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kidsomo-blog · 1 year ago

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A Nerd's Guide to Eat.Pray.Love.

Remind me that I'm the stupid one.

Eat.Pray.Love. Wasn't that a movie? Yes! I really enjoyed this movie written by Elizabeth Gilbert. (She is the author of the original novel.) In a nutshell, Elizabeth shares her story that she was unhappy with the life she created. Husband. House. White picket fence. Ya-da, ya-da. You get the picture. She decides to go on a journey to find herself again. She travels to three places: Italy, India, and Bali. (If you love the Forrest Gump movie, then you'll love this movie as well! It follows a similar adventure.) Anyways, she went to Italy to learn how to Eat again (live life). She went to India to learn how to Pray again (how to forgive herself). She went to Bali to learn how to Love again (**shrugs... I think she learned how to love herself). ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I found her journey interesting which I'll link below, and it inspired me to go on one of my own. So, here's a Nerd's Guide to Eat.Pray.Love.... I hope you're excited.

1. She traveled to Italy to learn how to Eat again. Live Life.

Recipe equation:

Overindulged with endless pasta + New experiences + making new friends + new memories = Food.

To unpack that a little bit, Food is commonly used to bring people together by sitting down and enjoying the present moment. Elizabeth ate endless amount of pasta before trying on new jeans with a friend, then learned to watch an italian futbol game with italians she doesn’t even know. Pretty much did things she thought she would never do; she learned to Eat again.

Unfortunately, traveling to Italy to create this eating experience is something I can't do. However, I was able to create a similar diet without having to leave San Diego.

A Nerd's guide to Eat:

My guide to Eat starts with saying hello and meeting someone new, who I usually walk by in my daily routine.

Believe it or not-- I found this as a unique travel experience. It was a new experience making both new friends and new memories. Met people with an awesome journey to share. Most importantly to me, I met some of the coolest -- and weirdest -- personalities. It's incredible how my day changed just by talking to someone new each day. I made some of the coolest friendships. Highly recommend! Great entree for the Wanderlusts & Foodies.

Pro-Tip: Its not that you need to see the world; the world needs to see you. Your unique personality is beautiful.

2. She went to India to learn how to Pray again. Learn to forgive yourself.

Those invisible scars we wear from our past relationships still hurt.

This is a tough subject to write about. We have all been in Elizabeth's shoes at some point in our lives. In a relationship that didn't end well, the memories played in her head like a broken record. It hurts even more when you find reasons to blame yourself. She went to India to learn the culture of meditation, and learned how to find peace with her past. Deep reflection meditation is a tough place to travel through.

Elizabeth sat quietly to herself on a rooftop brave enough to leave behind everything, which range from her happiest and painfullest memories from her marriage, and set out to forgive herself for calling it quits. She learned how to Pray again.

A Nerd's guide to Pray:

Find your Peace by practicing self-reflection. Be honest with yourself. listen to yourself. And forgive yourself.

The human mind is life's greatest trap. Learn to control it or be lost in it. Nobody wants to be the bad guy. Nobody wants to be the one who let themselves down. We always don't want to be the one who hurts others, but sometimes it happens. (To each their own.) Our own thoughts and emotions can take us down a dark road. We all know this feeling isn't helpful for our mental health. I learned a deep reflection in a quiet room to forgive yourself can light the way out of a dark place.

ProTip: Take as much time as you need to reflect. Sometimes saying outloud, “[Your name], I forgive you,” is all you need to hear. (Pretty much use this tip if you ever find yourself in a dark place. Bonus points if you can close your eyes while saying it.) Finally, move on and Eat again.

3. She went to Bali to learn how to Love again. Learn to love yourself.

Remind me that I'm the stupid one, again. Lol.

Okay, there's a twist at the end of this movie when Elizabeth travels to Bali to learn how to Love again. It took me a while to understand after watching it a few times. Its in the scene where she's talking to her friend in Bali. "Sometimes an unbalanced love helps balanced a peaceful life." - Her Bali friend. (I really hope I quoted that correctly. lol)

A Nerd's guide to Love:

Love yourself and everything will follow.

I'm the stupid one because I'm the blind stupid person in a relationship. (Yeah, kind of hard to believe.) I'm easy to lie to, and easy to manipulate. I'm the friend you wanna punch in the head and say, "dude, she's cheating on you. Stop being stupid!" This conversation usually happens when she's out having girls night while i'm at home washing her "guy friend's" clothes. (I'm just kidding about that LOL! But knowing how stupid I am, it can potentially happen, sigh lol) Anyways, I went hating myself for a while and tried to be someone else. It felt like I was trying on other people's clothes-- I never felt like myself; eventually, I learned if I didn’t do anything wrong, then why change. Being extra careful, taking things slow, and reminding myself I'm the stupid one was the unbalanced part in my life I needed to feel peace. (I hope that makes sense. It took me a while to understand that too.) My stupid side and I have been best friends ever since -- I can't let that guy down now.

Protip: Love your imperfections. Nobody is perfect.

A Nerd's Guide to Eat.Pray.Love.

Just a kid with a crayon ,

Kidsomo

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spiraledfaun · 1 month ago

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okay so the long and the short of it is

-do you have a bathtub/shower?

-can you block out or turn off all sources of light?

-do you have some sort of privacy in there? (or maybe you don't care, in which case, i salute you)

if the answer to all of these questions is "yes", then you very well may be able to achieve this!

Now, disclaimer: it is up to you to make your location of choice comfortable and able to be pitch black. If you can't hang out in a potential spot for even 5-10 minutes at a time (shifting is fine, but you need to be able to relax), it may not be the spot.

Anyway. Get together your supplies: your hydration/drink (but I recommend having water or electrolytes), your headphones/earbuds, phone/laptop, snack (bath snacks are fun), any *cough* substance *cough* you may be using to enhance the experience, any medication you may need in the next several hours.

Go to your Deprivation Area, and set up the things outside the bathtub, preferably on a little box or table nearby. For your chosen viewing device, make sure you can prop it up on something to have in eyeline. Use the lip of the bathtub at your own risk for laptops (I do not recommend it unless you actually have an extended lip). Make sure you have a towel ready nearby. Make sure all the toys you might use have been charging, and that they're somewhere safe and clean until you want to use them (but retrieval should be easy).

I would recommend leaving on the bathroom fan if you can. If you can't, and it's tied to the bathroom light like mine is, either turn it off from the start, or you can let the motion sensor turn it off to decide when Brainwashing Time starts!

Fill the bathtub an inch or two with warm or lukewarm water (fill the tub with what makes you comfortable, but the point is not to boil yourself). You'll add more later, if you choose to do so, to maintain the temperature if you end up spending too much time :3c.

Put the lights in whatever state that will mean you don't have to mess with them (off or soon to be going off), and use the light on your phone or something similar to safely get back to the bathtub. Pull the shower curtain closed, if applicable.

Now pop on your headphones, remember to hydrate, and watch or listen to whatever it is you want to brainwash yourself with! I also can't emphasize enough how important it is to be careful with the electronics and toys you choose to use--I am not responsible for any damaged items.

PROTIP: Try to keep your hands and feet out of the water directly as much as possible. It's just not great for long periods of time. Remember, you're only putting a small amount of water in the tub for body temperature maintenance.

