Hi, ich habe den folgenden kurzen Poetry Slam geschrieben und wollte diesen einfach nur kurz mit ein paar Menschen teilen. Mir war nicht wichtig ob der Text literarisch perfekt ist, der flow und die Emotionen des lyrischen Ichs standen dabei für mich im Vordergrund.
Alle Kommatas sind Sprechpausen, damit der typische, monotone und überdramatische Rhythmus rüber kommt.
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Ich hatte alles, was ich mir jemals erträumt habe, und habe alles, für dich wieder hergegeben, und heute sagst du mir, du wüsstest nicht ob du mich noch liebst.
Du schreibst mir nicht mehr.
Du machst mir Vorwürfe.
Und ich hab dir mein Leben gegeben.
Ich habe in uns alles gesetzt, ich hätte alles, für dich getan, ich bin, um die halbe Welt für dich geflogen.
Aber ich kann dir keine Liebe zeigen.
Du kannst nicht für mich da sein,
weil du nicht weißt ob diese Liebe noch reicht.
Ich soll jetzt kämpfen, soll mich immer mehr verbessern, bis ich perfekt für dich bin, dabei, will ich einfach wieder glücklich mit dir sein.

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• Teen Minato can survive a blow from V1 Kushina who in her base already chained two anbu members a previous feat was done by the sound four, so stacking a 3 tailed cloak on a chunin level fighter is insane naruto went from Chunin to Low Jonin level with just one tail.
• This is also a 100% Kurma, a good example of this is important is that 3 tailed Naruto who was destroying the whole battlefield yelling at Kabuto resulting in Sakura being knocked out and he can knock off Orochimaru's arm and Kushina will be twice as strong as this.

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• He survives this and gets right back up mind you he's been training all day meaning he's fatigued as well. he also survives getting pierced by V2 Kushina with 8 tails, this is significantly stronger than the six tails Naruto who fought Pain (fatigued). And Minato is still able to seal V2 8 tails Kushina so he has Kcm1 + level sealing at his disposal.

The nine tails is also poisonous, so poisonous in fact that Sakura someone who can extract Sasori's poison can't even move right because of the nine-tails poisonous chaka, and Minato is doing just fine.
Hashirama level sealing implies he could maybe seal the FP nine tails.

• He also clashes with the Nine-Tails with his basic Rasengan, people try to downplay this feat saying that Kushina greatly helped him which just is true but forgive the fact that Minato is heavily injured and Bee even states he isn't as mighty implying that he's weaker in Kurma's realm the same would apply to Minato.
• He survives this clash in saves Kushina but ends up knocked out implying that Kurma and Minato were at least relative only things that held him back were the chains and the Tailed Beast Bomb wasn't at FP still impressive because 4 tails Naruto's Tailed Beast Bomb almost kills Oro who was basically unkillable for a good portion of the entirety of naruto. Teen Minato is easily over Sannin's level haven't even brought up FTG which most characters up until the FKS/War Arc can't deal with. I think he's relative to characters such as SM Naruto, MS Sasuke no Susano. I think he beats this tier of character high diff.
• Jonin Minato is equal to Raikage Ay in terms of speed and is proficient at FTG giving him a clear speed advantage against this and his Rasengan should be stronger.

Jonin Minato perception blitzing Jonin Ay. People try to downplay this as only FTG but he physically moves his hand while Ay is at point-blank range implying it's not just reaction speed.

• I think Jonin Minato's is relative to that Mastered KCM 1 Naruto, EMS Sasuke level I think he beats Naruto but loses to EMS Sasuke High Diff.
• Hokage Minato easily dodges the FP Nine Tails saving Kushina from him putting him well above Kurma in speed which is impressive since Kurma is seen on the tier of Madara and Hashirama's Avatars.

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• People try to say YM Obito reacting to Him means he's not that fast, here's a few reasons this is wrong. During the first interaction Minato was off guard meaning his speed, reaction time, durability, and other attributes were lowered it's also likely that Obito already had Kamui on At that moment.

As you see his hand is directly on the side of his head, meaning the moment that he turned off Kamui guess where Mianto's hand would land in Obito's grasp.

• The next moment people try to use is them supposedly running at the same speed which is like what the actually F\** are we doing here people, are we all watching/reading the same S***? They both have clear objectives Minato plans to perfectly attack at the same pace and the right moment and Obito plans on having Minato go straight through him to catch him in chains.*

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• This is not an anti-feat for Minato he literally couldn't touch him Obito also has Sharingan meaning pre cog, anyways he then proceeds to perception blitz him Via FTG.

You can see Minato's body moving at normal speeds in mid-air mind you while Obito appears to be Moving in slow motion, this is an indicator that it wasn't just FTG that Obito + Kamui couldn't keep up with it was Minato as a whole.
He slammed the Nine Tails down with Gammabunta Proving he has a decently effective way too dealing with big characters.
He's able to seal half of the nine tails inside of Naruto and himself which is impressive considering he was finna die and spent tons of charka by then.

• In the War Arc, he gets to the war way before any of the other Kages able to grab and teleport the Ten Tails Beast Bomb away, comes back has a chat with Naruto in then the other Hokages arrive. Tobirama also admits Mianto as his superior when it comes to teleportation you could argue body flicker which is correct or FTG which is also correct LMAO.

Teleports the ten tails Tailed beat bomb so no he's not splitter level this would have evaporated him just kidding.
Has a chat with Naruto (Sakura is an idiot).

• I would easily scale Minato to the KCM2 levels in power, he causally dodges the nine tails and can summon Gammbunta to slam them down in can seal the Entire Nine-Tails so him sealing these characters isn't going to be that hard, chakra-wise.
• He can also use a Giant Rasengan now before you say HEADCANON!! HEADCANON!!! think about it his chakra reserves are massive, he has a fight with YM Obito a War Arc-level threat beats him low diff very fast, and dodges and teleports the Nine-Tails a gigantic target multiple times so a bigger Rasengan is not really that difficult chakra-wise.
• And Still has the Charka reserves to seal him, it also takes 3 Jonins to use 1 FTG and he spams it like nothing. So he has Tailed Beast level AP and is one of the fastest I do think he beats KCM2 Naruto, Base Hashirama, and Madara. Minato is faster than all of these characters his normal speed is relative to these guys but FTG is broken on top of actually being able to hurt and seal him, Hashirama doesn't have the speed to tag Minato, and Madara Susano would be too slow to hit him all of his attacks become useless and he can seal his chakra.
• KCM2 Minato is relative to KCM2 SM Naruto being able to work side by side with him and aid each other.

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• I got Minato as the strongest non Six-Paths character he's clearly not above 8th gate guy obviously and SM Rinnegan Madara these characters are just too much for him to deal with.
• SM Minato gets bodied by Jubidara but something to note is he took no damage from Jubidara's kick.

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• Sage mode Minato would be even stronger so you could argue him above Hashirama, Madara, and KCM2 Naruto if you don't agree base because he hits harder, has better awareness, better AP, etc.

