#like obviously there's value in it and it can either benefit your own garden or make a little profit in the right neighborhood

[kirby-the-gorb]

#kirby #bugs #worm #ask to tag #daily kirby #my art #digital #hal laboratory #nintendo #I would always hang out with my dad when he gardened and take every worm he dug up #to carry it gently around the yard and eventually set it safely away from the garden tools #they're so cute I love them #the worst part about my wheelchair is it's much harder to stop and move worms out of harm's way :( #I wanna make a little worm farm once we have more space #like obviously there's value in it and it can either benefit your own garden or make a little profit in the right neighborhood #but it's entirely an excuse to own Many Worms.

[angerissue]

Character Survey.

Real name: Dr. Robert Bruce Banner, Ph.D..

Single or taken: Single, and this probably isn't going to change anytime soon. He has a number of ingrained emotional issues, and ideological issues that pertain to his condition, that prevent him from seeking romantic relationships and even just becoming close to someone. One-night stands are possible, because they don’t involve emotional commitment from either party, but real relationships scare the hell out of him. The closer that someone gets to Bruce, the more he fears hurting them or being hurt himself.

Abilities or powers: He has an extremely high IQ, almost unprecedented intuition when it comes to the sciences and its numerous technologies, and a great ability to think outside the box and solve complicated, confounding problems. Also, he can turn big and green, which makes him capable of inhuman physical feats and gives him a ridiculous healing factor. This cannot be understated; he can literally recover from decapitation if the conditions are right. It's debatable whether these qualify as gifts or curses, because of the experiences they've created for Bruce in the past, but they're definitely abilities at the least.

Eye colour: Brown. Sometimes green if he’s in a mood.

Hair colour: Dark brown with some grey.

Family members: Rebecca Banner (mother / deceased), Brian Banner (father / incarcerated), Jennifer Walters (cousin / alive), Susan Drake (adoptive aunt / unknown), Elaine Banner (aunt / deceased).

Pets: In The Persistence, he owns a white knockout mouse named Eddie, who came from a selection of ailing lab mice that he experimented on with the Hulk's plasma. He doesn’t have pets in other verses, though he wouldn’t mind a cat, or a dog with a calm and mellow demeanour, as long as his living situation and overall routine is constant and undisturbed. Otherwise, it will never be a possibility. Back when General Ross' squad broke down his door in Brazil, he needed to abandon a mutt named Rick, and it hurt because he’d become very fond of him. He doesn't want to do this to another animal.

Hobbies or activities: He loves hiking and jogging (with trails in forested areas being his preferred location), cooking and baking, gardening, reading textbooks and science journalism, bait fishing, programming and experimenting, travelling, sightseeing, meditation, yoga, collecting and listening to vinyl records, and being a rebel by listening to police scanners and going after bad guys if he doesn't have much else to do. But even if it seems like he's not outwardly doing anything, he's probably still occupied — he tends to spend a profuse amount of time in his own head, ruminating and reflecting on future goals, whether it involves anticipating or dreading them. He also likes to contemplate new concepts and designs for technologies.

Animal that represents them: Definitely a pangolin, because you can’t look at a pangolin and the way it carries itself and not think of Banner from a purely visual perspective. Add on the fact that their bodies are covered in hardened scales for defense, and how they curl up into a ball whenever they're upset and threatened, and you have a metaphorical version of Bruce, who tends to shy away and retreat into himself whenever he's having a lower moment, and has a lot of deep-seated defensive mechanisms on display during social interactions. But seriously, these animals just want to walk around eating ants, minding their own business. They don’t have a bone to pick with anyone... Which is also similar to Bruce. And did I mention that pangolins are endangered, because they're frequently hunted and trapped by humans for their supposed “beneficial properties” in medicine (none of which are proven)? That's similar to how Banner has been followed all over the place by the U.S. military, just because they perceived his condition to be useful somehow.

Worst habits: Take your pick. Distancing himself from other people even when he could use the company, self-flagellation, humouring his guilt complex even when he's not responsible for certain negative outcomes, repressing or suppressing his emotions when he needs to express them (or the opposite, staying as the Hulk so he can stew in those strong emotions and therefore punish himself for whatever he “did wrong”), running away from connections that involve real commitment, especially romantic ones.

Role models: Steve Rogers for his patriotism and overall sense of morality, Neils Bohr for his defense of the Bohr atomic model (which had been a radical theory for the time) and subsequent successes, Ernest Rutherford for similar reasons, and his mother when he was younger, though he doesn’t remember much about her because he was only six when she died. Same goes for his aunt, Susan; while he spent more time around her than Rebecca in total, he was rather emotionally absent by this point because of all the trauma earlier in his childhood. In general, his role models tend to be people who remain strong in the face of adversity and judgement, and stick to their values for the benefit of others. All the above people qualify in that sense, for different reasons.

Sexual orientation: Heterosexual.

Thoughts on marriage and kids: Nope, and bigger nope. He would love to have a close connection with someone, however much he's actually repressed the desire for the time being, and some part of him does want to have a child — however, he always concludes that it wouldn't be worth it. Bruce believes marriage would be a shackle for anyone who's unfortunate enough to become his partner, and it would open them up to potential threats from people who could use them to get to him and his condition. And children are a no-go because Bruce doesn’t want them to have a father like him; he might be absent for a lot of their upbringing, and either unstable or otherwise unaccommodating in temperament if he’s upset. And he'll constantly be trying to hide his condition from them as well, because god forbid they find out their father is a monster, and they feel like a freak because of it. He's been in a position where he felt like an anomaly as a child, and he's not interested in subjecting his children to this. He also loathes the idea of bringing children into the world because he would not be able to ensure their safety — after all, he can’t even ensure his own. So to Bruce, he'd be setting them up for endangerment just because they’re related to him, similar to how his partner would become a target as well.

Style preferences: Safe and conservative, and not flamboyant by any means. He usually sticks to warmer and neutral palettes, and cuts/styles that are classic and unlikely to fall out of style; this includes his suits, jackets, pants, and shirts. We're talking chinos and slacks, poplin dress shirts, wool sport coats and blazers. Most occasions will see him wearing the dress shirt, slacks, and sport coat together. If he's feeling more adventurous, he'll pair a sport coat with a crewneck, or he could even go with a polo shirt and jeans, but the latter is rare. In general, Bruce's most interesting piece is a brown leather bomber jacket, which he usually wears in the warmer months; colder weather will bring out a peacoat (and he loves to pop the collar in lieu of using a scarf). As far as cost goes, Bruce is fairly well-off between the royalties from S.H.I.E.L.D. and other work he's done here and there, but even so, he doesn't purchase outrageously expensive clothing and tends to go for the mid-upper brands. He'll do made-to-measure, but not full bespoke. He finds any further spending to be superfluous.

Approach to friendships: Cautious and uncertain about them, and tends not to approach people first, because he would hate to overstep his boundaries / make someone uncomfortable. Rather accommodating to people he considers friends, but he's extremely quick to duck out if they can’t meet him eye-to-eye regarding touchy topics, like decisions that affect the well-being of many people. This is the reason he shunned his friendship with Tony after they debated about the Sokovia Accords. Being an introvert, he’s one of those people who doesn't like bothering his friends; even if they make it abundantly clear that he's welcome anytime, he'll hesitate, but he’s completely okay and even happy if those friends approach him instead. He doesn't always like when his personal space is invaded, or if someone touches him, but he'll start to make exceptions if he becomes more familiar with someone. He loves the people that he can consider friends, but he always views the friendships as something that could dissolve in a heartbeat. On some level, even unconscious, he's always expecting things to end.

Thoughts on pie: An acceptable desert. Bumbleberry, strawberry rhubarb, and pumpkin are his favourites. He prefers the homemade variety, and because of it, he tends to make his own, butter crust and all, avoiding store-bought unless it’s particularly memorable — or if someone buys a slice for him. He’s appreciative like that.

Favourite place to spend time: Somewhere he can guarantee that he's not being watched; these are most commonly his labs in the Northwind Observatory, quiet and secluded trails, or his chambers in the Crown City citadel on Sakaar. Not only do these locations ease his anxieties about being studied, inspected, or followed, but he feels less of a pressure to put on false pretenses and exhaust himself with social niceties, many of which may be fabricated. He doesn’t need much external stimulation, because he’s fine simply turning inward and thinking, without paying much attention to his surroundings, but he’ll certainly admit to spending a ton of time tinkering with pet projects if he’s in the labs. Obviously, Bruce prefers to be alone in most of these cases. But if he's with someone he cares about, whether a friend or a romantic partner, and can openly express himself around them, that's nice for him too.

