#most nursery rhymes are a lie

[storiesbyjes2g]

Randomness #768

My brother and I just learned the true meaning behind "this little piggy," and we are traumatized LOL. You know...little kids take what they see and hear at face value, and we thought "went to the market" meant the pig went to [insert favorite grocery store] to buy some milk or something...specifically the roast beef the other pig ate lol. We recited that rhyme with visions of the pig tra-la-la'ing down the aisles pushing a shopping cart. 🤣 But today, he sent me a video of people around our age having this same epiphany and realizing the pig was not at Kroger pushing a cart buying roast beef (and milk lol), but in fact going to the meat market for slaughter! 😵

The roast beef? That speaks of the other pig being fattened up for slaughter.

The one who stayed home was too young and needed to mature.

The one who had none? Well, he was too small to go to the market and should probably have some roast beef.

But the one who cried weee weee weee???

😭

I don't have the heart to tell you what that one is, but you already know. I feel like my favorite commercial (and one of my favorite responses) is a lie and now I'm conflicted lol.

But I've been saying "weeeeee" for like half my life lol. I started saying it even more after I was introduced to Hamilton. Maybe I'll just say it's from there lol. 😅

[hello-vampire-kitty]

Servamp April Fools' event

Tanaka Strike reposted the event from 2023 that was about voting for characters' abilities/techniques. The first time I didn't look into the the event and I was surprised to see that among the abilities that were listed, there were a few that were revealed later in the manga,  for example Kuro's Wiedergänger (Ashes to ashes, dust to dust) that appeared in chapter 133.

In March 2023, chapter 128 was published, so it was 5 chapters later when the name of the ability was introduced in the story.

For the event, some characters have abilities that were marked as “lies” because they didn't appear in the manga however, Kuro’s ability was marked as a lie but that was actually true after all!

So yeah, Tanaka-sensei was playing with us. xD Abilities have two readings and you'll see that some of them either have one reading which is different or they some readings were assigned to other characters.

Mahiru: “Why is truth and falsehoods mixed in? Only the actual abilities should be voted!

Kuro: “Mahiru…In this world, you can’t survive on truth alone...

Kuro offering words of wisdom xD The abilities that were marked as "lies" have conversations or comments from characters which I translated.

Note: I listed the abilities based on the characters' names in alphabetical order.

GEAR

Mister Violence (Antique clock of night trick)

This is a reference to “Gear of Night Trick” on TanakaBox and that’s why I worded the translation like this. The clock referenced here must be Hlidskjalf. I wrote about it here when I posted chapter 96.

Youtarou: It's not an ability, it's just brute strength, isn't it?

Gear: I'm a wolf so I have no choice. It's a world that's tough to live in for someone like me.

Youtarou: Honestly! You always act like a wolf at times like this!

HYDE

Cute aggression (The Taming Of The Shrew).

Hyde: This is the most powerful ultimate technique that charms everyone! Kyui!

J-just joking...I don't have a technique like that... I'm s-sorry...I said I'm sorry...

JEJE

Mary Magdalene (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring)

In chapter 125 when Jeje was given his name by Mikuni, his contract item was the winding key from the music box that Kiriko gave to Mikuni and I read that fans discovered that the song it was playing was "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

Jeje: This technique isn't... It's a lie...

KURO

Wiedergänger (Ashes to ashes, dust to dust)

Mahiru: Hey! If you're gonna lie, you should make it sound like it's… obviously a joke, or it'll just confuse people.

Kuro: Yeah...I don't really have a cool technique name. I'm just a humble cat...

LILY

Turandot (None shall sleep) Like I mentioned in the beginning, this is one ability that was given a different reading. The actual one is "The king is absent today as well." "None shall sleep " (Nessun dorma) is an aria from the final act of Turandot.

Mahiru: You had a technique like that?

Lily: Fufufu...Well… you could say it exists, or you could say it doesn't. Reality is such an uncertain thing. You should also be careful.

MISONO

Bridge falling down (The king is absent today as well)

So yeah, it's Misono and Lily that had their ability names switched and were also given different readings. The different reading is most likely a reference to the nursery rhyme "London Bridge Is Falling Down". And we don't have Misono, we have Mikado who comments about the ability xD

Mikado: Didn't Misono have a powerful technique like that?! Did you make it sound like it existed, Dodo?! Dodo: I included it as an option. Mikado: Nice work! Just for today, even a lie is permitted. I can’t believe Misono had only one technique, and it was from ten years ago (in real time)…As a parent I must do behind-the-scenes... Dodo: Young master is already in high-school...It's about time you... Mikado: This is a parent's duty! Should I add another one?!

SAKUYA

I will die yesterday by your side (Five-minute hypothesis theory)

Sakuya used this ability in chapter 139, however in the manga it says five "seconds" not minutes. The first reading sounds weird...Like, I haven't found a reference for it. "To die" is in the present tense even though it says "yesterday", so yeah, it's weird. I expected that it would be the name of a novel but I haven't found anything, so if some of you might have an idea about it, let me know!

Sakuya: I used this ability in the fight against Mahiru, didn’t I? It was such an emotional technique where I self-destructed to protect him. Tsubaki: Have you actually been reading Servamp??

TOUMA

The Beast of Gévaudan (The beast that crawls in a windowless room) (note, for the first part it's actually in French, La bête du Gévaudan)

Touma: What’s the deal with finishing moves? Aren’t you too old for this?

Iori: You're the one that has the most of them though....

Tooru: Shh!

TSUBAKI

Mahoroba (Under the moonlit night, rain and carnage)

Mahoroba isn't something that can be translated. It's a term that refers to an idyllic or perfect place, often associated with paradise or a beautiful land. The dictionary defines it as "great and splendid land (of Yamato)"

The other name of the ability is the title of chapter 84, which I initially translated as "On a moonlit night, rain and bloodshed"

Tsubaki: I don't recall mentioning such a technique name, but it seems okay as it is.

Ultimate Super Wars (Super Ultimate Form-Tsubaki-)

Tsubaki had another ability and when I googled アルティメットスーパーウォーズ a novel, I assume, showed up but I couldn't find much about it. Based on the cover of the book, I thought it was adapted based on a videogame but I didn't find a game with that title, so yeah, the name of the ability might not be related to it. Regarding these kanji 津薔鬼, they spell Tsubaki.

Tsubaki: Are there people who actually call me by such uncool name?

Get ready for an awesome technique in the next issue! Or perhaps the one after that.

YUMIKAGE

Valkyrie Brunhilde (Swan Lake)

Yumikage: This is actually my brother's...But I have many cool name ideas for my own abilities.

[yourhellishdaddies]

prompt: how Stolas, Adam, and Lucifer might take care of their baby who’s sick? (I’m alright with sexual / incest etc elements since this is more of a kink for me ^^) thank you!

[oh this is good timing cuz I'm p sure I caught a cold lmao 💜]

{Caring for you when you're ill}

Featuring Stolas, Adam, and Lucifer.

As soon as he realizes you're not feeling like yourself, he is wrapping you up in a blanket and placing you in a nest of pillows.

Fretting and getting his feathers all ruffled, whether it's just a small cold or something more serious, he's freaking the hell out.

"Here, let me take your temperature. No no, don't get up! Save your strength, sweetie. Daddy will take care of everything. Just try to relax."

Doting to the point of being overbearing. Refuses to leave your side for a single moment. Carries you with him to the kitchen if you're hungry, to the bathroom if you need it, etc.

Always petting your head or rubbing your back. If you need to vomit, he's right there with a cool washcloth, holding your hair back for you and whispering words of comfort to you.

"There, there, darling. Just let it out. Daddy is right here, okay? It's alright..."

Decides to put you in a diaper so you don't have to get up as much, if you're not already wearing one. He has no problem changing you or dealing with a mess. Will bathe you each and every time you have a blowout.

Makes you homemade soup and spoon feeds you in his arms. It's alright if you can't finish it, just as long as you try to get something in your belly.

Gets you the absolute best medicine available. Doesn't force you to take it if you don't want to, though. He just wants you to feel better as soon as possible! May try to coax you into taking it by mixing it into some food if he feels like you really need it.

Sings you lullabies to help you fall asleep. Absolutely adores how small and fragile you look, knowing how much trust you put in him to watch over you.

Seems slightly annoyed that he actually has to put in effort to care for you now. Not that he doesn't care, he actually hates seeing you not feeling well. But he also doesn't really have any experience caring for someone who's sick. He doesn't want to make it any worse.

"Aw, geeze kid, really? Alright, alright, c'mere. Daddy's got'cha. Shhh, it's okay."

Picks you up and carries you to the living room, setting you up on the couch with the TV. He'll put on your favorite show and watch with you.

Awkwardly tries to comfort you. Wipes your nose and pats your back, wraps his wings around you to quell your shivering.

