#reasons why she should not be put as a quick survivability oriented support:

[soley-solstice]

reasons why amaterasu should be a beast-class quick-type survivability oriented support, which will take another 6 years to happen but i just want it to be said:

1. she's my wife

2. mikon 2.0 is an arts support, mikon 2.2 from a different factory is a buster support, only makes sense mikon 1.0 is a quick support

3. read something on the tamamo wiki once that tamamo moved at the speed of light or something with nine tails when fighting kiara? so she's quick

4. she's my wife and deserves to save the meta

5. fgo states that tamamo's np can revive the dead at full power? survivability oriented support

[purekesseltrash]

This is my final ask talking about BTD so it has to be perfect, I literally created a google doc so I wouldnt fuck it up before I sent it

Shoji replaying a song over and over while doing a task reminded me of when I listened to “Ophelia” by The Lumineers on repeat while drinking coffee on my kitchen counter and lemme tell ya, I’ve been chasing that high ever since

Yeah knowing you'd have *some* family but not all of them after coming out sucks major ass but its the truth, I'm ever so grateful that the only person who would react negatively that I know would be my maternal Grandmother whos a narcissistic bitch who I haven't spoken to in years so like, i dont give a shit what she thinks but I know that it would be hard on Shoji seeing how family oriented he is in this story and him knowing his relationships with his siblings and parents would be rocky makes my heart break for him

OOOOO BITCHHHHHH HES TEXTING HIMMMMMMM

That went over a lot smoother than I thought it would, I mean i'm incredibly happy that they’re like, getting together, but I honestly expected it to be more drawn out

Awww Tokoyami getting their as fast as he could and Shoji being soft for domestic Tokoyami

Sweet jesus I can relate to Shoji just randomly thanking his friend for being his friend, the amount of times I’ve wanted to just ominously text my friends a “thank you for everything” is too many to count

I LOVE GRITTY, HE REMINDS ME OF MY CAT WHOS A MAINE COON (his names Chewie if you're interested)

I knew Mic would suck at cooking, its just so him

I practically squealed at Shoji changing Tokoyami’s contact name to Fumikage

Okay, little background story, I keep a list in my notes app of headcanons for Tokoyami and literally one of them on there says word for word “Dogs absolutely love him and he loves them right back” so im SO GLAD you made him a dog person, making him a cat person seems like the easy route

LAWYER MOM IS INTRODUCED i honestly didn't picture her as a blonde but now I see it

Tokoyami’s mom being incredibly enthusiastic reminds me a lot of my mom, she always get excited when people have pride flags hanging up and suggested we get a pride flag so that made me appreciate my mama more than I already have been

I swear to god my eyes got as big as saucers hearing the part about cheesecake because I'm from New Hartford and forgot Hartford was a different city.

I can just picture Aizawa SLAMMING the brakes and whipping his head around, hair flying, as he looks at Shoji

“And he let out a breath he hadn't known he was holding” how much more cliche could you get, not gonna lie that made me laugh

All right I have to confess something. I've skipped every transcript of Put Your Sticks Up because I was impatient and wanted to get to the story. Now you know my biggest secret, I always felt bad but would get frustrated cause I wanted to hear ‘bout my boys.

The last precious worm ask! I am finally on my laptop so I can give this the proper attention.

Ngl, when my head isn't working, I will just put on one song and play it over and over and over and over and over until something comes into my head. My ShinOji fic 'Gold Rush' came from that. Still not sure how I managed to make a somewhat decent fic out of a song about gentrification but my mind is a wild and wonderful place.

Yeah, Shouji goes through it with his family. One thing that I can say though is that as Shouji starts to get more and more successful with his art, Tokoyami starts to spitefully send articles and reviews written on his work to his parent's house. He never gets a response but doesn't expect to, he just feels like they should see how amazing their son is, goddamnit. The one day, a letter comes back. Tokoyami opens it, expecting it to be them telling him to knock it off and instead, one of the pictures has been sent back with 'This is beautiful' written in pen, an arrow pointing to one of his vases. Tokoyami then has to show it to Shouji and explain what he did. Shouji cries basically all night. That starts a very, very tenuous back and forth with his mom.

Gonna put the rest of this under a break because it's gonna be long

You should have seen my first outline if you thought this was quick with them figuring it out. Basically, the only reason that Tokoyami broke it off in the first place was because he didn't see that there was a chance of it working. They worked so well otherwise. Amazing chemistry, complimentary senses of humor, Tokoyami didn't want to break it off at all. He just felt like he had to because otherwise they were both going to get more hurt. So when Shouji was like 'okay, but actually I do want to try this', he was all in.

