#they’re just a small nb baby that needs to be protected

[jollyfang]

Something not related to the redactedverse? Shocking, I know. Just felt like sharing my adorable tiefling ranger, Badger. I’m slowly teaching myself the ways of digital art so I know it’s a bit janky. But I really liked how this came out. It’s not perfect, but I’m happy with it.

[cowboyjen68]

Hello cowboy Jen! I love your blog, you seem so easy to talk to and very knowledgeable. I guess I’m going through some hurt right now and needed an older lesbian to talk to.

My little sister came out to me as a trans woman recently. I say little sister because she’s younger but ig she’s not so little, she’s almost 18 and half a foot taller than me! I suspected it for a long time, she was always very feminine and sensitive and always wanted my handmedowns.

I don’t have any issue at all with her being trans of course but I’m EXTREMELY protective of her and my other younger sister (who’s very baby butch). I’m just so frustrated at lesbian spaces appearing to be so hostile towards trans girls. As a lesbian I want to be a part of lesbian spaces but, as a decent person and an older sister, I refuse to accept any form of transphobia. I also fear so much for the safety of both of my younger sisters, being a trans girl and a masculine girl is like they’re walking with targets on their backs.

Idk how much advice you have to give me in this difficult circumstance, but nonetheless I appreciate having a space to vent it out. Thank you for being a good role model to younger lesbians like me

I have tons of experience with organizing spaces for all kinds of people and my number one rule is let each group I help start define their own boundaries. Not everyone belongs everywhere (or wants to) and without boundaries groups would not be necessary to begin with.

You say spaces "appear" transphobic which means to me you are mostly judging spaces you have not visited or that are strictly talked about on line. Don't let others dictate your opinions about real life spaces or on line groups. And don't impose your ideas on groups that you have no investment in.

You will have different experiences as your siblings and to not acknowledge that also erases that which is unique about them. As a butch I know meeting with other butches was super important to my confidence and growth and helped me be more able to hear the stories of others not like me.

Perhaps more importantly, don't assume your sibling wants to be in certain spaces. You might find your sibling feels more comfortable in communities you haven't thought of. Speak with them, get their experiences and ideas about how they define themselves and what friends they have in mind as they come out more and more.

If you can't find a space you feel is good or safe for them, and I have certainly had experience with this, the best advocates then help create that space. If your sibling feels like there is not good community, build a place to gather that community. I oversee but do not run, a trans support group. I provide space, resources etc but found trans people to run it. From that support group sprang friendships, a social group, that gathers both on line and in person and some other events and they get to decide their boundaries and who they feel safest with. My experience built the foundation but their drive to have community has grown it into much more than 10 people sitting in folding chairs in conference room once a month.

Start with a book club. Most libraries, even small towns are very happy to host something like that. Let your sibling decide what is a community for them. Trans women only? All women? All trans people? NB? there is no shame is building a community, social or otherwise that suits their needs best. Once those parameters are set, let the library help you decide dates and times, and help you advertise. Many have social media, emails contacts etc. Then reach out to local LGBT+ groups and places to advertise. Be clear on the focus of this community you are building. Your sibling does not owe the whole world their space, especially if the goal is to find those they most relate to in the world.

Basically if you look around and don't see a group that both of you can attend in good conscious, create your own. Building something together and allowing others to reap the benefits can be highly rewarding and strengthen the bonds you share, as siblings, as friends, as individuals with varied experiences and life expectation.

Building a community you love can be very fulfilling.

If you need some tips and tricks to event/group creation I am happy to help!!

[id-rather-be-an-outsider]

AOT Preference: Dogs

a/n: first time doing a preference in awhile, but I want to specifically say DO NOT EVER get an animal you are not completely prepared to care for. animals are animals and will act as animals do. if they act out that’s not on them, that’s on you. animals need to be in forever homes, and it’s your responsibility to create a suitable environment for them and to not put them in situations where they could potentially be harmed or harm others. know your animal, know their comfort zone, know their needs. don’t take an animal on unless you’re ready to parent a child that never grows up for 15+ years. be responsible pet parents!

edit: just realized I used she/her for Hange so I fixed it. apologies to all my nb folks!

masterlist

Annie Leonhart

Our girl Annie would have a Siberian Husky. Strong, agile, hyperactive and able to trek long distances, they’d be perfectly suited for one another. You would be invited to tag along, of course, but you would have to keep up, lest you fall victim to the whines of an overly dramatic husky who desperately wants you to get a move on.

Armin Arlert

English Springer Spaniel, for sure. He’d fall in love with their soft coat, and their size would make them the perfect lapdog for reading, and taking long walks outside... to do more reading. Definitely a bonus that they fit comfortably between you two in bed at night, and a bonus that their little tail looked oh so very precious when it wagged!

Bertholdt Hoover

A gentle giant himself, Bertie would end up getting a Great Dane. Unlike Reiner, he’s a lot better at managing his thoughts and feelings about their study abroad trip to Paradis gone wrong. All he needs is his gigantic lapdog and you, his adoring partner. Sometimes he’d pass out on the dog in the middle of a cuddle session, and the patient thing would stare at you with pleading eyes, waiting until Bertholdt finally woke up to escape from being stuck in his arms for another hour.

Colt Grice

Colt would get a pair of Dalmatians, one for each of you. He loves their spots, their sleek build, and their energetic, yet quiet temperaments. Picket fence and all, Colt would want the happy home life!

Connie Springer

Connie would insist on having two dogs, so they don’t get lonely when you’re away from the house. He would bring home a pair of puppies with floppy ears that were adorable - an American Foxhound and an American English Coonhound. To Connie, their howls at all hours of the day, only ceasing when he falls asleep, is absolutely glorious, but to his neighbors, it’s a sign they need to invest in earplugs. Sasha would regularly steal the pair away from you so she had a full squad to go hunting with, which you wouldn’t mind since they liked the trips and got their energy out that way.

Eren Yeager

Much like how Eren picks his friends, so too, would he pick his pets. Not caring much for pedigrees, nor where a dog came from, Eren would get a shelter mix pup, probably one that’s older and been sitting there for longer. He’d sense a kinship between them - two beings looking for peace, and they’d find it in one another. The dog being absolutely adorable in every way would only be a bonus.

Erwin Smith

Commander Erwin would have a wolf-dog hybrid. He’d find the creature out in the woods, abandoned by their mother, and see the strength in their limbs despite their fear, and their resolve to survive. He would take them on as his own and together, they’d be the perfect pair of leaders, alphas in their own rights. When you became the alpha female of the household, the little beastie took to you right away, hoping that maybe you would be the one to finally grant their wish of feeding them off your plate. Of course, you never did it, because that would be irresponsible! At least, you’d parrot what Erwin said until he was gone for the day. Then, if a few bites every week fell on the floor by some magic mistake, well, who else was gonna clean it up?

Hange Zoë

Hange would have a fox! They’d be so interested by their behavior, they’d end up testing them and doing fun (and very humane) experiments on them, like exposing them to different foods, toys and puzzles, to see how they’d react. Foxes aren’t a regular pet, and they’d be fully aware of that and even over prepared to care for them, doing research years ahead of time until they felt completely ready to take one on. Needless to say, you’d be fascinated by them, but would insist Hange keep a separate, pee-proof space for the little creature they rescued so long ago. As cute as they were, you preferred your house not be ruined by their inability to potty train.

Historia Reiss

Historia would intend to get a small dog. What she would end up with, however, would not be a small dog. She would fall in love with the warm, kindly brown eyes of a giant and adopt a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog right then and there, no hesitation. In the end, it would all work out. You couldn’t always be beside her in bed, but she was always guaranteed to have an enormous lapdog by her side at all times - her protector in the throne room, her helper on the farm, and her body pillow at night. Who needs a weighted blanket when you have a hundred-pound puppy sleeping on you?

Jean Kirstein

Jean would have a German Shepherd. He adopted them when he first wanted to join the Military Police, but after he changed his mind, he still cared enough to train his dog as militantly as he was trained. It actually helped him soften up a bit (which ended up catching your attention in the end), and who wouldn’t? With those big brown eyes and floppy ears, it’s hard to resist the urge to sweet talk... and maybe, just maybe slip one or two scraps of meat under the table. No one will notice, right? Other than you, of course, who notices everything, because Jean has never been good at hiding things from you.

Levi Ackerman

We all know Levi is a clean freak and would never want a small dog that does nothing other than bark. He’d have a Standard Poodle, probably an apricot color. They’re smart, good hunters, and most importantly, non-shedding! They also are very sweet, not unlike our Captain (even if he’s good at hiding it). The one thing he wouldn’t expect, however, would be to find a trouble maker in his home. Stolen shoes, stolen ties, stolen cravats, even - somehow they would all wind up somewhere his sweet dog seemed to frequent, but they were clever enough not to be caught, so what could he do?

Marcel Galliard

A chocolate lab! They’re sweet and adventurous, as well as protective, and are absolute cuties. Marcel would love having a fluffy companion, and would take his Labrador on long hikes every weekend.

Marco Bott

Marco loves to look forward to the future, and he’d love to experiment with a newer breed of dog. The Catahoula caught his eye with their well-muscled body, and your excitement over their coat pattern sealed the deal. When you both realized just how much energy they had, you ended up joining Annie and Marcel on their hikes and volunteering your pup for hunting trips with Sasha, so they weren’t up all night long playing.

Mikasa Ackerman

Mikasa is the only person out of this bunch that wouldn’t get a dog - she’d have two cats, at least one being a brown tabby. Mikasa’s so dedicated to her work that she wouldn’t see herself as a person with enough time for dogs, but she wouldn’t mind caring for two soft kitties who curled up on either side of you two every night, even if they somehow always managed to have their butts in your faces when you woke up. Cats have a way of doing that.

Pieck Finger

Pieck would own a Weimaraner. Curious, cute, and a standout, they both fit the mold of “dogs and owners who look alike” with their deep, inquisitive eyes and playful, loving natures.

Porco Galliard

Like Porco, Pitbulls can appear tough and menacing on the outside. Also like Porco, pitbulls are just big babies who want to be loved on. He’d likely already have one before you two fell for each other, and his pit would see the loving nature in you and start coming to you for snuggles - which might have made Porco feel left out, if he wasn’t always in the middle of it.

Reiner Braun

Pomeranian. This man has seen some shit, and what better form of comfort than you and a tiny puffball with googly eyes? Fortunately, his Pomeranian would be unusually mellow, understanding he relied on their calm to maintain his own headspace after everything that’s happened.

Sasha Braus

Sasha would get an Irish Setter and an English Setter. She would take her dogs on hunting trips to help her track down animals, and when they got home she’d sit up for a cuddle with her two favorite pups and her favorite partner, you. Cocoa after a long day of hard work is fantastic.

Ymir

Everybody knows that Ymir wouldn’t intend to have a dog. She wouldn’t want anything or anyone to depend on her, but one day, when a band of strays would come around her apartment and try to attack her, another random dog would come from out of nowhere, fight them, and chase the rest of the pack off. Upon seeing the heroic dog injured, Ymir would feel indebted and take them in. Just until they healed, of course - then, it would be off to the local shelter for them. But then, you would drop by for a visit and the dog would love all over you. And then, Ymir would keep waking up finding the dog had managed to crawl into her bed and sleep next to her every night. And then, one thing after another, Ymir’s heart would soften just enough to let the scroungy stray who saved her life have a spot, right next to the spot reserved for you, and your family of two would grow to be a family of three. And then, you would find a puppy on the side of the road and take them home to Ymir after you moved in with her, and your family of three would grow to be a family of four. And then, when the puppy grew up, Ymir would find her laying in a closet with a litter of semi-scroungy-looking pups, and your family of four would become a family of five, six, seven, eight... and so on.

Zeke Yeager

Zeke has wavy golden locks, and so do golden retrievers. They’re also both incredibly cute, sweet, and popular. Need I say more? Fine, if I have to convince you. They also both have very kissable, kind, and meddlesome faces. Don’t tell me you don’t see it there!

[oceankisscd]

me ?? playing a smol , tired , sad babie ? more likely than u think.

[ DANIELLE ROSE RUSSELL, CISFEMALE, SHE/HER. ]     introducing marin reeves, VICTOR of the 73rd hunger games, representing district four. my sources say that they are twenty-one years old, & that they’re pretty handy with throwing knives. wonder if that did them any good in the arena ? anyways, caesar says you can’t miss them, because they remind everyone of the crash of the sea during a hurricane, a tilted crown, obscene hand gestures, sleeping under the stars, & bruised knuckles.