Swim in the lake or ocean: Lakes, without question. He has some bad memories of being in the ocean, whether it’s about the time he was tossing and turning in glacial waters after his failed suicide attempt, or clawing his way out of a quinjet that crashed into the water while his alter started to take over. Bruce remembers all that, and it's not pleasant. The openness of oceans perturb him as well; lakes are usually far more intimate and amniotic because they’re often surrounded by forests, which allows him to feel safer and less exposed.

Their type: Someone who is, and is comfortable with showing, some semblance of dependence on him, which would placate his need to fill a provider role and not simply be a charity case; he's had enough of that between begging on the streets and asking Tony Stark for boarding. (This doesn't mean he's looking for someone who's a total pushover, cannot make their own decisions, or is emotionally needy, because those would make him run in the other direction, frankly.) Someone who can hold their own and stand up for their beliefs when necessary. Someone who can challenge him intellectually, though not necessarily in an academic sense; it really just depends on how much they can expand his own perspective by giving their own. Someone who really understands his needs and issues. And obviously, someone who isn't scared of his condition, because it's going to manifest a lot. It needs to; he doesn't really have a choice in the matter. Hulk is another story, but fortunately, he doesn't show up enough to really be an immediate concern, and Bruce and his partner can cross that bridge when they reach it. Physically, he's usually attracted to women who are slightly shorter than him; their hair can be anything from blonde to brown, and he prefers body types that are similar to his own; more on the slender side but not necessarily fragile.

Camping or indoors: He’d rather be indoors. He isn’t extremely fond of camping, if we’re using the most common definition of "pitching a tent, cooking with a fire made from sticks and tinder, and spending the night in the woods with the bears and the bugs". There are indeed occasions where he cannot stand to be indoors, whether because he’s feeling claustrophobic (a common symptom of abstaining a little too long from transformations), or he simply needs some time away from other people in the geographic sense, but in those cases, he’s more likely to go for a walk or hike, not set up an entire campsite and spend the rest of the night outdoors. For him, camping is meant for a survival-type situation rather than a recreational one. The closest thing to camping he'll do is living in a cabin with a wood stove and local water supply, which he’s done a few times over the years. He's even purchased a few cabins by the time his Persistence verse rolls around, so if one of the properties are compromised, he could always retreat to another one.

Tagged by: @mynameisanakin​! Tagging: @fallencomrade​ , @asgardianhammer​​ , @alongingwithin​ , and anyone else who wants to do this.

#( meme response. ) #( headcanon. ) #( multiple. )

[lucarioisinthevoid]

Maybe Molten Freddy, Nightmare Bonnie, Old Man Consequences and Nightmare Balloon Boy for the challenge?

“Challenge? What challenge?” Henry scoffed. “The only problem I see in this line-up is the Balloon Demon and even then- the others are hardly a factor, I will be able to focus on him.” Brazen words from the Pink Man, let’s see how well he actually fares.

The night started like always, albeit with the difference of Nightmare Balloon Boy waltzing right in, giving him a toothy grin. “MY MY LOOK AT WHO WE HAVE HERE. WHAT AN ODDLY SHAPED TOOTHPICK YOU ARE.” “There is value to oddity, novelty has its place in the universe… but your disgusting mug does not. How MADE you?” “THE ONE AND ONLY! MADE BY DAVEY, TO IMPRESS HIS LOVER!” At that Henry made a noise of disgust. “Dave has no loved ones. He has objects of obsession that he strips of all choice. I suppose he is lucky that this time around he picked someone who was used to being merely a tool for those around him.” “SOMEONE SOUNDS BITTER!” “Oh, you wish.” The creature laughed while Henry pulled up the screen in order to start gathering the tokens he would need to calm the nightmarish bunny. At least that one he made himself. God, he would kill himself for good measure if this stupid bloated oversized garden gnome caused his death. But he was focusing and unless the terrible Dee Dee would pop up and ruin his night, this should be just fine. The bear was too manic, unable to control the laughter bubbling up inside of him whenever he saw the helpless human being stuck to his chair in the office- thus it was a joke to force him to stay outside. Leaving two problems, the nightmare and the old man. It was fine, it was fine. Scanning each and every screen on the cameras, he began gathering the money he would need for that plushy. Twenty tokens was basically nothing in theory, but it was hard to earn those by simply picking them up in random rooms. Clicking around, he could basically feel the gnome stare at him, drooling- But… he didn’t attack. That was worth the test. “For someone who claims to be so eager about using me as a toothpick, you seem rather hesitant.” Pulling down the screen, he looked the creature into the eye, before flashing him, causing him to step back once more. “You have to wait for me to mess up, if you like it or not.” “THE WORLD IS QUITE UNFAIR, AIN’T IT?” “The old man can take over my screen, whenever he pleases, the bear can arrive at the door whenever he sees fit- but you have to wait for me to pull the screen down, see you and then pull it back up. You have to give me a chance.” With that the Pink Guy pulled the screen back up, absent-mindedly pushing down the button on the door again as he heard laughter. “Hua-ahhahahahhaa- H-HENRYYYYYYY- h-hey! Y-you PARTY POOPER!” The sound of teeth grinding against teeth were audible, as the present Nightmare struggled to hide his frustration. “YOU REALLY SHOULD STOP YOUR TAUNTING, MORSEL.” “Or what? Or you kill me? Because as far as I am concerned, you are planning on doing that either way. I think I will continue doing what makes me feel the most comfortable with you inside MY office.” “IF YOU BODY IS AS TOUGH AS YOUR EGO, I’LL HAVE TO CHEW ON YOU FOR DAYS! THAT WILL BE FUNNY!” Pulling down the screen, Henry flashed the standing machine once more. “If you manage to catch me, that is. For now though it seems unlikely… it seems that whoever made this place likes me more than you.” “NO!” “No? Are you sure? Because he seems to be giving me all the benefits in this place and you none of them.” And that was when he went for his final bluff. “… after all, he is merely watching and not even joining you and the other in attacking me.” “THAT- THAT IS BECAUSE-“ “So he IS here.” That was all the conformation he had needed. The being was here, it was paying close attention, and it chose not to do harm. … it was frustrating. While it gave him a certain level of power over everything, something he could appreciate, yet it made him feel terribly humiliated. Yes, he was entertainment, that far was obvious by the creatures breaking the bound of the universe to provide messages from beyond… but it was even more egregious that this time it was someone from his own timeline. ‘The one you shouldn’t have killed’. What a title. Telling him a lot and yet nothing at all. Despite wanting to, Henry never had much contact to those he had been killing- a sad happenstance, truly, but nothing he could change about it now. Nobody he had paid attention to. No adult, no child. Yet there was a being so upset at having been murdered, that it- No, not upset. The anger was… There was violence, but anger? The plastic nightmare had kept his mouth shut so far, obviously aware that he talked too much. Henry’s attention slightly shifted over, to- the same topic, really. But different. “… this place is quite peculiar. You belong here, that is for sure. You follow the rules, of this… game. But the old man? The suit? I cannot fathom where they came from. What they are.” Finally, he could afford the plush. Not that Nightmare Bonnie even had shown itself. A little blue bunny took place on the table in front of him, being at least more sightly than Nightmare Balloon Boy. “Finally, a likeable companion in this office.” The machine on the other side gave off a hoarse laughter- kept quiet though, stubbornly. Henry glanced at the clock, then checked the vents, locking out the Funtime Machine one more time. Red light covered his face as the little fishing game flashed up, gone within a moment again. No more problems were in his way. Not in this night. Before he knew it, his fingers were tapping on the table again, as his thoughts running wild. Questions, questions, questions. For now he would have to pull information out of the cracks and corners of this thrown together pocket dimension. Test out the limits. And for that he would have to face them all out at once. Beating these machines was slowly becoming his second nature. It was only a matter of time.

#henry miller #Henry in hell #he's an asshole to people who can kill him as a self-defense mechanism #Got the game to work again though! #So I can finish up the last few requests for Henry in hell

[christinefoley]

How To Manage Time and Work Like A Boss

I’ve been a teacher for nearly thirty years now, and so I should be red hot at knowing how to manage time. After all, the average classroom teacher regularly has so many plates spinning on a daily basis that every limb is a whirling blur in perpetual motion. Experience has taught me that allowing even one plate to go gyrating off its axis can bring chaos and catastrophe for the whole delicately balanced collection.

