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Last night I finished the TLOK series. I didn't know anything about the shows weaknesses going into Book One. That first season made me feel so excited for the remainder of the story! It explored interesting themes in a beautiful setting, asked thoughtful questions, and introduced a compelling villain whose motive made a ton of sense and was a perfect antagonist to the Avatar. Amon was so compelling, I found myself actually rooting for him sometimes!
However, I was dissatisfied with how the writers chose to wrap up Book One. This could be an entire conversation unto itself, but to put it simply, I felt that Book One was building up to a moment that said "Hey, the bad guy is actually mostly right. Maybe the correct solution to this conflict is a third option that the two sides had not considered before." I was hoping the climactic battle / action sequence would be something like Batman vs Joker in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, wherein victory in the fist fight was actually a victory in buying time for the people of Gotham to prove their humanity. But instead of a battle over the soul of the city, Amon's 3-dimensional character was flattened into a 2D caricature through exposition: he doesn't really have a grounded philosophy worth exploring, he's just another water-bending baddie with daddy issues!
Similar build up and disappointment played out in each season. And after reading discussions on this subreddit, I can see how a lot of that was due to production issues with Nickelodeon. Not knowing if the show was going to be renewed each season didn't help. And, frankly, I think creating a follow-up to the gold standard of western animated television introduces challenges both internally (writers feeling they need to one-up the size and ambition of the story at the risk of making the show bloated) and externally (viewers always comparing TLOK to ATLA).
Remaking ATLA is nice but unnecessary. I feel bad saying this because, like a lot of you, I've seen how fun all the actors are off-screen and really feel they deserve better. Ultimately, there isn't much that needed to change about the animated series, so the odds of NATLA being worth watching was always going to be a longshot.
Remaking TLOK, on the other hand... I see a lot of potential for a remake to improve upon the original. Unlike for ATLA, condensing the story and characters would actually be a good thing! Fewer characters; only 2-3 side stories; a main villain arc that threads the entire series together; a live action Korra is really fun to imagine!

I lived here for three years and haven’t been back in 6 years. I’m returning for the first time and want to bring gifts for the families I lived with while there. Is there anything specific anyone brings back when visiting family that people love? I’m bringing some hot sauce and chocolate because my family loved it, a nice pair of slippers for dedo, a shot glass from where I’m from, a couple tshirts, a coffee mug (although it’s probably too big for the coffee), and some things for the kids. I know they don’t expect anything but they did so much for me while I was there I’d love to bring back things they’d enjoy. Thanks for the help!

So as i remember there was a demon ML and an ordinary FL and they were living together. It was a bit smutty and only thing I remember is that in the end they had a kid together and the last chapter was about his romance. And I remember a silly detail that ML made FL not age at the end.

I am debating on getting the Gravity whenever it comes out (I am in no rush), and replacing my BMW X7. It’s a family car that will be used for family things.
That said, I live north of Dallas so I’m not sure how folks have been in terms of reliability, service, etc. And would you change your mind from leasing to buying or vice versa after your experience? I tend to keep my cars for more than 5 years but with the price of gas etc getting worse and us always needing a 3 row SUV, I thought this would be a good option when it comes out.
Appreciate your thoughts.

Every year when I see the Westminster Dog Show is happening I think about the time I went and checked it out and had a pretty amusing experience.
Before that day the closest I had ever been to a dog show was the 4H barn at my county fair, but by the time I left several hours later I had been entrusted with the supervision of a giant Leonberger, who I casually passed off as my own to the unwitting public.
About 12 years ago I was living in NYC, in Hell's Kitchen, and one morning went for a run that took me down along the Hudson River where I happened to see some signage announcing that the Westminster KC Dog Show was taking place on one of the piers there a few blocks from my apartment. I thought that sounded like an interesting thing to check out, being a dog lover who had never been to a dog show, and not having anything else on the agenda that day. So after my run I checked out the particulars online, failed to round up anyone who wanted to join me, and headed back down to the venue to check it out.
I walked in with no particular expectations. I had caught a few snippets of the best in show rounds over the years, but the only moment I can think of that ever really stuck with me was year Josh the Newfoundland won, and thinking he was the the best dog I'd ever seen. I had, however, seen the documentary 'Best in Show' so I had a pretty good handle on what dog show people were like.
This many years later I can't tell you everything I saw that day. I know I was amazed at the Dobermans, and hugely let down by the Golden Retrievers. My childhood had been greatly informed by two wonderful Goldens who were big, shaggy, had a gregariousness somewhere between a local politician and a door-to-door salesman, and a perpetual residual aroma of low tide. Show Goldens it turns out are way, way, way too pretty.
What I was most surprised by was the fact that, in addition to the formal showing and judging and all, you could also see all the off-duty dogs up close in another area. A 'benched' show I believe they called it. They basically had a warehouse of amazing dogs you could peruse, mostly at arm's length, at your leisure. Certainly lots of dogs were sleeping in crates, with owners engrossed in their books with obvious 'don't pester me' vibes, but lots of people were very willing to chat about dogs who were reassuringly eager to have their ears scratched by total strangers.
I'm pretty sure I gave every dog there at least a cursory once-over, but I just kept coming back to this one Leonberger, whose name, sadly, I do not recall. I had never heard of a Leonberger before that day, and if you haven't either you should google it. He, despite having been eliminated earlier in the breed stage, was an incredibly handsome, friendly, curious, patient, charming animal. His owner was a woman, maybe 60 years old, possibly from upstate NY, and she was equally tolerant of me asking her dozens of questions I know she had answered hundreds of times before.
I probably spent a good 20 minutes with her and that dog. I asked all the obvious stuff about him, and Leonbergers, and then about dog shows, and Westminster, etc, etc. I ended up sitting on the floor with 150+ lbs of shaggy dog parked in my lap while we chatted. Eventually she asked me if I was going to be there for a while longer, I pointed out that at that point it wasn't really up to me but I had nowhere I needed to be, so she asked if I would mind watching her dog while she made the rounds to visit some friends for a bit. Of course I did what anyone would do when asked by a complete stranger if you will look after their prized show dog, and said sure.
So there I was for probably the next half hour, sitting with this amazing dog I had only just met while scores of people wandered up and asked me all the same sorts of questions I had just been asking her. At least a good 90% of them left none the wiser that I had no connection to this dog, and literally everything I knew about him, the breed, the show, and indeed this whole slightly strange world I had learned since lunch that day. The other 10% left probably pretty confused when I answered their simple question with the admission that I had no idea because this wasn't actually my dog and I didn't in fact even know the owner. It was honestly kind of a surreal experience.
Anyway, before long she came back, said she was ready to pack it in for the day, and asked if I'd help her get all her stuff to her car. So I found a cart, loaded it with her folding table, camp chair, giant kennel, bed, food, toys, etc and got it all into her minivan, said goodbye to the epic fuzzball, and she asked if I was going to the finals at Madison Square Garden the next day. I told her I hadn't planned on it, and she asked if I'd like her owner's tickets, since she was going home and wasn't going to use them. I of course said yes, so I got to go to that for free the next day. After that show I happened to stumble into what would become my go-to dive bar, but that's another (several) story(s)...
It's a funny world sometimes.

