#its bhm he gets to do it all

[thel0v3hashira143]

❝𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐔𝐏!❞

⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡ eren armin jean reiner n levi ☆ various aot men as dads!!

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⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡ fem!reader (referred to as mom or mommy), black aligned reader but as per usual anyone can read

⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡ notes: y'all thought i was playin when i said had 2 other pieces huh...well anyways heres my 2nd official revamp entry!! erm i hope u guys like it cause i lost like 3 hours of sleep over this. (its bhm you have to like it or else) stay hot!! 🎀🎀

eren yaeger 🌸

2 words. girl dad.

this man was born to have an army of girls surrounding him at all times (but he's not necessarily complaining in this case)

you two's daughter is a very passionate and outgoing child and eren totally embraces that

he's deeply involved in his child's life, sharing stories about the world and instilling a sense of curiosity (aka giving her bad ideas)

he was an outside and play in the mud kid so he is all for letting her have free range to express/play how she wants

and he's a sucker for your little girl so he usually gets roped into her shenanigans

when you come home and the house is quiet you know those two are up to something nefarious 😭😭

"eren, why the hell does my kitchen look a hot ass mess?"

"she wanted to make a cake, babe!"

i can see your daughter playing sports (soccer specifically) and he is 1000 the dad that yells at the ref.

"did you see that [name]!? that brat just pushed her over l, why didn't that bastard call it!?"

will get down and dirty for his girls. no matter what

emphasizes the importance of freedom, encouraging your to pursue her dreams no matter what.

actually the most supportive ever??

your daughter wants to play 10 different sports? he's buying all the equipment no matter the cost. she wants to be the next picasso? he'll buy her brand new art supplies and be her model.

just hes so just....*sigh*

armin arlert 🌸

my man, loml, my day 1, my soul mate my everything (he was my first anime crush i will be projecting on this one argue wit ur mama)

he is definitely a gentle parent to your little boy who's just a shy little dude

armin knows what it feels like to be that shy and quiet kid so he's very patient and understanding

him and your son are practically carbon copies of eachother minus his curly hair (which he got from you) but you think its adorable

speaking of hair HE TOTALLY LEARNS TO BRAID/DO TWIST

he knew taking care of your son's hair was going to require extra effort because of his texture but he doesnt care and learns anyway (sob sob)

him and your son are attached at the hip and wherever one goes you typically find the other.

they spend many quiet moments together and obviously armin reads him multiple stories before bed.

i can totally see y'alls son being an artist/artistically gifted

you can find him and armin sprawled out on the floor with paper and various art supplies as armin nods along to the nonsense coming out of your son's mouth

"mhmm, oh i see! i think that color looks great there too."

meanwhile you're in the corner just sobbing and dying of cuteness in your house

much like eren he teaches his son the values of curiosity and freedom, even if his son is a little more reserved

he wouldn't ever force him into doing anything he doesn't want to, but encourages him in the small things

i also fantasize about living by a beach with armin so ik he takes y'all to the beach at least 3 times a month.

every single time he goes he carries his son on his hip as the explore the beach in search of shells and other treasures to take home.

"you like this one buddy? why don't we give it to mommy as a nice present, yeah?"

i can't write too long or imma short circuit but i will be expanding on this because i love armin so much

he's so neat :]

jean kirstein 🌸

jean, as a dad, is like a mix of cornyness and seriousness

on the one hand i can totally see him making the stupidest dad jokes while you and your daughter are just like 🧍🏽‍♀️🧍🏽‍♀️

like the irl personification of "im not a regular mom, i'm a cool mom"

but on the other hand he's just like my dad where he can turn anything into a life lesson and you have to sit while he scolds your daughter for at least 30 minutes

it's all out of love tho

he thrives in a lighthearted atmosphere at home and spending time together is a huge thing for him

he is a bbq/camping dad and no i will not take criticism on this

jean takes pride in teaching life skills, from fixing things around the house to imparting practical wisdom (even though it isn't always wanted 💀)

your daughter will likely be well-prepared for the challenges of the world. he likes to think he's the reason she has a good head on her shoulders.

speaking of which, your daughter is very much sassy...(jean swears she gets if from you but we know the truth)

shes the first one to have something smart to say and its gotten her in trouble quite a few times with jean...but theyre besties.

balances tough love with genuine affection, cause he definitely mellowed out as he got older but knows when to put his foot down (unlike eren. what who said that??)

your daughter knows she can always count on him. ♡

reiner braun 🌸

AURGGYGHH I LOVE THIS MAN

anyways as soon as your son was born he only knew one word.

panic.

specifically timeskip!reiner. i can only imagine him as a worrier and a helicopter parent up until your son is like 6-7.

"rei, if you don't let that boy go play with the other kids!" "[name], i read that a slide has 82 times more germs than a kitchen sink. i won't let him be exposed to that."

it's just like *sigh* but thanks to you he eventually mellows out.

y'alls son is a really kind boy. like stupidly nice. damn near a pushover. (but we love him)

while you're ready to fight the other parents (or kids) who hurt your baby, reiner is actually more gentle in his approach

he's clearly a big strong guy but he's very gentle in his approach when it comes to seeing his son cry or just in general

reiner, as a dad, is the protector. he's vigilant and caring, instilling a strong sense of security in your home

your son feels safe knowing reiner is there to shield him from any harm.

seeing talk all soft to y'alls son makes you go sksmwkwmwka he's so man...

"hey, me and mom love you very much. you got that bud?"

balances strength with gentleness. offering a listening ear and encouraging open communication.

he wants his son to know he'll always be there for him since he never really had a father growing up

safe to say your son grows up feeling understood and supported by both parents ♡

levi ackerman 🌸

for sure the strictest dad on this list.

from the moment your daughter was born he had her on a schedule that was planned meticulously.

like hour by hour he knows what's going on and you're just there like🧍🏽‍♀️

"i read a consistent schedule helps with her brain development." "...."

as she gets older he calms down a little. but like only the smallest little bit.

however! levi, although strict, is a fiercely devoted dad

this just came to me but he's the dad where if you our your daughter syas you like a snack one time he'll buy a lifetime supply until you tell him otherwise

despite his stoic exterior, Levi has a soft spot for his child's well-being and takes pride in their achievements, no matter how small

your daughter is a dancer. fight me.

even if you can't make it, you see him in the audience at every recital with a soft smile.

"you did great. yes, i recorded all of it for mom to see too."

ngl he is very rule oriented but 9/10 he bends begrudgingly for your daughter (she looks like you, so he can never say no.)

he values discipline and order but also knows the importance of showing love and appreciation.

like reiner he didn't grow up with the best father figure (if one at all) or anyone to really give him confidence growing up.

your daughter never doubts that daddy loves her and thinks she's the best ♡

he also is so skilled at doing hair?? probably better than armin.

ponytail, bun, twist, braids, you name it, he can do it. (has put you shame on multiple occasions)

teaches self-reliance and responsibility, ensuring his child is well-prepared for life's challenges.

expects excellence but also provides unwavering support

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⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡ 2nd piece done!! why was i fighting for my life during jean and reiner's....but i actually really wanna expand on dad!armin and dad!levi so maybe i'll give all the kids names sometime in the future. i tried to finish this is my ap chem class and my teacher almost took my phone 💀💀 but expect more soon cause i am on a roll! 🏃🏽‍♀️💨

𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐲 ♡

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𝙧𝙚𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚!

𝙘𝙤𝙥𝙮𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙡0𝙫3𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙖143 2024

[sketchy-the-changeling]

What do you think of Morgan Freeman's stance on Black History Month?

This may be a longer answer than you're expecting, but this is important.

I think that it's very easy to tell who actually has looked into what he's said about BHM, and who's just paraphrasing or outright misquoting him for the sake of arguing with black people.

Cause a lot of people hear "Morgan Freeman doesn't like Black History Month" and turn their brains off from there, but when you actually look at the context of what he said, you get a fuller picture.

Essentially, Morgan's stance is that he's against America having a Black History Month because, in his words:

“Black history is American history; they’re completely intertwined.”

Freeman's stance isn't that black history shouldn't be celebrated at all, but that it should be acknowledged that black people are just as (some would argue more) integral to America's history as any other racial group and therefore should be more prominent in general rather than relegated to a certain month.

It's kinda ironic, because the people that got mad at Proud Family saying "slaves built this country" are the same people using Morgan Freeman's opinion on BHM as a gotcha even though Freeman and Proud Family were essentially saying the same thing.

Now, personally, I can see where Freeman is coming from, but with America being perfectly content with burying the contributions of black people in history and violently resistant to the idea of teaching children otherwise, this country straight up will not celebrate black history unless we make it.

Basically, two things can be true at once. We can emphasize the contributions of black folks year-round while also going extra hard for our brothers and sisters (and those that lieth betwixt) on February.

Here's a general rule of thumb: if someone uses the words of a black celebrity/historical figure to say "see? this black person agrees with my backwards view!," look into the quote to see its context, because while black grifters may be a thing, it's also likely that the quote being used against you has further context that the person you're talking to is either unaware of or is actively omitting.

[clunelover]

Real up and down on the recovery front here. My foot really aches when I walk on it so I’m still using the crutches. But scared they will become…uh…a crutch? Lol. Like I’ll be too scared to take steps without them when I should. "As pain allows" is such a bad metric cause I’m a baby and will do anything to avoid pain. I think I’m still in the zone where it’s cool to use them and I’m not being overly cautious but who knows. PT appt next week Thursday so that will help .

Yesterday evening I went to the kids school with the fam . It was their annual BHM celebration and E was singing songs with the choir. I’m so glad I went and also it was so hard - by far the most people I’ve been around since surgery and I was not prepared for having to respond to "what happened?!" questions from people. I mean it’s fine and a totally normal thing to ask, I don’t resent being asked, I just hadn’t thought about how the crutches would make me Visible and there would be interactions as a result. My foot also really hurt! And I wasn’t prepared for how it would feel to be in this place and have some responsibility for my two kids but not be able to really DO anything with or for them. Like usually Jeremy and I would wait in the very long food line together while the kids run around with friends, and each get two plates, to distribute between ourselves and kids, but instead he had to get all the food himself since I can’t carry stuff, and I was just alone at a table feeling awkward. So yeah I felt overall super uncomfortable in every possible way, but really glad I went as well.

Today I drove ALONE for the first time - just for practice cause I’m taking off Friday and have TWO social engagements I need to drive to. It was also the first time back in my own car, cause the previous times I was in Jeremy’s cause he drove us to the practice area. It was AWESOME to be driving myself in MY car. Most feeling of freedom I’ve had in a while. Could almost imagine I was just a regular person in the world!

My "good" foot hurts really bad, I guess just from being the main one to carry me around so long now, plus it has its own problems and I think now that my "bad" foot is closer to healed, I can feel how even though it hurts from surgery, some of the arthritis pain IS gone, so now I really feel the pain of arthritis and the extra navicular bone in the "good" foot so much more! So that’s enough to make a person spiral (ie how long til I’ll need surgery on THAT foot oh my god I can’t do this again but also omg it hurts so bad! Lol). My left hip hurts a lot from my uneven gait/uneven strength/bad sitting position while trying to work from the couch, which I keep doing even though I shouldn’t, bc being on crutches still means that if I want to go to my office in the basement I need Jeremy to carry all my work stuff up and down the stairs, which sucks, plus he often gets fully booked with meetings for hours so I don’t want to go down there and end up "stranded" ie unable to get back upstairs WITH my stuff.

So yeah, lots of mental up and down, lots of foot pain as well as pain that isn’t even in my surgery foot! Have retreated to bed now cause that’s currently the only place I can be in a sort of neutral position with my foot up. Bleh!

[bunny-heels]

all my blogs are finally fully backed up so.

Matt is a fucking idiot. imagine being in charge of a website that advertises itself as the gayest place on the web when in reality all you do is sulk in your office being upset and whiny because people rightfully call you out on your hypocrisy, ignorance, neglect, and blatant bigotry.

there is a literal genocide happening that's been going on for years killing innocent people. a non-binary teen was beaten to death and the killers have basically gotten off free. and this fucking dumbass decides to worry about what people are saying about him online as if he isn't sitting in a pile of money like every other jackass CEO is dong. the fact Palestine isn't one of the listed trending tags on tumblr when i see news about it every 5 posts is ridiculous.

he's just like any other rich guy. he doesn't care about the wellbeing of others, thinks only for himself, puts others down when they feel threatened, and just wants more money.

tumblr stopped being a safe place for "outcasted" people years ago, even before the porn ban. in fact, maybe it never really was for outcated people. trans, black, and disabled users have been getting put down by this site for a very long time, and its fucking disgusting. this site literally houses the largest percentage of LGBT+ and disabled users i've ever seen if we're going by the polls where literally the option of cisgender and neurotypical is always under 1%. they literally are the reason this website still exist, because they've created their circles and safe spaces for them to feel comfortable sharing their life experiences and adventures through life.

most people on this site can't go a day in their real life without some form of harassment or hardship, they don't need that transferring to their digital life. every group of people deserves their own corner for them to have fun and get away from everything for a while. if that's taken away, you are left with people who are just throwing tantrums, and the actual users who made your site usable are now out there probably doing better than you and getting more respectable support than you will with your group of crying babies.

