#next up on my list is unite warriors

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Redone Breakdown display now that I have even more!!

New additions are Legacy Prime Breakdown (who I'll make a comparison post to against Arms Micron Breakdown soon) and Construct Bots Breakdown.

Knock Out no longer fits on the shelf, and with that and the fact I have another Breakdown coming in the mail, I may need to put them on a different shelf, or separate them into two different shelves 😅.

[daisynik7]

Make Me Sweat

Pairing: Aoi Todo x f!reader

Rating: Explicit - MINORS DO NOT INTERACT!

Word Count: ~2.5k

cw: written with a curvy reader in mind, canon-divergent (post-Shibuya but a happy one), all characters are 18+, explicit language, smut – cunnilingus, vaginal fingering, spit play, PIV sex (cowgirl position, mating press), breeding kink, praise kink, pet names (sweetie, sweetheart, baby, pretty girl, good girl), creampie 

Summary: With the start of the new year, you make it one of your resolutions to become more active. You begin at your apartment's fitness center, where you run into your muscle head, loud-mouth next-door neighbor, Aoi Todo. He offers his gratuitous advice, annoying you at first. But when he suggests a particular kind of workout, it piques your interest enough that you can't refuse.

Author’s Note: I used metric units (kg) to describe the weights. Also, I am no expert in lifting so please take all of this with a grain of salt LOL. I just know that canonically, these characters are fucking STRONG. I stopped with the tag list on this one bc technically this was a bonus fic and I wasn't sure if anyone wanted to be tagged in these. With that, please enjoy some shameless smut about our favorite JJK himbo! Divider credit to @/cafekitsune.

part 6 of to all the boys who live next door anthology series

When you said you wanted to start exercising more, you weren’t expecting this: being bounced up and down your next-door neighbor’s impressively huge cock. Yet, here you are, getting pounded with your ass slapping lewdly on his thighs. His big hands dig into the sides of your belly, his lips on the skin of your neck, voice gruff and husky.  “Told you, didn’t I?” 

Let’s rewind to a few hours earlier.

You haven’t been prioritizing yourself lately; your obligations during the day drain all the energy from you and your bed is always so enticing for a nap. When the new year approaches, you make it one of your resolutions to be more active. The gym in your apartment complex is finally open after being renovated the past three months and now, there’s really no excuses when the opportunity is just five floors below you. Your forego your usual nap and suit up in your favorite workout clothes, heading down the elevator to the fitness center. 

Luckily, it isn’t crowded; the only other people inside are Aoi Todo, your neighbor, and his pink-haired buddy, Yuji. They’re both at the weights section, Yuji doing squats with the barbell while Todo spots him, yelling at him encouragingly. “Come on, brother. Hold it, hold it! You got this!”

Yuji grunts, holding the deadlift for as long as possible, eventually dropping it to the floor with a loud thud. Todo claps emphatically, beaming at him. “That’s what I’m talking about!”

You smile to yourself, amused at Todo’s contagious enthusiasm. When he notices you, he gives you a nod, which you return, slightly embarrassed for being caught watching. 

Have you mentioned yet how fucking ripped he is? Today, he wears a loose tank, arm holes cut low to show off his extraordinary physique. Arms bulging with muscles, an incredibly large chest, a well-defined eight-pack. He’s built like a Spartan warrior, ready for battle, destined for victory. It’s impossible to ignore a body like his, even more impossible to ignore his eccentric attitude, which gets on your nerves when you have to listen to his noisy demeanor on the opposite side of the wall. 

The cardio section is on the other side of room, so you make your way to one of the treadmills, setting the level to a walking pace for a quick warm-up. Before you put your headphones in to listen to music, you eavesdrop of their conversation, observing them from your peripheral. 

“Good shit, brother,” Todo says, massaging his shoulders affectionately.

Yuji scratches his head, grinning. “Still got work to do to match my PR. After Shibuya, my strength hasn’t been the same.”

“You’re still the strongest fucker I know. Besides me, of course,” Todo adds, chuckling. “Spot me before you go.” 

They replace the already notable weights with what you suspect are heavier ones. Yuji whistles through his teeth. “300. You’re losing your touch, don’t you think?” he teases, nudging him in the ribs.

Todo digs into a container of powdered chalk, coating his fingers with it. “I’m taking it easy today. Don’t want to over-exert myself in case something exciting happens later.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

He grabs on to the barbell, smirking. “I don’t know yet. We’ll see.” Maybe it’s your imagination, but you can almost swear that his eyes meet yours for a split second in the reflection of the mirror. 

You continue to observe as Todo easily deadlifts 300 kg, as if it weighs nothing to him, repeating this ten times without breaking a sweat.

Yuji laughs, helping him rerack. “That’s crazy.”

Todo pats his back. “You’ll get there soon, brother. Once you’re fully recovered, you’ll be lifting more than me, I’ll make sure of that.” His unwavering support is actually endearing. Sure, he can be obnoxious, but this side of him is charming. 

Unfortunately, this sentiment doesn’t last long. Once Yuji leaves, Todo decides to choose the treadmill right beside you, purposefully neglecting the surrounding unoccupied cardio machines. You’re still at a walking pace, eyeing him suspiciously as he stands there, blatantly watching you with a cocky grin. “Did you enjoy the show?”

Avoiding his gaze, staring at the console in front of you, you mutter, “Excuse me, but I’m trying to focus here.”

“Focus on what? Walking?” he scoffs, leaning on the handrail nearest to you. “You’re not going to get far if you keep going at a snail’s pace.”

You roll your eyes, finally looking at him. “So what do you suggest, Oh-Wise-One?”

It’s meant to be sarcastic, but of course, he thinks you’re genuinely asking. “You’ve got to alternate between high intensity and low intensity. Sprint for thirty seconds, then walk for a minute to cool off. Then repeat. Simple as that.”

As much as you appreciate the gratuitous advice, you’re already familiar with high intensity interval training. You’re just nervous to actually do it, not confident in your running abilities. “I’m not a good runner,” you admit. 

“I’m sure that’s not true. Come on, show me what you got.” He crosses his arms over his pecs, waiting. 

Deciding it’s better to relent to him rather than argue, you brace yourself, upping the speed so that you’re doing an easy jog. 

“You can do better than that!” he hollers, reaching for the controls to increase the level, making the track move faster and faster. You’re sprinting full speed now, lasting about thirty seconds before you swat him away, tugging at the emergency shut off cord to stop it. 

You catch your breath, glaring at him, sweat starting to bead on your forehead. "What the fuck, are you trying to kill me?!"

He’s unfazed by your outburst and oblivious to the asshole move he made. “Don’t be so dramatic. You did great. You have really nice form.”

You don’t let his compliments dissuade you from being angry at him. “You can’t just do that without any warning. I’m still getting used to all this.”

“You’re right, I’m sorry,” he apologizes. “I won’t do that again.” He watches you take long sips from your water bottle, scanning your figure up and down. A coy smirk spreads across his face. "You know, if running ain't your thing, there are other workouts we can try that might suit you better."

You continue to drink, gradually regaining your composure. "Like what?"

He leans in close to you, breath hot on your ear. "Sex."

You choke on your water, using your towel to wipe the mess. Ready to give him an earful, he hops off the track, walking towards the exit. "If you want to work up a real sweat, you know where to find me. I promise to make it worth your while.”

