#which?? takes me just under the healthy range for my age and height if i remember correctly :|

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[chronicbatfictioner]

Exchanges and Compromises - Chapter 20

The dinner was just as Jason expected, bland, dull, a lot of formalities in which Bane was visibly struggling with and did not even bother to pretend to know the difference between steak or salad forks. Jason, Dick, and Tim managed to keep the conversation alive and light, somehow without offending the formality of the dinner. Good thing, Jason thought, that The League had taught him of formal dinner etiquette and whatnot, otherwise he would have been slurping the baiwang with the soup spoon instead of the Chinese soup spoon provided by Alfred - like Bane.

Dick, for all of his lack of etiquette education, won in the manners division - regardless of the fact that Tim was helping him by pointing out which cutlery should be used for what. At the very least, he was not beneath asking what he wasn't sure of. 

The day after was a little duller. Alfred merely informed them that the police were there along with the District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to arrest Bane on several counts of murder. Bane was arrested nearly without a fight - he had been purged of his venom strength and knew that he had no chance against some of the cops who were ready to taser him.

Jason was... frankly, a little disappointed.

"Would've been nice if there was a brawl or something," Dick voiced Jason's thought out loud just as he walked outside.

"Oh, goodness, I'm just glad this is over," Bruce commented, glaring apprehensively at Dick's back as the latter walked away with Damian. There was a good long silence before he added, "I presume now that Bane is out of this house, Damian will no longer need you two? I mean, he has me now - and his grandparents." he pointed out.

"I have vowed to guard Damian until he is an adult," Jason replied simply. Ignoring Bruce's sudden change of expression. "it is my order."

"Well, Talia... no offense. But Talia won't-- is no longer around to hold you accountable." Bruce argued.

"No, she's not. But Damian is." Jason looked at the child, sitting under one of the Manor's massive trees with a thick sketchbook before him. Dick, Jason knew, was on the tree. Even with Bane arrested, Oracle had warned that as long as he's not fully incarcerated in a maximum-security facility, he could still either get out and hurt the Waynes - including Damian. Therefore Jason asked Dick to remain with them for a little while longer. Thankfully, Dick didn't mind.

"He's a child. Children adapt well with changes of environments," Bruce said. "and if you're afraid that Bane would come back, I can hire some bodyguards for him."

Jason managed to hold back his smirk. People always thought that he was there to protect Damian; not realizing that he was protecting others from Damian's temper. Instead, he smarted, "like you protected your parents by sending them overseas."

"Oh, now, that's not fair." Bruce protested. "It was... we all thought that... at least mother and I..." he didn't finish his sentence as he exhaled exasperatedly. "His DNA check is back," he continued after a few moments of silence.

"Obviously, he hasn't a drop of Wayne blood in him," Jason suggested, a little dryly. "Something anyone with knowledge of the molecular structure of DNA would have known right away. You accepted Damian right away because you saw he has your mother's ears, in spite of his green eyes. Yet you doubted your father's denial in spite of the fact that there is nothing on Bane that resembled any of you - including about all of the portraits of your ancestors.

"And then there's something else I realized. Bane came with nothing; whereas Damian came with the Al Ghul wealth. You were more accepting because Damian would not equal splitting the Wayne wealth..."

"That is not true!" Bruce growled. "I would not have turned Damian away even if he was not Talia's child. He is my child, and I know that he is!"

"Then we're back to my initial point: You were unable to defend your parents because you did not have 100% faith in their virtues. The Al Ghuls are known leaders of the League of Assassins, to which the leadership shall now be Damian's. What will be your argument, when he decides to take over the League fully? 'Oh, I can't be associated with criminals, even if said crimes were just allegation and not a video recording of someone snapping off another person's neck'?" Jason sneered. "Now, Mister Wayne. I also would like to remind you, that I have Damian's legal custody. If you insist I should leave, I shall bring him along."

"You can't do that," Bruce scowled. "He's my biological child..."

"You have studied your country's laws, Mister Wayne. But you forgot the one crucial thing: Damian is not your country's boy by any means other than your claim." Jason mentally realized that he has placed one of his ace cards onto the table. But he honestly prefers this kind of conversation not to be had when Damian is present. And from the looks of it, he has packed his sketching materials and was making his way back indoors. "Do not try to deny Damian's access to me, or the League, Mr Wayne. He is not yours to manipulate," he added softly while Damian was still out of range.

"Hey guys, Damian and I are hungry," Dick announced as they went past the door. "Think Alfred would let us have cookies?"

"He's the one who is hungry, Todd," Damian told Jason. "I shall wait until tea time for the cookies. It is only a mere hour away."

"Why don't you scrub up a little? Tea should be ready by the time you're done." Bruce suggested.

Damian's scowl could have killed a cobra. "While I am planning on refreshing myself, father, it would be kind of you to cease directing me as if I am an imbecile," he stated, and for the second time in less than 10 minutes, Jason bit the inside of his cheek to stop a snicker.

Bruce, however, was not amused at Damian. "Well! That is not what a child should say to his father!" he admonished.

"Todd," Damian glared at Jason. "Did you not inform Mr Wayne here that I merely referred to him as 'father' due to common societal practices?" he asked with air quotes around the word 'father'.

"I have informed him that, Damian," Jason assured him.

"Do remind him on a daily basis that I am not obliged to remain here beyond what is demanded by his country's societal norms." Damian continued.

"I shall, Damian," Jason replied.

"Very well, I shall be in my quarters until tea time. You might consider feeding Grayson here, Todd," Damian said dismissively.

"I actually have some matters to discuss with you, Damian, if you don't mind. I think Grayson can fend for himself just fine," Jason told him.

"I don't mind. Let us, then." Damian said, leading the way back to his room.

Jason nodded politely to Bruce and motioned Dick to join him. "Mr Wayne, Grayson."

As they left Bruce, still standing in confusion - probably - Dick remarked, "ouch," softly.

"Go on and get your own cookies, Grayson," Jason remarked.

"I need to discuss something with you, too. You two, actually, somewhere safe." Dick said. Both Jason and Damian paused their steps. "Yeah, and we might need to call upon a certain bird for backup," Dick added, almost nonchalantly. It was not until then that Jason noticed the tenseness on his shoulders. He remembered that Dick, too, was trained to keep an eye out for danger.

"You go on ahead with Damian, I'll ask Alfred if he may have tea in his quarters." Jason decided. Damian nodded, realizing the urgency in Dick's posture, and stepped a little closer to Dick as Jason turned the other way.

Whatever it is Dick has to say, Jason could be certain now that besides himself, Dick would protect Damian fiercely. And/or protect other, possibly innocent people, from Damian's tempers.

He was just wondering why did it seem that Bruce Wayne was so intent on removing him.

And why Dr and Mrs Wayne would suddenly take a trip to Europe right after they were proverbially and literally freed from Bane.

Alfred, as usual, was in the kitchen preparing for tea time. In spite of being Americans, the Waynes seemed to like the habit of afternoon tea time.

Jason told Alfred of Damian's request, and Alfred nodded slowly. "Is Master Bruce still in the sun-room, then?" he asked.

"Last time I saw him, yeah."

"Ah, then... young Jason, may an old man request something from you and your vast knowledge of herbs?" Alfred's face was as impassive as ever when he said that, just a shade before he returned to his task of preparing some small sandwiches. But Jason was a little confused. Why would Alfred ask him for herbs? As far as Jason could tell, he was as healthy as... well, someone Jason's age, which has got to be at least a third of Alfred's; half at most. Jason didn't think that Alfred was any older than mid- to late-40s.

"Sure, how can I help?" he answered, anyway.

"Oh, I was wondering if there is any method you may suggest to... how do I put it... Chafe off surgical remains within oneself? I have had work done for my nose, you see, on a whim as a young lad; and I do not believe it looks becoming on me as I age. I feel as if it makes me look like another person is inhabiting my body, as Master Bruce was wont to say."

Jason blinked, and partially wished Dick was there to confirm his thoughts. In spite of being the exact same height as Jason, Alfred was bowing his head a little as he spoke; and Jason knew that there was a surveillance camera that would be able to record their conversation in the kitchen. His shoulders were tenser than the task of cutting bread would have required.

"Well, wow... okay. I'll need to actually search my books. You know some of the ladies back then would apply something to their skin for scars or bruises. But I'm not sure if it'll work on surgical stuff. I'll let you know?" Jason replied carefully.

"Thank you, Jason, for considering. While it shames me for being vain, it is... rather crucial." Alfred smiled at him.

"No problem, Alf," Jason patted him on the shoulder and made his way back to Damian's room - where each and every surveillance device has been disabled and/or misdirected by the combination of Tim, Barbara, and Damian's own skills.

Once Jason walked in and closed the doors of Damian's room behind him, he was greeted by both Damian and Dick's voices.

"That man is not my father, Todd! I believe my grandparents may still be in danger!" Damian exclaimed as Dick stormed over and announced 'There was an increase of drone activities outside, that's why I brought Damian in!' - followed by Damian and Dick glaring at each other, and Damian said, "Todd, we might need to acquire some new exit strategy!" at the same time as Dick saying, 'I've sent a text to Tim, but he hasn't answered. I've texted Babs, though!'

Jason cringed at them. "Whoa! Hold up! If this is how you two kids report, nobody would need surveillance equipment to hear you from Gotham Harbor!" he snarled. The two promptly stopped and glared at each other again, as if they both were hoping to have Superman's laser vision or something. "Okay, I've heard you both, and I'm upping the ante. Alfred just asked me practically for a method to dissolve foreign objects inside someone's body and allude that someone in the house is not who they seemed. And said someone might be Bruce."

Damian threw his fist to the air, stating, "I knew it!"

Dick's eyes were wide as saucers. "Okay... I would... I've wanted to say the same thing since we got in. But I was kinda scared I might be wrong. What makes you sure?"

"Alfred referred to Bruce in the past tense when talking to me," Jason said. "You? --wait, no, Damian first."

"He looked and behaved differently than the videos mother had shown me," Damian replied.

"I second Damian on this. Well, dude... we need to communicate better, don't we?" Dick said, telling the last bit toward Damian. "I've only met him once, way back when-- when my parents were... you know. But like I've told you, I remember everything from that day as if it has just happened. I remember Bruce Wayne was there with a blonde girl wearing chinchilla fur, a 50s hairdo, and an actual pearl pin. But when my parents... right after, I saw him directing traffic of people out of the tent calmly. His presence then was literally calming, like, everyone was looking at him for direction. This Bruce... generally, looked too nervous on everything; if that makes sense."

Jason thought a moment. Dick was really good at reading people's body language - even the most stoic Alfred. Before Bane was removed, Dick's assessment of Alfred was that he was uncomfortable with Bane, yet very welcoming of Damian. Thus his immediate trust in Alfred. However, since Bane was arrested and proven to not have been a Wayne; Jason hasn't got the chance to ask Dick to re-assess Alfred.