Matt is not a 13 year old kid running a GMod DarkRP server. Matt is not a 26 year old forum mod. he is a 40 year old CEO who is the founder of a well known blog creation site. he has an extremely important and powerful position, yet he is choosing to put his own immature feelings first before thinking about the safety of his own userbase that is literally used as this sites selling point.

the fucking audacity to do this shit to your own users that you literally use for a selling point when you won't even allow for certain tags to show up in the search because you claim for them to have sexual content meanwhile other tags are full of hatred, bigotry, and downright defamation of innocent people who just happen to live different lives is fucking gross. i absolutely cannot believe society and social norms have let the minds of people in power get this fucking bad. it's almost impressive, in a tortured lab monkeys way, not in an innovated and breakthrough way.

please protect all trans users, especially trans women/trans fems. please protect black users, disabled users, all people of color users, homeless/financially struggling users, harassed users, victims of assault users, Palestinian users, jewish users, any religious users-any user that you know for a fact could be thrown away by this bullshit system any day now, protect and take care of them, and make sure they know you'll always be there no matter what.

this post will be rebloggable because i want to pass these links.

palestine related links:

arab.org

gofundmes

esims

PCRF

funds for gaza

POC related links:

BHM mutual aid

american indian college fund

black family mutual aid

trans related links:

freedom oklahoma

transformationskc

trans liberation

suggestions for more plus any corrections are appreciated. reblogging and replying to add your own links for mutual aid and donations is extremely acceptable and encouraged. i apologize if anything in this is worded incorrectly.

if this is taken down despite me being a cis straight chick, you know why.

[junkyardheroes]

What is Brioche's height and weight? Also, does he see himself getting bigger in the future or is he content with how big he already is?

i dont have a specific number, cause people look very different even at the same weight. he's probably over 400 pounds tho. for our purposes hes "heavier than all the not-specifically robotic characters" so hes got high launch distance and low jump height like smash bros

also like. while he's still going around doing actiony things he's fine with his current height and weight, but if he didnt have to worry about that he'd get as heavy as he wanted or as small as he wanted. his Instinct lets him gain and lose weight super easily, even without eating or exercising, so its really whatever hes most comfortable with. it can also manipulate his height but he doesnt know how to do that yet, and it'd require active energy expenditure on his part to maintain.

if you got him relaxed, retired, and in a relationship with someone who was super into fat guys idk how big he'd get. he definitely likes being a bhm, but this is a sci-fi shonen, not a gainer fic, so dont expect it to come up on-page

[uhhlucid]

pairing: bokuto x femblack!reader

synopsis: um bokuto and his gf spend a morning together

word count: 536

type: one-shot

a/n: bhm isn't over yet! i'll get back to gender neutral stuff in the second week of march. in the meantime enjoy black history month!

The banging sound of pots and pans filled Y/n's family's home as the sun rose into the sky. She reluctantly covered her ears with a pillow before turning to her side. She was met with hard abs pressed against a loose t-shirt. Hints of her boyfriend's cologne filled her nose as Y/n closed the space between the two. Y/n glanced up and saw Bokuto smiling back at her.

This was one of the rare times his hair wasn't slicked up with gel, but rather framed his face. Y/n could tell he needed hair dye because his black roots were more visible then usual. He wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her forehead. "Its Sunday do we have to get out of bed?" Bokuto whined. "My family made breakfast for us though. The least we can do is eat it."

His lips brushed across hers softly just long enough to tell that Y/n hadn't brushed her teeth. Bokuto playfully pushed her away, "Eww go brush your teeth." Y/n pouted. "Yours smells so much worse then mine." She begrudgingly got out of her bed and stretched. She flicked the switch on the baby pink lamp sitting on her nightstand.

Her favorite color slippers awaited by her bed as she slipped them on and headed to her bathroom. She flicked the switch to reveal white tile on the walls and floor. Y/n walked up to her sink and reached in the cabinet underneath for her toothpaste. The toothbrushes resided in a cup on the right side of the sink's counter. Bokuto barged in behind her and grabbed the second toothbrush.

He began hogging the mirror so she pushed him out of the way. "You two better not be doing anything up there!" Y/n's mom called from the first floor. They both agreed they were just brushing their teeth and would be down soon. Bokuto whisper yelled in his girlfriend's ear, "You need to be quiet before your mom comes up here."

Y/n whisper yelled back, "Your the one making all the noise. I'm just trying to brush my teeth." Bokuto grumbled and spit into the sink. He rinsed his toothbrush off and Y/n could hear him grumbling down the stairs. Sensitive little shit, Y/n thought. She wiped her mouth off with a towel and headed downstairs.

The smell of freshly baked cinnamon rolls filled the air as Y/n took a seat at the kitchen table. Bokuto was already stuffing his face with cinnamon rolls, bacon, and eggs before she even got a chance to sit down. Y/n's mom laughed and expressed how glad she was that he liked her cooking. Y/n rolled her eyes and told her boyfriend to slow down. Once breakfast was finished, he insisted on helping with the dishes.

Y/n was more then happy to let him take over the chore and get Mariokart ready in the living room. She sat cross-legged on the rug and popped the cartridge into the Nintendo Switch. Just as the opening began to play, Bokuto popped his head in the living room and sat right next to Y/n. "Eager today aren't we?"

[cinamun]

So, I was inspired by your most recent ask to ask my own question that will most likely stir the pot and shake it up some but I’m one of those “let’s dive into the mind of a serial killer” people. Will we ever get a backstory for Bishop? Or at least learn more about him and what shaped him into what he is today. There has to be a story there and I’m sure it’s a tragic one or just wild at the very least. Not trying to excuse his actions in any way but I feel like everyone keeps asking “why why why” in regards to Mercy but to my knowledge no one has asked “why why why” for Bishop. It’s easy to write him off since he’s the villain but I myself love a villain origin story. I absolutely love all the rawness you put in your stories and people that are hating on you for it don’t realize you could go sooo much deeper into the chaos than you have so far. I literally was giving my husband a full rundown of the story because I was audibly gasping at your scenes. You’re an amazing story teller. And not just with this story, I love literally everything you’ve created. Yes, they’re little pixel people but I’m so attached to them and every time I read about them I feel like I’m in their world with them

(P.s. when infants drops, provided they’re not broken to hell, I’d LOVE a separate teen pregnancy story if you feel up for it! Kind of like how you did a specified story for the greenwoods testing out the pack ☺️)

Oh we LOVE a good villian, right?! We do, we hate it, but we do LOL. So Bishop is a crossover situation. He was an evil, EVIL sim from the Blackburn Family from the well known saga Let it Burn who, we thought, met an untimely death. Somehow, he reappeared in an entirely different universe, found yet another victim, and here we are. I'll let the good sis @therichantsim dive into any backstory because, well, she created him. But I like to do my research, and to my knowledge he was born this way (lady gaga voice). Some folks are just bad seeds. But maybe there's more? Who knows....

And what better way to start BHM than to have this Black girl over here blushing? LMFAO THANK YOU! This is my hobby and I love that y'all love it. And it gets dark, and its happy and its joyful and its evil. So when the good sis was like "I have an evil sim...." I was like SAY NO MORE FAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM again, here we are lol.

Say hello to your husband for me! And right, they're pixels and I really need to stop referring to them as people but my brain is stuck now since I've been playing this game forever lmfao

Speaking of infants, I'm actually GLAD we have until March because I am plotting RIGHT NOW on how we gon' do this because oh, we are PLAYING THAT NEW PACK baby! But when the infants drop, I haven't figured out how or if that will play into the story. What I do know is, you better stay tuned!

[prettypinkpuddles]

cuddle bunny

♥︎𝚊/𝚗- 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝.. 𝙰 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝙸’𝚖 𝚎𝚡𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝

♥︎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜- 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 ⭐️

You felt like you were dying. You were squealing and mewling to the Geo Archon, your nerves could hardly take it. You buried yourself and your simple whimpers into Zhongli’s neck as he ruts into you one last time, his long awaited cum spilling into you like his cock couldn’t hold it anymore. You pulled your teeth from the crook of his neck and looked at him with a satisfied grin, you opened you mouth to say something, anything but the door opened and it all stopped.

You weren’t with Zhongli, you were merely playing with yourself until the feeling of getting fucked stupid set in. You snapped from your fantasy and your eyes darted to the opened door. There he was. Zhongli, staring right at your puffiness, you were so swollen down there it looked like you were beaten up. You suddenly remembered reality; you two were dating but he certainly couldn’t see you like this, all indecent. not after what he told you earlier..

“S-sorry-!” You yanked the blanket over your legs, your face so hot you felt that it’d leave burns. You hid your face away, expecting the door to close, or for him to say how disgusted he was with you…. Why did he even walk over here, you were always quiet, unless you said his name..

Your mind immediately began racing of all the things he’d do or say about you, causing you to nearly scream when you felt a hand on your body.

“What did i say about touching yourself?” You shivered as he asked you that and you held your head in embarrassment.

“Ask you first… but you weren’t here… and the new toy looks sooo nice..!” You pleaded but he simply chucked. He pulled himself onto the bed and then you into his lap, taking your slicked up fingers and pushing them back into your squelching cunt. You squeaked in shock, gripping onto your bunched up gown as Zhongli used your hands as if they were simply a toy. As he utterly ruined you, you simply held your head back and moaned as desperately you could; he nibbled at your ear, whispering all the dirty things he wanted to do to you while away on his trip.

“Please, please~! Just fuck me already..!” You gasped and arched your back as another orgasm pooled onto the soaked sheets. “And gimme two!”

Zhongli shook his head, only taking out one of his cocks and pushing it into your puffy pussy. You gasped in content, a grin of bliss sketching its way onto your face. He slowly pushed himself into you, your fingers instinctively lacing with his own. You began to lift yourself up and down and meet his little thrusts, giving him all the confirmation he needed to fuck you as hard as he wanted

(i’m sorrryyyy i don’t have motivation, but it’s BHM and i wanted to get this out for me and my other black princesses and queens i might extend this, if i can remember

[jupitermelichios]

this is some a+ meta! I'm right in the middle of reworking the nemeton mythology from the ground up for a fic, and trying to decide how/if Laura ties into that, so seeing this today was perfect timing

I'd never considered that Gerard specifically might have been the one to cut Laura's body in half, but it makes a lot of sense, and I think you're probably right that that the omega's death was in part intended to be backfill for that. But that also opens the interesting question of, if it was him, when and why does he leave Beacon Hills again? Why does he not stay to see the fruits of his labour? Does he send Kate or did she choose to visit for her own reasons?

Nurse Jennifer is so frustrating. Obviously she's a plot contrivance rather than a character, even the best stories have a few of those, but the things she contrives are so huge and story altering, and they're basically all things that involve significant risk and don't appear to benefit her.

Also the fact that Peter barely talks about her makes sense when viewed from the angle of her being a plot point not a character, but it feels significant. IDK, the reveal of her body in his car and the fact that he doesn't use her name "it belonged to my nurse" when he must know Stiles knows it because he would have heard Stiles and Derek's phone conversation feels pointed and malicious in a way Peter mostly isn't in season 1. Like you said, he's protective, or at least possessive, of people he considers 'his', and given all the shit she does for him, you'd definitely expect her to fall into that category.

And his justification for killing her, "I got better" is intended to be a zingy one-liner sure, but again it feels pointed. Especially when her death doesn't actually benefit him particularly that we know of? she knows exactly 1 thing that he wants to keep secret, but there's been no indication that she would betray him, especially given the risks she takes for him.

I think there's definitely a reasonable reading that she's somewhere between harley quinn (original flavour, anyway) and annie wilks, obsessively loyal but also wants to keep him dependant, and Peter uses that while it benefits him but also wants to get as far away from it as possible the second he can

But I'd also never considered the uniform, which definitely isn't BHM issue (honestly, the fact that he's in a hospital never made sense to me anyway, why is he not in a long-term care facility? he needs full time care but he's not getting worse) and connecting her to Eichen House would make a lot of sense, given the 50s horror movie aesthetic it has. We never actually find out who runs Eichen House or why, but given the stuff they do, it doesn't feel completely out of left field to suggest they had some reason of their own for getting involved.

