#january summarises

[paddyfitz]

He had nothing to say to her. Nothing that could bridge the gulf. They were two parts of a plain, blown apart by an atom bomb. A nasty radioactive crater between them, waiting to irradiate them both. He accepted the wound would be terminal. He knew this was the one time he had gone too far, and the one thing he could never undo. He had to make peace with it.

Chapters 6-14 of bells are ringing up on AO3

[empressofthewind]

Okay okay I'm here to clear this up once and for all.

Near's birthday is the 24th of August 1991. 1991 + 18 = 2009. Therefore, on the 24th of August 2009, Near turns 18. The official manga timeline is written in Volume 13, and can also be loosely followed along via dates scattered throughout the main story. The anime timeline shifts everything forward by 3 years, but major dates do not change.

We are introduced to Near and Mello in Chapter 59, on the day that they learn of L's death. This scene then continues in Chapter 61. The official date for this is December 5th, 2004, which makes Near 13 and Mello 14. Mello leaves the orphanage, and Near is handed the case. Near starts investigating on his own from this point forward.

Chapter 60 opens with a summary of events from 2005 to 2009. When we next see Near, he is meeting the U.S. president and presenting the evidence he has collected over the duration of the timeskip. The date given for this meeting is March 5th, 2009. The SPK is then established on March 12th, 2009. At this time, Near is 17.

Continuing with the Chapter 60 summary, we are given exposition that Kira's ideals gain momentum throughout the summer of 2009. We then see Mello and Near again for the first time when it is revealed that Mello kidnapped the NPA director. It can be assumed that the exposition summarises the months of June-August 2009, placing us in October by the time the story picks back up again. This is confirmed in Volume 13, which states that the NPA director is kidnapped on the 8th of October. Near is 18.

From Chapters 61-107, Near remains 18 throughout the entire duration of the story. The epilogue in Chapter 108 is dated January 28th 2011; Near is 19. The C-Kira oneshot is dated February 2013; Near is 21. The A-Kira oneshot is dated May 2019; Near is 27.

Sincerely, a very fed up Near fan ❤️

[project-sekai-facts]

Project SEKAI: the Movie -Ruined SEKAI and the Miku Who Can't Sing- recap post

The previously teased "new project" was officially announced earlier today! We're going to be getting a Project SEKAI movie, which is slated for release on January 17th, 2025!! The main poster can be seen above.

This post will be summarising what we know, and will be updated when more information is given.

As mentioned already, the movie will be released next January in cinemas in Japan. It will be animated by P.A.WORKS, who animated the Journery to Bloom shorts. The first trailer for the movie is embedded above. Clips from the movie will be shown in cinemas in Japan starting in August, and these will later be made available on Youtube.

An international release was confirmed in the July Colorful Corner livestream, though no date has been given. It will be some point after the Japanese release.

A synopsis was also released, and a translated version can be found here. To summarise, Ichika meets a Miku she doesn't recognise, who appears to be rather sad and lonely. This Miku tells Ichika that there are people she wants to sing to, but she is unable to reach them, and she wants to get to know Ichika because she sees how Ichika is able to reach people's hearts with her singing.

Based on the costumes used in the movie being from before the 3rd anniversary, this movie is likely set then. However, it could be a noncanon original story (like the anthology manga) or it could be canon to the game and link up to the current story, and the outfits could be down to the fact that this movie would've gone into production long before the 3rd anniversary redesigns were created.

A character sheet for the new Miku was also posted on the movie's website earlier today.

The movie will also feature new songs, though more information on these will be released at a later date.

The official website can be found here, and the official twitter account is @/pjsekai_movie.

The next load of information about the movie will be given during the 4th anniversary thanksgiving festival (unless the cinema clips make it first). There will be more information about the songs in December.

[milverton]

I watch Jake Broe's update videos on the war in Ukraine pretty religiously, so I wanted to share what he had to say in his latest video because I at least felt a little better about this whole new trumpocalypse fiasco after hearing some of the points he made.

Here's his tweet that summarises what he says in the video, but I would recommend still watching the whole thing! (I've bolded the main points)

Okay! We all needed a day to reflect on what happened and I have good news and bad news for Ukraine about Trump returning to the US Presidency.

Let's start with the bad news for Ukraine…

Trump could end all US military cooperation

Trump could lift all sanctions on Russia

Trump could return all frozen assets to Russia

Yes, that is all very bad, but there might be good news.

First, Trump is always transactional. It does not matter if Russia was helping Trump or not in the past, Trump does not feel like he owes anyone anything for past favors. If Trump ever gives something up, then he will want something in return at the same time.

Russia will make demands that Trump is happy to accommodate, but only if Russia agrees to something that makes Trump look good. If Russia refuses, then Trump will rapidly escalate against Russia out of spite. American weapons in Ukrainian hands have already killed hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers. Putin might refuse any kind of transactional deal with Trump. Nobody knows what either Trump or Putin will do. Trump could inadvertently destabilize Russia without even meaning to.

Second, Trump does not take over until January 20th, which means we know for a fact that Russia is not going to use a nuclear weapon before Trump returns to office. Russia is not going to start a nuclear war if they think Trump will give them favorable terms. Meaning there is no risk of escalation management the next two months. Take the gloves off!

