#this was compiled by napoleon when he was like 20 and there’s a lot of other stuff going on in his life

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A copy of Napoleon’s Notes on English History, edited by Henry Foljmabe Hall came in the mail for me and it already looks so wild

Just skimming and for the highlights of English history I tend to be interested in, so far we have Napoleon just losing track of all the genealogies in the War of the Roses. Relatable.

Richard III? Definitely had the princess smothered, move over Philippe Langley, Napoleon has already made his ruling in like 1788.

Later, he straight up makes up where Henry VII gets his “claim” to the throne from. Not on purpose but it’s clear he has no idea. Probably from his mom? Who was descended from…a…daughter? Of Edward iii? Right? Sure, says Napoleon, let’s go with that

He does note some “niche” history like how Anne Boleyn was accused of incest by Lady Rochford. He doesn’t note who she’s accused of committing it with. He also later and erroneously notes that Katherine Howard was accused of incest.

Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded primarily, he says, because she was Christian.

And those are my highlights baby

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you know that thing where you're watching a show or reading a book and you can know, instinctively, that it was produced by a Homestuck? like sometimes there's very specific language used or concept present but sometimes theres not and its just a vibe you get, a character cracking a joke and you're like 'oh ho ho, this writer used to be a homestuck!'

thats how i feel about other mormon creatives, as someone raised in mormon culture. i'm not talking about doctrine or preachiness (though obviously when thats there its evident too) i mean, like... i only read three brandon sanderson books and they're clearly written by someone with big influence from mormon culture. Card too, awful as he is!! Twilight could have been written by a nonmormon but so much of her stylistic choices are clearly attempts to reconcile her mormonism with the sexy vampire trope. Napoleon Dynamic could not have been produced by a nonmormon though it would be impossible!!

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project update!! check it out!!

this is a basic draft, every planet outlined and colored so I know where things go so I can remove the tracing material

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there's a post in the tag about someone wishing to see more Omar in D20 and I agree, but it also reminded me about how a year ago a few RPG streamers I like started Power Play, and I never ended up watching it, and I just recently learned that Omar was in that and I could have seen what an awesome player he was long ago if I just had watched it

and then I got to thinking about how many cool actual plays are out there that don't have the budget that Dimension 20 or Critical Role have, but tell really cool stories with really good players regardless! And a lot of these players deserve recognition, but there's so little space to showcase new players for audiences who only watch D20 or CR

so anyway I compiled a list of every single actual play Omar has been in (at least, those I could find VODs for):

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15 remarkable moments from Trump’s NYT interview

Trump gives an interview from his desk in the Oval Office earlier this year. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

President Trump lashed out at Attorney General Jeff Sessions, deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, former FBI director James Comey, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe and independent counsel Robert Mueller in an interview with the New York Times on Wednesday.

In a wide-ranging discussion with Times reporters Peter Baker, Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman in the Oval Office, Trump sounded off on topics ranging from Russian investigation to presidential handshakes.

Here are some of the notable moments from the president’s interview with the newspaper he likes to describe as “failing.”

• Trump wants to have a military parade on Pennsylvania Avenue like the one he saw in Paris

“It was one of the most beautiful parades I have ever seen. And in fact, we should do one one day down Pennsylvania Ave. I’ve always thought of that. I’ve always thought of that. I’ve thought of it long before. … The Bastille Day parade was — now that was a super-duper — O.K. I mean, that was very much more than normal. They must have had 200 planes over our heads. Normally you have the planes and that’s it, like the Super Bowl parade. And everyone goes crazy, and that’s it. That happened for — and you know what else that was nice? It was limited. You know, it was two hours, and the parade ended. It didn’t go a whole day. They didn’t go crazy. You don’t want to leave, but you have to. Or you want to leave, really. These things are going on all day. It was a two-hour parade. They had so many different zones. Maybe 100,000 different uniforms, different divisions, different bands. Then we had the retired, the older, the ones who were badly injured. The whole thing, it was an incredible thing.

