to pregnancy, his father was stabbed and his relatives died in a free fall elevator accident. Let's not forget the mass shooting where Night's parents lost their life. I guess I previously drew the parallel between Final Destination and Leap Day as it seems like the “curse” or “death” is seeking their victims to kill them one by one in bizarre accidents caused by an unseen force by creating complicated chains of cause and effect. I wonder what we're going to learn about the “curse” and how it will affect the main characters in their quest to free themselves from it.

Now, let’s focus on the deuteragonists: Dream and Ozone. In the episode, we’ve seen how they got closer to Day and Night and why they are the latest victims of the “curse”. However, I believe they are important for the story and we haven’t seen the last of them. So here, we go into my own view of these characters. I think we could say that Leap Day is a thriller and a speculative fiction as it is shown on the “curse” put on people born on leap day, but it is also shown in the character Ozone, Day’s cousin.

It seems that Ozone is the figure of the “Seer” in the story. I would even say the fact that he is on the spectrum (as I'm not exactly well-versed in everything related to this, I will keep this umbrella term to avoid causing offense) is a way of portraying him as a “Cassandra”. Ozone has a real fondness for everything related to space. We also saw him being really acute to some noises and talking about the “Stars” as if they could talk to him. He has also foretold that “Day and Night must meet”. A Cassandra, just like their mythological counterpart are characters who give correct and accurate warnings and predictions, but what they say is usually ignored. I think they made Ozone be on the spectrum because they wanted to give him a quirk that makes him appear less believable. Day can't be sure that what Ozone is saying should be considered as a warning or a prediction because he doesn't believe in what he is saying. He probably dismissed it because he believes it's part of his behavior (sorry I don't have a better term here). Now, are the “Stars” some friendly allies to the main characters or are they part of the “curse”? It remains to be seen. I still believe Ozone will be essential for Day and Night to navigate on their quest to end the “curse” thanks to his connection to the “Stars”.

Now, what about Dream? Is she only going to be the love interest to Night and be relegated to only be a driven force for him to find the answers he needs? I hope not. I want to believe they didn’t give her the name “Dream” for nothing. So what could be the role of Dream in the story? At the end of episode 3, she is still stuck between life and death and we don’t know if the “curse” got her too. One thing is sure: Dream is not someone who gives up easily. Even when Night was giving her the cold shoulder she kept pursuing him knowing they were going to be right together. She is also a compassionate person who would not leave anyone in needs. When she first met Night, she thought he was going to jump from a building and she did her best to prevent that. If I have to make a guess, I would say Dream will be either a dream walker or her dreams would bring her answers. Maybe I’m wrong, but I do believe it’s not a coincidence that she was called this way. We’re still only on episode 2, so we’ll have to see if I’m right in the coming episodes. I hope she will also be a guide for the leapers to find a way out of the “curse”. I also admit I hesitate about her role because she could also be the figure of the “healer”.

As for now, Ozone’s prediction about “Day and Night must meet” has been right. It seems that their meeting and the fact they both stayed at the hospital the whole night may have saved Ozone (and maybe Dream) at least for now. Let’s see if he will give them more predictions and how well we’ll they understand them.

[dyingroses]

The Owling pt22

Hestia looked across her desk to see a pair of little hands grab the edge, followed by two pigtails then a pair of golden eyes

"Auntie Hestia?" Athena asked standing on her tippy toes on the plank that connected the legs of Hestia's desk.

"Yes, munchkin," Hestia replied warmly as her heart screamed from the cuteness.

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure," Hestia said, "Come here, munchkin."

Athena scampered over to Hestia who put her on her lap

"What do you wanna know, my little genius," Hestia said giving her adorable niece a kiss on the head.

Athena hesitated a moment fidgeting with her pigtails before peering up at her aunt.

"How do you be a good big sister?"

"Well -"

"Wait -

Athena climbed down ran across the room to where she left her pen and papyrus then ran back over. Hestia lifted her up onto her lap again and Athena unrolled her scroll, titled it as quickly as she could, biting her lip in concentration. Then looked up at Hestia.

"I'm ready!"

Posiedon was exhausted from his trip to Olympus. His siblings tended to do that to him. Plus there was the whole issue of the Metis and her adorable daughter. Poor girl is probably so sad and scared, Poseidon thought. He had loved his cousin, sure she was a bit of a know-it-all times, Poseidon thought fondly but she had taught him a lot about his domain and she was the precious sister of his wife and other Oceanid cousins. All Poseidon wanted was to curl up with his wife even though he wasn't sure what to tell her about their niece. Zeus's introduction of her was designed to emphasize that her maternal origin was not to be questioned. Then again what was said in his bedroom never left the chamber. Poseidon doubted he'd be taken as seriously if anyone but his wife saw him that vulnerable. Unfortunately, his wife decided now was a great time to have their rascal granddaughters and little brat of a son over.

"Move," Poeseidon told Pallas who was sitting on his wife's lap.

"Poseid - !" Amphitrite began to scold.

" - No!" Pallas shouted curling into her grandmother who wrapped her arms around her.

"You women are conspiring against me," Poseidon said only half serious and actually slightly amused.

"Husband. Stop acting like a child, and leave the actual child alone," Amphitrite scolded.

"But that's my spot. She's sitting right where my head is supposed to go," Poseidon retorted.

"Come on, Pallas, listen to your king," Triton chimed in.

"It's not fair! He gets to spend all night with grandma! I've only been here for half an hour," Pallas whined.

"Fine, we'll share," Poseidon said as he picked up both his wife and granddaughter and placed Amphitrite on his own lap. Poseidon kissed his wife which caused Pallas to make a disgusted face and finally get off her grandma's lap.

"Wait, Pallas," Poseidon called out to his granddaughter, as she ran off, "How old are you again?"

Poseidon reached his hand out trying to assess how tall she was.

"She's four, do you not remember her birthday a couple months ago?!" Amphitrite said.

"I have a lot of things to remember. Like this meeting we had up there."

Amphitrite caught the concern in his voice, a hint of melancholy.