Bonus points for those of you able to have someone help you out with set-up or execution! Regardless, please have a plan for aftercare: a soft blanket, a cute movie, and a yummy snack are my go-tos. 💚

And always remember to please trance responsibly ☺️

figuring out how to get as close as you can to a sensory deprivation tank in the privacy of your own home is apparently a game-changer for the brainwashing kink fandom

on a completely, entirely unrelated note, um

i'm a dumb, brainwashed little toy 🥵

#faun speaks

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ilikekidsshows · 4 years ago

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Hi! I loved the Adrinette analysis you made...do you think you could make a similar one for Ladybug and Chat Noir over seasons 1 to 3?

I knew I was leaving myself open for this ask, and I kinda dreaded it, because 80% of Ladynoir screen time is dedicated to defeating an Akuma, meaning the characters have something else to focus on rather than progressing their relationship, and most the relationship stuff is just Marinette being really stubborn and refusing to properly look at her partner. In other words, there's significantly more screen time, but also proportionally less stuff going on in Ladynoir than in Adrinette because the characters are superheroes on the job and one party is actively resisting any development happening. It's also a very different kind of arc and relationship to Adrinette where the goal is just the two of them getting closer and more comfortable with each other. Ladynoir has that as well as all the trust issues and superhero team dynamics. Basically, this post is definitive proof that Miraculous has had plot development before season four, and it has had a lot of it. I got almost dizzy with it while compiling this.

Once again, I’m trying to go in a somewhat chronological order to properly track the relationship.

In 'Origins', we only get one-sided Ladynoir stuff. Marinette is new on the job and completely focused on solving the Akuma problem and nothing else. Meanwhile, Adrien actually takes note of his partner. He sees her flounder but ultimately put together a clever plan. He sees her lose faith but ultimately pick herself up and deliver a really badass speech at Hawk Moth. It's really no wonder he fell in love. The number one thing he learned about Ladybug is that she can fail and the second thing was that she could pick herself up again and grab the win anyway. I've brought up earlier in the Top Adrinette Scene discussion that Adrien is very scared of failing, because his father does not forgive failure, so Ladybug being someone who can turn a failure into a win understandably makes his heart go pitter-patter.

Meanwhile, Marinette barely noticed her partner. As I said, she was fully focused on solving the problem, but she was also getting distracted by her own insecurities. Marinette's first experience with Cat Noir was that he was kinda smooth and seemed to be much more confident than Marinette. Her second experience was that he tended to leap before he looked, but was perfectly willing to listen to her say-so. We have a very brief attempt at flirtation from Cat Noir, that Ladybug barely seems to even notice.

In 'Bubbler', Cat Noir actually gets to flirt with his Lady. He's clearly intent on getting her to notice what he's getting at, but Ladybug seems mostly exasperated with him. At this point their partnership is new and Marinette is most likely thinking back to their first case, when Cat Noir was so patient and supportive and not this...much. She still doesn't tell him to quit it, though, meaning she’s trying to accept him being a lot.

'Stormy Weather' has Cat Noir continuing in his attempts to get Ladybug to notice him and this time she responds playfully when they're not right in the middle of a tense situation. She's getting used to this being Cat's way of interacting with her and keeping the mood light.

'Lady Wifi' has the pair discussing the secrecy between them, with Adrien actively making the decision that honoring Ladybug's wishes concerning keeping their secret identities is more important than knowing the identity of the girl he's in love with, that doing so is the proper way to love her. 'Lady Wifi' is also the first time Marinette panics at the idea of something romantic being suggested about her and Cat Noir, when Alya says Adrien might be Cat Noir, that Cat Noir might be the boy she's repeatedly told Alya she's in love with.

'Copycat' shows us for a fact that Ladybug has no idea that Cat Noir's flirtations with her are genuine, and Cat Noir is growing tired of his feelings going entirely unnoticed.

Because of his growing frustration over not being able to communicate his feelings to Ladybug in a manner that she'd take seriously, Adrien goes the extra mile to write her a love poem in 'Dark Cupid'. When he receives a response that appeared with no sender, just a ladybug, he entertains the thought that Ladybug answered his poem and does in fact return his feelings (not realizing that Ladybug would need to know his identity to deliver such a note to him specifically, but Adrien does generally worry less about secret identities than Marinette). 'Dark Cupid' is also the first occasion of Marinette's by-now patented plan "Pretend to be in Love with Cat Noir" to solve problems, except that she was absolutely certain that a True Love's Kiss could occur between them, so there isn't even much room for pretending, but Marinette's denial is so powerful, she'll try.

In 'The Mime' we see Cat Noir actually testing Ladybug's receptiveness to a date, by suggesting that they could have gone to the play together if they didn't have to detransform. Ladybug replies that she has other plans before zipping away, and Cat Noir merely smiles after her. His feelings are growing, and he might still be remembering the love note he got. In fact, this is probably why he says "We are meant to be," in 'Gamer'.

In 'Animan' Ladybug actually does some of her own flirting with Cat Noir by giving him chin scritches. We also see a very straightforward gesture of affection from Cat Noir to Ladybug, when he hugs her in relief after the battle. Ladybug smiles softly at him, seeing that her partner cares about her well-being, while Cat Noir jumps back, embarrassed over his own reaction, or perhaps even afraid of censure. Adrien isn't the type of person to suddenly grab people in a hug, most likely because such "overly emotional" displays are discouraged in the Agreste household. This is the first occasion of Adrien projecting his father's supposed reaction to a thing he does on Ladybug, so he runs away from her.

In 'Simon Says', Cat Noir clings to Ladybug when faced with Gabriel looking at him weirdly (he's trying to figure out if he's Adrien, but Adrien himself never realizes his father was suspicious of his identity). At this point, Ladybug has started to become something of a security symbol to Adrien specifically against his father.

'Reflekta' is the episode where Cat Noir reminds Ladybug that he doesn't just deliver quips and he is actually a hero in his own right, even with diminished capabilities, in response to Marinette almost leaving him behind because he couldn't use his Cat Noir powers, because he'd "just slow (her) down", and then it turns out she couldn't have won without him. However, with the scene of Cat Noir taking the hit, Ladybug also starts on the process of realizing exactly how important her partner is to her success. Noticeably, it's while they're plotting together that Ladybug responds to his flirtation by flirting back, even if not very well (protip, Marinette, demeaning someone isn't funny to anyone but the person doing the demeaning, the other person is not suddenly lacking a sense of humor). Cat Noir is also a bit softer with his overtures in this episode, his cheeky flirtation gaining a bit more intimacy.

In 'Antibug', we can see the lessons Ladybug learned in 'Reflekta' sticking, with Ladybug listening to and valuing Cat Noir's input, unlike how the last time he tried to give her advice in a Chloé situation in 'Evillustrator', when she acknowledged he was right but couldn't bring herself to follow his advice. She also flirts with Cat Noir of her own volition, when she rings his bell. Cat Noir also keeps showing genuine warmth towards Ladybug instead of being just cheeky, when Ladybug compliments him. They affirm their bond after taking down Antibug.

The events of 'Reflekta' and 'Antibug' together influence what happens in 'Volpina', where Marinette is very suspicious of a new superhero showing up, without ever suspecting she could have been an Akuma in disguise. Cat Noir is her partner, and Cat Noir is her only partner. She’s not only learned his value, but has grown possessive over him. There's no need for any outsider. This jealousy over Cat Noir is actually something Marinette doesn't get over during the first three seasons the way she learns to deal with her jealousy over Adrien.

