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george-weasleys-girl · 7 months

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GWG Ramblings

The Darker Sides of Harry Potter

tw: rape

It's not explicit, but nonetheless, I'm putting the rest under the cut.

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So, I posted this earlier and it got me thinking. What other things got cut out of the books, either because they were inappropriate for young readers or weren't important to the story?

Whenever I edit my writing, there is usually at least one thing that I end up cutting because it isn't necessary or it detracts from the story. So, I would imagine there were quite a few stories that didn't make it into the series. And I'd really love to read those.

I also wonder what the series would've been like had it been written for adults rather than kids. I think about things like love potions (the magical world's version of the date rape drug). And since it was widely available, how did the magical community view rape? Was it even a crime? Or was it only a crime when love potions weren't involved? What kind of mindset are we looking at here?

Voldemort was the product of love potion rape. So, we know it did happen. On what scale, though? And what, if any, repercussions were there?

It's possible that it was deemed a crime with a harsh punishment. But it was rarely reported, not out of fear, but because the victim doesn't remember it, thanks to the memory spells that altered or wiped a person's memory.

Which brings me to another point.

I wrote an entire ramble on mental health care in the wizarding world. Something I didn't even consider at the time was the use of memory spells as mental health care. I talked about shock spells as being the magical equivalent of electro-shock therapy. One of the potential side effects of electroconvulsive therapy is memory loss.

On the surface, this seems like a great idea. Erase the memory of the trauma (be it rape or seeing Voldemort brutally murder one of your friends).

Then, voila! No more bad memories.

Except...

Does it erase the trauma caused by the event?

Imagine how fucked up it would be living with the effects of long-term trauma, but having no idea why and no way to remedy it.

It'd be like going to the doctor, knowing that something is wrong and being told it's just your imagination.

It's all in your head.

And brings me to another point. (I'm on a roll today.😅)

These spells were generally reversible (unless something goes wrong). So what if a person's true memories aren't wiped/altered but instead just made extremely difficult or impossible to access by non-magical means?

I think about when Hermione altered her parents' memories to erase her existence from their minds. I can't help but wonder if they were haunted by the reoccurring thought that something was missing. Something very, very important. But they had no idea what.

This all reminds me of the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (which, if you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it).

To sum up its about two people who, after their painful break-up, have their memories of each other wiped. The movie then follows the repercussions of that decision. The female lead, Clementine, is still plagued with depression even after the memories of her ex are all erased. And at the end of the day, the point is, we need our memories, both the good and bad if we are to grow and to heal.

We can't do either if we can't remember what hurt us.

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ANYWAY.

Wow. I really galloped off on one hell of tangent. I think that's enough rambling for today.

And it wasn't even the one I've been working on. Go figure. 🤷‍♀️

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tsunflowers · 9 months

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terrible news I downloaded kisekae again and I can't stop making ocs in it

I made a post about most of them here but here's the new ones

starshine - ambiguously lesbian duo - white star shaped ring that gives her light powers - shared mascot with moonglow

theater kid. convinced she’s too much for moonglow who is cool and seems self-assured. her and moonglow are genuinely kind of obsessed with each other but are also playing it up for the audience in a big way and are extremely insecure about their relationship. they probably don’t even talk that much outside the arena. has to hold hands with moonglow to use her powers. the re:vale of magical girls

moonglow - ambiguously lesbian duo - black moon shaped ring that gives her darkness powers - shared mascot with starshine

lone wolf type. convinced she’s too boring and gloomy for starshine who is vibrant and talkative. writes electronic music and has a moderate following online but is terrified to talk about it to anyone in her real life. loves obscure fantasy novels and anime. she has no idea how she reads to other people and lots of people have crushes on her but she can’t comprehend that

