#age and also quite distant emotionally and geographically

[glavilio]

me sprinkling in a little bit of romantic baggage into all my characters with a uniquely transgender flavor. no one is safe

#i'm making pernelle and calisone ex lovers from way back #and his guilt over hurting her is a big reason why he doesn't obey the court's order and kill them as a knight and vassal #also prince mirse (the current partner of callisone and true vassal of the court) doesn't see citinri as a threat #he's certainly more of a strategist politician than how the king sees himself as a divine ruler. he understands that citrini has no #economic power or political leverage and that they own no land. the king's religious and fanatic fears are not shared by his court in i #it's entirety. so his vassals don't necessarily obey him but don't dispose him because he is easy to manipulate and change to the status qu #would inevitably harm the monarchy and the power the lesser princes can use. marse especially understands that but also sees pernelle as a #major potential ally in case things do go sour. the island is inferior technologically and she is one of the few insiders with #scientific and technological expertise that compares to the early modern mainland and other continents #because of calisone and pernelles history calisone also acts a little bit like a father figure to citrini #though a temporary and very very distant one. since both of citirnis grandparents are dead and half estranged. and their cousin is the same #age and also quite distant emotionally and geographically #of course plenty of the vassals do share the same religious and political ideals with the king #or familial ties #those are the ones that pose a real danger to young arrant errant citrinitas

[oumaheroes]

NZ and Artie hcs pretty please! Something 🥺 thank youuuu

Sorry this took me so long to answer!

I should start with something 'overall' first. I've enjoyed seeing different fandom interpretations of New Zealand throughout the years- as a shy golden boy, to rambunctious fellow play fighter, to mud weary tomboy, to a poised daughter, or all at once. For me, potentially due to how Zea has been canonically drawn, New Zealand is non-binary. What they've got going on under there ain't my business and they certainly don't care. I’ve therefore given them the name ‘Alex’- for the feminine or masculine version, who’s to say.

They very much live by the feeling 'I am New Zealand', and whatever that entails. Nothing more, nothing less.

Childhood/ Teenagerhood:

England had really settled into the swing of things at this point. He was used to children, used to parenting in general- the ups and downs of it - and used to keeping his children at more of a distance emotionally than he had with Canada and America. So, by the time Zea came about there was a smoother transition into family life than there had been for poor old OZ. Australia, who had a few brief years of England as a more affectionate, happy, and relaxed parent, was abruptly cut from contact for a few years and then reintroduced to someone stricter and far more distant and which has left their relationship a bit strained at times.

Zea knew nothing else. From the get go, England set a standard of behaviour and maintained it. On the one hand this was good: Zea never struggled around England, either in being comfortable in his presence or with the 'new' rules that were in place, and also never suffered from any sort of consequence that came from having a parental figure suddenly do a 180 on you.

On the other hand, they did grow up slightly lacking in the affection department. They knew England loved them, but as soon as they became a little older there were less hugs, less kisses, less of playing silly games and more study, learning, and filling their days with their own company. They were used to this and it didn’t bother them at the time, but compared to their older brothers, or younger ones (seeing him with Sealand does spark some bitterness), they certainly missed out, and have inherited England’s current (in)ability to interact physically with loved ones- they’re not overly touchy-feely and express love through acts of service or gift giving.

Mainly though, Zea's childhood was good and quite stable. They were home schooled, but England also used to like sending them off for playdates with noble families with children to get them more acquainted to people their physical age, or would take Zea with him into town to work with their politicians or their tradesmen. Zea thus spent a lot of their time waiting, either sitting on the floor of England's study, or somewhere around him outside, watching and listening to him work and talk shop with people.

Nations are robust things, sturdy and, surrounded by their people, not really in too much danger. I think England was rather lax in this regard with his children (someone who had a childhood of wandering around villages, foraging for food, and being personally thrust into war from a young age will hardly find a town centre in the 1800s dangerous) and used to leave New Zealand with some local children for entertainment if he needed to go and do things that required a bit more time than a quick chat.

Because of this, a humdrum of business is something New Zealand finds to be a soothing white noise, something they can filter out or tune into easily, and they appreciate this unorthodox education. They’re also very happy with their own company and can entertain, and soothe, themselves independently.