"Come on my precious princesses, it's time for bed," Amphitrite said, getting off her husbands lap and playfully grabbing Pallas and spinning her upside down.

"What happened on Mount Olympus, dad?" Triton asked after giving his mom and daughters kisses on the cheek.

Poseidon didn't respond. Just drank his wine.

"Oh, come on, dad!" Triton said, "I'm a grown adult! Fates, I have three children myself!"

Poseidon laughed. Tired but genuine. He did respect his son, he had grown into a wonderful young man and ruler and father. Sometimes Poseidon couldn't believe what he had produced. Then again Triton was half Amphitrite's.

"That doesn't stop you from whining from excessive curiosity," Poseidon said booping his son on the nose.

"You're not gonna tell me the news. This is of importance to the realm . . . And . . you seem kinda upset," Triton responded, " What happened up there?"

Poseidon sighed as his son got into his line of sight with those seal eyes. Really pulling out all the stops he is, Poseidon thought fondly as his son coupled a logical argument with a childish tactic. It worked though.

"You have a cousin."

"Zeus had a kid."

"Yep."

"It was really only a matter of time if we're honest."

"Yeah."

"So who is the mother?"

Poseidon put down his glass

"That's where it gets complicated," Poseidon said, "The way Zeus announced her it is clear we are not ask about her maternal origin."

"But . . . there's more to it than that."

"You're very clever, son."

"Clever enough to wonder why you're stalling."

"What I'm about to say must not go beyond these walls, is that understood?"

"Of course."

"Because he may be your uncle but he is not to be crossed. He can and will hurt you."

"I understand, dad. I have three daughter I love very much. I'm not about to leave them fatherless. Trust me, my self-preservation is strong."

"The girl . . . resembles . . the first queen of Olympus. She resembles Metis. And . . I'd say considering the resemblance and the girls age, it's logical to assume that she's Metis's daughter."

"How do you spend time with a baby, they can't talk or walk?" Athena asked her aunt, looking up from the list she was making on "How to be a good big sister."

"Mostly you hold them a lot and bounce them."

"Spin them around?"

"That too. Also just singing and talking to them, it helps them learn to talk eventually."

"Can I talk to them about owls?"

"Yes, about anything you want."

Athena scribbled down the words "Owls," "Pegasi," and "ocean."

"Okay, what else?" Athena said giving Hestia her full attention, eyes wide as if expanding to make space for more information.

"Well, when they get older you'll probably play and talk to them more so it's important to be patient and understand that sometimes they have big feelings of feelings that are different than yours. The world can seem very intense when you're young and it's important not to forget that as you get older."

Hestia held a finger to her lips and motioned for Hera to follow her, a bright smile on her face. The door was cracked but Hera could hear Athena's voice coming through it.

"You will never vanquish me! Pew! Pew!" Athena said in a deep voice, throwing a couple beads at the other doll. She had built a fortress out of of bowls and beads and other crafting items Hestia had. She knocked over the second doll and ran back to the first one.

"You will die. No one will defeat me!" Athena said continuing the villains monologue. She then leaned the doll again the tower and ran back around to the second doll. She made the doll climb to her feet in a dramatically slow and painful struggle despite it only being made of cloth.

"Maybe. Maybe not today, maybe not ever! But if I can knock you out long enough to kiss my beautiful wife then I will!" Athena said voicing the Heroine.

"Aww -" Hera started to say but Hestia covered her mouth and pulled her to the side away from the door frame. Staring at each other they both found it hard not laugh

"We mustn't laugh, she'll feel ashamed," Hera said as she and Hestia moved away from the door.

"I know. We shouldn't have spied on her but it was just too cute, I had to show you."

[fuzzychanfox]

Today is a normal day of 10,000 years Equestria. Sunshine as always walking around the castle in the evening and enjoying the boring peace, the city of Canterlot at night brilliantly and never stopped the splendid light but could not compare to the sky that Luna created.

Immerse yourself in my reminiscent and your lonely castle. Shine has long been reduced to the castle that it is almost abandoned without the surrounding storage. The world was peaceful and she was only there as a historical artifact of the past, an artifact that was always like that never changed as if it was obvious.

Smiling Smile SHINE Waiting for Nightmare to visit her, student Emily is probably enjoying Hearth's Warming with her family, Jynes and Flurry Heart may be busy with her crystal horses. In the end, only her is free now.

"I wish someone came to visit me" she secretly wished and Boom Discord aka was a funny adoptive father who kidnapped a Unicorn baby from another time to her tonight.

"Sat" a purple unicorn falling on her muzzle. Shine was not startled to know all the tricks of Discord for thousands of years. She reached out to support the small horse and frowned. 'Perhaps he was excited to kidnap my mother from other timeline ????' However, when looking back at Shine realized this could be something new.

The young Unicorn looked at Alicorn with big eyes with glittering eyes, a small clogged nail touching the nose of Shine "Boop". At that time, both of them giggled.

"It seems that you are more interesting than I think, a nephew of Sombra and my mom from another universe and my grandchild, Luster Shine" Alicorn put Luster Shine down the castle's balcony carpet.

Luster Shine looked down at the city with sparkling eyes and then turned to look at the sky and then ran around the study of Alicorn. "Alicorn! Big! City! Sparkling! The sky is sparkling !!"

"Holly, a more Twilight, here the small horse of the aunt, I have this for me" Sundancer uses the magic to pull out a book of thick astronomy and put it down next to Luster. Unicorn's small eyes glowed brightly when he saw such a big book, bigger than himself and thick.

Luster Shine eagerly read the book when Sundancer lies beside him. Looking at the grandchild like a black hole that is eager to laugh without laughing when remembering her student's student. "I guess that becoming an expensive aunt is also a good idea for this life.

.Just like that for many hours has passed until a portal opened, Sunshine knew it was time for Luster Shine to go home, the younger sister and other mother from another universe would be panicked. "Unfortunately, I can't afford to see more interesting things, it's time to come back and my dear." Luster Shine seems to look back at Alicorn and then look at the book weighing 10 kg "I am a Twilight Mini, I can take it as long as I can explain to Rosa Flare about its origin".

