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[trapperlesbian]

happy BJ Goes to Maine day

[jellyfishsthings]

Warnings: um smut... wrap it before you tap it, piv, fem!reader, academical rivals to lovers, probably the filthiest thing I have ever written... if you know me, no you don't

Part 1 , Part 3

Things since last week haven't changed much. Remus and I still had our rivalry going stronger than ever. Especially after the hallway incident, which ended up with him having a large red handprint on his cheek, indicating a really strong slap. In my defense, he was getting close. Ever since we haven't stopped arguing with each other, until…

"I can't work with her."

"It's impossible to work with him."

As quickly as the words left our mouths, we sharply turned to glare at each other. Completely missing Professor's McGonagall proud look.

"You are working together on this project. And you will present to me the best project in the class because you are both Perfects and have to give the right example. I don't care about whether you like each other or not."

Seething I exit the room with a newfound speed, and Remus closely follows behind my heels.

"Can you just slow down a bit?" He asks, and I instantly stop walking, turning towards him, waiting impatiently to hear what he has to say. "She's right, you know. We have to make this fucking project as perfect as possible. So I think we should call a truce." He slowly proposes as if this will simply fix our problems. I stare at him blankly, and I see his nostrils flaring. "Look. I don't like this either, ok? But I need the grade, and if it were someone else, I would just make the project myself. But since it's you … if we work together we could… We are at the top of every class for a reason. Just…." His voice eventually gives up.

"Fine," I say, "meet me at the library at 7. We have a lot of research to do"

This was how I found myself meeting with my all-time rival every day in the library for two months. The insults never stopped flying from one to the other, but surprisingly, we made a good team, and the project was almost finished. We are now accustomed to each other and our habits. Like Remus… when he read something for a really long time, he would remove his glasses and rub his eyes and his nose, smoothing it out after being scrunched up. Or when we got tired, he would share his chocolates to boost our morals and energies.

Many comments have been floating around the halls."How long until they fuck it out?", "God, he could eat her alive, for what she said to him.","He must be really smitten with her for putting up with her." ... Well, you got the gist of it.

Now, as I was getting ready for bed, a thought occurred. We never looked in the secluded area for any useful information. So, I put on my slippers and headed towards the library once again.

I slowly walk down the hallways, trying to get past Flinch. The great mahogany walls of the library greet me with a loud groan. I grab one of the oil lanterns that rest on the librarian's desk and head towards the restricted section. I find books related to the project and start reading them. Keeping notes under the candlelit room.

I could be reading for hours or mere minutes when I hear footsteps. I quickly blow out the flame and hide in the darkest spot I can find between the bookcases. As the sound of footsteps comes closer my breathing turns faster and more panicky. Good God I am going to get caught? Am I going to get detention? What am I going to do?

That's when I feel a hand close around my mouth. Silencing me. Wait …what? Silencing me? A familiar scent fills my nostrils.

"Stay quiet or else we are going to get caught." He whispers in my ear. His Welsh accent dripped like honey, his voice raspy and almost deathly quiet. Heat pools in my core as a dream resurfaces in my brain. "Stay quiet or else we are going to get caught." He says as he pounds into me while he has my hips in a tight grip, guiding back and forth.

As I snap out of my trance, I push his hand harshly off me. "What the hell are you doing here?", I whisper-yell at him.

"What the hell are you doing here?", he fires back. We stare at each other with our eyes slitted as we both breath heavily.

"How did you even know I was here?", I ask him accusingly, even though I have been caught in the act.

"The marauders map." He answers back easily as if that answer would ring a bell and not cause more questions.

"The what ?"

"I think he is gone."

"Oh really?"

"Why do you like to test me, woman?"

"Possibly because of your super nice personality or better yet because you're a prick."

He just returned the favor with a wolfish grin, notice the irony.

"Why are you smiling?" I snap at him.

"Oh because you are so nicely close to me and you haven't uttered a word about that." Just as the words leave his mouth I feel my cheeks heat. Jesus why am I blushing? At least he can't see it. "And yes I can see you blushing"

How did he…? Is he a mind reader?

"Also I am no mind reader, i just know you that well." His face is dangerously close now. The empty, now, library is ominously quiet and I can almost feel our breaths echo in the room. There is no escape, is there? His mouth is almost atop of mine, his breath fanning my face.

"Gosh why are you like this? Why must you test me until I snap? Why do I love it so much?" He says as his lips crush into mine in a bruising kiss that steals my breath away. He manhandles me so that our chests are pressed together and I am promptly sitting in his lap, feeling a long hard cock press against my clad yet soaking wet pussy. Insults fly out of our mouths in-between every heated kiss.

"Punk"

"Jerk"

"Dickhead"

"Oh you are going to feel that soon."

"Bite me, Lupin."

"If you insist."

We discard our clothes as fast as possible until he grabs hold of my thighs and he slams me on the flat surface of the bookcase.

Right opposite the window, it's so dark outside that our reflections fill my eyesight. His scarred, white freckled back in contrast with my tanned legs, due to all the sun exposure, that are wrapped around his waist and my arms in his shoulders. One of my hands is buried deep in his brown curled hair that is now buried in my neck leaving bites and hickeys as he bites, laps and sucks, leaving permanent marks behind his trail. While the other scratches his back, as my legs draw back and my back arches.

Horrified gasps sound in the room, mixing with my moans and his groans. My eyes open immediately, leaving their half hooded state, searching the room for intruders but not finding anyone until…. Of course, the portraits. Great I am about to get royally fucked by Remus Lupin and not only will I have to live with the memory of it but now the portraits saw what we were doing, I was catastrophically doomed, I laugh at the thought.

And Remus leaves his task and draws slightly back, enough for him to keep impossibly close but still be able to see my face.

"I love your laugh. And I absolutely hate the fact that I am not the one causing it. But that is going to change. Everything is going to change from now on, you bellend." The breath is being knocked out of my lungs. "And now I am going to fuck you. I reckon you are wet enough so as not to hurt." He says as his fingers play with my clit. "I would say you are quite drenched actually. You know I have been thinking of this, dreaming it even. Fucking you hard and deep, until you are nothing more that a brainless brat." Gasps and moans are his only answers.

"Thank God you seem to like that because I don't think I can hold back any more." He seals these words with a kiss as he enters me in one fluid motion until he is balls deep. Our mouths are open now as we try to catch our breaths and I stare at his eyes, trying to find the familiar mischievous dark green that haunted my every thought. His forehead dropped to mine as he started to move inside me at an insane pace. His balls are slapping against my clit as he hits all the right spots.

My back arches and my head falls back as my eyes close. I feel one of his hands slide up my back and rest somewhere between my ribs, commanding me to stay in place as I feel…. No this can't be right. My gaze moves to the window and what I see almost brings me right over the edge right there and then. His head is buried in my chest hiding all the toying he is doing at my breasts, paying extra attention to my nipples. Marking them up too.

"God I wish I could mark up our thighs and pussy too but that will have to wait."

"Remus, you prick, how dare you…" I say in a breathless voice my insult is lost in all the pleasure I am feeling.

"Yes, how dare I make you feel all this pleasure. Huh?" He mouths in my chest as he has his lips wrapped around one of my tits.

"I am close" I whimper

"I know, sweetheart. Let go for me. I've gotcha."

I don't know what actually sent me over the edge. The nickname, the command, reassurance, a mixture of all of them? Well whatever it was it rocked my world. I never thought an orgasm could last that long or be so powerful. It was literally dripping down my thighs to his and then falling to the ground. Embarrassingly so. He had finished too. His face was buried in my chest trying to catch our breaths.

He turns to look at me, smirking. Oh no. I already know what he is going to say. And I won't be able to say no.

"Ready for round two?"

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[rory-butnot-gilmore]

Little Moments in Time

You and Sarah make dinner for Joel and Tommy before you leave for a business trip. The world then falls apart, and you find yourself separated from your family. 20 years later, a weird twist of events leads you back to the man you loved.

Pairing: joel x fem!reader

themes/warning: oh yeah, there is angst this time, death and violence, pain and sadness, with a little bit of fluff if you squint <3 also, there are some parts that i tried really hard to do extra research on so it wasn't like completely off trail from the canon storyline, but I couldn't find much.

part one

september 24th, 2003

You and Sarah both danced around the kitchen, while you made barbecue chicken and rice. It was supposed to be spaghetti night, but after your recent trip to the doctors and finding out you had celiac disease, gluten free options started to be incorporated. Joel and Sarah definitely didn't mind though, because both of them thought the things you cooked instead were great. Joel didn't even notice some of the differences in the things you made sometimes.

"So, what is it you're doing again? On your trip?" Sarah asked as she grabbed down a can of corn from the cabinet. You looked at it and made a mental note to make sure Joel went shopping for groceries.

"So now that I am an actual nurse, I am going to Chicago to help out with some younger college students somethings I know about nursing," You explained to Sarah, who smiled and nodded. She loved your job, and was always so curious about the things with it. Joel teased that Sarah would follow in your footsteps.

"When you get back, we are going shopping for my maid of honor dress right?" Sarah poured the corn into a small pot.

"Yes we are, are you excited?" You nudged her with your elbow, and she giggled before nodding.

