#in regards to covid

[playingplayer2]

Please excuse the missing " I'm too lazy to fix it rn

[cosmicaces]

let's talk about pino!

according to the whm booklet, rody's quirk is always active. she isn't always present, though. from what we can see in the movie, pino primarily nests in rody's hair!

so... is there a trend?

obviously she hops out when a strong emotion flares up, but it seems like she's also more likely to be out and about when he's feeling relatively safe/comfortable? she's present when he says goodbye to his siblings, she's present when they're settling down for that first night on the run, she's present when they're in the hotel, etc. etc.

there are only a few times where pino is present during an action scene. the first instance is, of course, during the first chase scene when she flew out to stop deku. she briefly remained out, notifying rody that they were still being chased before disappearing. she appears again when he's going down the rail, disappears, and then comes out of his hair again to check on him after he was almost crushed by falling debris.

pino was not present during the attempted betrayal. after leading deku to him, we can presume that, offscreen, she returned to his hair or went into his hood. the next time she comes out is when rody finally warms up to deku in the cave scene.

it's also worth noting that she is not present during the following villain encounter, only coming out for introductions when their safety was guaranteed.

honestly, the only time we actually see pino in harm's way is during the battle with flect, and that was because rody relied on her to not only signal deku, but to catch the flash drive.

why am i talking about this? well, and this is a far-fetched assumption that's going to get into more headcanon/character interpretation territory, but hear me out:

pino is very similar to something from another property: the daemons from his dark materials. for anyone unaware: daemons are the physical manifestation of a person's soul and take the form of an animal. they mirror the way their human interacts with others and can provide emotional insight into how their human is feeling, which is... like i said before, VERY similar to how pino functions.

with this in mind, one has to wonder if their similarities end there or if, potentially, pino shares some other functionalities as a daemon. namely... if pino gets hurt, can rody feel it?

i know that her main function as a quirk is to articulate rody's feelings. still, her tendency to stay out of harm's way really makes you think, especially since we don't see her get injured at any point. little roughed up, sure! but not injured.

[cyancherub]

tourists coming to maui when people are still finding bodies and trying to grieve their loved ones. shame on you. go back to where you came from. the community doesn't need your tourism right now. the place and people you treat as a novelty have just lost everything. they need time to recover and heal.

[langernameohnebedeutung]

Thought I'd have some fun and speedrun "iZombie" before it gets taken off Netflix and oh...oh no

I get it now o.o

Aren't they just the niftiest little guys??? Eating people and solving crime and curing zombism and preventing the apocalypse from their little morgue. And they're friends 🥹

[aveline-amelia]

You couldn't kill your brother (shooting script for TFP)

So, I looked into this script when someone posted links to previous versions of the s4 shooting scripts. As far as I know, this was an actual version of the script for The Final Problem. If anyone has any evidence that this might not be real or accurate, please do tell me so I can add that in.

So, onto sharing some of my thoughts.

One line was that always stuck out to me as odd was Mycroft saying he never bullied Sherlock. That was such a strange word choice for him of all people. Only it was not his wording. In an earlier draft, Sherlock says: "You turned my sister into a ghost story to bully me." In the aired version, they cut the bully part out, but left in Mycroft's response.

They also changed Sherlock's line to Mycroft from "do be quiet, dear" to "shut up, dear". Previously, it was actually John who says "Shut up, Mycroft" after he doesn't stay silent after Sherlock's line.

Now what I found strange was Ben C's delivery. Telling someone to shut up is usually done in a snappy way, but he says it rather calmly? And he still says "be quiet" later, which seems like a de-escalation? Like, he gets less mad that Mycroft won't listen?

Now in the new version, John says nothing and is completely silent. Why doesn't he say anything, wouldn't he also be interested in hearing the phone call?

There is also some new dialogue that was cut in the scene where Sherlock is forced to choose, such as Mycroft saying "for the greater good" and the line about flowers comes earlier, John saying to Mycroft he is the right soldier for the job and the smart one and Mycroft saying he is not and confessing to the Moriarty thing. Paraphrasing.

Also before giving the "how do you want me" line to Mycroft, Moriarty adds "fair enough."

My least favourite part was the narrative agreeing with Mummy Holmes about Sherlock being the grown up. At least in the aired version, I can headcanon we are not supposed to agree, but like this... ugh. Just ugh.

