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mirkwoodshewolf · 4 years ago

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Panther Princess; T’Challa x child reader

*Author’s note*

Well this was a LONG time in the making, not only cause of motivation and time schedule wise but I wanted to make sure I GOT THIS FIC RIGHT since this is my first time writing for T'Challa since Chadwick's death last year (MAY HE RIP OUR KING!!!). Hope you guys enjoy this, and I’ve decided that after a few Wattpad requests I’ll open requests up here on Tumblr but there will be some MAJOR adjustments to what fandoms I’ll do. For now just be patient with me and eventually I will open requests here on Tumblr, I just don’t want to be overwhelmed.

Warnings: Malnourishment. abuse, terrorists involved (no action but just the word), some fluff.

Taglist:

@plethora-of-things

@waddles03

@psychosupernatural

@ixchel-9275

@soy-guey

@queen-paladin

@jd-johndeacon-or-jackdaniels

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It was in the dead of night when T’Challa received word about some smugglers were traveling with some stolen Vibranium, and word has it that they were working for Klaue. Even though he had been dead, Klaue’s business was still running and forging deals with terrorists groups and anti-government parties.

Him and Okoye were flying over towards the drop-off point where the dealers were gonna be exchanging their latest steal of Vibranium.

“The dealers that Klaus’ second Lt. Rosko Lannister is selling the Vibranium to come from an Iranian terrorist group.”

“As usual we will let them make their business transaction before taking any further action. After dealing with the terrorist group and Lannister is ours, he will be put under the same crimes as we would’ve given Klaue.” T’Challa told Okoye. She nodded as the jet continued to fly towards their destination.

It was just before sunset when at an old, abandoned warehouse Rosko Lannister and some of Klaue’s old men waited for their clients to arrive. Soon enough driving in the black SUV’s and Honda trucks, the Iranian terrorist group came out of their cars. Most of them were soldiers holding their AK-47’s close to their chest while out of the head van, 3 men dressed in full 3 piece suits exited the car.

They looked exactly alike for these three men were actually brothers. Two of them were twins and the other was a year younger than his older twin brothers. Hasim, Sami, and Achmed Israeli were the three leaders of the biggest terrorist group in the world. There was even record shown that they made deals with HYDRA back in the day. Mostly smuggled weapons and potential serums for super soldiers.

After the fall back in 2014 when both SHIELD and HYDRA were exposed, the brothers decided to go underground and disappear under the radar. The US and European governments have been trying to find them ever since but they are too clever and can easily cover their tracks both physically and wirelessly.

“The Israeli brothers. I can’t tell you how honored I am to be doing business with you.” Rosko praised.

“We didn’t come for praises. We came for the Vibranium. Do you have it?” the oldest twin brother Sami demanded.

“Getting down to business. That was one thing my former associate Klaue always appreciated. God rest his soul.” Rosko kissed his finger before raising them upward. “Nah I’m just kidding he was an arsehole, I’m actually glad he’s dead.” He changed his tune.

“The Vibranium. Do you have it or not!?” demanded the younger twin Hasim.

“Patience Hasim. Let the white man talk.” Sami eased his brother. Rosko turned to one of his guys and nodded. His left hand man let out a whistle and soon two men come carrying in a large box that was filled with the stolen Vibranium that Klaue had stowed away for himself.

The men set it down before the brothers and Achmed opened the case up to reveal the Vibranium they were looking for. A small smirk came across Sami’s face and he said.

“Excellent. The most powerful material in the universe.”

“It did come at personal cost from Klaue, better him than me. It’s worth billions. Hope you also kept your end of the deal. This transaction is only fair if both parties agree.” Hasim smirked cunningly and turned to his general.

He nodded and exclaimed in Muslim and before Rosko even knew it. Every single one of his men was shot dead by the Israeli brother’s soldiers, leaving only him alive.

Every gun was now turned on him and Rosko had no choice but to raise his hands slowly.

“True. But when dealing with terrorists you should’ve also realized that there is a price to pay. Especially if you’ve been followed.” Sami said. At this point Rosko was confused.

“What-what-what are you talking about?”

“I’ve been in this game for a long time Mr. Lannister, I’ve seen everything and heard it all. Superheroes, aliens, psychotic androids, even real life wizards. So don’t think for a second that your actions hasn’t risen suspicion to the one who rules the very place where you got this Vibranium from.” Sami closed the case and patted it before his brother Achmed took it and had it put in the truck.

“King T’Challa has no idea of this Vibranium that was stashed away. He’s recovered the traces of Vibranium that Klaue kept public. There’s no way he could know about this.”

“Clearly Klaue had a better game face than you Mr. Lannister. For he wouldn’t have revealed such an important fact to me.” At that moment Rosko knew he had been played by the brothers. Before he knew it, a bullet went straight into his head and he died right there.

“Surround the area. We don’t leave till the King is dead.” Ordered Achmed to his security team. The soldiers exclaimed Arabic commands as they surrounded the warehouse with their guns outward and ready to fire.

One guard in particular heard something move behind him and he quickly turned and fired three shots but didn’t hit anything but some old crates. His paranoia was getting the best of him and that’s what gave him away. He was suddenly grabbed by the back of his robes and lifted up and beaten till he collapsed to the floor unconscious.

2 more guards heard what was going on and went to check on their fallen soldier when a flash of a figure ran behind them. They quickly turned and fired their guns when suddenly T’Challa came down behind them, quickly disarmed them and knocked them unconscious.

As more of the brother’s security came in and they open fired on T’Challa, he merely walked towards the security before sprinting forward and disarming the rest of them. His claws tearing their guns apart, and using his quick ‘cat-like’ agility, he managed to take down the entire fleet.

“Israeli brothers!” he cried out. It was then Sami came out and T’Challa revealed his face to the eldest brother.

“King T’Challa. I must say it is an honor to be in your presence.” Sami mocked.

“Did you really believe we would be unaware of this trade?”

“On the contrary, I expected this all along. It was that witless white monkey Rosko who didn’t expect to see you. But never fear, he’s out of both of our hands.” Sami said nonchalantly as he looked down at his nails.

“If you surrender the stolen Vibranium to me, we can resolve this peacefully. But refuse, and you’ll face justice of Wakanda in Rosko Lannister’s stand. You and your brothers.”

“See my brothers and I made a pact. If we can’t escape the system, we’d be—how you say, judge jury and executioner to ourselves. And rather than rot in a cell separated, we shall join together in a blaze of glory. And we’re not afraid to take you with us, suffering the same fate as your own father did.” Sami raised his arms out like he was flying and waiting for a fiery explosion to happen.

But nothing came.

He opened his eyes to reveal that nothing had happened. It was then coming into the open space were Ayo and Okoye who had Sami’s younger brothers. Both men were bruised and battered up pretty badly. The two Dora Milaje members dropped his brothers down at his feet like trash and T’Challa said.

“I told you. This could’ve been resolved peacefully. But you forced our hand, especially when you had planned to blow up the place with all of us inside.” Sami growled but nonetheless raised his hands in surrender.

As the Dora Milaje were detaining the three brothers, T’Challa retrieved the stolen Vibranium when he heard something nearby. It sounded like chains, they had defeated all of the security, Rosko and his men were all shot by the Israeli brother’s defense, and the brothers were all detained so who else was here?

“My King?” Okoye asked.

“Stay here Okoye, I want to check something out.” He told his general of the Dora Milaje.

“My king, it could be another threat we do not yet know about. Let me come with you.”

“I’m not defenseless Okoye. Now you and Ayo just put the men on the ship and let me handle this. It could be some animal or the chains fell down off of something.” Okoye nodded to her king and soon T’Challa headed deeper into the warehouse.

As he explored every bit of it, he soon noticed that there appeared to be a hidden door within the walls that was very faintly cracked open. He opened the door and could hear the sound of the chains getting louder and louder.

It was almost like they were—pacing? They kept a constant rhythm as they would move about, in a circle pattern or something close to it. T’Challa slowly walked towards the direction of the chains and soon found what appeared to be a cage. A glass cage but it was inside that surprised the Wakandan King.

Inside the glass was a child. She appeared to be around the ages of 8-11 years old. Her hair was extremely long and madded like a lion’s mane. She looked malnourished so much so that you could almost see her bones. But for being malnourished, how could she have the energy to pace so frantically like she was now? He also noticed that there around her neck, wrists and ankles were chains keeping her inside.

T’Challa slowly walked out of the shadows and into the light where the child would be able to see him. She stopped her pacing and just stared at him curiously. T’Challa disengaged his full Black Panther suit so that he was in his normal clothes.

“I am not here to hurt you.” He gently told the child. The child slightly tilted their head like a lost puppy. “My name is T’Challa, what’s yours?” T’Challa slowly and slowly got closer and closer to her cage as he spoke in that soft voice of his. When she didn’t answer him he assured you, “You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to. I just want to be sure you’re okay.”

Suddenly in the blink of an eye, her (e/c) soon turned to a deep cat eye yellow. Her body shifted into a fairly young but still decent size panther and she lashed out at the cage, knocking T’Challa off his feet in slight fear. The child now standing before him as a full panther clawed and roared at the cage furiously.

“My King!” Ayo’s voice spoke in Xhosa and soon her and Okoye came in and when they saw the panther, they lifted up their spears in defense.

“Stand down!” T’Challa commanded them.

“But my king—this animal is feral. It was going to kill you.” Okoye reasoned with him but T’Challa told her.

“She is a human child. She shifted into this panther before my eyes. Look.” Soon enough the panther shrunk down and soon turned back into the young girl who was still pacing back and forth in her cage.

“What sorcery is this?” asked Ayo.

“Not magic. Science. Look closer at her arms.” T’Challa said. At the section of the arm on the other side of the elbow, they noticed dozens of needle injection scars.

“This child was experimented on.” Okoye said grimly with a horrified expression.

“What do we do my King?” asked Ayo. T’Challa looked at the child who was growling and trying to act scary even though she was no longer a panther anymore.

“We take her to Shuri. Maybe she can shed more light on the matter. Get her to the ship. But approach her cautiously. Don’t make any sudden movements.” Ayo and Okoye bowed their heads to their king and walked towards the cage.

The girl would hit her skeletal body up against the cage trying to rattle it and actually roared out a panther’s real roar, her teeth slowly growing into the large infamous canines of a real big cat. Okoye and Ayo then placed a hover bead on each end of the cage and soon the cage levitated just a few feet off the ground.

The little girl roared and began clawing at the glass but it hardly did anything as she was now being guided towards the ship.

When they reached Wakanda after dealing with the brothers, Shuri in her lab was going over the girl’s intel scan that she made of the girl from her cage with her kimoyo beads.

“So what is it you can find Shuri?” T’Challa said as he entered his sister’s lab.

“This may come as a surprise to you brother. But—she has no birth record at all. I’ve contacted some of my people in various places around the world to see if there has been any missing child and all of them have said no. My theory is that she may have been created from a test tube to look like this.”

“Any idea who could’ve made her?”

“The same organization that made the White Wolf into the Winter Soldier.”

“Hydra.” T’Challa said gravely. Shuri nodded.

“I hacked into their old files and it only confirms my theory. Seems like they wanted to create their own Cat-god or something.”

“Any records on what her powers are? She can shift into a panther but can she also shift into anything else?”

“I’m still digging through the files, there’s a lot of files that came to creating her. It’ll take time brother.” T’Challa nodded in understandment.

“Keep me updated.”

“Yes brother.” T’Challa walked away but he turned back towards the young girl and saw that she had briefly stopped her pacing to look at him once again.

A week later after finding the child, Shuri managed to dig up that HYDRA’s plan for the Child was for her to become their Agent Battle Cat. The ability to shift into a panther. She also has enhanced agility, speed, and strength.

However when HYDRA fell back in 2014, they were forced to abandon the project and she had been left alone in that warehouse ever since. Thinking about the enhancing experiments she must’ve been forced to endure or whatever genes they gave her, it allowed her to survive even being chained up in a cage for years on end until she felt like she needed to give up.

While being kept under his sister’s supervision, T’Challa also made it apparent to try and communicate with the Child, just to see if she could either understand or (in a rare case) speak in any language. The first time he had tried to talk to her well—let’s just say she ended up with broken nails and chipped teeth after trying to take a bite of T’Challa’s forearm when he activated his suit to protect his arm from her attack.

He had finally finished his royal civic duties for the day when he decided to try and talk to the Child again.

“You sure it’s a good idea brother? You did cause her to lose her nails and chipped some of her teeth.”

“I learned my lesson last time. But you weren’t there before that happened. She had actually dropped her guard and almost looked like she wanted to communicate with me. I think I’m getting through to her.”

“Okay brother. But if she attacks you again, I doubt that’ll sit well with Mother as well as Okoye and Ayo.”

“I will handle mama and the Dora Milaje. For now see to it that no one disturbs us.” Shuri nodded and told her workers to go home for now, leaving T’Challa and the Child alone.

T’Challa slowly approached her cage to see her lying down on her side licking her broken nails. Some of them had broken off by the top, while the rest had the entire nail broken leaving a bloody mess in it’s wake. She was currently licking her blood stained fingertips when she caught T’Challa’s scent.

