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Meet the Shrek miraculous. It was formed at about 2am from a Maribat Shrek AU discussion. The third MGI civil war has officially started so let’s see how much content I’m able to knock out in a week!
#shrek#miraculous ladybug#my art#Shrek as a kwamii#yes that is an onion being held#miraculous cure but with onions#my sister refuses to look at the kwamii
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Round 1 Purpoll Links
links will be added as polls are published
Stephanie Brown/Spoiler (DC Comics) vs Blaze the Cat (Sonic the Hedgehog)!
Amity Blight (Owl House) vs Homura Akemi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)!
Akane Kurashiki (Zero Escape 999) vs Maya Fey (Ace Attorney)!
Tecna (Winx) vs v flower (Vocaloid)!
Entrapta (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) vs Sucy Manbavaran (Little Witch Academia)!
Bernadetta von Varley (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) vs Yuri (Doki Doki Literature Club)!
Amethyst (Steven Universe) vs Clawdeen Wolf (Monster High)!
Cure Macaron / Yukari Kotozume (Kira Kira Precure A La Mode) vs Helena Bertinelli / Huntress (DC Comics)!
Bunny (Powerpuff Girls) vs Delancy Devin (Barbie Princess Charm School)!
Cure Coral / Suzumura Sango (Tropical Rouge Precure) vs Iori (Library of Ruina)!
Kipo Oak (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts) vs Lily (Duolingo)!
Mafuyu Asahina (Project Sekai) vs Sailor Saturn/Hotaru Tomoe (Sailor Moon)!
Raven (Teen Titans Go) vs Maleficient (Sleeping Beauty)!
Camilla (Fire Emblem: Fates) vs Spectra Vondergeist (Monster High)!
Violet Beauregarde (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) vs Yzma (Emperors New Groove)!
Rarity (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) vs Violet Sabrewing (Ducktales 2017)!
Gaz (Invader Zim) vs Keqing (Genshin Impact)!
Starfire (Teen Titans) vs Ursula (The Little Mermaid)!
Raven Queen (Ever After High) vs Vidia (Disney Fairies)!
Yuzuki Yukari (Vocaloid) vs Hinata Hyuuga (Naruto)!
Lysithea von Ordelia (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) vs Yukari Yakumo (Touhou Project)!
Melody Piper (Ever After High) vs Kyoko Kirigiri (Danganronpa)!
Onpu Segawa (Ojamajo Doremi) vs Ino Yamanaka (Naruto)!
Tsukasa Hiiragi (Lucky Star) vs Blackberry Cookie (Cookie Run)!
Minori Asagiri (Mob Psycho 100) vs Anthy Himemiya (Revolutionary Girl Utena)!
Kagami Hiiragi (Lucky Star) vs Jhudora (Neopets)!
Sheena Fujibayashi (Tales of Symphonia) vs Violet Alden (Boxcar Children)!
Luz Noceda (Owl House) vs Juleka Couffaine / Purple Tigress (Miraculous Ladybug)!
Cure Fortune / Hikawa Iona (Happiness Charge Precure) vs Imogen Temult (Critical Role)!
Tedd Verres (El Goonish Shive) vs Elissabat (Monster High)!
Lacey (Barbie in the Twelve Dancing Princesses) vs Ender Dragon (Minecraft)!
Zoe (Monster Prom) vs Cure Magical / Izayoi Riko (Mahou Tsukai Precure)!
Viveca (Barbie and the Three Musketeers) vs Bentina Beakley (DuckTales)!
Yue (End Roll) vs Zakuro Fujiwara (Tokyo Mew Mew)!
Shinoa Hiiragi (Seraph of the End) vs Pacifica Northwest (Gravity Falls)!
Nagi Usui (Neo: The World Ends With You) vs Fantine (Pokemon)!
Kyoka Jiro (My Hero Academia) vs Nozomi Tojo (Love Live)!
Aoi Akane (Toilet Bound Hanako Kun) vs Sombra / Olivia Colomar (Overwatch)!
Megara (Hercules) vs Daphne Blake (Scooby Doo)!
Kitty Cheshire (Ever After High) vs Milky Rose (Yes Precure 5 GoGo)!
Kate Bishop (Marvel) vs Eridan Ampora (Homestuck)!
Risky Boots (Shantae) vs Mother of Ants (Cultist Simulator)!
Ilyana (Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance) vs Shinobu Kocho (Demon Slayer)!
Tak (Invader Zim) vs Alinua (Aurora)!
Marcia Overstrand (Septimus Heap) vs Grimora (Inscryption)!
Abigail (Stardew Valley) vs Aoi Sena (Chaos;Head)!
Patchouli Knowledge (Touhou) vs Devi D. (Johnny The Homicidal Maniac)!
Barbabelle (Barbapapa) vs Spider Queen (Lego Monkie Kid)!
Tokiko Shigure (AI: The Somnium Files Nirvana Initiative) vs Yuzu (Nekogami Yaoyorozu)!
Hay Lin (W.I.T.C.H) vs Konno Yuuki (Sword Art Online)!
Damona (Yo-kai Watch) vs Catty (Gall Force)!
Hibiscus (Arknights) vs Sode No Shirayuki (Bleach Zanpakuto)!
Blair (Soul Eater) vs Leela (Futurama)!
Nadia Satrinava (The Arcana Mystic Romance) vs Minene Uryuu (Future Diary)!
Rem (Death Note) vs Uzi Doorman (Murder Drones)!
Virginia Ruhl (In Sound Mind) vs Demon Queen Lilith (Guardian Tales)!
Olympia (Pokemon) vs Onion Cookie (Cookie Run)!
Wheezy (Dragon Tales) vs Jiang Yanli (Mo Dao Zu Shi)!
Unit 01 (Neon Genesis Evangelion) vs Batgirl (Batman 66)!
Krolia (Voltron) vs Plum Pudding (Strawberry Shortcake)!
Hat Kid (A Hat In Time) vs Cynder (The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon)!
Vera Nair (identity V) vs Edna (Edna and Harvey: The Breakout)!
River Styxx (Monster High) vs Raiden Shogun (Genshin Impact)!
Clermont (Gloomverse) vs Nikora (Mermaid Melody)!
P.I.X.A.L. (Lego Ninjago) vs Vedika Dhawan (Sleepless Domain)!
Willa (Barbie Mariposa) vs Ava Prentis (Nexo Knights)!
Maid Marian (Robin Hood (Disney)) vs Rize Kamishiro (Tokyo Ghoul)!
Asagami Fujino (Kara no Kyoukai) vs Nautica (Transformers)!
Purple Girl vs Purple Girl: Touka Kirishima (Tokyo Ghoul) vs Susie (Deltarune)!
Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) vs Lady Redundant Woman (WordGirl)!
Roxanne Wolf (Five Nights at Freddy's) vs Mari (Omori)!
Cleo (Animal Crossing) vs Eva Beatrice (Umineko: When the Seagulls Cry)!
Nyx (Hades) vs Mal (Disney's Descendants)!
Izuru (Mermaid Melody) vs Violet Baudelaire (A Series Of Unfortunate Events)!
Glimmer (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) vs Utane Uta (UTAU)!
Mandy (Totally Spies) vs Tiara Song (Rainbow High)!
Shion (Tensura) vs Yumi Yoshimura (Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi)!
Dot The Disguise Gal (Club Penguin) vs Pastry Cookie (Cookie Run)!
Anabel (Pokemon) vs Hashtag Malto (Transformers: EarthSpark)!
Norma Khan (Dead End: Paranormal Park) vs Bianca (The Rescuers)!
Sirin (Honkai Impact 3rd) vs Penny (Papas Freezeria)!
The Purple One / Goopy (Sleepless Domain) vs Creamy Mami (Magical Angel Creamy Mami)!
Granny (Looney Tunes) vs Granny (Ice Age)!
Backpack (Dora the Explorer) vs Daisy Duck (Disney)!
Mew-chan (Mewkledreamy) vs Yoruichi Shihoin (Bleach)!
Cala Maria (Cuphead) vs Cure Amour (HUGtto Precure)!
Becky (Animal Crossing) vs Shadow Striker (Transformers)!
Lumpy Space Princess (Adventure Time) vs Fanatio Synthesis Two (Sword Art Online)!
Cornelia Li Britannia (Code Geass) vs Courtly Jester (Ever After High)!
Mad Madam Mim (Sword in the Stone) vs Queen Eclipsa (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)!
Petrichor (Saga) vs Lollipop (Battle For Dream Island)!
Vivian (Paper Mario) vs Aira Windwhistler (Lego Elves)!
Lava (Arknights) vs Ruri Kurosaki (Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc V)!
June (Little Einsteins) vs Catrine DeMew (Monster High)!
Dismayed Hunter (Sky: Children of the Light) vs Olivia Vertigo (Children of the Red King)!
Angelica (Rugrats) vs Special Week (Uma Musume Pretty Derby)!
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Why You Should Use Onion Hair Products For Growth
Are your hair frizzy, dull, or brittle? Are you losing lots of hair and want to stimulate its regrowth?
Did you know that you have a magical ingredient that may be lurking in your kitchen? Here's a hint: "A vegetable that makes you cry when you peel it". Yes, the onion! Onion isn't just good for the body, but it's also great for hair health.
So if you are struggling with hair growth, try using onion hair products like onion and caffeine shampoo. They can be really helpful to get rid of various hair issues, dandruff, and hair fall, for example. Still not sure about using onion hair care products? Here's everything you should know about onion products and their contribution to hair growth.
Onion And Hair Growth - A Combination That Everyone Adores
According to the researchers from Baghdad - who have been studying a method (not disclosed yet) - onion juice has been discovered to be a miraculous cure for hair issues.
In their study, the scalps of 38 subjects affected by hair loss were treated with onion juice by using it twice a day. In fact, the first positive results appeared after just two weeks of the experiment- growth of new hair was seen in the bald spots. It was proven that onions are really effective for the maintenance of hair health.
However, the researchers have not yet been able to figure out the exact scientific explanation for this phenomenon. But there are various theories against this phenomenon of onion. According to most of them, the sulphur contained in onions acts as growth-promoting nutrients for hair roots. Moreover, onion also has antibacterial effects that protect the scalp, which additionally supports hair growth.
Now when you know that onion is a real deal for hair health, let’s make you understand some of the benefits of onion hair products. Keep scrolling to discover the benefits now!
Proven Benefits Of Onion Hair Products
There are so many benefits that it’s not possible to compile each of them in one single blog. So to value your time, let’s just focus on the major ones. So here are the primary benefits of onion hair products, that you might not know:
Helps You Fight Hair Loss
The sulphur contained in onion is one of the micronutrients of which keratin is composed. This protein is naturally present in our hair, skin and nails. Thus, by using onion products like an onion hair mask on our hair, we can strengthen our keratin content. This will help you promote and strengthen hair growth. In addition, onion stimulates the blood circulation of our scalp and provides the hair follicles necessary for regrowth.
This stimulation of the scalp, thanks to this contribution of sulphur, helps to fight hair loss and boosts its growth. The hair will be stronger, and it will avoid breaking. However, for people with alopecia or baldness, it is important to keep in mind that onion is unfortunately not a miracle cure. Besides, it’s necessary to identify the origin of hair loss to adapt hair treatments and routines.
Great Anti-Dandruff Solution
Onion shampoo for dandruff is one of the most popular hair care products. It can help you fight scalp infections due to fungi or bacteria. Indeed, it has antibacterial properties that help in the elimination of dandruff. Thus, thanks to the onion, you will find healthy and hydrated hair. Plus, it's not like the product will keep your hair free from dandruff just for a few hours or a day.
