#para: actions have consequences

[spidybaby]

Broken Glass | Barca Boys

Summary: Maybe it was only a metaphor, or maybe it was how your relationship felt.

Warnings: cursing, broken relationship.

A/N: I know you love Barca Boys, so here's it is a little angst for you ❤���✨️ also because the votes and anons were clear about you loving this series. Happy late Sunday to you!!!!

Pedri

"No," You say, making him turn back to you. "I'm not going."

"Joder, you are really testing my limits today." He says, trying to keep his cool. "I said let's go, now move it."

You throw your bag into the couch. Walking over to the kitchen. You grab your favorite mug, leaving it on the counter.

He sees you walking over the fridge, taking your dunkin' donuts caramel coffee, you poor it over your mug.

"Para." He orders.

You ignore his words. Grabbing some icecubes and pouring them onto the cup. "Go, it's late."

You knew that moving in with him was a big step, you very much inside of you knew that you might not be ready for it.

But you also knew that you loved him enough to make sacrifices. For him, for you, for the relationship.

"I said stop." He says, trying to grab the mug from your hands. "Give this to me."

You hand him go back and forth with the mug. "Pedro, what is wrong with you? Let go!"

He does, hitting his hand on the counter. He tries to calm himself. He walks over to the office, grabbing his keys and jacket.

"Stop that shit, let's go." He says, trying to sound less mad than he is.

"Are we really doing this?" You ask him. "Pedro, we are not fine, and honestly I don't feel like putting a big fake smile on my face for your family to think that everything is gummies and flowers in happyland!"

"We are fine!"

"No, we are not." You say. "We can't keep doing this."

You two stay quiet, trying to think about ways to fix what you two have, trying to make a smart choice that doesn't involve one of the two taking a different way.

"Te amo." He says, looking at the floor. "We can fix this, I know it."

"I know it too, we just need to know how."

"Let's think about it once we are back, just for tonight, let's not act this way."

You nod, leaving the mug and everything else on the house. He walks over to the couch, grabbing your purse and your jacket.

"Let's go." He smiles, kissing your forehead. "We can talk once we are back."

You can't help the feeling of tiredness, how much this situation is weighting on your shoulder.

You can feel his eyes on your hands, he wants to be able to hold them like he used to, but the feeling of guilt was bigger than his desires.

You noticed that, and like always, you took the initiative and grab his hand. The quickness of his actions makes you let a small smile.

He brings it up, closer to his lips, giving the skin a peck. "My dad is going to be so happy that you are coming." He says.

You nod, knowing that to him, making it seem like everything was fine in front of his parents was the most important thing.

His parents advise you not to move together, < you are too young to be thinking about that >

But you didn't listen, so here's the consequences of your own actions. You are not only young but also very dumb.

Everything was easier before. Everything seemed like a dream, but no. You had to ruin it.

"Do you want more salad, querida?" Rosy asks you.

"Thank you!" You smile at her. "This is delicious, I really like it."

"Well, Pedri always talks about how much you love this salad and I made it especially for you!"

You can feel Pedri's hand squeezing you, you smile and thank his mother one more time.

You take your hand and place it on top of his. You know that you have a long talk as soon as you hit home, but you want to keep with this fake narrative of being okay.

"How's everything?" Rosy asks when you two are alone, noticing the sad eyes you two have. "Are you doing okay?"

You don't want to talk to her about your problems with her son, you also don't want to uncover the truth you can't accept.

"Yes, I just feel tired from staying up late." You lie. "Do you need me to wash the dishes?"

She knows you are lying. It's easy for her to notice that. "Leave that, come with me." She asks, taking the glass from your hands. "Let's go for a walk while the boys play outside."

You nod, walking with her to the entrance of the house. You two decide to walk around the block.

You know she's about to ask, you know she wants to know what is going on, you know she wants the best for you and Pedri.

"Did you two fight?" She asks.

You stayed quiet, you feel embarrassed to even talk with her about it. You know she will tell you that she told you both not to do that, but you still did it.

"If you don't talk, then I can't help."

You look at her, she noticed the tears in your eyes. "It's not that." You try, chocking on a sob. "I just don't understand where it all went wrong."

"Ay, cariño." She hugs you. "It's okay, let it all out."

"And I know you told us that this was not the way to go, and I'm so sorry about not listening." You cry even harder. "I just thought that maybe it was going to be easier, and I don't want to lose him."

She grabs you by the shoulders, walking you over the bench that was at the small park you two were walking by.

"And I'm so sorry, I know this was a mistake, please don't be mad."

"I would never be mad." She smiles, holding your face. "But you know that this has to stop, right?"

You shake your head no, getting up from the bench. You fry your tears with your sleeves, calming down your urge to cry.

"I'm sorry, Rosy." You say, turning to where she is. "I think I overreacted, sorry you had to see that." You say, smiling.

She wants to talk about your reaction and try to know more because to her, this is not a normal reaction to have.

"It's getting colder. Maybe we should go back." You say before she starts speaking.

She got the hint, you weren't going to talk. She just nods, walking by your side in silence. She didn't want to seem disrespectful by trying to force the words out of you.

Before you enter the house once again, you grab her wrist, looking at her with puppy eyes. "Please don't tell anybody about what happened." You beg.

The last thing you want it to create more problems between Pedri and you.

She nods, placing a hand on your face and squishing your cheek. "Want some cake?" She asks, knowing that will make you happy.

You smile, giving her a small nod. You two walk inside, watching how Pedri, his brother, and father are eating a piece of cake already.

"Did you even leave us any?" Rosy jokes.

"A little bit only." Fer jokes.

You enjoyed a piece of cake with them, Rosy and Fernando moved to the kitchen after a while. They were talking and putting everything away, even if you offer help, they denied it.

After a few minutes Pedri moved to where his parents are, taking the plates and cups. You zone out, thinking about the fight.

You can't help but feel hopeless, can it help if you go back to live in separate houses? Can it help if you take a break? Can it help if you go to a counselor?

Maybe.

Maybe not.

"Vamos," Pedri says, handing your things to you.

You frown a little. "I thought we were staying a little bit more." You say, getting up and walking with him to the door.

But he doesn't answer. In fact, he's afraid that if he does, he might say the wrong thing. He just shakes his head, opening the car door for you.

When you get home, he is still in this quiet state. You want to ask, but you prefer for him to be the one telling you what is going on.

"Did you talk to my mom?" He asks.

You turn to where he is, already knowing that a fight is expected. "I mean, we took a walk and talked." You say. "Why?"

"I don't know, maybe because my parents were talking about how you were crying and asking her not to be mad at you." He says in this very deceptive tone.

You grab a napking, cleaning the small drops of coffee you dropped from moving the mug that you left.

"Do you really think moving together was a mistake?" He asks.

"I d-" You pause to think if what you were about to say was the right thing. "I don't know. I think we may have hurried into making that decision."

"So this is it?" He asks, mad at your answer. "I don't think we rushed."

"But we did." You say, wanting to shere what you really feel. "I think we need some time apart. We need to go to counseling or to go back to have our own place."

"You don't want to live here anymore?"

He knew this was coming, but he doesn't say it, maybe because he is afraid, maybe because he feels like his heart is about to explote, maybe because he feels embarrassed that his relationship is failing.

You take a deep breath, knowing that what you are about to do is the hardest thing you've ever done.

But it was necessary.

"No."

Gavi

"Wait, Pablo." You grab his arm, making him stop. "Can you please talk to me?" You ask.

He just frowns, taking his hand and moving your hand. "Vamos." He says, walking over to the car.

You follow him, opening the door and getting on the passenger seat.

"If you are mad, sad, angry, or anything." You say, grabbing his hand. "Can you please tell me?"

He does this thing where he just acts like anything matters, he gets this frown on his face, and he gets quiet.

"Pablo, please." You beg. "Talk to me, anything you want to say, just talk!"

"Do me a favor." He says, taking his hand away from yours. "Please be quiet, I have a headache."

You feel the pain in your heart. You got comfortable on the seat, even when you don't want to be in the same car as him.

You can't keep with this situation, he never shared his feelings, he never shared his thoughts.

It was like fighting someone with your eyes closed. You know nothing about them and you don't know where the next punch is coming from.

You push the seat all the way to the back and bit more down. You know he hates when his seats are moved, he likes to have the same distance between the driver's seat and the passenger seat.

You know that even if he wants to talk, he won't. He will fix it as soon as he can and then continue with this silent treatment trick he pulls.

"I hate when you do this." You say to him. You are done with hiding your feelings just because he hides his own. "If you are mad at me, if you feel like I said something you don't feel comfortable with, if you want me to tone it down, just say it."

The silence continue.

You focus on the busy road, the traffic in Barcelona was crazy tonight. Just what you needed, more time with him in the silente cage.

You think about the day he asked you to be his girlfriend. He used to be someone reserved since the beginning, yes.

But this wall he built to hide his feelings, it was impossible to climb. No matter how hard you tried, no matter how much progress you make. He always finds a way to bring you down to zero.

You turn back to him, his eyes are on the road. You can't think of when all this started, when he started to hide himself.

You used to think that you were happy.

You used to think that you knew him.

But you don't.

You don't want this life, you don't want to have to go the extra mile for him to express his feelings, you don't want to feel like you need to beg him.

"Pull over." You say, undoing your seat belt.

Pablo turns to you, the alarm of the seat belt ringing, alerting him more than it should.

"Are you crazy? We are in the middle of traffic." He says, grabbing your arm with on hand.

"I'm not, just pull over." You say, freeing your arm from his hold. "Please do."

He sees the entrance to a mall, he earns a few honks of the other drivers, but he does not care.

He parks on the first spot he finds. As soon as the car is safe to get off, you try to do it, but the hands of Gavi are stopping you.

"Pablo, let go off me." You calmly say.

"No, I'm not letting you get off." He says, gripping on your arms a little more. "Amor, please."

The look in his eyes is confusing. You can't understand how he goes from full anger and being so closed and then go to begging you with those glossy eyes.

"I can't do this anymore, Pablo." You whisper.

"Don't say that." He begs. "What-, how-, wha-."

He can't even get a sentence without feeling like he's doing something that might make you leave faster.

"Please, suéltame." You say one more time.

"Let me fix thi-"

"No! Pablo, I've tried so hard for so long, but you act as if I'm the enemy." You say, pulling your hands away from him in a very hard pull. "I love you, but I'm tired of feeling as if everything that I do is wrong, as if I'm a bother to you or to your feelings."

He shakes his head, trying to find the right words, but he can't.