If you're really sick, he'll actually get his ass into gear and put forth a decent effort.

Cleaning you up, making sure you drink enough water, cursing under his breath whenever you moan or groan uncomfortably.

Unintentionally discovers a new kink when you puke all over him.

"Oh, shit- H-hang on, baby. S'no big deal, lemme just- ah fuck, I'm hard."

Despite how awful you feel, you can't help but blush when you notice how flustered he is.

Leaves you for just a moment to change clothes and beat off really quick. He'll fuck you later when you're not feeling like shit.

When he returns, he holds you extra close, leaning his head on yours.

Gives you medicine even if he has to hold you down. You need to get better.

Plays you soft songs on his guitar to lull you to sleep.

The most experienced, and therefore the most comforting. Knows exactly how to soothe all your aches and pains.

Has absolutely everything under control. Calm and collected, giving you a reassuring smile.

"There's no need to worry, my duckling. Daddy can cure whatever ails you!"

Has one of those weighted and scented plush ducks that you microwave for warmth and aromatherapy. Lets you cuddle with it and keeps it constantly heated with his magic.

Sings you little nursery rhymes and gently rubs your upset tummy while you lie on your back.

Similar to Stolas in how doting he is, but not quite as overbearing, allowing you to rest on your own if you wish.

Always giving you little kisses and baby talking to you, making you smile and even laugh!

Puts on puppet shows for you when you're bored from lying in bed all day.

If you can't sleep, he'll sit up with you and hold you in his arms, gently rocking you while soft music plays.

[itsonlytext]

Until We Fall Asleep · only made us closer (two)

John, useless kidneys, John, useless kidneys, John, John, John. Isn’t that obvious?

so far we've seen sherlock and john decide to go back to the way they were. seems all rainbows and sunshine and pink bows now. right?

LOL

read chapter one - you both let go.

in this chapter, john visits more, mycroft is being mycroft, giles (gordon (ramsey)? gideon?) calls for the men's help, sherlock pines, and rosie learns a few words. and then.. well it wouldn't be my book if it WASN'T angsty let's leave it at that x

read the beginning down below, then take yourself to finish reading it on ao3.

THERE WAS A 150% increase in the number of John’s visits to 221B in the last two weeks than at all in the two months right after Mary; Sherlock calculated it.

If anything, it had become the way it used to be, the way it was in the small space before Rosie and after his resurrection.

His dinners were far less lonely (John forced him to eat; he said that Rosie needed to see them all together at the table in order for her to eat. Sherlock was fairly certain that was a lie but, for the first time in months, he didn’t need to be persuaded to eat), 221B felt lived in what with the constant buzz of obscenely bright plastic pianos, plushies that squeaked (which Sherlock was convinced were supposed to be dogs toys), teethers, (god-awful) nursery rhymes on the TV, and a constant stream of babbling that came with the discovery of language (more, no, dada, yeah), and, most of all, John.

(Oh God, John.)

He occupied, filled and cured any cracked crevice within Sherlock - he did it every time he walked in and sat in his armchair with a comfortable smile.

The tangible cloud of stiffness and guilt that loomed above their heads blew away seamlessly, John now always waited for him outside the clinic after his triweekly appointments (something for Sherlock to look forward to), their conversations stretched out for hours instead of moments, and their tense politeness vanished.

And, a week after the {American/French} Casserole incident, Mrs Hudson started cooking for them again.

Sherlock supposed, in that sense, he was getting better. They were getting better.

A nighttime breeze rolled smoky clouds over Baker Street. The little lamp by the TV was on and so were the kitchen lights.

Sherlock was trying not to smoke.

He had situated himself at the desk by the window, in his pyjamas, hovering over the piles of papers that almost toppled over into his mug of cold coffee.

For a moment, he considered phoning Lestrade to see if there was a case but, he knew that no matter the situation, it would be boring - John wouldn’t be able to come, he’d have to watch Rosie. Donovan would be there.

Asking Molly Hooper if she had reserved any uniquely spare body parts was an option, but right now she’d be on a date with one of her work friends. (Jasmine? June? He couldn’t quite remember her name.)

And even if Sherlock did have a brilliantly electric triple murder or a fascinating sternocleidomastoid to experiment on, he still wouldn’t be smoking.

That would cancel all the fun out.

He wondered what normal people did, when they wanted to smoke but couldn’t - he supposed they weakly succumbed to the temptation after a lame attempt at tooth picking or nicotine patching or using those silly, flashing electronic things.

In the twenty-six minutes he had been sitting there, he had managed to unconsciously roll six dozen strips of paper.

Although he knew the detrimental and likely fatal consequences of smoking whilst on dialysis, Sherlock searched it up anyway and decided to create a list of pros and cons.

Pros: He’d be happy. Really happy.

Cons: Significant increase in mortality rate, hypertension, John would be disappointed in him, respiratory failure, cardiovascular disease.

It was a difficult decision to make. (He spent the last two hours going back and forth.)

He had just concluded his sixth week of ‘temporary’ dialysis - one week over what was predicted for him. No one except Mycroft knew this fact (of course he did) and he didn’t feel like lingering on it for too long. But every day after that fifth week, a small tally would scratch onto a wall in his mind palace.

The idea of permanently damaged kidneys threatened him, even frightened him, but he had made a promise, all those months ago, to Mary that he’d do whatever it’d take to save John Watson, no matter the consequence. And he had. So whenever Sherlock sensed that petrifying wave of dread near, he remembered that in return for potentially useless kidneys, he had John. Which, to put in perspective, was infinitely better. He often felt better after that.

read the rest of chapter two - only made us closer on ao3.

YEAHHHH WE MADE IT

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[tainbocuailnge]

oberon can't stand being interpreted. being cursed with midsummer nights dream means he contains no "truth" and everything he says is open for interpretation. a story with as many meanings as there are readers. he finds this incredibly painful and heavy to bear, because as story he's compelled to respond to those interpretations. the bugs believing in the story of the fairytale prince oberon compelled him to become the oberon they believed in. every story gives back what you read into it, he contains no truth so every interpretation is real. it's to the point where he won't even let merlin perceive him, lest he risk being interpreted by the person (whose take on stories) he hates most.

"when all the readers are gone, let's go somewhere where everyone's perspective is equally important" let's find somewhere we won't be pressured by the wishes placed in us, somewhere we can simply be. oberon is exhausted from trying to live up to the faith placed in him. he's not suited for this, he's an abyss of lies, in terms of skill he could keep up the lie forever but emotionally he's at his fucking limit. so he invites nursery rhyme to come seek a respite with him, because he believes her to be in a similar predicament.

like oberon, nursery rhyme is a story without form shaped entirely by her interpretations. like oberon, she has her current form as a young girl because there was someone powerless who wished for her to be such. but unlike oberon nursery rhyme takes great joy in responding to those wishes. she wouldn't even have an identity if it weren't for her friend alice putting her faith in her.

"sorry, my dear prince, but I like seeing our readers radiant and happy" nursery rhyme is able to keep going precisely because there is someone who believed in her. there is someone who needed her. and she tells oberon he is the same. he was only able to keep going because there was someone powerless who needed him. there is someone who believes that he is indeed the fairytale prince, even knowing that he is just a story.

oberon wants a respite from the readers because his curse carries the assumption that "it was just a story, therefore it didn't matter" but nursery rhyme's very core is that stories matter. so she's not having that tea party with him. it's the readers who give us meaning, that's why you're still the fairy king, idiot.

yeah. go figure.

[botgal]

Theory about the Pinky

So, all the rest of the Fingers follow specific themes of their fingers association in popular culture.

The Thumb is known for their highly rigid top-down system of hierarchy where the strong dominate the weak. Much like how in a "thumb war" two people competing will try to push down each other's thumbs to show dominance.

The Index give people instructions in the form of the Prescripts, and the finger also known as the pointer finger is used to point in directions for people to focus on or follow.

The Middle are supposedly very big on senses of brotherhood, but they're also well known for exacting harsh vengeance on anyone who harms one of their own or are even related to them. Which fits the common symbol of the middle finger as an obscene gesture and usually one used in retaliation when someone has made them mad.

The Ring is a bit more abstract, but from Leviathan we know that the Ring are artists. And the ring finger, as implied, is usually the one meant to display very impressive rings like wedding or engagement rings. Which can be fitting to a group whose primary goal is making their specific form of "art" to be seen by others.

So following all that, my running theory on the Pinky has two parts. Taking into account that the Pinky is apparently the most dangerous of all the Syndicates.