But due to its effective composition with onion and caffeine, onion and caffeine shampoo are capable of making your hair dandruff-free for days. Just make sure you apply it once or twice a week, depending upon how much pollution and dirt your hair comes into contact with every day.
Fights Against White Hair
In addition to vitamins, sulphur, minerals and trace elements, onion contains the enzyme catalase. It is an antioxidant that helps fight against white hair, as it promotes the production of collagen tissues. Thus, by using onion hair products, you can reduce hair loss, promote regrowth, cleanse the scalp and fight against greying hair.
Now you might have this question in your mind - how much time will a product take, Onion shampoo Billbergia for example, to promote hair growth. We are aware of the fact that it shows results, but how fast is still unanswered. Well, it's time to throw some light on this topic too.
How Long Does It Take To Grow Hair With An Onion Shampoo?
It's among the most commonly asked questions about onion shampoo. If you have the same doubt in mind, let's clear it right away. With the frequent use of onion and caffeine shampoo, the hair can grow between 2 and 4 centimetres each month. Instead of worrying about how fast or slow the hair growth is, one must look at the happy side of the story - at least you are getting results from it.
There are so many products in the market that guarantee fast hair growth but in reality, they offer nothing but fake promises. But onion hair care products are real deals. So many people have benefited from them and it's time you give your hair the care they deserve.
Final Words
With the above context, it’s clear that onion hair care products are really effective. Thus, you should not think much about not using them and get yourself an onion and caffeine shampoo or onion hair oil billbergia, as soon as possible. Try them out and we are sure the results are going to surprise you, more than when you get to know that onions can even promote hair growth. Also, make sure to share your experience using these products, in the comment section below.
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What Fallout 4 Companions Order at a Diner
Codsworth:
Assuming he could eat anything, he’d go simple. 2 sunny-side up eggs and a cup of English tea.
Curie (synth form):
Almond croissant slathered in Nutella. Piper wishes she thought of this combo first.
Cait:
Ironically, a Full English Breakfast. She’s a hungry gal, and just one form of cured pig is not enough!
Deacon:
Two pancakes with margarine and exactly two tablespoons of syrup. He will not explain himself, but count a tear or two in the pancake topping.
Danse:
Imagine the scene: It’s a Sunday morning. You’re a waitress. You’re already fed up by the hordes of angry customers and the guy who keeps crying in his pancakes.
Then this ABSOLUTE MOTHERFUCKER in armor big enough to take up the whole damn restaurant asks for one specific request: 2 pounds each of Bacon, Sausage and Ham, as well as 36 hard boiled eggs.
You ask him: Sir, are you sure you want 6 pounds of meat and 36 eggs? Did you mean to place this as a catering order?
His response is simple: Catering? Civilian, this is just for me. Then, he slowly points to the door.
In horror, you watch as a dozen, no, two dozen, no a hundred similarly dressed soldiers crash through the door.
Basically he’s just really hungry
Hancock:
A bagel with cream cheese, lox, and capers. Why? Because he’s better then you, thats why. Maybe he even puts on a slice of onion, out of spite.
MacCready:
He’s bringing Duncan along as long as you’re paying. Both of them get a belgian waffle with sprinkles and extra extra extra chocolate chips. If there aren’t enough chips, MacCready will personally threaten the chef.
Piper:
Do I really have to tell you? A massive breakfast combo: 5 chocolate chip pancakes with syrup and butter, 3 slices of Challah french toast (she has class) and an entire waffle. She may even steal off MacCready’s plate, with varying degrees of success. Oh, and a milkshake. And chocolate milk. And orange juice.
Hey, it’s not often you get miraculously teleported back to pre-war diners!
Preston:
Preston enjoys the little things in his breakfast. Not wanting to spend too much on someone else’s dime, he’ll just get a cup of coffee with cream and sugar and maybe a Cheese Danish. If he’s paying, he’s still humble: two cups of coffee and a jam sandwich.
Nick Valentine:
Nick was supposed to be from New York in game, so that’s what we’re goi with. If he could eat, he’ll have a bagel with cream cheese and lox. Maybe a tomato, if he’s feeling frisky. Oh and black coffee.
Strong:
Much to the waiter’s annoyance, he keeps trying to order raw meat. It’s a safety hazard! He just tells Bah! and tries to order it again. Eventually he settled for bacon and eggs, after MacCready explained to him where it comes from.
X6-88
He’s going to request a cup of black coffee. He won’t just drink normal coffee, he wants straight beans. A cup of straight coffee beans is what X6 eats in the morning. Breakfast of champions.
This waiter/waitress better be given a Prydwen-sized tip for this group.
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Healing Hands: Chapter 7
Little bit of a filler, but we’ve got some fun shenanigans in store! >:)
Jasonette Sword Art Online AU
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Chapter 7: Guys bein’ dudes indeed
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Marinette was up early again. She found herself some breakfast, then went to the stables. The Order had made it back late last night, so they didn’t have time to groom the horses. She entered the first stall and started to brush the first horse. The routine motion let her mind drift, and she thought back to the events of the past few weeks.
Marinette, Kagami, and Luka embarked on their daily ritual of collecting the morning paper from town. It was the day after they’d beaten the first boss, which they had reported anonymously. Marinette and Adrien had agreed that taking the credit would only serve to draw unwanted attention towards their group, which could put them and the rest of their friends in danger.
But it apparently had another unforeseen advantage. As Marinette paid for the newspaper that highlighted their victory, she heard comments from other players around her.
“Are you serious? Some party went rogue and beat the first dungeon on their own?”
“Selfish assholes, can’t believe they got all that loot to themselves.”
“Well I think it’s good that we’re making progress!”
“Yeah, if you ignore the fact that they didn’t tell us what it was like at all, so now we haven’t got a clue how to face the next one.”
She shook her head in disbelief and glanced at her companions, who looked similarly concerned. They hadn’t even considered that the other people might not want them to take up the battle alone. Or that last comment, that they were actually hurting the other players by not giving them the chance to fight too.
The three remained quiet until they returned to Chloe’s house, or the manor, as they’d taken to calling it. By then, Adrien and Chloe were awake, and followed without question as Marinette ushered the two to join her, Kagami, and Luka out by the well.
She told them what the people in town had said, Luka and Kagami jumping in with additional comments they’d heard from passersby, and they talked it over. Maybe it was worth fighting with other groups. It would certainly beat the first boss.
They decided to try working with others for the next dungeon, but to lead the battle so that the civilians would stay as safe as possible. There were already groups in town recruiting for it and people exploring the second level, so it couldn’t be too long before they found the next fight. They’d be ready this time, they thought.
Less than two weeks passed before they were ready to take on the second dungeon. The Order had spent the whole time training and leveling up. There was hardly a moment where they weren’t fighting monsters or sparring with each other. They became almost more adept with their new weapons than they were with their ones from the real world. Those days of miraculous encounters seemed a lifetime ago.
The Order made preparations with other groups of players, determining strategy and planning to play to each others’ strengths. All the parties assembled at the dungeon and set up to fight the boss.
All things considered, it could have gone much worse. The support teams kept all the fighters’ HP high, and they had whatever cover they needed whenever they needed it. The battle was significantly shorter with around forty players there. But when the other players got hit....
Marinette could still hear the screams of the civilians as they went down. The blood oozing from their wounds was so very lifelike, and there was no cure to sew them shut. Or bring them back if they fell.
Kagami and Adrien were focused on taking what would have been killing blows if the boss had struck anyone but them. Chloe and Marinette drew fire away from the other players, and Luka used his mace and shield to defend his fellow healers. But Marinette saw the pained look on his face at being separated from the rest. She relived the moment Kagami and Adrien went down while fighting the first boss in frequent nightmares, and she knew Luka did too. The two of them had shared a few too many late-night cups of tea while avoiding sleep.
They won the battle, but there were so many wounded, so many close calls. One look at her Order and she knew they felt as lost as she did. Was it worth it? The thought seemed to echo through each of their movements as they returned to the manor.
“Marinette?” Alya’s call shook her out of her daze. She looked down at her hands and saw that she’d finished brushing the last of the horses. Putting the brush away, she returned to the main space in the downstairs of their home.
Home. She supposed that’s what it was now, but it didn’t feel like it. The design of it was very cozy, there was no doubt about that. But she saw it as little more than a place to eat and sleep. There were far more important things she could be doing, sitting down to relax was out of the question.
“There you are,” Alya grinned from the kitchen. “Feels like I haven’t seen you in days!” She carried a simple charcuterie board into the living/dining area and placed it on the table. Nino, Adrien, Lila, Alix, Nathaniel, and Luka were already sitting in the various couches and chairs gathered around it.
“We were just about to have a snack and play some cards,” Alya said over her shoulder as she used a poker to encourage a small fire in the hearth. “You should join us, girl!”
Marinette’s gut response was to refuse, and she waved her hands and made excuses but Luka and Adrien got up and marched her over to sit next to them. “C’mon Buginette, you need this,” Adrien said quietly in her ear. Luka just gave her a meaningful look.
Over-protective mother hens.
She sighed and gave in. One afternoon of cards couldn’t hurt.
Nathaniel was on her other side. While Alya dealt out the cards, Marinette asked him, “How’s the garden coming along?”
His face lit up with a quiet joy. “It’s going great! I don’t know if the weather is going to change, but the onions are taking nicely!” She listened with a small smile on her face as he went on about the different crops he was planting in the garden. He’d really stepped up to grow the bulk of their food, and seemed to genuinely enjoy spending his days taking care of the plants.
She was glad that he could still talk freely to her, even in the game. They’d always been close and it was nice to see his artistic spirit was unbothered by... everything.
Adrien nudged her to play her turn, and she did so quickly. Across from her, Alix and Nino were laughing at something Lila had said, and Alya sat up proudly with a comment that made them laugh even harder.
On Adrien’s other side, Luka had his hands of cards facedown on his lap while he strummed a lute he’d bought the other day. The pleasant melody lifted her spirits and reminded her of happier times.
This is what she was fighting for, she realized. For Nathaniel to take pride in his art, for her dear friends to laugh, and for Luka to play his music. She blinked away the tears that rose in her eyes. This is what was worth fighting for.
Even if she couldn’t bring herself to sew, to create like she used to love doing. Here she just had to be Marinette the friend or Marinette the fighter. It was almost easier, having less to manage. And yet... she couldn’t feel that same joy for herself that she found so precious to her friends. Not until they were all home again. She couldn’t let herself.
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Jason trudged into the base, pack digging into his shoulder with all the loot he’d recovered. He’d spent the past few days camping and level-grinding, which was apparently the correct term for it. He couldn’t even remember what Dick had said to set him off, but he needed to be on his own for a while. The woods were surprisingly peaceful, and he found the time spent by himself in nature to be refreshing.
“Hey.” Dick sounded pissed. The hell was his problem? Jason wasn’t even back long enough to do anything. Jason turned on his heel and raised his eyebrows. “What?”
Dick thrust a newspaper into his hands in response. He folded his arms, clearly expecting Jason to read it right then and there. Jason sighed loudly and slung his pack off. He turned his attention to the paper in his hand.
“Coalition of over forty players defeats second dungeon,” he read aloud. Shit.
“Just thought you should know,” Dick said in his I told you so voice. “When you went on your little adventure, you missed the next boss fight.”
Oh, now he remembered why he left! Because his “brother” is an asshole. “My little adventure was to get experience and level up,” he glared at Dick. “Which is still doing something more productive than just sitting on my fuckin’ hands.”
Dick’s nostrils flared. Good, he was itching for this conversation. “We are not doing nothing. We need more time to practice with the gameplay. Hell, Gar still tries to shift when we spar!” He threw up his hands in frustration. “We’re nowhere near ready yet, Jay.”