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Humanity’s twisted Gods
Chapter one – New Blood
Part 5 – Status quo
Messenger: “OH GREAT GODS OF HUMANITY! I HAVE COME WITH A MESSAGE FROM THE DIVINE COUNCIL!”
Hunger laid there, the only sign of any life still left in him the slow rise and fall of the blanket, that was almost falling off him. Death could be heard breathing slowly, and Victory, who was leaning against Death, snored silently. The main reason as to why the messenger had to scream at the very top of his poor mortal lungs was Conflict, who caused the very table he was laying on to rumble from the sound produced by his body.
The messenger took a breath and pulled out a sound amplifier: “OH GREAT GODS OF HUMANITY! I HAVE COME WITH A MESSAGE FROM THE DIVINE COUNCIL!”
Death: “…huh?”
Victory: “zzz…hm? wait. Wait WAIT WAIT! DEATH!”
The resulting crash from Victory losing his support of the rising Death prompted Hunger to turn and pull a couch pillow over his head.
Death: “what…time…yawn…is it?”
Victory: “Hold on…four twenty-three. Who the fuck wakes someone at half past four?”
Messenger: “The divine council demands your presence.”
Victory: “The council? What the hell do they want? Did something happen? Why did they call us out of the blue?”
Messenger: “While I do not know and don’t ask questions as it isn’t my place to do so, I think I overheard something along the lines of you not following up on a meeting scheduled for today.”
Victory: “I don’t know of a meeting. Do you?”
Death: “yawn…no…damn, my head…”
Victory: “Conflict?”
Conflict: “Hm…what?”
As Conflict rose, the table creaked from the release of lifting the heavy burden.
Victory: “Do you know of any meeting with the council?”
Conflict: “No. Don’t really have the time either. Gota prepare for tomorrows meetings.”
Victory: “Is it urgent?”
Messenger: “It is always urgent.”
Victory: “I mean from a Gods perspective.”
Messenger: “Always.”
Victory: “I see. Well, I hope that deity-link thingy has video call functions.”
Victory: “So…yawn…what is this all about?”
Victory was everything that the council currently wasn’t. Tired, underdressed, unprepared, bed hair like only a god could have, over all, a mess.
Narmonta, Goddess of messages: “You seem quite tired. Are you alright?”
Victory: “You woke us up on a free day after heavy consummation of alcohol at a time that no sane human would get up at for a meeting we had no idea about and then had me come over to the council because not even your messenger has an idea how to operate the deity-link’s totally ‘user-friendly’ interface. You tell me.”
Litru’shano, God of tactics: “No idea? NO IDEA? WE SENT YOU A DEITY-LINK MESSAGE THREE WEEKS AGO! WITH THE EXACT DATE AND TIME! AND YOU SHOW UP ALONE!”
Victory: “Listen, listen. First of all, quiet down. As I said, we consumed large amounts of alcohol yesterday in celebration of our return to our people, leading to me having the mother of all hangovers, it is six in the morning on one of our sparce few free days, and I didn’t have breakfast yet. We let Hunger go back to sleep, Death is prepping for the day to the best of his currently somewhat inhibited abilities, and Conflict is the only one in an OK state, but too busy prepping for tomorrow’s meetings, that have all been scheduled at least three weeks prior. So, you unfortunately will have to make do with our best diplomat and most competent politician. I am already pissed of enough because you woke me up to this meeting out of the blue so early, I do not need a booster for my headache too.”
Mikrula, God of war: “Tomorrows meetings? He won’t be getting into any meetings once I’m through with him.
Victory: “Oh, you don’t know yet? He got a stand-in.”
Mikrula: “A stand-in? How did he get a stand-in so fast? And when?”
Victory: “About 4 million years ago. One of our former enemies.”
Mikrula: “Who?”
Victory: “Loki.”
Mikrula: “Loki? LOKI? HE SENDS THAT HARMLESS TINKERER TO FIGHT ME?
Victory was audibly drinking from a thermos flask.
Victory: slurp “Hm? Harmless? Oh, yeah, I forgot you people don’t know much of our past.”
Isolutia, God of peace: “And what exactly do you mean by that? While I understand that Loki has lost a war against you and your brothers, which does make him an acceptable stand-in for Conflict according to our laws, he is still, and I say this without any disrespect intended, just a god of craftsmanship who has not fought anyone other than you.”
Victory: “We know Loki by many names. But be assured, among the many things the torturer of Asgard was known for is also his diligent retention of skill. This former god of pain might be a little rusty but most certainly still is a very skilled fighter.”
Mikrula: “LOKI? THAT WEAKLING GOD OF CRAFTSMANSHIP? A GOD OF PAIN?”
Victory: “Quiet down, please! And yes, he was indeed a god of pain. He was luckier than his family though. Literally. His escape from Conflict was nothing but sheer luck. Gave him enough time to change his way and earn our pardon.”
Mikrula: “LIKE HELL ANY PART OF THAT STORY IS TRUE! I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT LOKI! HE IS A HARMLESS LITTLE TINKERER, NOT SOME SADISTIC KILLER!”
Victory: “Please, stop screaming. Seriously, what is wrong with you? Ah, who cares. Anyways, consi…”
Mikrula: “HEY, DON’T IGNORE ME! WE AREN’T DONE TALKING YET!”
Victory: “Can someone please tape his mouth shut so we can get to the important business? Since there seem to be more than just the council Gods present, this meeting is probably supposed to be of some importance. Why did you call us?”
Litru’shano: “We need to properly designate your serving species and you as well. While we did already classify your species, we did not do so with the knowledge of human history, and without you. Usually, a designation is given by the federation with the support of the Gods. Since we originally thought humanity doesn’t have Gods, as we never met them despite first contact, we left the designation entirely to the federation. But now, we know more about humanity and their Gods have revealed themselves to us. We believe that humanity might have been incorrectly designated by us. As for you, should the tales about your birth be true, then we have not yet encountered Gods like you and as such we don’t have a proper designation yet. So, we came to the conclusion, that it is time to give both of you an official and proper designation.”
Victory: “And that couldn’t have waited for a more opportune time? You couldn’t inform us beforehand so we could have secluded a proper meeting? Is it a truly critical mater?”
Litru’shano: “Inform you before…WE DID INFORM YOU! VIA THE DEITY-LINK, YOU IMBECILE!”
Victory: “Ouch. Quiet down, please! And for your information, we have been very busy dealing with informing humanity’s former tyrants about our intentions, reconnecting with our people, and our normal divine duties. Do you honestly think, we have had the time to even look into the workings of your over glorified e-mail system? We don’t even fully understand how to properly access it yet, and no, your lacklustre explanation did not help in the slightest! We had more important business to attend to! Not to mention that you could have checked in with us if we received your message! I’d love to indulge you, but with a schedule as tight as ours, these few free days become too valuable to waste on poorly prepared meetings and rude, inconsiderate behaviour! If you still haven’t noticed, I am not in the best condition right now and your incessant screaming is causing actual pain! If you want to, we can properly schedule a meeting for this purpose now.”
Litru’shano: “THIS IS OF VERY HIGH IMPORTANCE! WE DEMAND…”
Victory: “Can you PLEASE be quieter? Please? Seriously, I thought you were more tactful than a god of war. And what you demand doesn’t matter to me if you can’t properly schedule meetings! Even less so if you can’t treat us with respect or consideration! If you want to classify our species so desperately, actually schedule a meeting with us properly NOW, instead of sending a messenger to rudely wake us on our FREE DAY!”
Litru’shano: “You…you…you…”
Victory: “Well, are you going to take my offer?”
Litru’shano: “YOU INSOLENT DISRESPECTFUL CUR!”
Victory: “Oh, so that’s what it’s like. Very well, GOOD DAY!”
-slam-
Victory: “Ow, why did I have to slam the door?”
Litru’shano: “This…this…THIS…”
Isolutia: “Please calm down. We can’t be hasty.”
Litru’shano: “He disrespected the entire council!”
Narmonta: “You also disrespected him. And he is new. They aren’t fully aware of the workings of the council yet. Still, I can’t stop feeling like some of the points he made are valid…”
Litru’shano: “IT DOESN’T MATTER IF THEY ARE NEW OR NOT! WE ARE THE COUNCIL! WE ARE TO BE RESPECTED!”
Narmonta: “Technically speaking, they are also the council. They have been introduced and have their own thrones. They are equal to us.”
Litru’shano: “BUT…”
Narmonta: “But what? This all went down the drain so quickly because a certain someone forgot that communication is a two-way road that is built on respect. He was in the right! We should have asked for a confirmation. And you should have been more self-controlled! Screaming at him was already rude enough normally, but considering what state he was in? Doubly so!”
Krina’larun’mtru, Goddess of joy: “Can we change the topic? Perhaps we can discuss this issue at another time when our minds are settled.”
Litru’shano: “Oh no, we are settling it now!”
Varqueslio, God of greed: “It seems the council gods are in disagreement.”
Brl’naklara, Goddess of war: “Impressive. I didn’t think those human Gods could cause such problems in such short time.”
Grinulma, God of envy: “I wonder what other tricks they have up their sleeve…”
Normunalo’lemado, God of love: “I only hope they don’t start anything terrible. I already have enough with listening to the present Gods of war.”
Mikrula: “Can you believe he is sending Loki to fight me? Loki? Of all the Gods out there? The gall! I wanted to bash Conflict’s face in, not Loki’s’. Now this will be even less of a challenge than expected!”
Normunalo’lemado: “Why is your only solution always to fight?”
Mikrula: “Because…”
Normunalo’lemado: “Rhetorical question! Rhetorical question!”
Conflict: “Quintala? I am here.”
Quintala, Goddess of life: “Oh. Great. You are here.”
Conflict: “Did...I do something wrong?”
Quintala: “How did you figure that out?”
Conflict: “You sound rather unhappy o see me.”
Quintala: “Oh no, how could that be?”
Conflict: “Sarcasm. Great. Like I don’t get enough of that back home. Seriously, what did I do?”
Quintala: “Loki. Does that ring any bells?”
Conflict: “Loki? What about him? Don’t tell me you’re jealous that you aren’t the only non-human god I spend time with. Why are you looking at me like that?”
Quintala: “YOU SENT LOKI TO HIS DEATH!”
Conflict: “No I haven’t. The official duels aren’t to the death.”
Quintala: “WITH HOW CLOSE TO IT HE’LL BE IT MIGHT AS WELL BE!”
Conflict: “Well, no, that’s very unlikely. Loki is a cunning and tricky fighter. If anything, Mikrular is at a severe disadvantage, as he isn’t used to opponents that doge, weave, and place traps at any given chance. His straightforward way of fighting is based on brute force and one hit ending blows and has not seen any need to change in ages. His way of combat is stagnant and rusty. Devastating, yes, but only if you can land a hit. Loki on the other hand doesn’t hit hard, but he hits. Often. In fact, I hope for Mikrulas’ sake, that Loki actually follows my orders.”
Quintala: “HOW SHOULD LOKI DEFEAT MIKRULA? HE IS A GOD OF CRAFTSMANSHIP, PITTED AGAINST A GOD OF WAR! I KNOW HIM, HE IS NOT A FIGHTER!”
Conflict: “In all honesty, I can either let you continue on believing that, or tell you what Loki used to be like until we came. The question is whether you want to continue viewing Loki as a kind and merciful soul that would never harm a fly or if you want the truth.”
Quintala: “The truth? What truth?”
Conflict: “The truth about Loki. Who he was. What hides within him. How he got his nicknames.”
Quintala: “Nicknames? You don’t mean to tell me that artisan of pain is a real nickname for him?”
Conflict: “Or dread warden, or torturer of Asgard, or stalker of Helheim. His nicknames. Did he never tell anyone his nicknames?
Quintala: “Now you must be joking! This is no time for jokes! Loki is probably getting crushed right now!”
Conflict: “I highly doubt it. As I said, he is a tricky fighter. And a former warden of the penal fortress Helheim, Asgards old prison and information gathering facility…hold on, I think I am getting a call.”
Quintala: “A call? From what? And from who?”
Conflict: “Well, going by the feeling it must be Loki. Seriously, this call rune is all sorts of weird I tell you.”
Quintala: “LOKI GAVE YOU A CALL RUNE?”
Conflict: “Yes, Loki? You didn’t torture him, right? What do you mean, ‘not yet’? I am fairly certain I instructed you to neither bring unnecessary harm to nor torture him, and you know I don’t give a shit that he insulted me. What do you mean he brought mortals? … HE BROUGHT MORTALS? TO A DUEL? HE WANTED INTERSPECIES WAR OVER AN INSIGNIFICANT DISPUTE?”
Quintala: “Conflict?”
Conflict: “Looks like I am messing up my schedule today after all.”
Loki: “Conflict?”
Conflict: “Over here.”
Loki: “I brought Mikrula as requested. To be honest, I expected more of a fight from a God of war.”
Conflict: “Good, good. So, Loki, one question. Is Leviathan still without a species to guide?”
Loki: “Yes, why?”
Conflict: “Because this idiot right there is the only God of his subjects, and since he wanted to take innocent lives over his own pettiness, I am not so sure he will leave this emergency meeting I am calling alive. Could you please go inform Leviathan that there is a species that might be about to lose their God and needs guidance?”
Loki: “Certainly. But shouldn’t we punish him first?”
Conflict: “Oh, don’t you worry about that. You just go tell Leviathan while I handle the bureaucracy.”
Loki: “But…you said something about an emergency meeting. Shouldn’t I be here for that? And why didn’t I get a notice for one?”
Conflict: “Because the topic of said meeting is of no concern to any of the survivors of our war, as you are either already well aware of the things I am about to discuss or are guaranteed to never make the mistakes that would require you to be present. Again, that is.”
Loki: “Still, I…”