For the next two months Ukraine should be given permission to hit whatever they want with whatever is given to them anywhere on Russian territory. Additionally, Biden now is forced to rush deliver and allocate the rest of America's available funds allocated by Congress to Ukraine this winter.

If instead Harris was re-elected and MAGA controlled Congress, military aid would have ended anyways and Biden would have tried to stretch these funds out until next summer. Biden can't do that now. So Ukraine is actually going to get a huge boost in military aid right away.

Third, even though I do not think Trump cares at all about Ukraine, he does care about his own image and legacy. He is never running for office ever again, but he loves to be loved by his supporters. He does not want to look weak and if Ukraine refuses to a negotiated capitulation and instead fights on without US help, these are going to be top headlines daily (maybe the fall of Kharkiv or the fall of Odesa) and this will make Trump look weak. He hates that. These would be images that would look worse for America than the US withdrawal of Afghanistan.

Forth, Trump hates Iran. Trump fiercely supports Israel and Iran is currently trying to destroy Israel. If Trump takes any military action against Iran (or looks the other way when Israel does) this could weaken or cripple one of Russia's most important allies. Harris was never going to do anything about Iran. Trump might actually cripple Iran and their Russian allied proxies in the Middle East.

Fifth, Trump loves the idea of cheap oil. He might actually find ways (cutting regulations, building more pipes, granting access to more public lands) that brings the global price of oil down so much that this ends up bankrupting Russia faster. That is not Trump's goal, but he might accidentally do it.

Sixth, Europe might finally militarily wake up once Trump stops answering their phone calls. Europe has the population and the economic power to support Ukraine and defeat the Russians without America's help. This is Europe's moment. They can't use America as an excuse anymore for holding them back.

Lastly… this is crazy, but Trump's economic plan of tariffs and trade wars might actually trigger a massive recession in the United States. When the US goes into recession, this almost always triggers a global recession. We realistically need an economic collapse of Russia to defeat them and Trump might accidentally cause this without even wanting to.

It is all weird to think about. But we just do not know what will happen or what the state of the war will be three months from now. It is a complete mystery to everyone, including the Russians.

Keep supporting Ukraine. Russia will be defeated.

[callaei-researches]

Summary of results - Intercultural and cross-linguistic perspectives on the whump genre

Here is a summary of the results from the research thesis, "Intercultural and cross-linguistic perspectives on the whump genre"! This was part of my studying a Master of Contemporary International Studies. The research aimed to explore how whump-interested people connect with the whump genre cross-culturally and cross-linguistically.

Back in June/July this year (2023), I sent out a questionnaire open to any whump-interested person, and also invited interviews for bilingual whump-interested people. I've finally finished my thesis, and overall was awarded an A- for it!

The full thesis is available now to read on Academia.edu, and will also be available on IPU New Zealand's library website in January 2024.

This research was approved for Human Research Ethics Clearance by the IPU New Zealand Research and Development Commitee on 3rd May 2023 (HREC-2023-05-03-01).

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(NB: Due to there being an extensive amount of results, I've only summarised the key findings of the results section and a brief conclusion here. I've referenced page numbers for the full thesis if you'd like to read the extended version.)

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Summary of results (Questionnaire)

233 respondents | 92 different cultural/faith-based identities

The questionnaire was used to answer Research Question 1, "How do the aspects of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and Schwartz’ universal human values reflect in the characteristics of whump genre identity?"

The questionnaire explored four themes associated with whump genre concepts - “agency,” “comfort,” “stoicism,” and “knowledge” - and found (p. 87):

For the theme of “agency,” questionnaire participants tended to perceive a greater importance for agency for the caretaker and whumper roles. This may be related to the caretaker and whumper role characters’ abilities to carry out their roles of caretaking and whumping respectively. While the cultural dimensions did not appear to be factors inherent to the theme of agency for the whumpee role in a whump genre story, this appeared to work towards supporting the cross-cultural enjoyment of whump. For the theme of “comfort,” hurt comfort, physical comfort and long-term recovery may be more accommodating of cultural dimension dynamics and have a greater capacity to fully realise the goals of Schwartz’ values. For the theme of “stoicism,” the way in which these dimensions can so diversely be applied to this theme suggests a cross-culturally applicable ground. For the theme of “knowledge,” the balance between the certainty of a known whumpee and the uncertainty of an unknown whumper indicate variable tolerance of ambiguity within the whump genre. This suggests a cross-culturally applicable ground.

Summary of results (Interview)

The full results section for the questionnaire can be read in the full thesis (pp. 61-87).

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31 interviewees (15 spoken, 16 written) | 24 different languages

The interview was used to answer Research Question 2, "How do bilingual whump-interested people perceive the ability to convey themes of hurt comfort (a subgenre of whump) in different languages?"

