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starr-fall-knight-rise · 4 years

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Humans are Space Orcs, “One Flag and a Thousand Arms.”

Back with the major conclusion to the LFIL arc after months of not getting to it. Didn’t know I was going to write this today, but here we are. I hope you all like it, and sorry it is kind of long, but my typing was at light speed today (nice warm hands) :)

Anyway have a good day everyone!

“Please everyone, calm yourselves. The G A is addressing the issue as we speak.”

The crowd roiled and churned like the bubbles in a pot of boiling water. Flags waved and voices rose high into the air.

The chanting increased in fervor.

“Please!” The rundi struggled to raise his voice high enough to be heard over the crowd, who only grew with strength and intensity.

Commander Vir keyed his mic, “Delta units to the GA side of the crowd, some of these protesters are looking extremely agitated. Let's make sure they don’t do anything we’re all going to regret.

HE stood with his back to the GA chambers, its wide arching courtyard devoid of life except for those unfortunate Rundi ordered to carry messages from one side of the compound to the other, otherwise they tried to keep their distance from the front facade of the building and the churning mass of protesters.

White flags waved and fluttered.

Commander Vir held the energy shield with one arm pressing it back firmly against the crowd, so they could not pass the dedicated marking point.

“Commander, the crowd here is getting violent.” he grimaced and reached a hand down to open the line, “stun them and let them calm down, do NOT catch anyone else in the crossfire. We do not want this escalating.”

“Yes sir.”

Something pushed against his shield and he grunted pushing back. The white bandanna on his arm was pressed against the clear blue force field and helped to at least confuse the crowd before them. And luckily, they would be kept too confused to get violent.

The aliens among the human protesters helped as well. If this was on earth, things would have broken out into a riot by now, but the Drev the Tesraki and the Finnari tended to be more level headed when it came to these kinds of things, and they managed to rein in their humans from doing something stupid.

He closed his eyes tight for a second praying that the GA would rethink their position.

It hurt him to watch these people struggle like this. It just felt so strange that anyone should be here in the first place.

Beside him, Sunny had taken control of two young humans who were getting a bit more than rowdy, “Lets keep this a protest, and not a riot.” She growled giving them a look that would have made anyone quell in their boots. It sort of made him half smile, Sunny was such a badass, he wanted to be more like her when he grew up.

His thoughts were cut off as the crowd churned a bit pressing into his shield.

Hey keyed his mic again prepared to go over the loudspeaker and tell them that if they didn’t calm down he was going to turn this protest into a mass nap time. He had the power to do that if things got out of hand, though he honestly didn’t want to.

The GA needed to see this.

He was so preoccupied with the crowd that he barely noticed as the Rundi ran up from the inside of the compound flying forward on its long spindly legs.

It stopped by the first Rundi to say something, and the conversation that passed between them didn’t look particularly encouraging.

HIs heart sank into his stomach.

He felt…. Surprisingly disappointed, very sad for all those people who were going to get their day ruined.

The rundi waffled around at the front of the crowd for a bit before turning and looking over to where he stood.

Oh great.

The rundi walked over, and he backed off from the crowd allowing Sunny to take a step in his place with her shield at the ready. The people looked as if they were about to start something, but seeing her expression, they decided not to.

He dropped his shield and lowered his head to hear the rundi over the roaring of the crowd.

“The GA is not budging.” The rundi whispered, “They are asking the protesters to leave.”

Adam growled in frustration.

Behind him someone in the crowd pointed at him, “They’re saying no aren’t they!” Others took up the call, and soon enough the rest of the crowd had been alerted. Adam was forced to run back to support sunny as everything suddenly grew more intense.

Fights were breaking out on the left and the right.

People were hitting the ground as the guards were forced to stun them.

That only agitated the rest of the crowd who also began to buck and fight.

Adam keyed the mic for real this time filling the intervening space with his booming voice, “ALL OF YOU KNOCK IT OFF RIGHT NOW OR I WILL STUN YOU ALL.”

The aggression in the crowd died down, though the anger remained sizzling at the surface.

Overhead clouds passed over the sun, before him the crowd roared like a wave, and behind him the GA council chambers were as silent as a ghost town.

“LISTEN, QUIET DOWN ALL OF YOU.” it sort of felt as if he was floating. The world around him hardly seemed real though that was not the best way to explain it.

The crowd died down a bit, “You may not understand this! And I have said it before, but these are not humans. Protests don’t work on them. When they see a group of angry humans they get scared and when they get scared, they double down even further. I know it does not make any sense to you NOT to protest for what you believe in, but if you are going to do this, you MUST remain civil. Even now the GA is frightened by you. They don’t believe you are rational, and they are not going to listen to you if this keeps up.”

The crowd had quieted down to a milling sort of confusion.

“Then what should we do!” the shouting came from somewhere and in anger, though he couldn’t pinpoint the source.

IN frustration he nudged Sunny, and she allowed him to climb on her back as he had before.

The crowd could see him now, and he could see them for the most part.

He waved them down trying to cut off the others who had taken up the chant.

“I understand what you are trying to do, and I support your efforts, but you are only hurting ourselves. The GA can only be won by rational discussion.”

“The GA won't see any of our representatives.” One of the crowd’s people snarled.

The call was echoed

Adam stared at them in shock, “Are you serious.”

There was a muttering throughout the crowd.

“For fuck’s sake.” he muttered under his breath

“The Rudi think none of us are high ranking enough to be allowed into the council chambers, and none of the representatives will take up our cause. The human ambassador thinks we are disgusting, so she won’t do anything.”

The muttering through the crowd grew louder.

Adam looked around head turning to see all the angry faces, blushed with red, or streaked with tears.

These people were frustrated, and hurt, and he understood why.

This wasn’t right.

He closed his eyes again and took another deep breath.

What was he thinking?”

He stepped down from Sunny’s back and walked over to one of the protestors in the front row pointing to his large flag on a pole that was about eight feet tall.

“May I borrow your flag?”

The protester stared on at him in confusion, “What, why?”

“Because, I am going to give you the representative you need.”

***

Commander Vir and Sunny walked alone down the length of the GA outer courtyard.

A billowing white flag streamed lazily over his head suspended there by way of the pole which rested heavily on his shoulder. The white of the fabric had been marred now by many colors as hundreds of rushed signatures had been scrawled on its face.

He was armed with the backing of a thousand protesters, a hundred signatures, and more than a few dozen stories.

Sunny turned her head to look at him, and he fancied that maybe he saw an expression of pride in her eyes, though she didn’t say much except, “Pretty brave.”

He didn’t feel very brave, and as they walked through the front doors of the GA atrium his hand was shaking against the cold metal of the flagpole.

He was stopped by a pair of rundi guards on his way into the chamber, but was let in after they recognized who he was.

He could hear voices up ahead, and the sounds of the protest going on outside had all but died away, “They have proven that they cannot be civil, and based on the humanizing effect, we can assume they will do similar things to any non human lifeform that they encounter.”

“I may not agree with their decision counselor, but that sounds like your prejudice against humans is seeping through.”

There was an uproar in the council chamber.

He paused for a moment with Sunny just out of line of sight and took a deep breath.

She lay a hand on his shoulder.

“Here goes nothing.” he muttered before stepping his way out onto the GA floor.

At first no one noticed his presence as he made his slow way into the center of the circle, but his large, white flag soon changed that. The council chambers went silent.

The chairwoman stood, “Commander, what are you doing here. Shouldn’t you be taking care of the protesters.”

His lips drew into a thing line, “I am.”

He rammed the flagpole against the stone sending a loud cracking sound out and around the wide atrium silencing the council, “I have been made aware that you refuse to see their representatives based on a ranking issue, well I assume my rank is high enough.”

The Human rep leaned forward, “Commander, this is not your place.”

He shot her a look, ”Then whose place is it counselor.”

He turned his head in a wide arc at the watching crowd, “Counsel, you have known me, longer than you have known any human currently in this galaxy. You understand that I know your rules and your customs. You understand that I have only ever striven to protect and uphold the GA and the planet’s it encompass. I have thwarted wars, signed treaties, and broken my own body for your best interests.” There was silence about the room.

“Will you let me speak now, with the understanding that my loyalty has never wavered from you, and never will.”

The silence continued.

Aliens understood the power of human loyalty. Or at least they should.

The chairwoman took a seat, “Very well, commander.”

He lifted his head feeling his heart slow as he took a few deep breaths. There was a muscle in his face that had begun to twitch, like it always did if he was extremely angry or nervous , but he held it down, “I understand you are frightened, and I understand that you are confused, but I want you to know first of all that those people outside are good average people. They don’t mean you any harm. They are hurting, and they are afraid for themselves, and they are trying to get your attention. Historically, humanity has used protests to right the injustices of government to combat prejudices brought on by one’s sex or the color of their skin. You must understand that they see this as an impingement on their happiness and a decision made out of line.”

There was a murmur around the room .

“So I ask you now, that I may, perhaps, answer your questions and ease your worries. Why are you so against them?”

“It’s unnatural.”

It was the Bran representative that had spoken, and he did it quite emphatically.

“Why?” The commander asked

“Because they aren't even the same species.”

“So?”

The bran seemed caught off guard, “They…. It's not natural. They can’t reproduce, so it isn’t…. A thing that should be done.”

The commander shrugged, “So if one can’t reproduce then they aren't natural? I see a couple issues in that logic relating to prejudices against people with infertility.”

There was a murmur around the room.

“So they can’t reproduce, so what. You know who we can reproduce with though….. Adaptids.”

There was a sort of hushed exclamation form around the room.

The commander shrugged, “They can’t have kids…. Hardly a good enough argument to bring to the floor of a government discussion.”

“What he is trying to say is that this practice equates itself to bestiality.” It was the human representative this time, and she stared at him with her eyes narrowed in anger. He kept his cool though he very much did not like her.

