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[lifeinbooks]

Od nekih dodira umireš,

od nekih oživiš,

neki te podsjete da si živa

neki te podsjete da si cijelo vrijeme umirala,

a nisi bila svjesna svoje smrti.

Od nekih dodira postaneš,

od nekih nestaneš,

od nekih odlaziš,

nekima se vječno vraćaš.

[hunter-the-sad-skeleton]

On General Lunaris+redemption in my Ducktales AU(Put it on DA, putting here too)

So! In the Ducktales Reboot, where General Lunaris originates from, he was a horrible person who(from what I've seen) hasn't gotten a redemption arc! Obviously not everyone needs a redemption arc, but I quickly grew attached, so I got to work! In my AU, yes, Lunaris DID screw up BIG. I'm NOT excusing ANY of his actions. For the AU I'm working on, Lunaris acted mostly out of fear of the unknown or fear of becoming obsolete. 

Granted, he shouldn't have acted the way that he did, as he hurt his people more than he did help them, but I can see both sides of the metaphorical coin. I've come up with a few big events in the Moonlanders' culture's history to fill in the blanks, but no true dates yearwise. 

 First big event: Tranquility gets constructed by Captain Voltair(General Lunaris' father) 

Second big event: A monarchy/law system gets put in place for Tranquility. 

Third big event: Mcduck enterprises sends first ambassador to go visit the city of tranquility. 

 Fourth big event: On a trip with the ambassador, Captain Voltair meets Enchantress Baleta(Buh-lee-tuh) and falls head over heels for her. 

Fifth big event: After a few years of dating after the ambassador left, Captain Voltair proposes to Baleta. 

Sixth big event: Voltair and Baleta get married. 

 Seventh big event: Lunaris is born. 

 Eighth big event: Another Mcduck enterprises ambassador gets sent to Tranquility due to hearing about the excess gold reserves and attempts to get close to Voltair and Baleta so that they can steal some of it. 

 Nineth big event: Guards catch the ambassador stealing gold and threaten their life unless they leave immediately. 

Tenth big event: The ambassador holds his hands up in surrender and the guards escort them back to their ship. 

Eleventh big event: The ambassador steals some gold as they're being escorted to their ship and boards it before the guards can catch them and steal it back. 

Twelfth big event: The city of Tranquility recovers from the loss of materials slowly but surely, discovering a cave of sorts when they go spelunking for more gold. 

Thirteenth big event: The first Moon Mite attack. The loss of people from Tranquility that day was tragic. 

Fourteenth big event: Captain Voltair trains a group of Moonlanders in the ways of combat, forming a strong garrison of soldiers.

Fifteenth big event: Voltair goes out to take on the Moon Mite, but doesn't return, having bit off more than he could chew by taking on the Moon Mite. 

Sixteenth big event: Baleta passes of old age and Tranquility shuts its doors for a few cycles in mourning. 

Seventeenth big event: A Moonlander by the name of Neo rises up through the ranks of the Elite Guard, known for his incredible speed and agility, eventually getting promoted to the rank of one of General Lunaris' personal bodyguards. 

Eighteenth big event: Neo gets sent out with a squad of eight Moonlanders(Some his own family) in another attempt at taking out the Moon Mite, only for it to end in Massacre, the team of eight returning as a team of four, one of whom got his arms and legs pulled off due to his limbs being stuck inside his gold limb enhancers. 

Nineteenth big event: Another Moon Mite attack occurs, resulting in yet another large loss. 

Twentieth big event:  Neo returns to his station as General Lunaris' bodyguard after spending a few months in solitude to recover. 

The rest is known in the show! The mindset I put myself in when I write Lunaris is "Okay, I'm doing this for my people's wellfare. I'm in the right, I'm doing what's best for my people, anyone who says otherwise is against me and is very strongly wrong." 

Eventually, after a while of dwelling with the Sharkas, reality hits and he makes his way down from the atmosphere, stating that he "Comes in peace, I mean no harm anymore." It takes a while but Lunaris eventually earns everyone's forgiveness. 

Except ONE. 

Neo refuses to forgive Lunaris, feeling like Lunaris is too "fake" in his apologies. What's stopping Lunaris from turning on them again?! What's stopping him from stabbing everyone in the back again?!? What's stopping him from stepping out of line?! Neo is so full of ANGER and RESENTMENT that he can't see how HORRIBLE Lunaris feels about his actions. 

Lunaris tries his best to explain himself, but Neo has NONE of it. Neo actively AVOIDS Lunaris, going so far as to leave anywhere that he may be. He WANTS to forgive Lunaris, but he can't. He feels if he forgives him, he's betraying those that were lost in the patrol for the Moon Mite's extermination that he failed because he froze up. 

I see Lunaris as a self-righteous person who wants what's best for his people. Yes, he was, pardon the crude language, a dick in his actions to help his people, but when you're in that position, I can see where he's coming from. Eventually, something happens to put everyone in danger and Neo, wanting to prove himself, throws himself in harm's way. Lunaris calls out to try to get him to fall back. Does Neo listen? 

Nope! In fact, he does the exact OPPOSITE and almost gets himself KILLED. Neo panicks, freezing up, then everything goes black. 

And Neo wakes up in a hospital bed with Lunaris sitting in a chair beside it, fast asleep. Neo thinks that Penumbra brought him to the hospital, but she's nowhere in sight. He thinks it was Della, but she's nowhere in sight. Donald, nowhere in sight. Scrooge, nowhere in sight. Gladstone, nowhere in sight. Realization hits Neo that Lunaris...has changed. He's better than he was several moons ago, yet he was still denying the fact that he's changed, the fact that he's not bad anymore, the fact that he's good now, the fact that he's not evil now, the fact that he CARED ABOUT HIM ENOUGH TO CHARGE INTO CERTAIN DEATH TO SAVE SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T MATTER IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS. 