"Okay, I'll retrieve the video footage of your dad from 10 years ago from the League's servers. We'll cross-check. We'll tell the Birds once we're sure, yeah?" Jason suggested.

"Agreed," Damian nodded slowly.

"I'll have Tim keeping an eye on the Doc and Missus while we're at it, though. I mean, you know, precautions and all." Dick suggested.

"Okay, call Tim. If he doesn't answer, call Babs or his mom. I'd like this whole thing settled quickly before Bruce can do anything to harm Damian." Jason huffed a breath slowly, wondering what the hell is it with the Waynes that seemed to run on endless conspiracy theories, anyway.

[akechi-gf]

Analyzing the state of Akechi's health via the color of his pee (among other inferences)

The only canonical instance we have of seeing Akechi pee is in episode 22, where a 7-year old him of the past pees his pants in order to fend off bullies. Another notable mention is in episode 6 of Saiki K Reawakened where he is frightened by his calculations of how quick the meteor is falling not matching the official news report, however the pee is not actually seen. (This shows his distrust in authorities and their choices, which is why he felt the need to start his own calculations in the first place. The fact that his calculations didn't match only furthered his distrust to authority figures, which most likely stemmed from the lack of action of his teachers as a child while being bullied, alongside the divorce of his parents. That aside, let me get back on topic.)

Attached here is the photo of Akechi's pee, as well as the general set-up of their classroom. See also a pee color chart provided by an online healthcare site.

Now, when comparing this to a piss chart, at first glance, you would assume that his pee is at the eighth shade, which, yes, I can see. Upon color-swatching the pee puddle, it's most similar. However, keep in mind that the floor is a deep shade of brown, obscuring the true color of Akechi's pee.

I'm not an artist nor am I a piss-connoisseur, however keeping in mind that the shade of the floor would affect the overall image of the puddle, I would say that his pee is actually a kind mix of shades 4-5. This is slightly less dire of a situation when compared to the earlier assumption of 8, however, still concerning.

We're not actually provided a specific time in which the events take place, only an estimate of the year and everyone's age. So, I took the liberty to research a regular Japanese student's elementary school schedule. I found that the school day normally begins at 8;45 AM (which means Akechi would have arrived to his classroom at around 7-00 AM, considering his studious nature) and ends at 3:15 PM. Now, judging from the students' casual language and the fact that none of them (save for Saiki and a few others) were in their seats, we can infer that this was at around their lunch, recess, or dismissal. It's also notable that their seats aren't aligned, instead in a rather messy sort of disarray. While suspicious, we can assume that this is most likely due to them being rowdy children.

I decided to rewatch this particular scene, and noticed that we don't have a clip of the sun in the sky seen through the window. Due to this, we can conclude that this was earlier in the day, seeing as at 12:00 noon and 3:15 in the afternoon, the sun would be smack dab by the middle of the scene. At 7, however, the sun would be higher in the sky, perhaps covered by a few clouds.

To back this up, the quick arrival of their teacher proves that he was getting ready to enter the classroom regardless. Back to the topic of Akechi's shining puddle of piss, we can assume that he matches the shade 4, rather than 5. How did I arrive at this conclusion? Simple.

If Akechi arrived to school within the timeframe 7-8 AM, that means he woke up at 5:00 to 5:30 AM. Keep in mind that he showers, changes, eats breakfast, and walks to school. (We can assume that Akechi walks to school, because of a scene in episode 22 , where a young Saiki corners Kuriko. After questioning Kuriko, Akechi is seen running after Kusuo, saying something along the lines of "Kusuo-kun, wait for me!" This implies that he and Kusuo regularly walk home together. If Akechi (at this time, Asumi's parents couldn't pick Akechi up from school, it's most likely that they didn't drop him off.) Now, the fact that Akechi's pee is at shade 4 is still a subject that shouldn't be forgotten. Regardless of the fact that he walked to school, the scene of him peeing takes place only moments before class starts. Assuming that Akechi did eat breakfast, the fact that his pee wasn't within the shade range 2-3 implies that he didn't drink enough water for someone of his age, height, and weight.

According to BBC food, it's a general rule of thumb that children aged 4-13 should drink at least 6-8 glasses of water a day. Now, one might argue that since only breakfast had passed, Akechi would have only gotten to drink 1-2 glasses. To that, i offer this rebuttal; please keep in mind that the dark shade could mean he hadn't gotten enough water to drink the day prior, either.

Darker piss is not actually ONLY due to dehydration, as it could be a symptom to hepatitis, rhabdomylosis, cirrhosis, glomerulonephritis, biliary obstruction, gallstones, bladder stones, cancer, jaundice, liver disease, malaria, thalassemia, or trauma. However, due to Akechi's over-all healthy appearance as a high school student (and the fact that he neglected to include any mention of that in his introduction in episode 18), it's unlikely that any of these are the case. At the most, it could be a symptom of trauma (Perhaps from the fighting that would have went down with his parents pre-divorce), however dehydration is the likeliest cause.

Not to fret, not all hope is lost. I decided to look into Healthline's article on dark urine backed by urology, and a turbid or cloudier puddle would have meant that Akechi could have had a bacterial infection in his urinary of digestive tract, the cloudiness being caused by an excess production of white blood cells. (Yes, there is a certain science to the study of urine.) Judging from the shinier appearance of the puddle, Akechi avoided any sort of infection. In fact, the shinier puddle shows that Akechi took water soluble vitamins. Shinier and oilier piss isn't something bad, since vitamins that don't completely absorb are emptied into the urine.

Onto my next point: Why does Akechi pee so much? I looked into cases online, and at first, it seemed like a classic case of incontinence in men; an enlarged prostate putting unneeded pressure on one's urethra, forcing one to pee. Perhaps Akechi had that, and couldn't tell. (Overactive bladders and enlarged prostates are normally detected in men as they grow older, younger men aren't often diagnosed, let alone children or high schoolers.) However, I noticed the fact that Akechi never implied that he 'simply couldn't reach the bathroom in time'. As a child, Akechi said that when he lost control of his emotions, more specifically, his anger, he tended to pee.

Now, I tried searching the keywords 'anger leading to pee' and was greeted by a multitude of dog behavioral blogs online. However, my search wasn't fruitless. I continued to search variations of the statement, and eventually, I came to the conclusion that this isn't normal. Psychological stress is related to one's incontinence, yes, but only under intense moments of fear. Akechi was simply peeing on purpose, to push Takashi away. In a way, this behavior is similar to a dog peeing on a rug to anger their owner. This is only solidified by the smug look on Akechi's face as he tells Takashi to "You better let go of me. Look at your shoes."

I would say that this is why we don't see Akechi pee in the episodes where he's featured as a high schooler in PK. (Save for the instance in episode 6 of Reawakened, however, as previously mentioned, psychological stress, specifically fear, can increase chances of incontinence.) He’s matured as a person, and he no longer has anyone bullying him, therefore he no longer feels the need to pee to assert dominance.

 TL; DR

Akechi needs to drink more water (and possibly get a therapist and a prostate checkup, just in case).

 References;

https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/urine-colour-chart

https://urologyspecialistnc.com/changes-in-urine

https://healthline.com/health/dark-urine#causes

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/stress-incontinence/symptoms-causes/syc-20355727

https://forum.greytalk.com/topic/274807-peeing-in-anger/

https://calmenergydogtraining.com/2012/10/revenge-peeing-fact-or-fiction/

[wolfpawn]

Life is a Game of Risks, Chapter 15

Chapter Summary - Tom gets a call from Chris, joking about him being a father. When he is supposed to be meeting Alexianna for a while, she cancels, causing him to ring to see what is happening, and the plans for the weekend altering drastically.

TRIGGERS - Past domestic abuse, Past emotional abuse, Past sexual abuse.

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‘Hello.’ Tom yawned as he answered the phone to his friend.

‘I’m not waking you at this hour, am I? It’s what? Three in the afternoon there?’

‘Late rehearsals last night.’ Tom groaned. ‘I dozed off on the couch there. How’s filming?’

‘Coming together well.’ Chris smiled. ‘How about you, how is Paw Patrol treating you, have you a favourite yet? I like Marshall myself.’

‘What? How…?’

‘There are news outlets outside of Britain you know, and plastered on every last one of the entertainment sections, the front story is “Stepdad of the year, Tom Hiddleston” and a picture of you with an adorable little girl on your shoulders wearing head to toe Paw Patrol.’

‘I have not watched it, yet. But I will, I know it.’

‘It’s better than most other kids programmes.’

‘Seems like it has a thousand things for it though. Lily always seems to pull out another toy anytime I think I have seen them all.’

‘Is Lily the mum or the daughter?’

‘The daughter.’

‘So, what is mum’s name?’

‘Alexianna, why?’

‘They seem nice, you seem happy in the picture, like they center you, ever think of adding one of your own?’

‘I literally just started dating her, I think if there was talk of another this early, she would run for her life.’

‘A lot of guys do that if you notice? Not ten minutes in the door and she is pregnant with a second.’

‘Can’t say I pay too much attention to it.’

‘You’re part of the club now according to Renner, Evans is pissed, the only member of the original crew that isn’t a parent. He lost the bet.’

‘Lily isn’t mine though.’

‘What does DNA matter these days? I saw the pictures, she is looking at you the same way India looks at me. How old is she, she looks about India’s age.’

‘She’s four.’

‘I was right. Are you sure she’s not yours, she looks a little like you.’

‘Considering I have never slept with her mother, I am fairly certain.’

‘Really? You haven’t slept with her and you are out in public like that, how long is this going on?’

‘A month.’

‘That’s fast.’

‘It just sort of happened.’

‘Well, it’s different when there are kids involved.’

‘I had noticed.’ Tom chuckled.

‘I cannot wait to meet her when we are in London for the premiere.’

‘Yeah.’ Tom frowned, sounding uncertain.

‘You are bringing her to the premiere, aren’t you?’

‘I never asked her and I don’t know if that is her sort of thing.’

‘She seems nice. Where’s the father?’

‘Why does everyone ask that? It is one of the first things people are asking me.’

‘Well, since there's a kid, someone had to have fathered it, it is something people are going to ask, often.’

Tom could almost see Chris shrugging. ‘He’s not around.’

‘Dead or dead-beat?’

‘The latter.’

‘Too many of them around these days.’

‘Can I ask you something?’

‘Shoot.’

‘When you and Elsa found out India was a girl, were you happy?’

‘Tom, I did not even hear the gender, all I heard was that the baby was safe and healthy and that if it kept growing at that rate, it would be a little whopper, outside Elsa was the one to tell me we needed to get some pink.’ Chris revealed. ‘Why?’

‘Just something that crossed my mind.’

‘Do I want to know?’

‘Not really.’

‘So there are no more little sprites arriving?’

‘I just told you I never slept with Alexianna.’

‘If you’re sleeping, you’re doing it wrong.’ Robert shouted from the background.

‘You have no class, Downing.’ Renner joked. ‘And you’re wrong, Rubble is the best, or he was this morning when I left for work.’