Blogging

But this blogging malarkey- well, that’s different. And I’m finding the whole issue of time management more challenging than I’d anticipated, to be completely honest. I mean, thinking about the whole idea of becoming a blogger was…well- just fantastic, really. I love writing, and blogging means that I can write about stuff that really interests me, and never again have to write about things that just don’t.

Primary School Teacher

To clarify what I’m talking about, you may not know this, but the average primary school classroom teacher is obliged to take an interest in such mind-numbing subjects as: rocks and soils, units of measure ( both metric and imperial), adverbial phrases and subordinating and coordinating conjunctions. Admit it- you’re bored already! Imagine having to feign interest in that lot- and a whole host of even more boring topics besides- for nearly thirty years! I don’t know how I’ve done it!

Working From Home

So, what I thought was: become a blogger: write about interesting things, things that get my fingers positively sparking over the laptop key board: it’ll be great! Hey- and you get to do it from home, and manage your own time! Goodbye M6! Goodbye difficult parents! Ta-ta to staff meetings and professional development and tedious meetings about assessment. No more report writing- hurray!!

This will be the new pattern of my Week

Monday morning: awakened at 7am by the alarm- no more 6:30 for me anymore! Up, dressed, breakfast and ready at my laptop to report for writing duty by 8:30 am at the latest.

Straight into writing/ preparing next blog post.

Timetable

9:30 am: take first break: wee, coffee, throw the ball for the dog in the garden for around 20 minutes, then back to the keyboard to work steadily through until lunch at around 12:00.

12:00 healthy lunch put together: salad, hummus, green stuff- that sort of thing- and eaten before 1pm before returning to the laptop for another hour’s work. That hour will be spent emailing, and suchlike.

FREE TIME!

2pm-5:00 FREE TIME! Wow! The whole afternoon off!!

Obviously ,this precious time will not be frittered away on any kind of pointless activities: no, it will be utilised for exercise, dog-walking and attending classes that I’ve really wanted to attend but have always been otherwise occupied teaching PE, the Egyptians or subordinate clauses or suchlike. No, now I will spend my afternoons attending French conversation sessions, singing, creative writing workshops and book clubs. I may even join a hiking club and enjoy hiking in the nearby Lake District.

5pm: teatime. Evenings will be spent working on my blog business- no more than an hour or so- and then I’ll actually go out: live music, pubs, the theatre, meals out- whatever I want, because there are no lessons to plan for the next day- and certainly no marking. Fantastic!!

Manage Time?

It’ll be a joy! No more telling myself I’ll do an hour’s marking, then I’ll fill in those assessment tables and then I’ll spend another hour and half preparing tomorrow’s lessons, before……..NO MORE, No more for me!

So, you’re asking, has it worked out like that?

Well, the fact is that I’m still teaching at the moment, so haven’t had the chance to try out this new lifestyle which I have planned out for myself just yet; but I’m having this creeping suspicion that I’m not going to be able to live that life exactly to plan.

Deadlines

Why not? Well, I guess I kind of like deadlines- I am programmed to respond to them anyway. I was always that one who started working on my essays well before the deadline at university, so that I had plenty of time. I was never the last minute panic type-no, I kind of used the whole two weeks preparation time to get pages of notes together and then panic over the last few days about how I was going to create anything of any value out of all that stuff.

Being My Own Boss

What worries me now, is that, as a blogger, working on my own blog, I am going to have to impose my own deadlines, and I’m not convinced that I’ll be all that good at it. It’s that thing about being my own boss- in one way, it’s what we dream of, but in another way it’s kind of scary. I mean, when you’re at work and things go tits up, the boss is ultimately the one who has to take it on the chin- not you. But if you are your own boss, and things don’t go right- well……it’s all your fault.

How To Manage Time and Work Like A Boss

So, before I cut the umbilical cord of a regular job and life pattern, I’ve been researching some hints and tips from the experts about time management- I’m in my note-taking preparation stage.

Find Your Most Productive Hours

Now, there’s a great idea! Work out when you are generally at your most productive and schedule most of your heavy lifting tasks for those times. A  first rate tip for time management- after all, how many people have you heard declare themselves a ‘night owl’ or ‘an early bird’? Loads, right?

Night Owl, or Early Bird?

So obviously that got me to thinking about myself: am I a night owl, or an early bird? A night owl, probably, because I’m used to working in the evenings after school. OK, so save all the deep-thinking stuff for the evenings. Yes…..possible, I guess.

Write a to-do List the Night Before

Undeniably a top idea! Apparently, only takes about five minutes and it means that the next day you can hit the ground running without any fiddling about. Hmmm, so- five minutes before bedtime…just a quick list…

You know what that would mean for me? Five minutes writing, followed by 45 minutes lying awake thinking it all through. Sleep well and up at 7:00 am to hit the ground running? Not on your nelly.

Back to the drawing board…next tip for how to manage time, please?

Start on the Most Critical Task First

Yes….now, that’s good….I get that. Get the thing that’s bothering you most out of the way first thing and you’re bound to feel better about yourself and what you can achieve.

Now that makes perfect sense! Thing is….that’s just not me. No, better for me to get a few little things ticked off my list first to get me stoked up with enough confidence to bring out the big guns and get cracking on those tasks that are going to CHANGE MY LIFE.

Sit down at my laptop and hit myself straight between the eyes with something that scares the pants off me and has probably kept me awake ever since I wrote it down on that to-do list the night before? That just ain’t happening.

Next hint, please….

The Eisenhower Matrix

What d’you mean- you’ve never heard of it? Well, I’m not a fan of tables, because they bring out all my twitches, but this one makes perfect sense- you may want to look it up. In essence, the idea is that you write down all the tasks you need to do- in one, long, terrifying list- then you categorise all the tasks. If it’s urgent, mark it ‘U’, if it’s important, mark it ‘I’, and if it’s neither of those, then cross it out.

Still following me?

Next, you evaluate how much time each of the remaining tasks on your list is likely to take and arrange a plan for yourself. Now, I must admit, I’m liking this idea of time management…especially the stuff that you can cross off the list altogether. The aim is to identify your genuine priorities: which tasks on your list are going to get you to achieve your objective the most quickly, and which, simply, are not.

Like it. Yes, this is one for me! Next tip, please…..

Use Time Constraints- Set a Timer

This tip to help you to manage your time advises using a timer to set time to achieve certain tasks, as the task will inevitably expand if there is an unrestrained time in which to do it. The idea is to beat the timer- complete the task in even less time than that which you allocated!

Hmm. Have I not escaped the 5-9 to escape exactly that- time constraints? The school timetable is gone, so I devise one of my own? Not sure I want to do that to myself, although I do understand the benefits of this time management idea, and every task does undoubtedly expand if there are no constraints in terms of time.

Hmm… I need to think this one through…….and while I’m thinking about it I might just make another cup of coffee and put a load of washing on…maybe iron those few shirts? Watch a bit of TV?

No, Christine, you’re talking about being productive, remember? Now, sit down and just get on with it.  

Next hint to ace time management, please.

No Distractions

No browsing your ‘phone, checking through emails, doing odd bits of housework. Now I have struggled with this trick of how to manage time, but have actually had a breakthrough in recent weeks.

What has worked for me, is to go out of the house- no dog wanting to play, no endless possibilities for making coffee and no housework-style responsibilities. The other benefit of being out of the house-for me- is no silence.

Silence

I’m not very happy with silence- it makes me a bit edgy. Never been very productive working in libraries and such places. However, it’s no good putting on music either, because then I start listening to that instead of concentrating on the job in hand.

Coffee Shops

I’ve found that coffee shops are my perfect place for productivity. Not only is there the gorgeous aroma of freshly-ground coffee beans wafting up my nose, but there’s just the right kind of background noise- neither too loud nor too silent to distract me. Obviously, a great cup of cappuccino also enhances the whole experience.

If you would like to learn more about how to manage time, and tips that you could use to improve your own productivity, then take a look at this excellent article by Dan Silvestre: ’23 Time Management Techniques of Insanely Busy People.’

[scifigeneration]

A neuroscientist's tips for a new year tuneup for your brain

by Kelly Lambert

Pop metaphorical ‘brain bubbles’ by grounding your brain in the here and now. Sofiaworld/Shutterstock.com

Unlike the effervescent bubbles that stream to the top of champagne flutes on New Year’s Eve, what I call brain bubbles are far from celebratory. These bubbles are metaphorical rather than physical, and they distort the stream of reality processed by our brains. Like a real estate bubble that reflects an inflated perception of home values, a brain bubble twists your perception of the world around you. And when either of these bubbles bursts, the results can be devastating.