The interview questions were categorised into themes:

Theme 1: Preferences for language when interacting with fiction

Theme 2: Comparisons of different languages’ abilities to convey physical and emotional pain

Theme 3: Limitations or difficulties experienced when conveying whump in, and across, different languages

Theme 4: Cultural, social, and/or linguistic reasons influencing pronunciation of “whump”

Following transcription of the interviews, a thematic analysis involving examining code co-occurences found (p. 123):

For “Theme 1: Preferences for language when interacting with fiction,” preferences tended to be associated with the availability of media, the ability to connect with the author’s intended meaning, and the level of ease and comfort with which interviewees could engage with the fictional media. For “Theme 2: Comparisons of different languages’ abilities to convey physical and emotional pain,” interviewees’ comparisons highlighted differing ways of presenting and conveying pain in language, for example, through language features and words. Overall, interviewees felt that the languages which they were fluent in were generally equally capable of conveying physical and emotional pain, although different languages tended to approach the communicating of pain in different ways. For “Theme 3: Limitations or difficulties experienced when conveying whump in, and across, different languages,” the perceived limitations and difficulties experienced across languages tended to be associated with difficulties in conveying semantic, pragmatic and cultural meaning across languages, and tended to stem from the differences between sociolinguistic approaches to communicating ideas in languages. For “Theme 4: Cultural, social, and/or linguistic reasons influencing pronunciation of “whump,” common cultural, social and linguistic reasons for interviewees’ pronunciations of “whump” included how interviewees expected the word to sound based on their expectations of the letters in the phonological environment, the impact of a lack of having heard the word spoken aloud, sociocultural influences, intuition and language education.

Conclusions (brief exerpt from p. 130)

The full results section for the interview can be read in the full thesis (pp. 61-87). Interview transcripts (sensitive details filtered out) can be read in Appendix H (pp. 177-399).

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Research Question 1 explored cross-culturally applicable aspects of the whump genre. The findings suggested that themes of the whump genre accommodate variations in cultural social orientations and values, thereby enabling an interculturally common ground among whump-interested people.

Using qualitative research (interview), Research Question 2 explored how bilingual whump-interested people perceive and connect with hurt comfort themes across different languages. The findings suggest that multiple factors contribute to how bilingual whump-interested people engage with the whump genre, including but not limited to first and second languages as a tool to experience closely or otherwise distance the subject with, the availability of whump media in different languages, and manner of conveying aspects of pain and comfort through lexical, phonetic, grammatical and cultural aspects of language.

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Thank you to everyone who participated in the research - the questionnaire and/or the interview! Your voices are all important in this kind of research, and are all very much appreciated!

[probablyasocialecologist]

A month after Israeli allegations that a dozen United Nations staff were involved in the 7 October Hamas attack, UN investigators have yet to receive any evidence from Israel to support the claims though they expect some material to be forthcoming “shortly”. The allegations against the 12 employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA) led 16 major donors to suspend contributions totalling $450m at a time when more than two million Gazans are facing famine. UNRWA says it is approaching “breaking point” and only has sufficient funds to continue functioning for the next month at most. The UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) launched an investigation on 29 January in the wake of the Israeli allegations initially presented to UNRWA in January, and delivered an update on its work to the UN secretary general, António Guterres, on Wednesday. Diplomats who saw the OIOS preliminary report said it contained no new evidence from Israel since the initial presentation of the claims in January – which were not backed by any proof. In summarising the findings, the UN spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, confirmed that the investigation had yet to receive corroborating material from Israel.

[ineffabildaddy]

golly what a spirit (you can only hear it down on whickber street) (E, 1/2 chapters posted) - a good omens christmas fic by ineffabildaddy

Crowley burst out of the bathroom and flew down the spiral staircase. What the fuck was happening to her? Maybe Aziraphale would know. Maybe it would make total sense to him that she had woken up with the pointed ears, enlarged eyes, tinted cheeks and delicate hands of a Christmas elf. It's December, a year and a half after the Armageddon that wasn't, and Crowley and Aziraphale share a life of romantic domesticity. Christmas is almost upon them and Crowley notices that Aziraphale is completely lacking his usual sense of Christmas Spirit. In hopes of rectifying this, Crowley buys a potion from Anathema that allegedly guarantees to get the drinker feeling Christmassy. She and Aziraphale both drink the potion before going to bed, and when Crowley wakes up the next morning, she has undergone an unwelcome transformation. Aziraphale has experienced some changes, too, and suddenly he's desperate to make up for lost time delivering presents and making festive preparations. Crowley didn't exactly sign up to be Sexy Santa's Little Helper this Christmas Eve, but if it makes Aziraphale happy, then she'll gladly play along.

this fic is a gift for @omens-for-ophelia! it is a very loose continuation of the creature of mine story, though any relevance is summarised in the chapter notes so you don't need to read it before reading this one!

chapter 2/2 will be up sometime in january - untimely, i know, but life happens!

comments and reblogs are treasured<3

[tailsbeth-writes]

Thanks for the tags @dizzymisslizzie @run-for-chamo-miles @onthewaytosomewhere & @porcelainmortal!

This year has been a busy year (not just fic wise tbh), I wrote 86,387 words across 7 fandoms thanks to Ficlet Fridays. That became a proper thing, thank you for sticking around for my silly prompts (it will be returning in the new year but the regularity of it might change cause my work year is hectic). I'm going to summarise my full fics but click here you wanna check out my ficlets. Round up under the cut ✨

January

a frightening magic I cling to | 1.7k | M

After an indulgent Christmas, Henry battles with body image issues. Alex tries to pull him from his demons the best he can.

