#pre-licence

[vexwerewolf]

In Golden Flame Act 1 is now LIVE!

Welcome to Calliope! Colonized accidentally and then abandoned when the corporations lost interest, this frontier system has been slowly decaying for nearly a century and a half. You live on Hell's Gate, an old mining station whose glory days are long past - if it ever had them at all.

The heat management system is half a century past due for replacement. People report which part of the station they’re in by reading the error code off the nearest computer screen. The vent crab infestation is so bad some people have suggested just training them to show up for work shifts. There’s been power failures in Section 3B every day for a month. Oh, and last week, the printer broke, and it might be your fault! Good luck with that.

In Golden Flame Act 1 is a campaign for the Lancer RPG system that takes players from Licence Levels 0 to 5 across five action-packed missions, taking you from derelict ships in distant orbits to the rainswept scablands of a pre-life world, from a casino city built around a decommissioned mining ship to an asteroid mine overtaken by sinister paracausal forces.

Get it now on itch.io!

[my-rewrite-academia]

Arc 1: Pre-Entrance Exam

Yeah, the name is a work in process...

So, this will detail everything of importance that happened before the Entrance Exam.

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The first change we're made aware of is the fact that Izuku works out. The beginning scene would be the same, with Izuku defending a boy from Bakugou and his lackies. He will black out and the narrative would say 'Not all men are created equal'.

Then we cut to Izuku in the middle of working out. He's got muscle on him, like his form after Dagobah, and when he's done, Izuku further narrates his life. Diagnosed quirkless at the age of four, Bakugou going from mean to horrible, almost giving up on his dreams...

That is until Hisashi tells him about pre-quirk media. And, desperate to find some sort of figure he could relate to, Izuku takes it all in. He watches every anime, every movie, everu gameplay, reads every book that he can.

And in it he finds hope.

We're shown that he's been working out since he was eight, when he first got into pre-quirk media, and Hisashi had sent him a katana to fight with as a way to substitute a quirk.

However, even though he's strong and knows how to fight, even back then, it doesn't change his treatment.

Everything, (other than the fact that Izuku put more effort into his dream), is the same as canon. The teacher reveals that Izuku wants to go to U.A., Bakugou is somehow threatened by this and threatens Izuku, burns his notebook, and tells him to off himself.

Except, instead of only being hurt and not actually considering ending his life, Izuku think about it. He thinks about how easy it would be to fall on his katana, or leap from the roof. The only reason he doesn't is because he doesn't want to ruin Bakugou's chances at heroism, which he would if he went through with it.

Again, canon events happen. Sludge monster attacks and Izuku immediately takes back wanting to die because it felt awful. All Might saves him, tells him he can't become a hero and takes him off the roof. When All Might leaves, Izuku looks back at the roof and considers it once more.

Explosions distract him and he finds himself automatically walking towards the scene despite wanting to go home.

A la canon, he rushes in when he sees Bakugou's face. Not because he's Bakugou, but because he's a scared, dying child.

He runs in, and his analytical prowess is shown in a much better light, as well as his physical. He grabs a pen from his bag and shoves it into the Sludge Villain's eye, then uses his bag to move the sludge, freeing Bakugou's arm enough for izuku to grab and pull.

The heroes on scene actually do something. Death Arms runs in to protect the two of them, and Kamui Woods aims from further away. Izuku directs them to a victory, having Backdraft dillute the villain so he's easier to seperate, having Mount Lady shrink so she can fit inside the alley. Ordering Bakugou to blast off a hanging sign above the Sludge Villain, causing enough pain to the villain's eyes and teeth - the only solid parts - for him to be knocked out.

They're then rushed to the hospital, though Izuku is still scolded for being reckless, and Bakugou praised for being 'brave'. Bakugou tells Izuku to not look down on him, and Izuku snaps. He tells him that he is the only reason Bakugou is still alive.

All Might does not come.

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Izuku decides that reacting to Bakugou's taunts only encouraged him, so he decides to start ignoring him completely, even when he's terrified.

To prepare further for the exam, he decides to clean Dagobah, after a news outlet shows a before and after image. He also requests help, because this isn't just for him. It's for the people.

There, he meets Kirishima and Ashido, where we see his quirk analysis skills, dissecting both of their quirks and preparing for hate, but recieving praise in stead. He still has not told them that he's quirkless.

During this time, there's a public scandal, leading to people wanting a hero, called 'Master of None: Jack', to have his licence revoked and be put behind bars. He's an example of a corrupt hero, who allowed and watched civillians die, most of them being mutants. He is revealed to have previously worked at U.A. before he was let go, so Nedzu makes a statement about it, promising to make sure they do not create any future heroes like him.

Inside U.A., Nedzu hosts a staff meeting, where he bans Aizawa from sleeping during class, and he cannot expel anyone without consulting Nedzu first. It's also revealed that Aizawa does not mark any 'expelled' students records, merely says they're expelled and invites them back into school a week later.

He also changes the entrance exam, which we'll discuss in a later post.