She growled and hissed angrily at him, her canine fangs extended out and her eyes shifted into the cold, yellow panther eyes.

“Steady, steady. I’m not here to hurt you.” T’Challa sat down a few feet away from the cage and continued, “I am sorry for what happened to you. I was only protecting myself from getting hurt. It was my fault for overstepping my boundaries.” Her hissing ceased and she closed her mouth hiding her fangs but she would occasionally growl lowly, her tail coming out and twitching anxiously.

They sat there in silence for a couple of minutes when T’Challa said to her.

“You know, I’ve been thinking of a name for you. You know something to call you. I’m betting the men who created you never really gave you a real human name. What do you think about—Ariana?” the Child hissed. T’Challa chuckled, “Didn’t think so. Shuri said you might like it but now I can prove to her that I was right. Now for the real options, what about…….Nala?” the child tilted her head confused. “No? What about…..Diana?” she looked down and went back to licking her fingertips. “That won’t really help them heal. Sure it’ll clot the blood but it’s not that good for saliva to heal a wound like that.”

She looked up at T’Challa and growled lowly.

“I’m just trying to help. We have the medicine that’ll help you. I won’t lie it might sting for a brief second but it’ll help. Will you trust me with healing you, please?” the child looked between him and her fingers before slowly extending her arms out and she briefly nodded.

T’Challa then got some antiseptic and band-aids. He opened up a small section of the cage, just enough for her arms to come out.

“Thank you for your trust.” He then began to doctor her fingertips. She let out some painful roars on the stubbed fingertips that no longer had a nail anymore but at least this time she didn’t try to attack him like last time. He soothed her with calming phrases like ‘it’s okay. It’s won’t last long.’ And ‘Just relax, it’s almost over.’ After bandaging up her left pinkie finger he told her, “There, I’m done (Y/n).”

At hearing that name, she looked up at T’Challa curiously. Her tail perked up and the tip curled inward. T’Challa looked at her to see her tail fall limp to the cage floor. “(Y/n)?” her tail lifted up again and her head tilted curiously. “So you like that name eh?” She looked at T’Challa and her nose twitched as she was trying to sniff him through the glass.

Taking a risk, he slowly reached his hand into the cage once more like before. However this time he kept his hand in a downward position, so that his hand formed the shape of another cat’s nose. The Child slowly crept towards his hand and gave it a sniff, when she saw that he wasn’t moving his hand, she rubbed her head against his hand for a brief second before nuzzling underneath his palm so that it sat on top of her head.

He gently began scratching her scalp which caused her to let out soft comforting purrs. T’Challa smiled warmly and continued to gently give the child—well (Y/n) some more scritches and pets.

“Don’t you worry (Y/n). I promise I won’t allow anyone else to harm you in any shape or form.”

The next couple of months after getting her body weight back to normal and healing any other wounds she had maintained, T’Challa allowed (Y/n) to venture outside the palace with him. Thinking the city itself was too much for her right now, he decided to take her out to the Border tribe so that she could see the outside world for the first time in her life.

Needless to say she was overwhelmed but she was happy to feel the grass beneath her feet, see the beautiful landscape, and hear all the sounds of the outside world from the animal calls to some of the Border tribe members talking with each other.

“Seems she’s getting along well.” Okoye observed (Y/n) who was cautiously watching the rhinos from their pins.

“Slowly but surely she is. Walking on two feet is still a bit of a challenge but she’ll get there eventually.” T’Challa told her.

“At least she’s learned to not attack you.”

“It was one time Okoye, be nice.”

“As your General it is my duty—”

“I understand your duty General. But you must also know that there will be times you can’t protect me. And this attack was very minor compared to the fights I’ve been in before.” It was then T’Challa saw (Y/n) now focusing her attention on some birds that had just landed a few feet away from the rhino pins. Her panther instincts kicked in as she got into pouncing position, her pupils were fully blown and her shoulder blades flexed over one another as her butt raised higher and higher in the air.

Finally she raced forward and the birds immediately took off flying. She leaped well over 7ft in the air and managed to capture a bird in her claws and delivered a fatal bite. She then raced over to T’Challa and presented him the dead bird.

She placed it on the ground before his feet and backed away before tilting her head with a happy smile on her face.

“Seems she has a gift for you my King.” Okoye said. T’Challa grimaced at the gift but he quickly smiled down at her and knelt down in front of her.

“I appreciate the gift (Y/n). But—we cannot keep this bird kept within a cage. Like how I freed you, we must also allow this bird to move onto the next life.” He dug into the earth for a small shallow grave, just big enough for the bird and he placed the bird into the makeshift grave. He buried it under the earth and he sent a brief prayer to Bast in Wakandan. “Right, now let’s head back to the palace. I have a meeting with M’Baku about reforging our alliance and allowing the Jabari tribe into the council.”

Okoye and T’Challa walked ahead when they heard something behind them. At first they thought it was one of the goats but it sounded to hoarse to be one of them. They slowly turned around and saw (Y/n) with a hand over the grave of the bird and she was saying.

“Ba……Ba.”

“Is she……?” Okoye started.

“Ba.” (Y/n) was trying to talk! She was trying to say the Cat goddess Bast’s name. She managed to get out the first constant and vowel but she couldn’t figure out how to do her S and T.

“Her first time talking. She’s trying to say Bast’s name.” T’Challa knelt down and he asked her, “(Y/n), are you trying to give a prayer to Bast?”

“Ba!” she exclaimed again. T’Challa was overjoyed on the inside that the girl he had decided to take under his wing and raise was finally trying to talk. Many of the tutors he and Shuri had growing up had given up saying that she was incapable of speaking because all she did was just hiss and growl as well as throw things at them before laughing like a deranged hyena.

“Here I’ll help you say her name.” he adjusted himself so that he sat down and he placed his hand right next to hers and he said slowly so that she could see how his lips did it. “Say Bast.”

“Ba.”

“Bast.”

“Ba.” T’Challa shook his head.

“Watch me carefully. Bast.” He enunciated the t at the end. (Y/n) growled lowly before taking a deep inhale and finally exclaiming.

“BAST!”

“Yes. Yes that’s it! You did it (Y/n) great job!” at seeing T’Challa’s excitement, (Y/n) began to repeat Bast’s name gleefully as she pranced around.

“A little cocky there isn’t she?” Okoye muttered.

“Let her have this moment Okoye. Besides probably hunting and killing, this is her first real big achievement. A normal milestone.”

“I suppose so.” She agreed. Even though she might not have wanted to admit it, she thought it was adorable how little (Y/n) was finally able to speak a human language and become so happy with herself that she would prance around like a yearling antelope.

Over the next couple of years, (Y/n) continued to not only advance in her human speaking skills, but she now began to show signs of aging. She went from that small child to now almost a young adult woman in just 2 years since finding her. Seemed with the animal enhancement, it also increased her human aging with each time she grew stronger and tougher.

T’Challa continued to raise her as his own and pretty soon all of Wakanda looked at her as their young Princess. Shuri loved hanging out with (Y/n) and teaching her everything there was to know about science and technology. She even took her as an apprentice in her lab. Okoye eventually came around and soon saw (Y/n) as a member of the royal family and took it upon herself to train her like a Dora Milaje so that she could defend herself without the need of her animal powers.

For she was the Panther Princess.

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spade-riddles · 4 years ago

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Submission:

Hi there! I’m the anon who asked for a conversation about what we (as Kaylors) actually fear from Karlie and Taylor letting the world assume Jerk is the baby’s bio dad. Switched to submission format because the Tumblr word count is tiny and asks get eaten and muddled, which makes it really hard to express yourself properly 😅

First I wanted to say thank you for engaging in a mature discussion about this. I really appreciate it. A lot of other blogs have either stopped believing Karlie and Taylor are together any more, or are more idealistic and don’t want to even talk about a less than perfect outcome to this story. It’s frustrating because while I understand the need for optimism (I feel that need too!) I don’t want us living in la la land and feeling disproportionately upset if we don’t get our perfect ending.

So. I should probably lay out where I stand: I think there is a high likelihood Karlie and Taylor will let people assume the baby is Jerk’s, at least at first. My reasons are simple.

1) The baby is due very soon. Taylor is used to sneaking around and we’ve talked before about how she is able to live in secrecy. The pandemic has definitely made that easier for her. But a baby is a whole different ball game. It will be frankly exhausting to sneak around pretending she’s not a mom, hiding her baby. And the more she hides it, the higher the risk of it being exposed by social media and becoming a huge gossip story. Taylor Swift’s secret baby! Kissgate was bad enough, I don’t think Taylor would want to risk a Babygate.

For this reason, she’s going to move soon to incorporate Karlie back into her life. Probably as a new single mom friend who is staying with / spending a lot of time with her after her marriage break up. The story may even go out that the feud rumors were bogus all along and the girls were good friends the whole time, and Taylor gave Karlie the strength to leave her bad relationship. I expect Tay to be named godmother, which will allow her to be seen more with bub while the full picture is waiting to fall into place.

2) So Taylor and Karlie are being seen together once more. Taylor looks like a great friend, Karlie’s image is slowly being rehabilitated as Taylor goes on a charm offensive, and the baby is a fixture in Taylor’s life that people think is sweet, but don’t really question because she’s supposedly still with J*e.

No-one talks about J*sh at this stage. No-one interacts with him on social media, and they do their best to limit any media mentions of him as “Karlie Kloss’s baby daddy”. This is easier than it seems. Taylor has connections at Vogue, Karlie owns W, and Tree is an expert at shutting down unwanted stories. Any publication that wants future access to Taylor or Karlie will play ball, because why wouldn’t they? No-one is that invested in linking Karlie to a past beard forever, and no-one wants to bully a newborn child over a connection insiders will know isn’t even real. Sure, Scooter and his Page Six sock puppets will probably churn out articles stirring the pot, but that’s nothing new. The girls can ignore it or deflect attention, as they do now.

3) Stage three of the plan sees the resurgence of “Kaylor” as a thing people are shipping. Hardcore fans will obviously know they’ve been together all along, but the wider public will start to wonder if Taylor has deeper feelings for Karlie, or if Karlie left her husband because she hopes to “get back together with” Taylor and take another go at their 2014 relationship. People start to link past songs to Karlie and speculate that lingering feelings for her “best friend” are what has stopped Taylor locking it down with J*e. J*e is boring and only seen on miserable pap walks with Taylor, but Karlie is seen hanging out with her and their friends in happy, seeming domesticity. People begin to talk about how much like the old carefree Taylor Tay seems again. The sunshine effect in full swing.

4) Eventually Toe break up and Kaylor are revealed to be in a relationship. You’ll never please the homophobes but by now most fans are happy for Taylor. Taylor, who has de facto raised the baby since birth, jokes that she’s “daddy”. Karlie gives a more serious interview about what a wonderful parent Taylor is and how she has always considered her as much the baby’s mom as she is, because she was there all along and never gave up or walked away. She won’t be drawn on her ex husband but does make a statement about “what a great influence” Taylor is on their child. Etc etc. By now we’re a few years out from the Trump administration and J*sh is still known and disliked, but is hardly a household name. He was only ever “famous” (I use the term loosely) for being Karlie’s beard.

People can disagree with me on this. Yes, his family are odious and will be in trouble for years to come, probably. But J*sh has always been a fringe member. He’s not Jared or Ivanka, who people really know and hate. He’s more like his father - people know he’s shady like the rest of them, but most people couldn’t immediately pick his face out of a line up, and they don’t know the details. I’m sorry, but it’s true. The general public don’t care about Jerk half as much as Kaylors do. Once he loses his celebrity connections he’ll fade from public consciousness. You think I’m kidding, but I’m not. How many people reading this right now would know if Dick Cheney passed them in the street? Not many, I’m guessing. Time passes and memory fades. People will “know” he’s the father, but in a fuzzy way, and soon enough it will fade to the point where this is brought up as surprising information. People won’t even remember she was married to him. It’ll become weird trivia that no-one really wants to talk about anyway, because it seems disrespectful.

5) At this point, people either assume Jerk has a private relationship with the child, or they notice how Karlie never ever talks about him and speculate that he’s estranged from the child. It’s likely Karlie and Taylor would then go down the route of having Taylor officially adopt the baby at this point, though a public marriage would probably predate that, and all these things take time to roll out and seem natural. Even U-Hauling it!

If J*sh is smart, he’ll keep quiet during all of this. If Kaylor were smart, they would have engineered reciprocal NDAs, where Karlie can’t reveal their marriage was fake, but Jerk can never speak about the baby in return. And I think he might go along with this policy of silence. Remember, what he was always getting out of the arrangement with Karlie was that he appeared straight. Why throw all that away? He won’t want any real involvement with the baby, because it isn’t actually his. But it suits him that people think he got a woman pregnant, and it suits him that he can pretend to be a dad. Just “a private dad” who doesn’t see his kid much. Yes, we might get some annoying stunts where he tries to pretend, but if Karlie and Taylor continue to never give him any oxygen, it’ll eventually reach a stage where people can choose their own version of reality. Some people will think he’s involved and some won’t, but most people frankly won’t care either way.

