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panlight · 1 year

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This is unrelated to anything, but my favorite thing about Carlisle is that whatever Edward tells Bella/the reader about him is wrong in every way. Like, Edward thinks he’s damned so the implication is that Carlisle, a former priest, thinks the same and encourages Edward to believe that, but this is disputed in New Moon. In Breaking Dawn, Edward is convinced that Carlisle would forcibly abort Bella’s baby if it weren’t for Rosalie, but Carlisle confirms he would never do such a thing to Jacob.

Even when Edward shares details of their backstories, he just glosses over crucial information pertaining to Carlisle and it is so funny. Edward mentions Carlisle spent a few decades with the Volturi and this is treated like it’s nothing. Edward completely cuts Elizabeth out of the story, making it seem like Carlisle chose him because he thought he was special, and we only learn about Elizabeth from Carlisle himself. Granted, this could be because SMeyer didn’t come up with that until New Moon, but it does make me reevaluate Edward’s testimony on… anything. I know human memories are blurry to vampires, but they’re not erased like Alice’s were because she was subjected to brain injury inducing electroshock therapy. So it feels like Edward’s exclusion of Elizabeth was deliberate. Lastly, Edward’s disdain for human-blood-drinking vampires and his assumption that his family has equal disregard for them is especially ironic when all of those human-blood-drinking vampires who come to the Cullens’ aid in Breaking Dawn are Carlisle’s besties.

It makes me question Edward’s thoughts on everything, and I feel like the fandom takes a lot of what he says as absolute truth (such as Rosalie being meant for him or Rosalie wanting Bella to die so she could raise the baby) because he’s a mind reader, but his perception and misunderstanding of Carlisle, his beloved father and oldest companion, throws that out the window.

Oh yes, this! I used to say "Edward is not a good storyteller" because he leaves out crucial details all the time. And whether that's a conscious choice on his part to leave things out or he's Just a Teenager who makes himself the focus of everything, I don't know. (Or, as you suggest, that SM didn't flesh out the stories until later so Edward was giving accurate information in the moment but the stories changed).

The other two examples are Esme and Rosalie's backstories, too. With Esme, he makes it sound like, again, Carlisle just found this random dying person and chose to save her; he completely leaves out they had met before. And with Rosalie he makes it sound like the only reason Carlisle 'saved' her was so Edward could have a girlfriend. But when you hear the story from Rosalie's POV it's not like that, and ROSALIE of all people would not be trying to paint Carlisle in a more positive light, so I trust her more. Rosalie talks about hearing him say how terrible what happened to her was, how he couldn't just leave her, what a waste of a young life, etc and that she was free to go off on her own if that's what she wanted. Absolutely nothing about matchmaking or suggesting they get together. Even the guide says it was in 'the back of his mind' and while "omg this poor girl, I can't leave her here, and hey maybe she and Edward will hit it off if she decides to stay with us" isn't super great, it's not nearly so creepy as "here Edward, I found a wife for you" as Edward sort of implies.

And I do often see fandom/fanfic taking Edward's word for it; Carlisle gets a lot of flack for 'changing Rosalie for Edward' and being willing to abort Bella's pregnancy against her will, but when those incidents are seen from the POV's of other characters, Edward's understanding of those moments is called into question.

#asks #edward is not a good storyteller

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thewolfisawake · 5 years

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FE3H

Favorite character:

I can’t just name one. Claude, Sylvain, Ashe, Lysithea, Hilda....I mean, there’s just so many to like.

Least Favorite character:

Uhhhh, I believe everyone has enough development to like all the characters at some level. However, if I have to go with anyone it’s probably Leonie. I like her interactions with literally anyone else EXCEPT me. It grates so much to hear how much she is on Jeralt’s dick and I was ready to fight when she claims I do not appreciate him. Like this is the man that raised me, who the fuck are y--

Also Felix. Like what the fuck is your problem man? It’s not a competition of what you’ve suffered but goddamn, have some humanity of what happened to your friends. Why are you a dick to people who just want to know about you or just in the same vicinity? There’s a line between being people-avoidant and being a jackass and he rides that so often. And it’s a bit sad because I thought I’d love him a lot since, as I’ve been told, he was ‘my type.’

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon):

Aaaaaallllll ships are both canon and non-canon so it’s fan-tucking-fastic.

