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how dangerous it is, to finally have something worth losing || yuliya || trial 2 results

It takes her a while - much, much, longer than it should to finally listen through all of the white noise that encompasses her being as Yuliya feels the stinging wetness on her cheeks. You shouldn’t cry, a part of her chastises. What gives you the fucking right to cry at a time like this?

Yet she is. Pathetic and pitiful and wretched as she is, she is crying. Tears that keep dropping one by one onto stained pages as she finally manages to scratch the name of her vote within the last few seconds.

But in the end, she’s wrong. And the indescribable sensation of guilt towards who even knows anymore is overwhelming. Out of all the things that she promised, she couldn’t even do that right. Not with how she spent so long looking for a way to blame anyone else but herself.

Truly, she thinks, you haven’t changed one bit. You know damn well you haven’t, so stop fucking crying.

She barely manages to react even when things continue to spiral - not when Meili screams from her burns, nor from Kali’s cruelty. But soon enough there’s the sound of mocking laughter, the fact of the matter that there’s not just one, but multiple people watching and enjoying what they’re seeing as she can’t even wipe the tears on her face and-

Oh. She’s gotten so weak, hasn’t she? Because how could she have forgotten this feeling so easily? The one where you’ll always be watched, always be scrutinized. The show must go on, as you still owe them a performance, don’t you?

Except by this point, she no longer has it in her to perform anymore. Not when the implication of the king’s words slowly dawn on her.

“... You can’t be serious.”

A hushed, horrified whisper, but from what it seems, he is very serious with what he means. Because who else here has blood on her hands, literally and metaphorically? Even after death, there’s only a single logical answer to what's in store.

And it dawns upon her that to them, to the king and whoever it is on the other side, they’re no longer people. But pawns on a chessboard to be played about to their whims.

“... After all this time, you already got what you wanted. And yet you’re still greedy enough to want more. You fucking pig. You piece of shit.”

Her words are quiet, so quiet, and they still tremble, forcing whatever tiny scraps of dignity she has left as she glares at the corner of her table, before she finally looks up. Her tears still continue to fall, angry now as she doesn’t bother to wipe them away.

Yet, it’s even more pathetic with how quickly that anger fades into helplessness, as she grips the table once again. Because other people are soon voicing their anger, their disapproval. She hears how easily Amber gives in, partially because her hands are tied, but that doesn’t mean Yuliya wants to understand. She doesn’t have to be understanding, not when Perry is about to die two times over now.

Perry, who never deserved anything like this. The girl with a hard-headed attitude, but so much passion to give no matter how isolated she felt, is going to die again. 

It’s only when she hears Esmée’s yells, so angry yet so pained as well, that she forces herself to move once more. For most of this trial she hasn’t been able to fully let herself accept Esmée’s hand, but this time she finally reaches out her, locking her pinky with hers, before desperately grasping onto it herself.

“... Please. I don’t want anything to happen to you too.”

It’s so pitiful to give up like this. To feel so helpless and feeble and weak. A part of her even wants to beg everyone to just stop, stop, stop. But instead, as she quietly cries, all she can do is this, terrified and powerless at what’s to come.

In the end, it’s exceedingly apparent to her now. Because look at how far you’ve fallen. They really should’ve just left you for dead after all.

[dionisiagreco]