‘I better go here, I have to get a shower, I am meeting Alexianna and Lily for an early dinner.’

‘Alright, talk to your girlfriend about the premiere.’ Chris encouraged.

‘I will talk to her, but I won’t force her into anything.’ Tom commented.

‘Make sure she sees the gorgeous dress some designer will throw at her, that usually works with Elsa.’

‘Not all women are enticed by designer dresses.’

‘Yes, they are, every woman does actually want to look good, whatever their version of good is and there is a dress designer for every version of that.’ Chris laughed before hanging up his phone.

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Alexianna - Hey Tom, I cannot meet today, something came up, sorry.

Tom looked at the text on his phone. She had sent it only half an hour before they were due to meet, so he was concerned that she had decided against it as a result of their last outing. So he decided to ring her instead.

‘Hello?’

‘Lily?’

‘Hi, Tom!’

‘Hello, sweetheart, where is your mum?’

‘Giving out to the man.’

‘What man?’

‘The man that said he would fix our water.’

‘What is wrong with your water?’

‘It is very very cold. Mommy hasn’t been able to give me a shower this week and she is cold anytime she takes a shower. She said it is broken and the man won’t fix it.’

Tom thought for a moment. ‘Okay darling, tell your mum I rang, okay?’

‘I will.’

Tom hung up and thought to himself for a moment. Smiling, he grabbed his car keys and jacket and left the house.

‘Honestly, I don’t know why I bother.’ Alexianna growled as she went to her front door, wondering who could be annoying her now. She opened it, not knowing who or what to expect. ‘Tom?’

‘Hey.’

‘What are you doing here?’

‘I rang you about twenty minutes ago.’

‘Did you, I have been up the walls, I sent you a text, I'm sorry.’

‘I know, I got it.’

‘Then…’

‘I rang to see if I could help and Lily told me you are without hot water for a few days.’

‘Yes, the boiler went on Monday, the plumber is giving me excuses and fobbing me off all week and now it’s Friday evening and he’s off until after the Bank Holiday along with every other plumber in London and my daughter has screeched like a banshee because I have only been able to wash her hair in a sink with cold water this week.’ She ranted.

Tom held her against him and kissed her head. ‘Get a bag, put some clothes in it for yourself and Lily, and whatever else you need.’

‘Why?’

‘You are staying in mine for the weekend, hot water and everything.’

‘No.’

‘I am not interested in no, you need warm water for your daughter, for yourself. I have a spare room, you both can sleep in there together, I am not doing this for any other reason but to help you both.’

Eyes darting side to side for a moment, Alexianna looked around to see Lily behind her, her tiger toy in hand. ‘Okay.’ She nodded, making room for Tom to come in. He walked in and looked at her boiler, which the plumber had left open, something Tom was certain was dangerous. ‘We’ll be a few minutes.’

‘Take as long as you need.’ Tom encouraged. When they were gone into the room, Tom took out his phone and photographed the boiler. ‘Just in case.’ He stated to himself.

He walked from the kitchenette towards the bedroom again. ‘Don’t forget your blanket.’

‘Why are we staying at Toms?’

‘Because I am freezing, the house feels damp and you have not had a much of a wash this week.’ Alexianna retorted. ‘You cannot bring the whole Paw Patrol Lily, be reasonable.’

‘Yes, she can, she will need to occupy herself somehow, there is nothing in mine, so both of you, chop chop.’ Tom smiled as he gave orders. A moment later, a scowling Alexianna peeked around the door. ‘Now missy.’  She lasted only a moment before laughing at him, Tom smiling with her.

Finally, with a few toys and clothes in hand, the trio made their way to Tom’s car. ‘Your car, Lily can’t…’ She silenced when Tom smiled at her and raised his hand.

‘Already taken care of.’ He walked around to the boot, “put in your bags.’ He ordered before taking out something else.

‘Why have you a booster seat?’

‘Sophie is under the legal height too, safety first.’ He smiled, putting the seat in the car. ‘Now darling, in you get.’ He popped Lily into the seat and tied the belt. ‘You haven’t been in many cars before, have you, Lil?’ She shook her head. ‘Well, you are not allowed take off your seat belt, no matter what, alright?’

‘Nope, seatbelts save lives.’

‘That’s right, they do.’

‘Just like mommy’s.’

‘Exactly like Mommy’s.’ He smiled. ‘So you stay sitting there, it will only take ten minutes.’

‘Okay.’ Lily sat excitedly in her seat.

Tom went to the driver’s seat and got in. ‘Don’t be nervous, if you are nervous, she’ll get nervous and you will get more nervous and there is nothing to be nervous about.’

‘Why do you think I am trying to not hyperventilate.’ Alexianna stated between deep breaths.

‘It’s fine love, just breathe.’ Tom took her hand and gave it a small squeeze before turning on the car and driving.

[imagining-sio]

Escapism I

Chapter one: Wlecome to Mount Eaton

I’ve always loved a biker!bucky Au so viola...

Bucky Barnes x reader

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It was the perfect place to vanish. The whole town was nestled between the mountains at one end, and the lakeside off to the other. The only border was thick dense woodland. One where people who search for Bigfoot would only dream of going.

The town itself was a small four stoplight kind of place. It was the “They kept the old buildings in their original paint because it held charm” kind of place. A far reach from the hustle and bustle of where I once called home. I gripped the steering wheel as I drove down the mountainside. The olive green ford bronco held all the contents I wanted to take with me. All that I couldn’t find myself living without. It was a depressingly small amount. However over the course of my trip across states I had accumulated quite a bit.

I knew what was waiting for me in this sleepy town, as I drive through it I could see a few heads turned, given they had never seen my vehicle before. I could only give a tight lipped smile as I kept driving toward the outskirts of town, near the lakeside.

I pulled up onto the inclined street of my new residence, and was surprised to find a gathering of motorcycles on one side. There was a house on either side. The house accompanied by at least 8 motorcycles was bustling with life. The garage was blaring old classic rock music, it was his kind of music. I felt a chill run up my spine at the thought.

I turned my attention to the small house across the street. I recognized the small sedan from the realtor three weeks ago; back when I was motel hopping. The middle aged woman was busy on her phone glaring in sustain at the neighbors across the street.

I placed my vehicle in park in the driveway, taking a deep inhale before hopping out of my beloved Oliver.

“Miss Y/L/N; so good to see you again! I just came by to drop off your keys to your home.” The woman sauntered up to me as she finished her text.

“Thank you for meeting me. I’m sorry we couldn’t do this earlier. I just want to thank you for letting the movers in when I wasn’t here.” I smiled gratefully, letting my fingers drift over the keys. This was my house. This was to be my home. My new start.

“Oh it’s no trouble dear! You didn’t need to pay me extra for that. I know it’s hard getting your things across state lines at the same time.” She dismissed me with a small chuckle. She clearly liked the extra pay, as in she had only told me now about how it was extra.

“Well thank you again.”

“Just one last thing before you go sweetie. Be careful with your new neighbor. They are not particularly liked round town.”

My brows furrowed, and I peered across her shoulder toward the crowded garage. The music somehow got louder, and was project across the street. Truthfully, any noise complaint could be solved by telling them to turn it down.

“Why is that?” I asked.

“Honey, they are a biker gang.” She handed me a card; “This is my husband’s company card, I’ll put in a good word for you to get a security system.”

With that she went back to her luxury sedan and drive off. She didn’t mention that on the house tour, then again they weren’t there. Also that would explain why the house itself was dirt cheap, Apart from lack of curb appeal.

‘Just as long as they don’t come bothering me there won’t be a problem,’ I told myself. I walked up to the porch and unlocked the front door. Apparently my realtor also took up interior decorating. The place was arranged in all the wrong ways, there was barely any life in it. Once I got my stuff settled I would be sure to move it.

I couldn’t beat the backyard view, though. I had a lovely fire pit to stargaze with my telescope. The house was surround by the tall tall trees, and the music from across the street was muffled by the sound of the lake and the trees. A small dock led out far enough to dive right into the waters. Though I doubt, with how frigid the weather is right now, I would do that.

Still; it felt like I belonged here. That was a good omen at least.

I walked back and forth between the trunk of Oliver and my new home, every now and then glancing at my neighbors; intently watching for any movement toward my side of the street. As I went to grab the last box of my belongings, I noticed the garage was dispersing toward the curb.

It was quite the eclectic bunch, they were mostly broad shouldered, well built people all around. They certainly differed in height, ranging from my height, which was about five foot five inches; to the two tallest being about six foot seven. The eight of them planting themselves onto their respective bikes. They all however were giving me a kind smile, and a small wave before they rode off. At first I don’t know how to respond, but I simply just gave a small waving acknowledgment gesture akin to theirs and went on with my business. By this time it was just about sunset.

When I came back out to close Oliver up and place him in the old garage I found a lone figure, most likely my new neighbor; from his detached garage toward his matte black mailbox. He had on a leather jacket, black in color, under it a grey shirt. His pants were fraying at the knee, most likely from overuse.

He had this air about him, a cockiness. Whether it was from the cigarette that dangled between his lips; or the way he dismissively glitter through his mail. Something about him was both intriguing and at the same time, not.

I shut the trunk with a heavy sigh, purging my thoughts, not even sparing a second glance as I went to shut my front door.

—————————-——————————————

It had been two whole months since I moved here. By that time I had grown accustomed to the town, and them to me. The local florist began to supply succulents after I expressed my interest; thus the reason for my increased cactus collection. It also brought him more business with the children round town, or at least those with internet access.

The general store was the hub for everything groceries and town social meetings. The suburbanites would occasionally paruse into town, but only for school functions. Everyone and their mother was so intrigued to find out just why I, a young single woman with no children, had decided to move here. They were also interested about why I moved across the street from the local gang of bikers. They were more adamant about the latter.

Truthfully, I hadn’t had any trouble from my neighbor, or his budding social life. I wasn’t the only other young single woman in town, his nightly company was a clear indication of that fact. A new woman almost every other night. I never told anyone else that, mainly because I expected they already knew.

My job at the bookstore was perfect; everyone in town loved it because it doubled as a coffee shop. When you bought a coffee, you could also take a book off the shelves to read, as long as you left it at the table when you were finished, wed put it back. If you wanted to buy it, you could do that too.

I was probably the youngest employee these people ever had; by the looks of the town, not many young people were looking for a job here. However, the owners, an elderly married couple, happily accepted me. They were like the great aunt and uncle I never had. It was a refreshing spin from my old job, and I could still pursue my hobbies in the lulls between the breakfast and lunch rush.

“Y/N dear, would you mind closing up tonight?” Edna, the owner and coworker piped up from the back.

“Not at all,” I wrote down the order of the tall blonde in front of me, asking myself why someone should name their child Thor. His accent was Norwegian, so I couldn’t really fault them there. Then again, I’m not about to pick a fight with the leather clad lumberjack.

“What book would you like, sir?” I asked, as was routine.

“The Silmarinion if you have it.” He smiled warmly. Couldn’t fault him for having great literary taste either.

