#lf has no damage control!

[reyturnofbensolo]

TY Jon❣️😍🙏👑

I GOT CHILLS THEY’RE MULTIPLYIN’ AND I’M LOOSIN’ CONTROL! SO FUCKING GREAT AND WE GET TWO MORE VOLUMES!!!😎🥵😍

[maddymoreau]

Gentleman for the ask game!

My Favorite Things About Gentleman -

(⸝⸝⸝ ᵒ̴̶̷ ꇴ ᵒ̴̶̷)◞♥︎ I really admire how despite his circumstances Gentleman is trying to spend his final moments on his terms!!!

As Henryk he always wanted to be anything but an average joe. Trying everything (and failing) until discovering his talent and passion for cooking.

Now that he’s been moonscorched and transformed into Gentleman he knows his time is limited and his fate is sealed. So he’s going to indulge himself in all he’s ever wanted (•̀.̫ •́✧ )!!

Giving himself a powerful important position: Pretending to be the mayor.

Having in-depth discussions on art: Forcing the player to dine and use their imagination to describe his cooking.

Creating art: Cooking (questionable) meals.

(ී ؀ී ) Gentleman is quick to violence if you don’t play along because you’re destroying the illusion he’s created for himself.

I find the way cooking soothes him to be so sweet. It makes sense that’s how he’d want to spend his final moments (′͈∨‵͈♡)!!!

To him the kitchen is where he feels useful, confident and at home.

THE WAY HE GETS SO HAPPY WHEN YOU COMPLIMENT HIS FOOD IS ADORABLE!!!!

Another thing is the way he stands up to Caligura.

We’re given very little information on Henryk’s connection to Caligura. For context Caligura is a pure scum mob boss whose done unforgivable heinous crimes (ᇂ_ᇂ ‘).

While we don’t know how. Henryk has been affected by Caligura. When you first attempt to intimidate him as Gentleman it doesn’t work.

He’ll respond, “Acting like a big mob boss, are we!?”

lf Henryk isn’t moonscorched he will later try to kill Caligura. This conversation happens.

Henryk: “I know what you’re trying to pull! You’re a fool if you think I’ll just watch from the side while you turn everyone against each other.”

Caligura: “Aren’t you clever. So whatcha going to do about it big guy?”

Henryk: “You might have gotten this far by just intimidating people into submission . . . But I spit on your puny scare tactics! The likes of you would get laughed out of an average kitchen.”

HES SO LAME BUT HES TRYING </3 !!!!

Unfortunately he fails. Caligura will immediately kill him unless the player intervenes. If the player does kill Caligura then Henryk will thank you saying that you did everyone a favor. Along with:

The final line “He’s had it coming for years I’d guess” has me like hmmmmmmmmmmm 👀👀👀👀

Either way the fact he tries to be a hero and kill Caligura (and fails miserably) is admirable.

I WANNA GRAB HIS WAIST (⸝⸝⸝◉⸝⸝⸝◉⸝⸝⸝)♡!!! His design is SO HOT!!!! SERIOUSLY LOOK AT HIM!!!!

Also I think the reason I prefer Gentleman to Henryk (despite them being the same person) is that outside REALLY liking Gentleman’s design. There’s something extremely interesting about a character attempting to escape the reality of the situation they’re in through lies.

While his mind has been damaged from being moonscorched (being a cannibal isn’t something he’d normally do as Henryk). Gentleman is aware enough to know the situation he’s in. He also knows there’s nothing he can do about it.

So he’s going to instead indulge in what brings him pleasure and comfort because it gives him a false sense of control and makes the situation far easier to cope with.

My Least Favorite Things About Gentleman -

That as Henryk he will cat call Abella. Saying, “would you look at that behind.” To which she rightly threatens him with a wrench. Made me want to reach through the screen and ‾͟͟͞(((ꎤ ˋ⁻̫ˊ)—̳͟͞͞o!!!!

This is more haha but as Gentleman I think it’s a little hypocritical that if I describe the the mushroom dish positioned like coitus as Nudity he gets to say, “The surface of the mushroom is as silky as the butt cheeks of a virgin, yes.” BUT IF I SAY COITUS HE SAYS, “What kind of dirty mind do you possess?”

This isn’t a dislike but I forget to mention one of my FAVORITE SCENES!!!!

He then makes you give him a different answer but the little “Oh . . . But I insist!” I LOVE IT!!!! BECAUSE I KNOW “I dare not say . . .” WOULD’VE BEEN MY FIRST ANSWER. He’s so excited to hear your answer IT’S ADORABLE AND I NEED TO DRAW IT!!!!

What I dislike about Fanon Gentleman -

Fear & Hunger: Termina has a very small fandom and from what I’ve interacted with most people really like Gentleman! My first post just simping for Gentleman had so many fans leave nice replies on how great and lovable his character is (ﾉ ^▽^ )八( ^▽^ )ﾉ”!!!

As for Henryk I wish he received more love! I understand why he isn’t super popular since keeping him from getting moonscorched is a nightmare 💀 I kid you not you need to talk to him seven times in a row to snap him out of confusion. Plus he’s a little lame and has less screen time HIS LAMENESS IS ENDEARING!!! Also I don’t blame people for wanting to see Gentleman instead ꉂ (˃̶᷄‧̫ॢ ˂̶᷅๑ ) I would too.

[esther-dot]

Assuming boatsex doesn't happen, and that Jon meets the Dragon Queen after he meets and falls in love with Sansa again post-resurrection, doesn't it make sense that Sansa would be around, forced to watch this relationship unfold? Maybe even agreeing with Jon that it's the only political move they can make to ensure the North's survival. Jon has had to put himself in this position before, and Sansa has enough of her own experiences to believe that sometimes enduring the interest of a predator is the only way to survive.

I could see a situation where Jon and Sansa are in love, but it's unspoken. (Because they still believe themselves to be siblings.) D/any takes over, takes a liking to Jon, and decides he's going to become her lover or her three flying weapons of mass destruction might suddenly slip her control. I personally would love a situation where Jonsa talk about what's happening and endure it together. It would be a great way for them to bond, and Sansa could help Jon play the game more successfully than he has done up to now.

Let's face it, he didn't talk Ygritte into much and everyone around them was suspicious of him. Sansa, by contrast, was only suspected by people who were irrational already - like Lysa - or after she was carefully framed for a crime. (It wasn't until the Tyrells killed Joffrey that Tyrion and King's Landing turned on her.) Jon needs Sansa's social graces and the lessons she's learned since they parted.

And I think one of those lessons could be this recipe for moon tea. It's possible Sansa might have to brew moon tea for herself, but it's hard to see her doing so, especially when she has Lysa's example to look at and knows it could damage her future fertility. But could she give it to D/any instead? It would be an interesting way for her story to come full circle. Sansa, who was falsely accused of poisoning Joffrey and became a wanted woman for it, would actually commit the crime of poisoning a monarch this time, but get away with it. D/any would attribute the pregnancy loss to the prophecy, and it would probably drive her to a worse mental state. Especially if it prompted conversations about an heir among her advisors, and she's just killed Aegon. And then the Jon parentage reveal occurs, to make everything worse.

I know a lot of people may not like the idea that Sansa might induce a non-consensual abortion in another woman. But ASOIAF is a morally gray series, and so far, almost all the Starks except Sansa have committed some deeply tabboo or morally questionable act. Even sweet little Bran has eaten human flesh in warg form and warged into Hodor. Arya I don't need to explain. Jon still has the baby swap on his conscience. Sansa so far hasn't made any similar choices. She's kept quiet about horrors she witnessed, but has yet to knowingly do something wrong - something she could walk away from - in the same way as the others. Controversial, I know, but I would like to see Sansa make a choice that dark of her own.

(about this ask)

I wouldn't necessarily mind a jonsa romance that circumstances prevented them from every being able to act on. That could be very compelling, and if Dany were interested in Jon (which I think she very well might be, cuz of that dragon rider/a man she can trust line), it could make sense for Sansa to urge for peace via a political alliance/marriage rather than going to war. Particularly as, Dany's dragons are an overwhelming force, and I actually don't think Martin would celebrate having countless men die at Dany's hands/all that devastation if it was avoidable. LF is currently teaching Sansa how to work people to achieve your own ends, so I agree that there is some aspect of that which will play forward to benefit the Starks.

As for the controversial idea, Martin has indicated that many of the characters will be in a very dark place in TWOW, but I think their actions will fit with who we know them to be, even if there is an escalation, and it will fit with their endgame. A major feature, I'd argue a defining one, of Sansa's characterization is to pity others, to sympathize and want to help them, even when they mistreat her. I agree that Sansa will have some dark (for her) moments in the future, but I would assume that’s more along the lines of lulling LF into a false sense of security before having him killed. Because he’s evil, we won’t mind, but for Sansa, to play him / arrange his death would be a step down a path she’s not taken thus far. We have a prophecy that indicates she will be responsible for his death too. It’s not just that that’s a preferable path for her, it’s a promised one. I imagine that, not something with Dany, is where we’ll see something a little darker creep in.

Also, I am not at all sure that Dany will be pregnant again? It seems important that she is mother of dragons in contrast to mother of people (talked about this some here), so I’m doubtful.

[forthedancingandthethriving]

Fusions

Fusions in general:

A Virus can't fuse with a Program, and a Program can't fuse with a Virus. The virus's malware, which would be charged from the fusion, would either eat away at the program's code or the program's code to eradicate the malware. In rare cases, however, it can make a Failed Fusion.

Fusions can happen between anyone with enough Code inside of them, though the first time is always rough, and fusion needs to be done regularly enough for both parties to not feel disoriented afterwards.

Fusion comes from trusting your partner completely, as it involves code merging in order to get the best result. Any faltering during this process will lead to it being stopped immediately.

Fusions can often look like a mix between the two parties, and the body is always pristine. If one or both of them had scars, or any injuries, then they do not show up on the fusion's body unless willed. This doesn't apply though to wireframe scars, physical damage that couldn't be recovered (lost arm, lost leg, etc.), and other general things that cannot be healed.

However, if these injuries cause pain to the party who has them, the fusion actually lessens the pain as its distributed evenly between both.