Things had been official between both you and Joel since the week after your second date. You went everywhere with him and Sarah by then, all of her soccer games, every school recital, and every moment. By the fourth year of dating, you gave up the apartment life and moved in with them. Then last year, Joel finally proposed after dragging his feet for so long. You didn't mind the delay though, because life for the two of you already seemed so perfect.

"Oh damn it smells great in here!" Tommy exclaimed as he came through the door, he grinned at the two of you when he came into the kitchen.

"Hey, how was work?" You turned off the stove, and grabbed the plates that Sarah had already gotten down. Joel came in behind Tommy, and gave Sarah a quick kiss on the head. He wrapped his arms around your waist from behind, as you made Sarah a plate.

“It was shit, don’t let Tommy tell you any different, the bastard didn’t tell me how anyone the guys we have to work with are this time,” Joel laughed, “The plans are coming along though, and we should be able to start on it within the next day or two,”

“Well hopefully your string of good luck continues babe,” You kissed his cheek, and handed him Sarah’s plate, “Tommy you can come make a plate,”

“Thanks Y/n, you know I still don’t understand why Joel got to end up with you?” Tommy made his eight year old joke. Joel flipped him off and made his plate and made a plate for you.

“Hm, I mean if I remember correctly, you were too busy making out with one of my best friends?” Sarah laughed, covering her mouth to stop the water she had just drank from spraying out. She started coughing a little, but she was still laughing at your comeback.

“How is my dear old friend doing?” Tommy came behind Joel and grabbed his plate to start making it. You grabbed three beers out of the refrigerator for the Miller brothers, and yourself. Everyone sat down at the table together, and started talking about your days. Sarah talked about a test she passed. Tommy told an embarrassing story about Joel from the day. Joel squeezed your hand while you talked about your flight leaving in the morning. Tommy headed out a little bit after you cleaned up from dinner. You helped Sarah get her curls into a style that would help keep them from getting ruined during the night. Once she was all set, you and Joel started your night time routine.

Once you thought Joel was done with the shower, you climbed in. You sighed happily as the water rinsed over your skin. Before your hair was even completely wet, Joel climbed back into the shower. You rolled your eyes but turned to look at him. Joel was unapologetically looking you up and down, and pulled you against him.

“I figured I could rinse the grime off of me before I ambushed you,” Joel shrugged, and explained his reasoning for not just suggesting a shower together in the first place.

“Joel Miller, are you trying to seduce me before marriage?” You teased, and he shook his head.

“Mm, no, no I don’t think I would ever do such a thing?” Joel started to kiss your jaw and neck, his hands resting on your lower back, fingers just barely tracing the top of the curve of your ass.

“Sarah isn’t asleep yet, so this is holding off for right now,” You played with the hair at the nape of his neck, not really wanting the touches to stop. Joel groaned but still pulled back, smoothing your now wet hair down and out of your face.

“I don’t know how her or I are going to do without you for a whole five days?” Joel whispered, and kissed your forehead, “Sar’s cooking lessons better have been paying off, if she’s going to be cooking for me on my birthday,”

“She will do phenomenal, she wants to make you pancakes, I know you’re super stressed with work, but I left you a grocery list so you can make sure you make her dreams come true,”

“Isn’t it supposed to be my dreams coming true? It’s my birthday?” You glared at him, and started washing your hair. Joel swatted your hands away and helped you scrub the shampoo into your scalp.

“I’ll get the pancake mix, we will call you while eating our pancakes, you can sing me happy birthday while I do,” Joel teased, and helped get your hair rinsed out. You leaned your head back and he kissed your neck gently.

“Then when I get home, her and I go to pick out her dress, pick up my dress, and then we will be two weeks out from me marrying you, old man,” You wrapped your arms around him, and pecked his lips, “Cold feet?”

“I’m about to be thirty-six years old, and I’m marrying the most beautiful, smart, and loving woman I have ever met,” Joel’s voice was softer now, “The same woman who loves that awesome daughter of mine, plus she’s a bit younger than me so that totally boosts my ego,”

You raised an eyebrow and he laughed a little.

“My feet are as hot as they could be Y/n.”

september 25th, 2003

Joel drove you and Sarah to the airport in your car. Sarah teared up more the closer you got to the security. You were quick to pull her into a tight hug.

“Hey, it’s going to be okay, it’s only five days and I will be home,” You whispered, trying your hardest to fight back your own tears, “You can call me each day too, I won’t mind, I have my cell,”

“I love you mom.” Sarah blurted it out so fast, that both you and Joel were taken aback by it. You didn’t hesitate for too long though before you were holding her even tighter. Joel pulled both of you into a group hug, and everyone said their I love you’s. No one said goodbye, just reminders that you would be home soon. That this was only a temporary thing.

You didn’t let yourself fully cry until you were on the plane, and you cried until you landed. Sarah called you mom, for the first time in eight years, she called you mom. It made your heart swell ten times the size it already was. Sarah held such a special place in your heart, that was never a doubt. There was a certain kind of satisfaction knowing that you held the same spot in hers.

You got off the plane and took the cab to the hotel, that was where you first met the next person who would change the course of your life for the next twenty-years. She was twenty-four years old, and with her best friend. The two of them were laughing in the lobby of the hotel, but hers was the loudest. She was going to be your mentee during the trip, but in the end she was so much more.

“Oh!” She finally saw your name tag, and waved you down, “You’re Y/n! I’m Anna, I guess you’re in charge of me for this whole thing huh?”

“Anna, it’s great to meet you,” You shook her hand and then her friend’s.

“I’m Marlene, not here for the nursing stuff, just this annoying person right here.” Marlene nudged Anna, who had no problem nudging back.

Marlene went on her own adventure, while you and Anna went to the first activity. It was in the local hospital, and the senior nurses explained how the next five days would be. Anna was a jokester, and you knew that she was going to cause a bit of trouble. Still though, she was fun to be around. The first day went by really quick just with her jokes alone.

That night after a bar outing with Marlene, you and Anna were in your hotel room together. She was sitting in the chair that was to your desk, with her feet propped up on the bed you were sitting on. The two of you were talking about anything and everything. Just bonding over whatever you could find.

“Okay, so you’re only thirty, you’re about to be married and a step-mom?” Anna laughed, and you nodded with a grin on your face.

“You know, I don’t like the step part of it, but I do like the sound of mom,” You smiled, thinking about Sarah, “Joel, my fiancé, does nothing but tell me about how I saved them, but in reality they saved me more than they know,”

“I can’t even imagine where I will be in six years, at thirty, but it definitely doesn’t feel like I would be a mother.”

september 26th, 2003

You, Anna, and Marlene were all in your hotel room. The emergency broadcast was going off, and you were all watching everything unfold. When your cellphone started to ring, you answered it before the second ring went off. It was Sarah, and she was asking if you knew what was happening.

“I woke up and Dad isn’t here, and-” Sarah screamed a little, and the line went dead. Your entire body started to shake.

“Sarah?! Sarah, baby! Sarah!” You were yelling into the phone, hoping that her voice would come through the dial tone. You never got to hear her voice again though.

The next three days, were more torture than you could even imagine. The three of you were all escorted out of the hotel by military eventually, and made your way to a safe zone. It didn’t feel safe though, none of it did. You put Sarah, Joel, and Tommy on a name list. So that it could be broadcasted soon enough. Eventually you were all within a QZ. You waited everyday for any sign of the Millers, hoping they would eventually show up. It didn’t take long before you all started to catch onto the bullshit that was FEDRA, and that was when the Fireflies became a part of your life.

2009

You found the safe house, Marlene should have been there already. Then you heard the screams, and you ran around to the backside of the house. You went through the back door, and busted into a bedroom. Anna was on the floor, a baby with an umbilical cord still attached laying in front of her, and an infected dead off to the side. Anna was breathing heavy, and the baby was crying.

“You k-know how I said I couldn’t see my self being a mother at thirty?” Anna was breathing heavily as you rushed closer, she cut the umbilical cord with her own knife and started to tie it off, “Looks like I was wrong, but also right,”

She bent her leg out, and you saw the bite on her inner thigh. Your entire heart stopped and you dropped down to your knees. Anna was shaking a bit, but she picked up her baby anyways. The tiny infant calmed down looking at her mother.

“Anna, what are we going to do? I mean Marlene should be here soon, but was the baby? I mean?” You were stumbling over all your words. The girl who had become your family was dying, and there was nothing you could do.

“You are going to take Ellie, wait for Marlene downstairs, and I am going to ask you one last favor Y/n,” Anna whispered, “Make sure she’s loved, make sure she’s safe, and please kill me before I hurt you,”

“No, no, I’ll take her soon, I’ll go downstairs, but I can’t.. Marlene will be here soon, she needs to get to say goodbye Anna, and you h-have a little time, spend these last minutes with your daughter,” You sat against the wall next to Anna, watching her with the baby. She glared at you for a moment, before giving up and looking at Ellie.

“She’s so damn beautiful Y/n, and I will.. I will never get to see what she becomes,” Anna whispered, “If anyone asks, y-you know I cut the umbilical cord before I was bit? They would never let her live other wise,”

“If they ask, I was here the entire time.” You whispered, and laid your head on her shoulder.

