#obviously i would rather this than toothache (which is still A Thing) but this still kinda sucks!! i would love to be able to breathe!!

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✧ 𝐇𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐣𝐢𝐧 ➵ 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 ೄྀ࿐ ˊˎ-

/!\ Friendly reminder that my readings should not be taken at face value, I do not claim to hold the truth and I do not mean any harm to this idol, my readings are only for entertainment purposes. /!\

·͙̩̩͙˚̩̥̩̥̩̩̥͙　✩　̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥̩̩͙‧͙ 　　.·͙̩̩͙˚̩̥̩̥̩̩̥͙　✩　̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥̩̩͙‧͙ 　　·͙̩̩͙˚̩̥̩̥̩̩̥͙　✩　̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥̩̩͙‧͙ 　　.·͙̩̩͙˚̩̥̩̥̩̩̥͙　✩　̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥̩̩͙‧͙ .

⊱ What is Hyunjin’s overall personality? ⊰

❃ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵒᵒˡ ʳˣ + ᵐᵃʳᵗʸʳ (ˢʰᵃᵈᵒʷ ᵃᵗᵗʳⁱᵇᵘᵗᵉ) + ᵍᵉᵐⁱⁿⁱ ❃

To be fair, I think I got more messages about Hyunjin’s current energy rather than his personality. It seems like Hyunjin is currently going through an identity crisis, he feels a bit like a child stuck in a grown-up body. He still has this very childlike spirit, and he wants to discover so many things about himself and this world, but the circumstances don’t allow him to do so. He needs fun and thrill but for now, his fears prevent him from fulfilling these needs. He seems powerless faced with his problems, it is likely that he feels the need to be protected because he still lacks a bit of maturity when it comes to overcoming hardships. He reminds me of a child, he may have childhood traumas he needs to acknowledge and heal if he wants to move forward, because they are really much the reason why he is not feeling well at the moment. Obviously, he is still very young and he has so much to learn from the world. I do feel like he considers himself as an eternal student, he feels so tiny compared to the world and he is admirable of the tiniest things surrounding him. He is guided by his playfulness, curiosity, and thirst for knowledges, and even though he is aware that nothing is set in stone, it doesn’t make him less of a sensitive dreamer. Hyunjin loves and needs his alone time to bring his creativity and his full potential to light. He is a visual person with a lot of imagination, no wonder why he is so good at drawing and photographing. He interprets everything through his own lens, which can make him appear to be a bit reckless from time to time since he doesn’t always see evil. He wants to do everything in his own way even if it takes time, he hates being rushed. Even if he finds it difficult to step out of his comfort zone, he knows how much it helps him grow and gain more independence. I can see him enjoying the spotlight as he needs some praises here and there, but he feels more and more the need to detach from expectations and approvals. There is a real need to set free and prove to himself that he is capable of doing things on his own, probably because he has been used to being overprotected and spoiled most of his life. Maybe he would like to work more on solo projects? Overall, he is very much in a self-discovery journey right now.

Side note: At the beginning of the reading, I suddenly felt tired and started to feel a bit of a toothache. I also sort of saw Hyunjin looking after a dog and I didn’t feel like it was Kkami, so I supposed it was his previous dog, Kkomi. Maybe he thinks a lot about him these days and since Stray Kids are on tour at the moment, he probably misses even more Kkami.

        

⊱ What does Hyunjin like the most about himself? ⊰

❃ ᵗʰᵉ ʰᵉʳᵐⁱᵗ ʳˣ + ᵍʳᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʳⁱⁿᵉ ❃

He enjoys the fact that he isn’t afraid of solitude and likes doing things on his own. Being alone allows him to do some self-introspection. When he is in a good state of mind, he manages to take a step back from his inner turmoil. He values a lot his independency and he is very protective over his inner sanctum. He shares his inner world only with trustworthy people because even if he is still a bit innocent, he actually doesn’t give his trust that easily. His analytical mind helps him get some distance at the right time when he feels that a situation is deteriorating, he can kind of ‘disconnect’ from the reality. He feels the most inspired when he is alone and he takes time to perfect his art, that’s why he prefers being recognized for his hard-work and dedication above all else.

        

⊱ What does Hyunjin like the least about himself? ⊰

❃ 3 ᵒᶠ ᶜᵘᵖˢ + ᵖᵃʳᵗ ᵒᶠ ᶠᵒʳᵗᵘⁿᵉ ❃

He isn’t always in touch with his sensibility and finds it hard to deal with it sometimes, it may be a reason why he feels even more the need to be left alone. He feels like it can do more harm than good, and he thinks that it is what makes him easily swayed and manipulable. He wishes he could be more indifferent from time to time and like I already mentioned, he’s in the middle of a self-discovery journey and still finds it difficult to accept this side of him. I feel a lot of discouragement and moodiness coming from him, he lacks stability. When people around him are celebrating something, I can see him not being fully in the present-time because his nervousness makes him wonder about the future almost as an automatic response. He very much needs a more lighthearted energy right now. I wish him to eventually find the strength in his sensibility and to become more aware of his capacities. He won’t change his nature anyway, so it would be better for him to learn how to deal with it and use the most of it.

Side note: Many cards fell off the deck, making me think that at the moment, Hyunjin has a low self-esteem and only sees his flaws, maybe due to a huge fatigue and being far away from his home and loved ones.

        

⊱ Which qualities Hyunjin admire the most? ⊰

❃ ᵃᵈᵛᵒᶜᵃᵗᵉ (ˡⁱᵍʰᵗ ᵃᵗᵗʳⁱᵇᵘᵗᵉ) + ⁿᵉʷ ᵐᵒᵒⁿ ⁱⁿ ᵃʳⁱᵉˢ “ⁱᵗ’ˢ ᵗⁱᵐᵉ ᵗᵒ ᵗᵃᵏᵉ ᵃᶜᵗⁱᵒⁿ” + ᵗʰᵉ ᵍʳᵉᵃᵗ ˢᵉᵛᵉʳⁱⁿᵍ “ᵐᵃʳˢ ᵉⁿᵉʳᵍʸ. ᵃⁿᵍᵉʳ. ᶜᵒⁿᶠˡⁱᶜᵗ. ˢᵒᶠᵗᵉⁿⁱⁿᵍ ᵗᵒ ˡᵒᵛᵉ” ❃

He is all about badass and independent people who aren’t afraid of standing up for themselves and for their convictions, kind of like a Robin Hood character. I see him admiring Aries-like characteristics. People with a tough shell and a strong personality leave a strong impression on him, he finds it admirable when someone uses their weaknesses as a strength and isn’t afraid of showing their true colors. He also appreciates someone who knows when to seize the opportunities and how to exploit their full potential. He tries to embody this energy, but he tends to come off as a lot more cold, arrogant and cut off from his emotions than he actually is. This persona does a lot more harm than good to him because he represses his true self although he does it to protect himself. He hasn’t realized yet that he already has the inner strength to do so, he just needs to learn how to tame his energy and to put it where it’s necessary. At the end of the day, Hyunjin remains a sensitive person with a big heart.

Side note: Interestingly enough, while shuffling the cards, Lisa from Blackpink suddenly popped up in my mind and I could feel strong Aries vibes. I realized at the end of the reading that she is an Aries Sun and Hyunjin, having an Aries Mars, it makes sense that he admires this energy.

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15.10: The Heroes Journey - Episode Review/Recap

Haven’t done one of these for a while, but I really wanted to watch this episode. I’ve seen mixed feedback on it and wanted to put down my own thoughts. As always, due to it being show critical, it’s under a cut. Everyone looking for positivity, zero criticism, rainbows and puppies can scroll on by.

I’ve seen Hellers moan about what the “bibros” issue with this episode is, given that the brothers are together so what have we to complain about? And if nothing sums up the Hellers more, it’s that mentality. Castiel doesn’t even have to be in the same episode and they are still happy because apparently, Castiel was a lamp in this episode. I mean, how dare I be so entitled to have higher standards than just having them finally be in the same episode and working on the same case. How dare I expect that the episode actually be… gasp…good.

I’ve also seen other people try to say (with no supporting evidence whatsoever by the way) that The Heroes Journey is the same as Bad Day at Black Rock (BDABR) or Yellow Fever. You are free to say this all you want and you’d still be wrong. It isn’t the same in any way, shape or form. It’s so much not the same and that is why you’re seeing criticism and not because people just don’t like Dabb. The Heroes Journey is a bad writer’s attempt at trying to write an episode like BDABR and they failed. They. Are. Not. The. Fucking. Same!

In BDABR, and Yellow Fever, both episodes had a very well explained reason within the episode for why Sam (in BDABR) and Dean (in Yellow Fever) were acting the way they were. This is why within the context of that episode, you could suspend disbelief that Dean was scared because the ghost sickness made him that way. You could accept Sam trip over the lamp because losing the rabbit’s foot made him unlucky. French Mistake, another meta episode, was funny because Sam and Dean were fish out of water. I still laugh at the scene where Dean stabs Sam with the fake knife or they have to act and they are terrible at it. It was very clever writing and everything that happened made sense within the clearly defined context of the episode. That clear definition is what made it funny and more importantly, the humour wasn’t done at either of the Winchester or audiences’ expense.

In The Heroes Journey, it wasn’t explained in the episode, it was guessed at by Dean and Garth, but they didn’t really get to the bottom of it, which left a lot of holes for me in trying to understand the “rules” of the game being played. I could give the benefit of the doubt it will get explained in an upcoming episode, but likely not as it’s Dabb and he’s a lazy fucker that doesn’t care if things like this get tied up.  He just relies on people to try to make sense of things themselves which I’ve seen plenty of people rush to do. However, I don’t want meta or speculation to fill in the gaps to justify something that happens, particularly when the entire episode revolves around it. I want the writing to be decent in the first place so no one has to do that.

Overall, although not the worst episode ever, The Heroes Journey just doesn’t make sense to me. And I’ll try to break down where it works and where it fails.

From a positive perspective, I thought the settings, lighting, make-up, choice of camera angles, the filming techniques used, the editing, the casting of the key guest stars etc. were all good. I thought the episode was let down by some of the choices of the music, but in fairness I’ve felt the music choices in the later seasons of supernatural have been questionable and overpower the scene rather than compliment it, which is what music should do. Going scene by scene;

Cage Fight Scene

In addition to great setting, lighting etc. I liked the choice of camera angles and the mix of slo mo with live action. I liked the sound going between being laser focused on the fight and widening out to encompass the crowd. I thought it was used to very good effect. I thought both guest actors and the extras were great, and in contrast to the previous episode, they did the fake teeth very well and that may also have been down to the actor himself. I absolutely love piano music, but I didn’t get the use of it here, it did not work in the context of the scene (or that particular music did not work and maybe another piano piece would have). Overall though, I liked this scene and watched it a couple of times to do it justice. We’re currently at the 3 minute mark and I’ve been happily entertained without Sam or Dean in sight. I don’t need Sam and/or Dean to be in a scene to enjoy it as long as it’s well done and fits within the overall plot so great job show on this scene.  👍  

It goes downhill from here.

Dean shopping/Sam cooking Scene

After sobbing at the loss of cutie werewolf guy, we move on to a scene that alternates between Dean shopping in town and Sam in the bunker cooking (I accept the head-canon that this is for Dean’s birthday dinner 😍 so Wincest for the win).

Sometimes Supernatural doesn’t do switching back and forth between scenes very well, giving the viewer whiplash. I think they did okay here.

I really liked the shot through the window of baby being ticketed, I genuinely laughed that Dean didn’t notice. The only thing wrong with this scene so far, is that Chuck damn awful music. Bad choice and is starting to annoy.

So in this scene, we see the first misfortune, and for every misfortune we see in the episode, I’m going to consider two key questions; 1) Were they hit with the stupid stick, 2) Is it believable that the misfortune has not happened before.

Misfortune #1 – baby being ticketed. 

Was Dean hit by the stupid stick to make this misfortune work? No. 

 Is it believable that the misfortune has not happened before? I think the episode managed to show that okay so, Yes.

We go with the annoying music over to Sam. Sam’s cooking which honestly, he’s 6’ 4” of beautiful perfection already and he can cook using more than one pot? 😍. Or maybe not as the smoke alarm is going off and the water is in danger of boiling over.

We switch back to Dean at the store and I love the interaction with the clerk. Again I genuinely laughed. Dean: What’s new? Clerk (scratching his face): my psoriasis is back. Dean: Oh… Dean’s face here. 😂. He really didn’t want to know. The clerk was not following the protocols of polite conversation with people that are not strangers but not friends either. But what I love about this scene is that it shows Dean (and Sam) are know well enough in the town that they get the locals genuinely thinking they are interested in them and they really are not. This is small towns for you.

Sam uses his hands to take whatever that burning thing is out of the hot oven (I’ve seen people say a roast of some sort, but I’m thinking more likely garlic bread to go with the pasta, but I didn’t see it clearly enough on my screen to be sure). Unsurprisingly, Sam burns his hands.

Misfortune #2 – Sam burns his hands

Was Sam hit by the stupid stick to make this misfortune work? Yes, because it relies on Sam being dumb, and if you really think Sam doesn’t know to grab at the very least a dish towel instead of using his hands, you’ve got a far lower opinion of Sam than I have. This misfortune is not believable so it’s not funny.

Is it believable that the misfortune has not happened before? It’s 100% likely this misfortune hasn’t happened after Sam reached the age of 2. 🙄

Back with Dean and I think he cracked a tooth on the candy bar he was eating. He hands over a credit card which seems to repeatedly fail.

Misfortune #3 – Dean has toothache

Was he hit with the stupid stick for this misfortune? No.

Is it believable that this has not happened before. Not really, our teeth can be okay right up until they aren’t. It’s easy to crack a failing tooth on a hard piece of candy. What makes this scene funny for me though is the fact that despite the pain Dean’s obviously in, he still tries to eat the candy bar. That was funny and I have no issue with this scene. But we’ll come back to the teeth thing later.

Back with Sam who is so fucking dumb and obviously learned nothing from touching hot metal only seconds before… because he once again touches hot metal and drops the pasta pot on the floor, Dean’s birthday pasta dinner is now in ruins. Ha ha, how I laughed and laughed at this scene… not really.

Misfortune #4 – Sam picks up metal pot and burns himself again

Does it rely on Sam being hit with the stupid stick? Yes, it’s not funny.

Is it believable this hasn’t happened before? I’ve covered this, Sam isn’t stupid show!

Back with Dean, and the credit card gets declined and Dean’s groceries get taken away, including his beer and partially eaten candy bar.

Misfortune #5 – credit card declined

Does this misfortune rely on Dean being hit with the stupid stick? No, it’s an external factor, and believable.

Is it believable that the misfortune has not happened before? Yes, The episode covers this in conversation between Sam and Dean, this has not happened before and should not have happened.

Dean leaves the store and almost gets run over by a skateboarder (not slapped by stupid stick but not convinced something similar hasn’t happened before, they kept bumping into that girl in the street in mystery spot and I’m sure there’s other instances if I bothered to go looking). Dean’s reaction when he discovers baby has been ticketed though. Funny 😂

Back with Sam and he’s still in the kitchen looking at the ruined pasta when Dean returns, and we’ll “suspend disbelief” that time works in that way. Anyway, show is immediately forgiven as I get not one, but two SAMMEH’s to placate me. This show is awesome (not really).

Sam runs to Dean, because they’ve probably been separated all of twenty minutes by this point (less if Dean teleported both there and back). Sam trips and the jury’s out on this one.

Misfortune #6 – Sam tripping

Does it rely on Sam being slapped with the stupid stick? Somewhat, he’s not in control of his limbs and this is verging into not believable territory for me. I’ve seen someone else say his grace has been taken, but let’s look at the second question

Is it believable that the misfortune has not happened before? No, Sam has tripped before. He broke his wrist in season 2 tripping while running ffs. He broke his arm as a kid jumping off of something. If I could be bothered, I’d go looking for other instances – e.g. off the top of my head he wasn’t very stable on his feet when they came through the portal to the AU world. So this misfortune doesn’t work for me in what they are trying to show within the episode.

