There will definitely be a lot more posts of mine here, simply because I just finished the show today and have SO much on my mind.
I was actually in first grade when the show aired (oh WOW I'm old), watched it for the very first time in 5th grade. I watched the show throughout my teenage years, finished it once. I decided to rewatch it at 19 due to a mix of nostalgia and, my main focus, to rewatch the show in the perspective of a (more or less) adult with the experience of watching the show as a 12/14/17 year old. Adding to that: I'm not from the US & watched the show with the German Dub. There might be translation errors or cultural differences which could lead to a few misunderstandings/ me just not knowing about American culture lol.
I have done multiple interesting.. enhancements, you could say - including Speed. Rewatching the show made me SOO mad when it comes to that aspect.
Let's get my person elephant out of the room - wtf was going on with Maya's storyline? From all I have seen Mayas parents are supposed to be these "chill, laid back, not married when getting kids, tattood" California typa parents, yet as soon as a whiff of a joint crosses their nose, they send her to some CAMP? Like, out of ALL reactions you could have head - chill parents or not - why on earth would you send your daughter SO far away?
Now, let's go to the general elephant in the room - Spencers pill popping
I do understand the motivation and reasoning behind Spencer's usage of the drug - ESPECIALLYYY coming from a household with such immense pressure. Out of the perspective from someone who's taken it before, her taking it in order to keep up with studying/ hunting A is actually the "lesser evil" or "less bad" option out of ALL out there.
What bugged me especially was everyone's reaction after finding out that Spencer was abusing speed.
Just as a reminder: You should NEVER approach a person who's drug abusing (and perhaps on drugs while they talk lmao) in a group of four, hassle around with the "evidence" (iirc they had a bottle of pills which they threw on the ground?), scream at the addict about what bad of a human being they are BECAUSE of their abuse etc.
The way the girls just did a 3v1 against Spencer is just.. disgusting.
Now let me get one thing straight: you CAN get away from drugs. You can get away from the people around you which influence you to take them. You can throw everything related to it away & act like it never happen. You can get into rehab, you can seek therapy and help from your loved ones.
That is however.. easier said than done. You can make the jump over to rehabilitation, but you need to make the jump first. That's usually the hardest step - to realize you have a problem.
During the ENTIRE plotline of Spencer being addicted, there is no one who really wanted to sit down with her and see.. her "side" of the perspective.
They could've written it so far better, implement actual aspects of being addicted. The liArs sitting down with her, hugging her and telling her that everything will be alright. Her parents thinking that they might have pressured her a little bit too much or Melissa realizing that her little sister is an addict. Toby trying to save the love of his life during hardship.
Spencer experiencing the symptoms of withdrawal, fighting against the addiction & slowly gaining more and more control of her addiction. Perhaps her doing a lot of shady stuff for drugs.
Don't get me wrong, there are scenes and important moments of Spencer doing exactly these things, like her digging through arias trash in order to find the pills.
They threw away SOO much potential. If they had taken the aspect of her addiction / Drugs in general more serious, more sympathy/empathy could've been around when it comes to drugs or addiction. It's just so.. weird and toxic the way they approached her on the drugs. Instead of giving her support, a shoulder to cry on or just.. any kind of help they just.. attack her.
Now to top ALLLL of that - the Actress of Paige, Lindsay Shaw, was on cocaine the entire time of her shooting. Later she switched to Adderall because it was easiemore accessible, Emily / Shay Mitchell tried to help her too. Apparently the producers knew about it but never talked about it.
I'm sorry, this is such a long rant but honestly... this has made me so mad lol

Thank you for this universe!
And many thanks to for being a full co-writer on this project!
Kaeden and Vichee belongs to and I thank them so much for working with us! It was an honor!
Sven belongs to Bjorn the Copper Paladin from Discord. I hope to do more with them in the future, and have tons of fun!
And don’t you worry about that final in the title! We have some news at the end!
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{Is the reason that everything happened to Tarlim in the first place?}

{Only up to the ramps, mostly. Trying to impress upon people the importance of accessibility for those with extenuating circumstances. At least according to the records I have access to.}

{The average person knows as much about his friends as they do about Mike Collins.}
<...Who?>
{Exactly. 20th century human spaceman, was there for their first lunar landing. Didn’t get to put boots on the ground, and nobody remembers his name now.}

{Hell, I didn’t even know about him until I put in a search query of niche historical figures just to give you an example. Yeesh…}

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Archived Closed Circuit Security Video - Establishment: Exterminator’s Office - Dawn Creek Division - Subbasement - Date Recorded (ST): OCT 31, 2136 - Timeframe (ST): 11:42 - 11:45
The parking bay is silent. Vans are parked neatly in their spots which frame the hallway to the armory and fuel storage for the camera. A ding is heard and something moves in the hallway. Five fully suited Venlil and a Zurulian step out of an elevator and run towards a van. The sound of a door slamming open comes from the hall roughly 6 seconds later. A stream of Exterminators pour out into the hall from the stairwell.
Their voices are indecipherable as they speak over each other. A Sulian runs into the armory and reappears with a huge flamer tank on their back. Another Zurulian can be seen with an extinguisher tank, but a Venlil bleats at them and tosses it aside. They drag the quadrupedal alien quickly into the parking garage before physically throwing them into the back of a van.
From the back of the hallway, a fluid can be seen spreading across the ground. A trio of Venlil back out of a room while holding their flamers up. They are unlit, instead spewing fuel out of their nozzles. The trio twirl around in an overly animated manner as they walk down the hall to the parking garage. A van pulls out of its spot with windows down so the passengers could let out a cheer.
A black-suited Venlil runs up to the spraying trio while waving their arms to get them out into the garage. The microphone just barely manages to catch him saying, “We need to save some for the predators!” One of the other Venlil replies, “Yes sir, Mafchi!” A short flurry of curses is heard as the gathered exterminators pile into the three other visible vans. Two of the vans speed out of the garage, forcing some other Venlil exterminators to dive out of the way in the process.
The black-suited Mafchi picks up a fuel canister that had been dropped and twists off its cap. He slings it under his shoulder and pours a line of fuel. He marches straight to the final van and hops up into the open rear. The van backs itself up to turn out of the garage. The fuel canister clatters to the ground as it pulls away. Before it clears the view of the camera, the Black-suited Venlil is seen standing in its open back. He is holding what appears to be a flare gun.
The flare sails through the air shortly after the van leaves the frame and impacts the ground. It bounces and rolls until it touches the fuel and ignites it in an instant. A small wall of fire proceeds down the provided trail into the hallway, igniting more fuel as time passes. The hallway is quickly engulfed in vividly red fire. Thick black smoke begins to pour out into the garage as the fire inches closer to the primary fuel tank.
Movement can be seen in the hallway between the flickering flames. The silver form of a Venlil Exterminator is seen rushing out of the stairwell and fighting to head towards the fuel storage room. Before they reach, a white flash fills the screen. The feed goes dead, the error code consistent with electrical interruption.
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{Who was what? Mafchi?}

{Hmmm, there aren’t any tags embedded for them. The suits do a rather good job at making the officers anonymous. Let me see…oh.}

{The, uh… the employment records for that Office were…terminated.}

{It looks like…yes, here. Record wipe in 2497. Media with less than 1 bistandannual visit were removed to save space on the university’s central server. It’s…they’re gone, gone gone.}

