#from the polar region btw

[senju]

HEY add me on pokemon go!! i send daily gifts :^) qr code under the cut!

code is 1106 5228 8735 if you don't wanna type it

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #WorldBearDay:

White Spirit Bears by Apache elder Judy Tallwing (b. 1945), 2012. Resin/silver/garnet/sterling/acrylic/copper/diamonds on canvas. From American Visionary Art Museum's "The Secret Life of Earth" show in 2019.

BTW "Spirit Bear" aka "Ghost Bear" aka Moksgm'ol isn't a Polar Bear; it's a rare white morph (NOT albino) of the Kermode Bear, a subspecies of American Black Bear (Ursus americanus kermodei) endemic to coastal British Columbia. It's BC's official mammal & sacred to the region's First Nations peoples.

Mother and cub at Spirit Bear Lodge, Klemtu, BC. Image: Wikimedia Commons.

[dangerous-panda-37]

This is my pokemon go friend code: 8848 6143 6857. I am collecting the different vivillons. I need ocean and tundra. I have gifts from the polar region. I do not need any other regions. I’ve gotten a lot of friend requests and I’m grateful for the help, but I’ve got too many people in my list now. It’s taking me a long time to get gifts for everyone. Plz don’t send a friend request if you don’t have tundra or ocean region postcards.

Edit: I got my blog back! :)

BTW, If you think that you've seen this post before, that's because you probably have. I posted this on my old blog flying-wolf-32. I tried to edit it today to say thank you to everyone who sent me a friend request. It wouldn't save, I thought it was my glitchy old phone. But when I logged in on the shared laptop, it also wouldn't save. Then I went back on mobile, I had to log in again, and was informed my blog has been terminated. :/ Years worth of my art and other things just gone. :(

[aster-28]

Btw for anyone who doesn't know bear is a term for gay hairy men. And would gay hairy men from nord regions be called polar bears?

Funny that transphobes talk abt trans men like “dont be surprised when the testosterone doesn’t turn you to an anime twink” meanwhile half the trans guys I know are in an active race to become the hairiest man in the world gripping our T bottles like “please I need to be a bear it’s important”

[adobe-outdesign]

What are your thoughts on the newly revealed starter pokemon? I personally feel like some changes coukdve been made to really polish Fuecoco's design (omitting the second smaller stem-thing, adding more teeth, longer lower jaw), but otherwise I think they're fairly good! I like the homosexual duck

(Note: Pokemon reviews on this blog typically go in order of submission, but I'm nudging this one forward in honor of Scarlet and Violet's announcement. Reviews will return to the regular order after this.)

Sprigatito (btw, can we talk about what a fantastic name that is? actually all three of these guys have good names) is pretty good and very cute. I like the expression--this definitely looks like a capricious attention-seeker--and the way the fur on the head is stylized, which is accented by the loose fur on the tail. The dark green accents are well placed and draw the eye through the design nicely as well.

I don't even have much to nitpick about it, aside from the fact that I wish the pattern on the face had another point to match the leaf mane's shape.

However, I do feel like it suffers from being pretty plain. This is more or less the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a "grass-type long-haired cat". It's not bad, but it lacks flavor, having neither a unique body shape or a distinctive theme yet.

With that said, sometimes starters start off bland before they get interesting. Fennekin and Litten are both in Sprigatito's ballpark, and both don't start to get a clear theme until the second or even third evo. I'm not saying Sprigatito here needs to become bipedal (though for the record, I don't really care what it does as long as the design's good), just that the plainness might not be a problem if the design becomes more interesting down the road.

It's also one of the harder Pokemon to guess what direction the evo's going to go in, given the lack of theme. Personally, I would like to see something lynx-esc, both because they're present in the region's area and because we don't really have a lynx Pokemon (other than the Shinx line, but those don't actually look like lynxes visually). You can kind of see how the face fur would lean into the lynx's tufts, as would the leaf collar:

The description mentions it being attention-seeking, so maybe something with a prima donna vibe, like Serperior? Or something with a stage theme, more along the lines of Primarina?

Anyway, the point is that Sprigatito’s a solid start, but I hope it gets more unique as it evolves.

Fuecoco’s my personal favorite so far. It’s kind of the polar opposite of Sprigatito, having a very distinctive body shape and theme right off the bat. Chili peppers are a legitimately great concept, both tying into the region and providing a fitting type.

In terms of what I like, the white on the face is very distinctive and invokes the idea of a pepper well, as do the “stems”. The colors are nicely balanced throughout and the body shape, as mentioned previously, is a unique one. In other words, it’s pretty visually striking.

There’s only a few nitpicks I have. I don’t mind the second stem visually, but I don’t think it’s needed, especially because peppers normally only have one. The square on the chest looks a bit off; I would’ve like to see the underbelly come up and become rounded to match the face instead. And finally, I would’ve liked to see a bit more anatomy here and there, mostly in the legs as it’s hard to picture this thing walking (just give it some haunches and put the claws underneath).

And when it comes to evolution, while everyone is focused on Sprigatito saying quadrupedal, I’d kind of like to see Fuecoco go that route personally. We already have an alligator in Feraligatr, so it dropping onto all fours would be a way to easily differentiate the two. The hot pepper thing could be worked into more, with it gaining leaves and becoming part grass type, and maybe the tail could become bent up like the end of a hot pepper or something.

I’ve also heard the idea of a chef evo tossed around due the food idea, and I’d certainly be down for that; the white could lead into a chef’s hat of sorts, for example.

I’ve also heard some people suggest that the starters could share each other type’s as secondary’s this time around due to fire/grass being the obvious choice here. Not sure how likely it is to happen, but it would certainly be interesting.

As a whole, it’s a solid and memorable design that just needs to get a bit more definition to the anatomy as it evolves.

Finally, Quaxly is still pretty good, but it doesn’t stick out in my mind as much. I think it’s because it looks a bit too muck like Ducklett to me. Don’t get me wrong, they’re not that similar, but the faces in particular bear some resemblance, and then take into consideration that they’re both ducks and they just start to blur together a bit for me.

In terms of the design, the teal color is pulled through well and I like little beret, as well as the general design of the face. The only things I’m not big on are that curved line on the chest (I guess it’s meant to be chest feathers, but why only one and why is it shaded like it’s indented?) and the weird little squiggly line on the hat, which I can only assume will play into something in the evos becuase it has no reason to be there otherwise.

Not much else to say beyond that; much like Sprigatito up there, it’s a bit on the bland side at this point, not helped by the fact that a water-type duck is inherently a straightforward combo. However, the difference is that Quaxly has just enough in the design to hint at a potential theme, rather than being completely up in the air.

The mention of it being earnest and tidy, combined with the hat and the X in the name makes me inclined to believe with the idea that it’s going to gain some kind of conquistador theme to it; the hat becoming one of those metal ones with a big feather, the tidiness lending to a military-esq strictness, ect. Many conquistadors traveled on ships, so the water theme would fit.

Though personally, I hope it does something different, or at least goes in more of a pirate direction; conquistadors are kind of known for ~~enslaving and murdering people~~ so I’d rather not have the charming little duck turn into that. Of course, this is only speculation anyway.

As a whole, these starters feel a lot better than Gen 8′s in my opinion. Whereas Gen 8 had a bunch of near-identical body shapes, there’s a good variety on display here; one cat quadruped, one chunky bipedal reptile, and one bird. Each silhouette looks distinctive and there’s already some interesting themes and design elements at play, so I’m excited to see how these guys evolve. A solid start.

[avatarhanami]

Some current redesign concepts for Kenai and the ancestors to the Water Tribe’s clothing! 🌊 I wanted to take a more traditional but also a more handcrafted side to their designs. Kenai’s tribe are the very first human inhabitants to the North Pole, so their parkas and clothing are going to be layered for warmth (even the warmer weather outfits that Kenai is sporting on the right). Their clothes are handcrafted from animal skin and fur since there aren’t many options other than those to help them keep warm (this is 9,700 years before the Water Tribe we know and love, so things aren’t going to be the same). The two outfits in the right I have two different color schemes, one consisting of muted blues since vibrant blue dye is hard to come by (however, Kenai is from a high status family, so it’s possible he has such clothes) and the other is just animal pelt without the dyed property. (I couldn’t make up my mind with the color scheme 😅) His parka, however, is decorated with a white paste or what could be considered closest to a fabric paint and drawn with wave designs over the skin as a show of status. (This is the finalized design of his parka btw) Note: I wanted to make things a bit more simplistic for Kenai’s tribe, especially since they’re a hunter/gatherer group and they’re brand new to the polar regions. Plus I want to keep things historically accurate to a degree.