2023

Every part of you wanted to kill Marlene, for dragging you back to Boston. After you knew Ellie was safe, you decided to set out and try and find whatever you could about the Millers. Any kind of sign of what happened to them. Now, fourteen years later you were back at your original QZ. After they ran their tests, and you lied and explained you were coming from the fallen QZ in Chicago, they let you inside. You showed up at the building Marlene had explained to you over the radio, and made your way inside. You quietly snuck your way in, your gun ready to shoot at any sign of trouble.

You slowly went up the stairs, and then heard a loud thud. When you made it to the top, you saw Marlene holding her side, with another woman standing next to her. There was a man and a woman with their backs turned to you, and a younger girl on the floor.. A girl who looked almost identical to her mother.

“Get your gun out of her face.” You snapped, and the man turned around. Then your entire heart fell down into your stomach even more than it was seeing Ellie.

He was standing there, and he was alive. Marlene was watching the both of you, waiting for the blow up. His eyes though, they stayed on you, and then trailed to the chain around your neck. Hanging off of it was a simple diamond ring, that he remembered clear as day picking out with his daughter. He looked older, seemed different, but yet you felt like home was standing only a few feet in front of you. You lowered your gun and glanced at Ellie, who was staring at you like she knew exactly who you were. In reality, she might have, she did have a picture of you that you slipped in with her stuff when you left her at the military school. It was your picture name tag from the convention you met her mom at.

“Y/n?” Ellie and Joel said your name at the same exact time, and for a moment it sounded like the world stood still.

next part

[doverstar]

Err actually, I was talking Disneys DTV sequels (wel a few of them were theatrical) to their animated canon films.

YES! I enjoyed all of those. I grew up with them. I know they're not all high-quality, I know they all had much lower budgets, and in some cases, completely different tones or poorer writing, but when you're watching them you can genuinely see that the people making them did their research and were big fans of the source material. (I think the sequels to Hunchback and Atlantis were both straight-up garbage. But I love the concept of Madeline, and I like that Atlantis got to be revisited; the original deserved that!) My nostalgic favorites are Lady and the Tramp 2, Patch's London Adventure, Stitch Has a Glitch, The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride, Cinderella 3: A Twist in Time, and The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning. I have seen every single Disney animated sequel there is. All of them. I have seen them all. And I love them all. The thing is, these live action remakes are absolutely cash-grabs. 100%. They are only made to make money or to "clean up" some sort of 'political' thing that modern-day Disney would like certain vitriolic crowds today to forget from the originals, and they are terrible. The remakes are crap. The old, direct-to-video-ish sequels of the animated Disney films may have been monetarily-motivated, sure. Maybe. But when you're watching those, they are obviously, clearly trying to continue a story that they loved. They're doing their best to animate and recreate the magic with what limited funds and tools they have. Everyone is (usually) in-character, and the progression of the stories all make sense. Plus there is no need for the music to go as hard as it often does in these sequels, but graciously, it does! There's so much heart in the DTV sequels. So much. I can forgive lots of mistakes, or lacking animation, and I can forgive awkward writing, even, because often I can see what the Disney teams wanted and how excited they were to be revisiting those beloved Disney stories, and I applaud them. They were just playing pretend! Writing fanfiction! But they got to actually make movies while they did it, and call them canon. Give me that- Don't get me started on the new characters and concepts these sequels introduce. Who among us didn't love Melody as kids? Or Scamp, or Angel? Madeline is a doll, with darling character design, in spite of being part of arguably the worst Disney sequel. Did you see Anastasia get together with the baker?! Did you see them make an entire third Cinderella film based on that one concept?! Please tell me more about Lilo's mother! Please tell me about the girl Kenai used to play with, Nita, who is bound in an innocent love to him forever in the eyes of the ancestors because of a wooden necklace! Give each of Ariel's sisters personalities and for the love of Pete, tell me everything about her mother and why Triton hates humans! Jane Darling, from the very last chapter of the original Peter Pan story, brought to life in war-torn London and sent to Neverland to learn she is still a child and should be a child while it lasts? The opposite of what her mom needed to learn in the original? Wow, the Emperor of China has three daughters and they long to have normal lives and they fall in love with Chian Po, Yao, and Ling - yes please! Bernard proposed to Miss Bianca! SIMBA HAD A DAUGHTER AND SHE MET AND FELL IN LOVE WITH A BROWN LION NONE OF YOU SHOULD HAVE CRUSHED ON? TELL ME MORE. Bambi 2 made me cry, Tarzan 2 made me cry, Stitch has a Glitch made me cry, Cinderella 3 made me cry, I am telling you that John Rolfe is ten times better than John Smith even if Pocahontas 2 was awful, why yes, I did want to learn about how Timon met Pumba, how did you know? Who doesn't want to see more of Tod and Copper being happy as children before it all fell apart? Shanti gets more screen time! Stitch has 625 cousins! Kronk! Fell! In love! I said don't get me started- Yes, huge difference between these sequels and the live action remakes. And I will go to my grave supporting them.

[kayetra-spade-queen]

Time for another ramble.

This time, it's about Arjun, Prince of Bali. Some things that bothered me as an Indo.

Look, I know the show had long ended (with only 3 years of runtime and it has been 7 years since it had ended), but the show is surprisingly underwhelming, and I'm saying this as someone who used to watch some of the episodes that showed on TV (dubbed in Indo obv) when I was younger, and also as someone who's taken the time to watch the episodes in order or not.

Keep in mind, I'm not here to bash the show. I liked this show, because it's actually interesting if you actually took the time to enjoy it. It's just that my overanalyzing ass couldn't stfu, so that's why I'm whipping this up out of my ass. It's my job dawg- ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Names

They lack Indo names. Like, ok. Aci and Ayu are there, and ig Wangi is also there. But like how their names are pronounced are butchered, especially the twins, they're so Americanized in terms of their name pronunciation.

Tanya is questionable cuz that's not even an Indo name. Tanya in Indo means question, and idk wtf came over the king and queen's head thinking naming their child Question is a good idea.

Everyone else had Hindi names.

I'd propose alternative names for Wangi and Tanya (personally, the name Wangi, wrongly pronounced or otherwise is weird, just saying-).

Funnily enough, I've searched up Balinese names, and I read names are supposed to be given depending on their birth order.

Meaning, if Arjun isn't name the way he is, his name could be Wayan due to being a firstborn child.

Tanya could be named Ni Luh, as a firstborn daughter. Yes, she's a second born, which also give her the option of Ni Made. Honestly it depends, it could be either of them, but my point still stands.

And for Wangi, I'd give her the name Bunga instead, meaning flower.

Lack of Indo Language Overall

Look, I know it's an Indian cartoon, but if you're going to put a set in other places other than India, might as well do proper research.

Like, I get it, Balinese is especially a difficult language, and I understand as a Javanese and Maduranese who doesn't understand squat of Java at the slightest.

But at the very least, you could use normal Indo. But then again, I think they'll butcher pronunciation regardless if they did or not, looking how they ruined Aci and Ayu's name.

All I'm saying is that, yes, although the overall language use is Hindi, at the very least, use some Indo words in there, even if it's just a little bit. Music, clothing, and architecture isn't the only thing that should be shown, our language, the local or the country-wide one should be represented as well. But I guess it's hard given that there's literally no Indo person in their team.

I get that Arjun and Tanya are biracial, and Hindi also had the right to be represented even if the setting isn't at India. But my point still stands.

Arjun's Lack of Hair Care

Listen, Arjun probably had the most flawless hair known to mankind, and I think he knows it, so that's why he's embracing it. But the point is, similar way of how Bheem's dhoti never got in the way of his fighting, Arjun's hair also never got in the way of training and fighting.

Realistically, he'd tie it up so his hair won't block his view. But god forbid that times of he did get his eyes blocked from view, it won't because of his hair, more like it's from other things like blowing leaves and flying papers.

I would personally love to see more of Arjun looking like this more.

That hairstyle is equally gorgeous as his free hair. He'd still look girly either way lmfao.

Khojo

Look, he deserve his own column due to reasons.

First and foremost; he's a ginger, so are his father. Having a hair color other than black and brown in Asia is rather unusual unless his father had like a foreign lineage. Not to mention they're weirdly pale as well. I have red on my hair naturally, but he's literally just straight up ginger dawg-

And what is this obsession over getting rid of Arjun so Khojo could become prince instead? Like, I get that Arjun is an heir, but isn't usually if the heir couldn't take over or just no more at all, shouldn't the other borns took over instead? If in the events Arjun is to be eliminated, Tanya would be successor instead. Why would a Minister's kid be appointed as prince instead? Like, I don't know if it works like in other countries (I'm not familiar with Indo royal hierarchy system, much less Bali), but just saying that appointing someone who's not even part of the family as an heir when there's clearly someone else other than the initial heir who could take over and is part of the family.

Take is from Bheem for example; sure, he's not royalty and not even part of the royal family. But he was appointed as a substitute king for a while because both the king and the princess are absent. Bheem is appointed to be king because he's trusted and can protect the kingdom just fine.