R-FLIGHTFORM - mecha musume - silver gun that lets her control gravity - ufo mascot

has been described as unfun, boring, allergic to fun, etc. physics major. mad all the time bc her magic powers defy the laws of physics. one of the first to suspect something’s up with the showrunners but she doesn’t tell anyone bc she wants to have empirical evidence first. why is she even doing all this? grad school is expensive. the r is supposed to be like in the big o but I feel like it makes her seem like a reddit board so she might need to drop it

then the infamous showrunners who are demons from another world trying to get everyone on earth with magic powers to play their little games in the magical girl arena so they won't be able to use the magic against the demons when they take over. the demon world is kind of like the magic world from dorohedoro in that it fucking sucks and people are always getting turned into mushrooms and bugs and shit and if you turn on the tv it’s only static and scraping metal noises but people just live there like it’s normal. the human world is only one of many worlds the demons have access to so it’s not that exciting to them. they can tell some of their magic is bleeding into it but they’re kind of self-centered and don’t think that’s a big deal

hikold

demons are supposed to do something big every century. your first two are just about growing up and finding yourself but after that everyone expects you to get something done. hikold did not do that for her 300th year and everyone made fun of her ever since so that’s why she’s decided to pop over to the human world and subjugate them. acts extremely serious while in her human disguise bc it’s her idea of professionalism but as soon she she reverts to demon form she becomes a sleazy businessman (female). everyone calls her sir even though she’s a woman. she loves gambling

ixn

I couldn’t decide if I wanted her to be a teen or a small adult so I made up some demon bullshit. demons are technically mature at 100 but don’t fully join society until around 200 when they decide what their Thing is going to be. ixn is sort of the demon equivalent of a college freshman, technically an adult but older adults don’t see her that way. she helps to design the matches and does the online marketing. she did the emceeing too before ririmi took over. her and ririmi are pretty close and she always keeps track of everything new she learns about ririmi in case she can use it against her in the future but she doesn’t realize that after a while she’s only doing it bc she likes ririmi and wants to be friends. cringe!

mazka

shes the sexy one. the relationship between her and hikold can’t be described in words. their personas as sexy secretary and sleazy boss are compatible but they also hate each other so it’s like, hikold looks down mazka’s top when mazka brings her coffee, but mazka poisoned the coffee, but hikold knew mazka poisoned the coffee so she pours it out in the office plant mazka is growing. this is demon flirting. mazka is the costume designer for the magical girl arena. she always says shit like ufufu. she flirts with everyone she knows but if she truly hates someone she just doesn’t talk to them at all. which is how you know she enjoys her weird ass sexy rivalry with hikold

currently the only official ships are hikold/mazka and avery/evelyn. I think ixn/michelle might be but I havent decided yet

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oraclekleo · 10 months

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Kleo you're the only blog i found who celebrates getting older & becoming mature. You always mentioned your age without any shame. No cutting back a few years to seem "younger". Society really demonized getting older when in reality, it's so much better than being a teenager.

I'm not naive anymore. I can control my emotion. I'm calmer. I earn money. I don't involve myself in useless fight like fandom fights 💀

These are are not even half the benefit of getting older. As for health, your 30s is not 70s lol. We're fine.

-LS

Hello!

😂

Honestly, I still feel like a child even in my 30s. I know I haven't figured everything out, I still struggle to properly adult but yes, just like you say, 30s are great!

I mean, in your 30s you don't really go to school or university so you basically only learn what you are genuinely interested in or when it's for your career and you get paid for improving your qualification instead of getting meaningless marks. In your 30s, you know you don't need to impress anyone because same as you, they don't care whether your handbag is Prada or reusable cotton shoulder bag you bought in Tesco 5 years ago to carry your groceries home. Unless you actually have some conditions, your hormones and periods are pretty much settled down and you can predict your mood swings based on your cycle and give warnings to those of concern. In your 30s, you usually know what you want and don't want in life - I know I don't want husband and children and I knew it in my 20s but only after reaching magical 30 people started to take me seriously. And that's another thing - people actually listen to you and respect your values and opinions in your 30s. Finally you have the authority to actually completely decide about your life. Yes, people might critisise your decisions but the great thing is that you don't have to care about their opinion because you're pretty much well established on your own and if they keep bitching about something you can easily tell bye bye to them.

Yes, I have back pains, I need regular sleep schedule, I can't spend a day eating fastfood or my internal organs will let me know very clearly I made a mistake while in my teens I could live on chips and fizzy drinks for a week and still feel at the top of my game. But honestly, these are actually good things. Back pains motivate me to stretch and exercise. Regular sleeping shedule is healthy and really, really great. If you never had a regular sleeping schedule, you have no idea what utter bliss you are missing. And the fact I need to eat nutritious and balanced meals in order to feel good is also pretty ace.

I love being on my 30s. And quite frankly I'm looking forward to my 40s. If I'm smart now, I might be able to actually achieve some of big dreams that seem unreachable now but might be much accessible when in my 40s. I actually like growing old.