Rebirth of the Eighty's Favourite Little Wife--Meticulously

Teacher Xie, I have finished speaking. I'm leaving. Xu Jiaren jumped down from the stool and turned his head to go out. Tao Meijuan, the head of the kindergarten, had already said hello to Xie Yun, and it was up to her whether Xu Jiaren would stay or not in the kindergarten, so there was no need to ask. Seeing Xu Jiaren's willful departure, Xie Yun held back and said nothing. She turned to the rest of the children and shouted, "All right, you put the stool away. We're ready to eat!" But Soho ran out with him. Xu Jiaren! Behind him came a tender voice, Xu Jiaren turned helplessly: "Su Hao, I have gone, what else do you want?" Kids are so much trouble! Su Hao clenched his fist and his little face turned red. It took him a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "Can you stay?"? I I apologize to you. Apologize Stay?! Xu Jiaren thinks the little male God is very funny. What kind of apology is that? He's not wrong. As for her, kindergarten is just a shield for parents to feel at ease, how can she stay and waste time? Originally intended to turn around and walk away, but looking at the little male God's pleading face, Xu Jiaren still went over and said one more word. Did you ask me why I didn't go to your house during the Spring Festival? Su Hao nodded. Many people go to your home during the Spring Festival, because your grandfather has something that others want. And he doesn't have what I want in his hands, so I don't have to pretend to pay New Year's greetings. Have something in your hand? Pretend? Su Hao was confused when he heard it. Anyway. Xu Jiaren didn't want the child to feel that the world was too dark. She rubbed Su Hao's little head and said,Slate Wall Panel, "Just remember, I don't go to your house to pay a New Year call because I don't have any special relationship with you!"! I don't need what your master has in his hand. "The special relationship..?" All right, I have something to do, so I'll go first! Bye-bye While Su Hao was in a daze, Xu Jiaren ran out of the kindergarten with her legs tumbling at a high speed. It's too hard to talk to children. Out of the kindergarten, Xu Jiaren wiped the sweat on her forehead and went to the tailor's shop. After school in the evening,Nero Marquina Marble Slab, the first thing Su Hao did when he saw Grandpa was to look at his hands. After looking over and over for a long time, Su Hao's little face became more and more tense. Hou Yuhai felt strange and asked, "and now? This sentence is also what Hou Yuhai wants to say, how can that little girl understand these? "Grandpa, I want to eat two bowls of rice tonight!" Su Hao suddenly said. Uh? Why? "I want to grow up quickly so that I can understand what Xu Jiaren understands!" “…… All right, then Hao Hao, Silver Travertine Slabs ,Marble Granite Price, come on and grow up! Hou Yuhai looked at his grandson with a loving smile and could not help sighing in his heart: I usually think my grandson is intelligent and outstanding, but if compared with that little girl, Su Hao looks too silly. When I was just five years old, I had such an understanding. It would be great if I grew up. Xu Jiaren told Yan Xin that Aishan would pick her up after kindergarten school, so that she could paint in the tailor's shop for a while. Yan Xin a, and.. "And what?" "The membership fee in our store has gone up this year, and everyone's membership fee is 20 yuan." “20…… What are you.. When Jiang Meili heard this, her face turnse he is handsome? Boss Ai, a dress here costs 50 yuan, and if you add 20 yuan of membership fee, it will cost 70 yuan. Do you know how much the average salary is in Qingbei City? Don't you think the price of your clothes is too unreasonable? "I.." Of course,Stone Honeycomb Panel, Aishan knows that the per capita income of Qingbei City is now more than 20 yuan. According to this standard, their clothes are really expensive. But so what? Before the Spring Festival, the business of their shop was very good. The membership is about to break 100. - ".". forustone.com

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-🦋

Xiao bringing Mingzhu to the store and ended up chasing her as she tried to eat the plants.

Granny Beetroot laughing as she watches them. She could never be mad at Xiao for what another does and she views Mingzhu as a wild child. She even hands her a flower that the dragon eats like a lollipop when Xiao takes her home. Eventually Granny Beetroot babysits for Xiao and Gemmy and has tea with Meili.

She is the one Mingzhu is with when the others get taken. She is able to obliterate those that come after Mingzhu from the Cult of Rejection.

Also I’m going off anon here so no one can take my moniker and say things that I wouldn’t.

welcome to the off-anon world!! im still gonna tag u as 🦋 anon tho i hope u don't mind <3

honestly! mingzhu is weak compared to vision holders and other adepti. but if random humans from the cult of rejection came for her she could just bite them. their skin isn't resistant to dragon teeth. however she is too trusting the cult could be like hey we are planning a surprise for ur family would u like to join and she'd be like okay! :D!! granny protects her from that and then mingzhu protects granny from anyone else who tries to come after them. mutual protection

im still caught up in the idea of xiao taking care of mingzhu. mostly bc he doesn't always take care of himself and now he has a child suddenly. the first time mingzhu climbs into his lap he's probably very panicked. silently asking for help from literally anyone except they just take pictures. xiao knows how to handle demons he does not understand how to handle children

[sleepyowlwrites]

find the word tag LXXXV

a cute little Ghosty floated along and was like “take these words from me, I have no use for them any longer” and I was like “girl you’re literally on tumblr” but I took the words because I wanted them. @zmlorenz

greet (Blood series)

Meili said nothing as the Jin sect leader descended and jumped to the ground in front of them, sheathing his sword in a practiced movement. Sizhui immediately walked to greet him, bowing respectfully. Jin Ling did the same, dropping his hands quickly and almost rolling his eyes.

important (Anxiety story draft 1)

With a huff, Ree turned on the faucet and ran cold water over her fingers obediently. "They're not burned, just almost. I've got good reflexes for someone who's so clumsy."