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So, to summarise:

Izuku works out and we're shown this

Bakugou is still a bully, even after Izuku saves him, and the suicide dare still happens

All Might tells Izuku he cannot become a hero, and does not approach him after the fights

Izuku directs the heroes to a victory, but is still told off for interfering while Bakugou is praised

Izuku starts cleaning Dagobah and meets Kirishima and Ashido through this

We get an example of a corrupt hero

Nedzu changed the entrance exam

[pers-books]

Jodie Whittaker returns to Doctor Who 

Big Finish Productions, in partnership with BBC Studios, today announces the first ever Thirteenth Doctor audio dramas as Jodie Whittaker returns to the Whoniverse alongside Mandip Gill as Yasmin Khan.  

First seen on screen in 2017, Jodie Whittaker made TV history as the first female incarnation of the beloved Time Lord in Doctor Who.  

Now she’s back in a brand-new series of twelve, hour-long, full-cast audio adventures in time and space, due to be released from July 2025. By her side in the TARDIS, as ever, will be her best friend Yaz, once again played by Mandip Gill.  

Jodie Whittaker said: “I’m over the moon to be joining Big Finish for more adventures in the TARDIS. Recording the Thirteenth Doctor and Yaz is a really lovely thing to revisit. One of the things Mandip and I used to love on Doctor Who was getting in, doing a new episode and meeting a brand-new cast. I just can’t wait to step back into the boots, pull on the coat and get cracking. One thing’s for sure, it’s going to be brilliant.” 

Mandip Gill added: “Doctor Who has been a huge part of my career and personal life and I am looking forward to seeing how I can further enrich my character through this exhilarating series. To be able to work with Jodie again is a dream come true, we have such a special friendship, I’m sure the recordings will be filled with laughter.” 

Big Finish’s Chairman, Jason Haigh-Ellery said: “This year Big Finish is celebrating its 25th anniversary of producing full-cast Doctor Who audio drama – so, when we were granted the licence to create new stories set during the Thirteenth Doctor’s era, we immediately set to work.  

“I am delighted that the inimitable Jodie and Mandip have decided to return to their roles with us and I’m excited to welcome them to Big Finish. Alongside our two other forthcoming series for the Fugitive Doctor (played by Jo Martin) and the Master (played by Sacha Dhawan), 2025 has never looked brighter for the Thirteenth Doctor and her fam.” 

Big Finish’s Creative Director, Nicholas Briggs added: “Jodie and Mandip were so welcoming to me when I worked on set with them in the TV show, so I’m looking forward to repaying the compliment. They’re lovely people and they’re full of enthusiasm for this project.” 

Big Finish listeners can now pre-order The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures, starting at just £11.99 (per story on collector’s edition CD + download) or £9.99 (download only) exclusively from www.bigfinish.com.  

A complete series multibuy bundle of all twelve releases is also available to pre-order at the specially discounted price of £126 (on collector’s edition CD + download) or £102 (download only), again exclusively from the Big Finish website.  

All the above prices include the special pre-order discount and are subject to change after general release. 

Please note that Big Finish is currently operating a digital-first release schedule. The mail-out of collector’s edition CDs may be delayed due to factors beyond our control, but all purchases of this release unlock a digital copy that can be immediately downloaded or played on the Big Finish app from the release date.

[mattscoatedcock]

chris sturniolo x y/n || in the car

(fingering, p in v, cream machine, dom!chris)

*+ its a monday morning and chris finally got his licence, he takes you on a drive.. +* “baby wanna come for a drive? i got my license��� chris asks while your both lay on the couch in the living room. “should i trust you?” you jokingly say. “cmon” chris says picking you up and carrying you into the car. he drives to the park down the road. “why did you stop here?” you ask. “ever had s.x in a car?” he asks while climbing into the back seat next to you. you smirk dont say anything. “let me see my beautiful pussy” chris says while he takes off your pants and teases your clit. “fuck chris just touch me already!” you say. “as you wish princess” he says as he sticks his fingers into your pussy. you moan uncontrollably. he fingers you in and out. he starts speeding up. “oh baby your so wet” he teases. “show me how hard you are” you say pulling his boxers down. pre-cum shines on his tip as you bend down to suck on it. you choke on how big it is and he chuckles. “too big for you baby?” chris asks. “too tiny” you tease. chris rolls his eyes and you start going faster, devouring every drop of come. he moans and whimpers uncontrollably. “i love when you whimper pretty boy” you say. he shoves his cock further down your throat. “pretty boy? im your pretty boy? then suck me like im your pretty boy” he says. after a while you cant handle it anymore and you collapse on the car seat. “you okay princess?” he asks kissing you on the cheek. “y-yeah” you say breathing heavily. you look around in the car. “we might have to clean up..” you laugh. “i didnt think we were that messy” chris says looking at come stains on the car seat.

[paper-gold-theories]

The Last

[Casual Black Hat Organization Members Pre-Meeting Meetup at the Manor while waiting for the actual meeting to start]

Dark Phantom: It's not fair! I’m always the last one to know everything!