1) The Pinky are a group who focuses a lot on pacts or promises. The Pinky finger is most well known for the "Pinky promise", or alternatively the "yubikiri". But the essence is the same, making a promise while hooking pinkies, with the implication being that if one parry breaks the promise then there will be dire consequences. Sometimes that the offender's pinky will be broken, or in the case of yubikiri that they'll be made to swallow a thousand needles

2) The Pinky itself, outside of its own group's personal turf interests, may act as an intermediary/enforcer of inter-Finger rules and relations. Because of their interest in vows and promises, they use their authority to enforce specific rules between all the Fingers, and enact consequences if anyone steps out of line (though not strictly for things like killing or fighting over turf, probably more abstract Finger-specific things). Also kind of brings to mind the idea of "yubitsume" to me, wherein the little finger will have small pieces removed to pay for transgressions, usually by failing to perform some duty or uphold a promise.

In line with this theory, interesting tidbit is that there's actually a nursery rhyme related to an the Pinky Promise, which relates a little to a meeting of the Fingers' leaders being called a "Finger Bow-Bell".

"Pinky, pinky bow-bell,

Whoever tells a lie

Will sink down to the bad place

And never rise up again."

[neoruby-loves-ut-aus]

How Twyla! Sofia and Alexander or Nightmare Jr met

*time when Twyla was just a 6 year old princess*

Twyla: Mommy, I'm going out to play because the sky's awake!!!

The Queen or her mother (*insert name because not sure*: Okay dear! Please be careful!!!

*Twyla goes to a forest which is near to her castle and spots kids of her age playing*

Twyla: Hi!! I'm Twyla!! Can I play?

One of the kids: *thinks* Ewww, she's ugly!! She wants attention!! Ugh!

Another kid: Hey! If you want to play with us, we need some things to be off from you to make you look gorgeous.

Twyla: What I don't understand-

*they start physically bullying her*

Please!!! I didn't do anything!! Stop!!! *Screams*

Another kid: Haha, no one can hear your garbage voice!!

*meanwhile somewhere in the forest*

*an eight year old boy with brown and white hair, wearing a blue cap and black jacket with black trousers and a seagreen shirt and black sneakers hears her scream*

???: Someone is in danger!! I need to help that person!

*rushes to the place where Twyla was getting bullied*

HEY!!! LEAVE HER ALONE YOU MEANIES!!!

One of the kids: And who are you to interfere? Maybe you two lovebirds can join our beatings.

Another kid: BOSS!!! HE'S THE SON OF THE MOST DANGEROUS KING!! HE'S THE PRINCE OF NEGATIVITY!!

The leader: Pfft, it's a lie. He's nothing but a show off brat-

???: WHAT DID YOU CALL ME? *Wipes Twyla's tears and bandages her wounds and covers her eyes with a cloth and covers her ears with headphones playing nursery rhymes, her favourite songs*

*turns into a huge goopy abomination which makes the bullies all shocked* (like how Noot Noot dealt with his own bullies after the apple incident)

*ina corrupted voice* SO YOU CHOSE NO MERCY =) ~

*The boy brutally kills them, like he killed one of them by tearing him into half with his tentacle, killed one of them by melting her to death using his scream of death (like Mortal Kombat Sindel's scream fatality), choked one of themto death using his tentacle, used his water powers to rip a face of one of them and later stabbed them using his ice powers (like Mortal Kombat Sub-Zero's Fatality).*

*uses water powers to clean all of the blood from his body and uses perfume to make Twyla not suspect anything and buries the corpses in the perfect way without wasting any time and tells his grandmother, the guardian of hell, in his mind to torture them when their spirits go to hell*

*opens the cloth* It's alright friend. They're gone now.

Twyla: Thank you!! You saved me!!

???: You're welcome! My name is Alexander, call me Alex for short. People also call me Nightmare Jr for I am the Prince of Negativity. Wanna be friends?

Twyla: Yes!! My name is Princess Twyla!! Nice to meet a nice person like you!

Alex: I'll take you home. *Holds her hand and teleports her to her palace*

Twyla: Wowie!! Your magic is incredible!! Thank you and hope to meet you soon!!

Alex: You're welcome and when we meet you again, I'll show you more of my magic!! Bye new friend!! *Teleports away*

*At home*

Twyla: Mommy Mommy!! *Explains everything but did not mention what Alex did to them because she did not know it and said that he scared them away*

Her mother: Awww, I'm glad that though being the son of the most evil King, Nightmare, he's still an angel on disguise like his mother. He saved my baby!!

*present time*

*Adult Alex and Adult Twyla telling about their childhood to Alex's baby triplet siblings*

Twyla: And that's how me and your big brother met. At least he did not traumatise me when he killed them. That was sweet of him.

Luna (A girl of Alex's baby triplet siblings) : When will you be our big sissy?

Amaris (A boy sibling of the triplets): My brother Esmeray, me and my sister Luna and our big sistas will be happy!!

Esmeray: Yeah!!

Alex: *blushes* Twyla dear, *whispers* hold my hand and let's get out of here.

Twyla: Soon dears. Soon. *Smiles*

Alex: Okay.... We gotta go and join our friend! *Teleports with her holding her hand*

Triplets: We can read your mind big bubba. You can't hide your thoughts from us hee hee!

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People who need to see this:

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Yosa Peit — Gut Buster (Fire)

Photo by Carlotta Phelan

German artist Yosa Peit writes and performs off kilter pop songs that center her voice within a matrix of densely structured bass and percussive effects. On her new album Gut Buster, Peit uses her auto-immune disease as a metaphor for the effects of consumerism on the body and the planet. The result is a collection of processed voices, thumping beats, swathes of unexpected guitars and effects and moments of introspective calm. An overlay of glitch and grime that connects her work to Arthur Russell’s serene but disjointed sonic explorations, as well as with the work of composer Holly Herndon (with whom Peit has collaborated), vocalist Antye Grier’s duo with Vladislav Delay as AGF/Delay and the genre fluid music of Arca. Pop songs lie at the heart of it all. Their fuckedupedness expresses Peit’s ideas with a visceral force that her lyrics sometimes lack.

Literally and conceptually body music, Peit’s songs churn and gurgle like the workings of your guts. Polluted, sickened things stick and squirm like oil covered birds, thump and scream like an approaching hurricane. Queasy ambience coats a slimy guitar line in “World Eaters.” Vocal treatments make Peit sound like an ailing child lost in a minimalist dub on “AOL SLYT.” The bass on “bb moon” is a sclerotic bastard of a thing operating on some muscle memory of funk. “PORTIMAO” feels like nursery rhyme recital in some hellish club where the DJ’s laptop is glitching itself to bluescreen. On “PEPPER PLANE” Peit takes the rigid guitar strum, shuffling syncopated beat and handclaps of some vaguely 1980s sounding pop song and renders them as separate, alienated ghosts at cross purposes with the living. Even at her most straightforward on “Twixx” and “Call Me,” Peit plays with form in surprising and thrilling ways. The former, which opens the album, evokes Russell’s cello in synthesized form. Peit’s voice is unadorned and high in the mix, but the contrast between the restless insistence of the backing track and her measured vocals dares you to settle into the song. “Call Me,” in contrast, echoes Tom Waits’ junkyard blues with Peit’s multitracked voice is to the fore against a circular guitar riff and a grumbling beat that staggers along behind.

In Gut Buster Peit has made a quite extraordinary record. Daring in its conception, production and performance, it takes time to absorb but take the trouble to locate yourself within her matrix and you’ll find much nourishment.

Andrew Forell

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Animation Brief 02 - Re-Invention in Storytelling

Above: Honse

So I can't really lie about this one, I was in some kind of fugue state this whole brief. I was struggling a lot with insomnia and found it hard to engage with school at all. I actually didn't even show up for like two weeks and learned third hand I was in a group with Summer and Zu, a group for what? I took to Moodle to find out...

Okay I didn't really take to Moodle, I kinda glanced through the brief and surmised we had to make a three minute animation of a classic nursery rhyme. Sounds simple enough.

I'd been in contact with Zu and Summer over Instagram so I wasn't totally lost but I skipped the day where we were supposed to script our animation. This meant I turned up the next day for storyboarding with a script ... but no Summer or Zu. Did I mention our group was literally assembled from the people who didn't turn up the day they put the groups together?

So basically I sat down with pad and pencil and went through the script. My goal was to abstain from editing or embellishing the script and just draw each scene as I read it, keeping track of how many scenes, shots and backgrounds we would need for an animation. I figured once I had the script made visual, the editing and alteration would come naturally.

Above: Boarystoard

Now, what you might be wondering is; "Why are you showing the storyboard before telling us the nursery rhyme?" and I have a good reason for that. I didn't know either. Actually that's not entirely true, I could surmise from the name "Spoon" in the script that the rhyme was probably "Hey Diddle Diddle" but I was beyond confused as to how that became such a sobering tale of war and grief.