"And I begged you, fuck Pablo I've begged you to tell me what's wrong, if I'm doing something." You keep going, expressing everything you feel. "You have no idea what it's like to feel like a bother, and you don't care because clearly you don't mind me feeling like that." You open the door.

He undo his seat belt, running to your side to stop you. "Wait, preciosa, that's not true."

"Move, out of my way." You say, trying to pass over him. "Gavi!"

"No, stop, please, so we can talk." You scuff, trying to go past him. "No!"

"Okay, then tell me something." You say, taking a few steps back. "Are you going to stop being so uptight and start being honest about your feelings with me? I'm tired of being the only one who tries."

"Pero- joder, I don't get why are you so stuck on that!"

You don't need another word. You understood perfectly.

"Pablo, I think it's time for you to leave. I leave by myself." You say, pushing him out of your way.

"Espera," He calls, trying to get you to stay. "Amor, what about us?"

You turn to him, the look in your face is enough to make him shut his mouth.

"There is no us, Gavi."

Ferran

"Do you need help?" Ferran asks, poking your side.

"Stop that." You say, moving his hand away from you. "You already embarrassed me enough during dinner."

"Don't be like that," He says, smirking. "It was fun."

You ignore him, closing the door of the car and leaving him inside.

During this party with his friends, Ferran decided to over shared some not so funny stories about you.

To him and his friends, of course it was funny, because Ferran is used to do that to everybody. He loves to share different stories of moments that made him laugh.

You sometimes feel like Ferran doesn't take anything serious, it's been like that since the beginning.

At first, it was fun.

You can't deny that you find his humor fun, how he didn't take anything that serious. But after some time, you find it nit that funny anymore.

You told yourself that it was because of his work. He needs to be extra serious, and he needs to be concentrated on the field.

It's also that he is an oversharer.

He will share everything with everyone if he is feeling like it. That was something that you feel like in the beginning didn't really matter, but now you feel like sometimes he shares too much.

And you know that when he's home and out with friends, he can be himself. The thing is, he sometimes can't seem the difference between being serious and have an open time for jokes.

"Don't be mad." He says, closing the door after him. "Where are you going?"

"To make some tea."

You walk over to the kitchen, trying to calm yourself down. You don't want to fight with him, not again.

Last time you did, Ferran took it as always. As a joke. Trying to calm the airs with jokes, because in his mind that was going to work with you.

Sometimes you are thankful that Ferran gives you the space you needed. He can't take some situations with the maturity needed, but he knows when to back off.

You stayed on the couch for a little bit, trying to think about what to do with the situation you have on your hands.

You asked Ferran multiple times to take the things with more seriousness. That you needed him to pause his overly good mood for a moment and act like an adult.

You decide to rest the subject and go to bed, you were staying with him for the night. He was playing fifa while talking with his football friends, so you left him alone while he's doing that.

You do the little routine you have while you stay with him. You check your phone after doing the routine. Noticing that your friends were talking about the stories Ferran mentioned, all of them teasing you.

You can't help but get mad again, especially when you noticed that they were talking about something you told Ferran not to tell.

"Ferran, can you come here?" You ask, trying to keep your cool.

He tells the boys that he's going to be off for a few minutes, to not kill him on the game. He leaves his mic off and headsets there, running to the room.

"Si? My team is waiting, tell me." He says, jumping anxious about his game. "What's wrong? Did you forget your cream again?"

You try not to roll your eyes at how desperate he seems to go back to his game. "Stop moving." You say, frustrated at him. "Did you tell our friends about what happened the other day?" You ask, trying to get him to confess first before saying anything.

He thinks for a few moments, "Do you mean the work thing?"

"So you did!" You point at him. "After I told you not to!"

He rolls his eyes, "Baby, they are our friends." He says, smiling at you.

"It doesn't matter, I asked you not to tell, and you did exactly that!"

He doesn't seem to see the problem, he feels like sharing is caring. His friends will share their lives with him and he does too.

"I know, but Miguel had the same experience, and I wanted to let him know that he's not the only one."

"Fer, but that was not something that you could just tell." You explain, trying to remain calm. "That was something that I wanted to keep private and to be able to tell whenever I felt like it. I told you because I trusted you to keep it."

He sighs, "Can you drop it?" He asks. "I have a game to go back to." He point to his game room.

"Perdona?" You ask, not believing that he was acting as if you are the one with the problem.

"My game!" He points. "I'm in the middle of it. Let's drop this, yes I told my friends, yes you are mad but boo hoo, move on!"

You are speechless, he was in this < I don't give a fuck > type of mode, acting like if you can't be mad at him airing your business.

"It's not boo hoo, Ferran." You try to reason with him. "You told everybody something that was mine and only mine to tell. The worst part is that this is not the first time you have done this. Do I have to be more careful now and filter everything I say to you?"

"Why would you? Amor, seriously stop exaggerating."

"No estoy exagerando, Ferran. I'm mad because I trusted you and yet again you ran to your friends and aired my dirty laundry."

"Yet again? Why are you so onto ruin the night <yet again>?" He says, trying to copy your words.

You look over at him, feeling disappointed, Ferran rolled his eyes, walking back to his game room. He doesn't believe he's in the wrong.

You change back into your clothes, putting the stuff you have in the bathroom back in your bag. You are mad and won't spend the night with him.

You call an Uber, waiting for it to be outside, you put your shoes. You grab Ferran's wallet, walking over to the game room.

"I'm leaving. Here's your wallet." You threw it over at the table. "Bye."

He pauses the game. "Espera!" He shouts, cursing under his breath as he shuts down the game. "Wait, don't leave."

You turn to him, his face showing regret. "I'm tired, Fer." You say, feeling like you are the bad one.

"But tired of what? Are you seriously mad about me talking with my friends? Are you that dramatic?"

"Yes, I am seriously mad. Yes, I am dramatic because you keep kissing and telling, and I'm not up for that." You say, opening the front door of his house.

You feel his hand grabbing your arm. He then blocks the door that goes to the street. "You can't leave."

"I can. In fact, I am leaving." You take his hand away from you, trying to walk out of his house. "Move."

"Look, I know I fucked up, but you know how I am."

"And that's not an excuse anymore." You say, moving him to open the door.

Just in time, the Uber pulled to the driveway.

"I made so many excuses for you, but I'm over it, Ferran. And for you to tell me that I'm being dramatic and exaggerating? Sorry, but I'm out."

"You are seriously going to break up with me over something I said?"

You look back at him. "I will. In fact, im doing it." You say, opening the door of the Uber. "But don't worry, go tell your friends about it."

Fermin

"Be careful." Fermin says, grabbing your hand as you walk back inside the house.

You try to let his hand go, failing miserable as he thinks it is because you are falling and grabs you by the waist.

You are coming from a doctors appointment, and Fermin is treating you as if you just came back from war or something.

"Fer, you're making me feel hot." You say, trying to give him a hint. "Can I have some water?" You ask him.

He nods, running to the kitchen to get you that glass of water.

Something you and Fermin always talk about is that he sometimes doesn't know how to give you your space. You need to have your own time to de-stress from everything.

But he's more into long hugs from the moment he sees you to the moment you say goodbye, or even if you're in bed, sleeping over at his or yours, he will have his arms around you, one lg over yours.

You like that, love that your boyfriend is clingy. The things is...

Fermin is more than clingy, he is obsessed with you to the point he will want to hold your hand when driving, when out, when in.

He will want to hold you all the time, even suggesting a warm bath so he can cuddle you inside the bathtub.

It was amazing, you love your boyfriend.

What wasn't so amazing were the fights because he was mad that you needed your space. Meaning you need him away, meaning you hated him and you wanted him to get lost...

Or that was what was happening inside his mind.

You talked about space with him, being able to do your things, to be able to have your moments. To read in peace, to eat without holding his hand, to be in bed on your side without his arms.

"Here it is, princesa." He says, handing you the glass of water.

Pau

You feel him hugging you from behind. You feel yourself cringe at the overwhelming feeling. You hate yo feel that way, but sometimes you can't take the full clingyness.

"Let's get ready for tonight?" You ask, trying to act as if you want to go upstairs. "We need to be ready for Pablo's dinner"

"That means I have to go home, I wanted to watch a movie."

"Fer, our houses are literally three minutes away. You'll be fine."

He pouts, giving your forehead a kiss. "I'll pick you up, okay?" He asks, making you nod. "See you in a bit."

You feel lighter when Fermin left. Sometimes you want to be able to tell him yo give you space without sounding like a bitch.

You had plenty of time to take a shower and prepare for the dinner. It was a simple party with his football friends and even some masía friends from his junio era.

You watch an episode of your show before doing anything. Picking a simple outfit after a shower, some light makeup just because you want to hide the bags under your eyes.

You hear the doorbell just in time, grabbing your bag and praying the last bid of perfume. You find Fermin waiting for you outside, a smile on his face.

"Let's go!" You smile.

During the trip from your house to Gavi's house, Fermin didn't let your hand go. Using every red light as an opportunity to kiss your hand of cheek.

When you arrive you try your best to say hi to everyone. Finding it kind of hard as Fermin was grabbing your hips, keeping you by his side.

"Venga, Fer. Let's go get some food, let the ladies talk." Gavi tells him, pulling him by the shirt.

You thank Gavi, making the ladies at the table laugh. They all tease you about how much Fermin spend next to you.

You can't get mad, you know that it's true and you kind of find it funny too. Plus, the jokes are light, and nobody is insulting you or hurting you or fermin with the jokes.

"So, changing the topic." Gavi's girlfriend says. "Are we taking that trip to Ibiza? Because I need to confirm the airbnb."

"Oh, yes." Laura, Dani's girlfriend, says. "I have the itinerary, I just need to change some things based on our budget."

"Let's keep it budget friendly." You say. "Last time we spent enough to live a lifetime." You laugh.

"Yes, but I loved it." Laura says. "I'm sending you the unedited itinerary. We can see right now what to change."

Fermin, Gavi, and Dani walk back to the table. All of them are carrying food for their girlfriend.

"What are you ladies talking about?" Dani asks, placing Laura's food in front of her.

"Oh, nothing." Laura smirks. "Only our little Ibiza trip, but we promise to be good this time."

"Joder, I'm still in debt after last trip." Gavi jokes, making his girlfriend hit his arm. "Es broma!"

"When are you leaving?" Pedri asks, sitting down with you.

"I think next week, because we talked about it for like a month before finally saying yes five minutes ago." You answer.

"Wait, you are going too?" Fermin whispers to you.