• Trump explains his extended handshakes with French President Emmanuel Macron

Haberman: He was very deferential to you. Very.

Trump: He’s a great guy. Smart. Strong. Loves holding my hand.

Haberman: I’ve noticed.

Trump: People don’t realize he loves holding my hand. And that’s good, as far as that goes.

• Trump talks Napoleon, Hitler and the economy

Trump: Well, Napoleon finished a little bit bad. But I asked that. So I asked the [President Macron], so what about Napoleon? He said: “No, no, no. What he did was incredible. He designed Paris.” [garbled] The street grid, the way they work, you know, the spokes. He did so many things even beyond. And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death. How many times has Russia been saved by the weather? [garbled]

Same thing happened to Hitler. Not for that reason, though. Hitler wanted to consolidate. He was all set to walk in. But he wanted to consolidate, and it went and dropped to 35 degrees below zero, and that was the end of that army.

But the Russians have great fighters in the cold. They use the cold to their advantage. I mean, they’ve won five wars where the armies that went against them froze to death. … It’s pretty amazing.

So, we’re having a good time. The economy is doing great.

• Trump says the first lady of Japan, Akie Abe, who gave a speech in English in 2014, couldn’t even say ‘hello’

Trump: So, I was seated next to the wife of Prime Minister Abe [Shinzo Abe of Japan], who I think is a terrific guy, and she’s a terrific woman, but doesn’t speak English.

Haberman: Like, nothing, right? Like zero?

Trump: Like, not “hello.”

Haberman: That must make for an awkward seating.

Trump: Well, it’s hard, because you know, you’re sitting there for——

Haberman: Hours.

Trump: So the dinner was probably an hour and 45 minutes.

• Trump says his unscheduled chat with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit was about ‘Russian adoption’

Trump: [Melania] was sitting next to Putin and somebody else, and that’s the way it is. So the meal was going, and toward dessert I went down just to say hello to Melania, and while I was there I said hello to Putin. Really, pleasantries more than anything else. It was not a long conversation, but it was, you know, could be 15 minutes. Just talked about — things. Actually, it was very interesting, we talked about adoption.

Haberman: You did?

Trump: We talked about Russian adoption. Yeah. I always found that interesting. Because, you know, he ended that years ago. And I actually talked about Russian adoption with him, which is interesting because it was a part of the conversation that Don [Trump Jr.,] had in that meeting. As I’ve said — most other people, you know, when they call up and say, “By the way, we have information on your opponent,” I think most politicians — I was just with a lot of people, they said [inaudible], “Who wouldn’t have taken a meeting like that?”

• Trump believes Comey was seeking ‘leverage’ over him by sharing the dossier about allegations the Russian government had compiled incriminating information on him

Trump: When he brought it to me, I said this is really made-up junk. I didn’t think about anything. I just thought about, man, this is such a phony deal. I said, this is — honestly, it was so wrong, and they didn’t know I was just there for a very short period of time. It was so wrong, and I was with groups of people. It was so wrong that I really didn’t, I didn’t think about motive. I didn’t know what to think other than, this is really phony stuff. In my opinion, he shared it so that I would think he had it out there.

Schmidt: As leverage?

Trump: Yeah, I think so. In retrospect.

• Trump says a special counsel ‘should never have been appointed’

Trump: I have done nothing wrong. A special counsel should never have been appointed in this case.

• Trump says he regrets choosing Sessions as attorney general

Trump: Sessions should have never recused himself, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job, and I would have picked somebody else.

Haberman: He gave you no heads up at all, in any sense?

Trump: Zero. So Jeff Sessions takes the job, gets into the job, recuses himself. I then have — which, frankly, I think is very unfair to the president. How do you take a job and then recuse yourself? If he would have recused himself before the job, I would have said, “Thanks, Jeff, but I can’t, you know, I’m not going to take you.” It’s extremely unfair, and that’s a mild word, to the president. So he recuses himself. I then end up with a second man, who’s a deputy.

What Jeff Sessions did was he recused himself right after, right after he became attorney general. And I said, “Why didn’t you tell me this before?”