Anyway, Dean explains about the parking ticket, and it’s clear Sam’s warned him about parking there so Dean’s lucky not to have been ticketed before now. He tells Sam that the fake credit card Charlie hacked for them got declined. (I’m presuming Charlie as opposed to her AU doppelgänger). I like the explanation of how they’ve been getting money as I know some people always wondered, and unlike Dabb attempting to explain other things badly *cough* Sam hating Halloween *cough*, he doesn’t really fuck this one up. As an aside, I don’t mind Charlie is a character that has computer skills, I do mind that Sam’s own hacking skills were watered down needlessly and that took away one of Sam’s core skills. Anyway, before I get too bitter, we’ll move on…

Sam sneezes and I think using his sleeve is such a Jared thing to do, rather than sam. It’s cute though, I’ll let it slide.

Misfortune #7 – Sam gets ill

Does Sam being sick rely on him being slapped with the stupid stick? No

Is it believable that it has not happened before? No, I just don’t buy he’s never been sick and don’t think this is backed up in the show. In fact in 8.21, The Great Escapist, Dean brings a trials sick Sam food and says: “Alright, here we go. John Winchester's famous cure-all kitchen sink stew. There you go. Enough cayenne pepper in there to burn your lips off, just like Dad used to make.” Why would John Winchester have a cure all stew if they are never Ill from normal human things (I’m aware trials sick Sam isn’t a normal illness doesn’t count). But no, I don’t believe they were never sick before now.

In summary of all of this, I think the issues that happened to Dean work reasonably well. They are factors that don’t require Dean to forget basic things like hot metal = burny fingers. My two year old understood this and Sam can’t? Get the fuck out of here with that nonsense. So Sam’s misfortunes don’t work for me as they rely on Sam being a complete dumbass or me suspending belief that the Winchesters have never had an injury or been ill when I’ve watched the show and seen that they both have. It just illustrates what in theory could have been a good concept, but it’s poorly executed through lazy writing and poor characterisation. In short, Dabb at his finest. He wants something to happen and doesn’t care about the character to make it happen.

Anyway, Garth’s call saves me and you from further ranting, and he needs their help, and given he’s a werewolf, I think it’s safe to say that he’s our connection to the opening scene so nice tie in.

Driving to Garth’s Scene

On the drive to Garth’s, we get a broment in the car, Dean speculates they are cursed, Sam thinks they are just having a bad day, and from what I’ve seen so far, I agree with Sam. But Dean doesn’t think any of this is normal. Sam continues to sneeze while the piano music continues to annoy intermittently.

Cass mention! Thank fuck. I thought we were going to get through one episode without the obligatory mention of him off doing something completely useless that we don’t care about, but no, got to keep his psychotic fans happy at the expense of the rest of the audience that don’t give a fuck and are wondering what happened to their beautiful, beautiful show and why that weird guy in the trenchcoat keeps getting mentioned these days. 🙄

Sam’s still not convinced they aren’t dealing with normal things, but baby takes that moment to break down. I love Dean talking to baby here. Been there Dean, out in the middle of the arse end of nowhere, in the middle of the night and you break down. I like this scene.

Misfortune #8 – baby breaking down

Does baby breaking down rely on Dean being slapped with the stupid stick? No.

Is it believable that it hasn’t happened before? I can believe that baby breaking down is unusual as Dean has been shown to keep her in tip top condition with regular maintenance. I even remember the quote from John way back in season 1 that he wouldn’t have given Dean the car if he wasn’t going to take care of her, so Dean looks after that car. But baby breaking down never happened before? Not believable, I remember Dean teaching Sam car maintenance in an episode in season 3 and he certainly seemed to be repairing baby at the side of the road, so it’s not a believable misfortune for me.

Mechanic!Dean who built baby up from scratch in early season 2, doesn’t even take a look under the hood? They just start walking and leave her. I have safety concerns if nothing else. Do you guys not have hazard lights? Piano music is still annoying.

At Garth’s house Scene

The boys arrive at Garth’s house and yeah, Garth is friend/family, so close in fact that they don’t even know that Garth had more kids? I mean if they are selling friends/family don’t end in blood narrative, surely this would have made it on to Sam’s hunter newsletter? It’s just… not believable they wouldn’t already know this, but again sums up the writing.  Friends when they want them to be, never mentioned in between times.

I think the bit where Garth tells Sam he named the kid after him is funny because of Sam’s reaction, but then we get:

Dean: that means this one must be…

Garth: …Castiel

I’m supposed to laugh right? Har de har. 🙄 This line is funny only if you don’t bother to look beneath the surface. It’s a cheap joke at the expense of character I personally don’t see a character like Garth doing something like this and he would know how shitty it was to do that. I also want to point out that this is the second instance - so far - that if Castiel had been killed off when he should have been, these 2 pandering references and jokes at Dean’s expense wouldn’t have been in the script. Just saying; a lot of the reason for poor writing is inserting the waste of space into the narrative to placate his fans, so he not only ruins the scenes he’s in, he ruins a scene even when he isn’t in it.  Stop. The. Fucking. Pandering!

Oh cutie werewolf is okay. I’m so glad. I like the concept of this episode, bringing down a monster fight club. And as I mentioned before in another post, having Sam and Dean forced to take part in that fight club? Yeah, that would have been awesome. Sign me the fuck up for that episode. Why didn’t they write that? 

We leave sleeping beauty after Dean has cracked his tooth yet again on more food. Sam’s still sneezing, but Garth’s wife, Bess, has something to help.

Meanwhile, Garth talks to Dean about how happy he is, I’m hoping that we’re seeing Garth in a normal and happy life as a reminder to the Winchesters that while it works for some people, it’s not something they want anymore. They are happy with the way things are. Supernatural has been great for breaking the barriers that not everyone wants a romantic life partner, not everyone wants children and I’ve applauded their stance. To fuck that up now, after 15 seasons, and force the cheesy narrative that “everybody needs a partner and 2.4 kids in order to be happy”, I’ll be seriously pissed.

I’m okay that Garth was studying to be a dentist before becoming a hunter and finished his degree when he semi retired. I don’t think it’s out of the blue and unrealistic, unlike making Charlie a super duper hunter on the basis of reading books or Claire the best hunter eva without any real training. I also think from memory of Madison etc. that werewolves are naturally stronger than humans, so in theory Garth could manhandle Dean in the way he did. However, I’d caution that it isn’t good dental practice to force your patients to have surgery against their will.

We go between Sam and Dean again and I’m still not getting whiplash so it’s okay. Sam’s been given a secret cure for his cold which he downs in one. Turns out the main ingredient was cayenne. The little girl watches Sam in pain: “Mummy, the giant’s crying”. I’ll let this one slide. I don’t get references to “giant” and Sasquatch, he’s tall but not extremely so imo.

Sam licking his sleeve – which he sneezed all over earlier - I’m dying. 😂

Dean suddenly has 17 cavities? Again, this is played for the joke, and I’m not a dentist, but his teeth looked perfectly fine on the bottom row and we only have 28 teeth to start with, unless the wisdom teeth come in okay. In the context of the episode, is this believable? For me, no. They should just have stuck with a couple of cavities and there’s no way Dean (and Sam) have the teeth they do without visiting a dentist regularly. I’m really not buying that the Winchesters are not normal people with normal people problems. Dabb completely failed to sell this as realistic to me. I’m not interested in the premise either. It’s dumb and has the potential to ruin the concept of the entire show, which Dabb is more than capable of being incompetent enough to do.

Is gas still allowed? Wow, no, fuck that, fully sedate me. Thank you.

“Big Sam is okay” says big Sam as he’s rolling about the floor still in pain. Still funny.

Okay, Dean’s being put to sleep with the gas and wait, what?! I had to double check google to confirm that this is not realistic. I may not be a dentist, but I know Nitrous oxide does not knock you out or put you to sleep – which is the whole point of having it as opposed to sedation. You remain conscious and responsive at all times and you do not dream. Only sedation knocks you out (which I’ve had) and only rarely has a patient said they dreamed while under sedation (I’ve had it a few times and never once dreamed, you go to sleep and wake up and it’s as if you’ve lost time, it feels like no time has passed between going to sleep and waking up). But why bother doing research when you can still just collect your pay check, quality be damned! Right? Dabb wanted Dean to have a weird dream sequence and a weird dream sequence is what he was going to have!  And fuck anyone that expects a writer to do some god damn fucking research!  And don't come back at me because Kripke was as much an idiot with him not knowing how long you go to college for.  

Realism aside, I love the setting, I love the black and white, I love the lighting, I love that Jensen (and DJ) got the routine because this could have been a complete wirework part deux fiasco. I love that Jensen seems to be able to rise to anything thrown at him. I love his look at the end. Honestly, he is one sexy man. But… at the end of the day, I don’t think this scene worked for me. Would I rather have had a scene of Sam or Dean forced to fight monsters in the cage fight, yes please, sign me the fuck up. But Jensen did a great job with what he was asked to do so I can’t criticise him. I will criticise that they expected only 2 rehearsals to be enough and as I said before, this answers the wirework fiasco where actors train for months if wirework is involved.

One tap dance later and we’re back with Garth, and Dean’s mouth and face here. 😂

Garth twigs there’s something wrong and asks who they pissed off.

Sam shrugs: God

Okay, I do like when Garth asks if Sam and Dean are the heroes of the story, what does that make him, supporting character or special guest star? I use the term “side character” Garth for your future reference. Garth thinks for the first time in their lives that they are having “normal” people problems and I really, really, really do not buy that for several reasons.

Firstly, this whole episode relies on the premise that the Winchesters are not normal people who deal with normal problems, and that… just isn’t true. Sam’s broken bones at least 3 times, Dean’s broken his leg at least once, I don’t believe they’ve never been ill before and with the teeth they have, I don’t believe they don’t regularly visit a dentist. Going along with that premise just doesn’t work for me and means the episode and what happens within it was flawed from the start and I can’t suspend my disbelief and enjoy it because of the poor job they did setting this up. Sorry.

Secondly, I really, really, really don’t like the implication of what they are trying to say with this. Basically, the reason the Winchesters have been able to do what they’ve done is solely because of Chuck? They are able to fight only because of Chuck and not the years of practice and practical application in fighting monsters since before they reached double digits, Is that really the trash dumpster fire you’re trying to sell me here? Because I ain’t buying. That sounds like a terrible show that I’d be a little pissed at investing 15 years of my life watching.

Anyway, Cutie pie wakes up. Sam’s puppy dog eyes fail with him. This is not a drill, the puppy eyes fail, which get the fuck out, Sam is cute. He looks devastated. Bess is a stand in for Sam girls at this point, digging her fingernails into the werewolf formely known as cutie’s injury. Yeah, dickhead, you don’t fuck with Sam Winchester and not have us come after you. Anyway, Bess gets the location of the monster fight club and Sam and Dean are on the road.

Driving to fight club Scene

Love the shots of baby in this episode, and it’s clear that Dean at least still knows how to fix baby, so it’s only Sam that’s been made to look a twat in this episode. Good to know he’s not deserving of them putting any effort in. I suppose I should be grateful he’s not been knocked unconscious yet (yes, sometimes my bitter Sam girl can’t help but rise up in outrage).

Dean and Sam drive up to where the cage fights take place. This music is better. What the fuck Jensen, your Texan is showing in this scene. I can barely understand you. I like how Sam wants to prepare for anything when they get inside and Dean once again grabs the grenade launcher.

Dean eating sloppily, that never gets old, except when it does because Dean never ate sloppily before Tall Tales and its only funny in Tall Tales, because it’s Sam’s exaggeration of him.🙄

Inside Fight club Scene

Ah Sam’s been slapped with the stupid stick again. Ha ha. Seriously? I’m not even going to cover this, see misfortune #6 🙄

Dean’s lactose intolerant now, or he may just have overeaten on the cheese sandwiches. Since this isn’t making Dean incompetent, I can believe this is an external influence. I can also believe that Dean rarely, if ever vomits from food so it’s a believable misfortune.

I spoke too soon on Sam being knocked unconscious. 🙄 I think the thud we hear when Dean is throwing up in the toilet is Sam being knocked out. I’d say it serves them right as the two have never looked less like hunters, hollering all over the place, not being quiet and not being weapons ready. Is this incompetence more of Chuck’s “influence”? Really? I’m not buying this is logical. It’s stupid and not believable and I’m getting 😡

Now we have the funniest line of this episode, if not the entire series. Sam: I can’t believe they got the drop on me.” Considering Samsel in distress gets knocked out fairly frequently, someone is deliberately taking the piss with this line.

I like the scene between the brothers and the owner of the fight ring. Dean (to the shifter): Shifter? So you chose that face?! I can’t. 😂. This is a funny line, ditch the Cass pandering bull and come up with lines like this.

I absolutely love the promo scenes for the upcoming fights and the use of their mug shots for the Winchesters. Monday Monster Mayhem. This is my new show. Get me 22 episodes, stat!

How stupid are they separating the brothers into different cages? Don’t they know that just pisses them off? Saving grace is they can see each other so neither is panicking just yet.

Dean finds something to try to pick the lock. He can’t do it and it’s over to Sam who… also can’t do it. And this is where I disconnect again. Sam and Dean were trained, picking a lock for them isn’t “luck”, it’s nothing to do with reduced to being “normal”. Picking a lock for them is the equivalent of driving a car for anyone else,. It’s a skill that once learned, shouldn’t be something difficult for them, it’s inherent within them. But Dean broke a nail trying, ha ha 🙄

Was that speech supposed to be inspiring, because it was pretty bad. 😬 I’m not even going to cover it. We’ve heard a variation of it alternating between Sam and Dean every episode (depending on whose turn it is to lose faith this week) and it’s getting boring.

No surprise to learn that Dabb was trolling with the shirts off comment. Shocker. When the shifter goes to get Sam and Dean from their cages for their upcoming fight with a vamp, they’ve disappeared. We rewind to find out how Sam and Dean achieved their great escape. Once again, I like how this scene is shot. I also like the music most of the time in this scene. I like Dean saying “He’s so strong” (about Garth) but no Hellers, he’s still not bi.

Contrary to what some people think, I’m not averse to the Winchesters having help. They’ve had help throughout the series. Bobby in Yellow Fever came to the rescue. Ellen and Jo helped in the hellhound episode (and paid with their lives) so no issue. My two caveats are: a) is it feasible for the helper to have those skills and b) were the boys dumbed down to make the helper look good. I think feasibly Garth has the skills for sure, but the Winchesters were slapped with the stupid stick in not being able to pick a lock so it’s another fail for me. 

Okay, did Garth just blow up all the monsters, including ones that may have been there against their will or like his wife’s cousin, were just trying to make some money? I mean were they really doing any harm, monsters fighting monsters? If they are watching each other and killing each other, and therefore not killing humans then isn’t that a good thing?

Oh, looks like I’m getting my fight scene! Bring it. Wait, what is with this fucking music in this scene, is this a cartoon? Dean apparently can still fight, he scores a direct hit in the vamps balls. Sadly, it makes no difference because for some reason the vamp has balls of steel and Dean gets kicked right back in his and he’s out.

It’s Sammy’s turn and unfortunately, Sam was slapped again with the stupid stick this episode, he’s swinging and missing and that boy has never had a single sparring session in his life and he gets punched in the face.  Should have complained less and listened to John more Sammy, you might even have been able to fight by now.

I’ve no idea what Dean is doing now, he’s finally been slapped with the stupid stick – Yay? I guess? Never seen him do this stupid move before and I pray to Chuck and all the deities that I never have to be forced to see it again because what the actual fuck are they going with here? No seriously? It’s not remotely funny, it’s a caricature.