By the time 'The Collector' happens, Adrien has developed enough trust in his partner to ultimately believe her over her suspicions about Gabriel being Hawk Moth. This episode also has the first time Marinette voices concern over Cat Noir's emotional well-being instead of merely physical, who, of course, can't tell her what's wrong because it would break the secret identity clause.

'Prime Queen' has some very nice mutual Ladynoir flirting at the start of the interview. However, they're both mortified when Nadja comes out with the pictures. Cat Noir is confused, because he had no idea that their relationship could even give that impression, he must have been feeling like he hasn't been making much progress in getting closer to Ladybug. Meanwhile, Marinette goes defensive for the first time since 'Lady Wifi' only, this time, even more so. She even runs out on Cat Noir when he, very understandably, wants an explanation why he head to learn from a reporter that she'd planted one on him instead of from her. The episode confirms that Marinette will refuse to, in any way, discuss anything romance-related in relation to Cat Noir, even when there's an innocent explanation, like breaking an Akuma's spell. She's so defensive it's suspicious.

We also have another occasion of Marinette "pretending" to be in love with Cat Noir to solve a problem. While Cat Noir purrs either over the confession, having her close, or both. Marinette also jumped at the chance to "pretend" to confess her love so eagerly, that it left Prime Queen unimpressed. Still, Marinette refused to commit to the "ruse" enough to kiss Cat Noir while he's actually conscious and aware of it, because then she'd have to deal with the aftermath of kissing him.

'Dark Owl' has the first true test of faith between Ladybug and Cat Noir, when both of them have to trust the other not to look while they have to recharge. Although, considering 'The Collector', this is actually the first test only for Ladybug. At the end of the episode, Adrien also genuinely asks Ladybug out on a date for the very first time when they unexpectedly have free time from Owl-sitting, but Marinette preferred to skip off to spend time with Alya since she hadn’t gotten to see her while being so busy with The Owl's antics for so long.

'Glaciator' has Cat Noir planning an actual outing for Ladybug. The thing is, before 'Glaciator', Marinette's response to Cat Noir asking her out has always been that she has other plans, no can do. However, in 'Glaciator', she specifically says: "We'll see," and then she ends up ghosting him because she forgot to even send him a message that she didn't feel like going anywhere. At the same time, Gabriel purposefully stands him up for dinner, causing Adrien to project onto the Ladybug situation so hard that he doesn't think Ladybug even sees him as a real friend. Considering Adrien was under the same impression about Marinette in 'Puppeteer 2', it is typical for Marinette to send these kinds of mixed signals (which is fitting, considering how clear communication seems to be the biggest bullet point in her character development agenda).

On the upside, Cat Noir's compromised emotional state led to him being more frank about his feelings to first Marinette and later to Ladybug, finally making Marinette understand that Cat Noir is actually in love with her and how sensitive her partner can really be and that she can hurt his feelings. Notably, in this episode, Marinette particularly enjoys employing her "Pretend to be in love with Cat Noir" gambit, this time even going as far as kissing him, after finding out he's actually in love with her. Indeed, at the end of the episode, her rejection to Cat Noir is entirely focused on her having feelings for someone else (as well). She never once said she doesn't love him, and, in fact, never claims so in the English dub.

In 'Sapotis' we also see a brief glimpse of Marinette's jealousy over Cat Noir when he welcomes Alya onto the team so warmly but, because Rena Rouge was a teammate Marinette herself chose and trusts, she doesn't feel threatened enough to express it more than by merely keeping an eye on their interaction. 'Sapotis' also starts the arc of Cat Noir starting to lose faith in Ladybug having his best interest in mind when Rena Rouge appears out of nowhere and he's expected to just accept that no-questions-asked.

'Gorizilla' notably has Marinette repeatedly voicing her belief that Cat Noir will show up, something Adrien appreciates a great deal, going as far as blushing over something so simple. He's astounded by the fact that his Lady has faith in him, but it seems he still believes it despite the notion being strange to him.

'Frightningale' really drives home the arc going on in this season. 'Riposte' was the first time we saw Ladybug and Cat Noir seamlessly working together to neutralize an Akuma, but in this episode, they move in perfect synch while fighting Frightningale while handcuffed together. Cat Noir and Ladybug's teamwork has reached phenomenal levels.

I've repeatedly said that 'Syren' is less about Cat Noir and Ladybug's relationship and more about Fu's relationships with his two chosen. Still, this is the episode where Marinette gets put on the spot and comes through for her partner and Cat Noir learns that Ladybug keeping secrets from him wasn't of her own volition, but because of Fu, restoring his faith in her completely.

It's most likely because of the trust Ladybug showed towards him in 'Gorizilla' and their perfectly synchronized teamwork in 'Frightningale' that Cat Noir tries to confess to Ladybug again in 'Frozer'. These two episodes could give Cat Noir hope that he might be winning Ladybug over, especially since, as I said before, Ladybug has not said she doesn't have feelings for him. But she, of course, rejects him, although it's notably with more wistfulness than the last time, especially when she comments how she doesn't think it's possible for the "other boy" to not be a concern. 'Frozer' takes place during the arc in season two that covers Marinette's growing frustration at her inability to progress with Adrien the way she wants to and the discontent shows in her interaction with Cat Noir as well.

The change in how Marinette regards Cat Noir's input in fights between season one and two is especially noticeable in 'Style Queen' and 'Maledictator'. Both times Cat Noir is absent in a fight and this influences how Marinette approaches fighting the Akumas. In 'Style Queen' Marinette tries to play it sneaky but also needs to be saved by Plagg's intervention in his holder's absence. In 'Maledictator', Marinette's plan involved siccing the brainwashed Cat Noir on the Akuma's goons. Cat Noir has become necessary to Marinette, which is why he's able to galvanize her during 'Heroes' Day' by reminding her that the two of them against the world is what's always worked.

Season three as a whole revolves around Adrien losing faith that Ladybug could ever return his feelings the way he wishes and Marinette getting several warning signs about how she could lose Cat Noir. I might even go as far as saying that this season has negative Ladynoir development (in that their relationship grows more frayed and brittle instead of stronger).

A big reason for this new development direction is 'Reflekdoll', which, according to the production codes, happens early in the season. In this episode, Ladybug and Cat Noir learn the worst possible (false) lessons about themselves and each other and they carry those lessons for the rest of the season. In my 'Reflekdoll' conflict analysis, I wrote that Ladybug basically "learns" that Cat Noir is fae-like in that he isn't bothered by mortal things like stress or heartbreak. Cat Noir, meanwhile, "learns" that, while it doesn't matter if Ladybug makes a mistake because she can always fix it, him making a mistake makes him fundamentally less worthy as a hero and a person, so he could never be as valuable as Ladybug even as a person and not only strategically.

'Weredad', meanwhile, is the quintessential evidence episode for Marinette being both possessive and in denial about Cat Noir. She's literally pretending to be in love with him to him, while totally denying to herself that she feels anything for him, all the while she's feeling jealous over him seemingly moving on from her to be in love with her. The reason it's so important that no one but Marinette herself and Tikki know what went down in this episode is that Marinette's denial would never last if someone actually questioned this whole mess.

This is also an episode where we can clearly see the aftermath of what 'Reflekdoll' did to Cat Noir. He's once again projecting his situation with his father onto someone else (this time Tom), but he's also blatantly refusing to fight Tom at full strength, because he feels that it's his fault he got Akumatized, allowing himself to get hurt severely because he feels he's not that important, that he might even deserve it.