• Trump appears to think the FBI director reports to him

Trump: And nothing was changed other than Richard Nixon came along. And when Nixon came along [inaudible] was pretty brutal, and out of courtesy, the F.B.I. started reporting to the Department of Justice. But there was nothing official, there was nothing from Congress. There was nothing — anything. But the F.B.I. person really reports directly to the president of the United States, which is interesting. You know, which is interesting. And I think we’re going to have a great new F.B.I. director.

• Trump’s granddaughter makes a surprise appearance

Trump: Hi baby, how are you?

Arabella Kushner: [enters room] Hi, Grandpa.

Trump: My granddaughter Arabella, who speaks — say hello to them in Chinese.

Kushner: Ni hao.

[laughter]

Trump: This is Ivanka. You know Ivanka.

Ivanka Trump: [from doorway] Hi, how are you? See you later, just wanted to come say hi.

Trump: She’s great. She speaks fluent Chinese. She’s amazing.

Baker: That’s very impressive.

Trump: She spoke with President Xi [Jinping of China]. Honey? Can you say a few words in Chinese? Say, like, “I love you, Grandpa” —

Kushner: Wo ai ni, Grandpa.

Baker: That’s great.

Trump: She’s unbelievable, huh?

[crosstalk]

Trump: Good, smart genes.

• Trump claims he is not under FBI investigation

Trump: The bottom line is this. The country’s doing well. We are, we are moving forward with a lot of great things. The unemployment is the lowest it’s been in 16 years. The stock market is the highest it’s ever been. It’s up almost 20 percent since I took office. And we’re working hard on health care. Um, the Russian investigation — it’s not an investigation, it’s not on me — you know, they’re looking at a lot of things.

• Trump calls his son’s meeting last year with a number of Russians offering information to use against Hillary Clinton ‘standard political stuff’

Trump: I didn’t look into it very closely, to be honest with you. I just heard there was an email requesting a meeting or something — yeah, requesting a meeting. That they have information on Hillary Clinton, and I said — I mean, this was standard political stuff.

Schmidt: Did you know at the time that they had the meeting?

Trump: No, I didn’t know anything about the meeting.

Schmidt: But you didn’t——

Trump: It must have been a very important — must have been a very unimportant meeting, because I never even heard about it.

• Trump says the meeting had no effect on his campaign

Trump: I don’t think I added anything much different than I had been doing. … I’ve made some very strong speeches about the corrupt emails. The 33,000 emails being deleted and bleached, and all of the things she was doing. I would make those speeches routinely. … There wasn’t much I could say about Hillary Clinton that was worse than what I was already saying. I mean, I was talking about, she deleted and bleached, which nobody does because of the cost. How she got away with that one, I have no idea. 33,000 emails. I talked about the back of the plane, I talked about the uranium deal, I talked about the speech that Russia gave Clinton — $500,000 while she was secretary of state — the husband. I talked about the back of the plane — honestly, Peter, I mean, unless somebody said that she shot somebody in the back, there wasn’t much I could add to my repertoire.

• Trump warns Mueller not to look into his family’s finances beyond Russia, but declines to say whether he would fire him for doing so

Trump: I don’t — I mean, it’s possible there’s a condo or something, so, you know, I sell a lot of condo units, and somebody from Russia buys a condo, who knows? I don’t make money from Russia. In fact, I put out a letter saying that I don’t make — from one of the most highly respected law firms, accounting firms. I don’t have buildings in Russia. They said I own buildings in Russia. I don’t. They said I made money from Russia. I don’t. It’s not my thing. I don’t, I don’t do that. Over the years, I’ve looked at maybe doing a deal in Russia, but I never did one. Other than I held the Miss Universe pageant there.

Schmidt: But if he was outside that lane, would that mean he’d have to go?

