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risoria · 3 days

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so. have you seen the pictures from Rafah of the blackened, charred infants? the toddler with no head?

i would like to ask a favour of everyone seeing this post, from one human to another. don't think about the things you can't do - because as it seems, nothing is enough, and nobody can do enough - there is no use to be paralyzed by these thoughts. instead focus on the things you are already doing and the things you can do. i will start by compile a small list of personal suggestions, and please add to it from your own resources! this list is not numbered, i will just add things that i can think of off the top of my head and if it is of any help to at least one person, thats good. take care of yourself - that includes taking care of others, and this world we live in.

this is obvious but keep listening to Palestinian voices. i am mostly active on twitter so i will give some examples from there: Hind_Gaza, HossamShabat, BayanPalestine (press). MuhammadSmiry, does community work with Care for Gaza. m7mdkurd. Everyone is saying mostly the same thing - keep talking, keep protesting, keep boycotting. so do it.

keep talking. humans are social animals and it's as simple as this: the ongoing genocide is dire, urgent and catastrophic - i dont think i need to tell you that. but when people, a lot of people, share posts with each other and reiterate this fact the urgency will be felt stronger by everyone, and reach people who would otherwise maybe not see the reports of the genocide on their screens. if people instead choose to stop sharing and stop talking because it's "been so long" or it's "too difficult", the suffering will become normalized and the only thing people will see on their feeds are mundane things - food, pets, fandoms, and it will send the message that oh, it's not that important after all.... sometimes, you SHOULD feel disturbed and uncomfortable. these feelings are not evil - they will be channelled into actions to better a situation and better the world. silence is violence.

search for protests near your town, sometimes they're hard to find but once you find your local organizations for the Palestinian movement, follow them and you will usually find them! this all depends on where you live of course - but most often there will be fundraisers and events and mailing campaigns etc, and the more people joining the better. and, most importantly i would say, share these events and pictures (no faces of strangers, ofc! from protests on your facebook, twitter etc - because that way people close to you will see them and that it's completely rational and normal to attend protests, and if they've been on the fence maybe they will reach out and join you.

donate if you are able and share links to the different organizations - some examples are Care for Gaza, Sulala animal rescue, the Gazan Municipality Life for Gaza project (https://gaza-city.ensany.com/campaign/6737), the PCRF.

individual gofundmes - here is the google doc with a lot of campaigns, but im sure there are lots of them that arent yet added: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-DDMFyn-ttboPXrz1bB3MFk7BlzCwfugh4259Wh7U1s/htmlview

donate e-sims, which will be sent by the Esims for Gaza team to people in Gaza, to help communicate with their families etc during blackouts. it's very quick and easy and on nomad you can get a referral code which gives someone else 25% off their first purchase, and there's also often different bonus codes. on the website there's tutorials for how to buy the different esims. https://gazaesims.com/

there's some different charity shops where you can buy Palestinian products and the proceeds help Palestinian artisans and people. here are some examples, please add more if you know any: https://handmadepalestine.com/ (based in Ramallah, Palestine), https://forpalestine.dk/ (based in Denmark), https://www.shoppalestine.org/ (based in the US)

boycott!! the BDS of course have their targeted brands (https://bdsmovement.net/) but there's also for example the witness website with lists of brands and the reasons for boycotting them (https://boycott.thewitness.news/) and some different apps that do the same thing, like the "no thanks" app. yes, the list of brands is very, very long. maybe all of it isn't feasible BUT i think a good start would be to go through them and decide which ones are unnecessary either way that you're better off without (mcdonalds, starbucks etc), and then which ones are part of your usual shopping routine, make a mental note of them and pick different options - see it as an opportunity to try new things, to support local brands and smaller businesses!

go do yourself a favour and give Palestinian-Canadian artist Nemahsis' new single "stick of gum" a listen, it's super good! <3 https://youtu.be/VsqYlmf3SAg?si=EK_TZjo0Ijny8hMT

please, add more tips and resources below or just share your own pictures or art or thoughts!

#palestine #gaza #resources #please add on with your own! <3 #i just wanted to compile these links in one place and also bc i want to make a similar one for my facebook friends...

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lucysarah-c · 2 days

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Let’s say Levi has a crush on reader but someone else also is pursuing reader. This someone else could be on a similar level to Levi but not necessarily his friend. I just more like to see what people think Levi would act like if he finally talks himself into pursuing reader but turns out he has “competition” in a way

Thank you if you answer this 🫶

Gasp Ah…. I LOVE THIS.

How are you?! Sorry for the late reply! Don't thank me for answering! Thank you for coming to my blog and asking.

Mh, LOVE IT. You know… have you listened to the song "You Belong With Me" by Taylor Swift? Haha, well, that's Levi LMAO.

I feel, with a hand on my heart, y'all know I love this man, but he simply cannot compete with someone in any field related to social implications. Has Levi finally talked himself into pursuing someone and trying to get his feelings across? Great, he thinks—I'll clarify—HE THINKS that he's being rather OBVIOUS. Maybe for those who know him, they would also notice Levi is interested in this person because he's not behaving like his regular self. But for the poor reader he's trying to court? … he's simply being nice HAHA.