{Maybe, but that’ll do us no good if we don’t know their name. And because of the chaos of that incident, nobody has been able to accurately reconstruct where every individual was in that office. We’d have to already know who they were to find them.}
<...I guess that’s another person I’ll have to remember then, huh?>
{...Guess so. Speaking of remembering, perhaps you should check out Tarlim’s view again? Seeing how we were just talking about him.}
<...Sure. At least people remember his name, right?>
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Memory Transcription Subject: Tarlim, the Venbig. Date [Standardized Human Time] October 31st, 2136
No matter how much Sven and Anso griped about it, having them leave and return with the trailer was a great idea. The humans who had gone with them the first time were, to my dismay, excited to try and ride in the back. I had at least been able to impress on those four that I couldn’t let anyone else ride like that, and that they were to help with rigging a trailer with some seats.
I had to admit; they did a good job!
Several couches sat bolted to the floor of the covered trailer and even had some ropes that could be hooked across the armrests as impromptu belts. It wasn’t perfect by any means, but it would work as well as any bus or short train ride! Certainly superior to jumping in the bed of a truck.
I strode out into the parking road and swayed my ears to greet Anso. Sven had stayed behind here to meet with the humans and entertain the kids, a job which he was slightly less unenthusiastic about compared to last time. “Greetings, Anso! Have you made the necessary preparations for the humans to leave with you?”
The Yotul hopped out of the truck bed and bounced to me. “We have! I have to say those humans were great workers to have helped get this whipped up so quickly! I hope Sven has been behaving himself?”
I let my tail wag behind me remembering my last glimpse of him. He should really secure his sheath straps! “He has! Been entertaining the refugees while I made sure they all had their belongings ready to go. Come on inside, let’s go gather them.”
I guided him with a wave of my arm as we turned back to the door. To be truthful, I hadn’t expected Sven to win the humans over as quickly as he did. Needless to say, his primitive attire seemed to spark joy within them, a joy sorely needed amidst the sadness of recency.
As we entered the building I noticed something, or rather, the lack of something. When I had exited only a few [minutes] prior, the building had been full of life and noise. Now, it was almost dead quiet, save for the sounds of a holovision coming from the lobby. Rather heated sounds, at that.
“I didn’t think it was already main rest claw,” Anso mused as he, too, recognized the aggravated voices coming from the lobby. “And what are they watching in there? Sounds…angry.”
“Yeah…” I trailed off as I followed the noises. As I approached the lobby, the sound of what I assumed was a Gojid yelling. “You know nothing about my family. TALK, JUST FUCKING TALK, NOW!” My ears pinned back at the foul language at play, hoping that Sven and the children were somewhere else.
As I entered the room, I saw that I was only half right. The children were thankfully nowhere to be found, but Sven was obviously present, as was most of the facility staff. I was about to ask what was going on before another voice drew my attention to the holovision, the same as everyone else. The voice of none other than Chief Nikonus.
“There were three of us who laid out the groundwork for the Federation. When Kolshian explorers came in contact with the Farsul, more than a thousand years ago, the galaxy was young. We were the first in this sector to escape our gravity well. You know about the founding of this institution, but I reiterate it just in case.”
“The Krakotl were the third,” another voice piped up from behind the camera. I thought it might’ve been another Gojid, but the voice was far too breathy. Harchen, maybe? I wasn’t given a chance to consider it further as Nikonus continued. “Yes, they were a problem from the start; aggressive, disagreeable. We tried to identify the problem, and why they were so ill-equipped for spacefaring.”
“We learned they were scavengers, who would occasionally go for fish as well.”
His next line was rendered inaudible by the shocked gasps of both the refugees and residents in the room. I was no different, drawing in a sharp breath at the abrupt admission. I remembered that Arvi had said some aliens were revealed to have eaten meat in the past, but was this the way it was decided to be revealed? With such abject callousness?
Nikonus continued to speak, looking not just proud, but smug with his words. He went on about how the Federation had saved these aliens with their manipulations, but the entirety of his body language seemed to indicate he reveled in how devastating this information would be to the people he was speaking to. How they manipulated an entire culture, a RELIGION!
What if they did the same to ours?
That horrifying thought struck through my mind like a derailing train. I had relied upon the Tenets in some of my darkest moments. Found comfort in them when there was none elsewhere to be found. To have such a comfort revealed as a lie in its entirety, used only for some other group to control you…
The voice of Nikonus hit my ears again. “Oh Sovlin, I already told you. For the small minority of species who don’t find herbivory alone, we teach them the right way. Doesn’t the religion against predators sound familiar?”
The Kolshian was insufferably proud of those words. There was no doubt in my mind now; this was mocking. Mocking a Gojid for following The Protector. For being a predator. For being different, but expecting to still be treated as a person. The Gojid were predators, they couldn’t help it, and they were already being mocked for it.
What might happen to all the other species?
I shifted my focus away from the screen to the crowd, searching for one in particular. Vichee, a Krakotl already so different from everyone else, and now my concerns for them were multiplied with every word that fell from Nikonus’ mouth. Were they okay? They had come in here to see Sven, I had seen them. Where are-
I spotted Kaeden in the corner of the room. Next to him, slumped against the wall, was Vichee. The dual colored Krakotl’s eyes were glazed over as they stared at nothing. I strode over quickly, my instincts wanting to comfort them. Kaeden was simply standing there, it was confusing that he didn’t seem to be comforting Vichee at all. As I got closer, their head tilted up to me, regarding me with an unfocused eye.
“He was right.” They said quietly. My implant almost didn’t pick it up over the sounds of the lobby. “Kaeden had asked me soon after our first meeting if Krakotl had once been meat eaters. Said it was the shape of our beaks. ‘More suited to capturing small wriggling prey than filtering algae’. He told me. I nearly flew away right then… If I had, I would have been alone with this news.”I listened, kneeling down to be closer to their level. “You’re not alone, your herd is here. Right Kaeden?”
He looked over at me and nodded. “Vichee was there with me when Earth was attacked. I’m here for them now. Kaabra and Venik are… together, elsewhere at the moment. But they will be here too.”
I flicked my ears in understanding. “Then I hope they may help in hugging Vichee until their tears are dry.” I turned an eye to Vichee. “Please, I just want you to know that you are still you. What your body does has no effect on your personhood.”
Vichee still sat, their mind still likely whirling with the new information. They lifted their differently colored wings. “I’m well aware. This lesson I already learned. But thank you, I understand what you mean.” Kaeden nodded slowly and Vichee returned to their thoughts.
“There’s going to be trouble soon, Tarlim,” Kaeden stated gravely. “News like this? Nothing good will come of it. I can already tell this won’t go over well. Keep your eyes open.”
As if in response to his words, the sound of clanking metal hits my ears. They shoot up, pivoting to locate its source. There, dashing towards the door, was the armored figure of Sven. I didn’t know him enough to know how this broadcast would affect him, but running was never the best sign. I flicked my ears goodbye to my friends and rose, following after the metal man. In my periphery, I saw the television screen had shifted to show Rolem moving onto the stage. I would have to miss whatever it was he had to say, so ducked through the doors and continued to follow the sound of metal.
As I exited, I saw that I wasn’t the only one to see Sven’s actions. Anso was bounding behind him, shouting something I couldn’t hear. Sven didn’t seem to either as he kept running, but his gait wasn’t one of fear. He looked purposeful, sprinting in a straight line. A line pointed right towards-
Towards the observing Exterminator Van.
The metal Venlil didn’t even hesitate at the presence of the fence. He leapt up in a display of strength and agility, vaulting over the barrier and continuing his beeline into the van. It was like phased through the doors with how fast he moved. There were sounds of commotion that followed his entry, and soon two Exterminators fell out of the van. One Venlil…and one Krakotl. I wonder how Kalek is taking things.
I, too, cleared the fence with only a high step and reached the van, peering in to see Sven at the controls. “Sven! What are you doing?” I asked, the Krakotl officer shivering on the ground in my periphery.
“They got my girl!” He huffed, “She’s a Gojid, they got her, I can’t let them do anything worse to her!” He tried to activate the vehicle to no avail, but his words brought up something that I hadn’t thought much over. I remember hearing about temporary emplacements that were being set up. Paly had texted me about exterminators bringing people there. Her too. And that would mean-
-THOOOOOOOMMMMM-
The wind hit me like a truck and rocked the van I was standing next to. Sven even stopped trying to fiddle with the controls to see what had just happened. In the distance, near the center of town, an enormous black cloud rose into the air, the vestiges of fire still burning in the suspended embers. I couldn’t look away from it as my mind raced with horrible possibilities as my mind tripped over itself trying to concoct a plan of action.
I wasn’t given long to think before the radio in the van crackled to life, startling both Sven and myself. “Attention all True Exterminators! The truth has come out about the taint in our midst! For too long we have lived with its danger in our presence! If any of you still hold the safety of The Herd in your hearts, come join us so we may burn ALL the predator taint from this District! Rendezvous at Vulen’s apartment complex, we shall start our cleansing there!”
The name of one of my landlords sparked familiarity in my mind. They had been working to build a series of new apartments to add to his old, and if I remembered, had agreed to house the Gojid refugees. The Gojid! Paly was housed with them!!
In an instant, I reached into the van and grabbed Sven by the arm. He tried to pull away, but my grip was too strong. “Sven! They’re gonna kill the Gojid! They’re gonna burn Paly!”
He finally managed to shake himself free as my paws became jittery from stress. “I gotta save my girlfriend! She’s in a facility! I gotta save her!”
“But they’re gonna burn people here!” I protested, “we have to do something! We need- We need People who can fight them! Kaeden! I need to get Kaeden! We can save them!”
I pulled myself away from the van and spotted Anso nearby. He must have had to go through the gate, but this was good timing. I pointed a claw at him. “Do Not Let Him drive off before I get back!”
I didn’t give him, nor the Exterminators who had recovered from their shock, time to ask questions. Paly was in danger, as were who knew how many others. I faintly heard my data pad chime from within my shoulder bag, the signal my heart was beating too fast, but I couldn’t deal with it right now. I could get the heart rate under control during the drive. Right now I needed Kaeden, he knew how to fight! How to save people when others were trying to kill them!
My paws guided me and I was back in the cafeteria before I knew it. Some of the crowd had dissipated, but Kaeden and Vichee were still in the same corner I had left them in, but with their Venlil friends now joined. Without leaving time for protest, I grabbed Kaeden’s arm and pulled him away. I heard Vichee squawk behind me, but I was in too much of a hurry. I can’t let her get hurt. I Won’t.
Kaeden started to slap my arm as I dragged the soldier across the lobby. “Tarlim! What the fuck are you doing?? What’s going on?”
“No time, they’re going to burn everyone,” I breathlessly said as I burst the facility doors open to get him to the van.
“What? Who?” Kaeden questioned, still resisting my pull. I could hear a tinge of worry in his voice, and I knew he would understand. Anso looked back from his position as he heard my approach, and upon seeing me dragging Kaeden along, he grew visibly concerned.
“On the radio, something about True Exterminators,” I attempted to explain to him as we neared the gate doors. This time, I simply spread them apart with my free paw, metal screeching against itself as the gate was forced open. “They’re going to burn every cured species they can find, and That Means Paly. I Won’t Let Them.”
Kaeden had stopped struggling as I explained the bare essentials to him, and once we approached the van, he finally had enough sense to ask the right questions. “So what exactly is the plan to stop them? We’re strong, sure, I could probably take most of them. But just two of us against a wall of those flamers?”
“Not two,” I corrected, letting go of his arm and throwing open the back doors of the van. Still seated in the drivers side was Sven, who looked back once he heard me permit entrance into the back. “We have him too.”
“Wh- the LARPer??” Kaeden asked incredulously. I wasn’t familiar with the term he used, but his tone told us all we needed to know. Sven’s eyes narrowed at the perceived insult, but Kaeden continued. “Do either of you have any formal military training?? Rushing down there is only going to get you both killed along with the others! For fucks sake, slow down! We need a plan!”
“T-There won’t be t-time f-for one,” a voice peeped in from behind us. We all turned to face the source, and we found it was the Venlil Exterminator. They recoiled under the sudden gaze of our entire party, but they managed to continue. “I-I recognized the v-voice. It w-was one of the n-new recruits. They m-might as well be Y-Yulpa. If you w-want to stop them, it’s now or n-never.”
We all stared at them for a moment in disbelief that they’d willingly hand over that information to us. They were Exterminators, weren’t they? They should be allied with the voice on the radio! Kaeden, after considering the information, gave voice to my confusion. “And why are you telling us this? You’re an exterminator, shouldn’t you be trying to help them?”
“M-My husband is the Krakotl that was in the van with me!” They yelled back, stamping their footpaw on the ground in agitation. “I-I don’t care what his ancestors did a t-thousand years ago, I will not stand for those zealots burning who knows how many people! We’re not all the same, h-human!”
I was taken aback by their words. I had given up hope that there were any redeemable souls amongst the ranks of those silver-suited brahkasses, but living proof of the contrary stood before us. Their breathing was only matched by mine as my pad continued to chime in my pack. Maybe there’s hope after all.
Kaeden started frantically looking all around, his focused gaze falling on the facility, the exterminator in front of us, and the rising smoke in the distance. After a moment's hesitation, he growled to himself and shook his head. “Fine! Fucking- if you want to prove you’re different, you and your partner stand guard at the gate! They’ll probably try to send a division here, so keep on guard! And for the love of God, go ask for help if that happens!”
My tail wagged behind me as I interpreted what that meant. “So you’ll help us, Kaeden?”
He paused for a second, an agonizing second as he fully took in the situation in his mind. But ultimately, he nodded. “Let’s go, we can figure things out along the way.”
Seizing the moment, Anso quickly jumped into the van and pushed Sven out of the driver's seat, much to their visible frustration. Kaeden quickly hopped into the passenger seat, leaving me with the problem of finding a space that would fit me. I stepped over to the back of the van and threw the doors open.
The flamers and their fuel tanks were useless to us, easy to toss all three sets out onto the ground behind me. I made sure that the flamers were disabled first, of course. Just had to snap the pilot lighters and slice a hose with my claw. Even if these two said they weren’t like these “True Exterminators” I didn’t trust them one bit. I crawled inside the cramped vehicle and wiggled myself to close the doors behind me.
As I got myself settled, I watched as the Venlil Exterminator started to inspect the destroyed remains of their weapons. I squinted a glare at them and positioned myself so they couldn’t enter with me. “You two aren’t coming,” I hissed. “You know why you’re not. Try anything with the humans, and they will stop you.”
I slammed the doors shut as their expressions fell, just in time for Anso to get the van into gear. I curled myself up against the wall of the van, watching out the back window as we sped down the road. We were on our way now. On our way to save Paly and all the people gathered because their ancestors ate meat. My heart hammered in my chest, but I would need to control it for what we were about to do. I needed to focus. I needed to breathe. I needed to be calm.
Focus. Breathe. Calm
Focus.
Breathe.
Calm…
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Memory Transcription Subject: Sol-Vah, Fleeing Predator. Date [Standardized Human Time] October 31st, 2136
My legs couldn’t carry me anymore. I had to keep going, but I didn’t have the strength. My pants became wheezes as my body struggled to keep up with the physical exertion of running almost halfway through town. I hadn’t even looked up before now, at least with eyes not blinded by tears. The pain of Mute’s rejection still stung in my soul, a pain so visceral it threatened to rip me apart worse than any Arxur. Protector, what did I do to deserve this? Is there even a Protector, or did the Federation just- just make that up?
I didn’t have time to think about that now, I needed to get to the office. From what little I caught of the broadcast, Nikonus had said they saved us before. I knew what it likely was, but…I was desperate. I just wanted to go back home and have him embrace me like he did before. The safety and love I had felt from him was still fresh in my mind, and if there was any chance I had to get it back?
I’ll happily take it.
As I approached the office, however, something seemed off. I could smell soot in the air, but not the kind of soot that came from our flamers. This was- was…dirtier smelling, as if the fuel had been impure. Upon looking up, however, I saw something that made my stomach drop. A huge plume of smoke, billowing up into the sky. It shadowed the sun itself with its immensity and hate. Did the Exterminators burn more drugs? Or…or…
I felt a renewed vigor as I started to run towards the plume, hoping against hope that I was wrong. As soon as I turned the corner, though, my worst fears were realized. Where the office once stood now sat a burning stack of glorified rubble, every single window in sight shattered and multiple holes in the outer walls. The building was split, it was as if a giant knife had come down and sloppily sliced off its front half to spill flaming debris everywhere.
I stood in front of the building I had once called my home, surrounded by screams and the awful sound of flames roaring. I knew now there was no hope of salvation, no way this could ever be undone. I would never be able to go back to the way things were, never feel the happiness I had for that brief time. I was doomed to this life, abandoned by my love, and forced to live as an abomination devoid of a home.
I suppose that’s all a predator like me deserves.
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You read it right: This is going to be the final chapter of "Of Giants and Journalists." With the conclusion of Sharnet and Vekna's adventure, we will now take the time to show how this announcement has affected our characters and the galaxy at large. We're excited to announce our new series, Nature of a Giant: Aftermath! This series will not be quite as in-depth temporally as Of Giants and Journalists was, mainly because not as much will be happening in as short of a time. Rest assured, though, there will still be plenty of action across the board! You just won't have to deal with over half the story only covering a week of time!
In that vein, we are also excited to announce we are working on another bonus series, one that was teased a long time ago, Venric Lawven: Legal Legend! It will be filling the gap for content while we work on the first few chapters of Aftermath to make sure the scenes are as quality as they deserve, but will have a reduced upload schedule to once a week to accommodate for writing two series at once. On behalf of both of myself and , we'd like to thank all of our readers for sticking with us on this journey. It's hard to believe this series has been going on for over a year in one form or another, but I wouldn't have it any other way! Thank you all again for your continued support, and we look forward to seeing you again with Legal Legends! And then...
The Aftermath!!