Fusion Types

Failed Fusion

Failed Fusion's come from conflicting codes merging, or a fusion between a Program and Virus. Entropy would be an example of a FF. These fusions become their own beings post-fusion, and have very limited memories of their creators. Their creators also cease to exist as well, the failed fusion always too much of a strain. This also tends to leave FFs with permanent scars, be it wireframe scars or normal ones that always persist.

Fusion

A regular Fusion and the most known. The being formed from this has its own mind and memories, though it can also access the memories of its creators. When unfused, the duo that fused together to create the Fusion have those memories uploaded to their memory banks.

Linked Fusion

A fusion where the two beings that fused share control over the body. Think of it as a robot, where one person can control it at a time, while another person watches and commentates, but cannot do anything until the other lets them have control. An example of a LF would be Bit, from the Fractured Memories Arc. LFs are easily the most unstable of fusions, as they're easy to throw off balance and infighting cn make the fusion split up.

True Fusion

When the two who fuse are completely in sync and trust the other with their life, it makes a True Fusion. These fusions are incredibly rare due to how much synchronicity it demands, but its easily the strongest. TFs are known to combine the strengths of both parties easily, and always have a sense of calm. Whenever a TF speaks, their voice is instead the voices of their creators, neither overlapping or falling behind. There's been so few TFs that it's hard to tell if its a new being in place, or its both parties, as TFs always use "we/us" instead of "I/me".

[gmanwhore]

Okay listen to me this is kind lf what i have in mind for my rewrite.

So basically it starts in a similar way, the episode doesn't need much changing at the beggining. However Nori's appereance in the episode is different as she appears to give Uzi a copy of the breaker for the Solver which is supposed to finally purge the Solver once and for all. So after that N and Uzi basically fight and like it goes kinda similarly i guess, except that instead of trying to kill Cynessa during the whole thing they are trying to inject the breaker into her. Meanwhile J and V also fight just as in the canon version, and J tells V that basically she is fighting with The Solver because she thought she was Tessa and was fooled, but now she feels like she cannot back down and that it is already too late, which is something that V keeps in mind. During the fight Khan, Lizzy and Thad still appear but they fucking suck at fighting as usual and so are constantly getting their ass handed to them, however Doll slowly crawls out from the hole she was thrown in, however she is extremely damaged and on the brink of death, but still helps the group out the best she can and has a more formal and kind of emotional send off as she apologies to the group for causing trouble before but they say they understand and she doesn't have to apologize since she was possesee, and then she dies sorounded by people finally understanding her.

So back to the main fight, eventually the two teams of Uzi, N and V, and then The Solver and J are formed. V is the one that fights J the most during the fight and tells her that she understands how she must feel like she failed them and that she also feels like she failed the team but that it is not too late and that giving up on herself isn't what Tessa would have wanted, and so J finally joins the main Team. The fight now continues with 4 vs the Solver, and eventually Uzi manages to overcome the Solver's control over her and with the help of her team puts the breaker on Cynessa, causing a gigantic effect around them but ultimately vanishes the Solver.

N, V and J wonder if now the Solver is gone either Cyn or Tessa will be the one to come back, but neither do as Cynessa is a whole new person, since i feel like Cyn and Tessa do deserve to rest. And while they are initually distrustful of Cynessa they soon realize she is actually confused and doesn't know what's going on. So they decide to treat her better than people before them treated them so Cynessa will have a better future.

And so they come back to school and they have a good life and the stupid fucking Cyn tail thing does not happen. Also Nuziv canon, the end

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH LIKE ACTUALLY THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER

[teardownit]

Teardown Mean Well LRS-35-24 LED driver

The packaging box is made of cardboard. A small window allows the user to identify the power supply model without removing it from the packaging.

The power supply is built on the TEA18363 chip.

It is a single-cycle DC-DC converter controller from NXP Semiconductors. The chip needs an external n-channel power transistor. The controller is designed for a flyback converter topology and focuses on maximum power efficiency with minimum components. This feature is listed in the datasheet footer: "TEA18363T GreenChip SMPS control IC".

Structural diagram is traditional: input → filter → rectifier bridge → inverse pass converter with rectifier working for output C-L-C filter, regulation by the output voltage, the control signal is transmitted through the optocoupler.

The power supply has no PFC.

Careful assembly of the components. The quality of the connections is good.

We consider placing the optocoupler, which is practically under the transformer, as a design disadvantage. If this component fails, it won't be easy to replace it.

The manufacturer used the output rectifier diode in the DO-201 package (shown with a red arrow in the photo) for an unclear reason. After all, the design provides for a diode with heat dissipation to the metal wall of the unit.

Test results

• The pulsation value as a fraction means that the voltage has pronounced HF (numerator) and LF (denominator) components. • The hottest component in the power supply is the output rectifier diode. Its temperature is shown in the corresponding table cell. • The overcurrent protection trips at an output current of 2A and operates in start-stop mode.

What is the "start-stop" mode of protection?


When an overload is detected, the power supply turns off, pauses briefly (usually after 0.5-2 seconds), then tries to turn on again; if it still sees an overload, it turns off again and then goes through the cycle until it finds that the load is back to normal at the next start attempt, after which it resumes regular operation. In the event of damage to the load, this mode reduces the risk of fire and energy loss many times over. This is the reason why this mode is actively used in modern power systems. However, it also makes it impossible for several separate power supplies to operate in parallel for a total load greater than the rated load of one of them.

Output voltage pulsations

Slow sweep waveforms

Fast sweep waveforms

The waveforms clearly show that the converter goes into burst mode in no-load mode. The overall ripple level increases due to an emerging low-frequency component with a peak-to-peak of about 40 mVp-p.

Conclusions

• The output diode is in a heavy thermal mode when the housing is closed. The transition-to-environment thermal resistance of the DO-201 package is high, about 86 °F/W, and at an average output current of 1.5 A, this becomes a problem. Clearly, abandoning the stock diode with heat dissipation to the block wall was a bad idea. • The power supply can operate at full load for short periods of a few minutes, but the following limits should be observed for the safe and continuous operation of this power supply: - It is dangerous to operate the unit at a constant full load. At an ambient temperature of 77°F, the output rectifier diode temperature reaches dangerous levels. - A load reduction of up to 70% allows regular unit operation at ambient temperatures up to 86°F. • Power supplies of this type cannot be paralleled to work with a load greater than the rated load of one power supply.

[mayuris-posts]

Good day bloggers.

The month of February presents rosy hopes as the climate is pleasant and the very beginning of the new year brings new hopes.so, this is the case with the infertility journey too. Earlier on Valentine’s Day, the pocket was full of roses, now, every pocket has a mobile. Even though, mobile is a necessity and no more fancy gadget. The world is becoming smaller, more compact and well-communicated. This is a genuine effort to conduct a decade’s research regarding the impacts of mobile phones on male fertility.

Research article in Environmental Research November 2021, Effects of mobile phone usage on sperm quality – No time-dependent relationship on usage, has presented the facts and established a close link with male infertility.

Very important points of this study are,

Cell phones give out radio waves, which have been shown to affect sperm quality and quantity negatively, and the more we use mobiles, the more damage to sperm quality is even more.

Radiation from cell phones may be more damaging when kept in the front pockets close to the reproductive organs. Cell phones and wireless devices overheat the scrotum, which disrupts the circadian rhythm and may cause sperm damage.

Let’s understand what these radiations are and how it is linked with Male fertility.

As we have seen there is a sperm count reduction all over the globe and male infertility is on the rise, every effort should be made to reduce the ill effects and one such is mobile or wireless phones.

These mobile phones emit electromagnetic waves (EMW) of low-level radiofrequency (RF), between 800 and 2200 MHz. Men carry mobile phones in their pockets, close to their reproductive organs. EMW (Electromagnetic waves have thermal and non-thermal effects and could disrupt the process of sperm production and decrease semen quality.

How do cell phones emit radiation frequencies?

Cell phones emit Low radiofrequency electromagnetic waves (LF-EMW of 800- 2200 MHz), to nearby stations or antennas. Our bodies act as antennas, absorb this radiation and convert it into alternating eddy currents. This is non-ionizing energy emitted by mobile phones is too low to break chemical bonds in a biological system.

While speaking into a cell phone, a sound wave from the speaker goes through a transmitter that converts the sound into a sound wave. The transmitter, then, sends the signal to the antenna, which goes out into space in all directions.

Does the use of cell phones at night has any effect on Sperm Quality?

A new study, shared at the Virtual SLEEP 2020 meeting, found a significant association between frequent nighttime uses of mobiles with reduced sperm motility (the ability to “swim” properly) and reduced sperm concentration. Men who had longer sleep duration at night had a higher sperm total and better sperm motility, whereas those men who slept in the daytime and a reduction in sperm count and motility.

In a nutshell, let’s summarize,

Prevention is better than cure. Since it is linked to physical proximity, avoid carrying it in trouser pockets, proximal to the testes.

Youngsters are tech-savvy and exposed to radiation through laptops and mobile. Reducing screen time and digital detox help.

It is found that Cell phone users have higher concentrations of testosterone and lower concentrations of luteinizing hormone that controls the production of sperm cells, compared to people who don’t use cell phones. There are reports of global sperm number reduction. The least we can do is act now and protect male reproductive health.

Cell phones are bringing the world closer, making life easy during trying times. But cell phones also have their downsides. They can have negative effects on health.

1. Use a headset or speaker during talking. Headsets emit much less radiation than phones. Choose either wired or wireless. Using the phone in speaker mode also effectively reduces radiation to the head.

2. Hold the phone away from the body. If you are using a headset, don’t put the phone in your pocket or clip it to the belt. Put it in your bag, or purse. The amount of radiation absorbed by your head and body decreases dramatically with even a small distance.

3. Text more as compared to calling. It is observed that phones emit less radiation when sending texts than during voice communications. Texting keeps radiation away.

4. Calling during strong signals. Fewer signal bars mean the phone must work harder to receive the signal. As much as possible, make and take calls when a phone has a strong signal. Weak radiations emit more radiation.

5. Skip radiation shields such as antenna caps and keypad covers, which can reduce the connection quality while generating more radiation.