At about this time, Zu showed up and I had the answers to most of my questions. As it turned out, it wasn't just a nursery rhyme we were given for the brief but a time period and a genre. So being the lucky number (group) seven we were, we got 19th Century and War Movie in this lottery.

Hey Diddle Diddle is such a fun little rhyme, unlike the all the other groups rhymes, it's a genuine nonsense poem with no accepted origin. To me there's something liberating and anarchistic about that, the reader simply has to accept the mental image of partying animals and bipedal cutlery. I think had I scripted the animatic without knowledge of the genre or period, I would've focused on the fiddling cat and the cow leaving orbit. It writes itself in my opinion; a violin soundtrack to the sublime image of the cow achieving the impossible. But it wasn't to be.

Anyway, in my absence Zu and Summer had collaborated on the story with Summer writing the final script I had received over Instagram with zero context. And honestly, they did a better job than I would've thought possible. Highlighting the line "And the Dish ran away with the Spoon" and turning that into a refugee escape attempt as the impetus for a story was genius. I like to tinker with everything but other than streamlining the story for screen, I couldn't find anything I wanted to change.

Above: Nonsense

Above is the nursery rhyme itself, the initial story treatment by Zu and Summer and the final script by Summer. To briefly explain the beats of the story:

Three competing empires (Dog, Cat and Bull) encroach on a peaceful land.

As the land becomes a battlefield, it's citizens flee.

Among them is our protagonist; Dish and his son; Spoon.

Spoon is tragically killed during their attempted escape as Dish watches helplessly.

Dish is overcome with grief, he formulates a crazy plan to bring down the three empires.

Dish travels to each empire, impersonating a messenger of another. He plays the three factions against each other through false alliances, culminating in mutual destruction.

Dish returns to the site of his son's death and lays down a bouquet of flowers.

If you compare my abbreviated story to the scripts above you can see how I edited them a little bit. I was mostly trying to simplify the story to it's essential elements, half because I think that makes for a better story and half because I wanted to cut our number of shots down to the minimum.

Anyway with both myself and Zu in school for once, we went through both our storyboards and combined them into one, having hashed out exactly how we wanted the story to flow on screen. Summer also did a pass on the storyboard but it wasn't til a couple of days later I got my hands on that version.

Above: Combo Storyboard

Although we still had yet to meet up all three in person, we were communicating the whole time through Instagram. Paul let us know the next step after the initial rough storyboard was make it into an animatic to figure out the timing and begin research for the final storyboard.

Zu did a quick pass on the first animatic in Adobe Animate, although I never actually saw it cause he sent it as an animate file and I couldn't open it lol. I knew from talking to him though that it was the storyboard with each frame lasting for about six seconds on screen to reach the three minute runtime. This gave me a helpful reference for later when I was timing the final storyboard.

Based on Paul's feedback we broke the research down into six(ish) categories:

Landscapes/Background Design

Apparel/Costume Design

Visual Aesthetic/Style

Character Design

Mise-en-scène/Prop Design

Miscellaneous

There was talk of us dividing up the categories between the three of us ... but honestly we mostly just did whatever and pooled our research together in the end. In fairness to Zu and Summer they handled a lot more of this stuff than I did. Summer came up with great costume designs and decided on the cartoon Over the Garden Wall as our main Visual Design inspiration. Zu did lots of research on backgrounds and the 19th Century in general, and handled a lot of the boring work like pinning our stuff up on the wall.

During this I was mostly refining the story, creating the character designs and finalizing the storyboard.

Above: Summer's Storyboard ... Summerboard

Having Summer's board on hand was a great help when putting together the final version. One of the most fun parts of this project was synthesizing our ideas together, and in that sense Zu and Summer were great to work with. We each had our own distinct perspective but we were all willing to collaborate. We were truly a film making democracy...

Anyway before getting into the final storyboard I first have to go over the character designs. This was an area me and Summer collaborated on, although somewhat indirectly. We both designed the characters and their costumes separately and then I tried to mix and match the two in the final storyboard. Most of the conceptual work belongs to Summer and the actual drawings were me.

Above: Some of Summer's costume designs

Another interesting bit of this project was how often I found that the three us came to similar conclusions completely separately. Like in the above there's a lot of small details in Summer's designs which also appeared in mine, despite us working independently.

Above: A man named Dish

I actually just remembered the above designs which were drawn at the same time me and Zu worked on the storyboards. This was before Summer suggested the Over the Garden Wall aesthetic. At the time I was going for a semi-realistic Naoki Urasawa type design. I love Urasawa's work but honestly Summer had the right idea, simple designs made for quicker drawing which allowed to prototype more freely and really polish our ideas in a way we simply wouldn't have had time for with more complicated designs.

That's also not even mentioning the fact that I think the cartoony designs contrast the sombre tone of the story. If you make the characters too realistic, you run the risk of becoming melodramatic. Animation has a great disarming power and oftentimes stories like ours hit hardest when the audience isn't expecting them to. With this all in mind I set about creating the final character designs.

Above: Honse and friends :)

From left to right we have:

A four high stack of Dish heads for measuring proportions.

Dish from behind sans body.

Dish from the side.

Dish from the front.

Dish from the front after the death of Spoon.

Spoon from the front.

The Cat Emperor.

The Dog Emperor.

The Bull Emperor.

A generic soldier.

The Horse.

The Owl.

I think the design sheet mostly speaks for itself. There are definitely a couple of things I'd like to have done given I had more time, like obviously drawing full turnarounds for the whole cast or settling on a colour design.

A couple of details I'd like to mention specifically; As seen in the older semi-realistic sketch, I really liked the idea of Dish having a distinct, separate design after the death of Spoon, as though he became a different person with the loss of his son. I tried to reinforce this with the gaunter appearance, stubbly facial hair, and the way his hair-swirl reversed direction (probably my favourite thing from the whole project). Spoon's shirt is oversized as it's a hand-me-down from his father. The Emperors have a full-beard split between them, as we decided to kind of code facial hair as evil in this project. The Emperor's designs are anachronistic in general, looking more similar to the 20th century Nazi Uniforms than contemporary 19th Century fashion. This was intended to be a bit of commentary on the nature of evil and how the progress of technology (or modernity) facilitates the horrors of war.

I'm running out of space here, so I'll finish this update in another post.

[danglovely]

Regrading Taskmaster: S02 E02 Pork is a sausage.

*Score changes noted in parenthesis.

Prize Task: Trendiest Item of clothing.

Richard brings in a t-shirt of the Osmonds but with his face edited over them. It's a clever joke, but a complete whiff on trendiness as the Mormon sing group gradually becomes less and less relevant over time.

Katherine brings in a pair of leggings with a unicorn fighting a robot dinosaur with a rainbow overhead. This actually isn't bad; the 80's aesthetic is pretty bullet proof and it exudes a level of non-sequitarian humor that can be pretty trendy.

Jon brings in a cardigan with a a black waist coat sewn in. He impresses Katherine with it, but outside of cardigans being a decently popular item of clothing, this isn't particularly impressive.

Joe brings in his best tie with his aunt (definitely a lie) and a small vintage car embroidered on it. It doesn't look terrible but he really needed to sell this with a better story.

Doc brings in bright red waterproof converse, or what he calls "wellies with laces." He tries to sell it by saying how ridiculous they are and that's what he finds trendy.

They all sort of whiff on the category to varying degrees. Richard's is the opposite of trendy and Katherine's is the best. The other three are largely dependent on taste.

Doc: 4 (-1) Joe: 2 (0) Jon: 3 (0) Katherine: 5 (+1) Richard: 1 (0)

VT 01: Eat me. Fastest wins.

Theoretically objective task but there is a ton of pedantry involved in how much of an egg one has to consume to "eat it." None of them eat the shell, but it's pretty collectively understood that it isn't included when you say you've consumed an egg.

Doc and Joe appear to completely consume their eggs. Katherine abstains after tasting raw egg and takes a DQ as a result The issue is that Jon and Richard both lose some of their egg to the table because they crack it into the egg-cup and it isn't big enough to hold the contents.

It's not an easy question because interpreting the task to mean consume any of the egg puts Katherine back in the game, but interpreting it to mean the entire egg DQ's Jon and Richard. Greg seems to take an intent-based approach (Jon and Richard didn't mean to lose part of their eggs and consumed as much as they possibly could) and the outcome feels just.

Doc: 4 (0) Joe: 2 (0) Jon: 3 (0) Katherine: DQ (0) Richard: 5 (0)

VT 02: Make the best music video for a nursery rhyme.

Doc's music video for Once I Caught a Fish Alive is so good that I occasionally go back and rewatch it, just because it jams. Jon's horror movie version of Three Blind Mice is a close second.

I'm not sure Katherine actually completed the task because one of the requirements of being a nursery rhyme is that it's traditional and she wrote an original song.