[amazingsphelon]

Hello for today’s UPDATE! 08/31/2020

I have finished another 4 of my OC Gijinkas on a different posture

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Link of the original previous post:

Gijinka Pokemon 1st 4 Update

Gijinka WIP Update:

Gijinka Sketches (1st Post)

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From left to right:

Blare the Blaziken, Aedris the Aggron, Aeshi the Gardevoir and Melody the Milotic.

Also You can check out their profile, bio and storylines overhere including a few early sketches per each character:

============================================================= Miashe Blare - The The Fiery Fighter Blaziken =============================================================

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Miashe Blare - The Blaziken **just completely Blare

Age: 17

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Attacks: Has a gold gauntlet that allows her to cast additional moves.

Blaze Kick, Double Kick, Mirror Move,Sky Uppercut, Fire Blast

Human Fighting Style:

Pankration + Muay Thai

Origin Similarities: Greek + Asia (Japanese)

Likes: Tough Battles, Battling against Water Practitioners, Adventures

Dislikes: Being called a Tomboy

================================================ Miashe Blare is an martial arts adventurer, travelling with her companions Aedris and Aeshi in search for treasures and loots galore. Her dreams was to participate on the famous tournament to be one day be among the stars of the fame, searching for stronger opponents and the curse of the "Mythical Birth Fragment" marks surrounding it's bizarre power and mystery.

PROFILE/BIO EXTENTION LINK and SKETCHES:

https://amazingsphelon.tumblr.com/post/625837829585600512/08072020-greetings-today-guys-for-todays?is_highlighted_post=1

============================================================= Aedris Stonebreaker - The Vigorous Adventurer Aggron =============================================================

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Aedris - The Aggron** Aedris Stonebreaker

Age: 21-24

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Attacks: **Has a mace that allows him to cast more moves

Strength, Metal Claw, Iron Tail, Double Edge, Brick Break, Earthquake

Human Fighting Style:

Medieval Knight + Giant Mace

Origin Similarities: Underground Hierarchic (European)

Likes: Sexy, Cute , Pretty and Beautiful Women (He has a thing for Blare and Melody though), Adventures, Treasures

Dislikes: ***to be written more soon….              The only thing he abhors in life according to Blare and Aeshi’s talks…is actually fairy tail stories.

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Aedris Stonebreaker, an adventurer, blacksmith and knight prodigy who stumbles upon Blare in search for treasures and loots galore. While he doesn't have any good dreams in particular for now, All he ever wished was to become rich, living with extravagant loots and riches for a luxury. and being the muscle of the group,and being the hyperactive and a hot-headed warrior he is, he often gets himself into trouble more often whenever he has a rough way of saying things as well as his eye for beautiful women (sparing the appearance of his attractive friends though Blare, Aeshi and Melody)

PROFILE/BIO EXTENTION LINK and SKETCHES:

https://amazingsphelon.tumblr.com/post/625839598748254208/08072020-greetings-today-guys-for-todays?is_highlighted_post=1

=============================================================Aeshi the Magician - The Marvelous Maiden Gardevoir =============================================================

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Aeshi - The Gardevoir **Also known as “Aeshi the Magician” **last name I haven't decided yet

Age: 16

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Attacks: She has a greaves that allows her more additional moves

Magical Leaf, Calm Mind, Future Sight, Psychic, Recover

Human Fighting Style:

Yoga + Telekinesis + Wing Chun + Other Chinese Martial Arts

Origin Similarities: Chinese with European Blood

Likes: Her trusted friends especially Melody and highly on Blare** (I’ll expand this soon), Mysteries, Books, archaeological artifacts especially the magical ones,  Doing palm readings and fortune telling, Mythology, nature and the spiritual realm.

Dislikes: Her said parents……and boredom (secretly).

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A prodigy of a family who practices divine mystical traditions, she ran away from her mother and father due to their constant arguments tear her beloved family apart and how being idealistic the two where on polarizing directions suppressing her life to love what she enjoys most. She joins Blare and Aedris in perhaps for a search for her family heritage and her grandparent's remains somewhere in their region so she could one day to have her family to make amends.

PROFILE/BIO EXTENTION LINK and SKETCHES:

https://amazingsphelon.tumblr.com/post/627954895556935680/08072020-hello-again-guys-for-todays-episode

============================================================= Princess Melody - The Harmonic Sea Majestic Princess/Priestess Milotic =============================================================

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Melody - The Milotic **Also known as Princess Melody and has a Kingdom

somewhere **similar to Asia and Island Regions

Age: 19

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Attacks: She has a wand which she can perform additional movesets and also enhances her water power skills entirely and she prefers more on kicking btw.

Ice Beam/Water Pulse, Surf, Blizzard, Hydro Pump, Recover, Aqua Ring, Aqua Tail (Kick)**Her most powerful skill

Human Fighting Style:

Water Magic **(similar to Azura from Fire Emblem) + Polynesian Taekwondo

Origin Similarities: Polynesian, Asia and Unspecified European Region *perhaps celtic??

Likes: Sigmund her Lover (Salamence), The two trainers who went on her adventures (I’ll introduce them soon, their base on Ruby and Sapphire though)  Peace and Serenity, Harmony and Beautiful thoughts, her beauty (which she’s honestly and modestly proud of), Magical massages and salons, her proud vigorous and strong graceful legs which she use for kicking especially and Ocean Life.

Dislikes: Chaos, Insincere People, Her strict father King Raidos (Gyarados)**she still loves her father despite his strict personality, Lightning and Electric Base attacks, Her powerful gifted and strong but yet cursed and fragile fragment mark.

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A popular beautiful princess  heir from a monarch  kingdom from her father, King Rydus (Gyarados Gijinka) in a majestic land surrounded by the seas. Princess Melody is King Rydus's only daughter left, grieving in the sad lost of their beloved queen priestess (A Milotic and Melody's mother). With no one else to rule besides her father, she has set herself with courage to continue ruling their kingdom on behalf of her beloved mother and the kingdom's hard working ordinance to settle peace through out the lands and for the love of her people. Luckily for the ironic princess, she easily make anyone friends around her compare to the complexity of her father issues. She sets on an important goal to two of her beloved friends Raid and Naya (who were not locals in their kingdom but unwordly young foreigners) to spread peace and love throughout the land, to solve the curse of their region saving everyone and have them return to their own worlds.

PROFILE/BIO EXTENTION LINK and SKETCHES:

https://amazingsphelon.tumblr.com/post/627962232443191296/08312020-hello-again-guys-for-todays-episode

[flyswhumpcenter]

Bad Things Happen Bingo! The event where you send me requests according to this marvelous card! (Red cross is the completed prompt, character headshots are prompts I’ve already filled. Green deltas are for requested prompts.)

Choo choo, the Sickfic Express has just arrived in Galar, straight from Oreburgh City! 

First fic of 2020 is a sickfic oneshot. How rivetting. I've very recently beaten Pokémon Sword and loved it! I found myself really loving the characters, what they are and what they've already become in my mind, so I couldn't help myself but type what I know best... A sickfic. Also, this fandom needs more of this stuff, so here. I'm providing. Is this story OOC? Chances they are. Was it absolutely a blast to write? You bet. I'm probably gonna look back on it later down the lane and be uncomfortable with how I depicted the characters; but you do need to discover the characters first, and what better opportunity for that than a little sickfic with some angst and pre-rel dramatic tension? Anyway, I hope you'll like this lil' thing I busted out in literally a couple hours. I forgot how fun it was to write without worrying yourself over continuity or already established elements like in Earth Never Stops... Btw, this fic was originally requested to me as a FE3H fill for Hubert, so I decided I'd most likely use another square on my card for him. Sorry Nonnie for this, my inspiration got the best of me yet again! 

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Candles in the Rain

Summary: Is feverishly staggering through the damp streets of Hammerlocke under the rain with very little hope to feel warmth again and even less sense of direction a fitting end for a former Champion now that he's been defeated once? Scratch that: he doesn't have the time or brain power remaining to process such a question. Or: Leon witnesses a miracle in the form of a little dog and a childhood friend.