This man would think that stopping by that person's job (if they have a bakery, tea shop, etc., for example) regularly, buying, and having a very small chit-chat is "flirting." He thinks that, if this person is a scout, asking them if they need anything from downtown or if they want a tea is CLEAR that he wants something with them. No.

So if someone else is pursuing the person he loves and has more social skills than him (which is not something hard to have), there's a high chance that person would take the lead in the "race for the reader's heart." Maybe they are more outgoing, charismatic, extroverted, etc., and they take the lead. Levi would be jealous, 100%. He would get grumpy, angry, etc., but always at himself.

I can picture him muttering and cursing at himself under his breath while working, "I'm an idiot, I'm stupid. YoUr HaIR DoESn't lOOk ThAt ShITTy toDAY," mocking his own voice, and then groaning in frustration. "… my mom must have dropped me as a baby or Kenny's kicks really damaged my brain. I can't be this stupid," realizing that this other person says "smooth shit," as he would call it, and he simply can't.

Especially because Levi's love language is acts of service… mixed with degradation lmao. "Give that, you're going to drop it," and he will carry stuff for them. "You look like shit, tch, just sit down, I'll do it," and he brews them a tea and brings them something to eat.

Levi is a grower in people. I can 100% see him having feelings for this person for months, years perhaps. Maybe they even consider and go for a relationship with Levi's competitor, and it doesn't work out, etc., and they have grown close to Levi. Something he says or does makes the reader snap and say, "… are you flirting with me, Captain?"

Levi would look stoic as ever but slightly defeated mixed with embarrassment and say, "Yeah, for the past year. Thank you for finally noticing."

(extra scene)

Levi alone in his office: "Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you? Been here all along. So, why can't you see? You belong with me."

I'll tag people on this one because I had a blast writing it. Thank you so much, you made my birthday lmao.

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sirfrogsworth · 3 days

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No one hates Apple correctly.

This is a ridiculous accusation because I guess they are expecting Apple to... violate the laws of physics?

We have achieved very good energy density. And that allows for the miniaturization involved in creating something like wireless earbuds. But there is no such thing as an infinite battery. And any longer lasting design would have to use more expensive parts or be much bigger.

Also the current lifespan of pretty much all earbuds of this size is about 3 years. This has been mapped out. It isn't a secret. You can google it and it pops up in big bold letters.

The better statistic is actually charge cycles. Years is really dicey because it depends on usage.

If you want something that lasts longer, get headphones. But a short lifespan is the price you pay for such a small product. Perhaps Apple should be more upfront about the limitations of miniaturization, but they aren't actually trying to scam you or hide this information. It's not like they can make a cold fusion battery and are choosing not to.

Apple is actually one of the best at making technology products that last a long time... with one big caveat... as long as they don't need repairs. (Which is why they *actually* suck.)

They keep getting accused of planned obsolescence when they have been supporting their smartphones for pretty much as long as the hardware can run the software. Only last year have companies like Samsung and Google made similar promises.

But Apple refuses to do even the simplest things to make their devices more repairable. And in many cases they actually create hurdles for repairs like pairing parts together so you can't replace them from a donor device.

They have also been very bad at transparency. There is the classic story of Apple slowing down phones. And everybody thought they were trying to force people to buy new ones. In reality, they were actually trying to keep those devices from bricking. The batteries in the phones were too degraded to handle some of the newer software. And since they didn't want the bad press of phones suddenly dying, they slowed down phones. They were actually making the phones last *longer* but for some reason this gets used to make the opposite point.

All that was required was a battery swap. And they could have just told people, "Hey, we can either slow down your phone or you can get a new battery." But they tried to keep it quiet and so everyone drew the wrong conclusions.

They got rightfully sued for this, but it started this idea that they don't make long lasting products when they absolutely do—just within the limitations of physics.

So their sin was never planned obsolescence. It was repairability and transparency. Their closed ecosystem is also an issue, but that is a much more complicated discussion.

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accidentalshifter · 1 day

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⛰️ 7 Blessings Mountain DR ⛰️

Concept: An isolated world hidden within a lush, bamboo forest covered in a blanket of mist. Seven sects of warrior sages, who call themselves "Immortals," train their minds & bodies here. Learning secret techniques that allow them to wield incredible power. Sacred beasts and demons wander the mountain. A system of waterfalls, lakes, hot springs, and underground caves create a labyrinth that is begging to be explored...

Coiled deep underneath the foundations of Seven Blessings Mountain, a dragon sleeps. Ancient. Old. Waiting for it's moment to rise once again.

Will I be the one to wake it...?

*Disclaimer: Beautiful divider was created by the talented @thecutestgrotto

⛰️ DR Information and Lore ⛰️

🎍 I've been shifting to places and dreaming since I was a child, but 7 Blessings Mountain was my first attempt at consciously creating a DR. This place is somewhere that I consciously chose to be for once, making it special in my heart amongst all my DRs. Originally, my shifting was more like a roulette table than anything I could direct.

🎍 It was born out of pure stress and a need for safety. At the time of its creation, I was in an unstable & dangerous living situation that afforded me no privacy or peace. 7 Blessings Mountain provided me a means of escape & also an environment where I could reconnect with my spiritual guides after many years of utter silence. Originally, 7 Blessings was just a waiting room in that respect. I had no clue it would grow into something more.

🎍 When I say "reconnect," I mean it. Before creating 7 Blessings Mountain, I had (avidly) been on a spiritual boycott for YEARS due to a growing bitterness in myself over the state of my life. I (immaturely) blamed my guides. And I resisted any meaningful conversation with them until my living situation/s became too much to bear alone. In reconnecting with my guides, I realized how very little I actually knew about them & their origins. I'm still on that journey towards reconnecting & healing the rift I put in between us. We're in a better place now, at least.

🎍 7 Blessings Mountain wasn't (originally) a mountain at all... It used to be a place I called 🦋 The Butterfly Room 🦋 ; My first waiting room...before I even had the terminology (or knowledge) for what that was. When I broke the taglock* that was tethered to it, the link I had to The Butterfly Room got subsequently weakened. I had to find a new taglock item I could use. Now, I know taglocks aren't really nessecary and you can always 10,0000000 robotic affirmations your way into shifting to your DR, but...that's not how my brain works! Wearing an item that reminds me of my DR/DR-self works best for me. So, when I found a new taglock item that fit my purposes...the DR's aesthetics changed.

It went from being a Rococo-styled salon in a French palace filled with blue butterflies to a bamboo mountain. The butterflies are still there, though.

*Please go read my Taglock Method post for a better understanding of shifting with items as catalysts.

🎍 I'm pretty sure the reason the aesthetics changed was because of the (new) taglock I used to shift after The Butterfly Room broke. The new one was a wood and azure epoxy, terrarium-style ring that was created to look like a mountain (with a waterfall) was sealed inside of it. The kind you can buy from Etsy. And at the same time that I bought the ring, I had JUST started getting into C-dramas. I mean, like. I was watching them every single day. I think my brain mashed the two things together by correspondence?? 🤷‍♀️ I could've pruned that out altogether but...gotta be real here, I enjoyed exploring a sacred mountain A LOT more than being stuck inside a Palace of Versailles rip-off.

🎍 I don't know a lot about my guides. Most of my life has been spent being shamed for having spiritual beliefs or being told that I'm crazy, so I've done a great evil to myself by suppressing communication with them and my intuition just to "pass inspection." Whelp, those days are over! I'm leaning fully into the crazy now. But more to the point, I can't tell if my guides have always been elemental or nature-based Taoist Sword Immortals...or if it's just an easy, convenient way for them to operate within my DR. I guess we'll find out, huh??

🎍 Another thing I'd like to touch on is that this DR was put together before I joined the shifting community, before I really knew the mechanics of what I was doing, before I got the hang of scripting or even KNEW it was something I could do. Therefore, none of the events, people, or interactions within this DR were planned. Everything just unfolded in a way that I didn't predict. All the cool lore at the top of this post was stuff I gathered over time exploring in this DR.

🎍 On that note, while this DR was inspired by me binging on C-dramas and my love for Taoism beliefs, it's not actually based on any specific media. The people & the situations I meet are a mystery to me. Which is exciting! I think that the "mystery factor" is one of my main motivators for me to shift anywhere.

🎍 7 Blessings Mountain was the first of my "Seasonal DRs" that I started out with. In my formative years as a Pagan, before Tumblr, I was really passionate about celebrating the Sabbats with my friends. But when everyone left to pursue their own lives and grew up, it kind of...also left a huge hole in my life where those celebrations used to be. Shifting filled that hole again by allowing me to experience the joy of the seasons through my DRs. And now, every time the weather shifts in my CR, I visit a different seasonal DR & celebrate the seasons again.

7 Blessings Mountain is inspired by summer.

⛰️ The Details of 7 Blessings ⛰️

🎍 My safety protocol exists in the form/s of dragon statues littered across 7 Blessings. If any kind of danger is presented to me that I feel uncomfortable with, a dragon statue will immediately pop up and allow me an instant exit. These dragon statues might appear just when I want to leave DR in general. Dragon/s statues don't need a safe word to pop up. It's purely based on my psychological needs in the moment. If there arises a situation where I cannot speak, having this non-verbal safety cue will be beneficial/activate.

🎍 Dragon statues can be seen/perceived by others within my DR but can't be used in the same way that I use them. For all intents and purposes, to the denizens of 7 Blessings, the statues are just statues that have always just been there. Regardless of whether they were or just popped up a moment ago due to any perceived danger. The Dragon underneath 7 Blessings Mountain is an expression of this safety script. While dragons were probably a symptom of watching too many C-dramas, I also really love the legends and myth behind Eastern dragons above all over supernatural creatures. Foxes and Qilin come second and third.

🎍 Every day in 7 Blessings is locked within a perfect summer with few exceptions. I've seen a thunderstorm happen once or twice. But that's still summer weather for a tropical bamboo mountain in mythological China.

🎍 The mountain itself is sitting on top of a sacred power spot that is both culturally and spiritually significant to the people of Seven Blessings. I have left the exact mythology & conditions of the power spot open so that I can have fun discovering, through context clues that I gather, what the stories behind that are.

🎍 The seven sects of Sword Immortals use this mountain as a base of operations for the sacred rites of energy/spirit cultivations that they all practice. Each sect is different in the way they approach spirit cultivations. Some sects are severe while others are relaxed and allowing. Each sect is run by a Master Sage but many various minor sages also circulate in the sects, teaching their own spin on their sect's core tenants.

🎍 7 Blessings is a place of metaphysical & martial education that can translate over to your CR. If you, for instance, went to study with a sect that valued mental refinement, you might find that in your CR, you develop a greater capacity for left-brained thinking. If you studied with a sect that valued health and physical attainment, you might notice a positive shift in that direction in your CR. So, by visiting this mountain, you can fast-track progress within your CR.

🎍 7 Blessings Mountain was once an active volcano. The caldera has now been filled up with water and become a bottomless, azure lake. The location of the temples of all seven sects are situated around this lake at the top of the mountain. A main temple that unifies all seven sects exists on an island in the very center of the lake. Overseen by Grand Sage. All competitions and meetings of the Master Sages of each sect take place here. Most of the time, though, the sects take care of their business in-house & don't often interact.

🎍 Ferrymen situated around the lake help a traveler navigate across it. It's a huge lake! It also has significant dangers and oddities of the water itself that make the ferryman not only helpful but nessecary to have on Seven Blessings Mountain. These ferrymen aren't associated with any particular sect and kind of operate as an entity of their own. Each of the ferrymen on 7 Blessings have their own price for passage, ranging from simple asks to requests that are monumental. The price of the asks directly corresponds to the rarity and spiritual importance of the place you're asking to travel to.

If the price is too high for you, you're always encouraged to walk there yourself... ;)

🎍 Every Master and Minor Sage (along with the Grand Master) is a personal spirit guide I have now. Or have had in my past lives. And also a part of my infinite self. Think Jungian Parts Work therapy...but make it shifting!

🎍 Besides dragon statues, sages, sects and ferrymen, 7 Blessings Mountain is home to a ton of rare, mythological beasts. Something about the energy of the mountain itself has a magnetic/attractive effect to them. Many medicinal herbs grow, thrive, are harvested, and sought out here. However, 7 Blessings is also called home by a significant amount of demons. The seven sects mostly keep them in check. While not encouraged to point out by the sects, the demons were actually there first on the mountain before the Sages ever arrived on it.

🎍 Each sect has a sacred weapon that is a component of an old divinely-made machine that has an unscripted, mysterious purpose. I want to leave that up to my DR to decide...

*New information will be added as I continue to explore this place.

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mrghostrat · 2 days

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i just saw your post where you got what we make of it (shotgun wedding) book bound and was curious. do you bind fics yourself or do you commission someone to? if comms, where 👀?

naww, don't commission people to bind fics! this goes against copyright and can ruin ao3/fanfiction for all of us.

i printed shotgun wedding through amazon KDP by formatting it myself and ordering author copies at Cost, then removing the listing as soon as my order was processed. you can't leave fic on the amazon store for other people to buy, because for anything other than an Author copy, amazon adds about $5 for their own profit. allowing the company to profit off fic, even if you aren't making any money, would infringe copyright and land you (and everyone on ao3) in a lot of trouble

i'm learning to bind my own books now, so i can do it without touching amazon. if you need someone else to make it for you, you might just have to look for binder who do giveaways or something like that ;;

#ask a rat #libratian

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hwanchaesong · 18 hours

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━⁠☞🍽️ Sixth Course: You've always wished for him the best life could offer. But what if you are the best that the universe could ever offer to him? Be salty enough, you guess? 🥢

🎧: Olivia Rodrigo - Happier

wc: 678

genre & warnings: angst, fluff if u squint, lovers to exes to friends, Yeji from ITZY, etc etc

a/n: this is a part of The Sour Restaurant series. if y'all want, you can read the other album inspired fics of other groups here.

"Look! It's adorable! Do you think Mingi will like this?" the girl squeals, grabbing a lilac sweater and showing it to you.

You examined the fabric, and somehow, it made you remember the exact clothing that Mingi prefers.

Gray. Cotton. Oversized.

Still, Mingi will appreciate the thoughtful gift.

"Yeah, he'll love it. Especially since you bought it." you smile, and the girl jumps excitedly, immediately buying the sweater before clinging to you.

"Thank you so much for accompanying me." Yeji hooks her arm with yours, happily skipping in the mall and you can only give her a weak smile.

"It's no problem, really. I'm glad that I can help you." you mumble, laughing a bit when she whines about how helpful you are.

Lies.

Who on earth would feel any ounce of joy when the current girlfriend is asking the ex-girlfriend to help her with picking a gift.. for the man that was once yours and now her boyfriend.

You suppose that it's normal (self gaslight), since you and Mingi broke up mutually, and you two are in the same circle of friends.

The romantic aspect of your relationship was long gone but the camaraderie remains.

It was a well-thought decision on both sides, for the sake of your friends and family, to be casual with each other with no hard feelings.

It was fine and all, until he got a new girl.

You have to bear the pain of watching him be a better, or best, version of himself simply because he is utterly in love with her.

Her being Yeji.

As much as you wanted to hate her, you can't.

Not only is she pretty, but she's also very mature.

When you first met her and she learned that you and Mingi were exes, the way she handled the information was excellent. You explained to her the situation and the agreement, and she was very understanding.

She embraced you fully, accepting you like a sister. She showed you kindness, basically an angel sent from heaven to grace you with blessings. No jealousy, no hostility, only pure intentions.

You hated the way Mingi smiles at her adoringly, his eyes crinkling with affection with the same valor that was once reserved for you.

You hated it whenever Mingi did things for Yeji that he failed to do during your relationship.

But you hated it the most whenever it was shoved in your face that Mingi had found someone new but you still haven't.

You have been replaced so easily while you continuously find it difficult to love again.

The bottom line of all these though, is the fact that you can't hate Yeji.

She has been nothing but a good friend to you. She supported you when you needed it the most, gave you gifts, and she even tried to make you date when you spilled to her the ever growing insecurity of wanting to be with someone again.

You don't despise it when she handed the gift to Mingi, said man happily accepted it then proceeded to give her a loving kiss.

Loathe is not an emotion you harbor but rather... melancholy.

When Yeji turned to you with a proud smile, you had no choice but to act like everything was okay.

You watch her whisper to Mingi, then he turns to you to give you a thumbs up, to which you roll your eyes at him before doing the same thing.

You did wish for him to lead a life of rainbows and flowers, but you weren't ready to witness it.

You did pray for him to meet someone but not so soon, as it gives you a sense of bitterness that the gods listen to you when you pray for someone, but never to you since you are always facing some sort of a challenge before completely having the things that you wanted.

A sigh escapes your lips as your eyes follow the joyful couple.

Selfish yes, but somehow, you hoped that paradise wouldn't come so effortlessly for them unless a storm comes in first.

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railingsofsorrow · 1 day

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chapter IV | infidus

summary: "You're off this case."

"You can't do that," Spencer said, almost pleading. "I was right!"

"You were jealous," Hotch said with a sigh of irritation. "You might have been right but your whole body language inside that room was telling. I don't want to know how you two met or how you kept in contact." Even if he already had that answer through Iris a few minutes ago. "You are off this case, Reid. Do you hear me?"

w.c: 2.5K

warnings/contents: petty arguments; interrogation; mentions of anxiety; bruises; implied domestic abuse and violence; non-graphic violence; descriptions of stalking behavior; mentions of blood and threatening messages; iris having one brain cell & a fierce best friend. A/N: last chapter focused solely on the investigation.

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❝Infidus❞

[adj.] unsafe; not to be trusted.

Emily's gaze shifted from Iris to Imogen as something akin to understanding reached her eyes. Iris snapped out of her anxious state to take a step back as if to shelter herself.

“I didn't ask for one.” She revealed, locking eyes with Imogen for the first time in a year. She hadn't seen her since Mark's family tried to buy off her silence and she refused. The last thing she needed was his family's help again, given that their son was responsible for the scar in her jaw she has to stare every time she looked in the mirror.

Iris wanted to be very far from Mark's family as possible and from him, but since she wasn't able to to the latter, she would take the former.

"You don't have to say anything, Iris. They can't hold you against your will without any evidence-"

"They don't have evidence against me because I didn't do anything!" Iris cut her off with a glare. She couldn't prevent her rage from slipping through her tongue. "And what are you doing here? Did he send you?"

Imogen seemed dumbstruck by Iris's reaction, probably due to the old image she had of her being naïve and believing every word she said, when the only thing she cared about was to shut her up to not ruin the Dawson's privileged name. Iris hadn't eat anything since last night, she was starving and thirsty and dirty. She was exhausted. She could very much throw every shit Mark has done to her out in the open because the FBI would hear her, right? But this wasn't about her, this was about Fabian and Meredith, and she would do anything to get them to safety if there was even a possibility. She just wanted to find them.

"Get out of here," Iris ordered, crossing her arms over her chest, exhaling slowly. "I did not ask for a lawyer."

Imogen took a step towards her, but was stopped by Agent Prentiss, who earned a glare. "You're making a mistake, Iris. I came here to help you, they will try to pin this on you-"

"You're not worried about me and tell your brother to leave me alone or I won't keep my mouth shut as I did before." That was the cue for Imogen to leave.

"Iris."

She didn't realise she had been staring at the chair ever since Imogen left. She glanced up at warm honey brown eyes that had a soft green glow around them. It looked almost like a forest bathed in sunlight.

"You're shaking." He pointed out.

Iris blinked away from her stare, bringing her hands to her chest in an attempt to stop them from shaking. She looked pathetic. She felt pathetic.

"Sorry, I don't particularly enjoy confrontation." She hated it.

"Is that Mark Dawson's sister?" Emily interrupted their conversation.

Iris nodded, fidgeting with the collar of her blouse. "Yes," she uttered, scratching her wrist. Spencer observed the movement as a nervous tell. She would get uncomfortable every time they mentioned her ex fiancee. “I'm sorry but, I told you everything I know. I'm tired, can I just— can I just go?”

“Let me ask you one last thing and you're free to go.” Emily opened the manila folder with the image of Iris's door where it was written in crimson red YOU ARE ALL I WANT. Iris turned away from the picture with a frown. “Do you have any idea who might had left you this message?”

“I thought you said Fabian did it.”

“We had reasons to believe that before, yes. But who do you think wrote this?”

Iris stayed silent, eyes shifting back to the image.

“You've received threatening messages before. Though they were different and not very... explicit. Isn't that true?”

“Those were pranks.” Iris dismissed her affirmation. “Someone found out my number, probably even one of my students, and pranked me. They weren't exactly threatening. . .”

Emily grabbed another file and started reading it out loud. Spencer leaned back on the chair, his lips twitching in slight annoyance.

“I'm the only one who will ever be able to love you the way you deserve.” She followed to the next one. “I love you and I have you, even if you are playing hard to get—”

“Stop.” Iris rubbed her hands across her face, shaking her head. “I told you, those were pranks—”

“Are you sure about that, Iris?”

“I don't know!”

“Do you think Fabian Helley wrote that message at your door?”

“No!” Iris snapped. “I don't think he did that and I don't think he sent the other ones either because he wasn't the one obsessed with me. He wasn't the one watching my every step and he wasn't the one responsible for making me scared to go back home after work because I could be cornered if I was alone!” She let out in one breathe, inhaling sharpy as she carried on. “Fabian was my student, the only reason he spent so much time on my lab studying was because that was the only safe place he had outside my classroom. He was bullied by at least half of the people who were in the cafeteria the day the mass poisoning happened. He was not obsessed with me. He didn't send the texts.” She took a deep breath to pull herself together.

Spencer watched in sympathy how relieved she felt that she said that, even if with so much pressure.

“But you do think they caused the mass poisoning.” His voice rang through the room for the first time in a while. It was an affirmation because he could read between the lines of he was bullied by half of the people who were in the cafeteria.

Iris started scratching her wrist again, “I don't want to accuse anybody without proof.”

Emily placed a hand on Spencer's shoulder, and she offered him a look he was able to decipher as she muttered something along the lines being needed outside and that she would be right back.

She wouldn't. Upon concluding Iris was actually comfortable around Spencer and not around her, the smartest thing to do would let him conduct the interview.

“It's just a question. Not an accusation.” His eyes traced Iris's abused skin and he saw she stopped scratching when Emily left the room. His eyes squinted on the area now uncovered by her hand, it wasn't just pink because of her nails, but there was a purple bruise encircling her wrist. He didn't see that before.

Iris dark brown eyes stared into Spencer's as she debated wether or not it would be good to tell him.

She trusted him.

“He, mhm... Fabian came in to my lab one day, before he fell sick, and told me to not come in to NSU in the 27th.”

Spencer nodded, he remembered she told him this in one of their latest letters.

“You found it weird.”

Iris nodded, “yeah, it was late at night. He wasn't even supposed to be there. But he didn't stay, he said this and left.”

“Do you think he was trying to protect you?”

“Maybe. I told you— I mean, I wrote to you that I thought I was being paranoid.” She sounded extremely guilty and helpless. “I should have listened to my gut, shouldn't I?”

He lowered his head so her gaze could meet his. “You couldn't have known. He didn't tell you what he was planning. There was no way you could have stopped this. It's not your fault.”

“Is that really what you think? Or are you just saying that because you were trained to and you want me to tell you more?”

Spencer blinked, stunned. “Iris, I believe you.”

She scoffed, eyes welling up in tears as she beat herself up inside. “You don't even know me. You know my handwriting and my favourite books but you don't even know me, Spencer. Why would you believe me?”

“Reid.”

He jerked his head in the direction of the door, cutting his speech short as his boss called him outside the room.

Hotch's tone was stern, demanding but Spencer couldn't bring himself to leave without knowing the truth.

“Did he do that?” He eyed the bruise on her wrist and Iris gave him a confused glance before her eyes followed his gaze and she immediately retracted her arm to her lap, lowering her sleeve as her cheeks turned pink in shame.

“I fell.” She blamed her tiredness for not being able to find a better excuse.

"I didn't said a name but you already knew who I was talking about."

Iris's lips parted in astonishment. Spencer's eyes softened.

"Iris, he's toying with you. Mark's a narcissistic man who seeks power and control any chance he gets. He thinks that because he has power and money, he can get away with what he did to you and the other girls—"

"What other girls?" Iris's breathing fails. "What are you talking about, Spencer?"

Hotch walked inside the room with heavy steps, not even batting an eye at her. “Reid. Outside. Now.”

Spencer kept his eyes on Iris for a moment, jaw-clenching but she somehow knew he wasn't frustrated at her but at whatever lecture he was about to receive from his boss. He stood up, the chair screeched against the floor causing Iris to wince and stormed out of the interrogation room with Aaron Hotchner on his trail.

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“Do you have any idea of what the implications of your actions can do to this case?”

“She didn't do anything. There is no reason for her to be interrogated like she's the culprit when we both know who should be in there."

Then, Hotch made Reid glare at him at his next statement.

"You're letting your emotions cloud your judgement."

Spencer huffed in annoyance, "that is not what I am doing, Hotch. I'm just following my gut."

"Well, you can't just follow your gut when someone you care about is at other side of that room, Reid." Hotch snapped, clearly out of patience with what had happened and for the fact that his Agent omitted knowing their former suspect in the current case. "You're off this case."

"You can't do that," Spencer said, almost pleading. "I was right!"

"You were jealous," Hotch said with a sigh of irritation. "You might have been right but your whole body language inside that room was telling. I don't want to know how you two met or how you kept in contact." Even if he already had that answer by Iris a few minutes ago. "You are off this case, Reid. Do you hear me?"

Spencer's irritation showed through his tense shoulders and the scowl he had on his face. He mumbled a low fine and walked away from his Unit Chief.

"Aaron."

He tilted his head to see Dave approaching with his lips turned upside down. He most definitely had seen the small commotion in the hallway.

"He'll be fine." Rossi squeezed his shoulder in a comforting manner. "Now, we need to let the poor girl go home. She's been here the whole night. I'm afraid she will combust in anxiety inside that room at any moment."

Hotch rolled his shoulders back in an attempt to get rid of the tenseness, "I know." David was right. They had no reason to hold Iris because there was no evidence against her. They had, however, evidence against her ex fiancee, which was why they tried to get something out of her. They would have to work with that they had as of now.

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Iris didn't had any nails left in her fingers to bite on. The current victim was the dry skin of her lips. She had drink water, but it wasn't enough for her chapped lips, she would probably down a whole gallon of water as she arrived home.

"Red looks good on you."

Emily Prentiss looked up from the message in her phone that said "Did she actually fell asleep?". Iris had her eyes closed, head tiled to the side as she rested her head against her upper arm. She looked like she was sleeping, but apparently not.

And what had she just said?

"You know, because of your skin and your hair. It's a good contrast. It looks attractive. It's an attractive color on you."

Emily blinked as the woman said all of that with her eyes closed.

"Thanks?"

Iris winced, aware of her bold comment. She couldn't stop her mouth from spilling out her thoughts, she didn't hold back her tongue when she was in distress. It was like she was inebriated.

"Sorry," she apologized, glancing up at Emily with a grimace and straightening herself in the uncomfortable chair. "That was inapropriate."

Emily covered up a laugh by clearing her throat. "It's fine."

Another message from JJ arrived and Emily rolled her eyes at the text. "Is she flirting with you???"

"Could I have a phone call?" Iris remembered that was a thing in movies, though she wasn't arrested, she could still call someone, right? It's not like she had a way to get back home, she didn't have her car and she didn't want to grab a cab with the miserable state she was in. She would have to bother Lindsey with this, unfortunely.

Before Emily could reply, Hotch and Rossi stepped inside the room to announce Iris was free to go. Iris seemed in search for someone else as she tried looking past their shoulders, as if they were about to enter the room. They didn't, but she let out a breath of relief and walked out to be met with her best friend sprinting towards her in a bone crushing hug.

"You spent the night here and don't even call me?" Lindsey fussed over her, grabbing her face and studying it to see if it had any injuries, if she was truly okay. "Did you even had any probable cause to hold her overnight, Agent Hotchner?" Her usual bright blue eyes became a stormy dark night as she stared up at the man who was at least 6 feet tall, but she didn't let herself be intimidated by any figure of authority, no matter how tall they were and how grumpy they look. "You're aware I could sue you for this?"

"Oh, god, Lind—" Iris pulled at the blonde's arm with a mortified look in her face. She turned back to mumble an apology to the FBI Agents. She saw Emily's smirk of amusement before turning back to her enraged best friend. "I'm sorry and thank you!"

"Why are you thanking them? They held you in a cell for an entire night like some criminal—"

"I wasn't in a cell!" Iris hissed, finally being successful in dragging her outside the police station with no apparent deaths.

Inside the precinct, Emily couldn't stop laughing.

"Who was that?" JJ got off the phone with Penelope, dumbstruck at the commotion that attracted everyone's attention.

"I don't know," Emily shook her head, drying the tears in her eyes. "But I need to find out."

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nalyra-dreaming · 2 days

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Good morning Nalyra! Hope you are not too tired and burnt out with everybody’s ceaseless questions already!

I rewatched S2E3 last night and honestly, I think it’s the best episode so far! There are two things I kept on thinking on but can’t find lots of discussions on,

1. Who is Santiago’s maker—lots of emphasis on this mysterious vampire still in the death vault. I see some discussion on the possibility of Lestat being his maker—hence mimic and can fly—and super strong. I mean it is not impossible, Santiago/Francis being a good actor/artist is a plus for him in Lestat’s book…what is your theory on that?

2. The “wife” who is buying the painting for “her husband” in Dubai—lots of setups and screen times went in there as well, who are the buyers? I thought it might be Jess —a la Talamasca’s rescue team coming for Daniel. Or the real Marius? Or Lestat? If he is not in a coma in the penthouse but somewhere else becoming a mega rockstar in realtime or it’s all red herring?

Hey!

Thank you I'm good, hope you're as well!

Yeah, I have seen the discussion re Santiago as well - but that would imply that Lestat must have left Louis and Claudia during the years they had thrown him out of the house, right? - and I cannot quite see that. Because Louis noted how the gifts came in waves, like the tides. So I think Lestat actually went and searched for gifts and tried again, and again, and again, and I don't think he went to New York and left his two (vampiric-wise very weak) vampires alone. ESPECIALLY since he knew Louis was healing and back on his rat diet.

OR it would mean that he had done that with Louis around? IDK. IF that's the twist they introduced, then they better make that solid, time-wise^^.

And as per the "wife" - I have reblogged a post a while ago that I also thought about - namely that wife being Pandora.

I mean... the triptych was not up for sale, right? So someone had to know they had it. And knew what he had to offer to rouse their interest at all. I'm not sure.