Richard's rendition of She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain while he's generally being mean to people is interesting, if a little confusing thematically. However, I'm actually going to give the nod to Joe, who I think achieved a level of terribleness that brought it back around to good again.

Doc: 5 (0) Joe: 3 (+2) Jon: 4 (-1) Katherine: DQ (-4) Richard: 2 (-1)

Studio Task: Using this camera, take a picture of an inanimate object that looks like you. Closest resemblance wins.

Most of them got pretty close and Richard did deserve top marks here because his is the only object that, if I saw it out in the wild, I would say "that looks like Richard Osman." Doc Brown looks a little more like Marvin Humes than Katherine does the woman on the Spanx box and somehow they both look more like their objects than Jon's 3D print of himself. Joe got two points for bringing in a toaster then dressing up like a toaster. Good bit, but unless he always dresses up like a toaster there's no resemblance.

Doc: 4 (+3) Joe: 1 (-1) Jon: 2 (-2) Katherine: 3 (0) Richard: 5 (0)

VT 03: Order the following pizza for the Taskmaster: Extra large vegetarian pizza with pepperoni and bacon, and without tomato and cheese. You may not use the following words: Extra, Large, Vegetarian, Pizza, Pepperoni, Bacon, Tomato, Cheese.

The task doesn't lay out the winning condition and all of them say one of the forbidden words at least once. They decide in studio that the best pizza delivered wins it. It isn't the fairest way to grade because they all were calling different pizza places and the task specifies that you just have to order the pizza, not receive it. As such, I'll rescore based on violations + the "bubbles" bonus point.

Doc: 2 (-1) Joe: 5 (0) Jon: 2 (-3) Katherine: 5 (+1) Richard: 5 (+4)

Live Task: Using these big chopsticks, get these potatoes into your basket. You must only hold the big chopsticks on the grips provided. The big chopsticks alone may touch the potatoes in turn. Whoever has the most potatoes in the basket after 100 seconds wins.

Richard breaks the rules right off the bat. Jon gets 11/10 potatoes which is great, and within the rules, because "these" could mean any of the potatoes on stage. Doc and Joe take zeroes because their baskets fall off the stage, but they should actually come in joint third unless the task required all 10 potatoes to go in the basket (which would DQ Katherine).

Doc: 3 (+3) Joe: 3 (+3) Jon: 5 (0) Katherine: 4 (0) Richard: DQ (0)

Final

Doc: 22 (+4) Joe: 16 (+3) Jon: 19 (-6) Katherine: 17 (-2) Richard: 18 (+3)

So it seems like Jon was heavily overscored in this episode mostly because the pizza task didn't penalize mistakes. Doc probably should have won the episode where he dropped the amazing nursery rap.

[mysaldate]

i tried to take your vil analysis post seriously when i saw it in the tags because i enjoy his character as well, but the way you described the other overblots made me wonder if i went crazy. why was it necessary for you to misinterpret the other dorm head's + jamil's trauma to justify your favorite's? ALL of your summaries were incorrect. most significantly painting jamil as hypnotizing kalim for the dorms good. you can not convince me jamil living involuntarily as a servant for his entire life is a better fate than being typecasted in school plays. and then the way it devolves more in the end into a rook hate post? i don't like the guy either, but the only thing he did at the end of the chapter was judge his team (that was just put through the gutter) from an objective standpoint. furthermore, you can say that rook is a gaslighter for calling vil overweight and whatnot, but that is at best just plain rude. rook doesn't have nearly as much power over vil as you think he does. i'm sorry, i'm not saying that your entire point of vil being misrepresented should be overlooked, but you have to get your facts straight before you make large claims.

Wow, you just missed the entire point of the post.

And you missed what Vil's trauma really is too.

And you're calling an abuse survivor's testimony an overreaction.

I'll wager a wild guess and say you're an EN only player because the things you claim are incorrect are very explicit in the JP version of the game. The reasons I gave are reasons the overblotees used THEMSELVES to justify their behavior. Vil doesn't do this, he doesn't justify, he accepts he was wrong and that's what breaks him. Jamil used the "It's for the dorm's good" defense before he was ever ready to admit it was personal. Yes, it was. Nobody's saying Jamil didn't have a reason, and I am not claiming Vil's trauma is worse than Jamil's. In the first place, comparing trauma is stupid and damaging to both sides. Vil's trauma isn't being typecasted in school plays and if you think it is, you have either not read his story or you skimmed it as briefly as you have skimmed my analysis of it.

But sure, let's compare here. Both Jamil and Vil were systematically dehumanized since a very young age, just for different reasons. Jamil because of classism and Vil because of the way he looked. Both things they can hardly do anything about. This led to them both having deep-rooted insecurities about themselves while outwardly presenting as confident. Vil got physically abused because of this while Jamil was forced to taste-test for poison which landed him in a coma at one point. Is Jamil's situation more difficult to get out of? On paper, yes. However if you actually play the game, you will see that Kalim is taking active steps to improve Jamil's situation as much as he can already, and will probably take more in the future. In Jamil's case, having one person in his corner is enough because once Kalim takes over the family, he will have the ultimate sway over everyone's freedom. Vil's situation is a lot more complicated because it doesn't lie in the hands of a single person but rather a whole industry which is honestly unlikely to change.

As for your issues with me providing proof Rook is a gaslighter, it's not about calling Vil fat, which you would've known if you'd actually read the post. It's about purposely making Vil doubt his own senses (I look at you more than you do so I know you better), making him "choose" (Would you rather trust me or everyone else?), and saying that Vil will be isolated and forgotten if he doesn't do as Rook tells him (By the time they notice, it will already be too late). Same for Book 5's ending. If Rook was being "objective," he wouldn't have voted for a nursery rhyme remix where the dancers bumped into each other constantly because they couldn't have even been bothered to learn the choreography properly. He should've just said that he picked Neige because he likes him better. Not blame his very subjective choice on Vil's trauma response. Rook's gaslighting becomes clear once again in Vil's dorm uniform story where he lies to Vil and pushes him into not telling the Pomefiore students what he's doing for them because "Nobody but me would appreciate you anyway."

And, again, you are telling a real abuse victim that they are overreacting when pointing out the most blatant textbook definition example of the type of abuse they went through (among others, mind you) in recent media.

But what do I know, twstEN deletes most of this anyway so maybe that's why you're confused. At least, I want to assume that's what it is and that this ask isn't malicious. If you do play twstEN, I have a wonderful post compiling many of the differences between versions because BOY are there a lot and none of them good.

Next time, you can come off anon. I don't bite, nor will I harass you. I'm a working adult (you know, the ORIGINAL target group for the game) with better things to do with my time than to bother someone who can't even read what they're criticizing me for.

[kanene-yaaay]

Hello!! Do you have any recommendations on how to make tk fics? I'm starting and I really love your tk fics uwu 💕🦆

Aaaa hi hi hiii! okay I am like super honoured that you like my stories that much and I will try to answer this with the best of my abilities! It's not a lot, but it's free :D

Right, I believe that I mostly have two main advices here.

(Everything under the Read More because I rambled a lot SDFGHJKJ)

First: Read some tickle fanfics too :D

I believe that for any type of writing, reading stuff about the kind of content you want to write is a very good and kind of an important step. When you read tickle fanfics not only you can appreciate all the kinds of writing styles (like, if the author focus more on the character's reactions, if they like to add a lot of description of what person A is doing and how does that affect person B, how do they pace the teases and the tickles and the reactions and etc) but also it can gives you a lot of great ideas.

Reading fanfics can not only expand the options we have (like, kind of teases you can use or tropes that are common in the tickle community) but also can bring new ideas to explore. I didn't know any nursery rhymes before reading tickle fanfics and now they one of my fav thing to write :D And! Reading fanfics also gives you a good grasp of synonyms of certain words (like laughing, giggling, snickering, chuckling, crackling...) and when to use them. I don't know if this is just me because english isn't my first language but I was absolutely AMAZED in finding so much ways to describe someone's reactions.

Second: Just write

That advice always feels a bit bittersweet to say because it makes writing look much easier than it actually is but... It's an interesting advice and it has it's good points, let me try to explain it, then:

Feel free to write whatever you want. Try to find something enjoyable about writing so you can find inspiration on it. Because I am not gonna lie sometimes it's going to be just... difficult.

And that is fine! Creating is difficult. Remember: you're writing fanfic. You don't owe anyone nothing at all so don't force yourself thro stuff you don't want to. So! Try new stuff! Try making a tickle fanfic only with dialogues (or very dialogue heavy): how teases can work on it and how reactions will happen? Make some experimentation about writing a fic with only descriptions. What is happening here, is it a chase? Are the characters having a heated hide and seek so they can not say anything or they will be found?