Fandom: Pokémon Sword and Shield (post-canon/game: beware for spoilers) Relationships: Pre-relationship Leon/Sonia

Wordcount: 3.1K words

Event hosted by @badthingshappenbingo​

AO3 version available here.

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The streets of Hammerlocke are covered by a thick layer of rainwater, typical early winter in Galar. Nobody dares going against the terrible weather, which isn’t unlike the flooding that almost ate Kabu’s region of origin, or rather how he once described it based on bedtime stories, a couple thousand years ago. Honestly, after what Galar just went through, he can believe the tale to have been real all along, no issue there…

As always, he’s lost in the grand city of his main rival, and that frustrates him. He’s cold from the water having filled his shoes and wet his hair for hours and hours on end, not even the fire of the camp being able to make him feel warmer. If it wasn’t for his partners’ demands, urging him to stop camping in the wilderness and find a Centre already, he’d have surely stayed in the Wild Area and biked to a better spot. Ah, he misses Postwick, now. At least, he can’t get lost in Postwick, there’d be Hop and his now-Champion best friend, if not Sonia paying them all a visit, and there’d be the warmth of his childhood home… Gods, perhaps he does miss the peaceful life of a ten-year-old whose only contact to the Gym Challenge is dreams of grandeur.

Ah, if it didn’t rain so badly, Charizard could be warming the both of them as he tried to make his way to the nearest Centre.

 Despite his best efforts to remain proud and confident, he ends up having to lean against a wall to stop a coughing fit from suddenly urging itself out of there. He must look pathetic and he does wish, deep down, that someone would get out of their house for a reason or another, recognize him like literally everybody in Galar; but his pride and brand would be on the line, and nobody is fighting against the terrible, terrible weather today. He’s all alone in the streets of the city, pushing himself from the wall with wobbly arms, trying his hardest to remember where to go with slow, hazy thoughts…

Even if he was cold merely moments before, his head now burns. He feels too hot under clothes that are wildly unfitting of such a muddy season, despite the hair rising on what is exposed of his arms. A Cramorant stole his jacket when he was training, a Linoone tried to steal his stuff, and he ended up having a Pokemon knocked out and losing most of his healing items in the kerfuffle. It really hasn’t been his day, lately…

 His chest hurts. Not from the outside, as if he had injured himself in one of the falls he endured trying to feel from the Wild Area with no Pokemon to battle with and the slippery grass constantly trying to get the best of him, but from the inside. He doesn’t doubt the possible existence of bruises under the shirt that sticks to his limbs like a second, drenched skin; but this isn’t it. It intensifies when he coughs and it rattles strangely. When he tries to ignore the excruciating weather wishing for his demise, he hears the strange sounds his breathing now makes. He doesn’t know them so, in a moment of out-of-character lack of reason, he gets scared of them and vaguely wonders about worst-case scenarios.

It isn’t just his chest either. It’s his throat, it’s his mouth, it’s his feet, it’s his legs. Everything in his body is tired and screaming for rest, but he cannot provide it for any of his own self at the moment, stuck trying to navigate with what little he can distinguish with almost-closed eyes from how much he has to squint. His eyes can’t focus anymore, this much he realizes with a bitter sense of resignation, so everything he sees is blurry, including the weird gooey stuff he keeps coughing out whenever he can’t breathe anymore and has to stop for who knows how long.

 He trips over his own unmade shoe tie, losing in one fell swoop what was left of his balance, and falls right into the rainwater that has accumulated on the ground. It sounds and looks and feels like it’s the end, that this is where his journey ends: in some damp street of a city that he has never been able to find his way in, alone, cold and hot at the same time, rain burying him with the rest of the pavement. Not that he even thinks he has the energy to go on… Not like that. Not when his strength, the only thing he thought he had left, has all but given up on him too. Truly alone in a time where, sitting against a giant wall, he realizes what has been going on and poisoning his breath. Hah, ironic.

Still, this isn’t how he should admit defeat. He’s been won over now, and recently at that, and it’d be more than a shame for him to all but give up now. He needs to bring his team to the Centre, he can’t not try taking his revenge on the new Champion, he can’t not at least prove his superior battle skills to Raihan yet again, he just can’t leave Hop, and Sonia, and everyone else like that…

So he rises up once again, on weak arms and unsteady legs, almost tripping over himself, shoulder stuck against the wall. He won’t let this be the end of him.

 Even with a new resolve, it still doesn’t make it much better for him. Unless there’s a miracle happening right before him, he’s stuck with his heavily weakened state trying to find a place whose location he has no idea. His phone doesn’t seem to be able to show a map, its signal disturbed after whatever happened to it while he was looking or doing the polar opposite, so he’s stuck with his truly inefficient sense of orientation.

But it’ll be okay. It’ll have to be okay, because he needs to see Hop become a Professor, to buy Sonia’s new book, to rematch the Champion and his Leader friends, to give his team at least one more chance to shine. It’ll be okay, surely it’ll be okay, of course it’ll be okay… It’ll be okay, because this is all a terrible nightmare he’s going to wake up from, where he isn’t stuck in the torrential rain with a fainted party and very little hope of finding way out.

It’ll be okay, oh so okay…

 He tumbles and falls over again, this time hitting the ground with no grace whatsoever, most likely scratching elbows and knees in the process. Even rising his head up as not to cough in water when a fit claws at his throat again takes most of the energy he has left, only for his blurry sight and cottoned-down hearing to spot the first good thing in who knows many hours: a familiar yelp and vague brown-and-yellow figure rushing towards him.

With a trembling and feeble hand, he tries reaching out to the Yamper who has guided him so many times out of dangerous situations, only for an oh so familiar voice to yell in his direction. Still, it’s hard to know if it’s real or just his imagination. Ah, well; he’ll have to see when he’ll have woken up. If he even wakes up from the darkness starting to invade his vision…

  “Yamper, where in the world are you running like that?!” This creature never stops running, doesn’t it? “Yamper, wait for me!”

If she’s used to her trusty furry assistant running around everywhere it goes and pursuing it, Sonia has to notice there’s something odd in the air. Yamper never goes this fast, especially not in a city where it could smash muzzle first into people. There’s an urgent feeling to its yelps as it runs in one precise direction.

 As suddenly as Yamper started running when she had just gone out of the vault to investigate a little bit more into the Galar mythos she had become a specialist of, it stops right in its tracks in a little street she’s frankly never seen nor noticed before. With how much it’s raining and how unlikely it is to stop pouring soon, she doesn’t want the both of them out for much longer than needed.

She stops to regain her breath, hands on her knees as she folds in two, wet red hair hanging from her head. Yamper stays in place, running around her in circles, then disappearing from her view into the old, little street covered in rain and shadows. It doesn’t seem to have any intent on leaving soon.

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“Why did you… bring me here…? Seriously, it’s raining Growlithes and Purrloins…!”

Still, Sonia gets herself together and goes on to follow her “assistant”. There’s dread building in her chest and stomach that she can hardly ignore… She’s seen enough movies as a teenager to know where this is going. She’s going to end up tangled into some messed-up situation, isn’t she…?

��Her heart skips a beat when she notices a very familiar person lying face down on the pavement, drenched to the bone. A person who hasn’t given her any response or sign of life for a few days.

Someone who’s gotten lost in Hammerlocke again.

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 When he wakes up, everything feels different than the last time he’s been awake. It’s all white, dry and soft. He stills feels too hot and too cold, breathing remains a chore and he wishes he wasn’t there anyway; but he supposes he’s now safe and, honestly, he can’t think of anything much worse than treading through the torrential rain with little strength left.

Now, if he knew what the thing on his face was, he’d be doing a bit better, but his arms feel like they’re made out of lead and he lacks the energy to rise them to his mouth and at least touch it…

 “Leon?”

The voice, even if it’s muffled, is undoubtedly Sonia’s. He can’t quite put a finger on why exactly, yet he feels like this confirms something. If his chest didn’t feel so heavy and full, he’d have sighed in relief. That doesn’t prevent him from coughing again when trying to respond to his own name.

“Let me do the talking, okay? I’m sure you have a metric ton of questions to ask, but for the love of Galar, spare your voice unless necessary.”

 Now that his vision is focusing again, he notices both the pipe inserted in his wrist and the frown on her face. She seems less than content with something. What, he doesn’t quite know, and thinking hurts his head even further than it already bothers him, heavy on his neck despite resting on a pillow. Speaking of which, where is his stuff? His clothes?