...and now i've said it I just know that's going to end up working its way into a fic one of these days

laura hale: darling, dearest, dead

welcome to where i care way too much about teen wolf in the year 2023.

i have no shame.

i've been working on this meta for a few weeks now and it’s definitely grown past its original scope. at first, i just wanted to do a deep dive into the weirdness around laura’s death but of course that expanded as i sat down and hashed out my thoughts.

@renninflight 's tags on one of my posts really gave me the push for this because i've apparently just been waiting for the opportunity to talk about the mysterious murder of laura hale

shoutout also to my teen wolf buddy and tumblr mutual of forever @dear-massacre our teen wolf talks definitely helped, probably wormed their way in here and this wouldn’t have existed without you.

laura's death is the core mystery of the first season and i’ve always been intrigued by the circumstances surrounding it.

i’m definitely not the first to question the circumstances surrounding laura’s death but i’m going to put on my tinfoil conspiracy theory hat and discuss the events just prior to wolf moon and how laura hale haunts me the narrative.

buckle up buttercups this is long.

just to get this out of the way immediately, i need you to understand that teen wolf's plots and timeline were apparently written on a soggy napkin found crumbled up under the seat cushion of jeff davis's couch. season 1's story is the most cohesive but there wasn't a show bible for a long time, which explains its loose relationship with keeping consistent canon. this post on the teen wolf wiki from september 2013 says explicitly that some assistant was tasked with writing one. this would've placed it after 3a had aired but before 3b did. 

while i won’t be digging into the teen wolf timeline here, i will be working from my own understanding of it.

a lot of teen wolf is left to implication, inference and subtext as we the audience are locked into scott mccall's point of view and his knowledge of what's happening. this allows for scott to be ignorant about the world he unwittingly and unwillingly enters so that information can be doled out at a steady drip and the mysteries heightened.

that said, onwards to what has become my teen wolf magnum opus.

introduction: the dead girl

laura hale is the ultimate dead girl trope in teen wolf which is a show littered with the corpses of dead girls. it makes sense of course when you know she is the narrative sister of laura palmer of twin peaks fame. 

unlike laura palmer though, laura hale never gets to tell her story. she is dead before the show begins.her corpse is treated cavalierly by scott and stiles, desecrated by the argents and stripped of her personhood.

interestingly, david lynch’s daughter jennifer lynch not only a authored a spin off novel for twin peaks told from laura palmer’s perspective called the secret diary of laura palmer but also directed four episodes of teen wolf (silverfinger, i.e.d, perishable and codominance). 

it's a cool connection.

i like this quote from esquire about laura palmer and the creation of the dead girl trope:

“we don't see laura with any control over her circumstances. we meet her after she's been wrapped in a plastic bag and left to rot, which essentially leaves her narrative and legacy to be largely determined by those who are investigating her. we don't learn about laura through laura—we learn about laura by piecing together what she left behind.” 

laura hale’s murder also invokes a visual similarity to a real life beautiful dead girl as well.

elizabeth short.

elizabeth short is known to history as the black dahlia. her naked, posed, and bisected corpse was discovered in a vacant lot in january 1947. she was 22 years old. 

when betty bersinger discovered elizabeth that morning she thought she’d stumbled upon a mannequin. in a way, she had. the person elizabeth short was is often lost amongst the sensationalized headlines, salacious gossip and speculation surrounding her case. instead, she has become the perfect, posable victim unable to tell her own story.

elizabeth short is the template for all the dead girls in modern media. 

what makes laura hale different though is how she’s a non-character within teen wolf despite her death’s significance as the unpreventable, fixed event within the show’s universe.

laura hale has the most in common with the other dead beautiful girls erica reyes and paige krasikeva. each of them killed before their full potential could be realized their ghosts left to haunt the narrative.

as i said earlier though, the circumstances surrounding her death have always intrigued me. i’ve always believed there was a sort of convergence of events happening prior to wolf moon that led to the inciting incident of laura hale's murder. 

we’re even told this throughout the show if you’re paying attention. 

one of the things i always wished we’d gotten from teen wolf was more information about not just laura herself but what exactly she knew prior to her death but we can infer quite a bit. 

let’s take a look at what we do know.

a history lesson: drinking poison from the same vine

to understand what happened to laura hale when she was killed we have to step back and look at what happened before the first scenes of the show. 

in particular we have to take a look at peter hale, the argents and the alpha pack. this means revisiting visionary among some other relevant episodes.

visionary is probably one of if not the most central lore episode within the series and it also gives us a glimpse of both talia and laura hale while they were still alive.

laura herself is more of an afterthought in this episode as she's never named on screen. 

so what does visionary tell us about laura?

it tells us that she was already in a leadership position within the hale pack by this time and is clearly put forth as talia's natural, intended successor due to her very presence at the summit. it also tells us kali, ennis and deucalion knew laura hale personally even if it was a fleeting acquaintance. 

in the finer details of the episode we learn a few other things such as talia, laura and peter were all aware of the threat of the argents. we learn one of ennis’s betas was killed in retaliation for killing two hunters. the death of the beta seems very cruel and unusual as we learn that he was shot through the throat, his claws were ripped out and he was cut in half. 

the last point in particular is notable as there’s only one hunter we know of that cuts werewolves in half. 

gerard argent.

motel california is just a few episodes prior to visionary where it’s revealed that alexander argent killed himself in 1977 at the glen capri motel after being bitten. gerard claims it was deucalion that bit his brother which is how he justifies his actions in visionary.

is it the full truth? doubtful. maybe alexander argent was bitten by deucalion and maybe he wasn’t but gerard seems to believe he was and that is what matters. 

belief in the teen wolf universe is a real, tangible concept but it’s incredibly important to the narrative conceit of this episode. gerard and peter are both unreliable narrators who purposefully minimize their roles in the stories they tell. maybe they even believe their own lies to a degree.

what we know as the audience as it’s proven multiple times throughout the series is that gerard rejects the idea of peace and is known for being brutal and cruel in his methods. 

visionary also goes a long way to illustrate that peter hale has always been, you know, Like That. he skulks around the story even in his own version of events where he’s trying to minimize his own role in paige’s death.

i believe that the non-existence of laura in his story except for a throwaway mention about how laura told derek about the packs being in town is two fold. one, peter was jealous of laura’s position in the pack and two, his guilt over killing her. 

peter’s guilt is an interesting thing because he is first and foremost all about the survival of peter hale but he does care about those he perceives as his. for him, killing laura was something he regretted but was necessary so that peter could gain the alpha power. 

laura was a sacrifice. 

another thing about visionary is the absence of peter and talia’s relationship but who else would’ve told her about derek and what happened? talia isn’t surprised when she finds derek in the cellar. 

over the course of the show we do not get a lot about talia and peter’s relationship which is a thing that keeps me up at night but i don’t think it’s too far of a leap to conclude that talia knew her brother’s nature and probably saw it as useful in it’s own way so long as she was the one holding the leash. the way peter advises derek is probably not too far off from how he advised talia. 

there’s a tiny glimpse of this in season 4’s monstrous.

meredith walker is subjected to peter’s inner ravings while he’s comatose as they somehow connected mental frequencies.

there’s parts in there about how he’ll be a vengeful god and remake the supernatural of beacon hills in his own image and blah blah blah it all tracks for peter but the parts about talia are interesting not only because it gives us a glimpse into how peter perceived talia but also because he specifically name drops the argents as the threat. 

is it the full truth? no. peter subscribes to the from-a-certain-point-of-view version of the truth and we have to remember this is peter just after the fire. he’s comatose, horrifically injured and on some level he’s aware that most of his family is now deceased.

what looking at this gives us is peter’s perspective and what he latched onto post-fire thus creating the peter we meet.

“i predicted this. i told talia this was going to happen. something like this was going to happen. i said they were going to come for us. the argents. they’re going to come for us. they’re gonna burn us to the ground. they’re going to burn us to the ground. did she listen? of course not. did anyone listen? they listened to her. yes! say that everything was going to be fine. that we were all perfectly safe. but she made us weak! she made us weak. and what happens to the weakest in the herd? they get picked off by the predators. we used to be the apex predators. until talia turned us into sheep.”     

there is another key point about talia and peter that i think cannot be overlooked. the removal of memories. she took the memory of the nemeton’s location from both him and derek after their experiences there and she also took the memory of his tryst with corrine that resulted in malia’s birth. 

i think what these things together tell us is that peter hale is vengeful and resentful but not just towards the argents but also talia but talia is beyond his reach. laura isn’t.

the last player that needs to be examined is the alpha pack. visionary gives us a version of events of why deucalion is the way he is and it ends with him killing his beta marco absorbing his power. this in itself isn’t actually all that interesting as this was the foregone conclusion. 

when you combine it with what jennifer tells derek in the overlooked though it was just a few months after this she is attacked by kali at the base of the nemeton, which means the creation of the alpha pack was already underway mere weeks after deucalion is blinded by gerard.

we know talia hale was aware of what happened to deucalion along with gerard argent’s involvement so it would also stand to reason she would then be aware of the creation of the alpha pack. i cannot imagine it would escape her notice that both ennis and kali’s packs were decimated by their alphas and then they joined with deucalion. that seems like a cataclysmic event that’d get through the supernatural grapevine quickly. 

if talia knew then so did laura as she was like i said clearly talia’s successor.

the mysterious death of laura hale part I: who cut laura in half?

let’s revisit the scene of the crime to examine the absolutely hinky circumstances surrounding laura's death and what the hell was happening in the woods the night scott was bitten by peter.

if i learned anything from gil grissom the first piece of evidence is the body. this is how we and scott meet laura hale.

i don’t think it’s speculation to say that peter hale killed laura but it was gerard argent who cut her in half. 

in the season 2 opening episode omega we meet gerard argent and learn of his propensity to use a broadsword to cut werewolves in half but it is chris that gives scott the warning.

chris: "scott do you know what a hemicorporectomy is?"

scott: "i have a feeling i don't want to."

chris: "a medical term for amputating somebody at the waist. cutting them in half. takes a tremendous amount of strength to cut through tissue and bone like that."

this foreshadows what happens to the omega at the end of the episode but it reminds the viewer that we’ve already seen a corpse like that.

it may be a drop in the bucket compared to all the trauma scott has experienced since that night but i don’t think laura’s severed corpse is a sight he’s forgotten. which is what i believe argent is counting on here.

he knows what his father did. 

he’s intimidating scott as much as he’s warning him not just about lydia but also about his father’s impending arrival and what gerard is capable of. 

by this point chris knows kate broke the code by killing the hales in such a gruesome fashion but what does kate say when chris confronts her in code breaker?

chris: “i know what you did.”

kate: “i did what i was told to do.”

gee, i wonder who gave kate the carte blanche on killing the hales? i bet he also used paige’s death as a way to manipulate her as we see him do with allison. he was in town after all when paige was attacked by ennis and subsequently died. it's not a stretch to believe that a seasoned hunter like gerard would be able to spot a supernatural death cover up via animal attack.

the argents talk a big game about their women being leaders but gerard is the puppet master tugging on kate’s strings just like he did allison’s in season 2. this doesn’t minimize kate’s own sociopathy. kate can be a victim and a perpetrator.

we know from visionary that the argents have been known to operate around the beacon hills area to hunt but they don’t live there until chris and his family move there just prior to wolf moon.

i think we can infer that gerard ordered chris to move to beacon hills in response to laura hale being back in the area for the first time since the fire and i don’t think he aimed to just keep an eye on her.

there’s another overlooked aspect as to why gerard would be very interested in laura hale. he wants to cure his cancer via the bite. in fact, i wouldn’t be surprised if he would have offered her kate in exchange for the bite. 

sure, it’s speculative, but i think there are enough pieces to support it as a working theory.

unlike peter there is never a confession from gerard about his part in the crime so why am i certain he did it?

let’s go back to the body for a moment.

while there’s a lot of gore, most of the blood is on laura herself. 

there’s a significant lack of blood either around or underneath laura. with the amount of trauma we can see on her body there should be a bloody mess but there isn’t.

also notice how her arms are splayed out. it’s like she was dropped there.

she also doesn’t appear to be all that decayed so she’s still pretty, uh, fresh.

so again why do i believe gerard cut her in half if peter killed her?

not only can we infer in the subtext from the conversation chris has with scott in omega but looking at the cut on laura’s body it is too clean to be from being ripped in half by an animal or a werecreature. 

however, a person with a sharp, heavy sword with the know-how that we know does this? seems a bit more plausible doesn’t it?

also kate literally tells us that hunters did it. she doesn’t name gerard but she informs derek in the tell: 

“yes, your sister was severed into pieces and used as bait to catch you. unpleasant, and frankly a little too texas chainsaw massacre for my taste, but quite true. but here’s the part that’s really going to kick you in the balls. we didn’t kill her.”

neither the audience nor derek know if kate can be believed. i don’t think she’s lying here. she’s taunting but not lying.