Neo is agast. He knew that Lunaris was friendly before the Moonvasion scheme, HE KNEW THAT, and yet...The facts....felt more like fiction. It felt surreal. Neo gets snapped out of his thoughts by Lunaris quickly looking over him, making sure he was okay. Lunaris freezes as Neo asks a simple one word question: "Why?" 

Lunaris sits down in the chair, taking a deep breath and closing his eyes for a moment. "Because even if you are small, and freeze up in the face of danger, you are one of my closest friends." Neo tears up slightly, getting Lunaris to quickly get up and look for any injuries. 

"I don't understand...!" Neo sobs, practically breaking down after months of anger and resentment. "Why do you care so much...?!" Lunaris realizes that it's not PHYSICAL damage that's causing Neo to sob his eyes out; it was emotional damage. 

"Neo, I care about you so much because you won't." Neo falls silent at hearing this. "I know that you may not forgive me, I don't expect you to forgive me, I CAN'T expect you to do that. But know that I'm truly sorry for all I've done to you and everyone else." 

Neo looks Lunaris in the eyes, thinking his words over. "I was angry at you, I HATED you." Lunaris cringes, knowing he's fully deserving of what comes next. "But I'm not anymore. I don't anymore. I don't hate you anymore. I'm sorry I held such a grudge towards you." 

Lunaris thinks something over in his head. "I heard that your parents aren't quite...Desireable, so.....How would you feel about...me taking that place...?" Neo is shocked, but nods. He could be a cool Dad. Then again, anyone could be a better dad than his biological one. 

 Tl;Dr: Lunaris works EXTREMELY HARD for everyone to forgive him since he feels terrible about his actions. Sorry this was so long, I got the chance to infodump and this was WAAAAAAAAAAY longer than it needed to be!

[superbmakerzombie]

U baletnom spektaklu ‘Great Gatsby’ pjeva Franka Batelić

U baletnom spektaklu ‘Great Gatsby’ pjeva Franka Batelić

Baletni blockbuster ‘Great Gatsby’ dolazi 14. listopada u zagrebačku Arenu. Glavnu ulogu ima Denis Matvienko (38), nacionalni baletni prvak Marijinskog teatra u Sankt Peterburgu i ravnatelj baleta ruskog Nacionalnog kazališta, a kao pjevačica nastupa Franka Batelić (25). – Dionice su genijalne, polumračne i mistične, prave dvadesete. Veselim se biti dio spektakla – rekla je Franka. Batelić…

[lifeinbooks]

Najgora žaljenja nisu da bar nisam, najgora su žaljenja da bar jesam... Jer boli nedostatak uspomena. I boli život koji nikada nije bio u našim rukama.

[lifeinbooks]

Ponekad je potrebna samo jedna jedina osoba koja će povjerovati u nas, čak i ako smo tabjedna jedina osoba mi sami.

[lifeinbooks]

Svjetovi u kojima živimo predivni su, ali nikada nisu divniji od svjetova koji žive u nama. Svjetovi u kojima živimo odvratni su, ali nikada nisu odvratniji od svjetova koji žive u nama.

[lifeinbooks]

Ljudi su duboki, komplicirani, teški i neizdrživi. Uz neke prvi put istinski živimo. Neke ne preživimo. Neki nas promijene. Uz neke odrastemo. Neke prerastemo. Uz neke se izgubimo. Neke izgubimo da bismo zadržali sebe.

[lifeinbooks]

Znaš, najgora stvar kod prekida jest što ne prekidaš samo s tom osobom. Prekidaš i s verzijom sebe koja je voljela tu osobu.

[lifeinbooks]

sretan nam dan poezije, i zapamtite poezija je u nama❤️✒️

[lifeinbooks]

Svi smo mi dobri ljudi koji čine loša djela. Svi smo mi loši ljudi koji čine dobra djela.

[lifeinbooks]

Ljudi nisu obojeni crno-bijelom tehnikom, a život nije Marvelov film. Nismo junaci i ne možemo spasiti svijet. Ni ne moramo. Ali možemo spasiti sebe i povjerovati u svijet dovoljno da budemo sposobni vidjeti dobro.

[lifeinbooks]

Mnogo smo više od svoga odraza u ogledalu. Mnogo smo više od onoga što radimo. Mnogo smo više od tuđeg mišljenja. Mnogo smo više od vizije u tuđim očima.

[lifeinbooks]

Neke riječi nije ni potrebno izgovoriti. Preživjeti ćemo i bez njih. Bitno je samo da je netko tu i da nam ukaže na to da imamo pravo nastaviti dalje.

[lifeinbooks]

Mi smo zbroj svega što nas rastužuje i svega što nas nasmijava. Mi smo svi lijepi trenutci. Sve naša jedva čekanja. Ono čemu se nadamo kada zatvorimo oči. Ono čemu se molimo prije spavanja. Ono bez čega ne možemo. Ono bez čega bismo voljeli da možemo. Mi smo zbroj svih ljudi koje volimo. Mi smo ljudi koje volimo

[lifeinbooks]

Čini li ti se nekada da čovjek proživi tisuće života u jednome?

[lifeinbooks]

More nisu valovi, ljeto nisu pljuskovi, a mi nismo naše pogreške.