CHARA INSPO   :   primrose everdeen  (  the hunger games  ),   elain archeron  (  acotar  ),   ochako uraraka  (  bnha  ),   caroline forbes  (  the vampire diaries  ),   peter parker  (  spiderman  )

PINTEREST  :   click here !

don't   mistake   my   ᴋɪɴᴅɴᴇꜱꜱ   for   𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴   /   i   am   kind   to   everyone  ,  but   when   someone   is   𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝   𝐭𝐨   𝐦𝐞  ,  weak   is   not   what   you   are   going   to   𝖗𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗   𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖚𝖙   𝖒𝖊.

name   :   marin reeves

age :   twenty one

gender & pronouns   :   cisfemale & she / her

district   :   four

occupation   :   victor of the 73rd hunger games.

moral alignment   :   neutral good.

wanted connections at the end !

it was quiet , the night you were born. almost too quiet  --  you didn’t cry , you didn’t scream. you merely opened your eyes , and looked. curiosity twinkled in the depths of those ocean eyes , and your parents adored you for what felt like a moment. when you were shiny , and new. after a month , though ? they grew tired of you , leaving you to your grandmother to depend on. 

as a child , you were ... soft. so very soft , and so very afraid of the hunger games. so very afraid of the blood , the shrieks , the senseless death. your worst fear was the idea of ever having to compete. you would find yourself skipping viewings , instead spending your time at the shoreline , collecting shells and sea glass to bring home to your nana. the brutal violence was too much for your tender heart. 

gentle laughter , soft smiles , light caresses , warm hugs. that is who you are as a person. or , who you were. your parents may not have wanted you , but you had your nana and you had the sea , and that was all you needed to feel content in this lifetime. after school had finished , you worked side by side with your grandmother , whittling fish hooks and weaving baskets for the fishermen to bring aboard their boats. a quaint life for a quaint girl.

and then , with one booming drop of your name into a microphone , the posh escort of district four changed your life forever. small , sweet marin. gentle , loving marin. tribute for the 73rd annual hunger games  --  and the odds were not in your favor. 

everyone in the capitol bet against you. hell , your score was a four. there was no way you was going to make it out of that arena alive. not with the odds stacked so highly against you. you could barely breathe , barely thing beyond the age old fear of death that loomed over your head at every turn. you were too small , not good enough in close combat. you were not going to make it. 

but then ... your biggest weakness became your biggest strength. your tiny stature helped you hide , your inability to face people up close led to aiming from far away , taking tributes out before they even knew you were there. each person that your knife struck down was another piece of your once glowing heart being hacked away , leaving you with nothing but a shell of who you once were. the games felt like they’d lasted a century. two centuries , even , and it didn’t take long for them to inevitably flush you out of your hiding spot. it was between you and a tribute from who even knew anymore and by some sheer force of luck , you won. you won the hunger games , despite no one believing that you could. 

you are not the same girl that you were before entering that arena. gentle marin , tender marin , was gone. in your place is exhaustion , and a fear of closing your eyes once the sun disappears over the horizon that once brought you so much comfort. you still smile , you still go about working with your grandmother , but you are not the same. there is a darkness that has diminished that beautiful light that you held in those ocean eyes , a darkness that few can see though. you have yet to realize that none of this is over  --  that it will never be over. you’ve only just returned home from your victory tour and now you have to go back to the capitol to relive these horrors all over again , and you’re not sure if your heart can take much more of these games. 

AND NOW FOR SOME WANTED CONNECTIONSSSS !!!!

i actually wouldn’t hate a twin brother or sister or nb that could be so fun

give me someone who just wants to be this comforting shoulder even though she relentlessly tells them that she is fine , that they don’t need to worry about her, when it is so very obvious that she is far from fine and definitely needs someone in her corner.

give me someone who knew she was going to make it home the entire time. someone who never once doubted that she wasn’t going to see those sandy shores of district four again.

give me some older victors who want 2 protect this smol sad child please n thank u.

and then anything else i am so down for brainstorming honestly pls just lmk

[imagineclaireandjamie]

Hi MBD! Will there be anymore Disarm?

I’ve had this half written for a while - enjoy! Mod MBD

NB: trigger warning for talk of miscarriage...

Disarm Chapter FIVE:

Sneaking underneath Jamie’s arm, Claire nuzzled her nose against the top of his chest.

“You remember, right?�� She said cryptically.

“Remember what, sassenach?” He asked, unable to guess what she meant.

“The miscarriage.” She said with a hitch to her voice - as if she still struggled with the words. It was a declaration. An audible failure that felt toxic on her tongue.

“Aye.” Jamie replied quietly. “How could I forget?”

“I know he blamed me, you know. All along I knew - I could see it in his eyes. I think it was the straw that broke the camel's back. He would never have started that affair had William lived.”

“You can’t know that.” Jamie replied. “If it hadn’t been that it might have been something else. Ye ken he would have always been gay, aye? Before he marrit you.”

Silence surrounded them and Jamie felt the moisture hit his chest as Claire’s shoulders started to shake minutely.

“Do you think that’s why they took him from me?” She asked quietly, he words broken by sobs.

“Why would anyone or anything take yer baby from ye, Claire?”

“Because John and I weren’t meant to be together. Because…” she started, her heart pounding and making her feel extremely light headed.

“Nay. Ye canna think like that, Claire. These things, they’re shite. Really terrible, aye? Horrific. But they arena because ye *did* anything. It just happened. Ye ken?”

-- --- --

The audible beep of the machines echoed around Claire as she tried to block out any and all noise.

“Yer awake?” Jamie said. More of a statement than a question. He’d been sat by her bedside for hours whilst Claire recovered, but she’d barely moved. The gentle shrug of her shoulders told him all he needed to know. “Ye dinna have to talk to me, Claire, but I amne leaving, aye? I’m here.”

“Where’s John?” She asked, already knowing the answer.

“He had to go back to work.” Jamie said sadly. “He wanted to stay, honestly…”

“No. He didn’t. He can barely look at me,” Claire interrupted, pulling the covers higher over her head, “...and I don’t blame him.”

-- --- --

“I recall how small ye looked.” Jamie said, breaking the silence that had fallen between them. “As ye tried to hide from me afterwards.”

“I wasn’t hiding just from you,” Claire said softly, “I was hiding from everyone.”

“Well; it didna work, did it?”

“No. Because you’re annoyingly persistent, Jamie.”

“...and because I loved ye...even then,” he stated, rubbing some warmth back into her tepid arms.

“You’re a very patient man.” Claire replied, taking his lips against hers as she tried to brush off the sadness. So much had happened between them, so much had bloomed in the last few days that she couldn’t quite regain control of her emotions. She wanted very badly to fall in love with Jamie as he had fallen for her, but too much of it seemed interlaced with her marriage to John and the thought of telling anyone about their flourishing romantic relationship made her stomach twist.

“Yer worth the wait, Claire. I would have waited even if ye’d never separated from John.”

“Is that why you stayed whilst I recovered?”

“Of course. I wouldna have left ye alone. To see you like that, Claire. It really did break my heart. I wanted to take all the pain away from ye...but I couldn’t. But I could be there for ye as you needed me.”

Bringing their joined hands up and above the sheets, Claire marvelled at the way her palms sat snuggly against Jamie’s. Her breath hitched as his index finger twitched against her own. There was a spark that ran between them. Something unavoidable but scary, especially since she wasn’t even officially single...yet.

“I don’t think I would have had the strength to leave the hospital without you, Jamie.” She sighed, succumbing to the rush that filled her from head to toe at his innocent confession.

-- --- --  

She couldn’t remember where she’d heard it before, but the words ‘pain comes in stages’ seemed to make sense to her now. Wrapped in a dark cloud, time seemed to float by without her really acknowledging it. John hadn’t been in days - or so she thought. Claire couldn’t be sure, but she knew she hadn’t heard him there for a while.

“You should eat.” Jamie whispered, running his hand softly over her back whilst not exposing her. She was still huddled beneath the covers but the image of her red-rimmed eyes had been burned onto his retinas.

“I’m not hungry.” She replied, her shoulders relaxing a little as she let Jamie soothe her.

“Ye havena eaten in nearly two days, sassenach,” Jamie whispered, a hint of worry in his tone.

“I had breakfast this morning, Jamie.” Claire sighed quietly, her stomach growling and betraying her in an instant.

“I’ve spoken to yer doctor, Claire. He says ye havena touched a bite since dinner two nights ago. Lass,” he said, virtually begging now, “if ye dinna keep yerself well ye ken what they’ll do, aye? We want ye home. But you canna be released if you havena eaten recently.”

“You say ‘we’ like there’s more than one of you here.” She replied, her voice sounding so flat and lifeless as the words floated from beneath the sheets.

“He wants to be here, Claire.”

“But he isn’t, is he?” Claire said, her nose tingling as tears welled in her eyes.

Helplessness held Jamie hostage as he stood at the bottom of her bed, his heart breaking behind his ribs as he envisaged John, hidden away in his office, sobbing. He’d found the man after the first time she had commented on his absence. Wanting to bring the two back together, he had tried to bargain with him, he had tried his best to get John to come whilst Claire was awake rather than when she was asleep. But he hadn’t succeeded.

“Please, Claire, for me? Just one small meal. It isna much, but something to keep ye alive.”

A hollow ache reverberated through her empty womb at the thought and a small part of her wondered whether she deserved to live herself when she couldn’t protect the life growing inside her.

-- --- --

“Aye, I remember. And when I came the next day...to see you...you’d checked yourself out.” There was a disapproving tone beneath his statement that made Claire blush.

“I knew then, and the further John and I drifted apart the more I knew there was something between us, an invisible force that couldn’t be extinguished.”

“Is that why you hid from me?”

“I didn’t hide!”

“Aye, ye did. If I remember correctly, you didna speak to me for a while.”

“...well,” she replied, feeling altogether sheepish about her behaviour, “I couldn’t bring myself to see many people, you know that, and John got his act together a little. I felt bad,” admitting it finally, Claire tried to hide her head, burrowing against his soft skin as she spoke, “horrible that I’d not only lost our baby, but I couldn’t seem to reconnect with him again and any feelings I had for you just made that worse.”

Rolling her over, Jamie held himself above her - elbows either side of her head. “...and what about those feelings now?”

“I think this,” she said, her eyes indicating the closeness of their bodies as she smirked up at him, “speaks volumes, don’t you?”

[uhhhdanika]

is that SEO SOOJIN? no, that’s just DANIKA KANG. SHE is TWENTY-THREE years old and is a STUDENT NURSE. rumor has it they’ve been in town for TWO MONTHS. on a good day, they’re INTUITIVE & PROTECTIVE. but watch out! they can also be COLD & BLUNT. MORE BY HALSEY plays in my head whenever i think of them. can’t wait to see them around springhill! 

HELLO !! I’m so excited to be here... this is Danika, the infamous twin sister to Daniel Kang !! Get it ?? Dani and Danny !! Anyways, below the cut will be her intro that I just kind of whipped together, forgive me !! I will also include some wanted connections below as well, mostly based on songs because that’s where I get the most muse !! Like this to plot or hit me up with your muse’s name on discord @ shut up you spunky lesbian#0666  @shstarters​

tw: emotional abuse, miscarriage(s)/stillbirth, abortion mention, depression

Danika, like Daniel, was raised in a loving home. With the house being so full, you would think she would often have to fight for her turn with affection and attention. However, the Kangs were a very equal home. Naturally, being the absolute youngest (Daniel being only a few moments older than her), Danika grew to have a peculiar complex where she thinks that no one actually cares? It’s weird. She has this odd need to prove herself to her family at all times, which no one in the family knows where it comes from. Maybe she just wants to be the best... who knows. 

Growing up, she wasn’t the most fashionable, growing up with her elder sister’s hand-me-downs but making the best of them. Considering their family never had much, the need to prove herself grew from just impressing her family to impressing her peers. In school, she was an honour roll student with a GPA of 4.0 throughout her academic career. 

However, straight after high school, she didn’t take her intelligence into post-secondary. Instead, she left the entire idea of school behind to go live with a new boyfriend. The two moved away from her native Seattle to Inglewood, California. They lived in a small, crowded two-bedroom apartment with two other roommates. Of course, she missed her family, but she was independent !! So she thought. What Danika doesn’t realize is that at eighteen years old, you actually don’t know everything about the world. 

During this time, her boyfriend became emotionally abusive, gaslighting her and controlling her every move. Soon, she stopped calling her family as often as she did, only checking in with them, so they know she was still alive. Danika was so enamoured by him, she didn’t clue into his behaviour and how harmful it actually was. The man had convinced her that her entire family hated her for moving (which was far from the truth). 

At the same time, Danika became pregnant. She was ecstatic, he was not. Although her boyfriend was a grade-A asshole, he didn’t make her get rid of the baby. The one thing in the world that Danika wanted most, but never expressed to anyone but her twin, was to be a mother. Things seemed to be looking up, she started to buy small items such as baby clothes or toys and keeping them in a small storage bin in their shared room. 

One night she awoke with intense pain, and her worst fear came true. She was in the middle of losing her baby, the baby she just found was a little girl. The girl she was dreaming of having her eyes and her boyfriend’s nose. It was too late to try and save the baby, with the couple not being able to do anything but let it happen. It seemed out of grief, the boyfriend began to cheat on her. Most of her friends in her life called bullshit, but Danika being in love with him, decided to give him a couple more chances. After walking in on them in their apartment, that was Danika’s final straw. She packed up her things and moved back to Seattle. 

Showing up on her family’s doorstep, hoping that they would forgive her after the last year and a half of ghosting them. Spoiler alert: they did.  Danika ended up telling them everything, minus her pregnancy. The wound was still too fresh for her to talk about, even months later. The previous relationship changed her, she became colder and blunter. Trust issues began to grow, leading to failed relationship after failed relationship. 

Eventually at 21 years old, after two years of living back with her parents, Danika had a new boyfriend. He seemed much more loving, caring, and overall a 180 compared to her last boyfriend. A couple months into their relationship, they decided they wanted to start a family. Danika moved in with him and they ended up trying for a baby with no luck until just when they were going to give up. 

Danika got pregnant again and almost carried to full-term before losing the baby. It was two months before she was due, the couple having the nursery complete and the baby shower happening the month before. This crushed her, leaving her to develop post-partum depression. This one hurt more than the first. She had a name, she had a nursery. This time she had two loving parents who wanted her. She and her boyfriend ended up splitting up from the grief and once again, Danika moved back with her parents. Danika grew jealous of the older siblings with children, her heart yearning for that same joy. 