Hello everyone, I’m 34 years old and was just diagnosed with PCOS about a month ago. I also just found out in diabetic. I was able to conceive two children (not easily). In hindsight, I wish I knew I had PCOS back then…I had my second child in February 21 and through a lot of work was able to go to my pre pregnancy. I have been 5’5” and 150 for as long as I can remember.
However I had a tragic loss on May 22. That was a stressful time in my life and I ate and ate. I am pretty active but the weight gain kept up. I tried all my old diets about a year ago and nothing worked. I could be great all day and exercise but then binge whatever carbs, sweets I could and many times Uber eats. So here I am in January, 30 pounds heavier than I ever was. I get a therapist I try a diet. Still not working or losing weight - but helpful in other regards. Last month, I demanded an appointment with an RE. I am so glad I did. I cannot have another child but he was still so thorough about everything. I have been on metformin for three days now and OmG, I haven’t craved a sweet. I cannot remember the last evening where I didn’t crave sugar. I have been EXTREMELY careful with my diet / no sugar no gluten no dairy so I don’t get sick and I take extended release at night with my dinner. So far no symptoms and whatever was making me crave sugar like a literal addict has stopped. I hope to lose the 30 pounds without a GLP-1 but it’s not off the table. I go back in two months. Sharing this to help.

I'm gonna share abt my ex bff. To start off with, we're strangers now.
So basically, we're started becoming friends when I went to secondary school. Since we both in remove class (for those who fail bm 🙄) it's a useless class. Pls dont go cuz you'll literally die our of boredom cuz they basically teaching kindergarten syllables. Ehm anyway back to the topic, i initiated to talk to her first since I have literally no friends there and I really need help for this one Chinese hw teacher gave. Since she's good at Chinese, I asked her. Then we slowly became friends. We're unseparatable. But during that period of time, Malaysia had mco so we didn't get to meet each other much. So we'll contact through WhatsApp. Of course. We have online classes but after a period of time, we have to go back to school according to groups. Example, there's group A and B in a class. We'll basically take turns to go to school. Unfortunately, we aren't in the same group.. so we aren't very close at that time anymore. But after awhile, everyone is allowed to go to school with some kind of strict rules like wearing mask all the time, 1m social distancing etc. sometimes she would still text me asking if I'm coming to school since I don't feel motivated going to school if she's not there. At that time, I felt like she still cares for me. But when we have to split class, our friendship isnt the same anymore. We all have new friends and our friendship drifted apart. At first, I tried to built that friendship with her again but it couldn't work and get worser. She doesn't care about me anymore and text dryly to me and said that I was annoying. I was very upset and dissapointed at her. But I would still annoy her through texting anyways. But one thing I don't understand is that she would tell her friends about the whole story and situation we're in and her friend would always look at me (I SERIOUSLY DK WHYY). It's getting so annoying to the fact that one of her friend was showing middle finger to my friend. The stares they gave was so intense that I think I might have done something wrong. I remember that one time when our friendship isnt ruined yet she told me that a lot of friends leave her because they have new friends. But now I get what she meant. She basically kick them out of her life by texting so damn dryly and act uninterested to the friendship.
So I eventually stop initiating to talk to her and just completely ignore her existence (I was emo for a period of time ofc). But I moved on. But one thing I don't understand is why the hell she don't wanna make initiative to talk to me?? Isn't that hard right? Is not like she's mute or deaf. That one time I asked her why she does not want to initiate talking to me first and her answer was absurd. Bro told me that I should be the one initiating instead 💀💀💀. Ridiculous.
Till now we're already form3 (16yrs old) and she still constantly staring at me as well as her friend. That's creepy.. (like I just feel someone staring at me and turns out it's her)

So I just finished the anime. And haven't heard anything about the manga. So idk if there will be a S2, and I don't care.
I might look into the manga if you guys say it's like... at least 50 times better than the anime. Because the animes last, 4-5 ish episodes. Felt. So, so, so bad.
It felt like they threw away all the character progression, and effort, in favor of backstory, and deus ex machina twists.
I feel like the story died right when lightning man killed silverware princess. Because right after that "Oh she survived" and "Oh he's just stronger now. Why? Pfft I'm not telling you" and "hey I'm an old guy and I'm getting stronger. Oops nvm I'm dead. Lol. 🤡"
Like I get it. You want shock factor. But if you want that killing off 90% of the cast and calling the last fight "good" isn't how you do it.
And you don't make a good villain by giving him 20 transformations just because he was born like guts. And you don't introduce a cool interesting transformation (barrier and tree dragon) and trash it via character we've never seen before.
Especially when you just introduce the characters and kill them instantly. Like spend a little more time. And don't use overused and sloppy tropes for the last fight. It was so anticlimactic.
Oh yeah big fight. Old man gonna block it. And he's dead. Oh finally a cool fight between ragna and kamui. And... its... so... slow... nothing is happening. Is this even a fight? The fight between them after kamui killed the princess was better. THE FIRST DRAGON KILLED IN THE SHOW WAS BETTER. Like wtf happened? Who got fired?
Tldr: the animes ending felt rushed, sloppy, and bad, just bad, and ruined the show for me.