"Obvio." You whisper back. "Thanks for the food."

You continue the talk with everybody else. Talking about different things. What you didn't notice was how Fermin was quiet.

He was kind of mad that you didn't shared the fact that you wanted to go to Ibiza with your friends.

He was planning on using those days to take you somewhere, so you could spend more days together and have a nice mini vacay.

After dinner, Fermin and you helped Gavi and his girlfriend with the cleaning. You hugged them goodbye and went back to Fermin's car.

You find weird how he is kind of quiet and not holding your hand like he's used to. Maybe he's tired, you think.

"Do you want me to make you that food you like?" You ask him. "You told me your parents are coming, and I'm thinking that your mom also likes that plate."

"Why didn't you tell me about the trip?" He asks.

You frown. "Because I don't know?" You chuckle. "I thought I wasn't going to go. That's why."

"I was thinking of taking you on a little vacation." He explains. "But you ruined the plan."

"How did I ruin it?" You ask confused.

"Because you are leVing with your friends and leaving me behind."

You try to understand how is this your fault and why was he so mad.

"Fer, what are you even talking about? We are going for a weekend, I'm not moving there." You explain calmly. "And we are together all the time. We are together after training, at night when you come here for dinner or breakfast, on the weekends. Shit, we are together right now!"

You don't get why he was so mad at you. It was a normal thing that you and the girls would pick a weekend to spend time away from the games, the crazy fans and the routine.

"But I wanted us to spend some time, but thanks for ruining it." He says in a very bad tone. "You don't appreciate what I do for you."

"Fermin, are we really doing this?" You ask, still surprised that he was acting this way.

"Si, I'm honestly mad that you think this is not important."

"I never said that." You fight back, done with his attitude. "But you say < you are leaving me > as if I'm never with you. I've talked about how sometimes I think we need to have our own time. This is part of your own time. You went with Gavi and Ansu to Sevilla during your free days and I never complained."

"Oh, so you were going to?"

You stop fighting at that point, he wanted to be the right one in this fight. "You know what, let's calm down. We can talk about this tomorrow."

"You always do this, I try to spend time with you and be a good boyfriend. But you can't appreciate it."

You only roll your eyes, walking to the kitchen to grab a glass of water. "Whatever." You whisper.

"I want you to cancel the trip." He says, walking over to where you are. "If you really appreciate me and everything I do for you, cancel it, and let's go ourselves on a trip."

You can't help but laugh. "No." You shake your head while chuckling. "I'm not going to cancel anything, and if I do, it won't be because I'm going on one with you."

"Cancel it ot we are over." He says, angry face.

You feel this pain in your heart. You know Fermin is exaggerating, but him pulling this macho move is not setting right with you.

"Okay, close the door on your way out."

"I'm sorry I'm late." Pau says as soon as you open your house door. "We can still go out to eat."

You smile at him. "Actually, my dad came home with some burgers, and I ate one thinking you were going to not come."

"Oh," He says, scratching the back of his neck. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay," you say, hugging him. "I understand that you had to go to a meeting with your coach."

"Can we talk?" He asks.

You know where this is going, and honestly, you are thankful that it's him the one who's starting it.

"Want to go for a walk?" You ask. "My parents are in the living room." You explain.

He nods, taking your hand. You close the door after taking the keys from the key holder. You gab his arm, giving him a kiss on the shoulder.

"How was your night?" You ask, trying to make the conversation flow.

"It was good, Hansi gave us a big speech about how we need to not lack and to be better."

"That's amazing." You smile. "I'm happy that you are doing well on everything."

"How was your night?" He asks, giving you hand a kiss. "Apart from the obvious." He says, referring to him being late.

"Hey, about that." You say, thinking about him. "Did you eat anything?"

"Not much." He confess. "I'm really sorry. I was so late that you had to eat at home and now out like we talked about."

"Honestly, I get it." You shrug. "You are busy, and I ate burgers, so I'm fine."

He smiles, giving you a kiss. "Can we take a seat?" He asks, making you nod. "I really need to talk to you about something."

You smile, trying not to cringe.

"I really like you, you have no idea." He smiles, grabbing your hands. "But I'm really in a place where I can't give you the time I want to give you." He explains. "I want to be able to take you to dinner on time, I want to be able to take you out for more than just my games."

"Pau," you interrupt. "Listen, I know where this is going, and I think that as much as this is hurting. I think it's the best for the best of us."

He hugs you. "I'm really sorry." He says, sounding like he regrets already starting the conversation. "I love you, but I can't let this continue and let you hate me."

"Oh, baby." You chuckle. "I would never hate you, I would probably create a gossip page about you and share your deepest secrets but I won't hate you." You joke.

He laughs, "I really love you." He smiles, grabbing your face. "And I'm sorry this is going the way it is. I promise that if you give me a change, I can do better, maybe not now but in the future."

You give him a kiss. "I can't wait."

[skypaint616]

∘

「Sky T., instead of safeguarding what the guardians entrusted to her, took it for herself and even learned the unforgivable curses, which she used without any remorse. These curses are strictly forbidden, especially when the intent is to cause harm—something Alec is fully aware of.

He knows how much effort and pride Sky T. puts into dealing with those poachers, yet her actions should have consequences. But Alec is blind to her faults; she could commit a thousand and one crimes, and he would still cover for her, pretending nothing happened. They asked him if he’d seen anyone break the rules. What’s his answer? —'Everyone at Hogwarts follows the rules to the letter; there’s been no rule-breaking.'」

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◇These are variations of the first illustration I made of both, making it clear that Sky T. isn’t as innocent as she seems—after all, she literally took what the guardians were protecting and entrusted to her. On the other hand, Alec is completely blinded by her and would never accuse her of anything. I love the lighting effect of Avada Kedavra, but personally, if we’re talking about the thrill of casting a curse, my favorite is Crucio ( ˙꒳​˙ )

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「Sky T., en lugar de salvaguardar lo que los guardianes le confiaron, lo ha tomado para sí misma e incluso, aprendió las maldiciones imperdonables, que usó sin ningún remordimiento.

Estas maldiciones están estrictamente prohibidas, especialmente cuando la intención es causar daño, algo de lo que Alec es plenamente consciente.

Él sabe cuánto esfuerzo y orgullo pone Sky T. en lidiar con esos cazadores furtivos, pero sus acciones deberían tener consecuencias.

Pero Alec es ciego a sus faltas; ella podría cometer mil y un crímenes, y él aún así la encubriría, fingiendo que no pasó nada. Le preguntaron si había visto a alguien romper las reglas. ¿Cuál es su respuesta? —'Todos en Hogwarts siguen las reglas al pie de la letra; no ha habido ningún incumplimiento de las reglas'」

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◇Estas son variaciones de la primera ilustración que hice de ambos, dejando en claro que Sky T. no es tan inocente ya que, tomó literalmente lo que los guardianes vigilaban y le confiaron, siendo que por otro lado Alec, esta totalmente cegado por ella y nunca le acusaría por nada.

Me encanta la iluminación de Avada Kedavra, pero en lo personal, pero si hablamos de disfrutar el lanzar una maldición mi favorita es Crucio ( ˙꒳​˙ )

[welldonekhushi]

Shatrujeet Unit & Shadow Company

What if I told you, that the Shatrujeet Unit and Shadow Company.. have worked before?

The Shatrujeet Unit has a long and complicated history with General Shepherd, the U.S. Army Officer who commands his own private mercenary force, Shadow Company. The Shatrujeet Unit, which is an elite division created by the PARA SF, has been involved in numerous joint operations, including Shadow Company, conducting high-risk missions across various conflict zones. However, despite their shared battlefield experience, tensions have always existed between the two groups.

BACKSTORY / PAST:

A top-secret joint operation was conducted by the Indian Army and the U.S. Army, involving the Shatrujeet Unit, led by Captain Arjun K. Dhingra, and Shadow Company, commanded by Phillip Graves. Their mission was to extract a high-value target (HVT) who was linked to an international smuggling cartel.

The unit was focused on capturing the HVT and gathering as much intelligence as possible. However, they were unaware that Shadow Company had different plans, different orders. General Shepherd had instructed them to eliminate the HVT on the spot, leaving no space for a trial or gathering intelligence, creating confusion and clash of ideals together.

It was even worse when they were killing every single witness in cold-blood, using ruthless tactics to even take down civilians, who had no role in this mission. The Captain was truly enraged by this, but for the safety of his unit, he decided to keep the mission following suit, but imprinted an everlasting impression of the team in his head.

Arjun, angrily: You just killed someone that we needed alive, Graves. That intel could’ve saved lives, not just names on a report!

Graves, calmly: In our world, Captain, we end the threat. No time for feelings.

Arjun, glares at him: What about morals, huh?

Graves: Morals? Nice theory, but it doesn’t win wars, Captain.

Due to their conflicting mindsets, the Captain and the Commander never got together with each other.

The mission's conclusion was then covered up as that the team neutralized the HVT as "self-defense", and mentioned that the civilian casualties were caused by the local insurgents in the area — thus, covering up the actions caused by the Shadow Company, in reality. This truth enraged Arjun, but Major Kulshrestha persuaded him not to interfere, knowing the consequences. Though he shared Arjun's anger, he understood the cost of acting on it.

PRESENT (MODERN DAY, 2022)

Arjun's doubts about Shadow Company grew from their past joint-missions. It shocked him when he joined Task Force 141 and found out that both they and Los Vaqueros had teamed up with Shadow Company. He wondered what would happen if they started making their own rules after the mission. Overall, Price and the rest were surprised to learn that Arjun and Graves had met before Arjun's arrival in the 141 — unaware that the two had never gotten along for a long time.

Graves, smiles as he shakes hands with him: I think we have met before, Captain Dhingra.

Arjun, tightly holding his hand, with a sharp expression: .. I feel so the same.

But after all of this, why would the Shatrujeet Unit continue to work for the Shadow Company together as a group, even after knowing they're people with no morals? They say, you even shake hands with the enemies to get your job done quicker. This is the scenario. Knowing the Shadow Company had never related to their ethics, they'd rather work with them strategically and diplomatically, knowing the potential they have as well.

Furthermore, knowing General Shepherd's power and influence, Arjun couldn’t afford to risk his unit or his country’s security over one ideological conflict, so he chose to stay silent, observing how things would unfold. Similarly, Task Force 141 never fully trusted Shadow Company or Shepherd, and after the betrayal in Las Almas, their suspicions aligned with Arjun’s.

Hope the conflict between Arjun and Graves now makes sense, as they both refuse to follow each other's orders, due to their differing morals, ethics, and ways of functioning.