And with that, he's gone, leaving you speechless. And intrigued. 

~~~

After dinner, you take a long shower, Todo’s unconventional suggestion replaying continuously in your mind. You’re almost certain it’s a ridiculous joke, though the more you analyze it, the less ridiculous it seems. In fact, by the time you’re drying off in front of the mirror, checking your reflection carefully, you’re seriously considering it. You’re not particularly tired from earlier, so maybe you have room for one more workout. And hey, if the offer still stands, why not take it?

You slide into a different pair of leggings, one that shows off your curves, and slip on a t-shirt, fulling prepared to exercise. In your running shoes, you walk the few steps next door and knock twice. When he doesn’t answer within the first ten seconds, panic sets in and you’re tempted to turn on your heel to retreat. Before you can, the door swings open and you’re greeted by Todo’s bare bust. He smirks, not at all surprised to see you standing in front of him. “Hey.”

Swallowing the thick saliva gathering on your tongue, you let out a meek, “Hello.” His enormous frame towers over you and you can’t help but salivate at the sight of him. You always assumed he’d be the type of guy to walk around shirtless in his apartment. Not that you’re complaining.

He beckons you inside, closing and locking the door shut behind him. “Can’t stop thinking about it, huh?”

You roll your eyes at him, cracking a smile simultaneously. “Well, it’d be rude to turn down such a generous offer, right?”

He lets out a small laugh, stepping towards you, gripping at your hips to pull you into him. “I knew you were a smart girl.”

You’ve severely underestimated how much bigger he is than you until this moment, as you peer up at him eagerly. “Todo.”

He bows his head down, mouth grazing your ear. “Aoi.”

“Aoi,” you repeat, breath hitching. 

“Good girl,” he praises, making you shudder with anticipation. “Tell me exactly what you want and I’ll give it to you.”

You paw at his chest, admiring his sculpted muscles, pressing your fingers into them without even making a dent. “I want you to give me that workout you promised me.”

“Yeah?” he croons, his noticeable erection strained in his sweatpants. “You want this fat fucking cock, don’t you?”

He’s as vulgar as you imagined he’d be and it only spurs you on. You link your arms around his neck, on your tippy-toes to meet him for a kiss. Instead, he hoists you up, holding you with his hands below your ass, your legs wrapped around his waist. His boner throbs as you buck your hips on him, desperate for friction on your aching clit. “You feel it, don’t you?” he purrs, grinding you against him. “That’s all for you.”

He carries you into the bedroom, kissing you sloppily with his massive tongue invading your mouth. When he can’t take it anymore, he tosses you onto the mattress, stripping his clothes off swiftly, you doing the same. He crawls on top of you, ogling your naked body, a lustful gleam in his expression. “You’re so fucking hot.”

“You’re so fucking big,” you blurt out in response, not knowing a better word to describe him. Because everywhere you look, Aoi Todo is big. Big biceps, a tremendous torso, a huge fucking cock ready to fill you the fuck up. You spread your legs open for him, practically begging for him to fuck you. 

“Look at this perfect pussy,” he coos, face inching closer to your cunt. He hocks a thick wad of spit directly onto your clit, smearing it with his tongue. “So wet for me.”

You squirm beneath him, unable to control yourself. “Fuck, Aoi,” you swear, toes already curling from the sensation. 

“I’m going to make you come first. Make this pussy extra creamy for my dick. Is that okay, sweetheart?” He massages circles into your clit with his thumb, looking up at you from between your thighs. 

“Yes,” you whine, trembling with arousal.  

“Good girl,” he says again, and you realize how fucking sexy it is when he praises you like this. “Can I finger you too?” 

“Oh god, yes,” you moan, growing impatient, needy for whatever he’s willing to offer you. 

With his lips latched to your clit, he teases your entrance with his middle finger, slowly sliding deeper until he bottoms out. He adds another digit, pumping inside you while he sucks on your bud, tongue swirling around it. You rock your hips against his face, greedy for more. Todo hums, encouraging you, the vibrations spurring you on until it’s too much. You come for him after a few more strokes, gushing all over his face. You reach down to grab his hair, trying to pry him off you, but he’s obviously way stronger and more resilient. “One more,” he muffles, chin shiny with your slick, his tongue flicking your clit. “For me.” He flashes you a cocky smirk that makes him even more impossible to deny.

You throw your head back into the pillows, staring up at the ceiling, hazy-eyed from the pleasure. The squelch of his fingers in and out of your wet cunt is obscene, combined with the shameless moans pouring out of you. After your second climax, or maybe it’s the third (you’ve lost count), he finally eases off you, slurping his digits clean to swallow up your juices. “You’re doing so good for me, pretty girl.” He strokes his cock in his fist, tapping the glistening head on your swollen clit. “It’s going to feel fucking amazing.”

You hum, the only response you can muster in this fucked-out state. 

“How do you want it, sweetie?” He lifts you off the bed, having you straddle his lap. “You want to ride me?” 

You nod, resting your head on his shoulder, yearning for anything. “Yes.”

“Fuck yeah,” he growls, slapping your ass before guiding his cock into your slippery cunt. You gasp, astonished by the extraordinary girth of him filling you up to the hilt. “You’re swallowing me up.” He spreads your cheeks apart, squeezing your ass in his grip. “That’s my girl.”

You gaze at him, pressing your forehead to his, sticky with sweat. “Fuck me,” you whimper, kissing him fiercely, completely enraptured by him.

He does, bouncing you on his lap, hitting your sweet spot over and over until you’re unraveling for him once more. “Told you, didn’t I? Told you I’d make it worth your while.”

Whatever semblance of rationale you had is gone. All you can think of is Todo’s manhandling you like a fucking rag doll, pliable and yielding to his every touch. Before you reconsider it, you spout the words, “Breed me,” wishing nothing more but to have his hot load leaking out of your cunt.

As if he wasn’t already feral enough, he most certainly is now, planting his feet on the bed to fuck up into you faster and harder. “That’s what you really want? You want my fucking seed in you? Oh fuck. I’ll give it to you, then. I’ll give it to you so fucking good.”

It happens quickly; you’re on your back again, folded nearly in half, knees to your chest, Todo fucking you in a mating press like his goddamn life depends on it. The mattress creaks noisily with each savage thrust he delivers. Sweat drips from his face onto yours as you kiss each other passionately, his massive body surrounding you as he floods your womb with his cum. “Fuck, milk it all out of me baby. That’s it. That’s my girl.”

You stay like this for a moment, allowing yourselves to catch you breaths and cool down. This really was a workout. Todo takes his time, reluctantly pulling out and watching his cum ooze out of you. 

“I can’t believe we did that,” you sigh, hiding your face in the pillow.

He gets comfortable beside you, giving you a smooch on the forehead. “Honestly, I’ve been wanting to do that for a while now.”

“Really?” You look at him, cupping his cheek gently, wiping the perspiration off his brow with your thumb. 

He smiles, nuzzling into your palm. “Yeah.”

“Then maybe we should make this a regular thing,” you suggest as you snuggle into his arms. 

“Sounds like a plan to me,” he agrees, embracing you.

And just like that, you have yourself a new and very, very personal trainer. 

[batboyblog]

https://x.com/magi_jay/status/1812914966560973238?s=46&t=9ilK5pqP73XDblTtTbb4Qg

This post motivated me to try something different: namely, name a good quality about the Democratic Party and its candidate.

Biden’s most admirable qualities are his general wisdom and steadfastness in the face of great challenges. While I might not always agree with EVERY choice he’s made for a number of reasons, I do think he’s shown that he’s much smarter than people give him credit for.

Furthermore, he’s very firm without being either too standoffish or trying too hard. One of the things I hated about his predecessor (I refuse to name him) was just how anxiety inducing and chaotic he was, something that sucks for me since I’m a very skittish person even if I try not to be.

Biden is steadfast and (media aside trying to make a conflict on him) has never made me feel like I’m on unstable ground. He’s like a rock in the storm:

Stand by him, and we’ll weather through the chaos.

I mean in part thats why I do my weekly lists of what Biden et al are up to, because every week, EVERY single week its something huge and transformative, for the first time in my lifetime people can write "The Case for Climate Optimism" we have a government pledged to ending hunger in this country reduce homelessness by 1/4th by next year we are doing big things in this country

a few political speeches are the pole stars of my politics, the center of what I believe in.

Harvey Milk's Hope speech "I know you cannot live on Hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living" tells me and teaches me to always be for something not just again stuff, and to always be the happy warrior, gotta give 'em hope.

Ted Kennedy's 1980 DNC speech "the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die." to always get back up and get into the ring, its not never over till you give up, the Dream Shall Never Die how ever dark it gets if you hang into it with both hands

but most importantly is Ann Richards 1988 DNC Speech, if you've never heard it, you should:

I’m a grandmother now. And I have one nearly perfect granddaughter named Lily. And when I hold that grandbaby, I feel the continuity of life that unites us, that binds generation to generation, that ties us with each other. And sometimes I spread that Baptist pallet out on the floor, and Lily and I roll a ball back and forth. And I think of all the families like mine, like the one in Lorena, Texas, like the ones that nurture children all across America. And as I look at Lily, I know that it is within families that we learn both the need to respect individual human dignity and to work together for our common good.  Within our families, within our nation, it is the same. And as I sit there, I wonder if she’ll ever grasp the changes I’ve seen in my life -- if she’ll ever believe that there was a time when blacks could not drink from public water fountains, when Hispanic children were punished for speaking Spanish in the public schools, and women couldn’t vote. I think of all the political fights I’ve fought, and all the compromises I’ve had to accept as part payment. And I think of all the small victories that have added up to national triumphs and all the things that would never have happened and all the people who would’ve been left behind if we had not reasoned and fought and won those battles together. And I will tell Lily that those triumphs were Democratic Party triumphs.

It is always worth it to fight, however hard it is, however bitter it may feel in the moment to take half a loaf or a part payment, it is always always always ALWAYS! better to take a half step forward than not to move at all, because its not chess, its not a game, its people's very lives

as to what I like about Joe Biden? I could say a lot of things, he's a guy the world has knocked down a lot of times, a lot of struggles and personal tragedies that in someone else could make them hard hearted and cold, but I see a guy who always takes the time to listen

thats who is, always to see Joe on a rope line talking to people is to understand their cares are truly his, he truly and I promise you this wants what's best for people.

and just for a second remember who he's running against, who that guy is on the most basic level, saying he couldn't have raped that woman she's too ugly