'Oblivio' has Ladybug once again do the whole: "How dare you say I'm in love with Cat Noir I am quitting this conversation right now!" routine. Cat Noir also got actual confirmation that something about him made his Lady want to kiss him when their memories had been wiped.

'Desperada' has the semi-infamous scene of Ladybug saying she doesn't need Cat Noir and, while she learns the valuable lesson that yes she flipping does, this is also the episode where Adrien repeatedly fails to use the Snake Miraculous correctly, having to give it up to someone else, feeling like an undeserving failure *turns to look at 'Weredad' and then at ‘Reflekdoll*.

'Kwamibuster' is an episode where everyone keeps telling Ladybug not to trust Cat Noir and she believes it to the degree that she sees him as a bigger threat than a Kwami-targeting Akuma. In other words, Cat Noir being treated like a part-time hero again in season four is because of 'Kwamibuster'.

'Gamer 2.0' is actually an important episode for the Ladynoir dynamic. This is the episode where Marinette takes on way too much responsibility (voluntarily) and is really stressed about it, while Cat Noir dismantles that stress with his good humor and positive outlook. This episode enforces the lesson that was stated outright in 'Reflekdoll': "Everyone has their role", and Cat Noir's role is to be the jokester who makes Ladybug feel better. Also, Cat Noir doesn’t even hesitate to make a sacrifice play for his Lady, because he’s less important.

'Timetagger' foreshadows that Marinette's words of affirmation are losing their effect. She repeatedly says things like "I trust Cat Noir", "You're irreplaceable", "You know you're the best", but she doesn't know how to express her regard to Cat Noir in actions. And it's important to note that Adrien was raised among liars and manipulators. Even if he doesn't doubt Ladybug's intentions, he might doubt the depth and truth of her feelings for him. Because Ladybug is so nice, she might lie about valuing him to make him feel better. Words aren't enough when words are the only thing between you and your insecurities. This is also an episode that feeds into Cat Noir's worthlessness arc, with Bunnyx repeatedly insisting that Ladybug in the future is just awesome, while Cat Noir broke her Miraculous. Even Ladybug shoots him down at the end of the episode when he tries to ask for extra affirmation, claiming he "already knows he's great".

In 'Puppeteer 2', Cat Noir's hope from 'Oblivio' that Ladybug might be starting to be won over by him comes back to bite him when the wax Ladybug gets close to him by pretending to be coming onto him. He only realized she was a fake because she smelled wrong, something that comes back to haunt him in 'Ladybug', when he's faced with a perfect copy, whose only difference to the original is that she's apparently in love with him. The villains clearly know he’s so in love with Ladybug it sometimes blinds him.

With the villains using this clear weakness as an in, it's no wonder that Cat Noir finally makes the decision to move on from Ladybug in 'Heart Hunter'. He tries one more time to test her interest to see if she'd be jealous of him dating and, when she's merely overjoyed, he decides to finally move on to Kagami. However, when faced with the actual reality of Cat Noir giving his attention to someone else instead of her (instead of in addition to her), Ladybug actually finds herself hurt and questions the lack of "My Lady" in Cat Noir addressing her, but she instantly denies it when Cat Noir notices. Denial denial denial...

Aaaaaand that's a wrap! Putting this together made me realize just how interconnected the show really is but no one notices because there aren’t any secret identities being revealed, people getting together or lore being revealed. Even something that seems like a breather episode like 'Gamer 2.0' has a larger role in the arc of developing the relationship between our main heroes.

#miraculous tales of ladybug and chat noir #miraculous ladybug #ladynoir #lovesquare #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #ml meta #long post #REALLY long

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marmolita · 2 years ago

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Okay I'm gonna leave some protips here on how to have a happy marriage when it comes to having your spouse take on more chores and household tasks! Prerequisite: you and your spouse actually love each other and want things to work. This requires both parties to cooperate. My qualifications: I have been happily married for 15 years.

Here's some things I see online very often: "I always have to do all the grocery shopping. One time I sent my husband to do it and he didn't get everything we needed and bought the wrong brand of toilet paper, so I just have to do it myself." "I asked my husband to do the dishes and he loaded the dishwasher wrong! Can you believe he thought the plates should go on the top rack? Guess I always have to do the dishes myself!"

These examples use "husband" since I see that most often but I guarantee you people have the same complaints about their wives or other spouses. Source: I've been on Facebook mom groups and my husband has been on Facebook at-home dad groups and let me tell you, at-home dads bitch about their wives loading the dishwasher wrong constantly.

Listen. Folks. If you have been doing a task for years, and your spouse is doing it for the first time, THEY'RE NOT GONNA KNOW HOW TO DO IT.

Yes, you can say, well they SHOULD know how to fold clothes, everyone should know how to fold clothes! They SHOULD know how to wash dishes, everyone knows how to wash dishes! They SHOULD know how to make sure the car tires are inflated, everyone knows how to make sure the car tires are inflated! Replace with your chore of choice.

It doesn't matter what they should or should not know. If you're having this issue, then the person does not know. "Should" won't help you. What WILL help is a combination of:

Teaching them how to do it

Adapting the task to fit their skill set

Accepting that they won't do the task exactly the way you would do it, and that's okay

Let me give you an example from my own life. Before we had kids, we had a relatively even distribution of housework. I did the cooking and laundry, and he did the dishes and cleaning. After we had kids, I went back to work and my husband became a stay-at-home dad. At this point, he took on most of my chores. We have twins, and when you have baby twins, you do laundry three times a week, not the once a week on Sundays that I had adapted to fit my work schedule. Once they got older and were at school, he picked up the grocery shopping as well, because he could do it during the day while I was at work and then I could spend quality time with the kids on the weekend instead of doing chores. He also picked up the cooking on weekdays for similar reasons.

Back to the laundry though. When we started doing this, he already knew how to do his own laundry. However, he didn't know things like which of my clothes are safe to put in the dryer or not, or that when you set our dryer to "speed dry" it defaults to high temperature. A couple of my favorite sweaters shrank. Clothes ended up in the wrong drawers or folded in a very different way than I would fold them.

I will admit to being annoyed and thinking, "I guess I should just do the laundry myself." But instead, we worked out solutions. I told him about the heat setting and how it would shrink my clothes, and gave him a general idea of which type of items need to be line dried. I don't get mad when he asks me "does this go in the dryer?" when he's doing laundry because I would rather be asked than have my clothes shrink. I gave him an overview of what goes in which drawer and we discussed the possibility of labeling the drawers, but instead we wrote up a key and taped it to the wall next to the dresser until he memorized it.

I accept that my clothes will be folded weirdly, because they're still folded, and that's all that matters.

Now, my kids are 9, and we encountered another problem: he cannot tell the difference between my clothes and theirs. You would think, gosh, who can't tell the difference between clothes for a 40yo and clothes for a 9yo! But my husband is six feet tall and I am 5'4" and to him clothes are either about the size he is, or "small." He literally cannot tell the difference. There's no amount of education that will make him be able to tell the difference, and checking the tags is useless because guess what, adult clothes also have sizes like "6" and "8".

So instead, we have two laundry baskets, and we don't mix and match our clothes with the kids' clothes. Problem solved.

He can't remember which clothes belong to which of my kids. I can, because I care about clothes, and because I was there when we bought them, but his brain just doesn't work that way and he cannot keep track. There are a lot of ways to solve this! We could label the tags with initials. We could keep their laundry separate from each other. I could do the sorting, because I keep track of it.