Luster Shine looked back at the book again because it seemed very expensive and precious. "Peace of mind is that there are many of her past copies, just as if this is a gift of her meeting," Shine winked at Luster and she responded with a bright smile.

"It's to late, goodnight my little Shiny~" Shine used the magic of closing Luster and the book, kissing the small Unicorn's forehead and then bringing the child back to bed via the information portal, as soon as the child returned to the bed portal.

Behind Sundancer, a gate from the dream realm to the space and step out none other than the massive shape of Nightmare Knight. "See who had a happy night ~"

"Yeah, I thought you forgot this younger sister," Shine replied with a fake indifferent look and turned to smile at Nightmare.

"So who is my special guest? Long time no see you laugh like that.

."A very special guest ~ that you will meet in the future" Shine said in a mysterious voice

"I look forward to it" Nightmare giggled

"So ... Do you have any idea about going out through some other universes?"

"Pretty good but how?"

"I don't know but we will study the magic mirror of Star Swirl after" Sunshine signaled for Nightmare to follow, he shrugged and followed Shine to end a complete night when the sun Celestia gradually appeared at the end of the horizon.

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Sundancer or Sunshine Dancer are the daughter of MoonDan and Twilight in other times. Thang Thien ruled Equestria 10,000 after Celestia and Luna became the sun and the moon. In this Au took place during the stream of war with the crystal empire, Sundancer replaced the position of Twilight but went in another direction after defeating Sombra.

Luster Shine is the granddaughter of Sombra and Twilight, her mother, Moonlight Blizz/ Rosa Flare, hid in a remote area in Equestria, married to Ashley Bookworms. There was also an older brother named Ambrose and a younger brother Crescent was now independent

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[artist-heart83]

Trying to do a family tree for Shoormy

Alternative title: I have a problem for trying to theorizing the family of a character from the blue mario show which canon can be used or be forgotten in various occasions.

Since late april I have been watching SMG4 to keep on date with the previous arcs and stuff like that.

During my Genesis Arc (and YouTube Arc too) watch the videos previous the main ones from the arc being: Youtube Arc - Some characters first appearances; and Genesis Arc - The “filler” episodes.

And of course, of all the characters that grab my attention was the silly boy scout mushroom, who grab my attention by just his character, like hello?? He not only a silly guy but was a demon hunter and that he is the original, I LOVE CHARACTER THAT HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES HEHEHEHE

OKAY SO!

When I watch “Mario Babies” and “Mario and the village” and I read Shroomy wiki page I was… confused to say the least about the family.

The worst part of all of this? IM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SHROOMY FAMILY! This is the blue mario nonsense show! Is like a saturday show! Like lets be real, one of the father of two characters is literally octodad body with cthulhu head.

Unfortunately, I’m just a girl who like to overthink stuff and likes to do stuff with my favorite characters, so you’re trapped with me in this, so you’re gonna read about the conclusion that I get, this being my headcanon and the thought that come out of nowhere.

Let’s start with this!

SO WE HAVE THIS AS A REFERENCE:

The first information we have about a member of Shroomy family is the Doomguy being his uncle, later on we know Lady Dimitrescu is her aunt (being the wife of Doomguy) and yeah Wheeler is there too but it’s important.

In Mario and the village we can see that Shroomy was raised by Doomguy and Dimitrescu, so this raise a question. Where are Shroomy parents?

And by the idea of Shroomy being raised by his uncle… uhhhh… Im pretty sure his parents are death but this doesn’t stop to figure out the family tree.

With Wheeler we know that, in fact, there is a mushroom in the family, also sorta explain Anti-Shroomy tendencies and personality; and with Doomguy this raises the possibility of a human in the family.

But you might asking at this point: “what the hell are you going with all these?”

Well, I’m trying to figure out why Doomguy would be his uncle, trying to find a blood related reason and not just doing the easiest route of: “the show doesn’t make sense” or “maybe Shroomy was just adopted” which is valid buuuut I’m not satisfied with that answer.

Then I was thinking:

Okay so there must be a human in that family that could explain Doomguy, so maybe one of Shroomy parents was human and the other the mushroom. But who…

…

Holy shit Calhoun, someone like Sergeant Calhoun would be Shroomy mother, considering she is from a shooting game and I’m pretty sure Doom is one too, HAHA IM GENIUS

So the family would look like something like this:

YEAH I WAS LAZY. I COULD DRAW HOW SHROOMY PARENTS WOULD LOOK LIKE BUT HAVE JUST THE VISUAL REPRESENTATION TO GET MY IDEA.

Basically, the idea is Shroomy dad would be purple to resemble Anti-Shroomy and Shroomy mom would like something like Sergeant Calhoun because that how I picture it.

If you personally ask me about Shroomy parents, well.

Both parents were hunters, they fall in love, they marry and have a beautiful son. Like I speculate before they’re probably death but I didn’t think about how.

Pretty sure that would be all, I don’t think I missing anything, but hey this is just me doing this stuff for fun.

This is my contribution to all the Shroomy enjoyers and fans over there, hope you like my yapping 👍

[harukamitsuki]

Hello, “LOV and Izucrew Forced Team-Up AU” guy here, (man, yeah I do need a shorter name. Perhaps I’ll come up with an emoji combo the next time I send an ask that’s actually focused on the Forced Team-Up AU). But to answer your question, yes, your pain does bring me joy *evil laughter*. And to continue your pain, I have further inquiries about this AU-

Hizashi and Eri are indeed the saving graces of this AU, so let’s start with them :3

If I remember correctly Eri’s first smile happens at the School Festival. Is this the same in the AU? Does Hizashi get to witness Eri’s first smile? You know that panel in the manga of Aizawa bringing Eri to the Festival, imagine it’s Hizashi instead :3 (though unfortunately Aizawa would probably need to be standing next to them because well *gestures to Eri’s quirk*). I can only imagine the whirlwind of emotions Hizashi feel when he learn about the whole Midoriya vs Gentle Criminal & La Brava thing.