Let me know what y'all think about it.. I'm very nervous, guys *sniff*

[kamiraaah]

1; Just curious, what is Meemaw Bucchi's preference when it comes to a partner? 2; All I imagine now is Malleus bringing a bisexual flag to his grandma to celebrate her finding love and his Grandma being very confused 😭

First of all: Maleficia would appreciate Malleus' kindness... But my goodness, she would have NO IDEA what that meant 🤣 she would be very confused!! All that would be left for Lilia, who would have to explain everything (which could take a while and would make her even more confused BUT SHE WILL GET IT! ...... Someday 😅).

Second: this answer may be long! I may end up going on too long on some subjects. Vovó Bucchi is still a character that I'm developing and details may change in the meantime!

I'm going to get one detail out of the way here, boys, girls, and non-binary pals are all valid and Vovó Bucchi loves you all ❤️😌

Well, there are a few things that are important to her before you have any kind of relationship with vovó bucchi.

- It has to be someone that Ruggie likes or approves of. He is her only family and the person she trusts the most... Of course, she won't stop seeing that person or spending time with them... But having her grandson's blessing is very important!

- Don't hurt Ruggie. She will have a place to hide your body and nobody's going to find it.

- A person who cooks well is also a good quality for her! And I say this because Mrs. Bucchi herself likes to have company in the kitchen!... Okay, not everyone can enter her kitchen besides the children and Ruggie himself... 😅 But that's because few people can keep up with her! She has a long history of practically working miracles with the little food they have access to... And many people have gotten in her way in the kitchen and wasted food that could have fed one or two more mouths. So having someone who proves that they can keep up with her and ON TOP OF THAT, not get in her way is a very positive thing.

-Take responsibility for what you said or did (ou para nós BRs: sustenta suas gracinhas). Did you say something you shouldn't have? Prove that you're sorry. Did you do something you shouldn't have? Deal with the consequences. She's already spent enough time with people who said they were sorry but kept making mistakes and hurting her, she doesn't have time for that anymore. Actions speak louder than a thousand words, so don't be surprised if she doesn't accept your apology right away.

- Is there something you believe in and will do no matter what, big or small? Are you going to work hard to get that high grade on that test? Do you want to turn the world upside down? Cause a riot? Go for it! You have her full support and she loves your determination!

- You have to like children or know how to deal with them. Vovó Bucchi always has a house full of children and from a very young age she learned and took care of them. So... If you go to visit her, know that you will have to share her attention with more... 8 or even more than 10 children there, and believe that the little ones will be the priority. 🤭 Good luck, they are all her littles brats~

- She will steal from you at some point. 🤷‍♂️ Especially at the beginning of the relationship, if you notice this she will be impressed, and maybe even give you back your things! (Don't worry, nothing she steals you will miss it... I think)

- She doesn't need your pity. Pity doesn't fill her or the little ones' stomachs, it doesn't bring money into the house, your "generosity" accompanied by pity is not welcome in her house... By the way, interesting fact, the hyena's bite is extremely strong, formed by super strong and sharp teeth, ideal for breaking bones and gnawing horns and hooves. 😉

- Always be ready to help her escape or be chased because of her... She may already be a grandmother, but she won't stay still knitting or taking care of the house, believe Ruggie when he says he's getting gray hair because of her... IT'S BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO GO A DAY WITHOUT CREATING ✨️CHAOS!!! ✨️..... At least she will teach you how to escape from the police in a practical way 😅

And the list goes on and on... I could sit here and write a long document of things about Grandma Bucchi that are important for people to have before getting involved with her, but then the answer would be long and no one wants to read an encyclopedia of I don't know how many thousand words 🫠

I think it's easier for me to introduce her little by little with drawings, or maybe comics 👀

But I think this can already give you an idea of ​​what kind of people she likes to get involved with~... Would that be enough for you to create fanfics? hehehe~

[borbon-casual]

Hello 👋 , What is your favorite portrait of Fernando VII?

What are the components that made him interesting?

What is your opinion about him?

Hello! Thank you very much

for your questions! ♡. ੭

𓈒᭡ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐕𝐈𝐈?

My favorite painting of Fernando VII is this one, portrayed by Vicente López and preserved in the Bank of Spain. It was a painting that was much criticized for showing the king in a simple and mundane way, but Fernando loved it! And I agree with him, the monarch looks very good and the iconographic elements don't need to be exaggerated and absolute to speak well of him. The aim of the work is not to transmit power, but responsibility ✧.

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𓈒᭡ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠?

In my opinion, one of the most interesting aspects of Fernando VII is his first-hand testimonies. The king was passionate about reading and writing, he had a personal library full of novels — mostly romantic — and he devoted much of his free time to writing personal letters.

It offers an unprecedented view of the most important events of his reign and a completely personal vision of the Bourbon, which clashes with the current conception of his person. I recommend the biography of Fernando VII by Maria Teresa Puga, "Cartas para el rey" and "Los viajes de Fernando VII" as books that use his letters to describe in a more intimate way the personality of Fernando VII.

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𓈒᭡ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦?

Fernando VII is a very interesting character when studied in depth. I have a special appreciation for him because he's the reason why I am studying history at university, It sounds crazy, but he was the first character who really made me curious. I am not going to deny the obvious, Fernando VII was a bad king and his reign was marked by wars, crises and repressions that were completely detrimental to the country. However, in my way of studying, I think that we must first understand individuals to know what leads them to commit their acts and to place ourselves in their context.

Fernando VII is not an isolated case, the monarchies of southern Europe and Russia had the same consequences after the restoration of 1815 by not decreeing a Granted Charter or the Constitution. Many of the actions taken by the Spanish Bourbon are transnational and infiuenced by a series of positions in the government that favor their common interests. Of course, in today's collective memory, the monarch is remembered for his bad decisions and is judged for them, which is fine because he's not a good example but, when it comes to understanding the character and understanding history, we shouldn't let these decisions determine who he was as an individual, we must ask ourselves "Why did he do it?" to better understand the facts. That's why I like Fernando VII so much, because the personal and political issues are so different that they seem like two individuals in conflict.

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[fall0utmind]

Medical leaks au

OMG

I'm speechless

This was absolutely amazing and I'll be awaiting the next part (and wishing for a happy ending for our Marc)

First of all

'His heart stops beating. The room goes dead silent. He can feel everyone’s eyes on him, his fellow riders watching in confusion. For Marc, it is like watching a train wreck in slow motion. He looks up and catches Alex’s wide-eyed stare. He's sweating, beads rolling down the side of his neck. Shit. Fucking shit. He’s starting to think he’s not going to make it out of this press conference in one piece, torn apart by the gnashing teeth of the media.'

This whole paragraph is just mind blowing

I love how you described the media being ruthless (especially since it's Marc's pov)

'He feels like someone has taken a sledgehammer to his facade, destroying everything he has made himself be'

Destroying everything he made himself be🫠and what if I kms

'Alex is the one person he would do anything for, he would walk through hell and back to protect him. He is the only one who truly knows what happened in 2015, who knows the extent of the demons in Marc’s brain. Now they will have to face them again'

yes yes yes, their bond is something from another planet, obv no secrets between them

They really only have themselves (esp on the grid)

'The other pilots probably think he is pathetic. He doesn’t think he can deal with another reason for the others to hate him. As much as he tries to rise above it, he loathes that his colleagues cannot bring themselves to like him'

and what if I kms x2

It's sad that he thinks that everyone hates him(and will hate him more for the attempts)

He is so isolated from the rest 😭(Vale when I catch you, you better crawl on your knees to make up for what you did)

'disgusted by the consequences of Vale's war on Marc?'

Marc, no😭 pecco is just worried (and prob feeling guilty for his mentor's actions)

I hope you will explore Marc's relations with the academy boys in the future

And maybe a Vale pov reaction to the news? pretty please 🥺🙏 (kind of want a pov reaction from pedrenzo and the vr46a too)

Anyway

I think you can tell I loved this fic,

Of course I'll def love any way you take this fic(so long as it has a happy ending)

I hope Marc gets therapy, and Vale, and then they go to couples counselling

This was quite long but oh well

BIG ASK

Haha this is so exciting that you guys have so many thoughts ans ideas from my writing???? Crazy to me

I'm so glad you like the para about the media being awful, o feel like it's such a big part of Marc's real life and it sucks so bad. They're so unfair to him.

Also I really wanted to play yp the idea that Marc is always marx yes but he puts on a bit of a persona for the world and that's all come crumbling down and he DOESNT KNOW WHAT TO DO.

Your comment about Vale made me giggle because a couple of people literally say something like that in the fic later.

I love pecco, I love the idea that he really cares and doesn't want to live with Vales hatred!!!!!

Yes yes yes to the VR46 boys x marx relationship. I'd love to do that. I also wanna do a little bit of their pov/ Vales pov. Maybe as a separate work??

I haven't decided how to make it functional yet lol.

Defo a happy ending!! Don't worry, I've got you on that. There's also going to be some hurt/comfort in the next chapter, it's gonna be like dani,Alex, Jorge, dovi protecting marc as he falls apart hehe

[syndrossi]

Então, sei que você tem estado bem ocupada ultimamente. Mas me veio uma ideia na cabeça agora e eu tive que compartilhar. E se os meninos no futuro forem para Essos e se tornarem reis lá? Fiquei pensando nisso, porque Jon lutou ao lado de Daenerys, que tinha os Imaculados e os dothraki. E se for necessário mais do que os exércitos dos 7 reinos para derrotar o rei da noite? Além disso, seria muito legal se eles liberassem os escravos e expandissem o reinado Targaryen. E fiquei pensando: Como as pessoas reagiriam a isso? Daemon, Rhaenyra, Viserys e basicamente todo mundo. Os meninos fugiriam sem contar a ninguém? Quão jovens eles seriam?

I don't know that it would be strictly necessary to recruit outside of Westeros to defeat the Others, honestly. Jon and Dany were, presumably, working with Dany's Dothraki and Unsullied armies, yes, but practically zero support from the Seven Kingdoms, given the active warring within.

Since Viserys is so invested in the prophecy, I'm sure he'd happily see to it that the twins get all the swords they might need, and they have even more dragons (plus riders) than Jon and Dany had at their disposal.

If they did do some conquering of Essos, it would be an extracurricular activity with likely wide-reaching consequences. The Free Cities won't look kindly on anything that looks like House Targaryen attempting to rekindle the Valyrian Freehold's expansionist ways. They're already quite nervous about the growing number of dragons (and almost certainly had a hand in the original Dance in hopes of reducing the number of living Targaryens/dragons to worry about).