I love Valheim, take the following merely as a recounting of harrowing tales, not as a complaint.
When I heard about the Ashlands finally launching I was so amped, hadn't looked up anything for it, didn't get the PTR for it, pretty much going in blind which is rare for me. We load up our old world, which was probably the first mistake.
We load up our world that we've been playing on and off since Valheim launched, a buddy of mine decides to take a random portal in base labeled 'DA NORTH', followed by them telling me not to follow them into the portal. Silly me, I thought they needed help, so I jumped in after them, I should have listened and stayed behind. I guess with the addition of the Ashlands they reconfigured the entire world map layout, way more so than what was done in the Mistlands. Buddy and I drop into water where there once was land, just before the portal that is now floating, collapses behind us, leaving us to drown at the top of the map.
Felt just like a classic beginning of an RPG of "Look how powerful you are, now X happens and you lose all your powers." We made a boat and sailed for the north, about an hour later we got our bodies, created a new portal and got the hell out of there.
"That was weird, let's see how our Mistlands bases are doing" Go through one of our Mistlands portals, drop into boiling water, die. Go through another Mistlands portal, drop into water, die. Turns out most of our Mistlands bases were near the southern edge of the world, and with the update, they were all decimated, sinking below the waves. Where there once were ruins and glowing roots are now just confused rabbits and dwarves swimming around.
Couple of hours pass, we make a Drakkar, try to make landfall, we achieve landfall and setup a portal, our forward Ashlands base is then overrun and the portal is destroyed. Merely a set back, go back home, gather the supplies, build a new Drakkar to retrieve my boiled body before attempting another doomed landfall on the Ashy lands. We land, setup another portal, get overran, lose the portal and now our second Drakkar, along with my black metal axe.
Time to rebuild, again, this time I make sure we have some of the best food, stocked on fire resist and healing mead, and we even managed to setup a portal base on one of the spikes sticking out of the ocean near shore. Buddy and I decide to try and retreive the other Drakkar so we can make a sort of harbor. We set sail for where the first two ships should've been, now they're nothing but ruined wood and metal. We try to turn back, theres an enemy behind us pushing us forward, we try to go forward, the ship ends up beached and I get taken out by a Volture. Our third lost Drakkar, but at least we set a portal up on a nearby spike, so getting back there shouldn't be an issue as long as a bone serpent doesn't decide to attack it.
The period of rebuilding has begun once more, soon we will need to return to waterlogged crypts to replenish the iron supply, but until then we forge forward.
Maybe weve just gotten unlucky, picked a really populated beach to land on and now we've just been trying to take that spot back ever since, regardless, really looking forward to whatever awaits us beyond those scorched shores.

Need to get this off my chest. I'm slowly failing out of grad school and I don't know what to do.
I've been in grad school since 2021, full-time (i.e. not working). I've been "working" on my master's thesis for over a year, full time, with very little to show for it - and the shame I feel is getting to be too much to bear.
Every day for the past year+, I have intended to finally "get to work" - every semester for the past 4 semesters has been "the one" where I'll "finally buckle down" - "I have so much time".
So I eat breakfast, I sit down at my desk and - I can't make myself work. I never know what to do. And I've been stuck now for almost 16 months, doing nothing with my life, all the while telling friends, family I just need "one more semester."
I feel immense amounts of shame about this, constantly. It's destroying me.
For context, my advisor is friendly and responsive, but not proactive. He is very responsive when I reach out, but he doesn't reach out to me (I think that's fair, and I know my academic success is my own responsibility). He's supportive, and I told him I'm dealing with some personal issues.
I have a decent foundation of analysis I did and maybe 40+ research papers annotated. Zero writing outside of my year-old proposal.
I looked into ADHD and got a scrip - but the meds don't seem to make anything click.
I'm immensely grateful that my life conditions are such that the bills get paid - but I've now spent nearly 4 years out of work, and I did mostly odd jobs before that. Coupled with my slow failure on this thesis, I feel a massive pit in my stomach when I think about my life. Other students are putting out theses, graduating, getting jobs, some now having started the program after me - & I'm just stuck.
I am seeing a therapist, but 1 hour a week is barely enough.
If I can't complete the thesis - which will be hard to stomach - I can "downgrade" into smaller research projects and get the credits I need. I want to "prove" to myself that I can do the thesis, that I won't throw in the towel - but maybe that's just sunk-cost fallacy. Maybe I need to just move on.
Anyway - couldn't sleep and needed to get this off my chest. Entering the umpteenth "do-or-die" phase. I'm going to keep trying for the next few weeks and see if I can get this off the ground.
tl;dr taking way too long to complete my master's thesis. feel like a major failure.
Words of encouragement would be much appreciated.

Jack had a decent time as a newborn compared to his aunt, uncle, and father. Being born during the 2000's of course. He was a hybrid of an infected human, rhat being Felix, and Gwendolyn. Luckily for him, it made most of his teetg, except for the molars, sharp. That, and his incredible stamina and weather resistance.
The first four mounths of his life came to horrible turn as his mother, Gwendolyn Kayuri, was killed. Luckily for him, she was able to hide him before Felix arrived.
The next 14 years of his life was hiding. Mostly in basements or hiden rooms, never to see another person than his father. But that's all he needed in life. His father provided a surprisingly good education for Jackson, however not babying him too much.
Now at 14 (1st image) Jack had found it strange that he wasn't allowed outside. Felix didn't have the heart to snap at his son, the poor boy's innocent eyes eating away at him. Felix then told Jack to pack up what little he owned, and for the first time in his life, he saw the outside.
Only for a brief moment however, his poor eyes were adjusted to the dark. His eyes slowly adjusted, mostly thanks to a pair of sunglasses, and laid his eyes upon his worst fear... People. He noted how ghostly pale his skin was. How they looked so "normal" compared to him.
Felix drove him out into the woods, it was far more beautiful than the movies and games he's seen. Than after some rough terrain, he saw an impossible sight... A fort made of logs, and within a town. His father explained that they had made their own community to fight a corrupt government.
Jack was terrified at the prospect of living with hundreds of other people. And all within a single town... It took him weeks to adjust to breathing the same air with other people. That's when one day, he noticed an elderly lady in some black and white robs was struggling into a church.
Being the innocent respectful boy he was, he lended her a hand. As she invited him in. He felt a strange calmness as his cowardice fade. He realized he was in a catholic church, for him it was calming. He felt welcomed there, and soon became a catholic.
2 years pass as Jack was 16 (Image 2). He had a small group of friends. One of which being Maria, who was quite the explorer in the woods. Jack had a feeling he never quite understood... It wasn't a bad one, but a pleasent one. One he only felt around Maria.
Jack finally confessed these feelings to her, revealing she felt the same. Than it hit Jackson in the head, his heart thumping out of his chest. He was in love. But at that moment...
He noticed a commotion outside. Going to one of the fort walls, he watched as a bloody fight ensue between his father, a large muscular woman,a short, pale man with strange fleshy tentacles, and an older man who bared a resemblence to Felix.
He ran outside, quickly stopping Felix from the 4 killing each other. He spoke from his heart, finally setting his foot down. The fight finally de-esculated. However, the older man fell, clutching his chest. Muttering out an apology to Felix and the others. Than Jack finally pieced it together... They were his family, and the old man was his grandfather.
Before he could say anything, Morgan went limp. Jack saw someone take their final breath for the first time. He was in deep shock as Felix walked back inside, not caring about his father's death. However, he saw Felicia and Télios bawling out for their dead father. Rather than leaving the two out there, he led them inside.
The two were overjoyed on meeting their nephew. Jack had opened up a bit more to them, showing them around and showing them to Maria and his friends. Felix however, wss displeased. Thinking the two were using his son to gain intel. Felix quickly kicked the two out, but not with Jack giving them his phone number.
A few hears pass as Jack was 19 (Still image 2, just imagine him a bit more matured). He was enjoying his day until one of Felix's right hand came up to him. Felix was killed, thus leaving Jack the leader of the rebellion.
Before Jack could even mourn, a fire in the surrounding woods broke out. That, and a full-scale FBI and CIA raid was upon them. Jack, with no idea how to lead, panicked. He had no clue on what to do, luckily, most of the rebels knew their positions from drills.
But it wasn't enough, the fire was bad enough but all the enemy units surrounding them? All hope seemed lost until a shout of pure rage and agony was heard. Out of the flames came the scorched corpse of Felix. Jack instanly knew it was his dad, bursting into tears.
Felix was now back at the helm, ordering his men around as they pushed the enemg back. Felix had taken so much gunfire, it was a surprise he was still even standing... Suddenly, Maria was shot. Jack's heart was pumping with adrenaline as he ran for her. He carried her, surprising for his slimmer stature, and ran to safety. Luckily the bullet only hit her leg, but the agent who shit her followed.
Jack noticed, and grabbed a gun. He had the shot but... He couldn't take a life... One of the other rebels shot the agent down as the war finally began to die down. They repelled the enemy and saved the fort from burning! However... Felix collpased, he wasn't immortal, just damn hard to kill.
Jack held him in his arms as he realized there was no saving his father... Not wanting him to suffer, Jack put a gun to Felix's head. Jack muttered a prayer through hesrt-wrenching tears as Felix finally confessed how proud he was. And with a loud bang... His father was free from torment.
The blood on his hands and face... Yes it was the right thing but... It didn't feel like it... He passed the role of leader to Felix's right hand before leaving the rebel life with Maria.
Jack was now im his 20's (3rd image), he was living happily with Maria in (generic city #4). He had been volunteering at any time he could, helping aid the agony of the world. Maria worked at a resteraunt, bringing the two left-over meals. But that's not how they paid rent...
He went over with Felicia and Télios when he could. Spending time at the fight club made hin sick, seeing people laugh at such violence... However, Felicia had made a fortune out of it. She was a bit stingy, seeing that she wanted to save for a mansion, but gave Jack rent money.
However, after a few months of this, Jack was disgusted about his actions... He looked in the mirror, he wasn't a innocent boy. He was a young man, a young man who took a life and now lives with blood money...
He made a plastic mask, fitting snuck on his face. And at long last... He saw that boy again. But the eyes... The eyes don't lie...

