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2024.05.19 05:19 SubstantialRabbit441 Another hit tonight đđ»
Maybe the Padres game getting voided was lucky? Who knows lol
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2024.05.19 05:19 DodgerBot Postgame Thread ⟠Reds 0 @ Dodgers 4
Line Score - Game Over
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB |
CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
Box Score
CIN | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
Ashcraft | 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 106-63 | 4.25 |
Spiers | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 34-26 | 5.14 |
Scoring Plays
Highlights
Decisions
Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | Save |
Buehler (1-1, 4.05 ERA) | Ashcraft (3-3, 4.25 ERA) | |
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2024.05.19 05:17 RedsModerator The Reds fell to the Dodgers by a score of 4-0 - Sat, May 18 @ 09:10 PM EDT
Game Status: Game Over - Score: 4-0 Dodgers
Links & Info
| Reds Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1 | Benson - CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .193 | .284 | .393 |
2 | De La Cruz, E - SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .264 | .362 | .491 |
3 | Ford, M - DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .175 | .195 | .300 |
4 | Steer - 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .224 | .333 | .373 |
5 | Stephenson, T - C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .266 | .341 | .468 |
6 | Fraley - RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .343 | .378 |
7 | Candelario - 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .226 | .288 | .397 |
8 | India - 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .224 | .329 | .301 |
9 | Hurtubise - LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .143 |
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | | | |
Reds |
BATTING: 3B: Fraley (1, Buehler). TB: Benson; Fraley 3; Hurtubise. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: India. Team RISP: 0-for-2. Team LOB: 3. |
| Dodgers Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1 | Ohtani - DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .350 | .418 | .661 |
2 | Freeman, F - 1B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .295 | .410 | .451 |
3 | Smith, W.D. - C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .307 | .375 | .464 |
4 | HernĂĄndez, T - RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .245 | .305 | .473 |
5 | Pages - CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .266 | .303 | .431 |
6 | Lux - 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .256 | .267 |
7 | HernĂĄndez, K - 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .220 | .287 | .297 |
8 | Vargas, M - LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Taylor, Ch - LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .211 | .083 |
9 | Rojas, M - SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .258 | .319 | .439 |
| Totals | 30 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | | | |
Dodgers |
BATTING: 2B: Rojas, M (6, Ashcraft); Freeman, F (13, Spiers). TB: Freeman, F 3; HernĂĄndez, T; Lux; Pages; Rojas, M 2. RBI: Freeman, F (25); HernĂĄndez, T (37); Lux (12); Pages (14). 2-out RBI: Freeman, F. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: HernĂĄndez, K; Ohtani. Team RISP: 3-for-10. Team LOB: 5. |
Reds Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | P-S | ERA |
Ashcraft (L, 3-3) | 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 106-63 | 4.25 |
Spiers | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34-26 | 5.14 |
Totals | 8.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | | |
Dodgers Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | P-S | ERA |
Buehler (W, 1-1) | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 78-55 | 4.05 |
Grove (H, 5) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11-9 | 5.18 |
Hudson, Dan (H, 8) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15-12 | 2.84 |
Feyereisen | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13-7 | 6.00 |
Totals | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | | |
Game Info |
WP: Ashcraft 2. |
Pitches-strikes: Ashcraft 106-63; Spiers 34-26; Buehler 78-55; Grove 11-9; Hudson, Dan 15-12; Feyereisen 13-7. |
Groundouts-flyouts: Ashcraft 5-2; Spiers 3-2; Buehler 7-0; Grove 0-1; Hudson, Dan 0-1; Feyereisen 1-0. |
Batters faced: Ashcraft 21; Spiers 12; Buehler 21; Grove 3; Hudson, Dan 3; Feyereisen 3. |
Umpires: HP: Doug Eddings. 1B: Chad Whitson. 2B: Bill Miller. 3B: Malachi Moore. |
Weather: 67 degrees, Clear. |
Wind: 6 mph, L To R. |
First pitch: 6:10 PM. |
T: 2:07. |
Att: 49,239. |
Venue: Dodger Stadium. |
May 18, 2024 |
Inning | Scoring Play | Score |
Bottom 4 | Andy Pages singles on a ground ball to center fielder Will Benson. Freddie Freeman scores. Teoscar HernĂĄndez to 3rd. Andy Pages to 2nd. | 1-0 LAD |
Bottom 4 | Gavin Lux grounds out softly, pitcher Graham Ashcraft to first baseman Spencer Steer. Teoscar HernĂĄndez scores. Andy Pages to 3rd. | 2-0 LAD |
Bottom 5 | Freddie Freeman singles on a line drive to center fielder Will Benson. Miguel Rojas scores. | 3-0 LAD |
Bottom 8 | Teoscar HernĂĄndez singles on a line drive to right fielder Jake Fraley. Freddie Freeman scores. | 4-0 LAD |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | | R | H | E | LOB |
Reds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
Decisions
Division Scoreboard
PIT 0 @ CHC 1 - Final
MIL 4 @ HOU 2 - Final
BOS 2 @ STL 7 - Final
Next Reds Game: Sun, May 19, 04:10 PM EDT @ Dodgers
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2024.05.19 05:15 LazuliJayd What's your favorite hosta (that does well in your PNW garden/yard)?
I was surprised to find virtually no hostas at our new place and am obsessing over adding them in several different spots with varying sun exposure. I'm so obsessed I watched a 40 minute video on YouTube today that was just different hostas and their names! I would love to know what people's favorite hostas are and why. At my previous place, there were a couple I was never able to ID and I loved them. Lowe's has just a few varieties and nothing too extraordinary, although I did get some hosta "Firn Line" on sale for half price because they were rough looking but otherwise will be fine later. I've got spots with full sun, partial shade under Douglas firs, morning sun, and mostly shady/filtered-reflected sun. Also obviously I need to find somewhere with more variety. Plus I'm just curious what others have that does well--I'm in the Olympia area. Thanks for sharing!
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2024.05.19 05:13 kayenano The Villainess Is An SS+ Rank Adventurer: Chapter 241
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[Patreon] [Discord] Synopsis: Juliette Contzen is a lazy, good-for-nothing princess. Overshadowed by her siblings, she's left with little to do but nap, read ⊠and occasionally cut the falling raindrops with her sword. Spotted one day by an astonished adventurer, he insists on grading Juliette's swordsmanship, then promptly has a mental breakdown at the result.
Soon after, Juliette is given the news that her kingdom is on the brink of bankruptcy. At threat of being married off, the lazy princess vows to do whatever it takes to maintain her current lifestyle, and taking matters into her own hands, escapes in the middle of the night in order to restore her kingdom's finances.
Tags: Comedy, Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Copious Ohohohohos.
Chapter 241: Until Now The doors to the Hartzwiese Adventurerâs Guild opened.
Before, the sound of raucous laughter could be heard flooding the street outside, filling the quiet of a spring night with all the debauchery the local drunkards had to offer.
Despite the halls of adventurers not being formal drinking establishments, those within were ready to compete in boisterousness with all the taverns, inns and pubs of the town combined. And also win. Handily.
And yetâ
The moment the doors parted and I stepped within, a hush as quiet as any grave fell over its inhabitants.
A woman balancing with her derriĂšre upon the head of another became still, the alcohol in her cup the only movement as it dribbled onto a stunned face below her.
A man slurping from the communal cauldron stared wordlessly, the stew pouring in, and then out of his mouth as the muscles of his throat forgot the means to swallow.
A bartender asleep upon a row of kegs quietly rose, the sudden din of silence waking him where the sound of debauchery and those drinking from the taps beside him had failed.
Here, there, and everywhere, eyes widened as the sudden silence was filled with the sounds of my footsteps as I strolled past, my loyal handmaiden and my brotherâs attendant in my wake.
And alsoâ
Mreow.
Mrewowow.
Meww.
Cats.
Tabby cats.
Calico cats.
Ragdoll cats.
Cats with twirly whiskers. Cats with puffy faces. Cats with slightly rounded ears.
Behind me, skipping around my legs while taking turns to sit upon my shoulders and very occasionally my head, were a legion of cats of various shapes, sizes and colours.
But no matter the springiness of their whiskers, the shine of their coat or the liveliness of their tails, one thing to bring them all together was the anarchy they caused.
This was no neat line of ducklings following after their mother.
This was a barbarian horde.
With no sense of organisation other than a shared drive to claim everything as their own, they immediately skipped amidst the stunned adventurers, scavenging for all the copious scraps while still turning their noses away from the alcohol forming sticky traps upon the floor.
Saying nothing, I allowed their demanding cries to fill up the hall as I swept forwards, pausing before a wall plastered from end to end with faded notices and requests long gone unanswered.
One by one, I systemically tore every request featuring a crudely drawn image of a cat, gathering into my arms a pile of parchment large enough to reach my chin.
Then, I made my way to the wooden desk.
A receptionist waited with a smile at the ready.
âGreetings! Welcome to the Hartzwiese branch of the Adventurerâs Guild. I see youâve removed several notices from theââ
Poomph.
Silenced but unperturbed, this latest clone watched as I dropped the stack of requests onto her desk, before promptly topping off the stack with a copper ring.
âDo what must be done,â I said, my voice defiant. âI am ready.â
The receptionist answered me with a smile more permanent than the wall the notices were torn from.
A moment laterâ
â[Identify].â
A green hue appeared in her clasped palms as she assessed the ring.
âJuliette. B-rank. Your registered branch is Reitzlake.â
The sound of several cups clattered against the floor.
âWelcome again to Hartzwiese. I see from your commission history that you have an extraordinary amount of completions for recovering lost cats. May I assume the significant number of cats now roaming the branch hall relate to the notices removed from the wall?â
I pursed my quivering lips.
âMaybe.â
âWonderful. And how many cats is it that youâve rescued?â
â... Lots.â
âI see. Please give me a moment while I confirm the requirements of our commissions.â
The receptionist swiftly retrieved a stack of parchment from a drawer.
As she flicked through, her eyes simultaneously went to every cat roaming, napping and clawing in the hall. A skill not even monstrous overseers from the abyss with their dozens of eyestalks could match. But thatâs only to be expected.
Wherever these receptionists were found, it was from a level deeper than any monster dared roam.
Eventually, she gave a nod.
âThank you for waiting. There appears to be an excess of cats in relation to the number of commissions we have available. Weâll endeavour to ensure that every cat is rehomed at the earliest opportunity through our partner agencies and charities. But unfortunately, I can only provide official acknowledgement for cats rescued through a formal commission.â
I sucked in a deep breath, hoping that patience was one of the things I accidentally inhaled.
âFine. And how many commissions does that end up being, then? ⊠10? 15?â
The receptionist flicked through her bundle of parchments once more.
â94.â
â... Excuse me?â
âI can confirm the successful completion of 94 simultaneous F-ranked commissions. Congratulations. This is a new record, breaking what appears to be one earlier set by yourself. A remarkable achievement befitting a B-rank member of the guild.â
The receptionistâs professional smile never wavered.