Conflict: “Look, Loki. First of all, time is an important resource, especially for divine beings. It is our duty to aid our species, to guide and protect as needed, to comfort, to assist. That duty is sacred and of utmost importance. It leaves very little spare free time. You shouldn’t waste that valuable resource on a meeting that doesn’t even concern you in the slightest.”
Loki: “But…”
Conflict: “And secondly, I am a busy God and I do not have a lot of time. This little debacle right now is already messing up my schedule terribly. I need you to get to Leviathan as soon as possible, as I do not have the time, nor the means to inform him myself.”
Loki: “How so?”
Conflict: “Leviathan is too scared of the four of us. No matter how we approach him, he runs off the first chance he gets. Furthermore, he doesn’t believe himself to be a proper and good God, because of his failures with humanity, but I know otherwise. He was one of the kinder Gods we had, which is why we did not hunt him down like the others. Unfortunately, he won’t listen to us, but he might listen to you. So, please go tell him now.”
Loki: “Okay, I’ll go…”
Krina’larun’mtru: “This was rather unexpected. So, Conflict, what is this…BY ALL THAT IS GOOD AND HOLY!”
Krina’larun’mtru noticed the blood dripping onto Mikrulas’ council throne. What she saw above said throne froze the blood in her veins.
Krina’larun’mtru: “WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?”
Conflict: “The consequences of his actions.”
Krina’larun’mtru: “DID YOU DO THAT?”
Conflict only smiled.
Krina’larun’mtru: “BUT…BUT WHY?”
Conflict: “He made a brutal mistake. One that we will discuss once everyone has assembled.”
Krina’larun’mtru: “WE…WE HAVE TO GET HIM DOWN!”
Conflict: “Oh, no worries. I’ll make sure he gets down once the meeting is over.”
Krina’larun’mtru: “HE IS SUFFERING! DYING!”
Conflict: “And?”
Krina’larun’mtru: “THAT’S ENOUGH! I AM GETTING HIM DOWN!”
Conflict: “Are you sure about that?”
Krina’larun’mtru: “WHAT?”
Krina’larun’mtru turned to look at Conflict, who was still sitting on his throne, smiling as if nothing was out of the ordinary on a sunny day.
Conflict: “As I said, Mikrula will get down from there, AFTER the meeting. I’ll make SURE of it.”
Krina’larun’mtru: “You would hinder me from getting him down?”
Conflict: “I’d make sure you can’t.”
Krina’larun’mtru took a good look at Conflict. His eyes showed only a neutral disposition, but his entire body spoke of something else. To the unobservant eye, he looked relaxed, but having constant dealings with Gods of war as a council Goddess has taught Krina’larun’mtru well. She could see that he was primed like a spring. He was waiting. Waiting for her. He was ready to ambush her if she were to make one wrong move. And then she saw the tool belt haphazardly thrown over the back of Conflicts’ throne, containing multiple bloodied tools.
Krina’larun’mtru: “You…you…you wouldn’t.”
Conflict just smiled and gestured to her throne.
Conflict: “You should take your seat. I’m sure the rest will be here shortly.”
Narmonta was usually not as fast with distributing messages as she was with this one. Usually, she would check the urgency twice, and check if she was sending the message to the correct people. This time however, she had a full comprehensive list ready from the previous message, and no reason to check the urgency.
Narmonta: “Everyone is here now. The meeting can begin.”
Conflict: “Wonderful. Now, I know this was unexpected, and a bit on short notice, but rest assured, it is of upmost urgency. Now then, the reason as to why…”
Litru’shano: “STOP WASTING TIME! SOMEONE IS DYING RIGHT NOW!”
Conflict: “If you would be so polite as to not interrupt me, I could explain without delay.”
Litru’shano: “STOP PLAYING AROUND AND TELL US ALREADY!”
Conflict: “There is no reason for you to be so rude! Need I remind you, that most problems you had with us so far have been entirely your fault to begin with?”
Normunalo’lemado: “BOTH OF YOU, JUST STOP! MIKRULA IS DYING! JUST GET THIS OVER WITH, PLEASE!”
Conflict: “Now then, as I was saying, the reason as to why I called this meeting, was something I didn’t expect to be the norm. Something, that I just can’t accept as the norm. What I am talking about, is nothing other than…”
Litru’shano: “OH FOR FUCKS SAKE JUST TELL US ALREADY!”
Conflict: “Once again, rude. Why do you keep interrupting me? What exactly have I done to YOU in particular that could motivate such behaviour?”
Litru’shano: “YOU DARE ASK THAT QUESTION? DO YOU…”
Athzurko, God of war: “SHUT UP! CAN’T YOU SEE HIS SMILE?”
Litru’shano: “WHAT?”
Athzurko: “YOU ARE PLAYING INTO HIS HANDS! YOU ARE HELPING HIM!”
Litru’shano: “HOW?”
Athzurko: “HE PLANTED REMOTE EXPLOSIVES ONTO MIKRULAS’ HEAD SO WE CAN’T RUSH HIM WITHOUT KILLING MIKRULA AND YOU HONESTLY ASK WHY HE STOPS HIS EXPLANATION AT YOUR INTERRUPTIONS? HE WANTS MIKRULA TO SUFFER, AND POSSIBLY DIE! HE INTENTIONALLY WASTES TIME! THE MORE YOU INTERRUPT HIM, THE MORE YOU AID HIM! SO, SHUT UP!”
Litru’shano: “…”
Conflict: “Now then, have we all settled down? May I continue WITHOUT interruptions? Good. Now then, where was I? Ah, yes. You all apparently have accepted it as the norm, that mortals are your expendable slaves that you can use for whatever it pleases you. Mikrula, for example, decided to bring mortals into the duel between us, as Loki can attest for.”
Lo’munato, God of curiosity: “Loki? Why Loki?”
Conflict: “Ah, I’m glad you ask. You see, Loki was my stand-in for the fight. As per council rules, a stand in must be someone I had once beaten in combat, and since Loki not only has recently decided to interact with us on a more friendly basis, but also to support me in particular thanks to what I would consider a very basic deed, driven by duty rather than kindness, he offered himself rather fast. Do you want me to go into detail on that?”
Lo’munato: “I…”
Litru’shano: “NO! No, I believe that can wait for another time. You were saying?”
Conflict: “Pity. Anyways, you see, I strongly support the view that mortals are not our playthings. They are living people and should be treated as such. They are not your cannon fodder, they are not your coffee-cup-holder, they are people. Living their lives. Theirs may be shorter than yours, but not less important in any way.”
Varqueslio, God of greed: “Oh really? We are Gods. We are irreplaceable for our people.”
Conflict: “Quite the contrary. As I fully expect Mikrula to die here, I already made the necessary arrangements to replace him for his people. Leviathan should make a far more suitable God to lead his people.”
Varqueslio: “Leviathan? That paranoid snake? Preposterous!”
Conflict’s eyes grew cold. The sadistic joy slipped from his face to make room for different expressions. Disgust and hate.
Varqueslio: “Why so silent Conflict? Snake got your tongue?”
Conflict: “YOU HAVE A LOT OF GUTS CALLING THE GREAT SERPENT A PARANOID SNAKE IN MY PRESENCE YOU DISGRACEFUL NAUSEATING SORRY EXCUSE FOR A WANNABE GOD.”
Silence fell over the council. Conflicts voice had changed. It was a voice that until this day none of the council would have thought could come from someone as comparatively carefree and kind as Conflict. It was a voice truly befitting of a god of war, a voice many gods of war thought they had and only now realized they don’t. It bellowed out as if over a million warriors had declared a battle as started and oozed with hate and bloodlust so hot, that it could empower and strengthen a mortal soul and burned in the eyes of the present Gods.
Conflict: “I’m…no, that would be a lie. I’m not sorry. As you might have guessed, Leviathan holds somewhat of a sweet spot in my heart. He was the only, truly benevolent God to have graced earth with his presence, and I just can’t have him be insulted by some greedy, foul, PUS-FILLED BILE SACK THAT THINKS IT’S OKAY TO HAVE HIS SUBJECTS CLEAN UNDER HIS FATTY FLAPS!”
Shock and disgust filled the eyes of the present Gods.
Conflict: “Yes, I know. And if you think that is the only secret I know, rest assured, it is not. The secrets of your temples are open books to us. And I mean all your temples! From everyone present! I know many more disgusting secrets from many of the present Gods! Secrets you wish hidden from the council! Your security is lacking! Know this! We know of your sins! We are ready to act! And we value mortal lives! So, I recommend that you think carefully, what you ask of your species, especially if one of us is present! Especially when you have business with us! Unless of course you wish to share a certain God’s fate. I wish you all a good day, and I think we can all agree, that this meeting was very enlightening. Well, I think that should be all. I declare this meeting as…what time is it…anyone up for coffee? Anyone? No? Okay, suit yourselves. Anyways, I think we can all agree this meeting is over. Good day.”
The council exploded with movement as the many Gods rushed to get Mikrula down from the ceiling.
Conflict: “I urge caution for all of you, rushing your hands could cause more damage. Goodbye.”
Quarian, Goddess of Motherhood: “And that…is the beast that touched my daughter?”
Merlaquar, God of Fatherhood: “I swear, if he touches her again, I’ll…”
Naronquil, God of harvest: “You’ll what? You see what he has done to Mikrula! And keep in mind, he didn’t fight Mikrula personally, he called Loki as a stand in! Loki! What exactly do you think we could do? Call the council? He played the council! Like a cheap, second hand nariloma! And there are three more of them!”
Merlaquar: “…”
Quarian: “Quintala, promise me something. Promise me you won’t…”
Quintala: “Mother, I already know, but I can’t. Something is off about all of this. I have met Conflict expecting another assertive God of war that thinks he can enslave me, and instead met one of the kindest people outside of our small circle. And now, I met a monster, worse than any God of pain I had the displeasure of meeting. Then there is the fact that Loki was not only Conflict’s stand-in, but successfully so. Not to mention that this entire situation also makes Conflict’s claim that Loki is a former god of pain more likely. And all of that only brings more questions about the past of humanity and the gods that apparently survived it. There are too many questions left unanswered. I can’t. I’m sorry.”
Quarian: “Quintala, daughter, you can’t be serious! You have seen and heard him, didn’t you? Besides the things he has done here, he also pitted Loki against Mikrula! Loki! Do you honestly think, Loki would willingly fight someone, let alone a God of war, for someone else? And for him to be a god of pain? How is any of that supposed to make sense?!”
Quintala: “It does sound strange, and I do not know his reasons, but I do know one thing that is fact. Loki gave Conflict a call rune.”
Quarian: “He WHAT?”
Quintala: “Loki gave Conflict a call rune. An actual, fully functional call rune. There are many things Loki probably would do when threatened by a God of war. But to give away a call rune?”
Merlaquar: “Why would Loki give Conflict of all people a call rune? Why? It doesn’t make sense. If we go by the tales of the first occurrence of the human Gods, Loki would be more inclined to be Conflicts enemy. And if those tales are lies, then Loki wouldn’t be too familiar with Conflict, at least nowhere near familiar enough to even just sell him a call rune, let alone just give. It doesn’t make sense.”
Quintala: “And that is exactly why I can’t stop interacting with him. There is too much left unanswered. I must learn more.”
As Conflict walked through the great doors of the council, he saw someone he didn’t want to see. Someone he didn’t want to see what he had done. Someone who was now starting to cry in front of him.
Conflict: “Loki.”
Conflict stepped closer, crouching down.
Conflict: “I told you this was no meeting that you should concern yourself with. Why did you have to come here again.”
Loki recoiled as Conflict moved in to embraced him.
Conflict: “Shhhhh, it’s okay, I am not going to hurt you.”
Loki still hesitated but didn’t move away this time as Conflict slowly moved closer and wrapped his arms gently around Loki.
Conflict: “It’s alright, you can cry as much as you need to. I won’t hurt you. You are not in any danger.”
And like that, Loki started crying. His tears drenched Conflicts clothes as if he was in the middle of a rainstorm.
Conflict: “You saw him, didn’t you? You saw the technique I used.”
Loki: “Y…yes…”
Conflict: “Loki, I am so sorry. I didn’t want you to know. I didn’t want you to relive those moments.”
Loki: “WHY?”
Conflict: “I…I had to. Back then, it was a…”
Loki: “THAT IS NOT IT! I KNOW ABOUT THEN! I WAS THERE! YOU WEREN’T THE ONLY ONES WITH TIME TO THINK! IT’S LIKE YOU SAID! THE WAR WAS JUST ABOUT FIGHTING FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVED IN! WE ALL LOST PEOPLE WE LOVED IN THAT WAR! YOU HAD ALL THE RIGHTS TO KILL MY FAMILY, JUST AS WE HAD ALL THE RIGHTS TO KILL YOU! BUT WHY DOES IT STILL HURT?”
Conflict: “The…loss?”
Loki: “YES! I HAVE SPENT SO MUCH TIME REFLECTING, REMEMBERING, MAKING PEACE WITH WHAT HAPPENED! SO WHY DOES IT STILL HURT?”
Conflict: “Because loss always hurts. No matter if your family was good or evil, loss is connected to how you remember the people you lost, and your memories of your family are predominantly good. You miss them. To you, they were kind and loving. Even though you have had time to think back, to make peace, and to accept the truth, loss always hurts. You can suppress the hate you have for the one who took them from you, given the right reason, even forgive them. But the pain, that never goes away. And nothing reminds us of our loss as brutally as a reminder of the way we lost them. I am so, so sorry.”
Loki: “Don’t be. You tried to keep me from it. I only have one question. Why this technique?”
Conflict: “Because it brings a great amount of pain in a short amount of time when properly prepared. During the time you delivered Mikrula to me, I prepared what I needed. It is not the fastest torture technique, but it balances the amount of pain that can be done in a short amount of time very well.”
Loki: “Is that why you killed my father with it too?”
Conflict: “Yes.”
Loki: “So, is it the worst torture technique you know?”
Conflict: “Far from it. Mikrula would have deserved worse, but I don’t have the time, and he wasn’t worth it.”
Loki: “And my father?”
Conflict: “I still question myself if I was to cruel to him.”
Loki: “Thank you.”
Conflict: “For what?”
Loki: “Being so honest and caring, even after everything I have done to your people.”
Conflict: “You changed.”
Loki: “You are one of the very few Gods that would care.”
Conflict: “That is even more disappointing than the respecting the dead thing.”
Loki: “I know. That is why you have my servitude.”
Conflict: “Oh for the love of…”
Narmonta: “Are you out of your mind? After what he did to Mikrula? We aren’t even sure if we can save him! And you still want to learn more about those beasts?”
Quintala: “When I first met Conflict, he broke the status quo of Gods of war by being kind and respectful towards me. During the meeting, he broke the status quo by being a worse monster than any God of pain I know of ever was. And now, I have seen him comfort Loki and help him through trauma that HE has caused! And he did so as if he was the kindest father in existence! And just as it was when he introduced himself to me, it was too genuine to be acting! I have seen the respectful and kind man, the atrocious and cruel monster, and the kind caring father! I need to know! I need to find out just who he is! And if his brothers are anything like him, I need to find out who they are, and I need to find out who their former victims are!”
Narmonta: “You cannot be serious! From what I can tell, that is far too dangerous of an endeavour for us council Gods, let alone a paradiseworld Goddess of life!”
Quintala: “I don’t need words of caution, I NEED ANSWERS!”