When Hizashi has the time, what fun activities does he do with Eri?

Now to ease the transition from Hizashi and Eri to Shinso and Aizawa. Let’s bring in some other characters.

How often does Midoriya and Mirio visit Eri? Does this cause Hizashi to form a closer bond with Midoriya (and Mirio too, lol). How does Nemuri feel about Hizashi and Aizawa’s relationship and then them adopting Shinso and Eri? I’d imagine Nemuri would be a great and fun pseudo aunt figure to both of them (Primarily Eri because Eri is Eri <3 and Shinso is Shinso </3)

How well known is Aizawa and Hizashi’s marriage. And how did class 1-A learn about Shinso’s situation?

Not to bring up Yuga Aoyama but to bring up Yuga Aoyama- if the Traitor Reveal happens the same way, with Aizawa and Hizashi both being parents, do they react the same way as in canon? Does this version of Hizashi direct his anger at the situation more towards Aoyama’s parents, for how he can’t imagine how they could be so selfish as to further put their son into that situation (let’s not forget that how Aoyama’s parents, primarily his mom, was pushing him to continue to follow AFO’s commands while Aoyama was breaking down crying. Prioritizing their own safety over their son’s wellbeing-)

Okay, so before I go into a rant about Aoyama’s parents, let’s refocus-

How does Shinso feel about Hizashi and Eri? When Eri first comes to the picture, does he have any sort of anxiety about being replaced?

In other versions of this AU, people typically romantically paired Shinso up with a loud, male blond student to parallel (fanon) Erasermic. Now, from what I remember that loud, male blond victim student tended to be Kaminari. But which poor blond soul does Shinso ends up crushing on in your version of this AU </3.

Okay, I’m done putting you through pain (for now). Have fun with this ask!

I knew it. You enjoy my suffering (눈_눈)

I imagine Hizashi would be the one holding Eri when she smiles, and he bursts into tears after seeing it. Internally, he thanks 1-A for bringing her happiness, and then buys them a massive cake to show his gratitude.

It would be the first time Aizawa would show a softer side to him, smiling himself when he sees Hizashi excitedly hugging Eri close.

With the Izuku vs Gentle Criminal & La Brava, I can see Hizashi freaking out, but also refusing to allow Aizawa to punish Izuku for taking down villains while he has a lisence, didn't injure himself, and kept Eri safe.

Whenever he's free, Hizashi would play boardgames with Eri, like Snakes 'n' Ladders or something. Or he would play dress-up or maybe a tea party. Anything to make her happy. Maybe he'd take her to the zoo on his free days, and she'd discover her favourite animal there.

Izuku and Togata would visit Eri any chance they got. If neither Aizawa or Mic are able to look after her, you bet they're gunning for the chance to babysit her. Izuku would take her home and Inko would adore her, while Togata would spend the night, maybe dragging his friends to help.

Hizashi would 100% form a closer bond with Izuku, (and Togata), talking to him a lot in and outside of U.A., mainly about Eri but it would develop into other subjects. If Hizashi has his radio in this AU, I could see him inviting him and Togata onto it at some point.

Nemuri would be concerned, at first. She's seen how Aizawa treats his students, and knows about their struggles in their marriages, so she's not sure if this is a great idea.

But then their marriage improves as a result of this, and she can see how Aizawa is improving with his treatment of kids, and Hizashi already had her trust. So, she unwaveringly joins in.

Shinsou's iffy about her at first, but her typically seductive attitude drops entirely around kids, and she's more soft around them.

Eri is shy around her, at first, as she is with every adult. She doesn't know if she can trust her, until time passes and Nemuri still hasn't done anything wrong to her or Shinsou.

Eventually, they both begin to trust her more, and come around to see her as an aunt-figure.

I can their marriage being kept a secret to all, apart from Nedzu and Nemuri, due to them believing it would be dangerous to become public knowledge, should a villain try to use the information or each other to get to them.

Then Shinsou would find out due to being adopted by them, and Izuku and Mina would put it together sooner rather than later.

After Eri's rescue, the rest of the staff would find out, as they're also unsure if it's wise for Aizawa to adopt a traumatised child.

1-A would find out about Shinsou by pure accident. Izuku and Mina, I imagine, would find out relatively quickly via the power of observation, but the rest would only find out after Mina accidentally asks Shinsou about it in front of everyone.

Should the traitor reveal happen in the same way, I imagine they'd react differently, now knowing how a parent should act compared to how the Aoyama's did.

Hizashi is fuming, ready to find any reason to arrest the Aoyama's and adopt Yuuga. If only Inko didn't get there first, lol. Aizawa would be mad too, but he'd also wonder if he would have cared had he not adopted Shinsou and Eri.

Shinsou would kind of feel jealous of Eri, and he'd hate himself for it because he knows how much she suffered, but he wouldn't be able to stop it. I think it would take others, like Hizashi or Izuku or even Shouto, to step in for him to finally accept Eri and the fact that he isn't being replaced.

He'd be closer to Aizawa than Hizashi, as he'd relate more to Aizawa and he's training him too, but he'd still like Hizashi and his style of parenting.

Uhhhh, I hate shipping Shinsou with anyone really, because they all deserve better. I especially hate him with any of the loud blondes, particularly Denki, who deserves the world.

If I absolutely had to... maybe... UGH! I DUNNO!

Someone who could stand up for themselves and not be afraid to call him out. I'd say Neitou, but I love him and he doesn't deserve Shinsou.

Uhhh...

Let's go with Bakugou. I hate them both. Bakugou wouldn't be afraid to stand up for himself or call Shinsou out for being a dick, and Shinsou would react in kind. And, let's day that Bakugou has an actually good redemption arc, they would be able to encourage each other to become better people.

Yeah, we'll go with BakuShin.

But, if I had a choice, I'd keep him single for life.

[sysmedsaresexist]

The Caterpillar Game

A fun way to fuck up your kids

And me trying to distract myself.

I always kind of wondered when my OCD started.

Was I born this fucked up? (Science says no)

Or was it something else? Something that happened to me?