“Hey, hey, hey,” Sonia rises from her chair and puts her hands on his chest, putting him back into his mattress. “You stay here and don’t cause anyone any worry more than you’ve already done!”

 He’s confused as to why she’s so adamant on him not doing anything. No speaking, no moving… If he didn’t feel this drained and lethargic, he’d absolutely get back at her with playfulness. Well, that does kind of answer his own question, doesn’t it? Or, at least, it seems to make sense to his brain which has troubles keeping up with the situation…

Yet, he sees a small smirk contrast with her frowned eyebrows. She seems… pained. Pained by what, or who, he doesn’t know; he’s most likely at least partially responsible for it, because she wouldn’t be there otherwise.

 “I don’t know how you’ve ended up in that situation exactly, Leon, but you’ve managed to surpass yourself in terms of putting yourself in harm’s way. You’ve scared us before, but not to that extent!”

“I…” His voice sounds hoarse and it absolutely feels that way. “It’s complicated…”

“Your entire party was fainted, safe for Charizard who was about to follow; you somehow bricked your phone in the process and ended up catching more than a death of cold. Where were you during all that time?!”

Sonia sounds a bit too scared for someone who’s facing her childhood friend stuck in a bed.

“The Wild Area…”

“That’d explain why you were soaked to the bone when I found you lying in a puddle… You’ll have to excuse me for using that crude language, you scared everyone on that one!”

 It’s his turn to ask a little question, even if the state of his body makes him want to remain quiet. Still, no matter how intelligent she is, Sonia doesn’t read minds, so he’s somewhat forced to go through with it if he wants his answers.

“Where are we?”

“A clinic in Hammerlocke. I forgot to add you also scared the ER staff with how bad your breathing was.” Has to be that irritating wheezing sound he’s hearing since he’s woken up. “By the way, since I know you’re going to ask me about that, your team is safe and doing much better now. They’re all gently resting in their balls while you recover.”

He misses Charizard and everyone else already. He owes them a big apology, that’s for sure, but he’s also certain his brain can’t process much right now. Sometimes, you just need to admit yourself to have been defeated… even if it bothers you to no end.

 Sonia paces around for a little bit before sitting down on the chair next to the bed, arms still crossed. She sounds more than frustrated, and, well… He can’t really hold it against her, can he? He already can barely hold anything against her to begin with, considering how much they’ve lived through together; it’s not today, in these circumstances, that he’ll try finding a reason for her not to be frustrated. Who knows how long he’s been gone without giving news: he frankly, forgot how quickly or slowly time was passing while he was wandering through the Wild Area.

“At least, you’re still here and breathing with us. Just, if you could not do that ever again, it’d be better, you know? I can’t always be there worrying after you when I’m now a Prof! Arceus, I don’t even imagine what sequence of events has thrown you into such a state. You looked absolutely pitiful when Yamper found you.”

 He tries to puff at himself to ease the tension he feels rising, but all he ends up doing is coughing. And coughing. And coughing.

“What did I say about sparing your voice? Tch, you’ll never change, will you? You’ve always stubborn, after all, so there’s no reason that’ll change now. That’s part of your charm, I suppose.” She shrugs before suddenly darting her eyes away from him. “But you’re right, I shouldn’t have to worry! You were the Champion of Galar for more than ten years, why would I be afraid of you? That makes very little sense, haha!”

“S-Sonia…”

 He only now spots the dark rings under her eyes and the hair pulling out of her ponytail, one strand at a time. How long was he out for, and for how much of that time was she there, exactly? (Hey, he does work fairly well, for someone who can’t stop sweating and whose entire frame is shaken up by chills at irregular intervals!). Too many questions, too little available brain space, he guesses…

“Go for it, make fun of your good old friend who still hasn’t gotten the memo. I should have been like Hop and blindly believed you’d come back to us, as you’ve always done…”

Oh, right, Hop! How is he doing, has he advanced in his research, does he still worry for him? Well, sadly, it’s not the time to think about his brother: his childhood friend seems to have a meltdown right in front of him.

“Why?”

 Sonia stares at him, completely silent, eyes wide. Seems like she doesn’t have an answer to her own interrogation, until pain comes back on her face like the wave crashing on the shore.

“You don’t… think it’s ridiculous?”

“What?” His throat doesn’t take kindly to his attempts at having a conversation.

“Everything! We swore we’d trust each other, but look at me, worrying over you as if we were still kids running in the fields with the Wooloos… And I’m telling you all that while you’re cooking on the inside! Really, isn’t that ridiculous?”

 Gathering his breath and his strength, he rises up with shaky arms against the bedhead, pillow still preventing his head from entirely lulling over his shoulder from how heavy it is. Whatever he’s caught, it’s one hell of an affliction he’s found himself with. Still, if it’s for Sonia, if she’s this distraught over the situation (he did almost pass away), he can put up with the migraine, the difficult breathing, the mask over his mouth, the lethargy, the chills…

“I’m sorry, Sonia.”

He does cough immediately after apologizing, as expected. For once, she doesn’t reply immediately, doesn’t make a witty remark; instead, she looks confused and maybe embarrassed, considering the red he can see with the eyes that still refuse to entirely focus for more than a few seconds.

“Sorry for what? And, again, spare your voice, you…”

“For all of this.”

 Her expression softens, eyebrows drooping and eyes shining brighter. Even if it’s slight and his eyes almost miss it, she finally smiles.

“How long…?” He’s interrupted by a fit.

“How long you’ve been out?” He nods, still trying to calm his chest down. “Around half a day. You did wake up at some point but immediately passed out again. No wonder why you don’t remember that.”

He now points at her with an unsteady finger. “Why are you… Oh, how long I’ve been here?” He nods again. “Most of that time, I’d say. I’d also say I fell asleep at some point too…”

 She crosses her arms again, just as his vision starts weakening again. It’s back to sleep, right?

“I think we both need our rest. I’m also certain Hop is waiting at the door, so you’ll even have a guardian angel watching over you, isn’t that super cool? And if you attempt rising from that bed, you’re sure to be put back into it in mere seconds!”

He’d try laughing if it didn’t trigger such a massive reaction from his lungs, so he decides to just nod instead.

“See you later, Leon. Goodnight.”

He waves at her, the lethargy still reflecting in his slow and sloppy gestures, but that’s fine enough for now. Her smile is worth it, isn’t it?

 Absolutely worth trekking through the rain with full lungs and little energy left…

[flydotnet]

Brighter than the Starry Sky

Summary: Kirino wants to show his boyfriend something while they're in Hokkaido.

Fandom: Inazuma Eleven Go Ship: Established RanTaku

Wordcount: 1.5K words

Notes: The stars are beautiful tonight. This was written for my giftee for this year’s Secret Soccer, @elestialgz-scraps! We sadly don’t share a lot of ships, and the one we do didn’t inspire me, so I hope you’re all right with some awkward RanTaku! Considering Kirino is one of your favs, it’s written in his POV. I hope you’ll like it nonetheless! (Btw, you’ve got some nice character tastes, my friend: Tsunami is :ok_hand:). I also happen to suck very hard at Japanese geography (I was already not the best History-Geography major in prep class and I’m not the best at Brazilian and French geographies to begin with), so I’m in doubt concerning Hokkaido and freezing temperatures. I got all my Hokkaido knowledge from Inazuma Eleven and Detective Conan and this was the result I’m afraid. Anyway y’all, happy holidays, and let’s hope for an Inazuma-filled 2020. (TL;DR: get your shit together Level-5).

Event hosted by @inazumasecretsoccer.

AO3 version available here.

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It came to Ranmaru in a frenzy, almost like a spontaneous fire started by a little spark, while he was doing some homework: what about stargazing?

At first, for a couple seconds, it seemed like a bit of a dumb idea: it was cold outside, especially in Hokkaido, the wintery air would bite them, and Takuto would most likely refuse in fear of catching something. It’d be a wise move, even if it bothered him, yet he couldn’t bring himself to hold a grudge against his own boyfriend.