Ghoul: That’s not true, boss.

Dark Phantom: Yes, it is! I was the last one to know that Porccini was a traitor that's was selling out the villains to P.E.A.C.E.

Flug: Oh that reminds me Lord Black Hat is serving barbecued pork for lunch after today's meeting.

Dark Phantom: I was the last to know about Miss Valdoom's petty followers "pissing contest" with Miss Heed.

Miss Valdoom: IT'S NOT A PETTY PISSING CONTEST! That stupid pink heroine has been locked up for months but she still has more followers than me! WHY?! *tearing her hair out* What does everyone see in that horrid rando! They should give ME more attention NOT HER! I'm the most beautiful, gorgeous, talented, fashionable-

Dark Phantom interrupts her mid rant: I was the last one to know that King Cassino lost his gambling licence to operate his 52 Casino legally.

Poker Face: *snickers*

King Cassino, glares at Poker Face before turning back to Dark Phantom: That issue is being settled. Right now you can still go my underground gambing dens across the country.

Poker Face: Or why settle for dark, gloomy and cramped dens come down to my luxurious, state of the art casino. We just installed a human sized dart board and a wheel of torture and if you bring your Arch-Nemesis on Hero Night you get a free drink.

King Cassino: Any underground den of mind is better than your childish casino filled with overcompensating childish gimmicks.

Poker Face: Oh says the guy that has UNO and jacks games for gambling in his casinos.

King Cassino: That's part of the unique attraction! And it has worked for many years earning me millions unlike your-

Dark Phantom: Oh yeah! I was the last one to know that Poker Face used to work for King Cassino!

King Cassino: *snickers*

Poker Face: Ugh that was so long ago!

Dark Phantom: I was the last one to know about Lady Naga falling off a roof and landing in trash because she was startled by a cat!

Lady Naga: That was one time!

Dark Phantom: I was the last one to know about Tri-Skull getting kicked in the balls by Vanity Bolt!

Tri-Skull: That moron cheated, he snuck up on me from behind!

Dark Phantom: And the last one to know that I accidentally wore my costume backwards at the party (the other villains snickered after remembering that incident). *glares ar Ghoul* Which I ONLY found out after Ghoul told me when we got back.

Ghoul, sheepishly: I thought you were starting a new fashion trend at first...

Dark Phantom, crying: I was also the last to know that my beloved and beautiful lizard queen Demencia has a crush on Black Hat!

Demencia, offended and still oblivious to Dark Phantom's crush on her: REALLY?! Are you living under a rock in the ocean! I thought I couldn't make it more obvious!

Dark Phantom: And I was the last one to know about Flug’s crush on GoldHeart.

GoldHeart, spying on them with his team from the outside: WHAT?!?

[Flug’s face goes red and GoldHeart was extremely ecstatic]

Dark Phantom: Oh. Looks like I was second to last.

[whatlovelybones-if]

Hi! New reader here, and I'm really glad I found what lovely bones. I'm into genres like this ☺. Since it's mentioned that the MC is the youngest surgeon in town, (if it hasn't been asked yet) can I ask how old the MC is?

MC graduated high school around 16-17 (they skipped a year in elementary school)

spent 4 years in yale university to get their pre-med degree

went to attend medical school at johns hopkins for 4 more years

finished residency in about 3-4 years with surgery as their speciality

got their medical licence almost immediately after finishing residency + passed their certification exam from the american board of surgery

they started working in helmsford a month or so after the certification

since the story starts a year or two after they start working there, MC’s age will be around late 20s to early 30s

[nenelonomh]

day 15/100 ~ 100 days of productivity

notes: ♡ i went home early today, since i forgot to pack ibuprofen and my legs were really hurting from the hike on saturday. despite missing two periods, i was able to make a productive day for myself. ♡ work complete: sehs study notes, mathematics practice questions, finished reading animal farm (novel study for english), physics study notes, physics circular motion q's ♡ today i set up my pre l's (to get my learner licence) - and i spent ~30 minutes on learning modules.

habit tracking:

physical activity deep work reading time spanish study

image source: pinterest

[pocketramblr]

How abt a crack au where after the cultural festival class 1a decide to all quit school and be a band full time, and they become so popular that most villains give up villaining to go to shows instead and to make sure 1a dont feel the need to switch back to being heroes

1- a quarter of the class has already committed vigilantism, Izuku just encountered two more and is musing on the meeting while riding the high of Jiro's song being able to do for Eri what several heroes couldn't, so a lot of the class is like "well it'll be fine, we can do music and help people on the side, technically until they cancel our provisional licenses or they expire in three years, it won't even be illegal."

2- Todoroki, who doesn't have his licence yet, weighs the pros and cons. He'd like to not have to go to any more remedial lessons where his dad shows up when when he's not supposed to. He asks Jiro about more ice and fire effects, and agrees to go. Tensei was in the family audience and tells Tenya he did an amazing job, which Tenya takes as permission and encouragement to go even though that's absolutely not what Tensei meant and he had no suspicion of the plan at the time. Uraraka looks at the streaming numbers and how much they can earn even with low priced tickets, and agrees. Etc etc etc

3- Bakugou only agrees because Kaminari needled him about being too good to. Unlike Todoroki, he does still attend remedial classes and sends in his normal assignments to UA, somehow while in the band full time, and in the group constantly on the run from Nedzu and various others trying to hunt them down.