Their best options (given what readers know right now) would be:

Retaliatory action against the Triarchy. They might be able to get away with conquering one of two of the Free Cities that make up the Triarchy, especially if the Triarchy continues to threaten Daemon. Aka a "fuck around, find out" consequence for the Triarchy.

Retaliatory action against Volantis. Most of the Free Cities would expect this to be a punative rather than a conquering objective, so the latter would definitely draw opposition from the other Free Cities.

Conquer Dorne. It's not part of the Iron Throne and was recently hostile as allies to the Triarchy.

Claim land elsewhere, aka Sothoryos.

Honestly, Jon has little motivation to do any of this, given that he's likely to have Runestone for himself. And Rhaegar strikes me more as the "enjoys sightseeing but not conquering" type. So any push to do this would likely come from Daemon himself, and I doubt he would do so until they were grown (18+).

[noctivagawitch]

༓࿇༓ 𝔱𝔶𝔭𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔪𝔣𝔲𝔩 𝔰𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔲𝔞𝔩 𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢𝔰 ༓࿇༓

PART 1

(se você fala portugues BR, sinta-se livre para enviar DM ou pedir tradução de um post. boa parte vai estar em inglês, para facilitar minha vida e atingir mais pessoas.)

-`🕯 INTRO 🕯´-

This is based on my experience, the information I have gathered, and my personal take. This isn't a rule book, law, or scientific study. You can feel free to give your own opinions and experiences in the comments but make it respectful. Now, let's get ourselves on the same page: ❅ Spirits are conscious beings who no longer or never have possessed a biological residence, in other words, a body. They are condensed energy, in other words, they might reside in the material world, but not materially. ❅ Harmful Spiritual Creatures/Spirits are those who harm other spirits or living beings in general, whether they want to or not. Here, it is not taken different points of view as in the famous "it depends" to determine whether such actions are harmful or not, but rather the general consequences of their actions regardless of their motives or lack thereof. ❅ Witchcraft is the conscious manipulation of magic in the day-to-day life of a being. It doesn't have ethical or moral rules to follow, or a god that needs to be

-`🕯 THE LIST 🕯´-

❅ OBSESSORS is a term found in spiritism, a French-originated religion, that refers to spirits of either deceased humans or not who find themselves obsessed with a living person, place, or group of people to the point they provoke harm. Obsessors can be life-threatening, depending on their motives, origin, and power. In spiritism, different obsessors are determined by their motives, behavior, and origin. Personally, I use the term to refer to spirits who are just obsessed with a living being. Usually, they aren't the root cause of someone's problems, but rather the aggregation of someone's problems. ❅ ASTRAL LEECHES. Let me start off with I hate these bitches. My first and hopefully last encounter with them was horrible. They are so annoying and pretty much are leeches that reside in the astral realm (their name is perfect). In my experience, they target beings who find themselves in a vulnerable state in the astral realm. Leeches aren't strong enough to attack someone who's doing fine in the astral plane, so they target those who are scared, lost, feeling weak, in a nightmare-like situation, etc. Usually, people who have accidentally astral traveled to a not-so-nice place don't have their psychic abilities well developed in order to defend themselves. Sometimes, they work alongside other more powerful beings, are usually together in bigger groups, and tend to be larger than our material realm leeches. They can be burnt with astral fire. ❅ HAUNTERS is what most of you might already know, a haunting spirit. The name, just like obsessors, is associated with their behavior and not origin. Yet, although different, haunters can be seen as a sub-category of obsessors since they usually obsess over a place, person, or people. However, I wish to clarify that although the terminology can be traced back to the meaning of frequent presence, I am rather using the popular mouth-to-mouth slang of it, which is to disturb or distress; cause anxiety; trouble; worry. So, the difference between these categories here lies in the fact that haunters take things a step further by intensifying their harm which is fairly often intentional when compared to a regular obsessor. So, unlike their distant cousin, haunters will not care if they are harmful and will even try to harm their victim or anyone/anything that gets in the way of their goal. This is why in movies and real life cases, pets are the first to die in the family. Pets are almost all the time guardians of their family and pretty sensitive to other energetic/magnetic waves that we humans aren't. Similar to a robber, haunters will kill pets or silence them in a way that prevents them from getting caught or harmed. On top of that, just like abusers, haunters will do their best in order to weaken their victims so they are easier to gain control over. This can manifest in many ways, but usually, mental torment such as anxiety, depression, insomnia, and paranoia will be triggered. Also, social isolation is a route they take. Now, for how to get rid of them, honestly get in touch with a professional if you aren't a witch. If you are a witch and you don't know how to, then don't do it, because you don't have the abilities or knowledge to do it. If you know what to do then just do it but have someone to back you up.

link to part 2, link to part 3

[drenix004]

𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐘━━━ 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐙𝐀

chapter 1

❝𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲︙It was the candy she needed to cope with the life of danger and death she had willingly gotten herself into.❞

❛Her sweet, natural attitude reminded him of honey, and her peculiar amber eyes reaffirmed this❜

warnings: mention of alcohol, drugs, death, obsession, among others, if you are not comfortable, don’t read it !

rating: 18+

pairings: Valeria Garza x female Oc

¡English is not my first language, so there may be mistakes, don’t hesitate to correct me.!

¡para las personas que hablan español, actualizo primero la historia en wattpad :)

Link de wattpad-> Honey

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Their screams and unbridled banging on the door echoed throughout the room. She had been doing the same thing for three days, she hadn't even taken off her blood-stained dress, her makeup was smudged and her hair was tangled.

"Let me out, shit!" He yelled again as he kicked in the door. But, once again, their cries had been ignored—"They're going to kill them if I don't come back, please," she whispered to the door before breaking away.

He walked over to the bed in the room and used it for support as he sat on the floor, and laid his back on one side.

The room was a mess, everything was destroyed due to the fits that anger and irritability they gave him due to withdrawal.

Jérémie controlled her with sedatives and other drugs combined, which is why she was never able to escape. Now he only suffered the consequences of his system not receiving these substances; The excessive sweating made her feel sticky, the nausea and anxiety had only increased since the second day.

She had slight cuts on her hands when she broke the glass things in the room, insomnia and muscle and joint pain had her tired, she just wanted it all to be over.

"They're going to kill them," he whispered again, looking at his hands almost on the verge of collapse. Despite her condition, she kept thinking about the women who were still trapped in that place.

They would kill them like cattle to erase all evidence, if she was alive the others would be killed.

His energy was running out, maybe, and just maybe, he could sleep without feeling the Frenchman's hands on his body, he could rest for a moment, at least.

She was so deep in her thoughts that she didn't hear the door open, or that anyone had entered.

"Valeria?" His weary eyes fell on his person; The woman with short black hair had blood splattered on her face, as well as on her hands.

Valeria gave a general glance at the room before looking at it.

"Disaster will cost me dearly," he thought he was going to approach her, but he walked past her to the bathroom. He heard that there would be a key, surely he was going to wash away the blood. "But it's a really insignificant thing. He came out of the bathroom with a clean face and hands. He walked over and knelt in front of her. "I have to take away all the crap you're carrying," he carefully touched her face, being careful with her split lip. "Lace doesn't go with you at all, Laurie.

Valeria hated the woman's appearance from the first moment she saw her in that church, that was not her Laurie.

But she would take it upon herself to fix everything that the French son of a bitch had changed.

"What's going on?" —the opposite of Pena and asks— You were missing, how come that...?

"The questions will come later, Dulce," he interrupts her as he strokes her cheeks.

Valeria helps her up carefully, running a hand around her waist for a better grip as she helps her walk.

He sits her down on the toilet and turns off the faucet he had left open to fill the bathtub.

Laurie allows herself to be undressed by Valeria's delicate hands, she had long missed her touch.

He felt it stop; Very surely, seeing the bruises and needle scars on his body, he heard him curse under his breath as he resumed the action.

He didn't look at her out of embarrassment, and she didn't ask anything about it either, which she appreciated, it wasn't necessary to know what had happened for her to have such marks on her skin.

She was carefully put in the bathtub, and for the first time in 5 years, she relaxed as she felt warm water and not cold water as she had been made accustomed to.

Valeria's hands were soft and light as she bathed her and brushed off her smudged makeup with a towel.

"You do it right, Dulce," the short-haired woman carefully untangled her hair as it had knots, and she knew how much it hurt to remove those knots, especially if it was on curly hair.

"They'll kill them, Valeria," Laurie says after a long time, Valeria stops momentarily before continuing, "they're going to kill them for me," the guilt escapes in the tone of her voice, her conscience blames her for what's going to happen to those poor women. "I've got to go back, if I do they won't do anything to them."

"You're not coming back, Laurie," Valeria's voice becomes cold, authoritative. Contrary to the one a moment ago.

Laurie looked at her on the verge of tears.

"I can't leave them, I can't abandon them. His trembling hand grabbed one of the Mexican's wrists, "please."

Valeria stared at her before sighing, the woman had plans to destroy everything that belonged to the Frenchman, the man had dared to touch something that was rightfully his, and she never let things go.

She didn't answer, but Laurie knew she'd think about it, she knew her so well.

Forty-five minutes into the bathroom, Laurie was taken out and changed into new, comfortable clothes, clothes they had brought while they were both in the bathroom.

The bed had even been fixed and Valeria had not hesitated to put her in the middle while she snuggled her on her chest, but not before taking off her vest.

Laurie, on the verge of falling asleep, told her something that would unconsciously make Valeria's business grow illegally.

"I have information about that place on my laptop," Valeria frowns as she watches her fall asleep.

Place? Had he saved information, and of what kind?

Valeria barely had her in her arms after several years and already had more work to do, including the idiot who had been torturing for hours.

Careful not to wake the woman, Valeria took her cell phone out of the back pocket of her pants and dialed the first number she had registered; It only took him to ring once for them to answer him.

"I'm not going to repeat what I'm going to say, you'd better listen carefully; look for the laptop in room 503 of the surgical residency dormitories in the south wing of the Sorbonne University. I don't want mistakes, they better not be screwing around.

He hung up the call and settled better in bed, his head was plotting new plans so that everything would go smoothly, in addition to the fact that they had to keep a low profile after the massacre he had committed a few days ago, the authorities were already getting involved, he had to end everything quickly and return to Mexico.

He had business to finish as far as his territory was concerned, and the constant troubles with the Cowboys was a rope he couldn't let loose, at least not for long. They were a plague that I should have at least controlled. 