I thought that would be the worst of it.
But thenâ
She slowly brought her hands together ⊠and started applauding.
It was the leak which broke the dam.
At once, she was joined by all who were present to witness this crowning moment of regret.
I turned around in time to see a riot in motion.
âW-Wooooooooooo!!!!â
âIn ⊠Incredible âŠâ
âA new record ⊠I ⊠I heard it was broken in Trierport ⊠to think Iâd witness it broken again!â
âA B-rank adventurer ⊠?! Where ⊠Where did she come from ⊠?!â
There was no polite, respectful applause here.
It was the wild cheering of a crowd at a tournament. The whooping cries of theatregoers calling for an encore. The acclaim of my father as he elbowed others to delight in the poetry Iâd written when I was 6 and thus now regularly attempted to burn.
Everywhere I turned, I saw and heard the acclaim mixed with shouts of horror as mugs of alcohol were spilled on purpose and by accident. The layabouts stomped on the floor, doing their best to murder decorum under the strain of unbridled emotion.
Only a few falling teardrops formed any hint of more dignified revelry, the glimmer of admiration running down cheeks as sniffles were hidden amidst the raucous cheering.
And then I bore witness to the most morbid sight.
Like a tidal wave of soiled clothes and snotty faces, they suddenly came as one, hands reaching out for me with dripping mugs still in their grips. Horror struck at my soul. And unlike a farmer whoâd scarpered into the night, I had nobody who could heal a wound caused by hooligans accepting me as their own.
âA-Amazing!! Take my drink! Take anyoneâs drink!!â
âSo many cats rescued ⊠even my allergies canât believe it!â
âMy gods, itâs a legend! An adventurer among adventurers!â
This.
This right here.
This was the lowest point of my life ⊠were I not an unparalleled genius.
âOho ⊠ohoho âŠâ
At once, the wave halted.
Faces which were lit up in unabashed delight turned to looks of mild confusion against the tinkling music of my laughter.
They needed to cycle through the expressions until they reached horror and shame.
âOhhohohohohohoho!!â
⊠For I was no drunkard seeking to join their ranks!
No ⊠I was Juliette Contzen, 3rd Princess to the Kingdom of Tirea!
And that meant every action I took, every word I spoke, and every cat I saved was for a reason beyond the hopes and dreams these hoodlums had of wanton debauchery and rusting swords!
Indeed!
A lesser princess than I may slink away into the night, cowed by the utter shame, humiliation and disgrace of completing so many F-ranked requests that I somehow broke a record Iâd only just set!
But I was made of greater things!
Of schemes and subterfuges so deep that it would take too long to explain! The plots I weaved were a silken web more intricate than any cogs which made up Coppelia as she doubled up, desperately trying to stop herself from succumbing to more pain from laughter!
And that meant with every cat request now denied to these louts ⊠they would finally do some work!
âOhoho ⊠ohohohohoho!! Behold and be afraid! Witness before you the coming of a new dawn, here to lift you from your days of boundless reverie! Unfurl the shutters and gaze upon a radiance so pure it brands your dallying minds! The scorching sun has come to test the snailâs back, and all that your bleary eyes see is a great salt lake to devour you whole! Shrivel as you cling upon the sweat which drips upon your brow, for that is the proof youâre yet alive!â
A sudden silence met my proclamation of their coming ordeal.
And thenâ
âWooooooooooooooooooooooo!â
âI donât understand! But what a speech!â
âIf she can do it, so can we!â
I raised a hand to my lips, barely covering my smile.
âOhhhohohohohohohoho ⊠!â
Here it was!
Operation: Gainful Employment!
An entirely new strategy, as bold as it was uncharted!
By removing what was surely the vast majority of missing cat quests available to the adventurers of this town, they would have no choice, utterly none whatsoever, but to engage in actual work! The type of work adventurers openly advertised themselves as doing!
Monster subjugation! Crime prevention! Fetching artifacts from hidden dungeons and then succumbing to their wounds at the entrance while the Royal Treasury pocketed the treasure!
Yes, this was clearly a highly experimental tactic.
But what was I, if not a bastion of creativity?
At the very least, I utterly refused to accept the status quo! An organisation dedicated exclusively to rescuing lost cats or elbowing into my kingdomâs sovereign affairs was no good to me!
Thus ⊠I could not cower like some towngirl nauseous from the smell of their revelry.
Instead, I would squeeze the Adventurerâs Guild dry until the day I replaced them with an army of trained poodles. Until that joyous day, I could never tear my eyes away when they waited to be robbed.
To do so was more than a dereliction of duty âŠ
Why, Iâd be an accomplice to their drunken escapades!
My vow remained unchanged. For my goal, I would brave any indignity. The ring I was hoping the receptionist would forget to return was proof of that.
And thusâ
I stood tall as a summer reed, proud in the knowledge that I had no need to feel even an inkling of embarrassment over completing 94 simultaneous F-ranked commissions! âŠ
âPfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft.â
âS-Stop at once! You are not to laugh!â
âPffffttt~â
âC-Coppelia!!â
Clearly not seeing the angel of self-sacrifice who I was, Coppelia held one hand tightly around her mouth. Even so, she failed to stop either the sound of her amusement or the tears falling from her eyes.
My only salvation was that it came at significant cost to her. Even now, she careened between laughter and painful regret.
I decided to offer both her and myself mercy.
Turning to the receptionist, I found a modest pouch already waiting upon the wooden desk. As well as a copper ring waiting beside it.
âThank you for your service to the Adventurerâs Guild,â said the receptionist, her professional smile undaunted by the commotion. âYour total remuneration is 102 gold crowns, 7 silver crowns and 9 copper crowns. Iâve taken the liberty to compile all your separate payments together.â
I took the pouch and ignored the ring.
The receptionist pushed the ring forwards.
A long moment later, I collected it, uncertain what a receptionist would do if I tossed it into the communal cauldron, but knowing it would somehow still end up on my finger regardless.
With my head held high, I bravely ignored the chorus of voices unknowingly cheering for their own hardship as I swept past. Renewed tears and applause filled the hall. A few cats attempted to follow me. I stopped to shoo them away.
And then I was outside, the door closing behind me.
â... Goodness, that was quite the sight,â said Renise with a bemused smile. âIt reminded me somewhat of the inns of Reitzlakeâs docks. I wonder if all the halls of adventurers are like that, or merely those which you frequent?â
âPlease donât insinuate Iâm responsible for the debauchery which occurs wherever the Adventurerâs Guild is concerned. Thatâs something I can claim no credit for.â
âYou say that ⊠but to me, it seems that you caused quite a stir. That really is a remarkable number of cats you rescued, after all. Even I can tell that 94 simultaneous F-ranked commissionsââ
âMiss Renise.â
The maidâs smile wavered against whatever fatigued expression I was making.
A moment later, it fell away entirely as she switched to her role as my brotherâs attendant and the leader of whatever scoundrels heâd charged her with herding.
â... Yes, I suppose thereâs time for idle conversation later. Thereâs a guardhouse nearby. We should report on all thatâs happened tonight.â
I gave a nod of agreement.
Hopefully, the baroness hadnât woken from her stupor yet. But if she had, I was certain the single portrait of myself Iâd returned to the wall of her gallery to smile down at her gagged and bound state would calm her nerves.
Renise hummed towards the direction of Hartzwieseâs centre, before returning her attention to me.
âIf you wish to keep your identity incognito, I can see guards sent to where theyâre needed using my own authority, and arrange for the appropriate seizure of the goods and crowns weâve discovered.â
I beamed at once.
My, so prudent! Itâs little wonder she was chosen by Roland!
âA judicious offer. And one Iâll accept gladly, providing the burden isnât too severe.â
âThis is merely an administrative task, and little burden compared to what both yourself and Miss Coppelia regularly perform. In any event, it is only efficient. I expect Iâll be spending a significant amount of time at the baronessâs farmstead. It is quite extensive. If possible, I would like to make use of it for Rose House. I imagine having such a facility close to the Granholtz border would have its uses.â
I nodded, already forgetting the barnâs existence.
âI encourage you to use your discretion as required. My brother has put his trust in you, and so I both expect and know that you shall not disappoint in furthering the kingdomâs prosperity.â
The young woman smiled. One filled with appreciation, but also lacking ambition.
Good.
An excellent combination as far as retainers were concerned.
âThank you. Although I worry you place too much trust in my abilities. In truth, those like Baroness Arisa would have made for a greater asset to the kingdom. Her resourcefulness must be acknowledged.â
âIt is not resourcefulness my kingdom requires. It is loyalty. And hers is a pit so empty it drains others.â
âThatâs true. But at least we were able to acquire some useful things from her nonetheless.â
Renise pulled out a tiny vial from the belt around her thigh.
A golden liquid was stored within, glimmering with an unnatural light.
âThese were in her chamber,â she said, her eyes lacking emotion as she surveyed the bright liquid. âWhen we met, she actually attempted to purchase my loyalty with this.â
âA suspect vial. How quaint. And what miracle did she promise?â
âOne that would wake my parents from their curse of eternal slumber.â
â... And is it?â
âI donât believe so, no. This is one of many identical vials I found in her chamberâs desk drawer. All prominently labelled with instructions to only drink as required to stave off the effects of bloating.â
Renise returned the vial to her belt with a slightly embarrassed smile.
âItâs still useful,â she admitted. âBut just not for what I require.â
I gave a simple nod as my reply.
Nothing else needed to be said.
She hoped to see her parents wake from their prison of dormancy. An understandable wish. And one I wasnât required to supplement with the comment that no pair named the Smuggler King and the Smuggler Queen were likely to receive as light a sentence as their daughter.
I could not speak on behalf of Roland. Although I imagined that as a kind man, he would prefer not to pass judgements which were total. But as the Crown Prince, he did not have the luxury of kindness.
It would take much to change their fate.
But perhaps thatâs why Renise was here, still proving true, and not accepting stomach ailment potions from a baroness.
A moment of silence followed.
Renise gave a short sigh. And that was that.
She set her eyes on the task aheadâat least until whatever words sheâd parted her mouth to say were interrupted by Coppeliaâs humming instead.
âSooooooooooooooo ⊠you just want to wake up two people eternally sleeping, right?â
A small smile met her optimistic voice.
âIf a cure were readily available, Iâm certain I would have found it by now. I believe one might be possible, but it would take skill and ingredients beyond any apothecary I know of.â
âWell, sure, you could go that way. But what about going straight to the source instead?â
âThe source?â
âSure. Theyâre asleep, right? So just ask the one in charge of where they are now.â
âIâm ⊠not quite sure I follow?â
Coppelia clapped her hands together and beamed.