4- crime rates plummet to pre-Kamino levels due to villains realizing if the kids stop the band, they're all screwed. The fact that several different villains go to a show and somehow aren't seen again doesn't really get out though to warn anyone off, probably because nobody cared about the Chimera and Mummy, and because when Tomura sent Dabi to find out where Twice and Toga had vanished to, he didn't bother to look.

5- Most of the vestiges are unhappy with this decision to join a band, Second and Third loudly complaining about the immaturity, Yoichi quietly confused and disappointed, Hikage nursing a permanent headache, but Banjo is thrilled, En doesn't say anything either way but wanted to be in a band himself when he was alive, and Nana's just glad Izuku's having fun and helping people smile. For his part, Toshinori is having a blast and is amazed at how Izuku is getting stronger with his quirk even focused as he is at using it for shows and dancing. AfO is a distant threat but one he knows Izuku can handle if he ever breaks out of prison, and in the meantime he needs to make sure all his former students are eating enough to keep up their strength. Hey what's that black stuff coming out of young Midoriya's arm-

[picnokinesis]

Wait, whats happening why are we winning? Are Jo, Jodie and Sascha coming back?

Ahh so Big Finish have announced a Thirteenth Doctor boxset!! If you don't know what Big Finish is, they're an audio drama production company who make a TON of extended canon Doctor Who audios that are officially licenced by the BBC. A lot of the Eighth Doctor content is Big Finish audio dramas (as well as the Eighth Doctor Adventures, which are the books - those are a parallel extended canon to the BF audios though, and technically you could consider neither of them canon, since they're not actually In The Show. Because we love Doctor Who canon being endlessly confused hahah). However, they have to wait a certain amount of time after an 'era' of the show in order to get the rights to make content with particular characters. This is why, when Thirteen's era was airing, they were pumping out so many Tenth doctor audios...like SO many. But also NINTH DOCTOR audios, with Eccleston!! Because he decided to work with them to create some more Nine stories, which was FANTASTIC!

But ANYWAY - before today, it had already been announced that we were getting 1) a Fugitive Doctor boxset - so, essentially, a bunch of new audio stories ft the Fugitive Doctor, and also 2) a Dhawan!Master boxset, with stories focused on him! So we were all already excited about those, but also wondering if Jodie was going to end up doing any, especially seeing as she seemed so keen to do things like that. And so what happened TODAY is that Big Finish just announced this new Thirteen boxset, which will have TWELVE new stories, not just with Thirteen, but also with Yaz!! Which is REALLY AWESOME! And all three of these boxsets are due to release in 2025, but you can already pre-order them if you're interested! They are a little pricey, but I can tell you....Big Finish are fantastic, they put out some really top quality stuff, which some incredible stories that they just can't do on the show. I cannot express how excited I am for this. I also had about five different people message me today about this announcement, which was very amusing to me hahaha

But yeah so tl;dr - 12 new thirteen stories, PLUS we already knew that we were getting the dhawan master and jo martin audio sets too, and they're all releasing some time next year!

[ridofme1993]

I wrote a review of aftersun for my course and thought it turned out quite well so wanted to share:

A critical review of Aftersun (2022)

For me, Aftersun (dir. Charlotte Wells) can be summarised in a series of images. The first: a young man is balancing on the edge of a balcony. Inside, his daughter is sleeping. The second: a young man has gone scuba diving without a licence. ”He told a porkie pie,” his daughter records herself saying into a 90’s camcorder. ”But he’ll be fine, I’m sure.” The third: a young man is walking alone at night in an unfamiliar city, drunk. He picks up someone else’s discarded cigarette and smokes it. He walks to the beach and keeps walking, with purpose, directly into the sea.  

Aftersun is a story told through one long, almost uninterrupted, flashback. Calum (Paul Mescal) and his 11-year-old daughter Sophie (Frankie Corio) are on a budget holiday in a Turkish resort some time in the late 90’s. They spend their days by the pool, or on guided tours of the surrounding tourist attractions, or giggling about the tacky yet endearing evening entertainment. In the present day, Sophie looks back on the last holiday she spent with her dad. She is looking through camcorder footage, searching for clues, signs that her father was about to slip away from her. Throughout, the film almost seems to audibly, gently chant: I want to remember. I need to remember. Aftersun is a story told with such sensitivity, such beauty and subtlety, that it’s impossible not to let it crawl under your skin. 

Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio are breathtaking as father and daughter. Their rapport is warm and effortless and goes beyond words. The relationship between Calum and Sophie becomes clear through subtle, physical storytelling: a touch of the hand, the tenderness with which Sophie applies sunscreen to Calum’s back, the gentleness in the way they move and talk to each other. The physical storytelling is equally strong when they are apart: Sophie’s furtive, curious glances at the older kids fondling each other by the pool; Calum’s back turned towards the camera as he sobs, his shoulders heaving, the muscles in his back convulsing. The dialogue is beautifully banal most of the time. What carries the story is the relationship between Calum and Sophie which is told through images, and through the way they simply are around each other. Mescal and Corio seem to be living and totally embodying the love between Calum and Sophie, and so as a viewer, I can’t help but believe I am watching real people.

Visually, Aftersun is stunning. It shimmers and sparkles. It’s swimming pool blue and greasy, sun-kissed skin. It’s tacky 90’s eurodance by the poolside bar. It’s arcade games and walkmen and badly-sung karaoke. It looks and feels like that awkward, blooming time at the very beginning of adolescence. Sophie secretly peruses the pages of a romance novel in the hotel reception, she hides in the bathroom and eavesdrops on the older girls’ conversations about their sexual conquests, she watches them kissing their boyfriends in the pool with that pre-adolescent mixture of fascination and disgust. The soundscape, too, feels nostalgic: the same hypnotising, bittersweet theme repeated again and again throughout, as if on a loop. As if to accentuate the fact that this is not the first time this memory has been visited. It has been carefully scrutinized. It has been visited and revisited and revisited time and time again. 

In her review of Aftersun for The Independent, Clarisse Loughry writes: ”It’s difficult to think of the moments before a heartbreak and not lace them with omens. The mind, too often, moulds memories into prophecies. Colours get dialled up. Emotions solidify. It’s a hard thing to talk about, let alone visualise. That’s why Aftersun, the debut of Scottish filmmaker Charlotte Wells, is so astounding. She’s captured the uncapturable, finding the words and images to describe a feeling that always seems to sit just beyond our comprehension.” This, to me, accurately captures Aftersun as an experience. Calum’s many close brushes with death that are pictured on screen seem to be half-imagined by Sophie; an attempt to retrospectively foresee the tragedy that was to come. 

I’ve read a good handful of professional reviews of Aftersun now, and curiously, none of them mention the theme of suicide. Some reviews mention death, some don’t. No explicit mention of suicide anywhere. Why this is, I don’t know. As someone who has lost someone I loved to suicide, I can’t not see it. When Calum matter-of-factly tells a diving instructor that he doubts he’ll make it to 40 and that he’s surprised he even made it to 30. When he walks off into the night on his own, drunk, carrying some pain he can’t speak of. The way his daughter senses it despite his attempts to hide it. Her fumbling, deeply loving attempts to cheer him up: how she gets the other hotel guests to sing to him on his birthday, how she invites him to sing karaoke with her when he seems low, the way she gently makes fun of him. She’s constantly pointing her camcorder at him, asking him questions, as if she knows there’s some mysterious, hidden side to him that she’ll never have access to, something dark and unspoken and unnamed. And, finally, the shot of Calum weeping in some other place, in some other time, followed by a shot of a note saying: ”Sophie, I love you very much. Never forget that. Dad.” 

We lack nuanced stories about suicide in our cultural landscape. Aftersun is a story that neither glorifies, nor demonises. It deals with grief and with the struggle to understand something incomprehensible. It portrays a person who is suicidal, and who is also kind, goofy, loving, sensitive, and an excellent dad. ”You can live wherever you want to live, be whoever you want to be,” Calum tells Sophie, stroking her hair. ”You have time.” We sense that he knows that his is running out.  

Aftersun is a sparkling gem of a film, and it resonates, not only with those who know grief, but with those who know love. Everything about it, from the cinematography to the acting to the soundtrack, feels warm. It feels to me like a meditation on love. At the end, I was left weeping – not only for Calum’s death and for Sophie’s loss, but also for the sheer amount of love between them.

[redfountainpostin]

Dragons in RF should be big like in GOT and HotD. Huge. HUGE. In my idea there are only a handful of places to actually hold dragons and RF is like, one of 3, 4 max. It is actually rare for a student to claim a dragon, because there is a limited *amount* of dragons and a dragon is a lifelong commitment. Usually the dragons housed there belong to people, nobility mostly, who just use the dragonpit to house their dragons when they're visiting, or permanently if they live in Magix. But, if a dragon's rider dies while the dragon is in RF or even just Magix, RF will assume responsibility (because dragons are not legally inherited, no family can try and have the dragon "delivered" back to them) and then it is a long procedure on how to determine who gets to try out to claim it- it is preferred that be done soon bc riderless dragons run a risk of going wild. RF does prefer offering students first pick, bc some of them may die, but it's a sacrifice Saladin is willing to make lol. Half kidding.

Sky and Brandon both arrived to RF with their dragons. Sky shared the cradle with his dragon's egg and Brandon claimed a bit older dragon when he was around 12. Riven claimed his halfway through the school year when the ancient (Vhagar lol) dragon's rider died. Now that I think abt it that dragon should have lived on Domino before it was destroyed, and Bloom's aunt or uncle could have been his rider at some point.