My wife and I have friends who are both very close to us but live in a different country and they have a child. We need advice. They're very intelligent people, socially conscious, aware of the world, aware of global issues, aware of Covid, not deniers in any way. But consistently -- every time we catch up once a month or so -- she tells us about how she's sick again. She's fully open about how these feel very much like Covid symptoms, she says the doctors investigate to see if it's Covid/Long Covid... she's basically constantly got several of the things that one would have in a large city when one is exposing oneself to public transit and not masking. The kid (5-ish) has had it several times as well and when not specifically Covid it's been similar flu-like symptoms. The husband goes to work every day on public transit, she stays home and drops off and picks up the kid every day at school. They aren't super social butterflies, but it's certain they don't mask if they go out on weekends.
So she's yet again sent us an update on health and it's more of the same. So my question is... she knows we constantly deal with my wife's asthma and that we're well versed in Covid science so she's going to know it comes from people who are educated on this. What links/articles/resources can we show her from reputable places, that aren't academic journal level reading that show some of the very real concerns about what can happen long term with Covid that could help show someone who is concerned but simply not getting the real vital information that is out there?
Some of you will ask... "why would you wanna do that? It's not your place to be their parent..." and the answer to that is solely and sincerely, because we care about them. This world has been very cruel to my wife and I like it has to many of you and largely abandoned us cloaking us in invisibilty so our concerns about Covid don't have to be heard. And that's just our former friends and our genetic family. That's not counting how society strives to keep us in a cave every day so we don't remind people that masks still exist. And amidst all of that these people have been very compassionate and understanding of what we're going through. And we think we'd like to help. That's all.

Another positive experience with Moza customer service for me. My R12 worked perfectly fine for almost a year now but when spinning out and letting go of the wheel it would spin through the endpoints and lose FFB. I made a report and accepted repair in Germany (i live in the Netherlands). After a week it returned with a new motherboard and it works flawlessly now! It also feels stronger but that's subjective after a week without simracing 😅
All in all Another positive experience with the Moza People after my first 2 R9's died. I will recommend Moza just because of this 👌 Things break, it's how you handle your problems what makes the difference.

25M here, and was wondering if anyone is in the same boat as me? I live in the south in a small town about an hour away from the city , but cannot meet/attract anyone I’m interested in ? I go to festivals and things whenever I can (I can’t drive due to epilepsy) so I can’t just hop in a car and roam the world easily, I’ve tried apps and noticed the only times I get a match or like is from people in other states or hours away. It’s just frustrating and starting to mess with my head I guess, considering I’m the only person in my friend group and family without a S/O

So basically I’m looking to buy a Rieju MRT 50 2018 and previous owner changed the rear sprocket size from 52 to 58 which lowered its top speed from 75 to 55 kmh but obviously gave it more torque
And that’s certainly not a bad thing as I live in a pretty hilly area and definitely wouldn’t mind more torque but I’m still kinda salty about the top speed
Anyways, so I watched a couple of vids on how to derestrict the bike and giving it more power + higher top speed
So would bigger sprocket mess that speed up by any chance hence damage the engine?
Sorry if this sounds dumb, this is my first bike and I’m not very knowledgeable as you can tell

A month ago my ex and I broke up. The last time I saw her was 2 weeks ago when she picked up her things. I ended things because last year she found me looking at other girls on instagram (just looking nothing else). It weighed on her mental health and our relationship. I didn’t want to do it, the breakup was the hardest thing I have ever done.
I contacted her 2 times in 2 weeks saying I miss her, both were shot down with anger. When she picked up her things at first she yelled at me, then we had a good conversation about our lives for the past weeks. We laughed and talked for nearly an hour. She said things like “I’m done” when she was angry, and things like “I’m glad I’ll never see your cat again”. But she also said things like “I won’t be over this for a long time.” and never shit down when I suggested giving us time to figure things out and contact her again. She also wished me luck with the end of the school year (a short term goal, I am a highschool teacher). I don’t know why she would say these things ha if she didn’t want to try again.
Neither of us wanted this, a month ago as we broke up it was all “I love you”, “you’re the best person I’ve had”, “you treated me better than anyone”, and “you are everything”.
Now it’s radio silence, she made it clear that she didn’t want to talk about things. I noticed last week she started unfollowing me on things. I’m inclined to believe it’s just because the reminders hurt right now considering the timing and how she didn’t block me.
I’m worried I will never see her again. I’m worried she is moving on from me rather than trying to work on her mental health. During the breaks she said she wanted to try in the future. Now with the no contact on either end for 2 weeks and the unfollowing I am lost. I don’t know what to do, I don’t know when I should reach out. I want her back so badly and I miss her so badly. But she thinks I dumped her and 2 weeks ago she told me to stop trying to talk about things. Does this just need space? Do I need to move on? I am so lost please help, any advice is greatly appreciated.