This fic was cathartic as hell and there's a much longer sequel in the works that I'm taking my time on.

By now, I thought I'd be over it | 1k | T

Watch party at the Brownstone, Henry's got a lot of feelings and as usual, Alex filters his coffee more than his mouth. What could go wrong?

A request that I actually think I could handle better now as a writer.

Alex Vs Goodreads Trolls | 3.5k | T

Henry is in the UK for the launch of his book, leaving Alex to his own devices. He's got an internet connection & a bottle of scotch, what's the worst that could happen?

Written purely for my own enjoyment, I think this is as close to canon Alex behaviour as I've got tbh.

March

Her Royal Highness | 5k (WIP) | T

How Prince Henry ended up as a guest judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK.

Can't believe it was so long ago I updated this! It is high priority for the new year.

Mary & George & Henry | 4.1k | M

When Mary & George is announced, a certain prince is incredibly happy about it. Henry (and Alex)'s reactions to the series.

Minimal plot, silly times. I might do another react fic cause this was fun, if anyone has ideas I'm all ears!

April

i try hard to get back inside your arms alive | 1.2k | T

Alex learns about bi-erasure.

This fic's comments are a big bi group hug and I'm so glad everyone felt comfortable sharing. 🩷💜💙

it's still reserved for me | 0.5k | T

Alex wakes up feeling poorly & the only cure is hugs from Henry, of course.

A prompted drabble, classic sick fic.

May

Ain't it fun to hold the world in your hands? | 11.5k | M

Alex allows himself to finally play with gender

The beginning of my Bigender Alex AU, my beloved. This was definitely my way of processing and the response helped me so much.

You’re going to be the death of me, babygirl. | 1.3k | M

Alex has an emotional response to an online trend and Henry uses the bedroom for a moment of healing.

Part 2 of Bigender Alex AU. Inspired by Nick Galitzine chronically being called babygirl online if I'm honest!

July

I could speak (or just let my body explain) | 6.4k | M [Co-written with @run-for-chamo-miles]

Five times Alex expresses her gender publicly (+1 time he expresses himself privately).

The third installment of Bigender Alex AU & my first collaboration! Writing this with Elle was the pure escapism I needed at the time, I loved writing with them & I'm so excited to do it again hopefully in 2025.

November

lost in the revelry (lost in the make believes) | 5.1k | T

When Alex is sick with the flu and June can't make it to NYC due to a storm, she calls in Henry to help. Alex is less than pleased...

My fic for @taste-thewaste as part of the @anywhere-with-you-event. I signed up to this to challenge myself & getting to write for Amber made it a special treat.

(set the alarms my dear) there's a million lives to live. | 2.1k | E

Henry encounters the Quinn app while Alex is on vacation with some law school friends. Both Henry and Alex make some discoveries about pleasure.

The Quinn fic & my first proper Explicit fic! This fic was inspired by my own discovery of Quinn, that app & community have helped me get my creative spark back and process a lot mentally, very similar to what being in this fandom does for me too.

Digital Love Letters | 8.9k (WIP) | T

Alex and Henry are long distance (most of the time) and are soppy, horny idiots in love. [Ft. Occasional super six group chats, cheeky emails between Zahra and Shaan and our favourite agents chatting shit about the little shits they look after etc]

The fic that launched me back into fanfic and into the RWRB fandom. This is when I posted the last update, it astounds me how much love this fic has gotten. It means the world 💛

December

I caught that holiday glee, my true love gave it to me | 0.8k | T

When Alex finds out the Shelter has a staff holiday baking competition with the prize being a stay at the new suite at the Beekman hotel, he immediately dives in.

One of my drabbles for RWRB Festive Fan Fest. I can't wait to do the event even bigger & better next year cause these were a lot of fun!

All the way home I'll be warm | 0.8k | G

Snow arrives at Balmoral and Beatrice reminds Philip how to have a bit of fun. AKA older Fox siblings fluff extravaganza ❄️

Another FFF fic, and it's made me want to write more Fox siblings in the future.

We all will be together, if the fates allow | 0.4k | G

A Christmas morning for a young Henry ✨

And this FFF fic cemented my need to write more Fox family vibes. Especially more Arthur and Catherine.

Santa's comin' to town (with secrets in his hands) | 1.7k (WIP) | T (Changing this with part 2)

Percy organises a Secret Santa party and June has a tiny emotional crisis over it.

My Junora college AU! I'm praying it'll be done before the year is up and put it this way, we're going out with a bang ✨

⭐ If you've made it all the way through, firstly well done & here's a gatorade, secondly thank you for your support this year. I've not focused on my original writing as much this year but despite that I feel like my writing muscle is in great shape & thanks to fanfic I'm feeling up to getting the book into shape. As a thank you, I'm going to leave you with the WIP list, and we're dipping into other fandoms babyyyy! ⭐

WIP List

A Siren Song (Accompaniment: Heartstrings) | RWRB | Sequel to a frightening magic I cling to

alex_u_want_him_2_dick_u_down.pdf | RWRB | Inspired by NFWMB by @cricketnationrise

Spooky Ballet AU | RWRB

Bigender Alex AU: Part 4 | RWRB

Henry's White Gay Guy Privilege | RWRB

Her Royal Highness | RWRB

Last Year's Songs Still Holding Up | Young Royals | 10 years in the future, Simon meets the kid who had his photo taken with him

the lean and hungry type | RWRB | Alex discovers dentists know when you've given a blow job & is a lil shit to Henry

The Prince & He | RWRB | The Prince & Me AU that I've teased for too long

Trans Alex PWP | RWRB | Coming veryyyyy soon

Tristan's Bisexual Awakening | Doctor Odyssey | the way this show is rotting my brain, definitely won't be the last fic I write about Doc O

Troye Sivan Collab | RWRB | not writing with the Australian pop prince unfortunately but this is another collab I'm very excited to eventually get to.