TW: mention of sexual abuse
This is a throwaway account.
Context: I'm a female (33), NBSB, a Christian, also one of the leaders in church. Caveat is, I am one SUPER HORNY CHRISTIAN.
My Reddit experience started in Alasjuicy June of last year, and a lot had happened to me since then. Gusto ko lang magkwento of the hit or miss, the pitfalls, the comebacks, the heartaches, and lessons learned along the way.
Intro: my first ever Reddit post
Lurker lang ako sa Reddit for the longest time since I created my account. Ginagamit ko lang to pangcheck sa chismis and random info or trivia. Not until I came across about the subreddit na Alasjuicy. Dahil horny Christian nga ako, I found a new way to release, you know with all those juicy nsfw stories. Reading them gave me a courage to post sa Alasjuicy.
Additional context about me which included in my now deleted post: I was SA victim when I was about 5-7 years old. The culprit was my mentally challenged adult male relative na nakitira nun sa bahay namin. The abuse included him touching my private parts, pinapahawak at pinapasubo nya din yung kanya, minus lang actual penetration. Ilang beses nangyari yun. Natigil lang din nung lumayas sya nung 7 years old din ata ako nun, till now di ko na ulit sya nakita.
Aaminin ko, masarap, nasarapan ako. Tipong hinahanap ko. Dahil dito, I learned to explore my body and sexual side elementary pa lang ako. I learned how to relieve myself even at a young age. Nadala ko till adulthood. Pero me, myself and I lang lagi. I never had a boyfriend din kasi so tamang nood ng porn or tamang basa ng nsfw stuff. It has been a struggle for me kasi feeling ko ang dumi dumi kong babae. At lalo ko pang naging struggle nung naging Christian na ako, tas naging leader pa like I lead single women in church.Kamusta naman daw yun diba. Ang hirap na called ako ni Lord pero may tawag din ng laman. It took a strain sa mental health ko. Ang nasa isip ko lagi, kasalanan to ng abuser ko.
Gladly, after almost 20 years na tinago ko sa pamilya ko yung SA experience ko, nagkaron ako ng lakas ng loob na mag open up sa kanila. May iyakan, may yakapan. Alam ko di totally naiintindihan ng family ko pero sapat na na nasabi ko at ramdam ko ang love and support nila sa akin. I took meds for my mental health. Then I also took spiritual counseling by my leaders sa church to address my SA experience. They prayed for me. I prayed for myself. God knows how much prayers were uttered, I claimed healing then.
Not until I was triggered again noong 2021 and the pain and fear from that SA experience resurfaced. I still lead sa church pero yung libido ko lagi pa ding mataas. At mas lalo pa nga ata tumaas. This led me to Alasjuicy and to post my struggle there na Christian ako pero horny. Andun ako sa point nun na gusto ko mag explore, na gusto ko makarinig ng POVs nang di ako majujudge. Hindi ko na din kasi kaya iopen up ulit nun yung topic sa leaders ko. Naging mas sensitive na ko. Kaya sa Alasjuicy ako napunta. And that single post led me to a rabbit hole....
(Wait bili lang ako dinner kasi gutom na ko haha. Kwento ko yung next part ano ang nangyari after my post in AJ)

I posted recently about my potential rebalance and was shred to pieces so I'm going to elaborate on a few more details, most of the criticism was fair and I'm trying to alter my approach but I felt a few were not fair however I didn't provide enough details so here goes. 33 years old martial arts fighter and coach hoping work reduced hours by the time I am 45+
I started in around 2017, Contributions were:
2018 ISA 20,000 2019 ISA 20,000 2020 ISA 9,100 2021 ISA 13,200 2022 ISA 5,500 2023 ISA 600 2024 ISA 2000 Total £68,400
Value Today £101,000
Portfolio is now 100k as of this morning, the reason for the small drop off between 2021 and 2023 without going in too to much details was just pure depression. I am self employed so I essentially just stopped earning as much during those years and this year I've decided to book my ideas up
I basically did no tinkering from 2017 to 2021
Fundsmith
SMT
7IAM Adventurous Fund
Baillie Gifford American
Vanguard Life Strat 100%
I foolishly tinkered in 2022, trying to switch from funds to etfs and IT's as I am with Hargreaves Lansdown
I kept Fundsmith SMT and sold the rest, I sold Baillie Gifford at a massive profit but then bought the equivalent in the IT USA version (bad move in hindsight) but my thinking was I liked the fund (which I still do) but I wanted the IT for less fees. I used some of the profits from the fund sale to buy EWI. Same situations as BGUSA just terrible timing and they are my only two red on the portfolio but the fund would of gone massively anyway so it doesn't really matter tbh.
I put the rest in ETFs
Mainly VUSA (NO VUAG), VWRP, EQSG, SSIT, HRI,
Then I bought some thematic ETFs, which are doing okay but, I've made my portfolio so complicated right now with a lot of overlap and what not.
So I'm looking to really try and condense my portfolio and also rebalance because SMT and Fundsmith are so high now as I have literally not touched them for years.
I'm toying with going back to the original funds I had for simplicity but I really want to employ a core satellite approach, and have written a short reason why as one of the posters previously stated to look at my portfolio and ask justify to my self why
70% Core 40% S+P VUAG 10% S+P Quality Factor UBC99 - Quality Factor compares well in terms of low correlation with small cap (as can be seen on MSCI website on risk/return/key exposures) 10% S+P Small Cap ETF - As mentioned above 10% Wisdom Tree USA Quality Div Growth - Quality Factor DGRG
or essentially the same thinking as above but global
70% Core 40% SWDA 10% iShares Core World - Quality Factor 10% World Small Cap ETF 10% Wisdom Tree World Quality Div Growth -GGRG
Core would be something like (not thought about it too deeply yet but generally jist)
10% Tech
10% Healthcare
10% Consumer Staples
but I'm more interested in getting my Core down and being on the right track and to avoid disaster!
Any advice, am I at least on the right idea in terms of thinking or am I totally out of my depth here. Really open to criticism but also keen to hear if what I've said is just totally whacky and not at all in line with smart investing because the way I was shred to pieces has really made me think I have no clue what I'm doing yet I see the results and so the cognitive dissonance is running strong, perhaps was I lucky to get to this point?
Kind Regards!

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This is really random and I didn’t know what subreddit to even go to for this, but I was reminded of here and maybe someone can help me figure out which PC game this comes from. I apologize if this doesn’t belong here, but people are excellent here when it comes to vague memories.
I don’t remember much about the game because I couldn’t have been older than 3 or 4 at the time, but there was a Busy World of Richard Scarry game I played (poorly lol) over and over, and I have been struggling to identify which game my memory of this comes from.
My family and I have been quoting Lowly Worm for like 27 years (give or take) now as an inside joke because of this game. All I remember is I think I was making Huckle do something with a red house in the woods? Whatever I was doing though, I messed up every single time.
And every time I did, the game’s way of telling me to try again was Lowly saying in the goofiest voice ever that lives rent free in my entire family’s head because they heard it on repeat so much, is “sOmEtHinG iS wRoNg HeRe!”
It was necessary for me to type it like that because he had this weird way of saying it, and it’s been driving me insane because I can’t find anything online with him saying that in a game lol.
My older siblings and my parents alike will still say it the exact way as the worm did whenever something goes terribly wrong in our lives and none of us have heard the actual sound byte other than from each other in years.
All of the play throughs on YouTube for multiple Richard Scarry games seem to be focused on doing them correctly and missing out on the fun of also making mistakes, considering how creative they used to be in a lot of these games with either random reactions or some out of place tiny animation in a corner.
And while some of them on there look familiar, I’m still unable to pinpoint which one my specific memory comes from.
All I do know 100% is that it was for PC and I remember picking it off the shelf (after being lifted up) at I think Toys R Us back when the boxed cd games became more common and available.
If anyone is able to help me identify the exact game and help me torture my family with this sound now that I’m 30 years old and wantingg to make them all groan over it for the first time in decades, I would greatly appreciate it.

I posted recently about my potential rebalance and was shred to pieces so I'm going to elaborate on a few more details, most of the criticism was fair and I'm trying to alter my approach but I felt a few were not fair however I didn't provide enough details so here goes. 33 years old martial arts fighter and coach hoping work reduced hours by the time I am 45+
I started in around 2017, Contributions were:
2018 ISA 20K 2019 ISA 20K 2020 ISA 9,100 2021 IA 13,200 2022 ISA 5,500 2023 ISA 600 2024 ISA 2000 Total £68,400
Value £101,000
Portfolio is now 100k as of this morning, the reason for the small drop off between 2021 and 2023 without going in too to much details was just pure depression. I am self employed so I essentially just stopped earning as much during those years and this year I've decided to book my ideas up
I basically did no tinkering from 2017 to 2021
Fundsmith
SMT
7IAM Adventurous Fund
Baillie Gifford American
Vanguard Life Strat 100%
I foolishly tinkered in 2022, trying to switch from funds to etfs as I am with Hargreaves Lansdown
I kept Fundsmith SMT and sold the rest, I sold Baillie Gifford at a massive profit but then bought the equivalent in the IT USA version (bad move in hindsight) but my thinking was I liked the fund (which I still do) but I wanted the IT for less fees. I used some of the profits from the fund sale to buy EWI. Same situations as BGUSA just terrible timing and they are my only two red on the portfolio but the fund would of gone massively anyway so it doesn't really matter tbh.
I Put the rest in ETFs
Mainly VUSA (NO VUAG), VWRP, EQSG, SSIT, HRI,
Then I bought some thematic ETFs, which are doing okay but, I've made my portfolio so complicated right now with a lot of overlap and what not.
So I'm looking to really try and condense my portfolio and also rebalance because SMT and Fundsmith are so high now as I have literally not touched them for years.
I'm toying with going back to the original funds I had for simplicity but I really want to employ a core satellite approach, and have written a short reason why as one of the posters previously stated to look at my portfolio and ask justify to my self why
70% Core 40% S+P VUAG 10% S+P Quality Factor UBC99 - Quality Factor compares well in terms of low correlation with small cap (as can be seen on MSCI website on risk/return/key exposures) 10% S+P Small Cap ETF - As mentioned above 10% Wisdom Tree USA Quality Div Growth - Quality Factor DGRG
or essentially the same thinking as above but global
70% Core 40% SWDA 10% iShares Core World - Quality Factor 10% World Small Cap ETF 10% Wisdom Tree World Quality Div Growth -GGRG
Any advice, am I at least on the right idea in terms of thinking or am I totally out of my depth here. Core would be something like
10% Tech
10% Healthcare
10% Consumer Staples
but I'm more interested in getting my Core down and being on the right track and to avoid disaster!
Kind Regards!