âThe Spring Court is the realm of dreams. Chances are, they must have shown their faces around a few times by now. If you ask the Spring Queen nicely, she might do you a favour.â
âThe Spring Queen? ⊠The fae?â
âMmh~ luckily, we have someone with connections here!â
Renise was startled out of her reply.
It was nothing compared to me. The one being pointed at.
âCoppelia!â I said, truly aghast at the suggestion. âThe fae are not to be taken lightly. Why, I still have nightmares about my conversation with the Winter Queen! I learned a side to royalty that day which I shall never forget ⊠and Iâm quite poorer for it!â
âYou met ⊠the Winter Queen?â asked Renise, her eyes suddenly wide.
âUnfortunately, yes, but I had zero intention of meeting her, and Iâve just as little intention of meeting any other fae as well. Including the Spring Queen.â
I waved away the coming query to declare what was just as important as my lack of enthusiasm.
âBesides, Iâve not the foggiest idea how I would even hope to use these supposed connections I have.â
âOh, thatâs the easy bit,â said Coppelia, her casual disregard for what counted as âeasyâ more terrifying than any lout Iâd met today. âThe hard part is getting them to do what you want. But meeting them? The fae are creatures of stories. If the time is right, theyâll speak to youâone way or another.â
âThen they must book an appointment. One which I can formally reject.â
âI mean, I donât think you have much choice. You didnât last time, right?â
âThe last time, I was sat beside the Winter Queenâs crown. I see no fae artifacts to hook me away. And that means utterly no scenario in which I could be abducted without my expressââ
I suddenly stopped, clasping my hands around my mouth.
A moment later, I raised my arms in a martial art Iâd just invented, turning repeatedly on the spot.
Renise blinked at me.
âExcuse me, but what areââ
âShhshhshh!!â
I paused, gazing intently around at the quiet, dark streets of Hartzwiese, all the while ignoring Coppeliaâs giggling at my near miss.
That ⊠That was close!
âO-Oho ⊠oho ⊠I almost invited something terrible. Truly, itâs perhaps best not to needlessly voice things which Fae Queens and their deviant brand of magic could use âŠâ
Coppelia nodded at me, as proud as she was clearly disappointed.
âYouâre lucky. If the Spring Queen had a sense of humour, sheâd have snagged you right there and then.â
âNo. If the Spring Queen had a sense of humour, sheâd wait untilââ
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2024.05.19 05:08 ZombiejesusX When you work the line, but they ask you to do dishes.
| My manager "It won't be crazy tonight, I'm getting out of dodge." It was busy. I jumped on the line for an hour, to help through the thickest part. Ya, I was stuck in the worst spot, middle sauté. Just before kitchen closed, a huge bump of customers came in. Families, parties of 8, 15 top. Fortunately I have the best coworkers, and if someone is getting dogged we help them out. The 3 of us ripped everything apart, cleaned, stocked, put away, then we all tackled dish, trash and the floors. I would probably still be there washing ramekins. The km is great at shooting us in the foot, or jinxing the night, or leaving us high and dry. 2 on the line and a dish...suuure that's fine for Saturday. submitted by ZombiejesusX to KitchenConfidential [link] [comments] |
2024.05.19 05:07 exclusive-mayday AITA for wanting my parents to get along??
My parents (45M, 38F) have never had a good relationship for as long as Iâve been able to remember. They both had a toxicity that boiled over and burned everyone around them (aka, me - 16, my older sister - 20 and my little brother - 11). Me and my older sister would always get the brunt of everything, and we got hurt a lot, but my brother didnât (he only got shouted at) because he was just a baby and he had difficulties so the schoolâs he went to would have a close eye on him anyways.
The only reason iâm asking if iâm TA is because iâm beside myself right now. I donât know what to do and I need advice and Iâm scared I may have started the end of my family.
Just before christmas, on the second to last week of term before winter break, i refused to go into school. The only reason being was I was in a difficult situation with a couple friends and I felt i had no one, I was alone and i hated that so i didnât want to face anyone at school incase i broke down. My dad had come into my room, telling me to get up for school, get ready and heâll take me. An hour goes by, and I hadnât moved from my spot in my bed. My dad comes back into my room, and says âyou need to go to schoolâ and such things like that. I didnât say anything to him, all i did was groan (like when you donât wanna hear it or donât wanna do smth).
flash forward about midday, my mum comes screaming and shouting into my room, telling me all these horrible things and that i needed to go to school or sheâd âmake me pay for itâ. I immediately thought it meant she was going to hurt me, so i thought iâd stand up for myself and tell her âwhat? you gonna beat me because i canât stand going to school?â.
Half an hour later, and with no one saying anything else, i heard my mum on the phone (sheâs really loud - she like raises her voice down the phone unconsciously so i heard every word) but then I heard these exact words: â(dadâs name) told me she refused to get up this morning and that i fcking knew about her not going inâ.
I jumped up and raced down the stairs and started screaming that i didnât say that because my mum was threatening to ground me and âmake me pay for itâ - which actually meant chores but i liked chores to a certain extent. My dad had lied to her to make me look me once again, like a couple years ago when I caught him cheating on my mum when messages from a random woman on facebook would ping on his screen (he cheated on her 24 times since theyâve been married, also cheated on her a couple days before their wedding day and even fcked an old woman, like an OLD OLD woman).
My dad seemed to like the chaos because he always was the root of it. Whenever my older sister and mum were on good terms, he would go whispering into my mumâs ears saying my sister said this and she said that and so on. The same went for when myself and my mum were getting along. He had lied to my mum once again about me and it ended up backfiring mostly on me.
I told my mum what really happened and she confront my dad, who was sat on the sofa watching tv, and he fought back saying âshe said it, she said it, iâm not lying! why would i lie?â but when my mum refused to back down, he stood up and squared his shoulder and went to leave the front room, where myself and my mum were stood, which freaked me out because he clenched his fists and my mum saw it and she hugged me, saying go upstairs because he said he wasnât going to be spoken to like this. (he also once got told by his sister that he shouldnât be dictated by a child - ME, his first biological child - when all i was trying to do was talk about how i felt with his drinking because it was really bad.
Because of this, he left and he showed up on christmas and spent time with us, but kept getting agitated with my little brother because he kept asking questions and kept talking about his new plane game for his ps5 (my brother was recently diagnosed with ashbergers (however you spell it, itâs on the spectrum) and ticks that could develop into touretteâs). two days later, he left and i didnât see him for about two months.
during those two months, i was conflicted because heâs my dad and i donât want him to leave but he didnât reach out, and i was tired of trying to reach him for the last sixteen years of my life so i didnât bother. whenever i tried to spend time with him on my own as father-daughter, he would ignore it until my mum forced us to watch a documentary together (it was a murder documentary because we both like the genre) and it was so awkward, i wanted the ground to swallow me whole.
i didnât see him until he came to pick my brother up for plans they made with one another because he messaged my brother first, which hurt but i couldnât say anything because i felt i caused the whole mess of him leaving. we didnât talk and i told my nan (we were living at hers because my mum filed charges of DV against my dad, which he didnât and shouldnât have needed to know - a lot more had happened because of him, but he was a veteran so his abuse was âexcusedâ and no one said anything despite us asking for help, especially from my dadâs side of the family) that i didnât want to see him ever again.
i did see him again, only a couple times though because i felt really bad and i wanted him to be better (from the drinking) so i went with it and spent time with him, thinking it would help but it didnât. heâs gotten to point he physically shakes because he hadnât had a drink that day, and his face was all red whenever we saw him. he was also denying all the abuse and harm that he caused when we were younger.
It was only recently that everything has sunk in properly. iâm 16 and doing my final exams and i have a life that i need to start leading soon, and thatâs terrifying. iâm moving across the country after waiting since early january, but my dad isnât coming and he recently told me that heâs getting a place of his own soon (heâs in a temporary hostel) and invited me to go over whenever i wanted to because he would be working and it would just be sitting there empty. i told him i might, but iâm moving on the 15th of June and i donât even know when iâm coming to visit my sister and my nan and my nieces let alone him, especially since my mum told me to cut all contact with him.
the thing with my mum is she found herself a new man from tiktok because sheâs in an âagencyâ, and heâs a bit of character, in all honestly. my mum had always needed a man in her life and sheâs had multiple boyfriends when she and my dad would split for months at a time. the only reason weâre moving the area we are is because that man is there, and sheâs lost two of the babies she could have had with him.
iâm so lost and i donât know what to do.
my dad still drinks and he basically lives at the pub thatâs across the road from where he lives at the moment, and i donât want to watch him drink himself into an early grave.
and i believed my mum was influenced to move to where we are going because of this new man, who sheâs now not with because heâs also controlling and doesnât trust her.
do i cut all contact with my dad just because my mum doesnât want me to or because sheâs trying to protect me? iâve just gotten him to open up to me as a dad for the first time ever and i donât know what to do. i know he was a bad dad, and he can only love one person at a time, but am i in the wrong for wanting my dad to finally see me as a daughter?
and should i really move because my mum wants to? does it sound that itâs gone too far?
AITA for wanting my parents to get along for the sake of me and my little brother, or is that asking too much?
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2024.05.19 05:07 undyfan NARUTO CHAOS
WRITER CHAOS: BY JAYLEN WHITE
Naruto busted into the room, excited about todayâs adventure. Meanwhile, Your Mom is sleeping on a large bed, because a regular bed canât fit her large size. âIâM GONNA BE HO-HO-HOKAGE!â Naruto shouts. Then, Micheal Jackson slowly moonwalks to the nearest Glock 18 âABOUT TO SHHOT YAâS BEFORE YA BECOME WHATEVER YOU JUST SAID!â Micheal Jackson says. âProceed to shoot me now! Nothing will stop me from becoming big leader man!â Naruto exclaims. Soon, Your Mom gets up, with each step causing the ground to rumble, and then proceeds to groan softly. âMan, that nap was amazing! Got anymore ice cream?â Naruto and Micheal Jackson scream in terror as they see the large abomination, confused on how somehow like Your Mom could be so big.
Meanwhile, Mr Beast is hosting yet another challengeâŠ
âHEY, FIRST PERSON TO DIE GETS 100 MILLION DOLLARS!â Mr Beast quickly says. Soon, the people attending quickly try to commit suicide, but Mr Beast gets hit by a nuclear missile before that can even happen. Mr Beast smiles, as half of his body is literary torn apart, âMan, well the challenge still continues!â
Your Mom is walking towards the duo, preparing to chunk them out of existence. âI donât like heavy staresâŠâ Your Mom deeply says. Naruto and Micheal Jackson look at each other in shock, before proceeding to run away from the big fat momma. Your Mom is too heavy to run, so she must slowly walk towards the group.