Exactly the mechanism of how radio frequency radiation affects reproductive health isn’t completely clear. We do know radiofrequency radiation increases the reactive oxygen species or free radicals and leads to changes in intracellular enzymes and nuclear DNA damage. Sperm cells are particularly susceptible to damage from free radicals that can be generated from radiofrequency since they lack protective antioxidants, unlike other body cells.

Disturbed sleep patterns often have an ill effect on the reproductive system of males as well as females. It is often advisable to limit screen time and keep the mobile away from the body. These simple measures can be adopted for a healthy lifestyle. The journey of parenthood is a joyous effort from both partners, and the most intelligent decision of maintaining the good health of the reproductive tract is a must.

Limit screen time to generate the bond of happiness.

[anthos-magiko]

TW: MENTION OF AB//SE, S//XUAL HARASSMENT, ABLEISM, UNDERAGE M//RIJ//NA USE AND UNDERAGE DRINKING MENTIONED & S//LF H//RM

OMGGG HIII my favourite oc is my special interest soooooo let's go >:3

(credits to djarn picrew for the pic)

Her name's Zoë Yang and she's 15 years old and half Greek and half South Korean. She's questioning her pronouns and temporarily uses she/her and she's also questioning her gender but she's a lesbian and maybe genderflux. She's also an atheistic satanist, she supports acab + blm + sah (stop asian hate), she's an antifascist, feminist and anti-conformist.

Basically about her backstory she was and is abused by her mother due to her disabilities (she has ADHD, dyslexia and she's hard of hearing on her left ear) and the fact that she wasn't perfect in everything like the Greek system wants everyone to be but also because the mom got angry really often and took it out on the first person she saw. Her parents fought really often but her father did care about her and her siblings but he's the kind of person to put himself first so he frequently left and came back and the saga continued. They would actually get a divorce but dad has a job that offers a lot of money and mom doesn't so she doesn't wanna get a divorce so they can't because u need both of them to agree to be divorced. Anyway back to Zoë. There was actually a time when her mother kicked her in the back of her head until she was unconscious and had minor brain damage to her cerebellum (the part of the brain that controls motor skills) so now she has various problems due to that too. So due to the fighting and constant anger of her mother therefore the danger of being hit, she didn't really stay at home much and was out all day and night either with her friends or alone but mostly alone so she got s//xually harassed by many old men and that's also because of the fact that her body is almost like the beauty standard they wanted her even more so that led her to not exactly be insecure but want to change her body so old men won't want to harass her.

Mentally, she generally has a really hard time because of all the disorders and mental illnesss she has which are ADHD, dyslexia, generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder, brain damage, moderate hearing loss on her left ear and anger issues. And because of her anger issues she s//lf h//rms to take her anger out on something because the times when she took it out on someone else didn't end up well (she broke her brother's arm, severely injured a classmate's ribs, broke two fingers of a classmate, has broken several things and heavily insulted others).

However, to cope with all these mental problems she's going through she didn't turn to healthy coping mechanisms. Instead, she turned to smoking (and vaping but it's almost the same), marijuana use and drinking alcohol (though she's not addicted). She has an energy drink addiction too since she likes staying awake even though she gets tired easily.

Now abt her hobbies she likes playing the guitar, listening to music (fav genre is punk rock), hanging out with her friends and brother, singing, doing makeup, watching horror movies and anime, reading books (also horror), gaming (fav games r danganronpa and fnaf) and drawing. She's also a really sporty person since in the past she did ballet and hip-hop (for 10 years), figure skating (for 6 years) and football (for 5 years) and she still likes all these sports but doesn't have the money to attend classes at the moment. She also like learning languages as she knows English, French, Korean and Greek (the last two r her native ones but yknow). Despite being good at so many things she doesn't have academic skills and generally isn't good at what she doesn't enjoy doing (ADHD here, i can relate)

Other random facts abt her r that she has two black kittens, i've only mentioned her brother but she does have a younger sister too but the sister's afraid of her due to her aggressiveness so they don't really interact much, she has a gf named Mirela, people ship her with her best friend (named Apollon) but he's gay and she's a lesbian and taken as i mentioned above, she loves piercings and tattoos and already has like 31 piercings but no tattoos

I can't think of anything else rn but i'll edit if i ever think abt anything else

@ any writeblr friends who see this — HAPPY WIP WRITING WEDNESDAY!! reblog this with information about your favorite oc. talk about their story, their backstory, their hobbies, their secrets. i want to know anything you love about them :))

open tag who anyone who wants to join!!

[loadsanta303]

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What is ePacket delivery from China?

ePacket delivery is a subsidiary of China EMS. It is suitable for light-weight packages (under 2 kg). The service was formed specifically for e-commerce purposes, namely for eBay merchants shipping from China to the USA. Many merchants select ePacket by default as it is an affordable and reliable way of delivery.

Some Chinese sellers also use another word for ePacket, which is EUB or e-Youbao (e邮宝). Alternative names for ePacket also include Suzhou EUB, SZ-EUB, FY-GZ EUB, HZ-EUB, ePacket-PT, and ePacket-YW.

What are the requirements for ePacket shipping?

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You can ship to the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary. Ireland, Indonesia (currently in a trial run), Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan (in a trial run), Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand (presently in a trial run), Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam (in a trial run).

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The permissible dimensions for rolled-up packages are under 104 cm (in length and diameter), and the length must not exceed 90 cm.

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The value of the package must be less than $400.

One can track an order using a tracking number (Shipment ID).

Freight rate depends on the weight of a package. For instance, the minimum threshold is 50 g for the US, New Zealand, Russia and Japan, and 10 g for Ukraine.

Are there any restrictions for ePacket shipping?

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Who delivers ePacket?

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Where can I get an ePacket delivery?

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Does ePacket deliver to my door?

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Can I track an ePacket?

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As a rule, ePacket tracking number starts with LM, BZ, LX, LN, LZ, LW, LF, LK, KQ, LO or LL, followed with nine digits and CN, e.g.:

LS039769770CN

LT947052932CN

LN832125508CN

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My ePacket is lost — what should I do?

A false tracking number may be the reason. While tracking your order, you may see a wrong location, which means it refers to another package. Get in touch with the merchant to get an actual tracking code.

If your ePacket goes missing completely, ask the merchant to report the lost package.

How long does it take to get an ePacket from China?

Delivery times vary by the destination country:

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Air Mail Tracking

Delivery time to the USA: 10-20 working days;

To Russia, Saudi Arabia and Ukraine: 7-20 working days;

To other countries: 7-30 working days.

It should be pointed out that holidays, bad weather and other factors may delay the shipment.

My ePacket takes too long — what should I do?

First off, contact the merchant to specify the details. It is necessary to extend package insurance and wait for the item to be delivered. In the worst-case scenario, that is if you call your packet a loss, you can ask for a refund. Marketplaces oblige merchants to issue a full refund of missing packages.

ePacket vs China Post Air Mail

ePacket is a fast and convenient shipping option. Most items get delivered safely within 2-3 weeks. In contrast, some packages shipped by China Post get delayed, get stuck at customs, arrive damaged or even get lost.

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ePacket vs Aliexpress Standard Shipping

Tracking From China To Usa

The apparent advantage of AliExpress Standard Shipping lies in customer security. In the course of the transaction, a merchant first passes an item to the AliExpress logistics department, where it gets a tracking code, and then a package is forwarded to courier services. In the case of standard delivery, the merchant bears all costs and estimated delivery time is 20-40 days. A customer can choose between paying extra (which ensures fast delivery) or having a package shipped for free but with a slight delay.

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[whitecanvasedcallout]

ray is still racist and nasty the followup

whitecanvased / cybuggd and all his other urls listed here hasn’t changed in the slightest or made any attempts to apologize. and, with more coming to light, he’s worth a second post.

trigger warnings for ra-pe fetishism, racism, guilt tripping.

original post with be reblogged here.

the ONE thing he’s done since then is pay khris. which he did with intense guilt tripping. 

no, you never sent her it back in novemeber. you know how we know that? how we know that’s just a fucking lie for you to try and get the money you owed and owed for five years back?

“i was not a good friend to you”? you blocked her on everything without warning. you cut her off without so much as a goodbye. you aren’t sorry. this is damage control. but hey, at least you “regret how you sounded”? right? 

but. like you always told me. your intentions don’t matter when you hurt people. or did that only imply to everyone else but you? 

your racism! let’s talk about that! 

let’s talk about this really neat little post right here. and, since i know you’re going to run and delete it? 

““He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling”“

you are writing an indigenous man. this shit is racist. full stop. and you’ve known and have been told this for over a month by multiple people and haven’t apologized for it or deleted it. 

we already know you only made pegasus native because you have a thing for “native cheekbones”. you’ve never put an ounce of culture into pegasus’ character. instead, you make a villain native, and alcoholic, and “bloodthirsty” man in a time where native people are at a disgustingly high risk of being murdered. you’re doing this in a time where natives are already dehumanized and attacked for peaceful protests to protect their lands. and instead of listening and changing, you’ve stood firm and ignored them. you called yourself pangender, then when told it was raciest for including two-spirit, you did fuck-all but change to “multi-gender” and ask for resources. something you have in your rules that you don’t tolerate. that is emotional labor. something you shit on people for demanding of you, but when it comes to you, suddenly it’s a-okay. 

your r/pe kink now! something you have as a trigger magically, only because tumblr has turned away from thinking no-ncon is good to write on the dash. remember that? remember how you forced r/pe survivors to see your kink? how you forced r/pe survivors to write your kink? how you watch r/pe p/rn? have an entire folder of it you boasted about? 