Claude/Byleth - Everyone says that he’s so underwhelming in terms of meeting back again. But this man who trusts NO ONE had faith that you would come back to him and never once doubted that. That’s a ride-or-die right there. Also they are like, power couple y’all. I mean that’s any house leader with Byleth but I really do find Claude to be the brains while Byleth can bash the fuck out of anything.

Mercedes/Sylvain - Okay this is a bit cheating since I haven’t gotten to A support for this one yet but Mercedes knows what’s up with Sylvain’s behavior and she doesn’t fall into it but isn’t a dick about it. Also Sylvain is legitimately upset by her circumstances. And I find that ‘I see through that’ to be something endearing to me.

Sylvain/Felix - This is a case of I like what the fandom does with this more than I care of what happens in the game. I know of their angst potential which is huge and always a plus to me. And, apparently, their end game is really intense but ‘sounds like love to me.’ But I....I just don’t like what I’ve seen of Felix but some people have been able to infer and see aspects I just can’t and put it with these two and I like that.

Lorenz/Dorothea - OH man gonna get so much flack for this. But. Here I go. Their supports felt like such growth for both of them. And even their nervous energy of being flustered was so cute to me. Plus it’s like a fairytale sort of ending with them together. Just saying.

Hilda/Marianne - How many times can you propose to your wife? Apparently as much as you can make things to give her. I can’t even explain all of what I love of them. Just that they are cute and Marianne deserves happiness goddammit.

I haven’t gotten through all the routes to have enough of an idea for everyone but I like a lot of ships. A lot of them are cute.

Character I find most attractive:

Based on looks alone? Claude, Felix, Dorothea and Petra.

Character I would marry:

Claude. Like he’s smart, funny, and strong. But in addition, I connect to his disconnect with his heritage as being what he is will do. I think he’s ambitious...honestly far more than I ever would be but he’s not ruthless in his way of going about it. And also, pet wyvern.

But on the other hand, I’ve been invaded by this fake himbo that is Sylvain. And he is problematic. Problematic as fuck. But at the same time, he’s kind and doesn’t give a fuck what anyone has to say about him. And I think I can live with that.

Character I would be best friends with:

Ashe. He’s just such a sweet heart, it’s hard to not befriend him.

a random thought:

But why make them into ‘heroes’ and not just exterminate them if they’re thieves? I’m just saying, a lot of this could have been spared if someone decided to deal with their enemies years ago. What do you mean the entire cast wouldn’t exist?

An unpopular opinion:

More time should’ve been put into the other countries that Fodlan trampled. Duscur, Brigid, Dagda and Almyra were all places related to characters and they should’ve explored it through them if they were never gonna be visited. It felt like such a disservice to Dedue and Petra in particular because their lives were changed because of war-mongering that ended up with both of their lands being taken by some part of Fodlan. Why are we brushing this aside?

My Canon OTP:

I don’t think I love one more than the other since there’s so many pairs that are interesting and should get some attention.

My Non-canon OTP:

Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh. Edelgard/Claude because just the sheer amount of political intrigue that brings. They are both ambitious people and are sure in their dream. They are willing to pull out the stops if it means giving themselves the chance of success. I feel like their dynamics would have changed if they were able to support each other because I think they’d soon figure out there’s more to the fronts they put on. I could look at them and think they’d be that stone-cold royal couple that you couldn’t fuck with even if you tried.

Most Badass Character:

Look. There was something spiritual about going into the final battle and having Claude single-handedly tank and kill multiple ‘sub-bosses’ and then successfully grievously wound and outrun the main baddie when my ass struggled to survive. And then barbarossa class? * chef’s kiss* Why did everyone keep that from me?

Most Epic Villain:

I didn’t find any of the villains cool to be honest.

Pairing I am not a fan of:

Mmmmm, I don’t think I have any I think ‘absolutely not.’

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another):

From what I have heard and get vibes from? Edelgard. I thought it weird and a bad sign to learn that Silver Snow is attainable only if you don’t go through Crimson Flower. Like? Why? You didn’t split any other character’s route. I save any reverence or judgment for when I get to her route but I feel like Edelgard had a difficult job to pull through with and it probably should be the longest and most heavy one. But I don’t feel this is what happened. And that hurt Edelgard more than anyone else.