“You know, there’s more to this game than fuckin’ sparring.” Jason retorted.
Dicks brows shot up. “Oh, that’s rich coming from the guy who so desperately wants to get back to our lives that he runs off on his own.”
“I can’t stand being cooped up in this damn house all the time! Just because we’re stuck in this game doesn’t mean we have to stop living,” Jason shook his head. “We’ve already been in here for over a month, who’s to say how much longer it’ll be? We can’t just put our fuckin’ lives on hold the whole time.”
“Training to beat the game isn’t putting our lives on hold,” Dick rolled his eyes. “This place is a death trap in case you forgot. We need to train to get our lives back.”
This idiot just didn’t get it. “Oh sure, and in the meantime we can’t have any happiness or fun. Sounds pretty miserable to me.” He picked up his pack. “You can level up without training at all hours of the fuckin’ day, no matter what a certain black-haired, blue-eyed bastard says.”
Jason stormed out the door, bumping into Garfield on his way back outside. The kid stumbled backwards before pointing finger guns at him. “Nice alliteration!”
He ignored him and kept walking down the path that led into town.
“Hey, hey wait a minute!” Seriously kid? He heard that argument with Dick but still couldn’t take the fuckin’ hint.
Garfield caught up to him and said, “You know, for someone who was supposed to have a relaxing vacation, you sure look tense.”
“Fuckin’ excuse me?” Jason growled.
“Wh-what I mean is you’re probably looking for a way to burn off some steam!”
This was getting old. “Get to the point, kid.”
“On the third level, there’s a quest we can do to make our own guild!” Garfield bounced excitedly, keeping pace next to him. Well, a quest would certainly help get this new brotherly stress out of his system. “We want you to join us, pleeeeaaaase?”
“Hold up, who the hell is us?”
Garfield grinned at him. “Oh you know, just a couple of the guys.”
They’d reached a junction in the path that led to the main road. Waiting beneath the tree beside the signpost were Roy, Jaime, and Bart. The ex-speedster waved excitedly while Roy looked about as pleased to be here as Jason did. They got along swimmingly.
“Hey dudes, everyone cool if Jason joins us?” Garfield reached out to pat his back then hesitated as he thought better of it.
Jaime shrugged while Bart gave an enthusiastic thumbs up. Roy gave him a pitying look, like he’d been dragged into it too.
“Fine.” Jason muttered to no one in particular. “Are we heading out now?”
The other four got their things together. Jaime sent out party invites to everyone to better keep track of each other, which Roy and Jason reluctantly accepted. Garfield pulled up a pamphlet and started leafing through it. Jason spied the title, The Good Adventurer’s Guide to Guilds. Lovely.
“Alright,” Garfield snapped the papers shut and started walking down the path into town. “Let’s go to level three and get this bread!”
Roy narrowed his eyes. “The quest is to retrieve some bread?” He asked incredulously.
“Well, no but yes! But no. Man, we gotta teach you slang,” Bart slung an arm around Roy’s shoulders. The latter pushed him off and Jaime sped up his pace to plant himself as a buffer in between them as they walked.
Dumbasses.
The walk into town was easy, and they used the teleportation kiosk in the town square to get to the third level without a hitch.
The third level had some more interesting terrain than the plains of the first and second levels. Cliffs and quarries dotted the landscape in front of them. The main town itself was built onto a cliff, a gaping valley splayed out before them with minute details.
“Oh wow,” Garfield said. “This reminds me of that one town in France where--”
“Don’t care. Let’s move.” Roy cut him off and stalked down the winding road that would take them down into the valley. Jason smirked and followed suit.
Garfield made a face, then followed them along with the others. He pulled out his pamphlet again, then pointed them in the direction of the quest. Some quarry worker NPC wanted help collecting materials. If they got him everything on his list, he would apparently grant them the rights to start a guild? It made less and less sense as Gar read aloud from the paper.
They trekked on for a few hours, easily hacking apart the common monsters they came across. Between Jason and Roy, the others hardly had time to draw their weapons before the threats were gone.
“What’s better than this?” Garfield put an arm around Jason and Bart’s shoulders. Jaime grinned and put his arms around Bart and Roy. “Guys bein’ dudes!” He finished.
Roy, Bart, and Jason exchanged mystified glances. Roy and Jason had been out of the loop for roughly the same period of time, and Bart had told them before that not much of contemporary pop culture had survived into his future.
Guys bein’ dudes indeed.
Between the five of them, gathering the listed materials and getting them to the worker by sundown was easy. Well, it was easy for most of them.
“You look like a mess, ese!” Jaime exclaimed, seeing a very sticky and scratched-up Garfield. He groaned and replied, “Had to get tree sap. Trees fought back....”
Well, that served the little shrimp right, Jason thought to himself. He and Roy had been collecting gemstones, which could be mined out from the caves littered throughout the floor... or the infinitely more fun way of killing giant gemstone monsters. Take a wild fuckin’ guess which one they chose.
Jason was actually pretty content with the levels he’d gained from the quest. Not to mention getting his excess anger out from talking to Dick. It seemed like whenever he went to the house, there was always some type of disagreement between the two.
Damn. Maybe he should start saving for his own house.
His party currently stood in line at the guild registration office, also located on the third level. The setting sun cast a golden glow over the valley, highlighting the small clusters of houses dotting the countryside.
“Oh crap,” Garfield suddenly said. He danced nervously on his feet. “We did the whole quest, but I forgot the most important thing!”
Roy looked at him sharply. “What’s wrong?”
“We need a name for our guild!” Garfield wailed, clutching his hands to his head.
Seriously? Roy scoffed, “Why not just Justice League?”
Jaime rounded on him. “Are you nuts, ese? We can’t go around calling ourselves the Justice League. Secret identities and all that.”
Garfield paced in line, clearly thinking hard. “Hmm, justice. Juuuuustice. Just-ice. Just ice! Hey, we could do something with that!” He exclaimed.
Jason rolled his eyes. “Yeah that’s great,” he said, sarcasm dripping from his voice. “How about On the Rocks.”
Bart put a hand on his chin, looking thoughtful. “Well, we should add a little pizzazz to it, don’t you think?”
“I’ve got it! Rocky Road!” Garfield threw his hands in the air triumphantly. God this kid was excessive.
Jaime and Bart, after the former had explained it to him, voiced their approval. Roy and Jason looked at each other and silently commiserated over their unfortunate situation.
Rocky Road it was.
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“Ugh, that was way harder than it needed to be.” Alya slumped over her battle axe.
Marinette giggled and offered her friend some water. “Well, a ton of other people are starting guilds too! So I guess there are limited resources for a while.”
Nino took the water from Alya after she’d finished with it. He drained it and looked heartbroken until Adrien handed him a new bottle.
The four of them had decided to team up and do the quest to establish a guild. Not everyone in the guild needed to attend the quest to establish one. So when Alya and Nino had approached Marinette and Adrien, asking if the original friend group could be the ones to do it, they couldn’t say no.
“Well, I just wish Marinette had told us about the quest sooner. Then we could have had an easier time!” Lila simpered, sweet as ever. Oh yeah, Lila had invited herself to come along too.
“Weren’t you also a beta tester?” Adrien frowned innocently.
Lila blinked, looking startled. “Oh yes! But you know about my memory issues. I really wish I could remember all these things to help us out,” she sighed dramatically. Typical.
“So!” Marinette decided to move that conversation right along. “We need a name for our guild. Got any ideas?”
Nino rubbed his arm. “Actually dudes, I’ve been thinking of a name for a while.”
“Oh? Let’s hear it!” Adrien smiled and nudged his best friend’s arm.
“Well, I was thinking we could be called Miracle Workers,” Nino began. Marinette traded a look of alarm with Adrien. “You know, because Alya and I used to be miraculous holders? And I thought it’d be kinda nice to honor Chat Noir, Ladybug, and the other heroes. We could use some of their strength right about now.” Oh, that was actually really sweet of him. Marinette offered Adrien a soft smile.
Alya looked at him fondly. Adrien, with a slight nod of approval from Marinette, gave him a side hug and said, “I think that’s a wonderful name.”
Lila tapped her chin. “I don’t know, workers seems a little odd to me. We’re more like leaders or executives.”
“Well, I think Miracle Workers is perfect, babe.” Alya leaned in to peck Nino on the cheek. “Let’s go with that.”
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*Rises hand* UH UH, I do have questions for Momma Moth, will she learn the true of who was hawkmoth? will she know that her daughter is ladybug? would tom comeback? WOULD YOU GIVE US MORE OF YOUR BEUTIFUL CONTENT!!
Wonderful questions!
Let start with will she learn the truth of ladybug? We will have to see, because I’m still working on whether I want her to or not. Will she learn the truth about Hawkmoth? Yes, I think having her understand why Gabriel was Hawkmoth will be important to her. She will understand his feelings but not agree with his actions. After going through a similar thing with her husband Sabine doesnt trust Gabriel or has any contact with him. It’s Nathalie in hiding that is pulling her strings.
What happen to Tom and the rest of Paris citizens hurt in the finale attack is important to his comeback. You see in the finale battle, Labybugs earrings were damaged. She didn’t realize until she did a miraculous cure which only healed the objects and buildings in the city, any living thing in the attack was put into a coma. Marinette spends most of Momma Moth trying to fix her miraculous, which the team extra careful because the miraculous cure is only fixing objects and not them so they get more injured. Since they need a space rock to fix the earrings, Adrian’s assets are frozen while they investigate Gabriel and flush Nathalie out, teenagers don’t have access to fix the miraculous.
As for more content, once midterms are done kicking my ass, I promise I’ll make a part 3 onion the series.
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Lukanette soulmate AU please!
Congrats on 200 followers!
Thank you anon!! Fun thing is, I was working on a Soulmate AU (ViperBug + Lukanette) when your prompt came in! I hope you like the story, read under the cut to find out!
“What do ya mean ya don’t want to eat this, lad? It’s a celebration day for us and above all, it’s yer favorite.”
It had started the night of the music festival.
Luka glared at the plate of Italian Beef, a frown marring his features. Ma was right, the dish was his favorite. In fact, any dish with onions in it was a simple delight. But for some reason, he now had an urge to throw the damned beef in the trash and never see it again.
Pushing his plate away, Luka sighed. “I dunno, Ma. I just… where’s the nearest basin again?”
“But it’s onions. You like onions,” Juleka spoke up.
“Correction: liked,” Luka replied, before pushing the dish further away and leaning back in his chair. “Right now, the very sight of them is making me want to throw up.”
“Laddie, it's celebration day! We always make Italian Beef, and you relish it.” Anarka spoke up in an authoritative tone, causing Luka to look up. “And y’know we don’t tolerate wastage in this house. So right now, you eat what you got on yer plate.”
“I know, Ma. But I just don’t want to.” Luka got up from his chair and picked up his guitar. “I guess I will just go out and eat something. I’m sorry I ruined the dinner.”
Ignoring his mom’s calls, Luka climbed out to the deck of Liberty. As he got off the houseboat and onto the dock, he quickly worked his way up the footpath. His mind was in a turmoil. He couldn’t understand his sudden disgust for onions; he loved them like crazy. Dishes without onions had seemed so bland. But now even the smell of them made him gag.
Searching around for some affordable fast food joint, Luka found himself getting irritated with his stupid condition. The music festival had been one wild ride and with the adrenaline of the day finally subsiding, he found himself growing tired and hungrier with every passing minute. Fast food without onions was unheard of, and given his dilemma, he really couldn’t eat anything substantial off the menu. After a lot of calculations and internal cursing, he (or rather his hunger) finally managed to convince himself to dine on a big block of strawberry ice cream that night, hoping the sugar content could keep him going for the time being.