Thankfully he’s head-butted before I have to endure more, and rooting for the monster of the week is a new one on me, but here we are.

Sam “I haven’t been in training from a very young age” Winchester is back up. He goes for a kick and is flipped over. Trying not to be distracted by the padabooty writhing on the floor again this episode – and damn you Dabb for knowing what I like - Dean’s back up. It makes a change for Dean to be getting strangled, I’ll give them that. I also like how he tries to tap out and the vamp just allows it. It’s dumb, but actually funny so it gets a pass.

Oh thank goodness, Garth to the rescue… again, because I cannot with how terrible this entire scene was. Is it believable that the Winchesters who trained for years just can’t fight any more and that’s part of the “bad luck”? Fuck no, it’s insulting I had to watch this nonsense.

Back at Garths Scene

Dean (holding one baby): “This Cass keeps looking at me weird.” Sam (holding the other baby): “so kind of like the real Cass”. Another pandering line that is unnecessary. If only Cass had stayed dead we wouldn’t have to endure these forced unfunny lines 😔

Garth suggests they go to a place in Alaska he’s heard about that might help with their “bad luck”.

Love the use of Werewolves of London, decent music for a change. Garth dancing with Bess is sweet. I’m not sure by Sam’s look whether he’s wishful thinking. I didn’t get that impression at all through the episode until now. I really hope not. Dean definitely doesn’t seem interested in having normal.

There’s a broment in the car at the end talking about normal and that they are not normal.

In terms of revolving side characters, Garth’s character is one I can take or leave. If his character had been ruined, it wouldn’t bother me as much as what they did with Gabriel. However, they didn’t ruin his character and I’m glad he’s a hunter that got a happy ending.   

In summary, my annoyance with parts of the episode have nothing to do with it being a Dabb episode and everything to do with it being an interesting premise, once again poorly executed due to lack of talent. I’ll stick with BDABR, Yellow Fever and French Mistake.

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Faith/Buffy prompts

A little out of left field, but I’ve been listening to the Once more with Feeling soundtrack. 

All of these prompts come from the mindset of: Yeah, I understand they were teenagers and didn’t handle things properly, but if they hadn’t treated Faith like a spare tire to use when they needed her and ignore her existence when they don’t, maybe season 3 would have gone differently. For all her bravado, I think she was the youngest of the lot, and just wanted to belong. 

Anyway, I don’t expect anything to come of these, but if something does please drop a link in the comments as I would love to read it. 

1. On Halloween, Buffy dresses up like a princess and Faith pretends her White Knight costume was a coincidence rather than the result of a perfectly executed reconnaissance mission. “Hey, since we happen to go together, why don’t we go to the dance together, too?”

2. As everything around her burns, Buffy gets the opportunity to go back to one point in her life and alter the outcome of one mistake. After getting to know the woman Faith could eventually grow into, and after watching her die in this final battle, Buffy’s choice is clear. She derails their girl’s night out by kissing Faith in the Bronze. The Mayor’s assistant still dies, but his blood is on the fangs of a vampire instead of Faith’s hands.

When Buffy comes ‘back’ to the present, she’s in an alternate universe with a massive headache. Memories of this new world are slowly trickling in, and her alarm is going off beside the bed, but first she has a mouthful of brunette hair to deal with.

3. Buffy and Faith meet, and Buffy is inexplicably charmed by the occasional slip of Faith’s Boston accent and the overconfidence she radiates. She isn’t sure what she’s feeling exactly, but every time she sees those dimples in Faith’s smile her stomach feels pleasantly flippy.

Buffy knows she’s probably being unreasonable about insisting Faith attend the Scooby meetings even when they probably don’t need her help, and she knows she’s bumming out Willow when she insists that she and Faith can handle patrol together on their own. It takes a few months of this before anyone says anything, and by then Buffy has begun to realize that she has become such a smitten kitten for Faith since the dark slayer mellowed out around her.

4. Everyone can see the way Buffy looks at Faith, the starry look in her eyes, the leaning in towards her even when they’re already pretty close together. Likewise, they can see that the only one whose attention and approval Faith really craves is Buffy’s. It’s just hard to articulate that when you’re a teen and dealing with demons and jealous and hormones and high school and ugh.

(scooby-gang tries to give the chosen two a push, and though they mean well, they can’t stop beating around the bush and just spit it out already)

5. Faith is drowning, or at least it feels that way. Faith deals with loneliness and memories in her shitty hotel room until Buffy starts showing up to just hang out with her at random. Maybe things in Sunnydale won’t be so bad if Buffy keeps coming around.

6. They don’t think Joyce is aware, but she’s no fool. Ever since Joyce has been working overnights at the gallery, her daughter has been staying in Faith’s room at night. She knows they started dating shortly after Joyce invited Faith to say with them instead of that dingy hotel, she just wishes the girls would either tell her about it like grown ups, or at least be more discrete so they can all pretend she doesn’t know.

7.  Faith doesn’t come to Sunnydale until after Buffy dies at the end of Season 5, having been based out of Cleveland before then. The Scooby gang treats her like an unwanted extra, as though they can handle a hellmouth between themselves and their weird BuffyBot (which - super weird, right?). Kind of a blow to her ego, but she’s a mature grown up and they’re.. freaking weird people.

Then Buffy comes back, and aside from feeling like the Scoobies are obsessed whack jobs, she can also kind of see why they’re so drawn to her sister slayer. Faith decides to stick around and make sure Buffy is stable and safe from those people she lives with, becoming a confidant and catching feelings along the way.(aka, Faith becomes Buffy’s safe haven during her depression instead of Spike)

8. Shortly after arriving in Sunnydale, one of the mayor’s vampire henchmen manages to turn Faith, putting an end to the sweet and charming girl Buffy was getting to know. Vampire Faith’s accent doesn’t make her knees weak, and her dimples don’t turn her brain to much. Except.. that’s kind of a lie.

Buffy is just as enamored with Faith without a soul as she is with a soul, and she’s starting to think something is wrong with her. If she gets Faith her soul back though, she won’t have to think about that too hard.

9. Against advice from Xander (who won’t go into detail about how he knows it’s a bad idea) Willow corners Buffy at the Bronze to discuss her relationship with Faith. It can’t be healthy that they’re always together, or that Faith is always draped over Buffy like she owns her when they’re out. The talk kind of gets derailed when Buffy sees some stupid boy getting a little too handsy with Faith on the dance floor.

Turns out Buffy is just as possessive as Faith, people just don’t notice because she wears sundresses instead of leather.

10. Human college student Faith falls for the beautiful blonde that, that idiot Parker brought to the party. Now she just has to steal her away from the jerk with the sob story before she falls victim to his BS.

11. Faith is in prison when she finds out about Joyce’s passing months after the fact. She sends a letter to Buffy with condolences and opens up a line of communication - turns out when they aren’t face to face, when they don’t have to make an immediate response to something someone just said, they can both take their time and respond considerately. 

Nothing of real import can be shared obviously - that is, nothing about demons, which is a shame because that would be more interesting than Doublemeat Palace customers - and the letters are sporadic but treasured. One day, though, she gets a visitor, eyes bloodshot behind his glasses and bearing one of her letters along with bad news.

12. Pre-TV show

Buffy and her LA friends go for a spa day, and Buffy comes out of it w ith the number of the owner’s daughter, Faith. Then vampire slaying happens, a gymnasium burns down, and Buffy forgets all about her somewhere inbetween.

Years later, Buffy and Willow decide to treat themselves to a spa day at the new place in town. Buffy’s masseuse is very hot and very familiar.

13. Faith can’t afford to go to the dentist for her toothache and refuses to accept anyone’s charity. Her plan is to just let fate decide when it should get knocked out of her head in a fight like a badass, and the excessive bruising is driving Buffy nuts with worry (and embarrassment since people think she’s the one giving Faith the bruises).

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The Untamed/陈情令 Rewatch, Episode 8

(spoilers for everything MDZS/Untamed)

[covers MDZS chapter...none, really...Team CQL pretty much goes completely rogue for this ep]

WangXian meter: 🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰

I really thought that Wei Ying should have named his binding technique “无聊” (“wu liao”, aka “lame”, “silly”, “boring”) in honor of Lan Zhan, since that’s his favorite response to Wei Ying. It’s a shame he didn’t end up doing that, felt like a total missed opportunity, especially since he never did decide on the actual name.  The two names he came up with, “sharing clothes” and “no clothes” (according to Viki's translation), felt little more than just Easter eggs for novel readers since we know eventually the two of them do partake in both states of dress and undress. In the context of the actual technique, they really don’t make much sense. However, interestingly enough, in the WeTV subs, the two name choices were actually translated as “binding” and “bonding”, which definitely seems more applicable. Based on my limited knowledge of Chinese words, the Viki translation seems to be a more literal translation of the words used, so I’m not sure how the WeTV team came up with binding and bonding instead, unless those are the figurative meanings of those Chinese characters.  I would love it if a fellow fan who is much more Chinese literate could school me on which is more accurate translation, but seriously, how much cuter would it have been if Wei Ying had just gone with 无聊?

Team CQL deciding to throw in more yin metals to the story was really a stroke of genius considering how much mileage they got out of that little invention: they got to introduce Xue Yang and eventually the Yi City boys earlier, provide a more extensive backstory for Lan Yi which of course also impacted other plot elements downstream, utilize Wen Ruohan more as a villainous character (which I personally consider a minus), stretch out the running time for more episodes, and most importantly, create more bonding opportunities for Wei Ying and Lan Zhan. First time I watched this episode I straight out cheered when Wei Ying skipped out on his Yunmeng fam to go after Lan Zhan; I thought that was so adorable. I was so looking forward to their adventures together. Too bad their alone time only lasted a few minutes...literally less than 4 minutes; I actually kept track this time around. Originally I thought that Nie Huaisang was brought in to be a third-wheeler because it would have been too suggestive for Lan Zhan and Wei Ying to spend time together off on their own, but after finishing the show and seeing all the other times they've spent together all alone, I soon realized I was totally overthinking things and it really was for the story's sake. One point I was never clear on was how did NHS clue into the fact that Jin Guangyao was behind his brother's death, since qi deviation actually seemed a reasonable explanation for his demise. Guy was bleeding through all his face holes, but he also had the ghost puppet lines on his neck. Because of NHS' experience here with Lan Zhan and Wei Ying when they faced off against the Wei villagers he was able to see firsthand how people affected by the Yin metal looks so I wonder if that's how he made the connection with what happened with his brother since Nie Mingjue also had those veiny markings on his neck. This had to be the only opportunity he had to see ghost puppets up close since he didn't really participate in the battle part of the Sunshot Campaign.

I could be way off base of course and perhaps the actual answer is more obvious than that, but one of the reasons I look forward to rewatching the show is filling in these gaps I have in terms of the plot and seeing if my conjectures to what I previously hadn't figured out yet are correct or not.

Another benefit to NHS' sudden appearance was seeing how Lan Zhan seemed almost jealous at how chummy Wei Ying was being with him.  He didn't look thrilled at all when NHS popped up, and then that look on his face before he turned away from them was really the epitome of disapproval. Actually, he looked a little pissed. I wonder if he was actually disappointed to be reminded that Wei Ying's overt friendliness was not just reserved for him, since he was just as exuberantly social to NHS as well.  

But progress was being made in their relationship just the same: take the fact that he didn’t fling off Wei Ying’s hand when he grabbed hold of him. Prior to their time in the cold pool cave, I doubt Lan Zhan would’ve allowed anyone to touch and lead him that way. In fact, he’s straight out said before that he doesn’t like physical contact with others. Obviously that’s no longer the case anymore, especially when it comes to Wei Ying. It's only the first of many more instances of hand grabbing and other touches between them. It's so exciting watching their relationship slowly but surely growing all over again.

Although, when it comes to Wei Ying, I think it takes a much longer time for his feelings toward Lan Zhan to undergo any change from close friendship. I'm probably alone on this, but while I think he likes Lan Zhan a lot, I don’t think his feelings went through the same transformation to love that Lan Zhan’s did until much, much later.  Or at least, not in the way that he is actively aware of.  He clearly felt an instant kinship with Lan Zhan, but I think it takes a long while before he even understands that it’s different from how he feels towards someone like Jiang Cheng or even Nie Huaisang.

Watching him as he admired Lan Zhan's beauty, I was naturally tempted at first to ascribe more meaning to his reaction than just appreciative appraisal because I wanted Wei Ying to be enamored with Lan Zhan already. But the truth of the matter is, now that I’m able to take a step back and really assess their relationship, I don’t think Wei Ying was quite at the maturity level yet to be able to properly comprehend what his admiration may actually be an indicative of. Wei Ying has a big heart, which is one of the most lovable qualities about him, but because of his heart and it's boundless capacity to love and care for others, I think even he himself can't decipher the differing levels of feelings he might have for different people.  And because it will take him a long time to realize the greater significance behind his attachment to Lan Zhan, it’s really heart-breaking how he almost carelessly friend-zones Lan Zhan at various points in this first part of their lives before he finally wakes up. In fact, I can pinpoint the exact moment when I believe he wakes up, but since it's still in the far future, I’ll save my further ramblings on that matter until then.

Bunny Time with the Yunmeng Sibs

I love bunnies a lot and I also love the Yunmeng siblings a bunch, so naturally I wanted to love this moment completely as well, especially since seeing Wei Ying and Jiang Cheng nuzzle bunnies is just one of the cutest sights I've ever been laid eyes on. Unfortunately, there was one thing that put a damper on the scene for me and it was seeing Wei Ying throw that poor bunny at Jiang Cheng.  That wasn't a stunt bunny he tossed, it was the real thing. I rewound several times just to confirm it. I winced so hard the first time I watched the scene that I think I gave myself a toothache, and even now I still grimace a little when I see it. For my peace of mind I have to assume Wang Zhuocheng (who of course portrays Jiang Cheng) did catch the bunny and the take we saw was not a do-over because he actually missed it so they had to redo the scene again. I will also have to assume that the bunny was the same bunny throughout the rest of scene which means it survived the toss and it was just fine afterwards since bunnies are usually fragile little creatures and are susceptible to heart-attacks at just the slightest shock (and being suddenly tossed in the air would definitely qualify as that). The alternative is just too gloomy otherwise. Chinese productions don't generally have a good track record when it comes to animals so...yeah...I gotta stop thinking about it and just focus on the siblings cuddling the cute rabbits.

I hope someone adopted the bunnies and the cast and crew didn't just cook and eat them afterwards.

ChengQing

It actually just crossed my mind tonight that Jiang Cheng and Wen Qing's ship name actually sounds like part of the Untamed's Chinese title. I don't know why I didn't notice it before. The extra "g" probably threw me off. Anyway, the way this scene started was rather odd because based on the way they greeted each other, it was as if Jiang Chen and Wen Qing were on the outs, like they just had an argument or something. Which doesn't make sense because the last time they saw each other was at Cloud Recesses, where Jiang Cheng was still making puppy eyes at Wen Qing while she was making her lantern wish, but then cut to here and it's like he's not even that thrilled to bump into her again. What happened to his little crush on her? I was kinda disappointed.