I have a wedding in about... two weeks? I'll be attending in a dress, unfortunately, which means doing my eyebrows so I look presentable.

During the pandemic lock downs, I had to learn to do my eyebrows myself, and I'm actually really pleased to say that I'm pretty okay at it now?

Having neat eyebrows doesn't do much to help me look more masculine, but it's important, because my OCD really likes to show itself through trichotillomania.

Hair pulling.

For me, it's hair on my face, specifically chin and neck, and I'll pick and pick and pick until I'm bloody. This has gotten worse since covid because unless you're waxing and threading consistently, there's always hair there, ripe for the picking.

But I've managed, and my bank account has thanked me.

It's not perfect, though, so with a wedding looming just around the corner, I've been letting everything grow. That way, a professional can reshape my brows and then I'll repeat for another two years until I make them wonky and I'll repeat this process.

But as I sit here, struggling against every fibre of my being that tells me to pick, I wonder where this started.

How to play

Growing up, my aunt liked to play the caterpillar game.

The rules are simple.

Smack the forehead of people with a unibrow to kill the caterpillar.

There's no winning. Just smacks. Until you die.

The first time I remember this happening was when I was 6 or 7. By 8, I was threading with my mom when she would go.

My cousin, my aunt's daughter, has ruined her eyebrows. They don't grow anymore? They're very, very thin. The style of the time, but something she regrets.

Sometimes, I wonder why she doesn't struggle like I do, and then I remember that she probably is, just in different ways. At least I still have eyebrows, even if my brain wants them gone.

She has her own kids now, but they're both boys, and I hope she doesn't have anymore.

I hope she doesn't have a girl.

I hope the caterpillar game dies with us.

[theshortolivia]

Get to Know me tag :)

Was tagged for a get to know me tag game by @deerlisteners and these are fun so thought I’d do it for the like two people who will see it, even though, they are both childhood friends and know all this…

1. Are you named after anyone?

Yeah! My moms named me after the character Olivia Benson from law and order because she was a ‘strong independent woman’ like they wanted me to be and they also both had a crush on her/the actress who plays her. Bonus fact I’m p sure if I’d been born male they woulda named me Josiah

2. When was the last time you cried?

Uhhh, I got emotional and ALMOST cried at the ‘shoe scene’ (can’t be any more specific cause Huge spoilers) when rewatching Jojo Rabbit, I DID cry when I saw it in theatres and I HIGHLY recommend it as a comedy satire but also a harrowing reminder of history we should never forget (and for taika waititi of course). Um last time I actually cried I don’t remember cause recently my mental health has been depression apathy and not anxiety tears but it was Probably out of frustration at my chronic illness limiting what I can do, not a fun anecdote unfortunately but sometimes it be like that

3. Do you have kids?

I do not and I don’t plan on having any anytime soon for economic, chronic illness, and age reasons (I’m 22 lol I am Not settled in life I don’t even live alone). I would like to have kids when I’m older and more settled health and money wise, I love kids and feel I have so much love and care to give, i think I’d both enjoy and be a good mother. Also, I’d like to have them ‘traditionally’ because I’d like to experience pregnancy and I have some good genes lol. I think I’d like to have 3, partially because I do think I will love to raise and love children but also largely because I want my kids to have multiple siblings and to have a bigger (I know that’s not large in the grand scheme but for like, this day and age and economy and etc) family and for their kids to have multiple aunts/uncles. I love having a brother and wish I had more siblings, I wish I had a sibling closer in age that I could relate to, but I do still enjoy taking care of him and him being my baby brother. I also used to have 5 aunts and uncles (well 10 since they were all married ig) and many many cousins of all ages before we stopped talking to that side of my family, and I have two uncles (and my aunts their wives) and only see a few of my cousins due to where they live, and I am so glad I have family gatherings that big but I do miss the giant ones too, therefore I want for my kids what I have and love.

4. What sports do you play/have you played?

I am NOT a sports girlie. Up until I was 12 ish I was a very into ballet and modern dancing (would’ve continued but alas anxiety struck) and after that I did musical theatre which is its own style of dancing, incorporating all different types. I’d love to go back but since I stopped dancing due to a steady string of anxiety, anxiety medication side effects, foot problems, and then finally chronic fatigue syndrome, I’ve become out of shape, have really bad feet, and REALLY struggle to find time to take care of myself. I do want to start exercising again in ways that don’t require me to have functional feet like weight lifting, aerial dancing (those fabric strip things) etc. But I am Not good at sports nor do I like it, sorry. I remember basketball in elementary being the most frustrating and volleyball being,,,ok

5. Do you use sarcasm?

Hm in general i don’t think I do actually, I’m a pretty earnest and straightforward person myself and idk using sarcasm feels negative? For me? And I strive to be as positive to others as I can be. (Not that sarcasm is always mean I just feel like it don’t my Vibe ykwim) but I’m also somewhat socially and subtextually dense so I think it makes sense I don’t use something I may not be the best at understanding unless it’s obvious

6. What is the first thing you notice about people?

Hmm, I think that varies a Lot, it’s probably usually either makeup, clothing, hairstyle, or tattoos if they stand out or if they’re something I’d want myself or am attracted too or like aesthetically. I always try to get up the courage to compliment people on things I notice because I feel good when I get complimented so I want other people to feel like that too :) also actually since I’m a cashier and people hand over cash and point cards often I usually notice nails. Oh I also notice extremes in height immediately, I’m short so people shorter than me are like woah! And people super duper tall are also like Woah!