Trump: I think that’s a violation. Look, this is about Russia. So I think if he wants to go, my finances are extremely good, my company is an unbelievably successful company. And actually, when I do my filings, peoples say, “Man.” People have no idea how successful this is. It’s a great company. But I don’t even think about the company anymore. I think about this. ’Cause one thing, when you do this, companies seem very trivial. O.K.? I really mean that. They seem very trivial. But I have no income from Russia. I don’t do business with Russia.

Haberman: Would you fire Mueller if he went outside of certain parameters of what his charge is?

Trump: I can’t answer that question because I don’t think it’s going to happen.

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Although there was a settlement in La Roche-sur-Yon since the middle ages, the true story of the town began on May 24, 1804.

That was the day Napoleon enacted the Royal Decree on the transfer of rights. Regional forces for a whole new town. La Roche-sur-Yon is the result, a street network designed with pentagonal borders. The town is organized around a stunning central Plaza, Place Napoléon and was built in just a few decades. It’s all an interesting tale, told by the town’s dominating Neoclassical buildings. And here in the Vendée department, you’re halfway between the ocean and the award-winning Puy du Fou theme park, so there’s no lack of inspiration for days out. Discover the best things to do in La Roche-sur-Yon.

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1. Place Napoléon

Exactly the place to start your visit to La Roche-sur-Yon, Place Napoléon is one of the largest public areas in France. It’s a gigantic plaza with avenues and water gardens around an equestrian statue of the emperor.

Many of the town’s big attractions are on the square, and we’ll come to them shortly. But there are also lots of low-key but interesting sights that you can look out for on a stroll. The Grande Auberge received Napoleon on August 8, 1808, and is one of a few amenities, like the Town Hall, that were approved in person by the emperor in 1805.

2. Les Animaux de la Place

La Roche-sur-Yon has found a wonderfully imaginative use for the water gardens on Place Napoleon. In the ponds are animatronic machines designed by François Delarozière. He’s the guy who made the mind-blowing moving sculptures at the Machines of the Isle of Nantes, which are now world-famous.

Here there are a crocodile, hippo, dromedary, otter, ibis, and flamingos that can be controlled from little stations by the ponds. You can make them open their eyes, lift their legs, spread their wings, all with the use of solar energy, cables, and hydraulic systems.

3. Église Saint-Louis

The monument that attracts attention to Place Napoleon is the striking neoclassical church, which began in 1817 and completed 12 years later.

The portico facing the square has six smooth, Tuscan-style columns, while the giant columns supporting the cavernous interior are Corinthian, and so are fluted and have dainty foliate capitals.

Throughout the 1800s the building had to deal with financial difficulties, and one way these were overcome was with trompe l’oeil murals in place of real ornaments. These images adorn the ceiling and walls in the nave, chorus, and walkway, representing medals and even architectural details such as stone carvings and balustrades.

4. Haras de la Vendée

La Roche-sur-Yon’s stud farm is something no equestrian fan should miss.

This prestigious facility, in 4.5 hectares of greenery, can tell you all sorts of things about the region’s culture: You can learn the history of the town’s cavalry, find out about Vendée’s traditional horse breeds, witness the old-time knowhow of saddlers and farriers, and make friends with the horses themselves.

But the Haras de la Vendée is also a functioning training center for equestrianism and puts on remarkable demonstrations on Thursday evenings in Spring and Summer. And the Haras is also the place to go if you’d like a horse-drawn tour of the town.

5. Musée Municipal

  For a pinch of culture, the town’s museum deals mainly with contemporary photography and art from 1600-1900. Through donations and purchases, it has compiled a first-rate photography exhibition by Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Wall, Thomas Ruff and many more.

They come with a buffer of about 500 small format photos from the 20s and 30s. The graphic art galleries here are also impressive, with 3,000 works, mostly from the 1800s and including the watercolors of the giant Eugène Boudin.

Finally, for sculpture, there is a bust of Auguste Rodin and a painting of Napoleon by Antoine-Denis Chaudet.

6. Musée du Chocolat Gelencser

The Maison Gelencser has been a fixture in La Roche-sur-Yon since 1956, and in 2014 it opened a museum presenting the world of chocolate and the history of this local brand. You can learn how cocoa is grown and harvested, but can also understand the savior of a master chocolate maker.