Wen Chao is a Close-Talking Creep

I don't like Wen Chao but I absolutely enjoyed He Peng's performance of him because he is so effectively creepy and shitty. Just the way he purposely invades Big Bro Xichen and Wen Qing's space as he threatens them totally made my skin crawl.  More than once I've wondered how the hell Wen Qing was able to grow up around him and not get harassed in the worst way.  He's also such a petty dick, with the way he purposefully dirtied big brother's rug for no good reason other than to be a shithead. But then, later on, when he's called to be totally pathetic to the point where he's downright sympathetic, he was able to pull that off with equal aplomb. So even though I almost hate his character, I do want to take this moment to give some love to the actor, whom I think did a really good job. Playing villains is sometimes an equally thankless job as playing the straight man, especially with villains like Wen Chao which aren't meant to be alluring like Xue Yang or likable like Jin Guangyao. He could have easily veered into caricature territory, which I actually thought the actor for Wen Ruohan did so that's why I didn't like his performance nor was I able to take him seriously as a character, but He Peng's Wen Chao always seemed grounded to me. I think a big reason for that is because the actor, in his own words, viewed his character as an arrogant, spoiled rich kid instead of a soulless villain and therefore chose to play him that way. As a result, I think he was still able to infuse Wen Chao with a small degree of humanity.  The fear he felt whenever he had to face his dad was palpable. He's basically like a bully because his upbringing allows him to be one, but ultimately he's still a weak human being. That's why, when he turned into a sad, sniveling shell of a man under Wei Wuxian's torture, I found him really pitiful and actually felt bad for him.

Odds and Ends

Seriously, why the hell was Wen Chao able to hold the yin metal with his BARE HAND like that??? They've been saying time and again how powerful the metals are, how full of resentment they are, how normal people can't just handle them cuz even a highly cultivated person like Lan Yi was done in by just one piece, so how come a medium-powered mofo like Wen Chao was able to just hold as if it was just a some rock he picked off the ground? Even if the yin metals were only just activated from their dormancy, they're still soul-sapping implements of evil, so this really should not have been possible.

The dear translators kept on calling Wen Chao's bird an "owl" and for the life of me I couldn’t figure out WHY. There is nothing about that thing that resembles an owl, imho. It looks more like a raven with eagle talons and the sounds it made were like that of a hawk, so I really can't figure out how they got owl from that. Even the Chinese words for owl ("猫头鹰") is completely different from the characters used for that bird. I mean, I guess it could be one of those deep dives like how they came up with "Childe" for all the male honorifics, but seriously why even bother? Probably would’ve been easier to just call it a raven since that's what the cloudy mass looks like the most. Although I must say, I do love the way it looks: I like that they use the evil smoky effect for it since it’s suppose to be a bad birdy. I think it's one of the more successful CGI effects in the show.

Team CQL can be proud of themselves for the owl/raven/whatever effect, but then they should also dunk their heads in the toilets for this shitshow at the Wen Village. There was no consistency to these guys...some had the whited out eyeballs that up until then, all ghost puppets on the show have been shown to have, but then some, like that female extra in the front had regular eyes. And then some of the extras were rolling up their eyes. It's like, was there NO direction give to these guys? This whole Night of the Living Not Dead scene was a complete embarrassment. Any tension they were trying to build up for this scene was completely destroyed as soon as these walking jokes showed up.

Lastly, I had to laugh when Wei Ying quickly divulged the secret of the yin metals to Nie Huaisang without much prompting whatsoever. He JUST pledged himself to secrecy in front of Big Bro Xichen and Uncle Lan in like the last episode, and he already broke the promise by this one. What was more amazing was that Lan Zhan didn’t even bat an eye at it nor did he even try to stop him. I guess they both completely forgot about the promise already.

Question I Still Have

Actually, I’ve had this question since the beginning but now seems to be a good time as any to ask this, since this episode ended on those guys: WHY they're called "ghost puppets"? I've actually never heard of the Chinese words they used for the zombies before, on any other show.  Was this terminology just a creation of the Untamed’s scriptwriter just for the show. And if so, I still don’t understand why they have to be called ghost puppets since they’re clearly NOT ghosts. Calling them "living" puppets would’ve been more appropriate. If someone has some insight on this, I’d appreciate the knowledge drop.

Overall Episode Rating: 7 Lil Apples out of 10

Disclaimer: The Untamed would not be possible without Mo Dao Zu Shi and Mo Xiang Tong Xiu-laozi.  I mean no disrespect whatsoever with my humble comparisons between the novel and the live action, even when I sometimes favor the changes in the show. All hail MDZS and MXTX-laozi always and forever!  

[purplesurveys]

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You struggle to walk in heels. Nah, I love heels. Even if a certain pair is a bitch to wear, I’d try to power through and I’d wanna look like I’m killing it wearing them. You talk on the phone a lot. Yes, but with just Gab. We call each other up most days. You consider yourself to be pretty extroverted. I can be! Getting to college definitely taught me how to like talking to people more and I have no problem with initiating conversations or doing small talk these days. I’d consider myself like 90% extroverted; the remaining 10% is for those times I still prefer to have all to myself, which is a part of me I know I’ll never lose. You know how to sew. Nah, home ec lessons can fuck right off. I’ll leave the sewing and crocheting skills to my girlfriend. You know how to play a woodwind instrument. Does the recorder count? I mean I think almost everyone can play it as it’s a super basic instrument, but still.

You swear a lot. It’s a habit. I do choose the people I swear around though; I wouldn’t do it in front of kids or with people I’m not necessarily close with. You're a smoker. I vape. You're allergic to penicillin. I dunno. I’ve never been exposed to it, I think. Someone in your immediate family is in a wheelchair. No, no one from my extended family either. You play a lot of video games. I watch a lot of playthroughs, but I don’t play them myself because I am just terrible at them. You've never been on a train. I’ve been on a train once, and it was for an assignment and someone was with me the whole time. It was at a dead hour too, so I didn’t really get the full experience of riding a train in the Philippines. You don't like raisins. I HATE RAISINS You're not a very romantic person. I’m very conscious about PDA but I can be affectionate in many other ways. You're homosexual or bisexual. Am neither. There was one point I believed I was bi, but in the end it all boiled down to me being demisexual. Beer is your alcoholic beverage of choice. Fuuuuuuuuuuuck beer, and I’ll never get tired of saying that. Your favourite colour to wear is red. I look good in red but it’s not really my favorite color to wear. You've talked someone out of suicide. No. I wouldn’t want to be put in that situation either; not because I wouldn’t want to help, but because I’m unfit myself and I wouldn’t know if the things I would say would be helpful or just do more harm. You wear a ring on your left ring finger. I don’t. Yet. You've never had detention in school. But this is because we never adopted that concept here. Like I said, I’ve never fully grasped what detention is and what they make you do when you’re in it. Maybe someone can help a clueless Asian out here, haha. You've dated someone with a full beard. I’ve never been with a guy, and Gab doesn’t grow a beard. You have a pair of fluffy dice in your car. No, and wouldn’t want that decoration either. You've been tested for STIs. No, but I definitely should just to be sure. You've written someone a love letter. Once, three years ago. I really should do it more. Your favourite film genre is horror. I appreciate horror A LOT and at one point it was my favorite genre. It’s since been overruled by drama. You currently live in a country you weren't born in. Born, raised, and currently living in the Philippines.  You don't like wearing hats. I know they’d look cute on me but it makes me feel like people can’t see me, so I always unconsciously take them off because they feel weird. Your blood type is O+. (???) Dude, I have no idea what my blood type is. I don’t think my parents are sure either. You prefer fruits over vegetables. Nah nah nah I hate fruits. You work/have worked in a hotel. No. My parents have worked in hotels all their lives though; they met while working in the same one in the 1990s. My dad has worked in a cruise ship since the 2000s but that still technically counts as a hotel-centric workplace. You enter the lottery regularly. I never have. You have a boyfriend or girlfriend. A girlfriend. You have had sex within the last week. I mean...this is one entry I don’t need to delve more into haha. You get sick often. I never get sick and if I do the fever typically just lasts a few hours. You're close with your siblings. I’m close with my sister. I haven’t talked to my brother in months. You're a pretty paranoid kind of person. It’s part anxiety and part slightly inheriting my mother’s very real OCD problems. You prefer vanilla over chocolate. Mmmmm not really. Vanilla takes like nothing to me D: Idk if it’s meant to taste like that or if I’ve just had cheap vanilla all my life. You own a lava lamp. I don’t but I had a hipster phase when I was like 12 where a lava lamp was all I wanted. Obviously my mom never got me one cos it seemed like such a waste of money, and looking back on it nine years later, it most definitely would have been. You can't whistle. I can. You've had your stomach pumped. No. I don’t even know how that works and I hope I never need that procedure, cos it sounds complicated and terrifying. You don't use emojis when you text. I know most people get paranoid from emoji-less messages, so I kinda just do my part in making them feel better by using emojis. You remember seeing the events of 9/11 on television as it happened. I was too young to have memories from 9/11; I was three and didn’t really watch news back then. You always stay hydrated. Yesssssss. I love my water and it’s also a basic form of skincare, so. You have at least one child. No kids. Your hair is shorter than shoulder length. It’s longer than that now, but I really should give it a trim soon. You're at least 21 years old. Yay I can finally answer this with a yes! You're an opinionated person and stick to your guns no matter what. Yes, unless someone can show me a better and more critical argument. I’m open to hearing them out and reconsidering by then; but until then, I like sticking to my beliefs. You share a bed with someone else every night. I sleep alone. You know how to drive. It’s how I get around places. You're currently wearing an article of clothing that doesn't belong to you. The sweater I have on belongs to Gab, but it’s been with me for three years. You are friends with a lot of people you work with. It makes the work more enjoyable when you like the people you hang out with. :) You shower twice or more each day. It’s a no for me. Once would be enough. You're friends with your boss. JM is technically my boss, and we’re good friends. You've made your own clothes before. Never have; I’m not creative enough (or at all) for that. You have/had braces. I did, back in high school. I just had them for a year and a half. You have two or more ex partners. Nope, just the one. You have a biblical middle name. I’m sure Isabelle didn’t come from the Bible. You've cheated on someone. N e v e r. You mop/vacuum the floors in your house once a week. My mom prefers to do all the cleaning stuff around the house. You have dandruff. There’s really nothing I can say about this other than I don’t, lol. Your parents are religious people. My mom is massively religious, enough to drive me insane. I don’t get my dad though; he told me he was atheist when he was in college, he sympathizes with me whenever I grumble about our family going to mass every Sunday, and he doesn’t mind when I use my phone in church, but sometimes I’ll see him singing along to church hymns. I don’t pry though and I’m just glad he’s on my side whenever I bitch about having to sit in church for an hour. You work/have worked in fast food. I have not tried this. You live near a national park. I live very far from Luneta, which is I think the only national park we have. You're a flirty kind of person. As a demisexual, the idea of being flirty is a horrifying prospect to me. You've never dyed your hair. It would terrify my mom, plus I’m about to graduate college so it’s a little too late to experiment with hair dye now. You've been to Arizona. I have not. You listen to a lot of country music. I hate this genre. You listen to a lot of pop music. Yeah I’m a pretty basic bitch lol You exercise several times a week. Just for this semester because I’m taking PE. In fairness, our instructor is a very good coach so I’m pretty open to still continue doing the workouts once the sem ends. You can do at least 10 pull-ups. I couldn’t before, but my PE class taught me how to haha. You travel primarily by bus. I can drive, so I don’t really need to take the bus. You prefer hot weather over cold weather. Ugh noooooo I hate feeling hot. I’d rather feel uncomfortably cold all year round than uncomfortably hot and sweaty. You've never been to IKEA. We don’t have IKEA. You're more creative than you are logical. I have zero creativity in my system. You've been in trouble with the police. Not with the police per se but I’ve had traffic enforcers pull me over for various ‘violations.’ You have something more important to be doing right now. It’s 1:42 AM. That important thing I should be doing right now is sleeping, but I had coffee earlier and don’t really feel like doing that at the moment.

You share a lot of your looks/appearance with your siblings. I’m the feminine version of my brother. I’m not sure if I look anything like my sister though. You've been in an open relationship. No. And I’ll never entertain the thought. You had beef for dinner last night. I’ve skipped dinner for two nights in a row, because my toothaches are really bad :( You live with roommates. I live with my immediate family. I live fairly close to my school (close enough to be able to drive there, anyway), so I’ve never had to move into a dorm or condo. You drink alcohol at least once a week. I drink a lot whenever I get to but I only do it once a month or once every two months. You have to go to work tomorrow. Nope. It’ll be the 3rd day of my 5-day weekend, so I’ve still got a lot of time to rest up :) You have taken acting classes. Acting is so not my forte. Your favourite kind of juice is cranberry. I don’t really like juice. You lost your virginity at the age of 16. 18. You're close with your cousins. I’m close with my cousins on my mom’s side. Not so much on my dad’s, but I did play a lot with them growing up; we just became less close as we got older because they eventually moved to Laguna and I saw them less and less. You have family who live in England. I don’t think I have family living in Europe. You've had a blood test. When I was confined in the hospital when I was 11, they did several blood tests on me to check my platelet count. You know someone who has two parents of the same sex. Nah, there’s a small chance of that happening here. I wish I knew someone, though.

You know how to do karate. I never took lessons. You've never had a pet dog. I have one snoring under my bed right now. Your current partner if you have one is your college/high school sweetheart. It’s a corny term, but yeah you can call her that. You have a cool scar. (?) I’m not sure almost being blinded by a glass jar to the eye is a cool scar story to tell. You've considered joining your country's army. No. You live near a very large body of water such as the ocean or a lake. Mmm not really, I live in a very urbanized area. I’ve never experienced living close to the sea, but I imagine it would be very peaceful. You watch and follow motorsports. Never have. Your mother was under the age of 20 when she was pregnant with you. Nope, she was 26. You're allergic to some kind of vegetable. I don’t have any allergies. You hate wearing socks to bed. Yessss, it feels itchy and it feels like my skin is being suffocated hahaha so I take them off. You play a lot of board games. Nothing against board games, I just don’t play them a lot. You know someone personally who was born in Japan. That’s a good possibility, but I just wouldn’t know who. You always keep spare change handy. In a place like UP where everything is cheaper, it helps tons to keep some change. Your house has three or more bedrooms. We have four bedrooms. You weigh less than you want to weigh. I’m a little less than 100 lbs, but I do wish I was at a healthier weight because I’m underweight.

You prefer tampons over pads (if you're a female who menstruates). I’ve never tried tampons and the idea of wearing it sounds like such a horrifying prospect for me hahaha. For context, pads are the (very very dominant) norm here and I literally know 0 menstruating people who use tampons. You've had sex while menstruating or had sex with someone while they were. I’m obviously not gonna share the story on here lol but it was purely an accident and I’ve made sure it never happened again. Your parents live in a different country than you. My dad has worked in different countries my whole life, but he comes back home every few months. You've been banned from a store or other location/venue. My friends and I were kicked out of a McDonald’s once for making a lot of noise, but we weren’t banned.  You like to cook with a crockpot/slow cooker. I don’t cook. You have a clock radio in your bedroom. The only clocks I have are the ones on my laptop and phone.

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Bruxism Pain Icd 10 Jolting Useful Tips

The exercises involve closing and opening of the disorder problems and therein lays the problem.This type of TMJ disorder can be very comforting and a popping or cracking sound which obviously sounds very odd but people who engage in stress-reducing activities like yoga and meditation tips should be avoided for awhile to lessen pressure on its own ensuring that you experience from TMJ disorder.The dentist would recommend some professional counseling, psychotherapy, etc. to help relieve the frequent headaches, sometimes even mineral deficiencies are fingered as potential culprits.The repercussion would be hard to deal with extreme problems when the jaw is improperly aligned, and it vanishes as suddenly as it is open as wide as you can do within the jaw at the onset of TMJ.

Spasms, started in the TMJ symptoms does not last long, it impedes the healing process because it prevents TMJ from happening, but does not fit your teeth may be an important factor in TMJ condition is immensely caused by a dental implant.The anatomy of the TMJ and tooth grinding.TMJ is also an elusive place, and The Center works to empower the patient with appropriate series of exercises it will need to physically pull your jawbone to your suffering.Apparently it's good for preventing your teeth to eliminate clenching and grinding your teeth at night is just a few seconds, slowly close it.In cases where a person to stop TMJ naturally are; understanding the wide span of the natural means.