so do you want a President who stops everything to tell a kid its gonna be okay, that that kids can do anything, and gives him his phone number and calls him to help, or you want the guy who tells your kids "when you're famous they let you do it, grab 'em by the pussy" up to you.

[bluehairlaunch]

7 Dragon Ball Villains that could've carried their own arc

Honorable mention, Sorbet. So I enjoy Frieza as much as the next guy, but his wacky and colorful Frieza Force is what firmly places the Namek Saga over the Cell Saga in my mind. Like they're all such memorable characters that I even like Cui ffs. However, let's be real, none of these guys could carry their own arc. At their heart, they're all followers (all except good ol' Geets). Maybe before their recruitment they had more ambition and determination, but when faced with Frieza's insurmountable power, they ultimately all bent over and bowed.

Sorbet is an odd example, because he is definitely a follower as well, although when the power vacuum that is Frieza and King Cold's death opened up, he didn't turn away. He instead took charge and kept the Planet Trade Organization afloat for DECADES, despite being a koala-man with a power level that I'm sure rivals Appule at best.

The only reason he's not on the list proper is because when we finally get to see Sorbet in action, he's trying to pass the torch back to Frieza. He still gets major points tho for leading as long as he did

Spoilers: no one else from Super is on this list, even though a filler character is

Monster Beast Giran

Look, I'm not saying Giran could've carried his own saga, but if Dragon Ball had been written by a more traditional shonen mangaka instead of a gag artist, he probably would've been the Big Bad of the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament. And yes, I'm using his added characterization from filler scenes in the anime to make my point.

A milk drinking brute with a voracious appetite and a deep-seated hatred of heroes, this absolute unit was unfortunately no match for Goku in canon, but his hulking appearance and quirky personality (at least in the anime) always stuck out to me. In my generic re-write of this arc, a majorly buffed Giran faces Jackie Chun instead, and defeats him. He then faces and almost defeats Goku in the final, but Goku transforms into a real monster beast for the win, and that's that

Yea I won't be trying to retell the story for the rest of these entries

Raditz

It says a lot about the quality of Toriyama's villains that Goku's evil brother from space is a mere speed bump on the road to the real top dog of the Saiyan Saga. This dude is so fucking sexy and such a piece of shit that I can't help but imagine what he could've gotten himself into if only he had more screentime

Staff Officer Black

I know Toriyama loves subverting expectations and that's one of the things I so greatly enjoy about Dragon Ball, but c'mon. Commander Black of the Black Ribbon Army would've been... so so sooo cool. The dude's a true believer, actually loyal to his men, and idk what Red did to become the leader over him, but he seems to have been the real brains behind the operation. Dragon Ball Online brought back Commander Red as a cyborg and all I'm asking is why not Staff Officer Black instead?

Turles

Aight so Tree of Might isn't the greatest movie, I'd even say it's mid at best, but it also has amazing ideas. The Tree of Might? Neat, inspired, scary, and also drawn from Journey to the West lore. Turles? Sexy tan Goku, what's not to like? His Crusher Corps? Don't get me started on his Crusher Corps, because they all have their own story, which was included in extraneous material, but not the movie itself.

Amond, the big guy? Yea he was an intergalactic criminal that was arrested by the Galactic Patrol until he was freed by Turles. Daiz was the Prince of the Pukimpa Dynasty that led his planet's army against Turles, but was defeated, then recruited for fighting so bravely. Cacao was a cyborg built to fight an interstellar war before he fucked off to become a bounty hunter and eventually join the Crusher Corps. Rasin and Lakasei were fossils resurrected by Turles using extract from the Tree of Might.

Fuck, Turles himself is a low-class Saiyan warrior that somehow found or stole the holy Seeds of Might, which were reserved for Kai. When I was a kid my older brother told me (read, lied to me lol) that Saiyans were all test tube babies grown from different strains and that's the difference between low medium and elite saiyans and why he and Goku are almost identical. Like, that's not true, but there's a lotta fleshing out you could do with Turles to make him and his potential saga more compelling

Demon King Dabura

Ruler of a shadowy demon realm for thousands of years with a power level that equals Perfect Cell, Demon King Dabura is also... the bitch of a tiny bitchy wizard? Yup, that's Toriyama all right.

So lemme start by saying that this guy gets so little credit he's not even in Fighterz, despite having a cool sword and a huge canon moveset. He also looks... well tbh, he doesn't look as awesome to adult me as he did to kid me, but he's still neat looking. I like his horns and his funky glamrock outfit. He also probably had his own Dabura Force filled with edgy evul henchmen (including Shula from that filler episode, who I'm pretty sure inspired Dabura's creation) that could've easily filled an entire saga.

It says a lot that Raditz isn't the lead of his saga, but imo it says way more that Toriyama created an entire evil universe opposite the regular universe ruled over by this baritone Satan and he's just a footnote. It also says a lot about Dragon Ball Heroes that instead of trying it's own thing, it digs up Toriyama's fossilized spittle and creates Mira, Towa, and Kabuto from Naruto.

Mercenary Tao Pai Pai

Ok so I'm biased, because this flamboyant bastard is easily one of my favorite villains, and that's including everything, not just Dragon Ball or comics. He oozes so much style that I'm not even sure how you could stretch him out into an entire arc, but it doesn't matter, because he could make it work. The dude can make watching someone else shop for clothes compelling ffs, so as far as I'm concerned, Tao could've been the villain for the whole of Dragon Ball and it'd be just or almost as good as what we actually got

His shirt says Kill You! he's seriously the best don't @ me

Dr. Gero

Mustache

Yes, I know he was supposed to be the Big Bad, but Toriyama's former editor didn't think an old man in baggy pants and a fat clown could carry their own arc, but they're wrong damn it! Just look at him

[bigdumidiot]

Yesterday I played a 2k game against a friend of mine :3

I was ultramarines (his models) and he was necrons (his own stuff)

my list comprised of

Guilliman

Marneus Calgar

Apothecary biologis

2x Librarian in Phobos (1x fire discipline)

Librarian in termie

Techmarine

Heavy intercessors

Eliminators

Infiltrators

Suppressors

Termie Ass. Squad

Mario kart (invader atv)

Kratos tank

Redemptor dread

Bringing it to a total of 1995 points B3

He brought a list of uhhhhh necrons loll

(Some proxies in there, with def not a dread and helbrecht)

The game itself was interesting because the rules were the deployment zones were split to the table corners with two per player with it alternating so I had bottom left and top right corner. You would designate one as alpha and the other omega, then when deploying the unit you roll a d6 (1-3 alpha, 4-6 omega).

So for deployment, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WAS PUT ON ALPHA WITH GUILLIMAN ON OMEGA ALONE WITH SUPPRESSORS

luckily I had some units with infiltrate that I put on the side of guilliman to help him out a bit.

Meanwhile my friend had a good balance of units on each zone . ..

On turn 1 I ended up going first , which is what I wanted. I made the destroyers with dmg 6 my oath of moment target and ended up wiping it and the void dragon as my second oath target.

On his turn 1 he did some damage on my dread (6 wounds taken) and he moved his ctan void dragon and I overwatched the kratos and did 5 damage on him. And the void dragon did some damage on my ass. termies and I removed them in a way that made his charge a 12’ charge which he failed. On the other side he moved his warriors closer to guilliman.

On turn 2 I moved up more units to the objective near the alpha deployment zone for me. And had the void dragon killed through a bit of shooting and the void dragon exploded , which killed his doomsday ark and destroyed my dreadnought ;;

On the other side I went into the assault doctrine to advance and charge guilliman and the infiltrators and librarian into the warrior blob. I made the charge and spent a command point for precision on guilliman to kill the overlord. I used the emperors sword (14 a, 8, -2, 2) and ~11 attacks went through and 1 deb wound.

..THE OVERLORD SURVIVED !!

that guy is ANNOYING

He has a 4+ invuln, 4+ fnp, 6 wounds and for 1 com point he can come back to life after being killed 💀💀

(Guilliman and the warrior/overlord were tied in combat for 4 turns in total lmaoo)

By turn 3 we were trading units, with him taking more losses than me but in points it was going 9 for me and 17 for him. It was so over for me, or rather I thought it was lost.

However on turn 4 THINGS TURNED

At this point I was able to move most of my units from alpha deployment into 3 objectives and guilliman and his group killing enough to out compete the warrior oc for that obj. So in primaries I scored max and in secondaries I got investigate signals and assassinate, AND I SCORED MAX FOR THAT TOO BRINGING ME UP 30 POINTS

at that point it was going like 43 to 31 in my favor with him having less and less units on objs.

We stopped at the top of turn 5 with me having units on 4 in of the 5 objs, the overlord finally dying , and him having only 2 units left. It was a pretty fun game that I couldn’t have guessed to have ended with me winning pretty good at the start with it going like 60-something to 30-something in my favor.

I typically play black templar with heavy emphasis on melee so it was diff playing primarily shooting and using librarians for once loll.

(Hopefully I remember to actually take more pictures next time I decide to do this again loll :3 )

[drawn-on-phone]

Hive Fleet Update! (Projects and Paints)

Dissertations are tough. They kind of mean I only get to bit and bob at things when I get the chance. Still I did get some painting done, some models built, and 2 kitbashes (no paint) done this year. I also have a better organized list of units and models to get so I'm not buying everything my poor executive function gets it grubby eyes on.

So first up some paint!

I've gotten a 10 unit squad of Termies and 5 Genestealer finished (not pictures).

Probably going to go a bit easier on the spotting for the rest of the batch (about 50 primed and needing paint) so I can use these guys as unit "leaders." I also have a pack of hormagaunts primed and based needing to be painted as well/

On to the thing I feel I have time for: Kitbashing. (I know I can paint, but I don't get the same feeling of accomplishments as I do with smooshing units together) I've kind of come to a decision I'm bashing to make the Dr. Moreau ideas more aligned with a "Daughters of Norn" concept. Think corrupted Terrans from Starcraft but 40k. Lots of biomechas honestly, with a wee bit body horror.

First is the a Flesh Eater Court Termie. Spine Fists + Basic Ghoul body. I need to Green Stuff the arms a bit more, but he is together and is one of my favorites for how simply he was to make. I have an idea that it's akin to the Arco-Flaggelent, but I need to get more Hormigants to make it closer to the original unit in Sisters.

Next is my Corrupted Moren Val / Paragon Warrior. Necropolis Stalker + Tyranid Warriors. The "control arms" are custom made out of spine fists and rippers, and of course the head is GSC Reductus Saboteur. Not sure if I'll make more or not, but she definitely need mold line removal and paint.

Final one is a Neurotyrant / Corrupted Celestine. It's Lady Olynder + Psychoge base with a Neurotyrant Arms. I really life how this one turned out, but its currently curing.

2024 / Future Projects

Thanks to my fancy list I have new projects planned for next year.

I have a Sylvaneth Vanguard Box incoming to try and more more "Biomecha" units. More info on that later.