 Yet, there were more reasons to at least ask him about it; in fact, too many of them for Ranmaru to resist. The winter sky was the best to see stars sparkling in the dark, especially in the clearer north, where the lights of Tokyo couldn’t obscure the view, where there were far less luminous pollution, in a place where they (hopefully) wouldn’t be disturbed in the middle of a moment of intimacy. Usually, the group liked to interrupt, so spending some time alone together, far from the rest of the world and society, seemed more than welcome…

After all, what could possibly go wrong? Well, a ton of things, and Takuto would be the first to point every one of these out with surgical precision, but he guessed he’d ignore them until they came up, for once. It wasn’t his kind to be reckless, unlike some of his friends; yet the appeal of the idea he had just had was too strong for him to deny. He supposed playing it risky couldn’t hurt, from time to time…

 To his surprise, Takuto only hesitated for a little bit, most likely the time it took him to calculate the balance between risk and reward. They agreed on an evening, after his piano recital (to nobody’s surprise, he had managed to have his instrument carried all the way north), behind the backs of literally everyone else but the coach. Surely they could benefit from some alone time, couldn’t they? They deserved it, after going through so many events.

This spontaneous idea became real right before his eyes only on the following evening. Yes, it went this fast: one moment he was hesitating even bringing the idea up, the next they were in the snow and the starry darkness of the night, hand in hand, covered in hot clothes and cheeks reddened by the cold and the sudden intimacy of the situation. With a little luck, nobody would disturb them…

 If Ranmaru didn’t know much of Hokkaido, he still spotted a comfortable spot fairly quickly. It was a landscape-viewing site, high in the air, the wind blowing under it and through Takuto’s red silky scarf (and Ranmaru wished he even had half the money to buy him such a good item of clothing, but alas, he was a bit too poor for that, which his boyfriend didn’t hold against him in the slightest). Invaded by a sudden blow of enthusiasm, he brought the both of them with his legs running.

When they arrived, considering the ground was covered in snow, he hesitated to make the both of them sit. Considering Takuto didn’t seem too keen on doing so either, he felt content staying up, fingers enlaced. Needless to say, he hadn’t seen everything through and was just realizing it. Oh well, sometimes, you had to leave yourself to the arms of fortune, didn’t you?

 So here they were, alone together, facing the sparkling starry sky. Despite the coldness of the winter winds and their breath transforming into mist as soon as it met the air, they both felt warm. At least, Ranmaru sure didn’t feel like he was in the middle of a polar-like region, which seemed weird considering it was the opposite way earlier this day, but he wasn’t going to openly complain about it. Sometimes, life was good; right now, life was at its best.

Neither of them talked, profiting from the calm and serene silence. Gazing at the sky, then each other, then the sky, was absolutely enough for now. Well, that was what he thought until Takuto was the first to open back the conversation, much to his surprise:

“This is Orion.”

Takuto’s hand showed the way to stars forming, indeed, the double-triangle shape of Orion. Ranmaru, being fairly bad at spotting constellations himself, was already in awe by just being with his special someone in a charming place with no one around to disturb them: this was only making things better from then on. Of course his boyfriend would be knowledgeable there too! Was there a single thing Takuto couldn’t do?

Well, frankly, Ranmaru didn’t know, but also didn’t want to. He was fine thinking his boyfriend could do literally anything as long as he wanted to. It made him stronger. The spark shining in his eyes, lit by the pale light of the full moon smiling upon them, only made it even more beautiful than it was before. At some point, he may have forgotten to look at the stars.

They continued stargazing for a time, Takuto pointing different constellations and explaining the myths behind their names. Sometimes, while they couldn’t per say see some of them, Ranmaru would still get the story of Andromeda, Chiron the centaur, the vase pouring its stars into the sky. It was less the stories themselves that interested him, as he was more focused on the fun Takuto had telling these to him, sometimes humming music that reminded him of the different myths he’d mention.

 The conversation eventually slowed down and came to a halt, right before starting back up.

“I’ve really enjoyed our time so far. Thank you for bringing us here.”

If Ranmaru felt his face burning again, he preferred to hide it behind a laugh.

“Thank you for accepting it in the first place, then. Wouldn’t be the same without you.”

If they didn’t usually dare getting more physical, they went for the kiss this time. It wasn’t exceptional, considering it was the very first, sure; but it’d have been a lie to say it didn’t make him want to live that experience again. They’d have to give it a second shot once their lips wouldn’t be this affected by the cold.

 Unfortunately, the wind wasn’t letting go of their evening, eventually forcing them to abandon the sight-seeing spot and find shelter inside. The inn the team was staying at being quite a long walk from where they had gone, until the wind let out, they had to find a nearer place. It didn’t quite help that, shortly after they finally decided themselves to leave and find a warmer place to stay in, the snow had started falling. Talk about a misfortune! Good things always had an end, he supposed…

As not to get lost, they held onto each other’s hand as they traversed through the early stage of an incoming snowstorm, clinging to the other for some human warmth. Of course something would go wrong, what did he expect? Something always has to go wrong! Ah, well, at least, they’re together, and that does fill him with determination. They’ll find a way out and then drink a nice cup of tea or chocolate, once they’ll have escaped from potential frostbite. Hokkaido truly is a polar region.

 It should have been easy to spot the light of a warm building in the night, but the snow made it much harder than it had any right to be. Most of what they were both seeing was the white of the capricious weather, the darkened browns of the trees, sometimes the stars and the moon breaking through the incoming blizzard. They had gone through much worse than this, Ranmaru recognized that fact every single day with little to no doubt, so it was just a question of time.

They didn’t talk much, only reminding the other not to let go or asking him if he was fine enough to continue without taking a break. Blame it on the oxygen trying to bite them from the inside if they breathed in too much of it and the supplementary effort of walking up to a place they didn’t know the location of.

 To their relief, they eventually found a place with bright yellow windows shining in the dark of the night, warm and welcoming, albeit familiar-looking. To be fair, Ranmaru didn’t care at this point: he just wanted them not to freeze outside. As long as they could stay here until the storm let out, they’d end up perfectly fine. In the short term, that was all that mattered, so they started running towards the lights, still silent aside from their panting.

Once they arrived in front of it, Ranmaru immediately rang the bell next to the door. No time to waste outside, even if he felt his boyfriend get closer to him for more warmth. Perhaps that hadn’t been such a good idea on the side of weather risks and temperatures, but the adrenaline and dopamine of it all lingered even as they waited for some help to come to their side.

 As soon the door opened, Takuto’s hand still in his, Ranmaru immediately remembered why this place seemed so familiar, even in the uncomfortable circumstances they had found themselves in.

And that was Tenma greeting them with a big smile and a very loud “where have you been, guys?!”.

[into-wonderland-caroline]

20 random facts about me...

🌻Caroline Aurora Greyson🌻

🔆1. I was named after the polar lights- no joke.  My middle name Aurora is the actual name for the phenomenon more commonly known as the polar lights that can be seen near artic regions.  My mom has always been fascinated by the polar lights and thought it would be beautiful to see so that's the meaning behind my middle name.

🔆2. I am scared of escalators.  I know it seems so stupid and childish but to this day I still get so nervous and shakey if I have to ride on an escalator

🔆3. I have a thyroid condition that causes me to metabolize food too quickly so I don't absorb the vitamins,  minerals,  nutrients or calories correctly with out medication.  Even on medication I get my blood tested regularly for deficiencies in all sorts of areas like vitamin d, potassium,  iron,  magnesium,etc...because many of these gone untreated have potential life threatening consequences.  I get hospitalized often due to deficiencies and related issues resulting from them.  My thyroid condition also makes it very difficult for me to gain/ maintain a healthy weight no matter how much I eat which is extremely difficult because I am in recovery for anorexia and Orthorexia so maintaining a normal weight is pretty important for me.

🔆4. My favorite colors are yellow,  green and silver

🔆5. I've never attended an actual school before.  Homeschooled my entire life...my brothers were also homeschooled all their lives.

🔆6. The only extended family I have is my aunt Mel (moms younger sister ) and my 2 cousins Kenzie and Grace and that is it for both sides of my family.

🔆7. My dream career is to be a published fiction novelist

🔆8. I am originally from new York but both my parents serve in the military so we have moved a lot. currently we live in Washington state and have for a little over 3 years now which is a record for the longest my family has lived in one place since I was 3 years old[I'm 17 now btw].

🔆9. I am allergic to strawberries, kiwis, lemons and shellfish.

🔆10. I take more pictures of my dogs than I do myself or my family. We have 8 dogs and I also have a pet hedgehog.

🔆11. I am actually not on any social media platform besides this tumblr account so I don't do Facebook,  Instagram,  snapchat,  tiktok or anything.  I just don't care for any of it...

