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#this is my first time drawing them so be niceys.....

azk-gnarpy · 3 months

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since im getting more followers im gonna do a stupid fucking intro thing :3

Hello! I’m @zionanelequaso, and im the creator of what seems to be the very first ask Gnarpy blog. Wowie…

PLEASE NO NSFW QUESTIONS. GNARPY WOULD BE 16 IF XE WERE AN EARTHLING.

PLEASE USE TONE TAGS AND THINGS. I CANT UNDERSTAND TONES THROUGH TEXT THAT WELL, SO IT WOUKD BE VERY HELPFUL!

PFP CREDIT: @/beastwhimsy

Magic and emoji anons are very much allowed!!

basic dni. I will block you if you contribute to the list. sorry!

Just a warning, I WILL use my headcanons on Gnarpy, so xe won’t be as mean. sorry if you don’t like that 💔💔💔

Gnarpy uses any pronouns, so for instance xe wouldn’t care if you referred to them as it or he.

I use mostly she/her, but I don’t mind anything else. Check my pinned intro on my main blog for more :3

You can also ask me questions about the gnarpster!!! Just say something like “question for Zio”, or something like that.

Almost anything is allowed to be honest. Just be niceys, and I will answer your question!

Ask box will probably be open all of the time. I’m not expecting that many questions.

I may respond with drawings, I may not. Please do not be angry if I don’t. Drawing is hard :(

and yeah that’s about it! this is prone to be updated.

anons so far:

-🛏️

-😺

-🛰️

-😋

-🌾

-🧦

-🧃

-🧠🎧

-💡Lampert 💡

-Glueeater2000

-⭐️

-GX

-🍊

-🥕🐈‍⬛

-🌈⭐️

-💥 dumb fuck 💥

- 🍭

-🥀

-dr refanonlex

-rawr anon

-Pest anon

(this entire post is ooc if you’re confused!!)

#gnarpy #regretevator gnarpy #ask gnarpy #ooc post #regretevator #introductory post #introduction #intro post #blog intro #pinned intro

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linagram · 2 months

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linagram popularity poll!

(thank u tsumi for this idea)

(also update: i changed the link so now you can choose multiple least fav characters. so sorry i'm kinda dumb when it comes to this stuff)

hi :) we're not going with tumblr polls this time, we're going with a google form bc i want to let people choose multiple options.

this poll includes questions about your fav linagram characters, your least fav ones, your fav and least fav linagram side characters/victims and your fav and least fav linagram ships. you don't have to answer the ones about side characters/victims and ships if you don't have any opinion about them.

i think i'll give this one like a week and check the results, but i can give it more time if needed. i'm thinking of drawing something with all the top three most popular characters (maybe ships and victims/side characters too). as for the ones who are hated the most, we can throw them in a blender or something that's what those stupid fruits deserve /lh

here it is! this is my first google form pls be nicey to me.

#(reposted bc i needed to fix smth really quickly)#again. let the best linagram character win #📱linagram timeline 📱#milgram #milgram oc #milgram project #ocgram

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mapsofnonexistentplaces · 20 days

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Thuyết for character ask game also hi bro we are women

favorite thing about them

WHERE DO I BEGIN i think the whole microscope and morse motif is soooo fucking good. uhhh i like her fixation with strange buildings. i like her whole backstage arc about feeling conflicted about harming peixin via the visions but not really being able to do anything about it because of míra and also cas to an extent.... its fine its cool

least favorite thing about them

i say this wholly in jest and it mostly sticks in my mind as being really funny because of your reaction to me mentioning it for the first time. anyway yeah the vague idea i had of just like. oh yeah maybe this character stanley designs could be like some kind of slav/eastern european in general WRONG she is french now

favorite line

first ones that came to mind. smiles serenely

brOTP

the things we've discussed about like. her and isel talking are forever lodged in my brain. like yeah had she not only talked to him once before dying im sure they wouldve gotten along wouldve loved inspecting each other about the stupidest shit. isels paintings and her buildings orbiting around each other inspiring each other.... its niceys to me....

i also think the connections she has with cas and lusine are sweet. like "yeah the only person whos in the exact same situation im in who actually is more capable of protecting me than myself" and "person who requires a lot of stimulation and attention to recover (overseen by guy who hardly gets the chance to talk about asinine archaic tech and architecture and music etc etc.)" smiles

OTP

SIGH you hear about incomprehensible yaoi. yeah. her and olzhas. theyre both sick in the head they love each other but will never say it outright and one of them will die before anything happens. yuuuup. its all fine and good

special mention to thuyết and cas though. the original yaoi

nOTP

i dont know theres many bad examples.... uhhhh mentioning thuyết and míra because theyd be terrible for each other but i do think the idea of thuyết having like a momentary crush on míra that very quickly gets pulverised is pretty funny

random headcanon

hmm i think her classic pet cat. name of marteau. was just like a tortoiseshell that was completely brown save for having a gray head. so that it looks like a hammer. i should draw that hah ive had that idea in mind for ages

unpopular opinion

shouldve lived or something

song i associate with them

have spent the past few minutes listening to this which. yuuuup. her and olzhas song to me. sighs serenely

favorite picture of them

its classic.

#ask

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fathermcdouble · 10 months

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intro post time.

hi I’m alfred! or fathermcdouble. call me whatever the fuck you want I do not care very much. this blog is a place mostly for my drawings and shenanigans.

this might take a minute so strap in 💀

GENERAL TAG NOTICES:

- alfred speaks: ye old speaking tag. usually text post nonsense and thoughts but sometimes I fuck up and tag it under other things. (old tag for this was “logan talks”, I don’t use that name anymore and therefore not the tag)

- alfred’s art: self explanatory. this is the main art tag, usually for fully done things. by fully done I mean colored. mostly.

- scribblings of the father: smaller doodle tag, paper drawings or digital doodles that are not cleaned up completely.

- fathermcdreaming: the one where I talk about my dreams. there’s barely anything in there.

- alfred’s cool bugs tag: I repost bugs (as a general group) that I think are neat or cool! PLEASE block this tag if you are sensitive to seeing bugs as I usually only tag it with this and “bugs”!

- friend art: self explanatory. art made by my friends! the people you’ll find in this tag are likely not people I know purely on tumblr. go give them a looksie I know a lot of talented and wonderful people…

- fav: this is my favorites tag. I think it would be better if it was “fave” because that reads better as “favorite” but I think I’m in a little too deep.

- sharing with the class: ask tag! self explanatory.

- nice people: the tag where I will store posts I like wherein people are niceys to me.

*please please please tell me if I need to tag anything for any reason. for my mutuals if you need a specific tag for things you don’t or do like tell me! most trigger tags will be in the form of “tw (subject)”*

THINGS I LIKE:

uh. no way I’m gonna be able to list everything here but I enjoy splatoon, star trek, the tick, saiki k, tspud, pikmin, pokemon, miitopia and I literally don’t remember any other media right now. might be updated. older sci-fi things and horror my beloved! if you have recommendations tell me.