And to all those who think they know how world spins in their teen years - YOU HAVE NO IDEA! Don't you dare shaming people older than you. We have been through shit you can't even imagine. I didn't have internet when I was your age. We had to go to libraries and read or at least browse through actuall thick books for hours to find a little piece of information you can Google in 2 seconds. I miss spending hours in library now... I should spoil myself with a library day sometimes... 😏 Because I have a nice job and so many days of paid vacation that I can just randomly decide to spend a day in a library! And that's what you get in your 30s... Plus a nice salary to spoil yourself even more. 😂

So yeah! Thank you for celebrating 30s with me, dear! 💜💜💜💜

'We rock!' we whisper to our mirror reflection before moisturizing and going sleep at 9 pm. 🤣

Kleo 🦄

#oracle kleo #in her 30s and loving it

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xxsimschallengesxx · 11 months

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Sims 3 Repopulation Project Rules

I have provided (most of) the rules down below. I deleted some rules that were on the website because I can't build in this game to save my life, so I will just be focusing on repopulating the world minus the building portion of this challenge. Here's the link for the official rules:

Here are the rules that I will be using:

Rules: 1. No creating Sims in Create-A-Sim! The reason for this is because your Sim has to repopulate, not some unseen power (aka you in Edit Town mode). Also, it removes the fun from the project. Creating Sims in a tool specifically designed to create Sims is just too easy. 2. NO CHEATING! You can cheat to give your character money to start out with, but then that's it. No cheating from there. The money you give your Sim at the beginning could have been because of his past, so it's okay to have that, but cheating to maintain money, or just for the heck of it, is just plain wrong! It takes the challenge out. Money doesn't magically appear in your pockets, even when you're rebuilding civilization. 3. You Sim CAN move to an empty world. They don't have to start out there. It's actually a good idea to start out in a populated world, then move to an empty one later. It gives you a chance to collect some things you may not have access to once you move to the empty world. For example, certain collectibles like the Death Flower and Deathfish won't be around in an empty world. If you're looking to extend your life with Ambrosia, collecting some stuff before the end of the world is probably a good idea. Also, your world's going to need fish, plants, lizards, birds, and fruit anyway.

Tips: -Get DNA samples! Pizza delivery people, maids, butlers, repairmen, etc. All of these people can have a little DNA plucked from them to help with rebuilding society. To justify their existence in an allegedly deserted world, I usually consider them visitors. You see, inventions like the Time Machine and the PlasmaPunch Gyroscopic Conductor prove that travel to other worlds is possible in the Sims 3 (at least with expansion packs, that is). You can also use Clone Drone potions to create copies of them to populate the town, since these clones are technically your creation. -Start off with PlantSims. If you can create PlantSims, for crying out loud, create them! They're a great life state to start populating the world with. They're easier to take care of than normal Sim babies, so you can handle more of them. And you want to create as many new Sims as possible when you start out populating the world. Of course, PlantSims can't have children of their own. The solution? Turn them into something else. You can cure them, turn them into another life state, or even have them adopt. -Make use of Imaginary Friends! These invisible creatures are just FANTASTIC to help repopulate. Magical constructs that have no relation to their "owner", start off as a friend of a Sim as a child, and can be made into the opposite gender. See where I'm going with this? All you have to do is make them real, and your Sim has a potential lover ready to go. It really helps to create a genetically diverse population, and it's really easy. Assuming you have three children, and each of them has a imaginary friend that you turn real, that's seven Sims total counting your starter Sim. That leaves just enough legroom for two of your Sims to have a child to further the cause of repopulating the world. -Clone like the wind! Clone your service people, clone the dead (if you took a tombstone with you), and clone yourself! My personal favorite is the Clone Voucher. Very useful for repopulating when you first start off. What better way to begin rebuilding society than to make your first offspring a child? Plus, he/she can adopt or grow a PlantSim or something like that to procreate on their own. Or use Clone Drone to create an adult clone of yourself, and have him procreate on his own. You can even change his name and personality with University Life's reprogramming lounger (or whatever it's called), and change his appearance with a bit of makeup and surgery. Just be careful not to make to many clones. Genetic diversity is a must if your citizens are ever going to repopulate on their own, and inbreeding would be a bad idea even if you weren't trying to rebuild society. And even though Sims who weren't cloned through the Clone Voucher aren't officially related to anyone, genetically, they have to be. Send in the clones...just not too many. -Get some cash! Even if you're already rich, you'll need to secure some form of income. It doesn't matter if your Sim is a millionaire- he/she WILL run out of money sooner or later. You're funding the construction of a whole world, for crying out loud. That can pretty quickly drain your pockets. I personally like to invest in businesses myself. You can just sit back, rake in the money, and focus on populating your empty world without any financial worries. If nothing else, grab a Midas Touch potion if you have Supernatural installed. Believe me, just one of those babies will wipe your financial worries away for a LOOOOOONG time. -Force Sims to reproduce. You're going to have to play Cupid with some of your descendants, believe me. Story progression will make two Sims living together more likely to have a child, but it won't guarantee it. And when you're populating a nearly deserted world, just about every Sim in the game has to have children, at least until you get a stable population. Heck, they could always have a child without getting married, by adopting, cloning, growing a PlantSim, or getting abducted by aliens.