Khojo is different, and even if scenario plays in a similar manner but still differs; like if the king and queen ceased to exist anymore, Arjun would assume the throne from the get-go despite how still very young he is. If Arjun is also ceased to exist, Tanya would assume the throne. There's literally no place for Khojo at all, and even if Tanya is also gone, I don't think Khojo or even any of the Ministers are gonna assume the throne regardless, especially Khojo's father. Khojo's father literally once planned of Arjun and Zimmbu's kidnapping and tiger-napping all for the sake of getting his son to the seat of prince, yet that is literally not how it works. Who would even trust the throne to him dawg?? Arjun isn't the only child royalty in the family, Tanya is still there. If Arjun is killed after he got kidnapped, she'll assume to be heir right away.

Oh, and he's trying so hard for Tanya, even though she's not interested. He's so desperate for what?

Now I'm moving onto something I don't really wanna bitch off of, just wanted to point things out and maybe throw some scenarios here and there because I think it's neat.

Arjun As A Girl In Disguise

Tell me if you see this pic out of context, you'd tell me whether this kid is a girl or a boy;

Anyways, my point is, if you give him more feminine clothes and he wears it, 100% he'd be mistaken as a girl. And if situation requires it, he'd effortlessly lie that he is a girl, and no one will suspect shit.

He's not even just androgynous anymore, he's straight up feminine, and I liked it that not all men should all look broad and jacked. They could be feminine asf and still look badass.

Both Arjun and Tanya Represents Arjuna of Mahabarata

Now, what do I mean by that?

We all know Arjuna's personality. Arjun had the exact same personality as Arjuna (hence literally being a spinoff version of Arjuna himself). From enjoying attention, how girls fall for them, even as wielding the same weapons (bow and arrow). I think Arjun represents Arjuna in the warfare aspect.

And where do Tanya fit into this?

See, Tanya is more artistic; she danced and done more things in the arts compared to when she actually did anything relating with combat (mentioning the times she once did archery and another episode where broke into Arjun's room with Wangi to get his weapons to train while Arjun is away). Tanya represents Arjuna who were taught and enjoys dancing and music aspect during the exile.

Now I just want answers to my questions;

Who tf is Sankat? Ik he's also a prince, but I can't tell if he's related to Arjun in some way (I don't understand Hindi)

Why is Wangi even in the forest?

Why is Wangi blue?

That's probably all. If there's more I want to talk about, I'll add it in a reblog.

[clericofkelemvor]

Clip of back to back conversations with Araj Oblodra, the drow alchemist you meet in Moonrise who wants a sample of your blood and a bite from Astarion, when you meet her again in the city in Act 3 with a romanced Astarion in your party. Choices made in her conversation in act 2: gave her the PC's blood, backed up Astarion when he refused to bite her. This happens after there is a massive explosion in her home and she runs out.

Transcript below the cut

Astarion: And I will keep refusing until the end of time. I'm done bowing to the whims of others.

Araj Oblodra: Oh! My silk, what are the chances - it's /you/!

AO: Ah, and the heart-stopping bloodsucker. I hope you've changed your mind. My neck is yours, any time.

Tav: Astarion, we can leave if you don't want to be around her. (Astarion approves, Jaheira approves)

AO: Never say never.

AO: Forgive the mess. Your blood is far more volatile than I'd anticipated.

A: I'll be all right. Let's just get this over with.

T: Forget it. I saw how you made Astarion feel. I'm done with you. (Astarion approves)

AO: Nervous to see me again, is he? How sweet.

AO: But! We have quite a bit to discuss. What a wonder you came to my door just when you did.

AO: You see, it's /your/ blood that caused the conflagration you just witnessed. Imagine!

AO: It's a breakthrough in the sanguine arts the likes of which the world has never seen. The Grand Matriarch will have no choice but to restore House Oblodra after I present her with my research.

AO: But listen to me, rabbitting on about myself when I have you - the prize bleeder - on my very doorstep.

AO: If you'd come inside, we could discuss something far more exciting than drow politics.

AO: How I made him /feel/? What I propose goes well beyond such frivolities. We are talking about alchemical breakthroughss based on the blood that runs through /your/ veins, my friend!

T: And if it does?

A: I appreciate the thought, truly, but if this is something you want to look into…

A: Well, hearing her out won't kill us.

A: Well, death never stopped me before. I don't know why it should now.

AO: Now, now. I do think that's enough. When you see what I've been working on, bygones will all be bygones, I assure you.

The party follows Araj down to the lower level of her house.

A: If that's her 'formula' I can smell, it's even fouler than her blood. Gods below…

AO: Ah - a cosy little spot, isn't it? These four walls have witnessed greater alchemical triumphs than the keep of Urngath Dorrund!

AO: And now that you're here, the crown jewel of my research is soon to be faceted. All you have to do is drink Formula Gruna.

T: Formula Gruna?

AO: Well yes. Formulae Arkku through Fruak were spectacular failures. But Gruna - Gruna is different. Believe me!

T: What will this formula do?

A: Say no - the only thing she's offering is pain, and I- I don't want to see you hurt.

AO: When you first entered this home, you saw the incredible latent power within your blood exposed in all its nuances. Formula Gruna will unleash that power /within/ you.

AO: Risky. But - erm - safe!

T: I won't be drinking any mysterious formulas today, thanks.

AO: Not even for the betterment of the alchemical arts the realm over? Not event for /that/?

T: All right. Hand it over.

AO: Oh, marvellous. I've never been so excited for anything in all my days! Just - stand over there. Far over there. And drink up!

A: What are you doing? That had better go down the drain and not down your gullet.

Tav steps away and drinks the potion Araj gave them. An explosion occurs around them, doing low fire damage.

T (ambient): Am I… /explosive/?

T: You seem surprised. Had you expected me to die?

AO: Oh my- my heavens! You LIVED!

AO: This is incredible. I'm seeing stars!

T: Is this going to kill me?

AO: I'd hypothesised you wouldn't, my friend. And you've proven me absolutely correct.

AO: You are the world's first /detonative exsanguinator/. To put it simply: from this day on, your blood goes boom. big boom! Ahaha! It's incredible!

AO: All it needs is a spark.

AO: Certainly not. But it might do damage to anyone who makes you bleed without your express permission.

A: Naturally, I always ask first. I'm civilised, unlike you.

AO: There are other necks available for biting, of course. If you were so inclined.

T: Can you revert it?

T: You've had enough of my blood.

AO: What an odd question.

AO: Now, let me offer you a little treat. In exchange for the teensiest vial of your marvellous blood, I'll give you something that'll really throw your enemies for a loop.

AO: I'll only ask a /nominal/ fee in exchange.

AO: Now now, darling. Let's not be /rude/…

A: They said 'no'. You should learn the meaning of the word.

T: Why do you need /more/ of my blood so badly?

AO: My research will be quite worthless without proof. And my proof is running through your veins. I only need a tiny bit. Then - then my life will /truly/ begin.

T: I said /no/.

AO: Ah. I'd so hoped it wouldn't come to this. But I can't let my prize experiment walk out that door. I'd hoped to take a sample with your permission. But I can do without it.

Everyone rolls initiative.

[r-ene]

day 27/366

left while the moon's still up and had our final proposal defense today and in my opinion, it was great because see, the title in itself seems very complex to do so yk i wasn't sure but i wanted to bet it's gonna be a really great research that's why i quickly agreed when my friend wanted me to hop in their group (i was able to overlook their progress from before when they did the initial proposal defense up to chapter 3 bc my friend wanted me to proofread and all)

so, even though there's a lot of revisions to do, i feel it would make the research much better since it's RT focused now. the first one was said to be something we should reserve for med school dissertation, hahaha.

anddd since yesterday i haven't been feeling well. aside from frequent allergies (sneezing, runny nose), i had a bad body ache ?? and to this day i still have half of that aches and got a low grade fever so i felt sleepy the whole day but i was proud of myself for being resilient(?) In a sense that when we presented i kept a good composure and a clear mind so we could answer to the panel's questions and whatnots

also made a checklist from the voice recording i made from the defense as to not miss some of the points the panelists made regarding the beautification of the study soon after the defense ended (bc i planned to sleep when i get home, which i did)

the commute home was very quick, less than an hour and i wanted to treat myself to some ice cream so i went the longer walking route home to enjoy my watermelon ice cream, took a pic of this cat and talked to other cats and happily made my way home, spending the last of my energy until i crashed on our couch and slept for... 3 hours ??

[villain-in-love]

Thinking how, if I was actually in place of a MC in Twisted Wonderland, certain events would have gone much differently…

In Glorious Masquerade the main danger were Crimson Flowers, and who would be better at handling the flower that absorbs magic than the person who has no magic to begin with? As soon as Idia mentioned the Bell of Salvation, Prefect made up a plan and ran to the bell tower, instructing Grim to cover for her absence. The plan is simple – safely reach the bell tower because the flowers are harmless to her, and then convince Rollo that she’s on his side. Carefully ask if he has any protections put against the crimson flower, pretending to be worried for him (in case if he did have protections – Prefect always has a switchblade covered in paralyzing poison on her). Then shove the crimson flower into his hands and push him off the tower. After that you can ring the bell and save the day, there is no need for the rest of the characters to fight with flowers and then with Rollo.