The people attending Mr Beastâs challenge have all died! Leaving good ol Jimmy Donaldson. âOi gee walikers! I sure had fun killing and forcing these people to die!â A dying body groans in the distance, wondering why he hasnât received money⊠âH-H-Hey⊠I died first⊠WHY!?!â The person screams, as he slowly bleeds out to the beating he received earlier, from the other attendants. Mr Beast stand up, and somehow, his torn-up body is healed instantly. He then checks his watch, and looks up at the skyâŠ
âLooks like they finally arrived.â Jimmy says, before teleporting to another location.
Soon, Your Mom finally arrived to where Naruto and Micheal Jackson hid. âWhat are you doing kid?â Batman abruptly says, before firing at Your Mom with a minigun. Your Mom, however, is unfazed. âI donât like people who shoot me with large weapons.â Your Mom slowly walks towards Batman, and Batman screams in terror, and doesnât even try to run...
Batman is slowly killed by Your Momâs large strength.
Naruto peaks from the hiding spot, very frightened by the creature. Suddenly, Naruto feels a surge of energy run through him, he feels like he could take on Your MomâŠ
Narutoâs eyes turn a lil bit frog-like, like, those, fox eyes? Yeah those. He then launches Your Mom all the way through the ground, causing a bit of blood to appear on her tough exterior.
Your Mom responds by slowly walking towards Naruto, but Naruto swiftly breaks her arm before she can continue moving. âAHHHHH.â Your Momâs arm starts spurting blood, before she slowly falls to the ground, and dies slowlyâŠ
Naruto relieves his form, before twerking on Your Mom to literal insanity. Micheal Jackson pulls out his Glock, before shooting Naruto straight in the head, killing him. âFinally got rid of that Nuisance.â
Chapter 2: Mr Beast vs Micheal Jackson.
After the quick death of Naruto, Mr Beast teleports in front of Micheal Jackson. âHey bro,â Mr Beast looks at the dead body, âYou sure were busyâŠâ Micheal Jackson looks at Mr Beast in confusion, and shoots Mr Beast, with no retaliation. The bullet bounces off Mr Beast, and lands directly inside Micheal Jacksonâs heart.
A bystander walks by, and slowly turns his pupils at the dead body, and the injured Micheal Jackson. âDONâT KILL ME! PLEASE?â Mr Beast walks towards the bystander, and Micheal Jackson slowly raises his gum at Mr Beastâs head. âW-WATCH OUT!â The Bystander screamed. It was too late, and Mr Beast was shot, and the bullet bounced off again! Micheal Jackson was killed almost instantly.
2 days laterâŠ
âHrm⊠This substitute is quite fine⊠Il sees what I can do.â MS slowly says, as he injects Micheal Jacksonâs dead body with strength serum. Soon, Micheal Jackson breathes again, and his wounds heal almost instantly, and his muscles bulge like John Cenaâs. âI WILL KILL HIM!â Micheal Jackson says as he wakes up from his almost-eternal slumber.
Mini Story: Big Chungus and Rival Nomento
Big Chungus was casually binging on human meat, when his rival, Big Bunny Nomento eats a large amount, much more than him.
âHey! I bet you stole that food, dummy!â Chungus says. Nomento looks at the bunny with anger, before launching him across the stratosphere. Big Chungus responds by diving straight into Nomento, but he luckily blocks before Chungus can kill him. âIâM ABOUT TO TURN YOU INTO A FOSSILIZED CREATURE!â Chungus says, before preparing for battle.
Micheal Jackson arrives at the place where Mr Beast was, where he was now editing his latest video. âOh, you came back?â Mr Beast says in confusion, before Micheal Jackson brutally smashes him on the wall, where Mr Beast bounces off it like butter. âYou canât kill me, so stop trying!â Mr Beast says. Micheal Jackson roars in anger, before kicking Mr Beast into outer space, where he casually sips a smoothie.
Mr Beast falls back onto earth, where his body catches fire due to the high speeds. Where he destroys the entire area where Micheal Jackson was, but he too in unscathed.
Mr Beast sighs, refusing to attack Micheal Jackson. âHEY, IL KILL YOU!!!â Micheal Jackson says, before smashing Mr Beast repeatedly, trying to kill him. âWhy wonât you just dieâŠâ Micheal Jackson says, with tears in his eyes.
Mr Beast finally proceeds to inflict damage on Micheal Jackson, by using his singular finger, to send Micheal Jackson flying into the halls, causing his bones to break, and his body to bleed.
âIâm sorry, but you canât seem to stop, so I had to kill you. Goodbye friend.â Micheal Jackson looks at Mr Beast with anger, before slowly dying in his grasp.
MS appears at the scene, clapping with joy. âYou killed my genetically enhanced being. Impressive.â He pulls a case of syringes, before finally selecting one. âMicheal Jackson will be backâŠâ
Chapter 3: Too much sugar?
Narutoâs dead body lingered in the room, but that same menacing energy filled the area.
âLETâS GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!â Naruto awakens, preparing his next strike!
âW-What? Why am I here?â Naruto looks around, before walking out of the area he was in. Before landing on Micheal Jacksonâs dead body.
Meanwhile, MS is preparing to make a clone of Naruto, who he still believes is dead, as he finishes, he gets a response. âWill kill target. Will get big leader man cape.â Evil Naruto has entered the scene!
Naruto screams, thinking that Micheal Jackson was brutally murdered. âWHY, WHO? HOW!â He looks at Micheal Jacksonâs big muscles, and realizes that he doesnât look like heâs decomposing, at all. He sees a fluid leaking out of him, and he proceeds to drink it. His body instantly changes, and he feels like he could destroy anything. Heâd gained the powers that Micheal Jackson once had. Suddenly, Naruto hears a rumbling sound in a pile of metal, and C-12 appears, a large robot that attacks anything it sees. C-12 proceeds to launch Missiles at Naruto, which he somehow easily destroys with his bare hands, before proceeding to rip C-12 limb from limb, only leaving the head. He then swiftly runs away, and leaps onto the nearest building with surprising ease. âMan. That was quick. Didnât know I could do that!â
Evil Naruto is sent out to retrieve Micheal Jacksonâs body, and on the way, he notices Regular Naruto, looking very similar to him. âYOU THERE, STATE YOR INTENTIONSâ E Naruto says. R Naruto looks at E Naruto with surprise, thinking that is it another robot. He then proceeds to rush towards E Naruto, who easily dodges all the attacks.
E Naruto swiftly back chops Naruto in the neck, before bagging him up, and heading back to MS. He walks past the area, destroying every building in sight, and every human in sight as well. He then arrives at the base, where MS works on creating a serum for Micheal Jackson.
âMS⊠That boy didnât die, I found him.â He opens the bag, revealing an unconscious R Naruto, in which he slowly slumps on the floor, before waking up In shock. âAWAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY AM I HERE, WHOâS THAT KID WHO BEAT ME UP?!â R Naruto exclaims, while making rapid movements due to surprise.
MS slowly walks towards R Naruto, before chaining him up swiftly, and grabbing a white syringe. And Injecting Naruto with it. R Naruto began to twitch and flicker, before closing his eyes, once a nice blue shine, now turned into evil red eyes. Evil Naruto looks around, looking at the chained up Regular Naruto, now infected.
Mini Story: Big Chungus and Rival Nomento P2.
Nomento releases a flurry of strikes against Big Chungus, ferociously beating him up, but Big Chungus responds by absorbing the attacks, and launching himself directly at Noemnto, crushing him, and allowing Big Chungus to bleed out.
He was now victorious.
Chapter 4: Infected VS Defected
Infected Naruto went back to the location he was beaten, and then searched for Micheal Jackson. When he finally arrived, he didnât see Micheal Jackson, but instead a note, saying âI LIKE MEN.â Soon after he read the note, he was knocked unconscious.
âHey, what should we do?â DanTDM said. Micheal swiftly chained up Infected Naruto, and signaled Dan to hand him a syringe. âI bet MS did thisâŠâ Micheal said. Dan handed Micheal a syringe, and Micheal Slowly tried to take out what Naruto was infected with, but before he could finish, the entire area was destroyed! âHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH, YOU TRIED LMAO.â Evil Naruto said, before swiftly stabbing DanTDM, and bagging them up. âI can kill you easily!â Micheal Jackson exclaimed, before charging at Evil Naruto.
Evil Naruto easily grabbed Michealâs leg and threw him across the room. âHow!â Micheal said. âWell, Iâm just better than you.â Evil Naruto said. Infected Naruto soon woke up, looking at the aftermath, yet he does not speak, and swiftly slashes the chains with his bare hands.
âGreat job my little Naruto!â Evil Naruto said, before leaving the area, along with Infected Naruto.
âHuff, PuffâŠâ Micheal Jackson said, before moving away the rubble, and swiftly looking at the syringe. It had parts of the serum, so, if he injected himself with it, he would be stronger.
Meanwhile, Mr Beast is finished editing his video. Before he can click on export, his entire room is destroyed! By⊠C-12? That same robot killed by Naruto! C-12 swiftly tries to kill Mr Beast, but he easily breaks apart one of his repaired arms, causing C-12 to retreat, but we now know heâs still aliveâŠ
Mr Beast is annoyed that his house was destroyed, and he decided to go outside instead.
Meanwhile, Infected Naruto is demolishing cities, while polka dancing rapidly. Evil Naruto is watching by the sidelines, looking for any of Michealâs friends.
Micheal Jackson injected himself with the syringe and is now rushing towards Evil Naruto âYOU DIE NOW!â As soon as he gets there, Micheal Jackson punches Evil Naruto in the face, launching him across the destroyed buildings. Evil Naruto begins to bleed out, huffing and puffing like Bill Mercury.
Infected Naruto is still destroying the buildings, and he has not noticed the assault. Micheal Jackson continues by destroying and battering Evil Narutoâs face, who is now fully dead. Mr Beast walks by the assault and looks at Micheal Jackson with surprise. âYouâre still killing people?â Mr Beast says, while casually walking away.
Micheal Jackson was now targeting Infected Naruto, but he had left after Evil Naruto was brutally killed. So, he decided to head back to MS, where he was originally given the power to stand up to Mr Beast.
MS soon found the news, from the brain chip imbedded in Evil Naruto. MS, angered, decided to inject himself with the GOD Syringe, one that would make him extremely powerful⊠Enough power to destroy the universe, and to destroy those who oppose him.
MSâs muscles bulge, and he turns into a cosmic being, well, looks like one, and he is now ready to strike. Divine MS has entered the scene!
Chapter 5: Micheal Jackson, and Big Chungus
Days after the events of chapter 4 happened, Micheal Jackson decided to go to the hospital, to support the people that were injured due to Evil Narutoâs antics. While walking towards the white walls, he notices a extremely large rabbit., who is eating several chicken tenders.
âHello? Are you seriously eating while injured?â Micheal said. The large rabbit looked at Micheal, before introducing himself. âIâm Big Chungus. Iâm fine, so donât worry about me. These dumb humans think Iâm hurt!â Big Chungus rolls over, revealing a hole in his chest, that was caused due to the battle he had with Nomento.