Ojiro is legit Shouji's first real friend. Which is really really sad given that they met when they were eighteen but Shouji never really got a chance to do anything normal.

Maine Coons rule and Chewie is an excellent name for them. I was going to name their cat after Marie Phillipe Poulin, the greatest women's hockey player ever, but I decided that Gritty would be funnier. Mic as a bad cook is deeply satisfying, I picture him being like me, just all 'okay but I just do enough to make something to survive on and uh.... who needs all the details and stuff'.

The name change actually came from my beta. They asked why his contact was still Western Civ Tutor in the beginning of the chapter and I was like 'oooo, great way to show how they have changed'.

And maaaaaaaaaan. I'm sorry but how is someone who is a bird gonna like a cat. Nah. Tokoyami is a dog person. They do go on to get a dog. They were going to get a Shiba Inu or something catlike until Kenta came through with a hound puppy that he'd found in the rain while on his route and just dumps it in Shouji's lap like 'Surprise!'. They name it Lu after Roberto Luongo, famed goalie. The dog is a goddamned menace and Shouji ends up having to take it to classes and learn about dog training so they can all keep their sanity. He ends up loving Lu the most. (I do some part time dog training so I had to throw that in)

Tokoyami dyes his hair. He's actually a mousy blond under the dye like his mama. And yeah, my parents are hella supportive too. I figured it would be healthy for one of them to have accepting parents.

Aizawa was pretty pissed, ngl. For all that he should know better, he got caught up in the same shit that coaches tend to slip into, which is a responsibility because they have someone with potential that they must mold and then when they go on to do amazing things, they can feel a part of it. But then he realizes where he fucked up and how he was so busy seeing Shouji the hockey player that he couldn't see Shouji the person.

Listen, it's my fanfic, so I'm gonna get as cheesy as I damn well please. I'd written a super cheesy ending for the end of 'Black Sun' and was waffling on keeping it until somebody was like 'it's a fic, be as cheesy as you want'. I can has my cheese, as a treat.

WHAT IN THE FUCK WORM. HOW CONFUSED HAVE YOU BEEN THIS ENTIRE TIME?!?!?! this legit made me laugh out loud when I read it. GO BACK AND READ MIC'S SHOW!!! I set up so much stuff to try and prepare the reader to understand the emotional stakes, not to mention the basic facts of hockey! That being said, I get the feeling.

Thank you for this last super mega grande worm ask, sorry that it took me so long, I wanted to be able to give it my full attention. <3

[fgodestinyawakenings]

Which 4 star would you recommend? 🤔

Sorry for the late reply since I’m currently studying a part-time course on the weekday ^^;

I’d say it’s always boil down to what you really need the most in your party? A particular class like Saber, Caster, Extra Classes? Or more of, DPS, Tank and Healer? If you’re going for husbando/waifu, again, all the following above are irrelevant and just grind for QP. Because raising a waifu/husbando isn’t cheap

I’ll put the rest under the cut for Servants (sort by classes), numbering are based on what I used most or feels good which is debatable before anyone starts murdering me. And also some I have yet the chance to try because they are not home for me after rolling/i didn’t pick them at all

Sabers:

ST NP:

Lancelot

Yagyu Munemori & Rama

Diarmuid Saber

Papalot will always be my number one no matter who says, and been saving my ass in both FGO JP and NA. His own skill alone is summary of enjoying hearing him crit his enemies to death. With support like Tamamo and Castoria, he makes the pain twice as fun :D

Unfortunately for all his attacks, he’s your glass canon. So you don’t have either of the two support or just any support in general, he’s going to die ASAP. Munemori’s 2nd and 3rd skill are a headache with them being mixed together, especially that Evade + increase attack

Munemori is the one I feel should actually be on par very closest to Lancelot with both sharing the same NP type. In terms of surviving longer, this old swordsman is your choice. But in terms of consistent attack, it’s Lancelot.

Oh my sweet Rama, while I’m sorry DW is a dick in putting your wife in Arcade (BECAUSE FUCK YOU DW, THAT’S WHY). You’re worth to grind and have on par with Munemori. So far in LB whether or not having any Demon enemies, his damage especially on crit is as good as Lancelot. But unortunately, this skill is a one-time effect, so need to know when to make use of that burst to kill your Boss. Lastly, he’s got the Guts in terms of own survival kit.