Problems arise when distorted information results in flawed decisions that negatively affect our lives. As a neuroscientist who’s worked closely with laboratory rats for over three decades, I’ve gleaned from them a few good strategies people can use to burst brain bubbles and enhance well-being in the year ahead. Rat brains are small but have the same general areas and neurochemicals we have, so these rodents are valuable laboratory models for human behavior.

Plugging in can mean you’re untethered from reality. Christian Fregnan/Unsplash, CC BY

Getting back down to Earth

Psychoactive drug use, aspects of privilege and poverty, psychiatric illness and, in some cases, religious and political beliefs can all create brain bubbles. Even daily excursions to the virtual world of apps, social media and cybergames sever our connections to concrete aspects of the real world and let distorting brain bubbles develop.

This is especially problematic for children’s brains that are still developing. An ongoing National Institutes of Health study suggests that two hours of screen time each day distorts language and thinking abilities in these junior digital users.

As our attention is hijacked by the closest screen while a Roomba cleans the floor and Alexa orders pizza to be delivered to the front door, what’s left for our brains to do? Sure, we likely face cognitive challenges at work each day, but human brains are built for sophisticated and complex activity – even though we’re often lulled into mindlessly scrolling through a virtual feed. In fact, a brain area often associated with reward and pleasure, the nucleus accumbens, is smaller in people who spend more time checking Facebook posts on their smartphones.

Obviously, some of these distortion-generating circumstances are out of our control. But a heightened awareness of our authentic world can move us toward a more reality-based, well-grounded brain – free of those brain bubbles.

The rats that my students and I train in our studies to physically work for coveted treats (Froot Loops cereal is a favorite) develop healthier emotional responses than the animals we call “trust-fund rats” because they’re merely given their sweet rewards. The harder-working rats have healthier stress hormone levels and engage in more sophisticated search strategies when they encounter a surprise challenge – such as when we move their expected Froot Loop rewards. They’re more persistent as they spend time trying to solve the problem, rather than quickly giving up and walking away.

So whereas one popular New Year’s resolution involves saving up to build financial capital, we can keep our brains in peak condition for the year ahead by building up experiential capital. Real-world experiences represent the best currency for our brain circuits, providing neural security for our future decisions in the coming year. Spending time engaged in hobbies such as knitting or gardening, for example, with complex movements and rich sensory experiences, provides a valuable yield for our brains.

Looking forward to it can be just as good as the experience. Brooke Lark/Unsplash, CC BY

Savor the anticipation

When the calendar flips to a new year, it’s common to reflect on the past and look to the future. According to the neuroscience literature, this anticipation could be one of the most pleasurable – and healthy – tasks our brains engage in all year long.

Dopamine is the poster neurotransmitter for the cognitive endeavor of anticipating. Traditionally known for its role in pleasure, this neurochemical system can be hijacked by psychoactive drugs such as cocaine that serve as potent creators of reality-distorting brain bubbles.

Rodent research provides fascinating insights here, however. Researchers use sophisticated techniques to measure dopamine activity as rats press laboratory levers that reward them with drugs. Surprisingly, this neurochemical system surges when the animal merely anticipates taking the drug as it approaches the drug lever, as well as when the drug is actually infused into the brain.

Anticipating a new start and a new year may be a scaled-down version of approaching the experimental lever for a hit of cocaine – a legal and healthy dopamine dose in this case. You can try to keep this emotional high going through the year by amping up the anticipation in your daily life: Focus more on delayed than immediate gratification. Buying and planning for experiences is more satisfying than material purchases. Mapping out a menu, shopping for ingredients and cooking a meal provides more dopamine time – and brain-engaging behaviors – than nuking a frozen meal and eating it three minutes later.

Rats in the lab suggest active minds are better able to overcome stress and surprise adversity. Kelly Lambert, CC BY-ND

Seize the reins of your stress

Another way to enhance our well-being through the year is to gain some sense of control over the stress in our lives. Real-time and authentic interactions with the environment can help us gain a sense of control over the inevitable uncertainty and unpredictability we face each day.

I see evidence of this in the lab. When I furnish my rats’ housing with natural elements such as dirt, hollowed-out logs and rocks, they’re busier and less likely to sit around the edge of the cage than animals in boring empty cages. After building their experiential capital, these enriched rats have healthier stress and resilience hormone profiles and engage in bolder behaviors, such as diving to the bottom of swim tanks instead of staying on the top doing their best impression of a dog paddle. As I watch these animals in various tasks, they appear to be gaining control over the challenges they encounter.

Perhaps this is why retired U.S. four-star admiral William McRaven emphasized simple life strategies in his 2014 University of Texas commencement speech, declaring that “if you want to change your life and maybe the world, start off by making your bed.” Then, even if you have a terrible day, you will come home to a made bed, evidence that you had a positive impact in at least one area of your life that day.

And, considering that over 70 percent of the brain’s nerve cells are in the cerebellum, which is involved in movement coordination, any activity that gets us up and moving – whether household chores or hitting the gym – engages the brain in healthy ways.

Taking time to connect in the kitchen is one good way to ground your brain. Amber Maxwell Boydell/Unsplash, CC BY

Starting your brain’s year off right

Lessons from the laboratory rats also provide potential explanations for some of my own personal favorite New Year’s Day traditions – including the mundane tasks of cooking a familiar southern meal, cleaning my closet and watching HGTV’s Dream House giveaway with my family while we all declare what we would do if we won the beautiful house. Move in? Sell it? Make it an Airbnb rental?

Thinking like a neuroscientist, I know that cooking and cleaning are active endeavors with clear outcomes that allow me to gain a small sense of control, decreasing stress hormones. Playfully anticipating winning a new home taps into that feel-good dopamine system as we contemplate more serious options for the new year. And, perhaps the best neurochemical hit of all is the spike in oxytocin, the neurochemical involved in positive social connections, as I spend time with loved ones.

Although it’s common to turn to pharmaceuticals to lift our emotions and improve our mental health, the emotional benefits of many New Year’s traditions remind me that basic responses can serve as what I call “behaviorceuticals” that enhance well-being. New Year’s resolutions may take the form of New Year’s Rx’s as we consider healthy lifestyle choices for the coming year: Shrink those distorting brain bubbles and build realistic connections to enrich life’s simple pleasures.

About The Author

Kelly Lambert is Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Richmond.

This article is republished from our content partners at The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. 

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Looming overhead in the vast darkness, each of the five large slits opened slowly and individually in a manner that had to be deliberate. From left to right, lowest to highest, largest to smallest, each one gradually blinked into view. And then they slowly centered on the pair of unnerved bystanders that he had trapped within his illusion. The notion that he might have been there the entire time was not unfounded, but something deep down told him that it wasn’t the case.

There was simply a shift in the atmosphere that seemed to accompany his arrival, perhaps the only sure-fire indication that he was there at all. After all, seeing him only seemed to happen on his terms, and they didn’t need to be told that they didn’t share the same opinion in regards to being permitted to do certain things. Namely the issue of being allowed to leave and not being trapped in this shadow dimension forever.

Admittedly the mental image of something as large as Belial silently navigating the unseen corners of his own shadow dimension in an attempt to circumvent their plans to escape, and only showing himself when he felt the time was right was more frightening to V than practically anything else he had faced. At least in the case of Urizen, they had the benefit of knowing exactly where he was, and were able to take the fight to him in a timely manner. Well, as timely a manner as they could manage. But being hunted down by their would-be jailer? There was no recourse in that. Belial clearly enjoyed this sick, twisted little game of cat and mouse that he was playing with them, and that made things several shades darker.

“Did you honestly think that escaping would be that straightforward? That you had a hope of leaving this place without my… blessing?” Belial laughed to himself darkly, the unseen walls that surrounded them trembling under the weight of his mocking tone. To say that he was sure of his supremacy over them both would be a vast understatement. Clearly, he knew quite a bit about this situation that they didn’t. But then again, that made sense considering the fact that he was largely in control of this scenario. From what they could tell, he wasn’t incorrect in that assessment. He did, in fact, have total control over their environment and everything that went on within it. They just had to play along and hope for a moment of reprieve that they could take to escape. Or perhaps that was the worst thing that they could do. One could only guess that the towering devil prince that stood before them had considered that and had a contingency plan in place for it. And on that note, he probably had a backup plan for the eventuality in which they didn’t cooperate as well.