âYou have a hole in your chest, and youâre able to digest food???â Micheal said in confusion. âYeah, itâs just how bunnies work.â Chungus said, before standing up and walking out of the room.
Micheal Jackson ignored the encounter, and prepared to leave the hospital as wellâŠ
Micheal Jackson saw Big Chungus, ripping apart a human, and eating it. Micheal Jackson immediately prepared to fight Chungus, but it was a totally different bunny. âHey, Iâm Nomento,â Nomento easily went behind Micheal, as if moving at the speed of light. âDieâ Suddenly, Nomento easily knocked Micheal across the room, but it didnât faze Micheal. âHey, that hurt! Come on, fight like a⊠What are you exactly?â
Micheal Jackson rushed towards Nomento, before smashing his face into the ground, and throwing him across the city. Micheal Jackson leaped towards Nomento, and side chopped him straight into the ground. But Nomento was unfazed.
âYou are weak. I will kill you.â Nomento walked towards Micheal, who was in shock. Nomento clutched Michealâs neck and began choking him rapidly. Micheal tried to resist, but it was futile.
Suddenly, an even larger bunny arrived, it was Big Chungus! He swiftly impaled Nomento with his bare hands, and threw him into the outer space, before leaping all the way up to him, delivering multiple punches to every part of the chest.
Micheal Jackson watched in awe as Big Chungus easily defeated Nomento, the one who beat Micheal up with ease. Micheal Jackson rushed towards the fallen Nomento, before looking at Big Chungus. âHowâd you do that?â Micheal said. âIâm just very strong!â Chungus responded.
Meanwhile⊠Infected Naruto was at MSâs laboratory.
âHm⊠Good job my little experiment. Time to put you to sleepâŠâ MS said, before walking towards his vat of Naruto clones, preparing to wreak havoc on the cites, and the entire worldâŠ
One by one, the Naruto clones went out of their respective vats, before grabbing a bag, and a few weapons, and leaving the lab.
Micheal Jackson was having a nice time, at their nearest McDonalds, with Bog Chungs eating 3 Big Macs, and Micheal Jackson trying to bend a wall with a French fry. âI canât begin to imagine how you got that strong.â Micheal Jackson said, while accidently breaking the French fry he tried to use.
Big Chungus had a lot of training done to get as strong as he is nowâŠ
Chapter 6: THE ONE.
Big Chungus was a normal bunny, who did normal bunny things, like stick carrots up his anus. Big Chungus was just Regular Chungus, and his rival, Nomento, was also a normal bunny, who was just a few ounces bigger than him.
Nometo left the fields that Big Chungus laid, to search for more carrots to stick up Chungsâs anus. Chungus was starving, since there were no more carrots to stick his anus in. So, he resorted to EATING HUMANS. One after another, he ate humans, buckets of them. He got bigger and bigger, and gained the nickname, Big Chungus.
Once Nomento came back with carrots, it was revealed that he was the reason that the fields ran out of carrots, angering Big Chungus, and causing him to destroy half of the Earth⊠Nomento was surprised, and tried to fight back, but was led to the original Earth of 252, where his counterpart was rivaling Big Chungus, and where the Earth wasnât cut in half. (This means there are 2 Big Chunguss and 2 Nomentos)
The Nomento of Earth 252 wasnât that nice, and loved to kill random humans, not for food, but for fun. Big Chungus was the same as Earth 234 (The Earth Big Chungus destroyed half of) Big Chungus just didnât destroy half the earth this time. That raises the question, which Big Chungus is Micheal Jackson talking to?
MeanwhileâŠ. Someone else isâŠ. Questionably destroying the Sears TowerâŠ
DA HE-SC-SPY GROUP!
The group swiftly polka danced their way to the tower, before bombing it with several grade-3 tanks. âDESTROY DA BUILDING NOW!â Heavy said, before launching several nuclear missiles at the tower, and then proceeding to kill everyone near the tower using his mini gun. Meanwhile, Scout is running up the walls, placing down multiple bombs, shaped like chocolate bunnies. âTime to explode the⊠Canât think of a good pun.â Scout said, before releasing the bombs, exploding half of the Sears Tower, and causing the tower to come falling.
Spy is disguising himself as a coworker for the company, swiftly killing every worker internally via his kunai from space.
BOOM! The sound of Divine MS busting into the room frightens everyone⊠The aura that Divine MS gives off, itâs like a thousand big macs, but scarier and tastier. Divine MS easily picks up the falling tower and launches it into space at the speed of light, leaving Spy to scream in terror as he tries to escape the tower, and he is barely able to jump out safely onto ground.
âI have created a clone of me, to work⊠WHILE IâM DESTROYING THIS PLANET.â Divine MS says, before swiftly picking up a piece of the ground, and throwing it at Heavy, the big guy of the DHS group. Heavy responds by destroying the rubble with his mini gun, but the rubble is too strong, and Heavy his incapacitated by the rubble, and Scout rushes towards him, trying to free him by using his ultra-fast legs.
Divine MS easily arrives behind Scout, at near light speed, before kicking Scout across the entire Earth, causing him to fall unconscious almost instantly, and leaving Heavy to stare at the chaos that unfoldsâŠ
But, Mr Beast slowly arrives, staring at the chaos, unfazed by the events. âSo, youâve created a super powerful version of yourself?â Mr Beast easily side chops Divine MS, before he can even react. Divine MS was knocked out by Mr BeastâŠ. âSuch weaklings⊠Well, cya later humanity!â In the blink of an eye, Mr Beast teleports away, going back to⊠Who knows where?
Chapter 7: The No AU Group
Micheal Jackson was unaware of the events that happened, so was Big Chungus. Da He-Sc-Spy group was luckily able to live to see another day but decided to take a break for a while. Heavy, the tank man of the group, decided to continue doing missions, as he was the only one who wasnât knocked out by Divine MS.
âOk, thatâs it!â Scout said to Spy, âHeâs left again to do another DANGEROUS mission! I donât want our human shield to die!â Spy was too battered up to say anything, and just nodded in agreement, while slowly preparing to grab a cup of milk.
Meanwhile⊠Multiple Narutoâs roamed the streets, and it was unclear who the real Naruto was⊠All the Narutoâs prepared to destroy every building, and started killing civilians, good, and bad. And Micheal Jackson swiftly left the restaurant to deal with the situation. âIâm not letting Big Chungus take all the fame!â Micheal said, before preparing to destroy the entire batch of Narutoâs.
ButâŠ. Half of the infected Narutoâs rushed after Micheal, battering him up and ripping him apart, as he watched the other Narutoâs slowly destroy the city. Out of nowhere, the Narutoâs heads were popped off, by what seems to be Mr Beast⊠âYou again!â Micheal Jackson said.
âI donât know you⊠I donât know anyone from hereâŠâ Mr Beast says, unaware of Michal Jackson. âBut we fought! You killed me!â Micheal Jackson said, âNo, this is my first time on this earth, Who are you?â Mr Beast replied. Micheal Jackson was shocked, how did Mr Beast not know the person he killed just days ago?
âWait, I donât have an Earth, nor a universe. I just save planets from power hungry things. I bet you have a âMeâ in this dimension, right?â Micheal Jackson swiftly backed away, assuming that Mr Beast was capable of interdimensional travel. âThat guy, is a maniac.â Micheal Jackson whispered, before running away from the dead cloned Narutoâs.
âWait, donât go! I didnât mean to scare you!â Mr Beast said, before swiftly chasing after Micheal Jackson. âI have a group of friends, who also donât have a universe. I call it the No AU group. You should contribute to it.â Mr Beast stated, before swiftly arriving in front of Micheal Jackson out of nowhere.
âNoâŠ. Youâre an idiot for thinking Iâd join a group with similar people like you!â Micheal Jackson replied, and soon after, Micheal Jackson attempted to attack Mr Beast with his massive muscles. âDIE!!!!â Mr Beast was easily able to dodge the attack, and counter with a swift blow to the stomach, causing Micheal Jackson to hold up in agony.
âWe used to have universes, but they were destroyed by the hands of another Mr Beast. We call him Evil Mr Beast, cause what he did was, well, evil.â Mr Beast stated, before reaching out to help Micheal Jackson. âWell, I guess every Mr Beast is insanely strongâŠâ Micheal Jackson said quietly.
Suddenly, a group of different Mr Beastâs arrived at the scene and began to look at each other casually. Every Mr Beast began talking, before walking over to the Mr Beast interacting with Micheal Jackson. âThis is the No AU group, the one I just told you about. We have to go, but weâll meet again soon, probably.â Mr Beast walks towards his group, before teleporting off somewhere, just like Mr BeastâŠ
âI wonder if there are groups of me?â Micheal Jackson ponderedâŠ
Heavy was on another mission and was swiftly taking care of everything in his sight. No attack affected him, and he was easily able to complete missions even while injured. Seems like a horror movie to me.
Chapter 8: Turn for the⊠LURK.
The real infected Naruto lie in MSâs lab, who was currently working on a big project, while Infected Naruto was leading the next batch of his clones, not being able to control his body at all. âI wish I could end thisâŠ. But Iâve just given up at this point.â Naruto thought, while mindlessly leading the batch of clones.
Heavy was on a mission, to take care of a⊠Peculiar assignment, which involved killing multiple enemies that looked the same, possibly clones of Naruto. âDONâT DO IT! DONâT GO ON ANOTHER MISSION!â Scout signaled. Heavy still went though, like a giga chad or smth.
The batch of Narutoâs destroyed the city thus more, killing every person in sight, and destroying every building possible. Then⊠DanTDM arrives at the scene. âYou thought I WAS DEAD?â DanTDM said, before revealing his mechanical body. âSadly, that dumb MS thought I was going to obey him, and he gave me this cool mechanical body too! Now, mate, Il kill all of you, and save this city!â
DanTDM swiftly launched several missiles at the Narutoâs, causing most of them to die. DanTDM then extended his mechanical arms and grabbed up a batch of Narutoâs, before destroying them by sending them flying in the air. This left about 24 Narutoâs left, who quickly fled the scene in fear of being killed. Who knew CLONES were sentient.
Quickly after, Heavy arrived at the scene, surprised to see that the situation was already resolved. âDid you seriously steal my kills?â Heavy said, before frowning sadly. âItâs the city weâre talking about! Why would I hesitate to kill clones?â DanTDM said, before swiftly leaving the area using his mechanical arms to grapple his way out.
Meanwhile, the clones are still running, swiftly hiding in halls, and climbing up buildings, before arriving at the destroyed lab DanTDM was previously. âSo, clones, we have to hurry up and increase our usage of tech, so we can kill that dumb British robot guy.â A clone said, before grabbing a chunk of metal and grinding it down using another chunk of metal.