7. What’s your eye colour?

Dark brown

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

TLDR happy endings, I’m a sucker for happily ever after to the point where if it didn’t end happily I’ll probably write or st least daydream a fan fiction ending where it does. ESPECIALLY romance it Always gets me. I do like scary movies though, especially psychological horror, although,,,In The Tall Grass FUCKED ME UP (the movie, I don’t read stephen king books cause his writing style makes me uncomfy but man does he have some fucked up terrifying horrible ideas for for him)

9. Any talents?

Ig that’s kinda complicated cause I’d probably call myself a jack of all trades (but master of none). I was one of those kids that was praised for being good at like everything the first time I tried it and now as an adult has to learn how to study and have a huge issue of getting frustrated and stopping anything I try that I’m not immediately good at therefore never being able to improve because I’m not practicing. But I’ve been Told by teachers, professors, and other people that I’m quite talented at singing. I starred in some musicals in elementary school and studied vocals in high school, in choirs the whole time too, so I’d say I’m like, sort of trained in musical theatre and opera and I Have worked to improve my voice. But I was also told that apparently when I was 3 ish I grabbed a mic and went on a stage (probably at play group or smth idk) and belted twinkle twinkle little star and parents laughed and said I’d be a star one day so idk maybe I just have that star quality lol. Oh I’ve also been commended for my acting skills back before I did acting? But I haven’t done much of late and wouldn’t consider myself exceptionally skilled, I want to be though! I uh also had a period in high school where I discovered I liked (and was good at) academics and excelled in science and math and focused Heavily on that, getting awards and whatnot. I’m not gifted but my mom and grandfather are (were, granddad is not alive) and I definitely did get their big brains.

Oh also I’m like a professional daydreamer at this point I write whole ass stories in my head most of which Never make it to the Google docs and I’m Amazingly talented at oversharing I’m sorry in advance tell me to stop talking I literally won’t mind I promise I ramble Too much

10. Where were you born?

Ontario, Canada

11. What are your hobbies?

Too many. I have this issue where I like too many things so I spread myself too thinly to commit to spending enough time practicing on any one thing to improve, and then on top of that have this thing where I can’t just do something for fun I have to be Good at it (which I think stems from being a Talented Kid™) BUT here’s a list here we go it’s long

Singing

Acting

Dancing

Cooking

Baking

Writing

Makeup

Learning languages (I’m shit at it tho)

Linguistics (how languages WORK is So Cool)

Driving

Drawing

Learning about cool science things namely psychology, genetic, otherwise biology, or nuclear related

I’m not good at this yet but I wanna get into mixology for fun and also as a job

Can’t sew v well yet but I think it would be So Fun and also good to know cause I have to hem every other pair of pants I get

12. Do you have any pets?

I live w my parents still n we have a dog who’s actually my brother’s service dog she’s a huge black lab named Marshmallow and she is full of so much love but not a lot of thoughts, and we recently got a tuxedo kitten i got to name Carmilla (Carmilla is the name of an 1872? gothic lesbian vampire novella that came out before dracula, see my kitten loved to hide n is super duper fast and also play bites, hence, vampire)

13. How tall are you?

5’1 or 152cm

14. Favourite subject in school?

Too many uhh in high school I rlly loved general biology, my vocal classes (which we learned solos in Italian, German, and musical theatre genres and etc it was amazing), my intro to sociology, psychology, and anthropology class, my human development throughout the lifespan class (I wrote a super cool paper on the theory of infantile synesthesia which tbh is probably the best paper I’ve ever written), and my drama classes. In uni so far I’ve enjoyed my year 1 biology class, Especially the second half cause it was like almost All genetics (soooo fascinating!!!), I Loved my Japanese class which was hard as hell but so fascinating and awesome (I love languages and how they work, and Japanese being so different from my native language of English was really interesting, I also really like Japanese food and culture and nature so learning the language was partially because I think it’s a wonderful language but partially so I can go to Japan at some point), my psych intro class was fascinating and I especially enjoyed the parts on sleep and consciousness and on sensory and perception, those parts of our brains are sooo cool I also really liked my Health Psychology (relating our body to our mind was eye opening and very interesting) class. All those classes had super interesting subject matter AND really amazing sweet and helpful professors. Oh my intro data science class was cool cause I got to do shit of coding which was fun and rewarding

15. Dream Job?

Ok so remember the ‘jack of all trades but master of none’ thing? Liking and being somewhat good at many different things is rlly not helpful for deciding on careers, the end of that phrase ‘but better than being a master of one’ I’d say isn’t true cause I do think being good at One thing has its pros and cons, a pro being it’s def easier to decide what to do. I’ve been told I could probably make it in the opera industry, and I would love to act and sing for a living, whether that’s theatre, film, or voice acting, preferably I’d love to do them all tbh. It feels narcissistic to admit but I do like the recognition for performing, I relish the applause I get during curtain calls or after a solo, I wouldn’t say I Live for the applause but I do like it, I think I’d like to be some level of famous. However I know that’s not easy to attain and I also would love to be a teaching and researching professor of psychology and genetics. I love presenting and teaching and am very good at it (my best marks are always on presentations lol) and I love researching concepts that are interesting to me, like for example if I had to write a thesis right now I’d probably write it about the possibility of finding the epigenetic patterns that cause hereditary depression, anxiety, etc, and use CRISPR gene editing technology to correct those thus ending the cycle of hereditary mental illness instead of putting the bandaid of a medication on it. Also I know that coding and computer science is lucrative right now and I did enjoy my taste of coding so I’d also love to look into that. I Do want to make a lot of money so I can afford to take care of those I love (and myself), be more sustainable, and enjoy some extra things in life like fancy and unique or uncommon to my culture food

No pressure but Also tagging @dragonheart1330 :)

I probably didn’t even say One thing @dragonheart1330 and @deerlisteners don’t already know lol as I said I am soooo talented at oversharing

[iero]

hi kam! 1, 8, 17 and 18 for the tattoo asks? 💕💕

Helloooooo anon!

How many tattoos do you have?

I have 12 so far and fun fact: They are all on my arms!

What does your family think about your tattoos?

This one is funny. My mom was VERY anti-tattoos/body mods up until we turned 18 and then she... stopped caring? She has a tattoo herself now and has ideas to get, I think, 2 more currently? My grandparents still remain anti-tattoos/body mods, but they both know that we're all adults and there is nothing they can do about it. Me and all but one of my siblings (there is 5 of us, so 4 of us) have at least one tattoo (my younger sister has a full B&W sleeve and others as well) and my aunt is covered in them. They all agree that there is better ways to spend your money and I sometimes agree with them, but we ball... At this point, when I get a tattoo, I just don't tell them and let them find out. When I got my two tattoos back in November from the UK, they were never commented on by my family and still have not been LMAO.