PERSONAL STORIES:

there are a few of these but I have barely posted about any of them! disciples of the stars, stranded, and my miitopia au are some of the few I will likely talk about more.

most oc tags will be labeled in the format “oc: (first name) (last name)”

pleaaase ask me about my personal stories and interests I will love you forever. my brainworms are immense. do not be afraid to talk to me I’m silly

BASIC DNI LIST. IM NOT WRITING THAT SHIT DOWN BUT I WILL BLOCK ON SIGHT!!

alright have fun in my maze :3

a nice orange gif for your patience

#intro post #uhhhh I don’t know what to tag this as hiiii #OH YEAH there are some new tags. I thought it’d be nicer for organizing purposes #if you don’t want to read? most things are highlighted in orange

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butchviking · 11 months

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idk if your post was rhetorical but it got me thinking. my def of transgender is someone who thinks performance or lack thereof of sex-based stereotypes Means Something intrinsic or pathological about themselves. up to and including 'internal' stereotypes (see women who think they aren't women because they don't enjoy performing femininity 'for men' but like performing it 'for themselves').

tbh i think the draw of the transgender label overall is the fact that it has so many definitions and can't be pinned down. discussing it w trans friends irl has always wound up "well transness means something different to everyone" even though that isn't... meaningful. (if trans means something different to everyone what is the 'trans community'? 'trans activism'?) and any further attempts to understand are considered stupid at best and hostile at worst. i'd be so curious to see what trans-id'ed people would say transgender means to them honestly like besties i've been trying to figure this out for a decade give me something to work with

it was absolutely not rhetorical! im rly interested in this conversation.

"means something intrinsic or pathological about themselves"... that's definitely a broad one. i tend to think that my own lack of performance of sex-based stereotypes (not an entire lack im sure, there will still b aspects of female socialisation that have seeped into me, but im relatively gnc) means smthn intrinsic about me, but it's not that i have a gendered soul - it's that im stubborn, prone to defy, autistic (so don't pick up/care about social rules) , and that im just naturally, intrinsically, kind of loud/brash/agressive/etc and those traits happen to be coded as masculine in the society im in. i think many gay ppl would also say that their lack of performance of sex stereotypes says smthn intrinsic about them, and it's that they're gay!

sorry im shooting down every definition everyone comes up w but i think ur right, i think it is totally unpinnable. ive been asking this question to gender critical friends fr a few weeks and ive gotten slightly different answers each time but i think no matter how u define it you're always going to end up either excluding some ppl who are clearly trans and/or including some ppl who aren't. and yeah, when i was first getting into gender criticism & discussed it w trans friends they all said the same as yours did - "it's different for everybody". and maybe one could say "oh the specific definition doesn't matter that much" but when we start enshrining things in law nd talking about protections for trans ppl, trans rights, or even trans communities & trans activism like u said, we surely need 2 know what people are included in that and what ppl aren't

i'd love for some trans ppl to weigh in on this! i know i have plenty following me im not sure how much they read what i say and how much they're just here for gerard image but if any of my followers reading this identify as trans & want to explain what that means 2 them id love 2 hear it. cause yeah, exactly, pushing for anything beyond "it's different for everyone" is usually seen as stupid at best & hostile at worst, but that just ends up meaning that we've got different groups of ppl all defining it their own ways and never even talking abt it between each other and thats only gna divide us further nd leave people having all these arguments abt "trans people" where the ppl arguing aren't even arguing abt the SAME GROUP OF PPL because they both have such different ideas in their head of what trans means. so trans ppl PLEASE weigh in here i promise i'll b niceys

#ask #anonymous #sry this took a day to get 2 i didnt really get online after i came home yday

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tiredeyes1975 · 1 year

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thank you for tagging me @mickgaydolenz !!

1. are you named after anyone? my first name was just from a baby names book, but my middle name was from a character in a book my mom read

2. when was the last time you cried? last night in my bathroom YAY!!!!!

3. do you have any kids? there are multiple reasons why that would not possible so no

4. do you use sarcasm a lot? yes mainly to my irl friends…. im trying to be more niceys…..

5. what’s the first thing you notice about other people? hair or voice

6. what’s your eye color? very dark brown ^_^

7. scary movies or happy endings? scary movies ofc

8. any special talents? i can wiggle my ears! and apparently i type fast if 73 wpm is fast? i dont think it is

9. where were you born? california 😱

10. what are your hobbies? playing guitar, listening to music and being annoying about it, watching movies, and journaling or writing in some way. i like drawing and reading a little bit

11. have you any pets? not at the moment,,, when i was very little i had a dog, and i had two hamsters. one of them escaped and the other died.

12. what sports do you play/have played? ive never played any sports 🥲 in school ive only done stuff like choir or academic decathlon.. watching other people play sports is fun tho

13. how tall are you? 5’2 or 5’3 im not sure

14. favourite subject in school? history i guess because my teacher is cool, or math because it’s interesting. im taking ap calculus ab right now, and next year i want to take two math classes if they’ll let me (stats and calc bc)

15. dream job? my real answer would be nothing ;; but if i had to choose i would want to be a librarian or something else related to data/information

tagging (no pressure!!) @randyy-scousee-gitt @such-a-happy-mess @makotoscoffee @sinclairlewis @deathconsciousnessbf @nodevolucion

#i love talking abt myself 😻

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threadsun · 1 month

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Okay its Sleepy, ONE MORE, for me this time :3

Age: 24

Pronouns: they/them

Looks: ehh? size medium, constantly in a pair of leggings and a shirt that's either too big or too small. Cool socks!

Looking for: Someone who can call me out on being too anxious, but also will listen to me ramble and add in their own input so I can Keep Going. An enabler of my creative endeavors. Also really good at cuddling and is niceys to me

Kinks: [Coughs coughs] I think we all know them at this point

Hobbies: I draw, tried crochet, and am playing a Lot of genshin. Like a Lot of genshin. Like. Wow.

Ideal first date: my dating history has been all long distance relationships i have no fucking clue what happens on a first date. Do you kiss???

This might seem odd, but I offer you:

Callum!

He'll say it like it is and encourage you to branch out, have more confidence, and try new things! But he's also happy to cuddle up together and listen to you ramble while adding his own (usually silly) input. He'll encourage you in whatever you want to do, and be so so so nice to you! He'll also very gladly take advantage of your lack of experience and teach you how to date the Callum way :3 But at his core he'll genuinely love and care for you, and also the sex will be gross nasty hot!!

#sunshine #asks #18+ only #sleepy anon

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thedogslegart · 2 years

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Goodmorning USA. Eri how she acts w the mercs HCs..