(Also, despite the fact that the plan to reach the tower on brooms was rejected in canon, I’d say that it still could have worked. You just need to take a start from a place as far away from flowers as possible and then just fly high and crash into the tower from above.)

The Ghost Marriage could have been easily solved as well – instead of sending other students to try and seduce the ghost themselves (and fail miserably), I would task Ortho to bring the Disconnection Ring to Idia and lie to the ghosts about the ring being a family relic. Important part of every marriage is the proposal, right? I’m sure that Eliza would want her groom to propose to her properly with a ring, even if it’s a little too late. Then Idia just needs to pretend to go along with it and slip the disconnection ring on her finger, banishing her from the human realm for good. Eliza’s servants will have to follow after her, since they don’t have much business in the human realm if they are not trying to find a groom for their princess.

Chapter 3 is probably the only chapter where MC gets to be the active force in the plot, but some of the decisions that they made are still dumbass. First of all, in the situation with Azul’s contracts, I'd try to get the copy of the contract that Ace, Deuce and Grim concluded. Then I would go researching Sage Island’s law and NRC’s rules to try and find loopholes. Right off the bat, I can already see possible openings with the validity of the contracts concluded with minors, lack of informed consent, and possible slave labour. But assuming that he really did account for all the possible loopholes, we’re getting back to the original plot. Instead of barging into Azul’s office as one big crowd, it would have been better to sneak in while using invisibility potion and I'd only take Ace with me as a magical support. It would spare us additional trouble of getting caught and getting into a fight. Also I would have signed off Ramshackle dorm only after coming up with a trick to distract the leech twins with this deal.

(Also! The task of getting the phono from museum from Azul could have been easily solved if I could just involve teachers in it. Crowley should have been able to arrange for the museum to let me borrow one photo of a bunch of kids that was not even a part of any exhibition. Also hopefully adults could protect me from Jade and Floyd)

And then there's the Scary Monsters event with boys' atrociously choreographed scenes meant to scare off visitors... The ways I'd change it is a whole other topic for discussion, but somebody seriously needed to get Vil's Film Studies Club involved, along with a few students who can do proper illusions (like one of my OCs).

And that's just some examples from the top of my head. It surely is annoying when the player's character is dumber than you are. On the other hand, if I was the one to deal with all the problems in the game, the plot just wouldn't have happened...

[cwritesforfun]

(Criminal Minds) Spencer Reid x Fem!Reader: Lunch Date

Based on 1st Season Spencer Reid Spencer met Y/N at a bookstore. He asked her out and his date is tomorrow.  Got facts Spencer will day from these websites - Wikipedia, PubMed, Journal of Sleep Research, and college grad program website **I don't own these characters except for Y/N and the waiter, Alex** **Y/N = Your Name**

Master list

Spencer's POV

We just got back to Quantico from our last case in Florida.

I pack up my things to go home and Morgan walks over. He asks "Doing anything this weekend?" I answer "Reading Lord Of The Rings, a date, and catching up on my soap shows." Morgan nods and then his jaw drops. He asks "A date? Damn with who pretty boy?" I laugh and answer "A girl from a bookstore." He replies "Don't do anything I would do. Actually scratch that man, do what I would do. Enjoy yourself." Garcia stops by and asks "Enjoy himself? Hey, remember when Reid did his physics magic and it exploded at Hotchner's feet? He was enjoying himself then." We all laugh. Morgan says "He's going on a date." Garcia smiles and hugs me. She says "Omg I can't believe it. Tell me everything." I reply "There's really not much to tell. She was in the fantasy genre section of the bookstore on 5th Street named BooksAMillion. It was actually row 16. I was browsing nearby and I thought she looked pretty. I walked over and we talked about books for a little bit before I asked her out. The bookstore worker wasn't happy about us talking semi-loudly, but I could tell she likes to see a relationship blossom at her store. She let it pass. That's it." Garcia laughs and replies "Of course, you met her at a bookstore and remember exactly where you met. Please invite me to the wedding and the proposal you should have there." I reply "Garcia, I haven't even gone out with her yet." She laughs and replies “You always know when it’s the one.”

Y/N's POV - Next Day!

I'm meeting Dr. Spencer Reid for our date tonight. He's literally the same age as me and has multiple PHD’s. I feel so unaccomplished. It's fine though. After getting a double Master's, I was done with school.

We're going to lunch at some random place he picked then we planned on picking a book out for each other at the bookstore we met at. I think it'll be cute. I'm very excited.

I arrive at the lunch place on time and see Dr. Reid sitting on the bench outside. He sees me, waves, and stands. I walk up and exclaim "Hi Dr. Reid! How are you doing today?" He replies "Please call me Spencer. I've had a good day so far. I finished rereading the entire Lord of the Rings Trilogy and started rewatching episodes of my soaps."

We head inside the restaurant and we take a seat at an empty table.

I ask "Finish the trilogy again? Wait did you read all 3 today or just the last one?" He answers "All 3. I can read 20,000 words per minute." I reply "Damn I wish I was you. That would've made school so much easier." He replies "Not for me. I was bullied in school. I reply “I’m sorry to hear that. I’m glad you made it out in one piece.” He smiles and says “Yeah, I made it out one piece physically. My reading speed did help with my 3 BAs and 3 PHDs that my bullies don’t have." I smile and reply "Wow what a flex. I was wondering why you were called a Doctor. Personally, I only got two Master's and then I was done with school." He replies "More than 16 million people have a Master's in the U.S. That is roughly 8% of the population. Did you know that the amount of students in college now who are pursuing their Master's is higher than in the past decade?" I answer "That's so interesting. Huh well, I think it personally helped me get the job I have, which is good."

A waiter walks up and exclaims "Sorry to keep you waiting. I'm Alex. I'll be your server this afternoon. What can I get for both of you to drink?" We both tell him our drink orders then he swiftly returns with drinks. We tell him our food order and he leaves.

I ask "Have you ever been here before?" He shakes his head and answers "My friend, Morgan, told me about it. He goes on a lot of dates. It seemed to have a good selection from the menu, so I'm glad he suggested it." I smile and nod. He asks "Any plans for the rest of the weekend?" I answer "Get some sleep tonight to be ready for the week and maybe bake some kind of bread to eat for breakfast this week." He replies "Oh... According to PubMed, people don't just adjust to a routinely disparate weekday and weekend sleep schedule. You think you do, but you don't. Not to mention, the Journal of Sleep Research says we get about 30 minutes less sleep than we would ideally need on each night of the working week... sorry I got a little carried away there." I smile and reply "No problem at all. It's super interesting. Did any of those articles ever say what to do instead? Because if you aren't catching up with your sleep, then what? He answers "Mainly it said to keep a normal sleep schedule and not to change anything." I reply "Is that cool? Yes. Will I try it? Maybe not. I love not having a healthy sleeping pattern." He laughs.

Food arrives and we eat.

After lunch, we walk down the street to BooksAMillion for the next part of our date.

I ask "So do we have a time limit or book limit or price limit or anything?" He asks "Do you have an idea of what you want to get already?" I nod. He says "Ok so do I. We can do 15 minutes and a 2-book limit." I reply "Deal!"

We separate and I start walking to fantasy. He seems like a Star Trek & adventure-loving guy, so time for my first book. I grab my first book and then head to the nonfiction section for my second one. I pick it up and head to the checkout line. I wait in it and checkout.

As I walk towards the exit, I see Spencer by the entrance holding a bag plus two cups. He hands me one and says "I got you a coffee. You seem like a two-sugar and half-n-half girl to me. I hope you don't mind and I hope I got your order right." I reply "Omg wow yes that is my order. Thanks, Spencer. Shall we?" I motion to the door and he nods.

We leave and head to the park across the street. We sit on a bench and I ask "Who first?" He answers "You seem excited. You start." I smile and say "Ok... here ya go. I shall explain why as soon as you see them." I hand him the bag and he sets his coffee down. He takes the bag and opens it. He pulls out the first one. I exclaim "Ok so my first one. Now based on our one conversation from last time, you gave me Trekkie vibes like you just seem like Star Trek would be your thing. Am I right?" He nods and I continue "Awesomeness wow! So my first one is Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik gives me very much Kathryn Janeway vibes. Ooh I hate that I've said vibes twice in the span of 5 minutes. Ew. Sorry ok so... Kathryn was the first Federation captain to successfully traverse the Delta Quadrant, encountering dozens of new planets and civilizations over the course of seven years. Then in the book, the plot revolves around three amazing women and a stubborn resistance to cultural norms. Have you read it before?" He shakes his head and replies "No I can't say I have. Nice call on Star Trek. So now book 2!" He pulls it out and I exclaim "Ahh ok so book two is The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. I recommend it to so many people because I think there's something in there that will resonate with everybody. It makes you believe in yourself and not feel so uninspired by work. I don't even know if you feel that way, but it's helped me and I thought hey why not?" He replies "Well thank you. I'm sure I'll like it. I'm excited to read them." I smile.