17. Do you have one tattoo artist who does all of your art or a stand out tattoo artist? Hype them up!

I do not have one singular tattoo artist! I go to I did mention him in the previous two asks, but I scream my love for rabtattoo's work from the rooftops. His use of color is insane and you genuinely cannot, like, pinpoint his style to one specific thing. His work is genuinely one of a kind to me and so, so gorgeous. I hate that his communication to make an appointment with him wasn't great because literally everything else was such a positive experience with him. He's such a cool and caring dude and you can tell he has such a love for tattooing. He came in on his usual day off to accommodate me because I was a traveler so my time was limited... He gave me his sketches (he draws his designs by hand) because he appreciated I was a traveler... He kept checking in with me during the session (I was laid on my front for 6... hours....)... He caps his tattoo prices no matter how big it is because he says he doesn't want getting tattooed by him to be unattainable (and I paid VERY reasonably for my piece)... Just top three tattoo experiences and next time I go to the UK, I hope I can get tattooed by him!

18. Is there any artist you would love to get work done by? Tell us about them!

I have three that I would love to get tattooed by that I haven't yet!

sadboykurt - One of THEE emo tattoo artists. It would be cool to get, like, a My Chem/Paramore/Fall Out Boy piece by him. I don't live that far from Philly at all, so I'm hopeful I can get in with him at some point in the next year or so! His style is quirky and cute. I love his use of the "glitter."

debbiejonestattoos - Probably top three traditional artists I know. I mean, just LOOK at their profile. I am in love with their use of color (the fucking GRADIENTS) and how clean their work always looks. This dude made a video that pretty much said it all. Unfortunately, I am not in the UK, but one day!

amyalicetattoos - Again, another emo tattoo artist I would probably shoot myself in the foot if I never got tattooed by them. I'm such a sucker for a neo-trad tattooer as well (just as much as trad) and again, her style is very cute. I love how she does her flowers. Definitely would love to book in with her, but again, I do not live in Scotland... One day!

Thanks anon! (Sorry that this is so long. I could talk tattoos for DAYS.)

[bosses-stay-flawless]

OCTOBER is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Sending love, support and solidarity to all of the women & men (and yes men can get it too) who have been diagnosed, survived an taken by breast cancer.

Awareness, Early Detection, Resources, Research, Resilience, Support, Solidarity, Teamwork and Vision are just a few of the words that come to mind, whenever I use my voice to Advocate for anyone who has had their lives impacted by breast cancer.

Before I was even born, breast cancer had taken the life of one of my grandmothers. In her last months of life she dedicated her last days to research, allowing researchers to try experimental medications to save other women’s lives while knowing that the new research wouldn’t save her own.

My mother also succumbed to her battle with breast cancer after going into remission for two years. She also used her voice LOUDLY to advocate and encourage research for the “ cure.”

If you speak with me long enough you know that my love for genealogical research goes deeper than just figuring out who my ancestors are. When my aunt, got diagnosed a year after my mom died, her cancer also went into remission, for 15 years!!! One of her greatest gifts to her granddaughter ( my cousin) and the other women in my family, (including myself) was her willingness to take several tests to see if she carried either of the genes associated with the disease. Unfortunately, my cousin did end up with breast cancer and made it through because of my aunts agreeing to take a test that was innovative for the times.

In my early 20’s I had the most degrading experience with a doctor. After my mom had died I went to see him to keep a promise that I made to my mom to get regularly tested. He flat out refused because my age didn’t match the scientific data. I argued that the women in my family had a tendency of dying young when they get that disease ( my mom was 43, and my grandma was 33, he still refused me when I told him I really wanted to take the test. I left in tears.

It was another doctor that understood the roll of genetics that got me tested, and that knowledge, has been empowering, My mom lost one of her breasts to breast cancer, after my aunt got her test back she made the well informed decision to remove both of her breasts in order to stay in remission. My cousin used the genetic data to help with her treatment, by the grace of God I have not been diagnosed with breast cancer, despite my strong family history of the disease. Although in 2018 I did have a scare that, thankfully wasn’t breast cancer. So, each year I have a mammogram, all year I advocate, research, and fundraise for a cure, no women at any age should be denied the right to a test based on age or falling outside of a scientific range of probability.

Genetic research is an extension of awareness and advocacy. As a reminder encourage the women around you to take care of their breast health. Every disease isn’t always about your environment or lifestyle, genetics play a big part. Know your history or discover it when you can. Being proactive and learning about your genetic & DNA makeup might just save a life.

[askbensolo]

Kashyyyk Log #1: Kinraths and Kindred Spirits

"Bro. Wookiee kids must have an absolute crap time walking to school," Amalia remarked, slapping vainly away at the mosquito-concentrated air.

This particular statement was in response to having to fight off our sixth kinrath, while trekking through the dense Kashyyyk forest. And whenever the kinraths weren't trying to eat us, the mosquitoes were—greedy to suck the blood of any creature unprotected by thick fur.

"Well, the kinraths don't bother the Wookiees," I told her. "Wookiees are huge."

"I'm huge," Amalia said grumpily.

"Yeah, and your skin is also, like, bright orange, dude. You're not exactly camouflaged. In fact, you probably look extra tasty—" I paused to reconsider. "Or, poisonous. One of those."

"Ha. Both of those words describe me pretty well, actually."

I smirked and rolled my eyes at her, then looked back and motioned for us to stop. "Hold on, Mal. We gotta wait for Threepio again."

Amalia made a squinchy face and hung her head to the side. "We've got a walking golden target with us, and you give me a hard time for being bright orange. Do we gotta wait for him?"

"Unfortunately, yeah," I said. "I didn't hit Duro'lingo hard enough. And you don't speak Shyriiwook at all."

"Aw, how hard could it be?" Amalia snorted. "Arghbghowhooaurgh. There. Wookiee words."

"Dude." I pointed my finger at her. (The Solo finger, Mom calls it.) "Do not do that in front of my aunt."