And I do think that’s the ideal scenario for both of them. Sure, Karlie could eventually leak gossip stories suggesting he’s not the dad. But that would be a hit to her reputation at a time when she is actively trying to rebuild it. WE might all be passionately anti-Jerk and gleeful at the idea of a cheating narrative, but I don’t think it would go down so well with the wider public. He may be from a scummy family but he’s always been viewed as “the one who’s not as bad”, and Karlie still made the apparent choice to marry him. Even if he was scum it would look bad to treat him like that after pretending she loved him .To say that she cheated with some meaningless random guy and got knocked up by him, and this other dude has never even been involved with the kid … . I won’t mince words here. It would make Karlie look terrible. People won’t be saying “ha ha he got what he deserved”, they’d be saying “ wow, Karlie is a sloppy mess”, “wow, how cruel to get knocked up behind her husband’s back”, and finally “wow, Karlie seems so unstable, she’ll treat Taylor badly too and bring trouble down on her head. She probably only even got back with her because she didn’t want to be alone. Taylor should RUN!“

This is NOT the impression they want people to have of Karlie. Which brings me to:

6) Karlie’s reputation has suffered enough, and Taylor knows it. Taylor is no stranger to pivots, and she’s no stranger to playing the long game. What’s most important to her at this stage? I think it’s that she gets to live a free and open life with the woman she loves and the child they’re raising together. I don’t think she cares who is assumed to be, basically, the sperm donor. She will be daddy with this plan, and that’s what counts. So yeah, I think she would go for it. It’s a sacrifice I think she would make.

And really, if he’s not involved in the baby’s life, is it even a sacrifice? We all talk about the “association” around here, but the child won’t have any actual contact with him and Taylor can freeze out any mention of him in the media. There is no actual threat to the child that I can see. Letting people assume he’s the father is NOT the same as letting him into the baby’s life. Kaylor not correcting people’s assumptions doesn’t mean they’re going to actively stunt with him. They can just choose to say nothing, the way they did with the “feud”.

What’s the worst that will happen if people assume the baby has K*shner DNA but is estranged from the family? Seriously, people. Give me answers.

Not just “I don’t want people to think Taylor’s baby has his icky genes”. Because genes don’t make a person and they don’t necessarily make a family either. Taylor’s love and parenthood would not be ANY less if it was assumed she was the adoptive mom with no biological link to the baby. The baby would not be assumed genetically evil for having a few chromosomes from that awful family. Tr*mp’s own sister has been one of his biggest critics, remember? Genetics don’t dictate your politics or your moral compass.Only a fool would actually seriously accuse an innocent baby of being some kind of devil spawn, just because they thought it was Jerk’s.

The K*shners can’t claim or take the baby. They can’t force Karlie and Taylor to stunt with them. So there’s no “using the baby to whitewash Jerk’s reputation”. There’s no putting the baby in danger. And the media aren’t going to bully the baby, because it’s poor practice and would make them look terrible, as well as costing them potentially lucrative future relationships with Karlie and Taylor.

Taylor isn’t “letting Jerk take credit for her baby” either. Not if they refuse to stunt and if it plays out the way I described. Taylor will eventually get recognition as the baby’s real other parent, while Jerk is phased out. Taylor is patient. For the end game I believe she could stand a few months of this.

I’ve turned it over and over in my head and this is the only realistic solution I can see. All our other theories - Karlie pretends to be Taylor’s surrogate, Karlie pretends she slept with someone else, Karlie and Taylor expose the fake marriage, all of those theories - they all seem like wishful thinking. They would never be credible outside our tiny fandom of people who want any memory of Jerk purged forever. (Not possible. The Jerklie history will always exist on the internet, just like Taylor’s supposed “relationship” with Calvin.) We just have to let it go. Separate our heightened negative feelings from the actual likely long term consequences.

This is what will probably happen, if we’re being really sensible and honest with ourselves. We need to stop being so absolutist and thinking it’s the end of the world, because it really doesn’t have to be. It can be just a bump in the road instead. I think we’d all be a lot happier if we adjusted our outlook about this possibility, to be honest. This all or nothing way of thinking is creating so much unhappiness and stress, I hate to see it. We need to just breathe!

I truly believe we won’t get everything we want - but good things are coming.

This is so long, sorry! But I had a lot to say.

Yours,

let’s call me, Pragmatic Anon

#i am posting this only because you put a lot of time into it.#i said i was done with this topic #you ignore a critical part of this? Why should he get any credit for this child #why should this child be stained for no reason #there is absolutely no reason to put this burden on taylor or the child #none #he has nothing to do with it #i will be absolutely stunned if they use their child as part of a publicity stunt #no words #submission

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annacwrites · 4 years ago

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the wip list

Alright, gang. Buckle up. This is going to be a long one, and at this point I can’t even bring myself to be sorry about it. I meant to put this off but then I started thinking about it, so here we are (at 1:05 in the morning when I have to work at 8:30, what am I doing?).

I’m going to break this down in a couple of ways—fanfiction vs. original fiction, fandom (if it’s a fanfic), series/universe (if it’s in one), and then the individual books themselves (if I have the ability to do that, because quite frankly, for some of these I don’t because I have no idea what the titles are or where I’m splitting the story yet).

Also, “WIP” is an incredibly broad term here. In some cases it means I’ve already written the whole thing but I plan to 100% rewrite it (and haven’t started yet). In some cases it means I’ve written half of the thing but haven’t finished yet. In some cases it means I have it all outlined but haven’t started writing yet. In some cases it means I haven’t really touched an outline on paper yet but I have it all worked out in my head. Take the “in progress” part of WIP with a grain of salt.

(Putting this whole thing under the cut because it is so freaking long. I apologize if the read-more doesn’t work on your dash. Idk what tumblr is doing.)

Starting off easy—the fics:

Harry Potter: (JKR can fuck off with her transphobia and cultural appropriation and all the other stupid and fucked-up shit that she’s done/promoted but, as I said to my friends, she can pry my next-gen fanfics from my cold dead hands. Cursed Child is not canon in my life because I’ve never read it and I don’t care what nonsense she came up with.)

The “In Your Arms I’ll Stay” universe (Tedtoire/Scorose):

The first fic in this universe is the first fic I ever finished. 110k words followed up by a ~137k word sequel. It is a disaster and a half but it’s also my baby and I fully intend to rewrite it one of these days. It is full of standard Tedtoire trope-y nonsense—best friends since childhood! two-year age gap! jealousy about other relationships! obliviousness!—and at 15 I thought it was a really good idea to try to turn it into a mystery too, which is a mistake that I have every intention of rectifying because it was unnecessary and I just didn’t know how to do drama and tension back then.

Anyway. It will probably be two parts again when I rewrite it because one part per school year just works, yeah? We’re covering Vic’s fifth/Teddy’s seventh year and Vic’s sixth year/Teddy’s first year out of school over the course of these parts.

Within this universe we also have Heartbeat and Bone, which is a Scorose fic that I’ve written probably 75% of already but have no intention of actually finishing before I rewrite it. I want to get the stories in the right order so that I can get details straightened out, so Teddy and Victoire get the rewrites first and then I’ll be revisiting this fic. Also full of trope-y nonsense (and my continued acceptance of the headcanon that the Heads have their own dormitory at Hogwarts, because it’s just too much fun that way).

some things were meant to be (Tedtoire):

Oh god, another fic with a cliché title taken from Can’t Help Falling In Love. I have zero regrets because it fits them perfectly.

This one is... half-done? I fully intend to finish it but I need to finish the outline first. It was my 2019 NaNoWriMo project and I am 100% just writing it for the lols (and because Teddy and Vic are like... my comfort ship where writing is concerned). I wanted to play with a different universe and change up their relationship and roles at school a bit, but once again... trope-y nonsense. It’s unavoidable with them. There is obliviousness everywhere.

Star Wars: (it’s Reylo, okay? It’s Reylo. I don’t want to hear it about how the ship is ~so terrible.~ That is literally the furthest thing in the world from a hot take, you can’t say a single thing that I haven’t heard before, and I’m a grown adult and can do what I want. Bite me.)

looking for the map that leads me home (Reylo):

Stole the title on this one from We Take Care of Our Own by Bruce Springsteen, because why the fuck not, right?

To put it simply: musician AU. To put it a little less simply: he’s got a dead career, she wants to have even the slightest shot at one, Rose is the best, Poe’s a singing heartthrob, Finn is a love-struck goofball. You know, all that fun stuff. The entire thing is based on a playlist that I made and every chapter has a song that acts as its theme. I haven’t touched it since January 2018. I want to finish it eventually but it’s not really at the top of the priority list.

There’s a few other fics from other fandoms that I’ve started and never finished but the odds of me touching them again are like... nonexistent, so I’m not including them here. I’ll update this post if anything changes on that front (but it probably won’t).

Now for the complicated part—the original fiction:

Maker’s Magic

This is a trilogy (or at least, it’s supposed to be). This is also a rewrite of the first story I ever finished—the fantasy novel that I wrote for my first-ever Camp NaNoWriMo back in August of 2011, when I had literally no clue what I was doing at all and essentially stole the plot structure from The Obsidian Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey and built my own story around it. This is not a good way to write a piece of fiction that you want to publish, kids, but it is a damn good way to get your feet wet when you’ve never really written before.

I am reworking this story entirely from scratch. The characters are... kind of the same as the original story. Kind of. Maybe. I’ve changed a few names and merged a few people together and scrapped some others and entirely shifted the backstory of pretty much everyone, but... they’re definitely still the same, right?

Basically, at this point the plot is really only similar to The Obsidian Trilogy in that we’ve got a trilogy, we’ve got some elves, and it’s your standard good vs. evil fantasy story (in its own unique fashion, of course). I’m still working out the details of this rewrite, but this is kind of the Holy Grail of all of my writing projects and the one that I’m most concerned about getting right, so I’m anticipating that I’ll be in it for the long haul on this one. I’m hoping I might be able to get a draft of the first book done this year, but... we’ll see.

(I also don’t want to give too many details about this project, ‘cause it’s the one that I’d really like to maybe publish one day, so...)

The Willow Hill universe

This started as a single story plus a standalone sequel set in the same universe, conceptualized when I was fourteen and missing horseback riding terribly (so yes, it is a story for all those Weird Horse Girls™ out there). I wrote a good portion of it, then deleted it, then rewrote the entire thing, then deleted it again a few years ago because I was no longer satisfied with the writing quality (after hitting top 100 on the Teen Fiction list on Wattpad way back when, so... I didn’t do too badly as a 16-year-old, but the writing still sucked). I’ve been promising a rewrite to my Wattpad followers since 2016 or something like that (2014? Whenever the hell it was that I deleted it the second time) but haven’t delivered at all.

I now envision this universe as a duology plus the aforementioned standalone sequel, except it’s not entirely fair to call it a YA duology in that the first book is definitely YA, but the second is more romance-y?

I originally just revealed the main character’s endgame relationship in the epilogue of the story, but I love both her and her boyfriend and their relationship so much that I decided that I’m going to be self-indulgent and write the story of them actually falling in love with each other, so that’s book two (so really, you don’t actually have to read book two to understand anything, I’m just writing it because I want to and it’s also kind of a present to anyone who read the original story when they were also a teenager and is now an adult who wants to read other stuff).

Book one is now about the teenage struggle of crushes and trying to figure out what it is that you actually want out of your life and what you value (I say “now” because it was definitely way more self-insert-y the first time I wrote it and it is decidedly not at this point). It’s also sort of a love letter to trainers who are amazing and the kind of person we should all be so lucky as to be coached by.

These characters are my comfort characters where original fiction is concerned since they’ve been bouncing around in my head for the last ten years or so, and I’m hoping I can get at least the first book rewritten in the next year-ish, partly because I’ve been promising it for so long, and partly because I just really enjoy this world and I want to get back to it again.

The Coffee Shop Chronicles

AKA, I lived in one coffee shop on my university campus for pretty much the entirety of my college experience and it was a very inspiring place to be, so this has less to do with coffee shop AUs and more to do with the fact that I met several of my favorite human beings on this earth over a vanilla chai latte and mutual sass with the baristas.

(One of said baristas is very near and dear to me and introduced me to another regular who is now a very good friend with the statement “You’re both sarcastic assholes. You’ll love each other.”)

None of the characters in this universe are based on actual human beings whom I know, but I liked the idea of the campus coffee shop serving as this thing that tangentially connected all of these people to one another, much in the way that I am tangentially connected to god knows how many people via my barista friend. Essentially, the idea is that the stories in this universe are all standalone, but the characters sometimes cross paths with one another at Caffeinated, so it’s sort of... Easter-egg-y in terms of who pops up where in which story.

Currently I only have two stories in this universe that are legitimately plotted out, but there is room for any number of spin-offs based on whichever characters show up in those stories (or don’t—that’s the fun of it being a coffee shop. The barista is the only reliable character). Those two stories are as follows:

Chance Encounters (title so totally subject to change, also stealing the terribly summary from the Wattpad draft that never saw the light of day):

For Bennett McGuire, things with guys just didn't seem to want to go her way. From the disasters that were her attempts at dating in high school to the problem that had been Elijah Becker, she hadn't exactly had the best luck. With all that in mind, it made perfect sense to swear off dating until she finished college—that is, it made sense until one frozen day in February when Gordon Evans walked into her life. After that, who was to say what would happen?