“That is absolutely disgusting and wildly insulting of you because that implies that one or both parties are no better than animals, beasts as you will.” The room was silent, “So which one is it, are humans animals, counselor, are the Finnari animals.” He turned to the Drev counselor, “Are the Drev just dumb animals that have no understanding, and no decision making abilities.”

The Drev representative stood angrily cracking his spear against the stone, “We are most certainly not.”

The commander held up his hands, “Then what is so bestial about it? Bestiality is absolutely disgusting because you are taking advantages of a creature that can neither understand or protect itself form what you are doing. It cannot say yes, and it cannot say no. It has no greater understanding than that of a child, and so cannot make its own decisions.”

He looked towards the Finnari representative, “Tell me counselor, is your species a species of children, with no greater concept of their own decision making.”

“Of course not. Why would you even imply such a thing.”

“I imply nothing, counselor. This is what YOU imply with your decision. So far we have established that all parties are intelligent consenting creatures, and none of you have managed to give me an actually good reason for banning the practice.”

The floor was growing more agitated.

“They will be a poor example for the rest of the galaxy. If we make it legal others will surely follow.”

Adam turned his eyes on the speaker, an Iotin, “You’re worried that they are going to turn the rest of the galaxy extrial?” He laughed, “That is a poor argument which is not only selfish, but foolish. People should be allowed to make their own decisions. And assuming you are right, what then? Oh no…. There are a few more extrials….. And it does…. What exactly?” He turned in a wide circle, “If you are worried about population growth or in this case population falloff due to this issue then you should be reminded that extrials comprise a percentage of the human population so small that I could fit the greater majority of them on my ship comfortably. This occurrence is not common, and even if the numbers were to rise, it would not be of enough significance to cause issues .”

His heart was hammering hard inside his chest. He felt like he was doing alright, but that might mean nothing.

“In any event, these relationships do not affect the vast majority of the galaxy. Humans cannot be with the bran or the Rundi due to the water we shed from our skin. The grimm and the Iotins are out for similar reasons. Vrul and Gibb are incapable of having feelings for humans in that way, and both the Tvek and the Celzex are too different from humans for either party to be interested.”

He walked around in a circle allowing the flag to trail behind him, “Furthermore, the humanization phenomenon happens with or without romantic intent, and as it is, its mention is more a mark of prejudice on humans than it is an argument against the two groups being together.”

He left the floor open for a little while as the council muttered with each other.

Finally the Drev representative stood, “My species culture and our way of life has been upturned by the GA. I fear relationships with humans will result in the loss of our culture. We have already strayed far from what we originally were. We are hardly recognizable as Drev anymore.”

The commander let his voice soften, “I understand that the Drev have lost a lot in joining this….”

Sunny held up a hand, and in surprise he was cut off.

She took the floor, “Your Glory.” She said bowing her head, “If you upheld those ideals, you would not be sitting on this council.” The Drev pulled back in surprise at her words, “Yes, we lost a lot in joining the GA, and after the war, but I would argue that some of that was for good. Before the GA people like me, with perceived imperfection were cast into the fire and perceived as no better than animals. This practice still takes place on our planet, where these traditions are still alive and well.”

Her words made the room shift nervously, “However, culture changes and adapts, and it must to survive. We changed in order to live among the GA. We found other alternatives to fighting that still maintain our honor and our prowess in war, and this includes the sports that the humans have brought to us. Furthermore, the vast majority of the Drev I see who are with humans are those of us who would not be accepted by our own kind, perceived as ugly or malformed. If this is the case then your traditions remain sound, and those like me are removed from the mating population.”

The counselor almost looked ashamed at her words turning his head away so as not to look her in the eyes.

“As far as a change of culture goes it was bound to happen, and it seems you are more worried about change than you actually are about human drev relationships.”

She went quiet, and Adam nodded to her taking the floor again.

A finnair counselor stood, “I am simply worried about our birth rate. The Finnari were farmed by the Gnarlak for many years, and we are only now replenishing our population.”

“I don't think you need to worry. The amount of actual relationships is so small that it will not affect the Finnair population in any significant manner.” The representative sat back down with no real argument to combat him.

The chairwoman stood, “Your arguments have been heard commander, though, what the others do not mention is the issue of disease. We have seen a great increase of illness transmissible from humans to non humans and-”

“I hate to cut you off chairwoman, but that has a simple explanation, the rise in human tourism.”

She paused, “Explain.”

“You all know very well that humans are not allowed to leave their planet unless they are tested for all communicable non-treatable diseases. This means that those of us that you see here cannot physically pass our diseases off onto other people except for the germs that are found naturally on our skin. In this case these issues did not stem from relationships at all but poor vaccination, the poor regulation of tourism, and allowing aliens to travel onto earth where infected humans are located and not testing them as they leave.”

He looked on at them pleadingly, “You see. You don’t even have problems with them, but you are using them as a real scapegoat for the actual issues. And I am here to tell you that, in fact you are causing more problems by banning this. The more you push, the harder they will push back, and eventually someone is going to get hurt, because they are not allowed to be together legally they do it illegally, and because they do it illegally, they end up in dangerous places exposed to greater rates of crime. They get hurt, and they get involved in things they would otherwise not have gotten involved in if you had not banned it. Just look at Noctoplis. It has the highest rate of extrials living there and the lowest policing force and the most corrupted system. There are no legitimate jobs there, so we see an influx of crime by desperate people who won’t be accepted anywhere else. Not to mention that it increased the depression rates, which increases suicide rates. Your laws have ostracized them, forced them to become criminals, and turned many of them to think that killing themselves is better than living in a world where they are seen as disgusting when they don’t actually do any real harm.”

He had to take a deep breath, “Earth has seen all of this before, and one way or another, eventually someone will see what I am trying to say.” He rested the flag on the floor beside him feet planted at shoulder width.

“I hope that this rational conversation will allow a more open mind on the council. I encourage you to talk to their representatives. They are more rational and educated than I am, and they can give you hard facts and statistics. But please, they don’t want to cause trouble, if you allow them to do as they will, you might find these problems going away for you.”

The human representative clearly did not seem convinced, but he didn’t expect to convince her, he expected to convince the others who were more afraid than they were prejudiced.

“It seems as if we have some other potential policies to discuss, Commander.” The chairwoman said tapping her fingers on the table before her.

“I have a suggestion, ma’am.”

“And that is?”

“A temporary revocation on the ban, that way you can SEE what the universe will be like without it, and you can judge for yourself whether The ban does any good. You don’t have to overturn the law just yet, but temporarily suspend it, that way you can re institute at any time. THan you will have concrete proof. You can do testing, and poles and whatever else, but you would know for sure.”

His suggestion turned into a discussion, that dragged on for many minutes before the chairwoman raised her hand, “It has been decided, all in favor of this temporary proposal please indicate.”

The voting lights flashed above them.

Commander Vir waited.

*** He walked from the venue hours after he had entered exhausted.

The flag felt heavy in his hands and his boots thudded with exhaustion on the white marble below him.

Outside, the protest field was surprisingly silent, though he could still see their flags.

As he walked closer he could see that the vast majority of the crowd was sitting down. Thei voices reached him from a distance at first until he realized they were singing with each other.

Waiting for his verdict.

He was still a ways out when they spotted him.

A lone man and Drev walking form the building, the man wearing riot gear, a full helmet, a shield, and carrying their flag resting against his right shoulder.

The group of them began to stand rising to their feet and yelling.

Pointing in his direction.

They quieted as he got closer.

“What did they say! What did they say!”

He stayed quiet holding a hand in the air to silence them. He passed the flag to the original protester who looked on at him with such an expression of pleading that he felt his eyes tingle a bit with rising emotion.

He had to look away boosting himself onto sunny’s back keying his mic.

The crowd was silent.

“I spoke to the GA.”

They waited on tenterhooks , “And after a long debate, and a slim majority the GA have decided….”

Flags whipped in the wind, “To temporarily revoke the ban on inter-species relationships until a-”

He didn’t get to finish his sentence drown out by a powerful wave of noise and joy so overwhelming that he was nearly knocked backwards off his feet.

The crowd surged forward, and Sunny staggered as the group surrounded them pressing inward and upwards.

Adam found himself on the ground on his feet packed in by bodies enclosed by hundreds of pairs of arms slapped on the shoulder and the arm, as every person tried their best to get one hand on him.

The flag from earlier was ripped off its stand and pressed into his hands.

He was deafened by cheering and an outpouring of gratitude so profound he had simply never experienced such emotion.

He looked up at Sunny pressed in with him by the enthusiastic crowd.

And she nodded her head in approval.

He grinned.

He had to admit.

This felt pretty good.

Though, weather it was all over was a question for another time.

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wclfwest · 4 years

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(TOM HARDY / 40 / HE/HIM) – ( wolfgang west ) has been spotted in the castle. they said to originally be from ( brooklyn. new york ) and is often seen to be ( aggressive ) but seemingly ( ambitious ). After being in Wolfenstein for ( four years ), they’ve come to ( quietly rebel against ) the council in their own way. They work as ( commander of sector three ) and are known around these parts as ( the miscreant ). better watch your back with that one around.

A LIST OF (AT LEAST) 6 AESTHETICS FOR THIS CHARACTER: twin desert eagles, bloody knuckles, heavyweights, broken whiskey bottles, handcuffs, mommy issues.

THE SONG YOU SEE AS THIS CHARACTERS THEME: maniac by kid cuddi

Sup? Names Ryan and this is my boy Wolfgang or Wolf as he prefers to be called. I’ve had him for a couple years now and he’s one of my favorite characters so I’m super hype to be able to bring him here. Personality-wise, as you can probably guess from the headcanon’s I’ll be posting below, he’s a bit of a dick. He has no qualms about killing those that may get in his way so I don’t expect him to be liked by everyone. I don’t expect him to be liked, period. While I usually play him as the big man in charge, for this one, I’ve changed it up a bit. He’s not currently the big man up top but he’s looking to be which means despite being part of the council, he’s looking to overthrow it and get the ‘ole general out. He likes Wolfenstein but he thinks it could improve drastically, under his care of course. That said, the main thing I’ll be working on with him will be finding like-minded people who share his views and just have him work behind the scenes to reach his goals.