It would be a very long week; full of stress and tension, plus there would be bloodshed... Perhaps it was a good thing that he made himself known to the French.

It could stir up the hornet's nest. 

Chapters: teaser, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...

the chapter is a little short, please bear with me as I get used to posting on tumblr :) comments, likes and reblogs are much appreciated.

¡requests open! you can place your orders of the 141 being hybrid or monster x reader, or any other COD character. please ask with confidence, I will be happy to do it (unfortunately I will not write smut, I am very bad at writing that kind of content, sorry).

[ultravioletqueen]

Hey...does anyone remember iole?

She was one of the wives of Heracles in Greek mythology, she was a beautiful princess daughter of King Eurytus of Oechalia, who had offered his daughter's hand in marriage, however he had rejected Heracles as his daughter's husband due to what had happened to Megara and his children, what did Heracles do? Simple, HE LOATED HER CITY, KILLED HER FAMILY AND TOOK IOLE AWAY BY FORCE, their love story was not an enjoyable one for Iole.

It doesn't help at all to see that in the artistic representations of iole she never looks happy and even looks a little scared, she was in a highly dangerous situation with a man who ripped her away from her family and took her as a trophy, and He did not settle with her and in that same period of time he began to court Deyanira😒

Now why am I talking about this character that almost no one remembers? Because I think it would have a lot of potential for Hades, specifically the second part where we meet Heracles personally.

We know that Heracles, being favored by the gods, can leave the underworld, and I imagine that at this moment there could be two paths for Iole:

1) she is alive and trying to rebuild her life: in mythology she left home with the eldest son of Heracles but I prefer to think that here she would stay single or with another man, this is the possibility that most favors Iole.

2) she is dead and with her family in the underworld: here comes the guilt that Heracles could feel upon seeing her again, she would be afraid of him and her family would have contempt for him, this is my favorite since it puts bad actions on the table of Heracles and shows the consequences it had on third parties.

I imagine that in both cases, as a sign of solidarity, Heracles would try to avoid running into Iole because 1) he recognizes the fear she must have of him and 2) he knows that he doesn't deserve to be near her after everything he put her through

Something else that I found interesting about Iole is that at no time did Deyanira try to get rid of Iole, she being the reason why Heracles stopped paying attention to her, knowing what jealous wives are like in Greek mythology, I was surprised not to find a story where Deyanira takes revenge on Iole or treats her badly.

My vision is that Deyanira is a girls girl and had no resentment towards Iole because she saw how sad she looked being with the murderer of her family, probably thanks to this she thought that if she made Heracles only love her she would leave Iole in peace or I would let her go at best.

The thing that make me believe this is the myth where iole makes heracles wear women clothes and she wears the clothes of the hero, heracles only wanted to flaunt his great deeds but deyanira told him to not keep talking and accept his place(i know that the most popular version is that the queen onfale did that but i like this one too bc iole in this version avenges her father's death)

What if we made iole and deyanira kiss?

(Español)

Oigan...¿alguien se acuerda de iole?

Ella fue una de las esposas de heracles en la mitología griega, ella era una princesa hermosa hija del rey eurytus de oechalia, quien había ofrecido la mano de su hija en matrimonio, sin embargo había rechazado a heracles como esposo de su hija debido a lo que había ocurrido con megara y sus hijos, ¿que hizo heracles? Simple, SAQUEO SU CIUDAD, MATO A SU FAMILIA Y SE LLEVO A IOLE POR LA FUERZA, su historia de amor no fue una disfrutable para iole.

No ayuda en nada ver que en las representaciones artísticas de iole ella nunca se le ve feliz e incluso se le ve algo asustada, ella estaba en una situación altamente peligrosa con un hombre que la arranco de su familia y la tomó como un trofeo, y no se comformo con ella y en ese mismo intervalo de tiempo empezó a cortejar a deyanira😒

Ahora ¿porque hablo de este personaje que casi nadie recuerda? Porque pienso que tendría mucho potencial para hades, en específico la segunda parte donde conocemos personalmente a heracles.

Sabemos que heracles al ser favorecido por los dioses puede dejar el inframundo, y me imagino que para este momento podría haber dos caminos para iole:

1)ella está viva y tratando de rehacer su vida:en la mitología ella de casa con el hijo mayor de heracles pero prefiero pensar que aquí se quedaría soltera o con otro hombre, esta es la posibilidad que más favorece a iole.

2)ella está muerta y con su familia en el inframundo: aquí entra la culpa que heracles podria sentir al volver a verla, ella le tendría miedo y su familia le tendría desprecio, esta es mi favorita ya que pone sobre la mesa las malas acciones de heracles y muestra las consecuencias que tuvo sobre terceros.

Me imagino que en ambos casos como muestra de solidaridad heracles trataria de evitar toparse con iole porque 1)reconoce el miedo que le debe tener y 2) sabe que no merece estar cerca de ella después de todo lo que le hizo pasar.

Algo más que me pareció interesante acerca de iole es que en ningún momento deyanira trato de deshacerse de iole siendo ella la razón por la que heracles le dejo de dar atención, conociendo como son las esposas celosas en la mitología griega me sorprendió no encontrar una historia donde deyanira toma venganza en iole o la trate mal.

Mi visión es que deyanira sea una girls girl y no tuviera resentimiento hacia iole porque veía lo triste que se veía al estar junto al asesino de su familia, probablemente gracias a esto pensaba que si hacía que heracles solo la amara a ella dejaría a iole en paz o la dejaría ir en el mejor de los casos.

Lo que me hace creer esto es el mito donde iole hace que heracles use ropa de mujer y ella usa la ropa del héroe, heracles solo quería alardear de sus grandes hazañas pero deyanira le dijo que no siguiera hablando y aceptara su lugar(lo sé, la versión más popular es que la reina onfale hizo eso pero esta también me gusta porque iole en esta versión venga la muerte de su padre)

¿Que tal si hacemos que ellas se besen?

Me rn at the thought of deyanira x iole/yo pensando en deyanira x iole

[datura-tea]

this is very very niche because i don't know how many of you listen to mid-2000s opm (original pinoy music) but sundo by imago is The moz/ulysses song

lyrics + my translation of the lyrics + some explanations under the cut!!

first off, tagalog has two specific words for bringing someone somewhere: "hatid" and "sundo" - hatid is when you drop someone off, and sundo is when you pick them up

they both mean essentially the same thing (taking someone somewhere), but hatid has a connotation of accompanying someone and then leaving them, while sundo implies that you're picking someone up to bring them home... also, for me, pagsundo is quite romantic, because usually a sundo would have come from somewhere else and would have gone out of their way to fetch you just so you could both go home together!! a hatid would just bring you where you need to be and then leave to go their own way lmao

anyway. the song! it's super sweet, and i think it really fits moz and ulysses, with moz as the sundo and ulysses as the sinusundo

note: my translation is going to be pretty literal lmao

kay tagal kong sinusuyod ang buong mundo para hanapin ka nilibot ang distrito ng iyong lumbay pupulutin ka

i've been combing through the whole world to find you i visited the district of your melancholy i will pick you up

this verse is from moz's perspective - she's gone through zion, the big mt, the sierra madre, and the divide, not to mention the whole mojave wasteland, at this point; she's been following ulysses's footsteps, seen the consequences of his (and her) actions, and while she can, more or less, let go of what these places have done to her and she has done to them, she knows that ulysses is still mired in them, especially the divide (the district of [his] melancholy), and she'll be the one to pick him up from that place, literally and figuratively

sinusundo kita asahan mo mula ngayon pag-ibig ko'y sa 'yo

i am fetching you you can expect that starting now, my love is yours

pretty self-explanatory chorus... she's fetching ulysses from the divide to come live with her!! and once they're out of that hellhole, ulysses can rest assured that all of moz's love is his

sa akin mo isabit ang pangarap mo 'di kukulangin ang ibibigay isuko ang kaba, tuluyan kang bumitaw manalig ka

you can hang your dreams on me i won't give anything less give up the nervousness, completely let go you should have faith

falling in love is something that is so scary, especially in the fallout universe. it leaves you so vulnerable and fragile and soft, and who can afford that, in the wasteland? especially knowing ulysses's history - i don't think love can blossom in the legion's ranks without it being suppressed violently, and he's been living on his own for a while now; how long since the last time he's felt tender hands on him? - so i can see him approaching his feelings for moz with apprehension, but while it does take moz a while to realize the depth of her feelings for him, once she does, she's all in. she lets him know, assures him of her love everyday, tells him to let go, begin again, come home to her... and he does.

handa na sa liwanag mo sinuyod ang buong mundo naghihintay sa 'yong sundo

ready for your light combed through the whole world waiting for you to fetch me

now this part (the second voice during the last chorus of the song) is from ulysses's perpective :) he's been through shit, he's seen so much, and actually now that he's thought about it, he's been waiting for her to fetch him! ough he's just... he's fucking ready!!!!

god, okay, sorry, i just have a lot of feelings because of this song, this ship, and this song in relation to this ship! if you've come this far, thank you for indulging me!! mwa mwa labyu!!!!

[9mysterybook6]

Ok I know I said I would stop talking about Rhylie but she did something disrespectful

Rhylie said something illogical and stupid.

Translation

(((I'm not a hypocrite, but zb189 is truly a hypocrite. I have nothing in mind, because exposing a person who did nothing wrong like me is more illegal.

I literally have nothing on my mind, no one will spread information about me. I was trying to spread support for myself and give them respect for mysterious stories, but please don't make me laugh zb189.

-#everybody has no regards from rhylie caterfly -#don't make me laugh zb189)))

Okay, that doesn't make any sense at all.

This does not address the problem or solve it.

But there is something that I don't know if made me laugh or get angry

This is kind of a dark joke.

(((and give them respect for mysterious stories,)))

Respect, what respect are you talking about?

Do you mean harassment and bullying and spreading lies on me was respectful

Quick question is this the action of someone who respects another person?

My friend wasn't really happy what she did

I'm talking about pamithebunterfly2007's post

Read the post if you want

Seriously, after I said I would forget about you, you act like this?

It's as if you don't want this drama to end.

Maybe that was your goal from the beginning.

You are really a terrible and very bad person.

Stop and leave me and others alone

But I won't be surprised if you continue.

And I will say something important

zb189 is better than me

why am i saying this

Because I saw his post about the drama and he was really right.

Read the post if you want

And I must say what he said was absolutely right and I agree with it.

What made zb189 better than me was that he tried to advise Rhylie and explained to her the consequences of her actions.