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Example: Family house basement on cold room often spawns a healing bottle near the toolbox.
Sometimes you try to get a lockpíck and pick up the healing bottle.
Can you give priority to the object I am nearest? The way it its right now you have to LOOK at the object to get it right and on some pinch moments you don't have time to do that.
Examples 2: Gas station map.
As a family on the house a bucket often spawns near the kitchen door, you try to get the bucket but the char open the door instead...
Also if you can fix door slams. When a victim slam a door shut, family should get priority to open said door. The way it is right now victims can slam door closed, then go back slamming it open because the game prioritizes their input, so to avoid door slams family often have to wait these 2 slams to not get stunned.
I think 1 sec cooldown interaction with the SAME door after a RUSHED action would fix that

Illuminating Insights with Similes**
Summary:
A simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as." It enhances descriptions, providing vivid imagery and aiding readers in making connections between seemingly unrelated concepts.
Examples:

1. Classical: "O my Luve is like a red, red rose / That’s newly sprung in June." - Robert Burns, "A Red, Red Rose."
   
2. Modern: "She dealt with moral problems as a cleaver deals with meat." - James Joyce, "Dubliners."
   
3. Modern: "The water is as clear as crystal, reflecting the vibrant colors of the fish like a living kaleidoscope." - Travel blog post.
   

Tips for Creative Writing:

• Be Specific: Use detailed comparisons to paint a clear picture.
  
• Capture Emotion: Similes can convey not just appearance but also emotions.
  
• Enhance Atmosphere: Set the mood by employing similes that evoke specific feelings.
  

Questions for Exploration:

1. How does a simile differ from a metaphor in terms of structure?
   
2. Can you think of situations where a simile might be more effective than a metaphor, and vice versa?
   

Additional Resources:

• Explore Langston Hughes' poetry for powerful use of similes.
  
• Read "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald to analyze how similes contribute to character descriptions.
  

Creative Writing Prompt:
Step 1: Choose a common object or experience (e.g., rain, laughter).
Step 2: Compare it to something unexpected, using "like" or "as."
Step 3: Craft a sentence incorporating your simile.
Example: Laughter echoed through the room like a chorus of joyful bells, resonating with warmth and delight.
Remember: Similes add layers to your writing by drawing parallels between familiar and unfamiliar concepts.

This is unacceptable.

God is the ultimate antagonist of the Undead Unluck universe. Billions of years ago, two cosmic beings wanted to have a little fun in this empty stretch of space called the cosmos. To find the greatest life of all. Souls of mankind were placed on a dead rock named Earth, and God added universal changes to impact the ways humans could interact with each other. All in the name of entertainment. For them, existence is little more than a game. And now, with the 101st Loop underway, the game is entering its home stretch.

Key

Scaling

Union	Under	Other
Andy & Victor / Undead	Billy Alfred / Unfair	Akira Kuno / Unknown
Chikara Shigeno / Unmove	Bunny / Unback	Ruin / Unruin
Fuuko Izumo / Unluck	Creed Deckard / Undecrease	Seal
Gina Chamber / Unchange	Enjin Banba / Unburn	The Superior Master Rules
Isshin XIII, Haruka Yamaoka / Unbreakable	Feng Kowloon / Unfade
Juiz d'Arc / Unjustice	Tella / Untell
Mui	Yusai / Undraw
Nico Vorgeil / Unforgettable
Phil Hawkins / Unfeel
Shen Xian / Untruth
Tatiana / Untouchable
Top Bull Sparx / Unstoppable
Void Volks / Unavoidable

Notes

• Feats are listed in order of appearance. Hover over a link to see the chapter(s) of origin.
• Feats from chapters up to 132 are from the 100th Loop.
• Feats from 133 on are from the 101st Loop, with this RT leaving off at 205.
• Huge thank you to NegativeGamer for being awesome and collecting some of these a super long time ago! Rock on dude. Huge thanks as well to doctorgecko for completing the Anno Un respect thread and the G-Liner artefact within it.
• Links that aren't full yet will be in the relatively near future.

Unattributed Feats

• Imposes Negator abilities onto people, choosing based on who would experience the most tragedy should their new ability activate in the moment
• Made it so whoever picked up the artefact G-Liner would also gain the Negator ability "Unknown", in an attempt to prevent them from sharing the knowledge the artefact granted them
• Created Ruin
• Formed the Earth and placed souls upon it

Luna

• Is the one who created all the artefacts
• Summons Juiz to the moon
• Beams Seal down from the Sun
• Teleports to the Roundtable
• Responsible for the world's creation
• Shows Fuuko the Negators' struggles on the surface
• Created UMA Soul
• The pinnacle of the spiritual
• To see the pseudo-Luna created as part of UMA Language's shiritori game, [go here]()

Sun

Power

• Is the one who adds rules/UMAs to the world
• Melts buildings
• Assaults multiple continents at once
• Absolutely gigantic
  • Its weight is too much for the ground to support, so it sinks into the Earth
• Responsible for everything within the world's creation
• Surpasses the combined effort of Yusai planting his feet in the ground, Bunny enveloping him in her material, and Creed firing the dreadnought gauss cannon at him without any lasting damage
• Has multiple bodies
• The pinnacle of the physical
• To see the pseudo-Sun created as part of UMA Language's shiritori game, [go here]()

Strength
Base

• Simply standing up is visible from space and shakes the bottom of Union HQ, ~2km below ground
• Uproots the ground when he can't pull his feet out
• Destroys Stonehenge with a step
• Still moves forward in spite of Rebellion-amped Victor and both Shen and Mui using the Nyoi-Kinko staff
  • When Feng joins their effort, it gets a little harder for him
• Moves against all surviving Negators in an attempt to crush Fuuko and the Ark despite their best efforts, with only a few seconds remaining before he could accomplish his objective
• Picks up the Roundtable

Projectiles

• Fires a stone projectile around the surface of the earth to hit Chikara from behind
• Fires waves of stones at Victor and Juiz
• Fires a laser that erases the land surrounding Victor and Juiz, who are only able to block it with Aegis
• Fires stones that boomerang around him to attack Juiz and Victor

Durability

• Tanks a shot from the Union's ultimate weapon, an electric railgun that fires using the combined amount of electricity on Earth
  • Again
• Stumbles when Rebellion-augmented Juiz slashes him
• Stabbed by Rebellion-augmented Juiz

Other

• Boils Bunny alive with his ambient heat
• If Unburn wasn't present, all of the Union would die instantly just being near
• Opens a hole in the back of his head to fire a laser out
• His presence burns off Ruin's skin

The Sun Itself

• While close to Earth, Earth is not ablaze
• Physically destroys the Earth
  • Does this every loop
• It's a solid object, allowing people to stand on it when it's put out

Artefacts

• Some artefacts carry memories of past loops within them, which are projected into a person's mind the first time they touch them

In other RTs: [Basho Fan](), Blade Runner, D-2100, Disc, [Enoh Jusshu](), Entruster, Game of Death, G-Liner, Harlequin, Kinto'un, [Kofusai](), Kokuto'un, Life is Strange, Nyoi-Kinko Staff, Rebellion, Revolver, Soul Caliber, Zuishin Tekkan Rod
Aegis

• Unscarred from spending millennia at the bottom of the ocean
• Blocks a superlaser from Sun that obliterated the ground beside him
  • Blocks another
• Blocks Sun's stones
• Information page
• A faulty version summoned in Language's Shiritori game still blocks Lan's iron meteor

Apocalypse

Try to at least die in style.

Rules

• Apocalypse is a living book that gives out a set of "quests" which, after a period of one month, give rewards if completed and penalties if they're not. Only a certain number of Negators are eligible to participate in each quest. The quests typically involve the capture or neutralization of an UMA or Negator, while the rewards can be the location of an UMA/NegatoArtefact, the addition of a new seat to the Ark, or something more esoteric like the unification of all world languages. The penalty for not completing all the quests in the allotted time is always the addition of a new UMA
• Apocalypse only opens when all seats of the Ark are occupied and a period of months passes from the end of the last set of quests
• Rewards and penalties are given immediately after the required amount of Negators reconvenes at the end of the month. Locations of Negators/UMAs/Artefacts are given as exact points on a map for seven days. Penalty UMAs are released from Apocalypse itself
• Once one hundred penalties have been incurred (which are tracked by a tablet discovered alongside Apocalypse), the next penalty that occurs will bring about Ragnarok, the end of the world
• Quests can be skipped, but doing so will add the penalty for the period and advance time by one year for everyone outside the room the Ark is in
• If enough penalties are accumulated, the limiter keeping the Superior Master Rules out of the rotation is lifted

Other

• Bites off Andy's hands
• As one of the oldest artefacts, it possesses a large amount of memories of past loops, and can flood the mind of whoever touches it with them
  • This is used to trigger Nico's Unforgettable in Loop 101
• Punched by Void
• Teleports Andy out of the Master Room
• Can talk to the Superior Rules across vast distances

Ark
Nature

• Is the Roundtable
• The seats have the Negations of their owners branded into them
  • This might be exclusive to the first seat's knowledge, as Billy, the Negator Unfair, had his true Negation disguised while he sat at the table.
• After 13 seats are acquired on the main table, new floating tables are created

Rules

• Info page
• To use it, it requires the spending of points accumulated from completing quests issued by Apocalypse
• The "Traveler" of the Loop goes through the destruction of Earth and ends up on the other side with a slightly different constitution to account for their immortality
• Each Loop, the drop-off point gets closer to Ragnarok, with the first Loop dropping Juiz in the Jurassic era (evidently this is the first point inhabitable by humans) and the final loop dumping Fuuko in the 1800s
• You must have the first seat in order to loop
• The number of seats it has is the number of minutes it requires to charge up during Ragnarok while Sun is attempting to destroy it
  • The seat numerals glow with each minute that passes, and leaving the first seat after charging begins would rest it
• When it reaches full charge, Fuuko is teleported to the Moon, where she spends a few moments before accelerating to the drop-off point in Earth's history

Points

• Carries Juiz through the Loop
• Juiz spends all of her points to skip Andy and Fuuko a week into the future
• Victor transfers all of his points to Fuuko so she can take the first seat
• It's possible for point transfers to occur while away from the Roundtable

Heart

• Only drops in Loop 101

Rebellion
General

• One of the three Sacred Spirit Treasures
• Fueled by vengeance
• Information page

Juiz

• Possesses Juiz's sabre
• Makes Sun stumble
• Plunges her sword into Sun
• Drains Juiz and kills her
• Managed to hold off Sun for five minutes

Victor

• Moves from Sun's nape to the ground in the time it takes Sun to smack its neck
• Holds up a blood-Kamehameha for two minutes in an attempt to hold Sun back
• Slashes the throats of multiple of Sun's bodies

Remember

• When Andy takes it out, he briefly gains Victor's skill/experience, but he's able to put it back in soon after
• After taking and leaving it out for a longer period of time, Andy fully becomes Victor
• Victor is a completely separate consciousness from Andy. He kept his memories from before Remember was used on him, and he's aware of what Andy does while he's in control
  • Likewise, Andy is aware of what happens to Victor while he's in control
• Victor can choose to not let Remember be reinserted into him, however it can be forced back into him after he's incapacitated by a powerful attack of Fuuko's Unluck
• Andy's personality is able to partially resurface after Fuuko shoots his forehead scar enough
• Remember is capable of sealing or restoring memories

UMAs

UMAs are Unidentified Mysterious Animals, creatures created by God to serve as antagonists in the quests bestowed by Apocalypse. Feats with [Seal] in front of them refer to Seal utilizing UMAs' powers.

General Traits

• When an UMA first comes into existence, it will instantly begin enacting the rule it embodies on the world, making it as if that rule and everything associated with it had always existed. Only Negators are unaffected by the memory alteration it causes
• The majority of UMAs will impose their rule immediately on anyone who enters their range
• There are two types of UMA, Phenomena and Concepts
• Every UMA is given one order by God when they're created: "use your rules to make humans suffer"
  • Brainwashes UMA who begin to think otherwise, and eventually it's capable of making a target of Unluck immune to it
• When an UMA is killed, the concept it represents is likewise also killed, editing the world to a state in which that concept never existed. Only Negators can remember the way the world was before
  • This does not occur if the UMA is one of the 101 Master Rules
• There's a short lag between the death of a UMA and the rule being erased from history
• UMAs hold command over their rule's domain using soul chains, with said soul chains not visible to those who cannot understand their concept

UMAs with separate RTs

• Autumn
• Blood
• Burn
• Shadow
• Spoil
• [Spring]()
• [The Superior Master Rules]()
  • Soul
  • Death
  • Change
  • Luck
  • Justice
  • War
  • Time
  • Language
  • Beast
  • Sick

Bomb

• Juniors are landmines
• [Seal] Turns Andy into a human bomb, which has the added effect of slowing down his regeneration
• [Seal] Broke Top's Unbreakable armor
• [Seal] Likely fatally injured Haruka; Feng doesn't think she has long

Clothes

• Clothes' ability is to latch onto a person's body and transform into the garments its wearer most desires. From there, it takes complete control of the wearer's body, jumping to a new host when its current one becomes unable to move. In this instance, it uses its ability to breach Union containment
• Forces Mui to attack Shen and Andy with kung-fu
• Has some trouble transforming into Andy's desire for "sturdy clothes that repair themselves when ripped and that come when he calls for them" but is able to do so, regenerating in 15 seconds after being hit by a powerful blast that goes straight through several floors of the Union base. However, it can't take over Andy's mind due to him not being impressed by its performance
  • For reference, here's Andy's RT to demonstrate everything it has regenerated from, though it should be noted that he isn't always wearing the UMA
• Uncovers Andy's chest at will so Fuuko can use her Unluck
• Eats yarn
• Replicates a suit Andy had in a store
• Slips into Fuuko's pocket without her or anyone else knowing, disguised as a wristwatch
• Turns into a Union emblem, replicating its ability to act as a radio with other Union emblems
• Senses that entering Ruin's castle would be a bad idea

Cloud

• Juniors are little storm clouds
• [Seal] Flies
• [Seal] Turns into a vapor
• [Seal] Assumedly fast enough land a hit on Top

Color

Physicals

• Fuuko shreds its cloak
• Escapes Feng's axe-kick
• Its constitution is based on how much paint it has at its disposal
• Crumbles against Fuuko's Spirit Wave Palm

Other

• Greyscales the colors of the world around Andy and Lucy
• Avoids Gina's Unchanging air by coloring the air to see where she affected
• Flies
• Morphs into Ryo to guilt-trip Feng
• Sprays colors at the Union
• Melts into a splotch of paint it ejaculated

Galaxy

• Floats up through the Union base and quickly reaches outer space
• Creates the entire galaxy (aside from the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun) and all the concepts associated with it, as well as an entire race of extraterrestrial lifeforms

Ghost

Character profile.
Phase 1

• After its addition, Fuuko's death leads to her soul leaving her body rather than flat-out vanishing
• Grabs Fuuko in his hand
• Unmove and Andy's slash fail to affect it
• Flies at a similar speed to Kinto'un
• Eats souls
• Its addition allows for the utilization of astral bodies
• Captured Ichico Nemuri's soul
• Grants Nico a reaping scythe

Phase 2

• Once Nico loses his identity to Unforgettable, Ghost possesses him fully and enters Phase 2
  • Nico is able to break his possession
• The pieces of Andy he cuts with his scythe lose their lifeforce and are chained to Ghost
• Immune to physical attacks
• He can make himself astral or physical at will, and grabs Andy's soul in a choke
• Holds Fuuko's soul in front of his core to keep Andy from attacking him
• Dies to Andy's Silver Waxing Moon but could have survived if he ate Fuuko's soul in time