Lovers? He’s straight and if your character is up to get dicked down by the wolf then he’s not saying no but’s honestly, not huge on love interests unless there’s chemistry involved and even then it’s all just eh to me. Friends? He’s been at the compound for over four years so I’m sure he’s known. If you want to plot a friendship between my boy and your character then I’m up for it, just remember that he’s an asshole. Enemies? Sure, he’ll have a lot of those. In time, I do want someone to discover his former mob connections and his discharge and attempt to use it against him but that’s in time. After all that, open to anything and everything.

(AT LEAST) THREE HEADCANON:

TW: abuse, gore, violence

+ Integrity. It was a thing every soldier was supposed to have, an unwritten code they were all expected to follow. Soldiers were supposed to have integrity but when it came down to it, integrity didn’t pay the bills. When he’d first signed up, he’d gone into it with nothing but good intentions. He would proudly serve. He would bring honor to the job and serve it with the dignity it deserved. He would show everyone just how much he deserved the insignia he had pinned to his chest. He had planned to hold onto those values. He had planned on doing right but then life happens. The woman you care for gets tired of waiting around so she leaves you. The bills stack up while you’re on tour and once the tour ends you’re assed out cause while everyone says they want to help, there’s no one actually doing it. When it came down to it, Wolf had a choice. He could continue severing a country that didn’t give a damn about him when he wasn’t wearing their uniform or he could serve himself. Wolf chose to serve himself.

Finding willing clients the minute he went looking, it wasn’t hard to get his team roped into his act as they too were sick and tired of being paid pennies. Working their side hussle for a couple years, the jobs ranged from extortion, gun running, and even drug trafficking. If the client was willing to pay, Wolf was willing to do it. Nothing was ever too taboo. So into the money was he that if the offer was too good to pass up, even purposely botching a government-sanctioned mission was something the man was willing to do. In the end, it was his greed that got caught. While he himself would blame it on working too many missions back to back, the truth was you could fuck up but so many times before people started paying attention. He’d forgotten just how hard it was to get to where he’d been. A SEAL screwing up a mission? Unprecedented. A SEAL botching multiple missions? Either the man in charge was wildly incompetent or something was up and since a man in the SEAL’s wouldn’t be wildly incompetent, the powers that be deemed something to be up. Having been watching Wolf for up to a year, it was when the latest mission went up in smokes and earned not only the man himself a bullet in the stomach but his teammate’s various wounds as well that they decided to step in.

Waking up in a hospital surrounded by his superiors, Wolf was given two options. He could accept a dishonorable discharge, spend five years behind bars and allow them to sweep all of his bad deeds under the rug or they could go along with their year-long investigation into his dirty deeds, they could air all of his dirty laundry to the press and while they themselves would get dragged through the mud so would he, so would his family, so would his friends and so would their families and in due time not only would he wind up in jail but so would his team as well. Seeing no other way out of it, Wolf decided to get hauled off to jail. Why drag everyone else down when it could just be him?

+ The mob was easy enough to fall into. He had the skills necessary, and he was willing. After jail, the majority of his assets had been seized. Left with nothing and no way to rebuild, the money they offered him was more than welcome. At first, it had started with extortion. Knock a few people on their ass, collect your money owed. Easy work and an easy way to build up trust. As time went on he went from simple beat ‘em up jobs, to the real pay. Turns out being a killer for hire wasn’t much different from being a soldier. You get your orders, you shoot who you need to shoot and then you get the hell out of dodge and leave your mess for others to clean up. For Wolf, it was simple. Kill and get paid. Don’t kill and don’t get paid. Needing to make a living for himself, he wasn’t about to not be paid. In time, having proved himself to be a loyal enough man, he went from being an occasion associate of the mob to being hired full time. Taken on as the personal bodyguard to one of the big boys, work for Wolf became a hell of a lot easier and a lot more lucrative.

Following the family around and basically acting as a glorified babysitter, it was while on a so-called ‘family’ vacation with his charge that the world ended. Zombies became a thing, his charge had his neck ripped out in front of him, and the family he was supposed to be protecting? They wound up having their innards torn out. With no one left to protect and no reason to stick around, Wolf got the hell out of dodge. Having read enough comics back in his youth to put two and two together, knowing he had a better chance of surviving if he stayed out of civilized places, Wolf used the skills he’d learned while serving to survive out in the wilderness. Keeping himself away from civilized places, it was pure luck that Wolf came upon Wolfstein. Though the castle was hard to miss, he had believed it to be abandoned and as such, he’d avoided it. It wasn’t till times had grown particularly hard that he thought to give it a chance and upon doing so, he then found his new home.

+ Momma’s boy. You’d expect a guy like Wolf to have a tough life. You take a look at the guy and you’d expect the hard-ass father or absent father story. You’d glance at him and expect the dead mommy cliche or the druggie mom background. Whether he likes it or not, he’s got the face of a guy that’s had it hard. The type of face you’d see and automatically know you couldn’t push some sob story onto cause they’ve already seen it and lived it. To some extent, people’s assumptions of Wolf aren’t wrong. He did have a hard life. While his father was around, the man did have a habit of knocking his son around. It was expected. People don’t willingly sign up for an elite military program at the age of eighteen unless they’re running from something. Mr. West? He was certainly worth running away from. However, it wasn’t all bad. After every hit, after every bruise or black eye came a soothing hand to make it all better. Every time his father knocked him down, there was always someone there to pick him back up,

She was his world. She’s his only regret. When the deal came there was no chance to say goodbye, He’d been away from home and they weren’t going to take him back to say his goodbyes. He got some cuffs, and then he was placed behind bars. From there it was shame that kept her from visiting. He needn’t assume that it was that, she’d told him so herself. Gracing him with but one phone call during the five years he was locked behind bars, it was in that call that she aired all of her grievances. Perhaps she’d known her time was drawing near and she hadn’t wanted to leave the world without having said her piece but his mother had made sure to let her child no just how she felt before she’d taken her last breath. Losing her while locked up, he couldn’t even attend the funeral. When he got out and attempted to pay his respect what remained of his family snubbed him and refused to tell him her location. His mother had left the world ashamed of him, and hating him. It’s that thought that haunts him. He can never make it right. He can never fix that wrong.

+ Living in a broken world there’s a lot of things people crave. Good food, shelter, good sex, maybe some booze but above all it’s companionship. Wolf wanted a friend. A true friend. A true companion and it was by pure chance that he found it in Surge. Finding the Dogo Argentino was in his eyes pure luck. Blessing’s from God weren’t a thing in his book. No god would allow the world to turn to such shit and no god in their right mind would do him a solid so finding Surge? Luck. Sooner or later he was just bound to have his coin land on heads and finding Surge just happened to be that moment. If there’s anything in this world the former SEAL has come to love, whose life holds just as much value to him as his own it’s Surge. The dog eats before him, he gets pampered first, and if there’s ever a situation where his pup’s life was in danger, Wolf wouldn’t hesitate to jump in front just to save that dog’s life. The apocalypse is hard. It’s easy enough to survive once you get the hang of it but Wolf wasn’t truly living too he met his dog.

+ Everyone has something that defines them. Everyone has something or another other’s use to identify them with and for Wolf, it’s his classic desert eagles. They were his weapon of choice before the apocalypse and even now when most are using the same firearms as a way to make things easier, he continues to use his pair of eagles. They’re a comfort to him. The hefty weight in his hand. The general feel. He couldn’t see himself using anything else. He’d prefer to never have to use anything else and as long as he continues to secure his own ammunition for the gun, he sees no other reason to stop using what’s most comfortable for himself.

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stressedasalways · 6 years

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Not Like The Movies (4/8)

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Reader

Words: 4K

Story Summary: Today was just a bad day. The simple mission had gone south. What started as an easy data extraction ended with you clutching your side trying not to bleed out. And who should come to your rescue but the reclusive Avenger himself.

Story Warning(s): swearing, mentions of blood. All the Fluff

A/N - As always thanks for all the support

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You. Hated. PT.

And by default you hated Emma. You hated her cheery face, you hated her happy voice and you really really hated how she kept making you do things that made you want to cry.

“I don’t care that you hate me or my cheery voice, and your tears only fuel me.” she laughed.

“Shit, I didn’t realize I said that out loud.” you huffed.

Day 1 of physical therapy was horrible. Emma needed to get your baselines on everything so she knew what needed to improve. She wouldn't take for your word for it that you already knew the answer was everything.

Now she was just helping you stretch it out, pushing you to your limit while being mindful of your injury.

Bucky had sent a message in the morning that he was being called to prep for a mission. Although slightly disappointed you weren’t really all that surprised. You knew Bucky was truthful in both his excuse and his promise to try and make it when he could. It was probably for the best he missed this one as you felt like the entire 2 hours were just you grimacing.

You made a quick stopover at the common kitchen to grab a quick snack before heading back to your room. You couldn't help if your steps slowed just a little as your passed by the Avengers elevator. But of course as expected, nothing happened.

Once you got the stink of PT and tears off you in the shower you finally got ready to head back into work for an hour or two. Black pants, button up shirt, hair in a tight bun, glasses on, and the miraculously conformable boots you managed to find that were still deemed work appropriate.

When you made it to your area you saw your desk was covered in post it notes welcoming you back.

“Thanks guys!” you said to the room, while settling in and getting ready to catch up.

Thankfully your email wasn’t the disaster it could be. You had access while you were off so you managed to stay on top of it while forwarding projects to co-workers.