why lie when she knows how badly this knowledge will hurt derek?

she goes on to add:

“found bite marks on your sister’s body derek. what do you think did that? a mountain lion?”

this i believe was a fib. were there bite marks? possibly, but more likely from savangers than peter taking a bite out of laura.

also the fact that laura’s lower half was found by joggers probably means it was visible from a path which gives some credibility to the idea that the hunter's strew laura’s corpse around the preserve. they wanted it to be found.

not only would two pieces be less heavy than a whole body but it just shows how they don’t care. laura isn’t a person to them. she’s vermin, she’s subhuman, she’s not worthy of respect. 

she’s no better than bait to other werewolves to them. 

they leave laura to rot.

notice how kate never refers to laura by name instead calling her “your sister” to derek. kate lured derek out with insults towards laura but this one is the greatest of them all. kate is refusing laura hale’s personhood.

the final reason i don’t believe peter tore laura in half is we’ve seen how peter kills. claws from behind are consistent with how he goes at derek at the end of heart monitor and jackson in master plan or throat slashing which we see in the tell with the video store clerk, kate in code breaker and jennifer in lunar eclipse. 

or he mauls them viscerally like we see with the mute in the benefactor.

a creature of habit he calls himself.

in none of peter’s kills either as alpha or as a beta does he tear someone in half.

while peter hale is a dramatic king and doesn’t mind getting his hands bloody, i think he’d be offended if someone accused him of tearing laura in half. 

the mysterious death of laura hale II: why does peter kill laura?

speaking of peter, why did he kill laura?

the obvious answer is for the alpha power so he could fully heal..he says as much in wolf’s bane.

peter: “yes, becoming an alpha, taking that from laura pushed me over a plateau in the healing process.”

but with peter hale nothing is ever so simple. there’s always layers.

in alpha pact, peter gives derek this speech when he’s winding derek up about how to heal cora:

“you know, normal wolves never abandon an injured member of the pack. they care for it. they even bring it food from a kill and then regurgitate it into the mouth of the injured wolf. they even give it physical and emotional comfort by intensely grooming it. in a way they can do more than just ease pain. they can be instrumental in healing their own."

as i mentioned earlier, i think peter not only holds a lot of resentment towards talia for what he perceived as inaction but also towards laura.

after the fire, laura did what cora says in visionary they were taught to do when hunters find them.

cora: "waiting. hiding. that's what we're told to do when the hunters find us. hide and heal."

in all the trauma and grief, laura did the only thing that she could reasonably do in response to such a horrific tragedy. she packed up her little brother who she’d suddenly become the guardian of and put an entire continent between them and beacon hills.

in doing so she left behind peter. i don’t blame her for leaving beacon hills. she was reacting to the threat of the hunters by trying to protect what little was left of her family and herself.

you have to put on your own oxygen mask before you can help others.

however, in leaving peter behind he was left to not only slowly go mad but he was also left vulnerable.

peter may have felt laura not only abandoned him as a member of the pack but abdicated her right to be the alpha.

derek tells scott in riddled:

“my family didn’t just live in beacon hills.they protected it.”

laura left beacon hills unprotected and she left peter alone. 

peter killed laura for the alpha power he always saw as rightfully his so he could heal and do the job he felt talia and laura were both too weak to do. 

while peter killed laura his culpability does come into question. 

in co-captain he performs the memory sharing ritual with scott which gives us a small glimpse of peter’s memories in the moments before laura’s death.

laura enters the scene looking around as if she hears something and then laura calls out his name in question. when peter turns he doesn’t look like a man in control with his eyes rolling, mouth agape. 

his actions look autonomous. peter the man is not at the wheel. 

if we take what peter says in wolf’s bane at face value about how he was being driven by pure instinct then we can surmise that the wolf was in control and acted on impulse and peter’s deepest thoughts and desires. 

the same ones we hear peter raving and ranting at meredith in monstrous. 

vengeance. 

i think the truth seems to be somewhere in the middle. 

peter often downplays his own involvement as a manipulation tactic. so while he lacked inhibition, killing laura for the alpha power was premeditated as we know his nurse was acting on his behalf. i do wonder though if laura’s body hadn’t been severed by hunters would peter have resurrected her? 

what’s a little murder between family members, you know? 

the mysterious death of laura hale III: the conspiracy

there are two conspiracies in season 1.

the conspiracy to kill the hales and the conspiracy to lure laura hale back to beacon hills.

about three months before her death laura was sent the picture of the revenge spiral on the deer which brought her back to beacon hills. to the territory she had left unattended for six years. in pack mentality, derek says that laura came back to beacon hills looking for the alpha and that she told him she was close to figuring something out about the fire. 

luring laura back to beacon hills wasn’t just about killing her. that was the endgame, but first peter needed her to do the leg work in finding the conspirators that set the fire.

the conspiracy itself hinges on one person since peter was still unable to do all of it himself due to him still recovering and we know nothing about her.

nurse jennifer plagues me. her motivations for helping peter were never given. she’s merely a tool to help peter enact his revenge.

all we have are theories and i have found precious few in my searches through old meta.

the most popular theory and i use that word loosely is that she was jennifer blake sowing the seeds for her eventual return to take on the alpha pack. i’ve considered this one and i think a skilled writer could make it work, but within the context we’re given i don’t think so. 

i do believe jennifer blake definitely scouted out beacon hills just as the alpha pack did but i don’t think she and nurse jennifer are one in the same. besides, we do see nurse jennifer’s corpse in code breaker. 

another theory i came across was that she’s a banshee compelled in the same way lydia was by peter. again because we have such little information there’s enough room for it to be possible but i doubt it. 

the conclusion i have come to about nurse jennifer is that she’s someone like dr. fenris and brunski from eichen house. while we do not learn about eichen house until season 3b dr fenris is introduced in wolf’s bane and is in the search for a cure. 

mostly, i think she’s simply a reference to nurse ratched from one flew over the cuckoo’s nest. her nurse's uniform is even anachronistic. 

but what was nurse jennifer’s role in the conspiracy?

she is the one who sent the picture of the deer spiral to laura hale to spur her to come back to beacon hills. nurse jennifer is also the one who sent allison the text to come to the school during night school. like laura, nurse jennifer did a lot of footwork for peter to make his plans work and it’s a damn shame we’ll never know why.

the mysterious death of laura hale iv:  the fixed point

laura’s death is what i think of as a fixed point in the universe of teen wolf. the idea of which is something i shamelessly took from doctor who.

in doctor who a fixed point is considered a lynchpin of the structure of ordered history. they cannot be altered as any attempts to do so would unravel linear time. 

laura hale’s death is that fixed point. it was unavoidable, unpreventable. poor laura hale doomed by the narrative.

in the events surrounding the murder of laura hale there are two more players i haven’t really discussed. they exist on the periphery but are no less important. 

doctor alan deaton and the nemeton.

cora says this in visionary:

"they keep us connected to humanity but they're a secret even within the pack. sometimes only the alpha knows who the emissary is. derek and i had no idea about deaton."

as talia’s successor laura would’ve had to know who their pack’s emissary was.

this is confirmed in fury when deaton not only insults derek to his face but reveals that he made a promise to talia to help her children and derek recalls laura mentioning deaton indirectly as some kind of advisor. 

i say indirectly because if laura had told derek explicitly that deaton was someone who could help and advise than he wouldn’t have suspected him as the alpha in season 1. 

did laura see deaton at all during her time in beacon hills? i would say it’s probable but i get the impression laura played her cards close to her chest. deaton was very unnerved by what was happening and with laura’s death probably concerned for his own wellbeing. 

deaton doesn’t reveal himself to derek because he has no idea if derek’s the one who killed laura or not. there’s no established relationship between the two for trust to go either way. 

truly the greatest villain of teen wolf is miscommunication, but i digress.

now here comes the part where i put on my tin foil conspiracy theory hat. i believe laura was killed near or at the nemeton. 

an unintended and unacknowledged sacrifice.

peter may not have consciously remembered its location, but who's to say it didn’t draw him there. 

we know from jennifer’s speech in the overlooked that the nemeton had a small spark of power from paige’s death. it was enough power to keep her alive after kali left her for dead so it isn’t difficult to believe it could’ve drawn peter to it as well. 

we know gerard knows its location despite what he tells allison about him not remembering. i don’t believe that geriatric bastard anymore than i believe peter as peter is able to find the nemeton easy enough because he shows up to kill jennifer there.

now, i have zero proof of this. it’s all speculation from vibes and what we see in lunar eclipse but considering laura’s body was moved from wherever she originally died and was severed it’s possible. 

it’s easy to imagine a scenario where laura finds peter at the nemeton where he kills her and leaves her body where it fell. later, gerard and his hunters discover her corpse and in frustration and anger at his plan falling through, gerard decides to use laura as bait for either the werewolf that killed her, derek or whatever other werewolves come along. waste not, want not after all. 

either way an alpha’s blood is spilled there giving the nemeton just a little bit more power. 

in lunar eclipse allison, scott and stiles perform a proxy ritual sacrifice to find out the location of the nemeton so they can rescue their parents. it’s successful, but only because the nemeton allows them to know its location. 

in revealing itself to them it chooses them as its champions and.it’s magic takes them back to the night scott was bitten, to the fixed point in the teen wolf universe. 

laura hale’s death.

haunting the narrative: laura hale’s uneasy ghost

“and so, the woman dies. the woman dies so the man can be sad about it. the woman dies so the man can suffer. she dies to give him a destiny. dies so he can fall to the dark side. dies so he can lament her death. as he stands there, brimming with grief, brimming with life, the woman lies there in silence.”

by aoko matsuda, translated by polly barton

once the first season comes to a close and laura hale’s murder is solved she is no longer mentioned save a few precious times, but the ghost of laura lingers. 

laura haunts the narrative.

derek has forgiven many transgressions against himself and his person but he will never forgive peter for laura’s murder. her death underscores every single one of their interactions.

laura’s the specter that hangs between cora and derek. cora loses her sister twice and derek’s words “sorry to disappoint you” only speak to how he feels he cannot live up to the ghost of not only his mother but also laura.

this, however, is not the only way laura remains in the narrative. they allude to her in other ways. 

in anchors scott reprises the scene from wolf moon where he tells stiles they’re going to go out into the woods to find a dead body but in a reverse uno of wolf moon though, scott is able to save the naked hale girl in the woods and bring her back to her family.

at the beginning of party guessed, lydia has one of her banshee visions. if you pay attention you can catch a girl in the bleachers that doesn’t quite belong. in fact, she’s crying out distressed and frightened.

that girl is laura hale. 

while uncredited the actress looks a lot like haley roe murphy who played laura in the first season and the necklace around her neck has a red pendant that alludes to her alpha status.

lydia sees an echo of laura hale as a warning.

i like this shot in second chance at first line when scott is at the morgue. he pulls out the drawer containing laura's lower half and the pov for the shot is almost like laura is watching despite her upper half not being there.

the very last time we see laura’s body is after stiles and scott dig it up. 

from this new perspective, laura’s stare has gone from vacant to accusatory.

it’s a jump scare, the transition from laura as a wolf to laura as human. it’s meant to freak stiles and scott out and confuse them. 

what it’s always said to me though is how dare you.

whether or not it was intentional (and let’s be real this is teen wolf so it’s probably half and half if we’re being generous)  the murder of laura remains one of the most intriguing incidents on teen wolf and her being one of the most untapped characters.

i said earlier i wanted to know what laura knew before her death. what had she uncovered about the fire? had she learned about cora being alive? did she know about kate and derek?

the answer is that it doesn’t matter. It no longer matters because laura died. we can never know what she knew. 

in teen wolf it doesn’t matter because laura is a non-character while being the most important character of them all.

laura hale is the beautiful dead girl.

she is the inciting incident, the fixed point, the name unsaid and the spirit unexercised.

“an anthem for the queenliest dead that ever died so young-- a dirge for her the doubly dead in that she died so young.”  lenore by edgar allen poe

[silverrstarrr]

Headcanons of Eren with a Black s/o!🍡

(Happy black history month babes! Remember blm isn't just in this month but all year long :p)

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• You guys most likely met in your high school years.

• I feel as if Eren would stare a lot at you during freshman year. Not in a bad way but in a Curious/adoring way. I mean all his friends are white lmao💀

• He probably approached you during a class period you guys have together.

• I don't think he would be ignorant? But he'll most likely ask to touch your hair.

• Maybe you have braids, locs, or passion twist or your natural curls out/4c Afro—doesn't matter, he'll ask to touch your hair.

• Of course you can decline and tell him no, he won't really fuss over it. He'll even apologize.