Eventually, in order to heal from her pain, Danika decided to go to school far away from Seattle. She and her twin moved to Springhill for different reasons, but they lived together. Figuring that if she couldn’t protect her own child, she might as well protect her brother as well as she could. Danika decided that she wanted to go to nursing school, eventually specializing in labour and delivery.

Fast Facts

She is bisexual but has never had a serious relationship with a woman.

Her favourite colour is burgundy. 

She is an ISFJ personality type.

Some defining features for her would be her nose ring in her left nostril, a small tattoo on her hip of her baby’s initials. 

Connections They Could Have

Hurricane (based on Panic! at the Disco’s 2011 song):

Messy, unhealthy friends with benefits/hook up relationships. They can be either male or female or NB. They are absolutely terrible for each other, using sex to cope with their life issues. Outside of this intimacy, the two could hate each other or be frenemies.

said no more war, no more clothes. give me peace! oh, kiss me!

Picturing Love (based on July Talk’s 2016 song):

Two friends just destroying the patriarchy! Just kidding. However, just two friends that bitch about relationships in this day in age and how they don’t expect their love lives to get any better.

One Last Night (based on Vaults’ 2015 song): 

An on and off again relationship, could just be beginning or could be someone from Seattle. Male or female!

UDK (based on Olivia O’Brien’s 2019 song)

Frenemies or a dislike for each other. Spreading rumours about each other around town, not understanding how one could dislike someone this much before actually getting to know them.

Best friends?? 

She just needs more friends other than her twin lol.

[lgcchenglei-blog]

hello friends !! my name is jada, and...i’m so excited to meet you all !! this is my absolute heart and soul zhao chenglei, one of the newest additions to the legacy family !! i am actually...so stoked to be here, this group looks so cool !! i look forward to meeting you all, but i’m going to jump straight into things ! chenglei / lei is 20, a dance fanatic, and a lovebug ! you can find his info as well as a few connection ideas below,  and his profile here !! the other pages are wip, but i’m sure we can figure something out from there !! oh, and don’t forget to like this if my boy’s caught your eye and you’d like to plot together !! 

alright so !! he’s from hong kong, and born to a mom who was a model for a popular skincare company and a father who’s an anesthesiologist !!

his parents are quite ambitious & his name means “become great” since as their first child, they had high hopes !! he’s often called lei for short around friends.

his mom wanted him to follow in her footsteps so for the early part of his life she was obsessed with booking him baby modeling & acting gigs!! he was in a few commercials and an extra in some small shows, but didn’t gain much fame from it.

his family is originally from mainland china (which is why he’s pretty good at mandarin) but moved when he was born because they liked the atmosphere for him better ! also his mom started getting more opportunities to work there and rather than keep traveling when she had a newborn the whole family packed up and left !

to say the least he was raised pretty comfortably !!! his parents had a lot of influence in their respective fields and he lived well, always getting the things he asked for & such !

but honestly, he’s not the type of person that is obsessed money but that’s probably because he’s used to it? like ofc it’s nice to have, but he’d be perfectly fine living a normal life.

his parents don’t feel the same, they’re very invested in getting & keeping money, so they would always get mad bc he had a tendency of giving his friends things if they didn’t have it !!

he’s been really adamant on creating his own lifestyle recently though, so is trying to make his own name for himself & make his own money instead of relying on his parents forever.

he went to a private school in the city, which is where he learned english. it was widely spoken where he was anyways, but there were some exchange students who helped him too. 

also totally irrelevant headcanon but one of the students he became close with was australian & he traveled there in high school, so when he speaks english he’s a bit influenced by the accent !!

a dancing machine for real !! first got into dance 1t 5 when his mom thought it’d be cute for him to do ballet?? he hated it only because his friends made fun of him for it, but the more time he spent doing it the more he was kind of like...oh !! this is kinda nice !!

and then he fell in love with it, and to this day ballet remains his favorite type of dance. the older he got though he took more classes, and eventually joined a competitive dance team the city had !

he first got interested in kpop by a few friends in middle school, and that reflected onto his love for dancing! he began learning all the dances he could, and the more he saw them the more he felt he could turn his love for dance into a real dream.

long story short, his parents were v unhappy to hear he wanted to be in such a risky career, but after constant begging allowed him to audition! they promised thinking that he wouldn’t make it past first cuts, but when he did they were very shocked and kind of just in awe let him start training??

his first few months training were a huge struggle to face. right off the bat he could hardly speak korean, and it’s when reality really set in ?? as much as he said he wasn’t dependent on his wealth it was a big adjustment to go from his life in hong kong to living in dorms with other trainees. it was just...wild!!

not to mention chenglei can be an introvert when in situations he doesn’t know people in,  so he was probably really quiet at the beginning !!

but he definitely opens up once he becomes comfortable around others. he’s still on the quieter side, but definitely v sweet and even a little mischevious around the ones he’s close too !! so by now it can be assumed he’s this way around the trainees he encounters often.

but when he’s in work mode ?? totally different lei !!! he takes training very seriously, takes staff criticism hard, and just kind of beats himself up to work harder !! not the best method, but if one thing’s for sure it’s that he serious about improving and doesn’t put anything above that when it’s time to get serious.

and performing lei !! also very different. he’s definitely a worrier all the moments leading up to performance, but becomes some confident dancing machine when he gets on stage ! he doesn’t worry about looking too weird, just focuses on delivering a powerful performance. very different than his usual self !

he’s currently in his 2nd year as a university student, and it is h-a-r-d !! since he practically goes straight from school to practice, he’s burnt out 80% of the time and lives off of coffee and a prayer.

oh in terms of languages !! he speaks cantonese as his native tongue, learned mandarin through talking with his family in the mainland,  learned english through school, and is still actively learning korean ! he’s only completely fluent in cantonese, but learns korean the most out of all of them on a day-to-day basis.

he’s a little creative boy !! lovesloves to draw and paint and you can always catch him doodling things that went on during the day if he’s bored !!

also plays piano, which he was kind of forced into by his parents lmao ?? but it’s always a plus when he mentions it and it’s fun to play.

he’s quite a softy?? especially for a guy, he’s very affectionate, v loyal, and always looking out for his friends in any way he can ! it probably comes from his dad always being off at work, and his mom ( who is the more nurturing of the two ) being the most present, so he took after her and is very caring & sweet !

i’m not gonna lie...he’s a little bit of an eboy ?? let the sighs of shame arise lmao !! but honestly he’s like if an eboy & art hoe had a baby, but who’s also soft ?? the chaos !

he’s also a bilie eilish supremacist ?? don’t know how that happened since i don’t even stan her that much myslf ?? but like....if you couldn’t tell from his audition video he loves her & will cover each and every of her videos

he’s a baby pan !! he hasn’t really “come out” officially to his friends per se, but has vaguely expressed interest for something outside of a relationship with just girls ! he’s terrified to tell his parents & if he ever will...who knows !! but he’ll become more comfortable with his sexuality soon enough, at least.

his end goal, well semi-end goal, is to become a choreographer !! he wants to be an idol / dancer above all things, but he knows that career won’t last forever so he hopes when he gets out of it to help others achieve their dreams !! he’s very strong on the belief that what’s given to you must be paid back, so he wants to show his appreciation for his eventual debut by helping others reach theirs, too !! 

i think i’ve talked waaaay too much already, so...let’s move onto some quick plot ideas !! i promise i’ll have a legitimate plots page soon. xx

maybe some awkardness ? maybe lei thought he was helping this muse out by giving them presents & money, but they took it a different way as him flaunting his money or treating them like a charity case ? i think it could be interesting !

another foreigner ?? the classic helping each other out duo, but i think it could be really important for the both of them considering they’re still trainees navigating a new country together !

a senior he really admires ? even though they’re all trainees, lei treats those more experienced than him with lots of respect, so he’d probably do everything he could to learn from & get on their good side ! maybe a cute friendship could develop out of it !

on the flip side, someone younger / he’s senior to he can baby ! he’s kind of used to being babied around, but he tends to become a lot more protective & caring over those under him ! please give him someone to spoil & instill confidence in pls thanks

sibling-like friends ?? i need someone he can just be silly with, ruffle a few feathers with, and even have the occasional dispute, but in the end they’ve gotten really close and no one can mess with one without the other ready for a fight !

maybe lei’s got a boy / nb crush he wasn’t expecting ?? he’s a softie so i think it’d be adorable for him to have a little crush on someone, requited or not !

university students rise !! give my boy someone else to share his pain with and complain about how it’s impossible to get good grades and have good evaluations !!

little competition !! he’s mainly a dancer, though he also sings, so i think it’d be fun to have someone he competes with & is often compared to ! maybe they’re actually really close and help each other, maybe they’re true rivals trying to bring each other down !

[nvelles]

alright. here we go again. it’s me – acacia. the garbage behind the queen that is noelle estrellas. since this is a new introduction, i’ll just post a little bit about me: i like kpop, fruit snacks, and milk tea. that’s it. so, hennyways, here’s the stuff you actually came for !!!!!! ✧･ﾟ:* \(◕‿◕✿)/ *:･ﾟ✧ &&. as per usual scroll down to the ☪ for her overall summary // aim: alohacacia && skype: alohacacia

****psa you clicked on this so you’re obligated to plot with me srry but i don’t make the rules.

— ( camila mendes. cisfemale. she/her. ) have you met ( noelle estrellas ) yet? the ( twenty-three ) year old ( tattoo artist )? yeah, we shared a cab and now i’m late but can you blame me? ( she ) is so ( intelligent ), but now i see what they mean about ( her ) being a bit too ( cynical ).

BACKGROUND + TRIGGER WARNINGS: cheating, bullying 

well to kick things off, noelle is that one night stand baby. her biological father is named antonio. and her mom’s husband a.k.a her “dad” is named nicolás. then of course her mom is named rosalina. sorry if this is confusing. but just think about how noelle is gonna feel once she finds out about this.

once upon a time rosalina and nicolás were happily in love. like they were the high school sweethearts who ended up getting married and blah blah blah. but before she was born, there was a point in time where the two broke up. probably once they were both about to start freshman year of college. that’s when rosalina hooked up with antonio. rosalina obviously ended up getting pregnant. but she ended up making up with nicolás. SOOOOOOO…. nicolás thinks he’s noelle’s father. but he ain’t. antonio is.

noelle is completely unaware of the fact that her “dad” is not her real father. her mom is still in contact with antonio. obviously, keeping that a secret from both her husband and noelle. but it’s only because her antonio wants to be involved in noelle’s life. but rosalina refuses to have the two interact. meaning, just small updates from rosalina is the best antonio’s going to get. so basically this family is a mess. 

but only on the low. because on the outside this family is absolutely perfect. she grew up in a really nice household. upper class type of wealth in the hamptons. big house, nice cars, a vacation every now and then. she was constantly spoiled. always given whatever she wants, whenever she wants. and of course, she’s used to getting her way all the time. if you couldn’t tell by the gif, she’s bad and boujee. her family is loaded. nicolás, being the chairman and co-owner of rosewood resort (hotels.) and rosalina, being a now retired model turned to a fashion designer. she’s always been surrounded by luxury and will continue to be.

noelle basically grew up in private schools. of course her parents wanted her to be the best of the best. so she was constantly put under (positive) pressure by the them. this of course results her to being the top student of her year every year. she never settled for less, for both them and herself. she doesn’t like to disappoint her parents ever. they are her support system and role models. she strives for their success (and even more than that.)

during high school, she was sort of a bully. she was very ruthless and cold. she had that, “i’ll do anything to get where i need to be,” personality. and if it meant paying someone to transfer the other student threatening her valedictorian spot, then yes, of course she’d do that. people either hated her or loved her. there was no in between. she kept her clique small. yes, a clique, which indeed was very exclusive. invite only. think of regina george. she ran her school and she liked to keep it that way. once she graduated she became more of an adult about things. of course her ruthlessness was still around, but a little more filtered. just a tad bit. she got accepted into almost every ivy league college. but ended up going to columbia university. 

however, while noelle craved for the attention in high school, she grew up to realize that wasn’t what she wanted for herself. growing up she always had an artistic eye. her mother (being a fashion designer) taught her all the techniques when it came to drawing for fashion. though eventually, noelle steered away from the clothing industry and found herself drawing more intricate works of art. her mother suggested on becoming an artist. but noelle had bigger plans. no one would have ever guessed that the hamptons barbie would become a tattoo artist. yup, that’s what she wanted to do. why? she loved the idea of tattoos. being inked with art that means something to you forever. and although her parents were hesitant with the idea, they eventually supported her dream because they saw how many people admired her work.

where is she now? she owns a tattoo parlor in williamsburg. it’s more on the pricey side of things. (noelle being v luxurious.) how she got to williamsburg? so, although she has a deep love for the hamptons. she found herself most comfortable in her family penthouse in williamsburg. a lot of her younger memories were spent their. mostly for family vacations. but the view was beautiful, more comforting, and she always just felt like she belonged. she is currently living alone. her parents still residing in the hamptons. however, they are always too busy traveling to stay in one place.