I mean, the title says it all, really. I ended my relationship after two difficult abortions and a move across the state. It was a whirlwind break up. I truly didn’t know I was going to end the relationship until it was happening. I understand there was build up to this, but I still sometimes find myself in a state of shock.
We considered getting back together, but I had moved back to the area we originally lived in for a wonderful job in my field (which I couldn’t find in the area we moved to). I didn’t really want to move away, but my work was unstable and housing was expensive for us both. He thought moving a few hours away where housing is more affordable would be better for us both. He made good money & worked from home, so we really could have lived anywhere in theory. He chose the area, which I was never over the moon about, but recognized it could be a good decision for us both. I was vocal about my concerns for the move, but he says he “checked in with me often” and “would have reconsidered” if he knew how I felt about it. Needless to say, we had issues with communication in multiple ways.
It became evident after our breakup that, within all the conflict we had, that we had significant differences in communication style. I thought I was being confrontational by saying “this happened and now I feel this way,” but because I was not “aggressive” or “yelling at him” he did not realize the severity of my emotions. I often feel so troubled by this now because I felt I created a lot of space for us to be emotionally vulnerable, but he ultimately struggled deeply with that.
He started going to therapy after our break up and has been putting in the hard work to grow & unlearn. I am so proud of him and truly wish him all the best. I want him to feel good in his heart & his mind. I want us both to heal. Only now, I wish we could be together again. I miss him every single day. I dream of him almost nightly. I want to hear his voice again, see our dog, cook us dinner, exist together. We haven’t really spoken aside from handling things with our lease. It just breaks my heart. I ended the relationship because he let me down severely through his lack of emotional support throughout my pregnancies/abortions and other events. I feel like I made a massive mistake and now I don’t know where to go.

In spanish, there are some "feminists" channels that are talking about women who don't want to pay half of the bills and call themselves "High value women", they criticize them and say that they are sexists, that "you should not choose your partner because you have fear" and that they should not generalize men (yes lmao). Even some of them said that High Value Women are femcels and put those women at the same level of RedPillers.
I have talked and read RedPillers for years. The heart of the ideology are fake stats and the goal is controlling women and convince men that they should meet certain standard to be happy.
I also followed High Value Women communities (FDS, for example) and I have seen that the heart of it is reality. Most women who live 50/50 still do most of the child care and domestic labor. Women are working more than ever and they are still picking socks more. If you provide as a woman and your husband stays at home, he is more likely to cheat. Orgasm gap exists. Birth control fails and can make you pregnant of a man that doesn't care about you nor your kid. STDs exist and they are raising. Abortion doesn't exist in most countries.
In short ¿What men have to bring to the table?
Not great sex
STDs
Not a clean tidy house
Not children
Not well behaved children
Not fidelity
If hes poor: more bills to pay.
If he has money: money and a stable lifestyle.
I get that they have some points in common with the redpill; if you don't agree with them you are a "beta" or an "Average Frustrated Chump" or a "PickMe". But in general I see them are extremely different or sometimes, opposites.
The argument of "you should not choose your partners because you have fear" makes me ick. If you are an adult, you should be making informed choices and B plans in the case something goes wrong. You should not choose people based on ideals or only because you think that doing it "is fair" or "virtuous". Women have a lot to loose if they choose wrong, they even can get killed by a man who told them that he loved them.
Another thing that people who agrees with them says is that High Value Women are sexists and it is "masked patriarchy". I agree with the idea that in fact, they are promoting patriarchy and feeding it. But hear me out: men are sexist; this world is sexist. If you play equality with men, most of the time you will end up paying the bills to a sexist man who think that his house cleans itself. If you acknowledge that men will not see you as their equal ever (even if they say so) and you, even then, decide to be with them, you will be playing knowing what the outcome will be and take advantage of it.
The thing that makes me mad is that one of the women who made videos criticizing, suffered domestic violence. She paid all the bills and the man (who claimed to be a feminist) abused her. And even then she doesn't get the point. Imagine loosing money, time and mental health in the name of equality, progress and feminism, see that it doesn't work and still believing that "there are good men out there" who will be fair.
Female socialization is a thing; but most of the time women themselves promote being naive and delusional to other women as a good strategy to survive.
In reality, I don't think women should have relationships with men. But if they have them anyway, is better if they are smart about it and assure they are winning something.
What do you think about it? What is the lesser evil here? Playing equality with men and play the russian roulette or making men pay for shit?