I set my coffee down and he hands me my bag. He picks his coffee back up, sips it, then exclaims "So the first one is a classic, so I really hope you haven't read it yet. The Once And Future King by T.H. White is a retelling of King Arthur and his life. The book is divided into four parts, which are The Sword in the Stone detailing the youth of Arthur. Then, The Queen of Air and Darkness was published separately in a somewhat different form as The Witch in the Wood. Next is The Ill-Made Knight (1940), dealing mainly with the character of Lancelot. Lastly is The Candle in the Wind. I hope you like it as much as I do. My second book is quite the craze among people at the moment. It is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. It was originally written in Portuguese, but I picked the English version for you. It follows a young Andalusian shepherd on his journey to the pyramids of Egypt, after having a recurring dream of finding a treasure there. I hope you like them." I smile and reply "I'm excited to read them. Thank you so much, Spencer." His phone rings and he says "Oh... one minute." He walks off with his phone.

Spencer shortly returns and says "This was a fun date. Thank you for coming. I hope we can do this again. Unfortunately, I have to head to work." I reply "Aww yeah I had fun too. This was a great date! Well, I guess I'll see ya Spencer!" He grabs his bag and coffee then he leans forward to kiss me on the cheek. He says "Bye Y/N." I wave bye and he walks off.

I head home right after to start reading my books.

Spencer's POV

On the jet, I pull out my books and set them on the table. Morgan asks "You got new books? What about that date? Did you miss it?" I answer "No. In fact, she picked these books out for me. One was because she guessed I was a Star Trek fan and one was to inspire me plus it's one of her favorite books. I gave her The Once And Future King plus The Alchemist." He laughs and replies "Nerds. Geez. So you had fun?" I answer "Technically fun is enjoyment, amusement, or lighthearted pleasure. I have fun all the time. If you mean, do I think we'll go on another date? I kissed her on the cheek and she let me ramble. I'd say yes." He laughs.

........................................................................... THANK YOU FOR READING!!!! :)

[kathleenjoysblog]

BLOG #1

Description: This blog is all about our journey when deciding on what start-up, product, or service to launch. Following that, I conducted interview surveys and planned with my team.

Startup Business Name: LIFE IN A FAST LAN PISO WIFI VENDO MACHINE

1. Define your Hypothesis

The survey's purpose is to validate the hypothesis for the proposed internet service of Piso Wi-fi Vendo Machine, which is an internet service that gives extra internet connection with those who cannot afford personal connections for a reasonable fee. The hypothesis is that the piso wi-fi vendo machine might potentially solve the sluggish internet issue by offering a dedicated and accessible connection solution, and that the majority of them have a good response or have been sold the notion of internet service, and that there is a significant potential target market.

2. How Hypothesis was tested and its result?

The hypothesis was investigated or validated by conducting an interview with ten respondents. The interview consisted of five sets of questions covering what they see, what they say, what they do, what they hear, and what they think and feel. Each component kind of question was made up of 20 distinct questions.

If the service can meet the demands and solve the issues of the respondents who were questioned, according to the survey's findings after the interview is complete, the researchers draw the conclusion that setting up a piso wi-fi vending machine is both possible and profitable. In order to increase service visibility, gratify customers, and give extra service and a strong internet connection, we advised adding freebies and extensions. The services should consider expanding in order to gain a devoted costumer.

In conclusion, the suggested service launch was able to solve the demands and difficulties of the majority of interviewees, and the majority of them responded positively to the concept of the proposed service. Furthermore, there is a potentially big target market.

3. What are your team’s options and decisions?

The group came up with a three (3) primary option in addressing the rejection/acceptance of the hypothesis:

1.) Lease Payments: 30% for the building or for the owner of the area and 70% for the entrepreneur. This will serve as the total income and how it was divided for the rents, connections and for the annual income of the entrepreneur.

2.) 2 or more free internet access for the owner of the building or area. This will benefit them because they are free to access the internet without paying any penny.

3.) Lower rates but higher internet connection. The prices vary on the time they consume. They can choose from P1 for 8 minutes, P5 for 40 minutes and P10 for 1 hour. The connection is good up to 200 meters with high connection about 200 Mbps (megabits per second).

4. What are the lessons learned by the team?

In order to generate a new company concept that is practicable and profitable, we have discovered that it is crucial to communicate our various thoughts to one another. And to maximize the advantages of collaboration, communicate as frequently as you can. Additionally, always include backup plans. We abstain to do so in our venture proposal, but fortunately it was accepted, so we learnt to always include a plan B in case things didn't work out.

Documentations

[yellowloid]

What is your favourite out of all of your fics? Your baby? The one you're most proud of? Which was the most challenging? Which one do you get the most surprising comments about? Which one have you reread yourself the most? 😘

bestieee what a bunch of interesting questions, let's dive right in!!!

(also sorry for such a late reply i started drafting this like WEEKS ago and then life got in the way :/)

What is your favourite out of all of your fics? Your baby? The one you're most proud of?

definitely 'all's well that ends well (to end up with you)'. if you know me you know how much this fic means to me, for very obvious milex reasons but also for personal reasons. i'm so fond of it i can't even find the right words to describe the feeling... it just means so much to me. the whole vibe, the atmosphere, the aesthetic of the french countryside and their love growing and blooming through the years, only becoming stronger and more intense no matter the ups and downs... the little moments, the fluff and the angst and the emotional smut, alex's proposal speech, miles' reaction and everything they went through before and after that... i'm just so in love with it. from start to finish.

Which was the most challenging?

mmm, probably 'of loving at will, of loving till death' or 'give me all your love so i can fill you up with hate'. the last part of satin and lace because i wrote it during the summer and i usually have much more difficulty writing when it's hot outside (seems like it doesn't make sense but i swear it does). i knew exactly how i wanted it to turn out, especially some scenes that were oh-so-clear in my head, but i had to find a way to connect everything. especially because i'd set the standard so high for myself after AWTEW and because i wanted to give the most satisfying and coherent ending to my series that i love with all my heart djghfggsgf. this fic was a bit of a study in aesthetics, also, and that led to it requiring so much research - which was incredibly fun but also time-consuming! i have to say it's not one i reread that often (i should do something about that), but i'm really proud of how it turned out in the end.

my big bang fic, on the other hand, gave me a bit of trouble because of obvious reasons - that is, the deadline i had to meet for it lmao. i usually don't have too many problems with deadlines in my personal life, but when it comes to my writing... i'm a slow writer. i don't want to rush through things, i don't want to feel like i have to. so i was a bit scared about that, and that only made me slower kfjghdhfhs but in the end it turned out to be one of my favourite fics i've ever written + the fandom response has been INCREDIBLE. literally mind-blowing. so i really couldn't have asked for anything better <3

Which one do you get the most surprising comments about?

again, probably my big bang fic because people are so horny for it and i've had some pretty unhinged feedback (which i absolutely love skfjdhghshf give me all the feral comments you have!!!!!! i'll cherish them and you forever!!!!!!!)

Which one have you reread yourself the most?

has to be either my big bang fic or 'terra incognita' - because they're just as fun (and hot) to reread as they were to write!

thank you so much for the lovely questions bestie 💖

[riverstardis]

new year, new me, new you:

FINALLY HERE

seb just wants elle to take over as his mentor but she says she can’t unless he makes his complaint official :/

ouch ethan is soo badly sunburnt😭😭 and cal doesn’t look burnt but doesn’t look that tanned either??

cal’s telling alicia about some “bahama babes” that were following them around and apparently he had to give them his number just so they would leave him alone. and when she’s gone ethan goes “bahama babes? you spent most of the holiday reading dan brown novels and actually pining after alicia” and cal says he’s hardly gonna tell her that though is he💀💀💀 cal does really like alicia but he wants her to think he’s not that bothered about their relationship. maybe because he thinks she’s not looking for anything serious and he doesn’t want to get hurt? or maybe it’s just because he doesn’t want to tarnish his bad boy reputation so he’s playing hard to get. tbh though after what happened with taylor it’s pretty understandable that he’s having issues with a proper relationship. doesn’t really excuse him treating alicia like this though does it.

elle asks cal and ethan if they’ve made their new year’s resolutions yet and cal’s like “no need. nothing to change” fucking hell🙄 she tells them that if they want to apply for the south african research project they need to submit proposals by the end of the day

cal says ethan should go for it because the flat’s getting a bit crowded and ethan’s like “it’s my flat!” RIGHT????? cal’s so annoying😭

aw alicia tells ethan that her mum spent the holiday trying to set her up with eligible bachelors “the curse of having an invisible boyfriend” ffs cal do better man

eww alicia peels some burnt skin off ethan’s nose. he goes “it’s no skin off my nose” HAHDHJFFJFKFK

after speaking to alicia ethan decides to write a proposal. so basically he’s just doing it to get away :( the thing is he clearly knows that she likes him back but he also knows that she doesn’t seem to be planning on breaking up with cal anytime soon

dylan bestie i’m not sure telling seb to try not to kill anyone right in front of the patient you’re leaving him to treat on his own in resus is such a good idea

cal’s kiss club game sjskfkkg

seb told louise about dylan supposedly trying to kiss him and how elle doesn’t believe him and now ofc she’s telling everyone else

“but he was married to that fit soldier bird, sam whats-her-face?” oh this must be less than a year until sam comes back now right?