“Edna! One coffee with milk; Two lattes, one iced tea, a hot chocolate, and one black coffee to go if you’d please!” I called.

“Oh! Thor’s back?” I’ve never seen a 72 year old move so fast. I chuckled as I went to find the book he requested. I searched through the aisles, with no such luck. I remembered that someone else had asked for the book and they had already left. Perhaps it was on one of the tables outside, it was a bright day and the weather just right. I walked outside and checked the outdoor tables, finding the book instantly.

As I went to reach for the book, the roar of an engine made me jump. I couldn’t understand how a bookstore coffee shop was so close to an auto part store garage that loud, and still have such healthy business. I glared at the storefront, it’s open garage adjacent to our windowed storefront. ‘Barnes & Rogers’ had to be some sort of trademark infringement. The amount of motorcycles outnumbered the automobiles. The music radiators from the shop with a heavy rock and roll base you could feel from across the street.

I could only glare as I went back on with my day. I handed the book in question to the large burly man.

“Here we are.” I said with a smile. He gave a wide smile and a thank you before taking a seat. I went back behind the counter to help place the coffees into the to go bags.

“Y/N would you be a darling and help Thor deliver the drinks to his coworkers.” Edna wrote the respective orders onto the cups before placing them in their carriers; “My husband usually does it but he’s out sick today.”

“Sure, lemme just take the apron off.” I undid the bow around my waist and hung the emerald apron upon a hook.

“Thor honey; Thomas is out today, so Y/N volunteered to help you today.” She hand him one of the carriers. He traded her with the book, giving a grateful and gruff thank you.

“This way, Y/N,” he said with a bright smile. It was like he was a big teddy bear disguised as a lumberjack god. He held the door open for me as we walked down the street. It was nice, until I figured out where we were headed.

“So I hear you are the new girl? Yes?” He tried to make polite small talk.

“Yes I am? But you don’t sound like your from around here either?” I shot back playfully. He laughed.

“Indeed I am not, but I like it here. It reminds me of home.” He smiled fondly.

“That’s good.”

“How do you like your new home?”

“I couldn’t ask for better. The house is just the right amount of space for me.”

“And Bucky?”

“Who the hell is bucky?” I asked.

“You haven’t met your neighbor yet?” He quirked a brow. So that was his name. What is it with this town and their oddly named people?

“It appears I have not.” I said dryly, still somewhat grateful I hadn’t.

“Well we’ll soon fix that.” He opened the door for me as we walked into the shop. He ushered me through another door and we were both smack dab in the center of the auto shop.

There was a loft which led to what looked to be the office of the place. Cars were either on jacks high enough for the men to work below them, or being torn apart. Sometimes it was both. A few of the motorcycles were being worked on. And other people were fabricating iron. The sparks flew on the other end of the large shop. I watched as the masked figure welded metal together. The yellow glow making a heavily aura.

“Barnes!” His voice boomed like thunder; “coffee is here!”

“About damn time!” Voices chimed together. I watched as the welder looked up before setting the equipment aside. He removed his gloves and torn off his mask, revealing the head of brunette locks.

Of course my neighbor was the one I was ogling; How else could god make it more awkward for me?

“Who’s the girl?” The first man to approach said slyly. His smile was warm and kind. His hair was clipped close to his head, and a healthy stubble grown along his goatee.

“This is Y/N,” Thor explained, whilst handing the man his drink.

“As in the Shithead’s new cute neighbor he’s too afraid to talk to?” He raised a brow, as well as a smirk.

“Indeed;” Thor nodded with the same expression.

“I’m gonna get some mileage outta this.” He sipped his coffee before turning his attention toward me.

“Hi, I’m Sam Wilson. You can refer to me as the handsome one.” He joked. I chuckled, shaking his hand with a smile.

“Nice to meet you.”

“He isn’t be too bothersome is he?” Another tall blonde walked up, his hair a lot shorter than Thor’s. His white shirt was stained with grease and oil. He had a towel thrown over his shoulder, what he probably used to wipe his hands with. He himself looked vaguely familiar, but I couldn’t place where.

“Not at all.”

“Here I’ll take that.” He gestured to the coffee carrier. I gratefully handed it to him.

“How you liking the house?” He asked, handing out the beverages to their respective owners. My eyes widened at the question, before quickly going into fight or flight mode.

“Excuse me?” I began to pale.

“Oh, sorry! That sounded really weird!” He quickly apologized.

“Well done Rogers.” Sam sipped his coffee to hide his smile.

“Can it Wilson.” He elbowed the man.

“I meant was we were there when you finished moving in. I mean, we’re always at Bucky’s house anyway, so we’re bound to see you on occasion.” He scratched the back of his neck.

Rogers. As in the name of the shop. And whom is a frequent to my mysterious neighbor. The one who is a leader of a biker gang. Who co owns the shop with Rogers. Which I am standing in and handing out coffee to.

Fucking hell. Don’t die just talking to them. Play it off somehow dammit.

“Oh! Right! Yeah, that doesn’t sound so weird after explaining it.” I said with nervous chuckle; “I do love the house, I can’t complain.”

I most definitely could complain, but not in front of them.

“Hey Barnes, come get your shit coffee!” Sam hollered toward my neighbor.

“I’m coming!” He yelled back dismissively ruffling his hair out of his low bun. His long sleeved black shirt stuck to him like a second skin, in which I felt bad for the seams.

“Come meet your neighbor while your at it. How come you never told us she was so cute!” Sam said condescendingly, only adding to the mans annoyance.

“What the hell are you talking about you fu-“ his cut short mid syllable as soon as he locked eyes with me. Me, in my striped three quarter shirt and jeans looking like a French tourist. The only pop of color was a pair of red sneakers due to my job description.

Him, in his taught black shit and dark washed jeans that looked like they were too tight around his thighs. His hair the perfect length to still be short and place in a bun without looking too creepy. The blue eyes that contained more depth than the ocean itself.

“Hi, I’m Y/N,” I outstretched my hand.

“Bucky,” he ignored me and walked toward Rogers for his coffee.

“Bucky, manners,” Rogers held his beverage out of reach.

“Screw you Steve; give me my coffee.” He clearly was irritated.

“Manners; then coffee.” The blonde said sternly, holding the cup close to his mouth. The brunette growled, sending goosebumps up my arms.

“Stop acting like you drink coffee Steve, we all know you won’t do it.” The brunette smirked. I guess I know who ordered the hot chocolate.

“My point still stands.”

“Nice to meet you too, Y/N,” he glared at Steve, who had maneuvered behind me, as he shook my hand.

“It’s nice to be met; I can’t say the same for you at the moment,” I couldn’t stop the sarcasm from spewing out my mouth. A silence fell over the room. The brunette in front of me gave a surprised look, our hands still clasped together. The tension made me start to sweat.

And then the room was filled with laughter once again. It flooded the entire plain.

“I like her,” Sam patted his hand upon my back. Steve at last handed James his coffee, and the man sulked back angrily over to his corner where he resumed welding.

“I think that was the first time I’ve seen Barnes speechless,” Steve spoke with a fond smile.

“Thor! Bring her around more often!,” another man, shorter with spiky hair shouted as he walked away; “wen need someone to keep Barnes’ ego in check!”

“I heard that!”

“Are you always like this?” I asked Steve. He shrugged.

“Pretty much, Besides me or Sam; Buck is in charger of the shop.”

“What he means to say; is that we’re pretty much one big happy family.” Sam three his arm around Steve’s shoulder.

“I’m not happy,” The spiky blonde spoke up again.

“Oh my god Clint! We know! You’re never happy until you see your wife and kids every night! Jesus you are whipped, man” Sam and the man Clint walked off, laughing as they did.

I could only glance at the man in the corner I had just met. He barely spoke a word to me, and yet I somehow found out more about him in the time he hadn’t spoke.

I could only watch as he finished the piece he was welding together, sliding his goggles up further upon his forehead. He stared at the piece with great scrutiny, making sure what he had was perfect. The intestity of those blue eyes. It had an effect upon me.

The same way a lamb had when facing a wolf, especially when those big blue eyes were on you.

[thevoilinauttheory]

Character Info | Amosis

Full Name: Amosis (He has no written surname, though will comment Lellouche if pestered enough.)

Pronunciation:  Amo-sis Le-lou-sh

Nicknames: Amy, begrudgingly, by someone he tolerates.

Gender: Male

Height: 6 fulms, 2 ilms

Age: Appears to be in his late 20s. Will not give away his age. If pestered enough, he *might* say 28. It changes every time someone asks. He doesn’t actually know how old he is.

Zodiac: Birthday Unknown; is probably a Capricorn or Sagittarius - despite conflicting with the nameday he’s chosen for himself.

Languages: Common, Old Ishgardian, Old Sharlayan, Ul’dahn, Ancient Nymian, Ancient Mhachi, Ancient Amdapori, Ancient Allagan, Ixali, Dragonspeak/Dravanian - is fairly fluent in all of them. There are a few others that one wouldn’t seem to know, as if he made them up himself. Knows phrases and words of Ilsabardian and Hingan.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Hair Color: Black with dark brown highlights.

Eye Color: Maroon, nothing bright, just a subtle red.

Skin Tone: Tan, on the darker side.

Body Type: Well toned, athletic, built for speed not physical strength.

Accent: It’s hard to pinpoint where his accent comes from, as it’s strangely... foreign. His R’s roll much like a Miqo’te, though smoother; he has a tendency to draw out his S’s - yet the tone in his voice is incredibly monotone.

Dominant Hand: Ambidextrous?

Posture: Usually stiff, mostly proper. Keeps his back straight, though will relax his arms to fold over his chest or rest on his hips.

Scars: Absolutely none.

Tattoos: None, as well.

Most noticeable features: Amosis always wears the metallic mask over his eyes - why? No one can say for sure. He mentions that it helps him see better, but it’s kind of hard to tell how, considering it blocks his entire vision range. For someone who dresses much like an adventurer, he has a surprising absence of scars, nicks, marks, or wounds. Not even so much as a scrape or spot of dirt. 

CHILDHOOD

Place of Birth: Is unsure, will usually tell people around the Coerthas area. Which isn’t far off, it was in current Mor Dhona.

Hometown: Spends a lot of time in both Ul’dah and Limsa Lominsa

Birth Weight/Height: Unknown, absolutely no records in any cities’ files. Seems this guy just appeared out of thin air.

Manner of Birth: Also unknown. Though one could assume he was a healthy baby based on his current health.

First Words: Tree

Siblings: None. (Might have a twin out there, who knows? *cough*)

Parents: No records or names can be found. He doesn’t remember.

Parental involvement: He doesn’t remember his parents, at all, in the slightest. In actuality, they were not very prominent in his life due to a busy work life - and, due to the fact that he was not fit for anything but as a historian, they only took care of him the bare minimum until he would be put to death. At sixteen, when he got his career as a museum curator, they cut him out of their life entirely.

ADULTHOOD

Occupation: Museum Curator, Historian, Sociologist; possible botanist.