As much as a husbando you are my dear Diarmuid... You’re also fucking expensive in terms of grinding 180 stakes to raise you. NP damage is good which is unfortunately held back that your defense buff removal comes AFTER dealing damage to your enemy. He’s more in need of a good support like Skadi to put him to his fullest potential (or heck hell you might as well take Caesar since he does better than him being in the same NP quick category)

AOE NP:

Artoria Alter

Siegfried

Suzuka & Nero

Gawain

Artoria Alter being first aside story-locked, her damage output for me is the highest among all I have used just using her skills alone. But may or not need strengthening to upgrade Intuition, have her more crit-based attack? (dude, everyone getting their intuition replaced.)

Siegfried ranked higher to me because he’s still hits hard enough in my opinion to replace AOE saber that I don’t have such as Artoria Alter in JP. However, he’s still easily replaceable once you got better AOE Sabers. And, you’ll still want him in some event and main story mobs where dragon-type enemies show up.

Compared the two above after using Suzuka, she’s definitely ranked third with lower NP damage. Charm, well, may or not work but LB debuff immunity is saying otherwise for all male servants. But her skill of generating her own stars help her in criting and gaining NP slightly more faster.

For Nero’s case, she’s more on survivalist skill thanks to her 3 times Guts skills. Arts AOE NP Saber are limited until you get budget Jason next year which, yeah, Jason works better than her if you want NP damage. Her attack boost is based on RNG probably either want to love or have hate sex with you to get that buff out. Again, if you want more of surviving long duration fights in LB thanks to break bars, she’s your good choice.

While Gawain is story-locked issue too, he’s heavily reliant on his skills. Which those skills are also can be highly reliant on field to be Sunny before strengthening. But charging of NP will take a long while with his current deck set, so you’ll need a better support or AOE Saber to do the work

Support:

Chevalier D’eon

If you haven’t grinded Georgios or Leonidas, they are your best replacement for tank support. The two I mentioned will do a far more better job than D’eon, aside wanting their NP to debuff.... Which unfortunately also not that useful in current LB difficulty, too many servant bosses are putting up debuff immunity.

Archer:

ST NP

Chiron

Tomoe Gozen

Emiya Alter

Tristan

Chiron-sensei as per his lore is more of a support due to his skills revolving mainly in supporting your party. Castoria and Tamamo may or not fix with his damage output but you definitely want that remove defensive buff which comes BEFORE dealing damage at your Boss enemy.

Tomoe’s burn debuff makes her one of Arjuna Alter’s best friend if you’re aiming for him in the future. But aside from that, her skills are quite generic of attack + np damage buff, crit gather and drop (lacking of crit dmg to make her good on her own right) and guts to survive. However she isn’t story-locked, so if you can wait for her to spook...

Emiya Alter: I haven’t tried what’s the changes aside increased in damage output with Castoria. But he’s more of a staller in removing enemy gauge by 1 and if you have those annoying enemies with tons of defense buff, he’s your Servant against to fire a hole in them. Only issue his normal version Evade and star drop rate is gone and replace with a defense buff, so may or not need support to keep him alive

For Tristan I didn’t put him high because if you have David, he’ll do a more slightly better job than him? Reliant on Skadi if you have her to boost his damage for NP, which... If you’re doing NP charge from his skill, do remember he has that unfortunate debuff of NP seal that blocks him from using NP during or not the same turn. Though if you’re getting him to complete your Knights of Round Table Servants collection urgently and not caring about gameplay, go ahead :D

AOE NP:

Mama Emiya

Atalante

Now that’s my mom who raised me :D But anyway, Emiya’s investment especially 2 years later with that one last NP strengthening, he’s a nightmare of Arts AOE Archer once Castoria joins into the party. Right now before strengthening, he still crits hard in single attacks with his own star generation + also having evasion to survive.

Without Skadi especially, Atalante both damage output of normal and NP is very weak. Her NP more or less served as a function to gain a one-time burst of 60+ stars. But if you have Skadi and your friend support does, then get her for one of your Quick Archer Servant farming if you don’t have her.

Lancer:

ST NP:

Li Shuwen

Vlad III EXTRA

Medusa Lancer

Li Shuwen will be one of decent choice Arts Crit Lancer before Kagetora kicks in next year. A good burst of his NP helps to kill your enemy Boss ignoring that he also have a instant death NP. Though said burst is relying on both 1st and 3rd skill which... they should have just kept either one (preferably ignore invincibility) and pointless for them to stack. 2nd skill however is ok with your evasion to survive and increase star gather rate.

Vlad III EXTRA’s NP... Pretty much gonna see more Evil Servant in the future so he’s good to keep around. And that ignore invincibility is good until DW being a dick and put Archer Servant with Solemn Defence in the future LB. Despite lacking skills to survive, he has his own HP recovery that also buffs his defense and attack. And a decent taunt if you haven’t got Leonidas ready, for 1 turn. Though damage output you’ll need support like Merlin to increase.