Gold

• Bursts out of the ground
• Traps Anna in an interrogation in which he offers increasing amounts of material wealth until the target's will breaks
• Fuuko's Bad Bullet fails to pierce it (but Gina's Unchange sword kills it

Gravity

• Increases the gravity on Andy
• Stops Andy's in-motion bike
• One-shot by Andy
• Is a Master Rule, as the phenomenon of gravity does not go away after its death

Heat

• Ignites a Russian village via touch
• Melts bullets before they reach it unless shot at point-blank range
• Shot in the head with a Bad Bullet, which leads to Feng striking it down, only leaving the core
• Chomps into Feng's side
• Ignites a gas leak
• Its usage helps Nico's spacesuits insulate themselves from the ambient heat of the Sun

Insect

• Juniors are bugs
• One-shot by Andy

Jewel

• [Seal] Turns his skin to diamond, rendering Andy's katana useless
• [Seal] Rip's Blade Runner blade bounces off

Kindness

• Spits Creed and Feng out onto the deck of a boat
• Eats the entire base of Under, carrying it around in its belly as a way to prevent the base's location from being discovered
• Radio waves can't get out from within it

Magma

• As a magma dragon, chomps down on Andy's skeleton
• One-shot by Andy
• Is a Master Rule, as the concept of magma still exists after its death

Move

• Drops Void and Shen out of the sky above Fuuko and Andy
• Appears out of a ceiling and teleports Fuuko and Andy to the Union's roundtable
• Drops the remaining Roundtable members to where Victor, Shen and Fuuko are located (Longing, Nevada)
• Transports all the Roundtable members from the Union base to Australia
• Teleports Juiz from Taiwan to Mount Ararat, and later from there back to the Union base (UMA Spoil is also brought along)
• [Seal] Teleports to Top's location
• Sends Feng from Seal's corpse (rip bozo) to the Kinto'un
• Teleports Fuuko and Akira from Japan to Canada
• Ignores Nico's slammed door
• Goes from Nico's apartment to the Union base
• Goes from the Union base to Ukraine
• Teleports Sick from France to the inside of the Sun

Platinum

• Survives Gina's Unchange sword
• Tears up the ground until Shen and Mui take it down

Slice

• Juniors are little spinning blade balls
• Dices the blood Andy formed from Dead Quardead
• One-shot by Andy's blood fist
• Is a Master Rule, as the phenomenon of slicing does not go away after its death

Spike

• Cut down some trees
• Struck by lightning after taking a Bad Bullet

Splash

• [Seal] Disperses Andy's diamond-cutting Deadline pressure jet
• Phil's laser splits on it

Summer

Phase 1

• It initially starts as a small sphere, but it grows bigger by eating gunpowder and other explosive substances
• Takes the place of one of its junior's eyes after the junior grew bigger
• Following entering its junior, becomes a massive dragon-like creature with spikes and a protective shell, its full size is better shown here
• Drops bombs out of its body
• Its shell is rather tough

Phase 2

• Sheds its Phase 1 shell, becoming even more massive
• It has the highest attack power of the four seasons UMAs, and its core becomes the scales all along its stomach, meaning it will continue to regenerate unless they're all destroyed at once
• The Union has never been able to take down Summer in any of the previous 99 loops
• In order to kill it, Shen and Mui enlarge the Nyoi-Kinko staff to fill its entire body and bend it into a coil, then Andy covers the entire body in his blood while he's charged with Unluck, and finally Tatiana attacks it with Untouchable while it's being held in place by Chikara; this makes it explode like a firework

Juniors

• Able to make many small spherical juniors, which explode like fireworks when killed
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• One-shot by Andy
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Here are three examples my friend group is currently dealing with.
1) She's been "dating" this guy for 9 months, but everytime she asks to put a label on it he immediately talks about how slammed he is in grad school and can't deal with the stress of a relationship. She thinks he'll come around one day.
2) Second friend has been in a "relationship" with a guy for five years. They're both nurses and work in two different hospitals about 5 hours apart. They're currently long distance.
She wants to get married and have children (she's in her mid 30s). She tells him her timeline on things, and he passively agrees, but he NEVER proposes or makes any attempts to have kids with her. Each time they hook up is with birth control.
She urges him to move in with her and just look for a job at local hospitals, but he starts talking about his anxiety about switching jobs. The reason she won't move out his way is because he rents a room on the coast with a very high cost of living whereas she owns her own home that's nearly paid off.
I tell her this guy is never going to give her what she wants, but she shuts the convo down immediately. Ironically, she's an extremely intelligent person.
3) This case is the worst of all. I have one friend who's been "dating" this guy for a year now. He won't introduce her to his friends or family, and each time they hang out they have sex. If she's on her period, he'll just say "We'll do something next week."
He says a relationship will kill the chemistry and he has a lot of stuff he needs to work through in therapy first. One time after sex, she brought up the idea of marriage and he says "yeah being married seemed like it would be cool." He didn't say with her though, and now she thinks she'll be married to him one day.
When I hear these situations, I want to bang my head against the wall and scream from the roof tops that these men will never commit, but it doesn't seem to do any good. I can see it as clearly as the August sun at high noon.
Here is my question: How do these women now see it the way everyone else can? These are women who have Master's degrees and are nestled in middle class careers who otherwise seem to be very intelligent which makes me even more confused.
I feel like there's a psychological phenomenon here that I'm not seeing. Thoughts?

Here are three examples my friend group is currently dealing with.
1) She's been "dating" this guy for 9 months, but everytime she asks to put a label on it he immediately talks about how slammed he is in grad school and can't deal with the stress of a relationship. She thinks he'll come around one day.
2) Second friend has been in a "relationship" with a guy for five years. They're both nurses and work in two different hospitals about 5 hours apart. They're currently long distance.
She wants to get married and have children (she's in her mid 30s). She tells him her timeline on things, and he passively agrees, but he NEVER proposes or makes any attempts to have kids with her. Each time they hook up is with birth control.
She urges him to move in with her and just look for a job at local hospitals, but he starts talking about his anxiety about switching jobs. The reason she won't move out his way is because he rents a room on the coast with a very high cost of living whereas she owns her own home that's nearly paid off.
I tell her this guy is never going to give her what she wants, but she shuts the convo down immediately. Ironically, she's an extremely intelligent person.
3) This case is the worst of all. I have one friend who's been "dating" this guy for a year now. He won't introduce her to his friends or family, and each time they hang out they have sex. If she's on her period, he'll just say "We'll do something next week."
He says a relationship will kill the chemistry and he has a lot of stuff he needs to work through in therapy first. One time after sex, she brought up the idea of marriage and he says "yeah being married seemed like it would be cool." He didn't say with her though, and now she thinks she'll be married to him one day.
When I hear these situations, I want to bang my head against the wall and scream from the roof tops that these men will never commit, but it doesn't seem to do any good. I can see it as clearly as the August sun at high noon.
Here is my question: How do these women not see it the way everyone else can? These are women who have Master's degrees and are nestled in middle class careers who otherwise seem to be very intelligent which makes me even more confused.
I feel like there's a psychological phenomenon here that I'm not seeing. Thoughts?

I didn't want to take a sleeping pill I will tonight but I tried to white knuckle it and slept a couple hours. Keep in mind when this shit isn't going down I sleep like a baby.....just another health benefit of living with a pwbpd....
So dear reader, allow me to ramble and keep in mind yes I know all the things, I'm not new. I'd love any support or perspectives.
Ramble on
He isn't gonna leave lol I keep replaying the tape. Why would he? He's good to go. As long as i avoid him. He's gonna keep living the life I taught him. Which is here. The life he loves. Hes doing the best hes ever done. He will back to reality eventually I suppose. Or can't stand it and reach out. Then it will be a battle of wills over whether we can discuss anything. I'll insist and he will blow up. And round and round we go. That's the way she goes.
Or maybe he'll keep packing and make go. Doubtful but slightly possible.
I just need to ignore him for awhile. It's best anyway. I feel like a jerk doing it though. As a reasonable person who cares I want conflict management, reconciliation, closure, understanding something... or acknowledgement we need to visit ir, even if he's not able rn. I give grace for grief, but this can't go on forever. He fucking threatened me with violence. I guess I want attention too. I miss him and our dailies. And i want my normal back. I want out of limbo. Like can we be civil and just table it? But no, let's suffer instead. Misery wants company. I don't like it. It's not healthy. I suppose I have never asked. I wonder how that would be received. Like look dude, everything is not okay here but can we just go on with life for the moment. This is push behavior though so thats not really the goal is it. Also, I'm a little anxious about even giving a chink in the armor...if I keep quiet, it goes on him....
"if you want me...cool...if you don't want me...cool...but what we not about to do is be confused and waste my time" Patron Goddess
Anyhoooo what else. Rambling on ..
Oh and I've been thinking we have played this pattern before too. I broke all the way up once over a physical threat. This situation is the same thing, except with the excuse of grief. It's not an excuse though.
I also keep thinking about his episode in Dec where he said he should have punched me in the face. Should have played that differently, oh well, can't do anything about it now. But I let him get away with it. I take a teeny slice on that for telling him to get out. I had months worth of banana splits though, called.off wedding, other insanity and emotional abuse. And then he went psychotic. I can forgive that one. We were solid after it all. This time idk.
And idk if we will get there anyway. He thinks his grief absolves him. It doesn't. I know still he doesn't wanna leave or go.be with anyone else. That's always.true. that part of the disorder is gone, as is major substance abuse and most of the bullshit behaviors. The abusiveness and splitting remain though for sure. And they're a fucking problem. So are projective identification and distorted perception and delusional thinking. All making up a big giant banana split and I'm the cherry on top.
I'm also concerned about what's going on for him.and that I won't catch it Is he hearing voices? Hallucinations? Our friend even noticed he wasn't tracking right yesterday,.she mentioned it. This has me worried. I dont want him to go through any of that alone if I can help. And if he's snapping I need to know So ii can get help. Don't worry dear reader, that part I'm in no danger from. That's schiz lite and i can handle it.
Side ramble Remember I said misery loves.company? So there's been examples of that shit related to drugs. I always say it about people who encourage others ot use. I was just reflecting on our 30 plus year history and some shit I know. Luke getting his pregnant gf to shoot drugs and forcing his other baby mama to do some. And when I came around there were a.few times he was trying to suggest I should try the heroin lol cuz I never did it. No thanks sir they was a choice. Jusy another thing I be thinking. He was so totally toxic. I'm still proud of.him for turning it around. He's worked hard.
One more ramble I haven't done anything to poke the bear here. Since the episode Sunday I've been pretty much nothing but calm and minimally intrusive. Mainky asking if i could help with anything. Tuesday before we left Vegas was when I told him he needed to leave after he got up ranting and raving slamming doors and threatening. Even then I was calm and minimally engaged. I did tell him he was splitting and mad at himself. Thought maybe it would help, it didn't.
Okay ramble over would live thoughts.