Current Residence: Resides in Mist, however, his museum is located in Goblet (Zalera, Ward 17, Plot 28 - still under construction)

Close Friends: None. Tries to keep himself as distanced as possible.

Relationship Status: Single.

Financial Status: Both dirt poor and rich at the same time. Makes just enough to make ends meet, saves pennies as much as he can. (He hopes to expand his museum once he has enough saved up.)

Driver’s License: You probably shouldn’t let him drive anything, but he does know how to drive most Garlean tech somehow.

Vices: None, that he can think of. When nervous or stressed, he will lock himself away for days on end with no sleep - but does not drink, smoke, partake in drugs, whore, or gamble. Would an apathetic nature and mindset count?

SEX & ROMANCE

Sexual Orientation: Pansexual?

Romantic Orientation: Panromantic? / Demiromantic

Preferred Emotional Role: Submissive | Dominant | Switch

Preferred Sexual Role: Submissive | Dominant | Switch

Libido: If he has one, he never lets anyone see it.

Turn Ons: Intelligence. Submissive behavior - though doesn’t like when his partner submits on the spot; pain or roughness towards partner. Very animalistic and “primitive” in his turn ons. Destruction of clothing and property. Scratching, biting, hair pulling.

Turn Offs: Being dominated. The lie down and take it types. Being bound, blindfolded, or otherwise restricted movement, speech, sight, or hearing.

Love Language: Unsure. He’s never liked anyone enough to know what to do. But awkward, flustered, or strangely embarrassed nature that isn’t part of his character might be an indication. Or becoming increasingly more curious about the one that he finds interest in - will probably be blatant about what they are physically attracted to, and may (somehow) change his body accordingly.

Relationship Tendencies: None. He’s never been in a relationship before. 

MISCELLANEOUS

Hobbies to Pass the Time: Reading, Writing, tending to plants, growing plants, or categorizing plants in his own hand-written encyclopedia. Staring at people in a dark corner. 

Mental Illnesses: PTSD, Insomnia, Severe Apathy. (Survivor’s Guilt, if you consider it an illness more than a mental block.)

Physical Illnesses/Disabilities: None.

Left or Right Brained: Left

Fears: Earthquakes, failure, losing his work. Being buried alive; the sound of scraping metal and breaking glass. Death.

Self-Confidence Level: Average. He has his ups and downs, but generally portrays himself as prideful, egotistical, and a megalomaniac.

Vulnerabilities: The above three - he is prideful, egotistical, and a megalomaniac. Apathetic to a fault - does not understand emotions or social cues. Surprisingly easy to startle if one manages to sneak up on him before he sneaks up on them. Too curious. Will go through comically large lengths to be nosy. 

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Tagged once more, but this time, by @jarethnunh! Thank you! For Maximiloix Voilinaut’s page, click here!

Might consider doing it for all of my playable XIV characters.... hmmm...

Not tagging anyone for this one, because I tagged everyone with the last one! BUT. @jasleh and @renofmanyalts, you can consider this a second tag to make one for another character of yours! Mwahaha!

Edit: it was 4am and I had the wrong person on who tagged me so sorry!

[army-loveblog]

Guess who has headcanons?

ME

Army headcanons incoming and I have a lot.

i’m serious there’s so much fucking content in this and i keep adding more

if you WANT to read all my shit then by all means, i’m just warning you

Continue at your own risk.

-Army use to play violin when he was younger and still knows how to play it

-He as paranoia

-Due to his paranoia, he knows a shit ton of stuff about survival and what to do if you get a serious injury

-He’s a weapon hoarder, so he has a whole damn armory under his house. he also has like 3 copies of every weapon

-The reason he has so many weapons is because he likes to tinker and modify weapons as a hobby. he would never bring them into turf, he just thinks it’s fun

-He has his original N-Zap on display in his armory

-first aid kits. everywhere

-big house, rich bitch

-not as rich as emperor, but at least upper middle class

-He has 2 cabinets for medicine. One is the main and the other is the backup, which is literally a copy of Cabinet 1. he takes Cabinet 2 with him on long trips.

-he cares a lot about proper grammar and being formal

-He hates swearing, and will only cuss if he’s in a state of extreme emotion

-He’ll only eat what he cooks because PARANOIA

-Armory also includes shooting range and training zone for testing his modified weapons

-Bring a broken weapon to him and he’ll fix it, no questions asked, and it’ll be done well

-Ironically, he’ll get injured in the dumbest ways. don’t ask how, he just will

-He cares about his health and everyone else’s health a lot

-Heavily dislikes Emperor but wants to try and.. not do that

-Actually has a good sleep schedule.

-Healthy

-WEAK though. he uses the n-zap, which is basically a toy model, so it’s very light. he focuses more on speed and agility rather than strength and endurance.

-both offensive and defensive in battles, using his ink armor to push his team forward, and the suction bombs to place them down strategically, hopefully keeping the opponent away from the goal

-has a journal, but doesn’t write in it much. usually only when he cant sleep.

-when he falls asleep, his sleeping posture will be good, but when he wakes up his body is twisted around and he wakes up with back pains, so he needs to stretch a lot (turf wars usually help with that) he can’t really help how he moves in his sleep

-trains with his team on a daily basis except on weekends unless they want to

-strict, but not enough to be dislikable

-can cook things besides curry >:/

-favorite dish is curry, but doesn’t make it all the time

-cooks for himself every night and lives alone

-would die for his teammates, probably the s4 too

-his armory is REALLY secretive, so you’d only know where it is if you follow him

-owns a real gun

-knows close combat with arms and legs, but usually only uses his legs because he has 0 arm strength he still tries though

-threaten him and he’ll threaten back

-good liar but doesn’t lie because it’s morally wrong

-age 19-20, hims adult

-he’s ace but not aro (not sure what this part is yet)

-his chapter was when he was younger and more cocky and insufferable, like every teen

-has different manuals about different topics, but his largest one is battles, and it has different sections for ranked and turf

-writing helps calm him down

-sometimes he still plays violin, but not a whole lot

-parents forced him to play violin

-parents wanted him to play piano too, but that’s when he put his foot down

-favorite genres are classical, rock, and electronica

-favorite bands are ω-3, diss-pair, and bottom feeders

-dumbass but not entirely

-if being protective of someone, he’ll kind of just glare at the person testing them and hope they stop bothering, don’t question what’s happening, or go away

-lives farther from the square and plaza unlike most of the other coroika characters

-afraid of superjumping, so he just doesn’t. he’s afraid of landing in the wrong place at the wrong time. this goes for battles and jumping around town

-owns a car and knows how to drive

-everyone asks him for a ride and he hates it

-drives everyone anyway

-does salmon run quite often

-has a lot of jackets because he hates being cold

-can and will make you wear a jacket during the winter if you’re not

-army says fuck hypothermia

-i’d say he has health insurance but i don’t think that’s even a thing in splatoon

-hates ordering stuff from resturaunts because he can’t see what they’re doing and how they’re making it, especially doesn’t trust fast food because of a bad track record and again, can’t see it most of the time

-lowkey has a fear of heights

-arachnophobe. huge arachnophobe.

-if he sees a spider he will not go anywhere near it and someone else’ll have to take care of it

-”all spiders are the same, idc if they’re venomous or not”

-use to main chargers back when he was starting out before he decided to try out the n-zap

-n-zap has been his best friend ever since

-can use other weapons, just doesn’t

-has a burning hatred for the blobobbler

-has a burning hatred for the clash blaster

-has a burning hatred for the kensa weapons

-has a burning hatred for the octobrush

-has a burning hatred for piranha pit

-make him mad during a battle and ur fucking asking for it

-can and will destroy you

-doesn’t spawn camp because that’s mean

-favorite map is sturgeon shipyard probably

-is similar to Marina in the way of him liking heavy machinery. he just finds it really fascinating

-history nerd

-knows the history of humans, or at least how inklings thought they existed

-whenever he plays on shellendorf he gets distracted by all of the neat displays and history stuff and probably ends up getting splatted

-reads a lot

-has shelves of books in his bedroom

-could make a library in his house if he wanted to but doesn’t

-has a phone and only uses it for texting

-if something goes wrong, it throws him off course, but he usually manages to collect himself

-usually has a plan, but it’s always the first thing thrown out the window

-he can recreate the cellist/fiddle parts of ω-3 and bottom feeders using his violin. it took some work to get down but he eventually got it. he likes playing the bottom feeders parts the most

-is now rank X in all modes

-idk how he uses a fuckin shooter weapon in clam blitz but he makes it work

-favorite mode is Tower Control

-if him and his team are playing rainmaker, he’s usually the one carrying it. it’s either him or forge that’ll carry the rainmaker

-he doesn’t play rainmaker as often as other modes, though. and he also always struggles to carry the rainmaker because it’s a heavy bitch

-horrible at squid beatz

-can slow dance

-doesn’t like off the hook or the squid sisters all that much

-birthday is October 29th, halloween child

-ironically doesn’t like halloween that much

i think that’s all i have

probably not, but i think that’s it

if you read all of this, congratulations, you endured deep shit

never ask me for anything ever again

i will keep adding to this list

<3

[synthaphone]

doing this whole OC meme thing for me mostly, very likely not interesting to anyone else (because I’m not really explaining who any of these guys are and I don’t expect anyone to know all of them, also its formatted badly and i didn’t edit it well) so i’m putting it under a cut

The oldest OC I still bring back occasionally is Bluebell, who is an alien creature I invented in 6th grade. She used to be named Hana, because I was taking Japanese lessons and was in that phase of elementary school where you think that naming your characters after a word in another language is always the best and coolest idea

The newest OC I have that’s like, a main character is I guess Viarnne, but my newest OC that’s not a fan character is Slice the rainbow layer cake dragon

I can’t pick a favorite OC very easily- I love Pike and Tu personality-wise a whole lot out of my Dialien characters, and I think Viarnne is my favorite Neopet right now. OH also i love my old character Alkaline

picking a favorite OC design is even harder- of my neopets, Alxxa has the coolest design I think, both to draw and as far as general appearance goes. For all original characters, my favorite for a long time was the character I made whose design was... literally adapted from Alxxa but not a Neopet. I think I called it Tiramisu?? its been a while since I’ve actually drawn Tiramisu

My main reason for making OCs is sort of different for different types of characters- I think part of it is that I legitimately want to tell stories, but the biggest thing IS that I just find character design fun, in particular designing and drawing creatures.