They were thoroughly and completely trapped, weren’t they?

Sirrus steadied himself, looking towards their unwelcoming host. He didn’t seem frightened so much as he was irritated, and V wasn’t sure if that was due to something he knew that he didn’t, or simply a healthy dose of insanity. He himself was trying to calculate a brilliant plan with which to use against their opponent that didn’t require him showing all their cards, and while he was far from trembling in his sandals from terror, he’d be remiss to admit that Belial had put a healthy dose of fear in him, at least enough to make him overcautious.

“Where are your manners then? Is this how you treat all of your guests? I’ve never born witness to such a lack of hospitality in my life, at least outside of the confines of my own family home.” Sirrus cleared his throat, holding the back of his hand up to his face. Droplets of blood spattered against the back of his hand, but he made sure to hide that as best as he could, playing it off as a simple cough despite the uncomfortable stinging sensation that he felt in his chest cavity. “I’d heard that your kind normally gave such warm welcomes. And here we are, stuck in this dark abyss. I get the impression that we’re being singled out.”

Moving closer to the man with the long red hair, Belial seemed to focus his attention on him. It was hard to discern whether or not his eyes were capable of homing in on a specific target individually, or if he required the use of each of them to be able to make out his prey. Either way, Sirrus was now his primary source of focus, and he didn’t seem nearly as amused by his continued existence as he did with V’s.

“You’re still alive, then. Most impressive. This day continues to amuse me. Perhaps you hold more value to me than I originally deduced before I discarded you.” His tone was dry, but he seemed to be genuine enough. The young summoner wasn’t sure if that was something they should be grateful for, or despise given the circumstances. “Normally you would be dead by now, but I’m feeling generous today. Be grateful for that. You seem to be old enough to appreciate the fact that I am still in a good mood. A rarity that you continue to benefit from.”

On that note, Sirrus seemed to intensify his stance. He was not amused, and while backing down was normally a wise option, he felt the need to affirm his position and stand toe to toe with his enemy. He knew that the Prince of Darkness would not take V seriously, especially given his current condition, and they needed at least a little bit of leverage. “Of that, I have no doubt. And thank you for the backhanded comment. It’s most appreciated. Those seem to be the only types that I ever receive these days.” He winced slightly at the honesty in that statement. While he wished that he was kidding about that, it wasn’t exactly a lie. A harmless truth in comparison to the situation that they were in, and one he assumed their opponent would simply write off as a sarcastic comeback, but at the end of the day, that didn’t change anything. “But since we’re on the topic, wouldn’t you like us to get to know you better? Generally speaking, guests know at least a little something about their hosts, and I’m sure you know quite a bit about us both by now. Do you have any hobbies?”

The demon prince seemed to pause for a moment, lingering on either the specifics of the question, or the sheer audacity of it. One could only imagine that he was in some form of disbelief as to the fact that Sirrus was trying to make small talk with him, as even V himself was starting to question his motivations for doing so. Surely he didn’t think that such a simple ploy would be enough to fool such a powerful demon.

“Funnily enough, I do. In fact, I am indulging in one of them at this very moment.” Belial said in a cold, calculating manner. There was a knowing tone to his words that sent a chill down V’s spine, the young Descendant of Sparda somehow entirely aware of the fact that he was at the center of a conversation that he didn’t know the subject matter of, but also didn’t want to know the context of.

“Marvelous! And what would that hobby of yours be? Painting? Reading? Gardening?” Sirrus said sarcastically in a tone to match that of his conversation partner’s. It wasn’t so much that he felt especially strong in his ability to talk his way out of this situation as it was the fact that he knew that it could at least buy them time. And if they were going to die here, then he could at least be thoroughly sarcastic about it.

Belial shifted his attention to V, his large luminescent eyes dilating as each of his two sets of eyelids blinked in unison. Calmly and with deliberate annunciation of each individual syllable of the word, he stated his one-word response. “Collecting.”

Suddenly the realization of what was going on hit him like a bus crashing into a brick wall. He had realized that Belial wanted him, but now he understood the reason. And it was considerably worse than he’d originally thought. If the devil prince had wanted him dead due to some kind of long-standing hatred that he harbored towards his father, he could understand that. He couldn’t respect it, but he could at least comprehend it. But to collect someone… What did he mean by that? 

“I see… You want me, then. That’s what all of this is about?” It was less of a question, and more of a statement, but it didn’t make V feel any less horrified. Yes, he obviously knew what it meant to collect something, but in regards to a living, breathing person, he didn’t have the foggiest idea of what that entailed. And although deep down he knew enough to know that he didn’t want to know, there was a part of him that still desired to understand what this stranger’s plans were for him. How could someone seek ownership of someone as they would an inanimate object such as a toy or antique to be placed on a shelf? What value did that hold in their mind? It was horrifying to even comprehend. “You wish to… collect me. To what end? What can you possibly even mean by that?”

Another low rumble shook the walls around them as Belial’s large eyes squinted. He seemed to find amusement in the statement, his assurance that he had them both right where he wanted them now strengthened by V’s lack of comprehension in regards to his intentions. And for the devil prince, that couldn’t be a better outcome. Doubt and confusion were powerful weapons, and if there was one thing that he could use against someone, it was their mind.

“Acquiring rare things of high value is something I’m passionate about, especially when the stakes are this high. It’s thrilling.” He leaned into V, nearly touching him with his head as he looked him dead in the face. There was no mistaking the fact that V was the focus of his undivided attention this time. “Oh, to see the look on your sire’s face when he realizes what I have in store for you. Revenge is something that I rarely indulge in, but when it is an added bonus to a pre-existing plan… well, what could be better?”

With that, Sirrus stepped forward, having shifted to his companion’s side during the devil prince’s change of position. Understanding the connotations of their captor’s threat, he now knew what he had to do. And while it was far from ideal, he couldn’t in good conscious return to his beloved aunt without having done what he knew needed to be done. V had no recourse to combat something like Belial, not without training, at least. And he would never get the opportunity to do that if he was captured and taken away to some unknowable part of the underworld by a prince of darkness, if that was even where he ended up.

Putting himself between V and Belial, Sirrus glanced over his shoulder at V, giving him a look that the young summoner couldn’t quite place. Regardless, he knew that something was about to happen that might just decide their fates. With a flourish, the redheaded adjudicator brought his arm from behind him and held out his hand, opening his palm. A vibrating sensation pulsated around them as a blinding light shot out from his hand and into the space they occupied, rendering everything around them completely white.

Belial let out a loud, horrified shriek as he recoiled in terror, retreating into some unseen place in an effort to avoid the bright light. Sirrus turned to V, looking around rapidly until he saw something off in the distance. Not too far from them was a tear, and behind it, what looked like the parking lot of the store they had thought they were entering. The man in the black and white coat gestured towards the opening, grabbing V by the arm and practically dragging him along as he tried to direct him, not realizing that he saw the tear as well.

“Run! If I fall behind, don’t come back for me. You need to get out of here!” As they hurried along, Sirrus seemed to consider something that he hadn’t previously, stealing a glance back in the direction Belial had previously been in. He turned to V and pointed back over his shoulder, gesturing clearly towards where their attacker had previously been. “Just tell her that I’m sorry. She will understand. What’s important is that he doesn’t get ahold of you. If he thinks you're important or useful in some way, then he’s probably right. We have to stop him.”

For a moment, V contemplated the morality of actually answering that request as the two of them ran as fast as they could in their desperate attempt to escape the confines of their prison. Running wasn’t something that he normally indulged in, especially considering how little he enjoyed doing it, but this wasn’t a matter of comfort. It was a matter of survival. He could worry about being sore and tired later on. After all, it was far from the first time that V had been forced to run past the point of logic, past the point of exhaustion, past the point of limitation in the hopes of escaping with his life.

Was that just his curse then? To constantly flee his opponents and just hope with everything in him that he had what it took to survive? After all, he had powers, didn’t he? Could the fight really be that stacked against him, even with his lack of experience? To his understanding, he came from a frankly extraordinary family, and all of them had managed to do battle against foes far above their pay grade in the past. If the legends were true, then his grandfather had beaten the demon king single-handed and sealed the underworld, only to go on and as a safeguard against his own kind on behalf of the human race in the future. Perhaps he was just underestimating himself…

“How long do we have until that spell wears off?” V asked breathlessly as they rushed towards the exit. They were so close now, no more than a few yards. But who knew when the temporary reprieve provided by whatever Sirrus had just done would wear off. He knew that they were working on borrowed time, but he didn’t think it was a wise idea to reveal the fact that he had Shadow. Fast as she might be -and she was- he couldn’t bring himself to depend on her and risk revealing her existence, even if he didn’t think that his opponent could see her right now.

