#wonder-worker

[gretchensinister]

Daily Fic Highlight: Wonder-Worker

The winner of today's kudos email is:

"Wonder-Worker" is a Jack/North short fic that I wrote as a fill for one of the prompts in Round 1 of the Rise of the Guardians Dreamwidth Kinkmeme. It's partially based on Rufftoon's comics. North is doing more and more wonderous, impossible things, and is also becoming less and less visible to ordinary people. One night, he sees the also-unseen Jack. Jack is a cis woman in this fic. 1321 words, T, F/M.

A rare young North fic spotted!

AUs like this were always interesting to me as prompts, because they let me create what were essentially fragments of much longer stories without actually writing that longer story.

Sample (Yes, there's a typo in the first sentence. Sometimes that's how it is.)

Nicholas St. North sat in his tent, pouring over a map spread on a low table. With careful strokes, he marked what he had seen on the day’s journey, but as he did so, his frown of concentration turned to one of anger. The map—the map was not big enough for all the things he had seen! And now, looking at it again, the place he had marked for his camp was far too close to his previous camp. He had ridden slowly, to be sure, but he had still traveled all day! What was more, he had forded two broad rivers, neither of which were marked on the map. But he had checked his position by the stars, and the stars did not lie. And he had bought the map from an ordinary, honest man—he could tell now, and he was at least never wrong in this, when men were honest—so ordinary he hadn’t noticed a tall man standing directly in front of him in his shop. Nicholas cursed. It was all connected, wasn’t it? The more he travelled, the more he saw, the more inaccurate the map became. The more he saw, the less he was seen—unless he did a great deed, usually something everyone said was impossible. And even then, he was more spoken of than spoken to, as if in completing the impossible task he had become more impossible himself.

[rainbow-sunshine-unicorn]

Remember Anthony’s scary and very fierce temper that used to send people scrambling

His wife deals with it by booping him on the nose whenever he starts getting mad and IT WORKS

[ringosmistress]

[clarabosswald]

to the 10 non-israeli hostages still in hamas captivity (listed from top left to bottom right):

bipin joshi, 23, nepal. an agronomy student, bipin arrived at israel to study citrus cultivation, only 3 weeks before 7/10. he was staying at kibbutz alumim when the attack started. at first, when the rockets started, bipin sheltered in a bunker with 16 other nepalese foreigners. thinking this was a "regular" attack, and will pass soon, they've even taken a group selfie, which one of them had uploaded to facebook with the caption "bunker time". bipin can be seen in this photo.

fear settled in when the sound of gunfire was getting closer. terrorists briefly entered the bunker at first, shooting at the men. two were instantly killed - one who was filming with his phone, and one who shouted "we're nepalese!" the terrorists have then started throwing grenades into the bunker. the men have crowded against the wall - except for bipin, who jumped at the grenades to throw them away. he was successful with the first grenade; but the second one exploded before he could get to it, and left several of the men injured and unconscious. the terrorists have moved on from the bunker, and later the men heard distant shouts of israeli officers, who arrived at the active scene of the attack, instructing them to come to a nearby kitchen for better shelter. while a few of the men immediately went there, bipin and a few of his friends tried to first aid those who were injured by the grenade. it was during this time that he quickly texted his cousin, in english: “If something happens to me you have to take care of my family. Be strong and always see the future.” it was then that two terrorists broke into the bunker. one, pointing a gun at the men left inside, instructed them to come outside with him. the other filmed them with his phone - with the footage being the last time bipin was seen. bipin's phone was later located in the gaza strip.

2. sudthisak rinthalak, 43, thailand. a farm worker, he was working the orchards of kibbutz be'eri on the morning of the attack. he was murdered on the spot, and his body kidnapped into the gaza strip. his death was confirmed to his family on may 16, 2024, following an investigation of the available evidence. may he rest in peace.

3. watchara sriaoun, 32, thailand. a farm worker, he was kidnapped from kibbutz nir oz, where he was working. watchara arrived in israel back in 2020 with his brother, in order to cover their family debt and pay their father's medical bills. apart from his mother and brother, waiting for him back home is also watchara's 9 year old daugher, irada, whose mother died in august 2024.