The whole experience is punctuated with tastings, in six areas across 300 square meters. At the end of 2016, La Roche-sur-Yon set up a competition for local artisans to create a culinary specialty.

And this was made by Patrick Gelencser, the creator of Nap Napline, a small bust of Napoleon's dark chocolate filled with praline and caramel.

7. Prieuré de Chassay-Grammont

It rarely has a monastery complex to survive as well as this priest, a short trip in the village of Saint-Prouant.

One explanation for its excellent state of repair is that it’s a very small place that only housed 10 monks at a time after it was founded by Richard the Lionheart in 1196. And these men lived a meager existence, surviving on nothing more than bread, fruit, and vegetables.

There’s a kitchen, chapterhouse, refectory, and rooms for visitors around the small chapel for worship.

8. Maison Renaissance

Thanks to the sweeping changes made to the town at the start of the 1800s there is not a lot left from before that time. But the Maison Renaissance on the Place de la Vieille Horloge is one.

It’s an Italianate mansion from 1566 and is indeed the oldest building in La Roche-sur-Yon. Built from granite, the house has a magnificent spiral stairway and marvelous stone fireplaces in its rooms.

And it’s the place to catch up on the transformations that happened in the town after 1804, outlining this feat of urban planning. In addition, there was a retrospective copy of René Couzinet, the pioneer aviation engineer and manufacturer whose factory was located outside the town.

9. Centre Beautour

On the graceful estate of the Vendée naturalist, Georges Durand is a center that lets you discover the biodiversity around La Roche-sur-Yon.

When Durand passed away in 1964 he bequeathed his large collections of butterflies and birds to the town, but after his death, his beautiful home had been left to deteriorate for 40 years until the municipality stepped in a decade ago and gave it a makeover.

So now, in 8.5 hectares of parkland the house and its visitor center exhibits Durand’s collections and have a load of complementary displays about Vendée’s wildlife.

10. Théâtre Municipal

A grand theatre had been planned in La Roche-sur-Yon ever since Napoleon’s decree, and for the first few decades of the 19th century, performances were actually held in the central chamber of the town’s covered market.

The theatre was finally completed in 1845 and in keeping with the rest of La Roche-sur-Yon has resplendent Neoclassical architecture, with a Tuscan-style portico on its facade and gleaming white stone.

The institution is a French “scène nationale”, so it has a big role in the region’s cultural development. Check the dance, theatre, music and literature listings to see if something suits you, as the wooden interior and horseshoe layout allow for exceptional acoustics.

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How 41-year-old Tori Nelson fought her way to a title bout with 22-year-old Olympic champion Claressa Shields

Tori Nelson, 41, is fighting Claressa Shields, a 22-year-old Olympic champion. It won’t be nearly the hardest thing she’s had to do.

On Friday, Jan. 12, Tori Nelson will fight Claressa Shields for the WBC and IBF super middleweight titles on Showtime. The fight will headline the ShoBox: The New Generation card, which will take place at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y. It’s a primetime bout, pitting two women who took diametric paths to success.

Shields is one of the current forces of women’s boxing. At just 22 years old, she is already the only American boxer to ever win consecutive gold medals at the Olympics. She has accomplished about as much as anyone can in such a short period of time, and got going early -- she started at 11 years old to become one of the world’s best fighters.

And when you look to the other side of the ring, you'll see Nelson — a 41 year old who didn't think about boxing until age 29, who hit her prime well past the age when the world’s best boxers are past theirs.

Nelson began to box in 2005 to lose weight. At the time, she was a mother of two kids working three minimum-wage jobs. Boxing was supposed to be a stress reliever from her rigorous schedule. Nelson quickly fell in love with the sport, however, and her passion manifested into a dream of catapulting up the pro ranks.

She made it to the top, not in spite of all the things that could have held her back — age, time, children — but because of them.