Scout

OMG OMG they fight like children but make up real nicey :) the last man Erika met that was that disrepectful to her died a kraghly death. It was Scout but he respawed. They have alot of over lapping interests, so get along well. They're even both the youngest child in their family. They share music with each other and are both full of engery. Scout teachers her sports, Erika teaches him gymnastics/parkor.

BF n GF but like in a theyre my best friend so theyre the only one I can trust not to let anyone know Ive had sex while at this no sex job where Im really horney way....ya'know? Its nothing serious but once they get to know each other, Eri loves to let lose around Scout bc of how childish he is. Eri grew up fast and under alot of pressure, she never really got to play with kids her age or play much at all. Scout lets her take that time back to an extent.

Also HC that Scout speaks French, ano alot of ppl say this but I dont think hes fluent no way so some times when aloneor evern wanting a private conversation when non french speakers are in the room they'll switch over. They can even switch without noticing. If French is getting to frustrating for Jer or English too frustrating for Eri, theyll switch here, too.

Solider

Erika understands and respects this man. He has alot of drive and alot of confidence and is possibly the most determined person shes ever met, of corse theres flaws to these traits but there things Eri personally admires. Eri also appreciates that Sol respects her as a fighter outside of being a woman and that her stature (cos shes short lol) and sex have no bearing on how much respect Sol will give her. He may think that dodging out the way as appise to brute force is a weak way to do things, but its not weak beacuse a woman is doing it.

One thing that is upsetting though is the nationalism. Erika is Polish, and proudly so. Its a big part of her life. Having to make up bullshit to not have Solly throw a tantrum can be frustrating but she just uses sarcasm that flies over his head and moves on with whatever comversation.

Pyro

Unfortunatly Pyro and Eri arent as close as some others :( this goes for Engie too but well get to that lol. But she very much enjoys their company when reading a magazine or listening to music, Pyro's precence in a room is welcomed! Even in her very private bedroom, after a time Pyro is free to spend time drawing and using Eri's record player so long as they knock first :)

Demo

OMG THEY WOULD GET ALONG SO WELL. I don't see them as spending loads and loads of time together like She does with Scout, though. But Erika and Demo tend to match each others energy quite easily, they both can be upbeat or mellow when they want/need so this makes them a good team in a match for a couple joint capers but also spend time discussing weapons, explosives, folklore, food from their countires, playing card games even.

The barrier that stopped them from becomming closer friends was language :( when Erika joined Mann Co. she was only a novice at English and struggled to understand Demo's accent clearly. He kindly tried to clear up his accent but it was still tricky for Eri. Her broken English at the time also made conversation with her a bit of guess work at first. After the time this was worked out but it was frustraiting for both parties (in diffrent ways) at first

Heavy

Helped her alot with her English (along with Spy BUT WE WILL GET THERE.) They have diffrent nativ languages, obviously but could just about understand each other -

(SIDE NOTE: This HC was based of my highschool friends, one Polish and one Latvian (Who could speak Russian) when they wanted a private convo in class the Latvian would speak Russian and the Pole Polish. Now. They said for the most part they could understand each other with a few words needing to sometiems be clarified in English, but I feel like Eri and Heavy would do this time to time is the point.)

Anyway, being able to speak in the mother tounge must be nuce for both of them. Erika personally hadn't been back to Polabd for about 8-ish years before Mann Co. so even a slight taste of home was a comfort. I'm sure Heavy may have seen it somewhat similarly. They also use each other with English, filling in words if they can.

Books are important for both of them. While Erika is not an avid reader (being more into magazines) she appreciates a good nlvel every now and again and appreciates suggestions from Heavy, after all he has that degree lol. She can only really read in French and Polish, though, as reading complicated English in long blocks gets frustrating for her.

I know Polish and Russian culture arent too similar but the gap in smaller when your father away from home I suppose. I dont mean to say the two are so similar, but they both could find some things to relate over. (shared hatred of the government, probably)

Engie

Eri sometimes watches Engie work. Listens to the country station for a while then leaves. This of corse is only if she's so board shes wondering and that doesn't happen often. Theres No bad blood between these two, of corse, they just dont get to chattin much. I dont see them having that many over lapping interests, except maybe a movie or two, but all in all. Very positive to eavh other, will gladly do a favour but not too close.

Medic

Was not a fan of this man at all at first. Not at all. He was German and old and she did not want a man "like that" to be trusted with her health. She gave in, eventually, after getting such a high death count compared to her co workers. They talked durring her initial check up (which came late) and she found out her suspicious where all wrong. She felt terrible and she does still feel guilt a long while after. She sees that Medic is a good man, while a little crazy. But of corse knows hes in his element in this place.

Medic also did Erika a huge favour but removing some unwanted organs that had been causing her trouble for years so she owes alot to him. Yes some of these exsperiments are weird but theyre kinda cool acutally!

(SIDE NOTE: The fact Medic takes all of the teams souls - and presumably Erika's - kinda saves her shit later on. In the post Mann Co.-Pre comics era she was put in some sticky situations that she should not have returned from. She owes him her life several times over)

I think Medic is glad to have one more soul under his belt lol no but I think Eri would bring him his coffee every morning and he doesnt quite know why but its very nice of her :)

Sniper

Ew omg idk how good ill be at this for tyling it its one of those where i have to talk it and say alot of ummms and arrrs...So maybe...Maybe later when Im more awake..The jist is theyre. Compatable. I think its funny that shes abouts 2 years older than him.

Spy

Hm. Well, before Mann Co. Eri lived in France for a time and speaks French pretty fluently, maybe a few mistakes here and there. Anything Heavy couldnt fill in through Russian, Spy could through French. Of corse Erika couldnt keep this too professional for that long because the moment she realised how annoyed Spy would get at her slip upps she would torment him with pronunciation errors. Spy learns small amounts of Polish in order to mis prounounce it. Erika stopped soon after.

They have amicable discussions in French, mostly about card games but mostly they bond over the morning paper.

This is more so a thing post Mann Co. . Post comics, really. I'd imagine she goes to live with Scout at least for a time and thats a whole other complicated story but basics is Scout lives with his Ma and Spy also lives witb Scout's Ma. Being the early birds of the house they share a coffee first thing then challenge each other to the puzzles in the paper. Specifically the cross words. They where once more difficult for Eri than Spy but she fell in love with a bumper book of cross words she found in the base once amd it reallt helped her vocabulary (it was Spy, hes a sneaky teacher lol)

Even post work, they srill can relate and talk nicely or teast, they do get along well, honestly. I will be honest, they do see each other in a father daughter light after a certain amount of time. Not in any way they would want to think about at any point in Mann Co. but after? This is a domestic life and to Erika that man is the husband of the mother of her sort of boyfriend which in a way is a father in law, right?