Maybe just me without Skadi, Medusa Lancer ranked low due to her damage output. But having Skadi will increase her rank with 1 skill keep her alive (invincibility + guts), 1 skill to stall (charm and provided it’s male servant), and 1 last skill for one-time burst in attack.

AOE NP:

Parvati & Artoria Alter Lancer

Valkyire

Fionn

Elizabeth Bathory

Nezha

Artoria Alter Lancer being another Servant who like her Saber, does well in her AOE NP damage. And a good debuff of NP seal to stall + def buff ignore damage. However trying to gain NP for her is problematic if you don’t have support like Merlin to do so.

Parvati will be one of the many Servants recommended to have if you’re going for Double Skadi farming. She’s got good NP refund and good support to other Servants. But make sure your Skadi or support having a star generator CE to get her loop going.

Like Parvati, you’ll need Valkyire if you already got the former for double Skadi farming. She’s more on a defensive in surviving if not use for farming, and definitely Skadi regardless to improve her damage performance. Beside that, her NP is applied with good buff such as ignore evasion and instant death for demonic enemies (excluding them working on enemy Servants)

If you’re aiming for Castoria next two years, Fionn is one of the Servants to invest for farming. And latest strengthening has upgrade to give more of NP charge to himself and your party. His own NP buff to mental debuff immunity is good to prevent him from being stun like charm, etc. However if you’re in need of Rare Prism and any other reason or so, feel free to burn him.

Elizabeth doesn’t rank high since she’s more support and debuff oriented Servant than damage. Support being attack that gives additional boost to female servants and debuff lower defense and curse. Unless you’re urgent to complete your Eli-chan collection, she’s not in a hurry to get and can spook anytime.

While Nezha has a good skill kit of own Quick + Buster buff, increase star weight and remove debuff, and guts + NP charge.... Most of her skills are best used if they are at max level. And even at max level, her low NP damage isn’t that a viable choice with better AOE NP Servants above be it farming or attack.

Rider:

ST NP:

None of the above

This is the only rare case I really don’t recommend getting, especially mary and anne. The two are definitely meant to be glass canon which unlike Hijikata, there’s no guts for them to survive if you want to utilize their NP at its fullest. Welfare and 3 star like Ushiwakamaru and Ryouma, Mandricardo in the future does a better job than her.

AOE NP:

Astolfo

Martha

Marie

In terms of damage output among the 3 Riders, Astolfo hits hardest and also perfectly compatible with double Skadi farming. Has 2 rank up on strengthening their NP and 3rd skill to improve farming performance. However outside farming, they definitely still need Skadi to keep that performance.

Martha is one of the more recommended Servants when it’s come to Challenge Quest. Mainly her instant team debuff removal and enemy buff removal targetable, and additional healing. Damage output may be easily fix with Merlin and Waver to deal more. But, as of now her status whether being useful is debatable as most LB debuff on your team are permanent thus rendering her to rank lower.

Despite sharing the same NP type, Marie ranks lower using more of a support for herself and her allies on her damage. Her NP buffs while it’s provide good support, it can easily be replaceable with either Jeanne, Merlin, Waver, etc. But if you’re not concern for her and already got Astolfo, you can still get her to invest on Quick farming. Or raise Medusa who could do about the same like Astolfo...

Caster

ST NP

Queen Sheba

Circe

Sheba while story locked, she fits well in both support and own DPS of herself for CQ and in LB. NP damage may be concern but having Tamamo and Castoria will makes up for it, especially in surviving for long fights. Her excellent NP gain with good crit buff helps her to refund NP easily for spam.

Circe while provide good support (debuff removal and star gather) and debuff (poisoning AOE), she ranked lower from a few things. One being very bad NP gain (if your NP charge skill on CD), low NP damage which can be compensated with good support, and debatable stun NP effect. If you already have Xuangzang or Caster Shuten, you’re better off with them. 

AOE NP:

Nitocris

Caster Gilgamesh

Nursery Rhyme

Helena

Thomas Edison

Nitocris ranking top for her being the best farming Servant to have, and remained that spot with now Castoria boosting her damage. NP Charge skill at full 100% when needed, increase death chance (can be RNG and not effective with some enemies) and Guts + Buff removal making her a Servant recommended to have. And of course being the best.... You’re gonna need to offer her 180 bones of your dead enemies to upgrade her skills to the max, making her one hell of an expensive material grinding Servant to have.

Caster Gilgamesh with wisdom now considered one of the recommended Arts Support Caster if you don’t have Tamamo or Castoria. While damage can be lacking, his NP debuff of lowering defense helps your other Arts DPS to crit to death thanks to his skillset. Despite that, he still additional support and composition which preferably best work when the team deck in total has higher percentage of Arts cards.