Aiden reflexively stored that information in his new Ree section in his memory. He couldn't figure what he'd do with it, but the section was so empty that anything was important.

fresh (ellipses of though .3)

I sent you sunflowers, will you sing me to sleep? there are raindrop worlds inside your sleeves. the moths in my brain are on strike. slowly, I knit my sweaters back together. I sent you sunflowers, will you open your window? the lawn is freshly trimmed. come down, Rapunzel. the candles are burning out but I can still smell the sea. I sent you sunflowers - you’re the only sun I need.

pattern (from: things without names)

there are things without names that live in our minds that manifest in our daydreams and take up all our time there are patterns of shadows, there are footprints in sand there are waves of affection after tugging at your hand

mean (Summon story)

Wryn was looking up at him now, their skin contracting and expanding around the jaw in what Zan recognized as confusion. “Are we friends?” They asked.

Zan dropped his hands, blinking. “Wha-, yes. Wryn. Yes, we’re friends. I mean, maybe not Erin,” Zan leaned his head back to look at their leader instead of turning his body around. She smirked at him, but gently, and said nothing.

glare (Blood series - I sincerely love this exchange)

Jin Ling turned and said, “Jingyi,” and glared at him. It was less of a glare and more like he was silently asking for something. But Jingyi only understood Sizhui’s silent communication. He had no idea what Jin Ling wanted from him.

When no words arrived to help translate the silence, Jingyi rolled his eyes. “What?”

“Hug me.”

Jingyi blinked. “What.”

no stun or toe, but I don’t pass on my problems, I pass on them and go looking for some other kind of trouble. any trouble seekers can take a gander for these words: argue(ment), fight, run(away), late, and apology(ize) @vellichor-virgo @mel-writes-with-her-dragons @herondalelucies @josephinegerardywriter @thenataliawrites @ambsthom OR ANYBODY

[superhell]

A lifetime of names

Mary Chen.

That’s what it says on her birth certificate. Her parents knew well enough that putting “Meili” on there would only serve to put a target on her back. After all, they weren’t born “Deanna” and “Samuel”.

or

A character study of Mary as told through her names

Read on Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34072891

Mary Chen.

 That’s what it says on her birth certificate. Her parents knew well enough that putting “Meili” on there would only serve to put a target on her back. After all, they weren’t born “Deanna” and “Samuel”. They’d picked those to blend. Still, she finds herself regulated to talking with the math nerds or the emos. “Chen” isn’t exactly a white sounding name. She applies to her first job- a store clerk, simple, yet an act of rebellion nonetheless- with this name. The manager hires the white girl with the white name. She’s less efficient than Mary. She stops using “Mary Chen” after that.

 陈美丽.

 That’s the name her parents use. Of course, the full thing doesn’t come into play until they’re mad, so usually it’s just 丽丽. She doesn’t mind it, most days. Just as long as it doesn’t leave the house. Just as long as her friends don’t hear it. Her cousins, annoying as they are, chose the other character to turn into a nickname. “美美“ they call her. It’s childish. It pisses her off. It reminds her of the fact that her name quite literally means “beautiful”. She wonders, often, why her parents that are dead set on her being a hunter would name her “beautiful”. After they die, “陈美丽” joins “Mary Chen” in the retirement home for names.

 Mary Campbell.

 Campbell is a name that gets her jobs. Her great grandma’s maiden name was Campbell, and it serves Mary well enough. Her parents weren’t all too pleased with her choice, but she doesn’t care. Paired with her newly blonde hair and the eye shape she inherited from some white ancestor down the line, Mary makes her way into book clubs and record stores. She no longer gets distrustful glares from the librarians on hunts, and her fake FBI badge gets that much easier to pass off as real. Mary Campbell is the name she gives to her future husband, the first time they meet. She keeps it until she takes his name.

 Mary Winchester.

 This name was her ticket out. Her ticket to a normal life. She signs the necessary paperwork with a grin on her face, going almost fast enough to tear the paper. John smiles at her, takes her hand. He thinks her excitement is a product of love. Don’t get her wrong, she loves John, but this is for her. Still, a white name and blonde hair and double lidded eyes don’t make her any less Chinese. It doesn’t make John less Chinese either, as she soon discovers. Mary loves the holidays the most, the firecrackers, the big spread of food, and her parents happy despite not being on a hunt. John loves the Confucian ideals that come with a Chinese ancestry. He wants her to cook, to clean, to come at his beck and call. It’s fine, she tells herself. After all, her kids will get a life away from hunting. She’ll get a life away from hunting. She swallows her anger, her thoughts of I could kill you without even trying, and goes to get John a refill.

 Mom.