So basically I have this friend group in college who would always target me with jokes. They would always comment about literally anything and make fun of me at every chance that they got.
For example; I love wearing cultures and designers but they would make fun of my style and would call me “mommy” or “aunt.” Now I'm too conscious to wear the clothes that I like. Another example is that they would make fun of my accent in English (English is not my first language). To be honest, I consider myself to be fluent in English and very good when it comes to accent, since during high school I would always compete in public speaking & spoken poetry competitions. However recently, my skills & accent were downgraded because of them.
There were instances where I had mispronounced words and because of that, I was made fun of. And ever since, they would make fun of it to the point where I’m too afraid to speak in English in front of them. Even tho it is not my first language, speaking English is something that comes naturally to me however being with them makes me super conscious that I choose not to speak in English anymore.
It’s funny because our friendship did not start like that. I was their first friend and I introduced them to each other which is why we became a friend group. They were really nice to me at first and they treated me with respect. Of course we would have jokes but it wasn’t as offensive as now. I thought I found real friends because they were the ones who approached me first before we became a friend group. To be honest, individually, my friends are quite known in our college and the reason why I introduced them with each other was because I knew their personalities would get along very well. I just did not expect that I would be the odd one out.
I'm still close with them individually however when all of us hang out, I'm the one always getting aimed at and who receives the most insults. However, I also feel like I'm left out because of it. I often find myself worrying if I would get judged or made fun off every time Im with them.
Is there anything wrong with what Im doing? What should I do?

I (f54) met my boyfriend (m53) 3 years ago on a dating site. He was very relationship-oriented, which was so welcome after having dated many commitment-averse men. I was tired of games and he knew what he wanted. The relationship progressed pretty quickly and he started spending a lot of time at my place right away. He was so good with my son (21) who still lives at home and has a disability so is still very dependent on me. He took him to car shows and races, taught him to shave, and at times was more of a father to him than his own father.
He was generous with me, always there when I needed him. He was my best friend, my rock. He was loving, affectionate, and expressed his love through words and actions regularly.
There were some red flags, that I ignored, or at least minimized. He sometimes lied - little lies that someone would tell if they didn't want to get in trouble, but sometimes used to manipulate a situation. He had some anger issues - really bad road rage, disproportionate amount of anger over small day to day life issues, being rude to retail workers out of frustration over things that weren't in their control. He monopolized conversations, had a weird need to make sure that people knew that he could handle really spicy food and drank his coffee black. And he didn't have his own life or identity. Outside of our relationship he really didn't have anything going on. When we would spend a few days apart, I would text him to see how his day was, and when I would ask "what are you up to?" he would reply "missing you". I think he meant it to be sweet, but it made me uncomfortable.
When we would have an issue, he would get angry and go back to his place for a few days to cool off. Then we would talk about it and work through it. Our biggest fights have been about my need for more space. I fully admit to being shut off sometimes. I'm extremely introverted so need a lot of alone time, and I also have a lot of fear and anxiety around intimacy. I have been in abusive relationships in the past and (not surprisingly) had an abusive and neglectful childhood, so have struggled with love and what a healthy love looks and feels like. I don't often feel safe in relationships and so have a fear of losing power and autonomy. Since he is a very "togetherness and connected" kind of guy, I often felt smothered, and then the fights began.
We recently took a vacation together with my son, and towards the end of the vacation he was acting extremely passive aggressive. One word answers, cold shoulder, when I would ask him what he wanted to do next he would say "whatever" as if he had no say. I asked him what was wrong and he said that I was catering to my son's needs and that it felt like the trip was all about me and my son and he had no say. I asked for an example and he gave me one but it was pretty minor and it was the only one that he could think of. I reminded him of all of the things that we did that were his choice. He remained angry and the last two days of our vacation were tense with him giving the cold shoulder, sighs, eye rolling, minimal talking,, etc.
So when we got home and dropped things off at my place, I expected him to go back to his place. I told him that I was tired and needed to go to bed. It was 2 am. He asked if I wanted him to leave and I said that it was probably good for us to take a bit of space. He got angry and left, slamming the door and peeling out of the driveway. I was immediately sent back mentally to my last abusive relationship and my nerves were shot for the next couple of days.
I called him a few days after he left and asked to talk about what happened. He was still angry. I asked for more information about my preferential treatment of my son but he couldn't give me much information. I asked him about his passive aggression and door slamming and he angrily told me that he was hurt. I told him that it scared me. He said angrily "what did you think I was going to do, come back and hurt you??". He also mentioned that I never include him in my Instagram posts. So we wrapped up the call having settled nothing. I looked back through my Instagram posts and he was in several of them. And honestly 99% of my posts are cat pictures. He said that it felt like I was hiding him. He was hurt, and I don't want to hurt him. I sent him links to the posts that had him in them and there was no response.
A few more days went by and he texted me to ask if we were going to see one another again or should he come get his things. I told him that I was working through a lot of emotions but understood that he can't wait while being left in the dark, so he could get his things if he wanted. He came and got them, angrily, and said that I could fight for him. I told him that I don't have any fight in me. He told me that this breakup is 100% my fault and to never contact him again and left.
I'm reeling, and wondering about the part I played. Evey relationship breakdown has two contributors. I know that I withheld affection at times (not in a manipulation sort of way). I know that he felt unloved at times. I can look back and see that I wasn't the most loving at times. I've started therapy to address it.
I had hoped that we could go to couples counseling but since he never wants to hear from me again, that's out. But I also wonder if it's for the best that we don't. I wonder if I over reacted to his moods on the trip and to his passive aggression when he's angry. It's a trigger for me because of my past but maybe I am making it a bigger deal than it is. Maybe this is something that can be fixed. Why throw away a relationship that had so many positives. He was good to us when he wasn't angry, and he wasn't angry all of the time. We had more good times than bad.
I'm struggling with this and could use some advice from people who have a good grip on what healthy relationships look like, what's worth working on, what's not.

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Hello so i am trying to keep this story short and simplified. So a little backround info before this story, I live in a old house in a rural area and my house is one of those types where example you slam a door on the other side of the house you can feel the door slamming on the floor upstairs as a thumb like effect when you on the opposite side of the house. Recently i have been a little creeped out by a occurance that happens randomly on random days. The door downstairs that leads to the kitchen / dining / livingroom area opens and shuts back up. This happened last time yesterday when i was upstairs, alone in the house doing some work on my pc and suddenly the door that i just described opened (you can feel the door open and close upstairs beacuse the door seems to cause a little shake that you can feel with your feet) then i stood up to go look if maybe some friends or guests have arrived and are looking for me. Before i could leave my room the door shuts causing that little shake again on the floor. I still continued to downstairs and there was no one there or no cars on the drive way. I was a little shaken up from this and decided to go do what i was doing upstairs. Maybe about 40min later the same thing happened again door shuts, door closes. I went to look no one anywhere. Last time this happened was yesterday late evening but it was really quick i opened and closed like all of that in a second or two. About i think it was 6 days back this happened (not the first time) the door opening was very forceful and the closing was very forceful even the windows in my room shook a little. I do not like whatever is causing that and i don't really want to find out. Anyone here have any idea why? First time i thought i might have been that i left a window open in the kitchen or something and the wind pushed it open but i had no windows open anywhere. I absolutely hate this occurance. I really do not believe in ghosts or stuff like that but when i started experiencing this i kinda started to believe in that stuff. If there is someone with a good exaplanation for this i would be happy to hear it.

NOTE: This is a snapshot of my week. Not the whole history with this child. Several months ago he was frequently hitting other children and even trying to beat them up. In addition to that, he slammed another child up against the wall in the bathroom, and when I carried him out of there to protect that other child, he threatened to bring a gun school. There is no gun in his house according to his parents (I think they are being honest), and we check his backpack every day just in case. I think he should've been expelled for that but I can't force the director to do that.
What an exhausting week this was.
I've got this student who turned four back in January. In certain areas he is way ahead of the other children. He's starting to read for example, and has been on sight words since long before he turned four. He does yard work at home with his dad, and can assemble and disassemble their smaller snowblower. You kinda have to be in a room with him, but I'm telling you, he is 100% an exceptional learner.
However, his behavior is otherwise atrociously disruptive.
He gets attention from me every single morning. He does not get more or less than any other child. Despite that, and despite the fact that my co-teacher also does one-on-one with him in the morning, he will still interrupt me when I'm working with another child. Specifically when I give attention to another child. It's obvious what's setting him off.
He will follow me around the room. My co-teacher and I will not respond to him and simply put him back. Within a couple minutes he's leaving his assigned center. He comes up with these excuses that are just utterly ridiculous. All of a sudden he can't figure out a puzzle I've watched him put together a hundred times, or a people figure won't stand up, or his arm is itchy. I used to respond to these things but I don't anymore. I tell him to go back to where he was. Remember, he's already had several minutes of one-on-one with me, and he absolutely knew and was verbally prepared by me for when I'd go work with another child. He knew it was coming.
I've also told him that if he continues that behavior, I won't play with him when we go outside. I absolutely follow through with it. This makes no dent in this behavior.
He's had the same attention as every other child since the beginning of the school year. So this isn't a situation where he's had more in the past and is now acting up because of it.
On Thursday he got over a half hour of one-on-one with the assistant director (she had popped in to do specific work with him because he's graduating to our center's kindergarten class). After they were done and she went to work with another child, something he was yet again prepped for ahead of time, he started interrupting my work with other children.
I asked the assistant director what she thinks. Her recommendation was that he gets two chances, and if he leaves his center more than two times he loses that center for the day. We tried it on Friday. It made no difference. The exact same issue was happening even with this consequence. He had to be removed from the classroom entirely because he had a screaming fit that was so disruptive that the other children couldn't learn at all.
He also badgers us. Just constant demanding over and over after consequences have been given. I don't respond to him. Makes no difference.
The thing that's been the most infuriating is when he starts telling the other kids what to do. This is a constant problem. He yells at the other kids for how they are playing, eating, writing, drawing, using playground equipment, hand washing, I mean it just gets ridiculous. It's not even remotely similar to how my co-teacher and I talk. The other kids copy what we say, but they are gentle with each other. They match our gentleness. The kids absolutely tell him he's not the teacher, to mind his own business, to stop tattling, to work on his own idea, that it's not up to him, and he STILL does this to them. He'll yell that he can do whatever he wants, and I honestly wonder if his mom has told him that.
This isn't even the worst thing. He uses a lot of gendered and discriminatory language that I am very sure he's learned from his mom. His dad is a good person, thankfully, but mom is just awful. She hides it well but this kid rats her out all the time. She's shown some entitled behavior over time also. She's also convinced her son can do no wrong.
We have a very diverse classroom, we have plenty of items in the room to represent people in multiple roles. The rest of my students fully understand the diversity we've taught.
Yes I've spoken to the parents. His dad is genuinely concerned and wants a solution. Mom doesn't seem to care. I also think his emotional relationship with his mom is insecure. She apparently didn't want kids, but when she got pregnant with him she didn't want to terminate. She probably feels guilty about that, but her inability to deal with her emotions is impacting her son. It's not fair to him.
I'm usually all about helping a kid, but I'm drained from dealing with him. I'm thrilled he's going to kindergarten. He'll be in a challenging environment with older, bigger kids who are verbally confident. Maybe that will benefit him. Maybe. We won't know until he goes.