"What? What'd I say?"

A glint of gold came shuffling through the thick foliage behind us. "Your accent was quite terrible, Miss Amalia, but I do believe you uttered something rather similar to a most disagreeable slur."

"Cool."

"Not cool. Threepio, could you try to hurry up?"

"I'm trying, Master Ben, but I really was not made for this terrain. Hmph! When your mother told me I was being transferred to your care, I so looked forward to the shining streets of Theed—"

I suddenly heard a not-so-distant screech on the left. Lined up my blaster—fired. One shot—the kinrath squealed (so did Threepio) and hit the ground, and I peered over the underbrush to see. It looked like one of those dead spiders you find on the windowsill, the legs all curled up—only, if it was about as big as you.

And also, with a hot smoking hole in its head.

I felt a satisfying sense of power kick in. It was kind of like drugs, to be honest.

"Oh! Ghastly."

"Hey, this is actually kinda fun," I chuckled, twirling the blaster in my hand and re-holstering it like I'd seen my dad do. It's so embarrassing—I developed my blaster skills from hologames, not from actual combat. "Naboo isn't like this at all. Not my part of the planet, anyway. This is a nice change of pace."

"Eh, Coruscant's pretty dangerous," Amalia said with a shrug. "But...because of the people, not the animals. I don't even know if there are wild animals on Coruscant. Besides the vermin, I mean." She threw out her hand on the right, and Force-stunned another kinrath. "I mean the animal vermin, not the people vermin."

"You want a blaster, Mal? I have a backup."

"Naaah," she drawled. "I hate these ugly-looking kriffers, but that's no reason to end their lives. I mean—if I killed everyone I hated, I'd be in jail."

I laughed. It was exactly the type of thing that Amalia could only say to me. Threepio swiveled his head between the two of us, visibly concerned, even without the ability to display facial expressions.

"Geez, Mal, you sound like some kind of Jedi," I teased. "Well—not the jail part. The other part. It's not like they're people or something—they're just overgrown spiders. C'mooon! Let off some steam! Paint the forest floor with their guts! Assist natural selection."

"Oh dear," Threepio murmured.

But Amalia laughed. It was exactly the type of thing I could only say to her.

But, she also kind of scoffed at the same time.

"I may not be a Jedi anymore, Solo," she said, becoming a little more solemn. "But I've still got more in common with a Jedi than I've got with you."

"Really?" I asked, polishing my blaster a little. "I always thought you and I were kind of like kindred spirits." I fired off at another kinrath—not one that was coming for us, just one that was scuttling up in the trees.

Amalia waved her hand and the blaster bolt diverted into the ground, causing a bunch of lizards to scatter out of the bushes.

"Nah...you're right, Ben," she agreed. "We are pretty similar in nature." She caught up to me, and took both my blasters from my holster belt. "The difference is just that you're following your nature, and I'm fighting mine."

I didn't really know what to say to that. All I knew was, the longer I thought about it, the worse I started to feel—like maybe I really was just as horrible a person as everyone seemed to think I am—so, I did what I do best, and Stopped Freaking Thinking About It.

[guessimate]

This week I'm trying to finish playing the Asian part of my town, or at least the Laos and the Siews who are related to my main families. The Laos are first and guess what ROS they got... Men are just cursed in this part of my town and they keep leaving their wives.

If you haven't seen my previous post, I have uploaded some videos with short recaps and family trees of my Asian households. Here is the video about the Laos.

Almost all the dads in my Sim Asia are abandoning their families to join the monastery. It might not make a lot of sense, but that's some good drama for me, so I'm allowing it to happen...

Hisashi and Satet just got married, but they have been together since their adolescence, and they have a toddler and a baby on the way. If Satet died, Magu (Hisashi's sister) would have to take care of the baby and the toddler. They would both be brought up by their extremely young aunt who is just turning into a teenager this round.

I might have to play the monastery at some point, to make sure the original monks get to die peacefully and Hisashi can take over as the new head monk.

Hisashi has left his family before, so I can understand he would feel the monastery is his real home. Maybe he really doesn't like living in the same house as his younger sister. They aren't enemies, but they were both interested in taking over the business. Hisashi might have just given up on running the business in general.

~*~

Guiren became a child on the same day her aunt Magu aged up. But there was no need to worry, because Satet survived her last birth. She gave birth to a healthy baby girl, so the Lao family name won't survive the 'test of time' either, unfortunately.

The little girl has dark blue eyes like her older sister and black hair like her aunt. Her name is Bazi. Baby Bazi aged up at the very end of the round. She immediately knew she was into Fitness, just like her older sister. She's a Sagittarius: 3 Sloppy (her dad is 4 Sloppy), 8 Outgoing, max Active (1 more active than mom/sister), max Playful, and 3 Grouchy (just like mom and sister).

~*~

Magu's aspiration was randomized to be Popularity, like her mother's (and her brother's aspiration is Fortune, like their dad's). I personally like the idea of children having the same dreams, especially if their parents never achieved much in their lifetimes.

Magu's possible romantic prospects, Tasuku and Sangen, are also Popularity sims, so it's getting a bit samey this generation in my Sim Asia. We will see next round whom she likes more. So far she has only met Sangen and she has got 2 bolts of chemistry with him.

~*~

On the day when Hisashi was going to leave, one of the monks, Yutaka Siew, was walking by. He was checking on his student, and it turned out he would like to come back to the monastery after all...

Satet wanted to learn Couples Counselling, but I don't think that will help this family. She's not getting more babies.

~*~

This family is not running a florist's anymore, now they are poultry farmers. The chickens they had on the lot depreciated quite a bit, but they got lucky with the most recent eggs and got a rooster to sell.

Magu is quite enthusiastic about getting customer stars, but I might have to restart this home business. Something seems to be wrong and no business perks can be unlocked.

They earned ~950$.

500$ - rent

380$ - tax (40%)

95$ - tithe

They paid basically everything they earned (~980$), but at least they were able to afford the taxes. They have almost nothing left. But it's still probably better than spending money on flower arrangements for little profit.