#lucemond thoughts:
modern!au. summer family vacation at the targaryen’s italian seaside villa. three months of living in each other’s pockets and trying not to kill each other. what could go wrong?
the days are hot and the nights are mild. despite that, aemond is still rocking the goth bitch tm look but he at least substitutes the black long sleeves for singlets and tees. it’s fine though. fire is in their blood, which is why he can’t understand his nephew’s choice to compensate for the weather by wearing an oversized tee that swallows his slim frame and the most ridiculously short shorts he’s ever seen in his life.
it was the morning after they had all arrived. breakfast was served in the backyard beneath the olive canopy. their parents are already well fed and sipping on espresso by the time the first of their progeny rise and make it downstairs. aemond is halfway through is breakfast when lucerys graces them with his presence. he stops mid chew as his eyes befall his nephew. the boy dutifully kisses is mother on the cheek and his step-father squeezes his arm affectionately. then with a plate in-hand, he spoons a selection of assorted breakfast delicacies on his plate before taking a seat next to jace. aemond finally remembers to swallow and pretends he wasn’t affected by his bastard nephew’s presence.
it happens again.
for the most part aemond has kept to himself and for the better part ignored the present of his nephew(s). he reads in the garden or in the quiet of the study when he nieces and nephew finds childless means to amuse themselves. halaena convinces him to join them on a trip into town. they each have a bike that they take on the country roads. the sights are picturesque and the breeze a welcomed comfort, aemond will admit that. they stop for gelato, all of them clamouring before the refrigerated glass cabinet to choose their flavours.
somehow he’s walking out into the summer sun with a single serve cup and a small wooden spoon. he chose vanilla and aegon snickered, for what reason, aemond doesn’t know. they meander along the ancient cobble footpath overlooking sea below, enjoying the sweet delicacy. someone laughs and aemond hates how it piques his interest.
as much as he’s tried, he can’t ignore his nephew forever, but it catches him off guard. lucerys is a vision. his hair vibrant and rich. his freckles are more apparent in the sun, dusting across his nose, and aemond wonders if people realise this fact. melted chocolate dribbles down the cone onto his hand and lucerys pays it no mind as he laughs again, engrossed in conversation with rhaena. he’s wearing those shorts again. aemond doesn’t know why he bothers as the tee-shirt almost conceals them entirely leaving his comically pale legs exposed (not that aemond was one to talk being fair of skin himself).
aegon laughs again, a more robust sound this time that steals aemond’s attention from lucerys. he finds his brother shaking his head and smirking around a spoon in his mouth.
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I think in his mid teenaged years Eddie gets caught at school with drugs and it's a big deal. The police and his uncle are called, and people talk about it for months before it finally calms down (and Eddie had a whole new list of buyers, but he keeps that information to himself)
Wayne watches as his nephew smooth talks his way out of a bad situation - Hopper letting the boy off with a stern warning and telling him not to do this kinds of favors for people anymore, because next time he can't turn a blind eye to it - and seeing Eddie's father in ever word that day. He's surprised he managed not to lose it in the middle of the town in front of everyone.
I think their conversation once they got home would go something like this.
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Eddie tried to slam his bedroom door shut but Wayne was a fraction of a second faster. His knuckles cracked against the frame from the force of it before he threw the door back open, following his nephew into the cramped space. “Are you kidding me right now?! You lied to a cop. I don’t ever want to find out you’re lying to the police again. Especially Chief Hopper. Do you hear me?! You might be able to convince him but you can’t-”
Eddie spun to face him, brown eyes wide and bright with unshed tears. His lip trembled as he took a shaking breath but he stood up straight, not looking away. “Wayne, please, it was a mistake and a misunderstanding. I am begging you, please believe me.”
“No. I don’t want to hear it, Eddie. I am sick and tired of the excuses. You’re grounded, you got that?”
“But Uncle Wayne, I-”
“No. Absolutely not.” He fought to keep himself from shaking but he couldn’t keep it out of his voice. “You’re grounded, Eddie. No staying out late, no wandering off with your friends for hours on end, none of it. You can still have your Hellfire meetings here on Fridays but only here and I am going to be in the trailer the whole time to make sure you aren’t getting yourself into any more trouble. You can use the phone to call your friends and tell them to cover your parts or cancel all your shows for the foreseeable future because there are no more shows at The Hideout.”
“W-wait-”
“No.” Wayne shouted to cut him off. “I already told you I don’t want to hear it. The only words I want to hear out of your mouth are ‘Yes sir.’”
Eddie blinked in surprise, unable to stop the tears that finally spilled over. “Y-yes sir.”