4. sathian suwannakham, 35, thailand. a farm worker from kibbutz nir oz, he arrived at israel in 2020. sathian was seriously injured during his kidnapping. his mother found out about it via a video on facebook; she, alongside sathian's father and sister, are still waiting in thailand for any word on him.

5. pongsak tanna, 36, thailand. a farm worker, he would often livestream while working, talking to his father wilas, or his 14 year old daughter. on the morning of 7/10, pongsak video called his father. during the 10 minute call, he described the chaos of rockets and gunfire, shouting at people around him to hide from the terrorists. eventually the signal was cut. pongsak was kidnapped into the gaza strip. during the weeks after 7/10, wilas spent days riding his bike around his home province, alongside the thailand-cambodia border, looking for anyone with a relative in israel who could help him search for pongsak. he had spent thousands of bahts (hundreds of dollars) repeatedly submitting legal documents to the government, in hope for any news on his son. “if my son is alive, whenever israel can get the hostages released, I want (him) to come home quickly to (his) hometown," silas said in an interview back in october 2024. “most importantly, i want my son to be ordained (as a buddhist monk) for his mom who died when he was away."

6. bannawat seathao, 27, thailand. a farm worker, he was shot in the leg before being kidnapped.

7. nattapong pinta, 35, thailand. nicknamed "nick", nattapong, a farm worker, came to work in israel a year and a half before 7/10, leaving his wife and young son, in order to pay off a debt and help his wife fulfill her dream of opening a coffee shop. he worked the avocado groves in nir oz. during the occasional rocket attacks, nick would call his older sister, reassuring her. "i’m just saving up a little more money, then i’ll be coming back.” on the morning of 7/10, nick called him wife, narissara. there was shooting, he said, and he was running away. that was the last she heard from him. "i felt like my heart was being squeezed when i learned that he hadn't been freed yet," narissara said. "i will definitely go to the airport [when he returns]. nothing will stop me."

8. suntaya akrasi, 20, thailand. a farm worker, suntaya was murdered on 7/10 while working near kibbutz be'eri, then his body was kidnapped into the gaza strip. his death was confirmed on may 16th, 2024. may he rest in peace.

9. joshua loitu mollel, 21, tanzania. an agronomy student, he arrived at israel 3 weeks before 7/10, planning to stay for 11 months. both joshua and his roomate, clemence felix mtenga (22), a fellow student from tanzania, were murdered in nir oz. at first, the pair had managed to text a fellow tanzanian intern in the kibbutz, ezekiel kitiku, telling him that they were running for shelter. but after a few hours, the texts have stopped. joshua's violent kidnapping was filmed and posted online, showing the terrorists stabbing and shooting him several times. joshua's body was kidnapped into the strip; clemence's body was identified a month later. joshua's death was confirmed in december 2023. joshua was the oldest of 5 children, and his stay in israel was his first time traveling outside of tanzania. joshua's father told of joshua's younger siblings that they "ask me every morning and night: ‘Dad, we want to talk to our brother.'" may joshua and clemence rest in peace.

10. surasak lamnau, 30, thailand. a farm worker at first, surasak's mother, kanmee, had no idea what happened to her son. in the chaos following the events of 7/10, his colleagues in israel told her that they did not see him. but after she posted about him online, she was told that he was one of 5 people - an israeli employer and his 4 thai employees - who were kidnapped. his fate is currently unknown.

none of these 10 hostages are expected to be released during the first phase of the ceasefire deal between israel and hamas.

of the 82 foreign nationals who were killed during the 7/10 events, 46 were thai, 10 were nepalese (all agronomy students who were murdered in kibbutz alumim), 5 chinese (3 were murdered in sderot); 4 were from the philippines (3 were working as nurses in the gaza envelope, one was killed in the nova festival massacre); two nurses from sri lanka (both murdered in kibbutz be'eri); two were from tanzania; 2 were from the uk; 2 were from the usa; and the others were from germany, moldova, canada, cambodia, eritrea, india, mexico, ukraine, and geogria. 32 foreign nationals were kidnapped. most of them thai. 647 foreign nationals were injured.

[paper-possum-party-pal]

More doodles!