• But trust me, he's going to keep staring 😭 he thinks you're really pretty, don't worry ;)

• He won't care about your Skintone/shade, lightskin, brownskin, dark-skinned. He likes them all, I don't see Eren ever have a preference in girls in general.

• Whoever he likes, he likes.

• You guys hit it off in your freshman year.

• He'll ask a lot of questions about you and your culture and your hair

"Hey, why do you wear braids??"

"Is your hair really this long? Wow 😁"

• PLEASE LMAO, I TAKE THESE AS AN INSULT BUT I KNOW HE'S JUST HE CURIOUS 😭

• You'll have to explain to him about your hair.

• You guys most likely snapped and he sent a streak of him getting out the shower and his hair is wet.

• You'll go on about how you can't wash your hair everyday, that you have a certain wash day and his reaction is like "😲"

• Poor baby is like "woooow" and ever since then, he's been hook up to learn about your lifestyle, your family, cookouts, etc. He just wants to know you.

• He calls you pretty a lot.

• Not in a flirtatious way just because he thinks YOURE really pretttyyyy. He's just stating the obvious queen🙄❗

• He offered to go to the Beauty supply store once or twice to buy your weave/pick out the next color. Or he'll just accompany you.

• Also would pick out your next nail color, maybe hairstyle.

• He doesn't care if you wear lakefront, wigs, braids, or natural. He believes they're all beautiful. Plus he understands that our hair need protective hairstyles and can't really, yjehehejehwhww iykyk.

• During BHM, he would do the mossstt.😭

• He'll buy you food and buy you hairproducts.

• He'll constantly post about African American stories on his social media.

• Talked Armin into making a poem about discrimination and racism then made him read out loud to you in the hallway😭

• Would buy a BLM shirts for him Mikasa and Armin.

"Look y/n! We're supporting your people. Remember we're on your side. BLM!!"

• IM CRACKLING TOO MUCH LMAOOOO.

• Don't worry, he's has the right attitude but mann💀

• Depends on the type of person you are: you probably confronted them and told them to relax. Or, you dealt with it and the embarrassment 😭

• You most likely ask him for Reparations 🙄❗🤞

• He deadass would give you them.

• He'll be confused at first and probably wouldn't  even understand the word 💀

• But he'll give you money though LMAO.

This was 15 year old Eren, moving on to when he's older.

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• You guys are older. You've been introduced to the rest of his friend squad. Jean, Connie, Marco, sasha etc.

• Jean most definitely thinks you're pretty and fell for you at first sight. Eren didn't like this at all.

• Eren never really understood why he didn't like it when Jean played in your braids. Eren then started to purposely make you lay between his legs so he play with your braids before Jean could.

• They probably reacted the same as Eren about regarding your hair.

• Eren would take it upon himself to explain and even tell them about Lace fronts, sew ins, braids, etc

• He'll probably show off about  how much he knows about your hair.

• Eren would ask to help you with your hair.

• He most likely looked up YouTube videos about how to plate hair or how to deal with your hair type in general.

• You could probably teach him. He wouldn't understand the first time but with practice, he's pretty good. Not better than you though 🙄🤞❗

• Carries Hair ties, brushes and combs on him just for you.

• You also carry hair ties for him because of his long hair.

• You're the person who even puts his hair into that sexy ahh man bun🤨❗

• Most likely help you on wash day. Massages oil into your scalp.

• Supplies you with hairproducts.

• Likes it when you play in his hair. During PE, you guys would sit on the bench. Him between your thighs relaxing as you caress his hair.

• You guys look so cute and perfect while doing this. Connie and Sasha would always tease you about being Eren's gf.

• Loves your food! Like literally, he's in love with it.

• During the summertime, you invited him to a cookout. A lot of your family members stared at him but you know, they're accepting and gave him some food, chatted him with etc.

• Ever since then, he would always ask your mom to come over for dinner or save him a Plate lmao😭

• Sometimes if you were to cook, he'll be in the kitchen watching you

"Why are you watching me?"

"I wanna watch you so I can learn to cook your food and surprise you one day with it."

"Suurree but you can't out-cook me."

• He'll then smirk and accept that challenge.

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Sorry I just realized I've only been talking about yall friendly part, lemme get into more intimacy 🥲

• He always have his hands on your hips, waist or ass.

• Maybe you're cuddling in the library or something, his hands are on your ass.

• Black women naturally have curvy bodies In my opinion. And curvy can mean thick, skinny or in the middle. They're still curves.

• He loves kissing your lips. Either that or your neck.

• When you're walking together he always have his hand around your waist.

• Eren seems like the type to hug you from behind and kiss the top of your head.

• I dont think he's big on PDA but that doesn't mean he won't do it.

• You're talking to Jean? Wraps his arms around your waist from behind and places his head on your shoulder- kissing your neck.

• If you so happen to have thay dump trunk in the back, he'll always caress it, give it a pat or smack it. But in the most sly way ever.

You're in the hallway, chatting up with Jean. You guys are discussing the topics of what was recently covered in class. Jean cracks a joke about how the teacher was talking and their looks. You laugh at the small insults he was throwing at your professor. Eren recently just left his class a few doors down from where you and Jean was. He notices your long box braids from down the hall and sees a tall male walking alongside with you. Eren quickly caught up with you guys. As he walked passed you, his hands slides over and grabs a good squeeze from your ass. Naturally you wouldn't mind but for some reason you got embarrassed and flustered. Most likely it was because Jean was there. Before you could respond  and complain to him, he leans over and places his lips against yours. Obviously, you kiss him back as his free hand grabs your chin, deepening the kiss. It was passionate. The kiss was probably to make up for his sudden actions but it was also because he missed your presence and touch. The way your lips felt against his own, his hands grasping and holding your hips rolled, everything. Jean rolled his eyes,

"Okay lovebirds, I get it." You break away from Eren with a small smile. You turn towards  Jean with an apologetic look, since he did just kiss you in the middle of a conversation.

Jean nodded and said his goodbyes, he'll catch up with you another. Watching as his figured faded within the crowd, you turn towards Eren and smack his arm. He let out an "ow" in response.

"Eren, what was that for? I usually don't mind it but we were chatting."

He lets out a soft groan and buries his head into your neck. He released the grip on your rear and just lays it there as his other hand slips down and does the same. You tap his back and he raises his head from it's previous position. You give him a few quick pecks, wrapping your arms around his neck, he quickly to returns the small kissed back. You both smile at one another, letting out a small giggle.

"Its okay baby, I miss you too." You peck his cheek for the last time.

"We can walk home together after school, meet me at my last period class." 

Eren face brightens up when you say those words. Mann, this boy was in love. The bell rang and you notice all the kids scrambling to get to class. He releases his arms from you and grabs your hand as you both scurry along to your next period class.

He drops you off and waves at Armin and Marco that happens to be in your last period.

"Remember your promise y/n!!" He said as he walked off to the direction of his class.

You rolled your eyes jokingly and settled in to class.

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Okay bonus:

I feel as if Eren would talk you into making those tik toks that beautiful darkskin/brownskin woman do with makeup and their cute ass hair. Of course you'll end up doing it because he kept hyping yo ass up and wouldn't let it down.

The video actually goes viral and gets a decent 345k likes with 1.1m views. Some of the kids in school  came across the video and started chatting up with you. Even some guys you never knew before started to hit you up but Eren gets so Jealous and has you hold his hands always in the halls 😭

Okay thank you loves! Please request/suggest things for him. I don't mind doing one of these for Jean, Connie, etc. Next up are my jjk men 🤨❗

[akookminsupporter]

I honestly can't believe how people, and you know exactly who I mean, are still twisting Jimin's words when he clearly said what he said. He doesn't like to do forced interactions, meaning fanservice. But people twist it in a way saying that he doesn't like honest relationships with his band mates but that he still does fanservice? Come on. I knew that certain people only hear and read what they want to hear and read. Because we had quite a lot of examples during the years. But pretty much believing that Jimin doesn't like being close with his members and that he's only doing fanservice when he said that he exactly dislikes that? And it's once again I-Armys who speak over K-Armys that obviously got what he meant. I wish I would speak Korean fluently and would be able to leave I-Army side behind me. I'm sure K-Armys also do have struggles within the fandom but I can't imagine that they have to deal with such a large portion of stubborn kids that refuse to believe and accept anything that just doesn't fit into their own beliefs. People are really saying Jimin saying what he said is the same as get out of your imagination. Unbelievable. This side of the fandom have been gotten worse in the past three months. And I doubt they'll ever stop. I love all 7 boys with all my heart but this fandom being almost ruled by delusional people that are allowed to call members liars, fake, queerbaiter and even worse things, it makes me want to unstan. This fandom is toxic. And it will never change. Sorry for my little rant, Rosie. I hope you're doing good and you can enjoy the second day of the concerts. ♡

As you said, many will believe and interpret what the guys say and do as best fits their narratives. It is reality.

I want to say something about the last part of your message. We are here for BTS not for their fandom. If you unstan or stop being fan of bts do it because you don't like their music, the content they release or you just don't like them as people and don't do it because their fandom is this or that. That also goes for people who become BTS fans because their fandom seems cool to them. Giving weight to a fan over the band is not ideal, in my opinion. And I've seen that happen a lot from both extremes: People saying they're going unstan or stop being fans of bts because of their fans and others who would rather defend a fan over bts or one of its members. I've seen the latter happen a few times with something related to Jimin.

At the end of the day, we shouldn't care what the fandom thinks or not, we are not a monolith. If the fandom is the problem then it's best to stay away from it. On social media, it's a matter of unfollowing fan accounts and that's it. Just stick to what BHM officially releases and obviously the guys' music.

A fandom, a bunch of people you don't know shouldn't influence for better or worse, the love you have for artists.

And don't misunderstand my words, this fandom has a lot of positive things going for it, there are wonderful, sensible and respectful people here but as I said, we are not a monolith and not everyone is like that. ARMY is a small society and as such, there are all kinds of people.

I totally understand your frustration but it would be sad if you unstan or stop being fan of bts simply because of their fans.

Sorry for taking so long to answer your ask, anon; I hope you are doing good too and I hope you enjoy the second day of the concert as well.

[stormblessed95]

So, random topic but my sister asked me recently if I thought memories 2020 would include the full clip of jimin and jungkook playing that night jimin hurt his foot in ITS. And I was like huh?? First of all we already have the behinds for ITS, that's where we got the clip in the first place and second of all, we already have all of the clip. And she was like nah we don't cause we didn't actually see jimin fall and get hurt, we just heard it.

And I was like well yeah cause it was probably too dark outside to get footage of where jimin fell and she was like nope it was plenty bright enough outside. So we went back to watch the clip and it really was bright enough for the cameras to have picked it up. So now I'm suspicious lol.

Is it just that jimin didn't want them to show him getting hurt?? Did jimin really even get hurt that way??? Why didn't we see the footage??? Am I just writing a conspiracy theory in my head based off of a non issue??? Lol I'm a mess over here.

So just for funsies, why do you think we weren't shown the clip of jimin actually falling?

Hello anon! Man, I love ITS talk. Let's chat about it!

Okay, so I too, love conspiracy theories lmao but I don't think this was one... if you wanna talk conspiracy theories... let's talk about that major ass cut in the middle of the entire Mosquito net scene 👀 Or Jimin saying his drunk shenanigans ending in injury with JK was the most significant part of his trip for him 👀 that'll get me going on conspiracy theories. Lol

In short, no. I don't think we will ever see more of that Mosquito net scene. Lol I think we saw all we were going to see of what happened in Jungkook's bedroom that night.... if you know what I mean...

And for why we didn't see Jimin getting hurt... well BHM has a tendency to "protect their artists image" lol by not showing things that are embarrassing or covering their faces when they make really stupid faces on camera. Lol for example... covering Namjoons sleeping face, covering Jimins nipples lol, covering J-hopes scared face...

I do think he fell and got hurt, bruised his knee or foot like he said. BHM probably didn't feel the need to SHOW us Jimin getting hurt... honestly I don't think they were planning on telling us about ANYTHING from that night expect people noticed Jimin limping and wanted to know why. Thoeries about the net and JMs injury were going WILD lol. They had questions and BH needed to provide some answers to put out the fire. Hence the super cut up behind the scenes clip we got. Lol but we literally can hear him fall and the clatter of him falling and him shouting. Now if we wanna start taking guesses on why we weren't shown any footage of AFTER he fell and JK went to check on him... well who is to say JK didn't go and kiss him all better?? Lol

And if want my conspiracy theory on what happening to cause so many cuts in that footage. Well I don't think Jimin flopping down on top of that net is what broke it. That net was FINE when we last saw it.... which was Jimin laying on it and JK walking over to Jimin. Then all of a sudden it's in pieces and Jimin is cackling and dragging it away. Lmao nahhh... no, I don't think they had sex. They knew the camera was there and all their clothes were firmly in place, except JMs jacket I think... Lol but there might have definitely been some play wrestling going on leading to something less "friendly." But what do I know! Nothing! They could have just thrown random shit at each other and played tug of war with the net too. Lmao and BH cut it because they were acting like idiots and felt we didn't need to see it all. I lean towards the conspiracy theory on this one though, just personally 😂

Okay, so the tinhattery in this post was significantly more extreme than I usually allow to happen here. Sorry!! Ill reign myself back in for the next one! Lol Goodness I love ITS jikook and bts. They all had so much fun.