“Good. I’ll call you when it’s time for dinner. Calm yourself down before you try to call your friends.” Wayne grabbed the door knob, swinging the door shut harder than he would ordinarily allow. The fight with Tommy Hagan a few years ago started a chain reaction of people looking sideways at them in town, this was sure to make things a lot worse.
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This is a big deal too. Wayne doesn't really get angry with the kid. Frustrated at time, for sure. but never outwardly angry. Eddie doesn't know how to react, he's never been in this much trouble and he doesn't know what to do.
That's just one of my many takes, anyway. :)
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During the 2008 recession, my aunt lost her job. Her, her partner, and my three cousins moved across the country to stay with us while they got back on their feet. My house turned from a family of four to a family of nine overnight, complete with three dogs and five cats between us.
It took a few years for them to get a place of their own, but after a few rentals and apartments, they now own a split level ranch in a town nearby. I’ve lost track of how many coworkers and friends have stayed with them when they were in a tight spot. A mother and son getting out of an abusive relationship, a divorcee trying to stay local for his kids while they work out a custody agreement, you name it. My aunt and uncle knew first hand what that kindness meant, and always find space for someone who needed it, the way my parents had for them.
That same aunt and uncle visited me in [redacted] city last year. They are prolific drinkers, so we spent most of the day bar hopping. As we wandered the city, any time we passed a homeless person, my uncle would pull out a fresh cigarette and ask them if they had a light. Regardless of if they had a lighter on hand or not, he offered them a few bucks in exchange, which he explained to me after was because he felt it would be easier for them to accept in exchange for a service, no matter how small.
I work for a company that produces a lot of fabric waste. Every few weeks, I bring two big black trash bags full of discarded material over to a woman who works down the hall. She distributes them to local churches, quilting clubs, and teachers who can use them for crafts. She’s currently in the process of working with our building to set up a recycling program for the smaller pieces of fabric that are harder to find use for.
One of my best friends gives monthly donations to four or five local organizations. She’s fortunate enough to have a tech job that gives her a good salary, and she knows that a recurring donation is more valuable to a non-profit because they can rely on that money month after month, and can plan ways to stretch that dollar for maximum impact. One of those organizations is a native plant trust, and once she’s out of her apartment complex and in a home with a yard, she has plans to convert it into a haven of local flora.
My partner works for a company that is working to help regulate crypto and hold the current bad actors in the space accountable for their actions. We unfortunately live in a time where technology develops far too fast for bureaucracy to keep up with, but just because people use a technology for ill gain doesn’t mean the technology itself is bad. The blockchain is something that she finds fascinating and powerful, and she is using her degree and her expertise to turn it into a tool for good.
I knew someone who always had a bag of treats in their purse, on the odd chance they came across a stray cat or dog, they had something to offer them.
I follow artists who post about every local election they know of, because they know their platform gives them more reach than the average person, and that they can leverage that platform to encourage people to vote in elections that get less attention, but in many ways have more impact on the direction our country is going to go.
All of this to say, there’s more than one way to do good in the world. Social media leads us to believe that the loudest, the most vocal, the most prolific poster is the most virtuous, but they are only a piece of the puzzle. (And if virtue for virtues sake is your end goal, you’ve already lost, but that’s a different post). Community is built of people leveraging their privileges to help those without them. We need people doing all of those things and more, because no individual can or should do all of it. You would be stretched too thin, your efforts valiant, but less effective in your ambition.
None of this is to encourage inaction. Identify your unique strengths, skills, and privileges, and put them to use. Determine what causes are important to you, and commit to doing what you can to help them. Collective action is how change is made, but don’t forget that we need diversity in actions taken.
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I'm staying at a friends house for a few weeks and one of her cats used my bedsheet as scratch material.
This is no hate to the cat, he is a cat after all. What I didn't like was her reaction. 'Yeah, this is normal.' Smiling at me like it's funny or something. I know it's just a bed sheet and I'm not too upset about it but it is rather new so it's annoying.
Not every cat does this so I wasn't expecting it. She has 4 and it's only the one that does this f.e. (this as in preferring bed sheets over other things)
If you're a cat/pet owner: please warn your friends about stuff like this or at least don't react like that when their stuff gets broken by your cat/pet. You might have gotten used to it but not everyone is so in love with your cat/pet that they will forgive every mishap in a second. It might lead to bad feelings between you two in the future.
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it's funny when you marry alex in stardew cause his grandpa goes whaaAat noo what the hell two men? getting married? I didn't get my dick blowbn off in the coal mine for this! then give him a week and he's like heh my uncle was a farmer it's a noble, manly profession. I guess you're alright.
like I guess alex didn't mention to anyone he was dating the farmer who runs around in a crop top and trash can lid hat until last minute wonder why
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