What’s Your Metaphor? (once again, enjoy the terrible summary from the Wattpad draft that never was. I am cringing reading it but also too tired to come up with anything better):

"What's the point?"

It's a question asked widely, for all sorts of reasons, and it's one that April Hayes didn't know the answer to any better than anyone else. All she knew was that she had her plan, and she was going to stick to it, because it was the only thing that seemed to have any sort of logic to it in her life. The things she thought, the things she believed—well, they all fell before the plan, because she didn't have time to ask herself "What's the point?"

That is, she didn't have the time to know the answer—her answer—until one guy by the name of Drew Collier showed up and made her consider things that she had never even thought of before.

High Blood

Yinz can go read my WIP introduction post for this one. It’s a fantasy story. Just for the hell of it, here’s the summary from said WIP introduction post:

At the age of seventeen, Thessaly of Averak had a choice—take the crown of her people and her place as her father’s heir, or set it aside to become one of the High Warriors, dedicated to protecting their people and the country that her long-dead ancestor Enred built after leading its citizens out of a long and bloody war. Amidst raids and famine at the borders, she gave up her crown to better serve the people that her family rules.

Ten years later, all is quiet. At least, all is quiet until Beca’s pendant is stolen by a thief who disappears into the night on the journey back from the summer palace, Tess gets herself stabbed, and the discovery is made that the rock-solid foundations of their family’s claim to the throne—and the peace that depends upon them—are laced with hairline fractures.

(I didn’t write anything to speak of for Camp NaNo July 2020 and actually wound up deleting my project for this on the NaNo site because my dad was hit by a car while cycling the Friday before the weekend when I was planning to write like... 30k words to catch up, so obviously I gave up on that plan (he is doing well now, thank you for asking). I’m hoping I’ll get around to this one eventually because this particular universe arguably has the most potential for having multiple stories set in it, fantasy-wise.)

Emerson’s Lights

Natalie Flynn has been best friends with Evan Acheson practically since birth. They've stuck together through thick and thin, from her braces in seventh grade to his jump to stardom as a singer-songwriter their freshman year of college.

She’d do anything for him, but spending a week with him on tour involves a lot more than she bargained for, culminating in the turn of events that is Caleb Blake, lead singer and primary songwriter of opening act Emerson’s Lights, moving into her house for the better part of a month.

She always knew there would be complications being the best friend of a rock star, but this? This was one that she didn’t bet on.

(Aka, girl meets boy in a band trope. Yay.)

(NaNoWriMo 2020 project)

The famous musician story (this thing doesn’t have a title right now and I’m not even going to try)

Stupid, trope-y nonsense idea that I came up with for my own personal amusement and nothing else. I’ve written a few chapters of it but genuinely have no idea where this falls in the hierarchy of things that I want to get done. Long story short, she’s in grad school for history, he’s a famous musician in town recording for a new album, they meet in the library, she pretends she has no idea who he is, and shenanigans ensue.

And that is where I think I’m going to leave it. There’s four other stories that I can think of off the top of my head that I could theoretically add to this list, but they are legitimately just ideas right now so they can be added at a later date when they’ve manifested themselves a little more strongly. There’s also another quartet in the Willow Hill universe that I came up with in high school that could theoretically be added but I think I might just steal those character names and give them their own little world instead. We’ll see.

Basically, if you didn’t get the point from this list: I am working on a lot of things, and when I say I’m writing, it could mean literally anything on this list (or any of the other ideas that I have floating around). The stories/universe here are the most likely candidates for my time, depending on whether I’m doing a deep dive into my writing or just playing around with something fun, and hopefully (god, hopefully) I’ll be able to move one or two of these to a “completed works” list in the next year(ish).

(Or at least, as complete as a draft ever gets before you start going in on it again.)

#the wip list

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rantybants-blog · 3 years ago

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Change, growth, time?

Its February 2022. It's currently 5:14. On a unusually warm Monday afternoon, 7c to be exact.

The last time I posted here was 2017.

I don't even know where to start.

I guess there's the Pandemic, that started end of 2019 beginning of 2020. That was so long ago now. Not as long as 2017 though.

I've had 3 relationships since Brody, so I was wrong, I fell in love again.

Boy did I fall.

His name was Boris Borisov Nedev, and just like Brody it fell apart. I might be cursed.

But that's for another post.

I'm an adult now, I graduated, dropped out of University, I live with Sara and Alex, I HAVE A DOG! His name is Atticus. I've done SO many drugs. I became best friends with a bunch of people I never thought I would have; including Tyler. I've grown so much. I'm not as sad anymore, not as scared, lost and confused. Okay well maybe still a little confused.

I still hate my name.

I'm nowhere near where I thought I'd be. I mean I'm alive for a start. But, I'm happy, like genuinely truly happy. I still have hard days but those are just days now.

All those internet posts saying "iT gETs bEttEr" were right. Much to my chagrin. (I can hear sara screaming)

I don't know, what else is there to say? I get up every morning and work, I'm an adult with responsibilities.

I often grieve my childhood (everything before the age of 20). Regretting all the wasted time and missed opportunities. But, I don't hate myself for it. I was doing the best I could at the time with what I had. It's still hard though. It's hard not to look back and feel sad about it all.

Oh! I have a Japanese futon, concert ukulele, polaroid camera from the 80's, 1950's street bike, and cauldron. These were all cool things I wanted as a kid that I now have which is just WILD to me. I'm finding my style, which of course includes 2014 tumblr girl. I paint my nails black now and have wavy hair ( with the help of products) OH! and I got my seconds pierced recently and I'm planning on getting a tattoo down my spine next.

I still sleep with a stuffie, her name is Jam.

I thought of something but I forgot...

That's a thing now, my brain isn't as good as it use to be. Partly MS partly probably mamajuana.

Oh! It was that I worked at lush.

Oh! OH! I have the COOLEST gaming set up. Its all matte black with rainbow. We made a cool hexagon wall art for my wall.

I like pink now, it my colour. But Rainbow is also my thing, the more colour the better if you ask me. I have amazing daily jewelry that I wear. Right, I wear earrings now too.

So much has changed, and it al happened naturally without thought. That's something I still struggle with. I overthink things and have bad anxiety. Bu, I'm working on it. I conquered my depression so why not my anxiety?

So, why did I even come back to this blog? I had completely forgotten about it otherwise. Well it started with a outfit. I got some new clothes and I was deciding if I wanted to keep them, trying different combinations on. Then, I made one outfit that nearly brought me to tears. I looked like the girl I wanted to be when I was a sad lonely awkward teenager. Somehow, somewhere, I made it. I got to where I wanted to be so badly. Hence the tears.

So I remembered all my years on tumblr and decided "fuck it" I should make another tumblr. A place where I can just express myself without worry of someone finding it like Instagram. Instagram is a very "HEY LOOK AT ME" platform. While tumblr has always been a "hey this is my littler corner and you are welcome to visit friendly stranger". So, I went to make a tumblr and saw that a account was already under my email. I logged in and found this.

It's weird you can hear how young I sound in my writing. How distraught and scared I was. Even in the intro paragraph. I was so angry and defensive to someone who didn't even exist yet.

You know how people are always talking about healing their inner child, I think I'm past that point. I think it's time for me to heal my inner teenager. Do the things I wanted to do but was too afraid to (within reason) Nurture my creativity and curiosity. Do things for me and no one else.

Speaking of! I'm actually happy with my art ( for the most part) for once! which is another thing I never thought I'd ever achieve.

So I guess this is the end, for now. Until I find this again, many years later. Revisiting my past is something I've always enjoyed, so I doubt it'll stop anytime soon.

~Later skater *:･ﾟ✧

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edgypea · 5 years ago

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I'm down with cringe kids/teens. Whatever. I'm cringy too. And they're kids. They're having fun and most of them grow out of it. Let them say baka and other dumb cringe things that I've been experiencing since this quarentine shit started. Some cringe nae naes started calling me big brother for some reason recently, whatever lmao. But there's something totally wrong if a kid who is obviously like 12 or younger (who shouldn't be on discord in the first place) is posting dumb shit like "I want to die." or something extremely fucking sexual and nobody's doing anything about it.

I feel like I'm back on Tumblr in 2014. It's fucking awful. I had a fucking child I've never talked to before, who got my info from another user that was in the same server as me but I've also never talked to before, dm me with a picture of an anime girl saying "I want to die." thinking I'd fucking react any other way than I did (badly), then she invited me to her not-so-great black butler rp server where she openly talked about pussy and tasting assholes and other gross sexual shit. It's weird. It's fucking disgusting. And literally nobody else in the server thought tondo anything about it. They'd awkwardly try to steer the convo away from it whenever she started that bullshit but they never told her to fucking stop.

I'm normally heavily heavily against parents being fucking dips and checking in regularly on what their kids do on the internet, but hoolllly shit some people need to come check on their kids. The internet is not a replacement for school. The world wide web is not a good place for children to work on developing their God damn social/emotional skills. Learn from the dumbshit 2014 Tumblr era veterans like me.

Kids, stop thinking that being edgy and oversexual is the cool way to get attention online. (That's my job)

Also get off my fucking blog if you're a minor. I'm gonna reblog/post dicks and tits sometimes and be problematic. Sometimes this lesbian wants to write love poetry about craving demon cock ‘n balls

Discord feels like i’ve been tossed into the ball pit during these quarantine times

#delete later #this fandom fucking sucks bro #why are there so many fucking children- literal children- in this fandom #this is obviously about discord mainly but this probably goes for a lot of kids on tumblr and twitter too because holy shit #this is a messy vent post but im so angry about these poor unsupervised children jfc

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I have heard of people putting the car under their name on the policy and then they child drives the car and claims it is their parents car. Giving cheaper insurance. Is that very common?

Need advice on qualifying for subsidized health insurance?

I'm an older full-time college student and my husband works full-time at Walmart. In the past three years, I've been through 4 cancer related surgeries, which were paid for by the breast/cervical cancer Medicaid program. Unfortunately, follow up care and monitoring aren't covered and I was dropped from Medicaid. I'm now on my husband's health insurance, which is basically worthless because our income is under $20,000/yr and the policy has a $4500 deductible plus 20% after. I haven't seen my oncologist for over a year because we can't afford the expensive scans, biopsies, and lab work associated with cancer follow-up with a deductible that high. I thought my situation would change in 2014 with Obamacare. I recently learned from the healthcare.gov website calculator that our income is low enough to qualify for expanded Medicaid (which our state decided not to expand), but I don't qualify for the health insurance subsidies I desperately need because the outrageous deductible health insurance from my husband's job covers spouses. How can a couple with an income so low they would qualify for expanded Medicaid be ineligible for subsidies? I am completely devastated over this and I don't know what to do. Not being able to afford cancer follow up care is putting my life in danger. Even if my husband's employer (Walmart) quit covering the spouses of full-time employees, I think that would only apply to new hires because of the grandfather clause. If getting subsidies was based on income alone the way it should be instead of access to employer provided coverage, I would qualify for a zero deductible policy and $3 co-pays with a monthly premium of around $60. I could then afford the expensive health care I need. We live in a college town so if my husband got a different job, he'd make even less than he does now and we would probably end up homeless. If my husband transfers and we move to a state that's expanding Medicaid, I'll have to quit school and get rid of my German Shepherd and Siberian Husky since it's almost impossible to find a landlord that allows them. We thought another option might be to get a divorce on paper and co-habitate until our situation changes (completing my degree and getting a good job so I can afford the deductible), then re-marry. When I asked about that, someone actually accused me of wanting to commit fraud! How can anyone think of something like fraud when a situation is endangering someone's life? I am desperate to somehow qualify for health insurance subsidies without lying, which could get us in trouble. Any ideas?""

""In North Carolina, do you have to already have insurance to get your license?""

I am going to try to get my license sometime this week but im not on the insurance, yet. I was wondering if you had to already be on it, or if you could take the test and if you pass, then get on the insurance. B/c we already have the papers ready for it but... yeah?""

What is the best / most reliable life insurance company?

I am a healthy 18 year old. Soon to move out of home and onto college. I plan for the future. I know how important it is to pre plan, I myself and going into the funeral business. What Life Insurance company offers affordable and reliable policies of $100,000 for a healthy young 18 year old male? How much would the monthly premium cost?""

Question about Car insurance?

Ok, My husband has a 2000 Ford Ranger and the back drivers side rear window got busted out by a baseball(it was an accident) and he has insurance through Geico, well it says on his comprehension coverage that he has a $500 deductable, so what does that mean? Will we have to pay $500 to get it fixed?""

Motorcycle insurance is so expensive?

Basically I'll be doing my cbt test this Wednesday so I can ride my 125cc supermoto which I use for dirt biking. Checked insurance on my Yamaha WR125X and it's 1400 for comprehensive, da fk is this? After seeing that I was physically sick. So I thought I'll just check on the most cheapest moped and it's 700 which is still expensive.. How the fk do these kids I see with mini coopers afford insurance and all I wAnt is to ride a small 2 wheel sht face. I'm 18, 19 this march, work full time. Can I find it any cheaper anywhere? Should I go for third party insurance? I just hate my life""

How much would the insurance be on a VW Beetle?