“Agent L/N.” your boss Agent Peele said as he made his way over to your desk.

“Sir.”

“Glad to see you back, I know your just easing in, but can we steal you for a mission brief?” he handed over his tablet to you.

You did a quick scan, “Looks pretty standard, don’t need any feet on the ground. We could do it with a small team here. Maybe two just to be safe with me available to be called.”

“Excellent. The briefings in 10 in conference room C if you wouldn’t mind.”

“Absolutely sir.”

You stood up doing a quick scan of the room, “Mendez, Lee” The two agents heads popped up from behind their screens. “We have a mission, big briefing in 10, walk with me while I get you up to speed.

Okay, looks like the team is checking out a possible old Hydra base somewhere in Bulgaria. Wheels up for the away team at 1800. They should be there by 2300. Once this meetings over you guys are off the clock. Go home, nap, eat do what you need to do. Honestly I doubt we are going to be needed. The last time they hit a base with these parameters there was no data to be mined. But in case they do, you guys need to be here and ready to help them. I’ll be on call and will stop by when they are wheels down to make sure everything is good.”

“Feels like you never left.” Mendez joked as you all walked quickly to the conference room.

The room was large with a long conference table in the centre. It had about 15 chairs around it, and then behind on the wall there were a line of chairs. You and your team sat there.

Within a few minutes the room was bursting with people. The usual faces. Maria Hill came and sat at the head of the table, busily flicking her tablet as the large screens around the room came to life.

Sam, Wanda and Bucky then walked in. Guess this was the mission he was working on. You saw him sweep the room quickly and his eyes did a slight double take when he saw you. You adjusted your glasses and tried to not smirk as you went back to focusing on the new data that Hill had begun to push to all the tablets.

He sat with his back to you, and you wondered if the asshole had done it on purpose. Now he didn’t have to see you at all, but you were stuck with his head in your view at all times.

These briefings were usually pretty boring. Especially when your team was working from on compound. Every team had their mission heads as well as whoever else would be helping with them. So comms had a team, the Avengers were ops, Maria was in charge and she also represented any other agents that may be joining as backup. There was the analysis team who went over the lay of the land, possible issues that could affect the mission etc.

Sam did the speaking for the Avengers. Sometimes Wanda would comment, but as usual Bucky was quiet.

Your team was one of the last to speak, just as everyone knew you were only there for a slim possibility.

“Agent L/N, glad to have you back.” Maria drew the attention to you.

“Thank you Agent Hill, glad to be back.” you stood up quickly activating your tablet to push your reports to everyone. “Tech is only here as pure backup. If we were to base this mission on the ones similar in the past, I can almost guarantee our team won’t be called up. But, we are ready if needed. Agent Mendez and Agent Lee with be working with the comms team and ready to go once the team is on the ground. They will be available until wheels up or until the ops team says they are not needed. I’ll be with them at wheels down and will be available for the mission duration if needed.”

Bucky didn’t even turn around when you spoke. Chicken shit.

Soon the meeting was over and everyone was beginning to clear out. You turned to Mendez and Lee. “I want you guys in mission control at 2200, I will stop by closer to landing.” They both nodded and made their way out.

The room cleared surprisingly quickly, none of them even taking notice that you and Bucky were pretending to be reading things on your tablets.

“You wear glasses? You really are a nerd aren’t you?” You heard him snicker.

“Hey now! I have to wear them cause I stare at computer screens all day.” you said as you looked up, he had finally swiveled his chair around so he could face you.

“You look...different.” he struggled, but you could tell it was more shock than anything else.

“Well sweats and jeans and t-shirts are fine and dandy for everyday life, but this,” you sweep a hand up and down yourself, “Is how a boring respectable agent of shield dresses.”

“You could never be boring.”

You noticed he made no effort to get up from his seat, even alone this was too public for his liking.

“Will I see you before you leave?”

He sighed, “Probably not, I need to load up the quinjet.”

“You stay safe out there, no getting shot, that's my shtick.” You got up and grabbed his hand as you walked away, giving it a slight squeeze as you continued to walk out of the room.

You spent another hour at your desk, finding yourself diving deeper into the paperwork for the mission. You were being ridiculous, you knew this. He was the freaking winter soldier. He would be fine. This mission was a glorified dummy check. In reality the chances of them finding anything, ANYTHING, was so slim to none. But when it came to Hydra no chances could be taken, so all of these apparent dead ends were always given their full sweep.

You gave Agent Peele a nod as you left the office for the day. Hoping to get some rest yourself before you needed to check in with your team later tonight. God, you wished you could get rid of the stupid nervous butterflies in your stomach.

These missions were done almost weekly. Prior to you being off you ran about 5 of them a month. The Avengers were not going to leave a stone unturned, and you got used to them being just another tedious job that equaled more paperwork than anything of interest.

But that was before. The last mission, was also supposed to be like that. You weren’t even originally supposed to be on the ground. It started the same way as today's, a fully on compound mission for you and your team.

**************Before “That Mission”**************

2 hours before wheels up new intel was received and suddenly you were being called in by Agent Peele and Maria Hill. Now, that wasn’t actually all that odd. New intel was not unheard of, and sometimes when time was short it was easier to just send more bodies than delay the mission to reconfigure all the mission parameters.

You were good at your job. Damn good. Which was why when these situations came up it was pretty common for you to be called to join the away team. You loved going on missions. Well, at least the kind of missions you and your team were called to.

The danger was always remarkably slim, you were always second entry, and you always felt like a freaking badass. You got to put on a tac suit and be with the full ops team as they got ready. You would never admit it, but that was the coolest way to see the Avengers. Usually only a few would be on the type of missions you were lucky enough to go on, but there was something so cool to walk into the hanger and see them fully suited up. It was how they were supposed to be seen, in full hero mode. Not in the way you usually saw them, stuck in briefings and working on reports, eyes squinting at computer screens.

That mission was more the same. The original briefing had been standard. You actually couldn’t even remember Bucky in the room. I mean, clearly he was, he was part of that mission. But, he just wasn’t something you were focusing on. In fact, you clearly remember keeping your eye on Romanoff and Barton as they were always whispering back and forth and snickering. Their relationship was a huge source of gossip around the compound and you always found yourself drawn to semi eavesdropping on them when you got the chance.

Funny how that was. Bucky was in that room, probably right beside one of them, and your brain had totally just disregarded his presence. Not knowing that 12 hours later he would be saving your life, and changing it completely.

“Agent L/N some new intel has been uncovered. I won’t exaggerate. It’s old as fuck and probably completely inaccurate but we can’t risk it.” Maria quickly said.

You nodded.

“If any of their servers are still there, which we all agree is slim, it appears they may be locked by a very similar firewall to the one you brokedown in Latvia.” Peele said.

“So we want you on the ground with a team ready to go. How many people will you need?” Maria asked, you could see she was already thinking ten steps from this and ready for this conversation to be done.

“It’s a pretty large base, lets try for me and 5 others? Just to cover the ground quickly. Last time we had a mission with a viable server the ops team didn’t even see it. My team is better at spotting them, and I don’t want to be wandering the halls for hours if I can help it.”

“Agreed. Get your team together and get ready. I’ll update ops and comms.” And just like that Maria Hill and Peele were gone.

You walked briskly to your department. It was later in the afternoon and a few people had already gone home for the day. “Mendez, Lee,Davis…” you called for the agents you had done ground missions with before. Everyone else was new blood. Well no time like the present to get their feet wet. “Hamilton and Sharpe, come with me now.”

You pulled them into the small meeting room and starting pushing the new intel to their tablets. “Okay, change in plan. We are no longer on compound for today’s mission. This intel is probably shit, we are probably going for nothing other than to get some steps on our fitbits, but we are going. This place is huge so it's going to be the six of us to cover more ground.” You nodded to the senior agents so they could be dismissed. None of you were planning on going on mission, so what should have been an evening with time to nap and relax before needing to be on comms was now under 100 minutes away from being on a quinjet.

“I know this is your guys first time going on mission so I’ll walk you through it. Let’s go to get you guys in gear and get your comms signed out.” You could see the excited nervousness on their faces. “You’ll have plenty of time to read up on everything on the plane so don’t worry about that. The ops team goes in first and does the full sweep. It's usually a good hour after landing before we are allowed to enter. Just because we know there will be nothing there doesn't mean we don’t do this right. Me and the others will likely go in solo to cover more ground. But since it's your guys first time I want you partnered together. You find anything you call me immediately. Nothing is done without me. Got it?”

“Yes Ma’am” - “Yes Agent”

They both said at the same time as you started to walk out, motioning for them to follow. So much for going to bed early tonight. Hopefully you could grab some caffeine before you got on the jet.

The energy was always high for the second entry team on a mission. It was something new and exciting so the area of the quinjet where we all sat was usually buzzing. You wanted nothing more than to get some sleep, but always felt you couldn’t, especially when leading the team. The ops guys always seemed to be able to do whatever they want. If they wanted to eat, sleep, listen to music, zone out, it was all deemed acceptable. Whatever helped get them into the zone before the mission.

You looked down at your watch. The ops team had been in there for about 30 minutes. You should be getting your clearance to go in, in maybe 30 more? If it takes an hour to sweep this building you could be in the air in 90 minutes. Going home was always more quiet and more acceptable for people to break off and sleep. Come on Y/N. Two more hours and you can be blissfully asleep.

If only….

************ Present Day *******************

You found you couldn’t sit still back in your apartment. You hadn’t bothered to change out of your work clothes even though you had plenty of time until you needed to make your appearance in mission control.

Your tablet beeped. Wheels were up, mission was a go. Still you just sat. Waiting.

You headed to mission control at 2230. Mendez and Lee were already there, plugged in with comms and ready to go.

You looked at all the screens, everything was still on track. On the other side of the room you could hear people talking to the team, but there was too much chatter to make anything out. So you sat in your chair and tried your best to keep your professional face on.

2 hours later and it was clear there was nothing there.

“L/N” Mendez pulled you out of your thoughts. “Well, you were right, it’s nothing, I’m sure we are going to get the all clear to pack up soon. Why don’t you take off.”

You looked at your watch, it was late, and normally you would have never stayed this long. You could think of no reason to stay, and you knew you’d be updated by your tablet anyway. You gave a quick nod to them as well as a few other agents who caught your eye as you got up.

You lay in your bed just staring at the ceiling. Finally a beep of your tablet called to you. Wheels were up, the team was compound bound. Finally your stomach stopped doing flips and you could let sleep take over.

The next morning even though you were utterly exhausted, you got into your gym clothes and made your way down. Today you weren’t working with Emma directly, but she had a workout routine she wanted you to keep up with. You stepped on the treadmill and turned your volume way up, music was the only way to make this semi bearable.

After a few songs you were pulled from your head by the feeling of your earbud being ripped from your ear.

“Hey, what the hell?” you looked back and was shocked to see the smirk of Bucky beside you.

“I did try to get your attention, you were ignoring me.”

“To be fair I was ignoring the world. I’m surprised you're awake, when did you even get back?”

“A few hours ago, but I slept on the quinjet. Don’t worry I’m good. So today is cardio? How much time did Emma want?”

“An hour, I’m almost done.” you lied.

He leaned over to read your display. “You’ve only been on here for 10 minutes! I’m your gym buddy, I’m supposed to motivate you remember.”

It was then you heard the distinctive sounds of Rogers using his special punching bag. Which then caused you to finally really look at Bucky, he was in shorts and a t-shirt. His hands already taped up to do some hits.

“You’re here to workout?” you said with a smile.

“Well, it was what you bargained for was it not?” and he gave you a delectable grin. “Me and Steve will be a few hours, but you don’t leave this machine until it says 60 minutes. I’ll meet you for a late lunch?”

You nodded, wondering how obnoxious it would be for you to change to a machine with a better view.

You made your way to the Avengers elevator, waiting for Bucky to come down to get you. But when the doors opened there was no one in the elevator.

“Oh my god….” you whispered as you walked inside, all at once the doors closed and you were playfully tackle-hugged by Bucky as he placed a kiss against your cheek.

“You will not give up the dream of F.R.I.D.A.Y letting you up will you?”

“I’m telling you, she gets me.”

When you arrived to the common room you made your way to one of the island chairs outside the kitchen. It immediately gave Bucky pause.

“You okay? You’re not running over to your true love?” his head nodding towards Stark’s drink machine.

“Sorry.” you sighed absently scratching your head. “Been a bit off today.”

He came up behind you and pulled your back tight into his chest. His chin resting on the top of your head.

“This helps.” you whispered.

“Yeah?” You pulled away and turned so you were facing him before pulling yourself back into his chest.

“Yeah.”

He let you stay like that for a long while as his fingers swirled on your back. “It was because it was your first day back yesterday? The mission?”

“I guess.” He pulled you two apart, grabbing your hands and taking you towards his suite. You followed without question as he lead you to his room. He pulled the pillows up against the headboard quickly and motioned for you to sit and get comfy. You gave him a look but he was soon leaving the room.

His bed did look mighty comfortable, so you sat down and pulled yourself flush to the pillows in his makeshift couch.

“F.R.I.D.A.Y can I access my netflix from here?” you asked the AI

The TV turned on and the Parks and Rec episode you had fallen asleep to a few days to ago came up on the screen.

A few minutes later Bucky returned, he was balancing a tray with quite a few drinks on it, as well as a tub of Ben and Jerry’s. His other hand held a bag and you could see the label of cookies just peeking out.

“I know you love to press the buttons, but given the circumstances I figured you would allow me.” He placed the drinks on the bedside table beside you, he had made a few of the drinks you had said were your favourites so far. He then went back to the other side of the bed - his side now - and got comfy beside you, arranging the cookies and other snacks he had brought as well as placing the ice cream between you, with two spoons.

“How did I get so lucky?” you asked him.

‘Because you got shot?” he tried to banter with your usual tone, almost as a test. But it was clear he already knew.

“Yeah….I did.” you sighed, no humour in your voice.

“Talk to me.”

“It was just...nothing...but everything you know?” He nodded encouraging you to continue to talk. “I wasn’t in my office for a whole 40 minutes before I’m being pulled into leading a team in a mission meeting. And I kicked its ass, but I was on autopilot. And then you were there, and you were going, and even though I knew it was an easy mission suddenly I was second guessing it. And the last mission I could go off of….” you trailed off.

“Is when you got shot.” he finished for you. A fact.

“It just all came flooding back, nothing significant, but suddenly it was there. I thought that mission was going to be just like the 17 others like that I had done. Walk through, walk out, call it a night. But instead I got complacent. I lost sight of what we were actually doing, where we were. I almost paid for that. It could have been so much worse.” You wiped a few tears away quickly.

He wrapped his arm around you pulling you in close. “Don’t blame yourself. You are allowed and expected to feel this way. Honestly I’m surprised it took you this long.”

You looked to him with surprise.

“Dealing with our mortality is a very unfortunate part of this job, and as absolutely fun as it was to joke and flirt about it. We both know what happened to you was really fucking scary. We are allowed to try and make light of it, cause hell doll what else are we supposed to do. But don’t feel ashamed for a second when you need to let the real emotions through.”

Your curled into him, allowing his body and smell to make you feel safe. You stayed like that for a while before realizing your leg was really cold. You pulled away seeing the ice cream between your bodies.

“I think we killed the ice cream.” you laughed.

“Well now it's just a milkshake.”

PART 5

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operagheist-blog · 7 years

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APOLLO’S LYRE. haha let’s talk about what the heck is physiologically or psychologically / neurologically wrong with erik, because i have a heckton of theories. PSYCHOLOGICAL CATEGORIES HERE.

ok first off, this shit all went down in the 1800s, so there was a lack of knowledge of modern medicine because it’s MODERN MEDICINE; i just want to clear that up, first. i’ll address shit in sections as follows: PHYSIOLOGICAL ISSUES, facial deformity & plausible causes. possible co-morbid illnesses or symptoms due to plausible causes of deformity. physiological capabilities & deficiencies / finding logical & plausible things in this category. effects of morphine on the human body, withdrawal symptoms, plausible causes of death via physiological complications compounded with addiction. part 2 will address PSYCHOLOGICAL / NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES, a brief overview of learning & memory. classical conditioning overview & its importance to erik’s aversion to touch initiated by another. operant conditioning overview & its importance to erik’s decision making process. stimulus / response / outcome generalization vs. discrimination of external / environmental cues, how his actions & thought processes have been affected in this manner. an overview of personality psychopathology & displayed symptoms / plausible diagnoses ft. the DSM V. emotional instability theories. opiates, endogenous opioids ( endorphins ), brief overview dopamine’s effect on biochemistry of the brain, brief clinical overview of dopamine in relativity to schizophrenic traits. morphine’s effect on brain chemistry overview + withdrawal effects on the mind. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO:

PHYSIOLOGICAL CATEGORIES

THE FACIAL DEFORMITY + CONCLUSIVE CAUSE FOR THIS SPECIFIC PORTRAYAL.

i’m going to start this with LEAD POISONING while erik’s mom was pregnant because uh yeah. lead is a hazardous substance that should be avoided at all times. it is particularly important to avoid when pregnant as it is passed freely from mother to child via the placenta. the primary sources of lead exposure are contaminated soil, lead-based paint & occupational exposure. the risk of lead exposure also arises from the handling of crystal, ceramics, scented candle wicks, plastic handle grips & arts & crafts materials also contain lead. even drinking water can be contaminated from leaded pipes. some birth defects that can be caused by lead exposure during pregnancy include* ( with bolded things applicable ) skin tags & other skin markings / undescended testicles in males / shortened gestation / premature delivery / low birth weight / premature rupture of fetal membranes (PROM) / spontaneous abortion / miscarriage / neurological damage / developmental delays [ source ] it’s the 1800s, did they even kNOW about the hazards of lead? lead pipes were a thing, i’m fairly certain, if it could be in the soil, that could impact things. lead paint was an issue when my parents were buying a new house when i was little ( i’m 23 ), people still check for lead paint. with all of that, this is honestly one of the main things i’ll be including as a cause for the visible deformity.

the second cause that i’ll incorporate is MERCURY POISONING during his mother’s pregnancy, however, this is less of the cause, but sure as heck didn’t help. knowledge about the extreme vulnerability of the fetus to methylmercury began with the minamata bay, japan experience [...] a chemical company released mercury into minamata bay & polluted the bay heavily [...] the released mercury was methylated in the aquatic food chain leading to high levels of mercury in fish [...] the local population consumed high amounts of the fish. eating the fish, pregnant mothers did not only burden themselves, but methylmercury was transferred in utero to the fetus. this caused severe neurological complex symptoms & severe birth defects. while the mothers were usually without symptoms of mercury poisoning, their babies were born severely damaged with microcephaly, cerebral palsy, severe mental retardation, seizure disorders, blindness, deafness, & other malformations. depending on the dose & timing of exposure during gestation, the effects may be severe and immediately obvious, or subtle & delayed, the newest findings from long-term cohort studies suggest that the cardiovascular system is also at risk—with increased incidence of high blood pressure & decreased heart rate variability as methylmercury exposure increases. the full expression of these health effects of methylmercury can be delayed & deficits are often irreversible. [ source ] THE MOTHERS USUALLY WERE WITHOUT SYMPTOMS, so if mother dearest isn’t displaying anything of the sort, how could anyone know about what the heck could go wrong in the pregnancy?

MIND YOU, i’ve seen a lot of the whole erik fretting about it being genetic; that’s completely understandable even if it isn’t a possibility ( or if the possibility is slim af ), because I REALLY DOUBT ERIK KNEW ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF THIS, EITHER, SINCE I’M PRETTY SURE IT WASN’T STUDIED ( see: mad hatters were called as such because they made their hats shiny with MERCURY ).

CO-MORBIDITY FACTORING IN HEADCANONED CONCLUSION + IMPACT ON PHYSIOLOGY, DEFICIENCIES IN SOME AREAS & THINGS THAT PROBABLY AREN’T AFFECTED AT ALL.

mmmm ok so uh even in leroux’s canon, erik still is quite capable of physical activity, despite other issues, kay’s erik has more notable health complications, because morphine. stage & 04 movie erik? do you know how much physical capability it takes to do whatever the fuck he must be doing when he’s doing basically probably the equivalent of stage rafter parkour, also here is a pbs thing on how hard it actually is to break someone’s neck. tldr, that shit isn’t easy, so the co-morbid effects likely aren’t fucking up with his muscular system in a way that would impair activity. something that likely has been affected is his nervous system, particularly sensory neurons. erik is in pain, that’s why he’s taking morphine. the issue might not be the muscular system, but then there’s the question of pain tolerance without morphine. now, being in pain does not mean that he’ll react in a way that would show that he’s in physical pain — likely, this is something he’s learned to suppress ( the reaction to physical pain ). tldr; he dodged muscular system issues from the lead / mercury combo what a miracle, but his nervous system might’ve taken a hit.

MORPHINE EFFECTS + WITHDRAWAL + A REALLY HALFASSED PLAUSIBLE PHYSIOLOGICAL DEATH

morphine is a painkiller that acts upon the central nervous system, morphine may be used in medical situations such as: painkilling — morphine is used primarily to treat both acute & chronic severe pain. it is also used for pain due to myocardial infarction and for labor pains [...] concerns exist that morphine may increase mortality in the setting of non ST elevation myocardial infarction. morphine has also traditionally been used in the treatment of acute pulmonary edema [...] shortness of breath — immediate-release morphine is beneficial in reducing the symptom of shortness of breath due to both cancer and noncancer causes. in the setting of breathlessness at rest or on minimal exertion from conditions such as advanced cancer or end-stage cardiorespiratory diseases, regular, low-dose sustained-release morphine significantly reduces breathlessness safely, with its benefits maintained over time. opioid use disorder — morphine is also available as a slow-release formulation for opiate substitution therapy (OST) in austria, bulgaria, & slovenia, for addicts who cannot tolerate either methadone or buprenorphine ( but, this is modern, so ignore this ). [ source ]

here are some signs & symptoms or morphine abuse, relevant things are bolded: symptoms that a person may have taken too much morphine. shallow breathing - it may feel like the person’s chest is barely moving and there may be few breaths each minute / feeling faint or dizzy / confusion / low blood pressure, especially when a person is also taking other medications that cause a drop in blood pressure / constricted pupils / loss of normal muscle tension / cardiac arrest / cold & clammy skin / circulatory collapse / coma. LET’S GO REFER TO KAY’S CANON, which is where the morphine addiction really comes into play — erik has a slew of problems from that & i’ll bet he dies due to cardiac arrest. i think he’s also been noted to be colder to the touch but i’m not absolutely sure. basically these things are signs of overdose. here are some withdrawal symptoms, relevant things still bolded , italics are plausible: ( a person using morphine according to a doctor’s instruction can still become addicted to the drug, sometimes in as little as a few weeks. if a person tries to discontinue use, they will manifest some or all of these signs of withdrawal that are common to opiates: sweating / chills / tearing eyes / runny nose / restlessness / muscle aches / backache / dilated pupils / irritability / trouble sleeping / high blood pressure / rapid heart rate / vomiting / diarrhea / stomach cramps. SO UH, yeah. erik’s fucked [ source ].

OK HERE’S THE DEATH ANGST PART I AM SO SORRY. again, for my sanity & continuity, i write during plot erik between the ages of 35 & 39. factoring in travels & or circus show things & the incorporated architect’s apprentice part, the circus would be the early childhood years through at most his early teen years. his apprenticeship likely covers from his mid teen years to his early to mid twenties. the persia experience then would be his mid twenties to at most thirty, because shit went down & he had to flee. that leaves between 5 & 9 years of being the opera ghost. most likely, he’s closer to 39, especially since christine is supposed to be like 16 during the main plot & she arrives when she was 7 (?). note, erik likely fell in love with her more due to the fact that he somewhat got to know her; she probably confided in her angel of music about various things. the less innocent nature of the attraction probably wasn’t a thing until she was at least 13 or 14, giving him him 6 or 7 years to get to know her, assuming he’s 39 ( which gives 9 years of getting 30,000 francs a month or some shit + opera ghost-ing etc. ). i previously wrote about the life expectancy when erik was born, which was in the thirties at birth & if the child lived past ten, reached the fifties. i also noted that the life expectancy in 1910 when leroux published the novel was on average 51. now, let’s go back to when erik would’ve even had access to opiates, which i’m going to assume was persia. let’s say he arrives in persia at the age of 26 & works for the shah until shit goes down when he’s 30. & has access to opiates somewhere in that range of time ( quite possibly very soon after he arrived ). opium is said to have been used for recreational purposes from the 14th century onwards in muslim societies. ottoman & european testimonies confirm that from the 16th to the 19th centuries anatolian opium was eaten in constantinople as much as it was exported to europe [...] turkey supplied the west with opium long before china & india [...] extensive textual & pictorial sources also show that poppy cultivation & opium consumption were widespread in safavid iran & mughal india. even today, iran ( persia ) has very easy access to opium, where it is less expensive than beer [ source ]. ok ok so, i’ll give him the benefit of the doubt, but even if the addiction began at the end of his time in persia, & a person can end up addicted in as little as a few weeks, that’s still 10 or so years of addiction. so, factoring in withdrawal ( say, he somehow doesn’t have access to it, imports to europe don’t line up etc ) or the possibility of overdose, it’s unlikely that erik would live past his mid forties & this is disregarding psychological factors.

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9 BIZARRE TRUTHS BEHIND CHILI PEPPERS

(Because 10 is getting overrated.)

Chillies, more commonly known as chili peppers are commonly used additions toalmost every meal to flavor it. But what are the benefits of adding these spicy, dried fruits to our dishes?

1. MAY HELP WITH CANCER:

Yes, this is controversial but I honestly think chilli peppers preventing cancer outweighs the possibility of it causing cancer. To break it down, chillies have their characteristic pungent and hot taste because of a compound called Capsaicin. Certain studies have showed that capsaicin promotes a process of cell death called apoptosis - meaning, cell death of the cancer cells, and thereby can mitigate the spread of cancer.But there is also speculation of how the capsaicin compound can be an irritant and increase the malignancy of cancerous tissue.

However, to conclude, adding a little chilli pepper to your diet should do you more good than harm.

2. ZERO CALORIE FOOD:

Okay come on, you can't tell me that didn't make you a little interested! Yeah, that's right! Zero calories, baby! Who cares about cancer!? So, now you know, adding chilli peppers to your cuisine is not disrupting any diet. In fact, what I'm going to tell you next might wanna make you consider it a little harder - Studies have shown that chillies can help in WEIGHT LOSS. Yes, you read that right. And here's the science behind it: Capsaicin is a thermogenic chemical. As in, when you eat a spicy chilli, it increases your body temperature. How does your body temperature increase? Because you just BURNED CALORIES. So, ta-da!

3. KNOWN TO PROVIDE PAIN RELIEF:

This is one of the most well-known and important benefits of chilli peppers - curing pain. Many pain-relieving products manufactured today invariably have capsaicin - creams, gels, pills. Capsaicin is proved effective in curing pain associated with arthritis, muscle sprains, muscle strains, allergies, headaches and pain from ulcers. What's the science? So, there is this chemical that sends pain messages to the brain - that's why you go, 'Ahh!' when something hurts somewhere. Capsaicin reduces said signal.

Another way it helps is by the theory of "keep-doing-it-till-they-get-tired-of-stopping-you." What I mean is this - you know that burning feel you get when you bite into a chilli that had camouflage abilities 10/10 with your food and you went crazy for the next 10 minutes no matter how much water you chugged? Yeah, so that happens because capsaicin first thing inside your system binds with certain heat receptors that respond with pain signals once they receive heat signals. That make sense? Over time, if you keep consuming chillies anyway, these receptors become numb to the signal. Next time something actually hurts, guess what? The receptors are still numb to the pain and you just got away with it.

4. IS GOOD FOR A BAD DIGESTIVE TRACT:

Okay, okay! Everyone's saying,"Hey! Chilli and spicy food is not good if you've got stomach issues, man! C'mon! Eat up this bland cereal for 2 days!" But listen up: that ain't it. That's not facts. It's like when everyone was going 'Napoleon was short',when the dude was a 5'7. Peppers stimulate gastric juices and help soothe gastro-acidity, diarrhea and upset stomachs. And again, contrary to popular belief - chilli peppers are NOT BAD for ulcers - Capsaicin inhibits the bacteria that is responsible for ulcers so, really, it helps.

5. CONTAINS PRETTY COOL VITAMINS:

"Don't forget to take your vitamins, kids!" Chilli peppers have significant quantities of vitamins A, C, B6, and K1.

Vitamin A - When a process known as oxidation occurs in our body, it produces something known as 'free radicals' that lead to damage of membranes and DNA and can even lead to heart complications. Vitamin A is an antioxidant and nullifies the effect of free radicals. These free radicals can cause a lot of problems in our bodies ranging from retinal damage, neural impairing, arthritis and cancers. Another effect is accelerated ageing - antioxidants slow down the ageing process. So, adding chilli peppers to your food can be a good source of vitamin A.