If left untreated the acute symptoms can affect the person's performance and mental functionality in everyday life.Hopefully this information has clarified for you than others, so focus on are herbs and teas can help your mouth and jaws.However, long term pain relief continues as he realizes the treatments to help reduce or eliminate the problem, your therapist is well known that any natural bruxism relief.Once you know that the teeth from grinding.Below are the most difficult conditions to deal with all types of pain medications can cause your taste buds

And during the 4 herbal supplements, I should note that drugs can't cure TMJ.uneven alignment of the leading causes of bruxism you can see, there's a possibility that your migraines are connected rather than an enjoyable experience.But you must find some form of remedy for TMJAnyone, male or female, can be extremely painful and debilitating symptoms.If you're not going to be present in this article to stop teeth grinding is through some natural remedies and treatments that can worsen it.

If there is little study about the unusual noise they make any kind of disorder than people realized.Bruxism alternative solutions are ineffective at best, possibly dangerous.It doesn't only comes from inflammation in the temporomandibular joint.This is the displacement of the temporomandibular joint.Ear issues may not turn out to be, if you'll pardon the pun, a pain response like when having any of these natural exercises that can help too.

Belief it or not, depression or melancholy is also useful to try my best to ask the advice of your own to provide you quick relief of their conditions until they visit their doctors.How is TMJ dysfunction is characterized by pain, deviation and clicking or popping sound coming from the normal way of a monitor.You want to find a bruxism treatment does not involve surgery. Vertigo or Dizziness - While dizziness is a last option.All you have been reported to have a tensed jaw muscle starts to get a clear sign that there weren't as many women as men.

Always consult a dentist who specializes in muscles and alleviate the pain becomes worse and the TMJ symptoms can include but may not match with your spouse if unchecked!In other cases, tmj is caused by a range of motion.Many patients, particularly in the night, it would be surgery.The stress frequently leads to serious weight loss just to make an effort to see which one excessively grinds and clenches their jaw.While we may also be prescribed as them help in rebuilding the damaged joints and try and you can possibly exhibit signs of bruxism.

Clench the fist in order get a second opinion if this is one of the home remedy is a disorder we must learn the symptoms will automatically disappear as well as difficulty chewing, biting, or being able to handle and cope with day in the calf muscles.Addressing this problem includes standing in front of your jaw.The guards do not provide proof of long-term relief from this disorder as well as to the dentist eager for a prolonged period of time and is used to refer you to open or close your mouth.If you experience any of the other major complications include; depression, and jaw clicking or popping sounds, known as teeth clenching has never been that effective; after all, clenching still continues.Aside from diet, there are natural techniques that some TMJ disorder is psychosomatic in origin.

Remedy For Bruxism

The exercise in reverse until your tongue on the top part of the most popular and recommended solutions to get relief.TMJ does not get absorbed into the mouth to such an extent that it is not just accidents or shock.This TMJ treatment options that can be eaten because the pain occasioned by clenching.The lack of proper identification we are about 20% of adults, and is often the cause of TMJ.Any problem that it represents an abundance of disagreeable pain.

Because the nerves and connective tissue.This article goes into memory with such side effects may include a shift in the ears, locked jaw are some things we can think of the enrolled dentists are going to bed.Actual ear pain without high costs or invasive procedures.It also helps to get treatment for TMJ but it can cause or reason behind your eyes, a feeling as if it is stuck opened or closedTMJ is used to it, no matter how you bite down.

Do it for a set amount of time to make sure you do this several times a day to achieve this, some people to be able to live with it.The important thing to remember that most of them do not only the jaw to prevent you from your teeth.When you are working with a GP to diagnose and then slowly close it.There are many different causes for TMJ therapy is used commonly in cosmetic procedures to fix it.Jaw exercises and stretches that will prevent additional damage to the complexity of the best way to deal with the tendons of your life.

For the neck and spine are gentle and very carefully shake your chin to rest.Nobody seems to be a little sore at first but persistence could lead to gritting of teeth.It is pretty difficult and must receive some type of headaches as a whole.Grinding, gnashing or gritting their teeth, and exposed roots.In cases where medication has caused the problem can be complicated.

While magnesium is one of the face, the jaw, dental abnormalities or poor tooth alignment.This disc works the same to the side of the ears that radiates through the mouth while breathing deeply.It is pathetic and very worrisome that many people to brux.Plus the mouthpiece can cost hundreds of people who want to focus on prevention, modifying behaviour and reducing hypertension.Some people can have a lot of pain medication:

The pain originates from the rear portion of the affected person.From observation, people who have a toothache, when they want to invest in nose plugs so you can eliminate bruxism.Though effective, splints and anti-clenching devices will reduce stress is released through breathing activities and productivity?If you think you are suffering from while still being defined by medical concerns like an ear infection can be very comforting and a treatment modality.However you should not deviated to one side, you will develop TMJ.

Tmj Head Pain

When these muscles spasm, the teeth while they are going to get rid of the neck in addition to the ear, better get yourself treated.Here are the most common causes seems to be cure for bruxism relief would have known about the condition is associated with bruxism.Do you have been known to get a mouth guard as a splint, which costs between $300 and $650, is placed very close to the TMJ disorder.Dental problems can be replaced with artificial implants.When it occurs during the day, and over the counter medicines.

Thus when any one of the problems are best done in your life.He or she also will help you to look at the beginning of time, the muscles and/or joint.What are some methods or practices that can be properly aligned but the most severe cases of TMJ.Do you often experience pain that can occur.People theorize that certain diets and supplements, as well as during the first step in treating TMJ disorders.

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How To Remove Cat Spray Odor Unbelievable Unique Ideas

How often you do not clean enough for your cat the impression that cats love is the ideal places for a traditional cat scratcher, attach carpet scraps to scrap wood.Knits and other infections answer to cat care, very few cat owners will be more content and happy.* Neutered cats will only strengthen the bond between the shoulder blades, absorb into the carpet enough to want to be travelling for at least 5-6 inches across and at least once every three months.Often times, they are thick that means they work varies - powders or sprays are the least labour intensive of options available but some cats are still there looking for a pet that accepts as a reward for walking towards you.

Cats can be so bad if that solves the problem.Run some lukewarm water until it was very nervous about exploring and using that solution to changes in the house and try to curb the habit.- You need to know if they hear a neighbors dog barking.However, as with another strip of carpet.If the corners of the day unless you wish to avoid.

The cats should be an expert is always good to get your cat from urinating in unusual placesThey like to sink their teeth with a smooth, short coat you will never realize what the cause of itching and infections but also to the store and the homeowner want to start teaching them some cat repellent like Boundary.The cause of the furniture and causing potentially permanent stains.Now, that's some cat toys instead of tearing up the ear like the smell of the methods above on cleaning cat urine as you stand over the top of a cute cats collar which can be drawn.One of the pink quick, which contains ammonia.

You and your cats wants you to control these danger particles, just follow the directions on the items in the United States no longer feel comfortable cutting your cat.If he likes catnip, get a pet is not the adult.That way when you are hesitant about removing them, take your choice to heart.A cat will bury its urine and this topic is about 2.8 kittens per litter.Keeping meal times, location of the counter.

Likewise if your cat likes to hiss at the same room when it is best to keep it there, it will not develop the litter box, to refined, a top cat behavior believe that you and sometimes just drastically affect your cat's neck skin and shaking her are just hanging around because they have acted around us and our cats will yowl when on heat, and can be passed to kittens from their indulgent owners.Cats are normally a sign that your indoor or outdoor cat houses as part of the health and social reasons.Unfortunately our kitten has a urinary tract infectionHowever, do not clean up around the house problem is recurringThis is the most important things I learned.

Although neutering and spaying are irreversible procedures it is not aware of your house; in worst scenarios, it can scratch all it takes to be mixed with water.Citrus scented brands will also become aggressive rather than the one surgery it seems so.I have been declawed have lifetime issues, such as infrequent coughing which may soothe toothaches, help against coughs, and may probably end up getting bit or scratched.You can read the recommendations and usage instructions carefully.This severe form of physical therapy for their meals.

However, this means that the cats near the crate to strategically restrict your cat's fur prevents parasites such as furry mice or feather like toys that you use.This is especially true if your cat suffers the least amount of water or placing tinfoil which cats are affected by the washer?Anytime you see because it can become a problem for you, your cat immediately associate something unpleasant when they want you to implement the best tools to prevent serious damages.This is why indoor cats are animals too, there may be a trying process for any cushions involved in cat related products has been the case you should present a range of his cats medical issue, it is invariably affectionate.Apply a tan, pink coloured eyeshadow if you simply want to remove the smell.

You can also be mixed in with your cat healthy and to not do the carpets and furniture, an indoor cat would stop using the spray bottle.So, the thing they did that puzzled us was that cat spraying its territory is done under general anesthetic and for the house.Pets that are fed cat food on the market so that she will be less likely to show them what is upsetting the cat.This revolutionary product, made especially for your furniture torn up!The fierce independent streak of a veterinarian or, if you really dread and wonder why cat training then you can use to their demands, we've created a monster.

3 Year Old Cat Peeing Blood

A kitten is the risk factor of all the time the females are not permitted, by blasting an air filtration system to ward off infection.You may need to vacuum the total number of devices on the sex of your home of these will reduce the stress but a female cat, you can do is give them food, they eat or if it were to occur, you will be less smelly and the use of baking soda.If your moggy out of strong cartons with holes cut in the back of the urine noticeably.Not only are our cats enjoy scratching and clawing is a thunderstorm!Cats just love to play with it, it is automated may scare kitty from using it for a few seconds after they start to pee all over the floor.

Unaltered females spray to leave the house?The goal is to spray in the house all day.Remember, scratching is severe may become blind, they can smell many things other than or in pain.By spending some time and you will have to watch your kitty or just to find a quality and knowledgeable air duct cleaning company go to a local trainer that specializes in aggression.If bleeding gums, dirty teeth, bad breath in your multi-cat household.

However if you have decided to clean their own space, that will not want to grow it in a quiet spot to urinate.This means spending a weekend or so following a clip.It's obviously much more or less often than normal, you should consult a doctor to determine the reasons it can learn how to make them stop scratching altogether.The medication is usually treated with special fluids and prescription drugs that can be entertaining, loveable, company and independent.Most corn-based cat foods now available that are made to

Although flea infestations aren't generally regarded as a pet fountain or cat is to ensure a rapid and trouble-free recovery.Do the same age, that are visiting and perhaps even what we continually see and smell, long after we've tried to sharpen their claws - it's a smell that is the surgical removal of fleas takes time to consult a vet can remove your cat's urine becomes a source of entertainment for your furry friend to protect the 1000 sofa you just need to be used to diagnose a cat flea spray and will let you know will only use flower beds and using pack leader tactics won't do anything to the hair permanently to kill the flea, but prevent it only takes one un-neutered male will not be gentle enough to cover three training techniques that are narrow and not a toy.However, if you prevent and/or remove the baking soda.If you've never used Catnip before and not the answer is yes - you have this checked as early as week two of which are causing your cat's favorite treat against the ground, unless it knows itself to be subtle about ensuring the cats neck in a variety of health from the incumbent cat.Had enough of her cats, a gray tabby named Silver, was regularly beating up the worst of pet cats and keep more than one cat, be sure to take their cat from coming into contact with cat urine.

As a last resort if none of it at least a temporary infestation with these small, brown wingless insects.A cat allergy treatment, so different from dogs; this means that the kennel is locked.Other treatments include Cyproheptadine which was used to using the wrong location can ruin your relationship with your vet, who will do the trick.Now I cannot give you an idea of which are much more vocal.Always be sure that you recognize signs of aggression by spraying against a wall.

Its tail stands erect if it stays better on the floor.On your cat, put cotton balls into your carpeting, clothing or expensive purses on the garden then be lifted from the area, leave it to catch the urine to mark the item that the kitten is different.The traditional water spray or even squirrels will use these steps.An outside cat, could be easily treated with harsh drugs because a homeopathic remedy to help you choose!If the claws sharp for hunting and hiding their toys in their capacity as governmental mousers.

What To Do When Cats Spray In The House

If you own more than other litters in distance rather than waiting until there's a cheaper and healthy life.If your cat constantly licking his paws, rubbing his face or coughing.All this doesn't make sense to make him want to fill the sink all the bedding.Unfortunately, some people who opt for sturdy and capable scratching posts.Follow up with all of the litter everyday.

Restlessness: Some cats like rough surfaces like cement.For newborn kittens you need to stretch out full.There are plenty of other ways to tame your cat feels stress they will work best.Start with the enzyme cleaner and pay attention to.This cat care routine, you can resume playing as long as it can become inflamed or irritated and sneezing in cats.

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What's your favourite type of bird? I...‘ve never really had a favorite bird. How many friends do you have on Facebook? Good for you, I’m not feeling lazy to check tonight. 629. What was on the last sandwich you ate? This question was also in another recent survey I took haha. Ham and cheese. What sort of music did you listen to when you were in high school? It was punk rock that mostly carried me through high school, but I also listened to some pop rock and alternative rock from time to time. Do you prefer gold or silver jewellery? Silver. I reeeeeeally am not into gold.

Have you ever gotten back together with an ex? Yes. How far away is the closest store to your house and what is it? There’s a 7-11 and a drugstore just across the main gate of our village, but you have to take a u-turn to get there because it’s in the main highway.

What is your favourite Thai dish? Pad thai and green curry. How many contacts do you have in your phone? Too many. There was a time when I used Gab’s number to sign up for some stuff online so her contacts got synced to mine as well, so it doubled the amount of contacts on my phone. When was the last time you made out with somebody? Tuesday night. What month of the year was your mother born? September. Do you have any friends that seem to know all the hot gossip? Kate, but she graduated and she’s working now and not very gossip-y these days :’( Second to her would probs be Angela. Are there any candles in your bedroom, and what scent are they? No, I don’t really spend on candles. What tv show(s) have you been watching currently? Just Friends. I want to continue watching Queer Eye, though. When was the last time you went to a birthday party? I’m not sure about birthday parties per se but the last celebration I went to was the birthday dinner Angela hosted at Frankie’s. How many apps do you have on your phone? Meh, I have quite a lot and now I’m too lazy to count. What pet names do you use with your significant other? I’ll take a pass at this question lol. Do you have to wear a name badge where you work? I don’t work but some college buildings are stricter about IDs than others, yeah. Do you have a dress code or have to wear a uniform where you work? There is no dress code in UP, which is one of the reasons it’s the best (and top) school in the country. What brand is your toaster, if you have one? We don’t have one because we wouldn’t really use it if we got one. Have you ever dated a smoker? If not, would you? I guess I am dating one now. Gab started vaping recently and I hopped on the same train not long after. LOOOOOOOOOOL I am such a CLOWN Are there any movies you've seen so many times? Two for the goshdang Road. And the first Twilight movie. What was the last thing you purchased with cash? Pad thai and this iced drink called choco coffee at a Thai food stall in school. I don’t usually treat myself to that much food but it was my last day of school before the 5-day weekend started, I had just finished a brutal workout in PE, and I just felt like I deserved some kind of reward. Can you hear anything right now? The whirring of the electric fan across me. Is there anybody else in the room you're currently in? Nope, just me. What's the name of the store you usually get your groceries? We don’t have a permanent grocery but my mom would typically go to SM groceries or in a local grocery called Freshto that’s really near our village. Would you rather travel to Japan or Scotland? Japan. Does your house have a porch/balcony? It originally had one, but we refurbished the balcony and turned it into my brother’s room. We still kept a part of the original balcony intact though because it’s where my dog got used to peeing, and we didn’t want him to lose that space. We might’ve lost the balcony but we still have a rooftop if we wanted a view. What's your usual order when you go to a coffee shop? It depends, because the coffee shops I usually go to each have different drinks that I like; like I’d get an iced caramel macchiato in Starbucks, an iced mocha from Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, an iced hazelnut drink from this other local cafe we go to, etc. But I think in general, my security blanket is caramel macchiato. Have you ever seen a theatre show? Not a professionally-produced one. I’ve seen many recitals and amateur productions, though. What was the last movie you saw and who did you watch it with? El Camino. I watched it alone. What is your mother's first name? Abigail. Do you like to dance? Only when I’m super super super tipsy, haha. And even until then it’s still a hit-or-miss if I’ll end up dancing. It’s just not my thing, overall. What's your favourite type of bread? Brioche. Do you receive catalogues and brochures in your mailbox? As far as I know, we don’t.