[dystopiandilfs]

I am never been so close to anti-stan then I am right now. Dreams Twitter fanbase started the biggest hate train on him because they themselves:

1. Took his inital tweet with the drugs comment as a race issue, like it was obvious that was not the intent or even the focus.

2. Got mad at his completely rational reply to a toxic Stan that used both white and adhd as an isult - the toxic Stan was saying his fanbase will dogpile them, well if you didn’t phrase your concerns in a toxic way in a public place maybe you wouldn’t be concerned about it. Like he empasised he had no intent to relate it to rap - and they see him say rap and fucking ran with it.

3. Got mad at him for disagreeing with someone generalizing his 23 million fans as anti-black, like even his stance on stans is entirely anti-generalizing, he literally denounced any that are in the same comment.

4. Bullied him into unprivating his account because they can’t share screenshots apparently.

5. Got mad a him for tweeting a fucking heart.

Then they turn around and blame the entire thing on the antis, like no. You blew it out of proportion and reacted like shit to everything he did. You are the problem. All the responses to his last tweet are “educate yourself and reflect” and “come back with a better apology” like no. He apologized when he shouldn’t have and you cyber bullied him. They are bloody proud of theirselves for “holding him accountable“ for something they misconstrued.

He needs to delete that stan video because they aren’t worth it.

First thing i want to say is that this post is going to be joint answered as evangeline is white so this is going to be answered by her and me as im half african half american. Normally evanageline would be voicing her opinions and adding ours in if we had any but as its a racism issue she didnt feel comfortable to voice only her opinions. However shes the one writing the post apart from this bit to keep up the consistentcy of the blog page. -Trinity (Basically Trin gave her thoughts using a voice note and I slightly edited it so the sentences were a bit more coherent and added both mine and the other admins opinions as Trin doesn't really use twitter unless it's through my priv account - Evangeline)

I will say that a lot of the fan drama that you see are a smaller group that is known to attack and harass Dream and anyone who disagrees with anything. Eventhough they are a small group they mass reply to everything and make themselves look bigger than they are. Not only that but the only thing they end up doing is overshadowing the original issue at hand which is fans harassing and being racist to eachother. So a lot of what I'm about to say is mainly what this group is doing and isn't at all a reflection of a lot of fans but it is something that needs to be talked about especially since a bunch of this groups members are either white or white passing but get mad on black people's behalf and is basically setting them up.

I don't mean to be rude or dismissive but a lot of people used this as an opportunity to trauma dump. Like I know going into horrible details about what you have to deal with is the only way to get the point across sometimes however harassing Dream and spamming him with stuff like "I was harassed because I'm gay" "I was doxxed because I was Asian" is lowkey weird. Like why are you telling this random guy on the internet that you were doxxed? What is he going to be able to do about it? Also not to defend Dream but how are you going to sit there and break one of his few boundaries whilst trying to educate him.

On top of that the issue was originally how racist some of the fandom are to black people but then other minority groups started talking about how they were also being stereotyped and attacked but all this is doing is talking over other minorities. For example a large group of fans started off talking about how they were being attacked by other stans because of their skin colour but then immediately started to harass and threaten others. Like some were clearly not being serious but dming people and update accounts to retweet and spread awareness isn't the move you think it is. Obviously a lot of them were genuinely trying to spread awareness and were trying to get the respect and treatment they deserve but all of that was being overshadowed by the few that were attacking and harassing creators and fans. Then a lot of it turned into minorites fighting each other over who was more oppressed which just makes the whole thing seem like petty drama.

I will say a lot of them were lovely. I am pretty uneducated on race based issues and how certain things effect people and can be racist so I was asking a lot of questions and most of them were nice. However I also got a lot of snarky ones like "google it" to questions that weren't general like "Is it mocking to call white people crackers and token white boy if you are a white person" or "is ______ considered micro aggressions"

However as usual it went from trying to educate your creators to who is the most oppressed and who can bring up more past drama that has already been addressed multiple times. I'm not being funny but the fact that some well known Dream antis were defending Dream and shitting on stans should really tell you how non productive this is. It went from "Hey Dream this comment is a bit weird can you delete it please" to "Dream you should stop being friends with this person and you should follow this person otherwise your racist" Like that's not helping anyone. The only thing that it's doing is breaking Dreams boundaries, setting Dream up and making stans look bad.

Like people were @ing Sapnap and George telling them to "collect the racist friend" like how is that spreading awareness. The whole thing went from being a good chance to educate to a big fucking joke that just made a lot of people upset and anxious.

Honestly the whole thing was pretty fucking hypocritical like you can't talk about being harassed whilst harassing people into hearing you out. A lot of the issues seemed really gatekeepy to me as well. One that I saw constantly get brought up was that the only people allowed to say dy*e were black lesbians as they created the word. Like a big topic was a misuse of aave but not a single person actual explained what it was or gave examples all I saw was "mcyttwt needs to stop using aave language it's offensive" like you can't claim to be educating people if you don't explain. Not everyone can access websites and caards that get linked because of regions or web rescrictions so they're not helpful either.

HOWEVER I will agree that a lot of their points were completely valid like the whole thing of "Feral Feb" over shadowing BHM and whenever Dream listens to rap people complain and call it bad music are two really good examples. I listened to a few twitter spaces to learn a bit more and things that were said in there was all good info that would be genuinely helpful to know and it really did help edcuate me however not a single tweet said any of it and that's why people don't understand what they're doing is wrong because nobody explains it.

A lot of the issues that people had with Dream were so weird as well like a lot of them were self oppression and turning normal things into racism. A lot of the issues had the same energy as the 404twt fans who were genuinely mad at Dream for having a colour that George couldn't see and they were harassing him and claiming that he was purposely excluding diasbilities.

Usually we would add more but Trinity got a bit upset and stressed so she had to stop answering various asks and the other admins are all white or white passing and don't feel like it's our place to put our own opinions. We will try to answer other asks with similar thoughts later - Evangeline

[gotboredwrote]

His Personal Constellation // BHM

Pairing: Brian May x Fem!Reader Word Count: 4.3K Style: One-Shot Warnings: Serious injury, amnesia, fluff Summary: While working as a roadie during a tour, Y/N gets injured doing something extraordinary to Brian, leading to a discussion and bond over a mutual interest. Permanent Author’s Note: To clarify, I write because I get bored. Nothing is meant to be professional in any way, nor is meant to offend, cause anxiety, cause anger, cause sadness, or promote disagreement among readers in any sort of (semi)permanent way. A/N: First, this is the first Brian fic I’ve ever written, so go easy on me, Queen side of tumblr (I’m a Deaky babe at heart). Second, I know nothing about astronomy or the medical field, so again, go easy on me science side of tumblr. Third, let’s pretend that Bri already had his PhD at his point, shall we?

Masterlist

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Prepping for a show in a country and season where the dark takes over around five in the evening has one advantage and one advantage only. Seeing the night sky in all its grandeur, each and every ball of gas twinkling in its own unique way creating a stunning collection for the eyes to gaze upon. While the vastness of space is intimidating to say the least, there is also something soothing and beautiful about it. Very few people were already out working on the stage, considering showtime was not for another three hours, so you took advantage of the quietness and stillness to climb what appeared to be a stable scaffolding that came maybe about fifteen feet off the ground. Heights never bothered you. The closer you could get to that rich, deep blackness in the sky, the better. The platform of the scaffolding was just long and wide enough for you to lay down. You would be closer to space if you stood, but you felt like you could appreciate the sight before you more by laying down, not focused on keeping yourself upright. You managed to lay yourself down and find a comfortable position for about two minutes. All was calm, despite a few more voices roaming about the stage. Then you heard it.

clack.

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You remembered nothing. Absolutely nothing. The doctors were surprised you even remembered your name before you passed back out. When you awoke for the second time, you still had no idea what day it was, what city you were in, and all you could feel was a sharp pain radiating through your body. Especially your right leg. God, what happened to your right leg? What happened to you? Prying your eyes open, the sounds of the extremely white room you were in started making their way past your ears to become recognized by your brain. You heard a steady beeping, a couple people chattering, and the rain hitting the window to your right lightly. You made no movement with your body, just your eyes, so no one knew you were awake yet. Had you been asleep long? What happened? You had so many questions and you felt like you had no energy to do anything about it. You took a slow, deep breath in to try and ground yourself further, and by the time you exhaled all the air, you realized there was a hand on your knee, your left knee. You put every fiber of your being into moving that kneecap ever so slightly to get the attention of the person who was there. A face you could not see from where your head laid. You managed to move your knee maybe a distance of three inches, but it was enough. Soon, you heard a swarm of voices and footsteps approach you, and you forced your neck to crane around slightly to see who all was in the room. You could see doctors and nurses – white lab coats and scrubs giving them away. Then you saw a few crew members you recognized from your job, but you could not remember their names nor what their jobs were. You could not even really remember your job at the moment. Then you saw a cluster of three guys that were just a little bit more recognizable than the crew workers, but again had trouble remembering names. One had a dark, bushy mustache, one had shaggy blonde hair, and the third had a frizzy poof adorning his cranium. Clearly recognizable appearances, so why could you not remember their names? Then the face attached to the hand that was on your knee made its way into your field of view. Again, you recognized it. Then one of the doctor’s spoke up.

“Y/N? Are you with us again?”

All you could manage was a nod, even trying to smile hurt too much.

“Wonderful. I hate to rush right into things, but there are some new faces in the room and I need to know if any of their names come to mind. I’m going to point to each one and you can say their name or say you don’t remember it. But do tell if you at least recognize the face.”

The doctor started at the opposite side of the bed from where the hand on your knee came from. He first pointed to the shaggy-haired blonde. You shook your head, but squeaked out a short fragment of a sentence that told the doctor you know the face. The face dropped slightly, feeling sad that you did not remember his name, but at least recognized him. The same exact process happened with the mustached man, the frizzy poof man, and the people you recognized as crew members for something. You expressed to the doctor that you remembered that part, but not what they do or who they work for, and that you could not remember your job, either. Then the doctor’s hand went to the body on your left. The one with its hand on your knee. You had barely made eye contact with the full-volume dark curls when you quietly yet triumphantly said his name.

“Brian.”

His eyes shone brighter than the sun hearing his name come from your mouth. Despite feeling disappointed that you did not remember their names, everyone around beamed at you, proud that you were not completely amnesia ridden. You swore you even saw Brian flush with color, realizing that he had gone pretty pale waiting to see if you would remember his name. First a pale white, and now red as could be.

“I remember Brian. He… plays an instrument. Guitar. Built his own.”

“Bloody hell, why does Bri get all the attention from ‘er?”

“Relax, Roger.” Freddie placed an arm on Roger’s shoulder while Deaky spoke to him.

The doctor spoke up again, clearly bemused by the antics shared between the bandmates and overflowing with joy and relief at the fact you remembered something more than your name.

“Alright, well, I have good news, but I need to talk to the four of you,” motioning to the band, “in private, seeing that you guys are her bosses and she fell on the job.” He then motioned for the four of them to follow him into the hallway and the nurses informed the crew that they could leave if they wanted while they checked on your vitals. Once everyone but the nurses were out of the room, you felt a single tear roll down your cheek, fully aware that you had gotten into some kind of accident and that something was clearly wrong with your brain. Through a choking sob, you managed to ask the nurses who flocked over you a question.

“Could someone please tell me what happened?”

~

“As you are probably aware by now, Y/N was on a scaffolding that collapsed under her and pieces of it managed to fall onto her by the time she collided with the ground. Nothing metal hit her head, but the impact of the fall caused quite a jolt to run though her entire body, her brain being no exception. That is what is causing the amnesia. On top of all of that, one of the heavier pieces of metal managed to crush her right kneecap, which we replaced. She will be able to be discharged today, but she will need to be in a wheelchair for a week, and then we have a full leg brace that she can walk on slowly after that for about eight more weeks. Basically, the duration of the tour, if I understand correctly. I’m not so much worried about her leg healing properly, considering she could push herself around on the wheelchair, if necessary. However, my concern is the amnesia. I’m not as worried as I would be if she could not remember anything. But she did recognize all your faces, knew that some people had the label of “crew member,” and she clearly remembers Mr. May, here. So, I’m sure with some reintroducing, everything will come flooding back in due time. My request of you guys is to just keep an eye on her. From the conversations I have overheard, she seems like the kind of girl who can fend for herself, but regardless of what she says, she needs at least one person by her side for a while. Just until things are back to normal. Did you catch all of that?”