REMEMBER WHEN YOU FORCED IT ON THE DASH AT ANY POINT? funny how you purged all your blogs, ain’t it? almost like you were hiding this.

or, let’s talk about the most i have the stomach to dig up. how you forced ME to write r/pe with felix. how you encouraged my severely unhealthy coping with nonc/n that took a shit ton of therapy to realize was s/lf h/rm. something you encouraged in me. something you made me write with you. or how when i said i didn’t like sleep p/rn or druggings, you decided to say this.

there’s an apology i won’t link on another r/pe survivor's blog, apologizing for the abuse and r/pe roleplays you made them write. you know exactly who i’m talking about. and yet you’ve never apologized once for any of this.

maybe this’ll make it clear to everyone how much of a disgusting two-faced asshole you really are. 

and hey, remember all the shit talking you did about the ygo fandom?

but yeah, you love your friends

[afewmarvelousthoughts]

Truth Pt. 14

Master List @afewmarvelousthoughtsadmin

Request:

What’s up sug! sorry you’re struggling right now but I’ve come to help you If you could bring this to light for me I’d absolutely love for YOU TO DO JT So basically Bucky X Enhanced reader who are fuckin enemies. Hate each other to every last fiber of their beings bc Bucky is rude and she calls him out on it. AnywHs, they get drunk, truth or dare (go crZy baby) and LOTS LF dirty talk if u wanna do smut but if u don’t then buck taking care of her while she’s drunk cause she admitted her feelings

Pairing: Bucky X Reader (Enhanced)

Summary: Since The Avengers gave you a home the only blight has been Bucky Barnes, a ghost from your past that you can’t seem to shake. It makes you hate him. The feeling, it seems, is mutual. But… a simple game reveals that maybe things aren’t quite so simple. (Post Winter Soldier AU)

Warnings: Angst, feels, blood, pain, and... fluff

A/N: I’M NOT CRYING YOU’RE CRYING! 

FUUUUCK. Thank y’all so much for your support and love of this series. It’s been a runaway train from the beginning and I’ve enjoyed even the utterly painful parts. I thought I was gonna wait and post this on Wednesday like I usually do but honestly... after the last chapter I think everyone waited long enough. 

I hope you all enjoy this. Thank you thank you thank you!!!

Tags are open!

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The concussive force from the superheated air knocks everyone back. Free of Stark’s grip, Bucky hits his knees, gaping at the glowing pillar of white light reaching from the ground into the sky. It would be beautiful if he knew you weren’t trapped in the middle of it.

It only lasts for a couple of seconds before it’s gone. The sky cracks with thunder as it cools, clouds swirling in response to the unnatural disturbance. The ground shakes heavily for several minutes, buildings creak, a few close to the now leveled main building collapse.

Then… silence as rain begins to fall from the angry sky.

“J… Jarvis… talk to me…”

“The energy emitted… it was equivalent to a massive nuclear detonation… somehow Miss Y/N managed to contain it… had she not the city would have been decimated… The force caused an earthquake, around a five on the Richter scale. There will be damage but nothing major.”

Bucky hardly registers what any of that means. He bolts to his feet and begins running. Only one thing matters to him at this moment. He has to find you, no matter what shape you may be in he has to bring you home, he will not leave you here… he can’t. If Stark or anyone tried to stop him he’d kill them. That simple.

He’s about to jump into the crater that was once the main building when a hand grabs his shoulder. Spinning on his heels he’s ready to lash out at who ever had the gall to stop him. Steve’s mournful gaze freezes Bucky’s rage in an instant.

“We’ll find her Buck. I swear.” Bucky stares at him for a second before managing a nod and the two men slide down.

Desperately his eyes scan for anything that will give him a clue. But it’s just endless, charred, steaming rubble.

He hears Tony overhead, “Come on Jarvis, tell me you got something.” If Jarvis responds it’s not on everyone’s coms. Sam is also above them scanning, while Hill and Clint help Natasha down into the crater. No one seems certain of what they’re looking for, only that they have to look. Have to try.

After about ten minutes that feel like five hours Sam pipes up, “I think we got something!” He’s near the center, landing softly, no one sure how solid the ground beneath them is.

Bucky rushes over as Jarvis chimes in on all their coms, “Weak life signs. She seems to be in an air pocket.”

“Help me with this guys,” Tony goes to a large slab of wall. Carefully Bucky, Steve, and Tony lift the slab and lay it gently down, not wanting to cause the debris to shift too heavily. There’s still an unnerving groaning sound from somewhere beneath their feet.

They move more debris, working at a miserably slow pace. Finally, they lift a piece of strangely warped concrete and…

He sees you, the debris around you curved and almost melted forming a sort of cocoon. You’re on your back, large patches of your tac uniform have been burned away, your exposed flesh black and red and blistered, your right arm is pinned under your back at a sickening angle, clearly badly broken. Blood trickles from your mouth, nose, and ears. But you’re alive.

Unthinking Bucky drops down hands reaching, aching to touch you. “If you touch her I’ll put a bullet in you Barnes,” Sam barks settling next to you. Bucky glares, “Moving her you could kill her and I’m not going to fucking let that happen. We clear?”

He’s right. Bucky nods. Thankful for Sam.

“Jarvis we need the Nightingale.”

Within five minutes you’re on some kind of Stark tech stretcher. Sam carefully arranges your busted arm, while straps gently and automatically hold you in place.

“Let’s get her home,” Clint says from behind Bucky, patting his back in an attempt at comfort.

Everyone is quiet on the ride back. Sam monitors your vitals, your worryingly faint heartbeat drops over and over and Bucky feels himself die just a little each time. Thankfully you’re still hanging on when they land at the tower.

Medical is prepped and ready. Instantly they surround you, Dr. Cabot barking orders in her stern tone. Bucky follows but Steve grabs him, “Let them help her.”

“Get the fuck off me Steve I can’t-”

“You can’t go in the O.R. Buck,” his grip tightens, “you can’t. But they’re gonna do everything they can. She’s tough as nails. She’s gonna pull through this.” Tony walks past them guiding Natasha and Bucky shoots him a murderous glance. “Come on.”

Bucky refuses to leave medical while you’re in surgery. Everyone but Tony waits with him. Even Bruce joins them looking stressed. It’s just as good. He’s of the mind to literally rip Stark’s spine out.

Six excruciating hours later Dr. Cabot comes out. “We got her stable.” Bucky shoots up. “Some… some of the injuries were unique… the heat…” She shakes her head, “We did our best. Now we wait and hope.”

He feels like he’s gonna be sick. “Can… c… can I…”

“Soon,” The doctor gives Bucky a tender smile. “Get cleaned up and by the time you’re done we’ll have her ready for you to see.”

Bucky nods but can’t seem to bring himself to move. Clint and Steve coax him to the elevator. All the guys come along to the locker room they use for post mission clean up. No one willing to leave him alone.

Cleaned and changed they all head back up. Natasha is sitting with Hill, their hands clasped, in the little lounge area when they get there. Both looking morose.

“You can go see her,” Natasha’s voice is far away. “Wanted you to be first.”

Bucky runs the short distance to the private rooms the medical bay has. In the door, he freezes. You’re black and blue, bruises already blossoming. Bandages cover your arms from the burns, plus a few on your face.

“She’s breathing on her own,” Dr. Cabot comes up from behind, startling him. He jumps, but doesn’t lash out. “Sorry.” All he can manage is a nod in response before stepping in.

“That’s a good sign,” her tone is trying to reassure him but it’s not working. “She’s gonna need a new shoulder but that can wait… Just… there were internal burns. We aren’t sure how they’ll heal… and the head trauma… that’s always tricky.” She sighs, “Time will tell. Being enhanced… changes things, hopefully in this case for the better. No one should have made it through that… She’s strong.”

He nods as if anything she said sunk in and walks over to the bed collapsing on the chair next to it.

“Talk to her,” he looks up and she’s smiling. “Let her know you’re here. I’ll check in later.”

As soon as the door clicks behind her hot tears begin to stream silently down his face as he stares at you. He’s terrified to touch you, so scared that he’ll somehow make this worse. And talk… his tongue feels like lead in his mouth. Even his brain is swirling with different languages, unable to lock on to his mother tongue.

This is his fault. That’s the only solid thought he has right now. He shouldn’t have let you go in that room. Shouldn’t have let you anywhere near this mission… You hating him forever for being a controlling asshole would be better than this… at least you’d be alive.

Then he realizes there is one thing. One thing he has to find a way to say. Russian, Mandarin, French, Spanish, they all try to come out before he coaches his tongue to the proper English syllables. Leaning close to your ear he whispers, voice thick with regret and grief, “I love you, Y/N. I’m so sorry…”

-

Five days later and your bruises have faded some, the burns healing, but you haven’t opened your eyes… Bruce assured him that you clearly have brain activity, that’s supposed to mean you’re still with them… still fighting. It’s not much comfort.

Bucky has hardly left this room, he’s spoken even less… well to anyone but you, and even then only when you’re alone. Steve and Natasha have kept the most vigil with him, he thinks they’ve worked out some sort of six on six off schedule. The others come in at least once a day, sad smiles and soft words. That is everyone but Stark who’s kept his distance.

Steve finally convinces Bucky that he needs to step away for more than five minutes. Well, convinces isn’t the word… he practically begs. Bucky agrees on the grounds that they won’t leave the tower and Jarvis is to notify him immediately of even the smallest changes to your condition.

They only go up to the roof for about a half hour. The air and sunlight actually do feel good, they clear his head just enough.

As the two men ride back down Bucky turns to his friend, “Thank you.” Steve looks shocked for a moment before relief floods his face. They’re the first words he’s said to him in days.

Without a word, Steve pulls Bucky into a bone crushing hug. In all their years of friendship, Bucky rarely let himself be weak around Steve. He needed to be strong for the scrappy little shit because no one else was gonna… but now, in this elevator after both their worlds have fallen, risen, and now Bucky feels as if it’s fallen again he leans into Steve’s strength for just a minute. “You got it, Buck.”

As they approach your room music spills from the open door. Bucky feels the blood in his veins turn cold. Stark.

“I know you have to hate this one Sparks, so feel free to tell me what a lame ass I am… berate me… anything…” Tony’s voice is rough. He’s leaned back in a chair balancing on two legs by your bed, hands cradling the back of his head. “The 90’s were a tough time for music but there were some gems.”

“Bucky, don’t-” Steve warns. Stark shoots up as Bucky barrels into the room.

He grabs Stark by his tee and slams him against the wall. Surprisingly though all the hateful things he’s thought to scream at Stark over the last few days won’t fly from his lips now. Instead, he holds him there, cold eyes boring into him.

“For what it’s worth I wanna kick my ass too…” The sincerity in Stark’s voice hits Bucky like a blow and he releases him though he doesn’t move away.