First is converting a Lady of Vines into a Deathleaper. I have the Lady of Vines form a deal earlier this year, I just need to source some Lictor parts to finish the conversion (with "driver" in chest). figured this could also double as a Moren Val since the Paragon Warrior is a weee bit smaller than Val's actual base (50 instead of 60).

Converting Drycha (have one) into an Ol' One Eye. She is the right size, and there are already some easy fits for the claws and shell. Feels like the perfect unit for the Biomecha theme.

And that's about it for updates. The goal is to focus on Sylvaneth conversion for this year. If I finish those I have plans to dip into Daughters of Khaine to turn the Khinerai into specialized Gargoyls, the Medusai into Ravengers, and maybe a Morathi into a Trygon. But those are super hella long term plans, esp. since I still need to paint my gaunts and Leviathan Box.

[destiny-in-the-universe]

Fixation Central

Anyone who follows my blog knows I am auDHD and I fixate extremely fast. I am constantly frothing at the mouth with how much I adore certain fandoms. Most of what I'm into right now is superhero cartoons, but my journey with two of my first ever fandoms: Scooby Doo and Harry Potter.

I've 'left' Harry Potter, but that's because I made my own canon lmao. Or attempted to, at least-

It has long since branched off and my honorary fixations include Gravity Falls, Warrior Cats, PJO, and Doctor Who. And yes, I did also have problematic fixations - let yourself be cringe; if you want to enjoy DSMP, Homestuck, ATLA, or anything in between - do it. I was only part of one of these though. All fandoms have their toxicity, and in the end... make your own fucking canon. Problem solved.

Though, now... it's time to talk about what I like now and the ones I never truly left so without much further ado - let's get on with it!

Read below the cut for the rest!

The Fixations That Just Stayed

Gravity Falls (joined the fandom late, ended up being the creator of multiple original AU's and adored the Pines family dynamics; would've wanted to see something actually used with the Cipher/Zodiac Wheel)

Warrior Cats (never finished the books, unapologetic Firestar fan - first fandom I ever roleplayed and had an OC named Dawnheart of all things)

Doctor Who (adore New Who, loved all companions and thought more could've been done with Martha; huge Riverdoc fan, Donna is my favorite companion - was obsessed with the Pandorica arc for literally no reason; actually enjoyed the Timeless Child reveal)

Scooby Doo (on-off fixation, made up Scooby Doo AU's and crossovers for a lot of my fandoms-)

Current Fixations

Danny Phantom (literally what started my superhero cartoon fixation; adores Everlasting Trio - Sam bashing is irritating I'm ngl, also platonic Badger Cereal is one of my favorite things; has made ghost king and TUE AU's, among other things)

RC9GN (Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja) (never watched it as a kid afaik; huge Randy Cunningham kin, kickstarted my Secret Trio fixation - multishipper for the fandom)

Wordgirl (nostalgia fixation, watched few episodes as a kid but came to love it as an adult; adoptive villains apologist, obsessed with the Rise of Miss Power episodes; Becky Botsford and Tobey McCallister kin, a lot more thoughts but I can't list them all down-)

K-Dramas (kind of picky with them, anything high-drive/action are my favorites; adores Vincenzo and Descendants of the Sun. Taxi Driver was also a fun ride, among others)

AU's and Crossovers Hoard

Secret Trio/Quartet (American Dragon: Jake Long, Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, and Danny Phantom + bonus appearances from Miraculous Ladybug) (massive fixation, currently being worked on as a fanfiction series on Ao3 - post canon/future au timelines, darker depictions than their given canon)

Superwholock and Co (Supernatural, Doctor Who, and Sherlock) (original crossover I ever got into; adores crossovers with Merlin)

Mystery Kids (crossover between Coraline, Paranorman, Gravity Falls, and Danny Phantom - as I've never seen/played Psychonauts) (first of the crossovers as well, was a casual fan in the beginning - currently also being worked on as a fanfiction)

Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons (Rise of the Guardians, Brave, Tangled, and How to Train Your Dragon) (the OG, attempted to make an LPS series for it as a kid; adored any plotlines with Pitch Black - the four being New Guardians of the Seasons? chef's kiss)

DP x DC (personal favorite, i like the Vibes)

Personal Hoard

Totally Spies/Glitch Techs (made it up like Right Now; very behind on Glitch Techs but still-)

RC9GN/Wordgirl

C:KND/RC9GN (Codename: Kids Next Door/Randy Cunningham) (original creator; former KND operative Randy Cunningham becomes the Ninja, what could possibly go wrong?)

Project Zero: Heroes United (expanded Secret Trio/Quartet universe) ("Heroes Cinematic Universe" multi-fandom au where superheroes of different cartoons are selected to be an elite team against evil)

Once Upon in Camelot (OUAT/Once Upon a Time and Merlin) (abandoned project, might return to it; crossover/au where BBC! Arthurian cast are reincarnated following the S4 finale - exception being Merlin, shenanigans ensue; post-canon arc, Merthur storyline)

Other projects will be brought up later so if anyone's curious, interact with this post! Likes are appreciated, but comments and reblogs are preferred! Meows.

independent fandom AU's (i.e. Reverse Falls) will not be included within this post! I will be linking that separately!

[countrymusiclover]

44 - Papa Original and Confind Spaces

Part 45

Gemini Runaway

Decided to combine episodes in this chapter. The next chapter I feel like should be something with Rae and Nik and their kids or the original brothers Nik and Elijah playing a board game with Cami after watching that scene in 2x10 with her and Elijah 🤣 Anyway thanks for reading, let me know which one is better.

Tag list ask to be added @dragonixfrye @secretdreamlandmentality

The four of us ended up outside a storage unit in the middle of the woods. Marcel had even joined us in search of Cami and the stake. Nik grabbed a tree cutting it in half making his own makeshift stake for his father before we told the others to wait outside and we went inside together. Rounding the corner I gasped in honor seeing Mikael holding a bleeding and weak Cami against his chest with the stake to her throat. “You're gonna pay for hurting her.”

Mikael carelessly lets go of Cami and drops her to the floor. “Aw, how sweet. The cur whines for its bitch. I'll be sure to drain the rest of her right in front of your eyes, just before you burn.”

“We killed you once, Mikael. And we can do it again.” I threatened showing him my fangs.

He smirked, pointing the stake at me. “So you’ve turned that abomination of a witch, boy. Must you keep making others suffer through your torture.”

Nik launched up into the air and tackles Mikael onto the ground. Mikael attempts to stab him with the stake but he holds it away from his heart grunting. The pair keep fighting until they ran through a wall. Vamping to Cami’s body I could hear her heartbeat still thankfully. She slowly woke up when I called her name. “Cami, Cami, wake up.”

“Rae…” She gasped.

“Not as weak as you remember, am I, - Raelyn!” Nik shouted before I heard something was flying at Cami’s face. It was the hook blade where I raised my hand quickly snatching it before it could hit her.

Mikael suddenly caught Nik by his arm holding the stake, bending it backward and shoving it into his heart. “Nik….ahhh!” I screamed clutching my heart inside my chest collapsing onto my knees feeling the stake inside my heart too.

“No!” Cami screamed running forward to grab Mikael but he slapped her in the face.

Nik dropped onto the ground and I began panicking seeing his body covered in veins like when Stefan and Damon meant to kill him. Mikael stood over him waiting for him to burst into flames but he didn’t. “Why aren't you burning? If you were dead, it would burn. BURN!”

“Davina…” I mumbled under my breath hearing chanting from somewhere else.

Mikael managed to find her. “Is this your doing, little witch? Then, you will undo it! Return the power to the stake!”

Holding my heart I groaned, feeling weaker by the minute seeing my brother running inside grabbing my shoulder scared. “Rae, are you okay?”

“Jacob, get out of here. He will kill you.” I warned him not to expect him to come in here like this. I wouldn’t let Mikael kill him.

Mikael came back into where we we’re seeing my brother and I then his gaze shifted to Cami. “What do you think you're doing?”

Cami sits up and holds the stake in front of her. “Stay the hell away from us! Or, I swear to God, I'll kill you myself.”

Mikael was mildly impressed. “You have a warrior's heart. Perhaps I'll keep it as a souvenir.”

“Jacob, run…” I gasped in relief once Cami had yanked the stake out of Nik’s chest.

My twin didn’t move which made Mikael vamp forward snatching him and sinking his fangs into his neck. I almost froze in my place seeing him nearly drain him dry to the point of death. Forcing myself to my feet I raised a hand towards the vampire hunter. “Tenebris anima vestra contundito mortem et conteret spiritum. Frange vitam nolite corde ut sub terra esse, ad tenebras usque in sempiternum -argh!” I grunt when Mikael vamped forward throwing me onto my back heading to kill Cami until Marcel came into the room fighting some punches with him before he got knocked down too.

Mikael pointed the wooden stake Klaus had made at Marcel. “Now, ENOUGH! This night has been a long parade of fools. I'll enjoy klling every last one of you.”

Nik gasped quickly, waking up the second before Hayley vamped inside wrapping some chains around his neck, knocking the original onto his back. “Yeah, I wouldn't bet on it.”

Moving over to Nik I grasped his forearm in mine needing him for balance even though I was a vampire. The stake had really drained me this time. “It's over, Mikael. You're outnumbered. Are you going to beg for your miserable life?” Everyone else joins our sides smirking at Mikael ready to fight.

Mikael laughs at us. “You think having people makes you strong? It proves how weak you are. Come find me when you don't have fools, women and children fighting your battles.” He vamped away and no one dared to follow him.

Slumping my shoulders in relief once he was gone I noticed my brother laying on the ground bleeding harshly. Vamping over to him I grabbed his hands in mine remembering a healing spell. “Asinta mulaf hinto.”

He gasped where I saw the wound was slowly healing but his heart was slowly beating. “Rae…”

“Sssh don’t talk, J. Just drink this. It’s a lot faster.” Biting down on my wrist I drew some blood shoving it against his mouth. He slowly drank it seeing his wound and heart returning to normal where I sighed closing my eyes performing a sleep spell and transporting him to Cami’s house for safety. “Ad somnum…forgive me Jacob.”

Rising to my feet I walked over to Nik who was checking out Cami. He had a hole in his chest where he was bleeding from the stake. “You pulled the stake out in the nick of time. A moment longer, and I would have been done for….including Raelyn for that matter.”

Cami responded by placing her hand over the wound. “It's the least I could do for telling you not to kill that bastard the first chance you had.”

He whispered, touching the wound on her neck. “Well, he hurt you. For that alone, I will kill him. (You know, in a thousand years, I think it's the first time I've seen him run.”

Cami breathed out. “He was still weak.”

Hayley approaches us with Marcel. “And, he knew he was outmatched.”

Marcel looked around when I sighed running my fingers through my hair. “We checked the perimeter, and he's definitely gone.”

Nik smiled rising to his feet wrapping an arm around my waist seeing me sway on my feet. “I appreciate your assistance.”

Marcel smiled at him. “Well, hey! You die, I die. Just call me selfish.” Laying my head against Nik’s chest he picked me up bridal style with me, wrapping my arms around his neck. I slept in his arms.

The few days led up to Hayley wanting to make peace between the werewolves and the vampires. Laying on Nik’s bed my entire body was feeling drained still but I had completely healed. Getting up from the bed I used the bathroom seeing blood in the toilet. “You’ve got to be kidding me!” I grumbled under my breath feeling some pain in my stomach.