The members of Queen all silently nodded their heads in the direction of the doctor. Each of them knew they would be helping her, but none of them minded. Especially Brian. For some reason, he felt that he had an obligation to help her more than anyone else considering what she was doing when the fall occurred. That is his specialty. This would be his chance to get close to the girl whom he would like to call his. Once the small, one-sided conversation between Queen and the doctor concluded, they made their way back into the hospital room to see that you were already in your wheelchair with the brace on your leg, dressed and ready to go. The nurses told you everything that the doctor told the boys, and now that you all were on the same page, Brian stepped up to push you through the hospital to the van door.

“I got you, love, no need to exert yourself more than you already have.”

After a smug look was exchanged between the boys and Brian, you were rolling your way through the hospital, ready to get back to… whatever it was you did for a living. Eventually, the van you were riding in pulled into its destination, which to you looked like a massive arena. This could not possibly be related to what your job was, right? Why would someone like you work in a place like this? The van parked, and Brian scrambled around to your side of the van to help you into your wheelchair. He might be lanky, but the boy is strong. He was pushing you into the wide empty floor of the arena where the janitors were already cleaning up when he spooked you with a question.

“Anything here look familiar, love?”

“Not really. I can’t even imagine what it would be that I do for a living in a place like this. I’m no security guard.”

Brian chuckled behind you, so quietly you never even heard him. He wanted to just tell you everything, now that he had an excuse to really talk to you, but the voice of your doctor rang in the back of his mind. He was not supposed to tell you things, he was just supposed to show you things and hope it jogs your memory. You cannot relearn the things you knew. If they do not come back on their own, there is no hope for getting them back. Brian noticed something about the stage – it had not been put away yet. When the fall happened, everyone rushed to the hospital, and they all wanted to stay while you were operated on, but their management insisted that they go back and do the show and come back once you were awake. The stage was just as they had left it, and Brian got an idea.

“Would you feel comfortable if I left you alone for a second and hopped up on stage to grab something?”

You shook your head at him, practically expressionless, and he slowly turned away from you to hop up onto the stage, long legs making him look like a frog jumping. You saw him grab a guitar. The guitar you mentioned when you were still in your hospital bed. He also grabbed a stool and made his way back down to you. About forty feet from the edge of the stage. He plopped the stool down directly in front of you and plopped himself right down on top of it. Then he started to play. And you remembered. Well, you at least remembered why you were at this arena, what your job was. Nothing else really came back, like the name of the band, the names of his bandmates, anything like that. But hearing Brian play helped you remember something. And that was all he needed to do for you. He was there to be a walking memory. As he played, he made eye contact with you to try and see the little stars in your eyes he always looked at. They were there when you were happy, and that was all he wanted to make you feel in this moment. He could tell you were feeling defeated about the whole situation and he just wanted to see your eyes light up. Little did he know that you would make him feel the way he wanted to make you feel.

“You Take My Breath Away.”

“You… remembered.”

“I… I guess I did. I also know that that is the guitar you made. The one I remembered.”

“…”

“But I still can’t remember the name of your band.”

At this point, you and Brian were laughing so hard it was a wonder neither of you had started crying. He had stopped playing, and the light started to leave your eyes again. Brian could see it, and he started to think he did something wrong.

“What happened? Are you feeling okay?”

“Please keep playing.”

“Wh…what?”

“Play for me. It helps. My memory and my mood. Please keep playing.”

Brian continued to strum and sing quietly for you, testing your knowledge on the band whose name you could not remember.

~

A week had gone by, and slowly but surely, you were starting to remember things. You watched a show, and before it all started you gleefully shouted “QUEEN!” at the boys, signaling that you remembered their name. Then you went one by one and pointed at them, exclaiming their names, making them beam with pride. Other things you remembered were your job, your birthday, and some of the interests you had. The one that you really could not forget was your love of all things space. It was what got you into this mess in the first place. Something you had not remembered, though, was that Brian, the bandmate who had been by your side this entire past week, had a degree in astrophysics. Meaning he knew space stuff. Brian made no effort to tell you that, because he was afraid it would trigger something in your brain and that you would forget him. He voiced that fear to his bandmates and they all called him dramatic. He did not feel that his fear was over the top, but it was three to one, so he lost by default. On the first day you could walk on your leg, everyone doted on you, making sure you did not fall. You felt fine, but really only accepted help from Brian. You had come to trust him more than anyone else after all he had put up with this week. He had seen sides of you that no one had really ever seen, especially in vulnerable moments. At hotels, you two shared a room because you needed help in the bathroom and getting changed and whatnot. At least, that is what Brian told himself to keep himself from admitting the obvious. But now that you could be own your own, he felt like there was not much he still needed to do for you, which made him feel slightly depressed. He wanted to help you all the time, and he meant all the time. Not just when you were hurt. He wanted this companionship you had formed to be a lifelong one, filled with more than just the occasional shy look exchanged between the two of you. He wanted more. He wanted you. The bus had pulled into the hotel where the boys would be staying that night, and you shocked everyone by what you said to the check-in lady.

“Make that one less room, put Brian May and myself together, please.”

Brian gaped at you, completely red in the face, while his three bandmates snickered behind him, knowing how he felt about you and how oblivious you seemed to be about the whole thing.

“Love, my room is for one person.”

“You have a queen bed, we can fit, silly.” Then you saw the look on his face. “Unless you… don’t want to share your room with me.”

“Room 445, May and Y/L/M. It has a nice ring to it. Who am I to say no to that?”

You all made your ways to your respective rooms. Once you and Brian were settled in for what you thought would be a relaxing night flipping through television stations, he proposed an idea. Something to jog the last parts of your memory that had not come back yet.

“Would you be opposed to coming outside with me for a few moments, my dear? There is something I want to show you.”

“As long as I can borrow that sweatshirt you’re wearing, I have no complains, Bri.”

You flashed him a warm smile, still completely oblivious to how much you had him wrapped around his finger. He would do anything you asked him to do, no questions asked in any situation. He tossed you the sweatshirt he was wearing. The two of you quietly started to make your way to the back entrance of the hotel, and you found yourself being helped by Brian up this small hill at the back of the property with nothing on it but a lonesome bench. How Brian knew it was there was beyond you, but you did not find yourself questioning it, either. He helped you up the hill carefully, so as not to cross a boundary but make it as easy for you as possible. Once you made it up the hill, with a few stumbles along the way and grabbing of hands and torsos, you sat down side by side in a comfortable silence. You heard Brian sigh lightly next to you, and you turned your head and body to face him.

“What’s troubling you, big guy?”

“Nothing. I just want to talk to you about space.”

He said that as a precursor. A warning. He wanted to gauge your reaction to see if you leaned into his words or scooted away from them. He did not catch a grimace, or see your body tense in anyway, so he milked the moment. He wrapped an arm loosely around your shoulders and lightly squeezed as if he wanted to capture you in his embrace. You gladly moved yourself so your side was flush against his. Except Brian felt even more confident, knowing that you were not shying away from him. He had no reason to believe you were feeling for him the way he felt for you, but he wanted to take this moment by the horns, since he was not certain he would get to do this again. He reached down with his free arm, hooked your legs in it, and he swung them over so your body was facing perpendicular to his with your bum seated against the side of his legs and your legs laid across his lap. You turned lightly so you could still face partially the same direction he was facing, and pressed your side into his once again. Then he began to talk in that calming voice of his.

“Let’s see who we’ve got to work with tonight…” Brian started rambling off the constellations he could clearly see and tried to get you to see them yourself. He loved the look on your face – despite feeling frustrated with yourself that you could not see them, he thought your scrunched-up nose was adorable. He could tell you were genuinely interested in all the space stuff he talked about, unlike past girls he found himself enamored with. He continued to talk and you even asked him a few questions you had wanted to know the answers to, things about black holes, supernovas, comets, and the like. Brian practically felt like he was up amongst the stars seated next to you talking about all of this stuff. To him, you shone like brighter than all of them combined with the sun, and even if he was too shy to do anything about it, just being able to spend time with you was what he wanted. Eventually though, he took a break from his rambling ask you a personal question.

“Do you quite understand why I asked you to come out here with me so I could talk about space?”

“Do I have to? I’m really happy listening to you. Everything you say is… enthralling. Enchanting, if you will, Bri.”

His heart swelled. So much that it actually hurt his chest a little.

“Well, allow me to explain myself.” He turned his head to he was no longer looking at the stars, but the expression on his face when his eyes landed on yours made it seem like he still was. “You and I have known each other for a little while now, about six months, if I’m not mistaken. Besides your obvious personality quirks,” you lightly punched him, smiling up at him, knowing it was a playful jab at you, “there is something about you that I have noticed. Any time we are playing a show that has no roof, you find something you can climb so you can look at space. Even when there are nights with a venue that has a roof, you climb all the way up to find a window or go outside. Clearly, you are just as enamored with the scenery up above as I am.”

“Clearly, Bri. You just rambled off more facts about space than I even thought possible.”

“Well, that’s just the thing – there is something you need to know about me.” For some reason, he was nervous to admit he had his degree. Like it would make you think he is too nerdy and that you would be repulsed by him. “I actually have a degree in astrophysics. I specialized in interplanetary dust, but if simple facts about comets are enough for you, there are plenty more where that came from, love.”

You laughed from your core. It was music to his ears, and he wished he could make that sound come from your lips every day. Very few girls that he had dated in the past found him funny. They found him too stoic or serious. Yet somehow, you appreciated that side of him and the dry humor that came with it. He was certain by this point that the stars you so fondly gazed at had aligned in all the right places to get you two on this Earth together at the same time in the same place. He continued…

“But back to the matter at hand. I mentioned before that you always find a way to look at the sky at night before shows, and I’ve sworn I’ve seen you do it after some shows, too, if we get done early enough and you have time before all the vans leave. I sincerely don’t want this to come across as strange or uncomfortable, but I’m just speaking my truth in an effort to get you to see and hear me.” He took a shuddering breath, knowing by your expression that your full attention was on every word that dripped from his intelligent mouth. “Every time I see you do that, I stop what I’m doing to look at the expression on your face. You always look so calm and at peace, and I have never seen someone look at space the same way that I do. Everyone thinks I’m a dweeb, frankly. But you… you’re different. You look at space the same way I look at space. I also look at you the same way I look at space. You’re like my very own personal constellation, love, and if it isn’t already obvious, you have me wrapped around your little finger. I am infatuated with you, and this is one instance where I truly don’t know how to handle the situation.”

You had just been staring at him wide-eyed, trying to process the words coming from him. Brian was… infatuated with you? You knew what the word meant, you just weren’t sure if he meant it in regards to just how you held yourself, or if he was… in love with you. So, one of your signature quirks, as he liked to call them, came out when you bluntly asked him to explain himself further.

“Bri, when you say infatuated with me… do you mean what I think you mean?”

Brian was not the confident type around women, but for some reason, a surge ran through him at the prospect of you not completely rejecting him already. This surge coursed through his veins and overtook his senses. The next thing you felt were his lightly chapped but somehow still soft lips gently pressing and moving against your own. It was the definition of a kiss filled with love. He answered your question, alright. You pulled away from each other, lips remaining close enough to brush each other with each word spoken breathily.

“I, uh, I guess I know the answer to my question. Huh, Bri?”

“I guess you do.”

“You really feel like that for someone like me? A nobody?”

“Y/N, love?”

“Yeah?”

“Not even the stars above us compare to you.”

[sweetswesf]

Black History Month 2020

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth!

I grew up knowing Black greats, my REAL history, and of the injustices my people and I have faced. I learned this from family, educators, and my own experiences. My dad had framed photos of Muhammad Ali, MLK, Malcolm X, Jesse Owens, Bob Marley and many others on the wall of his office in my childhood home. My grandfather had a mix of the same in his office. My grandmother kickstarted my love for researching and collecting history when she archived articles covering 9/11 for me after I was horrified by the news coverage that day in 4th grade, watching the events take place on TV before she dropped me off to school.

I have celebrated Black History Month in the past, but not with the passion of someone truly trying to draw something of value from it. I got exhausted with previous BHMs, honoring the same people year to year who died 50+ years ago, when there were plenty of other Black people living and worthy to be honored. I was also inspired to do this by the people (even Black people) who spoke openly about why Black people are not due reparations, why Black women are not fit for marriage, why Black people should “just listen to police”, “get Masters degrees”, and “build their networks”, to solve their issues (real excerpts from well-intentioned but awfully miseducated colleagues and other people I have had convos with on Black issues), and their plans to go skiing on MLK Day because it was simply just another “holiday” to them.