He dug into his ice cream, relishing the sugary delight despite its insubstantiality. Having something in his stomach made him feel better and energized, and Luka didn’t mind missing the festive treat. After all, ice cream could count as a treat too, right?
Eating the last scoop of the cold delight, Luka chucked the carton in the nearby trashcan and let out a sigh. And that was when his eyes caught sight of something colorful against the grey walls.
A flower.
The Couffaine boy peered at the tiny flower with curiosity, his hand coming up to feel its petals. The flower was soft, the flower was beautiful. The flower was a delight to see. It was colourful and looked absolutely… tasty.
Luka wondered how it would feel like in his mouth.
Looking around and finding no one, the boy weighed his chances. The flower was irresistible and Luka felt totally drawn to it. But was eating a flower actually something sensible?
Then again, sensibility and Boat Kid couldn’t exist in one sentence.
Plucking the flower, Luka shoved it into his mouth.
The flower was as soft on his tongue as he had imagined it to be. And juicy too. The nectar was the right amount of sweet and tangy, and the stalk wasn’t bad eith--
“THE HECK?! ”
Abruptly turning around, Luka found an astonished Juleka staring at him with eyes blown wide, jaw slack open. Her gaze dropped from his face to his mouth, causing Luka to gulp the now crushed flower.
Well, nearly gulp.
The tasty flower was too dry.
Luka coughed and choked and spluttered, causing Juleka to rush over to him and pound him on the back. As he recovered from his coughing fit, his sister pointed at her own mouth in astonishment. Luka reached over his mouth to find a leaf sticking on his lips.
Oh well.
This was going to be a fun explanation.
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“Oh my god, that’s… that’s downright hilarious!” Ladybug wheezed in delight before letting out a small yelp as she overbalanced herself, nearly toppling off the roof. Viperion caught her just in time, helping her straighten up again. Muttering a small thanks to him, Ladybug let out another chuckle as she held her stomach, her other hand coming up to rest on the snake hero’s left shoulder.
“I-I’m sorry,” the heroine giggled, wiping the tears of mirth from her eyes before looking up at Viperion. “But I can’t help it. It’s just too funny! I just...I can’t even imagine Juleka’s reaction to that. How did you explain it to her?”
The snake hero chuckled, shaking his head lightly. “I didn’t need to. Turns out, she had already figured out something was fishy the moment I declared my hatred for onions. And my ‘hunting of an innocent flower’ just solidified her explanations.”
“Hunting of an innocent flower, good lord,” Ladybug let out another giggle before her stance turned slightly serious. “If I know right, onions are snake repellents. Do you think…”
Viperion shook his head in denial. “No. She didn’t connect it like that. Moreover, it was after a month or so that Viperion made his debut so..I don’t think it has to do with the Miraculous.”
“Then what does it have to deal with?”
Viperion remained silent for a moment. He didn’t want to tell the real reason, didn’t want to mess things up. However, seeing no way out, Viperion simply sighed. “Soulmates.”
Her silence served as an indication for him to continue.
Viperion kicked at the air, before turning his gaze to the city of lights that lay in front of him. “It’s some sort of weird rare connection that activated when I first met my soulmate. Apparently, I started liking what my soulmate loves to eat. And whoever she is, she started liking my favorite food.”
“You mean onions?” For some reason, Ladybug’s voice was highly guarded.
“Yep. And we both dislike what we earlier liked, so…” Viperion let out another sigh. “I miss eating onions. Like, I have thankfully developed some tolerance to the smell and can eat an onion ring or two, but I want to relish them like I used to.”
“Isn’t there any way to cure it?”
“Apparently, I have to kiss her,” Viperion mirthlessly chuckled as he picked up a hibiscus from the small basket he had brought, popping the flower in his mouth. He ignored Ladybug’s strangled sound; Viperion was too used to being looked at like some idiot whenever he ate them. A profound silence stretched between the two heroes, and Viperion tried his best to not break it with his munching.
However, the flower was too tasty to give a damn.
“Why do you refer to your soulmate as a ‘her’?” Ladybug’s voice completely shattered the remaining traces of silence. “I mean, they necessarily aren’t a girl, right?”
“I already know who she is.”
Ladybug stiffened as she looked at him quizzically. Viperion weighed the chances in his head. He knew what he was signing up for, and he didn’t want to mess up the friendship he had with the superheroine, but circumstances simply didn't seem to be in his favor. “I only interacted with two new people that day -- one was the girl I love and the other was you. Aaanddd--”
“And?”
Viperion paused, his hand stopping near his mouth, another hibiscus held comically in it. He looked at Ladybug, then at the flower in his hand, then back at Ladybug, eyebrow quirked up in a “are you serious?” expression.
Ladybug looked confusedly at him for a moment, before her eyes literally bugged out as she let out an incomprehensible noise. Viperion immediately hurried to calm her down. “I mean! It’s just an assumption based on the qualities your miraculous gives you and you don’t necessarily like--”
“You!” Ladybug screamed out, causing the snake hero to flinch away. However, the heroine simply grabbed him by the collar and pulled him towards herself, her stormy bluebell eyes inches away from his terrified teals. “You are the reason why I moved from detesting onions to loving them!”
“I-what?!” Viperion squeaked out, before clearing his throat. “I mean, REALLY?! YOU DETESTED ONIONS?! ”
“I DID!”
“But whyyyyyy?!” Viperion let out a whine. “Onions are so good!”
“THAT’S NOT THE POINT! Why do I have to deal with morons?!”
“But why don’t you understand? Onions are so good!” If Viperion couldn’t eat onions, he would make others know the joy of eating that vegetable. “They are tangy, and flavory, and savory. And have you tried them in dishes? They taste so wonde -MMPH! ”
Only to be silenced by a pair of lips slamming on his own.
His eyes widened in surprise as soft lips moved over his own, and before he knew what was happening, Ladybug pulled away.
She let his collar go and grabbed the flower from his hand, popping it into her mouth. Viperion remained standing where he was, gawking at her like a stupid fellow.
“This is so messed up… I just… follow me.” Saying so, Ladybug swung off the roof.
Viperion just watched her retreating figure, his hands coming over his lips. He could taste the strawberry lip gloss and feel the heat in his cheeks. And he didn’t know what the hell had just happened.
The love of his life was Marinette. Soulmates or not, he had come to accept that Ladybug and him were just friends.
He was supposed to be someone filling up for Chat when the latter couldn’t show up on patrols. He was supposed to be Ladybug’s soundboard: talking to her when she needed him, whether it was sharing jokes or stressful events.
He wasn’t supposed to kiss her.
Well, technically, it was she who kissed him, but the problem still remained.
She wasn’t supposed to kiss him!
Ladybug and him were just friends. Friends do not kiss each other on the lips. And he was in love with Marinette, he could not return Ladybug’s feelings, no matter how much his heart broke at that.
What was he going to do?
His lyre chimed, causing him to jump in surprise. He picked up the incoming call from Ladybug and placed the device next to his ear.
That had been a mistake, for it immediately blared to life.
“ VIPERION! ” Ladybug’s voice boomed out of the communicator, and Viperion nearly threw the device off the roof. “Are you coming or should I drag you around Paris wrapped in my yo-yo?!”
“I am! I am!” Saying so, he cut the call and sighed.
It was time to face the music. Literally.
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Viperion landed down on the darkened Dupain-Cheng balcony, totally confused. The GPS had shown him that this was the place, but why did Ladybug decide to land here?
Something soft hit him in the face. Surprised, he picked the thing up from the floor. It was a hibiscus flower.
“Glad to see you could make it here, Luka.”
Viperion immediately turned to the source of voice, his advanced senses detecting someone standing there. The sound was definitely Ladybug’s. However, whether she was suited or not was the question.
“Ladybug?”
The girl sighed. “Yeah, that’s me. Now tell me, can you eat that flower?”
Viperion looked down at the hibiscus in his hand. For some reason, he didn’t feel the urge to gobble up the entire thing in one go. He took a tentative bit of the petal and immediately spat the damned thing out.
“Yuck! It’s gross!” The hero exclaimed, spluttering. “No, I can’t eat it!”
“And the onion rings by your side?” came Ladybug’s question. Viperion looked around to find the same beside him.
There had been a plate of onion rings by his side and he hadn’t realised?!
He picked up one ring and put it in his mouth. And his eyes immediately filled with tears.
He could actually relish his favorite food after such a long time!
Grabbing the plate, Viperion popped the onion rings into his mouth, munching on them happily. Ladybug’s chuckle caught his attention, causing him to blush.
“I’m glad the kiss worked, Luka.”
“Thank you so much Ladybug! You don’t know how happy I am and-- wait,” he gulped the food down as he looked at the heroine inquisitively, “The kiss didn’t mean anything?”
There was silence on the other end, before Ladybug let out a sigh. “The day I started liking onions, I knew I had interacted with my soulmate. But who they were, I couldn’t say.”
Viperion put the plate aside, giving Ladybug his full attention.
“I knew it wasn’t my former crush: he loves passion-fruit macarons. I asked Chat, and turned out it wasn’t him either: Chat has a sweet tooth and he had started liking spicy things despite his low tolerance. And I don’t like spice so--”
“You weren’t his soulmate,” Viperion whispered.
“Nope.” Ladybug let out another sigh. “Going around asking for everyone’s favorite food sounded weird, so I didn’t do that. Plus, I missed my flowers and hated onions with my heart. I was eager to know who was the cause of this entire mess in my life. Turns out it was you...and I’m glad of that.”
Viperion could hear the smile in her voice, and he took one tentative step towards her. “I’m sorry for being the cause of your dilemma, Ladybug. But this still doesn’t answer my question. ‘Cause you see, there is someone else who has a claim over my heart.”
He heard her breath hitch, and that alone gave him his answer, Ladybug did have feelings for him.
“I-I see.”
Viperion felt absolutely bad for turning her down like that, and he racked his brains to find something, anything that could remove the heavy lull the conversation had fallen into. However, Ladybug saved him from the trouble.
“Luka?”
“Yeah?”
“It’s-it’s okay. I won’t mind us staying just… friends .” The sadness in her voice broke his heart, but he chose to stay silent. “I just… Can I know who she is? If you don’t mind?”
Viperion smiled despite himself. “It’s the girl whose balcony we’re on.”
Ladybug’s breath hitched, and he sensed her take a step towards him. “You-you mean Marinette? Marinette Dupain Cheng?”
“Yes.”
Ladybug walked towards him slowly and steadily, until he could practically feel the heat radiating off her. He looked down to find her bluebell eyes sparkling at him. Bluebell eyes that didn’t have a mask covering them. Bluebell eyes that, for some reason, had him completely floored. As if he never wanted this moment between them to break.
“Can you… can you please detransform?” She spoke in a voice so soft, Viperion nearly missed her words.
“Scales rest,” he whispered, afraid to shatter the unknown bubble he was trapped in.
Teal light filled the area, and that was when Luka heard Ladybug’s soft whisper to Tikki, asking the kwami to turn on the lights.
The fairy lights slowly came to life, illuminating the balcony the duo were on. And underneath the stars and in the ambient glow of the lights, Luka found himself staring at the love of his life.
His melody.
“Marinette?” He breathed out, his heart thudding in his ears.
“Luka,” came her soft reply.
“Where did Ladybug go?”
“I-What?!”
Luka couldn’t help himself from breaking down into a fit of chuckles.
“Oh my lord, that expression is just… priceless! Marine-OUCH! OUCH! SORRY!! Stop hitting me!”