seb’s listening in to them talking about it and smirking🤬 and noel remembers the photo that had seb and dylan hugging in the background😬

max tries to warn dylan about seb but he dismissed him before he can actually say why he should be worried😬

cal finds out about alicia’s mum trying to set her up and he wants to borrow ethan’s tablet so he can “hit back” by posting some “buff holiday snaps”… seriously cal? ethan helpfully voices my exact sentiments “this is ridiculous. have you even asked her how she felt about it?” “about what?” “about the fact that you jetted off to the bahamas and left her to spend christmas with her parents!”

cal’s like “why? has she said something?” and ethan’s just exasperated and says it doesn’t matter

wow seb’s really laying it on thick now isn’t he

poor grace :(

now cal’s just sitting reading ethan’s research proposal on his tablet??? i suppose the mistake he made last time was not actually reading what ethan had written before he stole it

elle sees him and asks if he’s applying and he looks at alicia to gauge her reaction and then says yes and says to alicia “sorry do you mind me jetting off again?” even though she very clearly DOES mind, especially as it would be for 3 months and she probably thinks he’d been planning to apply but just hadn’t told her. he’s literally doing that hot and cold manipulation technique🚩

elle pushes him to submit it there so she knows he’s done it before the deadline so he submits ethan’s proposal🤬🤬🤬🤬

ethan talking to his patient “you can’t choose who she falls in love with … i know how hard it is but sometimes you have to face facts, accept that it’s not going to happen, and decide what’s more important. otherwise you might lose her forever.” lovely patient parallel

speaking of patient parallels, seb’s one with his patient is even less subtle lmao

connie demanding all grace’s medical notes so she can find out what happened😬

elle reminds ethan about the application but he’s changed his mind and elle says it would be tough to beat cal’s anyway and says the title which ethan obviously recognises as his own

i think seb was going to come clean to elle after encouraging his patient to come clean but he’s too late bc louise already sent her the photo

dylan’s “Im NoT eVeN gAy” sjskkkfkg

max believes dylan

ethan goes to alicia’s looking for cal but she says he’s gone to london for the night and ethan’s SO angry :(

“has something happened?” “i don’t even know why i’m surprised, it’s not even the first time he’s done it!” “done what?” “stolen my proposal!” “‘airway management after major trauma’ that’s yours?”

he says cal also stole £15000 from him once and he also shows her a big smiley face on his stomach where cal put sun cream but left him sleeping on a hammock. OH so it’s cal’s fault that he’s so sunburnt??? that doesn’t surprise me😭

“you know when you care about someone you want them to be happy, right? when they clearly don’t care about you then eventually you think why am i bothering?! he never does anything for my sake, ever! so why am i holding myself back with you? i’m watching him hurt you and i would never, could never do that!”

“alicia, what i said at christmas, i meant it. i love you. and i think you care about me as well.” “it’s too late though, i’m with cal” “i know, believe me i know. but i don’t care. life’s too short. i think i’ve worked out what my new year’s resolution’s going to be. for once i’m putting myself first.”

YEAAAAAA THEYRE FINALLYYY KISSING🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

aww robyn saying “do you think dylan’s going to be okay? he hasn’t reacted well to these things in the past”

seb ringing his dad… so he’s literally doing exactly what he told his patient to come clean about

dylan throwing and kicking over furniture :((( and dervla running away :((((((

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ToG products have different life cycles, what should product managers do?

Many people have heard of the concept of product life cycle. So in the different life cycles of G-end products, what can product  HE Tuber  managers do to improve the commercial value of the product? In this article, the author has shared and sorted it out. Let’s take a look at it. It may inspire and help you.

Everyone has heard of the concept of "product life cycle", but what should product managers do in different life cycles? Many people don't think about it.

Whether it is a C-end, B-end or G-end product, there is a life cycle. Just like people are born, old, sick and die, the life cycle of a G-end product also consists of a birth period, a growth period, a maturity period and a decline period.

It is precisely because of the existence of product life cycles that we need to carry out targeted work based on the characteristics of the different life cycles of the product, so that the product can shine as much as possible in the limited life cycle (maximizing commercial value).

Next, I will share with you the different life cycles of G-end products and what product managers should do to enhance the commercial value of the product.

1. How long is the life cycle of G-end products?

To put it directly, the life cycle of G-end products is only about 3 years .

This is what I summarized based on my research on a dozen G-end products that I have personally made in the past five years, based on their sales change curves.

The first year: The policy has just been launched or is in the pilot stage. Customers who like to evaluate and compete for the first place have already begun to "commotion", hoping to grab the policy, grab hot spots, attract attention, launch it nationwide or in the province, and focus on a "fast".

At this stage, customers' demand for the product only needs to meet policy requirements. It does not matter if the product cannot be used. In the subsequent use process, various optimized and new demand points will be proposed.

Second year: In the first year after the policy was launched, many customers suffered from no money in their "accounts" and could only budget for project construction in the coming year.

The second year is the intensive construction period. At this time, most customers will choose products with high cost performance. Because they have funds, there are several manufacturers to choose from. Therefore, the competition at this stage is not only about customer relationships, but also about product highlights. In particular, the product must have standard control points, otherwise customers will not be able to help us.

Third year: Both "top students" and "average students" have handed in their homework, leaving some "poor students" who want to put off construction. So the superiors made another mandatory requirement, adding corresponding performance appraisal indicators, and conducting internal notifications of criticism and praise.

The "poor students" were forced to carry out construction half-heartedly due to pressure. Some are coping-style, and you may not necessarily choose a software system, as long as it can meet the policy requirements in disguise. After all, "saving money" is king at this time, and there is no incentive no matter how good the construction is.

Three years later, almost everything that should be built has been built, and those that have not yet been built are probably dead pigs and are not afraid of boiling water.

That is to say, there are no policy requirements and there is no pressure from superiors. In addition, there are new construction directions emerging at this time, so these customers will not "move". This means that the life cycle of this product has come to an end.

2. What should be done in different life cycles?

1. Birth period: keep up with policy hot spots

G-end products, as policy-driven products, when a new policy is launched, what customers want is not a product with complete functions and ease of use, but a product that you have. As long as the product name and policy hot spots can match it, then The leader immediately made the decision and held a press conference immediately.

You said that the product functions have not been developed yet? Will it take a month or two for the procurement process to be completed?

The leader said that it doesn’t matter. We should publicize it first and then write “under development” before the function is completed. The procurement process can be made up for later.

Similar to chasing hot topics in the field of news media, when a "big melon" comes out, you have to output reports as soon as possible, and wait for others to publish the news. No matter how in-depth the articles you publish are written, no one may report them. I would like to click in to check again.

Therefore, in this early stage of product promotion, we also have to focus on products that fully comply with the requirements of policy documents and product functional design based on relevant rules and regulations.

For products that are in their infancy, there will definitely be business scenarios that cannot be covered, and there may even be some bugs, and the details of the product experience are not perfect enough, but these are not important. The most important thing is to be at the forefront of the market and launch products.

Therefore, at this stage, don’t worry about adding too many product features, don’t care about the product experience, and don’t consider the architectural design of later products. Even the second version of the product may be completely overturned and redone.

Products at this time are very malleable, and there are many product functions that can be implemented. However, only when you launch a product can you verify the core functions of the product with customers as quickly as possible, find seed customers to polish and optimize the product, and seize market opportunities at the lowest cost. User mind.

2. Growth stage: rapid upgrade and iteration

Products in the growth stage often enter the explosive stage as the market enters, and there are many customers in need. Therefore, you will be involved in pre-sales support work where you often do various plans, surveys, and reports, and you will also receive feedback on various needs from the first batch of customers who use the product. At the same time, we will also receive information about some competing products sporadically.

Therefore, this stage has entered the "fast fish eats slow fish" cycle of Internet products. Back then, when Xiaomi was making mobile phones, it relied on the extremely fast mode of launching one version a week to quickly attract a group of "rice fans". Li Wanqiang, one of the founders of Xiaomi, also wrote a best-selling book "Sense of Participation" for this purpose. Lei Jun summed up the seven-word secret to making products: focus, perfection, reputation, and speed!

To put it bluntly, you have to quickly respond to the various customer needs collected and update the product version as fast as one or two weeks to make the product more and more usable and let users feel our care in making the product. Service attitude.

However, not all of our customers are seed users (people who understand the business, are willing to use it, have ideas, and are easy to communicate with). Therefore, you have to find one or two core users to have the opportunity to deeply polish the product.

Therefore, in order for products in the growth stage to have more practical product functions and form a word-of-mouth effect, they must find seed users to continue polishing them.

3. Maturity stage: forming barriers to competition

After the product has gone through four, five or even more than a dozen iterations, its functions can cover various business scenarios and its use is relatively smooth and stable, indicating that the product has almost entered a mature stage and no longer needs major version upgrades. A few tinkering adjustments remain.

What follows is more brutal market competition, because from the birth of the product to its maturity, during the process of verifying the product, the functions of your competitors' products will tend to be more in line with customer needs. Then, there will be fierce competition for products. Others have the functions you have, and customers may not need the functions others do not have.