Black history month is for you and still important, even if you are not Black, because it’s great to recognize why you have what you have, and no one is free until we are all free. One way to remove guilt and fear of something you do not know is to educate yourself on it. It has been proven that racism, discrimination, and the fear of “others” causes depression, suicide and wrongful deaths. Black history month is about saving lives. Dr. Woodson, the creator of Black History Month, said so himself: “If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.”

It wasn’t until Nipsey was assassinated that most people recognized all the philanthropic and entrepreneurial things to build generation wealth that he did. It was a prime example of if we don’t value our people and our stories in the here and now, they will be subject to the interpretation of someone else who does not have the experiences of you and your people and possibly unable to give it its proper due. Stories are meant to be told to free someone else.

When I was a freshman at USC, I chose computer science as my major with aspirations of working in tech after graduation. However, after feeling like an imposter as one of the 4 Black women at the college of engineering’s freshman orientation, I dropped the major. I did not know any professional Black female software engineers, listened to the stereotypes and other fallacies like “Asians are good at math and science” and thought, “Black people must not be good in tech.” I didn’t know there was a whole community of Black techies around the world, building apps, running tech companies, raising capital for tech companies, participating in groups like /dev/color (which I am currently in), and the like. I wasn’t exposed.

I am fighting “imposter syndrome” even today as it takes years to reverse feelings of inadequacy and conditioning. I am finally a software engineer though (intern right now :)), and want to focus on getting better and ensuring no other Black woman or person of any identity feels that they cannot achieve something simply because they don't see themselves represented there.

I know there are still some people however living like this: living in doubt of their capabilities because they have not seen representations of them accomplishing what they are dreaming of. To help erase this, this month, I highlighted lesser known doctors, teachers, activists, billionaires, venture capitalists, athletes, artists, revolutionaries, military leaders, scientists, astronauts, economists, authors, software engineers, businessmen/women, and entrepreneurs of the past and present to remind someone (and myself) that despite discrimination, we are capable of greatness. Capable of being our ancestors’ wildest dreams.

This month, I:

- Attended various BHM events (Lyft’s Black Vendor Expo, Black Joy Parade in Oakland, etc.). - Contributed a BHM piece for Lyft’s newsletter that was shared with all and displayed in all HQs and some driver hubs. - Created a BHM deck that was distributed to all Lyft employees and displayed in the SF, NYC, Nashville, and SEA offices. - Joined a Black org. - Attended and got my playbill signed by the beautiful Black cast of Hamilton. - Gave my dollars to various Black businesses. - Referred a Black candidate for a role at my job. That person received an invitation to on-site interview. - Studied the African Diaspora. - Drank more water. - Refreshed my schedule to recommit to focusing my goals. - Committed to teaching others about how to build generational wealth by committing to serve my church’s ministry for financial health. - Spent significant time researching the 2020 Democratic candidates. - Supported various Black creatives. - Studied hidden heroes of American history, some of which were blood relatives. - Listened to more episodes of the Podcast ”1619”. - Joined a new Black org: Hip Hop for Change. - Contributed to my church’s scholarship fund. - Called out racism and oppression and had some hard conversations with people of significant influence in tech. - Checked my balance in my bank account at the Black bank One United. - Was kinder to the environment by eating less meat. - Finished a novel faster than I ever have.

I don’t share all this to brag, I share it to show that celebrating Black History Month does not have to be drab and making a difference in your community is much harder AND much easier than you think. It annoys me when someone who wants to be an ally asks, “What can I do to help?,” when there are obvious answers all around or a Google search away. But, I recognize we’re all somewhat culturally clueless, so, I found some solutions we can start on to help fix the world’s race problem.

This month, because Black history is full of “power, poison, pain, and joy”, I felt my highest of highest and lowest of lows through my studies. I will continue to research my history, honor and financially support the accomplishments and dreams of my people. I'll be focusing on these issues in particular:

- Expanding the scope & scale of Black businesses - Increasing Black homeownership - Lowering the Black wealth divide - Growing the capital of Black-owned banks - Freeing those serving sentences for non-violent crimes related to cannabis, since it is now a billion-dollar industry - Improving the quality of and access to education for Black Americans - Diversifying tech

I won’t be posting those here as frequently as I did this month, because researching and writing these post took hours daily. Although time well spent, it is time again to refocus that energy posting on Facebook to creating my own contributions to Black History offline.

Thank you to everyone who liked, shared, or subscribed to my posts. A significant way to celebrate Black History Month is just to learn, listen, and be open, so kudos to you for simply doing that. I encourage you to continue that, silence your feelings of guilt because God has forgiven you, and focus on making your life and the lives of others better. If you don’t do it for yourself, at least do it for generations that follow you.

Please share with me, either in a reply to this post or personally, your feedback on these posts, questions you have following, or ways you celebrate/plan to celebrate.

I’ll end my post with this: - Expect more from yourself and others. - Get up. Stand up. Show up. - Nothing beats time. - Every dollar should have an assignment. - Health is a large form of wealth. - Be kind to one another. - We’re better together.

Love y’all.

[homeopathysingapore-blog]

Homeopathy in Singapore

Its been 27 years since I started practising classical “Holistic Homeopathy,”

and there have been certain questions that have been asked to me recurrently,

one of them is “Hey Dr.Priya, you are an Indian do you practice Ayurveda?

second is “Hey Dr.Priya does homeopathy come from India?”

so I decided why not I explain these two queries in greater detail.

So you see dear friends Homeopathy originated in Germany in the 18th Century, it was discovered by a Physician by the name of Dr.Samuel Christian Hahnemann, and therefore it got popularized initially in the western side of the globe and later was brought to the Commonwealth countries. It’s the British who popularized Homeopathy all over India, sometimes even at the cost of Ayurveda. Yes, they were our Invaders But the essential philosophy of Homeopathy, is very similar, to the essential philosophy of India and the Indian system of healing Ayurveda. So Homeopathy, which was brought in by the invaders took roots in India and has flourished over time. In fact today some of the best Homeopaths of the world come from India.

In India, during British Raj there was a French Doctor by the name of Dr.Martin Honigberger, Who treated Maharaja of Punjab, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and then he went to Calcutta and started his homeothic practice. He helped a lot of cholera Patients so was called as the Cholera Doctor.So one can say the credit of popularising Homeopathy goes to Dr Honigberger.

So the essential philosophy of Homeopathy believes that any disturbance or dis-ease starts first starts at the level of the spirit then percolates to the level of the Mind and then gets expressed at the level of the body as signs and symptoms, And it is the skill of a Homeopathic Physician to decipher these signs and symptoms and come out with a perfect remedy.

When Homeopathy started getting popularized there were two kinds of people who popularized homeopathy there were the lay people who started studying Homeopathy as a Hobby and started many charitable clinics , they did a lot of good work for the spread of homeopathy and humanity, and then there were the main stream Physicians or mainstream Allopaths,who got converted to homeopathy and started practicing Homeopathy, this credit goes to Dr. Mahendra lal Sircar, from Kolkatta, He popularized Homeopathy among the main stream Physicians of India.

So somewhere around 1973, the Government of India established the Central Council of Homeopathy, to look into the matters regarding Homeopathy, As time passed homeopathy became more and more popular ,so somewhere in 1983 the Government of India again started University degree courses in Homeopathy. These courses were unique, they were very integrated, they brought the clinical knowledge to homeopathy.

This Degree is “BHMS” which is what I have, Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery. Now what does this course teach? In this five and a half year university degree course we do everything from Anatomy to physiology to general medicine to Gynecology to surgery. Yes, in the Bachelor of Homeopathic medicine and surgery one studies everything that an MBBS doctor studies.Only in the fifth year where they study their Pharmacopeia, we study our Materia medica.

Such qualified Homeopaths then become medically trained homeopaths, but even today there are medically non-trained homeopaths, what’s the difference between the two? The knowledge of homeopathy is the same for both, but a medically trained homeopath has further clinical knowledge, in the sense, his diagnostic skills are better, than the medically non-trained homeopath, therefore in the western side of the globe, a lot of countries have now made it compulsory for medically non-trained homeopaths to either practice with the mainstream physician or general practitioner or with the a medically trained homeopath, so that there are no diagnostic errors.

Now what do you mean by diagnostic errors. Let me explain further, let’s say there is a Asthmatic child who comes to Homeopath for consultation, the oxygen level of Asthma children when there is a bronchospasm, drop very fast, sometimes, you have to pick up these clues.If a doctor is medically trained. He is able to pick it up and act quickly, to give some remedy to increase the dilation of the bronchi, so that the air goes in and the oxygen level goes up.

You see there is truly no competition between this pathy and that pathy, sometimes in emergency you do need mainstream medicine, there is nothing wrong in it, there is no fight among traditional pathies as well , so you see traditional Chinese medicine comes from China, they use the herbs from China as medicines they also use acupuncture and acupressure , Ayurveda comes from India which uses the Indian herbs, Unani comes from the middle east and Jamu comes from Indonesia, from India also comes another system of medicine the Siddha system of medicines, many a times people feel there is a fight between all this, homeopathy from Germany, Ayurveda from India,TCM from China. No It is not like that, it is the patient who is most important, Sometimes patients tell me that they are not able to have the very very bitter TCM or Ayurvedic medicines, they would prefer me to give them the homeopathic medicines, because you all know how homeopathic medicines are sweet, and they are very easy to carry around, but they would prefer the Ayurvedic massage or the TCM acupuncture, and I am absolutely ok with that. It is together we can work towards the betterment of our patient, can’t we? That is the whole idea, because all traditional medicines believe in the trinity of the mind, body and the spirit. Yes, they believe that the disease is only when there is an imbalance in the Trinity, and a physician and his medicines are not meant to take over the human system, the human system is fully capable of rectifying itself.Traditional medicine believes in supporting the human system to help it on its way to recovery. But please understand traditional doctor are not miracle workers, so when patients come to traditional healers, they expect miracles, that’s not possible.I always tell my patients, if your illness has taken 3 years to develop you at least need to be patient for 3 months for any recovery to happen .At the same time, you also need to be perseverant in your treatment. Two key things which are needed in homeopathy, or any other traditional therapy is patience, and perseverance ,only then will you start seeing results. Its a myth that homeopathy is not valid in acute conditions .Homeopathy has great results in even things like fever, sour throat, etc .

Honestly as I am writing this article , I am having a painful throat, and I am taking my own medicine, I can even tell you which one, I am taking Hepar Sulph. Yes, this medicine will give me quick effect, the fever will come down as fast as a Panadol And I am not joking, if the illness has taken 3 days to start you can give me 3 hours to show you recovery, of course, that means you also have do lateral things, like manage your diet, follow other complementary therapies to benefit you. If you have a sour throat and you go out and eat an ice cream and say “Hey Dr.Priya your medicine is not giving me relief,” well, I always say I am not a magician, we both work together the you and me, to help the you recover, yes, so it is 50% you 50%me, together we are going to work towards recovery. Now, what is difference between homeopathy and other traditional medicines, let’s understand . You see, other traditional medicines use the herbs in their essential form, let’s say for instance in TCM they use Ginseng root, the Ginseng root is used as it is, we also have homeopathic Ginseng, the homeopathic Ginseng looks nothing like a Ginseng root, in fact it is either in a liquid form or in those little sweet globules form, that is because, in homeopathy, we take the Ginseng root, and energize it is via a process which is known as a potentization (succussion or trituration) . Now what’s that well a topic in itself, which I will address some other time. Similarly in Ayurveda let’s say they use onion to treat some ailments, well in homeopathy also we use onion as one of our medicine and it is called allium cepa and it is used to treat exactly the symptoms you would get if you chop onions, your eyes water, your nose leaks, kind of like flu, well allium cepa is one of the best medicines for flu, but the medicine is again in its energized form, you take a bottle of allium cepa, or the pills, and smell it, it’s nowhere close to the smell of the onion, because it is all in an energized potentized form. That’s the classical difference between all other traditional medicines, and homeopathy, because of this energization homeopathy is dispensed in very small quantities ,little pill or drops in very small quantities.

Many a times after I question patients a whole lot during the first case taking of one and half hours and then give them a teeny weeny bottle of medicine ,patients look at me perplexed and ask “only this much?” .Well it is energy packed bottle of medicine and therefore it requires a lot of good care and handling to retain energy and again that’s the topic by itself, which I will address some other time. So i think i have clearly explained to you ,How ,Where homeopathy started and how and Where it settled in India. If you have any further questions related to homeopathy, do reach out to us and we will be more than happy to answer them. (priya@naturenurtures.net, Tel: (65) 6841-4705 Mobile: (65) 9664-7657)

On that sweet note, here’s wishing you health and happiness. thank you.