Vitamin C - This vitamin is most commonly known to better our immunity. Vitamin C benefits overall good health of our body, and its effects range from helping a common cold to preventing cancer.

Vitamin B6 - Fun fact: your body doesn't have the ability to make this vitamin. Why do you care? Because this vitamin is pretty important. Vitamin B6 helps in metabolism, creating blood cells, improving your moods, reduces Alzheimer's risk, and promotes eye health. To be honest, there are a lot more benefits that come with this vitamin but that would take too long to go into.

Vitamin K1 - The most important and well-known use of Vitamin K1 is in blood clotting. This vitamin produces prothrombin and clotting factors that are responsible for effective clotting of blood which in turn, helps close wounds.

I'd have to point out that I'm not saying chilli peppers alone can source these vitamins and solve issues, but the minimal amounts that are present can be cumulatively beneficial.

6. CLEARS THE RISK OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS:

So, what is this big-word "Atherosclerosis"? Atherosclerosis is basically the accumulation of fats and lipids like cholesterol in your blood vessels. This thereby narrows your arteries. This plaque eventually leads to formation of an internal blood clots which then leads to heart attacks and strokes. Yup! It can get that serious. So how do chillies help? Capsaicin can do two things to help - one, it reduces and breaks down the size of the accumulated plaque in your blood vessels. And two,- this is quite interesting, - capsaicin nullifies the effect of a gene that causes constriction of muscles in the blood vessel walls. So, this in turn leads to relaxation of the muscles, widening of the arteries and free blood flow.

7. CONTAINS COPPER:

Chilli peppers have about 6% copper content. Copper is responsible for the formation of blood cells along with iron and it promotes healthy bones and nerves and can prevent osteoporosis and cardiac diseases. What makes chilli significant is that not many foods in our regular diet contain copper.

8. HELPS WITH BAD BREATH:

This is a handy tip, alright? You're gonna thank me when you need it. Chilli pepper, specifically the Cayenne ones, help battle bad breath by increasing flow of saliva in your mouth and also induces more secretion of gastro-intestinal juices. Basically, it tells your digestive system, "Yo! You gotta hurry up with the digestive process! This guy stinks!". So next time, just chew some cayenne peppers and you're good to start talking again.

9. FIGHTS COLD:

Okay, disclaimer: I'm not saying chilli peppers can cure your cold - all I'm saying is that it helps in decongestion - as in it loosens the phlegm in your nose and even in your sinusoids, and that can help expel it out of your system faster. Most people mix chilli peppers like Cayenne and Black Pepper with honey or even Vodka to help with the cold season.

Okay, that's about it! The 9 reasons why chillies are good for you folks! But let me add this - all these things listed above don't in ANY WAY encourage you to load a plate of chillies on your every meal. Anything that's too much is bad so tread on this new information with caution!

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This guy ate a pepper so hot doctors thought he might be having an aneurysm

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This guy ate a pepper so hot doctors thought he might be having an aneurysm

Sometimes our bodies get confused. You know the feeling: You’re just trying to compete in a pepper-eating contest and your poor stomach thinks you’ve maybe swallowed a whole fire. It’s trying to save you, so you throw up and sweat and your vision goes blurry. Or, if you’re the unnamed 34-year-old man in the latest issue of BMJ Case Reports, you get so-called thunderclap headaches and dry heaving.

The case study is possibly the first ever to link the oh-lord-is-my-head-going-to-explode kind of pain known as a thunderclap headache to eating a pepper. This man apparently ate a Carolina Reaper—the hottest chili in the world at 2.2 million Scoville units—then developed intense pain in his neck, at the back of his head, and behind the eyes. He also dry heaved. That’s all probably to be expected when you enter a pepper-eating contest, but what’s unexpected is for that pain to come on suddenly several times in the next few days. He experienced a bout of what doctors call thunderclap headaches; they come on suddenly, causing excruciating pain that peaks within a minute or so. They basically make you feel like you’re dying, and sometimes they’re an indicator that you are.

His headaches were so agonizing that he went to the emergency room—and honestly, wouldn’t we all? This is the kind of pain that actually could be a sign of a serious problem with your brain. The physicians writing in BMJ Case Reports note that they had to rule out an aneurysm before making the spicy diagnosis.

It turns out the pain likely came from intense constriction of the blood vessels in his brain, a condition called reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome. Most people get RCVS from certain prescription meds, but they sometimes stem from illicit drug use (since many of them cause changes to the blood vessels), and the syndrome can occasionally occur during pregnancy. But no one had ever managed to reproduce the effect by participating in a pepper eating contest—until now.

This is not to say that it’s totally wild for a chili pepper to cause such extreme symptoms. The compound called capsaicin in peppers—the substance that makes them taste hot—works by, well, convincing your body that it’s hot. Capsaicin binds to receptors called TRPV1 on some of your sensory neurons. These are the same neurons that register physical heat; they’d prompt you to feel pain if you did something dumb like sticking your hand in a fire. Your body doesn’t differentiate between stupidly putting your hand in a hot place and stupidly putting a deliriously hot pepper into your face—it’s exactly the same sensation. This is why you sweat if you eat a lot of spicy food: your body thinks it’s hot, so it starts trying to cool you down.

Capsaicin can also make you vomit or have diarrhea, depending on how far the pepper gets in your digestive tract. Your small intestine—which also has the sensors to pick up on capsaicin’s presence—rightfully thinks that this bomb of spice is dangerous, and so it tries to move it along as quickly as possible. That sometimes involves painful cramps and increased mucosal production (i.e. diarrhea). Alas, the anus contains capsaicin receptors as well. A hot pepper is truly with you until the bitter end.

Many other people have reported a wide range of deeply unpleasant symptoms following pepper consumption, none of which seem worth it just to say you’ve eaten a super-hot pepper. One writer for Bon Appetit ate three Carolina Reapers in 21.85 seconds and spent the next 14 hours in agony as his digestive system enacted its vengence. Another reporter, this time from a British newspaper, ate a burger with sauce hotter than pepper spray and promptly lost the feeling in his hands, had severe stomach pain, and started hyperventilating. Then he went to the hospital.

Eat Carolina Reapers at your own risk, people.

It seems that the unfortunate man in the BMJ case study got lucky. The capsaicin somehow caused his blood vessels to spasm, which made his headaches crop up repeatedly over the course of a few days, but then they died down. The authors note that there was one other case study in which a 25-year-old male got vasospasms in his heart (prompting a heart attack) after taking cayenne pepper pills, so it seems capsaicin can indeed have aftershocks. The sudden changes our 34-year-old was experiencing in his blood vessels were causing the pain, but once the pepper had been fully flushed from his system he was fine.

Despite this man’s survival, our best advice should you ever be challenged to eat a Carolina Reaper is to not do it. Or do—who are we to judge your masochism? If you’re into that kind of thing, at least have a jug of milk or carton of yogurt nearby. Dairy products contain casein, which is able to bind to those same TRPV1 receptors and thereby block some of the effects of capsaicin. Plus it can wash the spice away. Capsaicin isn’t water-soluble, so rinsing your mouth and hands with water won’t help. You need fats, like the ones in milk, to flush away the pain. Pair that pepper with a dollop of sour cream and you’ll feel a lot better.

And you can at least rest assured that you’re unlikely to die from eating a chili—you may just feel like you want to.

Written By Sara Chodosh

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Help! I don’t know what to do with my skin anymore!