 Mom is the name with the most weight attached to it. It used to be “Mama”, when Dean was little. It filled her heart every time she heard it. The grown man by the same name calls her “Mom”, and she responds. He’s older than her now, and ain’t that a mindfuck and a half. She’s been gone for over three decades, and her kids grew up exactly how she didn’t want them to. She doesn’t know how to be Mom to two adults, she only knows how to be Mama to a baby and a four year old boy. They look to her and see a woman she never was. She looks at them and sees men she doesn’t know. It still hurts more than anything when Dean drops Mom and calls her Mary. He calls her again on his birthday. It goes to voicemail, and she listens to it all with her hand clenched on her thigh. He’s drunk, clearly, his words slurred, and his sentences muddled. His Mandarin, stunningly, is still perfect, as he asks- nay, pleads- with Mary to be there in a week’s time for Chinese New Year. She doesn’t go. The Men of Letters has a mission for her that day, some vamp nest. Afterwards, she orders takeout and pulls up the CCTV Gala on YouTube. Sam had showed her how when she was still on speaking terms with her sons. The next morning, she gets a voicemail from Sam. His Mandarin is choppy, spoken like he hasn’t uttered the syllables in years. “妈妈，新年快乐“. He swaps over to English, “Dean was hoping you’d come, but I understand if the MOL couldn’t spare you. You know, you can still text me. Keep in touch. Love you.” Mary swallows, hard. Fuck, she thinks, I should’ve gone. It’s too late to rectify it, so Mary soldiers on. When Dean breaks into her head to get through the brainwashing, he calls her Mama. She shuts her eyes to hold back the tears. When she snaps out of it, she is Mom once more, and she vows to not lose the name again. 

[ourimpavidheroine]

Sorry, Anon, I deleted your message. I don’t why I try to ever access this damn site on my phone, I always manage to fuck it up on the app. Too old, I guess. That’s what I get for trying to browse Tumblr while playing Animal Crossing, dammit.

ANYHOW.

The question was did I think combustionbending was something you were born with or was it something the bender themself triggered. I headcanon that the potential for combustionbending is something you are born with, but the bender themself triggers it, much like Bolin with lavabending. Bolin knew what lavabending was - he’d seen Gazan do it, of course - and he knew that other people were going to die (especially Mako) and it manifested itself out of fear and desperation. But it has to be more than that, you know? Otherwise any old earthbender could do it. At the same time, we can’t dismiss that Bolin doesn’t bend like any other earthbender we’ve ever seen - he’s totally self-trained, and he trained with his firebending brother. He understands firebending, that manipulation of chi in order to produce heat and flame, in a way that most earthbenders, living with other earthbenders, do not. It’s the Republic City thing: throwing all four bending types together into one space, intermarrying and having mixed-bending families. Who knows what other kind of bending specialties are going to emerge as time goes on and benders continue to mix like that? It’s so different than during ATLA, where benders of each element stuck to their own nations and their own people and their traditional ways of bending.

In Naoki’s case, she’s the product of many centuries worth of careful bending cultivation. It makes perfect sense to me that the Fire Nation nobility would absolutely marry off their offspring with an eye on politics as well as bending prowess. We know she’s as good as she is because of the kind of training she’s had available to her, much like Azula, who we can be sure was given the best firebending instructors in the world. But she’s also been bred for it.

That being said, Naoki is very intelligent and she thinks a lot about her bending. Far more than most children her age, far more than most adults, even. In fact, she’s thinking this about her bending at age eleven:

Usually when Papa had his parties they went to stay on the Island with Pema and Tenzin. And Kya now too, since she was living there. It was always fun. Pema was so nice and Kya told great stories and Tenzin always let them play with the wind gates. He made them go very gently and slowly for Meili and Zhi, but he made Naoki actually train with them. Tenzin told her that Firelord Zuko had trained with them as well once upon a time and they had improved his firebending and that was enough for her, oh yes it was. The gates made her move differently than what she was used to, for sure. Rohan always came as well, and he helped too, showing her how to turn her body a different way or how to spin quickly. It was easy for Rohan, though, because he could use air to help propel himself through. She couldn't use any flame in it, of course; way too dangerous and the gates were old, anyhow. She was always careful with them. She thought she might be able to just use heat to help propel her but she hadn't quite worked out how to produce heat without any flame yet. She'd asked Zhi to help her and he had been pulling books out of their library and reading up on ways to make heat without fire. You could do it with lightning, he had told her the other day, but that wouldn't work in the air gates any better than flame would and besides, Daddy would flat out murder her dead if she used lightning....

...she got the message, loud and clear. But that didn't mean she couldn't see if she could figure out how to make heat without flame or lightning, though. Zhi had found a book that told how you could store heat you could get from sunlight and he was taking notes for her. He was also going to ask his tutor about it. 

(And yes, I wrote this in October of 2016, and I was thinking of her combustionbending even then. I told you, I have been sitting on this a long time!)

So you take a firebender who has been literally bred to be the best, given the kind of training that only a royal could expect to get, and who has been experimenting for several years to see if they can bend with just heat and you are absolutely going to get a combustionbender out of that.