He solved this problem on his own, though: he washes the clothes, puts them in a basket, and gives the whole basket to the kids. The kids are responsible for sorting what belongs to who and putting it away. Not only did we solve the problem, but we're giving our kids age-appropriate responsibilities too.

Anyway this turned into a ramble, but the keys remain the same. Don't assume someone's lack of knowledge is intentional or that they're doing a task wrong just to piss you off or make you do it instead. Teach them what they need to know! Teach them only what they NEED, not the exact way you do it. Accept that they will do it differently than you. When their thought process is too different from yours, adapt the task such that it works for them. STOP THINKING YOU SHOULD DO EVERYTHING YOURSELF. And stop yelling at them when they do it "wrong," because that always leads to "then just do it yourself," which is exactly what we're trying to avoid.

Anyway I hope that helps someone out there!

#misc #marriage tips #i guess?#idk I'm just tired of people complaining about how their spouse won't do housework #when every time their spouse tries to do housework they just yell at them for doing it wrong #obviously does not apply to a spouse who actively is trying to not do chores that's a different problem

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I'll chime in, because I'm on the other extreme end of @olderthannetfic, where I can sit down and Pants a 130k story. (They're usually in the 30-60k variety, but a story is however long it ends up being for me!) To reference the video series that Elfwreck shared above - I'm an Intuitive Panster through and through!

The vast majority of the time, I know 2 things going into a story. 1. What I want the ending to be. (It is often "Characters Smooch!" because I am a simple gal who loves her blorbos kissing, even her OCs.) 2. There is a specific scene I want to write that has inspired this story in the first place and I'm writing the fic around it.

I might have a handful of beats I think I want to hit in the middle, but it's all rather nebulous until I sit down to write all of it. It's in my brain, I figure it'll eventually make its way onto the keyboard.

Like others in the thread have said - you can really only find out which you are by giving things a *try*. I've plotted out fics before (I have a 100k+ monster that's plotted out to high heaven because it's working in conjunction with a series of comics from an artist, so to keep track of emotional beats to write, I have it all plotted out), but 98% of the time, I'm not doing anything more than a series of major plot beats described with a vague sentence that are 15-20k sections a piece, or nothing at all.

One of these feels RIGHT to me. Like it is how my brain works and how I want to write. But it takes some trial and error to figure it out and even more so, to figure out what is right for YOU, anon (and to all other writers out there) and how far along either spectrum you trend. There really is no right or wrong way to approach writing - it all depends on you.

A few things that can be really tough for Intuitive Pantsers (based on my own personal experience):

Feeling like your idea is way too big and you have no idea where to start

Having a few dozen projects all going at the same time, or starting new projects rather than ending old ones

Getting stuck with no idea of where/how to proceed and then pretending you'll finish it someday

In order, here's how I tackle those things:

Allow yourself to write smaller pieces of it. This is really, really hard, but I've written dozens of ficlets that are just... 1-3k out of what could have been a 100k+ story. Not every 100k story needs to be written - sometimes you can leave those to the reader's imagination!

Part of this is the ADHD in me - I need to juggle or I go crazy, but have a plan for finishing fics. Buckling down to finish a story is TOUGH, but having a plan to do so, having a cheerleading squad, hell, having a list to cross off - it's so satisfying to do. But if you need to put a fic down for a while - that's fine. But have a plan for finishing it if you truly want to - EVENTUALLY. (NaNo is always that for me.)

If you write yourself into a corner, it is because of 1 of 2 things in my experience. 1. Your problem is 10 sentences back, read back and take a left instead of a right. 2. Your problem is you do not know how to connect Plot Point C to the later Plot Point F. Spend some time listening to writing playlists and ideating/mentally chewing on this to see what your brain comes up with.

So much of learning the type of writer you are is trial and error. Try outlining - if it doesn't work, try a lighter/less detailed approach and see if that works. If outlining doesn't work, see if pantsing works. If pantsing doesn't work - try writing out major plot beats and write again. Your style likely falls somewhere in the middle - it's a matter of figuring out what works and then rinse/repeating it from there!

One ProTip I'll offer!!

The single most useful thing for me as the type of writer I am? Learning and knowing how to touch type, and to touch type quickly and accurately. Being able to type as fast as my brain goes means that I'm not trying to keep all of a story in my head at one time. I can start writing and let it just fall out and onto the keyboard. I've written all 3 of my published stories this way, I've written thousands of fanfics this way, and it's what works BEST for me. It took me the better part of 5 years to figure out this was the best way for me to write, and another 8-10 to get to a point of proficiency. (My first published fanfic is turning 20 in April, so I know it's older than some of you!) Don't be afraid if this takes you time to figure out!

(Learning to touch type (ie type without looking at the keyboard) is one of the most useful skills you can have as an adult - and being able to do that will only help you in life, never mind how much it helps you when writing.)

And anon, if you want a practical example of some outlining I've done, as someone who DOES NOT OUTLINE (lol), here's what mine looks like for a Centaur AU I'm writing:

This is a level of prescriptiveness that is very ANTI my usual writing style, but for someone who is not a plotter, this is how I outline!

Potentially an odd or stupid question, but how exactly do people outline their fics? This is a skill that I’ve just never picked up and any of my attempts to make one just kind of sputter out and stop. I still write, but I don’t really have any hard copy of where I’m planning on taking things outside of my head.

Well... are you someone who likes to plan things out?

I cannot write until I have an extensive outline, and the types of stories that interest me have plots that need to be tight (e.g. mystery novels). But there are multiple types of writer, and some figure out what the story is about by noodling along and then revising once they see what they've got.

#Aria Posts #Writing #Writing Style #Writing Advice #I love posts like this #Writing is so fun to hear other people talk about #Especially when they approach it so intrinsically different from how you do

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princessamericachavez · 3 years ago

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Hi, I’ve been wanting to get into critical role for a while, but I realized that there is so much that I just genuinely don’t know where to begin. Is there any tips how what’s the best way to get started? There is like years and years of critical role content I don’t know if I could keep up ehsjakkah

Well, lucky for you there are 3 different places where you could start.

1. You could start with the first campaign they live-streamed, especially if you are interested in Vox Machina because of the new series. It works well because you get to see the how their style changed slowly and how they went from 'home game' to 'live-stream sensation'. The first few eps might be a little weird, because they'd already been playing for a while and were basically mid-campaign, but you still have all the best arcs ahead. Also, there's a certain party member that gets increasingly annoying (to say the least) but they leave and after that you're left with the main cast and some awesome guests. There's ppl who have already made suggestions on what eps/moments to skip to avoid the worst of it. You could also start directly with the Trials of the Take arc or the Briarwood arc, imho, but the first few eps have some beats that later come into play if you want to get the whole experience (though you wouldn't miss anything major by skipping that first Kragghamer arc, in my opinion). Overall, it's an amazing campaign, especially if you're getting into this because of TLOVM.

2. You could also start with the second campaign, which has already finished. It's a good starting point for new critters because you get to see the characters start since lvl 2 and explore the way they and their relationships grow together. It's also fun because the cast was far more comfortable playing and streaming and you can see they made a lot of bolder character choices from the beginning. The Mighty Nein are a very different party to VM but their relationships are frankly amazing and it's a very fun overarching story that differs from more typical high-fantasy narrative beats. TMN are definitely far more outcasts and weirdoes than VM (at least VM at the point of the campaign where we meet them). It's fun and it's also already over so you can catch up with it calmly.