#simblr #repopulation project #sims 3 #the sims #sims #rules #sims 3 rules #challenge #challenges #sims 3 repopulation challenge #sims repopulation challenge

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Jane and carlos ship meme can't remember if I already asked for this

You haven’t.

1.Whois the most affectionate?:

Carlos.

Afterlearning that showing affection and vulnerability isn’t somethingto be avoided at all costs, and more so, not being victimized andtaken advantage of by others that just reinforce his Isle-sourcedbeliefs, he just goes all out on showing his friends, hispseudo-family, and especially Jane as much love and affection as hecan.

2.Bigspoon/Little spoon?:

Theyalternate, depending on who’s having the worse day, the worse panicattack, or in the case that they’ve both suffered equally sucky andterrible days, who Dude or their current pet dog/s decides to snuggleup to.

3.Mostcommon argument?:

Carlos’scientific projects, and what he can or can not work on, at home orin the office.

Aftergetting access to proper education, professional mentorship,communication with his fellow inventor peers, scholarships, researchgrants, and most importantly, a lifetime membership at the HandyDandy Hardware store franchise, sometimes even the laws of physicsaren’t enough to limit Carlos’ trying to make his ideas areality.

As he borrows from Adam Savage, “I reject your reality, and substitute my own!”

4.Favoritenon-sexual activity?:

Discussionof their days, what happened, and what will be happening.

Janeenjoys the way Carlos lights up when discussing his latest project,results, and activities, even if sometimes her incredibly advancedthought process and infallible memory can’t keep up with him, andCarlos enjoys knowing that he’s serving as the sympathetic,attentive ear for whenever Jane needs to unload, and boy, does shehave some plenty interesting stories to tell, even if they are rants.

They’reboth all too used to being ignored, or outright being told to shutup, that their issues and concerns were less important than someoneelse’s—the most common culprits were Cruella, and of course,Audrey.

It’sREALLY nice to have someone who just up and listens, no questionsasked.

5.Whois most likely to carry the other?:

Jane.

Carlosheavily relies on mathematics, physics, and Judo whenever he has todo anything physical. And however frail Jane’s mortal body lookslike, she can easily override the “limiters” and becomesuperhumanly strong.

6.Whatis their favorite feature of their partner’s?:

Janereally enjoys Carlos’ energy and sheer enthusiasm when he gets intosomething he really, really, really enjoys, such as dogs,science projects, or some other sort of achievement like an amazingblock in a friendly, non-professional Tourney game with friends.

Carlosloves Jane’s eyes, the one thing that she doesn’t—can’t,really—de-age or attempt to hide just how old, how experienced, andhow many things she has seen over her immortal existence, good, bad,and everything in between.

7.What’sthe first thing that changes when they realize they have feelings forthe other?:

Youcan watch this whole series in Descendants 2. I really don’tagree with many of the writer’s decisions and how they executed it,but I’m too lazy and tired to think up of an entirely differentseries of them getting together.

8.Nicknames?& if so, how did they originate?:

“Dr.de Vil” after Carlos officially gets his doctorate in MechanicalEngineering, “My Little Mad Scientist” because of all of hiscrazy, zany experiments, and “Fae’s Best Friend” when he onceasked, “If dogs are man’s best friend, what does that make me toyou?”

“BabyJane” as an affectionate, playful nickname, “Doggy Godmother”because of how experienced and skilled she is with taking care ofdogs, and “Blue” when Jane explicitly asked him to make up aspecial nickname that only he could use.