You feel like writing a lot of teases but no actual tickling involved? Please do! Want to jump all the antecipation and already start the surprise tickle attack already? Yes, yes, that is great! Saw a scene on your fav show that would be much better if it had some giggles and wiggling fingers in it? I 100% agree w you, go for it!

And don't worry about the amount of words too much. I've read a tickle fanfic w 24 chapters and another with 200 words and there were both lovely and very very good.

And write for yourself too. Like, I don't know if this is just a me thing but it helps me most of the time so: write stories that you don't want to show the world. Stories w an idea you aren't very sure if it works or a full indulgent silly scenario that makes you smile when you think about it. Not everything that you create needs to be 'postable' or 'the best masterpiece ever'. Sometimes it's just a story that you didn't feel like finishing but liked anyway or a fic you want to keep for yourself to read when you're feeling down or a headcanon you created just to share with your best friend. Creating is creating. An action that ends on itself, it doesn't need to 'have a reason' or 'make sense'.

Aaaand, I think that that is it! On a much more 'technical' note, everytime I write a tickle story I try to ask myself some questions as I am writing the scenes, just as: What character B is doing? How person A is reacting to it? How does they feel about that? Do I want to focus more on the A's reaction or it would be funner if I focused on B or I should do a bit of both? Are there teases? More tickles? If yes, how does they feel like? Light and soft? Playful and energetic? The ler is feeling smug with? Shy? Amazed? And the lee?

And one of the most important (in my opionion, of course. it can change from author to author): How does their reactions show their personality?

Normally I don't answer all of the questions or even write them in that order, but they help me to better express what I want to see in the fanfic, so I hope they help you as well!

Okay, okay now I am done for real. I hope it's not very overwhelming or too much but don't worry a lot about it! Have fun and I wish you all the inspiration and determination on your fics! Take your time! and if you want to, pls feel free to send me the link if you decide to post it ^w^).

And if you're a tickle fic author and wants to add any advice here please feel free to!

[quietwings-fics]

reality

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Fandom: Doctor Who Ship: BillMissy Additional Tags: Mind Control Aftermath & Recovery, Consensual Mind Control, Teaching, Post-Episode: s10e08 The Lie of the Land Wordcount: 275 Summary:

Missy will teach Bill things the Doctor won't.

Prompt:

"Giving you a rarepair to do some hurt/comfort with. Bill/Missy"

Missy scares Bill.

That fear is so solid. Unmistakable, unchangeable. She feels it in her bones. Time could twist around them all again, and Bill would still know that she should be terrified of Missy. Fear lies on the other side of love to keep her mind safe, her memories grounded. She shouldn't need that anymore—the Monks are gone, the Doctor has promised: never again, but Bill still wakes up some days unsure of whether she'll go outside and recognize her world.

Missy presses her nails into Bill's arms as she grips them tightly. It hurts. Bill lets it come out in a hiss between her teeth.

Missy is real and dangerous in ways that cannot be erased. That cannot ever be mimicked.

And there are tricks Missy knows about Bill's mind that no one else will teach her, not even the Doctor.

"Good girl," Missy says. "You have more talent than most of the pets he picks up. Without even shouting nursery rhymes at me." Her mouth curls into a smile, until Bill can just see her teeth glint beneath. "Now, fight me out of your mind again." She leans in closer to promise, "If you can keep me out, nothing in the universe will ever touch you."

Her nails claw into Bill's arms again as an impossible force presses down on her will, her memories, and Missy's eyes are dark as space and as easy to suffocate in. Bill doesn't look away. She prepares to hold out, as long as she can, until the day that she wins. If she has to do it shaking with fear, then that's still a victory.

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[azeez-unv]

STOP RAISING AN OVERDEPENDENT GENERATION! தமிழில்

MOST PARENTS OF TODAY ARE RAISING AN "OVERDEPENDENT GENERATION"

1. You cook their food for them so that they can read and enjoy.

2. You help them to wash their clothes and tidy their rooms.

3. You drop them off in school every day by yourself!

4. You lie on their behalf to get them out of trouble.

5. You arrange "expo" to help them pass their exams.

6. You protect them from every danger and difficulties.

7. You prevent them from any form of pain and suffering.

8. You don't want them to suffer like you did as a child.

9. You hustle around while they watch films and play games.

10. They can't go out alone because you're always scared.

11. You take every decision for them, because you're wiser.

12. You go to their schools to fight for them and prove rights.

13. You defend them even when they're wrong and at fault.

14. You can not stand seeing them starve or go hungry for once.

15. You fight against those who try to correct them.

I PITY YOU

.....YOU ARE BUSY RAISING AN OVER- DEPENDENT GENERATION !!!

You think you are showing them LOVE ?

SORRY, YOU'RE WRONG !!!!

By the time you're no longer there and they face real life challenges, they will become helpless !!!

At that stage, they will realise the havoc you have done to them and CURSE YOU !!!

STOP RAISING AN OVER-DEPENDENT GENERATION !!!

Allow these children to face realities of life !!!

Be careful !!!

Raising Responsible Children:

1. Give your children age-appropriate domestic tasks, even if you have a thousand and one domestic servants at home. It is sheer ignorance to think that doing everything for your children is a mark of honour or a way of bequeathing royalty on them.

2. Teach them to be useful and make their impact felt positively wherever they are found – in the school, place of worship, in another person’s home, etc.

3. Encourage your children to always leave a good impression wherever they go to; teach them to be courteous, respectful, friendly, cheerful and helpful.

4. Teach them good toilet manners – they must know how to keep the toilet neat for the next user, let them know that it is unacceptable to leave the bathroom floor and/or walls messed with soap, foam or any form dirt after bathing.

5. Teach your children the importance of taking good care of their body and their environment; whether they are at home or elsewhere. Remind them that responsible people don’t leave their rooms unkempt or their bed unmade when they get up in the morning; teach them to bath very well and smell fine always. It is unbearable to have a smelly young person around you; let them take care of their armpits, teeth, hair, nail, etc.

6. Teach your children to manage their used clothes and other personal belongings very well, whether in their home or elsewhere. It can be irritating to have dirty clothes or shoes, especially those of a visitor litter every corner of the house.

7. Let them pack their toiletries before leaving home. Your children should not depend on their hosts for their basic toiletries like soap, cream, tooth paste and other essentials.

8. Teach your children to dress well all the time, especially when they are spending time with another family. You probably allow your daughters to dress in bum shots and your sons to walk about with their chest bare in your home, but they may not be safe if they do so in another place. You may not know where a predator would lie in wait for a child.

9. Teach them good table manners; not the one recited in nursery schools rhymes. Teach them to chew with their mouth covered, not to make noise with the cutlery on their teeth, not to talk with their mouth full, etc.

10. Let your children know that washing only their own plates after eating is not a noble idea.

11. Remind your children that jumping into a conversation when adults are talking is a sign of being ill-mannered. Discourage this both in your home and elsewhere.

12. Help your children not to be social birds online and anti-social bugs offline. They should relate well with people around them, much more than they do with virtual folks they meet online. Please, discourage this idea of young people locking themselves in the room hours on end without communicating with anyone in the house – all because they are on phone.

13. Empower your children to uphold your family values wherever they are. But before then, make sure that your family values are credible, empowering, socially and morally beneficial.

14. Teach your children to control their appetite and learn to turn down certain offers, even when such offers come from people they know. And at home, it is not compulsory that they must taste everything they see someone eating. This will help them to take their eyes away from certain things when they are in other people’s home.

15. Always remind your children that they are the window through which the world sees you. If your children’s behavior outside is bad, the general consensus is that they lack home training. And since children are not meant to give themselves home training, it means that you failed as a parent.

16. Finally, make sure your children know God. Salvation is not hereditary; that you are godly or highly spiritual is not a guarantee that your children are saved. You must consciously and deliberately lead them to God

My fellow parents, let us try our best to make sure these children represent us well. I am sure you will feel good if you come to your children’s school and people are pointing at you as the parent of the best behaved child in the school. Won’t you?

THE SCHOOL OR TEACHERS CAN'T GIVE THEM ALL!

MAY GOD ALMIGHTY MAKE OUR CHILDREN RESPONSIBLE AND SUCCESSFUL!!

அதிகமாகச் சார்ந்திருக்கும் தலைமுறையை வளர்ப்பதை நிறுத்துங்கள்!

இன்றைய பெரும்பாலான பெற்றோர்கள் "அதிக சார்ந்த தலைமுறையை" வளர்த்து வருகின்றனர்

1. அவர்கள் படித்து மகிழும் வகையில் அவர்களின் உணவை நீங்கள் அவர்களுக்காக சமைக்கிறீர்கள்.

2. அவர்களின் ஆடைகளைத் துவைக்கவும், அறைகளை ஒழுங்கமைக்கவும் நீங்கள் அவர்களுக்கு உதவுகிறீர்கள்.