Stark’s eyes wander behind Bucky to you, “It was the one thing-” His voice cracks and he clears his throat trying to gain composure before continuing. “It was the only thing she ever asked of me. I asked her to trust us, to join us. I asked her to play hero… fuck.” He runs a hand over his face, catching the tears before they can fall. “She never asked anything of me… until you.” Bucky turns away, not wanting to hear it but unable to leave.

“She asked me to promise that if shit went sideways I would keep your dumbass safe because she knew you’d try to follow her into any deathtrap that came up. The only thing she asked.” His voice is shaking with emotion, “And you can hate me until the day I eventually eat it but I’d do it again in a heartbeat for her.”

Silence rings between the three men, only broken by the sounds of the music. “Even if you hate it play the music. There’s some stuff I know she’ll like. And even if she doesn’t… maybe she’ll get annoyed enough to wake up and have at me.”

As Tony pushes past him Bucky’s arm shoots out, holding him in place. He doesn’t look at him, scared that if he does he won’t be able to say the words. “I don’t hate you, Tony.” Finally, he turns, Tony’s face is bereft, “Keep the music coming, she likes your shitty playlists.”

A sad smile curls Tony’s lips. “They’re only shitty because you’re too old to know what’s good, Manchurian.”

-

Day 12 rolls up and Bucky begins to feel himself shutdown in a way he hasn’t since he’s been here. It’s a detachment he was familiar with as the Soldier, as though he’s observing the world through plate glass.

He’s going through the motions they all expect. Eating, drinking, talking when he needs to, even managing a half hearted smile here and there. All of it is muscle memory though, autopilot to get through the times when other people are watching.

Honestly, it’s easier to feel that way. Easier when they’re there and he has to play a part. When they’re gone… he feels it. It’s like there’s a crushing weight on his chest. He thinks he’d take the chair a thousand times over this grief. Rather mind numbing pain than this slow suffocation.

But still, he stays by your side. He plays Tony’s playlists, some of his music, some of yours. Sometimes he sings to you, softly, old songs he remembers from his life before. Maybe he tells you about something he remembers or old dreams he had of who he’d be. Over and over he whispers those those three little words he should have been saying long before now.

By day 17 he’s just numb. Your bruises have faded, the burns almost healed leaving pink scars in places that may linger for a few years. The doctors insist that your brain activity is promising but you haven’t even fluttered your eyes, not even a squeeze to his hand, nothing… despite the times, alone in the wee hours of the morning, that he’s begged for you to.

On day 21 he thinks this is worse than death. Just watching you lay there day after day night after night. Performing for the others. Hoping and hoping and hoping for something that may never happen.

Tonight he doesn’t sing, doesn’t play music, doesn’t tell stories. He lays his head down on the bed, silence holding you both tight. Tears stream from his eyes and he counts your breaths until oblivion takes him.

-

No one ever tells you what it’s like to almost die.

There’s always the wondrous stories about people who die and come back. The white light, loved ones telling you it’s not time and all that shit. People just don’t seem to talk about the almost. They don’t talk about the void of pain, the fear of dying that lingers after your body ceases to listen to you. There’s no beautiful light or love when you’re screaming but no one can hear you. Nothing poetic in pushing through the endless darkness of unconsciousness.

You’ve been here before though. Many times. The almost is like an old friend that rises to greet you when you feel the roof give way beneath your feet. It’s happy to drag you under as the debris settles around your body, still pulsing and glowing with pure burning energy.

Unlike those other times though you don’t beg for death and you don’t pull through to spite the reaper either. This time you fight because there’s something worth living for. Someone, or someones rather, who you aren’t willing to leave behind. Not yet. So you push back against that insidious pull of death, scream and beg your body to obey you to move just a little, just something so they know.

It seems like an age before you feel the pain sear through your right shoulder. For a moment you don’t remember why your shoulder should be hurting or why the hell you’re sleeping on your back. Then it all barrels into you. The pain is less of a nuisance then, you savor it because it means you won, you’re still alive.

The room is silent but you can hear a familiar steady breathing to your left, feel a familiar weight across your torso. Bucky sleeping, his left arm over you, right hand tightly gripping your left. You have to open your eyes, have to see him… You don’t know how long it takes you to force your eyes to open but it feels like hours.

Slowly they creak open, heavy and strangely sore. Even though the light is dim it feels like looking into the sun for a second. Eventually, they adjust and you drag your gaze to the left.

Your heart rises in your parched throat. His eyes look puffy from tears, lips chapped. His beard seems so much longer… how long were you… it didn’t matter.

First, you try to open your mouth, but nothing happens. Your tongue feels heavy, thick, unsure of how to function anymore. It takes a few frustrating minutes but finally you get it under control.

You squeeze his right hand as tight as you can manage. He shifts a bit but doesn’t seem to register until you squeeze once more. Instantly he shoots up, eyes wide.

“Y/N?!”

Your voice is nothing but a rasp, barely even a whisper, but you have to say it… just in case you never get to again. “I love you.”

Those spectacular eyes of his well with tears instantly, his chest heaves, like he hasn’t taken a breath in days. “I love you too, Y/N. So much baby doll. I love you.” That’s all he manages, words stumbling over themselves, before he breaks.

Bucky's lips crash into yours silencing his sob and you tangle the fingers of your left hand in his hair. His forehead rests against yours, his gaze making your heart skip a beat.

“I thought I lost you, baby.”

“You’ll never lose me, Bucky. I’m all yours.”

-

The next few days are a strange, disorienting blur. You feel like you forgot how to be awake.

Despite almost a month of unconsciousness you constantly feel yourself drifting off. Dr. Cabot tells you that your body is still healing. It was a massive trauma and even super soldiers have a breaking point. Still… it’s annoying. You want to be awake, to study the faces of your friends, dry their tears, hold on to every single moment.

Unconscious or awake though Bucky is there. His reassuring warmth a constant by your side. But… you can see what this has done to him. He’s ragged, barely sleeping, his eyes haunted. The relief that floods his face every time you wake up nearly undoes you.

Four days later Dr. Cabot comes in, a smile on her face. “Good news. I’m clearing you to go home.” That one little work sends warmth flooding through you. Home. Home with Bucky. You turn to him, your face hurting from the smile that just burst across it.

“Don’t get too excited though, you’re not done seeing me. I’m still going to be checking in and as soon as Tony has your shoulder replacement ready we’re scheduling your surgery.” As much as you hate the thought of being under, you’re sick of having a useless arm, you nod. “But since you live here I think being back in your own space will be good. For the both of you.” She gives Bucky a stern look.

“Thanks, Doc.” You eek out despite the emotion welling in your chest.

A couple of hours later and you’re in the elevator, thankful you talked your way out of a wheelchair. It felt good to be on your own two feet, even if you were leaning on Bucky for support.

When the doors slide open a welcome banner hung above the door greets you.

“Are they going to jump out and yell surprise when we walk in?”

Bucky looks down at you, clearly just as caught off guard as you were. “No idea.”

Cautiously he opens the door but to both of your relief no one jumps out, in fact, no one is here at all. What is here are sprays of flowers and a ton of food. A lump rises in your throat as you pick up the hand written card left on the bar:

We all thought you two would like some time alone. Enjoy the snacks, pizza will come later. We each picked a movie we think you’ll like, they’re queued on your TV. Jarvis has your ‘Welcome Home’ playlist ready to go for whenever you want to annoy Ice Man.

Glad you’re back with us, Sparks.

-The Team

PS

I picked out the flowers, because we can’t trust these boys to get that right.

-Nat

Bucky wraps you in his arms, pulling your back flat against him, “We’re home, doll. Really home.”

The weight of those words almost make you weep from pure joy. Hydra had tried time and time again to take everything from you both, to prevent you from finding home and happiness. Hell, even your childhood home was nothing but a lie… But here… With these people, with him, together you had all found something special. More than home, you found family.

Turning in his arms you grasp the back of his neck with your good hand. “I love you.”

“I love you too.”

His lips are soft against yours, this kiss unhurried. After all, why rush something so sweet. It truly hits you then that you want nothing but this for the rest of your days, no matter how many or how few there may be. Nothing but him.

Pulling back from the kiss you stare into his face. You want to remember every line, every freckle, every single detail of how he looks in this moment.

“What is it?” Concern flashes across his features for an instant.

“Truth or dare?”

“What?” He laughs.

“Come on. Truth or dare?”

“Um, dare.”

“I dare you to marry me, James Buchanan Barnes.”

The laugh that tears through his chest is pure joy. Every ounce of exhaustion slips from his features as he lifts you up and sets you on the counter top. He doesn’t say anything, just takes your face in his rough hands and kisses you until you can hardly breathe.

“Well? Do you accept my challenge?” You grin up at this man you love.

“I do.”

“That’s supposed to come later I think.” You tuck a stray strand of hair behind his ear.

“I will happily accept that dare, Y/N.” Another laugh falls from his lips before he kisses you once more. “My turn,” he says breaking the kiss. “Truth or dare?”

“I feel obligated to chose dare, it got us into this whole mess originally after all.”

He nods in acknowledgment. “I dare you to take my name.” All you can do is smile at him. You already planned on it, your original last name left a bad taste in your mouth after everything. Your silence seems to unsettle him though, “I know it’s old fashioned but-”

“I’d love to.” He looks shocked. “Y/N Barnes. Has a nice ring to it.”

“Yeah,” he covers your face in kisses, “it does.”

Epilogue to come.

[celestisnothere]

PLS TELL ME ABOUT YOUR BNHA OCS

As of now i have 3, they're from an amino set 15 years from canon but this can be ignored bc it doesn't affect on thr ocs that much (aside of a hero crush one have)

I wanted to out a read more under cut vere but idk hiw you do that so yeah...