I am 17 and intrested in getting my first car a Classic VW Beelte, does any one know the price range for the insurance on one? Many thanks""

What are the penalties for driving someone else's car that does not have insurance?

Long story short, my friend was driving his friend's car when he crashed into someone. Not a big accident, but the car's owner had no car insurance. They have to go to court and they, including the police have do not know who was at fault. Anyone know what are the penalties of crashing someone else's car that doesn't have insurance? Would most of the blame be placed on the owner? This was in colorado, in case laws differ state from state.""

How much will my insurance go up after a fender bender?

Im 16 years old and i have progressive, this morning i hit a car, there was only a couple scratches on the other car as i didn't hit it hard, and no damage to my car. The police werent called we just exchanged info, so how much will my insurance go up for this accident. if you can even call it that.""

""Queation about auto insurance in Boston, MA?""

Hey, I am 17 years old (18 in a month), male and I am looking at a used audi s5 (4200 cc 350 bhp) to buy. it is a 2009 model with 30000 miles. How much do you think i will be asked to pay for insurance each year if i purchase this car? I never had an accident btw and i dont plan to do many miles.""

What does the average American that already had health insurance get out of Obamacare besides higher premiums?

Peoples insurance rates are being raised already even though Obamacare isn't fully implemented. Mine went up by 34% over last year.

Taken out insurance?

I am 63 years old own my house with a mortgage, I'm disabled and on benefits which I don't like. I can't get lower than that but I can afford insurance on my contents so why should the goverment bail out those people that haven't got contents insurance what do they want from the goverment new furniture what a cheek I say. If they do get that it is not fair for the people that pay for insurance's. After all they have to get it on there cars and when they travel abroad.""

Why does this motorcycle insurance quote from progressive sound too good to be true?

I'm 17 a year old male; my 12 month progressive quote came up as $161 for motorcycle insurance. Why is it so inexpensive when everyone around me says it's going to be expensive!!! Did I just type something in wrong or what? I don't know if this helps, but I live in a rural town in Oregon(population: about 3000) and have had my drivers license for one year and four months. I'm taking the motorcycle safety course at the end of August, and the bike I entered into progressive is a 1984 VF500F Honda Interceptor. I hope it's only $161/yr because that's a fraction of what I pay for car insurance!!!! XD""

How much would the insurance be on a 2014 Corvette?

Ok so I'm 16 and a half and my cousin is going to get me a 2014 Corvette stingray for my birthday. And was wondering how much the insurance would be.

Question about starting a business and health insurance in CA?

If I was to decide to start a small business on the side (doing gardening, or growing food for sale, or something like that) and I am my only employee - I would be THE only person working this job - am I required by law to buy health insurance (especially if I already have health insurance through my husband's job)? I find this new thing kind of confusing... I'm in California, by the way, if it helps any. Thanks.""

What is a fair mileage adjustment auto insurance Valuation?

The insurance company has gave me a list of 30 cars like mine within a 500 mile radius. They chose two cars out of the 30 to compare my car too. The problem is, there is a huge mileage difference: My car had 130k miles The comparables they used have 45k and 50k miles That's like an 80k difference. They took $2,265 off my ACV just for the difference. Is that fair? I don't get why they didn't just find a car with similar mileage to mine when there were plenty available. Why did they choose the two cars with the lowest mileage and then deduct 2 grand? When they could have easily picked two similar cars with at least 100k miles , and deducted a lot less for the difference.""

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Dollar general insurance rates. are we getting screwed?

how much would a manager at dollar general have to pay for comany insurance? 3 children covered, no heath probems. living in missouri i think my fiance is getting screwd by his ex wife and i think he is paying for her on the insurance with the boys. he pays an extra 300 a month suposedly just for the boys insurance. please help!""

New Drivers: How much do you pay in Car Insurance a month?

I know this is a more personal question so I will just ask for a RANGE; like for example, $400-$500.""

Transferring Car Insurance?

I just re-newed my car insurance but now im purchasing a new car. Is it possible to get the balance of my last insurance payment transferred over to my new car? Or will I have to pay for insurance again in full?

Does taking DUI class help reduce insurance rate?

I'm working on getting a driver license and wondering whether my prospective insurance rate will be lowered (even just a tad) if I take some DUI classes. I'm 19 and abiding in Georgia.

I've started a degree course at my local uni. Should I tell my car insurance company?

My policy states that I work part time at a supermarket, which I still do. But I have started a degree course as of yesterday. I'm living at home, so no change of address, and I'm using the car to drive to my lectures. The uni is actually in the same area as where I work. Does my insurance company need to know and am I going to be charged?""

Why is a 1600cc engine Less expensive in insurance than a 1300cc or 1500cc?

Why is a 1600cc engine Less expensive in insurance than a 1300cc or 1500cc? As my beetle was quoted 1100 insurance for 17 year old driver as first car, but when i asked for a quote for a smaller engine it said, 1700 for a 1300cc engine!? Thanks""

Do I need to have insurance or proof of insurance when renting a car?

I'm planning on making a trip to Chicago. I have been wanting to go on a road trip for a long time. And I am afraid of taking a bus or going on a plane. A plane ticket costs a little bit too much for me. I'm 21. I currently do not own a vehicle of my own. So I am considering renting a car. I'm just wondering if I have to have car insurance in order to rent a car. I've never done this, so I have no idea what kind of things are required in order for me to rent. I've got my driver's license and a clean driving record. I don't have a line of credit. I don't have any credit cards so I hope there's no credit checks involved. Also, what's a rental car service that you would recommend? One that is cheap, honest, reliable, etc. My budget is $300. I'm going to meet a friend in Bartlett who is going to help provide me with lodgings so my only expenses to consider besides the car, are fuel and food costs. Thanks.""

Is it cheaper to insure your child under your insurance even if they have thier own car?

Is it cheaper on your child to insure them under your insurance even if they have their own car? We have leased a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze for our 18 year old daughter and after researching some rates that were as high as $500 per month, we thought it might be cheaper to insure her under our current policy as an additional vehicle. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? This is in the state of TN, and the lease and vehicle will be in my daughters name, we're just making the payments on everything. She is a student at a college less than 50 miles away. She does live there however, and only comes home once or twice a month.""

Does a car rental insurance claim affect my normal insurance?

I rented a car recently in London, and failed to notice that there was a small dent in the door when I took it out. Needless to say, they blamed me for the damage. They wrote up 850 in damages for a one-inch dent, and charged it to the rental insurance. I paid the 100 excess -- Fine, OK, it was my fault for not checking properly, but that's not my question. Does this claim affect my own personal insurance for my own car? Will I have to pay a higher premium now?""

What can I do if my car insurance company denied my claim for inconsistency in my report?

Im going to lay down what happened and I would appreciate your opinion. It started when my 2007 gs eclipse clutch gave out the dealership close to my house wasn't a very professional looking place when it came to their shop they mistreated the cars that where there and had old rusted cars parked in their lot. So, I did not want to get it repaired there, I made a big fuss with mitsubishi but after sitting the car in my lot for 2 months I lost my job and I had to get it fixed there anyway cause of warranty issues and I needed my car to look for another job i'm a truck driver that's why it took 2 months and my car had 7000 miles on it i hardly ever used it. I noticed that after I had it back the cruise control wasn't working I didn't take it back because of the fear of something worse happening to it. My mom suggested that I get repair by my cousins husband so my mom handed me her cell phone called him and told me to bring it in the morning because he worked all day til 7pm and if i couldn't get to him to leave the key under the plant in front of the garage door (that call was on 6-24-09). I tried to get there early enough (6-25-09) but i missed him and no one was home so I placed the key under the plant and left I told the police officer that I had made a call to him after dropping the key but the phone number to reach him was on my moms cell phone. I thought I did I couldn't remember because I came back a day later for the car. After I walked home I thought id leave it there a day so he could find the problem, since he gets home at 7pm. When I got there on 6-26-09 my car wasn't there and they said they never saw it there so i called the police to see if it was towed it wasn't and the key wasn't there either, police came over and took my statement but on the report he stated that the car was stolen on 6-26-09 and the phone number I used to call to tell them I was leaving the car there was written down wrong. The insurance company said that the inconsistencies where that I did not use my cell to make a phone call on the 6-24-09 or 6-25-09 I told them that i used my mothers cell phone in the oath recorded meeting they recorded my statement a week after i reported my car stolen and i failed to tell them i used my mothers cell phone but they didn't ask and I also told them I called when I placed the key under the plant but I was confused because I had called my cousin twice on 6-24-09. I never failed to make a payment on any of my bills and i have good credit score I'm in fact almost done with my car payment. They also brought to my attention that I tried to sell the car but i have proof that i've been trying to sell my car since 2008 and there was a buyer and i have his emails that offered to buy my car with a $1000.00 profit for me. please tell me what do think i should do about this situation?""

BEST CAR INSURANCE?????????????????????...

Generally, which car insurance company has the best price for full coverage for a 19 year old female. I know many things can change the price, but I just want a general quote. note: I want to insure a 2006 traillblazer, 4-door with 18,000 miles.""

Can my car insurance company do this?

I have recently been involved in an accident which i was at fault. My car is written off so they said they will pay out 3,000 for my car minus 250 excess on the policy. so i am left with 2,750 but they said because my insurance was renewed two weeks ago they will deduct my remaining 11 month insurance premium. So I am only left with 900. can my insurance company to that?""

Current or prospective vehicle insurance?

i was preapproved for financing a used vehicle; they want me to bring in proof of insurance when i close loan. does this mean my current insurance on the vehicle i wont be using anymore or for the new one that i dont own yet

Insurance and Licence Plate?

So my mum brought me a licence plate for my car last year, and the latest I can put it on my car is the 17th July. If I pass my test this week and set my insurance up for it to start 2 weeks later it will cost me a lot less. Can I set my insurance up with the licence plate I have now, send the form off for my new licence plate, and then ring my insurance company up later and tell them that I've changed my licence plate? If they charge for this has anyone got any idea of how much? I know its slightly complicated, so if anyone doesn't understand just ask.""

What kind of car insurance for a adapted van?

Ok I have a 1993 Dodge Caravan. I am disabled so it has a ramp that is let out and brought back in. It has disabled hand controls and a drivers seat that raises and lowers and turns around.. just a bit more than your average seat does now-a-days.. this van was adapted when it was made.. so i have no receipts on the modifications or anything.. i could get an estimate from a local store that deals in strictly handicapped equipment.. how do i properly insure this van? I need to make sure that if it is ever totaled that i dont get just blue book. since i have to have a adapted van (i live in a rural area and there is no dependable handicapped public transportation) i have the permanent general insurance now, with a $1000 on the custom equipment. but i worry thats not enough or maybe even doesnt cover my handicap adaptions. the agent with them was snappy, rude, and didnt know anything.. ugh! what company should i go to? what do i need to have in my policy? help! i keep getting all this bad advice from the insurance companies because no one knows what to do!!!""

""Hi there, Any one can tell me ``how can I get cheap car insurance in london?``?

I`m 28 years old. I got uk full licence in 11/2012 I have Toyota starlet 1.3 car It`s 1999. plz any one can tell me how can i get cheapest insurance. cheers.

What is to stop people from taking the fines instead of paying for insurance?

it seems like they are not much different then a high deductible insurance plan

Does any one know a sight where I can get student insurance?

I want to join a sport but I need insurance and I saw some sights but they don't have my school please help

Why does car insurance go down after you've had a license for over a year ?

OK it seems really strange to me that after having a license for over a year and not driving at all that insurance prices drop down ? It would make more sense for insurance to be cheaper the day you pass your test as you are well practised at driving after not driving for a year or 2 years or more your driving skill will have dropped significantly and yet insurance companies think you will be a safer driver ???

What is the major advantage of term life insurance over whole life insurance?

Riding a motorcycle without licence?

I just bought my first motorcycle today, and I'm enrolled in the msf course but it dosn't start for a few weeks. Can i still ride my bike legally?""

Can i getmy licence removed and get my vehicle inspected and get my car insurance on the same day?

ok here is the dilemma im a marine stationed at camp lejuene and im going back to new york in a few days. i need to get my license and my registration, inspection and car insurance in a few days(like 3)will my license go right into the system so i can go call my insurance company (usaa) and get insurance on it the same day then go back to the DVM and get the car registration. thxs kinda freaking bout this""

Can I get affordable car insurance with a company if I currently hold a policy with them?

I have a pretty ba driving record from about a year ago. I recently just bought a motorcycle and got insurance through them for $306 a year which is awesone. But it would also be nice to have a truck considering rain a cold weather. Now I've priced insurance through many different company's for my 1996 mitsubishi mirage 2 door, and I was quoted at $219 a month with liability and that was the lowest. Now I want to buy a truck and add it to my current policy, will it be remarkably cheaper to do so, or how long till it will be cheaper, or should I say very affordable. I live in the state of louisiana if that information helps at all. Answers are greatly appreciated. Thank you""

What is the cheapest auto insurance for college students?