When paired with the right team, Nursery can be one of the good damage dealing and staller for AOE Caster. The latter however is RNG dependant which praying it works in your favor. She also have good NP refund and self-charging with her skill making her easily spamming her NP. But she’ll need good support to boost her damage and star generation to utilize her.

If you still haven’t gotten Waver and willing to wait for that SSR ticket in the future, she’s your alternative with all cards type buff, 20% NP gauge charge and own crit star generator. NP deals good damage, which further improve with either Tamamo and/or Castoria. However, many may turn away of choosing her because of notorious long skill cooldown even at max level. Also if friend support already got your main 4 or now 5 support of Caster, you’re better off with other Servants unless you want her for farming.

Thomas gonna need his strengthening to increase his rank here, mainly that 1st skill to reduce skill cooldown which is targetable. While his NP and normal damage is weak, he makes up by being the best stalling support (provided no debuff immunity), having skill seal, NP seal to stall enemy Servant. 3rd skill of his provide a good buff to your main DPS to overcharge their NP level. And, also being a story-locked servant some may consider getting him if you can accept the long cool down (2nd skill at 10 turns CD on max level) on his skill.

Support

Medea Lily

If you’re wondering who is the White Mage/Healer in this game, that would be Medea Lily. Pure healing + Debuff removal and now a targetable buff removal resist? That’ll be her where many sought her in Challenge Quest. But her skillset is overshadowed easily by your Top 5 Caster (Merlin, Waver, Skadi, Tamamo & Castoria) who can do those said job if not better than her.

Assassin:

ST NP:

Yan Qing & Emiya Assassin

Wu Zetian

Carmilla

Chiyome

Yan Qing while I put him first, he can easily replaceable with Jack who does better star generation. Or pair them to generate even more stars while you watch them burn your potato phone. His recent skill upgrade increase his damage making him more usable in fights, but will still need Skadi to invest him well.

Emiya Assassin, with good NP damage buff like Ignore Defense + Invincibility and NP drain, own Arts buff, and targetable taunt, he’s one of the recommended Servants for Arts DPS with Castoria when she’s out. And especially needing Castoria because of his horrible Arts card NP generation... If you got Shiki who’s doing better along with Hundred face Hassan, you’ll want them for damage and own survival kit.

Wu Zetian would be in line with Kiritsugu if not better for damage, but is heavily reliant on her Imperial Privliege RNG to work with her. Skadi support and buff removal NP makes her one of the recommended Assassin Quick NP DPS to pick if you’re lacking..

Carmilla is low rank while despite having good NP gain, charge and own healing with a staller..... You’re better off having other Servants like Wu Zetian. Or even Jack who does more better than her on the Anti-female damage.

Chiyome definitely her low damage despite NP spam and charge, make her least wanted for SR ticket. Even NP seal can be ineffective with those having debuff immunity, which many other Assassins are doing their job including the 3 stars one.

AOE NP:

Katou Danzo

While waiting for Gray next year, Danzo is your currently only 4* Assassin with more on the support side. Having both targetable evasion and invincibility, she can keep either DPS or support Caster against enemy on their attacks and NP. AOE damage may not be boost a bit with the help from said support caster, unless your enemies are demon to work against.

Support:

Stheno

Aside additional Rare Prism to exchange, Stheno acts more of a support if you want to challenge yourself with a Divine Servant theme in CQ, etc. She along with Gorgon Sister are known for their notorious Charm Lock in CQ, and NP now easily spammable to remove buffs on enemy. Stheno together with Euryale is why Gawain is having nightmare every night ever since his humiliating defeat in Camelot. But in terms of damage output, you definitely want alternative Servant than her. And support wise, you’re also better off with others if you’re not that into Divine team routine.

Berserker:

ST NP:

Heracles

Penthesila

Beowulf

Atalante Alter

Ibaraki

Aside being bias because that’s my boy I raised and grailed him, Heracles will be your number 1 must have Servant to have for all Master. One of the best surviving Servant for long fights, may need a little boost from support Caster. His investment to get Bond 10 will be a long while but will definitely be worth it once achieved. Now, with the latest strengthening his Guts Skill and own CE makes him the monster on why Lancer ga Shin Da and Emiya in Saber Route one of a nightmare to fight with.

Penthesila while ranked second despite lacking of Greek Males (doesn’t include Achilles avoiding her), she provide a good Buster support for all team, own NP charge and debuff immunity for herself that brings out a high NP damage. However, without Merlin... She’ll die before finding and killing Achilles.