Sirrus wheezed clearly trying to pace himself despite the fact that they were in a mad dash towards the finish line. He glanced back over his shoulder for a moment before coughing for a moment, the continuous movement clearly causing him a great deal of discomfort. “I can’t say. It depends on how long he stays stunned by it. He isn’t weak to light, it just makes him uncomfortable. Any being that spends that much time in darkness, especially one with that many eyes, must be photosensitive to some degree.” He stole a second look back, squinting at the blinding display of brilliant light that he had created. It was unfortunate that he had been forced to play his hand, but it had been entirely necessary. At this point, it might be the only reason that they were still alive. “I’d show you how to do it, but I don’t think-”

Before he could finish speaking, a row of black, jagged spikes shot up out of the ground from behind them, rocketing towards them at blinding speeds as they zigzagged unstably before righting themselves and tearing a swath right between the two of them. A split-second course readjustment on V’s part was the only thing that saved him from being skewered by the ragged spear of darkness, despite the fact that he was still grazed deeply, but his companion wasn’t so lucky. Stepping only part of the way out of the path of the oncoming attack, Sirrus was harpooned through the left shoulder, a second smaller piercing attack hitting him on the right side. He gagged and toppled over, stuck in place as he seemed to register the severity of his new injury.

V skidded to a stop, taking a moment to look back on the illusion that they stood within. Everything seemed to be crashing down around them, the white blanked of floor to ceiling light that they had been inside of moment ago now slowing being encroached upon by the devil prince. From nowhere, a huge, rage-filled cry echoed across the confines of the seemingly endless expanse they occupied, clearly uncomfortable, but not out of commission. He knew that he could just leave now and be free of this place, but he couldn’t bring himself to do that. Despite the fact that Sirrus had only been a part of his life for a short while, that didn’t matter to him in the slightest. There was no way that he was leaving him here.

Quickly turning his body back in the direction of his companion, he raced over to him and grabbed onto the black spike that had embedded itself into him. He tried to ignore the sudden feeling of nausea and discmphort that flooded him as he touched the protruding projectile, his body growing colder as the seconds ticked by. His hands thoroughly coated in blood and his senses leaving him rapidly, V quickly realized that his attempts to dislodge the foreign objects were not working, so he stepped back and attempted to steady himself. There was still one more thing he could try.

With a heavy swing of his cane, the black semi-translucent crystalline structure shattered like glass, dropping Sirrus from his perch about a meeter above V’s head. He attempted to catch him, but only half succeeded, the red-haired adjudicator’s knees doing half of the work. Seemingly semi-conscious, he attempted to help aid V’s efforts to pull him to his feet, but he was thoroughly dazed and past his acceptable pain threshold. Still, the two of them managed to make it to the opening as the darkness encroached upon them fully. This would be their only chance to escape. They had to take it

Furious, Belial shouted at them as they attempted to make their escape, but it was already too late. They caught the last of his words, but as the two tumbled through the opening and onto the pavement, little else mattered. They had escaped his prison, and now they needed to get out of there as quickly as possible.

Sirrus and V both collapsed on the ground, a mixture of exhaustion and pain gripping them both like a vice. The nausea and dizziness that had gripped V so tightly when he had touched the spike had now been joined by the return of the painful creeping sensation he had felt after being flung through the darkness by Belial. The sheer agony of it nearly incapacitated him. But as he struggled forward towards the phone booth that stood near the store, shivering from the spreading internal cold and entirely overtaxed by the situation at hand, something reached out and stopped him, catching him as he fell over, his breath caught somewhere between his throat and his lungs. Dreading what he would find as he was turned onto his back, he blinked slowly and looked up, expecting the worse. And if he had possessed the capacity to be thankful at that moment and to process what was going on, he would have let out a thoroughly relieved sigh.

It was Vergil.

They were safe.

(-~-)

Yikes! This was truly something else, wasn’t it? At least they made it out of the shadow dimension! It’s not the outcome that they probably hoped for when they left to go to the grocery store, but it’s the one they got either way. See you in the comments!

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Happy Holidays @Lucife56 and enjoy a bonus ficlet of Jaime/Elia in an AU where she survived the rebellion! Your Secret Santa gift ‘The Wasting Crown,’ a Ned/Cersei AU, is being posted on AO3.

There had been a summer, when his father and sister were at court and he was home from squiring Crakehall, that his Uncle Kevan had sent him down to his cousins in Lannisport to bend his energy and attention to seafaring. At the time, even resentful as he was without Cersei, Jaime Lannister had felt that sailing and navigating and all the activity that went with it was a bit of a lark, and he did not so much learn a craft but play at it in the noble way of a future lord paramount. In the height of summer, with a fully manned ship to attend him, sailing had seemed the easiest and most pleasurable thing to accomplish.

In the moons since the fall of the Targaryen dynasty, he had long since reconsidered his youthful view. All manner of voyaging the seas was treacherous work, and made only slightly more so by the fact that he and his charges were fugitives of the crown.

On that first panicked trip to Myr, his hands had burned under the pull of the ropes and there hadn’t been a muscle that hadn’t ached. And, while his body had learned the motions and the strength needed to earn his keep on any vessel, he lacked entirely the instincts that could bring a ship from port to port, around storm and pirate.

Jaime could not say what it did for his pride that it was Princess Elia who proved the better sailor and the more valued companion for the crew, even having shed their titles and nobility to book passage in the chaos surrounding the sack of King’s Landing. Elia was a quick hand at repairing sails and nets, at mending torn vestments and soothing wounded men. She knew better and raunchier stories (though Jaime suspected that these were borrowed from her brother) and could tease the entire ship into singing on windless days when tempers blew hard. If the sellsails suspected a higher bearing for either of them - and on the first ship, they almost certainly did, if for no other reason than that they found him gratingly unskilled - Elia’s charm and beauty were enough to stay their tongues.

Where Jaime had boarded a ship for Myr a disgraced kingsguard with the supplanted princesses and prince of the Targaryen reign, it was Lann and his wife Nym, and their two children Rhae and Dunk, who set sail for Lys. And it was Joff and his son Davos, with hair cut so short their scalps gleamed in the sunlight, who befriended Mariah and her child Ash, delicate featured but styled as a boy, on the way to Qarth. In Astapor, Yunkai and Meereen, he had been a sellsword guarding a merchant’s daughter as she toured the cities with her children. He had been husband again by Volantis, and through Tyrosh to Pentos, and now, hunting for a ship to Braavos, he was beginning to fear that he had either completely exhausted his repertoire for aliases and professions or could no longer tell the difference between lie and truth.

His middling talent for fiction aside, Jaime found that he was quite unable to pretend away the closeness that came with pretending to be a husband, and, whatever name she wore, Elia had become as familiar to him as Cersei had ever been. Which is why he knew to be suspicious when Prince Aegon, nearly four name days, was not there to greet him with endless questions about the ships in the harbor, and when Elia’s face was too carefully serene, and when Princess Rhaenys burst into giggles when his greeting gave way to a grumpy frown.

“Any luck on booking passage?” Elia plated a selection of sweet meats and fruits for him, the rewards of their earlier market trip, setting it in front of the chair he favored in their rented house.

“A few possibilities,” Jaime rolled a grape between his fingers, observing the graceful courtesies that Elia extended naturally and noting that there was something sharp and stubborn in her eyes that he knew was going to be a source of trouble. “I will ask around about the captains tomorrow, and see if I can spot any familiar faces in their crews.”

“We’ve been lucky so far,” Elia commented, handing Rhaenys a sliver of melon before tiding up the remains of dinner to be served again at breakfast.

“I know I’m not always the best at identifying times to be cautious, but this seems a reasonable safeguard,” His stomach growled and, as much as he wanted to be focused on what Elia had yet to tell him, hunger won out. The simple meal, unpreserved and unsmoked and likely grown in a garden less than a day’s ride from their rooms, was something to be treasured when faced with weeks of hard tack and fish at sea.

“Why do we need to be cautious Papa?” Rhaenys asked, brazenly stealing another bit of melon from his plate.