Someone is keeping an eye on Daniel in that penthouse, including on what is spoken. And I firmly believe that call from the lawyer was intentionally at that point to give Daniel a moment to look at the files.

I mean... it could all be a set up by the Talamasca as well of course - and then someone in the penthouse would need to spy for them.

But... I am of the opinion that real Rashid IS actually "real Rashid"... and if he is then he has a connection to Marius. I mean... what would the Talamasca offer any of the vampires in that penthouse? And the servants in there would always need to fear to be killed, and know that, too.

So... I don't think we can tell just yet?

But... I am very much looking forward to it clicking into place :P

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trans-cuchulainn · 3 days

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money doesn't buy happiness or mental stability but it is true that anxiety about concrete things is a lot easier to solve if you have money because the worst-case scenario is just... not as bad

take travelling: one time i was travelling and it turned out my accommodation booking had got lost so i arrived at the hotel to find it was booked out. an event in town meant there was no affordable accommodation nearby. if i had been alone, i don't know what i would have done, because i definitely couldn't afford to stump up the money that would be needed to find last-minute accommodation in that city. but the person i was with had a company credit card, and found me a hotel room. the larger your budget, the smaller the chances there will be nowhere you can stay

another time my flight was delayed, causing me to miss the last bus from the airport. i didn't have enough money to pay for a taxi the whole way to my destination, and my phone wasn't working well enough to let me call my accommodation and let them know i would be arriving after the normal check-in time, either. in the end my family had to transfer me extra money so i could pay for the taxi, and call the accommodation from their phone to pass on the message. if they hadn't been able to do that, i'd have been stuck in shannon airport forever (or at least until someone took pity on me) -- not great

a missed bus or a lost accommodation booking or a delayed flight or a suitcase going astray is a lot easier to deal with if the worst-case scenario is "I have to pay a bunch of money about this" vs "i am stranded with no way of getting to my destination/sleeping alone on the floor of the train station in an unfamiliar city/wearing the same clothes for a week straight with no access to my meds"

now sometimes there is no amount of money that will get you from one location to another because there simply isn't any transport and there is no amount of money that can buy things which aren't available to buy, which is why rural travel requires substantially more planning. however. it can still usually make it less miserable being stuck wherever you ended up / increase your options in general

(also, wow travel emergencies have got so much easier to deal with since roaming data, google maps, + mobile banking became a thing... so much less likely to find yourself lost and penniless, unless travelling somewhere super remote, in which case you've got bigger problems anyway)

#anyway in this situation i do theoretically have money that could solve some of these problems #it would just suck because i don't have so much money that i wasn't already worried about the cost of the trip #so adding additional costs would be a huge bummer. esp if not my own fault tbh #but the entire point of not being totally broke is sometimes you get to save yourself from being stuck in a train station overnight #brainweasel hotel #travelling

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yanderedollhouse · 2 days

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How possesive are all 3 yans when they're in public with Darling? How far are they willing to go in public and in private?

Ooh good question!

Raphael likes to be in public! He feels a lot of comfort in distractions and enjoys people-watching. In public with you, however, he turns into a completely different person. He's a very clingy guy, so you always have to be holding his hand or at least let him wrap his arm around your shoulders. He's actually a pretty good artist too, so I could imagine you and him camping out in an outdoor cafe area for hours drawing the other patrons and making up stories about them.

In regard to PDA, this man is literally such a prude. You could get away with a kiss on the cheek and hand holding, maybe, but he will be absolutely scandalized if you try to go any further. The only exception would be if he hadn't seen you in a while. If you're reuniting after a day or so apart, he might just get tunnel vision and kiss you after pulling you into a rib-crushing twirling hug.

Cordyline hates the public. How dare they exist where she is trying to go? She is all about getting what she needs and leaving immediately. If Raphael is the guy who draws people in public, Cordy always feels like she's the one being drawn. She always gets paranoid that everyone is looking at her and wants to leave. Taking her out on a date is like pulling teeth, but once she is out with you, she'll relax just a tiny bit.

Cordy can get pretty possessive, but she's definitely not one to force anything on you in public. If she thinks someone else is flirting with you, she'll just get really quiet and come 'save you' from them by dragging you away or faking a headache so you two have to leave. You should really be grateful to her, after all, she could have used the taser.

Andreas is perfectly comfortable in public. He is rarely seen in neutral territory, so he has no reason to feel threatened anywhere he goes. After he 'takes you in' like a stray kitten, he'll wait a few weeks before letting you go back out in public, just to make sure you aren't going to try anything stupid. If you're good, he'll reward you with a trip to your favorite shop or restaurant. Money is nothing to him, so he'll buy you as many books or treats that you want. You should absolutely take advantage of his 'generosity' because who knows when he'll let you out next.

Andreas is incredibly possessive of you in public, moreso than in private really. He will do all the talking and ordering for you, after all, he knows what you need better than you do. If an unsuspecting human decides to speak to you, he'll immediately intervene and end the interaction then and there. You know he's perfectly capable of ruining that person's life, so you kind of have to go along with it. When it comes to PDA absolutely nothing is off limits to this man. He's a bit of a slut, so choose your words and actions carefully if you don't want him to drag you to the men's bathroom for a little 'fun.'

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