[snowwhitebauer]

closed starter. @amourbelle​ (Belle Dubois/Meili Wang)

If there was one thing that Silvia Neves knew about herself, it was that she loved happy endings. She believed in them with a passion and, even if her own life was currently a bit empty, she hoped that there was a happy ending coming her way, somehow, some day. With that in mind, she decided to visit the best place in town to find some beautiful stories: the local book store.

The place was charming, cozy and small. Silvia immediatly decided it would be one of her favorite spots in town. As she walked in, her eyes were shining with the countless possibilities that the shelves held. So many titles, so many lives - real or fictional, all of them had the potential to be enchanting.

Although she felt so comfortable among the books, she was a bit lost. What genre was her favorite? Where should she even start? Silvia looked around for someone to help her decide, and she found a beautiful woman who seemed to work there. “Hello, I’m Silvia and I’m... New in town. I’m sorry to bother you, but I was looking for a recommendation of... Something happy, perhaps.”

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Women Are Battling China’s Angry Trolls. The Trolls Are Winning. The feminists’ social media accounts had been slowly disappearing in China for days. And when that wasn’t enough for their angry critics, a powerful voice on the internet stepped in to help. In a discussion on the popular Chinese platform Weibo, one of the critics asked for better guidelines on how to file complaints against women who shared feminist views. The user suggested that the company add “inciting mass confrontation” to the list of violations that could have them removed. A Weibo account long affiliated with the company’s chief executive, Wang Gaofei, joined the conversation to offer tips. “Here,” the person using the account said on April 14, posting a screenshot with easy instructions for filing complaints against the women. Under “type of complaint,” click “inciting hatred,” the screenshot showed. Under specific reason: “gender discrimination.” Women who express feminist views on social media have long been subjected to torrents of hateful comments. In China, not only do those views attract the attention of trolls, they can also lead to getting kicked off the platforms by furious users empowered by unlikely allies: the internet companies themselves. Several prominent Chinese feminists have had their accounts deleted from Weibo in the last two weeks following public complaints. According to the women, at least 15 accounts have been removed. The women say it is part of a growing online campaign to stamp out feminist voices in a country where the government controls the internet and social movements are swiftly cut down. Two of the women have filed lawsuits against Weibo. “I was speechless,” Liang Xiaowen, an outspoken Chinese feminist, said of the screenshot. While Mr. Wang’s name is not officially attached to the account, he has been identified as its owner in half a dozen state media reports and a podcast. “He accused me of gender discrimination, which is the most laughable thing in the world,” she said. Ms. Liang, a 28-year-old lawyer in New York, is one of the women whose accounts were removed by Weibo. She is suing the company for violating China’s civil code, saying it did not adequately explain its accusations against her. The women’s accounts first started disappearing after March 31. Two days earlier, Xiao Meili, a well-known feminist in China, had left a hot pot restaurant in the southwestern city of Chengdu, angry that a man had ignored her repeated requests to stop smoking illegally indoors. The man was so furious that he hurled a cup of hot liquid at Ms. Xiao and her friends. Ms. Xiao, 30, later uploaded a video about the incident, prompting a groundswell of support that soon unleashed a noxious backlash. That afternoon, she was besieged by thousands of hateful messages. Users dug up a 2014 photograph of Ms. Xiao holding a poster that said “Pray for Hong Kong” and used it to accuse her of supporting Hong Kong independence. Hours after the photo surfaced, Ms. Xiao discovered her Weibo account had been frozen. In a statement on April 13, Weibo said that four of the deleted accounts had posted “illegal and harmful” content, and it called on users to respect Weibo’s basic principles, which include “not inciting group confrontation and inciting a culture of boycott.” In addition to Weibo, Ms. Xiao has had her account removed by one other Chinese internet company. None of the companies responded to requests for comment. “This has caused a lot of damage to my spirit,” Ms. Xiao said in an interview. “Since March 31, I have been very nervous, angry and depressed.” Feminists in China say Weibo has applied a double standard when it comes to policing abuse against men and women. Weibo blocks the use of phrases such as “national male,” a derogatory term for Chinese men. But rape threats and words like “bitch” are permissible. Zheng Churan, a feminist whose account was also removed recently, said several of her female friends had tried to report offensive remarks to Weibo but had never succeeded. “It’s really obvious where the platforms are aligned on such matters,” Ms. Zheng said. China’s ruling Communist Party has long been wary of social activism that could challenge its rule and provoke instability. In 2015, the Chinese authorities detained Ms. Zheng and four other feminists on a charge of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles” ahead of a campaign about sexual harassment on public transportation. The detentions led to an international outcry. Feminist ideas have slowly entered the mainstream. Many women have been encouraged by the small gains in the country’s nascent #MeToo movement. And feminist thought appeals to Chinese women who feel that the government fails to address issues of gender discrimination, said Lu Pin, a veteran women’s rights activist based in New York whose account was also removed. There are few outlets for women to vent in China. “That’s why they go online,” Ms. Lu said. Weibo has played a central role in helping women find like-minded communities on the internet. It was on Weibo that women shared their thoughts on domestic violence, the difficulties of getting a divorce and gender discrimination in the workplace. Gender-related issues are often among the most talked-about subjects on the platform. But in a male-dominated culture, that has led to resentment. Many of the most active opponents of China’s rising online feminist discourse have hundreds of thousands of followers. Some are celebrated in state media and allied with a broader nationalist movement that sees any form of criticism as an affront to Beijing. Women are easy targets, facing death threats and accusations of being “separatists.” Douban, an internet forum and review website, has also recently removed at least eight groups dedicated to women’s issues, according to China Digital Times, a website that tracks Chinese internet controls. Douban declined to comment. After the hot pot incident, Taobao, an e-commerce site in China, removed 23 items from Ms. Xiao’s online store, saying that they were “prohibited content,” according to a notice viewed by The New York Times. All of the items had the word “feminist” written on them. Ms. Xiao sued Weibo in a Beijing court on April 14, seeking access to her account and $1,500 in compensation. After she posted her lawsuit on WeChat, China’s ubiquitous instant messaging platform, her public account was removed for “violating regulations.” Ms. Liang, the lawyer, said she was one of the many women inundated by abuse after she posted supportive messages for Ms. Xiao. She was furious when her Weibo account was frozen, because it meant she could no longer defend herself, she said. “It’s the equivalent of sealing your mouth shut, hanging you up and leaving you to burn,” she said. One of Ms. Liang’s supposed offenses was sharing a post on Twitter by the group “Chinese for Uyghurs.” Her critics used it to accuse her of being unpatriotic by spreading awareness of the plight of the oppressed Muslim minority. Despite the risks, many women continue to share messages of support for those who have been kicked off Weibo, Ms. Liang said. She described the platform as “the only open space for me to speak out” and said she wanted her account back, even though she knew that the same angry users would be waiting for her when she returned. “I think having this space is especially important for young women on the internet,” she said. “I refuse to give it up to those disgusting people.” Elsie Chen contributed reporting. Lin Qiqing contributed research. Source link Orbem News #angry #battling #Chinas #trolls #Winning #Women