PERSONALITY + RELATIONSHIPS

noelle’s PERSONALITY is quite something. she has that tell it like it is personality. she just calls it likes she sees it. even if she’s not exactly right. she’s literally drowning in her riches. making her materialistic af. some people might think she’s that dumb bimbo rich bitch. but she’s actually very VERY smart. witty and intelligent to be exact. she’s very particular when it comes to most things. she wants things done correctly. so she often runs by the quote, “if you want things right you gotta do it yourself.” she doesn’t like relying on others to get things done when she knows she could do it faster and better. a little bit of a ocd queen. she’s very dedicated to her work, thus making her very goal oriented. she’s very creative when it comes to her tattoo designs. and she’s actually a very good artist, like drawing her sketches. i’m sure she picked up doodling and bullet journaling while growing up. *plays boss ass bitch vine.*

when it comes to FRIENDS she has plenty, at least in her head. she just knows a lot of people through her many connections. so she has many affiliations. but never real friends. she’s very particular with the people she associates herself with. she believes that those around you reflect who you are as a person as well. therefore, she only surrounds herself with the best of the best. she may not be the best person to tell your secrets too either because she’s quite the gossip queen. but she can probably persuade you to trust her. rip. however, if you are a close friend of her’s, she’s very loyal to those who are loyal to her. which means she’d never do you dirty. but that’s only if she really cares about you. she’s a really great listener and she’s willing to give advice to those are willing to take it. plus, she’s the type to spoil the people she loves. so expect the best christmas gifts ever if u rollin’ with her. honestly, she really does need to surround herself with good people with genuinely good intentions. so please, someone teach her what loyalty is. bonus points if they’ve been friends for awhile. displays loyalty.

please flood her with ENEMIES. i know for a fact that she has these. she was bully in high school. so you know this girl has more than enough haters. she uses people, she pushes people around, etc etc. like she has some very evil intentions. and i would love it even more if some of these enemies were girls that she caught her fiance with. that would juicy af. especially since she’s vengeful and irrational. while noelle does have some good intentions, she leans more to the chaotic evil side. she puts fuel to drama and loves to see people crash and burn. why? she wants that reassurance that she is flourishing above all. she never wants to be belittled and will do anything to remain on the very top. also, a rivalry would be perfect. especially if someone is damaging her business. because that’s her baby and she would do anything to protect that as well. noelle absolutely needs enemies. give her many. plenty. an abundance please.

alright, so noelle and LOVERS. i have a feeling she’s dabbled in the dating world. she’s had a few boyfriends, dates, etc. but most likely nothing LONG TERM. possibly because she doesn’t see the point unless it’s for marriage. just like her mom and dad (lol troll.) she has the independent woman facade going on right now. which makes her seem like she doesn’t want anyone. but deep down she’s a hopeless romantic. this girl would love to be loved. and she truly needs it. she’s probably read tons of books about love and fluffy shit like that. so she has high expectations when it comes to relationships. so someone rlly needs to come here and treat this girl right.

WANTED CONNECTIONS

FRIENDS

best friend — someone who will always be there for her. the person she feels most comfortable with. // m, f, or nb

partner in crime — they may not be the most reliable person like her best friend. but definitely someone she can get turnt tf up with. // m, f, or nb

childhood friend(s) — her first friend(s)! the one(s) she’s known since birth. she will never switch up on the real ones. (or so u think…) // m, f, or nb

exes — she’d be the type to still be friends with her ex. yes, they’ve loved each other. but they’ve come to terms they’re much better off platonic. // m or nb

ENEMIES

rivals — someone who hates her and some she hates too. maybe they just don’t get along yo. it happens // m, f, or nb

old flame that didn’t end well — maybe they wanted it to go further than just a date. but she ended up cutting ties with them. now it’s just made awk. // m, f, or nb

victim — someone she’s bullied in the past. just someone to constantly remind her that she’s a raging bitch. // m, f, or nb

used — someone she dated and she just basically used. most likely treated them as a toy in her little games in high school. // m, f, or nb

frienemies — just always trying to one up each other. whether it be with friends, family, or just life in general. they’re always in a secret competition. // m, f, or nb

LOVERS

hate/love — just ‘cause these are my favorites. just little bickering. maybe they’re too much alike or just not a like at all. // m or nb

old flame that ended well — the classic, exes that ended on good terms. they don’t hate each other at all. are actually still on really good terms. and possibly still have lingering feelings.  // m or nb

currently dating — going on dates and what not. having a good time. who knows where this could go.  // m or nb

publicity stunt — this would be good for the future. maybe her parents were starting to try and hook her up with random people. but she asked them to pretend to be her fake boyfriend. // m or nb

MISCELLANEOUS

☪ overall, this bitch is flippy floppy. an angel with a halo unbalanced with horns, not a devil but not a saint either?? kind yet has a backbone. softer than what she seems like. humorous and witty though understanding. mistrusting but willing to let loyalty speak. wealthy but tries not to depend on her family. and heavily involved in the king glitterati lifestyle. my muse inspo for her: chanel oberlin (scream queens), samantha borgens (stuck in love), and lydia martin (teen wolf). she’s chaotic neutral. she comes off as a bitch, but if you are her friend, she’s very very loyal to you. honestly, her life seems fine. she has parents that love her but push her to be the best of the best. she tears people down for shits and giggles. and can be quite manipulative. and she’s super family oriented. despite her being absolutely oblivious to the fact that her mom cheated on her “dad” with her biological dad. but overall, noelle is a beautiful, driven, judgmental, opinionated, artistic, and the most problematic head bitch in charge e v e r.

alright. if you made it to the end of this ilysm. this might be kinda confusing cause tbh i’m too lazy to proofread. but please like this shit if you wanna plot it uppppp.

[galimatios]

sci fi ya au musings from twitter thread mostly nts

maybe i do want to write YA science fiction ya with gay and all my favorite self indulgent tropes and also plugsuits

I HATE MYSELF I IMMEDIATELY HAVE SCENES IN MY HEAD . ITS BEEN TWO GODDAMN SECONDS. I DONT EVEN KNOW WHO THESE CHARACTERS ARE YET tjinking about those rooms in that one ep of black mirror where youcan program jt tk show whatever you want on the walls. maybe projection of virtual reality vs reality as a major motif. simulations and distance... long distance relationships during a war in space action too... have to think about an enemy but maybe we rag on capitalism a littlle maybe some conglomerate is fighting a proxy war using aliens vs the govt the protags are in the military for theme.. war sucks bye but also theres dynamics i want

UM I CAN PUT BIG MECHA INNNNNNNN YEAHHHH anyway i want 2 loyal dog dynamics to juxtapose w eachother + platonic soulmate type protag duo, best friends , one girl one boy, theyre both equally important, some SHIT happens and theyre forced on different sides at some point one loyal dog is treated well, like an equal, will follow x to the end of the world the other is Not treated well. i want to explicitly make that relationship abusive so i can point at it in the text itself and have other loyal dog be like , that's not love. abandoned loyal dog gets adopted by main duo, ends up in a relationship w one of them (whichever one makes it gay), im ship girl with side character who inspires tf out of her, sort of like. theyre competitive and the side character is light years more skilled but girl wants the challenge, wants the chase, is fueled by the prospect of catching up so "wait for me" LAYS DOWN NONE OF THESE CHARACTERS HAVE NAMES OR DESIGNS OR ANYTHING BUT IM ALREADY ATTACHED TO THESE CONNECTIONS mc pair: one techy soft boy nerd who just wants to protect his family so thats why he agreed to help develop/operate tech bc he thinks this is how he can help headstrong pilot ace girl who has no one but wants to prove herself and make a name for herself so she'll be remembered she wants to win glory for herself and comes off as super confident but actually she's just. asuka evangelion except she doesnt crash and burn so bad bc she has the boy who sees thru it, you dont have to try so hard probably happens after a fight where she's reckless hes not one to get mad but this time he's pissed bc she was exceptionally close to dying, yells at her, why do you keep trying so hard to die kinda snaps her back to reality he wants her to rely on him more bc that's what hes here for anyway loyal dog defects from enemy + meets this pair after other loyal dog suggests he joins the crew, tech boy is kind to Everyone but loyal dog FORMERLY AN ASSASSIN ???????? TYPE?? SNIPER?? develops baby crush girl sips her drink :3c

I HAVE TO THINK MORE ABOUT THEM BC OH NO THEYRE CUTE but girl is chasing after some nb femme prodigy who she's rivals with and admires for more than just her skill theyre both emotionally constipated idiots tho so its like. (hand touch) thats enough for 100 years there is. so much tension. and prodigy seems so perfect on the outside but is actually in some kind of super strict fucked up program bc of her skill, and she hated it and is suffering ace pilot is the one to barge in headstrong and fuck everything up and get her out of there girl believes prodigy is amazing. really. incredible. a part of her feels like she'll never catch up . but even so watching prodigy walk into the unknown unflinchingly resolute ... it's both sad in a way bc she's being left behind but also she wouldnt have it any other way bc she thinks forward is the only way prodigy should be facing. its what inspires her. that strength ... h they definitely settle down together in the future tho bc i need ththattt

"when this is all over" said the prodigy, "come find me" this is so self indulgent anyway plotwise once both the govt and the enemy r revealed to be equally bad the main cast defect to a revolutionary group. they will Not win within the span of the novel but theyll have a small victory, very les mis one day more flavored, and even if they did not win they stood for something they believed in, did something to try and tell the truth... also i need more of a cast so i can kill characters off nice now all i have to do is fill all this in with world building and action and stuff and ill have a novel so many sci fi things have done the 2 pilot mind sync emotional thing right so if i do the same thing no one knows if i took it from one franchise or another i need to twist it around a little but i may have ideas haha i can. totally make this a part of my fucking huge sci-fi au really wanna call main girl lane and main boy khemrin . .. i cant unsee the girl as rey flavored so shes ending up w red hair and irish, but boy is SEAsian with a huge family, loyal dog who defects is african, prodigy is asian, other loyal dog feels south american prodigy... astrid is her real name but she may have a codename fsr? idk why i feel it. icarus? assassin defector... something that starts with an o or a d other loyal dog... i need to think but i also need to figure out the personalities of their respective pairs inserts minh as evil one. done. maybe mephis adjacent character for the... no mephis doesnt care abt anyone BUT hed be a great side character OH god what if au jonah and ambrose oh boy. FUCK jonahs probably there for some special task bc hes. attuned to some shit idk

I GUESS IM GONNA DEVELOP AMBROSE MORE ive only written him as a young adult but as a teen hes angry and rebellious and got drafted, ended up being a simple foot soldier but he meets jonah and a lot changes jonah's there on top secret bullshit, same program as astrid definitely has some shit to do With Experiments. astrid has enhanced eyesight/coordination on top of being an ace combat pilot, i think jonah might be able to open up warp gates or limited pocket space mephis is evil scientist who doesnt care abt casualties

I'm thinking about unnamed pilot lesbians and i am. enamored immediately holy shit god they're both so goal oriented and focused but once the fighting is finally over they finally allow themselves to embrace the intensity of their emotions for eachother and i am fucking perishing they were essentially raised as child soldiers so it's this clumsy process of trying to figure things out for the first time, this kind of innocent but intense and blooming love between two hardened soldiers, the years of war coming away when they're together for the first time actually fuck i did name them but i'm still not sure about ace pilot girl? i want to name her lane or something monosyllable, maybe i'll revamp raine and make her this oc instead... either way i'm just. ugh. UGH. FUCK. holy shit they love eachother so much

I"M GETTING REALLY FUCKED UP ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE PRODIGY (ASTRID) DYING IN THE LINE OF DUTY or well at least goes missing, presumed dead but raine just... doesn't believe it. astrid can't die. she's too amazing. there's no way fucking. huge disbelief. she refuses? raine going on a near suicidal self-appointed mission against commander's orders to rescue her, khemrin tries to hold her back but he can't, she' fucking gone speeding off on one of the fastest scouting ships she can hijack raine finding her alive but barely conscious in a damaged cockpit floating in space for who knows how long, raine unable to open the hatch and get to her but anchors her ship to hers, NOT EFFECTIVE BUT HER ONLY REAL CHOICE w/o compromising the air seal. makes the journey back astrid barely makes it to the space equivalent of a truck stop (unaffiliated) and raine calls for backup in panic and tries her best to tend to astrid's wounds an feed her and she's fucking PANICKING but trying so hard to keep it together astrid wakes up and raine's crying i don't have anything specific its just really soft and raine never Does this god when they meet again after the war, raine running her fingers over the scar left from astrid's helmet shattering h raine in a tux and astrid dressed like a princess and raine kissing her shoe sorry im gay bye

[junker-town]

Every animal face-off in the BBC’s new nature documentary, rated

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David Attenborough’s new show is epic ... and sports.

We continue our extremely important mission to conduct a scene-by-scene review of the BBC’s new nature documentary, Seven Worlds, One Planet, in order to see how sports it is. We determined that Episode 1, which focused on Antarctica, was reasonably sports. Asia was very sports. Time for ...

Episode 3 South America

Scene 1: Puma vs. Guanaco

Feeding a family of three is hard, especially if you’re a single mother who is also a Patagonian puma. Mountain lions, the Americas’ second-largest cat, don’t get the reputation they deserve: their glory is stolen overseas by African lions and tigers and at home (at least in South America) by the jaguar. But all big cats are worth our attention, because they’re designed to kill you. Yes, you personally.

Possessing murderous grace, strength complimented by rending claws, surprising stamina and teeth optimized to clamp around one’s neck just so, a puma is a serious predator. And, perhaps unfortunately for Patagonian pumas, they hunt serious prey: guanacos. They’re built for the mountains, with the ability to breathe very thin air. They’re also built for puma attacks. Thick skin around their neck helps protect them from the fatal bite, and their height and heft — over three times that of a mountain lion — does too. A guanaco is not an easy hunt.

But hunt them mother puma must. There’s the family to think of, after all. So we’re treated to a series of puma-guanaco battles, closely matched and extremely well-fought, on scrub and in snow.

Over a bruising few days, the mother, injured from an earlier attempt, finally makes a kill, sprinting to catch her foe, wrestling it to the ground, suffocating it with a bite and then dragging it over a mile back to her territory. Sometimes you just have to play through pain.