Not to go on too much of a tangent (because I do do that, in these posts), I just want to quickly touch upon Zea and Oz’s relationship because I think that helped cover up for what they were lacking in terms of openness and easy affection from England- Zea because they never really had it, and Oz because he was missing it. Due to how close they are geographically, and potentially because England on some level felt guilty for his inability to fully let himself go and open up to them, New Zealand and Australia spent quite a lot of time with each other in either of their lands from England moving them about with him when he visited one or the other. Both were also sometimes taken back home with him to the UK and a lot of Zea’s exposure to a more ‘traditional’ Kirkland upbringing comes from their time with their bother- playfights, arguments, mischief, and an open easiness with each other’s raw and unfiltered company.

Back on topic and to summarise, New Zealand's childhood relationship with England was a good one. As I mentioned in my Canada headcanon post about a similar topic, England is very, very good with small children and Zea was no different. But as they got older this decreased rapidly, something that they considered perfectly acceptable at the time but now is something they sometimes look back on with a small amount of hurt and confusion.

Teenagerhood they were very used to being on their own and, funnily, when you think about what England was trying to do, very independent. Not independent like America, with his fights for recognition as an independent entity removed from England, but independent personally. A childhood of watching England work and playing often by themselves meant that Zea as a teenager was studious, quiet, and happy to be left alone or taken out for company (similar to Wales in personality, I reckon. Need their alone time and will take themselves away if this is not given).

Arguments with England were rare- Zea’s not one for butting heads but would much rather learn the ins and outs of everything and then put forth and argument for change. England may be a hothead and stubborn, but he’s not closed minded. It’s how you approach him that matters and Zea caught onto this early. Whereas Australia would shout or refuse to do that he was asked if he didn’t want to, or would put up some form of fight, New Zealand would instead do the task, do it well, and then request time with England to formally present him with all of the reasons their proposal was far better.

England being told he is wrong will likely not listen if he believes himself to be right (even if he has doubts, someone telling him that his way is bad will make him stubbornly cling to it just to prove them wrong and himself justified for doing it in the first place- clawing and scraping for even an inch of a victory). But England being told that someone has thought of a different way, and asking for his opinion on it, is far more likely to inspire change. He feels valued and goes into the discussion with an open mind that most often went in New Zealand’s favour.

Because of this, they do have a reputation of having England wound around their little finger from a young age. But really, they were just smart enough to figure England out and use it to their advantage. They were also smart enough not to overplay this hand, and so their teenagerhood was peaceful and calm.

Adulthood:

As adults, the two are on very good terms. England prefers adult children to teenaged ones, especially calm, well-mannered ones, and this relationship improved after Zea got their independence. Rather like a burst of relief from England’s end, I feel- he’d spent so long paranoid about his colonies leaving him that this clouded his enjoyment of them. With them finally independent, that worry is redundant and he can enjoy them for the people they are. And Arthur likes Alex, he really does. He finds them mature, funny, and intelligent. The two have similar hobbies and interests and England often spends time with them travelling about to beaches or passing book recommendations back and forth.

Being nations heavily shaped and surrounded by the sea, this is something that is a huge passion for the both of them and they often go sailing together on the ocean, either on smaller boats by the shore or for larger trips out to sea. Arthur willingly took all of his children out to sea, but Alex was the only one who really took to it and shares a similar hunger for it as he does. They’re probably the least openly affectionate pair of all of the Arthur- child relationships, but that doesn’t mean he loves Alex any less and, most of the time, Alex knows this and is content with the way things are. As mentioned in my Canada post though, England is trying to improve himself in this area in the modern day and he’s trying really hard with Zea, (though this is sometimes awkward for the both of them.)

#hws england #hws new zealand #aph england #aph new zealand #arthur kirkland #hetalia headcanons #aph #hws #hetalia #heroes headcanons #heroes answers #rein-ette #aph australia #hws australia

[shekeepsthebees]

This was supposed to be a post about Bible study this week, but I digressed into some other reflection

Oh, hey there. It’s been a hot minute since I used this. Without digressing too much, I’ll say that this platform was a pillar in my high school and early college lives. It also was a fantastic way for me to therapeutically explore who I was and re-learn myself when I was set free from an emotionally abusive relationship at the end of my sophomore year of college. Now, feeling the weight of grad school in full force, I find myself back here. Is it because this is easier for me to quickly articulate what I need? Perhaps. Is this post a one-off because I left my journal at school yesterday? Quite possibly.