First we have tiny Stanley and Narrator because small :)

I really enjoy the hc that after Stanley leaves the parable he goes and gets a job that requires manual labor or as a florist. I feel like he would want to detach himself from office work as much as possible, even if there’s som layer of attachment due to familiarity. I really love this small doodle because I managed to successfully use more interesting lighting which is something I’m trying to improve.

References for all the drawings

[silentagecinema]

oh to cry is to feel

[royalarchivist]

Phil: Do you get paid? Do you get paid, Bob?

Walter Bob: [Nods]

Phil: Do they pay you a good amount? Like, is it- oh. Is it like a living wage?

Fit: Philza! Phil.

Phil: [Turns to Fit] What's up?

Fit: Come out here.

Phil: I'm asking Walter sensitive information about his pay.

Walter Bob: [Writes "It's enough."]

Phil: Wicked. [Laughs]

[okayto]

Woman storms into the library this afternoon, demands the students working the desk tell her if we use this one digital resource (database?), and if we don't then she's going to protest!!!

We do not, in fact, use RandoQuest 9000, and the woman is staring at the student worker like she's trying to set the worker on fire.

Is she a student? No. Alumni? Employee? Any relation at all to the college? No.

Isn't there someone who can assure her that we will immediately begin using RandoQuest 9000?! Student worker calls the current reference person. Gets as far as "There's a lovely woman here named Renee—" before reference person sighs heavily. "Tell her no. She's already emailed the director multiple times."

She demands to know where the next nearest college library is before leaving. Without protest.

[blessedshortcake]

Im really wondering why Jayce decided to take Viktor to their lab instead of like.... get medical help i guess? Besides his desperation and fear for his life i mean.

All the subjects before died when "connected" go the hexcore. I know Jayce recognises Viktors altered body parts as hexcore mcfuckery but like thats such a GAMBLE to take man.

It kinda makes me wonder if his injuries were That severe or if Jayce was just too panicked to think about the existence of a hospital

[pushing500]

Trade caravans always make such an awful mess at our trading spot, and Alistair is always there to mop it all up with no complaints. He's the best boy ever ❤️

We built a fancy bar in our fancy hotel, and I wanted to draw suave barkeep Kwahu :3

Parenting is tough on the rim

Ivy is so fuckin' cute. I love that as soon as she was done admiring the irl thrumbo, she came home immediately to draw it. Perhaps a sign that she'll grow up into an artist someday? We do need an artist around here...

Even more strangers have appeared in the desert. Even the sight of Jut lurching around in his blinded, traumatised, mushroom-person, French-speaking state didn't make them leave.

It seems we'll have to tame them so we can send them to the outposts and get them off our lawn.

Randy hates making things easy for us.

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[mrmeepsmadmind]

they are ignoring my big beautiful pathetic himbo wife and his cute little platypus tail that he has for some tank part reason im too dumb to understand why

[gingersp1ce547]

Q!phil’s convo with q!cellbit about his time on egg island is so funny in retrospect bc

Q!cellbit: i dont know. I did some pretty fucked up things. I dont want you to be disappointed in me.

Q!philza, who has been repressing his bloodlust to make his kids happy this whole time: mate thats not possible

[cupofwater6]

yknow the idea of cutting your brain in half to work extremely efficiently as a replacement for any confrontation with severe depression reflects how the psychiatric instutition revolves around making someone fit enough to work, on top of that in severance you're serving the company a near perfect you whos sole purpose is to work and is stripped from whatever community or care that could have helped him work through his feelings, which translates to his outie's further isolation, and an isolated person is easier to control

[falllpoutboy]

i need a cigarette

[threefeline]

Haven’t seen anything about this here yet but they’re trying to pass something in March that basically makes companies like Lyft and DoorDash to reclassify their workers from "contractors" to "employees" and idk this is kinda cool. It basically makes them follow six criteria to see wether the worker is an ‘employee’ or a ‘contractor’ whereas Trump’s old rule was only two and it was like super weirdly vaguely worded

The title is a bit inflammatory but the article describes that it’s a pretty big win for the workers so

[peliginspeaks]

I've recently started a new job and because of this I need to know more about the ratwork factories immediately. Do they have little ratty break rooms? Do they come in with lunch pails and stack them all up, or do they just share one giant wheel of cheese in the lunch room that they replace every week? Do they have unions? They better have unions.