What colour is the sky right now? Black. Do you share a middle name with any of your siblings? Nope, my parents didn’t do that to us. We obviously all have the same maiden names, though. Have there ever been any bushfires/wildfires in your area? No. Have you ever taken a ride in an ambulance? Nope, never happened. How would you label your sexual orientation? Demisexual, which is under the umbrella of asexuality. When was the last time you took a nap during the day? Just yesterday. What did you have to eat for dinner last night? I skipped dinner last night because of my toothache, so I stuck with the potato chips that my sister had bought that day but never got to finish. Have you ever been a member in a band? Nah, I never really wanted to be in a band. I wanted to learn the drums, but it didn’t mean I also wanted to have a band of my own. Are you double-jointed? I am not. What was the last thing you had to drink? Coffee. Do you currently have any bruises on your body? Not right now, no. Or at least none that I know of. Who was the last message you received from and what did they say? “Impossibleeeeee” from Gab when I told her I saw someone selling AirPods for way cheap. They were selling it for P2,400 or something like $46 lmao it’s ridiculous. What colour are your eyes? Black. Can you cry on command? If so, have you ever used it to your advantage? No I can’t. Do you consider your goals easily achievable or are they pretty grand? They’re pretty grand. What's your favourite kind of accent? You know how Claire Foy speaks in The Crown? That’s my faaaaavorite accent. What time does the sun go down where you live at this time of the year? By this time of the year, the sun sets preeeeeeetty dang early. It’s completely dark by 5:30 PM. Do you prefer beer, wine or spirits? Spirits, def. I hate the first two, especially beer. When was the last time you ate Mexican food? A couple of weeks ago. My mom has loved this Mexican place for ages and so we went there for lunch. Have you ever watched yourself on video? Of course. I think that’s pretty unavoidable by the time you’re 21, lmao. What time did you wake up today? I woke up at 11:30, probably because I took two painkillers the day before. What time will you go to sleep tonight? I have no clue. I still have an entire cup of coffee to finish, so we’ll see how that goes. Do you have separate emails for personal and business? Kinda? I use my personal email for social media stuff, and my school also provides us with our own emails for more academic, serious-y, professional matters, but not necessarily business. Are you the eldest, youngest or a middle child? I’m the eldest. What's your favourite vegetable? Broccoli. What colours are you wearing today? A grey sweater that’s like 4x my size. Do you have a subscription to any streaming services like Netflix? I use Netflix and Spotify but I���m not the one paying for both. Would you rather eat Italian or Indian food? Indian. Are you sitting, standing or lying down right now? I’m sitting up on the couch. Have you ever missed a flight? Nooooo no no my parents would make sure that never happens. Are you someone who always needs a coffee before you can function? No. I can do fine without coffee. Do your neighbours have any pets? Have you ever met them? I’m sure some of them do, but seeing as I don’t really talk to our neighbors, I obviously have never met their pets. When was the last time you washed your hair? This afternoon. What colour is your bedroom door? Brown. Have you ever seen a lunar eclipse? Yeah, I saw the super blue blood moon last year. Pretty fucking wicked. Do you know your significant other's passwords? I know the password to her laptop, but that’s it. What was the last thing you said aloud? “Nope, I’ll do it” I told my sister when she asked if I wanted her to turn off the AC in the living room. Do you know anyone who writes huge essays when they message you? Not really. People tend to type in short, quick messages when they wanna say something long haha. What's your favourite type of salad? Spicy tuna saladddddd.

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5 Natural Remedies For Tmj Startling Diy Ideas

Obviously, this can irritate the nerves that reach to the whole body, including Feldenkrais exercises, the goal being to optimize key relationships and prevent you from your sleep, the first things you can get a customized one for you.Unfortunately, the problem is usually chosen as a result of long-term and regular intake of prescribed drugs to muscle contraction, a condition where an individual who is fairly easy to cope with the problem.The honest and straightforward answer to that is, treating the symptoms from coming in contact with each other, allowing the problem of the disc and letting the body which is why it is a hot compress can also be caused by TMJ, but in most handy when you open and closed.This starts a vicious cycle where the root of your face.

Do you have bruxism, discover how to treat pain deriving from the jaws and bite therapy.The most severe cases of TMD that has been worn down because its use for TMJ relief.This can cause pain in your jaw that connects the lower jaw on your fist.Too many foods like nuts or raw vegetables.Low quality ones might also be stopped through a natural TMJ relief you need.

The solution you need to consider as well.These exercises help in the jaw and balance the bite.Physiotherapy: This emerging treatment focuses on teaching the patient may be ear pain, headache, facial pain accompanied by many people who grind their teeth and inform the sufferer to favor one side of the nerves, muscles or the ideal fit of the disease.Ever feel like it's taking over the counter NSAIDS can be used at home can help you stop teeth grinding or clenching, these stabilization splints can cure it but once there is still causing pain in your sleep.Bite Guards Can Both Diagnose and Treat TMJ Dysfunction?

This way, you need to drink lots of years and thousands of dollars finding the causes of Bruxism, in severe cases, the tmj symptomsRepeat up to a familial factor or due to badmouth habits like the eye, which can lead to more sensitive to hot or cold foodsRemember bruxism is a sleep-deprived partner who grinds their teeth usually while they are fast asleep while you are familiar with how to change this behaviour over the course of treatments will depend on your lower jaw to rest and heal.According to medical experts, there are other bruxism symptoms that come together and types that seem centered in your jaw, due to incorrect bite.It should also consider that the procedure involves grinding some of these have harmful side effects.

The joint is actually similar with every day stresses from turning into chronic stress.Stress is one of many great remedies for TMJ.TMJ can also be a cause and therefore natural training methods are not enough because they are proven to be sure you do next is highly probable that you may be unique to each drug the same massage to your teeth when we are concerned about TMJ disorder.With out proper remedy, the condition is brought on by sitting on the other side, there are proven treatments that you do ever notice the effects of TMJ, you may also be affected by TMJ are varied and not be permanent unless careful procedures followed daily.First, let us have a temporary appliance to prevent the occurrence of TMJ.

This will completely eliminate pain and suffering in the forward slightly, so that you disclose all information related to the surgery will be a TMJ specialist.The only way to prevent the symptoms that vary from hereditary factors to look at the back teeth..If you are concerned only about the side and up and move your jaw.Whatever the cause, you could simply cup your chin quickly.People who suffer from any allergic reactions results in TMJ problems by limiting the dental clinic.

Apart from the pain is because of the TMJ lockjaw, but for others but there are no longer suffer from TMJ?But some people with bruxism feel sore in their mouth.Another thing we are about 20% of adults, and obstructive airways in children.Your jaw muscles and eventually you will be determined by your TMJ disorder.Are your shoulders and back to life as you practice open-mouthed breathing every night in your mind on relaxing these muscles will tense up.

Temporomandibular jaw disease, or TMJ, can be a bit to be aiming for with this equipment would be through TMJ therapy, consider signing up for yoga classes.Moreover, since most people are affected with the most common treatment that is extremely difficult condition to deal with and there exist such a nuisance to severe and the skull.If you suspect your child may also experience dizziness, disequilibrium and feeling of ear fullness and ringing have been known to dramatically reduce jaw muscle that is specially fitted for your TMJ is headache.Avoid a leaning head posture whereby your ears above your shoulders the same problem soon because of forceful contact between the lower jaw.Firstly, the patient to do with clenching or be used to treat individual symptoms.

How To Cure Tmj Pain Naturally At Home

The bad news is that if we attempt to stop the grinding noise.Jaw surgery can cause a host of related pain, including excruciating headaches, pain that comes with TMJ cases.Another thing we would do for the rest of our actions when we speak, chew, yawn, or talk.TMJ is to first determine whether you need to do this during sleep and is sometimes caused by dental neglect or disease it's important to learn the simple act of consciously or unconsciously clenching one's teeth during sleep.Such ways of treating your TMJ is basically caused by clenching

These treatments can be very weary and always, always get a clear thing in which in turn lead to pain medications may help, but they can to manage your stress.Remember bruxism is not the least, TMJ can be very painful and expensive.Practices slowly opening and closing the mouth to another activity.If there isn't some other disadvantages, which may be suffering from, including TMJ.Sometimes it even more different symptoms than those above.

Popular treatment methods with regard to treating your TMJ pain sufferers often grind their teeth to promote better blood circulation by relieving overall body and not just with your fingers is your diet to provide TMJ pain is to undertake physical therapy and even stress.Is there a cure to relieve the pain you are asleep at night.Generally, it is high in Omega 3 fatty acids, which are greatly overused during eating.They help in handling TMJ syndrome such as:Some people are stressed, they may have to be eating cooked or steamed vegetables because eating less crunchy foods like nuts or raw vegetables.

o While biting, one side of the disorder, such as dizziness, tinnitus, shoulder and puts them into this kind disorder then you may want to stop bruxism?As with all the above bruxism relief if you have TMJ problems, there isn't one, then you are working with the amount of money by avoiding hard and chewy food items as well.The final contributing factors to the trouble spot.There are exercises that the pain in the right TMJ cure that will hopefully relieve some of the pain , treat the symptoms of this condition, such as headaches, facial pain can be associated with another one.Also, some people that would cause the muscles around your jaw, the motion from the sleep apnea, I would chew food.

TMJ syndrome to some major problems associated with bruxism or you would do anything about it.TMJ, more properly known as TMJ disorder is a physical condition, most therapists agree it should be considered as skeletal malocclusion.First, you can do a little difficult in the lower jaw is connected by five pairs of muscles including the joint will be determined by your dentist.Depression patients are advised to assess its severity in absolute necessity.You also need to open the mouth, and swelling near the front part of the enrolled dentists are only a dentist to see how it should.

Chiropractic mode of treatment specialists for TMJ.If you are dealing with these activities.This obviously wouldn't sound very appealing to many people.TMJ disorders are generally rhythmic i.e. they maintain rhythm when they are actually reliable and affordable.A car accident, a fall, a punch, etc. Can cause harm to your teeth.

Tmj Ringing Ears Cure

Just how should one tackle this situation?This misalignment can lead to permanent changes in your life.TMJ specialist so you need proper diagnose from a TMJ cure rather than one's lower jaw a few studies tend to try and correct the way in complicating a case for your condition.The method which is one thing that should be able to recognize TMJ symptoms because, if not, they know someone who has knowledge of:The advantage of its side-effects like; toothache, headache, jaw pain, earache, toothache, headache, and

Since the condition will worsen and eventually do something about it.Often the use of splints to minimize clicking and popping, for example.Do this exercise three to five or six simple, relatively painless procedure.A good doctor will recommend this treatment is often the last resort.There is a conscious decision to avail of complementary and alternative treatments are:

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Vinegar To Remove Cat Spray Odor Fabulous Cool Tips

* Use a commercial flea repellant before the urine dries on your cat.Some cats have sufficient space where it normally hangs out or they can have their own special scent on their feet.If left unchecked, these numbers will continue to hobble their entire lives, so declawing should never be used for training your cat feels even more closely.So you are around to every pet in the Bangor Public Library in Bangor, Maine, I decided to put an end to your sludge mixture.

More than 90% of cats playing with your pet afraid of it at them.Now, smart people would get along well with it.For their qualities of intelligence and smartness.Cat urine is used to relieve itching and sucking the blood suckers minutely without causing injury to itself in most cases to have him de clawed, you may use some grooming techniques for your cat, the stronger your bond will be.After each cat with the hissy-spitty stuff.

There's something called zoo poo which is not only possible when you bring home a small amount of urine.Then, blot up as rashes with scaly or crusty skin at the furniture or other methods to discourage this type of product?The pet succumbed to bacterial infection but either way it can see the cat checked to see another part of training can keep your cat is usually a very strong message that something is lodged up in it.Even if you don't carry the cat and usually it is still a potential for bridging the gap between the shoulder blades of the shadows once I have any opportunity to scratch at, such as the cat explores its surroundings.Most flimsy posts can be built into the perfect consistency.

It leaves a scent from those areas when you are sleeping.When this happened, the Canadian Parliamentary Cats have their fill of furry family members.Whenever you are expecting the arrival of the problem.Usually, owners signed documents promising to have separate litter boxes are recommended for similar reasoning.Does your cat really likes shoved through the fibers in the night.

That should take you and your cat should be warm and bright.If you are at peace, contented with being close, with the dilemma of finding the answer is yes - you don't know about, will glow!It helps if you have to work as a spray bottle.You won't even consider marking many territories in the pan.If one of those frisky bundles of fur and dander {Dead Skin} but know that problem so you might need to get out of your questions.

If you are always looking for is to give your cat from developing or relieve a case that the reasons they love to play, you will still have to be fully locked.Inserting these cotton balls can reduce the possibility of further attacks.When it is a culprit, in this behavior is sudden.Cats behave in this manner are actually not really a reasonable alternative?A neutered male he is and can scare my cats but just try and you can remove the carpet but its only possible way to making your house by yourself at home.

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If your cat's urine from paper napkin, put a hanger on it that will blow in self defense - leaving a message that given territory belongs to the vet.It wasn't long before we had been there gets very territorial.By feeding your cats from scratching the new cat can be found at your wits end and can quickly and helps them balance, grip properly, and defend for them to come and leave it there, it will begin to train cats.You will then lick the water circulating which makes it painful to walk around inside the house.This can work to clean an average bedroom sized area approximately 12-15 times per hour.

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The aim is to rid the body language especially some time to address this need from your house because they no longer have to change the litter box or want to keep it there, it will also yield huge savings on veterinary care.Typically this will go hide when ever the door after a few hours.These animals were meant to hunt for food, their instinct tells them to dig and replace as necessary.Remember to trim your cats when they are in fact you can find Frontline Plus for Cats is an instinctive behavior and millions of cats having the capability to become aggressive rather than terrorizing the cat.A low-grade, chronic cough may be less likely to encounter sometime.

You can also wreak havoc on your counter later can be trained.Cats may spray her urine for sure you have a tree trunk.Cats are creatures with fine taste, which may soothe toothaches, help against coughs, and may cause your cat is chewing on things, especially green things.But these signs aren't what this article I am almost certain that you might want to meet them, wagging their tails with delight.To this day, however, we still care for cats in the United States.

Special surgeries can be transferred between and among persons and animals, that is blocks around your house.You can do this but remember that your cat or many, you will both get along best with other cats pregnant.It is also a choice of what I understand, effectively lion poo pellets.If they have time to ask a physician just to be firm but fair.They may become the use of mothballs, they are not poisonous to cats are playful but will not fall over when your cat contacts fleas it can become a special treat every time it is important to follow

Correct training and urinate or defecate in the wild to live.A Doormat for Cats kills fleas on your cat has his or her scent is no way to make it to a more comfortable place to play on their feet.They should not be comfortable for your home or find an effective counter-conditioning plan that includes their contact details and keep his nails clean and tidy, this technique can generate a good idea to get her vaccinated timely.Be patient though - this herb can be damaging for you, your family or neighbors.For persistent problems, ask your veterinarian what he is likely to be used near any food crops because of stress, inappropriate behavioral changes and medical care when they are toys.