There are so many companies I can't check them all. I should mention that I live in Michigan. I'm not a full time student so I generally don't apply for those discounts. But I have a clean driving record and have had my license for almost six years. So far I have found the esurance is the cheapest. But I was wondering if there is anything cheaper out there?

How much will my insurance premium go down by?

After a years no claims? I'm currently paying 1700 (140 a month) for a 1.2 corsa. Not happy but still. I'm 19 and had my license since June 2008. Had insurance before but never got to the full year as my car broke down so I got rid. I know it's hard to give an exact amount but how much on average?

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Why are some insurance companys rates so much higher then others?

Isn't there a risk guide insurance company's use? shouldn't that be the same or similar for all Insurance company's? I ask because I switched insurance company's and saved $300 for a 6 month policy. That seems to be a bit excessive to be off by that much.

Car Insurance As A 2nd Driver?

It is cheaper for me to be named as a second driver on MY car, with someone who has 4 years no claismand has been drivin ages, but if i was too hav a crash in the car would he lose his no claims?? and also he has a car 2, so if he claims of the insurance for my car, will this in anyway affect his insurance for his car?? cheers""

Does anybody know of a good affordable life insurance?

I live in California, im 19, im perfectly healthy(i've never smoked and i've never drank...ever)and im trying to find a life insurance policy to purchase for myself, since at the time i was born my parents couldn't afford one. So, i decided to do the smart thing and decide to get myself life insurance. I would like to know of people's opinions on life insurance, and which ones are best for someone my age.""

Where to find low cost medical insurance?

Car insurance mazda rx8 help!!?

im 18 years old, i have a perfectly clean driving record. no tickets, no points, nothing. how much would insurance be if i got a 2004 mazda rx8?""

How much is car insurance for a 17 year old girl?????

for the group 1 insurance cars. how much would it be? thanks

17 year old car insurance?

Ive got a car and should (hopefully!) be passing my test soon but for reasons to complicated to list here lol I will only be able to drive it 2 weeks in easter time, 2 weeks in christmas time, 5 weeks around august and 4 days every 5 weeks, so by my bad maths thats just over 100 days. Are there any insurance companies for a 17 year old that you can get a fixed amount of days insurance, it seems such a waste to pay for 365 days if im only going to be able to use it for just under a third of the time. I read about some companies doing 60 or 90 days for young drivers but that might have been me mis-reading it, anyone hear about anything like that? Ive tried lowering the amount of miles on quotes but that hasnt reduced the price by much at all. I was hoping for quite a substantial saving. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.""

I have a 1987 Honda Elite. How many cc does it have? What is a cheap insurance co. to go thru.?

If im a second driver on my dads car when i get older will my insurance get cheaper?

Hi if im a second driver on my dads car when i get older will my insurance get cheaper or not because im the second driver my dad has a vauxhall astra 1.6 its 11 years old and how much do you think the insurance will be im 17 year old boy

I need insurance on a car I just bought what should I tell the insurance company I am using it for?

I am planning on using it for all 3 options so I am wondering what one will cost the least. The options are Commute, Business, and Pleasure.""

When do i get insurance money from my accident?

ok so.. my friend was driving we were at a stop light and all of a sudden we got hit from behind.... hard!! i had to go to the doctor that day then a week later and now im in physical therapy. my neck and shoulder and my whole upper back hurt... there was no reason for her to hit us it was a red light... what should i do?? how much can i get?? P.S. it totaled the car i was in..

Colorado Springs Court Fee For Proving You Have Auto Insurance Now?

I was going to base to pick up my fiance and I just moved to Co Springs. Forgot my insurance cards in my apartment. Couldn't prove it had it, so the MP's took my license and are sending me to court to get it back by proving I have insurance. Do I have to pay a ticket or court processing fee? They told me I just have to show up, show them I have the card then leave?""

How much will it costs me to cancel my Car Insurance?

Hi guys, I pay monthly installments on my car insurance and renewed my policy on 2nd February. Anyhow to cut a long story short I've bought a house with my fiancee and I work in Leeds now, and figured that it's cheaper to buy a monthly ticket for the train than it is to drive there, so want to cancel my insurance asap. I rang my insurance firm and they didn't give me an exact cost, only an admin fee of 29.95 to cancel, but mentioned that it is carried out on a 'pro-rata' basis. What does this mean and how much roughly am I looking to pay? I pay 51.00 a month at the moment...I'm confused.com! Thanks guys!! D""

""Car insurance estimate, please help?""

i want to get my license but im not sure how much the car insurance is going to be. i live in boca raton which is in florida, im a 17 year old boy, and i have higher than a 3.0 gpa... if i were added to my parents insurance do you have any idea or estimate on how much i would be paying a month""

Which are the Best Car Insurance comparism websites?

Hi Yahooers, I need to re-new my car Insurance and like everyone else I want the cheapest on offer. Deatils are:- I live in the UK, have 10 years NCB, never had any claims and the car is 10 years old. Full licence held for 22years and no points on licence. Thank you for all help given. xx""

What if insurance wants to change my sons counselor?

He has been seen by an out of network provider for over 6 years and approved...now at the age of 13 they want to force me to get a in network provider. My son has flourished with this counselor and trusts him...why should he have to change? Haven't the insurance company set a presidence? Any good web sights I can look this up on? Any help would be appreciated...I plan on fighting this.

Insurance on a 2005 premium mustang v6?

hello, my daughter is 17 years old and i am thinking about getting her a 2005 premium mustang v6. she is on the honor roll, hasn't had any problems or accidents as far as driving goes, and really doesn't drive much. we live in a rural area. how much would insurance cost? our insurance company offers some plan where if you're getting good grades, you get a discount. how much would it all be? i have her driving a 2012 volkswagen jetta now and it's very pricey.""

Insurance cost of 06 Cobalt SS?

I am 19 and have no tickets... was just wandering a guess at how much it would be?

Please help me find some affordable medical insurance in Georgia.?

I need medical insurance for my wife and two kids. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks so much.

Can you have insurance on a car that isn't yours?

My girl friend has a car but lost her job and can't afford to pay insurance. Can i put the insurance in my name for a car that she owns?

How do I go about getting car insurance in another state?

I live in new york, i want to get car insurance in another state like maryland or delaware, i have friends in each state. What do i need to get car insurance there? Please help me...lots of details please...thank you""

Lawyers & legal experts Q concerning auto insurance: How much coverage is best?

My auto is a '94 so I only have legal minimum +: Bod Inj Liab 15/30, Prop Damg Liab 25k, UM/UND 15/30, UM Prop Damg $3500. My question is, I drive in Los Angeles everyday-is there one or more of these I should prudently increase?? What about my fault and I sustain injury? Can I not have my vehicle insured but my body in my vehicle insured, (if that makes sense)? My car is worth only a couple K, so no reason to insure it. I am with Geico now & think I should perhaps increase some coverage. Thanks-""

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Car insurance loopholes?

Are there any loopholes or 'tricks' I can employ to lower my car insurance? I'm 19, and the quotes I am getting are between 4000-5000. It's obscene, especially when my motorbike does 0-60 in 3 seconds and has a top speed of 160mph yet it costs me 350 a year to insure. Apparently I might not be able to 'handle the power of a Vauxhall Corsa'. Car insurers won't even take my 3 years motorcycle NCB into account. Is there anything I can do?""

What is The Cheapest Auto insurance?

I want to find out how much auto insurance would cost. Im 16 and I just got my license. If i do get a car it would probably be an old car from around the 1990's and it would have a lot of mileage. Im looking for the cheapest answer possible. Please don't answer by saying that it depends on something or a website to look it up on.

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Question about college health insurance?

If my current health insurance is expiring this end of December, am I able to opt-out of the university health insurance for this fall and reapply for the university health insurance for the spring term--just to save money?""

Lying on car insurance to police when stopped?

if a person lied about the age on a car insurance policy and stopped by the police ..what would happen i understand if someone were to do this that they could not claim if crashed and would probely lead to criminal charges.

""Why do libs think health care is a right? What next, car insurance? How about free food for everyone?""

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"Is forced Auto Insurance unconstitutional?

We currently force everyone in the US who has a car to have auto-insurance. No one seems to complain about that. The Obama administration wants to mandate that almost all people must have health insurance. People seem to complain about that. Why not both?

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What has been one of the most challenging things that you’ve experienced or are currently experiencing?

“Oh gosh, that’s a rough one, because my entire life has been nothing but obstacles and challenges, and for someone so young, that’s a hard concept to understand: Your entire life has been nothing but challenge after challenge after challenge, and you get tired of it, but then there’s a point in your life where you realize that’s just how it is. You grow stronger after each challenge.

“For me right now, I’m growing as a person. That’s my own challenge. I’ve been standing in the way of myself for years, I’ve given myself bad advice. I haven’t been a positive influence on myself, and I’m desperately trying to work on that and change that, and it is one of the most difficult things I’ve ever had to do. In order to try to love myself, and show myself, look, you are worthy of all these awesome things in life—you’re not just a piece of trash on the side of the road—that’s really hard for me, because for so many years I was told I was nothing but trash, garbage, I was never going to amount to anything. So now I’m trying to teach myself no, that’s not true. This is who you are. This is who you’re gonna be. So as of right now, that’s my main challenge: me working on myself.”

I noticed before we got into this interview that you have some scars on your arms.

“Yeah.”

Do you wanna tell me about that?

“When I was really, really, really young—I wanna say about ten—my mom married to my stepfather, who became my legal father; he adopted me. He was a really nice guy in the beginning, and then we moved to North Carolina, and he became a really awful person, just horrible. To be frank, he horribly, horribly abused me and my mother, and I was in pain every single day. I was in pain to the point where I didn’t feel anything anymore. Nothing.

“By the time I was sixteen, cutting was no longer a release: It was an actual addiction. I could not live without the blade on my skin. The scars you see on my arms—I gave myself 147 in one day because I was in so much pain. My mom had just divorced my stepfather, and he was still trying to abuse her and trying to come after us, and she was petrified. She was lost and scared, and I couldn’t help her. My sisters were also in that same situation; I couldn’t help them. At that point in time, I felt like I had to protect everyone because my mother was unable to and my sisters were unable to, and I couldn’t do it, so I just started cutting. I couldn’t protect the people I wanted to protect, and they couldn’t protect me, and we were in such a mess that I didn’t know what to do.

“About 2014, March, one of my Tumblr friends, to be honest, she was going through some serious, serious depression. I mean, so bad she was really contemplating taking her life, and she made an attempt. I thought I had lost her, and I was broken. Completely, utterly broken. I thought to myself, if she takes her life via blade, that could have been me. That could have been me, and my mom could have found me, my sisters could have found me, anybody could have found me.

“I know that pain of what it’s like to lose somebody, but my friend? She didn’t take her life, which I’m so happy about, and now, here she is, doing so much better, healing herself, going on in life, and that’s fantastic, but that night that she was making an attempt, I made the ultimate decision to stop. I couldn’t do it anymore. It wasn’t right for me to not only hurt myself, but to actually hurt other people and know that I was hurting them when, at the time, I didn’t think I was hurting anybody but myself.”

Did anyone say anything to you about the marks on your arms at that time?

“My junior year of high school was when it really, really got noticeable and really bad. My Spanish teacher was actually the one who kind of brought it up. She was very concerned and alerted my mother, even though my mother already knew. My junior year, I was hospitalized twice for serious depression and anxiety, PTSD, cutting—all the good, depressing stuff in life.

“After all of that was said and done, my hospitalization and whatnot, I started the road to self-recovery, really trying to better myself, because for so many years, I had been in such a horrible, dark place; I literally felt like I was in a sea of darkness and I was drowning all the time. I couldn’t live like that anymore. That wasn’t even living—that was surviving, and that was so difficult to do, day by day, every single day. All I wanted to do was be happy and enjoy life like I did when I was a child, but I was so depressed and so hurt by what had happened to me, I couldn’t even do that. The joys of life were stripped, and it hurt so badly, but then one day, I was like, ‘No.’ I made the decision to fight.”

What was that experience like in the hospital for you?

“The first time, it was scary. It was really scary. I was sixteen. I was driven in the back of a cop car to the hospital, because they were afraid that I was going to jump out of the car. I was petrified. It was all happening really suddenly—one minute, I was really not well, and I knew I wasn’t well, and I knew I needed help, and the next minute, I’m in a hospital surrounded by people I don’t know, I’m hooked up to several IVs, all this stuff is going on, they’re asking me questions. They’re analyzing me, and I can’t even function. It was a mess, and for someone who’s already psychologically messed up, all of that questioning and excitement in such a short amount of time was exhausting for me.

“The second time, though—I hate saying this—but the second time, I knew how to get out of there pretty quickly. You learn how to play the game to get out.”

So it sounds like you didn’t necessarily—the hospital process wasn’t really what helped you heal or rehabilitate yourself.

“No. Not at all. If anything, the hospital made me feel worse about myself. It made me feel like I had all these things wrong with me—you hear ‘depression’ and ‘anxiety’ and it just made me feel like I was insane. ‘I have to be medicated to stabilize all this stuff? I can’t do this on my own?’ It was actually about that time that I really started the focus, shortly after the hospitalization. The cutting stopped when my friend made that attempt, but the beginning stages of self-healing were after the first hospital visit.”