Aesthetics 10/10

Everything about this scene is beautiful, from the shapely mountains that backdrop the hunts to the limpid pools enjoyed by the cougar cubs. And both animals featured are lovely, too — we’ve discussed the murderous beauty of the puma, but there’s an elegant majesty to the hunted guanaco too.

Also, this dude makes a brief appearance:

BBC Earth

This is a dirty look that almost transcends perfection. Well done, grumpy old man puma.

Difficulty 10/10

The puma’s kill was difficult enough without having to drag a corpse a mile across the Patagonia scrubland while injured. That’s some good mothering.

Competitiveness 10/10

Guanaco are pretty spectacular things, and they gave the mother puma almost more than she could handle. An incredible battle.

Overall 30/30

Running to rodeo to wrestling to, uh, dragging? We’ll call this the puma tetrathlon, and it is definitely sports.

Scene 2: Turd Penguins

The Pacific coast of South America is shaped by the Andes above and the Atacama Trench below, where the Nazca Plate subducts under the continent to fuel its belching volcanic spine. The trench, and the Humboldt Current which flows above it, drive nutrients into the surface waters offshore, which attract some of the world’s largest concentrations of seabirds. And, therefore, also the world’s largest concentrations of seabird poop.

Guano has an incredible history. Seabird manure is extremely good for fertilizer, but in most areas of the world, many of the nutrients are washed out by rain. On the Peruvian coast, however, it doesn’t rain, so high-quality guano collects. And collects. And collects. When Alexander van Humboldt, who gave his name to the current (as well as a particularly disgusting species of penguin, whom we will be discussing later), brought back news of the Peruvian deposits, he sparked a massive guano boom.

For years, guano mining was the foundation of the Peruvian economy. Control of guano islands was so important that wars were fought over it, and the United States’ push into the Pacific was at least partly due to the search for new, uninhabited guano sites. The use of guano across the world has even been blamed — how credibly I’m not well-equipped to assess — for the particular strand of blight that caused the Irish Potato Famine. Until synthetic fertilizers were produced in the early 20th Century, guano was vital for world agriculture. Now it’s where some very awful penguins dig their disgusting little nests, coating themselves in the process.

My friends would describe me as dirty, but cute #SevenWorldsOnePlanet pic.twitter.com/TrsLBX0Y7c

— BBC Earth (@BBCEarth) November 10, 2019

NB: If you watch the full episode, be prepared to watch a penguin take a dump. Consider yourself warned.

Turd penguins, like their less smelly cousins, need to get to the sea to eat. And this is a more challenging affair than usual during breeding season, as the rich waters off the coast attract more than seabirds. Blocking off the penguins’ access is a full colony of sea lions.

I like to imagine (probably definitely incorrectly) that these sea lions are normally fairly chill animals. But when your nice, quiet beach is invaded by a shrieking mob of penguins LITERALLY COATED BEAK TO TAIL IN SHIT, it’s hard to be chill. And when those penguins ignore your warnings to go the fuck back to whatever shithole they came from and instead CROWD SURF OVER YOU, it’s even harder.

When you go into a store and the shop assistants pounce #SevenWorldsOnePlanet #amistakehasbeenmade pic.twitter.com/bI8DfPdAcL

— BBC Earth (@BBCEarth) November 10, 2019

Actual footage of life throwing me curveballs #SevenWorldsOnePlanet #oopsiedaisy pic.twitter.com/h5dn54cu5G

— BBC Earth (@BBCEarth) November 10, 2019

Turd penguin don’t give a fuuuuuuck.

Aesthetics 2/10

I’m the father of two small children and so consider myself fairly immune to whatever horrors bodily fluids might attempt to inflict upon me. But this is enormously gross, and not even some sassy sea lions can rescue it.

Difficulty 9/10

Running through a pack of angry sea lions who desperately want you to go away and could kill you quite easily is one thing. Using them as a jungle gym is another. Don’t try this at home. Actually, don’t try any of this scene at home.

Competitiveness 10/10

Humboldt penguins weigh somewhere around 10 pounds. An adult male sea lion can be as much as 20 times as heavy. Being willing to barge your way through/over a wall of angry muscle and blubber like that takes some incredible bravery.

Overall 21/30

Surfing is a sport, even when it’s done by unbelievably dreadful birds. Goodbye, turd penguins. I hated you.

Scene 3: Nerd Bears

There’s nothing wrong with being a nerd. Some of my best friends are nerds, after all. So when I say that the spectacled bear is a nerdy-looking bear, it’s out of affection. And accuracy:

Photo by Blick/RDB/ullstein bild via Getty Images

Cool glasses, nerd.

The spectacled bear is only found in the cloud forests of the Andes, and is correspondingly rare and vulnerable to habitat loss. But, like millennials, who do things like watch the world burning around them and yet spend their time shitposting about nature documentaries rather than actually doing anything useful, these bears love avocados. Even when those avocados are 30 meters off the ground.

These nerds aren’t as heavy as the polar or brown bears we met in the Asia episode, but they’re still reasonably heavy, and the thin branches that the avocados grow on are nowhere near big enough to support them. So the smart bears just bite into the branches so that they dangle down low enough for them to reach. The less smart bears bite them off entirely and have to climb all the way back down. Most fast and break things. That’s the nerd way.

Aesthetics 7/10

I’m mostly giving this a good score because there aren’t any penguins in it. But also these bears have some pretty good vibes:

Me living my best life #SevenWorldsOnePlanet pic.twitter.com/WMreQHmzww

— BBC Earth (@BBCEarth) November 10, 2019

Difficulty 5/10

That’s a pretty big tree to climb, and a pretty big body with which to climb.

Competitiveness 7/10

In the battle of bear and bear, all it takes is a little bit of technique and know-how to get the upper paw.

Overall 19/30

On the surface, the avocado hunt is not exactly the stuff to stir one’s blood. But there’s an important, if unspoken rule about sport-assessing, of which I am now a professional: if you watch cheating, there’s a pretty good chance that it’s sports.

Scene 4: Look at this monkey’s hair!

These Cotton-top Tamarins are critically endangered, which is a big shame because they have cool hair. Their habitat is being destroyed for all the traditional reasons, and it’s depressing. You know the drill.

Aesthetics 10/10

Someone get me their stylist’s number ASAP. I can only assume Carlos Valderrama was inspired by these little dudes.

Difficulty 10/10

This was going to be a bunch of monkeys sitting around and looking cool while their home is being razed around them, like a primate version of the ‘This is Fine’ dog. And then one did an absurd tree jump, which would kill 100 percent of the humans that tried to match it.

Competition 0/10

Monkeys vs. praying mantis? No contest. Monkeys vs. the inexorable tide of ‘progress’ that is slowly grinding their entire species away. Also no contest.

Overall 20/30

If everyone doing long jumps at the Olympics had these haircuts they’d get way better sponsorships. Sports.

Scene 5: The Very Horny Bird Squad

Birdsong is one of the joys of spring, and it’s only improved by the knowledge that it’s a bunch of tiny dinosaurs loudly expressing their desperate need to make some babies. Cheep-cheep-sexnowplease-cheep. For many birds, mere song is not enough. Bright, ostentatious plumage is a sign that a male is healthy and thus that his courtship attempt is worth responding to. And sometimes, the female bird wants to see some dancing.

Bird courtship routines are a staple of natural history programming, but in the Amazon we’re treated something rather more curious: the Blue Manakin team dance.

The lead male bird somehow wrangles a squad of subordinates to help him do his *ahem* dirty work. Attenborough claims that “by supporting [the leader] now they may themselves eventually become leaders and get a chance to mate,” which sounds dubious to me. It’s basically a bird sex pyramid scheme, little buddies, so don’t fall for it. The leader’s out to screw you.

This scene is made much better by the fact that the female bird is completely uninterested.

Aesthetics 10/10

Beautiful birds, beautiful dance moves. I particularly love the synchronized shuffle-hop, but the final flap-your-wings-while-screaming routine might need some work (its target seemed to think so too).

Difficulty 8/10

I can’t even dance by myself, let alone in a group. How many hours of practice went into this routine?

Competition 7/10

This very good dance not being good enough strongly implies that there are other, more capable bird squads around.

Overall 25/30

Team dancing is sports, even if in this case it’s extremely horny sports.

Scene 6: Poison Dart Frogs

Living in the rainforest is a pretty good deal for poison dart frogs. It’s nice and damp, there are some great trees to hang out in, and since almost everything that touches you has an unpleasant experience they get a fairly stress-free time.

But there is a problem: standing water. With some deeply weird exceptions (don’t google the Suriname toad if you have trypophobia), amphibians need water in which to lay their eggs. There aren’t too many ponds to be had, up in the canopy. So they have to make use of the tiny pools of water that collect in bromeliads, one per egg. Sometimes they choose badly and the small pool in which the egg has been placed dried up before their tadpole has finished developing:

Blob fish or tadpole? You decide#SevenWorldsOnePlanet pic.twitter.com/DUr5hn8tbm

— BBC Earth (@BBCEarth) November 10, 2019

That tadpole is in trouble, and the only way to help is to get it to a real pool of water. That means relocation via piggyback ride, perhaps even to a new tree, and then a summoning of the tadpole’s mother to lay another (unfertilized) egg to serve as food. Yum yum.

Aesthetics 3/10

Poison dart frogs have bright and flashy coloring to warn predators not to eat them. These yellow-and-black ones are particularly smart-looking. But bright colors alone aren’t doing it for me.

Difficulty 6/10

When you’re less than an inch long, searching through the forest with a baby on your back for a new place to stash it must be very hard work. Remembering where exactly you’ve dumped all your children seems like a tough task too.

Competitiveness 2/10

I’m guessing that there are a bunch of other poison dart frogs looking for egg pools in this forest, so I guess they can have a couple points here.

Overall 10/30

Not sports.

Scene 7: Scarlet Macaws

Parrots jostle and fight for position on the banks of a particular stretch of the Amazon. Are they after food? Not exactly. Parrots’ diet is low in salt, and their chicks need salt to develop, and here, at the edge of the river, is salt-laden clay. So the parrots squabble to grab a chunk of mud, fly up to 50 miles (!) back to their nests, and feed it to their children.

Aesthetics 5/10

Scarlet macaws are pretty birds:

Nothing more romantic than a cheeky head scratch and a chest peck #SevenWorldsOnePlanet pic.twitter.com/kgea0ciCCg

— BBC Earth (@BBCEarth) November 10, 2019

And we get to see more than just them. There are plenty of blue-and-gold macaws (my favorites) battling it out for the mud too, plus a sizable squadron of what I think are probably Amazon parrots in their greens.

Difficulty 4/10

This is more annoying than difficult, apart from the very long distances the birds have to fly.

Competitiveness 3/10

If there was a real free-for-all this would have scored quite high, but there appear to be just enough rules in parrot society to keep the clay harvesting from descending into an all-out brawl.

Overall 12/30

Nope.

Scene 8: Un-diving

This is more like it. A thousand miles south of the parrot clay feast, a troop of brown capuchins is moving through the trees, looking for breakfast. Staring up at them, following their every move, are ... fish. The piraputanga are able to see the monkeys clearly because Bonito’s Rio da Prata is fed by freshwater springs, naturally filtered by the underlying rock.

Are these fish on the hunt for monkey meat? No. Like dogs following a toddler, they’re hoping for their scraps. When the monkeys find ripe fruit — impossible to spot from underwater — they stop and eat. Plenty drops into the river. But an anaconda soon interrupts breakfast, attempting to ambush the capuchins from underwater.

Fortunately, that’s not the end of the piraputangas’ meal. Now that they know where the fruit is, they have schemes of their own:

...Try, try again #SevenWorldsOnePlanet pic.twitter.com/WEGJHlB1sm

— BBC Earth (@BBCEarth) November 10, 2019

I have to admit that I did not see this one coming.

Aesthetics 9/10

This is a beautiful scene. While none of the animals themselves are that attractive, the environments, particularly the crystal-clear waters of the Rio da Prata, are sublime. The anaconda’s slither through the mud carries with it potent, barely-seen menace. And then there’s the piraputanga jump. They have surprisingly good form, for fish.

Difficulty 8/10

Trying to jump several times your body height to grab something you can only barely see would be tricky enough if you were able to use your hands. Now imagine you have to do that with your teeth.

Competition 8/10

These fish mean business, and there’s not enough fruit to go round. After the monkeys are done with their handouts, the highest and best jumper is literally the one which gets to eat. A bonus point for the anaconda hunt.

Overall 25/30

Diving is sports. Un-diving is also sports.

Scene 9: Waterfall Skimmers

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Great dusky swifts will do a lot to protect their chicks. Harried and harassed by falcons, they have a perfect hiding spot for their nests: behind the thundering curtain of the Iguaçu Falls. The falls, on the border between Brazil and Argentina, are the biggest waterfall complex in the world, and the wet rock behind them is all that the chicks know before they take their first flight. Which is right through the pouring water and to the other side:

These great dusky swifts are able to fly right through the thundering torrents of water.#SevenWorldsOnePlanet pic.twitter.com/txtjP3mOFo

— BBC Earth (@BBCEarth) November 10, 2019

Birds nesting in challenging places gives their chicks a great chance in the earliest days but creates a terrible bottleneck later on. This trial by waterfall isn’t the worst thing nature does to baby birds, but it’s an impressive challenge to get past. Blind and bedraggled, these tiny, barely-fledged swifts have to force their way through the falls and out into the open air for the very first time. Their reward is some pretty damn good scenery, and probably getting eaten by a falcon or something.