Big Feelings & Big Sister | RWRB | The boys' wedding day from June & Bea's POV

Quinn Fic Sequel | RWRB | the interest in this was insane so of course I gotta give the people what they want

Tag You're It: @taste-thewaste @thighzp @emmalostinwonderland @royal-chandler @suseagull5914 @judasofsuburbia @seths-rogens & Open tag 💛

[weirdly-specific-but-ok]

a lil good omens brainrotted update from your mascot

Hello my maggots it's nearly midnight here's how the brainrot's going (spoiler alert, there are no, uh, ripe braincells anymore).

I just spent a rather significant amount of time drawing leaves into my bullet journal (because it's Crowley themed this month).

That whole time I listened to first Crowley's apartment ambience and then to a bunch of Good Omens edits and got extremely emotional about it but in the best way. God I love this show.

Every day (it'S a-GEtTinG clOSeR) I have a stare-off with the Good Omens book that keeps me company on my desk.

It laughs in my face, daring me to read it.

I recall the last time I opened it (to summarise, I read a line about Crowley and burst into tears like the macho guy I am). I refuse.

We are locked in a battle of wills. Who will win, the book or I? I'm torn between wanting to read it so bad and the fear that I will never be emotionally stable again if I do.

Speaking of books, just for vibesies an update on the one I'm writing, I've written 7,200 words in the past six days (when I pulled the WIP out of its musty folder because of that post Neil made).

The page I made in the bullet journal was actually a writing tracker here lemme show y'all because I'm proud of the progress I made:

[Yes, that is the Good Omens book lurking in the top left, it's never far away. The battle is perpetual.]

Crowley quotesssss all the Crowley quotes I love them so much it's insane.

Also, I'm gonna go get yarn to I can continue my endeavour to learn crocheting to make a Crowley-beanie. @singalongpoppet is my guru and leader in this journey. Not sure if I'll manage it, but a guy can dream. Channeling my non-existent cottagecore era.

I am also considering getting a Plant.

Weirdly enough, this is not entirely brainrot, I was supposed to grow a plant back in January because my word thing of the year was Grow (the burden of prophecy is real).

However, I am dreadful at taking care of them, even succulents. I managed to kill a wild cactus that I brought home from a roadside. It survived several months but in the end being around me was too much for it, poor thing.

I assume there is a bit more to plant-parenting than misting them and screaming at them to GROW BETTER, so any advice, please?

End of update, I have no idea how to write conclusions so have a snapshot of the dynamic of Rian and Avi, the characters in the book I'm writing [spoiler alert: their dynamic is dumpster fire].

Love you my maggots have a wonderful brainrotted day xxx

[glitter-sprinkling-capricorn]

The topic will be N/JD, but I would like to venture into the topic of friendship... (opinion blog)

First of all, I'd like to say that I'm closer in age to Nic than Luke or even JD, but of course I'm past all that :) And like N, I'm a Capricorn (8th January) so I think I know what makes them(Capricorns) tick.

I don't think N is playing games or trying to make someone jealous, or deliberately putting a fake relationship under the public's nose.

But what I can imagine is that she would accept it if the public/the fandon assumed it. I don't think she feels the urge to put things right. What would be the point?

N is very aware of what's going on in SM and the fandom BUT she's a very normal young woman who, by all accounts, is very down to earth. She can't spend her life on tiptoe, that would drive you crazy. Like most other people, she needs social contact. And N paints the picture of herself that she likes to communicate and that it's important to her to socialise. She also needs to be allowed to be herself, we all know that she is obviously very touchy, which I for one can understand very well. I also make contact through touch, I hug most people I meet to greet them, when I speak to people I know I touch them on the arm etc.

So why shouldn't she hold a close friend in her arms at a concert? You have to assume that her friends know the whole situation very well, which means they will also try to protect her. They will want to make sure that she is okay, that she feels safe. (As we saw in the pap pics with Camilla)

My best friend and I (as an example) met during a difficult time in our lives. We cooked together in the beginning, watched a film, cuddled to keep us both sane. We still treat each other very lovingly today, are very close and often have a sense of whether the other person is doing well or not, even if we don't hear each other for a while. His wife doesn't know our friendship any differently and is completely fine with it. What I want to say is that friendship can look like this (you could project all this onto L/N but THAT is a completely different matter. If you're interested in what I think about it, feel free to ask a question, or wait, maybe I'll feel like summarising it all at some point.