This is what he said in one of his posts.

((I didn't come to attack you or insult you but to try to warn you that one day you will get the attention of someone or a user bigger than you and what they will say about you will not be nice at all, that's what I wanted to tell you about you if you don't define your attitude or your person on social networks, ))

zb189 explains to Rhylie that one day she will get into big trouble if she continues on this path.

But here's my opinion

The only thing is I will never forgive Rhylie not after everything she's done.

Rhylie harassed, bullied, stole my posts and spread lies about me because I was defending a friend.

Even after she deleted her old blog in her second blog

She acted like she was my friend and we finished the drama.

And she used my tag too

Have you seen the tag

-#rhylie caterfly redeems 9mysterybook6 -#9mysterybook6 gives the leadership to rhylie caterfly -#caterfly angels heaven yes and satanic bunterfly cult also yes -#rhylie caterfly is a real heroine and so does pami bunterfly

And I was disgusted when she said she redeems me?

First, I said more than once that I would never forget her actions and that we would never be friends.

I even sent her a question to leave everyone alone and stop harassing others.

You lied when you said you would leave the group alone and not mention them.

Because later you continued to harass Sergio.

But what really made me mad at you is that you said we are friends without my knowledge or permission.

And then you started saying I gave you the leadership in the gacha community

I really hate Rhylie so much I want to punch her in the face.

Rhylie is on my list of negative things.

She says she apologizes and will stop mentioning others and me.

But in reality, she lied and did whatever she wanted.

Like she claimed that she is my friend and I forgive her while the truth is I really hate her so much that I don't want her to mention my name in her blog

Then later she did all her actions again and harassed me again after I exposed her for her bad actions

And you know what's funny, she said before that she understood and learned her lesson.

Rhylie said she was thinking about what she did.

But what bothered me was the way she spoke.

(Gives you a pet on your head)

I beg your pardon

Am I an animal for you to do this?

I find it creepy, disgusting and uncomfortable When she wrote this sentence

Anyway, she said herself that she would think about my words and advice.

Even though she claims to listen, she never changes.

Rhylie continued with her bad behavior and her condition got worse than ever.

Then again she claims she is a god

And spread lies and steal the art of artists from other sites

Because I saw some of the drawings of Smiling Critters, I recognized some of them and the art style was different.

And she didn't give credit to the original owners.

She's just trying any way she can to get followers no matter the cost.

And when I talked to her, her response was bad.

All she did was put it on #not my art

This doesn't change anything.

Rhylie is really a hypocrite

She said stealing art is bad after we told her that while she was stealing other people's art

So I'll say it again

Rhylie leave me and the others alone and i will never forgive you

You are the most horrible, hateful person I have ever met in my life.

I thought I had no one on my hate list.

But you proved me wrong

You are at the top of my hate list and with a big red line under your name

So I'm telling you now leave me alone and don't spread lies about me and don't mention me in your disgusting blog

[canmom]

(Me again! Previously I had bothered you in DMs about an article, but figured it might be better to send an ask in this case.) On the topic of environmental concerns, I did have a question about James Hansen's 'Global Warming in the Pipeline' which was published last year. A previous (and rather bleak) Medium article you analyzed had cited this particular paper as proof that we're on track to exceed 3C in our lifetimes, even if emissions were to suddenly halt today. https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ha09020b.html Since this paper has now passed peer review, what exactly does this mean in simplistic terms? I understand this means that the climate scientists that have analyzed the paper agree with what it states (and see no issues with it's logic), but does it actually mean we'll reach 4C by 2100? Or have I misunderstood what this is stating? The only way I see this not being the case is if somehow Hansen's paper later turns out to be incorrect (which seems unlikely).

I also understand that the paper heavily advocates for a level of geoengineering, which I think is a better alternative to letting a large majority of people suffer, but I'm not sure if you have any opinions on when you think that'd be best to do.

oooh, i've put off answering this because it's perhaps a bit above my pay grade, but let's see

so as far as passing peer review - it's hard to say how robust that is in terms of whether you should believe its conclusions. it depends a lot on the field, the reviewers, and so on - papers are retracted frequently, even if the initial round of reviewers advised to publish.

in climate science we are engaged in a spectacularly difficult modelling task. this paper also speaks on a pretty broad range of subjects. let me quote the full abstract, adding some paragraph breaks:

Improved knowledge of glacial-to-interglacial global temperature change yields Charney (fast-feedback) equilibrium climate sensitivity 1.2±0.3°C (2σ) per W/m2, which is 4.8°C±1.2°C for doubled CO2. Consistent analysis of temperature over the full Cenozoic era — including 'slow' feedbacks by ice sheets and trace gases — supports this sensitivity and implies that CO2 was 300-350 ppm in the Pliocene and about 450 ppm at transition to a nearly ice-free planet, exposing unrealistic lethargy of ice sheet models. Equilibrium global warming for today's GHG amount is 10°C, which is reduced to 8°C by today's human-made aerosols. Equilibrium warming is not 'committed' warming; rapid phaseout of GHG emissions would prevent most equilibrium warming from occurring. However, decline of aerosol emissions since 2010 should increase the 1970-2010 global warming rate of 0.18°C per decade to a post-2010 rate of at least 0.27°C per decade. Thus, under the present geopolitical approach to GHG emissions, global warming will exceed 1.5°C in the 2020s and 2°C before 2050. Impacts on people and nature will accelerate as global warming increases hydrologic (weather) extremes. The enormity of consequences demands a return to Holocene-level global temperature. Required actions include: (1) a global increasing price on GHG emissions accompanied by development of abundant, affordable, dispatchable clean energy, (2) East-West cooperation in a way that accommodates developing world needs, and (3) intervention with Earth's radiation imbalance to phase down today's massive human-made 'geo-transformation' of Earth's climate. Current political crises present an opportunity for reset, especially if young people can grasp their situation.

As I've split it, the first paragraph is a quantitative statement about equilibrium warming, which is the paper's scientific contribution. The second paragraph adds some qualifiers about the expected trajectory "under the present geopolitical approach". The third para is a political argument - a 'what is to be done' type statement.

That's a lot to cover in one paper! It also invites different kinds of approaches to peer review. A scientist reviewing the first half of this paper would be making a technical analysis: do Hansen et al look at the right data, analyse it rigorously, etc. etc.

Why is this all so complicated? Well, lots of things change on Earth when it gets hotter and colder. The amount of cloud coverage, the amount of ice, the way the oceans mix hot and cold water, etc. etc., the amount of dust and soot in the air from forest fires - all of this affects how much energy comes into the atmosphere, how much gets reflected into space, etc etc.

The main things that the paper talks about are...

the equilibrium climate sensitivity: basically, if you add a bunch of extra energy to the system (what climate scientists call 'forcing'), once everything settles down, what temperature do you end up at, per unit of forcing?

the speed of various feedbacks - how quickly the clouds, ice, etc. etc. change in response to the forcing, which determines how quickly you approach this final equilibrium temperature. Knowing which feedbacks are fast and slow is important since it tells us what we can expect to happen when we cut CO2 emissions.

It's naturally a pretty involved discussion and I don't pretend to have the background to follow all the ins and outs of it, but Hansen et al. use various lines of evidence to try to assess these parameters, see how they affect climate models, and the like. They perform an analysis of how temperature and estimated CO2 varied during the Cenozoic era, and there's a section on estimating the effects of aerosols, both natural and human-made.

On the subject of aerosols, Hansen et al. suggest that previous climate models may have made two mistakes that cancelled each other out:

Recent global warming does not yield a unique ECS [Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity] because warming depends on three major unknowns with only two basic constraints. Unknowns are ECS, net climate forcing (aerosol forcing is unmeasured), and ocean mixing (many ocean models are too diffusive). Constraints are observed global temperature change and Earth’s energy imbalance (EEI) [80]. Knutti [150] and Hansen [75] suggest that many climate models compensate for excessive ocean mixing (which reduces surface warming) by using aerosol forcing less negative than the real world, thus achieving realistic surface warming.

What they're saying here is, though we have a pretty good idea of how much CO2 we put in the atmosphere, since we don't have a good measure of aerosols we don't actually know for sure how much energy humans were adding to the atmosphere. Like, CO2 adds energy, but sulfur dioxide reflects it away.

There's three unknown parameters here, and two constraints (things we can calculate for definite). We use a model to tell us one of those unknowns (the ocean stuff), and that allows us to tune the effect of aerosols until our model Earth matches our measurements of the real Earth. But, if our ocean model is wrong, then we end up wrongly estimating the effect of aerosols.

The upshot is that aerosols have been a bigger deal than we thought, and as the world cleans up the atmsophere and removes the amount of aerosols, the rate of warming will increase. It's definitely plausible - but it's such a complicated system that there could easily be some other nuance here.

I won't try to summarise every point in the paper but it's that kind of thing that they're arguing about here. This isn't a mathematical proof, though! Since it's touching on a huge range of different parameters, trying to draw together lots of different lines of evidence, there is still a fair bit of room for nuance. It's not so simple as 'Hansen et al. are right' or 'Hansen et al. are wrong' - they could be wrong about one thing and right about another.

To say they've passed peer review is to say that they've done as reasonable a job as anyone can expect to try and figure out this kind of messy problem. However, other scientists may still take issue with one or another claim. It's not as definitive as a maths paper.

That said, Hansen's arguments all seem pretty plausible to me. The tools he uses to assess this situation are sensible and he talks about cases where things weren't as expected (he thought that improved climate models would change in a different way, and they didn't). But while I know enough about the subject to be able to largely follow what he's saying, I'm not confident saying whether he's right.

The second half takes on a different tone...

This section is the first author’s perspective based on more than 20 years of experience on policy issues that began with a paper [179] and two workshops [180] that he organized at the East-West Center in Hawaii, followed by meetings and workshops with utility experts and trips to more than a dozen nations for discussions with government officials, energy experts, and environmentalists. The aim was to find a realistic scenario with a bright energy and climate future, with emphasis on cooperation between the West and nations with emerging or underdeveloped economies.

So this is more of a historical, political analysis section, addressing why we are on this trajectory and why scientists may be institutionally underestimating the threat ('scientific reticence', 'gradualism' and so on). Well, more precisely, it's a polemic - a scientifically informed polemic, but this is basically an editorial stapled to the science part of the paper.