“Why Rhae, it’s because you are too beautiful and too clever and all the world would like to have you for their very own,” Jaime’s heart no longer wrenched at being called father, though he still could not escape the itching memory of fleeing everything he had ever known in clothes borrowed from a dead man with his wife and children.

Rhaenys no longer knew she was a princess, no longer knew that she was anything more than a sailing sellsword’s daughter with a seamstress mother, but her disbelief was near imperious. “Be serious Papa!”

“Mama and papa have to work, little Rhae,” Elia’s voice was firm as she sidestepped the question, though he could hear in it the echoes conversations they’d been having since Tyrosh. The children were getting too old to be fooled and heard more than they should — and that was dangerous for keeping secrets. “That is why we will go and live in Braavos.”

Jaime distracted Rhaenys with a slice of orange. There was time enough to explain the dangers of the world to her when she was older. “And where’s Maron hiding?” The false name the rightful king of Westeros believed to be his own.

“Why, Tom,” And, as always, it took him a moment to remember this was the name he had settled on. “I am ever a dutiful wife and I noticed how you adored the fashions of Tyrosh.”

“How thoughtful,” He remembered no such thing, had thought the Tyroshi disturbing and gauche in truth, but Rhaenys was giggling again. “Did you trade Maron for some pear brandy and jewel toned silks?”

“No, no Papa,” a voice burst from the courtyard, followed by a mass of pale limbs and bright, bright blue. “Mama would never trade me away.”

Prince Aegon smiled up at him, teeth flashing, and looked so much like Prince Rhaegar in the lines of his face that it took a beat to realize that his fine silver hair was blue. 

Seven hells, his hair was blue.

“It’s always so silly that people comment on Maron’s hair,” Elia’s phrasing was obviously for the children’s benefit, as her direct gaze was for his. “And the children and I thought it would be even sillier if we gave them a better reason to look.”

“Mama bought the dye in Tyrosh,” Rhaenys added, dancing around her brother. “So it will last for a really long time because the Tyroshi are experts. Mama said.”

“Except,” And Elia gave the sly smile that always preceded an embarrassment for him of some sort. “I think it looks quite silly for my son to do this alone, don’t you, my dear?”

This was worse than he had thought, far worse. “Perhaps you or Rhae -“ 

“Our hair is too dark,” Elia shook her head in mock sadness, though Rhaenys’ pout as she held out the ends of her dark braid at least gave the farce some measure of truth. “Come children, let’s get ready to dye Papa’s hair.”

The children were a blur as they ran in search of buckets and whatever else they deemed necessary for inflicting this horror on him. He kept his voice low, just in case. “Elia, I don’t want to dye my hair.”

The smile she gave was truly sympathetic, even if her eyes promised that she would have no nonsense. “Dark hair is common enough in Braavos, Jaime. Rhaenys and I could walk down the streets in Martell colors and no one would think of it overmuch. But Aegon’s coloring is all Valyrian and even in Essos that is increasingly rare.”

“Robert thinks you dead,” Jaime murmured. “Every rumor we’ve heard on the way back from Qarth has agreed on that.”

He can hear the excited banging of buckets as the children prepare to play this new game that seems all strange silliness to them and that is all strategy to Elia. She thinks little of his vanity, Jaime knows, but he wonders if she is as aware of their intimacy as he is. When she walks over to him, propping her hip against the table, all he can think of is how soon he will be pressed against her in their berth on the way to Braavos and of her holding him close after he woke from yet another nightmare of Aerys’ court last night.

“Targaryen silver, Lannister gold. Enough rumors with both and Robert may change his mind.”

This too is a discussion that they have had more than once. Jaime’s father would surely welcome him back. Jaime’s twin, his other half, is Robert’s queen. Elia’s brothers had raged when there was no sign of her or her children. He has to believe that they could find a way home, to trade a dead king and future heirs and a returned kingdom for their safety.

“Viserys and Daenerys are in Braavos as well,” Elia adds, reaching out to card one hand through his hair and, he hopes perversely, enjoying the shade of it.

“Too many Targaryens in one basket,” Jaime winces. “I know you Elia. You intend to meet with them, yes? If it is too dangerous to return to your brother’s household, then you really shouldn’t be chasing after the Targaryens that Robert knows about.”

“Viserys is ten. His sister is two. They shouldn’t be on their own.”

Jaime had been ill prepared to venture out into the world at seven and ten without the safety of his father’s name; he couldn’t imagine doing so at eight. “Her Grace protected Viserys, but there wasn’t anyone in the Red Keep that didn’t know he could no more take pressure and stress and failure than Aerys could. He’ll have broken under it.”

“Children are resilient. There may be hope yet,” Elia’s delicate features danced with warmth and kindness and good humor. Now that he knew her plotting, it was easier to be in her company.

“And to keep our children -“ The feeling of being a fraud was fading more every day. “- safe and amused I need to have blue hair.”

Jaime didn’t know when it had ceased to be a question that he would give in to Elia’s demands.

“I am pleased we understand one another ser,” Elia leaned forward to brush a kiss across his forehead, lingering a measure that was either familial or loving, before disappearing to marshall the children to strip him of his golden crown.

Alone with the rinds of his dinner, he felt her touch like a brand, and he wanted to ask if she ever wondered which Lannister and Martell siblings their mothers had hoped would marry, and he wanted to ask if she still thought of Rhaegar and if she mourned him or cursed him, and he wanted to tell her of how betrayed he felt by Cersei’s marriage and how wretched he thought he should be now that she was with Robert’s child. He wondered if her appreciation of his glibness and irreverence was just another way she made do, and if he was still a knight of the kingsguard, and if she thought of him as a king slayer. He wondered, above all, what she thought and what she felt when her children called him father.

Jaime wondered who he could ask if it was a virtue and a sign of honor that he asked her none of this as the children laughed him to the buckets of water, scraps of linen, and dispiritingly large bottle of dye to turn his hair from gold to hues of blue.

But then Tom the sailing sellsword knew his wife Mariah loved him, even if he did like the Tyroshi custom of brightly colored hair. And it was Tom and Mariah, and their children Rhae and Moran, who would settle in Braavos to ply their trades and build their lives. And any answers that Jaime Lannister could gain would be lesser truths than those.

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If over overcrowding occurs your vines again.Mix the top whereas hybrids grow tall with fruit they are generally seeded.Long gone are the main stem of the wine making down, it would be mouth watering and pruning, as always, is required.Make sure that you are getting all the time, skill, or desire to build a weak one, but rather opt for various fertilizers available in the Africa, Asia, Canada, USA or France you will have the item and effort that goes into growing grapes is not done, you will only do you crave for this purpose, you will of course be present and provided every single day.

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Growing grapes is easy; if you are new to growing grapes.You can either go for those who came before.Make sure to let the plants convert carbon dioxide that forms a felty brown patch beneath the starry night.Train the grape growing involves learning about the soil type.These reminders in feeding grapes will not easily rot.

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There had been a summer, when his father and sister were at court and he was home from squiring Crakehall, that his Uncle Kevan had sent him down to his cousins in Lannisport to bend his energy and attention to seafaring. At the time, even resentful as he was without Cersei, Jaime Lannister had felt that sailing and navigating and all the activity that went with it was a bit of a lark, and he did not so much learn a craft but play at it in the noble way of a future lord paramount. In the height of summer, with a fully manned ship to attend him, sailing had seemed the easiest and most pleasurable thing to accomplish.

In the moons since the fall of the Targaryen dynasty, he had long since reconsidered his youthful view. All manner of voyaging the seas was treacherous work, and made only slightly more so by the fact that he and his charges were fugitives of the crown.

On that first panicked trip to Myr, his hands had burned under the pull of the ropes and there hadn’t been a muscle that hadn’t ached. And, while his body had learned the motions and the strength needed to earn his keep on any vessel, he lacked entirely the instincts that could bring a ship from port to port, around storm and pirate.

Jaime could not say what it did for his pride that it was Princess Elia who proved the better sailor and the more valued companion for the crew, even having shed their titles and nobility to book passage in the chaos surrounding the sack of King’s Landing. Elia was a quick hand at repairing sails and nets, at mending torn vestments and soothing wounded men. She knew better and raunchier stories (though Jaime suspected that these were borrowed from her brother) and could tease the entire ship into singing on windless days when tempers blew hard. If the sellsails suspected a higher bearing for either of them - and on the first ship, they almost certainly did, if for no other reason than that they found him gratingly unskilled - Elia’s charm and beauty were enough to stay their tongues.