TL;DR I feel like this basically since the beginning of the year, I am 24M. Good news is that if everything goes well, I graduate university in ~1,5 months and if I get a job, the starting salary on my field will probably be enough to cover the costs of a very basic living condition, after that I will go LC or VLC and start to heal.
Is there anybody here who feels/felt the same way? How did it turn out?
This post is half a rant, I will thank you for anyone who reads this but it's not necessary for answering.
Longer, for context I live in a relatively small country, attend university from home in the capital. This is probably very common because of the living costs. I don't think dorm is for me, but am probably also not ready to rent just a room. I always considered myself a late bloomer, and I must admit that for a long time I was isolated and did basically nothing besides using the computer because I just didn't care and was lazy, but in the past few months I really started wanting to grow and improve as a person, also it would be nice to give and receive love the healthy way, and this person could also be my motivation to finally open up and try things (but not at all costs, "thanks" to my mom I know that being alone can be simply just better sometimes). Right now I feel like I hit a wall in development because if I attract attention anyhow, especially my mom but overall everyone in this family will try to get involved, judge, lecture or control me. The only reason we have a "good" relationship because I avoid conflicts and attention as much as possible as I was raised to do so from the beginning. I don't honestly care about her opinion and feelings anymore, it just doesn't have a point to go in an argument with her, because it leads nowhere, she decides that she is attacked and is right and that's it. I think most of my anxiety comes from the fact you can't hide everything from the people you live with. If I could avoid her that would probably lift some of my psychological obstacles. I don't even have the courage to create a profile on an online dating site just to leave this door open because if I succeed she will go jealous and crazy about it, also she will try to control me with her toxic ideas from behind, if I fail she will try to crawl into my feelings. I don't care if I succeed or fail, I just want to say that I tried and was the true myself.
I'm generally a very calm person but every time she tries to be smart or wise my blood pressure rises very sharp. The other day she was talking about relationships and chances of her getting into one (she's divorced for years now). She basically proved that she has the "princess syndrome", also she talked about that only the junk dates online (??), all divorces are the fault of the men who are junk crazy psychopaths (??) except if they cheated (????). She met dad in a dating agency (online dating of the pre-internet), also I have a story in which she in my opinion emotionally cheated on dad online with a random stranger.

I'm legal disabled, and receive benefits monthly. Since the age of 18 i have had a state appointed "payee". All my expenses are monitored and payed for by my Payee. Other than requesting money for personal expenses. Everything is on a schedule that is overseen by my Payee. I rarely know the exact balance in my account. And used to never worried about it, i knew my budget and knew all my bills were covered. However this all changed roughly 2 years ago.
I had asked my Payee my balance, and she had responded with a figure that was close too $13,000.00 less than what I believed it should be at. My Payee, assured me that she would look into what the issue was/if any. But not to worry. The next time we spoke I was informed that my benefits were being sent to a unaffiliated personal bank account, and had been sent to that account for the last 11 months. When I inquired who would be able too approve such an important decision and why I was not informed or asked to verify, and as my Payee why it wasn't caught immediately. Since after all that's start they are appointed to do. Protect, and assist. And remove and worries or concerns of handling major finicial obligations, so as to not risk myself being without residents, food, phone, water, child care. Or even more important compromising my ability to efficiently provide for my daughter. I was told that Social security was the only one that could approve the change, and that she was never contacted. Therefore I was never contacted, no notice or mail, funds were sent too my Payee for a total of 11 months.
I was then told that it "just wasn't noticed" as a result of having to wait for everything to be resolved, and it being a legal matter and Social security stating to detectives that they didn't have any "notes" in there system. I was without 13000.00 and in the midst of dealing with custody and having to travel across the country, all while being behind on bills, and not being able to offered legal fees. By the time the money was returned, I only received $10,000 had to catch up on legal fees and fees inquired. I had nothing to be she to fix my vehicle, retain a lawyer or travel across the country too be with my then 2 yo daughter, who after 2+ years of trying to reverse custody that was granted to daughters grandma by daughters mother even though I had raised our daughter her some life and had never agreed, and was never aware that a trip too "see family" would result in me no longer having custody, and being told that it was a matter that had to be dealt with in New york, I fought for 23+months until I didn't have a cent left. I continue to fight. But Honestly it's 4 people in the court vs me. And I have no lawyer. All I'm asking for is to be given 50/50 custody. And that my daughter come back to where she lived since she was an infant where her mom and I lived and were raising her. But the only reason for that to be opposed is that I have no immediate family, and being a single father is difficult, as well as it being a "huge change " in my daughters environment which I have petitioned ever since the original emergency guardianship granting appearance. But have never been so much as acknowledged by the court besides my attendance as the minor child biological father being addressed. Never once were any of my multiple petitions discussed. And court was/has/and is continued in order for my daughters mother can meet obligations, and nothing I have ever submitted to the court as well as the law guardian has never been brought up. I need to know if I have a civil suite against my Payee? I feel as if it was a complete disaster and irresponsible that this was even able to happen, and even though they arrested the person responsible, no prison time or probation was sentenced, restitution was paid and I had never received a penny of it. I no longer trust my Payee or social security to prevent my benefits from being stolen, or if I will be able too raise my daughter without flying 2500 miles if I want too see her. Please help. Thank you very much. I know it's very lengthy, but i have been devastated and struggling alone since Jan 1, 2021. Thank you all for letting me write this in a safe place regardless of there is any solution.

One day I was in the kitchen prepping for dinner. I noticed I got a notification from my door cam that a person was at my door. I check my video and sure enough, there was someone at the door. Here’s where it gets odd. The video shows a car passing in front of my house then a few minutes later the same car passes in front of my house again going the opposite direction (we live on a street with no outlets) He stops in the street and looks at my house then slowly disappears off frame. About a minute later, there’s a guy walking down the street and up my driveway. Here’s where the video starts. What’s interesting is that I have three very large dogs that will bark at the sound of a butterfly fart and were all completely passed out and didn’t hear a thing. Also, he didn’t knock, ring the bell or leave any type of note on the door or mailbox. Like I said, I was home and checked right after I got the notification. It looks like he may have had something in his hand that he put on my door, took a picture of it then removed it and walked away. It’s just so odd that it was slightly creepy. Any ideas?
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nv2tjxepwdlu10slihy4n/clipPreview.mp4?rlkey=khvje1e0wv50nviebn0mte7w1&st=y9rwhyhy&dl=0

Hi, I'm sure this has been asked before but we're confused. My Canadian wife has been living with me (British Citizen) for over 5 years. We were going to extend her family visa and have realised we can apply for ILR.
It's been a very hectic 18 months with university, newborns and moving so we haven't planned things out as well as we should.
Her current visa expires July 1st - can we apply for ILR given that we have a little over a month left?
Thank you!