The clones agreed, and prepared to clean up the lab, and use piles of wood they found to rebuild the lab, thus creating the DanTDM lab 2.0. The clones began working and made a set of weapons that can easily cut through DanTDMâs robot material, allowing for a quick and easy kill. âHey, I found a syringe on the floor!â One of the clones said, before picking up the syringe and throwing it at another clone. âWe can use this...â
The clones began to use the metal and wood to create a liquid substance that hardens the skin for a short period of time. âIf we produce this in mass, we be hardening the world with this, bruv.â A clone said, before injecting himself with the syringe, causing his skin to feel hard and heavy. One of the clones tried to punch the hardened clone, causing their hands to break. âI guess it worksâŠ.â The clone said, before rubbing his arm slowly.
Day after day, the Naruto clones made even more inventions, and decided to hide their identity by using human suits and planned on stealing from MS to get even more supplies. âThat dumb MS doesnât even pay us!â A clone said, âWell, we are clonesâŠâ Another clone said. âWhy is he even called MS? Is that a nickname?â The clones made a planâŠ
And they were gonna follow it.
Chapter 9: The reality breakers.
Micheal Jackson was in distress, after meeting multiple Mr Beast versions, and now contemplating if they are even from this earth.
âSeems like youâre questioning reality.â A mysterious figure said, slowly walking towards Micheal Jackson. âTrust me, Iâve been through worse, MUCH WORSE.â Micheal Jackson swiftly went into a battle stance, preparing to fight.
âHey, hey! Iâm not dangerous, unlike the various other people youâve metâŠâ The figure said, before somehow appear in front of Micheal Jackson in what seems like the speed of light. âIâm Deez Nuts. Apart of the reality breakers, donât know why weâre called that thoughâŠ. Just call me Din.â Din slowly rubs his back, before placing his hands on Micheal Jacksons shoulder.
âSo, first I meet an invincible being, and now I meet you?â Micheal Jackson says in fear, before slowly backing up. âI wonât hurt you bruv, believe me. I know everything, so donât even try to hide it. Iâm powerful than that Mr Beast guy, I donât even need to teleport, I can just move so fast, that I arrive their instantly.â Din says, before somehow arriving behind Micheal Jackson, FASTER THAN LIGHT?
âWhen someone questions reality, thatâs when we come in. Weâre there because you no longer believe weâre NOT there.â Din says. Micheal Jackson looks up, then down, and then back at Din. âI just want to eat a taco man.â Micheal Jackson says. âOk, I need to give you some info. So, the readers can understand a bit of things.â Din says, âWhat readers?â Micheal Jackson replies.
âJust listen bruv. Clones of Naruto are planning on killing MS, but theyâre gonna get absolutely flawlessed. Not like you need to know *wink*. The leader of the clone group is Naruto Prime, and Infected Naruto is the regular Naruto that you originally wanted to kill. Divine MS would be the original MS, any other MS you see that isnât strong is just a clone. Just know⊠Il be here whenever you have questions!â
Micheal Jackson was more confused than an acorn that had been injected with several ounces of cocaine. Due to this, Micheal Jackson fell unconscious, and Din walked away, waving in the distance. (Hey, Din here. This is how il talk to you. The story is all jumbled about, and Iâm the only serious character youâll see for a while! So, when you see parentheses, just know itâs me! Iâm here to make sure no one makes assumptions about the story.)
The clones went about, carefully splitting up to gain more intel on humans, and to hopefully kill MS. Naruto Prime, (The leader.), was swiftly able to store most of the hardening serum, and able to give it to most of the other Naruto clones. Naruto Prime oversaw when the serums would be used. âHey bruv, go ahead and MOVE OUT!â Naruto Prime said to the group with it, and the group complied. The clones went to MSâs lab, which was luckily close by, hidden by a flock of birds, that Naruto Prime took care of with the hardening serum.
The clones dispatched, and went to the clone vat, revealing Infected Naruto, the person in charge of dispatching the clones. âYOU!!!!â Naruto Prime yelped, before swiftly attacking the vats of clones, and ordering the other clones to fight Infected Naruto. âDie.â Infected Naruto said, before easily knocking out half of the clones, leaving only a few left. (The clones arenât dead.). Naruto Prime was able to run away, and bring the clones with him before Infected Naruto could do anything, but their plan had failed, and they didnât even reach MSâŠ
Chapter 10: The Finale? (2 pages longer lol)
Everyone conflicts with one another. Micheal Jackson needs to defeat Naruto, the clones of Naruto are fighting against Naruto and MS, and Big Chungus needs to fight Nomento. One question remains, who will win?
âHeh looks like this battered up robot is still here. How about I fix you up.â Micheal Jackson says, picking up C-12âs body, and walking towards the area where he builds stiff. Micheal Jackson adds missile launchers onto C-12, and sharp and heavy armor to keep him defended, he also adds a self-destruction button, so he can have a final comeback.
âIâm gonna kill Naruto, and MS too. Il makes sure it ends with a big explosion that you see on TV.â As the robot wires up, it begins to beep in unheard ways, and Micheal Jackson hears a big BOOM outside the workshopâŠ
âWHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS?â Mr Beast yelps, looking at another Mr Breast, who seems to wear a pirate eye patch, along with a black suit, and looks, well, evil. Micheal Jackson goes outside, and sees the Evil Mr Beast, destroying everything with ease, and being able to harm Regular Mr Beast. It seems Evil Mr Beast is something.
Meanwhile, the clones hatch another plan, they were the creators of C-12, and used that robot to originally capture Nartuo. The clones had planned on creating another prototype, C-15. Yep, they tried to do these 2 more times, and had finally created a better robot. It came with the best AI the world could offer too! âOk, the robot is ready to launch!â A nerdy Naruto said, before typing things on the terminal that controlled the robot.
âDo it, launch the robot!â Naruto Prime said, before swiftly ordering the other clones to guard the robot as it booted up. âC-15 at your service.â The robot said, causing the entire room to be filled with screams of happiness, the robot had finally worked.
Micheal Jackson had no choice but to grab the modified version of C-12, which he nicknamed, Scrapy, mainly because the robot seems to always get destroyed. Micheal Jackson had also improved the AI, so Scrappy should be smarter now, right? Micheal Jackson hears the commotion between Regular Mr Beast and Evil Mr Beast. Based off what he heard from the No AU group, Evil Mr Beast is going to destroy his universeâŠ
The No AU group rushes past Micheal Jackson, with no time to talk, and they proceed to join the fight against Evil Mr Beast, while Micheal Jackson runs away in fear. If Micheal Jackson was able to kill Narutoâs evil counterpart, couldnât he kill Mr Beasts? No, its too dangerous, Micheal Jackson wouldnât want to die, after he just made a super powerful robot.
âHey ol mate, why you running from the danger? I CRAVE DANGER.â Scrappy had woken up, and swiftly used his rocket powered legs to boost up towards the No AU group, forcing Micheal Jackson to run towards Scrappy, since he didnât want to have his precious baby destroyed lol.
âSo, you want to join the war efforts?â Mr Beast said, the one thatâs the leader of the NAU group. âFine, Il do it, just because my dumb robot has a death wish.â Micheal Jackson sighed, before swiftly throwing large chunks of rock at Evil Mr Beast, barely dodging his attacks, and barely able to keep up with his insane speed, that faster than Din (Thatâs me :D) Evil Mr Beast really is something else, but out of nowhere, Big Chungus arrives at the scene, preparing to launch his large body at Evil Mr Beast.
âTake that ya dumb knock-off!â Big Chungus screams. Despite not making a dent in Evil Mr Beast, he did gain confidence from that quick encounter. âHey, youâre here too!â Micheal Jackson says, âYep, I had enough time to check on you, and look what I foundâŠ.â Big Chungus looks at the No AU group, and the maniac robot trying to fight Evil Mr Beast head on. Big Chungus then looks at Micheal Jackson, his friend, and the one who taught him that eating humans is well, bad.
Infected Naruto walks towards another vat of clones, preparing to strike, but suddenly, he hears a knock on the door. The door BLASTS open, and a large robot, named C-15 arrives, attack Infected Naruto while sustaining little to no damage. Naruto Prime and the other clones watch in the background as Infected Naruto is slowly being defeated.
Infected Naruto is finally killed, or it looks to be that way. The serum that lingered in Infected Naruto was now gone, and he was able to think freely again. âW-What. WAIT, WHY AM I BEING ATTACKED?â Naruto said, before getting into a battle stance. âWait, youâre telling me youâre not going to attack us?â Naruto Prime said, âWELL YOU ATTACKED ME!â Naruto said, before running away from the robot, and Naruto Prime, and out the lab.
âPhew, got away from those weird people, who look like me for some reason.â Naruto thought, before seeing a very large hole in the ground, caused by Evil Mr Beast. âNope.â Naruto turns back, and leaves the area, too scared to be killed, and experimented on, for the third time.
Meanwhile, the clones advance to the first floor, where MS lie.
Evil Mr Beast begins to fly up in the air, and make a literal black hole, which absorbs everything around it. âI do not understand. Just give up already!â Evil Mr Beast says, throwing the black hole at Original Mr Beast, killing him almost instantly. It almost kills the leader of the NAU group too. Scrappy is somehow still standing, and still wants to fight Evil Mr beast, despite what happened.
TripTraps Guide to the Multiverse.
Iâm TripTrap, certified hunter of the Multiverse, and how about I introduce you to the encounters you just witnessed. You firstly saw a very powerful character, and you saw another powerful character die as well (Why are you here?) Shut u- I mean, of course I must be here, a very important character died! Well, it was more of which the fact that he was alive since chapter 1âŠ. Never mind that, now that Mr Beast has died, I can finally prepare⊠THE TOKEN OF REVIVAL! That means, if Mr Beast is revived (For whatever reason -_-) Then Il be here to announce when this token was used! TripTrap, the reality breaker of announcement, signing off! (Can we get to the story already?)
Half of the NAU group rush towards Evil Mr Beast, and for all their efforts, a bit of damage was done of Evil Mr Beast, just a little tiny scar on the face, its microscopically big. Itâs still damage though! Big Chungus decides to run away, who wants to face a black hole?
The clones head towards MS and use the robot to beat him up with ease, as heâs not in divine form at all. âW-What? How?â MS says in fear, before getting brutally mashed open, mangled, and then thrown out by C-15. âThatâs how you kill an evil scientist!â Naruto Prime says, before heading back out the lab, and towards the clones.
âHey! We did it, I killed MS!â Suddenly, Divine MS appears behind Naruto Prime⊠âOh, did you now? Good job for defeating my clone.â Divine MS easily decapitates Naruto Prime with just a flick of the finger, and he menacingly walks towards the clones. (Are you serious? Wait, it seems Naruto Prime wasnât too important of a character, meh.)
Chapter 11: Chicken Bobby.