Btw, they're all genderfluid or transmasc nb and use they/them and he/him bc i'm self projecting and no one will ever stop me from doing so

Celest Akamine

Celest is a 3rd years u.a student and they're half japanese, half latnix

They speak japanese, spanish and french (their latinx blood is from the caribbean island of martinique)

They're panro and demisexual and they're a huge chaotic neutral

Hero name: Magma

They have a lava manipulation quirk that allows them to transform parts or all their body into lava at will and manipulate it. And due to lava's desnity and heat, Celest can "melt or consume" the earth nearby (up to 20 feet radius) as mava would irl. It also allows thrm to harden said lava and melt metal to a degree when using the quirk

Due to this quirk Celest has a huge heat resistance and their average body temoerture is higer than normal. They have to be really cautious when touching/interacting with others and they need to eat way more bc this higher temperture means they burn more calories.

They are 170cm tall and are rather tanned. Theyvare very androgynous and they have their hair long and has it always braided, or in a ponytail or man-bun

They're an introvert and insecure about their quirk despite being sarcastic af and they love golden age hollywood movies, van gogh art and old rock music and snakes

Their fav prohero is endeavor bc fire quirk(and bc ghey dont know about all the todoroki fam drama ofc) and Sero/Cellophane (15 years in the future bc in canon time sero is 2 years younger so i guess i would deage them 2 years idk)

Cassiopea Gallardo-Iwasaki

They're a villain and they are 23yo, they go by Cass, a nickname no one uses is "little star"

They're american by birth but they are half american, ¼ japanese and ¼ spanish

They're demi-bisexual and romantic and a true neutral (to deal with their companion chaotic neutral)

Villain name: Mess

Cass has a quirk that is called "mess parameters" which means everywhere they goes or whatever cass does will mostly end up being a mess of bad situations were possible before hand.

Cass quirk allows them to know when and where a "bad situation" is about to happen in a 50 feet radius and they can decide to increase its level of mess or to control it. They are unable to downgrade the level of said mess. If they do control their quirk, cass is able to increase and/or to control certain amounts of chaos so it creates the desired amount of destruction and damage. This is good for distractions and others.

Downside is that they can only increase or control messes in places where messes were doomed to occur. If cass overuses their quirk they feel extremely tired and may even faint. Another side effect are headaches.

Cass always travel with a boy named AJ who is quirkless but an arsonist. Cass has a huge ass crush on AJ but is on huge denial though they only show their soft side or their true self to him and wherever AJ is, it' one if Cass' safe places.

They're 165cm and their skin is pale and have huge eyebags due to their quirk and not sleeping well nor enough.

They are an introvert and very quiet if not with aj or others they know also very sarcastic and with a very dark and self-deprecating humour despite having beating depression and being in a better place now they are their true self and having no contact with their toxic family and past friends.

Takahashi Lualhati

A pro-hero and science teacher at u.a and they are half japanese and half filipino (bc they need way more rep in media)

They speak japanese, filipino and tagalog, and english

They're demi-homoromantic and ace, they're a lawful neutral

Hero name: Mr. Nightmare

Their quirk works with pheromones and is called "worst fear manipulation" or "room 101" (bc of George Orwell's 1984) i have yet to decide

As the quirk's second name points out it allows Lua to know what are people's worst fears, the ones even their subconscious stops from appearing in dreams, and their body produce a pheromone to induce fear so they create an hallucination with said fear and make people fall into their power so they stop or until they fall senseless bc of the fear

I haven't thought lf downsides yet but probably this quirk will make lua be very empathic but also be very detached of their own emotions after using it, as if they were still in the other person's brain to search for the worst fear.

Lua fears a point of no return of enjoying using their quirk on others amd really start torturing people with it.

Lua is 179cm and has a rather dark skin compared to others even if when they use their quirk their whole skin seems to turn to coal black

They're more of an extrovert and they always see the bright side of everything. They're rather cheery and bubbly as well as both the mom friend and the vodka aunt. They're very intelligent but also go from both very wise to stupid as they are very ride-or-die for their friends. They love conspiracy theories with a passion and no obe but Lua understands why.

This is very long ik but it's also the briefest i could make it with every character.

Join the amino if you want to know more about them and to rp with them and other ocs.

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magic-owl replied to your photo: I found this look at Padme’s legislative agenda in...

It’s interesting that they’re addressing those criticisms now

magic-owl replied to your photo: I found this look at Padme’s legislative agenda in...

Yeah I’ve noticed, especially the slavery bit, it’s like LF specifically instructed the authors to do damage control by putting in bits where Padmé and Qui Gon very clearly cared about slavery or this and that to combat what has been notably fans’ biggest criticisms of them both. In TPM everyone’s like “they were privileged and had the power to make changes why did they only free Anakin?” & in TCW ppl went after Padmé a LOT for being “all talk no action” & saying she didn’t care about clones

It’s definitely interesting how much of a huge focus slavery has been in the most recent books. (And some of the comics!) Most of the Prequel Era is about people grappling with the system’s corruption and slavery is one of the biggest and most obvious hallmarks of that corruption -- but it still does feel somewhat deliberate.  We are very clearly meant to understand that both Padme and Qui-Gon cared a lot, regardless of what they may or may not have been able to do about it. And I think it is in keeping with both of their character.

I know they can’t cover every single thing in a two-hour movie like TPM, and even TCW was a bit limited being a kids’ show and not terribly Padme-centric. That’s why I LOVE reading Star Wars books, to get all that stuff they maybe weren’t able to tell us during the main story, and I hope they never stop putting out companion media. 

[pojifigamecontroller]

great sword introduce

It has a devastatingly powerful attack, but movement with weapon drawn, the attack requires more commitment. in addition，the attack can be chargedWirebug helps make it more agile.

We know the general situation of the great sword, and the following editor will tell you about its skills.

Switch skills

Tackle

A forword-dashing attack using the flat side of the blade.more cumbersome than your standard tackle, but strong and allows youto guard.A successful Guard can be followed up with a powerful Charged Attack.

“A”while charging

Hunting Edge

A daring aerial attack, using a Wirebugto fly up for a hefty Roundslash.

lf the attack connects, the hunter

bounces upward and transitions directlyinto the next Charged Slash attack,

forming the crux of this attack.Wirebug Gauge recovery speed:Fast)

While holding"ZL" , press "X"(Wirebug Gauge cost: 2)

After an attack connects, follow-upwith"X" or "ZR" while in midairfor a powerful charged attack.

Adamant Charged Slash

A daring aerial attack, using a Wirebugto fly up for a hefty Roundslash.

If the attack connects, the hunterbounces upward and transitions directly

into the next Charged Slash attack,forming the crux of this attack.(Wirebug Gauge recovery speed: Fast)

While holding"ZL", press"X" ((Wirebug Gauge cost: 2)

After an attack connects, follow-up with "X"or"ZR"while in midair

for a powerful charged attack.

True Charged Slash

A devastating Charged Slash attackdelivering extensive damage, strikingtwice by making a large swing withthe weapon.By striking the monster's softer weakspot with the first strike, the secondstrike deals additional damage.

"L"+"X"after a Strong Charged Slash

Rage Slash

A strike from a unique stance.

While it does not match the powerof a True Charged Slash, receivingdamage while the weapon is drawnsparks a flame in the user's heart,strengthening their attack.

“L”+“X”after a Strong Charged Slash

At the moment of attack, the directionof the attack can be changed with “L”.

Of course, there's more to the replay skill than that. You can try a lot more moves.

weapgn moves

Activate skill and combos

1. x X X

Overhead slesh-side blow-charge-charged strong slash-charge-overhead SLESH this cycle will increase your attack power by 3 times, with a maximum attack power of 502

2. A, a, A

Wide sweep-trackle-leaping wide slash-wide sweep

3. A A A X

Wide sweep-trackle-leaping wide slash-trackle-leaping wide slash

4.A X

Wide sweep-charge-charged slash

5. A-A-X

Wide sweep-trackle-charge-strong charged slash

6. X A

Rising slash

7. Jamal X X

Guard-kick-trackle defense

8.X L + X

Charge-charged slash-charge-strong charged slash

9、X A X

charge-jumping charged clash-strong wide slash-charge-ture charge s

Of course, there's more to the replay skill than that. You can try a lot more moves.

Armor Skills

Here are the armor skills, including:

Attack Boost、Quick Sheathe、Agitator、Focus、Peak Performance、Offensive Guard、Critical 、Eye、Crit Draw、Critical Boost、Punishing Draw、Weakness Exploit、Latent Power Maximum Might.

Finally, we need to practice to get familiar with the skills, guys, hurry up to learn these skills, and then through the monsters to practice it!

In addition, before the game, do you need a good game equipment? pojifi 2080 game controller is a very suitable for this game equipment. Trust me, it's worth it!

[afewmarvelousthoughts]

Truth [Part 3]

Master List

Request:

What’s up sug! sorry you’re struggling right now but I’ve come to help you If you could bring this to light for me I’d absolutely love for YOU TO DO JT So basically Bucky X Enhanced reader who are fuckin enemies. Hate each other to every last fiber of their beings bc Bucky is rude and she calls him out on it. AnywHs, they get drunk, truth or dare (go crZy baby) and LOTS LF dirty talk if u wanna do smut but if u don’t then buck taking care of her while she’s drunk cause she admitted her feelings

Pairing: Bucky X Reader (Enhanced)

Summary: Since The Avengers gave you a home the only blight has been Bucky Barnes, a ghost from your past that you can’t seem to shake. It makes you hate him. The feeling, it seems, is mutual. But... a simple game reveals that maybe things aren’t quite so simple. (Post Winter Soldier AU)

Warnings: Smut (like a lot... so... just turn around now if you’re not of age or aren’t into that).

A/N: Please be gentle with me my darling readers and pumpkins. I want to be very confident about this whole smut writing thing but I’m new to it and just yeah, I hope you like it lol!

That being said my fucking GAAAAD it was fun to write. But, honestly, the morning after... that is my fave part. 

I’m really excited to see what you all think of this one. Like I said in another post, this baby is just running away with me so if you like these two there’s a lot more coming. 

Tags are open!

@mywinterwolf @disagreetoagree @peachthatdrinkslemonade @breezy1415 @wonderlandmind4 @handplucked @piensa-bonito @midnightdream83

You’re making out as the elevator doors slide open and the door to Bucky’s tower apartment swings in, ah Jarvis. Manhattan glitters through the floor to ceiling windows and only a couple of lamps are on leaving the room comfortably dim. It smells like him here, spicy and warm with notes of sandalwood and tee tree. It’s a good smell you think. He doesn’t put you down as you expect. Instead, he just turns and carries you to his room. 