I can see friends in the picture of N/JD. I don't sense any sexual tension. And even if there was something, shouldn't she just be allowed to be happy? As much as I love the LUKOLA idea, some things don't happen the way or at the time you want them to. Things like that take time, especially as the situation here is anything but simple. There's so much in the dark that we don't know and probably never will. LUKOLA is and will remain a long-distance run, I was aware of that from the start. Have faith in the universe if they are meant to be together, they will be together at some point. Always think positively because the positive comes to people who are open to positive change.

[fanlore-wiki]

Adopt a Page: Hazbin Hotel

We would love for fans to adopt the page for Hazbin Hotel! The adult animated comedy created by VivziePop was first released as a pilot on YouTube in 2019, with the first season finally released in January 2024.

Although the fandom boomed earlier this year, our article still needs some attention, particularly in summarising the show’s canon and writing about popular characters, ships and fanon. Many of Hazbin’s characters and ships also need Fanlore pages.

If you’re part of Hazbin Hotel fandom, write about it on Fanlore!

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[caixinliang]

Practice 1:

Assignment 2, Concept Art - Human and "Inhuman"

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Here are some sketch analyses based on the interesting design points summarised in the previous blog.

A.Making the human organism grow like a plant

B.Integration of diverse organisms

C.Use of shape language

D.The human figure and the Uncanny valley

Transformation process between human and inhuman

I'll be applying these interesting design points to my concept design.

My final design was inspired by the horrific creatures of the Cthulhu novel "The Shadow over Innsmouth" that were mutated by the local humans. These creatures are a combination of human and sea life.

My character has a graphic representation of the letter D, emphasising the tension of the character, with the two main design centres being the shoulders and the head, next to which I have placed directional 'octopus tentacles'.

shape language:

The character's toes are  tangled together, giving it a twisted and awkward look.

final:

This is all for now, thanks for reading.

Reference:

Annihilation (2018) Directed by Alex Garland [psychological horror film]. United Kingdom United States : Paramount Pictures ( North America and China) Netflix (international).

Pan's Labyrinth (27 May 2006) Directed by Guillermo del Toro [dark fantasy film]. Warner Bros. Pictures.

Love, Death & Robots (March 15, 2019 – present) Directed by Tim Miller [adult animated anthology television series]. American : Netflix Studios.

The Last of Us (TV series) (January 15, 2023 – present) Directed by Craig Mazin Neil Druckmann Available at: HBO MAX (Accessed: 14 November 2023 ).

[anderswelten]

Suspicious offerings

You may remember that I said in one of my past blog posts how important it is to inform yourself about methods for hacking etc. - obviously not, because I want to teach you how to cheat, but knowledge will always be the key and your trump card to prevent yourself from scammers.

Today, I stumpled over a suspicious offering. From time to time I check classifieds, because sometimes you can be lucky and dig out a little treasure. However, this time I found an offering of a used Pokemon Diamond card. In the description it was highlighted that a rare Pokemon is on the card, an Arceus which was only distributed in Japan and it was not „traded via a module“. To proof that the mentioned Arceus is on the card, some photos were shown. I‘m attaching them for you. Please take a minute and look for hints, why this Arceus might be suspicious:

Ok, you may have already an impression what is going on here. Let me summarise everything what seems wrong here:

Arceus was redeemed/received in January 2021. Pokemon Diamond is a Generation 4 game. All distributions took place around 2010 - to be fair, the redemption date is the date of the DS system, therefore 2021 is not completely impossible, but at least very strange and let‘s say „uncommon“

Every event Pokémon is a fateful encounter which is „Schicksalshafte Begegnung“ in German. This phrase is completely missing.

This Arceus was caught in a Master Ball - event Pokemon are usually (not all!) carried in a Cherish Ball

This Arceus is level 80, but all Arceus distributed in Generation 4 were level 100.

The OT and TID seem to be custom, I‘m pretty sure that this is the OT and the TID of the trainer himself - or rather the trainer who caught it.

There was only one Arceus distributed in Japan - the Cinema Arceus - and its data are different from this one (OT, TID, level, Poke Ball, …)

Now, we can guess what it is or where it was obtained. Actually, I do believe that this Arceus itself was not transfered with the help of any kind of module. And I‘m aware of two possibilities: it is either an Azure Flute Arceus or an Arceus obtained over the Void glitch - which is basically the Azure Flute Arceus as well. That this Arceus is really an Azure Flute Arceus can be confirmed by the find spot: „Halle d. Beginns“ which is „Hall of Origin“ in English.

You may have already heard about the Azure Flute Arceus - it is the Arceus from Pokemon Brilliant Diamand & Shining Perl (BDSP) which all shiny hunters are after it, because shiny Arceus became accessible. And you also know that BDSP are the remakes of Pokemon Diamond & Perl, so it seems logical that the Azure Flute was also accessible in the original games, right? Unfortunately not.

The Azure Flute was meant to be distributed through an event in Japan, but it never happened. That the Azure Flute item was programmed into the game, it was already known, but after several years it was finally confirmed by Junichi Masuda that they have decided to not distribute the Azure Flute. So, literally, any Azure Flute Arceus from Generation 4 is somehow hacked, because the Wonder Card and the item have to be injected in your game, otherwise the in-game event would not be triggered. But even if no external module was used to inject the necessary things, a glitch has to be used. And just for those who are curious: you will not be able to port up this Arceus to a higher generation. Pokemon Bank will not accept it at the latest.