Now onto what I posted. If this is an actual scene, I have a thought to share.

Why on Earth would you cut this?

It adds so much. Sherlock trying to frame his reaction as an act of logic, before saying that, yes, he wasn't able to kill his brother. This being a revelation and a moment, implying Sherlock thought he was able to do it and being surprised he could not. He knew it was going to be hard, he says so, but he is surprised he wasn't able to go through with it.

Sherlock admitting he fears Eurus killed Mycroft, when in the aired version it was only implied and wasn't clear to everyone. Which makes me even more mad we never see the Holmes brothers talk about this! I will take a handshake at this point if they couldn't give us a hug. (with them as adults, I know we got one as children). And when I say that, I should clarify I want them both to be alive at that point and both to stay alive afterwards (sorry, my snarkiness is bleeding through. you know me ;)

Also just to end on a sad note I guess, and others noticed this before me, when Sherlock hugs and comforts Eurus, he at that point still fears she might have killed Mycroft (and is in middle of attempting to murder John). Yet she gets a hug...

[ohello0]

Biden declares covid “over”

Studies begin to show that covid causes long term multi system damage including cognitive decline

Biden gets covid multiple times

Biden starts to decline cognitively

Dems start asking biden to drop from the race

Biden refuses

Biden gets covid again

[unopenablebox]

why are all of you getting covid at once. what happened

[gardenvarietycrafts]

Yearly Round Up!

I finished a lot this year, so this is just the finished projects of the year, in collage form. These should all have their own posts on my blog, so look for those for details!

I'm really proud of all I accomplished this year, and I'm glad I could share this journey with you all!

[the-yearning-astronaut]

... i need a phone background that's just. a collage of a bunch of cropped images of Murderbot and ART with like. flowers and flower crowns and space aesthetics and quotes from the books and those candy hearts with the little messages and stuff. you know what im saying? people used to make them ALL THE TIME back in 2012-2016 and i haven't seen them in ages but i really really need one now....

[renee-mariposa]

I’m ready to walk out of my job.

The last straw was, this week they cracked down on overtime. This was the last straw for two reasons:

1. Normally (pre-COVID), our patient volumes are lowest in summer. This year, we’re having winter-flu-season patient volumes (flu season is always the busiest time in the hospital). We now have the second busiest ER in the metro, seeing hundreds of patients per day (we’ve reached a thousand per day several times this year!!!) in a 25-bed ER. This is coupled with the fact we’re operating at 30-50% (a third to a half!!) normal nurse staffing, and have been doing so since 2021. There isn’t a staff member in the hospital who is twiddling their thumbs for a second. I heard tonight that the hospital is trying to end all their contracted labor early (and I assume we’re relying heavily on contracted nurses to fill staffing shortages!)

2. Because of this patient load vs low staffing, it is literally impossible for us to finish all the tasks we are assigned each day. But we still have to meet our metrics and are chastised/penalized when we don’t meet them! Worsening the situation: instead of asking each ‘problem’ staffer why they’re always clocking out late, my department management emailed all the problem people with “suggestions on how to leave on time”. Suggestions that are bullshit because they don’t address the actual reason the person gets overtime consistently.

So this whole perfect storm is coming together to convince me that corporate expects us to work off the clock. Which I’m about 95% sure is fucking illegal.

[lovely-v]

Me after finishing a fic: surely I have completely exhausted my ability to write fic for this ship like what else do I even have to say at this point

Me the next day: okay so what if—

[shsl-box-worshipper]

A World Without Memory

'When the day began, Conan was vaguely aware of the plague of amnesia that was spreading outside of Japan. One that would erase every memory you ever had and leave you a confused, blank slate of a human. When the day ended, Conan wished he could've stopped it.'

(New chaptered fic. This is Chapter 1. Currently not on AO3. Will update once I post it there)

Hour 1

24 "Good morning, Conan-kun!"

The little boy yawned as he stepped into the kitchen, still dressed in last night's pajamas and still recovering from his own grogginess.

"Mornin', Ran-neechan..."

The teenaged girl beamed at Conan as he rubbed his eyes, her body positioned over the counter as she got to making breakfast.

Despite not even being fully awake, he could easily deduce what she was making.

He could hear something sizzling in the pan she wasn't even bothering to cover up, and the air smelled like cooked meat, with tinges of crispiness and butter.