I swear to god DW has a grudge against you, Beowulf. But hey, after his strengthening next year, good bye intuition, hello Inspired Hero that increased crit damage and gather rate! If you’re looking for a more general damage unlike Penth, he’s your boy. High NP damage and Guts to keep him in the game longer, but requires support to boost NP gain and normal damage.

Like many other Quick Servants, Atalante Alter is Skadi compatible. A ST NP with staller and curse debuff, her own crit generation, gather and damage allow her to produce good NP damage. Yet like all Berserker she falls harder in terms of glass canon like lacking of survival skills. Her critical dmg is hard to maintain with her 1st skill merely providing her a one time burst.

Probably the one Servant who fits truly as a glass canon is Ibaraki, NP damage can be comparable with Heracles, Penth and Beowulf. Removing own debuff and enemy buff is a good thing, but defense buff alone may not save her from enemy Servants who hits the poor banana like a truck. NP gain may also need boost from support due to her triple BBB in her deck.

AOE NP:

Lancelot Berserker

Frankenstein

Tamamo Cat

The most recommended yet also possibly need additional whaling is Lancelot Berserker. The moment Skadi appears, he’s on the top list of having in party to do farming. Own NP create large amount of sum and massive crit boost helps to refund NP. But, without Skadi and needing NP2 at least, he’ll be ranked lower.

Frankenstein will be your alternative to berserker Lancelot if you already have him. But like Berserker Lancelot, you’ll need Skadi to do the looping. Her own NP Damage boost and increase gain helps for the loop, but unfortunately you’ll need Servant with debuff removal to remove her stun after using her NP. Aside farming....You’re gonna want other Servant to save her from getting killed within few turns.

Tama Cat aside being one of Chaldea main cook, she’s more utilized for farming after abusing poor Waver and Caster support. And poor Waver everyone will have to do their best to protect Tama Cat who took a few turns of napping (stun) after using her NP. Beside that, she does provide an RNG of NP drain and own defense and attack boost. However other than farming, you’re better off with other AOE Servants for survival.

Avenger:

Situational between Gorgon or Hessian Lobo

Because a Ruler enemy is very rare to find aside coming LB3 without mention spoilers on who, it’s more or less situational. Do you want for the sake of it? Want to do your own CQ rules to experiment against? If so, AOE or ST NP?

AOE being Gorgon where she got a a decent AOE NP Damage with a stun but definitely need support to survive (guts may not be sufficient) and star generation. She’s also story-locked which if you want to get her before Babylonia, might as well do so.

Hessian Lobo is compatible with Skadi and alternative if you don’t Avengers like Jeanne Alter. Good crit gather for 3 turns with Skadi or any other Servants provide star generation. NP damage has own boost of ignore evasion and additional crit damage, excluding your instant death. While having buff removal is one and atk decrease, your death resist is still ineffective on enemy Servants boss.

[the-crimson-union]

School Orientation Program

As some of you might know, we will be starting our degree program in Counselling end of this month. The decision to enroll this discipline instead of Psychology was mutually agreed upon the three of us. Ning Yue and my original intention was to study Psychology instead. However, William pointed the fact that in order to be qualified as a clinical psychologist (which was what we’d wanted), we will have to continue to take up a Master’s and then a Phd followed by a two year supervisory before we will be considered a full-fledged psychologist. Unfortunately, at this point in time, we can’t afford to do so financially and we’re running out of time to do so.

Counselling appealed to the two of us because it is a helping profession.  The counselling process is a purposeful, definite relationship that seeks to connect with and empower clients. A counselor aims to support clients to take action steps to manage their issues, having understood the ways in which these may have been problematic in their lives. We knew we wanted to do something involving mental illness and mental health, as such, working towards being a counselor was the next move for us. 

In Singapore, SUSS is the only autonomous university that offered a degree program in Counselling. We have friends who had either graduated or are currently pursing a degree in SUSS. 

SUSS offers part-time evening programs that are designed for working adults. Lectures runs on weekday evenings (either between 7-10pm or 7:30- 10:30pm). Students are allowed to take up to 20 credit unit (cu) worth of core modules and 10 cu worth of electives per semester. Each 5 cu and 10 cu module will be taught over six and twelve weeks respectively. 

For this semester, we’ve arrived to take two 5 cu worth of core modules and one  2.5 cu worth of elective module. There are reasons why we decided to opt for this. They are:

Financially, we cannot afford to take as many modules as we could right now. We’re currently out of work at the moment and hence between pursuing more modules and using the sum of money for survival, we have to make the wise decision to opt for the latter.