🔆12. I love to bake.  I learned to make bread from scratch when I was 14 and it is one of the most effective ways for me to calm and clear my mind.  I don't know why

🔆13. I am very athletic.  I take multiple dance classes a week.  On average I spend about 22 hours a week dancing.  I also play volleyball, soccer and tennis for local YMCA youth travel teams. Though I am not playing tennis competitively anymore...just don't have time between dance volleyball and soccer.

🔆14. My brothers, cousins and I are extremely close and some of our favorite things to do together include hiking,  outdoor trail biking,  going to the YMCA and playing on the rock climbing walls and we like to go to the drive in movies

🔆15. I play piano and next week I am starting lessons to learn to play the cello!! I am so excited!!!!

🔆16. My favorite non domesticated animal is the elephant but penguins are a close 2nd place lol

🔆17. My favorite movies of all time are I Am Legend,  Fried Green Tomatoes,  Flight Plan, Panic room,  I Robot, the sisterhood of night, Matilda,  Hair Spray,  Rent and  any/all James Bond movies .

🔆18. When I go for jogs I like to listen to classical music playlists on my spotify.  I don't know why but for some backwards reason jogging to Beethoven just works for me😂🤣

🔆19. My favorite food is cereal like cold cereal and oatmeal both. Peanut butter is up there as well. Oh and I also love a good black bean burger even though I am neither vegan or vegetarian and sweet potatoes....anything sweet potato 🙂

🔆20. I love sucker's like the tootsie roll tootsie pop ones...I always have suckers and usually eat 4 or so a week but I have never had a cavity in my life 🤷‍♀️so can't be that bad for me right?

[astronomycalloutposts]

Your fave is problematic: Upside down Moon

Living in our northern-hemisphere-centric world, most pics we see of the Moon we see look like dis [source]:

but now hold on to your tits. If you (a Northerner) visits the southern hemisphere, the Moon is going to appear upside down. Like this [source]:

All these craters that lots of you are used to seeing as “up”, are suddenly “down”. And for those of y’all who still don’t see it [source]:

So wtf is going on? Why is the Moon flipped, depending on what half of the Earth you view it from?

we already know that the Moon is a lil bitch, but she this might be one of her biggest scams

So, imagine you’re standing in the Antarctic near the South Pole, chillin with the penguins, with your head up. And now imagine that bitch you hate from work or school, being mauled by a polar bear, in the Arctic, near the North Pole. 

Both of your heads are pointing in opposite directions. Here is a drawing I skillfully created:

as you can see, given that your heads are directed in different reactions, your view onto the Moon is going to be different.

so if your friend looks at the Moon, they see  a Moon with dark mare stretching at the “top” of the Moon, and a bright region at the bottom. you on the other hand, will see the bright region as “up”, and the dark region as “down.

you could vaguely replicate see the other person’s view with an outstanding handstand.

if you go to different latitudes, the Moon will “rotate” accordingly in your view. 

That’s really all there’s to it hennies. So while it’s technically it’s not even the Moon’s fault that we look at her from different points of the Earth, she’s still confusing us. 

btw, this doesn’t only apply to the Moon of course, but all other nightsky objects. Here’s Orion [source]:

summary: a lil brain-fuck, gives fun google searches because the flat-earthers can’t wrap their head around (see what I did there) this shit, love her 11.5/10

[vyinter]

Power MOSFET

- Metal Oxide Semi Conductor Field Effect Transistor

structure:

types of mosfet symbols:

(dotted line - enhancement mosfet; straight line - depletion mosfet)

(arrow inwards - n type; and vice versa)

here we have an n-channel enhancement power mosfet:

features:

- Unipolar Device - conduction by majority carriers only

- Volatge Controlled Device

- Can operate at high switching frequencies

- High input impedence

there are two types of enhancement mosfets:

n-channel - current flows due to electrons

p-channel - current flows due to holes

structure explanantion:

- A heavily doped n+ substrate forms the drain

- lightly doped n- epitaxial layer is grown above it. thickness of this layer decides voltage blocking capability of the Mosfet

-Above this is a layer of p+ substrate known as body region

-Above the body, heavily doped n+ layers are diffused

- An insulating SiO2 layer is diffused above this layer.

-SiO2 layer is etched & metallic terminals are provided to form the Source.

- Metal contacts above SiO2 layer forms Gate

Working Principle:

- Consider VGS = 0

- with positive VDS (i.e D is +ve w.r.to S), the p-n+ junction (body-drain) becomes reverse biased

- hence mosfet remains in OFF state

-Now VGS is applied with a polarity of +ve to G and -ve to S

-due to the pos voltage at gate, gate repels holes of the p-region away from SiO2 layer. simultansly electrons from n+ layer are attracted towards n- layer near SiO2 layer.

- this results in an n-channel btw source n+ and drain n- regions.

-this provides a path for the electrons to flow from source to drain or current (ID) flows from drain to source

- As VGS inc, n-channel enhances and ID inc. Hence MOSFET is so called.

[temenosjournal]

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The one and only younger sister unit and I are in her truck a few nights ago, getting ready to get out and head over to Museum London, where her younger one was getting an award for her grade 8 Heritage Project, and we’d arrived a tad early.

The niece #2 unit, the one getting the said award, is in the back, nose in her phone, as we await the return of her mother from her entanglement with the new-fangled parking meter.

Seeing she has now enlisted the help of some group of strangers she met whilst waiting for her, I say your Mother doesn’t really get technology, does she, and she laughs her quiet laugh and replies: No, no she doesn’t.

Grandma J would be over the moon with that chicki-poos grand achievements and admire her laid-back goalie ‘tude that her teacher told her intimidates the bullies.

So once Lex had finished overpaying the machine and relaying the turn of events, something about options, and math equations, and I guess at one point everyone had their phones out doing calculations, well, just as we’re finally ready to get out some song came on that reminded us of Mom, well reminded Lexi, which we both believe is her way of letting us know she was present.

Her project had been about the Tragically Hip, great tellers of Canadian stories, tales of events and people otherwise many would never know even existed.

Our history has been often overshadowed by the giant history-making machine on our southern border, and such we have struggled to teach the next generation all the finer details of our own, as most Canadians are far removed from Mounties on horseback, Polar Bears, Dog sleds and Inuit Seal hunters.

The awards being given out were a myriad range of topics, from sports figures in history to The Highway Of Tears because of so many missing indigenous women, and stories of scientists, discoveries, artists, leaders and war heroes that have defined our hearts, and/or minds, maybe our shame, and all the grand and uncomfortable details of our past.

The awarded were from all over the regional school system, with students of many races, religions and creeds, as one by one they came forth to receive their due reward for a job that had been well done, above the fray, and one by one proud parent’s smartphone cameras captured something for posterity.

Does give me hope, that perhaps some of these young people I saw will carry with them the things they learned, because, god help them, cause “those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it”.

Those lessons are in jeopardy today I believe, as many leaders in North America, and throughout the world, conveniently believe themselves above the law, maybe even beyond it.

For some, the means now justifies the ends, long as the economy looks the part, the job numbers rock around the clock, and who cares if the cops are still called because some guy has the audacity to stand outside a coffee shop while black, whatever, details details, because I suppose white lives matter more, still, sadly in some places way to near and dear.

Now, just getting your party in power is the be all and end all, and so what if some shady dudes making shady deals with foreign powers, and maybe he did after all payoff the porn star he bopped while his new wife nursed their infant son, or what if some little pay to play was arranged with the Prez? Pft. It’s Washington, and everyone’s on the take.

As the dictator wannabe goes on another ranting tweet fest, on his unsecured phone, cause it’s inconvenient to keep switching.

Oh really??? Inconvenient?

Ask Hilary about inconvenient.

So, GOP, hypocrite much?

Pft. Who cares if he lay’s his loyalty down for a little one on one time with some Russian Oligarchs, and who can possibly keep track of all that fake news?

Anyway, some would say, aren’t all politicians corrupt?

And if Billy jumped off a cliff would you?

But whilst all the snowflakes are continuing their witch hunt against that, apparently, faithful Christian and Greatest Leader in 30 years (read Reagan era), and over on friendly Fox they are all in a tizzy over the farce of SPYGATE.

And that was just last week.