3. நீங்கள் அவர்களை தினமும் பள்ளியில் விடுகிறீர்கள்!

4. அவர்களை பிரச்சனையில் இருந்து விடுவிப்பதற்காக நீங்கள் அவர்கள் சார்பாக பொய் சொல்கிறீர்கள்.

5. அவர்கள் தேர்வுகளில் தேர்ச்சி பெறுவதற்கு "எக்ஸ்போ" ஏற்பாடு செய்கிறீர்கள்.

6. நீங்கள் அவர்களை ஒவ்வொரு ஆபத்து மற்றும் சிரமங்களிலிருந்து பாதுகாக்கிறீர்கள்.

7. நீங்கள் அவர்களை எந்த விதமான வலி மற்றும் துன்பத்திலிருந்து தடுக்கிறீர்கள்.

8. நீங்கள் குழந்தையாக இருந்ததைப் போல அவர்கள் கஷ்டப்படுவதை நீங்கள் விரும்பவில்லை.

9. அவர்கள் திரைப்படங்களைப் பார்க்கும்போதும் கேம்கள் விளையாடும்போதும் நீங்கள் சலசலக்கிறீர்கள்.

10. நீங்கள் எப்போதும் பயப்படுவதால் அவர்களால் தனியாக வெளியே செல்ல முடியாது.

11. நீங்கள் அவர்களுக்காக ஒவ்வொரு முடிவையும் எடுக்கிறீர்கள், ஏனென்றால் நீங்கள் புத்திசாலி.

12. அவர்களுக்காக போராடவும் உரிமைகளை நிரூபிக்கவும் நீங்கள் அவர்களின் பள்ளிகளுக்குச் செல்கிறீர்கள்.

13. அவர்கள் தவறு செய்தால் நீங்கள் அவர்களைப் பாதுகாக்கிறீர்கள்.

14. அவர்கள் ஒரு முறை பட்டினி கிடப்ப��ை அல்லது பட்டினி கிடப்பதையோ உங்களால் தாங்க முடியாது.

15. அவர்களைத் திருத்த முயல்பவர்களுக்கு எதிராக நீங்கள் போராடுகிறீர்கள்.

நான் உங்களுக்காக பரிதாபப்படுகிறேன்

.....அதிகத்தைச் சார்ந்திருக்கும் தலைமுறையை வளர்ப்பதில் நீங்கள் மும்முரமாக இருக்கிறீர்கள் !!!

நீங்கள் அவர்களிடம் அன்பைக் காட்டுகிறீர்கள் என்று நினைக்கிறீர்களா?

மன்னிக்கவும், நீங்கள் தவறு செய்தீர்கள் !!!!

நீங்கள் அங்கு இல்லாத நேரத்தில் மற்றும் அவர்கள் நிஜ வாழ்க்கை சவால்களை எதிர்கொள்ளும் நேரத்தில், அவர்கள் உதவியற்றவர்களாகிவிடுவார்கள் !!!

அந்த கட்டத்தில், நீங்கள் அவர்களுக்கு செய்த அழிவை அவர்கள் உணர்ந்து உங்களை சபிப்பார்கள் !!!

அதிகமாகச் சார்ந்திருக்கும் தலைமுறையை வளர்ப்பதை நிறுத்துங்கள் !!!

இந்த குழந்தைகளை வாழ்க்கையின் உண்மைகளை எதிர்கொள்ள அனுமதியுங்கள்!!!

கவனமாக இருங்கள் !!!

பொறுப்புள்ள குழந்தைகளை வளர்ப்பது எப்படி:

1. உங்கள் வீட்டில் ஆயிரத்தொரு வீட்டு வேலையாட்கள் இருந்தாலும், உங்கள் குழந்தைகளுக்கு வயதுக்கு ஏற்ற வீட்டுப் பணிகளைக் கொடுங்கள். உங்கள் பிள்ளைகளுக்காக எல்லாவற்றையும் செய்வது மரியாதைக்குரிய அடையாளமாகவோ அல்லது அவர்களுக்கு ராயல்டியை வழங்குவதற்கான ஒரு வழியாகவோ நினைப்பது சுத்த அறியாமை.

2. பள்ளி, வழிபாட்டுத் தலங்கள், மற்றொருவரின் வீடு போன்றவற்றில் அவர்கள் எங்குக் காணப���பட்டாலும், பயனுள்ளவர்களாக இருக்க அவர்களுக்குக் கற்றுக் கொடுங்கள்.

3. உங்கள் பிள்ளைகள் எங்கு சென்றாலும் எப்போதும் ஒரு நல்ல அபிப்பிராயத்தை ஏற்படுத்தும்படி அவர்களை ஊக்குவிக்கவும்; அவர்களுக்கு மரியாதை, மரியாதை, நட்பு, மகிழ்ச்சியான மற்றும் உதவிகரமாக இருக்க கற்றுக்கொடுங்கள்.

4. நல்ல கழிப்பறை பழக்க வழக்கங்களை அவர்களுக்குக் கற்றுக் கொடுங்கள் - அடுத்த பயனருக்கு கழிப்பறையை சுத்தமாக வைத்திருப்பது எப்படி என்று அவர்களுக்குத் தெரிந்திருக்க வேண்டும், குளித்தலுக்குப் பிறகு குளியலறையின் தரை மற்றும்/அல்லது சுவர்களில் சோப்பு, நுரை அல்லது ஏதேனும் அழுக்கு படிந்திருப்பது ஏற்றுக்கொள்ள முடியாதது என்பதை அவர்களுக்குத் தெரியப்படுத்துங்கள்.

5. உங்கள் குழந்தைகளுக்கு அவர்களின் உடலையும் சுற்றுச்சூழலையும் நன்கு கவனித்துக் கொள்வதன் முக்கியத்துவத்தை கற்றுக்கொடுங்கள்; அவர்கள் வீட்டில் இருந்தாலும் அல்லது வேறு இடத்தில் இருந்தாலும் சரி. பொறுப்புள்ள நபர்கள் காலையில் எழுந்ததும் தங்களுடைய அறைகளை அலங்கோலமாகவோ அல்லது படுக்கையை அமைக்காமலோ விட்டுவிட மாட்டார்கள் என்பதை அவர்களுக்கு நினைவூட்டுங்கள்; அவர்களுக்கு நன்றாக குளிக்கவும், எப்போதும் நன்றாக வாசனை கொடுக்கவும் கற்றுக்கொடுங்கள். உங்களைச் சுற்றி துர்நாற்றம் வீசும் இளைஞன் இருப்பது தாங்க முடியாதது; அவர்கள் தங்கள் அக்குள், பற்கள், முடி, நகம் போன்றவற்றை கவனித்துக் கொள்ளட்டும்.

6. உங்கள் பிள்ளைகள் அவர்கள் பயன்படுத்திய உடைகள் மற்றும் பிற தனிப்பட்ட உடமைகளை அவர்கள் வீட்டிலோ அல்லது வேறு இடத்திலோ நன்றாக நிர்வகிக்க கற்றுக்கொடுங்கள். அழுக்கு உடைகள் அல்லது காலணிகளை வைத்திருப்பது எரிச்சலூட்டும், குறிப்பாக பார்வையாளர்கள் வீட்டின் ஒவ்வொரு மூலையிலும் குப்பைகளை வீசுகிறார்கள்.

7. வீட்டை விட்டு வெளியேறும் முன் அவர்கள் தங்கள் கழிப்பறைகளை பேக் செய்யட்டும். சோப்பு, க்ரீம், டூத் பேஸ்ட் மற்றும் பிற அத்தியாவசியப் பொருட்கள் போன்ற அடிப்படைக் கழிப்பறைகளுக்கு உங்கள் பிள்ளைகள் தங்களுடைய புரவலர்களைச் சார்ந்திருக்கக் கூடாது.

8. உங்கள் பிள்ளைகள் எல்லா நேரத்திலும் நன்றாக உடுத்தக் கற்றுக் கொடுங்கள், குறிப்பாக அவர்கள் மற்றொரு குடும்பத்துடன் நேரத்தைச் செலவிடும்போது. உங்கள் வீட்டில் உங்கள் மகள்கள் பம்மி உடை அணிவதற்கும், உங்கள் மகன்கள் உங்கள் வீட்டில் மார்போடு நடக்கவும் நீங்கள் அனுமதிக்கலாம், ஆனால் அவர்கள் வேறு இடத்தில் அவ்வாறு செய்தால் அவர்கள் பாதுகாப்பாக இருக்க மாட்டார்கள். ஒரு வேட்டையாடும் ஒரு குழந்தைக்காக காத்திருக்கும் இடம் உங்களுக்குத் தெரியாது.