(Bonus video!) Here is the worst thing that nature does to baby birds:

Aesthetics 10/10

Lovely. While great dusky swifts aren’t very pretty on their own, especially when wet and flummoxed, the Iguaçu Falls are one of the planet’s most spectacular sights, and watching these 8-inch birds take them on is unbelievably cool.

Difficulty 10/10

This is another thing that would definitely kill you if you attempted it. Well, all flying would, but especially this one.

Competition 9/10

Little birds vs. enormous waterfall is a David-and-Goliath sort of deal.

Overall 29/30

Extremely sports.

[nchoi]

hii (〜￣▽￣)〜(〜￣▽￣)〜(〜￣▽￣)〜  again, acacia. so you saw my wallflower and my babydoll. but this time you get to meet the head bitch in charge, super fab, actual blair waldorf, naomi choi. by now, y’all know if you click on this you are obligated to plot with me. xoxo.

****update: i created all of this on the spot & also … it got kinda long... again... sue me. but as always, if you want the nutshell scroll down to the very last bullet point. [in sadie saxton’s voice] you’re welcome.

░ * . ╰ ✯ › ⊰ IM JINAH, CIS-FEMALE, TWENTY-FIVE ⊱ is that NAOMI CHOI ? the FASHION DESIGNER & SOCIALITE. they’re known to be AUTHORITATIVE & BEAUTIFUL. but also VINDICTIVE & IRRATIONAL. unknown to them, they are the reincarnation of HERA.

BACKGROUND

unlike my other two characters, naomi actually grew in a very stable home. her parents are very much in love. therefore she was very much loved. being their only child, she was constantly spoiled. always given whatever she wants, whenever she wants. and of course, she’s used to getting her way all the time. if you couldn’t tell by the gif, she’s bad and boujee. her family is loaded. her father, being the chairman and co-owner of rosewood resort (hotels.) and her mother, being a now retired model turned to a fashion designer. she’s always been surrounded by luxury and will continue to be.

naomi basically grew up in private schools. of course her parents wanted her to be the best of the best. so she was constantly put under (positive) pressure by the them. this of course results her to being the top student of her year every year. she never settled for less, for both them and herself. she doesn’t like to disappoint her parents ever. they are her support system and role models. she strives for their success (and even more than that.)

during high school, she was sort of a bully. she was very ruthless and cold. she had that, “i’ll do anything to get where i need to be,” personality. and if it meant paying someone to transfer the other student threatening her valedictorian spot, then yes, of course she’d do that. people either hated her or loved her. there was no in between. she kept her clique small. yes, a clique, which indeed was very exclusive. invite only. think of regina george. she ran her school and she liked to keep it that way. once she graduated she became more of an adult about things. of course her ruthlessness was still around, but a little more filtered. just a tad bit. she got accepted into almost every ivy league college. but ended up going to harvard. 

naomi grew a very big following. she was very popular on social media due to her sense of style. a lot of fashion magazines, blogs, youtubers, etc all tried to recreate her looks. at first looking the best was just a simple task to her. but eventually, she discovered that fashion was no longer a competitive thing. but just a really fun hobby she had. her love for fashion grew immensely. while she was studying to become a business major, she started up her own clothing line company. first it started with a couple shoes. then it slowly started to build into more. she eventually graduated with a bachelors degree in business management and is now a full time fashion designer.

how she got to seattle: so, although she has a deep love for new york. she found herself most comfortable in her family penthouse in seattle. a lot of her younger memories were spent their. mostly for family vacations. the view is beautiful, more calming than the hustle and bustle of nyc, and she always just felt like she belonged. she is currently living alone. her parents still residing in new york and visiting every now and then. she does travel constantly. but always finds herself back home in seattle.

PERSONALITY+RELATIONSHIPS

naomi’s PERSONALITY is quite something. she has that tell it like it is personality. she just calls it likes she sees it. even if she’s not exactly right. she’s literally drowning in her riches. making her materialistic af. some people might think she’s that dumb bimbo rich bitch. but she’s actually very VERY smart. witty and intelligent to be exact. she’s very particular when it comes to most things. she wants things done correctly. so she often runs by the quote, “if you want things right you gotta do it yourself.” she doesn’t like relying on others to get things done when she knows she could do it faster and better. a little bit of a ocd queen. also, she’s able to throw old things together and make them look better, which is another reason why she became a fashion designer. she’s very dedicated to her work, thus making her very goal oriented. she’s very creative when it comes to her designs. and she’s actually a very good artist, like drawing her sketches. i’m sure she picked up doodling and bullet journaling while growing up. *plays boss ass bitch vine.*

when it comes to FRIENDS she has plenty, at least in her head. she just knows a lot of people through her many connections. so she has many affiliations. but never real friends. she’s very particular with the people she associates herself with. she believes that those around you reflect who you are as a person as well. therefore, she only surrounds herself with the best of the best. she may not be the best person to tell your secrets too either because she’s quite the gossip queen. but she can probably persuade you to trust her. rip. however, if you are a close friend of her’s, she’s very loyal to those who are loyal to her. which means she’d never do you dirty. but that’s only if she really cares about you. she’s a really great listener and she’s willing to give advice to those are willing to take it. plus, she’s the type to spoil the people she loves. so expect the best christmas gifts ever if u rollin’ with her. honestly, she really does need to surround herself with good people with genuinely good intentions. so please, someone teach her what loyalty is. bonus points if they’ve been friends for awhile. displays loyalty.

please flood her with ENEMIES. i know for a fact that she has these. she was bully in high school. so you know this girl has more than enough haters. she uses people, she pushes people around, etc etc. like she has some very evil intentions. and i would love it even more if some of these enemies were girls that she caught her fiance with. that would juicy af. especially since she’s vengeful and irrational. while naomi does have some good intentions, she leans more to the chaotic evil side. she puts fuel to drama and loves to see people crash and burn. why? she wants that reassurance that she is flourishing above all. she never wants to be belittled and will do anything to remain on the very top. also, a rivalry would be perfect. especially if someone is damaging her business. because that’s her baby and she would do anything to protect that as well. naomi absolutely needs enemies. give her many. plenty. an abundance please.

as for LOVERS. naomi has most definitely dated a lot. she’s had a handful of serious relationships as well. she is a beautiful and alluring woman after all. she does believe in love. she’s witnessed it between her parents and wishes for a love like their’s. so of course this girl is a hopeless romantic. and honestly, she needs love in her life. it would totally tear down her tough bitch exterior and show how soft naomi can really be. but that’s probably going to be with her fiance. ok, a little bit about naomi and her relationships. she’d be very loyal to anyone she’s dating. she’d spoil them with gifts, surprise visits, and honestly just give them the whole world. they’d be the only person who’d be able to tell this bitch to stop acting so unreasonable. and *gasp* she’d actually listen. i feel like she’s the type to do whatever she needs to do to please her significant other. sad, but it’s true. she’s not as independent as she makes herself out to be. but everybody needs somebody. am i right?

WANTED CONNECTIONS

FRIENDS

best friend — her closest confidant. she’d never let go of this person. they’re her ride or die // f or nb

winghoe — another close friend of her’s probably the person who got her and her fiance together. // m, f, or nb

exes — she’d be the type to still be friends with her ex. yes, they’ve loved each other. but they’ve come to terms they’re much better off platonic. // m or nb

ENEMIES

victim — someone she’s bullied in the past. just someone to constantly remind her that she’s a raging bitch. // m, f, or nb

used — someone she dated and she just basically used. most likely treated them as a toy in her little games // m or nb

frienemies — just always trying to one up each other. whether it be in fashion, friends, family, just life in general. they’re always in a secret competition. // m, f, or nb

LOVERS

fiance — this would be the love of her life. even if they bicker and argue. she’d be 100% dedicated to them. // zeus deity only

first love — once naomi is dedicated to someone it’s a little hard for her to let them go. especially if it was her first love. this could be drama central yooohooo... // m or nb

on and off — just the person she always runs back to. she’d probably even try contacting them if she ever got into a fight with her fiance. // m or nb

** also, since we don’t have zeus deity yet, her love life is up to be fucked up. pls. f her up.

MISCELLANEOUS

✿ an angel with a halo unbalanced with horns, not a devil but not a saint either?? kind yet has a backbone. softer than what she seems like. humorous and witty though understanding. mistrusting but willing to let loyalty speak. wealthy but tries not to depend on her family. and heavily involved in the king glitterati lifestyle. she is the queen of fashion. and honestly trying to be the queen of life itself. she’s chaotic neutral. she comes off as a bitch, but if you are her friend, she’s very very loyal to you. honestly, her life seems fine. she has parents that love her but push her to be the best of the best. she tears people down for shits and giggles. and can be quite manipulative. but overall, naomi choi is a beautiful, driven, judgmental, opinionated, artistic, and the most problematic head bitch in charge e v e r.

alright. if you made it to the end of this ilysm. this might be kinda confusing cause tbh i’m too lazy to proofread. but please like this shit if you wanna plot it uppppp.

[betariz-blog1]

alright. here we go again. it’s me – acacia. the garbage behind the queen that is beatriz hong. i forgot to tell y’all about me. so, here it goes: i like kpop. that’s it. so, anyways, here’s some stuff about beatriz! ✧･ﾟ:* \(◕‿◕✿)/ *:･ﾟ✧

****psa you clicked on this so you’re obligated to plot with me srry but i don’t make the rules.

░   * . ╰ ✯ ›  ⊰ JENNIE KIM, CIS-FEMALE, TWENTY-ONE ⊱ is that BEATRIZ HONG ? the STUDENT & ASPIRING MUSICIAN. they’re known to be CHARISMATIC & ALLURING. but also NAIVE & RECKLESS. unknown to them, they are the reincarnation of PSYCHE.

BACKGROUND + TRIGGER WARNINGS: abandonment/adoption, depression

ok so so sooooo, beatriz grew up in an orphanage. (this for sure got dark fast. whoops??) basically all her childhood memories before she was ten was all with other orphans. and it wasn’t like she didn’t like the people or the place, it was her home for awhile after all. but once she was old enough to realize what the hell was going on she got pretty sad… she often wondered why her biological fam didn’t keep her. therefore, she knows absolutely nothing about her real parents.

but yo it ain’t always sad because eventually bea gets adopted into a wealthy family. her adoptive father, mark hong, was a famous actor and stuntman back in the 1960s. (think of jackie chan tbh) her adoptive mother, joan hong, was an award-winning actress in south korea. when her parents got together they were madly in love. once they got married, they wanted to have a baby. but unfortunately, joan was incapable of getting pregnant. so they turned to adoption!! and that’s when bea comes in and becomes the light of their lives!!  eventually, her mom retired… but her father wanted to continue being in the film industry and he’s now a film director and producer.

so, bea grew up around the fame and what not. acting had always seem interesting to her. she was featured in a couple commercials and spoke a few lines in shows, but never went any further than that. acting was nice but she knew it wasn’t meant for her. luckily, her parents were understanding and never pressured her to chose a career like theirs. if she wanted to be a model, doctor, teacher – they would’ve supported her no matter what.

once bea turned thirteen she went through an awkward phase. while she had some friends, she didn’t have many. and it wasn’t because she couldn’t make them, she just felt better being alone. however, with this time alone she got into writing. at first it was basic poetry she was taught in school. then eventually it developed into lyrics. that’s when bea knew song writing became a passion for her.

on her fourteenth birthday she asked for keyboard. then started to write her own music. this lead to other instruments such as the guitar, ukulele, and a midi pad controller. she started to produce her own music and like published it all over youtube and soundcloud (yeah she was one of thoSSEEEE.) eventually, she started growing an audience. she didn’t expect people to enjoy what she was producing. sometimes she would do covers of songs and that’s how it all began. 

she’s not signed to any companies yet. she has a manager who’s in charge of all her content and actions bscly. she’s currently writing songs, the concept she has going right now is ariana grande’s my everything. aka she just got out of the your’s truly phase and is slowly transforming. she’s trying to one day fulfill her dream of becoming a real singer. but if she isn’t singing she’s a full time college student. she’s currently unemployed looking for a job. but she really doesn’t have to seeing she comes from a pretty wealthy family that loves her unconditionally.