Years on from that even Erika is the one to visit Spy in the care home. You know after 1980-whatever when Scout dies lol..

Anyway I care TF2 LOL this post if deffo more smt Id need to rant verbally about but Im glad Ive got it down finally after all these years....pretty much all of these can be exspanded too so...lol.

#me op #oc: erika lodz #tf2 oc

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hoenursey · 4 years

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NurseyChow prompt: comic 4.08

i can’t believe you made me look up what fucking comic that was, sending me this like i know shit lol

When Chowder comes home from class, there’s an ungodly stomping noise coming from the staircase, and the sound of someone kicking a cardboard box across the floor. The door shuts behind him, and Ford sticks her head out of the kitchen, smiling apologetically.

“Dex’s decided he’s tired of living with Nursey,” she said in lieu of a greeting, and Chris closes his eyes, fingers coming to the bridge of his nose tightly.

“Jesus Christ,” he mumbles, and joins her in the kitchen, where they’re talking about class of ‘16. Apparently, they’ve moved in together, and now that Dex has exploded, Chowder is strongly considering asking if he can move in with them. He misses Lardo.

Dex moving out takes the better part of the afternoon. In the evening, he stays locked in the basement, hammering and cutting and whatever else people who know how tools work do with them. It’s loud, and more than a little annoying, but no one wants to go downstairs and tell him to stop. Besides, it won’t work.

That’s the first time anyone sees Nursey.

Instantly, he knows something is wrong.

For one, he’s got on basketball shorts in October, which everyone knows he’s morally opposed to. He’s ranted about it several times; he could practically write a thesis on it.

Secondly, his eyes are bloodshot.

“Hey,” he says hoarsely, and Chris’ alarm skyrockets.

A chorus of greetings sounds, all some degree of concerned.

Nursey clears his throat. “Uh, i’m going to Annie’s,” he says, trying for normal. He almost accomplishes it. “If anyone wants anything, just text me. My treat.”

“Do you want someone to go with you?” Ford asks anxiously, before anyone can stop her, and Chris manages to kick the foot of her chair in time for her to blurt out, “Uh, to help you carry all those drinks, y’know?”

Nursey smiles wanly. He looks drawn. “Nah, Nicey, i’m good. I’ll see you later, guys.”

Scattered goodbyes go off, and he disappears out the door with hardly a sound.

Bitty turns immediately to Chowder.

“Would you mind--”

“I’m already texting him,” he says, and Bitty smiles worriedly, stacking another few cookies on his plate.

[ text: hot nurse ] hey, would you grab me a jasmine tea? i forgot to buy some at the grocery store !

He watches their chat-- Nursey doesn’t respond, but he does like the message. Satisfied, he taps out a “thanks <3″ and leaves Nursey alone for now.

It’s nearly an hour before Nursey comes back. He knocks briefly on Chris’ door, and he calls cheerfully for him to come in.

“Come on in, close the door! You can go through the bathroom later, I don’t wanna walk all the way over to close the door.”

Nursey nods, silent. Without so much as a greeting, he brings over the drink, mumbling, “here,” and handing it off.

Chris takes it one-handedly-- with the other, he catches Nursey’s wrist, holding him in place and peering up at him.

He looks a little better-- not much, mind-- but his eyes aren’t so red, and he makes eye contact for a few seconds.

“How are you? Really,” he asks evenly. Nursey laughs. There’s very little humor in it.

“I’ll be fine,” he says. “Just need some time, y’know.”

“That’s not what I asked.”

Nursey snaps. “Fine, I feel like shit, is that what you wanted? You wanna know so fucking bad? Did you even want a drink, Chowder, or what? Wanna fucking throw it at me? Did Dex want this fucking drink, and he just didn’t wanna say anything? What?!”

Chris waits until Nursey tires himself out, looking angry and heartbroken, and it hurts him to stay quiet like this, to let Nursey say the negative stuff that festers inside of himself, but he knows intrinsically that the other boy needs it.

Finally, Nursey’s rant ends, and instantly, he looks ashamed of himself, clenching up his jaw and looking away.

“Sorry,” he whispers. “I don’t... I didn’t mean to... y’know. Sorry.”

“Do you wanna sleep here tonight?”

He looks back to him. “Huh?”

“Do you wanna sleep here, with me? I just... I thought... I mean, it’s better than sleeping alone, right?” Chris puts on a brave smile, like his heart isn’t thumping, like it isn’t taking everything in him not to tremble at the sight of his teammate like this.

Nursey-- no, Derek, looks... lost. Like the kid they all kind of are, dressed up in grownup’s shoes.

“Dee?” he murmurs, hesitant, and Derek breaks, swallowing tightly; all at once, he nods, the green of his eyes warbling with unshed tears.

Hastily, Chris rises to hold him, and Derek’s weight sags against him the second he envelops him in his hold. He shudders, once, twice, lets out a muffled sob, and Chris squeezes him, presses him to his chest as Derek cries.

It takes time for Chris to get Derek into bed, but he does it, whispering gentle platitudes into his dark curls. Derek drops onto the mattress clumsily, and Chris kneels in front of him, squeezing his hands with gentle pressure. “Let’s get ready for bed,” he prompts, and his friend nods, and goes slowly to his clothing to undress.

Chris strips in record time, finding something for Derek amongst his own clothes. He’s a little bigger, a little more muscled, but he’s always been lean, and Chris himself wears baggy clothes sometimes. A pair of older shorts and a Sharks tee, and Derek is sitting at the edge of his bed, arms around himself tightly.

Chowder lifts the blankets on his side. “C’mon, babe,” he says, coaxing, a hand cupping his elbow. It isn’t until Derek is tucked into his side that Chris even notices the endearment, too caught up in taking care of the boy beside him.

Well, there’s no time for that. If Derek hadn’t noticed, it wasn’t important. He would worry about that... some other time. Sometime appropriate.

“Is this okay?”

Derek tenses; immediately, Chris pulls his arm from around his waist-- or tries to, anyways, but Derek’s hand catches his wrist, pulling him back. His grip is iron.

“Don’t,” he mumbles into Chris’ neck. “Please.”

Chris goes soft, tucks Derek into his arms and holds him while he shakes, while the hot tears drop wetly onto his own warm skin and Derek’s long fingers twist in the fabric of Chris’ tee.

“C?” Nursey rasps, after what feels like hours, and Chris looks down at him, startling.

Oh god, he even looks beautiful when he cries.

It was true: the red rimming his eyes made the green of his irises stand out, framed by tears darkening and crystallizing on his long lashes. Blood had rushed to his cheeks, flushing them, as well as his lips, giving them a reddened, kiss-swollen appearance. Chris’ own face goes hot; Derek bites his bottom lip and he can’t bear to draw his eyes away from it.