9. அவர்களுக்கு நல்ல மேஜை பழக்கத்தைக் கற்றுக்கொடுங்கள்; நர்சரி பள்ளிகளில் ஓதப்படும் ரைம்கள் அல்ல. வாயை மூடிக்கொண்டு மெல்லவும், பற்களில் கட்லரியை வைத்து சத்தம் போடாமல் இருக்கவும், வாய் முழுக்க பேசாமல் இருக்கவும் கற்றுக்கொடுங்கள்.

10. சாப்பிட்ட பிறகு தங்கள் தட்டுகளை மட்டும் கழுவுவது உன்னதமான யோசனையல்ல என்பதை உங்கள் பிள்ளைகளுக்கு தெரியப்படுத்துங்கள்.

11. பெரியவர்கள் பேசும்போது உரையாடலில் குதிப்பது தவறான நடத்தைக்கான அறிகுறி என்பதை உங்கள் குழந்தைகளுக்கு நினைவூட்டுங்கள். உங்கள் வீட்டிலும் மற்ற இடங்களிலும் இதை ஊக்கப்படுத்துங்கள்.

12. உங்கள் குழந்தைகள் ஆன்லைனில் சமூகப் பறவைகளாகவும், ஆஃப்லைனில் சமூக விரோதப் பிழைகளாகவும் இருக்காமல் இருக்க உதவுங்கள். அவர்கள் ஆன்லைனில் சந்திக்கும் மெய்நிகர் நபர்களை விட, தங்களைச் சுற்றியுள்ளவர்களுடன் நன்றாகப் பழக வேண்டும். தயவு செய்து, இளைஞர்கள் வீட்டில் உள்ள யாருடனும் தொடர்பு கொள்ளாமல் அறைக்குள் மணிக்கணக்கில் தங்களைப் பூட்டிக் கொள்ளும் இந்த எண்ணத்தைத் தடுக்கவும் - அவர்கள் தொலைபேசியில் இருப்பதால்.

13. உங்கள் பிள்ளைகள் எங்கிருந்தாலும் உங்கள் குடும்ப விழுமியங்களைப் பேணுவதற்கு அவர்களுக்கு அதிகாரம் அளியுங்கள். ஆனால் அதற்கு முன், உங்கள் குடும்ப விழுமியங்கள் நம்பகமானதாகவும், அதிகாரமளிக்கக்கூடியதாகவும், சமூக ரீதியாகவும், தார்மீக ரீதியாகவும் பயனுள்ளதாக இருப்பதை உறுதி செய்து கொள்ளுங்கள்.

14. உங்கள் குழந்தைகளுக்குத் தெரிந்தவர்களிடமிருந்து இதுபோன்ற சலுகைகள் வந்தாலும், அவர்களின் பசியைக் கட்டுப்படுத்தவும், சில சலுகைகளை நிராகரிக்கவும் கற்றுக்கொடுங்கள். மேலும் வீட்டில், யாரோ சாப்பிடுவதைப் பார்க்கும் அனைத்தையும் அவர்கள் சுவைக்க வேண்டும் என்பது கட்டாயமில்லை. இது அவர்கள் மற்றவர்களின் வீட்டில் இருக்கும்போது சில விஷயங்களில் இருந்து அவர்களின் கண்களை எடுக்க உதவும்.

15. உலகம் உங்களைப் பார்க்கும் ஜன்னல்கள் என்பதை உங்கள் பிள்ளைகளுக்கு எப்போதும் நினைவூட்டுங்கள். வெளியில் உங்கள் பிள்ளைகளின் நடத்தை மோசமாக இருந்தால், அவர்களுக்கு வீட்டுப் பயிற்சி இல்லை என்பது பொதுவான ஒருமித்த கருத்து. மேலும் குழந்தைகள் வீட்டுப் பயிற்சியை அளிக்கக் கூடாது என்பதால், பெற்றோராக நீங்கள் தோல்வியடைந்துவிட்டீர்கள் என்று அர்த்தம்.

16. இறுதியாக, உங்கள் பிள்ளைகள் கடவுளை அறிந்திருக்கிறார்கள் என்பதை உறுதிப்படுத்திக் கொள்ளுங்கள். இரட்சிப்பு என்பது பரம்பரை அல்ல; நீங்கள் தெய்வீக பக்தி அல்லது அதிக ஆன்மீகம் என்பது உங்கள் பிள்ளைகள் இரட்சிக்கப்படுவதற்கான உத்தரவாதம் அல்ல. நீங்கள் உணர்வுப்பூர்வமாகவும் வேண்டுமென்றே அவர்களைக் கடவுளிடம் அழைத்துச் செல்ல வேண்டும்

என் சக பெற்றோர்களே, இந்தக் குழந்தைகள் நம்மை நன்றாகப் பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்துவதை உறுதிசெய்ய நம்மால் முடிந்தவரை முயற்சிப்போம். நீங்கள் உங்கள் குழந்தைகளின் பள்ளிக்கு வந்தால் நீங்கள் நன்றாக இருப்பீர்கள் என்று நான் நம்புகிறேன், மேலும் மக்கள் உங்களை பள்ளியில் சிறந்த நடத்தை கொண்ட குழந்தையின் பெற்றோர் என்று சுட்டிக்காட்டுகிறார்கள். மாட்டீர்களா?

பள்ளியோ அல்லது ஆசிரியர்களோ அவர்களுக்கு அனைத்தையும் கொடுக்க முடியாது!

எல்லாம் வல்ல இறைவன் நம் குழந்தைகளை பொறுப்புள்ளவர்களாகவும் வெற்றிகரமானவர்களாகவும் ஆக்கட்டும்!!

[netflixonyourcouch]

By now, most of the criticism with Taylor Swift is incredibly misogynist ("I hate it because women enjoy it") or at the very least short sighted ("She has no talent whatsoever").

Not liking an artist doesn't mean they're not talented. Taylor Swift is at the very least talented. My criticism would lie in the fact that she's not exceptional in the way other artists are, and I'm waiting for her to do something challenging.

A couple weeks ago I read some kind of Easter Egg thread on Taylor Swift and it was like - I kid you not - that one of her songs, Maroon, was a sequel of her song Red, because Maroon is a deeper color than red and the song Maroon was deeper than the song Red, or something. I was like, really? That fake deep shit is what you're passing off as brilliance? It's as if, if she were to release a song called 32, 10 years after she released 22, signifying 10 years of growth. And yall would probably lose yall minds if she put it as the TENTH song on the album.

This number game/fake poetic bullshit isn't brilliance. It's at best, something that you'd come up in high school in a creative writing class. It's like those dumbass word puzzles where the word Stand is drawn with a line and you put the letter I underneath and your solve the phrase by saying "I - under - stand!" Like no.

Mostly, I see Taylor Swift as playing it safe. Sure, she dresses up her albums in fake poetic shit, but if she wanted, she truly does have the power to make challenging music. She could easily link up with St. Vincent or Weyes Blood and make a huge art pop statement. She could work with Arca and the PC Music guys and make cutting-edge hyperpop. She could do ANYTHING different and it'd be better than what she's doing now.

But no, she's sticking with this level 1, "Karma is a cat, karma is a dog, karma is the rain on your windshield, karma is the fog!!" nursery rhyme bullshit that she keeps trotting out and fans keep eating up.

THAT'S the real criticism. That's what people seem to miss when they criticize her. Because other people are criticizing from a place of ignorance. I at least have tried to understand her but keep coming up empty.

[themomsandthecity]

The 22 Best YouTube Channels For Kids

As any parent can attest to, videos for kids to watch on YouTube that are fun, educational, and don't drive you up a wall can be a challenge. That's why it's nice to have a heavy rotation of kids YouTube channels in your back pocket - so when the idea of listening to the kid from "Johny Johny Yes Papa" lie to his dad about eating sugar one more time has you gritting your teeth, you can suggest another kids channel instead. If, on the other hand, you aren't yet wise to the magical world of YouTube channels for kids, it may be time to dip your toe into the waters. YouTube is the internet's most popular video sharing platform, and because kids are more tech-savvy than ever, there's a good chance they're accessing the site on a regular basis. There are so many videos for kids to watch on YouTube, and it's always best to be in control of what they're being exposed to. Related: 15 Movement YouTube Channels That Will Get Your Kid Tired For Nap Time YouTube has a channel for just about everything, so it can be tough to narrow down kid-friendly YouTube videos that are educational and entertaining. Luckily, we're here to help you find the best YouTube channels for kids that are appropriate and fun, and brain-building to boot. This list of kids YouTube channels covers everything from nursery rhymes to STEM learning and will make sure your kiddo's screen time counts. - Additional reporting by Melanie Whyte and Alexis Jones https://www.popsugar.com/family/best-youtube-channels-for-kids-46790896?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr