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yersina · 6 months

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a linguist plays chants of sennaar (pt 4)

[pt 1] [pt 2] [pt 3] [x] [pt 5]

we're getting close to the end, guys!!

disclaimer: can't promise that i'll have any insights that a layperson wouldn't have, this is kinda just me thinking through the grammar of the language out loud haha.

this post covers the fourth language and will contain spoilers! it also assumes that you know what the symbols mean already.

additional note: i went and added alt text to my previous posts in this series! sorry for not having them before :)

numbers!!!!!!!!

before i get into anything else, i think i might as well start with numbers, which are the most unique part of this language and really leans into the portrayal of this society as mathematical and scientific lol. like the arabic numeral system, this number system is base 10, which we can see from the ruler. whether it’s base 10 or not isn’t super relevant to the gameplay or the language, i think?? except that it mimics the arabic numeral system, so it’s familiar to us. i am not a mathematician or logician or what-have-you, so i wouldn’t know—my expertise does not lie in this area lol

we only have evidence in the game for numbers with up to 4 digits (one on each side and end of the center line) so we don't know how the alchemists would've represented really big numbers. however, the placement of the four numerical digits around the central line suggests to me that this language might have a system that counts by four digit placements, rather than three. (to clarify: in western cultures, we often count and represent numbers in groups of three: thousand (1,000), million (1,000,000), and so on, with a new word for each set of three digit places. in many east asian languages, large numbers are represented in groups of four instead (examples that came to mind were chinese, japanese, and korean, but that’s just what i’m personally familiar with; there certainly might be others). in chinese, we have 万 (10,000) and 亿 (100,000,000), single words instead of “ten thousand” and “hundred million”. the word for million is “hundred-ten thousand” (百万).) since this language naturally seems to represent numbers in groups of four, that's my suspicion. unfortunately, the addition-only calculator in lab 2 only goes up to 9999, so we don't know what happens at five digits; my best guess is that the center line changes (maybe becomes two lines instead of just one, since one line also represents 0?), but obv there's no guarantee.

moving on from numbers, this language is relatively consistent when it comes to visual representation of linguistic categories: verbs have an open circle, locations have the sideways u/semi-circle deal, and people have a triangle-plus-line element to them. interestingly, “fear” once again is more of a noun than a verb in this language in terms of appearance. at this point, i’m inclined to think that this a quirk of the developers, rather than the language; even though fear is often used as a verb in the language itself, its appearance denotes that it’s primarily a noun, which may indicate that the game developers also thought of it as a noun first and verb second.

other interesting combinations of elements/radicals in the language include “mine”, which combines the radical for location and the triangular feature of scientific elements/materials (i.e, “the location where you can find materials”). the word for “seek/want” and “laboratory” share a radical, which suggests that that radical means something like “answer” or “curiosity” or something like that. another fun thing i noted is that the word for “alchemist” shares a similar shape to “i/me”, which might be indicative of a thought like “i am an alchemist”, and that those two concepts are linked, culturally or historically. i also think it’s interesting that “fire” and “fear” visually look more similar to each other than the other nouns—again, could possibly indicate something about how the alchemists conceptualize them? they obviously live in an environment where they encountered monsters that were scared of fire, and they in turn were scared of the monsters—i wouldn’t be surprised if it were the case that these were connected in that way.

i’ve been trying to figure out if this language has a particular pattern when it comes to representing words with an open circle vs dot, but so far i can’t find anything. might just be random/artistic choice!

this language once again returns to the pattern of being SVO, with plural suffixes rather than prefixes like the warrior language. in fact, i would say that grammatically, especially in terms of sentence structure, the warriors and the alchemists seem to be the most similar. no verb-initial languages in this game i’m afraid, haha.

one more language to go!!

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runningfrom2am · 11 months

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the sea around us; chapter four

In which Rafe Cameron has to choose between his dad and a pogue who's changing his outlook on life more and more every day.

(rafe cameron x f!oc)

(eventual!jj maybank x f!oc)

warnings/tags: violence, drug/alcohol use, smoking, sexual content (if you squint), slowburn, older brother’s best friend, (these tags are obv not exhaustive but regardless it’s pretty PG13)

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On our way back, we stopped at the wharf because there was a bunch of commotion surrounding the police pulling a body out on a stretcher. We stopped and asked someone what happened, and we were informed that the body was none other than Scooter Grubbs. A lifelong pogue who somehow recently came into possession of, drumroll please, a Grady White. Which was now missing. My heart absolutely broke for his wife, Lana, as we saw her fall apart next to the stretcher. I truly couldn't imagine. Watching it was bringing me to tears, so JJ grabbed me by my shoulders and rubbed my back as he guided me back onto the HMS Pogue.

The drive back to the chateau was almost silent. Which we can hardly ever stand, but I could tell we were all just thinking so hard about what on earth happened. Why did Scooter end up with a gun, that much cash, and a Grady White?

We hop out of the boat back at John B's house, and Pope senses that now is the time to break the silence. "So, we saw nothing. We know nothing. We need to have total and complete amnesia."

"Pope is right," JJ says, unloading Kie's cooler from the Pogue. "Deny, deny, deny."

"Guys, we also can't keep that money JJ took," Kie says, shaking her head.

"And the gun!" I add, looking around at everyone to scan their responses.

"Yes, definitely the gun." Kie agrees.

"Kie, not everyone can afford unlimited data plans." JJ rebuts, John B agreeing.

"JJ, the girls are right. This is insane." Pope says. As I said, our collective voice of reason. "We have to pass that off to Lana Grubbs."

"It's bad karma waiting to happen," Kie says.

"Not to mention a felony," I mumble, crossing my arms. "We've got to go totally dark."

"Exactly, and keep the money. No one will know we took anything if we don't return it." Kie, Pope, and I all simultaneously roll our eyes at JJ.

"No... No way." John B says, shaking his head as we all get up on the porch of the chateau and I lean on the edge of a chair.

"What? Why?" JJ asks, turning his hat backward as he approaches John B.

"Just think about it, this is Scooter Grubbs we're talking about. Some dude that's been buying cigarettes individually at the porthole. I have literally seen him beg for change in the grocery store parking lot so he could pay for gas." John B is right, this guy has never had a dime to his name. "We're talking about a dirtbag marina rat whose never had more than forty bucks in his pocket and all of a sudden-"

Kie cuts him off. "He's got a Grady White..."

"Just saying." John B says, raising his hands, mocking surrender as he sits down next to me.

"There's only one way he could have got his hands on all this shit," JJ says and I raise my eyebrow at him. "Well, two. One: Prostitution," I scoff. "or two: square groupers." He says smugly.

"Oh my god, the hurricane... He was smuggling." I say quietly, seeing the realization show up on everyone else's faces as well.

"Bingo, Snowy. I guarantee he was using it for straight smuggling. Probably a serious amount of contraband on board."

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Later that night, of course, the topic gets brought up again. It's pretty much the only thing we can talk about tonight, one of the only things on our minds.

We find ourselves sprawled across John B's room at this point. John B sat at his window, with Pope on the bed, Kiara on a chair, and JJ at the window opposite of the bed right next to me. JJ leans back into me after Pope snatched the money in question from his hand. "For the record, if that is a smuggling ship with illegal contraband inside of it. . . It probably belongs to someone else."

Kie shrugged. "Minor details."

Pope continued as if he hadn't heard her. "They could come looking for it. Taking it would be catastrophically stupid."

JJ leaned forward and snatched the money back. Spreading it so they could all see the multiple hundred dollar bills as he said, "Right. Well, stupid things have good outcomes all the time." He glanced over his shoulder, gaze meeting mine as he grinned. I return the amused smile as JJ looks toward the others. "All we need to do is figure out a way to get into the cargo hold of that wreck. Until then, we just lay low. Act normal."

Pope seemed skeptical, as usual. "Right. And how exactly do we do that?"

My gaze meets Kie's, and slow smiles grow on our faces, and we raise our eyebrows at each other; we're definitely thinking the same thing.

Kie looks towards the others, grin widening. "Kegger?"

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After we grab the keg and a few twelve packs for ourselves we make it out to the beach with cups, drinks, weed, and recycling bags (in Kie's case) in hand. It isn't long before we start to draw a crowd made up of kooks and pogues alike, along with some tourons. "Chum for the sharks", as John B would describe them- basically tourists on a vacation with their families, hoping to escape their parents for the evening.

John B and I are in charge of filling cups and handing out beers until we realize enough is enough and we're here to party. Not be bartenders. To be fair though, it was an almost "one for you, one for us" vibe, and we were already pretty drunk by the time the sun starts to set.

"Snowy! Come here!" Kie calls to me, holding out her hand. I can smell the weed on her, so it's clear what she and JJ have been up to.

"Hey." I smile, wrapping my arms around her waist when I walk up. "What can I do for you, Kie?"

"Nothing, I just missed you." Kie smiles, hugging me back.

"Kie, I need to borrow Snowy for a sec if that's cool-" It's JJ, and his arms are suddenly in between us pushing us apart as we both start laughing.

"Yeah okay, steal my friend, JJ. So rude." Kie giggles, pointing her fingers at her eyes and then at JJ as she turns to walk over to John B and Pope, where they're playing beer pong.

"What is up with drunk girls, man? You get one drink in you and just start mackin' all over each other." JJ asks, laughing as he has his arm around my waist, guiding me in the opposite direction.

"You're so dramatic, we were just hugging." I laugh, rolling my eyes and giving him a gentle shove, almost falling back myself in the process as I stumble over my own feet.

"Right- yeah so you're actually way more drunk than I thought you are, so maybe we should start to head back."

I'm not even that drunk. "I'm not even that drunk JJ, come on. What are we doing anyway? Where are you taking me?" I ask him, reaching up and putting my arm over his shoulders. It's not the most comfortable, since he's a decent amount taller than I am.

"A walk! What, I can't take my favorite girl for a walk these days?" JJ laughs, glancing back behind us. "Do you want to sit?" He asks, stopping. I nod and smile as he takes his shirt off, placing it on the ground for us to sit on.

I sit down on his shirt, crossing my legs in front of me and looking out at the sunset. JJ joins me, leaning his arm back behind me to hold himself up, and so I can lean back into him as well.

"It's beautiful," I say quietly, leaning my head on his shoulder and I can feel JJ's eyes on me.

"Yeah.." He agrees.

I glance down the beach at the party, seeing everyone back there having fun, the music sounds so distant.

"I miss BC." I sigh, my drunk mind letting me speak my every thought.

"Why?" JJ chuckles a little bit, pushing some of my hair out of my face with his free hand. "You wouldn't be a pogue and be friends with the coolest kids in the OBX if you were still up there. Besides, have you ever seen a sunset like this?" He asks.

I nod. "Yeah.. the sunsets back home were beautiful. This is too, duh, but so different. Watching the sunset over the mountains was something else. I miss watching them during bush parties. The vibe was similar, but everyone was miles from home with no service, everyone had a tent or their cars were loaded with blankets to sleep in, and you were surrounded by trees, sometimes on the side of a lake. The sun would start to set, then we'd get a bonfire going, and everyone would reek of smoke for the next week. It was.. special. Kegs would take me with him, I was too young to drink so he never let me, but he wanted to get me out of the house." I ramble on and JJ just listens. You wouldn't think he's a good listener, but he really is.

"I'm glad you moved. Maybe that's selfish of me." He says, smiling at me, his hand still on my cheek. I smile back. I can't tell if the beer just isn't sitting well, or if I have a million butterflies suddenly flying around in my stomach. I think it's the latter. "Maybe, if you don't mind, one day, we can all take a trip up there. I think that would be sweet." JJ suggests.

"Thanks, J. That's a nice idea. I don't know if the Twinkie would survive, though..." I trail off, getting more nervous as he stares into my eyes, scanning them, I wonder what he's thinking about. His eyes darted down for a split second to my lips, and I suddenly know. I should want this. I've been obsessed with him for years, I should want this, but something in my gut tells me I don't. I'm scared he'll just shut me out again- that he is just doing this to be cruel. "Maybe we should head back?" I ask, starting to get up. "It's getting pretty dark, I don't have my phone," I explain brushing off my butt and legs to make sure I'm not covered in sand. JJ gets up next to me silently, shaking off his shirt and putting it back on as we start to walk back.

"I just saw Sarah Cameron. She's here." Kie says, approaching us quickly as we rejoin everyone.

Translation: Sarah Cameron? Kook Princess, she has all of the boys in Kildare County falling at her feet. Kie's ex-best girlfriend- before me. Currently, her worst enemy. Daughter of Ward Cameron, real estate god of the Outer Banks, and younger sister of, you guessed it, Rafe Cameron.

"Oh god," I sigh, I already know this won't go down well if any contact is made. "I wonder if Rafe is here," I ask, more to myself than to Kie.

"What, Rafe? Why?" She asks me, tilting her head to the side and I can feel JJ's gaze burning into me, making me blush.

"No reason, I was wondering if maybe Kegs was here, they're hardly ever apart."

"Right, well if Sarah's here, that means Topper is here. If Topper is here, Rafe and Kegs are probably here, so yeah." Kie says, pausing for a second of confusion partway through her sentence so she could remember what she was saying.

I nod slightly and scan the crowd, looking for anybody familiar. John B walks us to us, wrapping his arms around me and Kie's shoulders. "How are my favorite girls?" He asks, rubbing our heads to mess up our hair. They know we both hate it. "Having fun?" He asks, just as I see Kegs approaching me, quickly. I push John B off and start to walk towards my brother, so he doesn't get involved with my friends. I notice he's with Topper, but no Rafe today. The beach parties were never his scene, though, as far as I know.

"Snowy, what are you doing?" Kegs asks me, he's angry, of course.

"Nothing! Jesus Christ- I can't hang out with my friends for one night." I say, pushing him back angrily. He hardly budges. "What do you want?"

"Sarah said she saw you making out with JJ," Kegs said, and I hear someone walking up behind me.

"Hey, yeah so that literally didn't happen." It was JJ, and he cut in before I could explain the same thing.

"You're a fucking liar," Kegs said, getting up in JJ's face now, but he doesn't falter.

"Kegs. Just fuck off." I sigh, running my hand through my hair. "She didn't see anything."

"I'm not lying, man. I promise you, the second I get the chance to mack on your sister, the whole damn world will know." JJ says, taking a step closer to my brother, moving so he's standing in front of me. "I'll call you personally." In shock, I look back at Kie, seeing her put her face in her hands and shake her head- even Pope and John B can see that that was not the right response.

I can see Kegs get super tense, and he pushes JJ back slightly and raises his arm, but I step in and grab his wrist. "Don't you dare, Kegs! Are you kidding?" I say, trying to prevent him from taking a swing at JJ. "He's just trying to rile you up, he's literally joking."

He's breathing heavily, refusing to look at me. "Kegs, you're drunk. Go the fuck home." I say, trying to shove him back again. Just then, Pope comes in and wraps his arms around me, lifting me up and pulling me back, as John B steps in next to JJ. They can tell that I'm not making a difference here. "No! Pope, seriously put me down. Nothing happened, my brother is being a dick." I try to explain. "Sarah's a fucking liar!" I shout, pointing my finger at her as I try to wiggle out of Pope's grip- but it's almost hopeless.

"Watch your mouth!" Topper says angrily, beginning to walk over.

"Hey, man, wait, she didn't mean it," Pope says, trying to diffuse the situation as he covers my mouth with his hand. I'm so mad, but more embarrassed right now.

Just then, I hear gasps and grab at Pope's arms as his grip loosens on me, JJ threw the first punch after my brother wouldn't. Fuck.

"Kegs! Kegs don't- I'm sorry, don't hurt him!" I shout, feeling tears run down my cheeks now as Pope quickly dropped his hand in shock. "Leave him alone!" It didn't matter. They start fighting, and JJ pushes my brother back, turning for a second to catch his breath.

"Dirty fucking pogues.." Kegs says, making John B turn from JJ's side and shove my brother back again.

Kegs is fucking delusional.

He pushes John B back into the water, and they keep fighting despite all of us screaming.

"Kegs, please! Stop!" I shout, but I can tell neither of them can hear anything. "What do we do?" I ask my friends, and when they all stand in shock, I run from Pope's grip and grab my brother, who's now kneeling over John B, whose head is in the water.

"He's drowning him- JJ, do something!" I hear Kie say, as I try desperately to push Kegs off, but he lets go of John B with one hand to shove me off of him. Pretty much as soon as I hit the water, everyone gasps and then gets quiet. Very uncharacteristic for fight spectators, until I hear a click, and push my wet hair out of my eyes and see what's happening.

"Yeah, you know what that is, your move, broski."

"Oh, my god." I start backing up, scrambling to stand up. Kie is already at my side and I hug her, hug her so hard, and put my face in her shoulder, pretending that this isn't really happening. It doesn't work. I peek back up to watch, to make sure everything is okay. That Kegs is okay.

"JJ, stop!" Everyone is yelling at him now.

Kegs lets go of John B and raises his hands, I look briefly over at Topper and Sarah and they look freaked. We all are. Everyone on the beach starts to run as JJ turns and raises the gun in the air. "Okay, everybody listen up!" He shouts. "Get the hell off our side of the island!" He shoots two warning shots up into the air.

John B finally sits up out of the water, and Kie and I rush over to him. "John B, oh my god." I give him a big hug and then Kie helps him up as I run over to my brother who's starting to leave.

"Kegs! Kegs are you okay?" I ask, but he still won't look at me. "Kegs, look at me!" I shout and he stops, turning to me angrily.

"You're psycho friend just put a gun to my fucking head- Snow. Just wait until Mom and Dad hear this. I could have died! Your friend tried to kill me!"

"You were drowning John B! He wasn't going to shoot you he just wanted you to stop. Please, Kegs.." He clearly didn't want to hear it, and he starts walking away, catching up with Topper and Sarah.

Shit.

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doublestandardlove · 1 month

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i'm sorry y'all but i'm sitting at this park w nothing to do so you're just gonna have to deal until my phone dies-

per somewhat special request, @nico-the-overlord this one's for you 👉🏿👉🏿

here we go!! my tony green headcanons

okay so curt mega is playing this amazing man and i wish i had the schquillz to draw him :/

tony's actually pretty awkward beyond standard customer interactions. he can make small talk and banter, but anything deeper than that and he's cooked (mood)

my guy went to sycamore, idk what to tell you

he went to hcc (hatchetfield community college) and completed general classes before attending the university of michigan with a major in mechanical engineering and moving back to hatchetfield.

tony's body shop 100% has uniforms. he customized these coveralls and makes ethan wear it every time he comes in for work to "boost morale." (i haven't decided if it's a nice forest green or an absolute eyesore of neon green.)

tony claims that he works out of the garage to reinforce the family-owned business schtick, but obv it's bc he can't afford an entire second property. besides, he finds that it's kind of true. customers tend to trust that he won't scam them and working from home is much more convenient.

he wants ethan to go to california, actively encouraging him to not let hatchetfield hold him back. guaranteed that he comes back and visits every once and a while, of course.

listen, ethan's mama is a whole other post but he's the straight man (even though he's anything but) to her wise guy.

speaking of straight, yeahh my man's bisexual. he known since high school but finds dating as an adult mortifying. he has his shop and his kid, which he convinces himself is enough for now.

obv he and tom have history. c'mon y'all, we're sleeping on their friendship. they've been besties since their senior year of high school, and tom insisted on helping to raise ethan once he came back from iraq.

and i'm sorry but i can't resist- tom was 100% tony's first real crush. before they became friends, tony went to sycamore and while he wasn't a complete loser, he was a bit of a social drifter. they met at a party that tony's classmates invited him to and just clicked.

he claims that he's married to his work, but the truth is, making friends has never been his strong suit. he has a handful of people he keeps close and that's cool.

tony knows more than he lets on about the supernatural nature of hatchetfield, for sure.

he wakes up at the crack of dawn to "start his day off right" when he really just wants to enjoy his coffee with six sugars, cinnamon and nutmeg in peace.

anyways that's all i got (for now)

#tony green #hatchetfield #starkid #nightmare time #black friday #doublestandardlove

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sharpth1ng · 1 year

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Can't guarantee I'll go with what wins cause on some level I just gotta write what I have in me but I wanna get an idea of what yall want.

(Also I'm not crossing anything off the list permanently, ones that don't win are still fair game for the future.)

#im going to mcdongalds yall want anything?#debaser fanfic #possible one-shots #stuilly #billy loomis x stu matcher

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silver-wield · 10 months

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I was wondering, do you think Clive and Jill were virgins? I actually think it’s highly likely. I think as a bearer Clive could probably only have slept with another bearer, maybe there are bearer prostitutes? But he doesn’t seem like the type to go for a prostitute. And he also doesn’t seem to allow himself happiness in any kind of way until he meets Jill again and even then it took 5 years for them to physically get together. And Jill was considered a monster right? So I hope she wasn’t raped in captivity. What do you think?

Yup to both and imma explain why under the cut 😁.

Clive:

From how it's implied, the holy empire infantry would be made up of men only, with some women in the medical tents, but obvs they wouldn't be allowed to get to know the soldiers. Branded are also not allowed to form relationships or have children with each other without their master's permission, so that puts paid to anything happening within the infantry after Clive is taken as a slave. Clive says he was watched by their unit, so can't sneak off anywhere and they're looked down on by non branded, so women wouldn't be going after him no matter how pretty he is. That leaves prostitutes like at the Veil. Branded aren't paid, even in the army, so Clive has no money to pay for sex and even if he did get some coin, there's no guarantee a prostitute wouldn't just refuse him because he's branded. The last option is a noble woman taking an interest and buying him for a night from his masters. This has such a small possibility I just can't see a situation coming up where he'd come into contact with the right noble who would make the effort to rent him out.

Which is a long way of saying Clive's a virgin until Jill.

Jill

Jill was taken prisoner by the iron kingdom at 13, and she alludes to them intending to rape and kill her, but before they could touch her, she manifested as a Dominant. The iron kingdom are utterly disgusted by bearers and dominants and wouldn't touch her at all once that happened. They used her as a tool, made her kill, and kept her locked up on Drake's Fang in the heat to diminish her powers. She was surrounded by women only, and didn't come into contact with men unless it was the priests forcing her to kill for them.

Which is a roundabout way of saying she's a virgin till Clive.

#ffxvi spoilers #ff16 spoilers #final fantasy xvi spoilers #final fantasy 16 spoilers

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Can you talk about the song choices for Jordan and Layla’s storyline?

Can I??? Yes. Some of these might be extrapolating, and some were there to specifically tell their story. But I love it all. Music is so important for enhancing story. Not gonna include all the songs, but here's most.

Wanna start with 2x10? The song's called "Simmer." Or, you know, a slowburn.

Even diagetically, the songs fit. When Jordan finds Layla in 4x01, the song "Meet Me in the Middle" is playing. Hints to them coming together. And then you got the line from the song "Circles" playing at the end where Jordan looks at Layla as the three of them hug:

Seein' it now

At the prom, they dance to a song called "With You on My Shoulder" where the singer is reconnecting with someone they had history with.

The song "Call Me When You Get Home" is playing softly when Layla, her father, and Jordan all have dinner together. And what does she do at the end of the ep?

I mean, 4x15 is pretty blatant, but the song "FIGHT" is Jordan screaming his insecurities.

Then in 4x16, you got "Trust" after their confrontation. And the song is all about trusting yourself first, so it's actually more of Jordan's song in the moment, than Layla's. But it works for Layla and her friendship with Jordan, too.

In 1x09 hc, the song "Good Part" is playing when Simone sees Jordan on the phone with Layla. It's a song about someone desperately wanting to salvage a relationship and get to the happy moments and ignore the rest.

And I always thought it was cute that the song "Go Out" abruptly ends with the title lyrics when Jordan and Layla are high-fiving.

I REALLY love the song choice "No Surprise" in 4x18 at the apparel launch. It works so well with all the different pairings and storylines. And it's pretty on the nose, but the jimone break up song is "The End." And "Cloudy Day" is the perfect closer for the core four on the football field.

And for Jordan's confession, "Til the Light Breaks Through" has these gorgeous lines,

I swear you′re gonna find it

I promise it′ll be alright

And I will be with you there

On the other side

Go lay down your heavy armor

There's peace in the valley where it lays

I know that you hide under the dark to be safe

Just know that I′ll be waiting with you

Darlin' know that I'll be waiting with you

'Til the light breaks through

In 4x20, you have the fabulous choice of "Could You Be Mine" when they're on the porch in front of the fire. And at the game, it's all about Jordan killing it on the field with "Game Time" that hypes up the QB.

Could anything be more perfect than "Lean Into Love"? The leaning thing obv, first... but ALL they lyrics fit them so well. This ship has so much light. And they bring so much light to each other. And this song beautifully details what they've been through and how they feel about each other. I can't, so here you go:

All the times

We've been here before

Caught inside

The never ending storm

All the scars I hold

On a string no one can see

And the pieces broke

Stained with hollow guarantees

When the floor falls out

And the walls crumble down

When you're feeling weak & afraid

When you can't escape

All of your mistakes

Oh you're not alone to carry the weight

Lean into love

We all need to lean into love

Let it shine

With Cam's open mic song "Ordinary People," Jordan's infamous "look" at Layla happens at

Take it slow

Which is exactly what they've been doing for six weeks.

And then at the end of 5x02, you got this sweet little line in the song "Feel Good":

I've been waiting for this moment so long

Honestly, you got a lot of songs with this kind of happy, cheerful feel with their scenes in 5x02-5x04.

And then the beautiful handhold during "Why I Love You" at the wedding ceremony with:

Because you love me

The song "playing tricks" has these lines while jordayla is dancing. Kinda speaks to Layla's inner dialogue:

Is this the real thing?

Not just a feeling?

Or is my mind playing tricks on my heart again?

In 5x08 after their fight, from "Lay Low," we have:

No way I'd find another girl like you

When we weren't with each other

If I only knew

With Shawn Stockman's song "I'll Be on My Way," Olivia sees jordayla during the phrase:

Like the seasons are made to change

That's why we appreciate each one

"Seasons...” hmmm. ;)

Jordan's inner turmoil is reflected in "Beyond" with lines like:

The best is still ahead

I'm keeping calm

And "Jagged Stars" is meant to be a surprise choice. You hear the opening notes of "Lean into Love," and you're like, this is a kissing song. With "Jagged Stars," that ily was supposed to be feel disjointed in its normalcy. But the song does celebrate youth and brings them both back to more levity.

And the placement of the cover "O-o-h Child" is perfect for the end of Jordan's ep.

The only song that rivals and overtakes "Lean Into Love" is "Quietly Yours." The opening notes, the lyrics, the romantic overtone, and it's Birdy??

White sails and offshore lights

We were passing ships in the night

Now I'm tracing shadows on your back

Like I dreamt so many times

Oh, for so long I've been waiting

For so long, for a love like this

And I was so sure, baby, I'd

Lost you for a minute but

There's the sweetest

Spring at my door

Can you feel it?

Just the same as before

Many years have gone by

But I knew you'd come

It is the absolute perfect song to conclude their love story this season. Even the title "Quietly Yours" hits on so many levels. And I could go on and on about the wording. <3

#jordayla #all american

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Would UTI's the same then? I've never had either so I don't know what is and isn't uncomfortable.

What about lights on/lights off? Obviously that is a choice communicated between partners and varies, but does it like *say* something about you if you prefer it one way or the other? I've heard women complain about their partners like, "oh my god Brian wore socks to bed the other night and it was disgusting" "you too?! Greg does the same thing and it's the worst". Do gay ladies do that kind of thing? Like, "I got with this girl last night and she only wanted a small amount of light in the room, what a weirdo"

What if I get with someone and either they or I have trouble getting the other off? Obvs again, communication, reading your partner, etc etc etc, but how do you go about it? Again, different people, different types, everything, I'm not looking for a hard-and-fast rule, maybe just a little life experience?

I know these are totally non-sequitur. But that's the thing is it's hard to find a fully serious answer because either the question is so trivial it doesn't matter or people already know and I don't, and I really hate feeling stupid.

Ok just as a broad stroke here, my advice for anything wrong going on in the downtown is to get it cleared up before having sex. UTIs can be painful af and if left untreated can cause a w i d e range of issues including death (if left long enough that it goes to your kidneys. And it will.). So just know my answer will always be don't have sex when you're dealing with an undercarriage issue cuz you're probably 1. Not gonna feel comfortable and 2. Gonna make it worse 🧐

As for the lights thing, I mean, I think it's just a comfort issue. Maybe they have body issues or being fully seen feels too intimate. Maybe it's just over stimulating and they feel like they can focus more in the dark. I don't think it says anything particularly bad or good either way tbh. I've always done it with the lights on or candles but tbh it's never even been a question that's been brought up 🤷‍♀️ it's just kinda like... they're on. We're not stopping to shut them off. Or if they're off when we go in the room I flip them on like normal cuz ya girl is blind and I will knock into something. So. I assume it's the same with everyone. I never really got much why that was like A Thing with straight people. No shade, just being honest on my part

Also, I know this isn't what you meant but the socks thing just gave me this mental image of like,,, getting ready to fuck and then the girl walks in butt ass naked with just a strap and a gleaming white pair of socks on 🥴😂😂😂 yeah that'd I'd lose my shit over lol like wtf girl you took everything else off but not the socks?? So for something like that i wouldn't be mad but they better not get mad when we have to wait 10 minutes for me to stop laughing

Here's the thing, what I'm getting from all these asks isn't at all that you're stupid, it's just that you're way overthinking it. You're trying to plan ahead or envision so many what ifs so that on the off chance they happen you'll be prepared. But the fact is, you can't do that. Not really. You'll never be 100% prepared for anything in life. You're gonna make missteps and get surprised by stuff and yeah sometimes you'll do something that'll make you look back and cringe at yourself (but also hopefully laugh). But you'll learn from all of it too and in doing that you'll figure what's right for you. My experiences will never be your experiences and no matter how much advice I give you, there will be curveballs. And that's ok. You're gonna figure who you are as a queer person and what you do and don't like. Who knows, maybe you'll turn out to be the one who ends up liking to have sex with socks on 👀 and if so, I guarantee there's someone out there with cold toes who would love it 💕

#anon

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fizzingwizard · 2 years

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I really wanna write about moominvalley s3 but I have so much other writing to do ;_;

in sum, after rewatching, I really enjoy it. My opinion is that season 2 and 3 should probably have been switched in the order. Obvs certain things would have to be changed (Moomintroll can't come back from a trip he hasn't left on yet, lol). This is just my personal opinion because the tone and build up at the end of season 2 is not answered at all in season 3. Of course, that implies the tension would get a release in season 4... which is no guarantee at all at this point.

(meant this to be so very short but as usual I rambled on and on... sooo under a cut it goes x'D - spoilers obvs)

If I had to guess where the story's going as we head towards the finale, every strong story point has involved themes of leaving/separation/fears of, etc. So as a storyteller, my theory would be that we're building up to a more major separation of some kind in season 4. But storyteller instincts, clearly, have no importance in this situation. I've been wrong many, many, many times in the past with other shows for that same reason: to me it seems you absolutely need X for the story to come together, but the creators are perfectly happy without it.

(Incidentally, I only rarely run into the same problem with books - even YA.)

But I made this post not to complain x'D Because it's not a complaint, it's more a wish/a longing, because I prefer stories that go somewhere than ones that are episodic and development that happens in one episode has no effect in the next. If you're going to do that, I think you have to be careful how strong you make you the emotional impact, because steam without a vent has nowhere to go...

(holy shit I'm still complaining) I REALLY LIKED THE SEASON THOUGH. From episode 5 on, I loved every episode except 12. Also love the first episode. I want to love 2-4, but while I like the themes in them, I find them pretty lackluster, more the sort of run-of-the-mill storyline you find in any cartoon and not a lot of Moomin-y moments. But things definitely pick up again. I VERY MUCH miss the songs they picked for each episode in s1 & 2 (currently listening to s1 soundtrack because I missed it so much :P) but, despite that, the background music was used very effectively.

(Also, the song in ep 9 that Moominpappa and Mrs Fillyjonk sing is awesome. Little My commenting "How do we all know this?" when the dance starts had me in stitches x'D if any character's gonna break the fourth wall, it should be her)

The episode that tears me in two ways the most is the finale, Midsummer Magic. I want to love it!! I love the Hobgoblin's return, I loved his "gifts" to Moomintroll, Snufkin, and Sniff. And I loved the scene at the well... I might ship Snorkmyden after all bahaha. (But tbh Little My looking into the well and seeing the Hobgoblin for an instant was my absolute favorite bit... Also, it was Toffle's Tall Tales that made me a Snorkmyden fan ^^)

But I did find that there was just too little story development for me to really enjoy the finale. Like, aside from getting brainwashed by the gifts, why were Sniff and Snufkin even there? They don't do anything. And as cool as it was to see the Hobgoblin again, he just didn't have the cool factor this time. Just my opinion though.

Well, of course, I loved Lonely Mountain xP holy cheez wiz. it's good and funny. And the sidestory with Little My! By the way, do you know Nutkin...

This should have been the squirrel's name... then Moomintroll would have Snufkin and Little My would have Nutkin... hahaha (i think im hilarious yes)

And I loooooved Moominmamma in every episode except 12 x'D because I still think 12 was very meh. But Moominmamma and Stinky's partnership was unexpected and EXCELLENT. I really like it. Wasn't sure how I'd feel about MV19 Stinky, but I like him specifically because of how he acts with Moominmamma.

Things I still don't get: why is Snorkmaiden and Sniff going off to find Snork at the end of s2 just completely retconned? (I don't know what other way to explain it!) Why did they bring the lighthouse keeper back with them if there was literally nothing for him to do xD That whole "bring the hattifattener home" thing just feels so shoehorned in... the episode is more about Moominpappa anyway. And Toffle was lovely, I adore them, I'm glad they stuck around. But I hope this isn't the last we see of them, just living happily in the fairground... I was hoping we would get a Toffle & Miffle story remix :P

I'm on the fence how I feel about the Little My centric development too. On the one hand, I like it, because without it she would be the only character who's just always fine. So I agree with the decision to create conflict for her. The trouble is there's so little of it in canon. Little My's job is being okay no matter what xD So her wanting a biological father... her feelings of insecurity about whether she belongs in the Moomin family... they just feel OOC. But they do make sense as natural things a human being would feel. Well, tbh I wish they had gone a different direction with Little My, but I do accept what I go.

I also really liked seeing Snorkmaiden showing more of her personality. Reminded me of some good fanfics. The only issue I have is: will it matter in the final season? Once again, I really want there to be a pay-off to all this development, but who knows...

And with ep 10, I wrote a post about it but got rid of it because it was too nitpicky. I really do like the ep a lot! And will probably write about it again some time. It fits the season's theme of community/tolerance well. But I can't help but feel confused by some of it. I think I really needed some explanation of wtf Snufkin doing this job was supposed to mean. For him, I mean. It's meant to be explained with the "it's important that we make our own choices" thing. The trouble is that Snufkin keeps trying to make his own choices but is blocked over and over ;_; and there just seems to be such social consequences for making the choice he's most comfortable with, even at the very start before he actually agrees to anything, that I'm just not sure that's what the take-away is. Idk. I suppose my preconceptions about Snufkin are coloring my thinking here... I guess I find it hard to believe that any Snufkin could exist who hasn't already learned the importance of making his own choices :/

Still love the episode though. It was really fun seeing Snufkin in a stressful situation and seeing him have an argument with Moomintroll. (I did feel bad when he snapped at Little My... she kinda deserved it but hey, at least apologize since you were wrong, Snuf...) And I get the other moral of the episode, that as alone as we might like to be, we still need someone's help at times... even self-sufficient, independent types like Snufkin depend on others sometimes, and this ep was a reminder of that.

Oh, and the episode with Cedric. I like how MV19 remixes stories and doles out lines randomly x'D But this one was such a jumble! Not in a bad way - I'm just observing. In the story from Tales, Cedric is Sniff's doll who he gives away because Moomintroll told him about the "getting your good deed bad tenfold thing." And then Snufkin tells him a story which is basically similar to Mrs Fillyjonk's role in the episode. But in the ep, Cedric belongs to Mrs Fillyjonk, Snufkin is the one who said the "tenfold" thing, and in the end, Mrs Fillyjonk gives Cedric to Sniff but keeps the topaz eyes? That is what happens in Tales - Snfif finds Cedric lying on the ground with its eyes removed because they're valuable - but tbh I was surprised Mrs Fillyjonk would do that. In the beginning, we do see the gleam of Cedric's eyes reflected in hers... but does that mean she kept them because they're valuable..? I thought it was clear she'd grown past that. So it's more like she kept them as a keepsake. But... that's so weird, removing a stuffed toy's eyes... xD

Ok going back to writing now. Still have more to say but I'm just prattling incessantly now lol so I'll take a break. I wish I could write concisely but I'm very prone to word vomit...

ETA: one last thing. About episodes 11 & 12. I like 11 better than 12 but they both highlight the one thing about this season I didn't like... which was that it did a lot more moralizing than earlier seasons. S1 and 2 did it too, but this was to almost cloying levels at time. Yes, I think Moominpappa needs to appreciate the adventures he has at home. That doesn't mean I don't want the side of him which longs for something beyond and which keeps one foot in his youth to go away. Or that I think it's bad. These characters have actual complexity... why water that down to morals and lessons? I've talked about t before, but I'm generally against moralize in kids TV. Just write the story and the kids will learn something from it. You don't need to beat them over the head with it.

THAT BEING SAID... I know this episode is based on that story from Tales, in which Moominpappa pretty much comes to the same conclusion: that his adventure is at home with his family. So I shouldn't be bothered! ... It's just, that story "predates" Moominpappa at Sea. (We don't technically have a timeline, it's just the order of publication.) So I guess in my head, that meant Moominpappa was only temporarily content at home, and the whole lighthouse story was that side of him coming out again and bringing things to a head. Doing it the other way around feels weird because the lighthouse was so fraught and this is so... not! It's just out of balance. To me. I admit, this is coming from imagining what I want from a Moomin show... but it's not my show xP And in the interest of fairness - would the 90s show have done the same thing? totally. It just would have been a little more charming haha

#moomin #moominvalley

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I've gotten offers of representation from agents who were low key racist. Thankfully, I signed with an agent I feel more comfortable with. However, I worry about going on sub and finding the right editor and publisher. I've seen a POC editor mock and judge how people of my ethnicity portray our culture first hand so it's not like all POC editors are safe. Other than through whisper networks, what are ways to navigate through this concern?

Ugh, I'm sorry. OK. The problem is of course, it's hard to know how well you will work with somebody based on other people's experiences, one person's "refreshingly honest" is another person's "terribly rude", ANY editor (or agent, or writer, or person) might have unexamined biases or let micro-aggressions come out to play, regardless of their background. And like -- how CAN you know that in advance? The 'whisper network' is a thing, but also, if you are new or not plugged in to other writers, you might not be hearing all the whispers. Or other writers might have a grand old time with an editor, but YOU wouldn't necessarily, and there can't really be 'whispers' about THAT situation -- the whispers are more for like, actual malfeasance. It's tough, no doubt.

(Additionally, I will say, this is BY NO MEANS an excuse for anyone's bad behavior or salty tongue, and CERTAINLY not for outright racism obvs, BUT it happens that lots of times people in publishing, at all levels, have a sort of "gallows humor" thing going that is best suited to their friends chat rather than public consumption, or make jokes about, say, shitty queries or submissions, or vent about "dumb things writers do" without being really even aware that they are participating in something hurtful, they are just like "ARGH I have seen TEN THOUSAND of _____ don't they KNOW how frustrating it is, here's a MEAN JOKE ON TWITTER" -- which obviously is not great. But I'm sure I've been guilty of it, too, especially in my younger days, and try to be extra-mindful about what kinds of things I tweet and say as a result, because I have seen how hurtful it can be. Youth + Frustration/Burnout + Twitter = A TOXIC BREW)

So. I'd say, first of all, since you are (thankfully) comfortable with your agent, I think sincerely telling them your concerns is important. They will know if other clients have had bad experiences with certain folks, and will avoid them - -and you can ALWAYS tell them frankly, "look, I want to avoid Betsy McEditor and in fact the Flowbee imprint as a whole because I know that my friends have had awful/racist/weird experiences there" -- and they will not sub to those places.

Then, when you have interest from editors, it's a good idea to do some light reconnaissance by seeing what else they have worked on (Things you adore and resonate with? Things you detest? Or what?) -- and talk to authors that work with them (If you don't know any of the authors, start by asking your agent if any of their clients work with them and would mind your having a chat).

[ETA: I don't think you need to do all this legwork at the submission stage -- see who is actually interested in making an offer before you start approaching authors and whatnot otherwise you'll go mad!]

Additionally, agents don't ALWAYS schedule author calls with interested editors (often the letters they send speak for themselves and there aren't really questions to hash out), but if you feel like you really want to talk to somebody before you decide, particularly if there are sensitive issues of identity in your work, etc, tell your agent you'd like a call. You will hopefully be able to gauge their demeanor, level of sensitivity, what they love about your book, what things they want to CHANGE about your book, where they see your book in the marketplace, and all that good stuff, which will HOPEFULLY help you feel that you are in great hands and they really "get it." OR, help you realize "nope, this would not be a good home for this book."

There are no guarantees about anything of course, but this is the best way I know to proceed.

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whinydogg · 9 months

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this blog is nsfw. minors and ageless blogs will be blocked.

hello horny trans tumblr!

- you can call me lee or pup, i'm 20 & my pronouns are he/it/she

- this is a sideblog. interacts from @/saint*****d

- i'm a switch & a verse, love subbing, love domming, etcetc

- some things i'm into (nonexhaustive, i'm a kinky fuck): pet play (i am a puppy dog 100%), s&m (very much a painslut), free use, praise & degradation, rope play & shibari, ownership/marking, intox, cnc, d/s (obv), etcetcetc

- hard limits: ageplay, scat, vomit

not that a dni really means anything but get off my page if youre a bigot. i'll just block if the vibes are bad or if i can't find ur age on ur page quickly!

asks are open and encouraged! tell me your fantasies, flirt with me, tell me how you'd use me/how you want me to use you, etcetc. dms are also open but i don't guarantee a response !!

also. importantly. i am only here for a good time i am not looking for a relationship or anything!!! happy to make friends who enjoy getting off together though xox

#barks #t4t nsft #trans nsft #trans bd/sm #trans sub #trans dom #t4t kink

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foreverandmoretarot · 9 months

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about me // ★

thank you sm for stopping by! my names aze

and this is my blog foreverandmoretarot!!

basics // ★

i use any pronouns, but have a little preference for he/him, but obv anything works :D

im 18 yo, a sun aries/moon leo/ascending sagittarius. tbh ik shit about astrology so hope that means smt positive sksjd

im nigerian & polish-russian

an avid kpop stan <33 my ults are bts, nwjns, and iz*one. biases are jk stream seven, hyein+hanni, and hitomi

spiritual background // ★

i started w shifting, in late 2020 after a friend introduced me. crystals came up as a way to boost shifting so i learned about it along w pendulums

then somewhere along the line i got interested in soulmates and the whole idea of a fated love from a past life. i got super into it, bought a pendulum and started experiencing w that whole realm. then a shit ton of crystals later on, tarot decks, and now im into beginner witchcraft!

just a heads up the whole soulmate thing is still a very big part of my spiritual journey and will take up a portion of this blog. little rambles, signs i get from him, poems i write for him to read in the future, me missing him 24/7, and anything related will get posted here and if you find that cringey or odd you dont need to read my work :)

ill probably make a post in the future on all the lovely things about us to give yall some background info. just knows hes a big flirt

i want to stress i am still VERY new to this. i can't guarantee anything i say is factual, its just me learning and having fun! please dont take my readings and let it influence your perceptions irl

i love hearing your takes on my readings so feel free to agree, disagree, add side comments, etc

the spiritual topics i enjoy and may dwelve into: tarot, divination, oneirology (dreams), intuition readings, and of course soulmate/past life connections

and heres a song im currently obsessed w

#Spotify #about my blog #introduction #first post #hello there #foreverandmore #aze #tarot cards #tarot #tarot community #beginner witch #divination #bts

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bixisarusher · 3 years

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*sneaks unto your dash*

Appearantly I'm part of a team developing a queer fantasy TV show.

*whips out notepad*

Which tropes should we destroy? The top of my list is "sexy woman = bad woman", now you go.

#Fantasy #Tv #Tropes #reblog and add!#on the post or in the tags!#obvs I can't guarantee anything #but take a shot!#In the tags #Writblr #Writeblr #Writing

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paperplvto · 3 years

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I LOVE THEM

#started jujutsu kaisen today and holy fuck im in love #and I'm only on episode 2 skdhakfb #I'll probably add them to my list of fandom to write for but obv I can't guarantee anything yet #!!! I'm excited!!#Pluto watches jjk #new tag whoo

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If you choose to keep the money, everyone at the after party is all 'congrats! good on you for knowing your worth', which is some massive BS. Who would be calling MC out to her face for doing that (other than Lottie, obvs) and who would just be saying that but roasting her on her back or who would genuinely say that? Considering different scenarios like MC was playing the game (coupling up and pretending to be in love) or where MC unapologetically does whatever she wants and wins anyway

people would give mc shit for taking the money!

lottie would never let go of it, not even after a few months on social media, especially on twitter. she would be dragging mc's name for filth for quite some time, and would never date someone who did that.

the li that mc dumped for the money would have so much more to say and i'm honestly so upset no one did. like, sis, she just dumped you on national television after saying she loved you, after saying 'yes' to being your girlfriend and you're not saying anything else??? you're going back to the party? WHEN THE CAMERAS ARE NOT ON?

especially if the li's are lucas, elisa or kassam. they would have tons to say, mate! and wouldn't mind speaking up and loudly either! bobby and gary would simply let her know how hurt they were. it would take everything they have to not say anything. like, they opened up about past cheating and betrayal to her, and you're telling me they wouldn't absolutely rip her to shreds because of how much it hurts? sorry, doubt, again.

henrik, marisol, carl and ibrahim are probably the only people i believe would have that reaction of walking away, because they don't have the right words to say to her at that moment. it's so painful they can't express themselves with so much going on in their minds.

priya i reckon would have a different reaction, something between shock and not knowing what to say about. she's vengeful but not even a hurt priya would think this is a good thing to do. i guess the thing she would tell mc for sure is "prepare yourself for tomorrow. loads of people will have something to say about this."

the only person i really see saying something positive is shannon. "that was a well played game". whether she would respect mc or not is a different story, but she would recognize mc got everyone fooled and played the strategy right.

hope would probably be really classy about it, not rude or anything but let out a solid "i thought you were a completely different person, guess i was wrong." and walk away.

hannah would be awkward about it, she wouldn't discuss it so openly like she does in the game. changing the subject to literally anything would be the first thing she does, that is if she wasn't avoiding mc because she doesn't want people to see them talking.

chelsea wouldn't be popping the bubbly about the fact that her best friend just betrayed her partner. she would probably be very quiet about it, and say something like "you really hurt them, and you owe them an apology." before walking away. because if mc lied to her li about her feelings what guarantees that she didn't lie and manipulate her friends? trust is gone at this point.

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