PERSONALITY + RELATIONSHIPS

PERSONALITY wise, the girl has two sides. personality a: she is charismatic, creative, and alluring. she’s a sweetheart y’all. and i’m pretty sure that people try to push her around a lot. she’s very giving and has the best fan service. if her manager tells her not to stop and socialize at the airport, you know she’s gonna push past security to sneak in a few pics and accept those gifts. and when her friends force her out to party, trust that she’s gonna wild out. this girl looks like an absolute ball of sunshine. but personality b: everyone has a limit and if someone reaches her’s, that girl will snap so fast. she’s a bit naive and doesn’t have a good filter. so, most people find her rude sometimes but she only calls it as she sees it. she can be sarcastic af. sarcasm being her only form of defense. she’s grown out of her tough head of hair and morphed into a young woman so beautiful over the years, but also at times, terrifying?? self destructive?? even if she’ll never let anyone see her deteriorate her insides sigh. basically she’s a hot mess. but she tries her best to hide that shit. yeye sweg.

bea and FRIENDS. she’s a very energetic and outgoing girl. she’s really good at making friends and is in need of attention constantly. although she might have some slight trust issues. therefore, probably won’t ever get that deep with them. she still wants a shit ton of friend. bea kinda has that mom friend. she plans out their day, makes sure they stay on task, looks both ways before crossing the street, etc etc. but… she’s most likely the baby of the group. considering the fact she just turned twenty-one. so, mostly everyone has the need to protect her at all costs. but she ends up being the protector instead. she loves deeply and cares deeply. she would literally give up the world for the people she cares about the most. she likes to keep to herself most of the time, because she knows it keeps her out of drama. but she can still kick it with people who get themselves into drama (does that make sense??) you can say, she tends to hangout with the wrong people sometimes. rip. maybe because she wants to believe people r good (even though she knows they aren’t lol.) overall, i would say she needs a lot of friends. LOVE THIS LIL SMOL BEAN.

as for ENEMIES. i don’t really think she has any, but she might. deep deeeeep deeeeeeeeep down the girl is trust issue central when it comes to letting people in. she can’t help it. she has abandonment issues. therefore, she might come off as standoff-ish to new people. she keeps her circle tight. so maybe they think she’s cliquey? or she could have pushed people away. she’s like that one rihanna meme, them: you can’t just cut people off. bea: *holds a pair of scissors* she doesn’t have problem with letting people go. so maybe people think she’s a bitch because, “how could you just drop our five year long friendship like that.” and she’d just shrug. but really, she’s hurting beyond repair and will go home crying while eating a thing of ben & jerry’s chunky monkey. and there’s always that possibility where a friendship just didn’t work out. maybe they just stopped having time for each other and now it’s just mad awk. whatever it is, an enemy would b beaut.

and when it comes to LOVERS. what a thing just thinking about it. for being such a beautiful and captivating woman, she hasn’t had a serious relationship. has she been in relationships? possibly so, but it probably only lasted a month. dates? yes, she has definitely been spotted with a couple guys. but a serious relationship? never. this is because a boyfriend would mean the following: allowing someone into your life and exposing every single thing about yourself. loving someone with all your heart and giving them the power to h u r t you. that’s scary!!! so, bea is a big baby when it comes to things like this. i’m sure she’s friendzoned a lot of guys. her excuse being, she doesn’t have time for a relationship right now. (but ya she’s just scared.) i think bea is just waiting for the right guy… whoever tht is??

WANTED CONNECTIONS

FRIENDS

best friend — someone she believes (or wants to believe) will always be there for her. the person she feels most comfortable with. someone she hasn’t pushed away them away and hopes she won’t ever have to. // m, f, or nb 

childhood friend — her first friend(s)! the one she’s known since she got adopted. someone who has always been around. almost like family. // m, f, or nb

winghoe — the wingman yo. someone who sees bea a soft ball of sunshine. is constantly trying to get her to go out on dates and what not. // m, f, or nb

brotherly figure— completely platonic relationship. just someone who can protect this small bean at all costs. // m or nb

sisterly/motherly figure — someone who she looks up to. someone who she sees a role model. // f or nb

ENEMIES

mistaken — someone who thinks she’s just a rude, standoff-ish, biatch. bea has probably tried to explain to them that she doesn’t mean to come off like that. but this person just ain’t having it. // m, f, or nb

pushed away — they used to be friends but once shit got real, bea dropped them real fast. she just cut them off and it kind of resulted into this fucked up unnecessary tension. // m, f, or nb

rivals — someone who hates her and some she hates too. maybe they throw some mad shade at her all the time. just a lot of fighting. // m, f, or nb

corrupter — she is so naive. so maybe this person did her real dirty leaked some info about her being adopted? like once a really good friend and someone she can’t stand. // m, f, or nb  

LOVERS

exes — so basically, they had a thing but bea called it quits. or they did?? either way, bea just tries to ignore the fact that they were ever a thing. however, she’s mad awkward around them if they ever run into each other. // m or nb

the date — that one person she went on a date with. probably had some huge dating scandal after her relationship with her ex ended. // m or nb

publicity stunt — this would be good for the future. her manager probably set her up for this because she wasn’t in the top fifteen on the charts. they could get along or they could absolutely despise each other. // m or nb

the one — this could be a friend, an enemy, anything really. this could go in any direction we want. but this person gonna end up being the o n e. // m or nb

*** to be honest, throw whatever ideas you have right at me! i’m so down for whatever

MISCELLANEOUS 

☆ overall beatriz is a big ol’ fluff ball. the world sees her as a babydoll dressed in black and pink. an absolute doll. charming, cute, and talented. she seems like the full package. an absolute angel to her small group of fans, acquaintances, and etc….but anyone who really knows her, knows the girl has some bad abandonment issues because of her biological parents. and therefore pushes away the people who truly care about her. this also makes her really lonely, leaving her to be almost depressed. she’s truly a mess for someone who seems to have it all figured out. 

alright, this the end of my long ass intro. like dis up if u trynna plot. WE OO WE OOOOO.

[jugheadpens-blog]

► JUGHEAD JONES

► GENERAL INFORMATION

FULL NAME: forsythe pendleton jones iii NICKNAME(S): jughead, jug, juggie, misc. nicknames courtesy of reggie mantle AGE: 16 DATE OF BIRTH: october 2, 2001 GENDER IDENTITY: boy SEXUALITY:  biromantic with a strong preference for men and somewhere on the ace spectrum, probably demisexual NATIONALITY: american SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): english PAST OCCUPATION: operated the projector at the twilight drive-in RELIGION: agnostic

► APPEARANCE

FACE CLAIM: cole sprouse HEIGHT: 6 foot WEIGHT: 160 lbs BODY TYPE: lanky MUSCLE TONE: lean but there’s some there HAIR COLOR: black EYE COLOR: blue-green ACCENT: generic american SCARS: one across his back after being slammed into a locker particularly hard, burn scar on his left arm, tiny scar from accidentally slicing his thumb open with a knife on his right pinky TATTOOS: n/a for now

► BACKGROUND

HOMETOWN: riverdale FINANCIAL STATUS: v poor EDUCATION LEVEL: currently in high school CONVICTION(S): went to juvie when he was 10 for arson because he lit the school on fire while playing with matches FATHER: forsythe pendleton jones ii MOTHER: gladys jones SIBLING(S): forsythia “jellybean” jones PARTNER(S): n/a, formerly betty cooper CHILDREN: n/a

► EXTRA INFORMATION

HOROSCOPE: libra JUNG TYPE: intj ENNEAGRAM: the investigator, type 5, with hints of 4 and 6 MORAL ALIGNMENT: true neutral SIN: pride VIRTUE: patience MOTTO: “hope breeds eternal misery” THEME SONG: unsteady - x ambassadors

► PERSONALITY

POSITIVE TRAITS: eloquent, creative, candid, individualistic, practical, adaptable, perceptive, loyal, resilient, cunning, resourceful, scrappy, intelligent NEGATIVE TRAITS: stubborn, withdrawn, moody, pessimistic, guarded, self-righteous, insensitive,

► HEADCANONS/FUN FACTS

jughead wasn’t trying to burn the school down when he was 10, only his homework and the school happened to get caught up in the process. this is also where he got the burn scar on his left arm.

jughead is still figuring his sexuality out. he knows in theory the idea of dating someone is appealing but in practice the idea of anyone liking him like that freaks him out. he also generally prefers boys over girls. betty was the exception but he feels like they rushed into it when they were perfectly good as friends.

he would do literally anything for jellybean. his sister is super important to him and he’d do whatever it took to keep her safe. he’s always been protective over her growing up and he just wants to help her reach her full potential.

he knows how to pick locks

they were always to broke to afford consoles so jughead spent hours at the library or archie’s house mashing at the buttons until he became a master

he gave jellybean her nickname because when she was born he thought she was small enough to be a bean and kept calling her “bean” over and over, and his parents ran with it

his book about jason isn’t the first book he’s written. he’s got a crapton of writing, complete and incomplete, stashed on his laptop

speaking of his laptop, he bought it used off a rich kid who wanted to get a newer model, and he still saved every penny for ages until he could afford it, and it’s his baby

it’s entirely he’s going to get pulled into the less-than-legal side of serpent life if they persuade him in a way that sounds logical to him

he holds people far away because the idea of being vulnerable scares him and he feels like sooner or later everyone’s going to leave him anyways. he can hardly believe that archie and betty still haven’t.

speaking of archie, jughead loves him and would do anything for him because they’ve been best friends for so long archie’s basically family.

► WANTED CONNECTIONS

gladys jones, pls give this bean a mother, he needs a mom hug

serpent friends, who may or may not be bad influences, it’s up to you

follow up to serpent friends - the serpent who was holding hot dog - who i’ve heard is named ricky??? anyways that guy.

an older serpent, who looked after him and jelly when they were kids when their dad was busy w/ gang stuff or otherwise occupied and couldn’t look after them, so they have a bond and they’re attached and he trusts this person….it could be the dude in the finale who gave him the jacket

a significant other…that he can bond w/ emotionally….preferably a boyf but the right girl/nb is also possible….it has to be slow because jughead is very #iwouldprefernotto when it comes to dating so catching his interest is hard and his thing with betty has taught him he shouldn’t rush into a relationship even if he feels like that’s what’s “normal” and expected of him

[naomixmorgan]

Introduction;;

You know the drill by now. Info under the read more. Like or approach to plot. All the usual stuff lol. Now introducing Naomi Morgan~

Sexuality: It’s in the experimental phase. She likes guys, but she also wants to branch out and see how she feels about girls. 

Naomi grew up with a rough childhood. Her dad left when she was a baby, and it was just her, her big brother, her mom, and the endless revolving door of guys her mother would bring home and introduce as her boyfriend. She grew up practically poor; often times finding she had to go without electricity, cable, and even sometimes gas and water. 

Her mom was a bum; always drinking, getting high, or investing herself in her newest boyfriends. So Naomi really relied on her older brother the most. He was only two years older than she was (and technically only her half brother). Thankfully, he took care of her as much as she needed him too and became the family’s sole bread winner. She looked up to her big brother more than anything in the world, and knew that if she ever needed him he was right there for her to go to. 

Eventually, around the age of sixteen years old, Naomi’s dad came back into the picture. He wanted to be in her life, and she was reluctant at first. But when she realized it could benefit her she gave in. Her father was seemingly well off, having done good for himself, and she milked that as much as she could. Getting him to buy her gifts, loan her money for bills, and eventually even pay her college tution. No matter how much he pleaded her, though, she refused to move out of the home she grew up in. She knew she couldn’t leave her brother behind, and she was too worried about her mom. 

Throughout middle school and high school Naomi found she really had a passion for tech stuff. She started learning basic coding at the age of 12, and by the time she was half way through high school she was a pro. She could get through any fire wall she wanted, hack whoever she needed, and protected her stuff well enough that she knew she was unhackable in return. Not many people know about her hacking/computer smarts; she likes to keep it on the DL. Don’t let that fool you though; for a geek girl she’s pretty spit fire. 

She takes a lot of pride in her appearance a lot of the time. There’s never a moment you won’t see her with her make-up done (unless something specific happens to keep her from doing it), and she always tries to dress as nice as possible. 

She’s currently a sophomore in college, studying computer science and things having to do with VR. 

Despite being a giant geek, she’s kinda your stereotypical girl?? Loves shopping, Starbucks gold card member, all the things you might think when you think girl she loves.

She’s also a writer. A lot of what she did in high school was write for their school paper. So, when she got to college it was no different. And in no time she was one of their main writers there; writing mainly gossip columns and so on. She’s currently in the running for becoming editor of the paper there. 

Small things about Naomi:

She had a pregnancy scare in high school. 

Had a long term boyfriend that she broke things off with before college. She wanted to go into college without the hassle of being committed to someone. 

Her favorite color is pink. 

She lives for Star Trek. 

Her other favorite show is Doctor Who. She’s watched all of it, even the originals. Personally, she thinks Christopher Eccleston should have been on it longer, she loves his Doctor. 

Listens to Taylor Swift like it’s her religion. But she has a guilty pleasure for all things rock/pop punk. As well as indie music. 

Reads a lot of Stephen King. 

Growing up her favorite book series was R.L. Stein’s Goosebumps. She used to read them to her brother all the time when they were bored.

Her favorite movie of all time is and always will be Can’t Buy Me Love. Although Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club come close to beating it out sometimes. 

Kinda also really enjoys the Shrek movies???? She wouldn’t ever admit that though. 

Is 100% insecure about the way she grew up, so she’s very hesitant on telling new people about it. She won’t open up about it until she trusts them completely. 

Wanted Connections:

Competition ;; ( m,nb // 19-22 ) ;; Her rival. Mainly in the school paper, but it could be in a number of things. They butt heads a lot, and bicker back and forth, but they really motivate each other to do better (even if they don’t know it). Naomi thinks they’re kinda cute, intellectually and looks wise. She’s not gonna admit it though because the last thing she needs is to look weak in front of the competition. 

Fling ;; ( f // 19-22 ) ;; Someone Naomi is hooking up with right now while she completely figures out her sexuality. They’re not in love, and Naomi doesn’t feel anything for them (or well, she doesn’t intend to). It’s just a good time for the both of them while she sorts out how she feels about girls in general. 

Friends ;; ( anyone ) ;; Self explanatory. She just needs lots of friends. Old friends, new friends, close friends, frenemies, whatever you can think of. She’s a social butterfly and thrives off of social interaction. 