He lets you down onto the bed and you lean up on your elbows staring up at him. For a second you just take the other in. His chest is heaving a bit, hunger etched in every line of his face. Without taking his eyes off you his right-hand wanders to his belt and unbuckles it, undoing the button of his jeans, then the soft rasp of his zipper. 

Are you breathing? You think you may have forgotten, distracted as you were, but when his hand stops the thought occurs that you should take one. 

Filling your lungs you scoot forward, legs dangling over the edge of the bed, you run your hands down his sides to his waistband. As you work his jeans over his hips he gently runs metal fingers down your cheek to your lips, his thumb tracing the shape. 

You place a kiss on his right hip bone and run the tip of your tongue down the v of his abdomen stopping just short and going to the other side to do the same. A shudder and soft sound comes from him, you feel him move just under your face and smirk. 

“Tease,” he whispers as you look up to meet his eyes. He had no idea. 

Your nails run the same path your tongue had and just before touching him change course to continue down his inner thighs. His jaw tightens, no doubt trying to maintain some kind of control. 

Opening your mouth a touch you wet your index and middle fingers, even slipping them in a bit for good measure. When you run them, warm and moist up the underside of his cock, tracing the base of the head lightly with your middle finger, his breath becomes ragged and there’s the soft sounds of metal gears. 

“Just enjoying myself,” you say smiling up at him. 

With that you slowly take his head in your mouth, flicking your tongue from the base to the tip. The ragged sound that escapes him sends tingles through your whole body. His right-hand tangles in the hair at the back of your head but doesn’t force you down on to him, just sits there silently begging for more. You decide to give him what he wants, because fuck if you don’t want it too, want to hear the sounds he’ll make, taste him, feel him. You take all of him into your mouth, wrapping your right index, middle, and thumb around the base of his cock. 

Something like, “Oh,” comes from him as you begin to work him, steadily, just a little suction. He growls a bit as he hits the back of the throat. Your left hand resting on his muscular thigh feels him tense after a few minutes. 

“Stop,” he pants, though he still thrusts at you. You feel something like a smile work the muscles in your face despite the mouthful. His fingers tighten in your hair and pull your head back, the pull of his fingers more tantalizing than painful. “Woman, if you don’t stop this is going to be over much faster than either of us want.” 

He runs his metal index finger under your bottom lip to remove some lingering moisture. When it rubs on the soft skin of your lips you’re surprised at how smooth it feels. Stepping back he kicks off his boots and slips out of his jeans leaving him deliciously bare. 

You swallow hard. Even in the dim light, he’s immaculate. All dark hair, rippling muscles, and that fucking cock. Christ. You swallow hard keeping the small sound of pleasure that threatened to slip out contained. He seems to notice your admiration anyway and slowly moves back toward the bed. 

Tilting your chin up to look at him, he smiles broadly before kissing you deep. He pushes you back against the bed and runs his hands down your torso causing you to shudder. Grasping your ample hips he holds them as he takes your nipple in his mouth. 

This time you can’t swallow the sound. A small gasping moan bursts from you and your hips press against his hold. His eyes look up at you glinting before moving to the other eliciting much the same reaction from you. Kissing a trail down your body he stands and slips your feet free of your battered Converse and unbuttons your jeans. In one swift tug, they’re gone. 

Bucky licks his bottom lip and smirks hands once again grabbing your hips he pulls you effortlessly to the edge of the bed as he kneels on the ground. His stubble scratches and tickles at your inner thighs and you sigh feeling goosebumps rise all over your body. But when he lowers his mouth to you, that’s electric. 

As he sucks at your clit you cry out, loudly, so fucking thankful that these apartments are soundproof. Pleasure already curls tight in your belly begging to be set free. It had been far too long since someone had touched you like this. His tongue pulses against you and his right hand comes around sliding two fingers into you, ever so subtly stretching you open. 

“Fuck!” Your back arches and you feel the tingles of energy snaking just under your skin. Don’t light anything on fire, Y/N, sober you whispers from the depths of your consciousness. He lifts his head and replaces the maddening feeling of his mouth with the gentle pressure of his thumb, rubbing around your clit. Panting you look at him, a coy smile on his face.

“I want you to come for me, Y/N,” he says, voice low and rumbling. This sets you alight, and your brows crease with worry, genuinely concerned about causing damage. 

He notices, “Don’t worry about it. Stark can buy me a new comforter if need be. I wanna see you come.” He pauses, “Do you want to?” He asks and begins to lower back down. 

“Yes,” you pant, “please, please.” You grab a hank of his hair as he takes you back into his mouth. Your hips grind, lifting of their own accord, and his fingers pump harder into you. 

“Bucky, fuck, Bucky!” The orgasm tears through you. So different from your solo endeavors of late. This is white hot pleasure flooding your system as he keeps working you through it. You forgot it could feel this way. Your grip on him loosens and he stands from between your trembling thighs. 

There’s a fascinated look on his face, “Beautiful.” You hold your arm up and look at the pinpoints of light winking in and out on your skin, barely visible tendrils of energy connecting the points. Honestly, you always thought it was garish, something that marked you as a freak. But… nothing was on fire and maybe it was beautiful. 

His right hand is holding onto his cock, slowly stroking it, looking down at you. You scoot back to be fully on the bed, leaning up. 

Keeping your eyes on his you open your legs, “You could take care of that yourself I guess.” You smirk, hand wandering between your legs, “But I think I have a much better idea.”

Lowering himself over you he rests on his forearms peering into your eyes, suddenly serious, “Are you sure?”

You reach up and bring his face to yours, crushing a kiss onto his lips, and growl out, “I want you to fuck me, Bucky Barnes, until I don’t remember who either of us are.”

He smolders for just a second, your words having the desired effect, and he thunders into you. You can’t help but cry out as he fills you, the ache so sweet, pressing yourself closer to him. 

“Fuck,” he groans and kisses you, his tongue filling your mouth. Wrapping your legs around his hips you urge him faster. Sitting up he pulls your legs away spreading them wide. When he slams into you it’s almost too much. Even so, you press back against him, hard, wanting all of him. 

Releasing your left leg his right-hand lowers to you. When his thumb strokes your clit you almost lose it. Your hands are balled into fists, holding onto the duvet for dear life. His pace quickens, thumb stroking you, when you look at him the expression of lust and satisfaction there is enough to tip you over the edge. He fucks you through it, making the aftershocks shake you almost as much as the orgasm itself had. 

He leans back down, pace maddeningly slow, and presses a kiss just under your ear. When he lifts his mouth to your ear you gasp a little, the feeling of his breath and stubble making you shiver. 

“How about you turn over for me, doll?” He growls into your ear. All you can manage is a nod, language a forgotten skill. 

As you go to turn once he’s pulled out, he grabs you lifting and flipping you as if you weigh nothing. A laugh tumbles from you and quickly turns into sounds of pleasure as he kisses the space between your shoulder blades. Your ass lifts and you can feel him pressed against your lower back. 

A sound of pleasure rumbles in his chest as he feels you squirm. Lifting off you his hands grab your ass before slapping both cheeks just enough to smart. You groan in pleasure and raise up on your knees. 

“Mmm,” he hums caressing you. Without warning, he plunges into you once more. He fucks you until all you can think about is this, the feeling of him, the waves of pleasure. His hands reach around the front of you and lift you up so your back is pressed against his chest, his fingers catching and toying with your nipples. 

“Kiss me,” he whispers. You turn and find his lips, greedily. His left-hand wraps gently around your throat, not threatening and you stay like that for a moment, not moving just connected, kissing ferociously. 

He releases you and pushes you gently back down. Moving from behind you he coaxes you to your back once more. His face hovering above you he runs his hands up your arms and pins them above your head. This time he’s slow, gently entering you so you can feel every inch of him bit by bit.

“B… Bucky,” you softly moan. This makes a smile rise and his pace quicken just a touch. You meet his rhythm effortlessly in sync. When you push against his hands he presses them harder into the bed and you, surprisingly, love this feeling of giving control over to him. 

“Y/N,” he grumbles before catching your mouth with his. He releases your arms and braces his forearms on either side of your head. You wrap your arms under his feeling the muscles of his back work as he fucks you slow, steady, deep. 

Your back arches pressing against him, he quickens, you’re almost there again, “Please Buck,” his brows crease. 

“Now,” he groans. Both of your bodies shudder in unison, and you hold on tight to him. He kisses you hard, pressing your head into the bed, body shaking. 

When he stops and lifts his head his eyes are gleaming, much as you knew yours were, the intensity having brought tears to you both. You cup his face in your hands and just stare at him before kissing him again. 

You spend a few minutes intertwined like that. Both shaking and just barely keeping it together. It feels like you’re the only two creatures in the world right now like there was never some dark past, just this. 

He pulls away from another barrage of kisses and his thumbs stroke your forehead, “Thank you.” His voice is barely audible. 

“Ditto,” you manage to eke out. This earns you a crooked smile and he reluctantly rolls off of you. 

In his bathroom you don’t even turn the light on for a moment, just looking at the constellation of your skin in the mirror, sparkling and like a starry sky. He was right, it was beautiful. When you emerge he’s pulled the blankets down on his bed and leaned against the headboard still nude. 

Suddenly you feel awkward, exposed despite what just went down. What now? His eyes slowly rise to meet your own and he smiles so big his nose crinkles. Cute. 

“Would you like a shirt?” All you manage is a shrug, standing frozen in the middle of his room. His expression softens and he extends his right hand, “Come here, doll.” 

Was this what you wanted? Did you want to stay? Even sober you, slowly more and more in control of the situation, is on the same page. You absolutely did want to stay. 

Without a word, you crawl into the bed and Bucky wraps you in his arms, your head comfortably resting on his chest. 

“Could… Could I maybe stay here? Just for tonight?” You ask, voice so unsure. 

He tilts your head to look at him. “I wouldn’t have it another way darling.” He kisses you and you both slide down into the bed. A dreamless, contented sleep finding its way to the both of you quickly. 