Heya folks! I am 21 in october, NB. I’m looking to connect with a possible roommate, F or NB only! I would like to move into a 2 bedroom 2 bathroom apartment sometime before August. I am adamant on staying in the League City or Webster area, as I work full-time in League City.
I am diagnosed AUDHD, so I cannot live with anyone who leaves messes and doesn’t clean up after themselves! I also prefer to have no pets, though I would not mind a single cat. I enjoy quiet evenings after getting off of work. I like to game and watch anime/movies, and I am a maximalist when it comes to decorating! I will be bringing a nintendo switch and xbox with me 🤗 + bookshelves filled with manga/books/figures.
One thing is that I rely heavily on communication, so if you don’t mind letting me know or asking me about people coming over, that would be perfect! And I will be sure to do the same.
I like to cook, and I will often be cooking for the both of us, you are welcome to anything I buy or make! I also have family close that likes to make big dinners, so we will often have leftovers in the refrigerator.
I’d like to chat and meet up somewhere before going to tour apartments together! I have a list of apartments I can share once we start chatting, and we can also look for more together. We can talk about budget and income then. :) I live in the friendswood area currently.

Looking for a (weird?) wife, and I’m not sure if I’m supposed to have multiple wives or not I am saying this for your due consideration.
I have dark hair white skin, am underweight 5’6 with acne scars
NSFW questions in DMs bc Idk if its allowed to talk about on this sub. details in DMs for this reason unless i get confirmation that it's ok.
I have autism, OCD, ADHD, synesthesia and others (all self diganosed but i have obvious things idk if i should get into that)
I don’t mind piercings, I enjoy them, but someone is not more or less attractive for not having them. I don’t like gauges and some of those extreme circles and cuts. I don’t have any body modifications nor had planned to make any.
I don’t mind tattoos at any place either besides health concerns n I doint have any either.
I don’t like when ppl have big round lumps of flesh that stick out, I do mean big, small/medium maybe ok or even attractive
Need to find her attractive without make up – yes I do mean without make up and there are women who I find attractive without and I do mean without make up of any age. I don’t think I care if she wears make up or not, but I have concerns it’s toxic and the other one if I turn out to be hypersensitive or irritated by it because I am autistic.
I don’t care about race or ethnicity or nationality or anything or location.
I don’t mind how she decides to cut or dye her hair, besides that im concerned about toxins and damage, but I am not imposing on her.
I like appreciate and enjoy alternative fashion (and before it was cool), ive also liked fashion that some alt people have called “too basic" (which may partially be their own insecurity), i just like what looks good. There is fashion I find too basic and kind of anti fashion in that sense too maybe bc I feel like is what people who don’t want to be judged for being anything thats not basic would wear. I don’t like it when people are mean to others based on what they wear or other pointless hierarchical stuff like that.
I don’t recall ever saying “cover up” (regarding clothing), especially wouldnt say it in an imposing way I don’t like to talk in impositions that kill a person’s invidivuality or there’s smth like you know that feels like it kills you when someone commands you. I don’t like to impose on people in that way.
If she cheats, Im not gonna attack, physically emeotionally or otherwise abuse , im not looking to hurt someone I love (besides BDSM and that stuff you know). Men have been allowed to have many wives but wives only 1 husband. I didn’t become christian bc I wanted to opress or restrict women but I believe bad things happen when you sin.
Is reflective and tries to not mistreat others
body count? Isn’t it irrelevant if she’s the right one, I never cared if she’d be a virgin until I understood more about christianity and the spirit world.
I need to be properly emotionally supported, and I want and hope to be good in her life too. I can also have irrational emotions where ik now something is not so but I am procsesing those emotions a certain way you know.
I am interested in very dark and mature topics and things, even if there are times where I may not be able to handle them properly.
Ive been interested in esoterics, occult and c0n5p1r4c135 and I do believe the c0n5p1r4c135 are real and this is important to me.
I don’t care if she talks to others to men or has male friends, idk if I even carei if she’s flirting, there’s no intention to cheat so why would I care??
I can flirt with others too but I haven’t done it much out of concern of leading them on + it doesn’t by itself have any intentions to do anything further. i can be possessive but it will be in the cute way and it can be fun to tease or be teased like that maybe idk but i dont want ot be abusive posessive.
i have female friends she can have male friends that doesn't mean anything and i find the discussions regarding that ridiculous, maybe very low vibrational or of low conscience. i havent done anything with any of them ever except with 1 who is kinda like a relationship but there's painful and difficult topic and even then not physically tho we never met physically.
If its God’s will for her to be with me and she messes up then I will just forgive her. I don’t care to check her phone besides out of curiosity, I think all those games are very below me and maybe obviously should be below anyone who claims to be in a christian marriage, granted im careful regarding eating my words.
I have to eat mostly carnivore diet with vegetables, some fruits and carbs sometimes for my health, but I have nothing against vegans if they are actaully healthy, also I know a lot of ppl can not be healthy on a vegan diet based on long story also some even on the carnivore maybe, im open to sharing details at some point but maybe not worth it here.
ethically wild, I can handle dark humor, I have enjoyed it and used it a lot myself, im not legalistic christian (if you know what that is) but im still trying to be right than wrong so I want discernment on the issue and how to handle it, if smth is actually wrong then I will try to just not do it.
I don’t care if she shaves or not.
I don’t like it when ppl make the same kind of jokes or have the same locked in interests that don’t evolve or aren’t inherently somehow stimulating and genuine. For example ofc I understand enjoying the same food or listening to the same music (except ofc that can get old at some point). I understand what feels samey to a person can vary between people and across time, but I don’t think I mean that. If a bunch of ppl make the same kind of jokes and turn it into something hierarchical and baisc, like they think everything else is dumb cuz theyh aren’t open to perspectives, ideas, growth and improvement hence they fixate on doing the same thing thats too bland over and over.
A lot of ppl have very juvenile if thats even the right word mentality to look down on others for vapid reasons including interests, when you don’t even understand them. while ive had those intrusions I figured its wrong and foolish to just give into such a lowly hostile urge, whilst I understand being overwhelmed and misreacting/just getting mad at smth for no raeson but u can figure out u shouldn’t be mad or its not that deep.
Ive looked donw on ppl for thing I saw as them being lowly about it like getting high off of the same joke instead of improving ur brain cuz I think u can even feel like when u are stupidifying urself and ingoring improvements just to do the same thing over and over again, like u can prolly feel like smth inside telling u maybe u should look elsewhere now or this could be betteur losing cognition bc ur stupidifying urself. I understand again being overwhelmed and looking for some stability but I don’t think that susually it. Al ot of those ppl may be doing the same stupid things to be liked by others and t hus disingenuous to their real self, bc as soon as u start growing improving going in different directions ppl start getting weirded out and ostracizing u. I look down on that.
I don’t need her to shave. Idk if I wont find some body hair too extreme, but so far I haven’t
! respect boundaries. If one of us doesn’t want something or anyhthing at all be it months or years even that should be respected. This is for love first not exploitation. Not any exploitation from either side and look for each other’s well being.