Here is the point what bothers me the most in this context:

The guy who offers this Pokemon Diamond card with a hacked Pokemon is advertising that it is a rare Pokemon.

Additionally, he is rising the price of this card, because of its „more value“ due to the „rare Pokemon“

If you are not that deep into the topics of event Pokemon, you may not have noticed it

It is the same like last time: it is absolutely fine if you do hacks and glitches just for yourself, but it is an absolute No-Go if you are trying to trade or sell it without telling its correct origin - whether consciously or unconsciously does not matter.

I‘m currently thinking about reporting this offer, but I have just little hopes, because this is such a niche - and most people care more about if the game itself is real of fake.

I can only recommend: keep continue to inform yourself and be suspicious every time and everywhere. And sadly, this was an easy case…

[wewillbeseen-butnotbeheard]

i think i want to try summarise my own feelings properly (mainly for myself, if anything). i almost exclusively post about these feelings, so sorry if it’s the same as everything else i’ve posted at any point this might not make much sense when put together, but this is my best attempt at describing it.

under ↓

i have a strong desire to become something other than human. it’s probably been something that i have had my entire life, though i wasn’t able to identify it as that until ~the beginning of 2024. since then it’s only became more intense.

even up until a few months ago, i used to assume it was “purely sexual” and that was that. but i realise that if that was the case, i wouldn’t have been so constantly drawn to it when i was much younger in the way i was.

it would always materialise, in one way or another, especially since ~late 2020 when i started to mature. the whole thing is very important to my sense of self. my identity feels centred around it, almost.

at the beginning of this year i “started” being a furry (please stay with me for this part) though it’s much less of a “hobby” and much more of an identity. it definitely stems from the prospect of sharing a name with those creatures. i would call myself a furry because the anthropomorphic creatures are commonly referred to as “furries” as well and i was more or less calling myself one because if i couldn’t physically BE one, i could at least refer to myself as one internally, even if i didn’t share it with those around me.

it didn’t feel like i woke up and chose it one day. (this is why the label “furry” is slipping off of me now). it took from october-january to accept it, and it was something that was always there. i don’t fit in to furry spaces as much i thought i would, because this isn’t an “interest” to me, this is a very significant part of myself, and i can’t even “just drop it” seeing as i’ve “quit” several times in the past (even recently) and it’s just too intertwined with my sense of self for me to ever imagine being able to throw it away.

to me, it doesn’t mean “being interested in anthropomorphic animals” it means “i would go so excruciatingly far to become one of those animals or anything remotely similar, and i would give it all away in a second to achieve that”. if not “furry”, then what is it?

only recently have i discovered that this isn’t really what most furries are in those spaces for. honestly being a furry for me was very involuntary, and i’m not going to try lie to myself because others will say “that doesn’t make sense!” because that is LITERALLY how it was, and how it still is.

ever since maybe ~june, when i found out about “phantom limbs” tails, etc. i felt a little bitter towards those who claimed they could feel that. considering how much it means to me personally.

at some point i researched into it, and slowly began to learn what a “therian” was. (honestly it kind of bothered me.) i can not stress enough how significant the concept of “becoming something else” is to my sense of self, and seeing something like this felt somewhat insulting at the time

i think my mind perceives it as a “threat” of some kind. for a while i’ve been told/i’ve KNEW it wasn’t possible to be something else. i had to swallow that pill when i was very young and it felt/still feels weird seeing others get genuine joy out of the idea.

a lot of envy, a lot of projection, and a lot of hypocrisy adds up to me lashing out onto others due to it all. i couldn’t count how many times i’ve done it at this point and i can’t guarantee i won’t do it again. (though i hope i won’t)

especially from september-november i struggled a lot with “species dysphoria” but now it’s a lot less straightforward and it’s really a mix of that + confusion and “disbelief” that keeps me down.

since i started this account, i’ve had a lot of supportive messages/asks/etc. (i’m very grateful for that). each time i try lashing out against “this community” i’m met with very underwhelming amounts of hate back at me (yet i have SO MANY kind and supportive words in my inbox). i still don’t think i deserve that, but i appreciate it

i find it hard to approach the prospect of “being a fox”, though i want it and desire that concept (even non physically.) it’s a lens that i can put on my own experiences that makes everything make SENSE. it could serve as the answer for why i have felt the way i have in the past/+ other things. am i? i don’t know. i honestly hope so. its just that the genuinely real concept of it is painful and feels good at the same time.

i often am told “don’t worry, you don’t have to label yourself if you don’t want to” but honestly, these labels are LITERALLY “for me”. i’ve thought that since i heard about it. that isn’t necessarily me saying i’m one. even if i’m not, i still feel that way.

i don’t have “involuntary experiences” other than my own intense yearning to become an animal of some kind and the feelings surrounding that. i don’t find myself doing “animal things”(depending on what you’d define that as) i just LIKE myself much better as a fox and not being one gives way to a lot of negative emotions, especially lately.

i have noticed what almost feels like a growing disconnect from my own physical self since i started thinking about it. my face isn’t my own until i look in the mirror, and even though i don’t “perceive myself” as an animal, i am beginning to feel a lot less like the person that reflects me in the mirror. often times i force myself to glance into it as i pass by.

this was a lot longer than i expected. i don’t know how coherent it is, and i don’t think that’s all of it. but if anyone read all that, i appreciate it. sorry for acting the way i have been recently. i am trying to get better around these topics.