Uhh it’s different for different characters but it usually involves finding something fun to draw and then drawing it a bunch, to see if it stays fun, or if I can keep it fun. If I don’t have fun drawing a character, they tend to sort of fall away- like, you don’t see me drawing Jukebawks often, even though I had fun coming up with a design, because she’s... hard to draw, and doesn’t have as much range of expression as a lot of my other characters. (plus I don’t have a personality for her- if I have a backstory I’m really invested in for a character, I can basically draw very similar pictures of them over and over again and have fun because I like their story so much, which is probably a bit of a flaw)

I don’t really ship my OCs with anyone else’s- I’ve never even really shipped my OCs with like, canon characters from anything? I’m not necessarily opposed to the idea of shipping my characters with someone else’s, but I’m not very good at communication or roleplaying, and a lot of my characters aren’t really what I would call ‘shippable’, so it tends to be easier to just work by myself on that kind of thing.

uhhh i have a couple ocs who I ship but i’m really self conscious about doing so, so i talk about most of them almost never. I ship Sam and Viarnne but I want to actually have a story where it makes sense for them to end up forming a relationship like that, so for now i’m mostly focusing on how their friendship will work (also, just like, assume none of my OCs are fucking I guess?? even the ones i ship together- that’s one of those things that’s just never really been interesting to me, and i mostly just don’t want to deal with jokes about it because like, please?? i like relationship stuff but i just don’t get anything out of sex stuff, jokes or otherwise, most of the time. also please don’t take this as a moral judgement if that’s something you do, i don’t care as long as its not like, something morally reprehensible, you do you). oh i also have Alxxa and Sensurround (neopets), Zotyre and Gyronaut (neopets), Alkaline and Skurl (original story), uhhh kind of not sure if Tu and Iris are gonna end up having a romantic relationship in my Dialien story, i need to do more thinking

weirdest... oc... uhhhhh i’m not sure what that would entail, exactly. my fursona might be the weirdest just from like, not having any sort of world or story or anything, she just floats in space and picks up space radio signals and stuff

I don’t really have enough villain ocs- I guess at this point, Chexerton is kind of a villain, he’s like a shitty space security guard for Virtupets. most of my completely original stories don’t have villains- Dialiens (it needs a better name- maybe just Dial) is more about mental health struggles and potentially capitalism or colonialism, and with LOSER (a story i think i have barely ever talked about on here, its the one with Skurl and Alkaline) i straight up can’t decide whether its a fun road trip where character flaws are explored and then like, amends are made, or if it ultimately ends with the characters not overcoming their flaws and destroying each other. its kind of been both in my mind for a long time which is why i can’t write it- can’t decide whether the relationship should be ultimately healthy or toxic

This is a tough question- I don’t think of my OCs as real people, exactly, that I could be mean to or ‘torture, muahaha i love seeing my babies suffer’- but they’re deeply personal to me, and I don’t think its always useful to see them as constructs unworthy of being treated with kindness. I guess what I would consider being ‘nice’ to my OCs is trying to realize them better and have them make sense and function properly in whatever stories I’m trying to tell using them. In that regard, I guess there’s some I theoretically ‘neglect’ by not really focusing on them very often, or by getting tired of their stories but never officially ‘getting rid’ of them?? Plus I don’t have time to develop literally every character I’ve ever had. I have all kinds of old OCs that i’m not planning to do anything with anymore, but they meant something to me at some point, and its not like they’re going to pile up and take up space in my house if I don’t, like, sell them. I like knowing that if I ever need to look back at my old stuff for ideas, there’s a bunch of stuff I might be able to use or repurpose again someday.

Again, I don’t really think about it as ‘killed’. I guess I don’t have the main character from Skurl’s original story anymore, who was like a mammalian Invader Zim-esque fantasy evil fortress knight?? and Skurl was the funny animal curmudgeon sidekick. I made that protagonist up because the story needed a protagonist, and he never even really had a personality to speak of- his rival was better defined, the mad scientist from the idea had a more interesting character design- basically every other character from that story I might bring back, but that protagonist is probably gone for good. Maybe I’ll bring back his weird ear decorations that smushed his fabric-y rabbit ears down, those were kind of the most interesting thing he had going on. OH if you mean literally killed off in a story, in the nightmare angst version of LOSER Skurl ends up like, not DEAD exactly, but severely fucked up to the point where he’d be better off dead. And Viarnne is technically dead

Oh man years ago I had an OC named O-BR who was a robotic panda bear toy who was possessed by the soul of some dude who died who was a father, and now is kind of the robotic parental figure of the child who owns the bear toy. i don’t think that actually works well as a story- i never even figured out what that dude’s name was, just the name of the bear. it’s name was O-BR because its ears were like, floating purple plastic cheerio shapes that hovered next to his head. this was another ‘i’m obsessed with invader zim’ era character

80% of my Neopet OCs at any given time- also 80% of my non fandom based OCs at any given time. I don’t have time to come up with stories for all of them, and I tend to just focus on whatever is interesting enough that I remember it

I hate drawing Jukebawks... i’m sorry jukebawks........ maybe i should like, offer her up for trade, but i’m not sure anyone else would want her?? i like the idea of her!! i should actually probably design her to be easier for me to draw, in all honesty. When it comes to writing though, Moe has given me so much grief because I honest to god don’t know how he fits into the story and group dynamic in Dialiens. He’s like, kind of an asshole loner who keeps to himself and doesn’t want people to bother him?? i’m not even confident he uses ‘he’ pronouns. i don’t know

this feels like its more designed for people who have more humanoid ocs where they’re heights are more, like, similar, so being short or tall is a thing?? like, for Neopets, Alxxa’s the tallest because he’s really long, and Viarnne is the shortest because he’s an oval that’s like a foot tall. as far as the only character heights that I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about, the Dialiens, tallest to shortest, are: Pike, Moe (not counting the ears), Iris, Chives, Tu

I guess my oldest ocs are Zotyre, Gyronaut, and that mutant Moehog lady- youngest would be Chilston, i guess. and as far as OCs, i have no idea, i don’t think enough about age. approaching characters from the angle that they’re Cartoons!!!! and then deciding to try and give them nuance later means that everyone’s just sort of nebulously adult-ish

Do I dislike any of my OCs, like, as characters, or as people? I think Pike, despite being one of my favorite OCs, would irritate me quite a bit in real life, because his personality is heavily influenced by traits that annoyed me about other people I’ve met, but like, trying to see them more sympathetically?? but he’d get on my nerves. Iris fits this a lot too- I don’t think I’d like Moe much either?? i dunno its a weird question, i like them because they’re my characters and also because they’re not real. i don’t think most of them would be friends with me or anything if they were real, even if so many of them are based on parts of me

oh i’ve made self inserts- i definitely had a self insert Invader Zim character that i drew maybe a single time, and then pretended to be in daydreams in my head while bored during school. she had an angsty backstory. then after that i pretended to be Trigger in my daydream stories all the time in school for like, 3 years (like, during points in time where i was zoning out during class, or walking between classes)

uhhhhh I regret not doing more with these characters, and i regret that i can’t answer a lot of important questions about characters I’ve had for years Now. i’ve had them for years, so they feel really definitive and rock solid in my mind, so they’re hard to change, but also they’re really not as nuanced as i want them to be. its a bit tough

well someone in freshman year of college who i ended up cutting ties with because of some kind of wild friend group drama and like, important political and philosophical differences, actually knew me from deviantart and remembered one of my OCs. that was pretty wild. that’s one person though... uhhh, are any of my OCs popular?? I’m just excited when anyone finds a character i’ve come up with interesting. I’m glad other people seem to like Viarnne!!! it fills me with terror that i’ll like, ruin him by writing a bad story, but its also exciting and validating to come up with a character story and for other people to also enjoy it

uhhh its Viarnne again. i drew him to try and demonstrate how a robot Kiko could be an appealing character design and it backfired on me. i love drawing Orb with a Face and Arms and i am happy when i see him as my active pet on neopets. I guess Pike also qualifies- when I initially drew the Dialiens, I had very vague personality ideas for them, and I felt like he would be the bully. he has since become very much NOT the bully (like, he seems more like a person who would get bullied) and I’ve grown really fond of him. also i created Trigger to be a Chuck E Cheese style mascot back before fucking Five Nights At Freddy’s existed and destroyed that that as an original idea (fuck you FNAF i have two characters now who are basically... that and you can’t ruin that for me. i was here FIRST (this is a joke its not even that great of a premise, my shit isn’t horror, and i’ll deal)). he was also based on a glow in the dark grey alien and a skeleton and lived in an abandoned pizza entertainment building and was basically an evil villain, and then high school me decided that instead of being that he was gonna be a mutated teenager and it was going to be really angsty. I don’t really have as much interest in that backstory anymore??? but I sure had a lot of fun with it for like 4 years so i think that counts

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Beyond Love | Paul Lahote | 1 |

Kathryn Swan was a girl who loved her family but in a matter of seconds, her old life was taken away from her. Broken and permanently scarred she moves in with the only family she has left her uncle Charlie. Now she's faced with changes she didn't even think possible.

A Paul Lahote love story.

(This takes place 2 years after the end of breaking dawn pt 2)

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Everything is exactly the same way I remember it being 5 years ago, from the way the furniture in the living room was positioned to the stacks of VHS tapes that were under the TV in the entertainment center. It kind of hurt the way that things are so constant here. Like nothing happened. But that was the way it was Bella had warned me about it, nothing here changes, it never does.

It still rains too much, making everything seem dismal even in the house that had dim lights that were probably older than me. I scoffed at the thought because I knew that couldn’t be true… about all of the bulbs in the house anyway.

There were old photos on the wall that seemed to have been recently dusted of Bella, Aunt Renee, and Uncle Charlie hung up probably years and years ago before Rene left and went somewhere sunny. Somewhere like where I came from. Even the bright smiles in most of the photos that I still remembered from my childhood weren’t enough to make the room any lighter but maybe that was just me… it’s been hard lately.  

"Bellas old room?" I sighed as Charlie walked in behind me having some issues with the suitcase he offered to carry for me, it was mostly clothes, a few art supplies but the size of it and the muddy ground that he didn’t want it to touch was what made it difficult.

He nodded out of breath, "I'm goin to order a pizza the drive back took longer than I thought it would." He said sitting the luggage down so I could grab the handle and wheel it towards the stairs.

I nodded pizza sounded good, something quick and easy that doesn’t make awkward dinner table conversations obligatory. "Is there anything that you won't eat?" He asked I could tell that this change was going to be awkward for him, but he was trying harder than he wanted me to realize. So I decided that I'm going to try to make this whole situation as easy as possible, for both of us.

"Not really, sardines but if you want them I can just pick them off." I shrugged as he handed me my other duffel bag and I started up the stairs. "No one eats sardines and enjoys it." He said trying to make a joke and I laughed at it, even though it sucked.

"In the morning we can run out and get things that you might need if you want." He offered. "I'm not a morning person." I muttered shrugging before continuing, "But thanks for the offer, I think I'm good. If I figure anything that I really need I'll let you know." I assured him, he nodded seeming to understand that I just wanted to go to bed and I was thankful for that.

Bella's old room is smaller than the one I had back at home. like everything in this house from the magnates on the fridge to the boots lined on the wall by the front door, everything in here was in the same place too.

I was too tired to think about rearranging anything tonight, I just dropped my bags on the bare bed and pulled out a pair of sweats and a tank top so that i could go do that thing that over the past few months I've grown to hate.