There’s a loud banging at the door. Who the fuck?! You roll over, committed to ignoring whoever thought you were going to get out of your bed for anything next to a national crisis. 

“Buck!” You hear Steve bellow over the door com. Suddenly you are very awake. “Open the fucking door, man!” Shooting up you remember, last night, you’re in Bucky’s apartment and he’s dead asleep next to you, one ass cheek poking out from under the sheet. Damn, it was a great ass. 

Fuck. Situation at hand. Focus. 

“James fucking Barnes! I am going to tear this door down if you don’t open it!” Jarvis is being smugly silent you note. Traitor.

You pick up the pillow you slept on and smack Bucky with it, “Hey!”

Groaning he rolls over, looking up at you, voice groggy, “What?” 

“I. Am. Not. Kidding. Bucky.” Steve yells.

“Fuck!” Bucky shoots up. 

“Yeah, fuck.” You quip. He’s rummaging for underwear fumbling to get them on. It takes effort to suppress a laugh. 

“You want him to know your here?” He hisses, a smirk on his lips despite the tone. 

“Not particularly.”

“Then hush,” he smiles and leans into the bed kissing you before bolting out of the room, closing the door behind him. 

You sit stunned for a second, pulling the sheet over your chest. What. Was. Happening. 

He just kissed you. Sober you fully in control. And you didn’t hit him, zap him, or think of any way to maim him at all. This was fully Stark’s fault you decide. Him and his fucking special sauce. Ass. 

Grabbing a pillow you hold it to your chest, trying not to focus on the conversation now taking place in the living room. It smells like him, your eyes close as you breathe deep. Nope. You pull yourself together and fling the offending object away from you. 

Bucky (Barnes the stubborn part of your brain wants to still call him), and you couldn’t do this. It would be too much. Too much trauma between you. No. Unacceptable. Groaning you fall forward and face plant on the duvet, ass in the air. But… the sex was fucking phenomenal. 

You’re so wrapped up in your thoughts you don’t hear Steve leave. When the door opens Bucky sees you, face in the bed, ass in the air and laughs. 

“Is this an open invitation or…?”

“You wish,” you say, sitting back into a normal position. He shrugs and smirks in response. Really what you wished was that you could say you’d deny him another round. Because… yeah, even sober you couldn’t turn it down. “Disaster averted?” You ask as he sits on the bed next to you, running his hands through his hair. 

“Disaster’s a little harsh don’t you think?”

Playfully you bat at his right arm. “You know what I mean.”

He flashes you a smile, “Yes, disaster was averted. You can rest easy, our cover of being bitter enemies is not yet blown.” You had rested easy, very easy, after last night you think. 

You nod, “Jesus I need a shower.” You slide off the bed next to him and pick your discarded jeans up off the floor, slipping into them. His eyes burn into you as you do so. When you look back his expression is soft and… appreciative. Nope, you tell yourself again despite the tightening in your belly. 

Your shirt… Fuck… your shirt and bra were still in the range. “Can I take you up on that shirt offer?” Mentally you plan to go there before your own apartment, hoping no one has felt the need to shoot anything yet today. 

“Sure,” he says going to his dresser. Was that disappointment on his face? “Here,” he tosses a black v-neck to you. It’s a bit oversized and smells like him. Ugh. 

The two of you stand awkwardly looking but not looking at the other. Finally, you break the silence. 

“Thanks… for… uh… letting me stay,” you say looking up at him as you pull on a sneaker. 

A half smile rises to his face and he runs his left hand through his hair, “I… I’m glad that… you wanted to…”

Suddenly, a laugh bubbles out of you, you can’t help it. It’s one of those laughs that overtakes you and you just can’t stop. You collapse onto the edge of the bed and he looks at you confused before he can’t help but join in. After a few minutes, you wipe at the tears in your eyes. It had been a long time since you laughed like that… years… decades maybe. 

“What are we? A couple of fucking teenagers? Christ.” You pant out, giggles still coming. He’s closer to you now, beaming. “I feel like I’m about to sneak out the window and hope my mom doesn’t catch me coming home.” 

He extends his right hand, “Oh god, please don’t tell me you’re about to shake my hand and say it was a pleasure or some shit.” A snorting laugh bursts from him and he shakes his head, you take his hand and he pulls you up. 

Your bodies are close though not touching and he’s looking down at you. Unthinking you raise up on your toes and kiss him, not hard or lustful just soft. He cups your face in his hands holding you there. Both of you look into the eyes of the other not knowing at all what to say. 

You sigh, “I’ve got to go.”

“Ok,” he kisses you once more and releases you. You nod and head for the front door. When your hand is on the knob you pause, hearing movement behind you. His hands are on your waist spinning you around. Pinning you to the door he kisses you, hard, passionately. You oblige, each of you wanting one last taste of this, regardless of if it was a good idea or not.

He pulls away, pressing a lingering kiss on your forehead. “I’m going to want my shirt back,” he says smirking. 

“We’ll see, Barnes,” his last name said with a wink, “We’ll see.” Quickly pecking his cheek you push him away and head out the door. 

[journey-of-a-lioness-blog]

Brain and Gut connection

Ever wondered why you crave certain types of food? It’s all to do with the type of microbial population you have living in your digestive gut – the microbiome – all 2kg of it. Whatever you feed it, will thrive, and will demand more of the same food. In a way, your body ‘demands’ certain food; only it’s the microbiome that’s doing the demanding.

What’s really interesting are the findings of the developing science of Neurobiology of Stress. Cutting edge research shows that whilst there are good and healthy types of microbiomes, there are also harmful microbiomes that, if fed and encouraged to thrive, result in serious health complications. For instance, food sensitivities and allergies; digestive disorders; obesity; depression; anxiety; fatigue; brain fog; migraines; inconsistent moods; memory issues; cognitive function and learning impairments like ADD ,ADHD. About 70% of your immunity comes from cells in your gut and important gut bacteria pass from mother to child through natural birth.

The community of microorganisms lives and communicates inside your gut and sends 9 times more signals to your brain than what your brain sends to your gut. The gut has more neurons than a spinal cord and the small intestine produces more serotonin than the brain. 90% of your serotonin is made in your intestinal tract; which may be why people feel strong

emotions in their gut as well as their minds – that ‘gut instinct’ we all know so well.

Mood is made in the gut. There is a constant bi-directional communication between the brain and the gut. The microbes in the gut communicate with conflictive and emotional centres of the brain. Stress can exacerbate symptoms, which in turn cause more stress and the cycle continues. The gastrointestinal tract is sensitive to emotion. So, depression, anxiety, anger, sadness and elation can trigger symptoms and cause such conditions in the gut to change.

So what this Mind-Gut connection teaches us is that when we make a few simple changes to our diet, we can encourage the growth of a healthy microbiome and thereby treat the symptoms of these health problems. Through what we choose to eat each day, we can nurture our microbiome and increase the levels of healthy bacteria to support our overall health and wellbeing. This will help heal and protect the brain from creating conditions which contribute to brain ageing , Dementia and neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s ,Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis .

Therefore the toxic foods we should avoid eating and drinking. Processed GMO foods containing sugar, carrageenan, dairy, dairy products – lactose and casein, red meat, preserved meat, alcohol, refined carbohydrates high in (GI) foods, gluten, highly refined flours and grains, breads from improper fermentation, artificial additives, iodised salt, smoking, pathogens as parasites, mould, fungus, bacteria, mercury, pasteurised and processed packed juices, agave, seitan, transfats, hydrogenated oils and vegetable oils extracted through solvents, are all considered unhealthy for the microbiome. They cause the immune system to respond resulting in chronic inflammation throughout the body, including the brain. Chronic inflammation within the gut and brain can cause stress, depression, brain fog, exhaustion, high blood pressure, stroke, arthritis, nausea, irritable bowel syndrome, acid reflux, gas/bloating, constipation, loose stools and ulcers. These long-term symptoms in the stomach can ultimately lead to cancer.

However, much good can be done with making some healthy changes. Since nutrition creates mood, it’s effective to have a natural diet coupled with lifestyle and environmental management. A relaxed mind, meditation, yoga, sufficient quality sleep are important for the brain and are key factors in supporting a healthy wellbeing.

Eliminate inflammation by taking responsibility for your own health with the foods that you eat. This will support brain-gut connections which will improve specific mental tasks, memory, concentration and reduce inflammation in your body which in turn, impacts the production of serotonin.

Probiotics (healthy bacteria strains) and prebiotics (food for the probiotics) boost the power of the microbiome to heal and protect your brain. These include a raw organic plant-based diet with vegetables and fruits. Superfoods and antioxidants such as brown rice, gluten free whole grains, sprouting legumes (making them more digestible), nuts, seeds, herbs, organic herbal teas and purified water.

Especially healthy are antioxidants including Flavonoids, Curcumin, anthocyanins which act against inflammation and oxidative stress and improve communication between brain cells with brain ageing and neurodegenerative diseases. These all contribute to the more efficient production of serotonin and dopamine, which is a growth hormone that helps new brain cells grow.

Diets rich in Omega-3, Magnesium, Calcium, Iron, Copper, Zinc, Vitamin E protect the body and brain from free radical damage, build and control brain and nerve cells, slow down age-related mental decline, reduce the chances of brain cancer and increase alertness and concentration.

Foods high in Vitamin B6, B12, Folate, Choline, Folic acid are good for the brain’s neurotransmitters that help regulate mood and memory whilst Vitamin K, Sphingolipids, Vitamin C, Potassium, Lycopene and Anthocyanins fight inflammation.

In my experience Atmavikasa has reassured me that I’m on the right path with my healthy living lifestyle. Fortunatly I am sensitive and conscious of what I eat and have been since a child , and this has helped me through my daily struggle in dealing with my Neurodegenerative disease. lf I had not been consciously aware of living this lifestyle my experience with this disease would be at a completely different level right now. I feel I can control it’s affects on my body by being in control with what goes into my body and also being aware of my surroundings. I’ve also personally witnessed the affects it has had on a couple of family members who have ADD, ADHD and autism. Feeding your microbiome with what it actually needs instead of what it currently demands is important. So in making the change you will after awhile find that your new microbiome will demand the nutritious new diet and you will feel far healthier for it. Persevere for now and for a healthier future.