[digitalfcte]

So there was that blue haired girl, having some kind of a sublime presence to her. That girl seemed curious to Ayako, who thought about talking to her after they had bumped at the local store.

"I'm telling you, go that other brand so it doesn't burn your whole setup", she meant to give advice the person about RAM sticks, but after saying that she shied away, feeling she might have come off as too strong for what probably was just some random person with not much knowledge about PC building, who didn't even look like someone who would be interested in such a thing to begin with. Why should I bother, she thought.

@waywcrdsouls (Meili)

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RIPPED STRAIGHT JEANS from STORE MEILI Use the code ‘pastaeil’ @ checkout for 10% off on orders over $20 // Review below!

Hello lovely readers, I hope you have been well! I’ve developed a really good way of writing my reviews and i’m pretty happy with how it is so I hope my efforts will help someone that may be reading this review! ~ 

Anyways, this is an extremely long overdue review (and i deeply apologise to the lovely store owner T^T) but I shall be reviewing the Ripped Straight Jeans from Store Meili! For those who have never heard of Store Meili, they are an online based store that offers a range of affordable, pretty apparel centred around the trending fashion of Asia and Korean pop merchandise. If you ever decide to make a purchase over $20, by using the code “pastaeil”, you can get 10% off your order!

  Note: Even though this is a sponsored review, this review will be made without bias.

STRAIGHT RIPPED JEANS

ORDERING AND SHIPPING:

Shipping took up to 16 days from the initial order to the day I received my package. Store Meili also provided me with a tracking number so I can keep tabs on whereabouts my package is.  The item may have arrived sooner than I have stated since I did have to pick this item up from my local post office. As always when it comes to online packages, the item arrived in your standard plastic packaging and an additional plastic bag to give the item another layer of protection from damage. The pair of jeans were neatly folded. 

Below is an image of the package as it arrived to me and the additional plastic bag with the pair of jeans neatly folded:

SPECIFICATIONS: 

The jeans are available in two colours, blue and navy blue. I ordered my item in blue and it is very true to colour in similar nature to the stock photo as it has a light blue wash to it. 