We are uncertain of how our system will react with the changes in pace and schedule. While we’re considered high-functioning and stable, any changes might trigger a chain reaction. We need to take that into consideration. With our current arrangement, it will be a good opportunity to test the waters and if we can manage it well, we’ll increase the workload.

Lastly, we are currently taking several online classes (Coursera) which is putting a strain on the system. We can’t forsake them because they are what each of us is interested in. They are the closest to what we are able to do if we have our own body. 

On Saturday, Ning Yue and I attended the orientation program with a good friend of mine. We managed to get more details on what the course is about and the tutor had recommended that we do not go for the full capacity. In fact, she’d listed a handful of modules that are considered to be heavy-duty in nature and it’s her suggestion not to take more than one per semester. Guess what? The two core modules we’re going to take falls into the list. 

My heart skipped a beat the moment she said that because I would start predicting what would happen in the future. Forecasting is my specialty and it is a double-edged sword. Because I am so great at it, once I start thinking negatively, it’s a one-way journey down the wrong end of the street. 

William was quick to pick up on the energy and came forward to reassure me that everything will be fine. Considering that this wouldn’t be the first time we’ll be doing this, we should have the confidence in acing the subjects. It is great to have someone who is as rational as my brother with us. He is the rock that the system needs and his rationality is essential for the system. 

Sadly though, it was also during the session where we discovered that there is no longer any degree with honors program. Graduates are allowed to proceed straight to the Masters program. While I’m keen on that, it’s a little too early to confirm that for now. 

After the sharing session, I attended a workshop on “Understanding Common Grammar Errors” which as the name suggested discussed about grammar. It was something that was opened to every new students and we attended it since we felt that it would be something that would be beneficial for us in the long run. It was interesting and something I enjoyed more than the others. English had always fascinated me though its grammar can be confusing at times. I’m glad to have some common misunderstandings cleared up in the process. 

Since the end of the orientation, the reality of going back to school had hit me hard on me. One of the modules’ first assignment had been released online and the dateline’s in August. Gosh, I would be lying if I claim that I’m not nervous. However, I know we would make through this difficult and challenging period intact. 

Yes, the battle may be tough but nonetheless we shall persist. 

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The four reasons why the world needs breastfeeding in public (and without covering)

Breastfeeding in public is an act that continues to receive criticism from some people whether it is done in the street or if it is done in closed venues such as museums, bars, restaurants, swimming pools, etc. This makes many women doubt whether to breastfeed their babies or children when they know that someone could be bothered and in many cases seek an intimate place to do so, or that they cover themselves to breastfeed .

However, there are four reasons why the world needs mothers to breastfeed in public , without covering the baby, and now we are going to explain them to you:

1. Because babies have the right to be fed when they need it

A baby who breastfeeds exclusively has no other food to eat, and does not have it because exclusive breastfeeding is the best it can receive the first 6 months of life. After this time you can start to eat other things, but breastfeeding for the baby is not just food, and in situations of agglomeration, distrust, anxiety, will also ask for breast to snuggle in the arms of his mother, suck a little and Regain calm.

By this I mean that a baby has the right to suckle wherever he is , when he needs it, either because of hunger, or because he needs a bit of calm and tranquility.

Some people invite women to do it in a bathroom , in a corner or in an area away from other people so that it is “more comfortable” or so that it “does not bother”. This is a discrimination for being a nursing mother and no one should allow such treatment.

Different is that the mother does want to be in privacy, but one thing is that it is an option of the mother and another that force you to do so. It’s like breastfeeding rooms: they were created by mothers who breastfeed in a certain place want to use them to feed their baby , not to hide all the mothers in there so that others do not see them.

The baby does not have to wait for his mother to find and find a place to breastfeed, so a mother should be able to breastfeed her baby wherever she is, because the last thing a woman should feel, being a mother, is that he has to hide from society because he is .

2. Because children have to learn what breastfeeding is

Sitting in a park with a baby to breastfeed is one of the most grateful things that can be done. Yes, it is true that some madman or some crazy woman may come to say some expletive, but it is not the most usual. However, it can happen that one or several children begin to approach to ask the woman about the baby and about that strange act that they are carrying out.

“Hey look, that baby is sucking his mother’s tit!” And they approach, and they ask the mother what the baby does, why she sucks her tit, and the mother, with the patience that characterizes the new mothers, is answering the doubts to each one: “she is eating”, “because I was hungry”, “yes, she likes it a lot”, “yes, I like it a lot”, “no, it does not bite me because it has no teeth”, “it does not bite me, although it does have teeth”, “clear , but he can not eat snacks like you and drink boobs, “” yes, milk comes out, “” yes, it’s warm, “etc.