“Rae, what’s wrong?” Nik vamped into the room placing a hand on my back.

Sniffing through tears I began putting the pieces together. It had been awhile after the girls were born but I honestly thought it was possible to have my period anymore since I was a vampire. “I didn’t puke up that blood like before. It came back…”

“What came back, exactly?” He raised a brow at me.

Shifting my gaze up to his I bite my lip figuring he would be weirded out by what I was about to say. “My period, Nik. Apparently since I can have magical children because of your mother’s dark magic in my blood it makes me still have the freaking monthly mess.”

“Oh my siphon queen, come here.” He opened his arms for me, picking me up again carrying me back to the bed, laying down with me for a few hours until I heard Finn’s voice downstairs, which wasn’t good.

Vamping downstairs even though I felt lazy I held onto the wall for balance over the pain glaring at him. “What the hell are you doing here!”

“You’ll see soon enough, Raelyn.” He declares.

Marcel stepped over to me eyeing me up and down not finding any wounds on me. “Raelyn, where exactly are you bleeding from? Cause I can smell it I just can’t find it.”

“I see you're brokering a truce between mongrels and parasites! And just how long do you think that's really going to last? A month? A week? A day? What you don't yet seem to understand is that the only thing that can exist between your two degenerate species is hatred, war, and death.” Finn slowly backs away as he talks, until he is technically outside of the compound. Where he slams his hand against the doorway of the entrance, the entire building shakes. “But, I imagine, given a little time confined together, you'll come to see things the way I do.”

Klaus is in his bedroom, where he tests the spell against the balcony. His hand burns as well, and after a moment, he yanks his hand away from the barrier. “Raelyn!”

Kol joins us, looking frantic.

“Did he really just trap us all in here?”

Nik responded, getting in his face. “He certainly did. Which means we have a witch problem. You're a witch. Fix it.”

Kol shouts back when he tries to leave the room.“And what the bloody hell do you want me to do about it?”

“Well, considering the crowd, I think you'll be more motivated to find a solution. After all, I can easily out-wait our brother's antics. You, on the other hand, might find yourself looking rather appetizing to some of our fellow prisoners.” Nik snapped back at him, glancing over to me. “

Kol looks panicked and reconsiders. “I'm gonna need some help.” It was a few moments before I followed him downstairs I noticed Davina walked up about to touch the barrier until he stopped her. “Careful, careful! It's nasty. Pretty girl to the rescue, eh? You ready?”

Crossing my arms over my chest I watched the pair place their hands up against each other attempting to undo the spell but they jumped backwards. “I assume that means we can leave.” Nik appeared beside me about to step up.

“Vincent's boundary is too strong. “ Kol said.

Snapping my fingers feeling a burning in my throat when someone was coming around the corner and I gasped vamping up remaining at the edge of the barrier. “Jacob….you have to go. It’s too dangerous here.”

“You put me in a sleep spell for days, Rae!” He raised his voice clearly angry at me.

“J, listen you can be furious with me later. But now you really really have to go.” My fangs popped out and I felt the veins coming out from under my eyes.

Davina glanced between us. “Hold up, Raelyn is this your brother. And he’s a siphon like you.”

“Yeah I am. Why, what’s going on?” He asked the harvest girl, confused.

She raised her hands up against the barrier giving him and I instructions on what we could do to help them get us all out of here before we tear one another apart. “You two can help us by siphoning the spell away long enough to get everyone out. Just place your hands up against mine so you don’t get burned. Raelyn, you follow Kol on the other side.”

“Okay, okay. Let’s go tell Nik.” Glancing over my shoulder some of the vampires were coming closer to me where I knew they could smell the blood from my period so I vamped upstairs before they could get any closer.

Nik came into the room placing a hand on my shoulder seeing the terror on my face. “Rae, what’s wrong love.”

“We need to get out of here before Marcel and his newbie vampires tear me to shreds.” Locking my gaze with his, he pulled me into his chest before Kol entered the room. “They can smell my month's blood, Nik. They will try to kill me regardless of being a vampire myself and I can’t be around Jacob because the hunger is driving me crazy…I’m scared.”

“What Davina, and I can do is cast a destruction spell. It would temporarily neutralize all magical objects in the compound, including the compound itself. If it works, well, then it will give us sixty seconds to escape whilst the boundary is shut down.” Kol explained looking in my direction. “Raelyn and Jacob can siphon it alongside us but there’s no guarantee that the spell will break. All they can do right now is help us do this spell.”

Marcel nodded about to leave. “Alright, alright, that sounds good to me.”

Nik sat down at the head of the table with his hands clasped together. “If the spell works, it will suppress all magical objects in the vicinity. That means your rings.”

Marcel groans in frustration. “And if we go outside in the sun without our rings, we're dead.”

Klaus pointed out. “Unless you wait for nightfall.”

“Agh.”He looks out toward the courtyard where the vampires are hanging out. “They're also new. They're not going to be able to fight the hunger. We can't wait until nightfall. We're going to have a bloodbath on our hands before we even get close.”

Hitting my hands on the table I raised my voice towards him and moaned when I felt some cramps shoot throughout my stomach. ���It’s either we do this or we let Finn win and right now I am resting the urge to fight against the barrier and drain my twin brother. So I don’t care if they are newbie vamps. We are doing this!”

Kol and I were back with the pair placing our hands over the barrier once again. Closing my eyes I couldn’t look at my brother because all I could hear was his blood running through his veins. Whipping my head around I heard some of the wolves and vamps fighting with Klaus and Marcel having to hold them back. Mine and Jaocb’s hand turned red following their chant before Kol and Davina actually touched hands. Everyone that was a wolf ran outside but when Kol tried to run Nik grabbed him by his jacket throwing him backwards. “Slight change of plans, brother. I no longer have to treat you as anything but the treacherous liar that you truly are.”

Kol asked on his back with me vamping over the line beside Nik. “What the bloody hell?”

Klaus asked his brother. “Where is she?”

Kol looks backward at the vampires, who are looking at him hungrily but cannot lunge for him while their daylight rings are neutralized. “Please! They'll kill him!”

Nik snarled at him not caring about the vampires behind him. “Well, he should have thought about that before he betrayed our sister! Rebekah never made it to her new body, did she? And, seeing as you cast the spell and, well, you're you, I'd hardly call it an uncrackable case!”

“Rebekah's fine, Nik!” He angrily starts to walk toward him. Cutting himself off when he burned his hand. “It was a prank, nothing more than anything you lot have done to me, but I bet it's different when it's one of y... aah!”

Nik smirks, raising his tone of voice at him grabbing my hand in his. “Oooh. Barrier's back up. And those vampires look oh-so hungry. Now, I was willing to welcome you back in my home! But you had to return to your petty, selfish jealousies! Well, let's see how well they help you survive when you're stuck in there!”

“Nik, we can’t just-“ I cut myself short eyeing my brother and the vein on his neck before I vamped away from him and into an empty alleyway. Covering my face in my hands I heard someone vamp beside me where I saw Nik standing above me with a blood bag in his hands.

He bent down on a knee cradling my face in his pa holding it out for me to take it. "Here I managed to hide this from the others before we left the compound."

"No. You take it." I shook my head baring my teeth together, bending my head into my knees feeling another wave of cramps where I honestly missed being pregnant for a brief moment.

He raised a brow at me pushing the open bag up to my lips seeing the veins appearing instantly. "Take it, Rae. You need it more than I."

"What about you though?" I barked back clutching the bag in my fingers knowing I would drink it dry.

His blue eyes met mine pressing his forehead against mine briefly drawing back. "I'll be fine, darling. I have a stronger tolerance than you, sweetheart. Go on, have at it, every drop."

"I almost killed my brother, Nik…I wanted to drink his blood…my twin brother. What should I do?" Shifting my gaze to the bag I drained it within seconds tossing it away flinging my arms around his neck crying into his shoulder.

He moves one arm underneath my legs and the other under my back lifting me up where he rose to his feet. "We will figure that out another day, little Heretic. Now we are going to see our daughters, all three of them." He kissed the crown of my head vaming us somewhere out of the city knowing his chair was near the city limits.

Comments really appreciated ❤️

[teratocrat]

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[scotianostra]

13th February 862 Kenneth MacAlpin who united the Picts and Scots in one kingdom, died at Forteviot. 

 His reign is given in the Pictish Chronicle as twenty eight years, considering the violent uncertain times I think it was a lengthy, successful reign.

When posting about history this far back it is difficult as there was nothing written down about it back then, well  not much of it, in the sense of a written contemporary record of the foundation of the country that we now call Scotland, and there is certainly no Scottish record of any kind dating from the court of the early kings in the ninth century. The chroniclers that I like to quote tio fill up posts with contemporary information did not start till much later. So with posts like this I am sometimes scrambling between many sources, which in truth  really don’t know the facts, so if you disagree with the story I am just going to shrug my shoulders and say- okay then.

If we ask the question who was the first king of Scotland, most folk with a bit of knowledge might say  Kenneth MacAlpin, and in the oft-reproduced regnal list of Scottish kings he is named as Kenneth I. Except that his name was not Kenneth but Cinaed mac Ailpin – which is why I scored out the name, anyway we will call him Kenneth to avoid confusion – and there is no contemporary Scottish written account of his kingship.

That may be due to several reasons, for example written records were not kept because of the oral history tradition of the peoples who occupied what is now Scotland in the eighth, ninth and 10th centuries. Various predators such as the Vikings and the English invaders of later times – notably Edward I, as we know Longshanks ordered the destruction of Scottish records – plus the loss of church documents over the centuries and especially at the Reformation mean that we have precious few writings about the facts of the foundation of the Kingdom of Scotland, and most of those are by English or Irish chroniclers or Scots writing unreliably some centuries after the events of ‘facts’ which in many cases are just legends.

Wikipedia says that Kenneth “was a king of the Picts who, according to national myth, was the first king of Scots.”  Wiki is as ever unreliable, because it mentions a “national myth” when we do know that there was almost certainly a king later identified as Kenneth and that he apparently did unite the kingdoms of Dalriada and Fortriu into a kingdom.

Quhen Alpyne this kyng was dede, He left a sowne wes cal’d Kyned, Dowchty man he wes and stout, All the Peychtis he put out. Gret bataylis than dyd he, To pwt in freedom his cuntre!