3. You could also join in on the third campaign which is currently streaming. They are 14 episodes in so far, which isn't too much. It could be a fun way to catch up and participate with the fandom's current conversation around meta, theories and ships. The story is barely starting to take shape, so it's not entirely clear what kind of narrative/campaign we'll get, but that's part of the fun, for sure! There's some throwbacks/cameos to previous campaigns, but mostly —just like campaign 2— you can watch without much context and not miss anything important. None of the campaigns are heavily inter-connected, they are all pretty much standalone stories.

As for tips for watching:

1. Don't stress yourself, it's a lot of content and there's no hurry to catch up. Even if you decide to go with c3 to catch up with the fandom, I assure you catching up is entirely possible and easier than it seems.

2. You can speed-run the episodes on YouTube at x1.5 so go a little bit faster. This is useful, especially during combat, which can sometimes take a while. I used to do this when they were planning/shopping etc and then slow down again when something I was particularly interested on happened.

3. They also come out in podcast form! So you can switch it up and just listen to some eps while you do other stuff. I used to do this, saving the 'important' plot episodes to watch on video and then listening to the ones that were more 'transitory' as the arc progressed. (Protip: if you're like me and don't have much of a poker face, beware, because I did smile like an idiot and had to muffle a few laughs while listening to VM at the gym).

4. In all honesty, if you aren't super anti-spoilers, you could always take a quick look at the critical role wiki to see what happens in each ep and maybe even skip whichever doesn't particularly interest you. Some episodes aren't as plot-productive or character-heavy as others. You can also look for those YouTube comments that compile time-stamps to just skip to the bigger or funnier moments of the episodes that otherwise don't have much going on, so that way you don't miss out on the fun but get to advance the story further. I mean... in the end, listening to all of it is a joy even with the slower eps (they tend to have some great character moments) but it's a good way to lighten the load of content.

5. Have fun! Enjoy the ride! Feel free to come here and comment on whatever you're currently on because I love to see new critters commentary about the campaigns. <3

#critical role #sofia's nonsense #the legend of vox machina #oh another way is you could catch up with the current campaign first #and then as you are watching weekly and craving more content in between episodes u can slowly watch c1 and c2

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chalkrevelations · 3 years ago

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So, I know I already speculated that maybe Kun could try to buy some goodwill with the main family by returning Pete, if he finds out he (still) exists, but I keep turning over scenarios in my head and wondering if we’re ever going to get any payoff for Pete being around to overhear Kun dressing down Vegas for “hurting” Porsche at the beginning of Ep 11, with the interest in Porsche, specifically, that comment betrays.

Which is a little bit tangential, although maybe somewhat related, to the actual point of this post, which is some speculation on a different track:

Further to the discussion with @placetneplacet about Vegas having to throw rocks at Pete to get him to go away at this point, r/t “escape,” what if that’s essentially what happens? What if Pete’s looking SO sad in the WDYS MV because Vegas drove him away? For Pete’s own protection? (And maybe, just a little bit, at least, Vegas’s?) Not just from Vegas, himself, in this case, but from Kun? All made maybe, possibly, slightly easier for Vegas by the fact that he’s clearly scared of what he’s just got himself into, in the final seconds that we get to see in the aftermath of their ... listen, I’m just going to start calling it their love scene, I don’t think that it’s actual love yet, although there’s plenty of connection there, and it’s clearly where we’re headed, and it’s just easier to go ahead and use the terminology :hands: ... in the aftermath of their love scene when he gets a look at Pete’s brilliant smile and his own smile slides off his face in his little italicized oh moment. (I’ll tell you what’s happening in those final seconds of that scene: We’re getting a look at the new terrain of the VP relationship and it’s this: Pete just had the most mind-blowing sex of his life and got his horizons completely altered. Vegas just fell in love. These are NOT the same things, and NOW we get to watch the delicious, delicious experience of Pete's realization, which I think is yet to fully happen. Protip, Pete: If it makes you sad, then it’s important. But first we get to watch the painful reality of Vegas in love with someone who’s not going to be mean about it, but who’s not really in love with him (yet). One night of fantastic sex, and they follow you home, right, Pete? Also, somewhere, Tawan is laughing at you, Vegas.)

ANYWAY, as I was saying, Vegas is clearly in love and terrified and still under his father’s thumb. We’ve seen how he reacted when he thought Pete was going to die from sepsis. We’ve seen how he reacted when his hedgehog died. We know he expects everything and everyone to leave him, because that’s been his experience in the past, except now there’s Pete, who not only didn’t leave, he came back, he chose Vegas, a total of at least three times in Ep 12, alone (his initial decision to stay rather than run, his decision to follow Vegas back into the house instead of run, his decision to kiss Vegas and signal that yes, he was willing to take what Vegas was offering). We’ve also seen that when Vegas is scared, he lashes out, including the scene with the book, when Pete was getting his clever fingers a little too far into Vegas’s head a little too fast for Vegas to be comfortable with. How easy would it be, driven by fear of Kun, fear for Pete’s safety, and maybe still a little bit of fear about his own feelings, for Vegas to be enough of an asshole to push Pete away? To make Pete’s decision to leave (to “escape”) just a little bit easier?

OW, gdi. I think I just hurt myself.

The one problem I can see with this is that it would require Pete NOT seeing right through Vegas on this one. Although if it could be bolstered by both Pete's need (for now) to return to the main family and the understanding that Kun is a real threat if he stays around ... Also possibly Vegas could try to fuck him stupid before making his play. Oh God. And then tell him that he's been manipulating him all along, just like TAWAN, just like he did when he left that belt the first time - manipulating him to the point where he actually HAS Stockholmed him, to get Pete to the point where Vegas doesn't even have to keep him in handcuffs, doesn't have to put him on a leash to make a pet out of him.

OW. I just HURT myself AGAIN.

I don’t know. But if Vegas could pull it off, then there’s a whole lot of delicious, painful, angsty pining on both their parts, before they come face to face again in the final showdown, and the chips start falling.

#vegas theerapanyakul #pete phongsakorn #MY BELOVEDS #vegaspete #kinnporsche #how we feeling vegaspete nation?

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thurisazsalail · 3 years ago

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A Guide to Keeping Your Medical Records

Look, I have like. A LOT of medical issues. Even when I didn’t have anything diagnosed, yeah, part of the problem was neglectful medical staff... and a lot of it was doctors and staff not having information they needed to make a decision. Having a binder of your info can give them that info at a glance.

Anyone can walk into a doctors’ office or ER and just... say stuff. ER docs ESPECIALLY don’t know that YOU are telling the truth. And just as important! *Accurate* truth! Because we all think our recollection of some important stuff is dead-on... but actually, fine details that are important just get lost, or become hazy. But paperwork from “outside witnesses” (other doctors or pharmacists) gets instant respect and verification.

Having your medical records in one binder is really rare for doctors to see from patients but my experience has been that they help SO. MUCH. My experience of doctors really started to change when I walked in with a 2″ binder of just... like... everything from the past ~1-2 years, and some things I’d been battling since I was a teenager, so like, 10 years. With folder dividers, the kind of divider that has a pocket? Somewhat organized, not even pristine. It was even a relief for some because they worked for a company, and the company rendered their computers practically useless to get tests for like, a month. Cool, I had copies of mine on paper! No duplicated tests to pay for!

Suddenly, they went from “yeah whatever ok” to “... oh. You’re serious. You came with bloodwork results? And PHOTOS of what’s happening? And the front page for previous prescriptions from wal-mart or walgreens showing exactly what it is and when it was filled? ........... okay. we’ll.... find out. Maybe not today, but we’ll work on it.” I went from “I don’t know what that is, but it cleared up by now!” to “... wait, you said you’ve never been able to eat without pain, and now you’re covered in a rash? You can’t breathe in detergent aisles? I really hope you do not have something called MCAS.” (I did not. That doctor was actually worried that I would get angry with him over that. ??? Apparently some patients just DO that because they don’t have an answer in one test.)

GREAT COOL, BINDERS ARE GREAT! BUT I WASN’T JUST TAUGHT THIS STUFF FROM FAMILY OK. I had to learn to assemble this info because I did office admin work before and I was raised by a narcissist and even doctors were horrible. I fear doctors the way I fear cops. Because I feel like both could just injure or kill me and get away with it. Docs have injured and killed friends, and I ended up with dire long QT (and some other issues over the years) because of docs not listening to me. Getting my medical records seems to make shit doctors Nervous because suddenly, a patient has agency and won’t just shut up and do whatever. Maybe it will help you, too.

I know some of these links are for “retired people and caregivers.” The same rules apply! It’s just that no one DOES this stuff until they become caregivers to others! But protip: YOU are your own best caretaker right now. A binder helps other trusted people to know what happened before. There are even downloads for free if you want them!

How + Why to Keep These Binders, What to Keep In Them (video) Downloadable Resources + Explanations for Medical Binders

How Journals Help Improve Your Care (read the comments here. Some are actually really good!)

#medical info #doctors #chronic illness #caretaking #caregivers #emergency info #medical #medical records #organization

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softichill · 2 years ago

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I dearly hope you are enriched with selenium and pizzer after that. How are you holding up? Other boss is angry I start/leave work 6 minutes early. I gave her my best "I'm not going to stop this but I have to listen" face. You know the one. She was supposed to help me start a protest but is a busy single mother. And it's back to school, my beloathed. BLEH. So my plans are in smoke. Sigh. Either way I'm still here. I could have bathed in the amount of corn flour yesterday. Or gotten breaded. I don't think I'm a snack though. What else? I accidentally performed successful surgery on myself. Protip: don't do this. My fanfiction is coming along swimmingly. Have you played the stony particle yet? I just wanna gush about the funny gay game men. Serious analysis style. Glad you're playing the funny lesbian game! There are people who say the stanley parable is to mlm what portal is to wlw. I think it's accurate. Seen some crossover fics but none just right. I never finished co-op mode but there is a cutscene at the end of that I've seen. It's been ages but I could probably play that again. I love how mean the series gets. I hear there was a lego crossover but it felt slightly to the left of what it was supposed to be. Guess that's the point. Kidies don't need to know about the darker lore. Not yet. Give em a few years. Need to play aperture desk job, myself. Looks interesting. You ever hear of Bear Ghost? They made a song called Starkiller that is fan freaking tastic! Who knew this good a song could come out of star wars?

I am I am!! Sorry for the late response again. I need to work on responding more quickly ehe...

Oh no that sucks DD: I hope things start working out better soon!!!

I have not played The Stony Particle yet, if I'm assuming correctly that you're saying The Stanley Parable. And yeah I'm playing Portal 2!! I played the first one a while back and am finally getting to the second, once I've finished playing single-player I'm gonna try out the co-op mode with my sibling. We have some pretty different ways of solving the many puzzles, so it's gonna be fun!!

Ooo I think I might have heard of Starkiller!! I don't have access to YouTube rn sadly but I'll listen to it when I can!

I recommend Touch-Tone Telephone by Lemon Demon (if I haven't already in the past fjdbfjdbnf). It's a song about a conspiracy theorist trying to contact Leonard Nimoy fjbdcjbd

#Ask #song rec

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presumenothing · 4 years ago

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fmab (+03) fic masterlist

because even i’m starting to lose track of what i’ve posted so far. all writing is eventually crossposted to ao3, individual tumblr posts linked below the cut because it’s lengthy as hell

(this is like 85% post-promised day fic with the occasional canon-divergence au for flavour, ft lots of resembool kids, riza, and roy. basically gen with near-zero ship content because that’s how i roll)

update: total wordcount has now broken 20k 25k 30k 35k 40k 45k(!!!!)

update 2: now with crumbs of 03 content because yeehaw

april

“Actually, Winry – can you do something for me?”

“Lieutenant. Would you ever consider learning alchemy?”

“I guess I just – want to figure out who I am. Me, not the Fullmetal Alchemist.”

Besides, the scars on his palms have been – pardon his language – hurting like a bitch ever since he woke to this gloomy weather this morning.

Ishval had given him plenty of practice at that soldier’s art of taking even the lightest of naps whenever circumstances permitted.

[au] Ed has never had reason to hate how swiftly his mind works, not until now.

It’s just simple clerical error that leads to Edward Elric retaining his title and pay as a State Alchemist, even after the Promised Day. No, really.

may

He’s just tired, not about to collapse.

These days Ed’s journals are actual proper travelogues, no coded shit or anything.

[au] It doesn’t even start until after they arrive in Resembool.

(can’t have been the more socially-adjusted brother, obviously.)

[au] “I don’t,” Ed bites out, “know any damn alchemists.”

Maes raises an eyebrow and sloshes his near-empty cup pointedly.

august

[wip] “Is this about Al, or you?”

“–of course I know these aren’t the most efficient routes!”

Ed seriously considers dyeing his hair more than once, in the After.

Winry only needs a glimpse of red to know what it must be.

Rush Valley talks. Winry listens.

Much as Al loves his brother to itty-bitty-and-very-shouty pieces,

The first time someone mistakes Al for the Fullmetal Alchemist,

+ The thing is, Al gets it.

“Brother told me that you told him about Ishval,” Alphonse says.

It’s an honest observation – as honest as he can ever get, at least –

[au] In another world, she is never named the Hawk’s Eye.

“Somehow I doubt your place is much better, sir.”

would it be the most impossible thing to have happened to the Elrics?

“I can’t believe he didn’t tell us,” Ed growls,

a minimum age limit on all candidates for the State Alchemist exam.

“There’s gotta be a shark somewhere around.”

The Elrics make transmuting without circles look easy.

The problem, if Riza is to put it into words,

Al completely botches the first dozen or so transmutations

(Ed? Talking about automail? Over food?)

[au] in the end it’s Al who really takes after their father.

“Fullmetal realising his celebrity status? Woe betide us,”

The tea is actually well-made, first of all, not burnt

“Not like– I mean, personal about me, not you!”

[au] “Huh,” Al says.

Still less work than getting entropy-murdered by Olivier, he decides.

[au] It’s not every dead person that he sees.

[au] They weren’t even meant to stop in Resembool.

Jean just wants to make one thing – okay, a few things – very clear.

Ed knows this firsthand from too much Winry exposure.

The lump on the couch lets out a string of wholly intelligible noises.

september

“Take me out to dinner,” Riza says.

“We’re not even in Amestris, though.”

[au] Riza had been angry too, when she had let herself be, but hers is a cold ire, locked beneath glaciers and the burn of frostbite. Wrath makes no such pretences.

[outline] But in the case of Fullmetal – more specifically in the case of Fullmetal and Youswell – Roy mostly wishes he could unknow things.

[au] Roy forces enough air into his lungs to get the words out. “You’re dead.”

[outline…?] winry’s gonna like this, al says.

Alphonse flaps a hand. “Oh, because it’s complete bullshit.”

“Y’know, you really aren’t that tall, Brother.”

getting to finally keep a cat hadn’t been very high on his list of priorities.

[au] “Edward. Get out of here, take Envy with you.”

[wtnv au] “Welcome to Resembool.”

october

just because you’re immortal doesn’t mean you can’t die from food poisoning, young man.

[au snippet] It’s sort of a belief, in the eastern parts of Amestris,

[03] Al’s hug is the first real thing he’s felt in years.

[03] Never thought you were, Ed retorts lightly, and lets Alfons turn away with a huff.

“When you said to come visit you in Rush Valley this is not what I was expecting!”

(and jeez, only Ed would manage to make it necessary to keep a kit on hand for actual minor-to-major catastrophes during a semi-honeymoon trip)

november

[03] Except the sight of his brother only serves to make everything worse, for once.

[au] The worst thing about this is that it’s not even equivalent.

[au] “You wanna know why? The real reason, not the quantum bullshit I fed Mustang.” (+ more in the tag)

[snippet] And just for that I won’t be leaving Wrath any.

“I shall finally exact the decisive vengeance that I have always dreamed of,” Scar booms right back before Armstrong can even ask,

Al knows from the moment he wakes up that it’s going to be a good day.

[snippets] The real disaster comes when Ed learns how to weaponise his height.

[03 au] The man in the brown overcoat. That’s all anyone ever seems able to recall of Edward.

[au] They say the Elric house is haunted. Of course. Empty houses are always haunted.

Of course, this assumes that said person is an alchemist of some ability, and that said life has been one of some loss and strife.

“Are you alright? Nod for yes, swear at me for no.”

from the intervening pause he surmises Riza is jotting something down on the notepad she keeps by the phone.

She’s been looking forward to the day when her hair finally gets long enough to – well, no longer be short.

“Remind me of this the next time I decide to trust Ling any further than I can throw him.” ( + xing tag)

december

Ed’s almost twenty when he realises that Hawkeye must’ve been around his age when she was deployed to Ishval.

[au] At least this far out from Amestris Ed could mostly brush the first one off as an interplanetary translation fuckup.

bonus textposts and assorted nonsense

the Better Alchemist™️

on the topic of ed’s scrawl

al, defender of cat

*csi miami theme but with cats*

on the topic of flat affect + 200000% turbo by default

on the topic of pain tolerance + further thoughts

ed @ mustang’s problem solving skills

ok but about liore…

terrible TERRIBLE ideas (three of them)

putting the SHORT in SHORT-TEMPERED

clap reflex

you’re retired, ed, r e t i r e d

and by “ambidextrous” i mean “confused”

protip: you can’t

YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAH (aka csi miami theme, riza redux)

feral ducklings, the continuation(??)

does THIS count as elric telepathy

honestly, y’all

too much fire?? sounds fake

on the topic of academia

sometimes the stars align

on the topic of riza hawkeye

terrible idea, berthold version

immortal troubles

THE CHURCH OF EDWARD ELRIC

PRIDE (& WRATH): one, two, three (4koma)

objectively the worst post-cos timeline

serious stuff: fma drama cd, daughter of dusk

asks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 aka izumi pwns roy, 9 aka not coffeeshop au, 10 aka legalities, 11 aka autograph woes

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fxckitup-buttercup · 5 years ago

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“Girl let me love you And I will love you Until you learn to love yourself.” from Ne-Yo’s Let me love you.

sorry this took so long but i wanted to make sure i got this right for you! i know you like angst so i tried to make this angsty for you, my friend! ❤️❤️❤️ warning: online bullying

You felt love for everyone.

Everyone but yourself.

Someone could compliment you and your reaction was always, “Thank you, but that’s not right!” You would always laugh it off with the biggest smile. You never broke down no matter what happened.

People thought you might be with someone who more matched your levels of innocence. None of them ever thought that you would be with the Red Devil himself, Karma Akabane.

He was so completely sinful everyone was worried he’d corrupt you. You didn’t have to worry about that. You knew he loved his pranks and always listened to his crazy stories. There was a new one everyday.

Throughout your entire relationship, you made sure to keep your head high and your smile wide. Karma had never seen you once break down in any way.

Something that he was overly used to was you surprising him with a picture. He knew that you used social media even if he didn’t. You really did love to take pictures of places you and your friends would go for fun and post them.

There were always issues that you would face due to being online but you would never bother anyone with them.

There was one day when Karma was hanging out with a few of his classmates. Nagisa had gotten a notification on his phone that you had recently posted a picture on one of your platforms. Now, Karma always loved to have pictures of you on his phone so he had asked to see it.

Nagisa handed his phone over - something he rarely did because it was Karma. “Please just don’t fuck up my phone again,” he said with a nervous laugh.

Karma scoffed and waved aside the concern. He scrolled through your feed, smiling at how happy you looked in the pictures. There was one picture that he couldn’t help but stare at. You were wearing an outfit that you had been really happy to put together. The comments grabbed his attention.

xxxx: that outfit just makes you look fat

xxxxxxx: protip! dont smile

xxxxxx: how are you able to have a boyfriend when you look like dog shit?

The comments went on like that. Karma went to other posts and found that there were some like that under every post.

At that point, he was livid. He wanted to find each and every person who made those comments and make them pay. He wanted to literally smash their heads into the cold, hard, pavement.

No one should ever disrespect someone he’s close to, especially you. Karma handed Nagisa his phone back. “I have to go,” he said quickly. He grabbed his stuff and called you, worry picking at him.

His mind was racing. He knew that you were struggling with your body image and that these comments weren’t helping. Why didn’t you come to him? Why didn’t you tell him about what was wrong?

As soon as Karma got to your house, he used the key you gave him to get inside. He knew you were going to be here - your last picture was of you in your room. He made his way to your room, knocking before opening your door.

You weren’t inside but he could hear you. You were letting out soft cries and he could hear it. “(Y/N)? Babe, are you okay?” he called out. Karma immediately went to the bathroom. The door was closed and locked, making an already worried Karma, even more worried. “(Y/N), please.” His voice was soft.

He heard you sigh from the other side. Your voice was shaky and uneven. “I’m…. I’m okay, Kar. You don’t have to worry about me,” you said from the other side.

Little did he know that you were in a downward spiral. The people telling you those awful things online. The feelings of dread you got whenever clothes didn’t fit. The feeling of not being good enough for Karma swallowed you up most.

You had no idea how you were able to get with a guy like Karma. He was so sweet and he loved you with all his heart. At least you hoped he did.

Karma didn’t want you to be alone. “I know you’re not okay. I know that you’re going through shit,” he said, leaning against the bathroom door. “I don’t want you to go through this alone.” You listened to his words, not wanting to say anything. “You shouldn’t listen to what those people say about you. They’re all wrong.”

You took a deep breath, trying to wipe away your tears as you heard him. His voice was filled with so much worry but held so much care in every word. You finally opened the door, causing Karma to almost fall to the ground if he had not gained his balance quickly.

Just as he was regaining his balance, he almost fell over again, getting tackled in your hug. You started to cry into his chest, holding onto him. He held onto you tightly, gently moving the two of you to the ground.

Karma hated to see you like this. He hadn’t ever wanted to see you so broken. “I promise…. (Y/N), I promise, I will love you and I will love you,” he whispered softly to you. “I will love you until you learn to love yourself and even after that.”

#love forgetting to add tags AGAIN #karma akabane #karma akabane x reader #karma #karma x reader #assclass #assassination classroom

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