“Yeah?”

“...can you kiss me?”

Chris inhales sharply. “We shouldn’t--”

“I know.”

“You--”

Derek surges up and seals their mouths together. Every protest-- token and legitimate-- dies on his lips and is swiped away by Derek’s tongue.

Every atom of him feels like it’s on fire. His own tongue curls around the expanse of Derek’s mouth, swallowing the hot gasp that pours from it-- Derek’s fingers tighten, fisting the fabric in his grasp near-desperately. His free hand sneaks into Chris’ jet black hair, folding silkily through the pin-straight strands and then, as Chris responds with a groan, catching his lip between his teeth, his fingers tighten, deliciously.

Before he knows it, Chris is half on top of Derek, pressing him into the bed with their lips melded together. By the time he realizes what he’s doing, he’s shoving a knee between Derek’s thighs and dragging him close by the waist.

Fuck.

Chowder pulls away with a curse. Derek’s eyes fly open, half a moan tearing out of his throat-- the pupils are blown black, skin wrought with an impassioned rush of blood.

“I’m sorry,” Chris blurts out. “I’m sorry, Dee, but we- I- no. Not now, not-- not like this, okay? Not, like, never! But just... just not now. Not when you’re hurting like this.”

Derek swallows. “Right,” he says, suddenly quiet. “Sorry, you.. you probably want me to go.”

“No!”

Derek freezes. Chris gulps nervously, and then sits back on his calves, pulling Derek with him.

“Stay. Please.”

He hesitates. “I...”

“Derek.”

He bites his lip; quietly, after a few minutes, Derek nods. Chris breathes a sigh of relief.

“Thank you. C’mon, let’s sleep,” he says gratefully, and Nursey nods again, shifting to allow Chowder space on the bed. It takes time, but after a few moments of awkward shuffling, he pulls Nursey into his chest, fed up with discomfort and stiltedness. Nursey settles into it immediately, taking sharp little breaths that calm when he unconsciously syncs them up to Chris’.

Derek is asleep in minutes. Chris, spooned up behind him, follows just after between one breath and the next.

In the morning, when Chris wakes, he’s alone. Derek is gone. He’s clutching a pillow-- and drooled on it a little, which, embarrassing, he hopes he didn’t drool on Nursey-- and when he sits up, he sees a notebook at the end of the bed.

It’s nothing to reach for it, so he does, rubbing sleep from his eyes. It doesn’t say much, but it’s clearly from Nursey.

Thanks. -DMN

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thebigladjake · 4 years

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AX3001: Cognitivation - TV Pitch #1: Research - Thomas the Tank Engine and writing for children.

"You got to remember who you’re writing for. You’re not really merely writing for children, you’re writing for the unfortunate people, who've got to read the stories over and over, and over again".

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Ever since I’ve heard that quote, it’s always stuck in my mind. Children are not dumb and children can handle content that does not talk down to them. That very reason was why I remained a fan of the classic Thomas the Tank Engine episodes even when I was past the target audience.

The world felt real, the visuals certainly helped to draw me in, but as I got older I learned to appreciate the tales told much more. It wasn’t a nicey nice world, characters were assholes and they were all assholes to each other. Of course, there are nice characters in these stories, but most of the stories is focused on either one or two characters with one of them making an ass of themselves. And that’s exactly what made these stories so good!

Thomas

Thomas starts the whole series as a dick, he’s inexperienced and cheeky. In the first episode, he wakes up Gordon and is a constant nuisance. He brings up some of James’ accidents simply just to annoy him and he even calls Henry fat for having troubles with his build. Thomas isn’t completely rude, he’s only rude to them because they are rude to him. Most of them looked down upon him when he was the only tank engine on the railway. It was only when Edward showed him basic kindness that we see the nicer side of Thomas and that he isn’t just rude and inconsiderate.

Which is accurate to how people are, if someone is unpleasant to you, and especially as a kid, you aren’t exactly going to treat them kindly or want to keep interacting with those people. And again, we see Thomas’ kinder side when he first meets Percy and they have to team up to teach the Big Engines a lesson.

On James’ first day, he suffers a crash and Thomas immediately goes to help an engine that he’s known for only a short time. He’s kind to James when his arc comes around, but he’s not entirely above being cheeky as he brings up one of James’ accidents which immediately sours James’ mood. He never makes fun of his first day because James wasn’t in control and I think that says a lot about Thomas’ character.

Terence the Tractor wasn’t even rude to Thomas, in fact, Thomas actually initiated the rudeness by calling Terence’s wheels ugly. Which Terence responds, “I can go anywhere, I don’t need rails.” Giving Thomas the same rudeness, again, this is relatable because Thomas isn’t really a role model, in that very episode he’s extremely immature and bad which lands him in a whole lot of trouble! Thomas gets punished for his bad behaviour and that’s a good lesson to take away.

Once more, the first time Toby arrives onto the island, he scares a Policeman who was rude to Thomas, so immediately Thomas is accepting of Toby as a friend. He’s a flawed character with a streak of kindness to those who deserve it and that’s what made him a compelling protagonist in Series 1.

Of course, he lightens up over the series and goes through somewhat of a growing up arc. Where he’s selfish in Season 1, in Season 5 he tells James that if he, for once, thought of somebody but himself he’d probably be a much happier engine.

James

The only splendid red engine on Sodor could definitely give you an ego and that is what James’ biggest flaw may just be. He has a superiority complex and prefers to hang around the Big Engines, Gordon and Henry.

We’re going to look into James’ character in his three/four episode arc as Thomas is rewarded with a branchline and isn’t around the other characters for a few episodes. James is our replacement main character and here we get to see what really makes up James’ character.

James’ very first day on Sodor did not go well, he came off the rails and Thomas had to come to his aid. When James was fixed up and returned to Sodor, he realised he had a lot to learn and is immediately put to the test. This is never explicitly stated, but I feel like such an accident on James’ first day probably really affected his confidence and so he became extremely anxious about messing up in case the Fat Controller would send him away. More on this at the end of James’ segment.

In an attempt to teach James how to handle coaches, he doubleheaders a train with Edward and confidently lets off steam at the station which ends up ruining the Fat Controller’s new top hat. The moment he realises this, he pressures Edward to hurry up so he can get away from this situation and avoid his problem. And he does so without the Fat Controller stopping to tell him off.

Already anxious from making one mistake, James makes another when they arrive at the next station and they both overshoot the platform. Even making this mistake is at the back of his mind because he’s so worried on what the Fat Controller is going to say. The rest of the journey goes well, but when he returns to the shed, he indeed gets what was coming to him. The Fat Controller tells him off and threatens to paint him blue, which James really is not a fan of.

Scrapping his positive mindset, he bangs the coaches into place and ,unlike before, none of the passengers came near him to admire his paintwork. He mumbles about how Gordon doesn’t have to shunt his coaches and he angrily gets to work. He pulls the coaches way too fast and rough for comfort which results in a leak in the brakepipes of the coaches.

Embarrassed about having another accident, James continues with his work and in the next episode, it’s stated that he was left in the shed for a few days for being naughty. The Fat Controller comes to him after sometime and tells James that he has caused several problems for the railway, which James apologises for and as a result, is allowed to come out and pull a goods train. James desperate to come out, accepts it in a heartbeat and is ready to work!

Thomas shunts the train together with James smiling all the while until Thomas brings up the bootlace incident, immediately ruining James mood and he bangs back down onto the trucks angrily. The trucks claim they want a proper engine and not a red monster, to which James simply ignores and gets on with his work. The trucks try their hardest to make him give up, slipping on their breaks and bringing the train to a halt. But, James was determined not to let the trucks beat him.

James carries on until they reach Gordon’s Hill where they struggle to try and pull the heavy trucks up the steep hill. James tells himself the whole time that he can do it, but halfway up the hill a coupling comes loose and the tailend of the train rolls down the hill. Edward comes to the rescue and offers his help to James, which he refuses and continues on alone much to Edward’s support.

James pulls the trucks up the hill and arrives at the station happily, proud of his efforts. However, James is immediately worried when he sees the Fat Controller approaching, thinking he will bring up the accident on the hill. But, no! The Fat Controller was smiling, praising James for his work and how he deserves to keep his red coat.

This last scene is really interesting as James assuming the worst makes me think that there is some insecurity about his character. He wants to make an impression, he’s the only red engine on the railway and stands out the most with his splendid red coat. He wants to show there is more to him than they might have heard and when the other engines bring up his accidents, he gets defensive and would rather forget the weaker aspects of his personality.

Though, the insecurity thing isn’t stated, if I’m able to look at James’ character and get this from it, I think this just goes to show how powerful children’s media can be and how kids may look at this character and feel the struggles he had gone through. Of course, James isn’t without redemption, he like Thomas has a streak of rudeness within him.

When Gordon jams the turntable and has to pull his trains backwards, James laughs at him and after Gordon warns him about turntables remarks that “I’m not as fat as you.” James is then revealed to be too light for the turntable and the wind easily spins him around.

He is unsympathetic towards Henry, claiming that he doesn’t work hard enough and not taking the time to understand his conditions.

When Gordon declares a strike, James joins both Gordon and Henry. Probably doing so as he believed it earned him a place with the Big Engines in the shed. And despite Edward being extremely kind and a mentor figure to James, he sides with Gordon and mocks Edward for wanting to shunt and do the work that the railway requires to function. This is probably where James became the most comfortable as he was among the Big Engines now. He wants to be at the top of the social hierarchy and being with Gordon assures him that he’s at the top of the top.

Toby is a tram engine and is very old fashioned, however the Fat Controller really took a shine to Toby and allowed him to live on his railway. James, however, was extremely rude to him due to him being old fashioned and unlike the rest of the modern (at the time) steam engines around him. Although, Toby didn’t put up with James’ nonsense and knew that bringing up bootlaces was enough to not only annoy James, but shut him up completely. Especially coming from an out of date tram engine.

Once James was fully settled into the island, I feel he became much more comfortable with himself and judgemental to those who didn’t work or try as hard as he did. Showing a gradual change of his character not only makes him more fleshed out, but believable because people do change. We’ve seen both James at his best and James at his worst and I think that’s something we shouldn’t shy away from.

Henry

Henry is one of my favourite examples of the complexities of these characters. He can be paired up with any of the other engines and work well together. He’s shown to be kind, helpful, but has an arrogant streak inside him and also has numerous technical flaws that prevented him from performing optimally at his jobs.

In contrast to James, Henry’s introductory stories actually have him at fault and we are immediately shown his arrogance as he stays inside of the tunnel to avoid the rain, refusing to move since the rain would spoil his lovely green coat.

After several attempts to get Henry to move, the Fat Controller declared that they shall take away his rails and that he shall remain here forever. He then proceeds to brick up the end on the tunnel which Henry was in and Henry was left there. A bit overkill, don’t you think? I mean I’m sure certain trains had to be re-routed or some just straight up cancelled because of some rude engine blocking the line.

Gordon and Edward would both go past Henry in the tunnel, with Edward always whistling hello while Gordon made fun of Henry’s foolishness. One day, however, Gordon was planning to make fun of Henry once more, but a broken safety valve leaves the train stranded and when Edward comes to move the train, he is too weak to do it alone. Gordon suggests for Henry to try and the Fat Controller agrees. Henry was no longer worried about the rain, he was simply happy to get back to work! However, Henry would soon have problems regarding his health and his work would struggle because of it.

It’s also worth mentioning that the strike by Gordon which Henry took a part of happened between the events of the previously discussed episode and the episode I’m discussing after this. In which Henry was arrogant due to Gordon’s influence and was equally disrespectful to Edward for just doing his job.

Anyway, after the strike and Henry was able to work again, Henry struggled to do his work. Leaving him to thought of as weak and discarded by the others, specifically James who was especially harsh to him. Most likely due to James having to do Henry’s work as well as his own. Even Thomas is unsympathetic as Henry arrives late due to his own faults, shrugging it off and calling him “fat”. Not even giving Henry an apology.

Fun Fact: Henry’s problems was based upon the Reverend’s own Henry model that was a troublesome runner that never did run all that well.

As opposed to Thomas, who reacts by being rude to those who are rude to him, or James, who gets angry at the mention of his bootlace incident, Henry reacts sadly to his faults as it’s something he genuinely can’t control. James tried to make fun of Henry’s tunnel incident, but it doesn’t bother him because that was him being stupid. Henry doesn’t fight back because he can’t. There’s nothing he can say to change their mind, so instead he says nothing.

The drivers and the Fat Controller discuss what to do with Henry, even considering to replace him if he isn’t able to work. The driver suggests Welsh coal and the Fat Controller agrees to order some as Henry must have a fair chance. This turned out to be what Henry needs, with him feeling quite energised and capable to do his work. Showing the Fat Controller and everybody that Henry can indeed do his work and even arriving early to give Thomas a run for his money! Showing kids that you can be flawed and still do well.

Henry has an accident in the next episode which was not his fault, the Fat Controller sends him away to be rebuilt. Upon his return, Gordon was very rude to him and immediately tore down Henry’s happiness. Percy supportively chirps up and telling him that he’s glad Henry is home again.

Henry soon meets up with Edward, happily greeting him, showing us that like Thomas, under certain circumstances Henry can be a really nice engine and is only really influenced when the biggest kid in the playground is on his side. Henry has both his arrogant side and soft side. He can play for multiple teams and still remains true to his character. His changes never seem really out of place, he just needs to surround himself with more positive influences.