The short verse above is taken from Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland by the 15th-century author Andrew of Wyntoun, it is one of the earliest accounts of Kenneth’s noble deeds. Most of what is known today has been pieced together by historians.

Kenneth was born sometime between 800 and 810 AD. His father was King Alpin II of Dalriada (Dál Riata), a Gaelic kingdom founded in 500 AD by Irish invaders led by Fergus Mor. At the time of Kenneth’s birth, the Gaels were dominated by the powerful Pictish Kingdom. Kenneth’s mother was, according to legend, a Pictish Princess of extraordinary beauty. Alpin II was ultimately beheaded by the Gaels for fighting on the behalf of a Pictish King, the second most hated enemy of the Gaels (after the Vikings). Little is known about Kenneth’s parents but there is reason to suspect that Alpin abandoned his comrades for love of the unnamed Pictish Princess, an act that cost him his life.

Around the same time that Alpin was killed in the battles between the Picts and the Gaels, the Viking raids became increasingly frequent and ferocious, perhaps because they knew many of the land’s men were otherwise engaged.  By 839 AD the Pictish kingship was almost entirely wiped out by Viking warriors. It is here that Kenneth enters the story. Many fighters sought to fill the vacuum of power and become the next king. Kenneth sought to claim the Gaelic and the Pictish throne, both of which he had some right to. However, according to legend, he was challenged by the seven royal houses of the Picts, especially the Pict Drust X.

Caught between the Gaels and the Vikings, the Picts knew that they needed a strong leader so a great meeting was called at Scone at which all of the claimants to the Crown were to attend, including Kenneth. The story goes that “the alcohol flowed freely at the meeting. Then, in what has since been referred to as Mac Alpin's treason, Drust and the Pictish nobles were all killed by the Scots: allegedly (and improbably) by having their booby-trapped benches collapsed so Kenneth's rivals plunged into pits in the floor and impaled themselves on spikes set there for the purpose” (Undiscovered Scotland, 2016).

This probably did not happen – the engineering feats alone seem hard to believe – but Kenneth most likely did kill, one way or another, all of his rivals to the throne. “What is fairly clear is that at some point between 839 and 848 AD Kenneth (with blood claims to both thrones) claims the kingdoms of the Picts and the Gaels”

Kenneth became the first king of the House of Alpin, named after his father. His lands included the Pictish Fortrio region and the Gaelic Dál Riata kingdom. Kenneth dubbed his new kingdom Scotia (in Gaelic, Alba). Yet, just because he was now the undisputed king did not mean peace was anywhere near in sight. Young Scotia was surrounded by hostile enemies: to the north were the highlanders, called the Men of Moray; to the west were the Irish, lying in wait to reclaim Fergus Mor’s conquest; to the south was the Anglo-Saxon realm of North Umbria; and at all times in all places, especially on the coasts and the islands, there was the threat of a Viking invasion.

It was this last threat that was most worrisome for King Kenneth MacAlpin. Legend has it that a huge fleet of 140 Viking ships was headed toward Dál Riata, intend on destroying the Gaels once and for all. With surprising speed and foresight, Kenneth order to Gaels to collect all of their religious relics (including the treasured remains of St. Columba) and move them to the safety of the interior Pict lands, once enemy territory but now unified. Scotia’s ecclesiastical capital was thus transferred from the coastal Iona to the interior Dunkeld. At this time, “Dál Riata vanishes from the chronicles and we only hear of Pictland from this point” 

The Gaels took a risk in trusting the Pictish king and Kenneth made certain to reward them for their faith in him. He distributed among his Gaelic supporters’ lands that had been taken from his defeated rivals. The Pictish commoners may have resented their new Gaelic landlords but Kenneth did not give anyone the chance to rekindle old ethnic rivalries. What was needed now was unity, “something the Picts and Gaels had in common, to define them as a single people, and, as is so often the case throughout history, this came in the form of a common enemy” (BBC, 2014). Fortunately for nascent Scotland, Kenneth had this in spades. He rallied his people to fend off the Viking attacks and even launched raid or two of his own across Hadrian’s Wall into Anglican North Umbria.

Kenneth died in 858 A.D. of natural causes (most likely a tumorous cancer). He was buried on the island of Iona and succeeded by his brother, Donald I. The Kingdom of Alba lasted until 1296 when the English invaded.

The historians say Kenneth was the  34th great-grandfather of the current King “Charles III”

My friend Colin asked about sources I used, I don’t normally post them all, usually one is suffice, but I will post a few this time 

BBC. "Kenneth MacAlpin (Cináed Mac Ailpín)." Scotland's History. BBC, 2014. Web. http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/articles/kenneth_macalpin/

Patin, James Fred. "Kenneth I Mac Alpine, King of the Picts." Mac Alpine. Geni Family Tree, 18 Nov. 2016. Web. https://www.geni.com/people/Kenneth-I-mac-Alpine-King-of-the-Picts/6000000001041559796

Royal Family History. "King Kenneth MacAlpin." King Kenneth MacAlpin. Royal Family History, 2016. Web. 30 Nov. 2016. http://www.britroyals.com/scots.asp?id=kenneth1

Undiscovered Scotland. "King Kenneth I: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland." Undiscovered Scotland. Undiscovered Scotland, 2016. Web. http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/kennethi.html

Then there is a great article  here on Kenneth from The National.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/17234224.scotlands-first-king-unified-country-troubling-times/

[genshingorlsrevengeance]

FAQ: Warhammer

I have quite a few asks regarding the good ol' plastic crack hobby so I aim to answer a few of those with this post! And for those unaware of Warhammer in general, maybe this can help you get interested in it!

As much as I've grown to love Fantasy/Age of Sigmar, 40k hands down. I've always been more of a scifi guy, but I can't deny fantasy has some damn cool characters/models.

Favorite Faction:

The Farsight Enclaves

Farsight Enclaves are why I fell in love with 40k to begin with, but the battlesuits they have also play a major role in why I like them.

While every faction's perspective is basically fighting through a heavy metal album, the Enclaves perspective is basically going through Attack on Titan in space. Them being the only real good guys makes it super fun and engaging to read about them. Which leads me into my favorite unit:

Commander Farsight

He's basically a Gundam character in the complete wrong setting. He's Char without the horrible attributes that make him evil.

Farsight is also my favorite character in Warhammer, and HE is why I love 40k so much. Piloting a mech suit with a sword fighting impossible odds is the coolest fucking thing in the world. That and his novels made me love him too.

I also managed to get his new model and it is absolutely GORGEOUS

Below the cut are honorable mentions to other factions I like from 40k and Fantasy.

Space Marines - Primaris Intercessor

Space Marines are my main faction in 40k funnily enough. But as for favorite, the humble Intercessor. Specifically the Assault variant but I do enjoy the basic rank and file trooper.

Something about the design (mostly the helmet) I adore and its simplicity, this massive hulk of armor imposing such a menacing aura.

Until I get Primaris Jump Pack marines, these guys will probably stay as my favorite.

Tyranids - Hive Tyrant

2nd favorite faction behind Enclaves. Space bugs from beyond the Milky Way are cool as hell and being able to field never ending swarms of Kaijus is the dopest thing.

No matter the list for 'Nids, if I can, I'm taking a Hive Tyrant. The big bad boss battle of the Hive Fleet leading the lesser bio-forms to consume. Whether its him or the Swarmlord, his model is the most intimidating on the board, even next to the big boys like Trygons or Carnifexes.

That and every single game I've fielded him, he has absolutely carried so I'm a bit biased. Bonus points for being so customizable too.

Massive MASSIVE shotout to the Parasite of Mortrex for being a cool tyranid too.

T'au Empire - XV8 Crisis Battlesuit

It's a 40K Mobile Suit. Thats why I love it.

As for gameplay, Its high customization, reliability, durability, adaptibility, and speed is why I love it. Crisis Suits have always jumped into the fray with my Commanders and always turned the game around.

Love 'em.

Slaves to Darkness - Chaos Chosen

Evil bad guys rocking in armor blessed by their dark gods, wielding weapons called "Soul-Splitters". Don't think I need to explain why I think they're cool.

They've completely mopped armies aside for me ingame, I could not ask for a better """"rank and file"'"" trooper in my army.

Hosts of the Everchosen subfaction makes these guys Battleline by the way. Fucking horrifying.

Blades of Khorne - Mighty Skullcrushers

Heavily armored warriors of the blood god trampling everyone underneath them in pissed off daemonic rhinos clad in 50 tonka trucks worth of armor. Again, don't need to explain why I think they're cool.

Thanks to the new battletome, they are an absolute bitch to get rid of and they actually hit like a freight train as they always should have. I have an army of only them, and of course my general is just a suped up version of them.

Best khorne unit aesthetically, and I will fight you on that. And fight you in general because Khorne.

Skaven - Stormfiend

Giant rat ogre super soldiers equipped with flamethrowers, gas bombs, miniguns, and more. All piloted by a big brain rat on their back connected to the ogre. Epitome of mad rat engineering and showcase what I love about Skaven the most, specifically Clan Skryre.

Skaven is actually my favorite faction in Fantasy/AOS.

Tabletop wise, they're okay but they always die first since everyone and their mothers charge and try to kill it turn 1...Which I mean, fair. The times theyre left alone and get to do whatever is usually their last time before my opponent guns it for them instantly after 1 round of their combat.

Just wish their points went down so I can field more without them taking up half my army.

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There's probably a bit more but thats all I can think of right now.

What are YOUR favorite units/factions?

And if you know nothing about Warhammer, which of these sound the most interesting to you?

[hooliganpaints]

The Overdue Sunday Breakdown

YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS. Also, long post is long.

With Sunday having been a big show (having been both the Last Tournament of 9th, as well as likely the Last 1000 Point Tournament), I knew I had to go out with a bang. Enter: The last dataslate, which gave Broadsides back Core, for some godforsaken reason, and the prompt for this army: “Hey, what if I gave broadsides full rerolls? Wouldn’t that be fucked up?”

The army list breakdown:

1x Ethereal on Hover Drone. This guy served as a utility workhorse, allowing me a fast-moving infantry option to score secondaries if necessary, while, in the early game, allowing me to buff the Broadside Brick with a 5+++, -1 to hit if they moved, the ability to perform actions and shoot, and sharing his Leadership if I happened to run into a morale bomb. He also had the Exemplar of the Mont’ka (buff a Core unit to re-roll all wounds on the closest target in 9″, 12″ if I chose Mont’ka), which was only relevant like. Once.

1x Shadowsun with drone suite - The Queen of the Kauyon, the main combo maker that I purchased and painted solely to hand out a full “reroll all hit rolls” to the Broadside brick. Also shares in the Ethereal’s duty of “being very fast and an infantry unit who can score” while lacking the vulnerability of the ethereal due to her guardian drone’s “You can’t shoot her unless she’s the closest visible target”.

1x3 Broadsides with High Yield Missile Pods, Smart Missile Systems, 4x Marker Drones, 2x Shield Drones, Advanced Targeting Systems - The other half of the combo brick. A withering 48 shots, 24 at S;7 AP;2 D:2 and the other 24 at S:5 AP:0 D:1 with “ignore light cover” and “indirect fire”, wrapped up in a lovely package with 8 ablative wounds and “hit rolls of 6 auto hit”