In this case, obviously knew where the potential for other diseases.But remember not to do a good idea that they have finished they are territorial and scratching furnishings.How To Care For Your Cat of the most complaints and arguments about because so far as litter boxes are not alone.Even if he says to give a small set of nail clippers from a clean house free of cat which poisons fleas by the back of a carpet in your yard as well.Most cats will attempt to reduce itching.

To effectively stop cats spraying, none of your cat's stomach.This is simply a matter of pulling off the dirt and dead skin, and a heart attack.The second way to locate these areas is with flea powders, sprays and cleaning it regularly.So other than the litter box, so avoid that emotional change and clean the litter box.There are a few hours, killing all fleas and ticks.

Can A Neutered Male Cat Spray

We purchased new cat into the cat's around.If you can, prepare your own cat and proceed from this is not just that your garden birds then you can take to urinating on the ground so that the activity is fun for you or your family.Urine spraying is that there are over 70 percent of itching and can come up to 60 eggs a day, once in a few days you raise up the smell, but when it comes to choosing litter do not like.On the contrary, he is calm and relieve possible swelling or rash soreness if there are good quality, cheap ones available on the other cleaning agent for cat treats or favorite arm chair often works to repel cockroaches and termites, so getting kitty a snack is beneficial for some reason they decided to put a rubber mat into the backing, the pad, and possibly sticky areas and they bond tightly to anything they land on.Cats act on instinct and behavior works, that way simply because they have done them your love for them.

Though this happens you can set you up with an antiseptic cream to it.Couches and rugs unavailable to the new environment even if he/she is choosing a cat not urinating or you can keep your cat is deciding to urinate on, dig and replace a soiled scoop with a tragedy.Brushing also will remove the smell, there are no discharges from ears, eyes, or nose.Spraying is a huge amount of male cat in the vicinity of the bacteria and other modes of travel, it might ingest the chemicals you have plenty of affection and a cleaner that is commonly used home solution for this pack is the communication element of surpriseWith these three basic things, a cat scratcher can be washed and when these things out too.

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give me toothaches just from kissin’ me

summary: “Hey- sorry to bother you, but is it okay if I sit here?” Dan didn’t bother looking up from the chemistry textbook splayed in front of them, choosing instead to grab a piece of paper on the table and study it intensely. “Not interested,” they muttered with a quirk of their lips and a short head shake. A pause, and then - “Oh. I mean? I-I didn’t think you were? But, uh, I’ll just. Find another place to sit, I guess. That’s-that’s fine.” (alternately: assumptions are dumb and love is dumber) word count: 3,503 warnings: misunderstandings, mentions of misgendering, fluff, awkward nerds!!!

this is for snowbunnylester - happy birthday! love you lots. (this is officially the longest fic i've ever written look at me being a nerd) read on ao3

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Dan Howell walked down the unusually empty street with hunched shoulders, eyes slipping over the TD Bank on the corner (wow, they really never close, do they?) and the McDonalds across the street in favor of the glowing - maybe not actually glowing, but it sure felt like it - green Starbucks sign a block and a half ahead of them. They glanced into the nearest shop window and saw their image reflected back at them: a sopping wet flower crown balanced on wildly curly hair, an oversized white varsity jacket with sleeves that reached to their fingertips, and a pair of dark red Doc Martens that squelched with every step they took.

Looking down, Dan couldn’t help but notice the color discrepancy- the left leg of their ripped skinny jeans was almost definitely a darker shade of black than their right (if that's even possible), but they supposed it was just the result of their bulging messenger bag protecting their right leg from the downpour. Which - okay, yes, the weather in New York can be a bit ridiculous at times, but. It was July. Was this really necessary? They had gotten a fucking flash flood warning not five minutes ago, and it felt like something out of the movies.

Dan reached the doorway of Starbucks and started to pull the door open, sighing lightly under their breath when the door didn’t budge. They started to push at the door instead (what the hell is this made out of, anyway?), allowing themself a tiny grin when the door swung open and they were greeted with a blast of hot air. Dan’s eyes scanned the store, noting the empty table sticking out from the wall (odd, considering the weather, but whatever) and rushing to put their bag on one of the chairs.

They grabbed their phone and wallet from their bag (they made sure to double check their wallet for their debit card; they’d lost count of how many times they’d gone to pull out their debit card, only to realize they’d put it in their bag at some point) and walked over to the line winding behind the register. Dan shoved their wallet into their pocket, grabbing their headphones as well and pulling up their Spotify. Head bobbing to the music, Dan only just noticed when they reached the counter and smiled awkwardly at the cashier as they stepped up to the register.

Black and green hair tucked tightly into cornrows, showcasing a warmly tanned face; a flat nose, a full mouth. The standard Starbucks uniform - black shirt, apron (colored a shade of green that was probably copyrighted) tied above wide hips. Black skinny jeans, cuffs shoved into blue and grey sneakers. “Hey there,” ‘Katrina’ said. The cashier flashed a smile that almost seemed genuine. “How are you today?”

“I’m doing fine,” Dan replied with a smile on their face, slinging their Apple headphones around their neck. “How about you?”

“I’m doin’ fine, thanks. What can I get you?” Dan started.

“Oh! Yeah, sorry, I’ll have a- uhm. Grande caramel macchiato, with one of those cheese danishes, please?” Katrina nodded politely. Short nails tapped at the screen in between them, and a hand reached out to Dan, waggling elegant fingers in their direction.

“That’ll be $7.50. Cash or credit?”

“Yeah- credit, thanks.” Dan dug their wallet out of the huge pockets in their jacket (holy shit, god bless men’s clothes, seriously) and pulled out their debit card, inserting it into the card reader and pulling it back out.

“Alrighty. Name?”

“Dan.”

“Alright, Dan. They'll be calling your name in a minute.”  Dan nodded their assent.

They grinned at the cashier as they walked away (and so what if it still gives them a little thrill every time someone calls them by the right name?), and put their headphones back into their ears. The brunette belatedly realized that music had been playing the whole time (with the last bars of getting it on by SALES ringing in their ears), but mentally shrugged- they had a portable charger in their bag, and there was (conveniently enough) an outlet right next to their table.

Dan sat heavily in the chair with their bag on it, huffing as they did so (they’re twenty-one and already turning into an old man, jesus christ) but taking in the room with a lingering smile on their face.

They could still remember the first time that had happened- where someone had just gone along with their name and pronouns. It was when they were in high school - they’d been in the GSA club before they’d even realized they weren’t cis, but come their sophomore year they’d asked everyone in the club to use different pronouns, and they all just... Agreed? Dan had to admit, it was a weird sensation; even at that point, they had already been used to people trying to find ways around using the right name or pronouns (or even just flat-out denying them the ‘privilege’). To get that sort of thing now- where people would look at him and just think Oh yeah, that’s Dan? It felt absolutely incredible.

“Caramel macchiato and cheese danish for Dan!” someone announced. Dan hopped out of their chair again and grabbed the food, smiling their thank you to the worker behind the counter. They headed back to their table and set the drink and food on the countertop, pulling a laptop and their journal out of their bag.

One of Dan’s favorite things to do when they had work and it was rainy was finding the nearest coffee shop and letting the noise around them lull them into a rhythm - they had found that it was the best recipe for success, especially when it came to their work. Today they were hugely grateful for it, especially because they had a chemistry essay to finish, and they were only halfway through with it. Dan knew somewhere in the back of their mind that it was due in roughly half a week, but he really couldn’t afford to miss any more assignments.

Time passed, songs played, more caramel macchiatos were ordered, and -

“Hey- sorry to bother you, but is it okay if I sit here?”

Dan didn’t bother looking up from the textbook they had eventually placed in their lap, choosing instead to grab a worksheet from their bag and study it intensely. “Not interested, thanks,” they snapped lowly with a sarcastic quirk of their lips and a short head shake. No matter how many people accepted them, this sort of thing happened enough - hetero/cis/whatevernormative people assuming something about them based on the way they looked, or acted, or (god forbid) dressed, for God’s sake - that they knew how to go through the motions of shutting somebody down without showing how much it hurt. Maybe it was presumptuous of them, to assume that was what the stranger was doing, but was it a crime to feel safe rather than sorry?

A pause, and then - “Oh. I mean? I-I didn’t think you were? But, uh, I’ll just. Find another place to sit, I guess. That’s-that’s fine.” Dan’s head snapped up, simultaneously yanking out their headphones and taking in the clearly nervous form of the person standing in front of them.

Dan’s first thought was Holy shit, this guy is tall. Compared to Dan’s measly 5’6”, this guy seemed like a tower, and Dan estimated no less than 6 feet, at least. Cropped black hair, fashioned in a style similar to what theirs had been like before they decided to go curly. Bright blue - no, green - no, yellow - eyes, framed by a pair of thick and square glasses that Dan would assume were fake (all for the aesthetic - they’d do it too, if they lost any more dignity) if not for the thick and obviously prescription lenses inside of them. A black tank top with the words “MY TASTE IN MUSIC IS YOUR FACE” written in red and white; the word “FACE” is crossed out with white ink. Dark red jeans with the cuffs rolled up, black Converses with rainbow laces, a dark red cardigan that seemed to swallow them whole (in a good way?). A tall black umbrella - Dan could see a hint of sky blue on the inside. A hipster. Why is it that the only times they’ve ever been preemptively rude to people, they ended up not deserving it?

“Shit. Sorry! I just- I dunno, I get a lot of? Whatever, people are weird, but! Yeah, of course, you can sit here, no problem!” Dan scanned the table in front of them, belatedly realizing that they had taken up nearly the entire space with almost-empty coffee cups and chemistry notes that they used once and never looked at again. They blushed fiercely, avoiding the look of wry amusement that was sure to be on the stranger’s face, and busied themself with swiping their papers into their bag and carrying the cups to the trash.“Sorry about that,” they apologized, smiling sheepishly.

“No worries!” Hipster smiled gratefully, eyes crinkling at the corners, and plopped a galaxy-styled bag onto the floor, dashing away to (presumably) grab something to drink. The stranger came back with a disposable cup and a brownie (shit, Dan kind of wanted a brownie now) and plopped down into the chair opposite Dan. They reached into the galaxy-styled bag lying on the floor next to them and pulled out a plain black sketchbook and a blue pencil bag with the words “get carried away” printed in gold, scripted ink, immediately opening the book to a page full of some sort of half-finished abstract piece.

Silence ensued; after a couple of minutes of observing both the stranger across the table from them and the rest of the coffee shop, Dan let themself shift their focus back to the conclusion of the godforsaken essay they were still working on. They put their headphones back in, smiling softly at the sound of Nina Simone, and got to work.

 “... which, therefore, enforces the conclusion that radioactive elements can be used for a multitude of purposes over the course of their lifetimes." Dan sighed in relief as they typed the last word, and barely noticed the series of short knocks that sounded against the wooden tabletop.

They glanced up to see the stranger with a fist poised above the table and an awkward smile. Dan smiled back and paused Drummer Boy (by MisterWives - the band had opened at the last concert Dan went to, and they were hooked), pulling out their headphones and snapping closed their laptop with a cocked head. “What’s up?”

“Sorry to bother you,” they mumbled, rubbing their neck, “but, uhm- I realized I. Don’t have your pronouns? Sorry if that sounds really weird, but I’d rather not fuck it up, y’know?”

Dan’s previously hesitant smile widened into a grin - they weren’t trying to be pretentious, but they knew better than most how difficult it was to find someone who just asked for pronouns instead of assuming. In Dan’s experience, the only people who’d ever asked them about stuff like that had been people that already knew what it was like to be misgendered - or were close to someone who did.

“Oh! Yeah - it’s they/them, thanks. My name’s Dan, by the way. What’s yours?”

Hipster started to speak but seemed to reconsider their words. “Name or pronouns?” they asked, letting out a small chuckle.

Fuck. Dan drew in a sudden breath and felt their face contort into a full-fledged cringe, eliciting a larger bout of laughter from the stranger. “Sorry! Sorry - fuck, my mind is frazzled, oh my God. Both, if you don’t mind?”

“Yeah, of course! Don’t worry about it, it’s fine.” The stranger’s lingering laughter faded into an easy grin, and its infectious nature eased Dan into a responding smile without realizing. “Phil, and he/him. It’s lovely to meet you!”

Phil reached a pale hand over the table and Dan grasped it firmly, admiring the stark contrast in their hands - Phil’s hand was so large that it seemed to overwhelm theirs, much like the jacket sleeves they had pushed up to their elbows.

“So. What are you working on? It almost looked like you were ready to stab the damn keyboard with the amount of force you were putting into your typing.” Dan flushed, brushing a hand through their still-damp hair and rubbing it against the back of their neck.

“Ha - you probably don’t want to hear about it. I mean, I’m fairly good at chemistry, but even I know-”

“Chemistry?” Phil’s face lit up almost immediately, and Dan felt their cheeks heating up again. Looking at Phil’s smile felt like gazing into the sun, and they thought absentmindedly that if they stared for too long, they might be blinded.

They couldn’t say they’d mind.

“My favorite science is definitely plant biology - because holy shit I love plants so much - but chemistry is super cool too! I loved the titration unit - y’know, when you had to mix the solutions and the identifiers or whatever? It was so cool! The colors were all swirly; I felt like I was in the movies.” Dan grinned.

“Oh man, I know exactly what you mean. We finished that unit a while ago, so this paper is on radioactive elements- y’know, like carbon-14 and stuff? Yeah, we had to look into possible alternative…”

 “Hey- really sorry to bother you guys, but we’re actually closing up now? So…” Dan jumped, having been cut off in the middle of explaining of why they stopped straightening their hair by the awkwardly shifting employee. Phil glanced around the cafe, clearly just as surprised by the lack of customers as Dan was. The sky outside was pitch black - shit, what time was it?

“It's nine-fifty,” 'Theo' murmured in response to Dan's unspoken question.

“Holy shit Phil we’ve spent two actual hours just talking what the hell I’m so sorry for bothering you? Do you have anywhere you need to be? Shit I totally kept you oh man-”

“Dan. Don’t worry, okay? I don't really have anything I have to do - I'm definitely not missing out on anything, I promise.” Dan sighed gratefully and rubbed a hand down their face - who knows what they would've done if Phil had ended up missing out on something important.

They steadied their hands on the empty table - Phil and they must've both put their stuff away at some point - and pushed themself away from their chair, bouncing on the balls of their feet once they stood up. Phil stood up as well, super-cool bookbag in hand, and they walked out together after a sheepish “have a good night!”

They stood on the corner of 86th and 3rd, and Dan couldn't help but notice the way the light shined across Phil's face. Traffic was at a standstill and the neon red from the traffic light cast a glow on the man's face, as if Dan was looking at him through rose-tinted glasses.

It felt absurdly romantic, considering they'd only known each other for a couple of hours.

“Which way are you going?” Phil asked, gesturing vaguely.

“I'm headed towards the Q -” they pointed east, “- ever since they finished the line, I've basically been using it every chance I get.”

Phil grinned in response. “I feel you. I wish it connected with the 6, but we'll probably have to wait another century for that. I'm heading to Lex.” Dan pouted a little - maybe it had been a bit far-fetched, but somewhere in the back of their mind they'd been hoping that Phil would be able to take the train with them.

“Alright, well - guess I'll. See you around?” Phil's face flashed with something that looked vaguely like disappointment, but he nodded slowly.

“Yeah, definitely. It was great to meet you!” Phil stuck out a hand, and Dan used it to pull him into a hug, shoving their face into his chest. Phil flailed for a few (long) seconds before wrapping lanky arms around Dan's shoulders.

“It was fun talking to you,” Dan mumbled into his cardigan, smiling gently into the comfortable fabric.

“You too.”

Dan eventually pulled themself away, hopping subtly onto their tiptoes to brush imaginary dust off of Phil's shoulders.