9.Whoworries the most?:

Jane.

Carloshas learned that sometimes, there’s really nothing you can do butface whatever impending unpleasantness is coming your way, and thatall the fretting and hypothesizing in the world is better spentactually doing something, objectively and definitively finding outhow a decision/preparations/experiment will turn out.

Thataside, he’s mortal, worrying takes up a lot of his inherentlylimited energy, and Jane has no such constraints.

10.Whoremembers what the other one always orders at a restaurant?:

Jane.Infallible Faerie Memory, baby.

11.Whotops?:

Theyswitch, but Jane takes this role the most.

12.Whoinitiates kisses?:

Carlos.See No. 1.

13.Whoreaches for the other’s hand first?:

Carlos.

14.Whokisses the hardest?:

Jane.Initiation might be difficult and awkward for him, but bridging theinitial gap is kind of like opening the floodgates of affection,love, and messy, slobbery tongue-action.

15.Whowakes up first?:

Jane,by virtue of rarely, if ever actually sleeping, and only for a fewhours if she does.

16.Whowants to stay in bed just a little longer?:

Carlos.All that flurry of activity and thinking in a short span of timeequates to a LOT of forced, necessary downtime, and unlike hissmartphone, you can’t expect him to be completely ready to doa-zillion different functions and programs as soon as you press the“On” button.

17.Whosays I love you first?:

Again,see the Descendants 2 movie.

18.Wholeaves little notes in the other’s one lunch? (Bonus: what does itusually say?):

Jane.

It’susually reminders of things that miss Carlos’ (admittedlyincredibly haphazard and disorganized) record keeping system, butsometimes she just goes on to say how much she loves him, or cutelittle things their pets have done that he might like to know about.

19.Whotells their family/friends about their relationship first?:

Jane,though it’s really easy to do so when your mother isn’tobjectively fucking crazy.

20.Whatdo their family/friends think of their relationship?:

FairyGodmother is super supportive and loving towards Carlos—sometimes alittle too much, as FG has a tendency to overcompensate with the“maternal support towards the boyfriend” because of lingering,unconscious guilt of never being around for Jane as much as sheshould have been.

Cruellathinks the whole thing is an absolute disgrace, especiallysince Jane can’t really get “anything of actual worth” fromCarlos. “Not that a homely face and run-of-the-mill body like herscan nab anyone worth marrying in the first place!”

21.Whois more likely to start dancing with the other?:

Carlos.Excessive amounts of energy that need to be released, yo.

22.Whocooks more/who is better at cooking?:

Jane.She’s had plenty of free time to fill, and even though Carlos doescook, he using his hands to work with machines and computers, notknives and fresh ingredients.

23.Whocomes up with cheesy pick up lines?:

Carlos.

“Youknow, Jane, when I think about us, I can’t help but feel like I’ma nut.”

“Anut? Why?”

“BecauseI fit so well with you, like you’re a bolt, and we were just madefor each other.”

24.Whowhispers inappropriate things in the other’s ear duringinappropriate times?:

Carlos.Look, Jane is not above and definitely into dirty talk, but Carlos isthe one who always feels the need to “shake things up” when Janewould rather they not be shook.

25.Whoneeds more assurance?:

Jane.

Carlosisn’t the picture of absolute, constant self-confidence, but atleast he can’t completely, objectively remember every single timehe has ever felt like he could not do it, and it turns out thatdespite his best efforts and the confidence of others, he couldn’tdo it after all.

26.Whatwould be their theme song?:

Imay have used this before, and my apologies if I did, and also for mylimited song knoweldge, but “Body Image” by TWRP fits them verywell.

Jane’sphysical appearance remains a sore point for the rest of her life—shewas “beautiful” in high school, but what about college? The realworld as a “twenty-something” in as much as an immortal, agelessfaerie can be a twenty-something? How should she look as she, herfriends, and her lover age and grow older?

Justhow much gray should she have on her hair? Should she start changingher appearance to have more wrinkles, extra, unnecessary padding, alittle more stoop to her posture? Is it even fair to be simulating aweakening, failing body, when everyone knows full well she willeternally be a spry spring chicken blessed with divine strength andagility like a Grecian Avian Demi-God?

Regardlessof what she looks like, though, Carlos will always love her.

27.Whowould sing to their child back to sleep?:

Jane.