“That’s for being a jerk!” Marinette wailed, before pulling him by the collar and kissing him full on the lips, catching him by surprise. “And that’s for the confession.”
For the second time that night, Luka was caught by surprise. As Marinette pulled away, he was staring at her with wide eyes, his hand automatically coming up to touch his lips. He could taste the strawberry lip gloss on his lips and felt the heat in his cheeks. Once again he didn’t know what to do.
“Luka? Are you okay?” Her voice broke him out of his trance.
“Marinetteeee,” Luka whined, “You kissed me two times without any warning and you expect me to be okay?”
She giggled, before taking a step towards him, her lips lifted in a smirk. “Well, don’t they say that third time’s the charm?”
He blinked at her, before smirking as his arms wrapped around her waist. He took the hibiscus from her hands and tossed it away. She knocked over the plate of onions in retaliation. Luka chuckled before pulling her close.
“Well, shall we test that out then, My melody?” He whispered against her ear, causing her to let out a breathy chuckle.
Soft lips pressed against his for the third time that night, catching him by surprise yet again. Not by the spontaneity of the kiss, but by how unique it was. Sweet as sugar, fruity as her lip gloss, tangy (and a little weird) as the hibiscus she had earlier had, yet completely Marinette . He sighed against her lips, feeling complete, and she let out a breathy giggle. He chuckled along with her, breaking the kiss.
“Wow,” Marinette let out a relieved sigh, catching Luka’s attention. “It was so... different!”
“Different as in?” He curiously asked, eyebrows quirked up in interest.
“Fruity, citrus, with that slight weird tinge of onions.”
“Onions are not weird, Marinette Dupain-Cheng.”
“Fight me on that, Luka Couffaine” she countered, cutely sticking her tongue out.
Luka laughed as he pulled her close to himself once again. She laid her head on his chest, giggling excitedly. Letting out a happy sigh, he gently crooked a finger under her chin, tipping her head up and finding himself lost in the lights and stars that danced in her eyes.
“You really want to fight on it, Viperion?” Marinette whispered in a tone that sent tingles down his spine. He let out a breathy laugh, looking at her through his bangs as he drew close to her.
“I might just make you understand my point with a night full of kisses, Ladybug.”
The fairy lights and the stars above them were the happy witness of her jovial affirmation.
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Hmmmmm. I speculate:
The Onion Realizes the Terrible Predictive Power of Its Headlines
"We had no idea, and we're sorry," said the managing editor in a statement to press today. "We take full responsibility for the murder hornets. From now on expect a high ratio of articles about miraculous cures and philanthropy.”“Our staff is currently in the middle of a heated ethical debate over how to write about Bezos, Musk and McConnell. Team "Spontaneously morphs into Skeksis monsters reflecting their inner depravity" currently has the edge, but "Resigns to become austere repentant monks" is making a strong moral case."
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On One Condition: How to Use Conditional Sentences (If Clauses)--Miraculous Fanworks’ Style
Welcome to the conditionals section of the Miraculous Fanworks’ Grammar Guide, written for the Miraculous Fanworks’ Discord Server! Let’s get this show on the road!
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What the heck is a conditional sentence?
That’s a question for many ESL learners.
Conditional sentences describe the possibility of something happening (in the future) or something that did not happen (in the past). If a particular condition is true, then a particular result happens.
The conditional sentence has two parts: an if clause (the condition) and a main clause (the result). The word if in the sentence can be placed either at the beginning or the middle. If the word if is placed at the beginning, the if clause is followed by a comma. If the word if is placed in the middle, no comma is used.
Examples:
If Marinette knew the answer, she would tell us.
What will you do if Marinette never gives you back your umbrella?
There are four different types of conditionals in English: first, second, third, and zero. There is also the mixed conditional, which is a blend of the second and third conditionals.
First Conditional (Present or Future Real Conditional)
The first conditional is used to talk about future events that might happen. The events have a real possibility of happening, which is why this conditional is called the real conditional. The if clause is written in present tense (asks, needs, wants) and the main clause is written in future tense with words like will/can/must/may + a present-tense verb.
Examples:
If an akuma shows up, we must fight it.
If Adrien asks me out, I will gladly date him.
First conditionals also make warnings or promises.
Examples:
Tom, if you forget to buy onions, we won’t be able to make dinner.
If Andre gives me the wrong ice cream, I’ll scream.
Unless can also be used in negative conditionals.
Examples:
Unless Adrien quits modeling, he'll never be happy.
The akumas usually cannot fly unless they have wings.
Second Conditional (Present Unreal Conditional)
The second conditional is used to talk about events that probably won’t happen. It’s used to talk about unreal/hypothetical possibilities or impossible events, which is why it’s called the unreal conditional.
These conditionals establish a course of action that would follow. The if clause is always written in past tense, and the main clause uses would/could/might + a present-tense verb.
Examples:
If Adrien had any money, he would lend it to Marinette.
If I were you, I wouldn’t do this. (Side note: The word were is often used instead of was in first and third person singular.)
Third Conditional (Past Unreal Conditional)
As opposed to the first and second conditionals, which talk about the future, the third conditional talks about the past. Therefore, the events this conditional talks about are unreal/impossible.
The third conditional is like a dream with no possibility of coming true. This conditional’s if clause is written in past perfect tense (had), and the main clause is expressed with would have + a past-tense verb.
Examples:
If Ladybug had only called me, I would have come.
They wouldn’t have been caught by the akuma’s power if they had hidden where I did.
If Chloe hadn’t revealed her identity, she wouldn’t have lost her miraculous.
Sometimes the if clause is merely implied.
Examples:
Ladybug would have done that. (If you had asked her to…)
Adrien wouldn’t have allowed it. (If you had tried with him…)
Mixed Conditional
The mixed conditional is a blend of the second and third conditional sentences. This conditional is used to describe past conditions of present results, and more.
Here either the if clause or the main clause are in past tense, but not both.
Examples:
Past condition (if clause) of present results (main clause):
If Adrien had practiced piano, he would be a master now.
Past condition of present result:
If the akuma had won the fight, they would be handing over the miraculous to Hawkmoth tomorrow.
Present condition of past result:
If the akuma were smarter, they would have won the fight.
Present condition of future result:
If Ladybug was a bad sport, she would have thrown a fit.
Future condition of past result:
If the akuma had zapped Chat, he would have been out of commission for the fight.
Future condition of present result:
If Adrien were going to ask Marinette out tomorrow, she would be so happy.
Zero Conditional (Present Real Conditional)
The zero conditional is used to discuss absolute truths or give commands. This conditional is used particularly when both clauses are in present tense, but the conditional can be written with a variety of tenses/moods as befits the situation.
Examples:
If the Miraculous Cure will fix it, you don’t have to worry.
If the akuma wins, it’s all over.
Plagg! If you aren’t hungry, don’t eat the spare camembert!
The if in the zero conditional can also sometimes be replaced with when.
Examples:
When Chat makes a mistake, Ladybug lets him know.
When Adrien puts ice in a hot pan, it melts.
Summary
So that’s conditionals! The conditional sentence has two parts: an if clause (the condition) and a main clause (the result).
There are four types and a mixed conditional:
The first conditional is used to talk about future events that might happen.
The second conditional is used to talk about events that probably won’t happen.
As opposed to the first and second conditionals, which talk about the future, the third conditional talks about the past.
The mixed conditional is a blend of the second and third conditional sentences. This conditional is used to describe past conditions of present results, and more.
The zero conditional is used to discuss absolute truths or give commands.
That’s all you need to know about conditionals! Good luck!
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Movie Review: Dolittle
Dolittle, the latest resurrection of a rusting brand, has exciting stunts, gags that mostly land, a wonderfully designed Victorian-adventure world, and an angry pirate played by Antonio Banderas. One should never underestimate the value of an angry pirate. Robert Downey Jr. returns to playing a seat-of-his-pants adventurer after several years being absorbed in an increasingly-too-serious superhero role. It’s a splash of cinematic color and verve for the gray winter months.
The plot is fodder for an adventure. John Dolittle was famous and beloved for being able to talk to animals, and his wife Lily (Kasia Smutniak) was equally admired for her adventurous prowess (we are dealing, clearly, with an alternate Victorian period in which women would be cheered for riding on hippos). His wife left on an quest, died at sea, and he has now retreated to a sprawling estate granted them by the queen (Jessie Buckley). He sees no humans, and lives out his days in squalor and dissoluteness with his animal companions, whose languages he speaks. That’s until his most trusted friend, a parrot named Polynesia (Emma Thompson) leads a sensitive boy named Stubbins (Harry Collett) to Dolittle with a squirrel he accidentally shot. They are soon followed by Lady Rose (Carmel Laniado), a princess who seeks the doctor’s help for the sick queen. This leads him, Stubbins in tow as his self-appointed apprentice and his menagerie along for the ride, on an adventure to find a miraculous fruit which can cure Her Majesty. He’s got to contend along the way with a crooked and ambitious old schoolmate named Blair (Michael Sheen), who is working for a high-placed politician (Jim Broadbent) who would rather the queen did not recover.
The Dolittle series of books---written by Hugh Lofting from 1920 to 1947---concern an older protagonist, one who, in the illustrations, is a distinguished older gentleman with plain looks. This has of course been changed for the movie, primarily based on the second book, though few will be aware of it, as the series has rather fallen off of children’s required reading lists. Downey, who at 54 is very much at an age where he could play a refined country doctor, has his years de-emphasized by makeup and costuming to, I would guess, about his thirties. His version of the character is more than a little inspired by his steampunk take on Sherlock Holmes: he dresses in a shabby coat that is never buttoned, does almost everything with a decided flourish, and regains a little of the wink-and-nod facial and body language he had in his early turns as Iron Man before that became a Very Serious Character. Unlike Holmes and Tony Stark, he is not at all confident in success, being quite shaken by his loss. Dolittle is very pointedly a person children can admire, able to own mistakes and comfort others, the typical Downey persona made palatable for any age. Blair, his opponent, is well-matched. He’s an arrogant, pompous man who envies Dolittle’s success and offbeat charms, and wants to destroy him because he cannot be him. All this, of course, is done with a light touch that, to slide in at a PG rating, avoids the trickier potential aspects of the characters, but they do not feel cloying, so it passes that test. My favorite small role goes to Banderas, whose antagonistic pirate rules an Ottoman-like city of thieves, the adventures at which locale are the film’s highlight.
The movie’s big selling point, of course, and the thing that needs to work, are the animals. Frankly, some sort of award should be on offer for the person responsible for training them, as they do things I’ve never seen animals do in movies, such as talk and take therapy lessons. In addition to Emma Thompson as Dolittle’s right-hand bird, other important animals include a cowardly lion, er, ape (Rami Malek), the squirrel Dolittle saves (Craig Robinson) who believes Stubbins wants to finish the job, a duck (Octavia Spencer) who can’t tell a piece of celery from a pair of forceps, an ostrich (Kumail Nanjiani) who serves as Dolittle’s cranky steed, a polar bear (John Cena), a giraffe (Selena Gomez), a criminally-minded fox (Marion Cotillard) and a detective dog who wears glasses (Tom Holland). It’s fair to question whether the movie needed to balloon the budget with so many high-profile voice actors, but that’s a question for the accountants. What matters is that I found the antics of these animals thoroughly enjoyable, from a godfather impression done by ants to Cotillard the fox’s jail break. Like Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, a big part of the success in having so many animated characters on screen with actors who must interact with a green screen is that Downey, in particular, never once behaves as though they are anything but very real. Visually, they occupy the same space that the humans do, and if one of them must carry a human or crash into them or land on their arms, it is fully believable. The best animal “actor” by far is a neuroses-laden killer tiger voiced by Ralph Fiennes, who Dolittle must outwit.