Favourite Friendship:

I like most of the Kingdom kids. I actually feel like they’ve been friends for forever and just know how to deal with each other’s bullshit. And despite all the hardships, both known and not, they are here (until they’re not) and still putting their neck out for their friends.

Character I most identify with:

Mercedes. I too love sweets, want to take care of people, and tend to miss things entirely. And somehow ends up feeling like the older sister when I definitely didn’t do anything to earn that.

Character I wish I could be:

Dorothea.

#answered #wolfatrest #shctteredillusions

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milenasanchezmk · 7 years

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I Didn’t Get a Migraine That First Week. Or That Second Week. Or Ever Again.

It’s Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story from a Mark’s Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark’s Daily Apple community please contact me here. I’ll continue to publish these each Friday as long as they keep coming in. Thank you for reading!

Five years ago, a young and “healthy” 22 year old, I was working as a groom at a high end horse ranch in Western Colorado. I suddenly found myself with debilitating migraines. I’d never had migraines before so it was a bit shocking for me. But they were bad. Really, really bad. Like, 10-14 days long. I couldn’t function. My boss was as understanding as can be so I didn’t lose my job (thank goodness), but I remember my head felt like it was splitting in two, even dim light was painful, and I’d have to get a horse, go into the barn, shut the doors, turn the lights off, wear sunglasses anyway, and try to do my job. That’s neither sustainable nor a solution. It was horrendous. And ridiculous.

But the many doctors didn’t have any solutions. Migraine meds didn’t do a thing. The neurologist ordered a battery of blood tests and an MRI of my brain. Everything normal, nothing to fix here. Just keep trying the migraine meds. In the meantime, I was frantically trying to find a way to improve my health. I figured, What do healthy people do? They run marathons right? Let’s google how to do that. I didn’t really want to run (who was I kidding, running sucks!) so when one of the results was an MDA article about training for marathons with a link to an article against chronic cardio I checked that one out. I figured it might give me an excuse to not have to take up running. Ha! I had no idea it would lead to something way better.

From there I checked out the rest of the site. So, if lions are designed to eat meat and zebras to eat grass, what are humans meant to eat? What a common sense question, why hadn’t I ever thought to ask that? I signed up for the introductory emails but didn’t even wait for them before I binge read everything on the blog, cleared my pantry, and started in. There was a local rancher that sold grass fed steaks at the grocery store. I liked veggies. I really liked bacon so if this new diet said that was in, I was in. It’s funny to think back to all that now.

But I tell you what, as much as that low carb flu kicked my butt, I felt better. And I didn’t get a migraine that first week. Or that second week. Or ever again.

Then I discovered the missing piece of the puzzle. On the way to the neurologist’s office to hear my MRI results, I hadn’t had time to eat at home so I grabbed some convenient chicken fingers on the way. 80/20, I figured. The neurologist was out of town so the nurse practitioner saw me. When she gave me a look over, my thyroid was swollen. Like, huge. Scary swollen. And I was starting to get a headache. We started talking. And then she figured it out. (I tell you, nurse practitioners can be pretty amazing people.) It was gluten. I was having an autoimmune reaction to gluten—celiac. I had celiac. As it turns out, and I later found a Chris Kresser article explaining it, the gluten protein looks similar to something thyroids are made of, so when your body attacks the gluten your thyroid can get attacked too. How about that.

It all made sense now. As a kid I had what I now know to be symptoms of celiac in children. Underweight, constant stomachaches, etc. And before I started getting those migraines, it was summer time so I was with the horses at the high altitude portion of the ranch living in a tiny 120 square foot cabin. The grocery store was a long trip down the mountain. And with only a small mini fridge and no freezer, I ate a lot of shelf stable food. Processed food. Mostly pasta and granola. Really, my diet was about 80% wheat. And my body had finally had enough.

So Mark’s Daily Apple led me to find that I was celiac. But just as important it gave me a way of eating that made me feel healthy.

But I also helped in a far bigger way. A year and a half ago my husband and I found out we were going to be parents. And I kept eating primally. And I had about the healthiest pregnancy I could imagine. Alright, so the morning sickness was miserable and persistent. But otherwise it was perfect. I was one of those “belly only” pregnancies I hear people aim for. I was like a walking beach ball. But I felt great. And the delivery went great. I chalk it up to good nutrition and faith in my body’s ability to do what it was made to do. We had our baby at home with a midwife because that’s what I was comfortable with. After a short 3.5 hour labor (which was uncomfortable but honestly not painful. I now hate the expression “the pain of childbirth.” I think it sends the wrong expectation to women about how birth feels but I digress) we had a healthy 7 lb 12 oz baby girl. She’s so perfect and so healthy. I feel so lucky.