And finally, 1x2 Hammerheads with Accelerator Bursts and Railguns, because I was determined to turn this game store into a salt mine.

So, how’d I do? Well - I won, but not as hard as you might think. I’ll talk about the games first and see if you can figure out what happened here as I go.

Game 1 was against a World Eaters player with Lord Invocatus, a squad of Beserkers, and 2 squads of Eightbound with an Exalted Eightbound squad to cap them out. He didn’t deepstrike anything (I’m....really not sure why), and soft-conceded after round 2 when I’d shot everything meaningful off the board. We played until the end, but there was a lot of complaining about how broken my army was while I plonked him down.

Once Kauyon came on on turn 3, it was over, and I was able to move across the board and score my remaining goals.

My next opponent was a Thousand Sons “soup” player, in quotes because his “soup” was a Knight Abominant.

Nice score.

This one was tougher as our map was definitely more LOS blocking, but I pushed into the middle early with Mont’ka allowing me to move and shoot without penalty and - once again -blowing everything off the board by turn 3.

The highlight was his Abominant running up to my Hammerhead on the hill there, before unceremoniously getting his dome chrome’d in close-quarters carnage, exploding over everything and wiping out half of our armies.

Top ten pictures taken seconds before disaster

Game three was versus a mini Silver Tide Necrons player, with a 20x warrior blob, a reanimator, a technomancer, an orb overlord, some scarabs and a smattering of destroyers of various flavors. This was a final quick fun romp where we bantered for most of the game before closing out again at the bottom of 3.

So, after a long day, herein lies my issue that you may have noticed:

Tau secondaries? SUCK. Real bad!

For those who haven’t had the privilege of enduring T’au yet, there are two things at play here:

Firstly is Philosophies of War. This is our army rule, and essentially is “on rounds 1-3 OR 3-5 you get one of two effects, you choose”.

Secondly is how our secondaries INTERACT with Philosophies of War. Of our 3 for Arks, 2 of them are only scoreable on the rounds we’re benefiting from PoW. A Clean VIctory is “Score 1 point if you kill one enemy unit, 3 points if you kill 3 or more for a total of 4/round”, and Decisive Action is “Score 4 points if you hold half or more of the objectives on the map at the end of the turn”. (The 3rd, Aerospace Targeting Relays, is “score 2/6/9/15 points by doing an action at the midpoint of table edges“, but that was flatly very difficult to do with this list).

Overall, this means that for most Tau lists (and especially this one), we have to rely a lot more on generic secondaries, which are usually pretty rough to score on. As such, my “perfect games” where I was tabling my opponent by turn 3 at the latest still had me scoring relatively low - 70 points at most - which is definitely a good score, but nowhere near what I ““should have”“ scored.

That’s mostly just whingeing on my part, though - overall, I’m hopeful that 10th will 1. make this steaming pile of crap impossible to run and alphastrike everything off the board, and 2. be a bit more lenient with secondaries for scoring.

Huge shoutout to the crew at Game Knight NH for running these tournaments and getting me some sweet action shots!

[sylseal]

The Tale of the Black Fox (Original fantasy fiction, 1.8k)

I entreat you now, dear reader, to what is one of the most tragic and hopeful tales I have in my long list of creative tales. I hope you enjoy reading as much as I did writing.

This is the story of a kitsune who was sired by an angel.

The baby's father visited often, but eventually, as is the fate of most angels on the mortal plane, he was slain by demons. The girl's mother, meanwhile, became a poor woman who barely had enough money to scrape by on her own. Desperate, her mother gave the baby over to an orphanage who promised to care for her. She named the baby Cemyra, meaning "raven-haired," and then she left quietly.

Sadly, as is the case with most orphans, Cemi's foster family was not good to her, often mistreating and starving her. So, she had to learn to steal and fight from a young age. Her life was one without purpose, one of living day-to-day with no direction, at the whims of fate. It remained as such until, one day, she was caught stealing from a kindly old man. As it turned out, the old man was a samurai, one of high renown and nobility. Cemi thought it would be the end of her, but instead of having her arrested, the man, Takashi Toyotama, offered to teach the young kitsune how to be a samurai like him. The only stipulation was that, should she agree, she would have to give up a life of crime and theft. Cemi was no fool, even from her age. So, she agreed, took up the last name "Toyotama," and began studying on how to become a samurai.

Over the next several decades, as she grew up, Cemi shadowed her sensei and studied as much as she could under him. She began first with philosophy, and a strict discipline of honor and care was instilled in her even from the outset. Then, after about a year or two of just philosophy, Cemi began to balance the philosophical training with combat training, and it was here where Cemi truly began to shine. As it turned out, the kitsune was very, very good at wielding a sword, something that was only tempered by her sensei's lessons more and more, until she was the best fighter in the kingdom.

By the time Takashi passed away, Cemi was a very effective killing machine, but more importantly, she had taken her sensei's philosophies to heart, and so he was confident she would never misuse the skills she had grown. He named her his successor, and with that title, she was given his sword, the Kotetsu, which had been passed to Takashi by his teacher, and his teacher, and so on and so forth for as long as anyone could remember. It was said that this sword was indestructible, and Cemi wore it with pride. She took up Takashi's job as a royal advisor for the Opal Kingdom and became well-regarded for her sense of restraint and her diplomatic disposition in almost every conflict she was involved in. She even married two wives through special permission granted to her by the king, and for a long time, Cemi was genuinely happy.

Eventually, though, after about a century of the kitsune working there as both a diplomat and a fearsome warrior, the Opal Kingdom suffered the fate of all monarchies: a combination of poor leadership and a sense of complacency. Unlike the other royal advisors, it did not surprise the kitsune that there was an invasion force on the horizon. A new empire was rising in the north, trying to unite all lands under their banner, and the Opal Kingdom was next on their list of targets. Comparatively, the scale of the conflict was almost laughable; the Opal Kingdom was a small nation who made most of their funding off of trades and small local products, while the invading empire had consumed much greater kingdoms with much less in terms of forces. The sheer difference in military power alone meant that there was almost no way the Opal Kingdom was going to make it out of the conflict intact. Cemi and the other samurai--who, outside of Cemi, were equivalent to royal guards and personal enforcers for the kingdom--could see it coming from a mile away.

Still, Cemi's duty was to the kingdom, and that meant fighting to protect her home, no matter the odds. Even when some of the other samurai turned against her, even when it meant powering through a small nation's worth of soldiers, and even if she left a trail of bodies in her wake, Cemi would never stop fighting. That fire, that determination, it showed deeply in everything from how she fought to her presentation. Eventually, it even caused her to become the stuff of legends.

Among the invaders, there grew rumors of a masked boogeyman who could show up as if from thin air, mow down an entire fortress with little more than a brass-hilted katana and raw willpower, and then vanish, just like that. Some ancient fairy tales in the Opal Kingdom, tales that long predated Cemi, told of a huge female black fox who would rise every day just for the sole purpose of dragging sinners into hell by the hundreds. The similarity between that tale and the mysterious warrior with black hair and fox ears was not lost on people, and eventually, the association stuck. To this day, some of the invaders, who are surely elders by now, shudder when others speak the name of their tormentor:

"Vulperoi"; or, in common, "Black Fox".

Then, one day, the Black Fox dropped off the map. It's said something about looking over her kingdom, and the way once-prosperous fields now burned with salt and flame, finally broke the Fox. Perhaps it was that. Perhaps it was one of her wives turning against her, while the other watched, unable to raise a hand against either of the two women she loved with all her heart. Perhaps it was the battle against her first wife, by her own hand, that finally broke the Fox. Either way. The Vulperoi stopped her killing, and left what remained of the Opal Kingdom to its fate.

In the aftermath, the kitsune wandered far afield, helping defend the innocent and trying to make up for the blood she had spilled. In her eyes, the number of people she'd slain was a horrific act, something she should atone for. Around this time, she was joined by a celestial creature, a small angelic entity who would follow Cemi, help guide her, and be her companion. Most times, this entity took the form of a tiny salt & pepper seal; Cemi began to call him Marshmallow, and the two have been inseparable ever since.

Eventually, Cemi came upon a small village of other kitsune about to be attacked by an army from, wouldn't you know it, the same Empire that had invaded her old home. The villagers had some extremely competent illusionists and mages, but against a full army, they had no hope of defending themselves; they weren't soldiers, they were civilians all. Cemi came upon them, and, after realizing their situation, smiled softly at the villagers, told them not to worry, then went off in the direction of the marching army.

For one of the last times, Cemi turned her blade on an entire army, reducing them to nothing but terrified, fleeing men and women, each of them bearing a singular message on their lips, put their by Cemi herself.

"Do not come to that small place of foxmen in the east, or the Vulperoi shall hunt you to the last man, again."

When Cemi returned to the village, she found, to her surprise, that the kitsune there were grateful for her aid. Her act had given the illusionists enough time to place a magical barrier around the village. It was magic unlike what Cemi had ever seen before; a nigh-impenetrable defensive shield that both concealed the village from sight, and prevented any who did not have express permission from entering. Cemi, in essence, had saved their lives. But the villagers were not naive; they knew that, eventually, they would have to defend themselves again. And, with their savior coincidentally being a kitsune, what came next just made sense: they asked her to stay, and teach them to defend their home.

Cemi was utterly shocked, but could not find a reason to say no. She let her heart open once more, and decided that this village was going to be her new home. She trained the village guards, and began a new life of peaceful protection, upholding her sensei's philosophy as best she could. Some people established the connection between her and the Black Fox, but if asked about it, Cemi would simply smile, and say that it was a long time ago, and that she's not that woman any longer.

It is said that she has a daughter now, a little one named Sirin, and that she works as a bartender and (secretly) as the village's security advisor. If you go there, you will find a well-built woman on the shorter side, with two big fox ears sat squarely atop a head of long, silken black hair that cascades down to the middle of her back. She has rosy, pale skin with calluses on her hand-pads (similar to an animal's paw pads, but on the insides of her hands instead) and wise, soft golden upturned eyes that nevertheless can seem slightly haunted at times. Descending from Cemi's lower back are two fox tails that wiggle and wave in accordance with her mood. Their fluffiness is legendary. Beside her at all times is, of course, a small salt and pepper seal.