Less impressive are the two teen characters, who are in the film so that small children may relate to it but who get little of great interest to do. Stubbins has no real plot arc, and with respect to the 16-year-old Collett, it is simply impossible to gauge by this where his talents as an actor will lie. Where the screenplay gives a lot of heart and purpose to Dolittle and the animals and some wonderful scene-chewing to Sheen, it seems completely unable to find anything to do with Rose or Stubbins. Notably, Laniado is somewhat more engaging, but the story leaves her behind to care for the ailing queen, and since Lily is only seen in the occasional flashback, this leaves the movie both without a heroine and without an engaging child character to balance Dolittle out. The screenplay was written by director Stephen Gaghan (Syriana), and initially Dan Gregor and Doug Man from a story by Thomas Shepherd before having the comedy elements tweaked by Chris MacKay during re-shoots. This sounds like a few too many onions in the soup, yet the only time I felt the weight of it was with these two characters. Yes, the plot is also rather throwaway, but I didn’t feel it hurt the film---if we’re going to start talking about plots in swashbuckling adventure movies, we may as well just quit while we’re ahead.
I should own something while I’m here: like westerns, I’m prone to giving fanciful adventure movies the benefit of the doubt. Whales pulling 19th century sailing ships and intimate surgeries that must be performed on fire-breathing dragons voiced by Frances De La Tour are just the kinds of things I long to see in an age where just letting go and letting imagination take over is anathema to increasingly risk-averse studios. A lesser plot keeps Dolittle from standing alongside Holes or the Paddington films in the pantheon of live-action family adventures, but there’s enough fun to be found here for those adults who fancy that animals speak to us.
Verdict: Recommended
Note: I don’t use stars, but here are my possible verdicts.
Must-See
Highly Recommended
Recommended
Average
Not Recommended
Avoid like the Plague
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Inseparable Chapter 26: Sacrifice
What are they willing to give up to make sure that Hawkmoth is defeated?
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Adrien watched in stunned horror as the dark energy molded his father’s body like clay into something grotesque and terrible.
An extra pair of arms burst from below his original set as his body swelled to double its size. Both sets of arms became long and gangly, but with wiry muscles lurking just underneath the skin. Feather-like antennae burst from beneath his face mask just as a gigantic pair of moth wings erupted from his back. His now clouded eyes peered around and Adrien wondered if he could even see any more. Hawkmoth’s face morphed from a noiseless scream of agony to a mask of fury as he turned toward their general direction.
The sudden charge was expected, but even knowing that it was coming still didn’t prepare them for the sheer speed. Adrien felt the wind get knocked out of him as an elongated arm slammed into his body and threw him aside. It didn’t hurt as much as colliding with the wall did, but thankfully his suit protected him from the worst of it. As he rushed to his feet, he caught a glimpse of Ladybug, already taking a defensive stance.
Hawkmoth stood in the middle of the room, head stationary while his antennae twitched. He howled incomprehensibly as he barreled toward Adrien. The string of the yoyo wrapped around him, but didn’t even slow his charge, instead carrying Ladybug along with him as he attacked. With a better sense of his opponent’s speed, Adrien was able to dodge, but that was all he could do. Against this monstrous assault, a direct attack was just about impossible.
Hoping to get some space to work with, Adrien leaped with his baton and snagged one of the pipes hanging from the ceiling. His eyes widened as Hawkmoth proved his wings were functional by ascending towards him. Not as quick as he was on the ground, but…
“Hey, LB? I don’t suppose you have any ideas?”
Her answer was to call out for her lucky charm. From this distance, it looked like a comically large, spotted perfume bottle. While he trusted his lady absolutely, he was left wondering if Tikki had made some sort of mistake. What could they possibly do with perfume? Assuming there was even perfume in it at all.
He tore his gaze away from her just in time to dodge the akumatized Hawkmoth’s attack. As he leapt to another pipe, his eyes widened as the pipe shook but didn’t break. Nothing but the best, he thought as he risked a glance towards his comatose mother. Even that brief look was enough to have his stomach tie up in knots. This really wasn’t a great day for him.
“That’s it!” He breathed a sigh of relief as Ladybug exclaimed. “Chat! Can you break open some of those pipes? I need some airflow in here.”
“I’ll see what I can do, m’lady!”
He turned his attention back to the ceiling and felt his heart sink as he saw the mess of metal tubes covering most of it. Taking a deep breath, he got to work. While struggling to keep ahead of the whirling fists always on his heels, he put an ear to the pipes that he landed on, listening for steam or air rather than the rush of water. After a few false leads, he found on, placed directly over the middle of the chamber. His claws failed to leave anything more than a scratch, but thankfully he had something more than just claws.
“Cataclysm!” The destructive energy wreathed his hand and he placed it against the piping, turning it to rust. Then he slammed his baton into it…
...Only for the pipe to hold. Adrien growled. Nothing but the best for good old Gabriel! How did he even find metal that strong?
Seeing that Hawkmoth was about to reach him, Adrien almost moved on to the next pipe, but stopped himself when an idea popped into his head. He could probably take a hit, right? Seating himself on the pipe, he glared as his father came closer.
“If only your family could see you now, Gabe!” He sneered at him.
Something sparked behind Hawkmoth’s clouded eyes and he swung with both his fists. Despite doing his best to dodge out of the way, Adrien was still clipped by the brutal strike and sent careening into the ground. Not even his suit could dull the pain from that strike. As he fell, he heard a warbling cry from above as steam burst from the pipe and sprayed Hawkmoth. At least his plan worked.
A web of yoyo strings caught him just before he hit the ground and Ladybug tried to pull him to his feet. Instead, Adrien yelped from the pain that shot up his arm and Ladybug recoiled in shock. More gingerly, she grabbed his good arm and helped him up. He had to favor one leg
“Stay still, kitty, and let’s hope this works.” She ran around the room, spraying the perfume before tossing it with all her might into the middle of the chamber where the steam was blasting down. It shattered on impact and Adrien had to cover his nose before the scent rolled over him.
Up above, Hawkmoth was circling and his antennae were twitching wildly. He roared impotently as he clung to the ceiling.
“That should give us a little time, chaton.” Ladybug appeared at his side, a pensive frown on her face. “Although, I don’t know what we’re going to do with that time.” She scooped him up to hide behind a column as Hawkmoth began throwing bits of masonry down at random.
“Any idea where the akuma is?”
“I didn’t see an akuma go near him, which means he just… pooled the power inside himself.”
“How… what does that even mean?”
Ladybug threw her hands in the air. “I don’t know! But it can’t be any good if that’s the result.” She pinched her nose. “What do we even do?”
“Don’t look at me. I don’t even know where his miraculous went. And I don’t think just beating him into submission is going to work if all we can do is hide from him.”
“Maybe we can combine our powers?”
Adrien glanced at his ring. Four paws remaining. “We can give it a shot.”
They sat down facing each other, Adrien’s leg proving less responsive than usual. He reached out mentally for the source of her power and felt a faint trickle as the energy began melding with his own. But something felt… off. With his mind open, he could sense the wild corruption raging above them, coiled around his father… and snared around his mother. It would take something big to overcome that. But Master Fu had given them warnings. Too much energy coursing through someone that wasn’t ready for it, hadn’t spent years training to handle it… they wouldn’t last.
But it was the only way.
Adrien opened his eyes and made a wobbly stand, finding it difficult to get his bad leg under him. He looked up, to see Ladybug had already stood. Her expression was unreadable, but he could tell that she knew.
“I’m sorry, lovebug… But I have to do it. I’ve always taken the hit for you, and I’ve got to do it one more time. Paris will need Ladybug.”
He had more to say. About how this was his family’s fault so it was only fitting that he finish it. About how much he loved her. But he didn’t have the time for that when she pulled his face down and captured his lips with hers. While there was still only centimeters between them, she murmured against him:
“Paris might need Ladybug, but I need you.”
Her yoyo wrapped around his body and he fell to the ground, completely entangled. His eyes widened in panic as she watched him. There was regret in her eyes, tears still unshed. But she was putting on a brave face. He hated it.
“NO! Don’t do this! Let me!”
“Not today, kitty.”
She turned around and faced the monster that had been his father, picking up the discarded perfume bottle. The scent was already fading, washed away by the steam. He landed on the ground and roared, but Ladybug, Marinette, his lady, held up her hand with the lucky charm, brandished it towards the monster. She took a deep breath.
“Miraculous Ladybug!”
A swarm of little ladybugs poured out in a cone shape, blasting into Hawkmoth and stopping his forward momentum. Unlike her usual cure, these ladybugs were black with lime green spots and they didn’t move beyond the cone that summoned them. Instead, they buffeted Hawkmoth and Adrien could only watch in trepidation as his monstrous form was torn off like layers of an onion in black-purple sheets. It was clear that his strength was faltering since eventually he was blasted against the wall, where he remained stuck as the cure destroyed the corruption that he’d wrapped himself in.
At the end of it, there was no Hawkmoth. Only Gabriel, who stood with his eyes closed for a moment before collapsing to the ground, unconscious.
“You… you did it! That was amazing, LB- Ladybug?” He realized she hadn’t moved yet, except to let her hand dangle by her side again. “Bugaboo. Talk to me! Please!”
There was no answer. She collapsed to the ground, her transformation breaking down at the same time.
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Be a custodian of your body.
Home Remedy Using Onions
1. Disinfectant for wounds
Chop, dice or squeeze one onion for juice and use the juice to disinfect wounds. Mix the onion with apple cider vinegar and apply to the wound.
2. Children with worms
Cut two raw onions and let them macerate in 1 liter of water for 24 hours. Drain, and give the juice of onions to your child during the day. It is possible to add water to dilute the taste. Honey can be added to make this syrup more enjoyable.
3. Balance of cholesterol
Dr. Gurewich, a professor of medicine at Tufts University, has identified 150 onion components, all of which help raise good cholesterol by up to 30% and lower bad cholesterol levels. Half an onion a day is enough to produce these results.
4. Mental and nervous fatigue
Onions are a source of silicon that is necessary for good nerve health and to reduce mental fatigue. Include them daily in your food.
5. Gout
This is an extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints. To solve this problem ,kindly
Prepare a poultice of raw onion by grating or chopping the onion and place on the sore spot. Leave in place all night.
6. Influenza
Mix two garlic stalks and 3 onions, finely chopped and pass to the blender with a little water. Add 3 tablespoons of olive oil. Give 1 tablespoon as needed.
7. Hemorrhoids
It is recognized that eating cooked onions will stop the bleeding and pain of hemorrhoids. One person said that when the onions were eaten the bleeding stopped, but when the onions were removed from the meals, the bleeding started again.
8. Hiccups
A quick remedy for this problem is to take a tablespoon of raw onion juice every half hour.
9.Lung Infection
Boil onions, mash them and place between two layers of cloth. Apply on the rib cage for about 2 hours.
10. Urinary infection
Take the juice of 3 onions, 3 black radishes and 5 lemons, mix them and use 1 teaspoon, 5 times a day.
Inhaling potatoes and onions
When there is congestion, especially sinus congestion, inhale steam from potatoes and boiled onions. Continue this process until the potatoes cool down and there is no more steam. Pine needles and boiled onions are even more effective.
11. Earaches / ear infections
Cut one onion in half, boil for 5 minutes, let it cool and squeeze the halves against the ear. This will relieve when the pain is too painful. This also has antibiotic properties.
12. Cancer Prevention
Onions consist of concentrated substances which contain sulfur, and which can prevent the transformation of cells into cancerous size. Half a cup of onions a day, raw or cooked, can speed up your cancer prevention quotient.