Nelson, who resides in Ashburn, Va., was an overburdened, working-class single mother before she started boxing. She worked as an IHOP waitress, a cafeteria worker, and a school bus driver to make ends meet. There weren’t enough hours in the day for her to relax.

Her ex-husband — who boxed in the military — told her the cardiovascular aspect of boxing would help her get in shape. The training regimen was overwhelming at first.

"Oh my God, it was crazy getting up at 5:30 a.m. I used to try and get up and go to the gym and work early,” Nelson said. “Then, I would come back [home] to shower, get them off to school, go to work, and try to train in the evening. It was a lot."

Nelson's children — Simone, now 19, and Q, 22 — accompanied her all the time to the gym, where they would complete their homework and play. Nelson trained five times a week at several gyms to spar against different boxers. Because she was a single mother, she needed to take her kids with her to look after them. They never had play time in the evenings, she said. "They were robbed of that."

Q was 10 when Nelson started boxing: "It was pretty amazing. It was full of surprises, and she was born with a gift," Q said.

Simone, who was only seven when Nelson started boxing, noticed even then how much her mom was improving: "She would spar with so many different people, so I enjoyed the new moves she learned because I could do them."

As a kid, Nelson fought in school to protect herself. She wasn't new to throwing punches. But she didn't have many boxing skills when she met Craig Fladager, her trainer.

Fladager immediately recognized her natural inclination to the sport, however. Nelson currently trains at a local UFC Gym.

“You can’t teach tenacity — the instincts of fighting,” Fladager told The Loudoun Tribune in October. “I could see that right away — the first time she got hit."

Fladager said most people move back in fear when they take a hit. Nelson was different from others. “She fought. Her instinct was to hit back," he said.

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Nelson's first boxing match as an amateur was in March 2008 after about a year of sparring. She had morphed into an up-and-coming competitor by then, ready to make a name for herself in the amateur ranks.

Nelson said the woman she clashed with in her first amateur fight was "so big." The match was so intense that Nelson's nose and lungs "were burning." Both competitors were exhausted after the match and couldn't stand.

"When the fight was over, she was laying on top of me in the corner,” Nelson said. “She was just laying on me like she had nothing else. I had to hold her and myself up. I was so glad to hear that bell. Oh God, I'll never forget that."

Nelson competed in 12 amateur bouts, and won three Golden Gloves in Washington, D.C. and Maryland. After she won her second Golden Gloves, her manager told her it was time to go pro. She won one more set of Golden Gloves before her first pro bout in 2010 against Baltimore’s Shelly Seivert — America's top-ranked boxer in the women's middleweight class at the time.

Nelson welcomed the challenge, but first she had to lose her protective head gear, something she relied on during matches as an amateur. She had to get into the habit of moving her head during matches.

Simone wasn't worried about whether her mother could last in the professional ranks. She always had confidence in her mother's ability as a boxer. "I feel sorry about the other girl with no head gear," Simone said.

Nelson and Seivert went the distance — but the judges gave Nelson a draw. Fladager told the The Loudoun Tribune that, early on, Nelson looked like she might lose her first pro fight.

“Tori was very nervous and had butterflies and I mean I really yelled at her in the corner,” Fladager said. "I’m usually pretty calm in the corner but I had to wake her up. So from about the middle of the first round until the end, she basically won the fight, but they gave her a draw."

Q called Nelson's first pro match "crazy.”

“I did not want her to get hurt or anything, but I knew she could do it. She's pretty brave. And once she got out the ring, I was amazed," he said.

In Dec. 2010, seven months later, Nelson defeated Seivert, who never stepped back in the ring again. "It kind of shut her down," Fladager said about Seivert.

That victory kickstarted Nelson’s career. She has compiled a 15-0-2 record and two knockouts since then, and won several championships along the way, including a middleweight world title in 2011. Nelson also scored a TKO in the second round against Mia St. John in 2014.

Nelson was on top of her game then. She was spending long hours in the gym, and her kids motivated her along the way.

There were times when Simone would simply ask Nelson, "Is that all you got?" during training sessions. Nelson called Simone "her little coach."