Surely some child will know what that is, because he has a little brother who also sucks or because he remembers that not too long ago he also suckled, and he can help the mother to explain to the other children. But there is no better way to normalize breastfeeding and teach to respect the act of breastfeeding than to allow children to see babies being breastfed and to know what it is. Hardly these children ever come to see it strange or reprehensible that a woman, in the future, breastfeed her baby .

3. Because men have to understand that feeding is another function of the breast

I do not know any man who is scandalized by the advertisements of women in swimsuits all over the city, nor do I know any man who is scandalized when he sees women dressed in little clothes down the street, or doing topless on the beach. Surely there are some, but personally I have never heard that this happened. However, I have seen and heard men complaining because some women breastfeed their babies in their presence.

This is because they have very clear erotic function of the breasts of women, but not so much the function as an organ . Inside each breast (I explain it in case anyone does not know yet) there is a mammary gland that after delivery is responsible for producing a living liquid tissue that we call breast milk that transfers nutrients and substances from the mother to the baby ( probiotic and prebiotic bacteria, enzymes, hormones, immune cells and a long etcetera) to facilitate their growth, development and survival at birth.

Both functions, erotic and organic, involve a relative exposure of the female breast but many men like it in the first case, when they feel that their vision is directed at them, and it bothers them in the second case, when they know it is not going a directed to them.

Hiding is a way of giving reason to these men, and not doing so is a way of telling them to open their minds and make a little jump in evolution , that if we were able to leave behind the Cro-Magnon man, it should not cost us so much to understand this.

4. Because women learn to breastfeed babies by watching other women breastfeed

A few years ago, in a zoo in Ohio, a gorilla was born that was raised in captivity. As an adult, she became pregnant and had a baby gorilla. As a mother, she took care of her baby in the best way she knew, but it was not enough because she did not know how to breastfeed her . She had never seen any gorilla breastfeed and had no notion that she could be the one feeding her baby. Your baby gorilla died .

When she was pregnant again the caretaker of the gorilla thought she had to do something to teach her to breastfeed, so she called the League of Milk: several nursing mothers voluntarily went to the zoo to nurse in front of the pregnant gorilla, with In order to show him how he fed a newborn baby. At first she did not pay much attention to them, but as the time of delivery approached, she began to show more interest in what those women were doing.

It was not enough: when her second child was born, the mother began to go crazy because, again, she did not know what to do. The caregiver quickly called the League of Milk again and a volunteer mother ran to the zoo to help her. Slowly, she was doing step by step what the gorilla mom had to do to feed her baby: first put the baby against her chest and put him in the right position so that he could start to suckle, in his left arm; she took his chest with her right hand and oriented the nipple so that it brushed her lips to provoke the search reflex and opened her mouth. Once the mouth was wide open, he moved the baby toward his chest with a quick movement of the arm and he began to suckle. The gorilla watched what she did and began to imitate the movements step by step, until with a sigh of relief,She saw that her baby gorilla was sucking from her breast and, finally, she was managing to calm him down and feed him.

This story is known in La Leche League and is often shared when you want to explain that babies are born knowing how to breastfeed, but mothers are not born knowing how to breastfeed . Breastfeeding is learned, and although every woman knows that breastfeeding consists of putting the breast of the mother in the baby’s mouth, it is necessary to know much more.

The culture of breastfeeding has existed since the beginning of our species. As soon as the first settlements began to form, the women began to transmit this information to each other, and then between generations. Thus, women learned from their friends, sisters and acquaintances, and from their mothers, aunts and grandmothers, who explained what it is like to breastfeed, what it feels like, how normal it is to hurt or not hurt, how to solve problems, etc. When the revolution of artificial milk and bottle arrived, the women began to believe that they were not able to breastfeed, they began to believe that artificial milk was better (this was promoted) and the knowledge passed to health professionals, that far to help, because they did not know much either, they confirmed the suspicions: “that’s right, ma’am, your son goes hungry, give a bottle”.

These ladies are now our mothers, and although many did breastfeed and know about it, many others did not, or did little, and can not help women today to breastfeed their babies.

That’s why women who are pregnant have to be able to see other women breastfeed : in support groups (ideal if you want to breastfeed your baby and know the problems and solutions that may happen), in the park, on the street, in the supermarket queue, in the bank, at the bus stop, in the subway, in the museum, in the most shabby bar and in the most luxurious restaurant, …

The world must become a “breastfeeding friendly” place , that is, a friend of breastfeeding, because babies will thank them, their mothers too, and at the same time all those who still have a lot to learn about the substance that has allowed that today there is humanity.

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