The NAU group are still fighting Evil Mr Beast, and Micheal Jackson and Scrappy have already left, due to unknown reasons. The leader of the NAU group, named Mr Beast Prime, orders the other Mr Beastâs to retreat, as Mr Beast Prime will fight off Evil Mr Beast by himself.
âAre you seriously facing me? After I killed the other Mr Beast?â Evil Mr Beast responds, before swiftly punching Mr Beast Prime across the room, âNever Fear, Chicken Bobby is here!â Suddenly, a humanoid chicken punches out Evil Mr Besst, and despite doing no damage, it doesnât seem like he is doing any damage either.
âA chicken? Seriously?â Evil Mr Beast tries to attack Chicken Bobby, but nothing happens to him, not even a scratch. Mr Beast Prime swiftly grabs Chicken Bobby, and holds him at a, well, âChicken Shield?â, before swiftly attacking Evil Mr Beast using Chicken Bobbyâs very hard skin, or, well, tendernessâŠ.
âI donât mind, use me as a weapon!â Chicken Bobby says, before going into an even harder state, allowing Mr Beast Prime to somewhat damage Evil Mr Beast. âAHHHHH! LEAVE ME ALONE!â Evil Mr Beast flies away, throwing another large black hole, directly at Earth. Chicken Bobby begins to stretch out and widen, turning into a large shield, and blocking the earth from the black hole, somehow surviving it.
Mr Beast Prime is shocked, and runs away, thinking about what that being could possibly be. It may not be able to do that much damage, but it sure is durable! Evil Mr Beast grins, before running off, to who knows whereâŠ
Meanwhile, the clones must face Divine MS. âHey, I donât want to die!â A clone said, before swiftly running away, but easily being killed by Divine MS, and one by one, the clones are killedâŠ. Expect one clone that is, who managed to hide among the dead body of the clone MS, and is lying there, faking death. (Weâll call him Naruto Prime 2) Divine MS had no comments to make, other than âWeakâŠâ, and Divine MS swiftly went away, jumping at light speeds.
âOh no you donât!â Mr Beast Prime says, holding his Chicken Bat (Who is Chicken Bobby) high up in the air. âYou dare try to stop me?â Divine MS says. But Mr Beast Prime easily knocks out Divine MS with his Chicken Bat, launching him high up in the air instantly.
Naruto Prime 2 saw this and rushed towards Mr Beast Prime. âHey, can I come with you?â Naruto Prime 2 says, before swiftly resting inside Mr Beast Primeâs bag, softly sleeping almost instantaneously. Mr Beast Prime had seen weirder, and therefore went along with it, putting his Chicken Bat in his weapon holster, and grabbing Divine MSâs body.
Mr Beast had died, the one who had been prominent for defeating the big and the bad, and now a new Mr Beast enters the scene, Mr Beast Prime, and his fights against Evil Mr Beast. The Arc between Micheal Jackson and Naruto, have officially endedâŠ
Well, time to add some filler!
âSo, Iâm Chicken Bobby, and I was brought here to make random dialogue to end this chapter quickly, so, Il tell you more about me. I can shapeshift into anything, and I am the hardest object in the multiverse, or so Iâm told⊠I also, well, ok, I canât think on anything else to say. Ok, letâs end this this chapter NOW!â
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2024.05.19 05:07 runs-with-scissors13 My cpap mask is driving me nuts, looking for advice!
So I got my machine may 1st and was given a small resmed n30, it's called a nose cradle I believe. It's like the nose pillow but doesn't have the little nostril pieces. Some nights I wake up feeling like it's not lined up right and I'm not getting air and have to adjust it a million times. I also sleep on my side so if I sleep facing away from the machine, the tube gets caught under my arm or pillow and gets tugged and the mask it out of place again.
I called the supply company to ask to try a different mask. They had me do a face scan on my phone and answer some questions and they recommended the nose pillow but I said I felt like the nose pieces would bother me and I would still end up pulling it down because they don't have very sturdy straps. I requested one that just covers the whole nose and was told the scan says I needed a large. So I was sent a large size and the thing goes over my top lip and was impossible to get a seal on. It also has a plastic piece that goes up between the eyes and when I had my first appointment, the woman was showing me how all of the different masks are now made so you can still wear your glasses with them but with the one I was sent, I cannot. I'm going to call back but was hoping there is maybe some middle ground with a mask that covers my nose but isn't quite so bulky with straps and plastic pieces all over my face đ« the plastic piece between my eyes was driving me nuts just while I sat there trying to see if it would fit. It was constantly in my peripheral vision.
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2024.05.19 05:06 stel1234 [Resource] You never know who will play your mashup: Why we give production feedback especially on album projects + common issues
I know a lot of producers have talked about unsolicited feedback in the past but this post isn't about that. It's about feedback for various projects and feedback that gets requested and given. This also applies equally to original production in many cases.
A good number of mashup producers do not tend to master or don't apply limiters on tracks, or just make them softer compared to commercial levels. When albums get mastered, loudness will usually be adjusted through various plugins (EQ, multiband compressors, limiters, clippers, etc.) to shape masters so that one track is not significantly louder or softer than another especially back-to-back and groups of tracks follow a certain sound.
What this means is that once your softer mashup of -14 or -15 LUFS or softer is amplified to commercial levels in the -7 to -11 LUFS range or more depending on genre and how the overall track should sound given peaks and valleys with softer and louder parts (LUFS stands for loudness units full scale, look that up),
small issues may stand out like thorns when amplified. Bottom line: Don't take the small or big issues personally; we're all human, we all miss things, and we can all improve. You may learn something new! Think of it like how you ask to proofread writing to check for spelling or grammar and have it work for the audience.
All this to say, feedback I give or others give based on small details may come across as nit-picks at first. Don't completely discount them.
You never know who will want to play your tracks, and this could range from personal playlists all the way up to DJ gigs and big festival stages. In the case of a club DJ or performances on festival stages, volumes will be significantly louder than what you may have worked with when you created the track. I've given the restaurant food analogy before but I'll give it again: If something clearly doesn't taste good, people won't usually know why. But an experienced chef who knows how the ingredients interact sure will.
Just something to think about as you improve on mashup production and production in general.
Here are some issues below that experienced mashup producers could point out. Note that a lot of the "don't do this" stuff is really code for "don't do this unless you really know you're doing and it sounds good":
Big issues
- Out of key (OOK): This refers to wrong key signature (e.g. mixing A Minor with B Minor), not blue notes from modes or short moments of modulation. Key rule of thumb: If you're going to use key databases, verify by ear. Tunebat is the least accurate. If you must do so, use a reliable key database like the ones in this post. DJ software can work, but some automatic key detection performs better than others and are far from perfect. Above all, databases are not perfect and some will be far from it, so ears will be the final judge of whether a pairing sounds good.
- Out of tempo/time (OOT): this usually refers to wrong tempo (e.g. mixing a 116 BPM track with a 118 BPM track) or not constant tempo and going out of time. Key rule of thumb: Sync your tracks and if you need to use any form of warping (see Ableton), be prepared to do so.
- Incorrect/bad beat alignment: This is more for when a vocal or element is offbeat enough that it really sticks out as a trainwreck when mixed together
- Wrong beat/out of structure/off structure: This is when a vocal or other element is placed on a beat that doesn't make sense for what it's combined with (e.g. placing the first word of a vocal over an instrumental on beat 2 when it was meant for beat 1). Mileage will vary, sometimes the vocal beat placement only makes sense for the original song and makes less sense on others.
- Distortion from going in the red: This is when the overall mix or elements sound distorted because the volume of each track channel is too loud and either alone or combined goes well above 0 dBFS (a.k.a. into the red). Key rule of thumb: Start your track volumes at -6 dB (not 0 dB) and then adjust to taste. Don't go into the red unless you absolutely know what you're doing.
- Elements way too soft or loud: This is more along the lines of not being able to hear the added vocals or elements at all or they're too loud that you can't hear the other elements in the mix.
- Big mood mismatch: This tends to be less egregious, but if sources don't cooperate at all to a point of completely ruining the vibe, the mashup could stick out like a sore thumb from the start. Mileage will vary, and sometimes your audience would appreciate this especially with genre clashes even to the point of creating memes. But it depends on what you're going for, and sometimes you want consistency for certain albums and groups of tracks.
Smaller issues
- Fifth traps/not picking the right keys to use: This is a specific version of another problem I'll touch on, but this happens when you mix keys fifths or fourths away (e.g. F Major and C Major) and the chord progressions don't cooperate. What makes this a trap is that the pairing might appear to sound good at first glance, but when you look back at what you made, you probably could have made a better sounding pairing if you had just picked sources in key, relative key (e.g. A Minor and C Major), or parallel to the mode type (i.e. A Minor with A Dorian since Dorian is a minor mode). This Berklee Online article is a really good starting point to modes. With modes, mileage will vary.
- Out of progression/blue notes: This can happen when there are short moments where the element clashes on top of other elements (e.g. modes or short moments of different modulation). Sometimes the tracks may not be compatible, but other times it's just a part with notes outside the scale. This can be fixed by doing small note changes, but be careful not to make it too obvious, otherwise it might sound like you're forcing the pairing to work. It may also follow the same theme as fifth traps, where you could have made a better sounding pairing if you had just picked sources in key, relative key (e.g. A Minor and C Major), or parallel to the mode type (i.e. A Minor with A Dorian since Dorian is a minor mode). This Berklee Online article is a really good starting point to modes. With modes, mileage will vary.
- Low quality sources: This happens with YouTube or other rips where the elements are lower quality due to a lower frequency cutoff (YouTube is usually 15.5 kHz for AAC, other platforms may be 15-16 kHz for 128 kbps MP3, etc.). Bottom line: Get the highest quality sources you can, and use Spek or another spectrum analysis software to check rips or record pool sources. Your ears and processing algorithms will thank you. Again, you never know who will listen to or play out your track, could even be a big sound system.
- Stem separation artifacts: This can take several different forms, but can happen when either the invert or stem separation algorithm being used adds noise or other unwanted high end artifacts like high hats that once amplified, will absolutely stand out in a mix. This also includes artifacts from stem separation algorithms like Utagoe which make vocals sound like they're underwater at default settings. Key rule of thumb: Remember that the instrumental and original could be mixed and mastered differently depending on the production environment and how masters spread. If an invert makes a vocal stand out more but just needs extra cleaning, don't be afraid to combine the invert technique (original + instrumental) with stem separation. When using multiple stem separation techniques or using different sources (like remix + remix instrumental), think about how they sound on parts of the instrumental and consider picking the best extraction for a given part; remember that this includes using the original song (this is called comping in the production world). If there are parts of vocals intended to be silent and there are artifacts, don't be afraid to replace the reverb + delay with your own. Keep up to date with stem separation algorithms by keeping up with developments on the Audio Separation Discord server: https://discord.gg/wY3AAaTvHT
- Weird time-stretch and pitch-shift artifacts: This can happen when using a lower quality time-stretch or a time-stretch that can destroy transients/drum hits (Audacity or Elastique Efficient on vocals, older Elastique Pro on full instrumentals) or pitching too much and/or with too much/little formant preserve. The best way to reduce these effects on instrumental is to think about combining stem separation with ways to improve quality (pitch everything BUT the drums unless tonal, experiment with different time stretch methods on different elements, etc.). For too much pitch or formant preserve, either pick sources that are closer in key (+/- 2 semitones is a good rule of thumb) and try to control the amount of formant preservation and/or envelope (in Ableton) to make the vocals sound more natural. Formant preserve is usually a good idea for pitched vocals, but can sound bad for pitched instrumentals especially drums depending on the track.