Below is the stock image from Store Meili. The left image is the ripped jeans in blue option while the right image is the navy option:

As specified on the store, it is made of a material mixture of cotton and denim and I can tell when I initially wore the jeans as it has a soft feel to it but is not as structured as a pair of full denim jeans would offer. It's very soft! The ripped parts of the jeans have remained the same and no excess thread has gone loose.

An issue i have with these jeans is the zipper, it does jam a bit and you require some strength to zip it up but this isn’t a major concern, just a point of criticism.

It is available in three sizes, small, medium and large. I chose medium since I used a measuring tape and saw that my dimensions were closest to a size medium. I do however use a belt to keep these pair of pants nicely fit as they are quite loose without a belt.

These pair of jeans are currently listed at $24.99 USD. This isn't the cheapest pair of jeans within my own budget but in comparison to public retailers in Australia, this is a cheaper alternative so i'm pretty happy with the price it is at and I think those who are willing to spend will be happy with this purchase.

STYLING: Although the item is called straight ripped jeans, I noticed that this style of jeans has been listed as boyfriend jeans or even mom jeans at different online stores and I can see why. It gives off a very relaxed and laid back aura since it's quite loose. Keeping this loose laid back look in mind, I normally just style with pair of jeans with what I always wear, a plain coloured t-shirt or even a striped tee and a pair of sneakers (my go to are my Adidas superstars!). I have switched it up for a pink sweater to give that pink&blue pastel look and its super cute! You can also style these jeans with a turtleneck or mockneck too, these jeans are pretty versatile.

WRAP UP! In summary, I believe these jeans are a great addition to anyone's wardrobe since it is easy to incorporate into everyday wear and it's also very comfortable. if you like to purchase this item, you can click on this link or if you'd just like to explore what Store Melii offers, click here. Lastly , if you make an order over $20, use the code "pastaeil" to receive 10% off your order!

I hope this review provided you with some insight if you were hesitating to make a purchase. Thank you so much for reading and i wish you a great day!

OVERALL RATINGS:

Communication: 5/5 Shipping: 5/5 Packaging: 5/5 Fit: 4/5 Style: 4/5

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[miomines]

-🦋

I give Headcannon to ease angst pain.

These are between the Bloodstained Boys and Cult of Rejection.

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Meili definitely shops at the flower store Xiao works at. She adores the selection they have and gets to say hi to her Little Birdie. And after she gets a job at the bakery further up the street, she walks with him whenever they have aligned work days.

Gemmy gets a job at a CD store right across from the flower shop.

So drop off order is Gemmy, Xiao, then Meili.

And Meili brings food from the bakery to them when they all have lunch break. So they all eat together in the back of the flower shop.

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Minato bought Xiao designed headphones that share his color scheme.

“For when you want to block out the world for a while,” he explained.

Xiao now uses them when the voices get annoying or loud.

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The team definitely introduced Xiao to ice cream.

On the last day of summer, they all bought various kinds for Xiao, Meili, and Mingzhu to try.

Xiao likes Vanilla, strawberry, and ice cream Mochi.

Meili prefers caramel and cookie dough.

Mingzhu has commandeered all the tubs of chocolate and mint chocolate chip. She eats as much as she can then transforms into a dragon and rolls around in what’s left.

Xiao and Gemmy try to bathe her after that. They end up soaking wet themselves.

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Gemmy was given a Thumb Piano from Granny Beetroot and learned how to play “Lover’s Oath” on it to surprise Xiao.

“It’s no Dihua Flute, but I hope you enjoy it.”

It’s one of his favorite memories.

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Xiao has binged the Avatar series one night because Gemmy loved talking about it.

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Xiao has definitely remembered all the celestial events like meteor showers and eclipses so he can take Gemmy to see them.

He remembered them talking about it when they were in Teyvat.

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Water fights, but Xiao discovers what water balloons are.

Mingzhu is a menace with them. Until they pop in her claws and drench her.

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Meili loves reading Classics like The Iliad and The Odyssey.

But she finds the original Grimm fairy tales very dark.

oh!!! these are so cute i love them

do you think they would consider putting mingzhu into school. she's lived in nature her whole life and learned to talk by observation. she probably doesn't even know how to read. or would they just homeschool her

gemmy and xiao probably don't touch genshin as the game but mingzhu probably plays it as the other children characters. she likes going around and just collecting things. only fights the actual people and not the monsters or slimes

oh!!! do you think the team n gemmy would take mingzhu, meili and xiao to like an amusement park or something. or a water park. mingzhu would have a grand ole time. they'd have to put her on one of those kiddie leashes tho because she Will run off

[dreamingsushi]

Let’s get crazy on live - Episode 2

So let’s jump again in the world of the medias with the second episode of Let’s go crazy on live. Last episode, You Yuan Le made a bet with his company’s star, Cindy, that sweet and quiet Lin An An can gain followers than her within three months. Unfortunately, Lin An An refused the offer as she wants to become a civil servant and has no will to gain fame.