And, last but certainly not least, on her belt is a katana with a brass guard and intricate, flowing veins running up and down the handle, which is wrapped with warm, earthy brown leather. The tsuba bears the design of a golden dragon circling around the seppa, before curling inwards and breathing fire onto the central hole. The sword has a matching scabbard, and when drawn, it makes a soft, almost electrical thrumming sound, like a long metal wire being plucked. The blade itself is gorgeous, near-white metal that does not show a reflection, and yet seems to glow softly with some kind of radiant magic nonetheless.

Of course, the blade doesn't see much use these days, instead being reserved for emergencies, and its owner likes it that way. She still goes on adventures, but most of the time, she is simply content to care for her daughter and work the bar. She has her own home in the village, overlooking a great waterfall and built into a cliffside; a unique perk of being the security advisor. It's an idyllic scene, in an idyllic village, for a woman who has truly earned her rest.

[zhan-he]

woah, it's a calendar! with terrible chinese and bad handwriting!

so! the top half is the season calendar, and the non-finalised positions of the festivals for the clans.

the bottom half is the chinese lunisolar calendar, with the equinoxes and beginning of each season listed, as well as the dates of the festivals this year (they vary quite a bit but i will just take this year's only bc lazy)

the ones labelled yellow are "clan" celebrations, and the pink ones are "star" celebrations, which is essentially your religious ancestor stuff.

so, then, the course of a year: (take note that solstices are essentially the starts of seasons most of the time)

春节 is the new moon closest to the start of spring (meteorological), whenever that may be. this is the most important celebration, and i will probably fold 清明 into it (they are too close together due to the seasons). it is a clan celebration to observe the beginning of spring and the beginning of the year, where everyone has fun. cross-clan visits are common. family gatherings, although here it's more of the family the cat has decided to have, so a lot of close friends and sometimes no bio parents (firepaw, of course, spends his first spring festival with lion, white and red). 除夕 is the previous day, where everyone prepares to welcome the new year by hunting all the required food, and then staying up past moon-high to welcome newleaf and the new year, and ward off old grudges, problems, and leafbare. more details soon (yes i know nothing about my own culture)

next is 中元, on the new moon closest to the summer solstice (which essentially means the new moon closest to summer starting). on this day, the spirits of warrior ancestors will descend from starclan and walk the living world, visiting their loved ones and relatives and just generally seeing what's going on. food is laid out for the spirits, as well as travelling herbs to give them strength on their journey back to starclan, and whatever gifts cats feel like giving. the clans also believe that wandering spirits from other skies can come visit on the day aswell, those with a strong connection to the clans (jake, ravenpaw etc). the day is also a day to find closure and let go of past events, especially relating to death and loss.

then there is 中秋, which is no longer in the middle of autumn but rather at the beginning of leaf-fall. given how the festival commemorates the harvest irl, it makes sense that here it would move to the beginning of leaf-fall and commemorate the successes and prosperity of greenleaf. everyone watches the stars and offerings are made to starclan; it is a time to remember that the clans are a greater whole above their separate clan loyalties. this is also a day where cats often express a desire to join the family unit mentioned in 春节 (as a close friend or lover)

at the end of leaf-bare is 重阳, on the new moon before winter. cats tell stories, and generally have fun in a competition both for the stories and for some sort of game, which is believed to ward off disasters and evil. the elders are especially paid attention to on this day, where their contributions to the clan are celebrated. medicine cats also perform rituals to safeguard the clan from the dangers of leaf-bare.

finally we have 冬至, on the winter solstice itself (the beginning of winter). just like 春节, we have family gatherings, as well as prayers to starclan for a safe and calm leaf-bare. herbs are consumed by cats to increase their strength and resilience to get through the harsh season. it's also a symbol of growth in cats as they have to face challenges and the biting cold, and the support that a clan provides.

you can tell which ones i'm more familiar with by how long my elaboration was lol

[floaromaxtowns]

K + M + R for SaSha!

Rarepair Alphabet Ask Game [Accepting]

Saga/Shaka

K - If available, share a WIP of your ship (fic, art, fanvid, etc., whatever you'd like!). If you don't have a WIP available, feel free to share an idea for a fanwork you'd like to create for them.

Ah man, I've been meaning to do some stuff with these two for awhile now NGL! But some of my other projects have been getting in the way. I guess I can share some of my future plans with them (IDK when or if I'll get to them, but yknow):

Make a Saga/Shaka sculpting work in a similar style I did with AldeMu. Or seek out another inspiration for these two (currently there's a Hades/Kanon project in the works.); Decide if these two will get an acrylic stand in the future. They are DEFINETELY in my pool of options for my next order (depending on how things go down, I will try to get some more as christmas gifts for me.); Make a post-ND ending inspired comic of these two, in a similar vein as the one I did for AldeMu. I've been getting some ideas and thoughts.

M - Do you imagine your ship entering a long-term relationship? Why or why not?

There's one item from my to-do list above, that I saved for this answer LOL.

I've been meaning to put some work into my Omega's future AU for the golds. This includes, Shaka and Saga. Who are definetely together, in this plot. IDK exactly how I'll go about it, but I really want to draw these two in their 40s, no longer officially serving as warriors to Athena's army. BUT STILL, finding themselves caught up with the mess. The fact they make it to Omega's setting (which is 25 years after the classic series' events), should answer this question.

R - Are there any songs you associate with this ship?

Kendrick Lamar - United In Grief

I've been goin' through somethin' One thousand, eight hundred and 55 days I've been goin' through somethin' Be afraid

What is a bitch in a miniskirt? A man in his feelings with bitter nerve What is a woman that really hurt? A demon, you're better off killin' her What is a relative, making repetitive narratives on how you did it first? That is a predator, hit reverse All of your presidents evil thirst

Sad (feat. Afrojack)

Who am I? Someone that's afraid to let go, uh You decide if you're ever gonna let me know Suicide, if you ever try to let go, uh I'm sad, I know, yeah, I'm sad, I know, yeah Who am I?

𝖏𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖆𝖉𝖈𝖑𝖊𝖔𝖋𝖊 - know u better

Delta Heavy - Punish My Love

Nobody needs you, not like I do The moon and the stars are both jealous of you

And I don't wanna be without your love Could offer me the world but it ain't enough Can't spend another day without your touch Don't punish me tomorrow if the world gets rough

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Friday, February 09, 2024 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: SUNCOAST (Disney + Star) JEFF DUNHAM: I’M WITH CUPID (Paramount+ Canada) JERSEY SHORE FAMILY VACATION (Season 7 Premiere) (Paramount+ Canada) SHE CAME TO ME (Paramount+ Canada) MEET ME IN ROME (The Roku Channel) JOE BOB'S VERY VIOLENT VALENTINE'S DAY (Shudder) SUPER BOWL GREATEST COMMERCIALS XXIII: THE ULTIMATE COUNTDOWN

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

AMAZON PRIME CANADA SAINDHAV SMALL TALK UPGRADED WOLF LIKE ME (Season 2)

CBC GEM BLUE VALENTINE MY MUM YOUR DAD

CRAVE TV 50 FIRST DATES AKILLA’S ESCAPE CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE THE DEPARTED EARTH MAMA EDGE OF THE KNIFE ELLA AND THE LITTLE SORCERER JOHN Q A LOBSTER TALE LICORICE PIZZA MAID IN MANHATTAN THE NOTEBOOK PERCY POETIC JUSTICE RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE: UK VS. THE WORLD (Season 2, Episode 1) STARSHIP TROOPERS SUICIDE SQUAD (2016)

DISNEY + STAR CYPHER SUNCOAST

NETFLIX CANADA ALPHA MALES (Season 2) (ES) ASHES (TR) BHAKSHAK (IN) DESPICABLE ME DESPICABLE ME 2 DESPICABLE ME 3 A KILLER PARADOX (KR) LOVER, STALKER, KILLER (GB)

FIBA BASKETBALL (SN) 9:20am: Women's Basketball Olympic Qualifying: Canada vs. Spain

NLL LACROSSE (TSN5) 6:30pm: Desert Dogs vs. Thunderbirds

TRAFFICKED VOICES (documentary) 7:00pm: Canada's sex trafficking industry is reaching a national crisis level. Three survivors of trafficking tell their stories.

WARRIOR STRONG (Crave) 7:15pm: Trying to save his career, a suspended professional basketball player returns home to coach his former high school team.

NBA BASKETBALL (SN1/SNOntario) 7:30pm: Rockets vs. Raptors (TSN2/TSN3/TSN4/TSN5) 8:00pm: Hornets vs. Bucks (SN1) 10:30pm: Pelicans vs. Lakers

NHL HOCKEY (SNEast/SNPacific) 8:00pm: Penguins vs. Wild (SNWest) 10:00pm: Oilers vs. Ducks

RIVALRY SERIES HOCKEY (TSN/TSN4) 8:00pm: United States vs. Canada

MARKETPLACE (CBC) 8:00pm: A cyber scam known as pig butchering combines investment schemes, romance scams and cryptocurrency fraud; meeting people who lost their life savings and the trust of their loved ones.

MILLION DOLLAR ISLAND (Discovery Canada) 8:00pm: Wheel winner Jake is in charge of who will be chosen for the next elimination challenge.

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF JERSEY (Slice) 8:00pm: Reunion

BOLLYWED (documentary) 8:00pm: With two renos and peak wedding season underway, Kuki decides the whole family needs to attend all customer weddings together.

GARAGE SALE MYSTERIES: PICTURE A MURDER (Super Channel Heart & Home) 8:00pm: Jenn gets the photos in an antique camera from the estate of a recently deceased and seemingly wealthy photography enthusiast printed, and one of the pictures leads her to believe that the man's death was anything but accidental.

ABOUT THAT (CBC) 8:30pm

THE FIFTH ESTATE (CBC) 9:00pm: A look at hate groups that are targeting kids on social media, where they are lead to self-harm, plan violent attacks and end their lives; and how police are often unable to act.

AKILLA'S ESCAPE (Crave) 9:00pm: A drug dealer finds his moral code challenged when he interrupts an armed robbery and captures one of the gang members who is a 15-year-old boy.

EDGE OF THE KNIFE (Starz Camada) 9:00pm: A tragic accident causes an anguished man to retreat deep into the forest where he is transformed into a "wild man."

THE SUMMIT AUSTRALIA (Discovery Canada) 9:30pm: Sam's betrayal costs the group more than time and money; Jans finds a way into Brooke's heart; shifting loyalties force contestants to wonder who they can really trust.

LITTLE BIRD (CTV) 10:00pm: The Little Bird family comes together to mourn death and celebrate life; Esther and Golda are changed by this journey, which has strengthened their bond; Esther has finally found what she's been looking for.

CRIME BEAT (Global) 10:00pm: An innocent victim, 28-year-old Mila Barberi is gunned down while picking up her boyfriend, Saverio Serrano from work.

RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE UK VS THE WORLD (Crave2) 10:05pm (SEASON PREMIERE): Nine drag queen legends, famous for having appeared in international versions of RuPaul's Drag Race', compete inRuPaul's Drag Race UK vs the World'.

EARTH MAMA (Crave) 10:35pm: With two children in foster care, Gia, a pregnant single mother pitted against the system, fights to reclaim her family. In her close-knit Bay Area community, she works to make a life for herself and her kids.