So, since I’ve taken a hiatus, it should be noted that I graduated undergrad, moved home to work for a few months, and moved to another new city to begin graduate school in a 6 month period. I still use my profile picture here because I don’t think I’ll ever take another photo like that where I like how I look again. June was spent in a dormitory, July was spent in Italy (not romantic Italy, more like 10-hour days in a technical school working on a startup), and August meant moving in with a stranger, in a very strange city, and starting over. Just because I successfully navigated my social life in undergrad (with time) evidently did not mean I’d find equal success in graduate school. In undergrad, I was able to cling to the overwhelming majority of people on campus who claimed Christ.

Here, I’ve barely found a church. I say barely because I found one, but it is geographically distant from myself, and the only small group I can attend is comprised of women my mother’s age. As an old soul, I can find and appreciate all of the nutrient wisdom they have to offer, but consistent discipleship from people in different stages of life than my own does not create abundant opportunities for accountability. I am learning and leaning on these women as I get to know them--I cried this past week when sharing that, like an overtired toddler, I cried in my mom’s arms before getting food and just had a little melt down over the weekend--lots of tears shed, and it’s just the stress of not sleeping and having great expectations sitting on my shoulders.

I want to appreciate this season that I’m in, as it is one of intense intellectual and personal growth, but I yearn spiritually for stability. And I know that my spiritual life is the foundation upon which I’m supposed to build my life, yet here I am, letting it rot and trying to shift things around to accommodate that. In an egocentric city, entrenched in a program of Silicon Valley pride, I want to seek and exude humility and love. I want to reflect that my gain is not what I live for, but instead Christ’s glory.

O to grace how great a debtor Daily I’m constrained to be! Let Thy goodness, like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts above. 

Rachel

#real blogging

[heirsofremnant]

Pepper Rika Adel (Cougar/Mountain Lion Faunus)

Nickname: ‘Pep’, ‘Khani’, ‘Pepperoni’ by Jet and Mars and other close friends.

Age: 19

Gender: Female/Cis

Siblings:

N/A

Parents: Coco Adel (‘Mother’, Adoptive Mother), Velvet Adel (‘Mum’, Adoptive Mother), Sienna Khan (Late Aunt), Umber Khan (Biological Father)

Orientation: Bisexual (Passive in her pursuits of love. She keeps falling for gay men or straight women and is respectfully done for the time being.)

School/Year/Team: Shade Academy/3rd year/ Leader to team PEPR

Aura: Blue

Semblance: Quake, a Semblance that gives her the ability to create tremors. This semblance can be used as little as making an enemy trip or as large as to break the ground beneath her in two. She finds that her powers are connected directly to her emotional and spiritual unrest and tries to keep herself balanced and calm at all times to prevent accidents. Depending on the severity, her Aura could last a while through using this Semblance.

Weapon: Dual Hatchets that double as pistols and combine into a giant axe. Both Port and Sun were sought after to help Pepper finalize her weapons. The names are ‘Clay’ and ‘Bone’.

Emblem: A Gods Eye, a nod to her spiritual powers

Personality: Intuitive, Calm, Spiritual, Open-minded, Neutral, Unwavering, Outdoorsy, Independent, Dreamer, Realist, Artistic, Charming, Passionate

Voice: Grey Griffin (Jackie Lynn Thomas from Star VS the Forces of Evil) (Aussie Accent mixed with Surfer accent)

Trivia:

Pepper has a large tattoo on her back that covers up discrimination scars from her younger teen years. It is an Eagle with its wings spread, making a statement that despite best attempts, she is a free spirit who won’t be silenced.

She had no idea she was related to the late Sienna Khan until she turned 15 and her biological Father contacted her (against Coco and Velvet’s wishes). They chat online for a few months and Pepper begins to wonder what her life would be like had her Father and Mother not given her up. She runs away to his house in an act of teenaged rebellion against her Mother’s. In the end, Umber brought her back to her parent’s place and explained the situation. He has since been accepted into the family and is now a geographically distant but emotionally present part of Pepper’s life.