How did you start to take the steps to begin the healing process?

“Every time that I looked at the blade, I really tried to not even think about it or go near it. I really tried to stay away from it, and that was the first step for me—ultimately getting rid of the physical weapon I was hurting myself with. So, when I finally did that, about a year later—it was hard. I didn’t do it as much, but after the first year, that’s when I was able to fully quit, 100% cold turkey, but trying to stay away from that blade the first year was very difficult, but I knew these were baby steps. I knew it wasn’t going to happen overnight; I knew it was going to take a lot of time. After being in a bad state for so long, trying to get to a new state was going to take a long time. That’s gonna take a lot of guts and courage and constantly pushing yourself.

“But where I am now, looking back to where I was then, I wouldn’t have it any other way. I really wouldn’t. The people who are in my life now are absolutely fantastic. Life right now is great. I can’t complain. In fact, on Saturday, I’m moving to Washington state. I’m so excited. A brand-new chapter in my life is about to start, and I’m a brand-new person, and I get to experience it 100% happy, whereas I wouldn’t be able to do that three years ago.”

What are some of the differences today from three years ago? What are some of the coping skills you employed to make these changes?

“I’ve surrounded myself, firstly, with much better people, more positive people and influences. I did have to separate myself from my family for a while because I didn’t feel that they were being a positive influence on me. It was very hard to do that, extremely hard, but the family that I was having some issues with, we’ve settled our differences and we’re now all good again; we’re working on a relationship. So that’s a positive right there.

“I’m engaged. I have my wonderful fiancé, who makes my life freaking fantastic on a daily basis. My big brother—he’s fantastic. He’s always supportive, always there for me. I wouldn’t have it any other way with the people I have in my life right now. The people I had in my life two years ago? No. Who I have in my life right now are the good people, the people who are going to help me be a better person, help me make a difference, to impact somebody else.

“It’s been said that it’s important when you’re trying to aspire to something or mold yourself to surround yourself with people whom you respect and admire, that sort of drives you forward. Another thing that comes to mind when you talk about the people who were surrounding you three years ago is that often the people that we’re surrounded by are our reflection of ourselves. So, if you’re surrounded by better people today, healthier, more productive people, that’s a great indication that you’re in a better place.

“It certainly feels like it. It really does. For the first time in my life, honestly, I’ve been able to wake up almost every single day happy. Three years ago, I couldn’t do that. Three years ago, I woke up and started crying, because I was awake, and I wanted to be asleep. I never wanted to wake up.

“Now, I don’t want to go to sleep. Are you kidding? I want to be up all the time. I wanna be hanging out with my fiancé and my brother, I wanna be playing video games, hanging out with my cat. I wanna just hang out and have fun, enjoy life. I don’t wanna sleep. I’m enjoying life as it is. It’s too good.”

It sounds like you are grateful, which I think is the key component to really being in the moment and taking advantage of the gifts that life has to offer.

“Life has so many gifts to offer; it’s just whether or not you choose to act on them. When life gives them to you, do you receive them, or do you ignore them? And sometimes, most of us ignore them. But I’ve been given so many gifts by life recently, I can’t ignore them.”

Is it fair to say that your adversity and depression and the abuse that you suffered opened you up in ways that may not—?

“100%. Most definitely, without a shadow of a doubt. Yeah. 100%.”

What advice would you offer to somebody else who’s still stuck in that feeling of not wanting to be awake, not wanting to get out of bed?

“The most cliché thing ever, and I didn’t believe it until one day, it literally slapped me across the face: ‘It does get better, and you’re not alone.’ You’re not.”

When did you realize that you were not alone?

“When I found Tumblr, to be honest. I found Tumblr, I created a blog page, I still have it—I don’t really use it, but I still have it, and I found so many people on there who were going through similar things. Some of them were going through much worse than I was, and those people who had it worse than me, they were helping me, and I couldn’t comprehend that. You have it ten times worse than I do, but here you are, comforting me, somebody who has it ten times better than you do. But the way they saw it was: She’s in pain, too.

“That’s how I now see everyone. You could be sitting in there. You could think my life sucks. Does everyone else’s suck? I mean, his might suck. His might not. You never know unless you start a conversation with somebody. Change, you know.

“That’s pretty much how it started for me, with the Tumblr thing. I just started talking to someone. They shared something that would just kind of offset me, like—this doesn’t seem like something they’d normally post. Let me see if they’re okay. And I would be like, ‘Hey! Are you okay?’ And they’d be like, ‘No,’ and they’d open up. I learned to listen, and I learned to comfort, and it feels so amazing to be able to help other people, to do what you do, except without the photography and travelling. I do my empathy and conversation with other people behind a computer screen, but I love doing it, because that’s real connection. You know you’re helping someone, and you can feel that you’re helping them because they’re really listening to what you have to say, and they’re really putting it into their life, and that makes me feel fantastic. Even though I’ve been through all this crap, and I’ve been hurt so much, I’m able to take my pain and my story and help somebody else get through their crap and help them be a better person, so they can help someone else.”

Sounds like it’s given you a lot of tools, the experiences that you’ve been through.

“Back to my friend who was making an attempt—shortly after she did that, I started helping her recover, like, with herself as a person. She asked me, ‘Why are you helping me?’ And I said, ‘Because my job on this planet is to help people. That’s all it is. If I can help you and make you a better person, and help show you that life is some beautiful thing and not something horrible that’s going to hurt you, then I’ve done my job. Go enjoy life.’”

Was it hard for you to remain open after being hurt so much? I think our instinct as human beings is to shut off, shut down, close off to prevent that pain from ever happening again. It takes courage and an amount of vulnerability to put yourself out there and expose yourself and say, “You know what? Yes, there is a possibility that I may get hurt again, but life is too important to miss out.”

“Well, to be honest, it really depends on the person, if I’m open with them or not. For some reason, I can kinda tell if I can be open with someone, or if I can’t be. When it came to my fiancé, when he and I first met and became friends, I felt like I could tell him some things right off the bat, but I had to gradually ease into everything else. Now my best friend, I told her everything right off the bat, because I just automatically knew that we were going to be best friends, no matter what. She knew everything. It really just depends on the person.

“But as of now, if someone wants to hear my story, I’ll share it with you. I have nothing to hide. My story made me who I am today, and I’m proud of who I am. I’ve come a really long way. There are so many people who have done the same, and I’m so proud of them.”

What gives you the hope and inspiration to keep going and keep helping other people?

“That’s an excellent question, and I don’t think I’ve really ever thought about that. I guess it’s just ’cause I don’t want anyone to ever feel the pain that I’ve felt, so I do this on a daily basis. Whether or not I actually connect with someone, the fact that I work at a coffee shop and I can just smile and say, ‘Hi, how are you doing today?’ can make somebody else smile. That might be the first smile of the day for them, and it could be 12:30 in the afternoon, but I made someone smile. I feel good.”

That’s important. It could just be that simple.

“It really is sometimes. It seriously is. You don’t have to get someone a big, elaborate gift; sometimes the simplest thing of giving them a hug, or just saying, ‘Hey, how are you doing today?’ Having a conversation with them means more than a giant gift you got them, because you’re listening to them. You’re taking the time to talk to them and hear them, and they might not have been heard before.”

That’s huge. You touched upon something really important that I think a lot of people are struggling with, because their voices are not heard.

“And it’s so important to be heard. When you’re in that depressed state, I feel like—it’s not like you’ve been ignored, but it’s almost a feeling where you feel you haven’t been heard. You’ve been heard, but you’ve only been partially heard. Your true meaning or true intent was not heard. Sometimes you are just blatantly ignored. For me, though, it was only partially heard, and it infuriated me because I had more to tell and more to share, and then after a while, I was blatantly ignored, and it hurt. I didn’t want anyone to ever feel that way again.

“Unfortunately, in order to get where I am today, I’ve had to hurt people; I’ve had people hurt me. It has not been easy, but I am in a state now where I know that what I have done to some people was absolutely wrong, what they have done to me was absolutely wrong, and the people that I have hurt, I am trying to make amends with every single day. I am trying to forgive the people who have hurt me every single day, and it’s not easy. It’s not at all. The people who can forgive me—I am so thankful for those people.”

How important is forgiveness in the healing process?

“It is everything. Love and forgiveness are absolutely everything. That sounds so completely cliché, but unless you have been on a horrible journey and have decided to continue with your life just to see where it goes, you get to a point where you’re just like, ‘Wow,’ and you realize that love and forgiveness are the most powerful weapons you can have in fighting this. If you really are serious about never wanting to feel this way again, most of the time, you don’t want anyone else to feel that way, so you show them—‘Hey, here are your tools to fight this. Go fight.’”

Is it hard for you to forgive yourself?

“I still haven’t fully forgiven myself.”

Are there any outlets that you have today that you find helpful?

“Yeah, community is a huge outlet for me. In fact, most of the things that I wasn’t really into when I was younger, like community, communication, hanging out with people, fun things in general—that wasn’t me three years ago, because I didn’t feel like I deserved them. Now I’m at a point where I realize that community and hanging out with people and communication are very, very important.

“If anything, that’s my number one thing, community. I live with my big brother now. I also live with my fiancé. We all have a cat. That is our family. We all hang out together, we all talk with each other; every single moment, we are with each other, and we’re not bored with each other. We’re never tired of each other. If anything, we’re excited to hang out more because we know we’re all there for each other, and it’s fantastic to be able to find that one, small group that really gets you and accepts you for who you are, regardless of the stuff you’ve been in, regardless of the who you were before, regardless of what you’re going through now. They still love you enough to be like, ‘Hey, you okay? You need some space? You want to come hang out? What do you want to do?’ That’s everything, at least for me.”

Sounds like you have unconditional love.

“I do. I’m so happy to have that, because before, I didn’t have that. I thought I did, but I did not.”

Do you have a favorite quote that you’d like to share?

“A favorite quote . . . I have so many. I can’t really think of one right now.”

Was there something that someone ever said to you throughout the course of your life that stuck with you?

“Yeah. Dory from Finding Nemo—‘Just keep swimming.’

What does that mean to you personally?

“To me personally, it means keep going. Keep fighting, and eventually it will get better. When things started getting rough for me when I was younger, when it started getting bad around nine or ten, Finding Nemo was my favorite movie. It was funny to me. Blue fish can’t frickin’ remember crap after twenty minutes; that’s hysterical. But every time she said, ‘Just keep swimming,’ I’d tell myself that—‘Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming.’ And I think that’s absolutely ridiculous and silly, but that’s been one of the things that’s helped me before. ‘Just keep swimming.’ It’s gonna get better. This is not the end. This is just a temporary obstacle. Once you overcome it, you’ll look back and be like, ‘I did that. I did that.’”

And that gives you confidence, right?

“And that gives you confidence. That gives you power. It uplifts you.”

It gives you hope.

“It does. It feels like a weight is lifted right off of your shoulders, because when you’re in that depressed state, and I’m sure you know, you feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders all the time. When you finally find that spot in your life where you’re actually breaking free from that, you feel it lifting, and you’re like, ‘Wow, I didn’t realize I had all this weight on me. I didn’t realize how much I was letting myself get dragged down.’ Life is beautiful. I mean, granted, we are not a beautiful world—there are horrible things going on—but life itself can be beautiful if you choose to make it so.

“When you described the weight of the world, I had this mental image of the weight is trying to hang onto every experience, or every bad memory, or every painful experience that we’ve had, and we carry it with us, day to day, and it weighs us down to the point where we can’t even move. When you begin to take inventory of that and recognize that some of those things are not useful, and to look at them and make peace with them, to let them go and make space for you to let the light in, to let the love in, and begin the healing process.”

I’m really proud of you, that you are in the place that you’re at today, and I think it’s very courageous of you to share your experiences with me, having just met a few minutes ago.

“Honestly, you wanted to hear a story; I gave you one. A story doesn’t cost anything—just a little bit of time. I have all the time in the world, and you wanted to listen, so thank you.”

How has it felt to talk about your feelings and experiences with me?

“It’s been fun. It really has. I didn’t feel uncomfortable or anything because I felt like this was needed, in a sense. I felt like this was fate, destiny, whatever you wanna call it. It was supposed to be.”

Do you think it’s possible that by sharing your experiences with me today and having others read it you could be helping someone else out there who may be struggling?

“I hope so. I know I’m not the only person you’re gonna interview, and I know I’m not the last. Goodness, I know there are several stories, but you bet your butt I’m gonna go home and look up those stories as soon as I get there. I’m gonna read every single one of them because I want to know what other stories people have. Maybe one of their stories can help me grow even more. I hope to God one of my stories can help somebody. If it helps just one person, that’s all that matters to me. Just one person. That’s one life saved. That’s someone who gets to experience another sixty years, instead of six minutes and then six feet under.”