Sometimes I’ve heard the dynamics of Thomas described as a playground where the bigger kids are in charge and all hang around together. I think that aspect is really defining of Henry’s character, much how it might affect a real child who may be in a friend group like that.

Percy

Classic series Percy was an amazing character and unfortunately in the later years became more and more flanderised, when Percy was introduced, all the big engines were pushing Edward around and calling him names because he would do the work of what they deemed “Little Engines”. Percy shows up on the scene and immediately puts them to shame, when Henry decides to come out of the shed, before he gets the chance to hiss steam at Edward, Percy wheeshes steam into his face!

Percy was a mischievous character, sometimes a little too much for his own good! He caused his fair share of troubles and was perhaps the most naive of all of the engines since he was bought straight from the workshop. All of the other five engines were bought from separate British railways, so they had some prior experience to working.

We see this in “Percy Runs Away”, when Percy forgets to whistle for the signalman to change the points for him and it results in bringing Gordon to a stop and Percy jolting backwards in fright! In the second series episode, “Percy and the Signal” he plays off that he knows what a backing signal is to appear smart in front of Gordon and James, who had both made the idea up to get back at Percy. This, of course, comes back to bite him in the ass and he looks like an idiot in front of Gordon.

Even Thomas and Percy have their faults, in “Thomas, Percy and the Coal” Percy causes an accident that buries Thomas in coal, which makes him laugh uncontrollably much to Thomas’ annoyance. This arc actually spanned several stories in the Railway Series where Thomas and Percy were not friends. These were not actually written by the Reverend himself, but his son, Christopher, the very boy who these stories were made for.

Of course, Thomas and Percy become friends once more in the end with a rather nice moment of Percy choosing to help Thomas after he suffers a drip from his tank. I wish this would have been adapted, but as it stands Thomas and Percy have their fallings out and is resolved in one episode. Showing the children that it’s normal for best friends to fight and as long as you’re both sorry and recognise your mistakes, you can move on. It’s a good lesson to learn and a relatable one at that because kids do bicker over the most trivial things. Me and my friend Joe had several arguments because I thought Sonic was better than Mario and vice versa for Joe.

Characters must have flaws, no world is perfect and the sooner kids realise it, the better off they’ll be. As a kid, I grew up with Thomas and while other kids moved on, I stuck around because I saw the goodness inside it. It had compelling stories and characters, moments were the good guys aren’t always good guys and the absolutely stunning visuals. It was clear that the makers of the show had passion and they wanted it to be believable. Of course, the kids my age moved on since at the time we were kids, the show airing on TV was not the Thomas I grew up with.

In 2003, the formula changed dramatically. Thomas became very simpler, the visuals were flatter, the personalities became drawn down to a single trait, the dialogue was a lot more plain and the stories where much much simpler. Instead of doing actual jobs and making the railway look like a railway, you’d occasionally get an engine making their way in the opposite direction with no train behind them. Thomas runs around getting ice cream ingredients to make ice cream, Percy shunts around a single flatbed with a carpet tied over the top of it. Instead of writing original stories, just copy Tortoise and the Hare and nobody will notice. And what certainly doesn’t help is Michael Angelis’ narration because he just sounds tired.

Instead of Thomas being a cheeky, little tank engine, he’s obsessed with doing the most important jobs and gets upset when an engine aside from him is chosen to do it.

Instead of being a kind and reliable mentor figure for engines like Thomas and Percy, Edward is old and rickety and useless. His only important roles in these years was being a back engine to push engines up Gordon’s Hill when they got stuck and that’s it. Insulting as this was Awdry’s first character and the one that started it all.

Henry was an arrogant engine with a softer side to those he was willing to show it too, no let’s make him ill again and him having problems becomes his character trait.

I can see why this didn’t leave an impact on kids my age because the stories packed no punch, there are a few nuggets of goodness in this era, but they are few and far between. And this is what infuriates me about children’s media like no other. The whole nicey-nice worlds and I’m so sick of stuff like this, we need grit again, kids want something they can relate too. Give kids something more substantial than this friendly PC nonsense. And at it’s most PC, Thomas is failing and after 24 seasons, Thomas is finally on hiatus because the series is failing. Just including female leads doesn’t make a show better and flawless characters makes shows worse, you shouldn’t go in with the source design to be “girl” or a token something. You should just make characters and that’s why I look at Thomas as a great example of what to do and also what not to do. Because they’ve nailed it before and they can nail it again.

Now, it’s time for me to nail it with my own.

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divineclecticism · 7 years

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Interview #1: Liv

I took this idea from @urbanspellcraft and her interviews. Also thanks to Carmen from @magickalmenagerie for helping me out! I communicate mainly through feelings and visuals, and conversations like this are harder for me. I also want to point out that Carmen is the one who brought us together.

Anyway, here we go!

Me: So for the sake of the interview, what would you like to be called?

Liv: You can call me Liv. That name holds no power. If anybody is going to try to whisk me away, they'll need a lot more than just my name to do so.

Me: Alright and what are you? Race, I mean, so everyone else knows.

Liv: They call me a Gypsum Messiah. I am basically the culmination of all radiant and golden energies. My energies are alchemical in nature, I change everything around me to be stronger, higher in vibration. I am of similar lineage to ancient vampyres and marid djinn, but what we have going for us is a much longer and deeper storyline.

(I sort of just asked questions to Carmen so there wasn't TOO much back and forth for me, sorry!)

Me: How would you describe your personality?

Liv: I usually would not describe it. I’m acrid to some people. I’m very blunt, very honest. When people communicate with me, they usually get a truth they are not comfortable with, but I have always found the honest people to be the most attractive. I also don’t understand most of these barriers that modern humans have. My race…and those I have experienced in my existence – sexuality isn’t a question. Age doesn’t define. Gender? What even is a gender? To humans, I must be perplexing.

Me: I agree, us humans have a lot of weird labels that I don't think are necessary sometimes. So, what are you favorite offerings! Also, sorry I'm kind of bad at giving them!

Liv: -Honestly, this is going to sound pretentious of me, but insight is my favorite offering. I like seeing what your life is like. The games you play both literally and figuratively – they are so amusing. As far as items go? The items on earth are so interesting. I love gold and old relics, I love the things that grow on trees, and Cinnamon. There seems to be a season for cinnamon, but I think it should be more of a year-round thing.

Me: I can definitely do those! I have plenty of cinnamon. What are your favorite ways to communicate with me?

Liv: Through your frustration. You have these moments when you think you can escape the truth in a situation, and now you have an ever-lingering thought process screaming “no you don’t!” It is my favorite thing to do. I am a thoughts-based person, but the water scrying that is done on this plane is enchanting. Water is such an amazing medium for all things.