So I made a post few hours ago in a sub, and it was related to the observations I made about this whole controversy around body counts, and how I believe that most of the reasons behind female subjugation is connected to their sexuality. In my post I wrote following sentence(repeating here word for word):
“Men have never faced the violence that women have to endure all over the world, and throughout centuries in case they failed to prove that they are virgins.”
Guess what? One person quoted half of the sentence “men have never faced the violence that women have to endure” and said that it’s not true because men have experienced more violence. Massive smfh moment. Another man did the same thing, and made the same argument.
That sentence is related to a specific context, that is violence against women in case they fail to prove their virginity, since men weren’t ever even expected to show the proof that they are virgins.
That sentence was starting point of whole paragraph on honour based violence, and ended with me talking about blooded bed sheets, virginity tests, and restoration practices.
This is not the first time it has happened to me. It almost always happens whenever I make a post.

This isn't a vent, just kind of a bittersweet moment that I wanted to share. At my old school, there would be this kid I was friends with who would bring smores of goldfish to school every day, and during lunch break, we could climb the tree in the schoolyard and eat goldfish. Remember, once, there was a mean kid who laughed at us, so we tossed goldfish at his face. That was the last time I saw her. I don't remember her name or anything about her except for the fact we were dumb 6th graders. I miss her :(

Was told to post here after posting in alcoholics anonymous. Original post here: https://www.reddit.com/alcoholicsanonymous/s/yMNUGEcm6I
My brother is an alcoholic and i feel like I'm done trying to help.
My brother is an alcoholic it's been about 4 bad years, and 4 more years where it was not so bad.
After we lot our dad 4yrs ago, he divorced his wife. So all of that took a toll as well. He was separated from his wife for 4yrs till then. The Alcohol intake went up after they separated.
My family and cousins have all tried to help and understand that this is a disease.we also understand he has had a hard life and coped with alcohol. Now a full blown alcoholic.
He was very bad about 2.5yrs ago and fighting with all of us and it was real bad as we were in post Covid and lost dad so we are all also grieving. Yet after that for 5months he stayed sober and again since last June or so he started to drink. Now back to where it was 2.5 yrs ago and so is the fighting slowly coming back.
It Hurst so much to see a person deteriorate like this. It takes away who they are.
Well last time I was very driven and afraid hell die and I got support of family and extended family.
This time I feel like I'm done, his attacks, his constant drinking at mom's place and my mom is old and this is stressfull, he is 45 and his kid visits weekends but he's piss drunk, he's drunk whenever he can, he lies about everything to drink. He has a job barely going.
Anyways I feel sorry for him and for anyone who has to fight an addiction but honestly I feel I want to cut off from him completely. I cannot take his abuses this time and I don't want to lose my mom.

I’m not sure if this has been spoken about already, but it’s doing my head in and I need to do something about it. There are scammers all over Vinted, we all know that, but I want to educate people on what the scammer’s accounts look like and how they actually achieve the scam.
Firstly, what do the accounts look like, these are the 5 things I use and you can use to tell if the account is dodgy:
Username: Usually a name with random numbers and letters intertwined, such as j0hnathan43z0 (not a real user name)
Price: Tends to include pennies such as £48.50 or £18.75, not very common for a legit seller to use pennies, so when they do, pls check their account.
Reviews/Followers: Almost always they will have 0 followers and 0 reviews.
Photos: Poor quality photos that are clearly cropped, and sometimes have a distorted/barcode-like pattern along one of the edges of the image
Wardrobe: Usually consists of completely random items, with very good prices. Check the background in the image of each item, are they similar? Or do they look like they are taken in what’s clearly a different household for instance.
How does the scam actually work you may be wondering… well:
What they do, is they list an item, using images stolen from an old sales listing from Vinted, eBay etc. The item will be very well priced. (Most of these scam listings are posted in the evening, at around 9pm onwards, however you may notice them popping up all day)
A person will be attracted by this price, and no doubt they will buy the item.
At checkout, you will notice the only courier option is Royal Mail. Why is this? Royal Mail is the only courier on Vinted that isn’t a tracked service, it’s only 2nd class, and because of this, you have to send a proof of postage receipt to the buyer as an image, hence the “Here’s the postage receipt”… message that shows when the seller has sent you said receipt.
The scamming seller will activate this message, in doing so, the Vinted software will update the buyer telling them that their item has been sent. However the buyer won’t upload an image of the postage receipt. (Some time after this, usually an hour or so, the seller will delete their account, I’m not sure how this bit helps the scammer in any way, but they often do this).
If a parcel goes missing on Vinted, Vinted will refund both the buyer AND the seller regardless. Services like InPost and Evri can be tracked and used to prove if the parcel has been delivered or not. Royal Mail 2nd class on the other hand cannot be tracked. So Vinted assume the parcel is lost and eventually refund both parties.
What Vinted fail to do however, is check the transaction for a proof of postage receipt. Checking if the seller actually sent the item off and can prove it, would allow the seller to be rightly refunded or not (the buyer will be refunded regardless). This is bad on Vinted part obviously, because Vinted are paying out scammers for absolutely nothing.
I can’t believe they are getting away with it and it has to stop, because people are paying good money for items that never arrive, and are then out of pocket for 3ish weeks before they are refunded. I hope this post helps the community and raises awareness.
Thanks for reading and stay safe on this marketplace.
If it’s too good to be true, it usually is!

I was ambitious. I had an ambitious career in mind and I went to school for it. Long story short I dropped out. Got depressed.
As time passes, it feels like some of my friends are less receptive to my texts. And for some reason it felt like they were more keen when I was still in school.
It just isn't making me feel good and it has me feeling kind of down. Just yesterday, I sent a friend a gool old "How you been?" text and said something about how I been, and all he had to say was "Thats good to know, haha."

Reddit Account: u/Jon_Reid
Discord Tag: roylion44
Name and House: Damon Manderly
Age: 34 Cultural Group: Andal
Appearance: Damon has dark long shoulder length hair, a full beard and dark eyes. Tall, broad shouldered and muscular, the Lord of White Harbor is often seen in his dark armor and a trident as his staff of office. :max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/jason-momoa_0-da8e73e0459d48ba92735e84d4aa4fea.jpg)
Trait: Mariner
Skill(s): Admiral, Merchantman (e), Architect, Avaricious
Talent(s): Swimming, Play (Lute), Navigation
Negative Trait(s):
Starting Title(s): Lord of White Harbor, Warden of the White Knife, Shield of the Faith, Defender of the Dispossessed, Lord Marshal of the Mander, Knight of the Order of the Green Hand, Knight of the Order of the White Hand.
Starting Location: Opening Event
Alternate Characters: N/A

AC

Name and House: Alaric Manderly
Age: 22
Cultural Group: Andal
Appearance: A younger version of his elder brother with dark hair and closely cropped beard.
Trait: Inspiring
Skill(s): Vanguard (e), Ambusher
Talent(s): Heraldry, Hawking, Horse riding
Negative Trait(s):
Starting Title(s): Ser, Knight of the Order of the White Hand.
Starting Location: White Harbor
Alternate Characters: NA

Archetypes
Wyman Manderly (uncle) - Castellan
Desmond Manderly (uncle) – Master-at-Arms