“I honestly don’t know what to do with my skin anymore” This honestly really is an actual introduction to beautiful skin. The above statement seems to be a common that women make when they’ve claimed to have tried “everything” from cleansers and toners, serums, followed by all kinds of creams that promise beautiful skin. I myself have relied on advertisements in the past, spending so much money on what I thought was a good product, only to realize it was a horrible product that stressed me out and left me with breakouts and dry skin. I won’t bore you with what I went through and provide my detailed story. That’s not my purpose for writing this. I will save you some trouble and confusion by simply listing what not to do from personal experience and mention what to watch out for in the ingredients regarding all skincare products, how to stop breakouts from happening, keep your skin moisturized, what to put in your body, how your state of mind takes part, and lastly, recommend a few topical products that will work for most people. I promise that if you take care of the causes it will make a huge difference in your life and how you feel about you. Ideas are worthless unless we act on them and stick with it long-term. Your skin eats too! I’ll start with the inside scoop! Do you want that glow? Of course you do! We’re all told to eat our vegetables, that we are what we eat, etc, etc…but more so, and most importantly, we are what we digest! It goes so much deeper then that. Our digestive systems play a role in determining the state of our largest organ. It’s extremely common for women in their twenties to breakout around the chin area, usually due to weak digestive systems. What can you do? Tips -Take a probiotic supplement of at least 50 to 100 billion. This repopulates the good bacteria needed for absorbing nutrients. -Consume fermented foods such as kefir, kimchi, pickles and drink some kombucha! -Completely avoid all dairy products. Absolutely NO cheese or ice cream, milk, but kefir is the only exception because of its probiotic properties and it does not contain any hormones or antibiotics. When we consume other milk products, it invites toxins into our guts, feeding the bad bacteria and causes inflammation which is then evident in the skin. Seriously, skip it. It’s totally worth it to find alternatives. Quit the dairy and the effects will start to take place in two weeks. -Gluten is bad. Period. Gluten-free is not a “trend” and isn’t something that only certain people can tolerate. Your stomach doesn’t like it and shows its hate through the results of your skin….and that’s only one of the many other unpleasant symptoms. -Drink plenty of distilled water. This is a no-brainer to hydration and flushes out toxins. -Adding a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar to a cup of water in the morning will kick-start your digestive system and because it’s anti-bacterial, acts as one of the cures for acne. -Reduce sugar intake. High sugar causes wrinkles by ranking up inflammation which breaks down the collagen. Gross. -Look into a hormone balancing supplement. Unfortunately, its common for our hormones to be out of whack, experience bad PMS, are estrogen dominant and, you guess it-our skin pays for it. The nourishing oils and happy superfoods! Yay! Let’s speak of what our bodies love! Most women have the biggest desire to concentrate on reducing as well as preventing wrinkles on their face and neck. We do this by moisturizing the outside, but consuming healthy fats, (oils in particular) can have a tremendous effect on the prevention of dry skin and creases. Borage oil is one of them, and it needs more recognition. We all know that the winter season takes its toll on drying out our skin, so it’s vitally important to apply and ingest essential fatty acids. What’s special about borage oil, is that it won’t only help with the dryness, but treats and prevents acne due to the GLA that reduces inflammation. The best beverage to drink everyday is to literally drink your vegetables for the maximum absorption. By doing this, it’s a lot easier on your digestive system and will certainly give you that glow and clear skin you’ve always wanted! Do yourself a huge favor by getting an actual blender(one that does NOT extract the pulp) and just shove a bunch of kale, spinach, carrots, berries, and pineapples with 2 cups of coconut or almond milk into the blender and mix it all up. This is known as juicing and provides spectacular nutritional benefits to the body! You can do this as a cleanse or however long you like. There’s no limited time to healthy habits! Are you chilled out? Stress is the worst on your skin. It clearly shows when someone is in distressed. On the physical side, the dark circles are present, the blemishes are there all the sudden, you may get blotchy skin and in most cases women will breakout around the jawline. You are told you “look tired” and automatically get the worst feeling. First of all, completely disregard that person who tells you that and focus on you. How you feel and think about yourself is significant to your well-being which clearly influences the condition of your skin. Let’s say you are in a situation where your diet is going well, but now there’s cake in your mouth because of a birthday. Listen, if you’re eating habits have been excellent the majority of the time, my advice is simply this….DO. NOT. WORRY. I assure you the stress of eating it is worse than the dessert itself. You can go out to restaurants. Have some fun. Eat chocolate. Once in a while will never hurt you as long as you never stress about it. If you get a tiny spot here and there, who cares? You’ve done your best by doing all that you can for prevention of skin issues and it helps to be self-aware by asking how you’re feeling at this present moment. We are not aiming for perfection, but for self-improvement. What exactly stressed you out this week and what have you done to relax? I can honestly tell you that meditation and yoga have been my main activities for stress reduction along with a whole lot of mental labor, combined with eating organic produce, and applying the highest quality topical products and my skin has never been better. “Ok, but WHAT do I put ON my skin??” Alright, alright, let’s get to the fun part! It’s also the rude awakening, but the truth is sweet in this manner. I’m starting this off by telling you what NOT to use on your skin with the most vital piece of information….STOP washing your face with SOAP. Don’t get me wrong, there are a few cleansers that are safe as long as the ingredients are clear of parabens, sulfates, alcohols, fragrance, and other chemicals that the majority of us cannot pronounce…..like “ethylhexylglycerin”? Anyways, those are obviously harmful and should never be applied. The bottom line is that most soaps are very drying because of the fact that they strip away all of the necessary oils our skin needs to prevent dryness. The pores produce a certain amount of sebum, so when we wash it all away, our skin fights back and creates more, which then causes clogged pores and invite bad bacteria in to create a party of pimples. Fun eh? It’s a defense mechanism, but the good news is that all this mess can totally be reversed in a short period of time. You need to understand that there’s a huge chance that what you have been applying to your face everyday from those drugstores are what’s causing the problems. I know you’re probably thinking, “But my skin is too oily and I NEED to wash my face!” If that need be, please note that it’s so easy to make your own ant-bacterial cleanser without any damage and if you’re going to purchase one, please check the label and ask yourself if it’s really organic as natural as it claims to be. Face masks and toner recipes Toner/cleanser includes: -one to two drops of frankincense -1/4 tsp of apple cider vinegar -2 tbsp of filtered water -a pinch of lemon juice -1 tsp of rosewater Blend together in an empty spray bottle and use once every night My favorite yummy mask: -1 tsp of manuka honey -1/4 tsp cinnamon and turmeric -1 tsp of brown sugar -a pinch of lemon Smother it all over your face, leave it on for 15 minutes. Rinse thoroughly with warm water, gently pat dry with a face cloth and voila! You get that instant colour, that even skin tone that we all crave to achieve. The best part is that if you continue to do this 3 times a week, those annoying spots, blemishes and scars will fade. Detoxifying mask: You know when you get those huge pimples that hurt? This emergency mask is specifically for severe cystic acne. -1/2 tsp of activated charcoal powder -1/4 tsp of baking soda -1/4 tsp turmeric -1 tsp of moor mud Leave on for 15 mins and rinse thoroughly with warm water. Splash your face with cold water afterwards to shrink those pores. Pat dry with a face cloth. The Magical Everyday Cleanser Manuka honey. Yep, that sticky stuff kills all of the bad bacteria without stripping any oils away. It contains methylglyoxal-this is a GOOD one I swear-which is basically a compound formed in the nectar of the manuka flower itself and this is the primary bacteria killing sucker for curing acne. You can spray your toner or apply a tiny bit of water to your face in order to easily smear the honey. Simply apply a small amount to wherever you breakout and leave on for 30 minutes. Rinse off with cold water and gently pat dry. Do this everyday and within a week you will notice a remarkable change! The moisturization process What creams have you been using? Check. The. Ingredients. Remember what I mentioned earlier about the “ethylhellylglecerin”?? Stay away from anything similar to that word. I’ll be quick to tell you that the best creams are made of organic pure oils and vitamins. Just like the body thrives from nutrition, you need a multivitamin and high quality oils for your face. Some oils and vitamins will go by another name, but thankfully they have to mention it in parentheses. I hope I haven’t caused any confusion up to this point, so bear with me as I guide you through this last part on how to unclog your pores. It only takes 30 seconds and it will actually work for everyone. Jojoba oil. Make it your best friend. This is the god of all oils because it’s the only one closest to our sebum. I can understand why it sounds counterproductive to add more oil to your face when you refer to your skin as already “too oily” but the truth is, oils are the best thing for your skin! What you’re actually doing by applying jojoba oil is tricking your skin to not produce so much. Jojoba oil contains plenty of vitamins and minerals and has a very long shelf life. I recommend the unrefined cold-pressed jojoba oil such as the Now brand. This will dig deep into your pores, soften the sebum and actually unclog them and by doing so, your skin won’t have to overcompensate at all. You can use it alone or in conjunction with a great face cream. I’m going to end this with my highest recommendations of all of my favorable products. Below is a list of the best organic brands of face creams to consider, not to mention their fantastic body lotions! -Nutra -Lavigne Organics -Now -Gardener’s Dream -Green Beaver -Lilly Of The Desert (They have the best Aloe vera gel you can buy)

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Crevalor Review: Don’t Buy Before You Read This!

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The name of the company that sells Crevalor is appears to be unavailable. We were able to find a customer service number someone posted online.

Phone: 1-800-475-9303

The official Crevalor website is extremely unclear and difficult to navigate. The site features a small lineup of performance enhancement supplements and a lot of text, but the shopping experience is confusing from a customer standpoint. The only way to order the product from here is to click a button that reads, “rush order,” and even then, you may be directed to a page advertising a different product. Additionally, the contact link at the bottom of the page does not work.

There is no science cited on the website backing up claims that Crevalor makes about enhanced sexual performance or physical fitness. There is a diagram outlining how it works, however, it comes off as misleading because the descriptions basically just say the formula hits the blood stream and from there, works to make the user stronger and more energized.

Additionally, we found that there were some problems with the way this company deals with shipping and billing. Several consumers reported unauthorized credit card charges.

Here’s a look at what some users had to say:

“My statement was much higher than I had expected. I was charged $180.00 without any consent, or knowledge.”

“Crevalor was a total scam. I was charged over $100 without my knowledge, and was unable to get it back. Shame on them.”

“I typically am good at avoiding this kind of thing, but I got suckered into this scam. Unfortunately, the best I could get was a 50% refund, but they only agreed after I threatened legal action.”

Unfortunately, there are far too many red flags associated with this company for us to recommend this product to anyone. We’d advise looking elsewhere for a different test-boosting solution.

Customer Opinions of Crevalor

Based on the customer reviews we found for this product, Crevalor, a number of people were unhappy with the results they got from using this product. Here’s a look at some of the reviews we found from past customers:

“This product is a scam. The formula really made me feel awful. I tried returning the product, shipped it back with a tracking number and they promised I’d get half my money back. Had to threaten legal action to even get the refund.”

“$90 a bottle is quite pricy. They expect you to pay $180 every month if you stack products together, as recommended on the site. Honestly, all I’ve gotten from them so far is a sick stomach — dizziness and diarrhea.”

Reviews for Crevalor were primarily negative with very few exceptions. While there were plenty of people who experienced some side effects with use or were unhappy with the results, the company’s business practices largely overshadowed talk about this product.

Based on this information, it seems there are much better solutions out there than Crevalor, and we’d recommend looking at other testosterone boosters or sexual enhancement products.

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Conclusion – Does Crevalor Work?

Unfortunately, after reviewing the information provided for this product, we are unable to recommend Crevalor as a viable solution for testosterone boosting, erectile function or any other issue.

There is almost no company information available, with the exception of a telephone number someone posted online. The sheer lack of transparency alone makes us wary of ordering this product, as do the reports of unauthorized charges and unwillingness to provide refunds to unsatisfied customers.

Additionally, the website was exceptionally hard to order from and didn’t provide pricing, just a place to enter your information for a free sample.

The reviews we did find for Crevalor mentioned disappointment with the lack of results, a few reports of stomach issues, headaches and dizziness, but most often the terrible business practices this company has engaged in repeatedly.

These issues aside, the ingredients listed in the formula are more akin to a male sexual enhancement product than a test booster, and it’s unclear what the intended purpose of Crevalor is.

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