(@zith-ipeth (i know you mentioned something about tagging you so i thought i would here. a lot of my account here is just this + my alt was banned.))

[enchanted-wildflower]

100 days of productivity (30/100)

Wednesday, 3rd of January

I studied at the library today, it was really good😊 my brain kind of hurts from all the reading and staring at the screen, but I'm really glad I finally managed to study again.

Productivity:

Went to the bank

Read 15 pages of Marx' Ecology and took notes which literally took like 2h

Checked what I still have ro read and summarise for my Islam exam

Studied one and a half topics for my Early Christianity exam (4h)

Talked to some class mates about our Islam exam to figure out what to study most

Made dinner

Selfcare:

Read tarot

Prayed

Made my bed so it feels good to come home

Smoked fewer cigarettes

[scotianostra]

On December 14th 1896 the first carriage of the new Glasgow District Subway, as it was originally named, departed Govan Cross at 5am.

The first cars were cable-hauled and would remain so until electrification was introduced in 1935.

The brainchild of civil engineer Alexander Simpson, it had been built to serve a rapidly-expanding industrial city with a population fast approaching 1 million people.

As dawn broke it seemed the whole city was out in force and directors and officials were soon congratulating themselves on the success of their new system. However, any fist-pumping or back-slapping was to prove premature.

At around 3pm a complete breakdown occurred on the outer circle, causing momentary chaos. Stranded passengers were forced to walk along the lines back to the nearest station.

A few hours later, as normal service resumed, one man suffered a horrific foot injury as the huge swell of people forced him between the carriage and. As if that wasn’t bad enough for day one, worse followed at just before 11pm when a stationary carriage awaiting the signal to approach St Enoch Station from Bridge Street was hit by another car running at near full speed. The two carriages were carrying roughly 50 passengers each at the time of the collision and 18 were reported as seriously injured. platform.

One 14-year-old boy was rendered unconscious and taken to the Royal Infirmary, having suffered a severe cut to his left temple.

The accident made headlines up and down the UK, forcing the closure of the Subway until January the following year.

An enquiry into the collision concluded that defective electrical connections between the signals had been the cause, although private trials in the weeks leading up to the opening had failed to flag up any major issues.

The driver of the approaching car claimed that he had spotted the stationary carriage but had been unable to stop in time to prevent the collision.

Despite the accident, the vibe was mostly positive - one of the main complaints being that the number of cars available on day one had been “hopelessly inadequate”. Subway directors countered this by stating that the extreme “rush of traffic” had exceeded all expectations.

They weren’t wrong - over 9 million passengers travelled on the Glasgow Subway in its first full year of operation.

When the Subway opened, a fixed fare price of one penny allowed passengers to travel around the six and a half mile long subway as many times as they wished. Many passengers had taken full advantage of this on the inaugural day - including the 14-year-old boy who suffered the severe head injury at 11pm, who, it’s said, had been travelling round and round the system for 8 or 9 hours prior to the collision. The fixed rate was soon abolished in favour of a fare stage system to avoid future congestion.

The railway ran with little further change until 1977 when the new operators, Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive, closed it for major modernisation investment. The railway in its present form reopened for operation on 16 April 1980.

The Glasgow Subway system is the only metro system never to have been expanded from its original route in 125 years, although a report published in 2018 summarised various extension plans from 1937 onwards.

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) unveiled a £200M contract with Stadler and Ansaldo STS in 2016 for modernisation of the Subway, including new driverless rolling stock. These trains were expected to enter service after the modernisation completed in 2020; however the trains entered passenger service in December 2023. The trains were built by Stadler Rail at their factory in Altenrhein in eastern Switzerland.

The Glasgow Subway still uses a flat-fare structure rather than a distance-based fare structure. A ticket allows passengers to stay on the Subway for as long as they like.

The Subway runs from 06:30 to 23:40 Monday to Saturday and 10:00 to 18:12 on Sunday. Trains run every 6–8 minutes during off-peak periods on both Inner (Anti-Clockwise) and Outer (Clockwise) services.

The celebrated Glaswegian writer and broadcaster Cliff Hanley composed a satirical song about the pre-modernisation era Subway entitled "The Underground Song". It was popular as a stage piece performed by the comedians Rikki Fulton and Jack Milroy in their Francie and Josie act. Hanley is more famous for another song, Scotland the Brave.

The chorus of the song is:

There's Partick Cross and Cessnock, Hillhead and Merkland Street, St George's Cross and Govan Cross where all the people meet; West Street, Shields Road – The train goes round and round; You've never lived unless you've been on the Glasgow Underground

The Glasgow Subway and its adjacent public houses are the focal point of a pub crawl known as the Subcrawl. Participants buy an all day ticket, disembark at each of the 15 stations and have a drink in the nearest bar