I find that I get in touch with myself and the universe most when a musician puts my feelings into music/poetry for me. For example, Elliott Smith’s Either Or always felt like a warm hug to my soul. When I learned more about him, it made more sense. For the most part, I feel alone until lyrics express what I’m afraid to say.
Anyway, just looking for music (any genre) that makes you feel comfortable being you.

I have 2 SKs, 4 and 2. I'm starting to think my DH favors SK4 over SK2. I've tried gently bringing it up and it's usually brushed off or explained away so now I'm wondering if I'm overthinking it because I personally don't particularly like SK4.
There are tons of examples but the two most reoccurring ones are this:

1. When SK4 needs to potty and SK2 tries to follow, DH will tell SK2 that they don't need to do everything SK4 does or will tell SK2 not to follow them (SK4 absolutely NEEDS him to be outside the door every. single. time. which is why SK2 tries to follow, because dad is going too). But now that SK2 is starting to semi potty train/show interest in the toilet, DH doesn't stop SK4 from following. And SK4 tags along every time SK2 tries sitting on the toilet. SK4 will literally slam the playroom door in SK2s face so they can't follow but then will just follow along immediately if it's SK2 being taken to the bathroom. It drives me nuts honestly, especially because SK4 will be right in SK2s face the entire time
   
2. SK2 has a bad habit of throwing food on the floor when they're done eating. Served dinner and not hungry? Throw it on the floor. Eating a snack and get full and there's still some left? Onto the floor it goes. DH will tell SK2 not to do it and eventually implement a time out if they continue to do it. But if SK4 does it, it seems like DH ignores it. Maybe I'm just not seeing him correct SK4 because I started NACHOing when my daughter was born I know I haven't seen DH correct SK4 for it at all so far. The funny thing is, DH will tell SK2 not to throw food on the floor because they're wasting it meanwhile SK4 wastes 2x more food by straight up not eating it and he doesn't consistently say anything. There's one incident burned into my brain because it made me so mad I had to walk away for a little bit. SK4 asked for Mac n cheese for lunch. When I handed it to them, they grabbed the spoon to take a bite. A little bit accidentally fell off the spoon onto the couch. SK4 looked up at me and dumped the rest of the spoonful and then THE ENTIRE BOWL onto the couch. UGH. We easily waste $40-60 worth of food every week because this kid either won't eat or will dump it out but he's focused on the handful of grapes or chips or goldfish or whatever that SK2 throws on the floor.
   

I'm starting to feel like SK4 is the golden child. I've seen this kid boldface lie and DH doesn't react or explains it away. I've watched this kid get SK2 in trouble repeatedly and DH doesn't believe they're doing it on purpose. But my DH says SK2 will intentionally poke at SK4 to get a reaction and get them in trouble. An example being that he says SK2 will snatch toys from SK4 when we aren't looking, SK4 will snatch them back and all we see is SK4 snatching it back so SK4 gets told to stop. DH thinks SK2 does this on purpose to get SK4 in trouble. I think it's because SK4 is EXTREMELY controlling when they play and sometimes SK2 just gets tired of being told what to do and how to play. We have shared toys for them and then they each have a handful of "their" toys. Like they each have a specific stuffed bunny, pop-its, etc. I've seen SK4 hide their pop-it and then grab SK2s and play with it until SK2 notices and then get mad when SK2 wants their toy back. I've watched SK4 not care that they were both coloring on the same sheet but then hear DH come back inside from smoking a cigarette and suddenly they're yelling SK2s name and telling them to stop, so my DH will go in and tell SK2 to stop and get their own sheet to color on.
Am I nuts? Am I the one playing favorites? Idk, I'd love some advice. I've started to dislike SK4 because they definitely seem to have more maliciousness/intention behind their shitty behavior. SK4 knows the rules but will do things they aren't supposed to anyway (which I understand is developmentally normal for their age) and then SK2 will follow along. Maybe I'm the one with a favorite but I feel like my DH is unnecessarily harder on SK2 when they're still learning. He has admitted he's harder on SK2 because they're still young enough to be taught not to have bad habits, whereas SK4 has some bad habits we're trying to break, and he's said it's because he doesn't want SK2 to become difficult like SK4 is. I don't know, maybe I'm biased because SK4 lies and does manipulative things that reminds me of their mother, who tried (and failed) to make my life miserable the first year DH and I were together, so maybe I'm just being ridiculous?

Fellow brethren I'll keep this post simple and very straight forward. I am 30 yrs old and starting my own business. I did few business back and had a restaurant too in the middle of city. It got closed due to lockdown. I want to share some life lessons to the young ones. For those who are elder to ke it might be a refesher.
1 Give utmost value to your education, doesn't matter if you're a middle class guy a rich guy or whatever. It will open up gates for you it will have a very deep impact. I neglected it and I suffered a lot and still am suffering due to it. And by knowledge I don't mean ke kuch bhe take something which is usable in life to earn money.
2 Keep your health intact- for your own self for your parents for your wife for your kids and for the socicety. Us men have the inherent value to give selflessly. Being fit will give everyone around you the impression that this person is dedicated and reliable if any danger occurs. Additioanaly it will help you mentally as well. Your kids will have the opportunity to say that my dad is strongest.
3 keep your knowldege updated - there is a difference between knowldege and education being too educated and no real life knowldege will turn you into a geek. Knowledge will help you regulate day to day basics which are important for survival.

1. Keep it in your pants and stay of 🌽- these days I have seen a lot of people going in fuck fantasy and degrading their mother and sisters. Good for them I don't care about them. But if you are a normal person like me stay away from sexual thoughts and material. What will happen is that it will drain that energy from you which will be used to create a beeter future for you. Look around and see how many people are filled with lust and then slowly observe how crooked up their lives are.

5 accepting reality- dekho Bhai nothing is under your control. I am writing this post with the intetion to help. I will downvoted too I can't control it but will it stop me of course no. Likewise I can't control attraction I can't control love of any girl. Heck I can't even control the appreciation of may parents towards me. Understand that every other person whether your mom your dad your sibbling they all are humans and they have emotions. So if anything happens which you don't think is acc to you, guess what keep calm and analyse the situation and act accordingly.
6 Diet- keep your diet in check. Those brother who eat fast food like breathing will die soon or will keave unhealthy. But this few who have given upon this bad habit good luck to you. In Indian socicety the term eating healthy means ke khao aur mote ho jao. Being fat due to health issue is quite okay but not doing the best for it it is not okay. Doing nothing about your health is not okay . Eat protein - you need it take protein powder if you're a vegetarian dal mai nhi hota hai itna protein then comes the quality of protein. Carbs Khao woh aram se Indian diet mai bhr ke hai healthy fat khai. Keep you testosterone level checked. Agr Kam hai toh koi nhi kafi cheeze hai jin se sahi ho sakega . But kisi uncle yaa chacha ke kehne pe kuch mat kero.

1. Social - approach girls in a suited environment. I have seen girls getting scared because some random person scared them. And please for god's sake treat them as humans. Now humans ke mtlb se ke don't put them on pedestal just normal baat cheet Karo whitout the intention of getting something. Firslty improve your own self. Mere female friend hai and they trust me to core ke iss bande ke saath ham comfortable hai. And as I said earlier keep it in your pants. Slowly and steadily you'll understand the social dynamics. Even with fellow menuse the same tactic aram se baat kero and show intrest in other person. Eveyone likes to be apprciated. Girls love when you hear them and let them speak witout any judgement. Well everone does.
   
2. Habits- they build you they build your personality. Jarda khana gadho ke trh cigratte peena Kabir Singh ke trh daru peena will use your life. Form good habits and keep the wrong ones in check.
   
3. Hobbies - cultivate those hobbies which you actually like. Not for girls specially. Ke guitar utha liya le ab ladki milegi. Abe nhi yaar enjoy the process. Kisi aur ke liye karoge toh woh pehle bhagega. Hobbies ka example le toh sports, reading, music, poetry , art etc etc etc.
   

10 reliability- suppose you are looking for a guy to get your sister or daugter to get married. Will you marry her to someone who is not relaible who gives the aura that they are not reliable. Same applies to you too be relaiable and someone who can stand in society and can stand for your loved one in the socicety .

1. Keep away from bullshit- remeber that guy " elvish bhai ke aage koi bol sakta hai kya " don't be a dud like him. And I'll point out so you'll get an understanding. Use social media to connect to learn don't get used by social media. What is for free take you awaym remeber there is nothing as free beer in this world.

I think I covered a lot. Add if you think I missed something. Healthy discussion are always welcomed.

Fuck the slam poetry spoken word TPAB shit yesterday. Bro remember this is rap battle and barred Drake down. Same message 100 times the delivery. Dot back up.