Umber gave up Pepper after old White Fang members tried to hunt them down and slaughter the family, blaming them for the fall of Adam Taurus even years after his failures. Umber’s wife was killed in one of the attacks, leaving him a single dad of a vulnerable baby. Having no other option, he put her up for adoption reluctantly and hoped for her to have a happy life.

Given her family’s involvement with the White Fang, she has now since become a member of the renewed organization. Peace and Friendship is what she preaches and all the protests she leads are non-violent. This is how she receives many of her scars.

Pepper is a relatively close friend of Mars and Jet. She initially meets Jet Black a week into her first year at Shade. Finding him to be a balanced and level individual, she slowly begins making friends with him. His presence, she often says, is ‘soothing and unwavering’. Through Jet, she meets Mars. Though she can never seem to match his energy level, he always brings a cheery smile to her face. The trio end up getting into a decent amount of trouble.

Pepper is a Medium, in that she can see and clean Aura’s, see spirits, and talk to the dead. She’s also an empath, able to pick up on the emotions of others around her.

She is a huge fan of Jet and Mars’s band, buying all of their CD’s and coming around to recording sessions. One time, Mars convinced Jet to allow Pepper to play a cowbell in one of their songs. He says that he regrets it to this day.

Pepper has select hobbies and fun activities she does with her mother’s. Painting and sketching with Mum Velvet and shopping or hitting up some relaxing cafe’s with Mother Coco.

Coco and Velvet initially wanted a little boy, but when Velvet heard of an orphaned Cougar Faunus girl, she couldn’t say no... and neither could Coco.

Pepper has night vision, improved hearing, sharpened fangs and amazing climbing abilities that most Faunus possess. She practically scales vertical walls with ease. Her legs are also extremely muscular as is her tail. Whacked with one of them and you’ll be crashing straight into a wall.

Pepper has excellent martial arts skills and is an expert in hand-to-hand combat. Both Coco and Velvet trained her hard to improve her self before they handed her any weapons. 

Fox Alistair is her adoptive uncle and she loves spending time with him and Aunt Honey. The pair are really relaxed and the house is peaceful. Her older “cousin”, Aspen, is as close to a brother as she will ever get.

If Pepper is upset, everyone knows. The tremors and thumping of her tail is a clear indicator that everything is not alright.

She has an Australian accent like her Mum Velvet. Much like her Mother Coco, Pepper has a ‘Take no bullshit’ attitude. Her strength, agility and muscular (though tiny) physique helps her win all of her fights as she becomes undefeated in the ring. Through this, Pepper becomes one of the more popular fighters at Shade, admired and loved by many. Pepper, unfortunately for her fans, is quite oblivious to this.

She used to have a crush on Elio Belladonna before she realized he was gay. She also used to have a crush on Esme Belladonna before she realized she was straight (and also too young OOPS). Her bitter feelings over the Belladonna siblings might be holding her back from putting herself out there again.

She’s 5′4″, smallest of the group and smaller than Esmeray.

#Pepper Adel #Pepper #Coco x Velvet #Velvet x Coco #CrossHares #Next Gen #RWBabies #RWBaby #Heir's of Remnant #Heir's #My OC #OC #RWBY #RWBY OC #Sienna Khan #Umber Khan

[universeinform-blog]

Boston-Based Blogger Shares Prime Travel Tips

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Boston-Based Blogger Shares Prime Travel Tips

Boston-primarily based Brittany Stopa is dwelling the life the majority dream approximately. She’s a travel blogger who has observed a way to tour 12 months-spherical