On the counter next to her, she also had some red bean paste-filled taiyaki packages sprawled around, with a crumpled up plastic bag in the kitchen trashcan.

"Making bacon and serving taiyaki with it, Ran-neechan?"

The girl nodded as she looked to the pan and used a spatula to ensure the bacon didn't stick.

"Un! I thought it would make a fun breakfast, especially after the stressful night we had last night."

Conan sighed. He honestly couldn't blame Ran for thinking that. Last night, they had went out to dinner and, in a shocking move that surprised absolutely no one, someone died.

In fact, three people died, one after the other. Conan had to practically work his ass off so that Kogoro didn't jump to the conclusion of a terrorist attack.

Thankfully, after 3 long, exhausting hours, he was able to pin down the culprit. Sure, their food got cold in the meantime and Ran had lost her appetite, but it was definitely better than having to deal with the police arresting the wrong guy or creating a state of emergency.

Still, it meant Conan was very, VERY spent.

"Thanks, Ran-neechan..."

He groggily sat his behind on a pillow on the floor next to their little table. Like most traditional Japanese families, the Mouris usually ate while seated on the floor.

However, a unique part of their little traditional setup was the TV that sat adjacent to him. It was an old box that Kogoro had bought around when he left his wife, but it worked.

Knowing his food wouldn't come for another 10 minutes or so, he grabbed the remote laying flat on the table and turned on the TV. While he was hoping for some news about the Black Organization to show up, he knew it would be much more reasonable for a murder to show up than news about them.

However, as the little box *bzzt*ed itself to life, Conan was surprised to be greeted by neither. Yet at the same time, it wasn't just typical news.

"Breaking news: Reports from Paris, Madrid, London, and Moscow are coming in about an epidemic that has quickly begun spreading around the continent of Eurasia. While there are no reported cases in Japan as of this broadcast, it is spreading rapidly, with France experiencing the brunt of the epidemic, with over 2 million infected."

Conan's eyes went wide as the feigning reporter tried reading through their lines, her face obviously trying to hide the immense amount of panic that was overwhelming her. Epidemic? 2 million?

"As of November 12th, 2002, WHO has estimated over 4 million people have been affected by the virus causing this epidemic, with scientists claiming it has achieved the highest recorded basic reproduction number of any disease in human history. However, WHO have also stated that the disease is not lethal and catching it seems to not have hazardous effects. Research is ongoing, however, and the disease is currently unnamed."

"Moh, this sounds pretty scary."

Conan turned to Ran, tuning out the panicking news reporter as she caught a glimpse of her face. It was now absent of the smile it used to have, now only replaced by a worrying frown.

Knowing all he was doing was just worrying Ran, Conan turned off the TV and turned to her, putting on that cutesy little childish smile he used to accentuate his kid act.

"I'm sure it'll be fine, Ran-neechan! The reporter's probably just exaggerating it. You know how reporters can be."

Ran was a little startled by Conan's attempt at calming his surrogate big sister (and girlfriend) but was comforted nonetheless. And soon, the frown disappeared under the smile she was wearing before.

Conan's fake smile softened into a real one, relief infecting him as he felt accomplished calming his childhood friend's worries.

Despite the news report seeming scary, Conan wasn't afraid. And, as Ran finally lifted the delicious bacon off the pan and onto a plate, Conan couldn't help but forget the majority of what he saw.

It wasn't like it was going to affect him, anyway. And besides, he had school, as mindnumbingly boring as elementary school can get considering he was actually 16 years old.

"Enjoy, Conan-kun!" Ran announced as she placed the plate of bacon on the table along with some taiyaki, the fish pastries now free from their boxes.

"Un! Thank you, Ran-neechan!"

Conan then clamped his hands together and they both announced their partaking in the delicious food with a quick, "Thanks for the food!"

And soon, Conan was already wolfing down his bacon. The delicious meat and grease dancing on his taste buds with good bacon-y deliciousness.

Conan ate and ate until his portion of the bacon was gone.

Completely unaware of what was happening elsewhere in the country.

----

"AF162 is now arriving at: Gate Number 12. Thank you for flying Air France."

Haneda was always filled with people. Shuffling from place to place in a manic hurry, like rats scurrying around a landfill.

Business men going to foreign conferences, families taking a vacation in a domestic city, drifters traveling the world.

On those funny little things called airplanes.

However, at this very moment, a man arriving from the depths of Paris was sick.

He didn't know it, but he was.