Timmy never claims a dragon, and he wasn't itching to, but he will totally have to hop on one behind one of the boys sometime. RF does have wyverns which for the purposes of this conversation are the size we see in the show, and he did learn how to ride those. RF doesn't have any horses, but RF official licenced pre-entry exam training camp does. Only Timmy went to it, though. Sky and Brandon did not need it and were not allowed, and Riven's admission was rushed and out of ordinary.

[the-ace-with-spades]

Trying to make myself write like a monkey pilot and so random bits from worldbuilding of this fic that are only mention or not even included (this is trans Bradley fic, for people who have not read it, but some bits are universal - I'm sorry for the rambling)

Merlin has a flight school in Nevada - this is where Bradley gets his commercial pilot licence, not long after he starts medical transition. Merlin runs it with his second wife, Nandini, who was the original owner and main flight instructor. They met through Slider, who got his commercial through her school, and they got two kids and their daughter had a crush on Bradley everyone in their family holds against her any time they meet for family gatherings.

Slider, by the way, retired from the Navy the same year as Mav started on the path to become a test pilot, and got a commercial and then airline pilot licence. Mav makes fun of it constantly.

Jake and Bradley (then pre-transition) talked extensively about their future life together and in Jake's mind, it was a given they would get married and have kids eventually, they'd just wait for the right timing or until they were at certain ranks/positions. Bradley did want all of it, he just never thought/imagined how it'd actually look with him as wife/mother, only vaguely with Jake as a dad and his own image completely avoided (kinda hard to explain but it's like a very blurry picture where his own figure would be even blurrier).

Bradley still wants to get married and have kids. Once the whole wife/mom bit became husband/dad thing, he's no longer uncomfortable about the topic. He knows being pregnant would be difficult because society sucks but he's pretty sure he's at the stage of confidence when he can pull it off.

Jake's mom is the nightmare mother-in-law people joke about. For real. She is terrible to all of her kids' partners, but she is especially terrible to Bradley (pre and after transition) because Jake is her little miracle baby.

Coyote joined Jake's squadron just as Bradley left the Navy, which means he met Jake in the middle of a heartbreak and well, that's basically why he's not the biggest fan of Bradley (even if sometimes it shows in ugly ways).

Bradley and Jake also had very different mindsets about their relationship during the break-up period of six years. Bradley had been a bit in denial and tried to force himself to move quickly, thinking that ever being with Jake was impossible (or you know, a fantasy only possible in his head...). Jake up until he sees Bradley, now after transition, at the Hard Deck, thought they were like magically destinated to be together and they'd meet again at some point. He dated some girls, mostly on Coyote's insistence, but he never hit it off with any woman, liked to say he was 'ruined for life' for Bradley and never stopped believing they'd find each other again despite the years apart piling on.

Mav and Ice renewed their vows and had a second wedding after Ice went into remission. Bradley was the officiant, mostly because Ice and Mav had a massive fight about whose witness he should be.

This is implied ?? but Ice's cancer went in remission because I imagine Bradley being there and Mav being there more often because of Bradley meant Ice'd go to the doctor earlier than in canon and had better chances given it was at an earlier stage when it was found. You know, a butterfly effect and all that.

Bradley and Ice spent weeks after Bradley's top surgery playing DCS, most often in the F-14 sim with Bradley in the RIO seat, sometimes with Slider providing commentary. As stated in the fic, Slider is the one to pop the idea and install the whole thing. Ice and Mav often play while goes through his oncology treatment and Ice often uses his puppy eyes to make Mav play as the RIO (rather than have two planes and Jester AIs)

Jake has a strange view on gender, which isn't necessarily bad, but it can be disheartening to Bradley, especially at the beginning. It's almost as if he doesn't see people's gender but who the people are (kinda like similar to not seeing skin colours??) which can be great when you don't want to be perceived/treated by just gender (like Bradley pre-transition) but can be ignorant if you do (like Bradley after transition). He is also terrible with labels and doesn't really believe or use them.

(A bit nsfw/tmi ??) Bradley chose his preferred type of top surgery based on the desire to keep the sensation of his nipples (buttonhole has a higher probability of keeping the feeling), mostly because it was a really sensitive part of his body, but ended up not keeping the full sensation on one side, which is always a possible outcome with any top surgeries, and after a few more months on T realized that his chest isn't really that sensitive anymore anyway. It's probably one of the very few things he misses.

I'm absolutely ecstatic because readers picked up on it, but Jake's been so jealous of Mav the whole time the fic's been going on and it'll continue until he realizes who Mav is to Bradley actually. You can only imagine how horrified he is when he realizes how terrible of a first impression he made on Mav.