I want to have her walk around the place flashing me, trying to tease me and show off her body in various and subtle ways. She can be naked too if she wants or wear anything she wants
I think how someone moves can be very attractive and also developed, this goes for me too
I want to learn to dance so we can have fun and I can arouse her
I think women have qualities and do things in a way I value, enjoy and admire
I think men and women have different patterns in positive and negative ways (with individual differences of course too) and analysing them and acknowledging them with honest attempt to understand is not wrong, while exploitation abuse and denial is wrong.
if im smarter than her I recognize she can have important and valuable things to say, similarly if she’s smarter than me she also doesn’t know everything and isn’t abusive about it
about money, I have wanted money to help myself and others, not out of greed I think.
I have thought of if I need or have to or if its better to to live in the right kind of community. Takes a village to raise a child but maybe even to function, maybe the people who function not in it are the abnormal ones. I don’t think of a cold community or one that forces warmth and makes you sick, there’s a kind of higher understanding or spirituality.
I don’t mind if she’s richer smarter or more competent than me. I however want to be richer smarter and more competent regarding improving myself and growing, not to feel less insecure than her, and of course I want those things so ican be able to support her and others too anyway.
I don’t mind if she’s a girlboss or not or whatever I think its irrelevant and If she has gifts and drive and doing God’s will why would that be bad? Of course I don’t want her to be stressed out
I don’t wear deodorant or fake odors, maybe if they were natural or non toxic. I also don’t like perfume and would prolly prefer if she doesn’t use it but idk.
I think children are a very serious matter, over time in my life I was thinking about how I’d do things differently and how I’d treat children and communicate and teach them, and I’d feel like I’d see how other ppl are failing children and also children are not attempting to learn how to treat their future children or other children or ppl better like it’s weird but I think someone is going to get what I mean. Bc of my physical and mental issues I am concerned how well I wil lbe able to take care of children of course I hope to improve and God to heal me.
I don’t want my weird movements adjustments or whatever to be judged.
I don’t mind pets or maybe even can enjoy them but again am a bit concerned about my health issues. I don’t have allergies to animals that I know of. I don’t like making their health worse I don’t like selective breeding for that reason unless you’re selecting for improving health maybe.
I am usually not afraid of bugs but I don’t like killing them. If its pests like bed bugs or some kind of infestation it can make sense, but I don’t like killing random harmless spiders or others. Maybe if harmful even I’d prefer to take them away. No im not afraid of bees or wasps esp if they are alone or very small numbers, tho I may prefer to not be around a hive.
emotionally sophisticated and doesn’t criticize my whining, while my whining isn’t attempting to get her attention, pull or control her. If I need some sort of emotional support I can ask and if she is able to provide it then she is, and if she has to prioritize something else I understand and I mean I genuinely understand. Emotional support should be mutual and not leeching. I understand it may not be completely equal or if its not possible to be, but we should both care as much as we can in our respective situations.
needs to care about her health, I don’t mean exercise and exercises can be damaging and forced too, thus again neesd to care to even know of that/unless she’s managing to be really fine anyway. I am not against smokers or alcoholics, but I’d prefer it if she stops. I want her to be happy and healthy.
If she’s over or underweight bc of health issues I understand
I don’t drive part related to health issues and concern it may be too dangerous for me to drive.
God first. I don’t believe anything works without him.
I won’t k1ll her if she cheats nor 4bus3 her. I am saying bc I thought some men hide things and reveal them after they are deep. I don’t want ot be like that.
Ive had emotional and rage issues about perceived injustices (towards me and others, even when im not lcose to them or don’t know them. I have thought and speculated maybe I care more with strong emotions about ppl that I’ve never met or are very far away than most people directly that I have observed and felt out of place for it.) and I know sometimes I wasn’t actually right other times I wanted to know what is the right thing to do say and experss cuz I had thoughts like if I hurt them they wont get better, they may even get worse, I don’t even enjoy hurting ppl especially in the brain or if its smth permanent (even if I believe God can heal, ive even had angry thoughts ofc like if He can heal why don’t I beat these wrong doers up cuz they have no qualms about doing it to others unfairly He can just heal them, I also thought if I had the right words and perception I could lead them away from their wicked ways) , and sometimes I wasn’t able to, ive physically hurt people out of being pushed too much and rage and with that I think I have let people off and not confronted them a lot in part bc I wasnt sure if I was even right to confront them other parts bc ofc of fear they will mistreat me if I reveal I think what they did or said was wrong instead of discussing it and thinking about it/ they already expressed they didn’t care or justified it in twisted ways that im not sure I could argue with or if thats even human.
I have to live and I think everyone in a spacious place. Too narrow will cause muscle issues and variety of issues that will worsen over time you are not sick becaues you are old you are sick because you ignroe and distort your body. I didn’t last long at all, some ppl last longer than me just to make excuses that im lazy + their brain melts and they don’t use it much anyway so superficially they last.
Im anti v4xx I think a lot of health info is a scam and ive experienced it and saw others experience it, I think some things can be true or not have better ways at a moment to deal with some issues but it doesn’t mean its not inherently flawed or manipulated information to make u a lil bit less sick or make u sick in a different veiled way even if it makes it “better” in some kind of way, I don’t mean its ok to let someone die or suffer more bc of too much skepticism, my point is I believe in honesty and integirty cuz u cant heal soemone with lies,
and medicine like other sciences is corrupted . be careful and discerning unfortunately u cant leave ur health in the hands of conventional doctors u have to research and fight for urself.
I have experienced various synchonicities. I think God has helped me and guided me.
Throw things away and tidy when we’re ready to. Tired or health issues is not the same as lazy. No tartorship or tyranny about it. Im not growing black mold either ofc
if a woman gets SA’d, and she doesn’t want to tell exactly what happenned, but she wants help, is it right for her to be upset at you and hide information, provided you live in the 20^th century without internet and much media information, and if you don’t have personal experiences with SA or almost anyone has ever talked about it to you in your life, and you are just confused at why this person is refusing to communicate, and u have to take care of this and that issue, yet u don’t know if they are mad at u even for something that’s not even your fault or related to you if that happens a lot, then then u pressure her too much and now she’s hurt, you didn’t even think to make the situation accessible bc u’ve never even heard about that. If someone has an issue and they don’t tell your previous experiences and imagination so far suggest that they have stolen smth or messed up smth and don’t want to talk out of selfishness, not even bc they are scared of you.
I think I have went through humiliation, and doing things I didn’t want to, and failure to do what I wanted and weakness, to the point of not being able to process things and I think losing braincells and personality bc of it, trying to recover it and my functioning and health. I think most ppl are too fake and superficial, not learning anything maybe. Not reflecting, not trying, if they have gone throuhg something like that I think some people amy be just letting themselves go insane and hurt others while in denial instead of processing it, while I understad how difficult is to process it especially when people around you shame you and oppress you for it. I think I need someone who has at least the cognitive understanding for that. I don’t want to put others down for enjoying things.