Me: (I made a comment about how we are DEFINITELY doing water scrying soon.) How long have you been with me, and how do you get along with the rest of my family?

Liv: I have been with you for a few Earth months now, though it feels like days. Your family has become my family even though a lot of them are more invested in the earthly things than I am. They talk a lot about boys and games and the foods you eat here, but I really love the art and the music. The rest of the family are very gracious and kind, but the golden demon girl seems to be a bit prone to waxing-poetic. She sits in the corner a lot contemplating. To get into her mind would be interesting. Not to mention the fluffy ones. They are always in a cupboard or on the stove and they don’t listen to reason. They cannot eat! Why do they linger?!

Me: (I couldn't help but laugh at her mention of the meebuls.) So what do you do within the family then? You're one of my main guides, but do you help with things like protection, etc?

Liv: -I guess you could say I’m an organizer. A hierophant. The one pouring over books in the corner at times. Other times I am consolidating their viewpoints and trying to share them with you in the most obvious way I know how. I do protect and guard you a lot, but generally there aren’t a lot of attackers in your midst. Usually I’m more concerned about boys, parents, and whoever that young one is with the eyeliner. They all seem to cause you distress without you letting on about it. I also worry about your hydration levels, but I cannot possess you and make you imbibe, something I regret to admit.

If I had to cut it down to a simpler statement- All of us have something to say, but I’m the one taking notes. So I slip into dreams, subconscious, and the things that pop up on your computing device and try to relay this information to you. It’s important that you understand that you are important. People are mean to you because they are scared of how important you could be.

Me: hey! I have drank two bottles of water over the course of the last couple hours!

Liv: Don’t think that was up to chance, gorgeous. The elves had a lot to do with that this week.

Me: (This just got really deep!) What attracted you to working with humans, and me specifically?

Liv: Humans have three things that other entities on other planes do not possess or at least not to the degree that humans do. These three things are Faith, Pride, and Hope. The faith keeps the wretched clinging on for dear life, even when other races would give up and move on. The pride makes warriors where you would otherwise have beggars, fools, and whiners. It also creates problems that other planes have as well. The Hope is the special one, because people on most of these other planes don’t have hope. They see what is in front of them. They know it for what it is, what it can be, what it will be. They don’t see the matrix of opportunities. They know. Hope is something that is based on the shadows, based on what you cannot see, what you cannot know. That is why hope is the most magical thing on this plane. Hope is the most alchemical and metaphysical construct this plane has to offer and it is completely undermined by all of your media and all of your popular culture. I chose you in particular because, as the moon trump, the path of qoph, and as a person who chose to incarnate into a truly important role – you embody these. You shy from pride, you also shy from hope while being dangerously in love with the concept, and your faith is buried, but strong as an ox. You are an emerald (diamonds are too simple) that is bound to shine and draw magic to it like gravity, but you don’t understand your pull yet or how to use it. An un-trained powerhouse of a person is the most impressive, because they have the most room to grow. They have not drawn the true limits on themselves yet. I am thrilled to see where you go and I hope it is somewhere that will bring you elation, and the healing to the world that you have within you.

Me: What was your first impression of me, and how has it changed, if at all?

Liv: A warrior princess who bedazzled her bow and has yet to use it, but shows it to each and every man she meets. Some women too. You have an intrinsic ability to use it, and to always hit your target, but you convince yourself that it is a prop. To the second question. Yes, that impression has changed. You are still afraid to take the shot, but you are starting to learn your gifts as a warrior, as a mother, a maiden, a wise-woman. You are straddling that line between being too aware and being blinded. You have all the wisdom of generations of crones and mothers within you, and there’s a lot of people who need your nurturing. You’re turning down the wind-chill. As Nait said (in the background) “She went from icey to nicey.” Take that as you will.

Me: (Again, laughing at one of my sassy Pandora Elves) Alright, last question! What are your favorite pass times or hobbies that you join me in? And do you have any last input or advice?

Liv: I’m entertained by most things you do. First of all, I’m quite amused that you have tall pictures of strangers in poses on your wall, so the fact that those are part of your culture is pretty interesting. I also like how you kill dolls with other dolls on the computing device. Also how many people can come around from all over the world to fight the bigger, more menacing dolls (they look like weaker versions of bane wyverns if I’m honest with you, Kaitlyn) with their dolls, and they spend dollars on their dolls. The doll business is booming it would seem. I love watching how involved you all get. The video calls where you see each other from oceans away is interesting too. I get to hear a lot of different accents, slang, and jokes. Your life is very interesting to bore you so. Your mother is also quite interesting to watch. Your outings are my favorite part, because I get to really see what you are afraid of and excited about.

My main advice to you, my dear, would be to live like an evening primrose. Bloom when you are ready, not when others tell you to. That primrose can be healing when taken the right way, or a little bit bad for you. That metaphor being – don’t go giving your medicine to anyone. Give it to those who need it. Take your vitamins. Love your mother. Drink water. Dress up like you are going somewhere on those days when you aren’t, and switch to the brighter lightbulbs. Nait has told me they are better for your skin. I don’t know if that is true, but those pictures you take are so dimly lit, I cannot say for sure.

That's it! I hope you guys enjoy this as much as I did- Liv is a huge part of my life, and I adore her immensely.

#spirit #spirit work #spirit communication

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loud-snoring-os · 7 years

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The book is an honest and open approach to living ... The book is an honest and open approach to living and dealing with your emotions. Only read this book if you are looking for a straight forward in your face opinion on how to deal with your problems. This is not a cuddly pity party book. It's a realistic view of what is going on with your thinking and the problems it causes in your life. Go to Amazon

Good book. It's long Good book. It's long. Some of it is funny but I kinda drags. I could have been 2/3rds a long and been great. Go to Amazon

overstated but useful Overstated to get attention but less radical than it seems at first and filled with very good advice. However, the apparent dismissal of useful paradigms, like the importance of feelings and time tested methods of dealing with them is understandable but misleading and disappointing. A more nuanced approach would be even better, but might not as successful at grabbing potential readers' attention and interest. Go to Amazon

Funny and true..... Love this book. I work in the field, and I have wished for years someone professional, would say this to their patients! Gives not only laughs, but real suggestions that may improve one's quality of life! Go to Amazon

Easy to read and AMAZING! This book is AMAZING! For a self-help book, its an easy and interesting read. No sugar-coated, nicey niceness either. Both my counselor and a friend who's a shrink have now purchased their own copies. Highly recommended! Go to Amazon

Simple and direct. The title captivated my attention. So practical it hurts. Get over your C, D. and live in ... Irreverent dark humor or very bad editorial decision One Star "F___ Feelings" by Micheal and Sarah Bennett The gift recipient enjoyed it thoroughly Foolish Absobuly love this product.

#Sarah Bennett: 9781476789996: Amazon.com: Books

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