It’s not that I actually dislike showering but I hate the 'avoid the mirror' game. I had to do it because I would get sick every time I saw myself and what I've been reduced to.

While I was in the hospital and the aftermath of the accident, I've lost almost 50 pounds. I was, to be honest at a healthy weight for my height, the greatest shape I've been in in my life. But the way my once vivid icy grey eyes that I once prided myself on as being my best feature were now dim and gaunt, I had dark circles under them, from a mixture of sleepless and nightmare filled nights. I looked just as sick as I felt when I saw the rest of my skin.

The scars were the worst part, they were what made me really want to not look. They made me hate my own skin but being dragged behind a flipped car on the asphalt for about 50 feet will do that too someone. It could definitely be worse, I could be dead too.

Without even realizing it I was doing it again, staring. That's how I know its hard for other people not to, if I cant not look how can I expect anyone else to?

They ranged from a little over 2 inches wide on my left arm and leg to about 10 inches wide on my side and hip, thick slightly raised scars going down the left side of my body. My head wasn't even untouched, most of my left ear is gone. I have a scar going down my jaw and even light places on my cheek the 'lucky' part about those is that they were light, so makeup would help but nothing would ever take them all the way away. Unless I wanted to get surgery which considering how long I spent at the hospital before meant it wasn’t going to happen for a long time, if at all.

My tawny brown hair was the only thing that really hasn't changed all that much. There was a small patch around my ear that no longer grew and a portion around my ear that had to be buzzed off so I could get staples to hold my scalp shut. My hair looked just as dreary as my eyes it made me look unhealthy but being unhealthy meant I was still alive.

I was lucky

After my shower, I knew the pizza was probably here but I was too tired to care about the rumbling in my stomach at this point. I walked to what was now my room across the hall and lay down on the bed. I had every intention of getting up and going to find a pillow and blanket for myself from the hall closet but I was asleep before I had the chance.

…

I sat a week later, at the kitchen table sipping my coffee and scrolling through my social media feed. Even with me gone all of my friends were still able to function as proper 18-year-olds. Having fun and going to parties without me like it wasn't any different. I'm not going to lie and say that it doesn't hurt that I haven't even gotten any text messages telling me how much they miss me or to check in on me but it is what it is. Things outside of this place change and this is just one of them.

I don't expect to have ‘friends’ until I start working which I don't know how long that's going to be. There are only a few family own businesses in this little town and none of them are hiring right now anyway.

Charlie says that I don't need to worry about working or a job but I do. I don't want to be a financial burden on him after the insurance money stops. If I had been 18 before all this, I wouldn't even have had to move in with him period.

Charlie's been nothing but supportive. In his own awkward way, Bella thinks that its because he's happy that he's not living alone anymore. But I still kinda get the ‘I’m going to be super nice because of the hard time you’ve been having’ vibe off of him.

Speaking of Bella, I haven't got to see her yet. She's went with her own family on a trip to Africa… I think anyway I can't say 100% that I remember what she told me.

My whole life here has been nothing but a haze considering the nightmares have only gotten worse with the change of scenery. More vivid and realistic but it helps me wake up sooner I guess so there's that. I know that Charlie is concerned about them but there's nothing that I can do short of not sleeping at all. Which is what I do if I can help it even if that bothers him too.

"I thought you weren't a morning person." Charlie said walking in and confusing me because I thought he had left for work earlier but he was dressed in a flannel and jeans instead of his police uniform. Thinking about it, since I’ve been here I don’t remember ever seeing him in anything else, it was weird like seeing a teacher in public or something.  

"Couldn't sleep." I muttered shrugging.

"Do you have any plans for today?" He asked knowing full well that I didn't. He just wanted to know if it was ok with me if I got out of the house, which I have yet to do, in a polite way.

"No, whats up?" I asked not looking up from my phone a stale meme looking really interesting all of a sudden.

"A friend of mine is having a barbeque out on the beach in La Push.” He said referring to the Native American reservation that was a 20-minute drive away from here.

"Sounds fun, I love seeing old dudes cook on a grill and argue about football," I said sarcastically rolling my eyes.

"Fireworks and a bonfire, there will be other kids around your age there." He said as if attempting to sell me on the idea, he wasn’t doing a good job, kids my age are assholes. "You remember Jacob Black?" He asked me the name did ring a bell. "I think so," I said remembering a lanky copper skinned boy with pants that were never quite long enough for him but he was always shorter than me. "The kid that you and Bella used to play with." He added attempting to jog my memory.

"That skinny kid?" I scoffed making him bark out a laugh. "Yeah, he's not little anymore." He sighed in a way that made it sound like Jake had gained weight. "Quill and Embry live out there still too?" I asked remembering them too, we’d all been in our own little pack, fighting imaginary sea monsters at the beach (Mostly just clumps of seaweeds that had washed up from high tide).

He nodded. "Alright, I'll be ready in like 2 minutes," I said jogging up stairs.

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23st woman too heavy for GP’s scales loses almost 150lbs on diet

A former 23rd party girl who “used to laugh at people who worked out” shared how her discovery of running dropped her to 10.5, which means friends with their ripped bodies on the street no longer recognize.

Sarah Day, 45, an IT service desk manager from Basingstoke, rose to 23+ stones after the loss of her beloved mother and ex-husband in 2014 left her in despair.

But when her doctor’s medical scale wasn’t high enough to record her weight in 2019, Sarah was embarrassed and referred to a local slimming club – and was soon bitten by the weight loss and exercise virus.

Sarah Day after losing weight. PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

She previously wore a height of 26 at 5 “by 8” and had a BMI, or body mass index, used to measure a healthy weight of 49.1 compared to the healthy range of 18.5 to 24.9, which made them obese.

But now 12st 8lbs Sarah, who is single and has lived with her father David Day, 72, a retired engineer, since she split from her late ex-husband in 2012, describes her weight loss which has dropped to a height of 10-12 Dress size and a BMI of 26.6 as “life changing”.

She said, “I recently bought a size 10 dress, it was just the most incredible feeling.”

Sarah’s diet before:

Breakfast – nothing

Lunch – cheese rolls from the work canteen, chips packets and chocolate bars

Dinner – pizza with extra cheese, snacks like Deliveroo, Burger King or McDonald’s

Drink (on weekends) – six pints of Stella or white wine and shots

Exercise – none

She added, “Friends and family are blown away and people don’t recognize me on the street.

“I used to laugh at people who exercised and thought they were stupid – now I run four times a week and exercise almost every day. I’ll never be the way I was before. “

Tall and lean during most of her teenage years, Sarah started gaining weight as a young woman when she started eating and drinking anything she liked.

Sarah’s wake up call came in 2019 when she was too heavy for her GP’s scales. PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

“I was always thin when I was younger, so I never thought I would gain weight,” she explained.

“I’ve always been tall – taller and taller – since I started gaining weight when I was 18.

“Before, I was really thin. Nothing made me gain weight. “

Sarah (center) with her friend, also called Sarah (in blue), with her friend’s sister Sarah Zoey (left) and her friend’s daughters Sarah, Abbie (right) and Georgia (second from left). PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

Sarah was a sociable drinker and was also starting to party more with her friends around this time.

She said, “I went out a lot over the weekend and drank. I was a social drinker, but I drank a lot – wine, beer and shots. “

But the change in her figure did not bother the self-confident and popular Sarah.

Sarah after her transformation. PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

“I didn’t mind being a big girl and I was pretty happy to be ‘Big Sarah’,” she said.

In 2000, at the age of 24, Sarah married her now deceased ex-husband, whom she would rather not name.

“I was size 16 when I got married,” she says. “I just gradually gained weight by eating what I liked and what I drank.”

Sarah after her weight loss. PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

She added, “I ate the wrong things. I ate pizza the whole time – I just ate what I wanted. “

But the relationship didn’t last when the two split in 2012.

Tragically, Sarah’s mother, Nina Day, a catering business owner, died of ovarian cancer in May 2014 at the age of 68 – followed shortly afterwards by Sarah’s ex-husband in November of that year.

Sarah after losing weight. PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

She said, “I’ve had a terrible couple of years losing my mother and ex-husband. We were apart, but it was just a really shitty time.

“He was a very big part of my life and it was a shock to go through it all in the same year.”

As she turned to eating to cope with her grief, Sarah admitted, “Since 2014 I’ve gained a lot. I didn’t care what I eat. “

Sarah before her weight loss. COLLECT PA REAL LIFE

She added, “I would eat a lot of cheese. I ate huge portions of whatever I wanted and I still drank a lot on weekends and evenings. “

Stacking brick on brick, Sarah’s wake-up call finally came in June 2019 when she was feeling down and in pain and booked an appointment with her family doctor.

“I’ve been to the doctors a few times,” Sarah said. “I just thought it was a little slip up.”

Sarah put on whatever she wanted to eat and drink. PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

She added, “But I was on the scales and she couldn’t work out my weight. They were old-fashioned sheds that cut off – and I was too heavy. “

Given her size, Sarah knew she had to act.

She said, “I just came out and cried. I knew that if I didn’t do it for myself, nobody would help me. “

Sarah’s diet now:

Breakfast – a banana or two

Lunch – Ham and Low Fat Philadelphia Sandwich Dilution, a bag of low WW point crisps

Dinner – smaller portions of healthier meals like chicken fajitas, spaghetti bolognese, salads, or scrambled eggs and smoked salmon on low-fat bread

Drink (on weekends) – gin and tonic, in moderation or the occasional beer or glass of wine

Exercise – morning run of 5-6 km and midday hike of 4 km

For WW, formerly known as Weight Watchers, she was offered a free 12 week membership through the NHS.

She vowed not to put it off any longer, called that afternoon and went with him the next week.

She said, “There were like-minded people at different stages and I just thought I can do it.”

Sarah is now thrilled to have a dress size 10-12. PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

When she started the diet where slimmer people track their food intake with WW points, Sarah’s original goal was to be 16 and wear a size 18.

“I would have liked to have worn a size 12 – but at that point it still seemed so far away,” she explained.

After months of monitoring her diet, Sarah gradually lost 4th place – although she initially refused to exercise and continued to enjoy some dinners and evenings with friends to save up her points for the weekends.

Sarah nearly lost 11th PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

She said, “I haven’t told my friends and family anything other than a few close friends and my boss at work who was really brilliant.

“Before the lockdown. I didn’t want to train – I just wasn’t. “

But when others noticed changes, friends warned her not to tighten or risk sagging skin folds.

Sarah loves to exercise now. PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

So, in February 2020, she bit the bullet and entered a gym – and discovered, to her shock, that she loved it.

She said, “It was across from my job and I thought it was a sign. Then, within weeks, they shut them all down because of Covid. It took me 45 years to go to a gym and within a month they were closed.

“I didn’t feel out of place and really was there – so I was gutted.”

Sarah on a hiking vacation with friends in the Lake District. PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

When the pandemic lockdown the country, Sarah began exercising on an exercise bike and taking long walks in her father’s living room.