While Mav is not a fan of Jake, Ice is trying to be very neutral. Objectively, he's not the biggest fan of Jake either, mostly because he's never going to be a fan of any of his baby boy's partners, but he thinks Bradley is an adult and should be able to make his own decisions. He also knows that a lot of people would have told him Mav is no good for him and it's not true at all so he's trying to trust Bradley's judgment.

someone please make me write, i just stare at the open document and change words in already written dialogues

[catalinadearagonsblog]

"In the 1520s, England too was a country bursting with relics. Catherine had kissed them at Canterbury, Walsingham, Westminster and St Paul’s, and followed Elizabeth of York’s example of going into labour clutching the birthing girdle of the Virgin Mary. And these relics were accessible to the people in small parish churches, not just in the large cathedrals and monasteries. In Shelford visitors might see phials of Mary’s milk and part of her churching candle, in Kaldham the finger bone of St Stephen was on display, in Burton-on-Trent pilgrims might see the staff of St Modwena, and part of the shirt of St Thomas could be found at Derby. Clothing, girdles, combs, hair, bones and bodily fluids could be found housed all around the country as an essential component of pre-Reformation Catholicism, accessible, powerful and defining. Catherine was an important religious leader in England, teaching by example. Among the artefacts that accompanied her on her travels were pictures of Mary and her mother, St Anne, and St Elizabeth, who must have had particular resonance for Catherine, as she had miraculously conceived and given birth to a child even after the onset of her menopause."

Amy Licence, Catherine of Aragon: An Intimate Life of Henry VIII's True Wife

[ralfstrashcan]

Wordcount: 2k Rating: Teen Relationship: Lucy Chen/Tim Bradford (pre-relationship but very sappy) Characters: Tim, Lucy and a certain car Additional Tags: Emotional, Trust, Soft, their relationship is platonic in the fic but romantic in my heart, set at a handwave-y time mid season 4 Summary: What happened to Lucy's car.

Lucy doesn't even know why she looks it up. There isn't any reason to, so if asked she'd most likely blame it on the usual blend of boredom, procrastination and idle curiosity that creeps in whenever she has to write a particularly dull report and the hour is nearing midnight. But that would be an explanation made up on the spot. All she really knows is that one moment she's cross-checking the contact of a witness and the next she's entering the achingly familiar numbers and letters of her baby into the database. 5PCI472

If you're the visual type like me, you may make use of these screenshots:

Car & Guy Tamara sold the car to (3x03)

Tim's driveway (though I conventiently ommitted the outdoor furniture) (don't actually remember the episode, it was the one with the Tim-stops-a-car-chase opening scene)

Tim's pickup (4x22)

And now, to agonzing. My sister was like "Hey, but don't they change licence plates when a car is sold?" and I, graceful adult that I am, of course didn't have the slightest clue. Instead of bothering with rl I went back to check what licence plate Lucy's car had before/when Tamara stole it (3x02) which was still the same one

but different in the pilot

so either Tamara also changed licence plates (?!) or I don't even know, so I decided not to stress over this (she said, while stessing about it in a tumblr post).

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the fic!

[wisecrackingeric-2]

Idk if you've done it before but got any serenedy hcs?👉👈

IM C E R T A I N IVE DONE THIS BEFORE BUT I LOVE ANSWERING THIS QUESTION TEHEEE GIGGLES AND KICKS MY FEET

Edit: this turned into a glorified fanfic but sssssssssshhuddup

. Luis is Like one of those dogs who are really massive but don’t realise they’re massive so they try to be lap dogs and all you can do is just sit there and accept it. You know the dogs right. Yeah that’s Luis to me; he’s tall and he’s lanky and he’s 95% limbs and he INSISTS on sitting on Leon’s lap or being the little spoon and Leon lets him every single time no matter how uncomfortable it is

. They’re both Transgender Capcom actually told me so but also I think it’d be hilarious if Leon was pre-top surgery when he went on that initial mission and first met Luis so when he tells him Luis is like “??????????????YOUVE BEEN RUNNING AROUND HIS ENTIRE TIME WITH A BINDER ON?????? WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU??????????????”

. They take their t-shots together (Capcom told me so)

. Leon goes out of his way to find the specific and exact brand of cigarettes Luis likes even though they’re really expensive and hard to find (this isnt even a headcannon the brand of cigarettes he smokes in-game are E X P E N S I V E )

. Luis would ABSOLUTELY be disabled if he DID survive the knife to the back cuz speaking from a family members experience there is NO WAY he’d be walking again with a giant hole in his spine like that

. So when Luis first started using a wheelchair and moved in with Leon at first in the mornings when they’d both just get up and Leon would be getting ready for work, Luis would always ask Leon to crouch down so he could fix his suit collar, and for the first few times alone would wave him off (classic I-can-do-it-myself Leon) but after a couple times Luis explained that being able to help Leon even with something small like that gives him a sense of agency that he’s lost so Leon immediately apologised and now every morning it’s a habit for Leon to wake up, get his suit on, and crouch down in front of Luis to let him fix the collar up (and give him a kiss on the cheek)

. They both have really weird work scheduled so most of the time Luis will stay up in the labs until midnight meanwhile Leon has a super early start but their lunch breaks line up so that they get a few hours in the afternoon to spend together, and usually that just involves them sleeping away in their shared bed hdbehdbdhdnxhxn