This includes an account of how a previous paper ('Ice Melt') led by Hansen was reviewed, and sidelined by other scientists, for what Hansen considers unsound reasons. It leads into something of an impassioned plea by Hansen addressed at his fellow scientists, complete with rhetorical questions:

Climate science reveals the threat of being too late. ‘Being too late’ refers not only to warning of the climate threat, but also to technical advice on policy implications. Are we scientists not complicit if we allow reticence and comfort to obfuscate our description of the climate situation? Does our training, years of graduate study and decades of experience, not make us well-equipped to advise the public on the climate situation and its policy implications? As professionals with deep understanding of planetary change and as guardians of young people and their future, do we not have an obligation, analogous to the code of ethics of medical professionals, to render to the public our full and unencumbered diagnosis? That is our objective.

This leads into Hansen's proposal for how to get out of this mess: a price on carbon dioxide, nuclear power, and rushing to research geoengineering such as spraying salt water in the air. And then e.g. specific political proposals, like 'a political party that takes no money from special interests', ranked choice voting and so on.

Naturally this is a lot harder to take technical issue with. It's more like an editorial. As a reviewer you'd probably say it's worth publishing because it's well argued, etc. etc., without necessarily agreeing with every one of Hansen's proposals. You can say 'that obviously wouldn't work' and so on, but it's a different kind of argument.

So re your questions:

does it actually mean we'll reach 4C by 2100?

If Hansen et al. are right, the IPCC reports are underestimating the equilibrium we approach for the current amount of CO2 in the atmosphere - which would lead to 2°C well before 2050, so 4°C by 2100 seems plausible (I didn't spot a timeline that goes that far in the paper when I skimmed through but I could have missed it).

This isn't the amount of warming that will happen, because the Earth has many systems which gradually scrub CO2 from the atmosphere. If we stopped pumping out CO2 suddenly, the amount of CO2, and the amount of extra energy it adds, would gradually decline. So we wouldn't necessarily approach that equilibrium. On the other hand, the amount of CO2 forcing is only going up as things currently stand - and if the amount of forcing stayed the same, Hansen says it would eventually deglaciate Antarctica, leading to over 10°C of warming.

But working out what will actually happen by 2100 depends on a lot of modelling assumptions - how long do you assume we keep pumping out CO2? Hansen addresses this when talking about the subject of 'committed warming':

‘Committed warming’ is less precisely defined; even in the current IPCC report [12] (p. 2222) it has multiple definitions. One concept is the warming that occurs if human-made GHG emissions cease today, but that definition is ill-posed as well as unrealistic. Do aerosol emissions also cease? That would cause a sudden leap in Earth’s energy imbalance, a ‘termination shock,’ as the cooling effect of human-made aerosols disappears. A more useful definition is the warming that will occur with plausibly rapid phasedown of GHG emissions, including comparison with ongoing reality. However, the required ‘integrated assessment models,’ while useful, are complex and contain questionable assumptions that can mislead policy (see Perspective on policy implications section).

So, will we reach 4C by 2100? We can only phrase this question in a conditional way: if we continue to add this much energy, then...

In practice we will probably end up reducing our emissions one way or another - which is to say, if our present complex societies collapse, they ain't gonna be emitting much carbon anymore...

I also understand that the paper heavily advocates for a level of geoengineering, which I think is a better alternative to letting a large majority of people suffer, but I'm not sure if you have any opinions on when you think that'd be best to do.

The way things are going, I think it's likely that people will try geoengineering when the climate-related disasters really start to ramp up, so whether or not they should ends up kind of besides the point.

Hansen doesn't really advocate a specific programme to pursue - only one paragraph in the whole paper talks about geoengineering:

Highest priority is to phase down emissions, but it is no longer feasible to rapidly restore energy balance via only GHG emission reductions. Additional action is almost surely needed to prevent grievous escalation of climate impacts including lock-in of sea level rise that could destroy coastal cities world-wide. At least several years will be needed to define and gain acceptance of an approach for climate restoration. This effort should not deter action on mitigation of emissions; on the contrary, the concept of human intervention in climate is distasteful to many people, so support for GHG emission reductions will likely increase. Temporary solar radiation management (SRM) will probably be needed, e.g. via purposeful injection of atmospheric aerosols. Risks of such intervention must be defined, as well as risks of no intervention; thus, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences recommends research on SRM [212]. The Mt. Pinatubo eruption of 1991 is a natural experiment [213, 214] with a forcing that reached [30] –3 W/m2. Pinatubo deserves a coordinated study with current models. The most innocuous aerosols may be fine salty droplets extracted from the ocean and sprayed into the air by autonomous sailboats [215]. This approach has been discussed for potential use on a global scale [216], but it needs research into potential unintended effects [217]. This decade may be our last chance to develop the knowledge, technical capability, and political will for actions needed to save global coastal regions from long-term inundation.

He says 'we need to research this more to figure out the risks, since we'll probably have to do it' basically. Climate researchers have historically been reluctant to advocate geoengineering for fear it will be mistaken as a way to solve the climate problem without reducing GHG emissions, so honestly seeing them suggest it now maybe brings to light the atmosphere of desperation in the field.

Unfortunately, when talking about politics and economics, Hansen is on much less firm ground than when he's picking apart the intricacies of climate feedbacks. He clearly wants to try to discourage doomerism, and he's rightly critical of cap-and-trade and similar schemes, but he has his specific political fixations and what he suggests is all a bit unconvincing as a programme. I don't say this because I've got a better idea, though.

The problem is that the future is really hard to predict. It's bad enough when it's climate systems, but humans are even more complicated little nonlinear freaks. This isn't a new problem for Hansen's paper. I am pessimistic enough by nature that I don't really trust my ability to predict what we will do when climate change gets more severe. Hopefully by the time we finally decide to stop kicking the can down the road, there will still be something to be done.

[esuemmanuel]

La gente tiende a herir sin pensar en las consecuencias de sus actos, poniendo como excusa lo mal que les ha ido en la vida o las vicisitudes por las que les ha tocado pasar, sin pensar en quién se llevan entre los pies al caminar. Si bien el dolor es algo humano, el hecho de pensar antes de actuar también lo es, pero eso sólo puede hacerlo quien se sale de sí mismo y mira a su rededor cuidando de no herir a los que le acompañan. Todos pasamos por malos momentos en la vida, mas, eso no debe ser un pretexto para causar un conflicto que agrave la situación que ya es por demás penosa. Enemistarse con la gente que nos ama sólo nos causará más sufrimiento y a la larga nos orillará a estar solos, porque nadie soporta a los que se desquitan con los que ninguna culpa tienen de las penurias que pudiese uno estar experimentando. Cuidemos a quienes nos aman asumiendo nuestra responsabilidad y, si ya perdimos a la gente, que nos quede la enseñanza de cuidar lo que tanto trabajo cuesta obtener: una verdadera amistad.

People tend to hurt without thinking about the consequences of their actions, using as an excuse the bad things that have happened in their lives or the vicissitudes they have had to go through without thinking about who they are carrying between their feet when they walk. Although pain is something human, the fact of thinking before acting is also human, but that can only be done by those who step out of themselves and look around them, taking care not to hurt those who are with them. We all go through bad times in life, but this should not be a pretext to cause a conflict that aggravates the already painful situation. To be at odds with the people who love us will only cause us more suffering and in the long run will lead us to be alone, because no one can stand those who take it out on those who are not to blame for the hardships we may be experiencing. Let us take care of those who love us by assuming our responsibility and, if we have already lost people, let us learn to take care of what we have worked so hard to obtain: a true friendship.

[acircusfullofdemons]

ok well now we r thinking literally escaping into a paracosm. a daydreamer wants to die n… idk. they get ahold of smth n they think its some kinda poison. they live their last day n drink it. n then wake up but they r inside a paracosm. none of the paras know who they r bc they r not a chara. they realize they r at the start of the narrative n r stressing abt making it thru the plot (do u try to keep the plot as untouched by ur presence as possible or completely change the narrative w ur actions?) there gets a point where the daydreamer realizes they dont know whats abt to happen. bc they havent daydreamed this far yet. smth smth… they gotta keep writing the story. as a reason to live their world needs them. maybe they keep on living in the story (some kinda metaphor) or they get to return to their world n “It Was All A Dream” (to the outside world).

The way I sighed because this is what a probably concerning number of my paracoms are about. Mildly suicidal people getting the chance to live in a fantasy world and then having to decide if they should stay or go (and sometimes that decision is made for them better or worse). MaDD so bad it's making metaphors about itself.

But that is an interesting take on like. getting isekai'd into a story you know. idk. I think there's some untapped potential there in being brought into a world you created and then having to live with the consequences of your own worldbuilding and story ideas.

[bluedesertbruja]

Speaking of nepotism in ysblf, I gotta say that Ecomoda was screwed either way. I read a post not long ago that Daniel was just as bad as Armando with finances. This dude invested all the money he had on a business that flopped and by the time Ecomoda was back on its feet thanks to Betty’s presidency, he was ready to sell it for quick profit which, there’s no doubt in my mind, he would invest on another shady business that would make him go broke and this time without having shares on a successful company to back him up. He was an idiot that didn’t even care for Ecomoda and didn’t even work there unlike Armando who made terrible mistakes but at least had love and appreciation for the company and had actually been working in there for a while. And to think that several people in the fandom have more respect for this character than Armando is beyond me 🫠 ok rant over haha I love your blog, I hope you are doing alright and that you have a fantastic week ahead 🌺

Daniel is really bad at business overall. He works for the government doing idk what and was receiving checks fm Ecomoda. I don't really understand why Roberto would vote for Daniel given that Daniel never worked for Ecomoda. Marcela's reasoning for why she voted for Armando is because he's actually put in the time at Ecomoda.

Supposedly Roberto liked Daniel's plan better. Again, why would you trust the plan of someone who's never invested his time in this important family ran company? Over your son who's worked there for 6+ years? From Daniel's perspective, it seems like Ecomoda was always un poca cosa para el. It was just another form of paycheck while he tried to rise the ranks of government offices.

The show overall does it's work to show the audience who each character really is and if some audiences decide to prefer Daniel over Armando, then they're being very obtuse. Daniel doesn't care about long term anything. He cares about fast results and quick money. Hence his bad investment in the last act that causes him to ask Betty for his money sooner than expected.

The meeting where they make Betty president, Daniel congratulates Armando because on the surface Armando isn't suffering any consequences for his actions (bad financial decisons). Which is true, but it's hypocritical of him to say that considering he expects the same treatment. He doesn't want to suffer the consequences of his shitty investment and wants Betty to fix it immediately.

Daniel would have probably invested in bitcoin if we're being honest.

(I am doing meh but hopefully the week will look up, thank u very much and I hope ur doing good too. <3)