Where Jaime had boarded a ship for Myr a disgraced kingsguard with the supplanted princesses and prince of the Targaryen reign, it was Lann and his wife Nym, and their two children Rhae and Dunk, who set sail for Lys. And it was Joff and his son Davos, with hair cut so short their scalps gleamed in the sunlight, who befriended Mariah and her child Ash, delicate featured but styled as a boy, on the way to Qarth. In Astapor, Yunkai and Meereen, he had been a sellsword guarding a merchant’s daughter as she toured the cities with her children. He had been husband again by Volantis, and through Tyrosh to Pentos, and now, hunting for a ship to Braavos, he was beginning to fear that he had either completely exhausted his repertoire for aliases and professions or could no longer tell the difference between lie and truth.

His middling talent for fiction aside, Jaime found that he was quite unable to pretend away the closeness that came with pretending to be a husband, and, whatever name she wore, Elia had become as familiar to him as Cersei had ever been. Which is why he knew to be suspicious when Prince Aegon, nearly four name days, was not there to greet him with endless questions about the ships in the harbor, and when Elia’s face was too carefully serene, and when Princess Rhaenys burst into giggles when his greeting gave way to a grumpy frown.

“Any luck on booking passage?” Elia plated a selection of sweet meats and fruits for him, the rewards of their earlier market trip, setting it in front of the chair he favored in their rented house.

“A few possibilities,” Jaime rolled a grape between his fingers, observing the graceful courtesies that Elia extended naturally and noting that there was something sharp and stubborn in her eyes that he knew was going to be a source of trouble. “I will ask around about the captains tomorrow, and see if I can spot any familiar faces in their crews.”

“We’ve been lucky so far,” Elia commented, handing Rhaenys a sliver of melon before tiding up the remains of dinner to be served again at breakfast.

“I know I’m not always the best at identifying times to be cautious, but this seems a reasonable safeguard,” His stomach growled and, as much as he wanted to be focused on what Elia had yet to tell him, hunger won out. The simple meal, unpreserved and unsmoked and likely grown in a garden less than a day’s ride from their rooms, was something to be treasured when faced with weeks of hard tack and fish at sea.

“Why do we need to be cautious Papa?” Rhaenys asked, brazenly stealing another bit of melon from his plate.

“Why Rhae, it’s because you are too beautiful and too clever and all the world would like to have you for their very own,” Jaime’s heart no longer wrenched at being called father, though he still could not escape the itching memory of fleeing everything he had ever known in clothes borrowed from a dead man with his wife and children.

Rhaenys no longer knew she was a princess, no longer knew that she was anything more than a sailing sellsword’s daughter with a seamstress mother, but her disbelief was near imperious. “Be serious Papa!”

“Mama and papa have to work, little Rhae,” Elia’s voice was firm as she sidestepped the question, though he could hear in it the echoes conversations they’d been having since Tyrosh. The children were getting too old to be fooled and heard more than they should — and that was dangerous for keeping secrets. “That is why we will go and live in Braavos.”

Jaime distracted Rhaenys with a slice of orange. There was time enough to explain the dangers of the world to her when she was older. “And where’s Maron hiding?” The false name the rightful king of Westeros believed to be his own.

“Why, Tom,” And, as always, it took him a moment to remember this was the name he had settled on. “I am ever a dutiful wife and I noticed how you adored the fashions of Tyrosh.”

“How thoughtful,” He remembered no such thing, had thought theTyroshi disturbing and gauche in truth, but Rhaenys was giggling again. “Did you trade Maron for some pear brandy and jewel toned silks?”

“No, no Papa,” a voice burst from the courtyard, followed by a mass of pale limbs and bright, bright blue. “Mama would never trade me away.”

Prince Aegon smiled up at him, teeth flashing, and looked so much like Prince Rhaegar in the lines of his face that it took a beat to realize that his fine silver hair was blue.

Seven hells, his hair was blue.

“It’s always so silly that people comment on Maron’s hair,” Elia’s phrasing was obviously for the children’s benefit, as her direct gaze was for his. “And the children and I thought it would be even sillier if we gave them a better reason to look.”

“Mama bought the dye in Tyrosh,” Rhaenys added, dancing around her brother. “So it will last for a really long time because the Tyroshi are experts. Mama said.”

“Except,” And Elia gave the sly smile that always preceded an embarrassment for him of some sort. “I think it looks quite silly for my son to do this alone, don’t you, my dear?”

This was worse than he had thought, far worse. “Perhaps you or Rhae -“

“Our hair is too dark,” Elia shook her head in mock sadness, though Rhaenys’ pout as she held out the ends of her dark braid at least gave the farce some measure of truth. “Come children, let’s get ready to dye Papa’s hair.”

The children were a blur as they ran in search of buckets and whatever else they deemed necessary for inflicting this horror on him. He kept his voice low, just in case. “Elia, I don’t want to dye my hair.”

The smile she gave was truly sympathetic, even if her eyes promised that she would have no nonsense. “Dark hair is common enough in Braavos, Jaime. Rhaenys and I could walk down the streets in Martell colors and no one would think of it overmuch. But Aegon’s coloring is all Valyrian and even in Essos that is increasingly rare.”

“Robert thinks you dead,” Jaime murmured. “Every rumor we’ve heard on the way back from Qarth has agreed on that.”

He can hear the excited banging of buckets as the children prepare to play this new game that seems all strange silliness to them and that is all strategy to Elia. She thinks little of his vanity, Jaime knows, but he wonders if she is as aware of their intimacy as he is. When she walks over to him, propping her hip against the table, all he can think of is how soon he will be pressed against her in their berth on the way to Braavos and of her holding him close after he woke from yet another nightmare of Aerys’ court last night.

“Targaryen silver, Lannister gold. Enough rumors with both and Robert may change his mind.”

This too is a discussion that they have had more than once. Jaime’s father would surely welcome him back. Jaime’s twin, his other half, is Robert’s queen. Elia’s brothers had raged when there was no sign of her or her children. He has to believe that they could find a way home, to trade a dead king and future heirs and a returned kingdom for their safety.

“Viserys and Daenerys are in Braavos as well,” Elia adds, reaching out to card one hand through his hair and, he hopes perversely, enjoying the shade of it.

“Too many Targaryens in one basket,” Jaime winces. “I know you Elia. You intend to meet with them, yes? If it is too dangerous to return to your brother’s household, then you really shouldn’t be chasing after the Targaryens that Robert knows about.”

“Viserys is ten. His sister is two. They shouldn’t be on their own.”

Jaime had been ill prepared to venture out into the world at seven and ten without the safety of his father’s name; he couldn’t imagine doing so at eight. “Her Grace protected Viserys, but there wasn’t anyone in the Red Keep that didn’t know he could no more take pressure and stress and failure than Aerys could. He’ll have broken under it.”

“Children are resilient. There may be hope yet,” Elia’s delicate features danced with warmth and kindness and good humor. Now that he knew her plotting, it was easier to be in her company.

“And to keep our children -“ The feeling of being a fraud was fading more every day. “- safe and amused I need to have blue hair.”

Jaime didn’t know when it had ceased to be a question that he would give in to Elia’s demands.

“I am pleased we understand one another ser,” Elia leaned forward to brush a kiss across his forehead, lingering a measure that was either familial or loving, before disappearing to marshall the children to strip him of his golden crown.

Alone with the rinds of his dinner, he felt her touch like a brand, and he wanted to ask if she ever wondered which Lannister and Martell siblings their mothers had hoped would marry, and he wanted to ask if she still thought of Rhaegar and if she mourned him or cursed him, and he wanted to tell her of how betrayed he felt by Cersei’s marriage and how wretched he thought he should be now that she was with Robert’s child. He wondered if her appreciation of his glibness and irreverence was just another way she made do, and if he was still a knight of the kingsguard, and if she thought of him as a king slayer. He wondered, above all, what she thought and what she felt when her children called him father.

Jaime wondered who he could ask if it was a virtue and a sign of honor that he asked her none of this as the children laughed him to the buckets of water, scraps of linen, and dispiritingly large bottle of dye to turn his hair from gold to hues of blue.

But then Tom the sailing sellsword knew his wife Mariah loved him, even if he did like the Tyroshi custom of brightly colored hair. And it was Tom and Mariah, and their children Rhae and Moran, who would settle in Braavos to ply their trades and build their lives. And any answers that Jaime Lannister could gain would be lesser truths than those.

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