When the restrictions began to lift, friends joined her on 10 to 15 km hikes.

She said, “It was the only way I could see her, so everyone took turns walking with me.”

Sarah says her weight loss changed her life. PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

Not drinking alcohol during the lockdown, as her father is not a drinker, also helped.

“I was a bit of a party animal before the lockdown, but it’s a little strange,” Sarah confessed.

“I made the decision to stop drinking in order to lose a little more weight, but I wouldn’t have wanted to drink alone during the pandemic.”

Sarah is walking with friends during the lockdown. PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

When they returned to work after the first lockdown in September 2020, their colleagues were “amazed” at their transformation.

“I was in 16th place, but I wasn’t happy. I wanted more, ”she said. “I made the mistake about training.”

That summer, Sarah enjoyed personal workouts and returned to the gym – reaching a major milestone after losing 8th place.

Sarah was size 16 when she got married at 24. PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

“The compliments kept coming back,” she laughed.

Sarah started running in the fall, when restrictions resumed.

Sarah’s doctor was astonished when she returned for an appointment in January 2021, soon to be regularly jogging five or six kilometers, four times a week and a total of six or seven times a week.

Sarah weighed 23 before her weight loss. PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

She said, “I lost just under the 11th. The sister couldn’t believe it.

“I’m now a size 12 and WW says I’ve lost 10.5 pounds. I have reached my target weight and I feel amazing. “

Enthusiastic about her new, torn figure, Sarah no longer sees her eating habits as diet.

Sarah went for a walk with friends in Covid every day. PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

“It’s a lifestyle choice – I have my goodies,” she said.

“WW changed my life. It’s something I’ll live with forever and I’ll never go back. “

She added, “I was just on a hiking vacation with friends in the Lake District, something I would never have done before.”

Sarah with an award from WW. PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

But her newfound love for running has benefited her mental and physical health.

She said, “I love clearing my mind. It’s a breath of fresh air and my own thoughts. “

Now she’s so much happier, friends are pushing Sarah to get back on the dating scene.

Sarah with the daughters of her best friend Abbie (right) aged 17 and Georgia (left) aged 20. PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

“Apparently I can go out now and find the man of my dreams!” She joked.

And Sarah might even show up on TV one day.

She laughed, “My friends always wanted me to apply to First Dates, and I’ve never felt so confident. Maybe I’ll think about it now in the future – who knows. “

Sarah is now excited to join the dating scene. PA REAL LIFE / COLLECT

But the biggest change of all lies in their happiness in themselves.

Sarah said, “I smile when I look at myself brushing my teeth now. I feel a great sense of achievement and it makes me so happy. “

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source https://dailyhealthynews.ca/23st-woman-too-heavy-for-gps-scales-loses-almost-150lbs-on-diet/

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Ideal Body Weight: Is There Such a Thing?

One of the most typical inquiries I am asked when I rest down with a customer to develop a plan is, 'Exactly what should I evaluate?'

That is easy to understand amidst the sea of viewpoints and cultural stress. It's so tough to know just what weight to go for as well as still preserve a healthy body photo. We obtain so concentrated on the number on a scale that we could forget just what really matters at the end of the day-being healthy and balanced and able to lead a full life.

That number we so commonly fear on the range is just a part of the bigger picture. An excellent and healthy weight is extremely individual and also should be treated as such.

The Body Mass Index

One of the most simple (but by no means best) means of taking a look at ideal weight is BMI, which is based only on height as well as weight. As a formula it appears like this:

You can take the result of this formula and also location it right into among four categories: Underweight (BMI 30). You can additionally use a graph like the one below:

BMI is extremely straightforward as well as easy for the private to determine in the convenience and also simplicity of their residence, which is why it is so popular. Being simple as well as well-adopted, nevertheless, does not make it the very best or most helpful way to consider the principle of perfect weight.

The Problem with BMI

While it offers you a rough idea of exactly how you get on and just what you must go for, there is one area where BMI drops terribly short: it cannot take body composition right into account.

What this implies is that you can have extremely muscle individuals (think football players) that, although they have a completely healthy composition, wind up in the 'overweight' category. You could likewise locate people that have a 'typical' BMI, but their composition is less muscle than is healthy, which alone can lead to cardio health problems.

There are a great deal of various shapes and sizes of bodies available, fitting into a statistical design does not always work. Do not obtain me incorrect, BMI is a good design to utilize in a whole lot of instances, but if you are looking to set certain objectives that are special to you and also your body, there is a much better approach available.

Determine Fat by Measuring It

I've meant it currently. When checking out an 'ideal weight' for somebody, what we're truly discussing is body composition. It is easy to speak about just weight, as it usually relocates step with make-up, but sometimes it does not. Such is the situation with the skinny-fat person, who could look totally slim however are a little softer on the edges as opposed to being lean and muscle underneath the clothes. Their weight excels, but their body fat is in fact a little high. You need to take make-up into account, especially in endurance professional athletes where catabolic hormones can obtain out of control sometimes as well as create even more fat storage.

So we turn our eyes far from the range and over to body structure as the starting point. That indicates, for the majority of people, having a skin-fold analysis done, or making use of a bioelectrical insusceptibility (BEI) device to measure their structure (less exact, more finicky). For those with the methods as well as the access, there are several various other approaches offered that are much more precise, but we'll skip over that for now.

The objective of using make-up as an overview exists in discovering 2 things: lean mass and portion of body fat.

As an instance, let's state we evaluate a common male, as well as he is available in at 200lb as well as we calculate his body structure as well as his body fat percent is available in at 30%. That suggests our two numbers are as follows:

His lean mass is 140lb. This would certainly be considered all non-fat cells in the body (muscle mass, organs, and so on).

His body fat represent 60lb of that weight.

Unless he sheds some muscular tissue, this individual just isn't really going to obtain under 140lb because that would certainly be essentially absolutely no percent body fat. In fact, he will probably include a pair extra pounds of lean muscular tissue along the path relying on just how he manages his fat burning method. That being said, we have the most important component of our estimation determined: lean mass. This is the outright starting factor and the basis for making excellent weight a lot extra straightforward to the individual.

Discovering Your Perfect Weight: The Formula

You can discover your ideal weight by identifying your lean mass, after that pick a body fat percent or variety of percents that you 'd such as to be at within the above standards. As soon as you have your variety in mind, it is as straightforward as using the complying with formula to reject an objective weight:

Lean body mass (pounds) x (1 + target body fat percent, as a decimal) = ideal weight

In the case of our 200lb individual, allow's claim he desires to be between 12-17% body fat (BF). His circumstance would resemble this:

140 pounds X 1.12 = 156.8 lbs or 140 pounds X 1.17 = 163.8 lbs

So, complying with the formula, his target 'perfect' weight would certainly be 156.8-163.8 extra pounds.

But how do you determine what percent( s) to make use of for this formula? This is where it obtains enjoyable. At this factor, the concept of a suitable weight typically takes different courses depending upon your distinct perspective. The daily person just trying to obtain healthy and balanced as well as look much better will have an extremely different collection of objectives, at the very least originally, compared to a person a lot more sports aiming to push the envelope on performance. Ultimately, it is individual preference.

What Composition Should I Goal to Achieve?

The very first action in developing your one-of-a-kind target weight or weight range is to honestly ask on your own a number of questions:

Just what is most essential to me? Health? Efficiency? Eating what I desire when I want?

Exactly how do I wish to look and feel?

Do I like my existing amount of muscular tissue mass? Do I have excessive or inadequate for my certain goals? Worded an additional way: Am I strong sufficient? Do I have additional muscle mass that does not assist with my goals?

Do I want to put in the effort and be extremely disciplined to hit actually low body composition numbers?

Once you have spent some time with those questions as well as have some suggestion of what is important to you, you can make use of a number of resources to start preparing your details optimal weight formula. One great, simple source is ACE's body composition guidelines.

[Chart courtesy of ACE]

The information ACE offers is simple as well as simple. It likewise takes out the group of 'necessary fat' which is the bare minimum had to maintain health-a terrific point to bear in mind. There are few individuals that must be aiming for that degree of leanness. For many people seeming healthy and balanced as well as feel excellent, the 'health and fitness' group is a terrific location to aim.

One point the ACE chart does not account for, though, is the changes in our bodies as we age. Our appropriate body fat ranges have a tendency to raise a little with age. Why is this, you ask? There are three sorts of fat on the human body. While the subcutaneous (under the skin, just what we determine with skin folds) could remain the same, the visceral (around the organs, unmeasured), and also intramuscular fats (between muscular tissue, like a marbled steak, unmeasured) have the tendency to raise as we age, changing the overall body density and contributing to the portion body fat.

To take aging into account, I 'd advise making use of either resources. Remember that in the initial, it is still an analytical model, just like BMI, so some older, sports individuals, might not fit the presumptions as their body thickness could be underestimated.

The initially source I would certainly advise is from the American University of Sports Medicine's Guidelines for Workout Screening as well as Prescription (8th Ed.). This source damages the numbers down right into percentiles as well as varieties (really lean, exceptional, good, reasonable, bad, very bad). You could see that stood for in the graphes below.

[Chart gotten from the American University of Sports Medicine]

The last source worth mentioning is something far more intuitive: picture charts. These are options of body pictures that are associated to certain body compositions. You can utilize these to obtain a far better suggestion of exactly what your body will certainly resemble at various degrees of body fat. BuiltLean.com has excellent picture charts available for both males and females in addition to in-depth explanations. I extremely advise examining it out if you are a more visual person.

A Note for the Athletes

With different sports and levels of competitors come various needs as well as physique that succeed. This is why you see competitive runners and also bikers that are so stinkin' skinny. Gravity punishes any type of added weight that they bring. A football gamer, on the various other hand, needs even more mass to survive the regular whipping positioned on the body. Various bodies for different needs. This is an entire topic in as well as of itself.

Putting It All Together

You have all the items of the problem. You discovered your suitable weight or weight variety. Currently just what? You have to function on getting there! It would certainly behave to believe that we simply lose fat when we reduce weight, or that we just acquire muscle mass when we include mass. The fact is that both lean as well as fat mass are altering with each other, making the entire process extra challenging. That's why measuring routinely is so important.

Measuring on a routine basis (both weight on the range as well as portion body fat) guarantees you are fulfilling both your fat and lean mass goals. You do not wish to be in that circumstance where you wish to slim down from fat while maintaining your lean muscular tissue as well as discover out you are shedding both.

It is likewise tough to be in the placement where you are attempting to slim down, yet are adding muscular tissue mass at the same time, causing a scale that reviews greater than anticipated regardless of feeling and look much better. That could really play with your head. That's why we measure. Purpose information excels, as well as what obtains measured has a tendency to obtain managed, which brings about better and also quicker results.

All this being said, ideal weight is sort of up to you, and also will rely on your personal goals. There is no magic number or perfect physique. You require to pick the healthy and balanced path, just what is finest for you, and pursue it complete bore. Do not let preferred point of view tell you what is ideal for you.

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