13. Bleeding nose or gums
Take the juice of an onion and mix it with apple cider vinegar. This solution can be used in case of bleeding nose, putting a few drops in the nostrils using a dropper. You can also keep the same mixture in your mouth for a few minutes if your gums bleed.
14.Glucose or glucose levels
It has been shown in different tests that the onion has a hypoglycemic effect. Onion extracts from dried onions were donated and significantly lowered the blood sugar level. Thus, anyone with diabetes would benefit greatly from daily use of onion.
15. it increases the strength of a man in the other room. To boost your stamina and skills with your wife ,kindly get onions ,garlic and blend together. Sieve to extract the juice of these combinations then u add lemon water. Drink all some hours to the time the football commences and see if Ronaldo skills will be better than yours.
Allow onions to be part of your diet and see how your health life changes for better
1. Onions have anti-biotic, antiseptic,
antimicrobial and carminative properties to help you stay away from infections.
2. Onions are rich in sulphur, fibers, potassium, vitamin B, vitamin C and they are low in fat, cholesterol and sodium.
3. It is an immediate cure for fever, common cold, cough, sore throat, allergies etc. A mixture of onion juice and honey can cure these
problems easily.
4. A small piece of onion can work against side effects of fever if it’s kept on the fore head.
5. A small piece of onion when inhaled can stop or slow down the bleeding through the nose.
6. An onion a day can cure insomnia or sleeping disorders. This will surely give you a good night sleep.
7. Onions can improve digestive system. If you have digestion problem, then onions can cure it by increasing
the release of digestion juices.
8. Onion juice can cure burnt skin or an insect bite or a bee bite. It may burn more but it can heal it very effectively
9. Onions can be used to preventcancers. It works against head, neck and colon cancers.
10. You can protect yourself from Osteoporosis and Atherosclerosis by consuming onions daily.
11. Onions increases insulin in the body and also treats diabetes by controlling the sugar levels inthe blood.
12. The bad cholesterol that causes heart problems can be burnt or removed if onions are consumed daily. It keeps you stay safe from the coronary diseases and also protects the good cholesterol
13. Inflammation from Arthritis in the joints which can be healed with onions.
14. There is a small trick with onions to get some relief from body pains. Onions should be fried in sesame or castor oil and can be used to heal any
aches.
15. One of the well-known tricks to remove dark patches or pigments on your face is to apply onion and turmeric juice on that area.
16. Onion juice is also used to cure ear and eye problems.
17. This is also used for toothaches and tooth decaying
18. Onions have rejuvenation properties on the body tissues.
19. For few types of moles, onion juice works efficiently by removing them.
20. For good memory and strong nervous system, consuming onions is your best bet.
21. Onions cure menstrual disorders. Raw onions should be consumed before a few days at the beginning of your cycle.
22. Use onion juice on the hair or the scalp to get rid of lice and hair fall. This is one of the most prominent of onion benefits for hair.
23. Onions contain water, protein, fats, starch, fibers, minerals, calcium, vitamin C, iron and B complex.
24. Anti-ageing Benefits:
Onions possess enormous anti-ageing benefits. The antioxidant vitamins A, C and E fight against the damage caused by harmful UV rays as well as prevent free radical damage which is responsible for causing premature ageing of our skin. Onion is one of the richest sources of quercetin, the most powerful antioxidant that can keep your skin wrinkle-free. Vitamins and
sulphur, on the other hand, protect your skin, and keep it soft and supple. The anti-ageing qualities of onion can be attributed to the presence of sulphur-rich phytochemicals.
Massaging your skin with fresh onion juice helps increase blood circulation and improves the overall appearance of your skin by imparting a more youthful and radiant appearance.
25. Treatment of Acne:
The anti-microbial, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory qualities of onion can work wonders on your skin. It is a powerful antiseptic which protects your skin from acne-causing bacteria
and other skin infections. Onions can be used in the treatment of acne and pimples. For this purpose, you can mix 1 tablespoon of onion juice or extract with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and apply
it on your face. Leave it for 20 minutes and then wash off. Apart from topical application, regular consumption of onion can also give you miraculous results in case of acne
26. Lightens the Complexion:
Onions help in purifying your blood and supply your body with flavonoids which assist Vitamin C
In its important functions. The consumption of onions can keep your skin healthy and glowing.
You can prepare your own face mask by combining 1 ½ tablespoons freshly extracted onion juice with 2 tablespoons gram flour, ½ teaspoon milk and a pinch of nutmeg. Mix all
these ingredients to form a thick paste and add some more milk if required to reach the desired consistency. You can also add few drops of lavender essential oil to beat the smell of onions.
Apply it all over your face after cleansing and leave for 15 to 20 minutes or until it dries. Dab a
cotton ball in milk and remove the pack by massaging in gentle circular movements. This will exfoliate the dead skin cells as well as lighten the skin tone.
27. Treatment of Dark Spots and
Pigmentation:
Onion juice is excellent for getting rid of dark spots and pigmentation. The rich variety of
phytonutrients and antioxidants in onion nourish your skin while removing skin impurities. You can
prepare a face pack by mixing equal quantities of onion juice and fresh yogurt. You can also add a few drops of any essential oil for a pleasant
aroma. Massage your face with this mixture,using gentle circular movements for 10 to 15
minutes. This should be done daily for best results.
28. Treatment of Stings and Bites:
Onions can be used to soothe stings and bug bites. All you need to do is place an onion slice on your sting or bite. The anti-inflammatory properties of onion help in reducing the burn,
itchiness and swelling caused by insect and bug bites
29. Treatment of Thinning Hair:
Onion is quite helpful in treating thinning hair. All you need to do is juice an onion in a juicer and add ½ teaspoon of honey to it. You can add any essential oil of your choice to suppress the smell.
Apply this mixture all over your hair or onto the portions that appear thin. Leave it overnight and
do not cover your head. Shampoo your hair the next morning. This should be done at least once to thrice a week for best results
30. Treatment of Hair Loss and
Dandruff:
You can prepare a hair mask using onion to combat hair loss, dandruff and an itchy scalp. Onion juice is particularly beneficial for increasing
the length of your hair. All you need to do is grind or mash an onion and strain it through a grinder to obtain the juice. Mix this juice with equal amounts of olive or coconut oil and apply it on your scalp and hair. Cover your head with a
shower cap and leave it for 2 hours. Rinse it off with a shampoo to get rid of hair stickiness. This hair pack will improve the ability of your hair for
re-growth besides imparting a shiny, glossy look to your hair. It should be applied twice a month for best results.
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HOMEMADE OLIVE OIL & GARLIC EARACHE REMEDY
Ear Infections Are the Most Common Reason for Antibiotic Use in Children:
Both the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Academy of Family Physicians have recommended since 2004 that doctors hold off on prescribing antibiotics for ear infections, at least initially.
AAP recommends that doctors give parents the option of letting their children fight the infection on their own for 48-72 hours, only starting antibiotics if the symptoms do not improve. This is because many ear infections are caused by viruses, which antibiotics are useless against. And even the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that: “Ear infections will often get better on their own without antibiotic treatment… Taking antibiotics when they are not needed can be harmful, and may lead to unwanted side effects like diarrhea, rashes, nausea, and stomach pain. More severe side effects may rarely occur; these include life-threatening allergic reactions, kidney toxicity, and severe skin reactions. Each time you or your child takes an antibiotic, the bacteria that normally live in your body (on the skin, in the intestine, in the mouth and nose, etc.) are more likely to become resistant to antibiotics.”
Can Ear Infections Be Prevented?
Ear infections are often preventable, and food allergies are one of the number one modifiable causes, especially if your child has a chronic infection. Many children will find relief by:
1: Following the nutrition plan and cutting out grains and sugars (including soda and fruit juice).
2: Avoiding pasteurized milk. Consumption of dairy products, particularly pasteurized dairy, is a culprit for many children.
3: Avoid sugars and fruit juices, which will impair your child's immune response and make them more susceptible to these types of infections.
4: If your child is consuming any wheat products you might consider eliminating them if they have had recurrent infections, as subclinical gluten intolerance can be a factor contributing to this problem. Wheat and gluten are particularly problematic for most children and eliminating them many times miraculously cures the problem.
Natural Options for Ear Infection TreatmentThe following natural options work remarkably well in treating acute ear infections:
1: Make garlic ear drops.
Ear drops that include extracts of garlic may help reduce the pain of middle-ear infections in children. You can make your own at home by crushing a clove of FRESH raw garlic and dissolving it in some olive oil. Put a few drops of oil in the ear canal, as long as the eardrum is not perforated.
2: Use breast milk for ear drops.
If you have access to breast milk, put a few drops of breast milk in the ear canal every few hours. This usually works to clear up the infection within 24 to 48 hours and is far safer, less expensive and a better solution than putting your child on antibiotics.
3: Use coconut oil ear drops.
Coconut oil has both antimicrobial and anti-viral properties. Place a couple of drops of coconut oil into each ear canal. If the coconut oil has solidified, you can easily liquefy it by placing a small amount in a shot glass or other small container and placing it into a cup of hot water.
4: Consider chiropractic.
Many, but not all, chiropractors are trained in adjustments that can actually open up the Eustachian tube and allow it to drain properly. This relieves the pressure build up and the pain and allows the conditions that cause the infection to dissipate. Somewhat similar to draining a swamp and the mosquito epidemic disappears.
5: Apply an onion poultice.
Application of warmth behind the ear can be used to mobilize the post-auricular lymph chain and vasculature and to draw congestion away from the inflamed area of the middle ear. To do this, heat half of an onion in a toaster oven for a few minutes, until it is warm but not intolerably hot. You could test it by applying to your own ear or inner forearm for several seconds. Next, wrap the onion in cheesecloth or thin dishcloth, and apply the largest side (the cut side, for maximum surface area) to the area just behind the ear.
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Best onion hair oil
Bringing together the nourishment of onion and caffeine, this onion hair oil may be a one-stop solution for all your hair problems. It helps in repairing & conditioning along with accelerating hair growth. This miraculous hair oil is a formulation of herbal extracts and is free of harmful chemicals & toxins such as silicones, parabens. Natural ingredients such as onion oil and caffeine help stimulate hair growth and fight dandruff. This hair oil may seal the hair cuticles, which helps make split ends less noticeable, less frizzy, luxuriously shiny, and healthy.
Onion oil is rich in sulfur, potassium & antioxidants which help reduce hair fall & boost hair growth. It also helps in effectively optimizing hair growth due to the presence of plenty of antioxidants which particularly work for boosting the functioning of certain enzymes, that work together in preventing hair fall. Caffeine helps stimulate hair shaft elongation resulting in longer, wider hair roots. Caffeine is a stimulant therefore it helps increase blood circulation, which helps move nutrients to hair roots. Overall the two ingredients may help give your hair a natural sheen effect.
• Helps hair grow faster & supports hair strength
• Helps retain moisture
• Helps prevent dryness and premature greying
• Helps increase blood circulation to the scalp which leads to healthier hair
Onion oil and caffeine are quintessential natural compounds for hair care that are known to promote hair growth and cure dandruff. Good Hair's Onion Caffeine Hair Oil is known to bind the cuticles of the hair, making split ends less visible until they are completely mended, reducing frizz, and encouraging the growth of luxuriously lustrous, and extra strong hair.
The main components of this hair oil- onion oil and caffeine- boast of several beneficial properties for your hair.
Onion oil contains sulfur, potassium, and antioxidants, which assist to decrease hair loss and promote hair growth. It also aids in efficiently optimizing hair development owing to the presence of several antioxidants, which act specifically to increase the functioning of certain enzymes that work together to prevent hair fall.