Therefore, at this stage, we hear the most common question from sales: How to control the standards of our products?

In my opinion, product competition barriers can only be formed from the following three aspects:

Relying on the advantages gained from early product sales, we continue to meet customer needs, continue to enrich product functions, meet the needs of more business scenarios, and keep product functions ahead of the market.

Incorporate new technologies and use technological advantages to build product entry barriers. For example, when integrating AI technology into the design of various products, AI technology still has a certain technical threshold, and local small-scale software companies simply do not have the ability to invest in AI development.

Innovating product forms, such as putting software products into hardware shells and controlling standards through the parameters of hardware equipment, is also a way to create product differentiation.

Being stable, easy to use, and comprehensive does not mean that the product has a competitive advantage and others can quickly copy it. It is necessary to think beyond the level of product functions and develop new strategies in terms of technology research and development, product form, marketing and other aspects.

4. Decline: Standard Product Work

There are two main reasons why products enter a period of decline: First, with the development of business and policy adjustments, it is difficult for products to meet customer needs. Second, the market is gradually becoming saturated and there are no new customers.

The market has entered the final stage, and there are fewer and fewer existing customers in need. At this time, either new products can be derived, such as upgraded version functions, software products made into hardware, and secondary charging can be achieved. Or you can expand into new markets and find other types of product needs in other industries.

At the same time, the recession period is often accompanied by changes in personnel. For example, a salesperson who sold a certain product had a good performance before, but later the product was almost sold. When he wanted to sell other products, he found that the market had become a hard nut and the performance was delayed. If you are too late to get up, you will be scolded by the leader every day, and you will quit.

Other products may also have similar scenes. After all, once a person has experienced the joy of being surrounded by princesses in a KTV, it will be difficult to go back to the slums and eat corn three meals a day.

If the person who is mainly responsible for the delivery or testing of this product resigns, he will also face the embarrassing situation that new people will not be able to take over some subsequent after-sales or product update work, and no veteran will understand it.

Therefore, the products at this stage are more about preparing some standardized documents. Such as Q&A, operation manuals, solutions and other materials are standardized, thereby reducing marketing and after-sales costs, reducing information loss caused by personnel turnover, and reducing one's own time investment in the product.

last words

The different life cycles of products actually correspond to different sales cycles:

Product birth period - sales window period (early stage of policy launch)

Product growth period - sales explosion period (hot construction areas)

Product maturity period - peak sales period (market competition intensifies)

Product decline period - sales closing period (potential customers decrease)

Product managers must have a judgment on what life cycle their products are in. Products in different cycles must have different product matters. Some products are in the explosive period of sales. If you are still updating the product slowly, how can you possibly make a hit product in your hands. Some products are nearing completion, and if you continue to iterate a large version and hope to revive them, it is tantamount to a death struggle.

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I worked on chapter 3 aka the method section of our research proposal so I only just now actually read chapter 2 and the research questions and damn am I gonna rewrite that shit before the final paper. Like the gist of it is fine but some stuff is so horribly formulated.

All these years I have been like "yeah i get good grades but I dont see myself as a good writer" and you know what? I do now. Seeing what they do, how hard it is for them to come up with a structure for the chapter when I immediately knew how to structure it. Like I was doing other stuff, heard them discuss not knowing how to start and just wrote down the order in which they should discuss each topic and how to connect them. Monday I helped one of my groupmates on another project. She was struggling to connect paragraphs and like she was almost there. All she had to do was change the order of a sentence and she had a good brdige. Finally made me see and appreciate that I actually have learned something at uni and that I am decent at academic writing. My issues are just too many words and as few sources as possible because i dont enjoy searching for sources

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Med schools de-emphasizing MCAT scores may lead to less diversity, not more

From 2018 to 2020, a Department of Defense-run medical school embarked on an experiment to see if it could promote more diversity in the medical field by de-emphasizing the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).

But the well-meaning reform by the admissions committee at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) may have backfired, actually leading to less diversity.

The committee has long been frustrated at the composition of America’s medical schools, explained Dr. Mike Arnold, a faculty member who served on the committee.

“It’s really a sad thing because I believe 30 years ago, Black men represented 2% of med school admissions, and I think it’s about the same still,” he said. (In 2019, less than 3% of the medical student body consisted of Black men, according to one study.)

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Standardized tests, like the SAT, have long been blamed for racially disparate outcomes in admissions. Underrepresented minorities tend to score lower on the MCAT.

An attempt to remove bias

The admissions committee at USU decided to “mask” — that is, conceal — the MCAT scores for applicants at or above the 51st percentile. That means that the admissions committee would know that applicants met a certain standard but could not differentiate between candidates for their scores beyond that.

“The idea was to take away the input of the score that we thought was introducing bias into our admissions process,” Arnold said.

Instead, the committee relied on other admissions criteria to form a more holistic evaluation — everything from college transcripts to letters of recommendation to interviews.

But by 2021, committee members decided to revert to the previous system.

“A majority of the committee members felt when we got rid of it that we were unnecessarily taking data away from ourselves,” Arnold said.

Arnold and some of his colleagues decided to study the impact of the masking with the intention of bringing the system back; the results of that study were published in August.

“We came in with the thought that we were disappointed that the program had gone away, and we wanted to prove the benefit with the thought of re-proposing it the next year,” he said.

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‘It was completely the opposite of our hypothesis’

The researchers compared the rate first-generation or underrepresented students were admitted during the masking experiment to the three school years prior (2014-2016).

Minority students’ odds of admission were cut in half when the school masked MCAT scores, they found.

First-generation college students were slightly more likely to get admitted, but their odds still fell far from where they were under the previous system.

“It was completely the opposite of our hypothesis … we would’ve expected it would make it twice as likely for them to get in,” Arnold said.

While the results were eye-opening for Arnold and his colleagues, the authors acknowledge that the outcomes apply to USU during a specific period and may not apply elsewhere.

“We wanted to de-emphasize that test because we know it had bias. But we also know that any process with people has bias, too,” he said.

Arnold pointed to other aspects of admissions processes that carry their own biases, like college essays.

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“If I don’t know a physician, it’s a lot different than if my parents are physicians and know other physicians. The people who are going to review my essays are going to know exactly what their colleagues are looking for. So we don’t think about that kind of bias,” he said.

The study made him re-evaluate his view of the MCAT.

“This imperfect test seems to have made our process better,” he said. “Even though it has problems.”

They're lying. This was 2018-2020 when Trump was in office and Maryland is a Catholic stronghold going back to early settlers. Any black students in medical schools or with plans to go need to keep a sharp eye on this.

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Evaluation

The techniques I've used in my Final Major Project are Unreal, Photoshop and Maya.

Throughout this project I have learnt about a variety of different things such as coding stuff, art design techniques and things in Maya. For example I have learnt in Unreal how to spawn actors around the player character. I used that concept to spawn enemies around the player randomly. Another thing i learnt was how to reuse assets and make slight differences so they look like a totally different type of person for example i have 3 different enemies in my game but they do have the same basis of each enemy. My research helped me be able to find the right sources to use to create the code in my game so it works properly. Also the researchers were able to find the idea of reusing assets to have several different enemies but look similar but with slight differences. When creating my sprites for my enemies and character I have succeeded in what I set out in my proposal or even went beyond my expectations in what I set out in my proposal. When creating my game in Unreal the implementation of spawning in enemies and having them come in waves and then coming back as your ally to fight the enemies once I was able to fully fix this and have it fully work efficiently I was able to meet what I set out to do in my proposal.

I effectively did research during this project. When i was creating my skeletons enemies my first thought was to search up “2d pixel art designs of skeletons” this was where i got some idea of how to start to draw my enemies and what kind of features i wanted in my game. For example when I looked up  I saw that there were just several different skeletons but with the same kind of outline and that they were reusing assets to make a lot of different skeletons like a spear, archer, sword, and shield skeleton and much much more. When I had an issue with my project my first thought was to see if a teacher was available to help if they can then id ask them if not then i google searched up how to fix it and if i wasn't able to fix it then id wait to ask one of the teachers for help. I didn't change my idea that much but while i was making it i was having to change the small details that i wasn't able to implement successfully into my project.

When it comes to meeting my expectations i was able to meet them to a extent where i was happy with it such as my spawning waves of enemies if i was able to work on it some more then i would make them spawn all fully random but at the moment they spawn only around the play in the corners so i've made them spawn left right up and down in a certain amount around the player but they spawn in the top left top right bottom left and bottom right around the player so that is a issue and if i were to improve my project id have that implemented in. So in all my project was meeting the expectations I set.

In conclusion, when it comes to feedback on my game with my peers were giving positive feedback but on one part that was a issue that the games too easy i asked what i should implemented to improve my game and the thing that stood out on the feedback is making their a cap on the amount of enemies that can come on the characters side and help them kill enemies. 

In conclusion I feel like I have been effectively successful with making my project as it met what I proposed and envisioned. I successfully created the necromancy mechanic which where once the player specifically kills an enemy they become your ally and will start to kill enemies. At the start of my project my focus was the art and look of the game whereas my focus should have been on coding rather than art design so as an improvement for future projects I will have my focus in coding rather than art design.