He had visited his best friend only hours before the flight, unaware that his friend had been in recent contact with a carrier who was friends with patient zero.

And, unbeknownst to the population of the Japanese archepelago...

He has brought with him the end of memory. And with it, the end of will.

A world without memory.

The death of human will has begun.

[phoenixtakaramono]

Hi, I just wanna say I LOVE Truce ❤️❤️, your writing(l'm amazed sometimes because it's just too good) and can't wait for the new chapter. Can I ask when are you gonna update?

This Ask is regarding the status of this PWP on AO3:

Hi! I’m just gonna combine these two anon Asks because they’re asking the same thing, haha. Firstly, thank you. Muah muah. 😘 💞

Secondly, hopefully this year. I dunno exactly when yet but hopefully it’s possible with my work schedule and any irl setbacks. I can’t give an exact date as of right now because I don’t like making false promises. Nothing takes the wind outta my sails than setting a deadline—and failing to meet it; it will give me writer’s block, haha. You can read my reply to an anon Ask here; it’s asking about two different fics of mine but my answer remains the same: I don’t like sacrificing quality for quantity. I prefer taking a longer time than rushing out a subpar update. A chapter will be ready when it’s ready. In the interim, I will post sneak peeks, update the status bar, and only give an ETA the week before it’s ready to be posted. I recommend my readers to turn on their Subscribe notifs so they’ll be notified when it’s ready.

Technically I can split ch3 into two chapters like I did for ch2, but that means the upcoming update is just 90% set-up. Billy and Homelander don’t physically interact yet in the set-up. Neither do they share a dialogue exchange. And I think that’s boring, no? I’d rather y’all read ch3 for its full intended effect, with the set-up and foreshadowing leading to the payoff. It is, after all, the chapter with their 🔞 First Time. A lot of exciting things happen this chapter after the set-up. Homelander flying Billy outerspace “as a date,” their first Team Up, kitchen sex (their first), Billy’s debut as a superhero + vice captain role in The Seven with Billy’s “bloody” birthday present to Homelander. It’s my favorite chapter outta the bunch because of the exhilarating rollercoaster ride it is—and I don’t want to take that away from y’all.

Also in the interim, you can read my butchlander threadfics here on tumblr and definitely on my Twitter thread here. They’re my humble peace offerings whilst I am working on Truce. :)

———

So this part isn’t particularly directed at you, Anon(s), but a pet peeve of mine are readers demanding updates, readers who assume I’ve discontinued/ abandoned a story, and readers who keep pushing for an update even though I’ve already nicely informed them of when to realistically expect an update from me and why it’s taking a long time. There’s one reader on one of my stories whom, for a good part of this year, has sent maybe over 99+ comments on AO3 trying to psychologically pressure/ guilt trip me into updating a certain fic. Like, their words are very kind and I’m happy they adore my fic to bits, and I’m sure they have good intentions, but it doesn’t make me, the writer, comfortable seeing someone say things like “I’m obsessed with this fic; I check for updates everyday; I think and breathe this fic; if you don’t update, I’m going to die; when are you going to update? Please, this story is too good to be abandoned/discontinued, I don’t want that to happen to [insert fic] like all the other abandoned stories in this fandom. All I think about is this fic; I read this story every day. I can’t breathe if I don’t see any update.” Or the alternative: “[insert compliment] but I just know this story is abandoned/discontinued, and that’s such a shame.”

Y’all, this ain’t the motivation or encouragement you think it is. It’s incredibly demotivating and making me want to take even longer outta spite :/, especially if I’d taken time to reply to the reader’s Comment reiterating essentially what I said above in bullet point #2. Asking the writer again and again for an update a hundred times in a row is not going to change their mind. It’s a lil disconcerting.

[hal-o-ween]

Aging user base post incoming, but in the last week I have had to buy both eye drops and nasal spray for my allergies because decongestant allergy medicine alone isn't enough anymore. One of my cup holders in my car is basically a medicine cabinet at this point between those and my lactaid

[ryuseitai]

i cleaned my desk for the first time in Um a while. its nice and i found this journal thing my aunt got me last christmas thats like a funny little thing for journaling on bad days. and i filled out One page of it ever in January and at the end theres a Happy thoughts of the day section and theres drawing of midori and tetora

[lovesickgoose]

Bear with me re: your asks. I'm feeling generally Very Bad at the moment