We’re on to something new, another reality, another day, revelation after revelation, follow the money as it tweets and twists itself through the streets of Washington DC, and out to feed the best swamp people one can buy off, and, oops, another one bites the dust, and on with the show, don’t you know, bulldozing everything as they go.

Blind eyes? As the U.S. Congress turns its back on the very constitutional checks and balances THEY are supposed to, um, BE! Just learned that one yesterday, btw.

And with an awkward silence from the Great Old Party, their President runs amok and admits that he discredits and demeans the media and institutions that get in his way so that people don’t know what to believe, with a modicum of success.

Now, here in Canada, as so-called progressive conservatives throw their alt-right ex-drug dealing leader up the political charts, and watch as he slides back down through his own slime of corruption and freewheeling promises, through layers of hand-picked misogynists, racists, science deniers and identity thieves left over from the last guy they turfed out. All the while, a rich man himself, he marches his troops against the very people he sells himself to.

And watch the shadows as the elitist snobs rub their dirty palms in glee at the many rules and wages he’s promised to rescind, whispering quietly in his ear make it so.

I suppose, hear no evil, see no evil, long as you get what you want and who blawdy cares a toot if no one gets hurt, much, well, physically, ya snowflake.

And what if some fragile ecosystems are put in jeopardy, what rules you bend and break, what laws are ignored, what backdoor deals are made for personal gain, politics is politics, with nationalist desires, he leads them forth.

As someone said to me last night “the difference between conservatives and liberals is that conservatives want a leader, liberals want a representative“, and maybe so, however, far-right conservatives apparently prefer rich autocrats. To each his own, I guess, but good god does it have to be in my backyard?

This is where we are, and it saddens me to think of the world my nieces’ generation is in for.

As she plies the waters of the teenage years, I hope, with her athletic swagger and confidence in training, that she tries not to let those pucks of popularity and other predators into the net, too soon, or ever.

That she learns she can dance like no one is watching, cause they ain’t.

And to listen to all those old cliches, and then throw them all away, just go and do whatever she wants anyway. And go with the flow, whenever possible.

Maybe she is ahead by a century, and who knows the places she’ll go, see, and what she’ll know, what new tales she’ll have to tell of her own, someday, it’s all to play and she’s got game, and bristol board.

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for more of The Hip see: Gord Downie: 10 essential tracks to remember him by Tales She Told On Bristol Board The one and only younger sister unit and I are in her truck a few nights ago, getting ready to get out and head over to Museum London, where her younger one was getting an award for her grade 8 Heritage Project, and we'd arrived a tad early.

[richgxrl1998-blog]

Hello im back: Rant

Hey there! Tis me, the lil sad girl that trys to uses internet as a personal journal.

I used to use this site as a safe place where I could run to if I ever felt scared, unappreciated, alone and in a state of anxiety. It really helped me then and since things have been getting pretty bad im using this site again. Its a good distraction from the hectic reality thay I am living at the moment and I really need that.

So a little update, as to the reason im back up and running again;

• I have gone to a psychiatric hospital about 5 months ago now where I came out as a totally completely different person. I had only stayed a night when my doctor there recommended me to stay 2 weeks. But luckly he was kind enough to accept my beg of letting me go back home to focus on work. Which btw hasnt even been sprouting really for me. Ive been cut down to 2 hrs a week and its been taking its tol on me AND my bank account.

•While being there I finally got diagnosed with Chronic Depression, Social Anxiety, and Bi polar disorder. I had previously been diagnosing myself with depression and anxiety due to me been dealing with it for nearly half my adolescent life, but it was super overwhelming finally knowing my illnesses werent just in my head and that it was a start to "helping" myself understand me better.

• Recently I have been to 4 hospital doctors about me having this continuous pain all throughout my body. These aren't...muted aches and pains. They're...strong, pulsing, sharp pains that can go from my chest, arm, ribs, neck/shoulders, sometimes my legs wrists, my back wings ache a lot recently as well. Ive been having cluster headaches from time to time, and I even sometimes get pain in my stomach area (this area is new though). I sometimes even get dull pains around my jaw/earlobe region. This has been really streasing me out due to the fact, every doctor I have gone to see has told me my ECG scans are normal, my blood is healthy and cannot clot, my heart rates good, my breathing is fine and my lungs are "healthy" (which shocked me cause I have had my fare amount of tob+weed shotties). The only thing he said MIGHT seem a little out of place is the high red and white blood cells in my urine but that he'd get back to me in 48hrs with more info. And that, in the meantime, he would prescribe me antibiotics incase I do have a kidney infection. But I have 3/7 pills left and the pain has not worsened or gotten better. (Might I also add, its been 3 days later and he sTILL hasnt gotten back to me on that urine sample

• Yesterday was my first counselling sesion with melanie at the foundry here, im not sure how I feel about it yet...but Im still giving it a try. She said she will get me in with a doctor there so they can help figure out whats going on with me and see if this is just anxiety/stress taking its toll on me.

• I took a pregnancy test today to see if I was pregnant and I only got 1 line so im glad to say it looks like precnacy is not a factor in this matter (thank god). I did take 2, and both showed same so I know its safe to say im not having little Serena just yet.

So thats a little sliver of whats been going on since me deleting tumblr. Im hoping coming back will help me control my energy and mood a little better, and also helo distract me from pain and any hectic situations going on in my daily life lately. All I ask is that if you do read all of my personal stuff, that you dont go and spread it around. I use this site like many of you would, as a safe place and a journal. I like to put all my stuff in here (mainly cause writing in a journal looks messy and not neat) because it helps me keep track. And also my anxiety tells me if something were to ever happen to me I have witnesses for whats been going on in my life. Yes thats a little morbid but truthful.

SO YA im bACK. And im gonna cross my fingers this helps put a little more spice into my daily life again. I missed you tumblr.

[amazingsphelon]

Hello for today’s UPDATE! 08/31/2020

I have finished another 4 of my OC Gijinkas on a different posture

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Link of the original previous post:

Gijinka Pokemon 1st 4 Update

Gijinka WIP Update:

Gijinka Sketches (1st Post)

Gijinka Previous POST (2nd Post)

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Hello for today’s UPDATE! 08/31/2020

I have finished another 4 of my OC Gijinkas on a different posture

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Link of the original previous post:

Gijinka Pokemon 1st 4 Update

Gijinka WIP Update:

Gijinka Sketches (1st Post)

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From Top to Bottom:

Sigmund the Salamence. Hanzo Hatoori the Ninjaslk,

Blare the Blaziken, Aedris the Aggron, Aeshi the Gardevoir and Melody the Milotic.

Also You can check out their profile, bio and storylines overhere including a few early sketches per each character:

============================================================= Sir Sigmund - The Brave and Noble Knight Salamence =============================================================

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Sigmund- The Salamence** Prince Sigmund later on

Age: 21

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Attacks:

Dragon Breath, Dragon Claw, Draco Meteor, Dragon Rage

Human Fighting Style:

Medieval Knight + Zweihander

Origin Similarities: Europe

Likes: Melody whom he nourishes love a lot and her very compassionate

side. Blare and Hanzo, whom he likes to relate with a lot of things.

Dislikes: Being defeated by Melody on certain circumstances (even

Battles), being flirted, his old past life and some of his bitter

colleagues, whom he also face resistance with.

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Sir Sigmund, The Lone Wandering Salamence Knight, travelling around the region in search for a redeeming purpose of his kingdom’s whereabouts while facing his own misunderstood transgressions that had deem to ostracize him by his own peers in the pasts.

Luckily for the lone knight, he’s travelling with Melody, Blare and the Gang in which he enjoys their company alot.

PROFILE/BIO EXTENTION LINK and SKETCHES:

https://amazingsphelon.tumblr.com/post/629228006967279616/09142020-hello-again-guys-for-todays-episode?is_highlighted_post=1

============================================================= Hanzo Hatoori - The Fierceful Ninja Ninjask =============================================================

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Hanzo- The Ninjask** based on Hanzo Hatoori

Age: 27 **he looks younger though abit

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Attacks: **He has a Katana Blade that allows him to cast more movesets

outside the Ninjask moveset line.

X-Scissor, Fury Cutter, Slash, Secret Power (fire base)

Human Fighting Style:

Ninjitsu + Iga -Ryu

Origin Similarities: Japan

Likes: His master (A humanize Shedinja), His clan, novelty and his status and staying often hidden in the shadows unrevealed for his anonymity.