Biography

Lord Damon Manderly was born in 9 BC, the eldest born son of Lord Medgar Manderly and Iolande Ashford, the widow of Ser Torgen Tallheart and the mother of two small sons. At some point after her husband’s death Iolande returned to her parents’ home in Ashford, a rather impoverished widow and berefit of financial support for her two young sons. Iolande petitioned Medgar’s friend Lord Torrhen Stark of Winterfell for help in working out her financial plight. Lord Stark sent his friend Medgar the Lord of White Harnbor to investigate and the two fell in love and married in 10 BC, a year before Damon was born.
The birth of Damon was followed by that his younger brother Daron two years later in 7 BC during which his mother died in childbirth. In 2 BC when Damon was seven years old, he was sent to be fostered in Winterfell while his brother Deron was sent to the family of their grandmother - the Ashfords.
Damon was raised in the court of Lord Torrhen becoming familiar with the culture, education, and institutions of his host and making friends with the grandsons of Torrhen Stark who was of age. One of those was his cousin Rickard Snow, the son of Eddard Snow, one of the bastards of Lord Torrhen who had married his father’s younger sister Margaery Manderly.
In 5 AC when Damon was fourteen and still a squire, Torrhen Stark bent the knee to Aegon the Conqueror. The resulting rebellion called The Son’s War - a rebellion in the North against the surrender of Torrhen Stark. Led by the Heir to House Bolton, thousands of angry Northmen are crushed in battle by Torrhen Stark. Several of the defeated members flee east to form the Company of the Rose, including Eddard Snow and his son Rickard.
In 9 AC Damon was knighted by Torrhen Stark, as per his father Lord Medgar’s request, but despite this Damon, as his father’s heir, remained at Winterfell. His father, who had remarried to Myrcella Waynwood of the Vale by then had many more sons, and hence made no overtures for his oldest two sons to return. Instead, Eddard, the eldest paternal half-brother of Damon, egged on by the support of his father’s second wife Myrcella, had been designated by Lord Medgar as heir to White Harbor, in his absence. Despite Lord Mefgar’s violating of the laws of inheritance, Lord Torrhen chose not pursue the matter for the moment.
Damon notably chose to stay with his foster family, partly due to the influence of his raising at the court of Torrhen Stark and partly for the opportunity it would present to advance his career, though he may always have had in mind that one day he would become White Harbor’s lord, like his father and grandfather. To that end he developed an interest in architecture. Lord Torrhen assigned him to his team of engineers who were responsible for maintain Winterfell’s fortifications and other structures. (Architect). At the same time Damon’s work in this area developed his aptitude for driving a hard bargain (Avaricious) in negotiation.
In 14 AC, when Damon was 23 years old, Lord Torrhen Stark was overthrown and assassinated, after he informed his children of his intent to back one of the Dragon Queens. Damon’s father Lord Medgar, suspecting foul play from one or more of the Stark siblings loudly called for justice for the late lord, a close personal friend of his, prompting Damon to fear that he was no longer welcome in Winterfell.
The next year, Lord Regent Orys Baratheon called a grand hunt in the Kingswood. For the first time in many years Damon met his father Lord Medgar, his full brother Daron and his younger half-brothers and sisters when the Mandely family accompanied the new Lord Alaric south. The grand hunt would end in disaster as bandits would descend upon the hunting parties and kill or carry off many nobles. One of the victims was Damon’s brother Daron. The disaster in the Kingswood would eventually lead to most of the Starks returning to Winterfell but Lord Alaric remained along with Damon himself in order to exact revenge on the bandits.
As a youngster, Damon had always had an aptitude for the sea, something he had missed with his time in inland Winterfell. (Mariner) Now with his journey south first to White Harbor and then travelling by sea to Kings Landing he rediscovered his youthful passion. He began spending his time down at the docks in Kings Landing and much of his time on some of the warships of the royal fleet. He found that he had a natural aptitude for naval manoeuvres and over the next few years he commanded a small contingent of royal ships, refining and improving these skills (Admiral).
In 23 AC, Lord Medgar and his eldest son by his second wife and designated heir Eddard Manderly, a young man of 23 years old, were ambushed by crannogmen when they went to investigate the ruins of Moat Cailin. Medgar was killed and Eddard was mortally wounded in the same fight and died some days later. Medgar’s other sons 22 year old Emmon and 19 year old Edgar managed to escape the crannogmen and with the help of retainers and Lord Medgar’s brother Desmond returned safely to White Harbor.
A power struggle for the control of White Harbor now ensued. Lord Medgar’s younger brother Desmond Manderly took the opportunity to seize White Harbor attempting with Lord Medgar’s widow Lady Myrcella to make young Emmon Manderly the new lord of White Harbor with himself and his sister-by-law as regents and ruler. His father’s death allowed Damon, as Lord Medgar’s eldest son to lay claim to White Harbor attempting to depose his uncle. Concerned about the growing power of White Harbor Lord Alaric, now serving as the realm’s Master of Laws in exchange for an oath of fealty to his person, Lord Alaric publicly invested Damon Manderly as Lord of White Harbor. Lord Stark placed Damon in charge of a force with the task of securing his claim. Defeating his uncle in a pitched battle, Damon deposed and imprisoned his half-brother Emmon, his uncle Desmond and his sister-by-law. Not wishing to kill his younger brother and uncle, Damon kept Desmond in close but comfortable confinement at White Harbor, while Emmon, (now effectively his heir) was exiled, so as not to be tempted to make another attempt on ruling White Harbor. Emmon went to King Landing south where he was stabbed to death in a brawl in Flea Bottom by a Westerlands knight of House Clifton. Shortly after the Lady Myrcella died of illness, but some say of grief and despair at the loss of her husband and two eldest sons.
Since his elevation to the Lord of White Harbor, two years ago, Damon has made concerted efforts to further develop White Harbor’s trade links. A trade fleet has been constructed and Damon has sent out feelers to some of the city states of Essos (Merchantman), in particular Braavos. Seeking further links Damon has now travelled south to Kings Landing for the princes’ 18^th name day celebrations.
Timeline

• 9 BC – Damon is born the eldest son of Lord Medgar and his first wife Iolande Ashford.
• 7 BC – Damon’s younger full brother Daron is born, but their mother dies in childbirth.
• 2 BC – Damon is fostered at Winterfell while his brother Daron is fostered with his mother’s family.
• 1 AC – Lord Medgar marries Myrcella Waynwood. Their eldest son Eddard (Damon’s eldest half brother) is born the same year.
• 2 AC - Emmon Manderly is born.
• 3 AC – Alaric Manderly is born.
• 4 AC – Edgar Manderly is born.
• 5 AC – Torrhen Stark bends the knee to Aegon the Conqueror.
• 6 AC – Ellyn Manderly is born.
• 8 AC – Alesander Manderly is born.
• 9 AC – Damon is knighted at the age of 18.
• 12 AC – Mara Manderly is born.
• 14 AC – Daven Manderly is born. Torrhen Stark is assassinated.
• 15 AC – Damon’s father Medgar is present at King’s landing for the great hunt. Bandits attack and kill many including Damon’s 21 year old brother Daron Manderly.
• 23 AC – Lord Medgar Manderly and his eldest son by his second wife Eddard are killed in battle against the crannogmen near Moat Cailin. Damon;s younger half brother Emmon Manderly and his uncle Desmond claim White Harbor, but are defeated by Damon and men leant to him by Alaric Stark. Desmond places under house arrest and Emmon is exiled.
• 24 AC – Emmon Manderly dies in a knife fight in Kings Landing against a knight of House Clifton.
• 25 AC – Damon travels to King Landing for the 18^th name day of the Targaryen princes.