The episode starts with Cindy coming to Lin An An’s work place. She says she wants to thank her for giving her an opportunity to add a new condition to her contract with Lang Direct. Lin An An is like... okay, I just want to live peacefully, I never wanted to be part of that competition in the first place. Then, Cindy shows her true self and is extremely rude to Lin An An which makes her friend angry. When Cindy leaves, Luosha is mad at herself for not filming the whole scene. So they try to check the convenience store’s footage, but they can’t use it as she was smiling all along.

You Yuan Le goes to the convenience store looking for An An, but she already left. When he asks about Cindy, Meili gets super upset, she used to look up to her so much and the company was advertising something fake and she spent so much money... But Yuan Le stops her ranting by giving her a business card and saying she will get her money back with customer service. He just wants to know where Lin An An is.

She went to pick up her grandfather. He works in the street selling sweet potatoes. With the next stall lady, they eat expired meals from the convenience store. MeiLi gave a little more to An An to comfort her. Yuan Le spies from behind and follows her and her grandad on their way home. He only shows himself to help them move the stall at a difficult moment and goes all the way home with them. He was worried about An An, but she seems to be doing fine and he tells her that he thought she was a coward, but her way of thinking isn’t bad either. Right when he’s about to leave, An An screams. Seems like the grandad got ill.

So grandad’s condition is stable, but he has a heart problem and needs surgery. The price is extremely high, but Luosha says to An An not to worry, she has the money for it. An An promises to repay her as soon as possible.

Cindy goes to Ren Hao’s place to look for Yuan Le, but he’s not there. Ren Hao tells her to maybe try to change her attitude in front of Yuan Le, because being agressive obviously doesn’t work here.

An An decides to go to Lang Direct and accept the challenge. However she still hesitate to overcome her shyness. In the end, she leaves it all in the ends of fate. If the can of sprite she found lands in the garbage when she throws it, then she will do it. It does. So goes to Yuan Le. At first the team isn’t convinced she can do it, but then they decided to help her and she gets a cute make over!

Yuan Le takes An An away and she feels like people are laughing at her when they look at her. But Yuan Le explains to her again that there are many reasons why people would smile looking at her and she needs to gain more confidence. Then she starts glowing a little and takes him to the hospital to see her grandad.

They have some trouble to find a theme for An An’s streams, but they end up choosing on making her into a food vlogger. She learns her script by heart through lots of efforts. But when it comes to finally start her first broadcast... she can’t start to speak, she has stage fright and remembers similar occasions in the past where she was too shy to speak in public. Yuan Le orders to stop the stream, An An runs away, because she feels useless that she can’t overcome her fear.

So the stream was a total disaster and the team needs to find an idea to solve An An’s problem. But there’s nothing coming up to their mind so they decided to leave Yuan Le to solve the problem, since he caused it.

Cindy tries to lure Yuan Le to have dinner with her and she manages to do so. While eating, she tells him about an experiment on how if you compliment a girl 50 days, her aura will change. So he thanks her, buy the dinner and leaves in a hurry.

And it is how the episode ends! I am really eager to see some character development, especially for Lin An An, because I used to be a shy girl too, well I am still shy, but I learnt how to hide that. I believe this shall be interesting and I hope grandad is okay!

[cadcnce-archived]

✪ [Meili]

acts of affection || [ Open ]

✪  Rubbing their back after a stressful day or disappointment.

...that something so trivial had him so frustrated weighs on him just as much as the misfortune itself. There’s much worse things that could happen, have happened, and will happen than this but it doesn’t change that right now he was just devastated. After all it was his coat. He’d been through so much with it. It felt like a part of him. A part of him that had been ripped away. Alright maybe not literally. It’s worse than that. It was stolen while he was changing at a store. The culprit? Far too quick and sneaky. And apparently Wylan took too long changing.

Maybe she comforts him because she construes herself as partially responsible. Maybe she could have been there to stop them (sometimes it’s as difficult for her to interpret him as it is for him to interpret her) (an article of clothing shouldn’t distress someone so much?) (he’s an odd one). Either way, Wylan jumps a bit when her hand rests against his back. There’s no other immediate reaction, and she continues to run her hand down his back, sans the usual coat.

The male sighs, letting his shoulders slump as he stares out over the crowd as they go about their business.

“My sister got me that coat. And I mean... she’s given me a few things. But the coat just felt special I guess.” He sighs again, and relaxes into her touch (she’s not used to doing this he can tell but the gesture is appreciated) with a chuckle. “Guess I gotta find something new to make memories with.”