Carlosdoesn’t really feel like he’s up to the task, seeing as all his“lullabies” were Cruella screaming at him at the top of hislungs, blaming him for all her problems, and loudly saying to hisface, message clear thanks to her facial expression, body language,and tone, that she regrets ever having him.

28.Whatdo they do when they’re away from each other?:

Carlosdoes science, Tourney, and “Guy Things” with Jay, the specificsof which change over time. In their teens and twenties, it’s goingout to town, getting into trouble, and possibly being arrested. Inhis thirties and forties, it’s meetings with the other dads and“with kids or serious, all-consuming careers” adults for thingslike weekend hunting trips, “bad-back friendly” Tourney teams andgames, and of course, embarrassing group bonding events with theirkids, their nephews and nieces, and/or godchildren, and so on and soforth for however long he lives.

Janegoes on with her numerous jobs and duties as a Fairy Godmother in anage mostly without magic, hanging out with her female friends withwhatever activities are “in” with them at the moment, and tryingto immerse herself in the present culture however well or awkwardlyshe can, if only so the inevitable generational paradigm shift of allof society around her gets less surprising and sudden.

29.oneheadcanon about this OTP that breaks your heart:

Carlosand Jane own a LOT of dogs over the course of their relationship. Asyou would expect, none of these puppers ever live as long as Carlosdoes, and it’s impossible for any of them to be an immortal Faelike Jane. Every decade or so, they lose a furry best friend orthree, bury and/or cremate them, and shelve a scrapbook filled withprinted photos and mementos in a special collection with all theirdogs.

Ithappens constantly. It’s inevitable. They know, and willinglyaccept that fact every time they are gifted a new puppy, or adopt onefrom the shelter.

Butstill, every single time, it hurts.

Andno time does it hurt the most, than the first time Jane has to fillin the very last pages of a scrapbook by herself, decide whereexactly it’s going to go in that giant wall of scrapbooks by herlonesome, figure out all by herself whether or not she’s going togo get a new dog, after she buried both her latest pet and herhusband.

30.oneheadcanon about this OTP that mends it:

Weknow from Mulan there’s definitely an afterlife—or enough of aperson that sticks around, that it’s basically them for all intentsand purposes. And thanks to connections with Lonnie, and the gradualweakening of the Magic Ban to the point where it’s really just aset of regulatory acts not unlike the laws governing ownership anddriving of a car, Jane manages to get an opportunity to see Carlosagain, along with all of their dogs.

Janehugs and kisses the ghostly, kind-of-cold Carlos in the middle of asea of dogs, before they both lie down and drown in all theslobbering, yipping, yapping, barking, licking, and tail-wagging,struggling to keep up with all the lapdogs who refuse to share withall the other lapdogs, the dogs that really did not like making newfriends, the ones that were just too eager to be friendly withabsolutely everyone they encountered--

--Alltheir dogs, of all temperaments, breeds, backgrounds, and what haveyou, Jane remembering all of them in infallible, exact detail,holding them in her arms once more, feeling their love and affectioneven if her hand goes right through them, and there’s no warmth, nofluffiness when she tries to pet them, just a muggy, slightlyunpleasant coldness.

Thereunion lasts for hours, the magicians, voodoo practitioners, andspirit callers officiating it having to clock overtime because theyhave just that many dogs, and Jane and Carlos want personal time witheach of their pets, however long each canine wants to be with boththeir owners once again.

Buteventually, even the most attention and affection hungry pup hastheir fill, even the dogs that want play time to stretch for on andon find themselves bowing out, and Jane feels that fatigue settingin, the kind that shouldn’t technically exist, but the power oftrying to imitate being normal and human can bring.

Janeand Carlos stand up, hug and kiss one last time, before Jane moves tothe side with the exhausted or just replaced summoners, Carlos andtheir dogs move to the other side. Hands waving, mouths open inpants, tails wagging, they say their goodbyes, before the latterdisappear, and all is quiet once more.

Janegoes home, and spends quite a long time alone immediately after, andtaking something of a semi-vacation from all her work and duties forthe time after that.

Butsome day, she plans on getting herself a new puppy, changing herphysical appearance once more to a woman definitely old enough to besomeone’s mom but not quite someone’s grandmother, putting out adating ad as she tries to get back in the “market.”

Shedoesn’t know exactly what she’s looking for, but she does knowthat they must love dogs.

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