Nonny, I saw the video and my first thought was this scene from Anaconda: Blood Orchid.
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Just imagine redcoats trying to cross a similar body of water and they just start getting taken out one by one.
Hell, we can change it up a bit and have Desmond’s natural habitat being the bayou in New Orleans. Have Aveline be the one to first meet Desmond who is stalking the entirety of the bayou. He recognized her from Ratonhnhaké:ton’s memories so he doesn’t hurt her and even try to assist her whenever he can.
Aveline believes him to be a smart snake who just so happen to have a taste for the people that can be considered as her enemies.
She considered him an ally that she needs to be cautious about.
Desmond just likes to chill and help out whenever he sees Aveline.
The first time Ratonhnhaké:ton joins Aveline in the bayou though…
Desmond just curled around him and tried to snuggle him. Aveline was worried Desmond wanted to eat him for like… a second or so before she realized that, nah, Desmond is just, strangely, affectionate towards Ratonhnhaké:ton.
One of the classes I’m taking this semester is called Challenge and Change in Society. It’s exactly what it sounds like.
Today, we had a discussion about how technology has caused change in society.
This led to a discussion about gen alpha and how they’re growing up addicted to iPads. That was when a girl in my group mentioned the fact that people can’t afford to live on a single income anymore so both parents have to work full time. Thus resulting in kids getting handed iPads all the time because days off are days to do chores, nights are filled with nothing but dinner, chores and sleep… Another girl in the group then said she wished she could be a stay at home mom some day but that she knew she’d never be able to afford it.
Now, this group was 9 girls and 1 guy. Every single girl in that group agreed they wished they could do that but that they had no choice but to go to university or else they wouldn’t be able to afford to survive.
Does nobody see an issue with this? Young women want to be housewives and stay at home moms. They’re going to university solely because they otherwise won’t be able to afford to exist off of just a husbands income. (I’m obviously not talking about all women. Don’t even start with that one). They want to be present in their children’s lives and take care of their husband but it’s been made impossible for them to ever achieve.
How did something once the norm become nearly impossible? How did the norm become a nearly unobtainable aspiration?
Women never gained the “right” to work. They gained the need to work with zero choice. You can’t afford to live if you want to be a housewife anymore. The government doesn’t care about families or what’s best for kids or anyone for that matter. They care about money. And this is a prime example of that.
(Obviously women should have the right to work but it should be a CHOICE).
Ilse opens the first day of school!
In attendance are the Laces and Saanvi Hollowbreast.
Donovan helps them with their schoolwork by playing the piano.
One thing I love to do whenever I play a new dating sims game is think of the ENDLESS possibilities if the LIs interact with each other. Not just A vs B, C vs D, it's more like, if you throw all A B C D E F G... into one room, what would they do.
I tend to build my own world based on given characters and settings, and that's what I find the most interesting to do and to create for a fandom.
They've told us that cooking is drudgery, but we know the truth. With every loaf of bread, every pot of soup, every roasted chicken, we're declaring our independence. As we reclaim these lost skills, we connect the earth to our plates. And that is when everything changes.