Ive liked variety of media and art over time, vareity of criticising it and ideas of improving it too, and lately after understanding more about the world and Jesus Christ some of it was interestingly seen in different light. Also over the years I may have seen media nad the world in different light. I have synesthesia autism, adhd and maybe some form of OCD, besides maybe others. I’ve beebn able to induce things in my mind and some information that seemed so obvious to me others had said they realized from psychedelics, you have probably already heard some people’s minds can work like that too. Well some of the media is ofc immature since it doesn’t align with christian principels that seem true after trying to understand more and and a lot of the media is for brainwashing
ive wanted to do art music dancing and others but have struggled with health issues that I hope to resolve. If she wants to do any I am generally worried about toxicity from paint so I wouldn’t use it and wouldn’t recommend using it.
Semi ex astrologer. Bc im not sure if its all considered divination since I’ve had synchonicities related to it that I’ve felt like or wondered if God sent them to me. I do think He communicates with us somehow in various ways.
I think its importan tto be able to explain to a child why something is or isnt a certain way, bc I felt alienated from a lot of christians who just seemed to “know” things and judge things as evil or whatever with no explanation and cringe when I ask for one. I als orealize it can be hard to talk about, both bc of the content, how traumatising can be to think about again and again from an adult’s perspective + being too busy or struggle too much, not able to expalin anyinthg and everything one thinks.
I have health issues that can make it hard to think or process emotions bc of maladjustment in my cranial bones related to the whole body and pinched nerves and wiring issues, that I hope to resolve , and may need miracle healing for some of the damage, this is also why i write this way in the state i am its difficult and straining to write and use the exact corrects words and format everything in perfect order
I don’t want to hold her back from God in any way.
I sought for spiritual answers if spirituality was real until I started figuring out more and then about witchcraft, but I observed patterns in my life regarding a sin I was commiting and other reasons that made me think that it can’t be a coincidence any more + someone claiming he stopped m4g1c p0rt4l by saying “Christ is King” (but I will say Jesus Christ) and that the bible was telling the truth. The bible had upset me before in part due to things taken out of context and difficulty understanding, and of course Jesus does things a bit differently than the old testament, even if the law is still important, He teaches forgiveness.
I care a lot about the gifts of the spirit and the presence of God in my life but also in everyone else’s.
I think awareness or pcoessing of emotional nuance and self control are attractive as well as being free spirited but not exploitative
I don’t smoke or drink or do drugs I don’t even take medicine nor intend to for the most part, I don’t judge anyone who does but I’d discourage them. If my wife does I’d discourage her, I wont pester her about it unless I get discernment that I should and that it will be helpful, but I won’t judge her and I never judged anyone who did, except when they were hypocrites. I have never ingested more than a small cup iirc, if even that from alcohol and only on occassions, and then barely on any occassions. I have never smoked a cig or a joint or anything besides 2^nd hand air. I stopped taking medication for illnesses years ago and I only took sweet drugs as a child bc they were sweet after being told not to.
I have however engaged in various parts and ways of PMO for various reasons
I think everything we have is given to us by God, or if we eorked for it opportunities or what was needed to achieve it was also given, so no one can be proud.
I have done weird things for health, personal amusement and other reasons includingi finding people who may relate and enjoy them but have been accused of attention seeking and I find that deeply repulsive because im sorry for trying to find people to connect with? I didn’t push things that others arent intersted in on them, I was jst trying to exist, some ppl don’t make the difference bc they have a really small world and don’t even think about others much and why they do what they do thus make the wrong assumtpions and attempt to harass and antagonize you. I find that very repulsive simultaneously ive known what other people’s intentions and results of actions and thoughts would be, and they would be confused and hostile towards me for acting like I know them, but I DID. And what I thought would happen happenned so I was just used and hurt and bc they are soo deep in to their own mess they don’t realize what they are doing wrong and a lot of the time don’t even remember that I said what would happen. Ive spent too much time and effort on ppl hoping they would change. I am not looking to be used up by a partner nonetheless. I don’t pretend to know everyhting or be perfecct but I think some ppl are so lost, esp after ive been also judged for my mistakes and not explained like I deserve respect so many times.
Narcissist abuse mention below line warning. Hoenstly you shouldn’te ven read it because I am concerned it may just upset you. I am posting it because I think its important to show that I am aware. Specifiaclly mentions narcissistic “whatever” podcast men who project it on the women.
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Ive had a habit over the years of engaging with media that infuriates me bc I overthink how to react in those situations bc I don’t understand how that in front of me can be a human being with a brain who cares about others and if I showed distress or anger I’d be judged and harassed for it again, despite them being harassers and controllers I nthe first place, and I am afraid of forgetting about it and walking into such situation and being unable to control it. For example the “whatever” podcast the narcissist men were saying in an imposing way how a woman only thinks for herslf bc she wanted to be aborted bc her mother didn’t have neough money to raise her. Obviously u need money to raise someone properly for various reasons, and if he himself odenst understand that a lot of ppl like that are controlling demanding and imposing, while bitter about the sacrifices their toxic environmetns forced them to make (or they made out of their own inferiority hopelessness and lack of faith) or weere actually spoiled, but bc of that they imposed themselves on other people bc I know such ppl and how they grow up and how they treat other children, and are “thankful for being alive”, but obviously don’t have enough empathy for someone who is emotionally intelligent and has struggled to not be exactly like them, bnc those ppl also harass and abuse minorities and vulnerable groups and I have storie about that dotn wanna get into, and they pretend they don’t know what im saying when I do. No I shouldn’t have to remember everything u did and ddi wrong with ur life to expali nto you how you are mistreating me and beg for you to stop. This is a narcissist. I don’t like abortion after understanding that it’s actually alive very early own and has a soul already I think or smth, but before I didn’t know that when I was more justifying it, but I can explain to someone, instead of abusing them into making them lose any ounce of respect for themselves, bc growing up in harsh environment can also often invite other people to mistreat you, even if not always the case.
Bc of ppl like that cotnrolling my own life Ive also had a lot of bitterness and thoughts of revenge and this is part realted to my health issues, and there’s evil that I don’t know if ppl do it just bc they don’t understand genuinely, bc its demons or bc they have to be done something actually important for. I knew better as a child than 30 something year old men, and I have all these issues and I am still better, how can they justify it now? So I have wanted discernment regarding what should be done about various issues. No I will not talk to you or bother you with the dark stuff over and over again I even try to avoid it or build self control bc it can make you go insane im just putting it here to show that I am at least aware and thoughtful of that.