"She pushed so hard. I be looking for my real coach because I just want her to be going where she is going. She would make sure she got her two cents in," Nelson said while laughing.

Q was supportive but in other ways. He made sure Nelson was well rested and consumed proper foods. Every time Nelson exited the ring after training and fighting, she would ask him for his opinion.

Simone and Q never stepped away from their mother's side. Unfortunately for Nelson, the business of women’s boxing kept her out of the ring for reasons she couldn’t control.

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Nelson wanted to keep fighting. She was in prime shape and wanted to add on to her long list of accomplishments. But there was only one problem: Competitors were canceling matches because they were either hurt or simply didn't want to fight.

Nelson said she was just unlucky, but top women’s boxers have often had a difficult time finding opponents. Within the relatively small pool of female professional boxers, few are willing to sign up for bouts that they are likely to lose. Many of boxing’s best female fighters, in fact, prefer to stay in the amateur ranks because, as The New Yorker noted in 2014, pro purses aren’t lucrative enough. Instead, they can earn regular stipends and free travel through USA Boxing.

In 2014, Nelson's team asked several boxers if they wanted to fight her for the Women’s International Boxing Association World Welterweight Title. They all canceled on her, so Nelson had to fight Nicole Woods, who had gone 0-7-2 in her previous nine bouts.

“We went to more girls before her, and they were like ‘oh no, we’re not fighting her,’” Nelson told boxingscene.com in 2014. “I’m like, but it’s boxing. But she [Woods] was the one who jumped on it. She said ‘I’ll fight her.’ Okay, you get it.”

Nelson has only fought twice since June 2015.

"I got frustrated because I'm training. When I train, my house is with me. My house trains, too. So, I said I cannot keep putting myself and my kids through this. Like, it's not fair. So, I just took the break," Nelson said.

Nelson told herself that she would resume fighting if the opponent actually wanted to fight and was worthy of a match. She stayed in tremendous shape.

In Dec. 2016, Nelson fought Alicia Napoleon. Nelson, who was 40 at the time, won via unanimous decision. She didn’t show any sign of having slowed down.

Nelson’s most recent bout was in Nov. 2017 against Latashia Burton. Nelson looked smooth in the ring, throwing different combinations at her competitor from Louisiana. After two rounds, Burton threw up and decided not to continue, improving Nelson's lifetime record to 17-0-3.

At 41, Nelson feels better than she did as a 29-year-old newcomer. "I guess it's because of the experience now," Nelson said. "At first at 29, you got to remember that I was still heavy. I wasn't used to moving like this. Now at 41, I feel like I'm floating. I can move. And that's a blessing."

Nelson is aware of Shields' accomplishments and respects her as a competitor. Ever since Shields turned pro, Nelson has wanted to step in the ring with her, according to ESPN's Dan Rafael in November.

"Since I became a boxer, I have dreamed of being in big fights on television. I am confident that I will win this fight and remain undefeated. And I plan to retire as an undefeated world champion.”

Nelson realizes the deck is stacked against her, not least because Shields is nearly 20 years her junior. But Nelson is used to colliding with younger fighters.

"It's no different. If you look at everybody I fought, these girls are young," Nelson said. "Everybody is younger. The only person I fought that was probably my age was Mia [St. John]. It's nothing new to me."

Nelson doesn't look at her opponent's age when training. She knows the opposition will throw punches and defend, things all fighters do.

Nor does Nelson care that people are doubting her.

"Haters are my motivators. At the end, I'll apologize for upsetting you," she said with a laugh.

Life taught Nelson how to adjust to anything, and how to turn her burdens — obligations to her livelihood, while trying to take care of herself and her children — into her strength. When Nelson steps in the squared circle on Jan. 12, she'll be the underdog. But that's OK with her. She is prepared to adapt to anything Shields throws at her.

“If she wants to box, I’m fighting. If she wants to fight, I’m boxing," Nelson said, echoing something Fladager told her.

"I’m ready for whatever."