Family Tree – 25 AC

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"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty."
Rev. 1:8
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. In order for someone to be the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, he would have to know every little thing from eternity, and also every little thing from eternity. the future, including eternity, who can know such a thing but God? Of course, someone could say that it is, but that would be a lie and it would not be true and only God can claim: "I am the Alpha and the Omega the Beginning and the End" because:
God is omniscient
“Lord! You taste me and know when I sit down and when I stand up; You know my thoughts from afar; When I walk and when I rest, You are around me, and you see all my ways on my tongue, but You, Lord, see, You have already covered me behind and in front and placed Your hand on me. Your knowledge is strange to me, I cannot understand from Your spirit, and where would I flee from Your face, You are there. To descend into hell, to rise on the wings of the dawn, and to move to the end of the sea: And there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me darkness hides me; but even the night is like light around me. Even the darkness will not be eclipsed by you, and the night is as bright as the day: darkness is like light, you created me in my mother's womb, that I am wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, and not a single bone of mine hid from You, although I was woven in the depths of the earth, she saw my embryo all written, and the days were recorded, when they were not yet, how unfathomable are Your thoughts, God! How great are their numbers”
Psalm 139:1-17
In this psalm we see how many facts God knows about us, but that is only a small part because God has far more knowledge about us, but it is practically impossible to express it in words, and here we see that God knows when we sit down, when we stand up, what we do, how we work, he knows all our ways, all our words that we have spoken, he writes that he knows even our thoughts, we can further see that God knows the past, present and future, knows everything about us even before our birth, etc. This clearly indicates that we cannot do anything without God's knowledge, and this applies only to us humans, who are only a small part of God's omniscience.
Here are a few examples that are close to us from life, something that everyone can understand because not all people are scientists or academic citizens, there are far more "ordinary" people, especially throughout history, and the Bible is written in simple understandable language so that everyone can understand him.
And from this it is clearly seen and everyone can understand that God is omniscient.
"There is none holy like the Lord; for there is none other than Thee; and there is no rock like our God. Speak no more haughtily, and let it not come out of your haughty mouth. for the Lord is God who knows everything, and he executes the purposes."
1 Sam.2:2-3
Here, these verses confirm again that the Omniscient God had a practical lesson here, a friendly advice from God, and it applies to our life, it applies to what we do, how we do and what we say, because God knows everything he does to me, so if we persist, we refuse to live according to the will of God, it is our own fault and one day we will bear the consequences for it. Of course, God does not want to force us to do something, it is our choice, but it is great wisdom to listen to the advice that God gives us because God does not want us to perish so that all may live, and that is the meaning of the word "repentance" from 2 Peter.
"The Lord is not late with His promise, as some think He is late, but He is patient with us, because He does not want anyone to perish, but for all to come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:9
God is present everywhere
We said that God is not limited by earthly laws, nor can the essence of God be fathomed. creation, knowledge, giving, forgiveness, salvation, etc.
"But will God really live on earth? Here, the sky and the heavens above the heavens cannot contain You, let alone this home that I am building".
1 Kings 8:27
"For His eyes are turned to the ways of men and He sees all their steps. There is no darkness or shadow of death where those who do iniquity can hide."
Job 34:21-22
"Where would I go from Your spirit, and where would I flee from Your face? If I go to heaven, You are there. To go down to hell, there you are. To rise on the wings of the dawn, and move to the end of the sea: And there Your hand will lead me, and Your right hand will hold me. To say: Yes if the darkness hides me; but the night is also like light around me. Even the darkness will not be darkened by You, and the night is as bright as the day: darkness is like light. For You created what is in me, you formed me in my mother's womb. I praise You, that I am wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, and my soul knows it well. Not a single bone of mine has hid from You, even though I was created in secret, woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my embryo, in Your book it was all written, and the days were recorded, when there were none of them yet."
Ps. 139:7-16
"The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, seeing the bad and the good."
Proverbs 15:3
"Am I God from near, says the Lord, and am I not God from afar?" Can someone hide in a secret place so I don't see them? Speaks the Lord; do I not fill heaven and earth? Speaks the Lord.”
Jer. 23:23-24
"If they bury themselves in the lowest part of the earth, from there my hand will take them; and if they go up to heaven, I will take them down from there; And if they hide on the top of Carmel, I will find them and take them from there; and to hide before my eyes at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them"
Amos 9:2-3
"And there is no substance unknown before Him, but everything is naked and exposed before the eyes of the One to whom we speak."
Hebrews 4:13
God is almighty
In the Bible, we find through different time periods and different manifestations of God's omnipotence, so we will mention some.
We see from the Bible that Abraham was 99 years old, but that he had no offspring, and on one occasion God appeared to Abraham and said:
"And when Abraham was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said to him: I am God Almighty, live according to my will, and be honest. And I will make a covenant between me and you, and I will greatly multiply you. And Abraham fell prostrate. And the Lord spoke to him again and said: From me here is my covenant with you that you will be the father of many nations."
Gen.17:1-4
We further see that Avram was not really sure about that, so he thought that he would never have children with his wife Sarah
"Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, saying in his heart: When will a son be born to a man of a hundred years? And Sarah? Will a ninety-year-old woman give birth?"
Gen.17:17
And here we can see God's omnipotence, because he told Abraham something that was not very clear to the human mind, but it was very clear to God, that's why he said it to Abraham. We later see from the Bible that this promise was fulfilled, and it was fulfilled because God is omnipotent because He possesses all the knowledge and then it is no problem to fulfill the given promise. This or a similar promise can only be given by God because he is omnipotent, and let's imagine that now we humans make a promise about something that will happen in the future. That promise may happen by chance, or only one part of it may come true, or it may not happen at all, we don't know, but God is omniscient and omnipotent, and when he makes promises, he fulfills them.
We can see the fulfillment through the Bible, but here is just one verse.
"The tribe of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham"
Mtt. 1:1
Next we have the event when the Lord sent Moses to Egypt to lead the people of Israel out of slavery.
Here we can see that God appears to Moses as God Almighty and not under some other name.
"God is still speaking to Moses and said to him: I am the Lord. And I appeared to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob by the name God Almighty, but by my own name, Lord, I would not be known to them."
Exod.6:2-3
The next example is from John's revelation, where we have a scene in heaven where four living beings praise the Almighty God, and in order for someone to be omnipotent, he must possess the power that sustains everything, and such power is possessed only by the Almighty God.
"And after this I heard a great voice of many people in heaven saying: Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power to our Lord;
Rev. 19:1
,, And I heard as the voice of many people, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of strong thunders, saying: Hallelujah! For the Lord God Almighty reigns."
Rev. 19:6
It says that the Lord God is glorified in heaven, who is omnipotent and who reigns, and in the Gospel of Luke we can see from where the Lord reigns.
"The Son of Man will sit at the right hand of the power of God."
Luke 22:69
Therefore, the Lord is on the right side of the power of God and reigns from there, it is written about this:
"...All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me."
Matt. 28:18
The Lord reigns because He is El Shaddai or God Almighty. God possesses infinite power or power that is eternal and has no end, and the part of the prayer "Our Father" reminds us of this.
,,...Because Your kingdom, power, and glory are yours forever. Amen"
Matt. 6:13
God can use this force at his discretion without any trouble or difficulty to create something as in the past when he created the earth and everything living on it or as he is creating today or as he will create in the future.
"Ah, Lord, Lord! Behold, You created the heavens and the earth with Your great power and Your uplifted arm; nothing is difficult for You."
Jer. 32:17
,,He made the earth by his power, established the world with his wisdom, and scattered the heavens with his understanding; When he utters his voice, the waters roar in the heavens, he raises steam from the ends of the earth, he sends lightnings with rain, and he brings forth the wind from his stables."
Jer. 10:12-13
Humans are very intelligent beings and practically they can create anything they want up to certain limits, but in creation we read that God used only a word and it was created, he did not need any material like we need to create something and there is another proof that God is almighty.
,, And God said: Let there be light. And there would be light"
Gen.1:3
"By the word of the Lord the heavens were created, and by the spirit of His mouth all their hosts"
Psalm 33:6
In the Gospel according to Matthew, we read about how only the word of God is needed to heal a person and the disease is defeated, God does not need to be
,,.And the captain answered and said: Lord! I am not worthy that you enter under my roof; but just say the word, and my servant will be healed"
Matt. 8:8
Although God with his power has unlimited possibilities, he will never use his power in such a way as to be in conflict with other attributes of God. We have an example in the confrontation of the Lord Jesus with the cross where Jesus could only say a word and angels would be there who could destroy the whole world and not just the enemies who nailed him to the cross.
"Or do you think that I cannot now beg my Father to send me more than twelve legions of angels?"
Mtt. 26:53
If it had happened that way, it would have contradicted the Father's will and the intention with which the Lord Jesus came to earth, and then Jesus would not have been able to say:
"I glorified You on earth; I've done the job you gave me to do"
John 17:4
Here we see that God uses his almighty power for his glory to fulfill God's plan because what he intended must be and nothing but the will of God can change that plan.
"The Lord of hosts swore, saying: Indeed, it will be as I have planned, and as I have planned it will be done."
Isaiah 14:24
God has planned in advance how the nations will receive the Word of God and it is written about in the Acts of the Apostles where it is said that the evangelizers will receive the power of the Holy Spirit and then practically no one will be able to stop them in that work until they fulfill the activities that God has planned.
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit descends on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and there to the ends of the earth."
Acts 1:8
And finally, let's mention something that hasn't happened yet, but it will happen when the Almighty God will say the Word again and it will be what is written in the revelation and after that what we read in Isaiah.
"And out of His mouth came a sharp sword, to slay the Gentiles with it; and He will strike them down with a rod of iron; and He treads on the cauldron of wine and hearts and the wrath of God Almighty."
Rev. 19:15
"For, behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth,"
Isa. 65:17
Let us also mention that with this power the Lord Jesus defeated Satan in the desert
"Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting for forty days and forty nights, he finally got hungry. And the tempter approached Him and said: If You are the Son of God, say that these stones become bread. And He answered and said: It is written: Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. Then the devil took Him to the holy city and placed Him on top of the church; So he said to him: If you are the Son of God, jump down, because it is written that he will command his angels for you, and he will take you in his hands, so that you do not trip over a stone with your foot. And Jesus said to him: But it is also written: Do not tempt the Lord your God. Again the devil took Him and took Him to a very high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of this world and their glory; And he said to him: I will give you all this if you fall down and worship me. Then Jesus said to him: Get away from me, Satan; because it is written: Worship the Lord your God and serve Him alone. Then the devil left Him, and behold, the angels approached and served Him."
Mtt. 4:1-11
Finally, here are a few more verses that confirm that God is almighty:
,, And God said to him: I am God Almighty; grow and multiply; a nation and many nations will become of you, and kings will come from your loins."
Gen.35:11
"For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, a great, mighty and terrible God, who does not look at who is who, nor does he accept gifts;"
Deut.10:17
,,And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?"
2 Chron. 20:6
"From the north it comes like gold; but in God there is a more terrible glory. He is Almighty, we cannot reach Him; he is of great power, but with judgment and great justice he does not torment anyone"
Job 37:22-23
"Look, I am the Lord God of all flesh, is there anything difficult for me?"
Jer. 32:27
"And Jesus looked at them and said to them: With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
Matt. 19:26
,,And Jesus looked at them and said: With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God."
Mark 10:27
"Because with God everything is possible that he says."
Luke 1:37
We have seen several examples of God's qualities that confirm the verses that the Lord Jesus gave John to write down. The only "Someone" who possesses the qualities that we have studied can say that he is the Almighty, and that is God, the Lord Jesus Christ.
"I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord, Who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."
Rev. 1:8
The verses we have studied should strengthen us in our faith because if God promises something, He surely fulfills it, and in this case it refers to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ in glory.
God reveals the fulfillment to us in 21 chapters where he says:
,, And he said to me: It is finished. I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give the thirsty from the spring of living water forever."
Rev. 21:6

I have somewhat a toxic relationship with my mother. I know she loves me and wants the best for me, but there are certain things that have hurt me so much internally that I no longer know how to deal with it and be a good, obedient daughter.
When I was 12 years old, my father was caught cheating and since then my mother has suffered from depression. She became addicted to sleeping pills (ambien) and on so many occasions would abuse them. I am 30 now but I have grown up in a household where I had to constantly tiptoe around my mother and look after a mother who would get high on these pills. She would hallucinate, make a mess of the house, bang into objects around the house because she could not walk straight…pretty much act like a drunk person. There was a time where she drank insect poison….tried cutting her wrist….went into a catetonic state…recently overdosed and had fits for 3 days. She has had counselling, she is getting treatment for her depression but despite everything she refused to give up the pills. Over the years, my grandmother, my moms sister, my dad, her inlaws, her cousins….everyone has complained about her behaviour while is high on these pills because she becomes a zombie. The behaviour would mostly last all day because she purposefully takes the pills during the days. My sibling and I have tried explaining to her so many times in so many ways why this behaviour is so harmful for her, why it hurts us but she has still never tried to stop. I feel as though now I have so much frustration and hatred built inside me because of this, and I don’t know what to do with it. I recently got into an argument because we were meant to go visit a family friend and she decided to take a sleeping pill at 4 pm. I told her nobody likes hanging out with her while she is under the influence of these pills and she shouldn’t have taken them now. Instead she started going off saying you are the rudest daughter ever, a spoilt brat etc. I stopped talking to her. When my brother tried to mediate the situation, I broke down and while crying told her that her bevahiour has affected me so much throughout my whole life. We both tried explaining to her why her getting high and not getting off these pills is affecting everything. she started playing the victim again and said that I am an ungrateful daughter, the brattiest and rudest daughter and I am making a big deal out of nothing etc etc.
Now I just feel guilty like somehow I am in the wrong. I honestly don’t know what to do. We are literally really happy and fine for a while when she runs out of these pills. But everytime she goes and gets a prescription and ends up finishing them all in a few days or week, I feel very triggered. Like during those days I don’t like talking to her at all, and I am angry and cold and very distance. I know I shouldn’t be doing that and be a kind, obedient daughter but to like what extent? I have had 3 dreams recently where I saw myself crying and screaming at my mother over this, so I know there is a lot of anger within me. But I just don’t know how to cope with it anymore because I have had more than a hundred civilised conversations with her. I have tried explaining it everyway but nothing has changed so that recently I lashed out. But she still played the victim and gaslight me into thinking that I was wrong to be angry.