(Gonna be a longer post, sorry in advance. Also not sure if culture or specific country flair would be better.)
I'm writing a short novel and I'm having the hardest time finding a country and cities that would be good for setting. It's supposed to be a very light romance novel with a lot of travelling, like half of it is just about the journey to get to the destination and the culture, and I have a picture in mind of some far away, hot, dry, even deserty country, with these beautiful buildings, crowded bazaars and so on. Something Eastern or African. The whole vibe in my head is a bit like watching Aladdin as a kid; just a magical arabian nights-like thing with a few fairytale elements mixed into reality. So far so good, but the plot limits my choices a lot. Here's context:
Female lead is invited to X country by one of her university friends to her wedding. She loves travelling, loves foreign cultures, travelled solo a lot, SO she turns down the help offered by her friends and decides that she will get there by herself, which leads to all kinds of trouble and inconveniences. (She's not entirely stupid - this is not Emily in Paris - but slightly underprepared and also just facing a bunch of trouble because of ahem, me xd.) She gets to city A of this country by plane or something, but then she is kinda forced to take this awfully long and uncomfortable bus ride to get to city B, where her friend is from and the wedding will take place. On this bus ride she meets the male lead, they also end up seated together, and while at first they annoy each other, he practically becomes like a guardian for her, helping and protecting her in many cases. bla bla bla, story goes on.
Problem: I just can't find a good location. One reason, as I explained, I have a concept in my head, which I have to locate somewhere. Rich, colorful culture, intricate architecture, the traditional clothing, the food, a grand festivity around the wedding etc. But two, I have this looong (10-15+ hours) bus ride in the plot. I want it to be a plausible choice, or even, the only choice. So no planes between city A and B. No train either. And the landscape, as I mentioned at the beginning.
I'm open to any suggestion, any idea, and especially from people who live in African or Eastern countries. You guys definitely know better as it is your country, your culture. Thank you everyone in advance!