The simple answer is that it is dependent on how committed you are to your novel haircare strategy. We advocate applying Good Hair's Onion hair oil thoroughly on your scalp and hair before every wash, whenever feasible. If that means that you can use it daily, so be it!
To simplify the process, we even offer an all-in-one Good Hair Onion Hair Oil, that is designed to provide the advantages of onion oil and caffeine in one place!
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Veggies that can be grown in summer ...
Brinjal
With an outstanding fibre content along with several phytonutrients, brinjals are known to play a major role in antioxidant activity. While choosing brinjals, you should always prefer those with smooth and tight skin, which feel heavy for their size. Also, the brinjals with mushy spots or wrinkled bits must be avoided. Loaded with an impressive array of minerals and vitamins, this vegetable comes in different colours ranging from purple and black to a near-translucent white.
How to Grow Brinjal At Home:
Prepare the soil with well-aged manure.
Sow brinjal seeds about 10 mm deep in well-prepared beds that are 24 to 30 inches apart.
Water it regularly as per requirement.
Transfer the young plants into larger pots that are 12 inches deep with a capacity of at least 4 to 5 litres.
Thrust a stick in the pot and tie your plant to it for better support.
Cucumber
With the ability to regulate body temperature, cucumber has a high water content (96%) which makes it a hydrating and refreshing solution in summers. Being a member of the squash family, it effectively flushes out toxins from the digestive system and helps in improving digestion. Also, cucumber is a great source of magnesium, potassium, and fibre which regulates blood pressure. If you want to dissolve kidney or bladder stones, then cucumber is the perfect option for you!
How to Grow Cucumber At Home:
Make sure that the soil is moist and well-drained, not waterlogged.
Before planting cucumber seeds, add organic matter up to a depth of 2 inches for improving the clay soil.
Sow seeds in rows that are 1 inch deep and 6 to 10 inches apart.
Water it immediately and then water as per requirement.
If you are transplanting seedlings, plant them 12 inches apart. A trellis might be a safe idea if you want the vine to climb, or if you have limited space.
Bottle Gourd
By creating a cooling effect, Bottle gourd or lauki is known to restore the functioning of the system. Due to its high water content, this calming vegetable fights acidity and facilitates digestion. Also, its moisture content quenches thirst easily, which keeps the body refreshed throughout summers. Consumption of bottle gourd juice along with a tsp of lemon juice is a great diuretic, i.e. it leads to increased production of urine which further detoxifies the body.
How to Grow Bottle Gourd At Home:
Start sowing the bottle gourd seeds in the summer season. Soak the seeds in water overnight to speed up germination.
The seeds should be spaced about 24 inches apart after germination, so the plants have room to grow.
For potting, choose 12-inch deep pots and sturdy trellis. Add a rope to support the young plant.
Make sure the bottle gourd plants are going to be stable as the fruit can be heavy on the vines.
The plant should receive 8 hours of sunlight per day to thrive.
White Onions
With a miraculous anti-ageing effect on our body, white onions are known to improve body strength and stability. Regular consumption of white onions not only enhances digestive strength but cures bleeding disorders such as nasal bleeding and bleeding piles also. It relaxes your mind and helps you to keep calm even in the scorching heat.
How to Grow White Onions At Home:
Plant white onion seeds in average soil that is mixed with aged compost.
Place them in full sun for better germination.
Sow thinly in rows that are 1- 2 feet apart and cover them with a ¼ inch of fine soil.
Water lightly to keep the soil evenly moist.
Pumpkin
Pumpkin, a widely grown backyard vegetable is a summer delight both for your health and taste-buds. Incredibly rich in antioxidants and vitamins, Pumpkin is low in calories and packed with Vitamin A and flavonoid polyphenolic antioxidants (such as lutein, xanthin, and carotenes)
A fast-growing vine, Pumpkin grows in a similar fashion like that of other Cucurbitaceae families (cucumber, squash, cantaloupes, etc.)
How to grow Pumpkin at Home:
Sow seeds directly in the soil. Pumpkins are very sensitive to cold. Make sure the temperature is ideal for sowing.
Plant seeds in rows or “pumpkin hills” which are the size of small pitcher mounds. With hills, the land will warm more quickly and the seeds will sprout quickly. (This also helps with drainage and pest control.)
Prepare the hills in advance with old manure dug deep into the soil (12 to 15 inches).
Plant the seeds 1 inch deep (4 to 5 seeds per mound). Space mounds 4 to 8 feet apart.
Your plants should develop in less than a week and sprout within 5 to 10 days. When the plants are 2 to 3 inches tall, thin to 2 to 3 plants per hill by snipping off unwanted plants.
Spinach
One of the most common and healthy greens, Spinach is a superfood loaded with tons of nutrients in a low-calorie package. Spinach helps improve skin, hair and bone health. An essential for diabetes management, spinach contains an antioxidant known as alpha-lipoic acid, which has been shown to lower glucose levels. Spinach is also an excellent source of beta-carotene which is shown to lower the risk of developing asthma.
How to grow Spinach at Home:
Plant in mid-August for a fall crop, ensuring that soil temperature is on the lower side for that month.
Add aged manure to the soil about a week before planting
Although seedlings can be propagated indoors, it is not recommended as seedlings are hard to transfer.
Sow seeds ½ to 1 inch deep, cover lightly with dirt. Sow about 12 seeds per ft of the row, or sprinkle over a wide row or layer.
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Why Raise Squabs, The Delectable Bird?
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Why Raise Squabs, The Delectable Bird?
I have noticed that one of the most common superlatives used to describe the taste of a squab is “delectable.” Webster defines the meaning as highly pleasing, delightful, and delicious, and others add luscious, extremely pleasing to the sense of taste, and capable of causing desire. Having eaten a few, I must concur.
I began raising pigeons and squabs after reading “Raising Small Meat Animals” by Victor M. Giammattei, D.V.M., 1976. His chapter named “Raising Delectable Squabs” caught my eye, and I quote from the first paragraph. It reads: “Curiously, few people today are familiar with squabs, even fewer have eaten them, and fewer yet have raised them. There’s no logic in this, for squabs are easy to raise, and their meat is the finest of all poultry meats”.
O.K., you have my attention, sir. I was one of the uninitiated, for at that time I had never eaten a squab either nor seen it offered. He went on. “Squab ranks along with filet mignon, lobster, or suckling kid (young goat). It is found only on the menus of better restaurants and hotels, on steamships, in country clubs, and in some hospitals. It has been a dinner entree for kings, queens, and other nobility since the time of the ancient Greeks… Considering the ease with which they can be raised, the quality of their meat, and the modest cost to the backyard grower, there is no reason why the energetic family should be without squab meat – in the author’s opinion, the choicest of all meats.” Why not indeed, I asked? How had I managed to miss this taste treat? Sign me up.
If this were not enough to convince me about the quality of squab, I have since found other interesting references. Philippa Scott, from her “Gourmet Game”, lists a recipe for “Trid”, or Moroccan Pancakes Stuffed With Pigeon. She writes: “In his “Moorish Recipes”, John, fourth Marquis of Bute, suggests that this dish might well have been introduced into Morocco in the time of Mulai Idris, descendent of the Prophet Mohammed, who fled to Morocco from Mecca, and whose body lies buried at Fez, the land of his exile. It is reputed to be the oldest Arab dish, and it is said that when the Prophet Mohammed was asked what he liked best in the world, he answered that he loved his wife above everything, but after her he loved “Trid.”
The Chinese have raised squab for over 2000 years. Today squab farms are big business in china, with several hundred being operated with government approval and encouragement. They are also big medicine. The Chinese believe that squab is not only delicious and easily digestible, but that the meat and broth can be used to treat a variety of health ailments. The ancient people used to call pigeons “the sweet blooded animal”, and can be used to cure anemia, weakness, and fatique. It can be used to prevent high blood pressure, vascular sclerosis, and osteoporosis, just to name a few. Pigeon was the first kind of poultry to be designated as “green food” from the China Green Food Development Center, which means pigeon is the most clean and unsullied meat product to consume.
On the American scene, the use of squab may be a result of the people’s memory and fondness for the tenderness and taste of the passenger pigeon, and we know what happened to that miraculous horde. They ate them. Thomas Jefferson and the history of the United States are forever intertwined. Among many other things, Jefferson was a “foodie”, should there have been a such a term around in those days. He loved his land, his crops, and his meals provided from them. He was famous for his dinner parties and for his dinner guests. Squab was on the menu, raised from his own lofts. “Squab in Compote”, a french recipe, was one of his favorite dishes.
William Randolph Hearst, in his day, was one of the richest and most powerful men in America. Like Jefferson, he was also famous for his dinner parties and the extensive menus. The estate was well known for it’s squab loft’s and squab dinners, served to other American royalty and celebrities lucky enough to be included on the guest list. If they were very fortunate, “Hearst Ranch Squab” a roasted, stuffed bird, would be on the table.
So folks, try a squab today. If it’s good enough for a prophet, an American founding father, and one of the world’s richest men, it’s good enough for me. After all, 1.4 billion Chinese, with a “B”, cannot be wrong.
By the way, did I mention that you can raise them in a small backyard? You don’t have to be born of royal blood lines either, but you can dine like you do. They are, a most “delectable” bird.
Recipes
Trid: Moroccan Pancakes Stuffed With Pigeon
1 1/2 pound pigeon meat, cut into about 20 pieces. Salt, 1 teaspoon black pepper, good pinch of saffron, 1 teaspoon ground ginger, 1 stick cinnamon, 1 tablespoon chopped chervil, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, 3 large onions (chopped), 1/2 cup water, 1 cup olive oil, 3 heaping cups flour.
Simmer the meat, salt and pepper, spices and herbs, onions, water, and 1/2 cup olive oil in a heavy casserole with a tight fitting lid. Make a simple dough with the flour and very little water. Work it thoroughly, then make it into about 20 balls about the size of small hen’s eggs. Flatten each on a lightly oiled board into a very thin disc. Cook each on a dry griddle, not too hot but cooked on each side.
Arrange 1/2 of these cooked pancakes in an ovenproof dish, overlapping each other and coming up the sides of the dish. When the meat is tender, remove the cinnamon stick, and arrange the meat on top of the pancakes. Cover with the remaining pancakes. Pour a little of the cooking liquid over the trid, and serve the rest as a sauce.
From Gourmet Game: Recipes and Anecdotes From Around The World by Philippa Scott.
Squab in Compote
6 plump squabs, 2 tablespoons butter, 1 cup finely chopped onion, 1 finely diced carrot, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 slices diced bacon, 1/4 pound sliced mushrooms, 1/3 cup Sherry, or Madeira.
Truss the squabs. Melt butter in a casserole dish with a tight fitting lid. Add squabs along with onion, carrot, and salt. Saute until delicately browned on all sides, turning the birds frequently. Next add the bacon, mushrooms, and sherry or Madeira. Cover tightly and simmer in the oven gently for 40 or 45 minutes or until tender when tested with a fork. Do not overcook or they will fall apart. Remove birds, and serve with the sauce on the side.
Hearst Ranch Squab
6 plump squabs, 3 cups bread crumbs, 4 eggs, 2 cups grated Romano cheese, 2 gloves garlic, 2 teaspoons chopped parsley, 3 chopped onions, pinch of marjoram, salt and pepper to taste, 1/2 cup olive oil, 1 cup claret.
Drain squabs dry, cut off tips of wings. Mix ingredients, except oil and claret. Stuff birds with mixter and skewer closed. Brush birds with oil and place breast up in an uncovered baking dish. Bake in oven preheated to 400 degrees until brown (35 minutes). Brush with oil, baste with claret. Serve on thin toast with a Borderlino or California red wine.
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