When I was pregnant I read a lot of Weston A Price articles. They brag a lot about how their nutrient dense diet produces healthy pregnancies and healthy babies with a wide jaw (which is an indication that the mother had good nutrition, especially plenty of Vitamins A and K). While I was pregnant I did take dessicated grass fed beef liver, occasionally some Dr Ron’s freeze dried organs and glands, a high quality prenatal with 5-MTHF folate (as recommended by Chris Kresser), fermented cod liver oil, and some high vitamin butter oil in addition to the Primal diet. So I did follow a couple WAPF recommendations. But I was not interested in buying raw milk. I don’t even like drinking milk so I did not want to pay the local raw milk producer the equivalent of $25 a gallon. I didn’t want to hunt down fresh organ meats and eat them. Yucky taste, no thank you. And I didn’t bother soaking/fermenting grains because, well, I’m Primal and I don’t even really do grains. Occasionally I do rice but it’s not that exciting so meh.

I know every parent says this, but my baby is the cutest little sucker in the world. I don’t think it’s just luck either. I think the nutrient dense diet I learned from MDA and the PB are why I’m so healthy and why my daughter is so healthy and so beautiful.

I’ve lost all the “baby weight” with zero effort. I actually weigh less now than I did before I was pregnant. I walk my daughter in the stroller a few times a week for 5 miles while she naps. She keeps me active and busy. I never have time to sit down. Lift heavy things? That baby’s a heavy thing and I carry her constantly. Sprints…Well I’ll get back to those and normal workouts eventually. But I’m not worried about it. I’ve got my walks and my yoga for now.

So I might catch a little flack for my five toe shoes and my obsession with bone broth but gosh dang I couldn’t be happier or healthier. Thank you again and again Mark, you changed my life.

Kate

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cristinajourdanqp · 7 years

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I Didn’t Get a Migraine That First Week. Or That Second Week. Or Ever Again.

But I tell you what, as much as that low carb flu kicked my butt, I felt better. And I didn’t get a migraine that first week. Or that second week. Or ever again.

So Mark’s Daily Apple led me to find that I was celiac. But just as important it gave me a way of eating that made me feel healthy.

So I might catch a little flack for my five toe shoes and my obsession with bone broth but gosh dang I couldn’t be happier or healthier. Thank you again and again Mark, you changed my life.

Kate

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fishermariawo · 7 years

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I Didn’t Get a Migraine That First Week. Or That Second Week. Or Ever Again.

But I tell you what, as much as that low carb flu kicked my butt, I felt better. And I didn’t get a migraine that first week. Or that second week. Or ever again.

So Mark’s Daily Apple led me to find that I was celiac. But just as important it gave me a way of eating that made me feel healthy.

So I might catch a little flack for my five toe shoes and my obsession with bone broth but gosh dang I couldn’t be happier or healthier. Thank you again and again Mark, you changed my life.

Kate

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watsonrodriquezie · 7 years

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I Didn’t Get a Migraine That First Week. Or That Second Week. Or Ever Again.

But I tell you what, as much as that low carb flu kicked my butt, I felt better. And I didn’t get a migraine that first week. Or that second week. Or ever again.

So Mark’s Daily Apple led me to find that I was celiac. But just as important it gave me a way of eating that made me feel healthy.

So I might catch a little flack for my five toe shoes and my obsession with bone broth but gosh dang I couldn’t be happier or healthier. Thank you again and again Mark, you changed my life.

Kate

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cynthiamwashington · 7 years

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I Didn’t Get a Migraine That First Week. Or That Second Week. Or Ever Again.

But I tell you what, as much as that low carb flu kicked my butt, I felt better. And I didn’t get a migraine that first week. Or that second week. Or ever again.

So Mark’s Daily Apple led me to find that I was celiac. But just as important it gave me a way of eating that made me feel healthy.

So I might catch a little flack for my five toe shoes and my obsession with bone broth but gosh dang I couldn’t be happier or healthier. Thank you again and again Mark, you changed my life.

Kate

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