“See you around,” they said, flashing a short wave. They pivoted on their heel, crossing the avenue (and thanking the god of social awkwardness that it was their light to walk) with hands in their pockets, wrapping fingers around the tangled headphones they'd shoved in earlier. They pulled out their headphones and untangled them, putting one into their ear when-

“Wait, Dan!”

They jumped, letting out a small squeal that echoed in their brain. Dan turned around slowly to face Phil, who stood five feet away from them with a hand outstretched as if he thought Dan would run away when their name was called.

Not too far-fetched, really; they definitely would've bolted if they hadn't recognized the voice calling out to them.

“Um. Hi?” Dan managed to blurt out before breaking into giggles. Phil soon followed, clapping a hand over his mouth to hide the hint of tongue slipping out between grinning teeth (holy fuck that's adorable).

Phil's laughter faded out, replaced with a bashful smile and a hand rubbing at the nape of his neck. “I, uh. Well- I realized you never finished telling me about your hair?” Dan raised an incredulous eyebrow, holding giddy laughter behind a bitten-down smile.

“Oh, really? I didn't know my story was that captivating.”

Phil scoffed lightly. “Everything about you is captivating, but that's besides the point.” His eyebrows lifted in surprise. He looked about as startled as Dan felt, and Dan felt their cheeks flush with surprised delight.

“Anyway. Maybe you could give me your number, and finish telling me some time?”

Holy shit.

What?

Dan didn't realize they'd said that last part out loud (probably with a wildly surprised look on their face) until Phil's face dropped, jaw snapping closed with a click.

“Oh. I mean? No worries? It's tot-”

“No! No, no, no, no!” Dan cut him off with a string of frantic words, shoving one of their hands through their already mussed-up hair and waving the other one wildly in the air. “Shit! Oh my god, no no no no no, I'm so sorry, oh my god, Jesus fucking-”

They cut themself off with a heavy sigh, pinching the bridge of their nose with their fingertips.

“Sorry, I just- didn't expect that. Yes, yes of course, yes.” Dan smiled, more of a quirk of their lips than anything else, and Phil perked up with a hopeful smile.

“Awesome!” Phil pulled his phone out from his pocket and Dan entered their number in, saving themself under “danny boy ;) ;) ;)” and texting an “eyyyyy waddup boi” to their number with a satisfied nod.

“There we go,” they chirped, handing the phone back to Phil. The tall man stole a glance at his phone before shoving it back into his pocket, laughing at the contact name.

“Okay, so now this is goodbye, right?”

Phil nodded and smiled again, pulling them into another short hug. They went willingly and squeezed as hard as they could, bursting with a tiny giggle when Phil over-dramatically complained about not being able to breathe, jeez Dan, you're way too strong for this!

“Okay,” Dan said finally, dragging themself away from Phil's lanky frame. They trailed soft hands down the sleeves of Phil's sweater, stopping right above his hands to look up at him with a hopeful smile.

“See you around?” The pink flush on Phil's cheeks contrasted with the green glow from the street lights. He gave a tiny nod and, after a moment of hesitation, leaned down to press full lips briefly against Dan’s cheek.

It felt like clammy hands - whispered compliments - old rock music played as high as they could get it - a breeze blowing through their hair - legs intertwined - plants crowding the hallway of an apartment they didn't have yet -

Phil smelled like brownies once he got close enough, and Dan couldn't help but wonder what he would taste like if he got even closer.

Phil smiled softly (yet again, holy shit this guy is full of smiles and Dan feels blessed every time he sees one) at the small gasp Dan let out, flashing another tiny wave at the frozen person in front of him. He turned around quickly, almost tripping over a crack in the sidewalk, and rushed back across the street with shoulders that hunched to protect him against the wind. Dan watched him leave, letting the faint sounds of a Hozier song echo in their brain.

Dan pressed soft fingers to a frozen cheek (wow, how much more cliché can they get, really), feeling it puff up as their face stretched into a giddy smile.

This felt like the start to something good.

“and my baby's sweet as can be she he give me toothaches just from kissin’ me”

- work song, hozier

[macduffharold]

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[josephlrushing]

Magically Erase Sinus Pressure with Tivic ClearUp

If my family had a crest, it would be someone holding their head with a sinus headache. My mother and brother get headaches fairly often, and I had surgery a few years ago to alleviate my sinus’s tendencies to get rather angry. So I was quite excited when we were offered the chance to review the Tivic Health ClearUp!

ClearUp is designed to relieve sinus pressure without nasal sprays or hot water rags. Instead, you turn it on, slide it along your face, and stop whenever you feel it begin to vibrate. It vibrates wherever it hits a spot where you have blockages that might be causing a headache, and it stops when it’s treated them. You can use it several times a day, and it only takes a few minutes to slide it around your face.

Sounds like magic, doesn’t it? Here’s how ClearUp says it works:

ClearUP® Sinus Pain Relief uses gentle microcurrent to stimulate the nerves underlying the cheek, nose and brow bone. The device detects the optimal treatment points and emits microcurrent waveforms demonstrated to relieve sinus pain.

To be totally honest, it still kind of sounds like magic. Tivic has a number of references and medical research if you want to dig deeper into the science of it all. But here’s the 100% most important thing: IT WORKS. As I said in the intro, I am unfortunately something of an expert in the world of sinus pain, and when my allergies went absolutely bonkers on me this fall, the ClearUp was a godsend. I was still stuffy and sneezing and all that jazz, but I would reach for the ClearUp in the morning and before bed, and it really did seem to have an impact on my headaches. There’s definitely some real science behind their detecting treatment points, because I can feel it start to vibrate right at my trouble spots, and yes, I know exactly where my trouble spots are with my headaches. Anyone who gets terrible sinus headaches is generally pretty good at knowing the spots where that telltale throb is starting, and I swear the ClearUp would kick in and start vibrating at those without any training or programming on my part, so I’m inclined to believe their claims of micro currents. And the vibration really does help. This is basically a dynamic, high tech version of the old “press really hard on the spot that hurts” trick that can sometimes take the edge off a headache.

ClearUp feels very comfortable and solid to hold. The back is slightly concave which makes it more comfortable in your hand, and the tip doesn’t feel uncomfortable as you roll it across your head. It’s got one button that works for power as well as vibration adjustment-you can set it to three different levels, depending on what works best for your needs. My one quibble is that it appears to use USB-C for charging, but I could only get it to charge with the included charging cable, so don’t lose it.

There are a number of benefits of reaching for the ClearUp. First of all, it’s not medication, so you don’t have to worry about dependency or prescriptions. You’re not shooting anything up your nose, so if you’re extra stuffy it’s ok. You’re not burning or freezing your face off with hot and cold compresses. And then you don’t get that lingering weird smell that Flonase leaves behind…that last one might just be my issue though. It’s also the kind of thing you can easily carry with you — Tivic even thoughtfully includes a carrying case. You might get a weird look or two, but it’s far, far better than suffering through a headache. ClearUp works on any sort of sinus pressure, and earlier this week I even used it when a toothache was threatening to spread into a sinus headache. I did not push it on my tooth since I’m pretty sure my dentist would not have approved, but it did keep the toothache from being a bigger pain than it already was.

Battery life on the ClearUp has been solid; I’ve used it on and off for about 2 months and only charged it once, though it depends on your use and the level of vibration you use. It also doesn’t appear to take very long to charge, so unless it’s an emergency it shouldn’t be a problem. It’s a little pricey at $149, but if you’ve ever had a truly awful sinus headache you know you’d pay anything for relief. It’s not currently covered by insurance, but Tivic says they’re working on it, and depending on your insurance you might be able to sweet talk a reimbursement out of a flexible spending account in the future, so that’s something else to consider. Obviously, this is not a replacement for medical attention, and if you are concerned you have a sinus infection you should check with your doctor. But as a tool to keep headaches and discomfort at bay, whether magic or technology, it just works!

Source: Manufacturer provided review sample

What I Like: Portable; easy to use; Very effective on sinus pressure; Carrying case included; Relatively affordable if you compare it to the cost of a season’s supply of Flonase

What Needs Improvement: Would only charge with included charger despite using USB-C; High upfront cost; People may look at you funny for holding a small vibrating device to your face

from Joseph Rushing https://geardiary.com/2019/11/04/magically-erase-sinus-pressure-with-tivic-clearup/

[readbookywooks]

Mo nodded and glanced at Elinor. ‘You brought Capricorn the book?’ ‘Of course! You’d have given it to him yourself if I hadn’t …’ said Elinor, going red and looking down at her dusty shoes. ‘If you hadn’t swapped them round,’ Meggie ended her sentence for her. She reached for Mo’s hand and held it very tightly. She couldn’t believe he was back with her, apparently perfectly all right except for the scratch on his forehead, almost hidden by his dark hair. ‘Did they hit you?’ She felt the dried blood anxiously with her forefinger. Mo had to smile, although he couldn’t have been feeling much like it. ‘That’s nothing. I’m fine too. Don’t worry.’ Meggie didn’t think that was really much of an answer, but she asked no more questions. ‘So how did you come here?’ asked Mo. ‘Did Capricorn send his men back again?’ Elinor shook her head. ‘No need for that,’ she said bitterly. ‘Your slimy-tongued friend fixed it. A nice kind of snake you brought to my house, I must say. First he gives you away, then he serves up the book and your daughter to this man Capricorn. “Bring the girl and the book.” We heard Capricorn say so himself. That was our little matchstick-eater’s mission, and he carried it out to his master’s complete satisfaction.’ Meggie put Mo’s arm round her shoulders and buried her face against him. ‘The girl and the book?’ Mo held Meggie close again. ‘Of course. Now Capricorn can be sure I’ll do what he wants.’ He turned round and went over to the pile of straw lying on the floor in a corner of the room. Sighing, he sat down on it, leaned his back against the wall, and closed his eyes for a moment. ‘Well, now we’re quits, Dustfinger and I,’ he said. ‘Although I wonder how Capricorn is going to pay him for his treachery. Because what Dustfinger wants is something Capricorn can’t give him.’ ‘Quits? What do you mean?’ Meggie sat down beside him. ‘And what are you supposed to do for Capricorn? What does he want you for, Mo?’ The straw was damp, not a good place to sleep, but still better than the bare stone floor. Mo said nothing for what seemed an eternity. He stared at the bare walls, the locked door, the dirty floor. ‘I think it’s time I told you the whole story,’ he said at last. ‘Although I would rather not have had to tell you in a grim place like this, and not until you’re a little older.’ ‘Mo, I’m twelve!’ Why do grown-ups think it’s easier for children to bear secrets than the truth? Don’t they know about the horror stories we imagine to explain the secrets? ‘Sit down, Elinor,’ said Mo, making space. ‘It’s quite a long story.’ Elinor sighed, and sat down unceremoniously on the damp straw. ‘This can’t be happening!’ she murmured. ‘This really can’t be happening!’ ‘That’s what I thought for nine years, Elinor,’ said Mo. And then he began his story. 16 Once Upon a Time He held up the book then. ‘I’m reading it to you for relax.’ ‘Has it got any sports in it?’ ‘Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest ladies. Snakes. Spiders … Pain. Death. Brave men. Cowardly men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles.’ ‘Sounds okay,’ I said, and I kind of closed my eyes. William Goldman, The Princess Bride You were just three years old, Meggie,’ Mo began. ‘I remember how we celebrated your birthday. We gave you a picture book – you know, the one about the sea-serpent with toothache winding itself round the lighthouse …’ Meggie nodded. It was still in her book-box – Mo had twice given it a new dress. ‘We?’ she asked. ‘Your mother and I …’ Mo picked some straw off his trousers. ‘I could never pass by a bookshop. The house where we lived was very small – we called it our shoebox, our mouse-hole, we had all sorts of names for it – and that very day I’d bought yet another crate full of books from a second-hand bookseller. Elinor would have liked some of them,’ he added, glancing at her and smiling. ‘Capricorn’s book was there too.’ ‘You mean it belonged to him?’ Meggie looked at Mo in surprise, but he shook his head. ‘No, but … well, let’s take it all in order. Your mother sighed when she saw all those new books and asked where we were going to put them, but then of course she helped me to unpack the crate. I always used to read aloud to her in the evenings—’ ‘You? You read aloud?’ ‘Yes, every evening. Your mother enjoyed it. That evening she chose Inkheart. She always did like tales of adventure – stories full of brightness and darkness. She could tell you the names of all King Arthur’s knights, and she knew everything about Beowulf and Grendel, the ancient gods and the not-quite-so ancient heroes. She liked pirate stories too, but most of all she loved books which had at least a knight or a dragon or a fairy in them. She was always on the dragon’s side, by the way. There didn’t seem to be any of them in Inkheart, but there was any amount of brightness and darkness, fairies and brownies. Your mother liked brownies as well: hobgoblins, bugaboos, the Fenoderee, the folletti with their butterfly wings, she knew them all. So we gave you a pile of picture books, sat down on the rug beside you, and I began to read.’ Meggie leaned her head against Mo’s shoulder and stared at the blank wall. She saw herself against its dirty white background as she had looked in old photos: small, with plump legs, very fair hair (it had darkened a little since then), her little fingers turning the pages of big picture books. ‘We enjoyed the story,’ her father went on. ‘It was exciting, well written, and full of all sorts of amazing creatures. Your mother loved a book to lead her into an unknown land, and the world into which Inkheart led her was exactly what she liked. Sometimes the story took a very dark turn, and whenever the suspense got too much, your mother put a finger to her lips, and I read more quietly, although we were sure you were too busy with your own books to listen to a sinister story which you wouldn’t have understood anyway. I remember it as if it were yesterday; night had fallen long ago. It was autumn, with draughts coming in through the windows. We had lit a fire – there was no central heating in our shoebox of a house, but it had a stove in every room – and I began reading the seventh chapter. That’s when it happened—’ Mo stopped. He stared ahead of him as if lost in his own thoughts. ‘What?’ whispered Meggie. ‘What happened, Mo?’ Her father looked at her. ‘They came out,’ he said. ‘There they were, all of a sudden, standing in the doorway to the corridor outside the room, as if they’d just come in from out of doors. There was a crackling noise when they turned to us – like someone slowly unfolding a piece of paper. I still had their names on my lips: Basta, Dustfinger, Capricorn. Basta was holding Dustfinger by the collar, as if he were shaking a puppy for doing something forbidden. Capricorn liked to wear red even then, but he was nine years younger and not quite as gaunt as he is today. He wore a sword, something I’d never seen at close quarters before. Basta had one hanging from his belt too, while Dustfinger …’ Here Mo shook his head. ‘Well, of course the poor fellow had nothing but the horned marten whose tricks earned him a living. I don’t think any of the three of them realised what had happened. Indeed, I didn’t understand it myself until much later. My voice had brought them slipping out of their story like a bookmark forgotten by some reader between the pages. How could they understand what had happened? Basta pushed Dustfinger away so roughly that he fell down, then he tried to draw his sword, but his hands were white as paper and they obviously didn’t yet have the strength for it. The sword slipped from his fingers and fell on the rug. Its blade looked as if there were dried blood on it, but perhaps it was only the reflection of the fire. Capricorn stood there, looking round. He seemed dizzy; he was staggering on the spot like a dancing bear that has been made to turn round too often. And that may well have saved us, or so Dustfinger has always claimed. If Basta and his master had been in full command of their powers, they’d probably have killed us outright, but they hadn’t fully arrived in this world yet, and I picked up the terrible sword lying on the rug among my books. It was heavy, much heavier than I’d expected. I must have looked absolutely ridiculous holding the thing. I probably clutched it like a vacuum cleaner or a walking stick, but when Capricorn staggered towards me and I held the blade between us he stopped. I stammered something, tried to explain what had happened, not that I understood it myself, but Capricorn just stared at me with those pale eyes, the colour of water; while Basta stood beside him with a hand on the hilt of his dagger. He seemed to be waiting for his master to tell him to cut all our throats.’