. Leon is one to pick Luis up from the labs (because he’s the only one with a legal licence dhbshdbshdnd) and Luis usually finishes an hour or so earlier than him so he waits at the door for Leon like a little kid and he gets super excited every single time when he sees him in the doorway no matter how many times they’ve done this BDBSHDBDHD

. I’ve said rhis before and I’ll say it again. Luis sleeps starfish style. He has every limb thrown over Leon at all times and he always somehow ends up on the floor in the mornings

. Luis buys Leon new jackets all the time. Which like. Yknow. SOUNDS cute on paper. Except he’s using Leon’s credit card cuz he doesn’t have one HXNHWNWUSNSIZMS

. Leon keeps a photo of Luis in his pocket whenever he’s on missions. Yknow. For reasons.

. Leon brought Luis a brand new copy of Don Quixote when they first moved in and as a joke Luis asked Leon to read it to him but then it became a tradition every night except Leon is a REAAAAALLYYY slow reader and he has a BAAAAD reading voice like he struggles to get through a sentance out loud and Luis finds it SO so so endearing he encourages Leon to do it more often

. Luis is allergic to cats, and he’s also not much of a dog person (for obvious reasons) but he’d LOVE to have a pet of some kind someday

. Also I will keep spreading this propaganda but Luis IS A HORSE BOY LUIS IS A HORSE BOY AND HED LOVE TO TEACH LEON HOW TO RIDE

. Luis really likes feeding birds outside and it gives Leon an excuse to slow down and chill out so he does it with him whenever he can

. Also spreading my propaganda that Leon can’t cook. What did he eat before he met Luis? God knows. Chris found him raiding his fridge for pieces of cheese multiple times. Now Luis always makes sure to cook Leon a big nice breakfast and dinner no matter how much leon insists he doesn’t have to

. Also a self indulgent headcannon that Luis is a wee bit of an artist. He learnt how to do quick realistic sketches of anomalies during his time with Umbrella so every now and then when Leon’s off in his own world doing work at the table or just staring out the window Luis will do tiny lil sketches of him just to admire him. But he’d never admit that to leon he’s way too shy HCSHNESHSNHS

. Leon isn’t very good at audibly asking for attention or phsyical contact, so the two of them have come up with a system where Leon will wrap his arms around Luis’ waist or shoulders and Luis will immediately know that he wants a cuddle for whatever reason. He doesn’t pry, either; he knows that sometimes Leon just has Bad Days and needs some physical support and to feel wanted

. Leon pretends to not know how to smoke a joint just so Luis will teach him and baby him through it. He gets all clingy when he’s high ok

. I don’t think Luis would still be religious after a l l t h a t BDNEHENHEJS but I Imagine he still prays every now and then just for some comfort and he always asks Leon to sit with him while he does for some support

. Pulling this straight from my own fanfic but I think Luis would propose to Leon with one of his own rings BXNEHENEHENE and they would DEFINITELY get married with literally zero witnesses just for themselves too

. Luis forced Leon to get a car cuz he’s scared shitless of motorcycles

. Leon always helps massage Luis’ back whenever his pain is flaring up

. Leon is secretly a lot clingier than Luis and cries to himself whenever they have to be apart for whatever reason he is a big crybaby to M E

. Luis likes swimming cuz it helps his chronic pain and Leon sucks up his fear of big open waters for him HSHEHENEHDNDJ

. Luis is very very proud of his appearance and so him showing up all messy for Leon is a lil act of love <<33

. Also they accidentally steal each others clothes all the time and they look ridiculous

. Finally, this is FULLY self-Indulgent, but I do think Luis would wanna be a dad someday. Idk about Leon, but I think Luis still truly does look up to his Grandfather and wants to be the same kind of man he was and raise a kid of his own and see that kid grow and not have to abandon him the same way his Grandfather did (And I think Leon would share similar emotions too)

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

AITA for filling in a question on my sisters form in a joking manner?

I (27f) am helping my sister (23f) take her driver's licence. I coach her on drives inbetween lessons at a traffic school. This happened a while back when we were just starting up the lessons. The traffic school wanted my sister to fill out a form that would help them assess how her lessons with them should be. It had questions about in which ways she learns the best (visual, auditive,...) and how much time she (and I) would likely spend practising on our own.

All very reasonable questions. One question stood out though - What do you want to learn from us? It is very obvious to everyone why she is there, her profile has the desired driver's licence clearly marked and there is a very established curriculum for it. It is an unnecessary question, but maybe it carried over from pre-digital profile times. She couldn't find a good answer to it that didn't sound ridiculous though. So I took it upon myself to write it in the silly way, with the intention to let her think for a bit and then change it after she had answered the other questions.

As you can guess we didn't remember to change it so the finished form had: "i wanna learn how to drive lol." printed at the top.

She was SO MAD with me the rest of the day! How would her teacher take her seriously with that on her form!

(This is a resolved issue 6 months later but it's a silly enough premise that it suits tumblrs paygrade perfectly. Please play with me in this space.)

What are these acronyms?