“I just love to tour and being tied all the way down to one region is simply too limiting,” stated Brittany. Superstar Chef Opens Pop-up Restaurant at Eataly Boston In 2015, the 26-yr-old cease her table process, bought her assets, and used her savings to undertake a new lifestyle. Over the last yr, she’s visited 19 international locations and stocks her trips through her weblog. Real lifestyles Fishing Boat Featured in “Manchester via the ocean” The weblog now receives enough clicks to make a profit, which pays for her travels. On her weblog, she also faculties followers on wherein to journey, and the way to accomplish that frugally. She stated, “Visiting for an extended time period makes your money stretch longer.” “Going to cheaper motels, now not flying between locations, and taking buses” also allows, defined Brittany. For Individuals, Brittany advises vacationers to start with South us. She stated one flight can get you to the place, after which you may cheaply journey thru nations. She says she’s met many people who live this lifestyle distant places, everybody from unmarried people to entire families. If you need to adopt the entire time Travelling lifestyle, Brittany supplied this advice: 1. Start saving, locate approaches to storing money on the whole thing and put the ones financial savings away. Brittany did this for years, stored $15,000 and used that for her first six months of the journey. 2. Discover a way to paintings remotely. Brittany started out a blog, however many careers have faraway alternatives. In case you chose to start a blog- get a loose domain name and start running a blog proper away. It could Begin as an interest until it’s profitable sufficient to live off its earnings. 3. Exchange your concept of journey. It’s no longer a holiday as lots as it’s far experiencing a brand new us of a and living in it because the locals do. Select frugal options over inns, but live inside the united states longer so that you can revel in it absolutely over the years.

A way to Take Amazing Tour Images

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Virtually, the second one step to create lovely Pix starts without the digicam! What your Photos want to do is percentage your amazement of an area. So what you want to do is search for what amazes you and check out it properly.

Say you simply arrived in downtown Lima on the Plaza de Armas. The plaza is massive, it is surrounded via imposing historic homes on three sides, there is a massive fountain in the middle, lighting fixtures, flora arranged in patterns and hordes of human beings passing via

Overcoming Writer’s Block for the Beginner Blogger

Running a blog is something I have been enthusiastic about for quite a while, and people that recognize me well have witnessed me start and end many blogs over time. My adventure to turning into a blogger has been a limitless adventure of trial and error, and to be quite sincere, it nevertheless is.

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I might say to myself “Why is that this so hard for me? I really like to put in writing, so this has to be a breeze. Plus there are such a lot of blogs obtainable if different humans can do it easily, why the hell cannot I?”

Join emotionally & cope with your audience’s goal/desire

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five Precise Activities in Boston

Visit the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway

In case you are visiting Boston each time in the spring or summer time, on foot alongside the Kennedy Greenway through downtown Boston is the right place to spend a sunny afternoon. Right here you may locate rows upon rows of plant life in order to enchant the senses. The lawn is constituted of numerous small parks with each containing Unique flora and trees like sweetbay magnolia or marsh blazing star. That is an exceptional possibility to educate your kids approximately horticulture and the significance of sustainability and retaining the natural global. Dad and mom also can take their youngsters to the Greenway Carousel, where kids can journey for $3. The greenway is devoted to Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, former president John F. Kennedy’s mom. The greenway opened in 2008 after Boston sought to demolish the aging John F. Fitzgerald Limited-access highway.

Institute of Present day Art (ICA)

Modern-day Art is not for everybody, and the Art Right here is the way you say, ‘superior’. But that does not mean each person can’t discover a piece that fascinates them in the event that they method the Art with open thoughts. Perhaps the ICA fine characteristic is the beautiful view it provides of the Boston skyline on the cantilevered glass wing, which stretches over the Boston Harbor.

Artwork Here isn’t always just constrained among frames. ICA is a hotbed for big-scale interactive Artwork pieces that absolutely immerse audiences. Do not come looking ahead to understand every piece you spot. Be careworn, be appalled, deliver yourself the opportunity to look the leaders of the avant-garde Art motion on the complete show.

Old City Trolley Tours

Nights aren’t just for sleeping, in particular on a trip to Boston. Like any Vintage towns, Beantown is home to its share of creepy websites and darkish records. In case you discover yourself inside the town between April and October, taking one of the Vintage Town Trolley Tours will offer you with a glimpse of the city’s darker side. With a seventeenth century gravedigger as your guide, the Ghosts & Gravestones Excursion of Boston offers a midnight trolley ride across the metropolis.

Go to the Mapparium

Maximum vacationers would not Visit a library while in Boston, But there is a good cause to Visit the Mary Baker Eddy Library’s ‘Mapparium’. It is a massive globe made of 608 glass sections, reaching a top of three testimonies, 30-toes extensive! Built in the Nineteen Thirties, the Mapparium is the primary of its type. In case you aren’t dazzled with the aid of its sheer length, then the lights machine and acoustics will. There are 206 LED light fixtures capable of producing almost sixteen million color mixtures.