[hangjie]

anonymous asked: ayyy hello!! I’m here for ur matchup event, can I req for aot and bsd pls? I prefer men (+ hanji, since they’re nb) ! I use all pronouns and I’m bisexual. if this counts […]

I SHIP YOU WITH … EREN YEAGER

CANON-VERSE

at first, eren didn’t think of you as someone else besides his friend or as one of his colleagues from the survey corps. he wasn’t too fond of you at first since you reminded him of jean with a mix of annie. he wasn’t as close with you as mikasa and armin but he still considered you as a friend.

when it was found out that eren was a titan, you were utterly shocked yet you weren’t scared of him unlike the others. you didn’t blame him or looked at him differently, he was still the enthusiastic and determinded boy who was admantly focused on getting rid of the titans from this forsaken world. you felt sorry and sad for him.

you were walking around the survey corps headquarters and you saw that he was being victimized by the insults and blame of the other soldiers. mikasa and armin were trying to back him up but you didn’t hesitate to jump in and defend him. the trio was surprised as you screamed at the older soldiers in front of you. they told you that you should back away from eren because “we’ll never know when he’ll turn into a titan and kill everyone” but you didn’t back down. it was unnecessary and pathetic. these petty grown-up soldiers were tagretting a scared boy who wanted to help and keep his loved ones safe since they couldn’t save their own asses and had nothing better to do.

eventually, the adults huffed and walked away, leaving you with mikasa, armin, and eren. the three of them only looked at you with gaping mouths and wide eyes but you smiled at them and reassured eren that you were on his side before walking away to do your own business. since that day, you became part of their small group.

immediately, you were like eren’s other half (much to mikasa’s dismay). you both were very energetic and did things together which resulted to a lot of memories filled with jokes, pranks, and adventures.

since you were close to eren, you knew a lot of information and were aware of the two sides of the coin which resulted to you akways arguing with someone (especially levi) in order to protect eren. you knew that he was very capable of of himself yet you did much to fight for him since he is the prime target of everyone and you believe that he is indeed the hope for eldia. eren is smart and he always has tricks up his sleeves, so you back him up in his plans but sometimes, you would also fight and argue with his ideology (especially during the yeagerists and the alliance) but both of you do not take these arguments to heart.

when eren began the yeagerist movement, he didn’t force you to choose a side yet deep inside, he just hoped that no matter what side you choose, you would understand his motives at the end. he distanced himself from you since he didn’t want to physically hurt you and he didn’t want to see your reaction, knowing that it would mentally affect him and his emotions. during that time, his mind was clouded of the thoughts of protecting his family and friends and most especially, you.

MODERN AU

eren absolutely adores your dyed hair and how your natural brown hair fades into pink. he would help you maintain your hair, buy the haircare products that you need, help you dye it when you want it to be a different color, and so on. eren would also be down to dye his hair, may it be just the end, some highlights, or his entire head, just so he could match yours.

eren was hesitant to home cats at first but now, he’s the father of your two cats. he would be the person that does not want pets but will be the one to care for them the most at the end. your cats are adopted and rescued and both of you love them so much and one would mostly prefer you and the other with eren. one time, you caught eren enthusiastically playing with one of your cats and he was talking to her in a baby voice but when you brought it up, he completely denied it.

when you’re trying to cheer your friends up, eren’s the one to make sure that whatever you do isn’t too risky and if it is, he’s the one to rescue you. because of this, he would often say that he’s your “knight in shining armor” (to which you scoff at).

it may not look like it but eren is very physically affectionate. in the morning, he would cover your face with kisses. when you’re meeting up somewhere else, he would greet you with a kiss on the cheek and when you need to leave, he gives you a hug. when someone else is talking to you, he will hug you from behind. when he’s standing behind you, he will place his chin on top of your head. when you’re sitting across from him, he will put his hand on top of yours and when you’re sitting beside him, he will lean against your shoulder. eren just loves you too much and wants to protect you from all the harm that this world might give. plus, he loves to rub it on jean’s face that he managed to get with you and make him jealous.

I SHIP YOU WITH … CHUUYA NAKAHARA

when you joined the port mafia, chuuya was completely enamored by your presence. he would always stare at you in admiration, talk about how pretty you look that day or how good you’re fighting to others, and he would always try to accompany you during missions. when the others started to notice, chuuya denied having feelings for you at first since he didn’t believe in love. he claimed that it was pointless since both of you were too busy. even if he denies everything, everyone from the port mafia would notice the blush in his cheeks and his stammering when he talks about you.

it was only after a dangerous mission that he admitted his feelings towards you. you were badly injured and chuuya feared for your life. when you were finally better, he ran to your side and told you what he felt and after that, the rest was history. the port mafia was happy for the both of you but at the same time, they regretted trying to put you both together since chaos occurred at every moment you two are together.

your dates are very adrenaline-pumping despite having to face danger during your missions. though, when the two of you decide to have a “low-key” date, you go shopping, eat in restaurants, have a picnic, drink alcohol, and so on.

chuuya alway brags that he’s the best boyfriend in the world yet with one touch or one look from you, he goes stuttering and blushing like mad. he’s all talk but no bite. he only shows you affection in public when dazai is around, just to show you off to him.

speaking of dazai, he doesn’t understand why you decided to be with chuuya (which results in chuuya screaming and insulting him) and often questions what you see in the little and short-tempered man. he also flirts with you, telling you to be with him instead yet you only shake your head and give chuuya a kiss on his cheek.

although chuuya isn’t fond of pda (or is too shy to display them), he’s a man who’s very good with his words. he is very loud and has a big mouth, so he uses it to express his love verbally. chuuya never fails to praise you when you’ve done a good job during missions, to compliment your looks, to tell you how glad he is to have you in his life, how proud he is of your growth, and to tell you he loves you every day. he never gets tired of saying how much he loves you and he is very willing to go to the mountain tops to scream how much he loves you.

author’s note: wRITER’S BLOCK SUCKS, i’m so sorry anon HUHUHUHU

♡ MATCH UP GUIDELINES AND RULES

© hangjie 2021

[paullassiterca]

The Government Is Keeping Your Child's DNA

In the U.S., virtually all newborn babies have their heels pricked when they’re between 24 and 48 hours old, typically before they leave the hospital. The purpose is to collect drops of blood to test for certain genetic, metabolic and congenital disorders, including phenylketonuria (PKU), cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease and others.

This newborn genetic screening started in the 1960s with screening for PKU and is now required in all 50 states, although each state runs its own program. Today, all states test for at least 29 disorders, with some testing for more than 60, but some health care providers may still refer to it as the “PKU test.” The conditions included are those that can be effectively treated when caught early, preventing death or disability.

Not only is this the only test babies receive that’s performed by the state department of health, but it’s also mandatory, except in some cases of religious exemption. Every year, nearly 4 million U.S. babies receive newborn screening, and more than 5,000 are identified as having one of the screenable conditions.1

Parents, in the hazy first hours after having a child, may or may not remember their baby receiving the heel prick — and won’t hear much else about it, unless their baby is diagnosed with one of the conditions. Yet, in some states, the blood drops taken from the child are not simply disposed of after the test.

Instead, they’re sent to storage facilities that, in some cases, keep them indefinitely, raising serious concerns about privacy, patients’ rights and the right of informed consent.

California Runs a Biobank Housing Every Newborn’s Blood

California is among a handful of states that store newborn blood spots indefinitely. When CBS station KPIX asked six new moms about the test, and subsequent storage of the leftover blood spots, they were shocked.

State law requires that parents be informed of their right to have the samples destroyed, but the information is hidden on Page 13 of a 14-page genetic screening pamphlet given to women along with a stack of other papers in the hours after giving birth — hardly a time when most parents will commit to sorting through folders of paperwork.

The pamphlet is supposed to be given to women once before their due date and again in the hospital before the heel prick, but there is no one tracking whether this actually occurs, and many parents say they received the information only after the test was performed, if at all.

In a larger poll of California parents, three-quarters similarly were unaware that the state stored leftover blood spots indefinitely, and two-thirds weren’t even sure if they received the newborn screening information. California has been storing blood spots since 1983 and has collected more than 9.5 million samples since 2000, according to CBS.2

According to state law, parents don’t need to opt-in to having their baby’s blood spot stored because blood specimens collected in a hospital or medical facility are not your property but become that of the state.3 According to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS):4

“After the newborn screening tests are done, a small amount of dried blood remains on the filter paper card. Many labs keep and store these ‘residual samples’ because of their continued value to the family, laboratories’ quality control and assurance monitoring, and public health.

Each state’s policies around residual blood spot storage and use are different — some store the blood samples only for a few weeks and then destroy them, while others store the spots indefinitely.”

What Are the Blood Samples Used For?

The simplest explanation is that dried blood spots can be used if retesting is required or if the parents need further testing of the baby, but there are far more uses than this. California’s newborn screening program uses residual blood spots for quality control, such as ensuring tests are accurate, as well as to develop new tests to add to the panel. They’re also used for additional research:5

“California law requires the NBS [Newborn Screening Branch] program to use or provide newborn screening specimens for department-approved studies of diseases in women and children, such as research related to identifying and preventing disease. This could be to study birth defects, chronic disease, exposure to toxins or infections.”

However, it’s not only government researchers who have access to the samples. According to CBS, California’s biobank has sold 16,000 blood spots since 2013, totaling about $700,000. Private researchers can obtain the blood spots for $20 to $40 each, and though they must meet certain criteria for their request to be granted, it’s possible that the samples could fall into the wrong hands.

When asked whether it was possible for blood spots to be requested for a certain purpose but used for another, Fred Lorey, the former director of the California Genetic Disease Screening Program, told CBS, “I want to say no … But I’m not ready to say no because I know how humans can be sometimes.”6

Law Enforcement May Also Access the Blood Samples

Aside from researchers, blood spots have been used by coroners to identify bodies as well as by parents looking for paternity testing. Law enforcement can also gain access to blood spots if they have a court order, and in this case the blood spots are identified.

“[Consumer Watchdog’s Jamie] Court points to the recent case of the Golden State Killer. Investigators used public ancestry sites to identify a murder suspect using decades-old unidentified DNA from a crime scene,” CBS reported.7

While California states that their screening program does not store information about babies’ DNA or store a “DNA profile” or DNA database, there’s debate over whether blood spots can truly stay anonymous. In California, the blood spots are given only a number and are stored in a separate building from the identifying information, which is removed from the server and microfiched after a few years.

Yet, according to Court, “There is no such thing as de-identified DNA … The very nature of DNA is that it identifies you and your genetic code specifically.”8 The Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) even went so far as to question whether newborn genetic screening could be the new eugenics, noting, “the eugenic programs of the 20th century may now have transformed themselves into 21st century State and Federal 'public health genetics’ programs.”9

They suggest that informed written parent consent is needed to protect citizens, including newborns, and recommend the following protective strategies:

• Allow parents to choose the conditions for which their child is tested

• Destruct current state newborn DNA repositories

• Require informed written consent before newborn blood is taken for:

◦ Newborn genetic screening

◦ Government storage of test results and newborn DNA

◦ Research using newborn DNA and newborn genetic test results

“Finally,” CCHF states, “State legislatures should privatize newborn genetic screening programs to protect citizens from State genetic registries, State ownership of citizen DNA, government research projects, and intrusive government interference in private family and medical decisions.”10

Families Sue Government for Using Stored Blood Spots Without Permission

If you’re thinking that storing babies’ blood spots without parents’ consent sounds like an overreach of government or legal authority, you’re not the only one. In 2008, five families sued the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and Texas A&M University for just that. The state had changed its policy regarding newborn screening samples in 2002 from destroying them to giving them to researchers.

The suit alleged that this violated the parents’ rights under the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures. The case was settled and DSHS was required to publically list where the blood spots had been used for research.

In addition to giving them to pharmaceutical companies, the samples were provided to the U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, prompting another lawsuit that DSHS acted with deception in distributing the samples.11

Although the case was ultimately dismissed, Texas destroyed millions of stored blood spots and now requires parents to opt-in to the storage program while disclosing whether they’re planning to distribute the sample and to whom. Newsweek reported that while most people are supportive of allowing states to keep blood spots and store them, provided they give permission and receive explanations, it deserves a second thought:12

“Currently, there are private commercial data banks, including those run by health care companies; biobanks under the auspices of the NIH, academic and private research institutions; and the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System, routinely used for law enforcement purposes.

[Jeremy Gruber, president of the Council for Responsible Genetics] says as genetic biobanks ‘become more widespread and the uses for DNA become more common … we’re going to start to see more and more bleed-over of these databases.’”

CCHF also highlighted a case in Michigan in which parents sued the state for storing and using their child’s blood without their consent. A judge dismissed the case, claiming the actions did not cause “harm,” but CCHF disagreed, pointing out the following instances of harm that result from the storage of newborn DNA:13

“The government essentially owns the DNA of every newborn through the newborn screening program. With this court case, the government has now claimed ownership and the judge has agreed.

Legislators can come up with new things to do with Baby DNA, such as genetic sequencing and law enforcement.

Not only has privacy been dismissed, but the ability to tell the government it cannot take DNA, blood or genetic property has also been dismissed. 

Patients don’t realize the harm if they are unaware DNA has been stored and could be used against them or for activities to which they are opposed.

Through DNA storage and research, another party can gain knowledge of the elements and biomarkers in the child’s DNA and, therefore, have information on the subject, which the subject does not know.

Once the storage is discovered, parents may experience fear of what the government and researchers have already done, and what they might do in the future. This too is harm.”

Can You Protect Your Baby’s Privacy?

If you like the idea of having your newborn screened for genetic diseases but don’t want your child’s blood spot stored, you may be able to opt out. First, contact your state health department and find out what the storage policies are for blood spots taken for newborn screening.

CCHF maintains data on how long state governments keep the samples as well as opt-out forms for Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, South Carolina, Texas and Washington.14 California also allows parents to request that their baby’s blood spots be destroyed, via this form.

While it’s clear that large databases of newborn blood samples provide unprecedented research opportunities, there’s also the potential for such samples to be used in unforeseen ways that threaten privacy. At the very least, parents have the right to informed consent not only about genetic testing for their child but also how their related blood samples are used in the future.

from Articles http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2019/01/22/baby-pku-test.aspx source https://niapurenaturecom.tumblr.com/post/182210853981