#selfharm #heartsofstrangers #everyhearthasastorytotell #yourstorywillinspireothers #yourenotalone #resilience #hope #determination #courage #healing #support

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xemidatwospirit · 8 years ago

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Reflection on GALita’s Fábulas Mayas

My experience with Fábulas Mayas began in 2013 when I responded to a casting notice from GALA Hispanic Theatre looking for Bilingual (Spanish/English) Actors for a kids play with puppets. I had recently graduated from The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts and was auditioning for anything I possibly could. Many people in the industry told me to audition for GALA because of their status as an “of color” theatre and my multilingualism, but when I auditioned for Fábulas Mayas, I wasn’t actively looking for a Native American story to tell. In fact, it was not until after being cast that I discovered that Mayas in Fábulas Mayas was referring to the diverse Native American group the Mayas; I simply assumed it was a show about a girl named Maya telling her fables.

(Ad by GALA Hispanic Theatre)

From the day of the first read-through, I figured out that most of the artists involved in the production were non-Indigenous, as with any other show. Still, as I had never been involved with a production that featured a Native American story-line, I was excited to be part of something where I could openly explore my history and my identity. As an actor, I was so happy to play many different kinds of characters and to learn puppetry in this show, and as a person who only speaks Spanish with my Parents, I was excited to speak Spanish at work. Still, the lack of Indigenous Voices was alarming to me. I shared with the ensemble my feelings regarding the production; namely, how intensely satisfying it was to perform Brown stories for Brown children. Once closing at the Tivoli stage, we took the show on tour in South East DC, and once the tour ended, I said goodbye to Mayas until the following year.

Once 2014 came around, it was time to pick Fábulas Mayas up once again; this time for the INTERSECTIONS FESTIVAL at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. I was curious to see what more the ensemble could bring to the show. The show stayed virtually the same though, except a few blocking differences to accommodate to the smaller stage, and a couple of scenes were removed. Performing for these new audiences brought some new excitement to the show, but also brought up old demons I had already put to rest with the first run. I struggled with keeping myself professional and speaking up against the exclusion of Native Artists in a show about Native people. When @dcactorsofcolor released their first comment on Fábulas Mayas, I wasn’t entirely surprised by the content. They said that “though the production did not feature many Native American/Mestizo artists, the story and the use of playwright Cackley as a performer in the show, provided a smidgen of authenticity and somewhat excused the use of ‘redface’. One minimal move GALA/GALita could have made to further elevate the authenticity of this production would have been to hire a Native American director and a majority Native American ensemble, especially considering they were performing for Native American children.” I find that this assessment of the production was very fair. I agree that the show was a positive representation of Classical Maya stories that was done respectfully, but that still, more could have been done to make the show authentic.

(Puppet Design by Wit’s End Puppets)

In late June that year, GALA announced that another new children’s puppet show by Cecilia Cackley would premiere in the fall, and that the spring 2015 GALita show would be a remounting of Fábulas Mayas. I was beyond excited for Cecilia and the youth of DC for this news. When the Interim Production Manager contacted me mid-January regarding the remount of Fábulas Mayas, I was very happy to accept the role and to do the show again. I so badly desired to work with more Native American artists. In fact, when Miguel Amaguaña contacted me via Facebook before rehearsals even started to let me know that they would be part of the Cast, I was overjoyed with emotion! I knew this mounting of Fábulas Mayas was gonna change my life. It was so refreshing to know that I would be working with Miguel soon, and I could not wait to work with the other Native American artists that I would meeting during the remount. I was feeling empowered!

When the first rehearsal finally arrived, I realized that the only active change made was adding Miguel to the ensemble. Quickly my empowerment vanished. However, Miguel’s strength and courage to speak up about discomfort they felt seeing a brown child with two white parents, gave me the conviction to speak up about my discomfort as well. I mention that we need to needed to change the beatboxing Jaguars. That same day we reblocked the Jaguar’s first entrance, adding little stage combat and making the characters more cat-like. After rehearsal, I made a group page on Facebook called “Fábulas Mayas Cast Research Group” where the Company was free to post anything that they felt others could benefit from. We posted things such as Maya history, Maya music, Maya organizations, as well as articles about diversity in the arts, talking about race with kids, who should tell what stories, and much more.

As the days went on, we made more changes to the show and discussed ways to better represent Classical and Contemporary Maya cultures. Since music is a huge part of Native American performance art, we felt it was important to focus on the authenticity of the music. We rearranged our opening scene to start with the Classical Yucatán song “Konex, Konex,” followed by a Blessing to the Four Directions and a brief description of the show’s purpose. We also discussed searching for a Maya language song for the closing to replace our “Arullo” song. I found “Tu Wenel K'iin” by Composer Víctor Manuel Aarón Sánchez (Yucatán) on youtube, and I connected with José Felipe García Vargas (Yucatán), the musician who posted the video of the song, on Google Plus. I let them know about Fábulas Mayas and about how we wanted to use a verse from the song for the production. I shared the song with the Company, and we decided to only use the first verse for our show. In a word document, I wrote down the Yucatán and Spanish lyrics to the verse and translated it to English, so that the team could practice. Another Maya musician, Alberto Ramirez (Ixil), was asked to come into a rehearsal by Carol Spring. He taught us a drum rhythm, a flute melody, and a dance that we later used for the Uncle Coyote Dancing scene.

We made some more changes, such as cutting the character of Mother and giving those lines to the Father, and refashioned the essence of the Creator and Shaper. We began using the Classical Maya names Xpiyacoc and Xmucane for Creator and Shaper respectively, and worked the relationship between the two, reverting back to the original characteristics of the Classical characters: the Grandfather and Grandmother of all Maya people. We also discussed the idea of the flute melody Alberto taught us being played by a non-Indigenous musician. We were going to ask Alberto for more help pre-recording the song for use, but since the five of us did not have the money to pay Alberto for any of the work he did for Fábulas Mayas, we decided to deal with the situation ourselves. We opted to have Miguel whistle the melody instead of having Carol play the flute. Though Carol’s role in the production was being minimized, there wasn’t much more progress we could have made with the circumstances the Company was dealt.

(Miguel & I as Xpiyacoc and Xmucane. Picture Credit goes to Renee Browne.)

Eleven days before opening, @dcactorsofcolor began posting on twitter and tumblr about this mounting of Fábulas Mayas. They urged GALA Hispanic Theatre that “#RedfaceIsDisgrace and to #DecolonizeMayanFables.” They also said that “casting European actors in Native American roles for Theatre for Young Audiences is discrimination against Native Artists and violence against Native American children.” I was not at all surprised by this feedback. @dcactorsofcolor had already suggested to GALA in 2014 that changes for better representation of Native American people were needed, and since Carol was still part of the production, it was only fair that a campaign began against Maya Fables and that the production was listed as perpetuating racism toward Native American women and children.

(@DCActorsOfColor advertisement)

The Company then had a more in depth conversation about what we were doing with the show and what ideas we were perpetuating. We stayed after rehearsal to discuss actions we could take. Miguel and I suggested an open community forum to discuss what happened with Fábulas Mayas and what we wish for the future of Native American theatre in D.C. Fábulas Mayas opened on March 9 to a great crowd of children, which inspired us to work harder to make the forum the best it could. Before and after each performance, the Company would plan the forum, and soon Cecilia began dialogue with GALA Management. Miguel and I actively searched for panelists for the talk. We met with some people we knew that were involved with the DC Activist and Artists communities, to hopefully get some leads on who we could bring on board the forum. Two particular names were given to us that we really wanted to meet: Gabby Tayac (Piscataway) and Chief Margarito Esquino (Nawat-Maya-Lenca). We began to try get into contact with these two Native American leaders. Miguel and I also agreed that we needed to contact the Piscataway Indian Nation to let them know about our forum and to see if we could collaborate with them to raise awareness of DC’s Indigenous communities; we took a visit to the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) and met with an employee there, Nancy, who offered to share the news of the forum with her colleagues (specifically with Gabby Tayac); and we met with Chief Esquino to discuss having him speak at the forum. Miguel and I were very hopeful with the new contacts we made, that we would be able to have a great conversation with the forum.

@dcactorsofcolor attended one of the performances the first week and wrote a detailed review of the show. They commended the Indigenous Artists who worked on the production, but still had much to say about representation and authenticity. @dcactorsofcolor posed questions such as “was [Xemi] paid for their non-acting based work on Mayan Fables?”, “why put the whole responsibility on Cackley’s shoulders?”, and “why could GALita not hire more Indigenous artists?”. They discussed the huge redface problem (“Over 65% of the credited artists are European-descendants”) and suggested that GALA is “at an ideal place to serve severely underserved communities: the intersection between Latinx and Indigenx cultures and identities”. @DCActorsOfColor discussed the importance of crediting (Native American) Artists for their work, since both Ramirez and Sánchez were not credited in the program, and pressed the need to discontinue the narrative that the Maya people are extinct, by adding information about Contemporary Maya history in the program. They questioned why GALA was not offering Fábulas Mayas as a show to be adjudicated by theatreWashington, and celebrated the successes of the new staging. @DCActorsOfColor said that “the concept of Indigenx performance being about more than music, dance, and theatre, was very strong in this production” and that “ritual and tradition played a large role in bringing authenticity into the production, and helping to #DecolonizeMayanFables.” They also praised the restaging of the Jaguars, adding that the former staging came “off as erroneous and somewhat offensive- bordering on Blackface” and that the new direction “was seamless and children’s laughter and cooperation in the play continued without the awkward hitch from before.” @DCActorsOfColor was very glad we took Xpiyacoc and Xmucane the way we did, commenting that the show “presented an example of queer love without being gaudy, but in a guiltless and endearing way.” They said that for the next remount, that there should be an “adherence to diverse, bilingual actors of color that have Native American roots.” because “representation is really important. #RepresentationMatters”. They also added that it is greatly important for GALita’s Artistic Director Laura Quiroga to respond to these comments, and that “ Cackley can definitely call this show a hit”. They “hope to see more from her (Cecilia Cackley) and Wit’s End in the future!” Overall, the review was constructive and encouraging, as well as provided a easy to follow description of the show’s public history.

With the review in mind, Miguel and I shared what we had planned with the Company for the forum. We set a date for the forum and made deadlines for ourselves to release a flyer and an invitation letter. At the closing performance of the show, we invited the Audience to the forum. It was there that Miguel and I met two Maya Graphic Artists, Frida Larios (Chorti) and Che León (Kiche), and we collected their business cards for future collaboration. After the show, Miguel and I met up with Chief Esquino. The Chief introduced us to Sebi Medina-Tayac, Gabby Tayac’s son, and took us to a ceremony in Native Maryland. Soon after, Miguel received an email from Nancy at NMAI with contact information for Tara Houska (Couchiching First Nation), a Tribal Rights Attorney in DC and one of the founders of the #NotYourMascotcampaign against the Washington Football Team, and we began reaching out to Tara on Twitter and via email about the forum. After a few back and forths, Tara also agrees to be part of the upcoming conversation. We continued trying to get into contact with Gabby Tayac (using a direct line her son had offered us) to no avail. I created a facebook event page and we all begin mentioning the forum on social media (twitter, facebook, tumblr). On the event page, I thanked and credited Victor Manuel Aarón Sánchez & Alberto Ramirez for their huge help on the production. I also met with the Chief to discuss the specific role he would play at the forum. As a Spiritual Leader, the Chief was to perform a blessing ceremony to ensure the forum was a success for Native American Artists. On March 26, the Company met with GALA leadership to discuss the specifics of the forum and we were able to release an advertisement the following day.

(Ad for the Open Community Forum. Credit goes to me)

On the day of the forum, March 30, Miguel meets up with Tara in person to discuss that night’s event. I meet up with Chief Esquino that afternoon as well, but unfortunately, due to an emergency, the Chief was not able to attend the open forum. The forum was held at GALA Hispanic Theatre with 20 individuals involved in the conversation. Though there were many small problems, I felt the forum allowed a space for community members to voice concerns about Native American representation in DC theatre, about Theatre for Young Audiences, and discuss ways to achieve a decolonial theatre community. As the forum was bilingual, we did have some issues with translation. Since we weren’t able to pay a translator, we had a volunteer who was not experience with translating this type of conversation, help us out. This was not ideal, and did ostracize some forum attendees at times, something for which I am sorry about and hope to find solutions for in the future. Still, some great ideas were formulated and we helped made a space to continue the conversation in the future by creating a facebook group that anyone interested in the future of DC’s Native American Theatre Community can be a part of. We hope that with this group, the Native American Theatre Artists communities of DC can be more unified to make collaboration easier.

(Artemis [Interpreter], Miguel [Moderator], Tara, Myself, Carol, and Ceci at the Forum. Photo credit goes to Sylvana Christopher.) Fábulas Mayas has been a long walk on a road to recognition. It really has been life-changing. Though all of this issue could have been avoided by collaborating with Maya (and other Native American) Artists early on in the process (as early as the writing stage!), it has allowed the Native American community to demand visibility and respect. I’m thankful that @dcactorsofcolor spoke up when no one else did. Of one thing I am positive: from this point forward, DC Theatre has no excuse for redface anymore. And for that I am forever grateful. Xemiyulu (a proud descendant of the Nawat-Maya-Lenca Nation known internationally as El Salvador)

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