Dislikes: **To be Written Soon. nothing much is particularly known even

though with friends around him (especially the 7 closest friends he got

outside his clan, and perhaps their might be more…!) Though Aeshi and

Sigmund might have appear to know more about his secrets.

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Hanzo Hatoori - The Mysterious Ninja of one of the famous insect clan of Ninjas. He’s on a mission to most likely bring balance to their whole region. And living in the shadows, while joining Blare and company, even his closest friends couldn’t decipher his true identity nor his secrets to the people around him.

PROFILE/BIO EXTENTION LINK and SKETCHES:

https://amazingsphelon.tumblr.com/post/630321940042760192/09142020hello-again-guys-for-todays-episode

============================================================= Miashe Blare - The The Fiery Fighter Blaziken =============================================================

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Miashe Blare - The Blaziken **just completely Blare

Age: 17

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Attacks: Has a gold gauntlet that allows her to cast additional moves.

Blaze Kick, Double Kick, Mirror Move,Sky Uppercut, Fire Blast

Human Fighting Style:

Pankration + Muay Thai

Origin Similarities: Greek + Asia (Japanese)

Likes: Tough Battles, Battling against Water Practitioners, Adventures

Dislikes: Being called a Tomboy

================================================ Miashe Blare is an martial arts adventurer, travelling with her companions Aedris and Aeshi in search for treasures and loots galore. Her dreams was to participate on the famous tournament to be one day be among the stars of the fame, searching for stronger opponents and the curse of the "Mythical Birth Fragment" marks surrounding it's bizarre power and mystery.

PROFILE/BIO EXTENTION LINK and SKETCHES:

https://amazingsphelon.tumblr.com/post/625837829585600512/08072020-greetings-today-guys-for-todays?is_highlighted_post=1

=============================================================  Aedris Stonebreaker - The Vigorous Adventurer Aggron =============================================================

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Aedris - The Aggron** Aedris Stonebreaker

Age: 21-24

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Attacks: **Has a mace that allows him to cast more moves

Strength, Metal Claw, Iron Tail, Double Edge, Brick Break, Earthquake

Human Fighting Style:

Medieval Knight + Giant Mace

Origin Similarities: Underground Hierarchic (European)

Likes: Sexy, Cute , Pretty and Beautiful Women (He has a thing for Blare and Melody though), Adventures, Treasures

Dislikes: ***to be written more soon….             The only thing he abhors in life according to Blare and Aeshi’s talks…is actually fairy tail stories.

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Aedris Stonebreaker, an adventurer, blacksmith and knight prodigy who stumbles upon Blare in search for treasures and loots galore. While he doesn't have any good dreams in particular for now, All he ever wished was to become rich, living with extravagant loots and riches for a luxury. and being the muscle of the group,and being the hyperactive and a hot-headed warrior he is, he often gets himself into trouble more often whenever he has a rough way of saying things as well as his eye for beautiful women (sparing the appearance of his attractive friends though Blare, Aeshi and Melody)

PROFILE/BIO EXTENTION LINK and SKETCHES:

https://amazingsphelon.tumblr.com/post/625839598748254208/08072020-greetings-today-guys-for-todays?is_highlighted_post=1

=============================================================Aeshi the Magician - The Marvelous Maiden Gardevoir =============================================================

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Aeshi - The Gardevoir **Also known as “Aeshi the Magician” **last name I haven't decided yet

Age: 16

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Attacks: She has a greaves that allows her more additional moves

Magical Leaf, Calm Mind, Future Sight, Psychic, Recover

Human Fighting Style:

Yoga + Telekinesis + Wing Chun + Other Chinese Martial Arts

Origin Similarities: Chinese with European Blood

Likes: Her trusted friends especially Melody and highly on Blare** (I’ll expand this soon), Mysteries, Books, archaeological artifacts especially the magical ones,  Doing palm readings and fortune telling, Mythology, nature and the spiritual realm.

Dislikes: Her said parents……and boredom (secretly).

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A prodigy of a family who practices divine mystical traditions, she ran away from her mother and father due to their constant arguments tear her beloved family apart and how being idealistic the two where on polarizing directions suppressing her life to love what she enjoys most. She joins Blare and Aedris in perhaps for a search for her family heritage and her grandparent's remains somewhere in their region so she could one day to have her family to make amends.

PROFILE/BIO EXTENTION LINK and SKETCHES:

https://amazingsphelon.tumblr.com/post/627954895556935680/08072020-hello-again-guys-for-todays-episode

=============================================================  Princess Melody - The Harmonic Sea Majestic Princess/Priestess Milotic =============================================================

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Melody - The Milotic **Also known as Princess Melody and has a Kingdom

somewhere **similar to Asia and Island Regions

Age: 19

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Attacks: She has a wand which she can perform additional movesets and also enhances her water power skills entirely and she prefers more on kicking btw.

Ice Beam/Water Pulse, Surf, Blizzard, Hydro Pump, Recover, Aqua Ring, Aqua Tail (Kick)**Her most powerful skill

Human Fighting Style:

Water Magic **(similar to Azura from Fire Emblem) + Polynesian Taekwondo

Origin Similarities: Polynesian, Asia and Unspecified European Region *perhaps celtic??

Likes: Sigmund her Lover (Salamence), The two trainers who went on her adventures (I’ll introduce them soon, their base on Ruby and Sapphire though) Peace and Serenity, Harmony and Beautiful thoughts, her beauty (which she’s honestly and modestly proud of), Magical massages and salons, her proud vigorous and strong graceful legs which she use for kicking especially and Ocean Life.

Dislikes: Chaos, Insincere People, Her strict father King Raidos (Gyarados)**she still loves her father despite his strict personality, Lightning and Electric Base attacks, Her powerful gifted and strong but yet cursed and fragile fragment mark.

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A popular beautiful princess  heir from a monarch  kingdom from her father, King Rydus (Gyarados Gijinka) in a majestic land surrounded by the seas. Princess Melody is King Rydus's only daughter left, grieving in the sad lost of their beloved queen priestess (A Milotic and Melody's mother). With no one else to rule besides her father, she has set herself with courage to continue ruling their kingdom on behalf of her beloved mother and the kingdom's hard working ordinance to settle peace through out the lands and for the love of her people. Luckily for the ironic princess, she easily make anyone friends around her compare to the complexity of her father issues. She sets on an important goal to two of her beloved friends Raid and Naya (who were not locals in their kingdom but unwordly young foreigners) to spread peace and love throughout the land, to solve the curse of their region saving everyone and have them return to their own worlds.

PROFILE/BIO EXTENTION LINK and SKETCHES:

https://amazingsphelon.tumblr.com/post/627962232443191296/08312020-hello-again-guys-for-todays-episode

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That sums up everything for my OC Gijinkas folks I’ll posting something else after this one.

[blues-sevenfold00]

Dungeon Universe: Sapient Species

Dragons are the other confirmed non-hominid sapient species in that universe, and their origins are significantly closer to that of dinosaurs.

There are three different human species. The first is homo sapiens sapiens, as in “our” world. The second are gnomes, which are about a step or two behind neanderthals. The third is fairies, which go back a bit further - and they are barely vertebrate, as they have some arthropod traits (particularly with the wings). Fairies are also naturally more colourful than humans and gnomes.

As for dolphins, I sort of left it in the air. If nothing else, we can say they evolved a bit more in that universe - and being granted human speech by Rosetta Penke and her two pals have brought their sapience out in the open. They didn’t do anything different with dolphins than they did with seals and otters, but their spell over dolphins worked much more effectively than they had planned.

Other animals that are granted sapience are regarded as “fabrications” (Type E, possibly) - and, in many cases, it is inheritable. Non-first-generation fabrications are often referred to as “natural fabrications”. One major exception to that is black cats with human souls in them, which are typically sterile and ageless (which would probably be considered Type F).

Usually, giving animals sapience only affects the locals. However, thanks to some polar enthusiasts about three centuries ago - all the polar bears, penguins, Arctic terns, and possibly a few others have been given sapience.

BTW, I got through reading about the various risks that came come from misplaced wildlife. When they are given sapience, though - then that tends to avert most of the issues. The only issues that would remain is with wildlife that can’t even *survive* in certain places, such as freshwater fish in saline water. Or that polar wildlife would likely be *very* uncomfortable outside of the polar regions (most particularly the tropics), hence the idea of the North Pole and the South Pole (each marked with a striped barber pole) serving as teleportation devices.