- Pops or clicks while editing: This tends to happen when elements like vocals are cut off when not at zero volume. Key rule of thumb: Edit to zero crossing and/or use fades to cut off regions or when combining different regions together.
- Flanging, phasing, or flamming while editing: Sometimes these effects are on purpose, but oftentimes when crossfading between different parts of an instrumental, both parts of the edit don't align on beat. Flanging and phasing applies for sample level edits (ms or more), flamming for tenths or hundredths of seconds (e.g. 0.05 sec or 0.1 sec). Flamming is a drumming term for when the same part of the drum kit (usually the snare drum) is hit twice with different sticks at close to but not exactly the same time.
- Vocals or other elements end too suddenly in an edit: You may want to get different vocals to interact with each other or edit out of artifacts from vocal stem separation, but the other vocal (or elements) sound like they were cut off. Key rule of thumb: Have a reverb effect handy, and if you're working in a DAW, take advantage of wet/dry automation and combine the reverb with delay afterwards in the effect chain for vocals and other elements so when you crank up the wet the decay helps fade out the element gracefully.
- Vocals or other elements start too suddenly or out of place when connecting them or transitioning: This also considers getting different vocals or other elements to work together or going to a new part, but refers to a new part using vocals or other elements sounding out of place at the beginning of a region in a transition. Key rule of thumb: Watch your crossfades and when you're in a pinch and want to start the next part gracefully, don't be afraid to use reverse reverb or other effect like a riser to introduce a completely new element or different part in a pinch. Reverse reverb is exactly what it sounds: Adding reverb to a short snippet of an element like a cymbal, vocal note, or pad, and then applying reverse on it. Often this is done by choosing a tonal center to transition into, choosing a small snippet to add reverb to, choosing reverb with a long decay time and big space (usually I do a Cathedral reverb), reversing it, and then carefully aligning the reverse reverb so the end of it hits the beginning of the next region. Whew that was a lot! Tutorials will do this much more justice but this is the general idea.
- Vocals too dry or too wet for the instrumental: Usually this depends on the instrumental's genre. For genres like pop or EDM, vocals tend to have some reverb applied to make them shine. For others like alternative and some classic hip-hop, the reverb might be less or no wet or a completely different type. This issue usually refers to too little reverb (too dry) or too much reverb (too wet). Key rule of thumb: Don't forget to have reverb handy. You might need it. Keep your wet low in the middle of a vocal depending on what you're trying to do (think 3-5% wet or - on the low side
- Vocals or other elements slightly too loud or soft: Self-explanatory, this is usually an issue where elements should be the right volume for elements to work well together.
- Vocals or other elements drowned out/don't gel due to hypercompression: This usually happens when using a vocal not from an EDM, hyperpop, hard rock, or other genre where there is hypercompression but no matter how much volume amount you try elements like vocals don't gel and compete for space in the mid range. Two common techniques take the form of adding more compression to a vocal to stand up to an hypercompressed instrumental and/or reducing mid band EQ of the other source (which could come from sidechaining). For the added compression, it tends to be done with either multiple compressors in series (e.g. two compressors using low threshold + high ratio and high threshold + low ratio) or through various guitar distortion plugins on settings meant for vocals (e.g. Camelcrusher with British Clean or certain presets of OTT). Don't be afraid to experiment.
- Master too loud or soft for the genre: This usually takes the form of using limiters and other effects to make certain tracks too loud for the genre intended, or not using anything at all and the track is too soft for the genre/commercial sound. This can come down to taste, but how a track was produced can affect how loud you master. Mileage will vary; listen to how loud tracks are made and emulate your favorites assuming nothing too egregious.
- Stereo issues: This can happen if there are elements out of phase when trying to combine mono and stereo or applying other effects. It's a bit more difficult to diagnose, but one rule of thumb is to test your overall track on different playback systems (from headphones to big speakers and even your phone or small bluetooth speaker which will effectively test mono depending on the device).
Wow that was a lot and I know it's very overwhelming who don't produce a ton. There might be more issues I didn't mention here, so let me know if there's anything else that could be useful.
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2024.05.19 05:03 pinkanonymous444 iud & late period?
hi so i got this iud inserted on feb 14 i was bleeding for about 3 weeks straight had estrogen pills added in didnt bleed for a week then bled for like 1-2 months on & off its may now iâve had a lot of unprotected sex with my boyfriend but over the last i wanna say 3 weeks iâve had spotting here & there some pink some dark red but extreme cramping iâm talking crying gonna throw up body aches, mood swings, cravings (this has been honestly for 2 months now but my bf diet has rubbed off on me) definitely bloating & my boobs havenât exactly been hurting but maybe bigger? (they grow a lot on IUDs for me idk why)
iâm taking a test tomorrow but is there a chance im pregnant? my sister got pregnant while taking BC & using a condom, it was an implantation pregnancy. she was even told she couldnât have kids. iâm really freaked out this also is not my first iud i had one put in (Kyleena) a year ago, in december it fell out due to heavy bleeding from an infection, had mirena put in January, taken out february 14th with my current kyleena
i bled sometimes heavy but mostly light just for 10-13 days last year when i had it put in iâm pretty wigged out because im part of the 1% people whose symptoms are always odd & rare so it can honestly just be the IUD adjusting to my system & removing my period all together
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2024.05.19 04:58 SonicsRingCeremony A hater's guide to why OKC's future isn't as bright as everyone makes it out to be
The Thunder have a good team that might get better over the next few years, but Iâm a hater and so hereâs why I donât think theyâll win a chip.
SGA probably isnât that guy. Heâs a superstar, but can he really be the guy on a championship team? He has the 11th best DPM in the league, for instance. There are a lot of stats out there, so you could probably make an argument that heâs better than that.
But you better have a good argument, because here are the bus drivers of the last 15 championship teams.
Lebron James x4
Kobe Bryant x2
Steph Curry x2
Kevin Durant x2
Tim Duncan
Dirk Nowitzski
Kawhi Leonard
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Nikola Jokic
Is SGA more of a Kobe Bryant / Steph Curry or a Kyrie Irving / Kemba Walker type of lead guard? In case that isnât obvious, here are the careers of Kyrie, Kemba, and SGA by
DPM Chet Holmgren probably isnât getting much better. Yeah, heâs young, and yeah, heâs already good, but bigs who are good tend to be good early because rim protecting defense peaks early. If youâre a fan, youâd probably comp Chet to Anthony Davis or Karl
Towns, both of whom have gotten a bit better over time (but neither have become that guy). If you're more of a hater, youâll search for more injury prone comps because AD was playing full seasons at the age Chet was shelved for a season because of an injury in a pro-am game.
They have a lot of good role players but they wonât be able to keep many of them. OKC had a great regular season because they were the deepest team in the league. But Aaron Wiggins, Isaiah Joe, and Giddey will get paid after next year. Chet and J-Dub will be the year after. Ownership doesnât like paying a bunch of tax, so the team will need to make some choices.
The problem is that a lot of their guys hover around the Jaylen Brown line. By that I mean players who sign for close to a max rookie extension without really being worth their salary, and then by the time they improve enough to be worth their salary, they're ready to sign a third contract and theyâre overpaid all over again. If you ever wonder whoâs at the Jaylen Brown line, just log onto
nba the first game into a rookie extension and youâll see something like 1 Game Into 4 yea$$$$$$$$$ Extension, 1/9 from the field 9 turnovers, 2/4 from the line.
You can fit a couple of Jaylen Brown line players onto a contender, but not a whole army of them or youâll run out of money quickly.
They could make a free agent splash. They only have about $20 million to work this offseason, which will probably be their last below-the-cap season in a while before their Jaylen Brown line players start getting paid. Maybe they could sign Tobias Harris this offseason while they still can.
But they can just trade for a new superstar to be the guy. I would say I wish, but Iâm a hater so Iâm happy with things the way they are, which is that SGA is going to be the best player on the Thunder for a long time. The problem with the trade-for-a-superstar line of thinking is that 1) superstars very rarely switch teams, 2) OKCâs treasure trove of picks is overrated, and 3) players, not picks, get deals for superstars done (Mikal Bridges, Brandon Ingram, âŠ).
If you disagree with #1, whoâs the superstar? Joel Embiid when he asks out, after matching $53 million in salary and trading away the treasure trove? If you disagree with #2, where are the picks actually going to land. Unprotected 1sts sound nice, but how many will actually end up being top 5? 1 or 2, if the team gets lucky? What OKC does have is a lot of future 20s type picks that are in that sour spot where the player will sit around earning guaranteed money and eating a roster spot until theyâre up for extension. You know which team actually has excellent future draft capital? The Pistons.
The team has unprecedented youth and future assets. Not even close, that would be the KD/Westbrook/Harden/Ibaka OKC team, back when Sam Presti used to hit on his draft picks.
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2024.05.19 04:55 seveneleven0215 I (34f) am 32 weeks pregnant, found Snapchat messages to another woman on my fiancé's (29m) phone, and I'm about to confront him.
TL:DR: My fiance is messaging another woman, and i am devastated. And very pregnant. How do i navigate this?
Background: We've been together for 5 years, engaged for 2.5. We have an 18-month old together and I am currently 32 weeks pregnant. I also have a 9 yo from a previous marriage. We bought a house together 2 years ago. I lost my job in March and he has his own business.
Full disclosure: I've been in some rocky relationships. I've been cheated on, I've been the cheater. But I have never loved anyone like this, and I've never even considered cheating on my fiance. In fact, I outgrew my "wild" phase when we started getting serious, and I have never been more happy, loved, satisfied, and wanted.
Until recently. 2 weeks ago, he had to go out of town for work. He asked me to go, but we had nobody to take care of our dogs, so I stayed home with my 18-month old (my 9 yo was with other parent). We had been in a weird funk for a couple of weeks before this, and I really didn't know why. I thought the distance would maybe help, and it did. We flirted, talked dirty, said how much we missed each other, & we were both super lovey. I couldn't wait for him to get home.
However, one odd thing happened. He told me he'd like to watch me with another woman. This immediately sent up red flags, because he knows that I HAVE done that before but he's never said he wanted that to happen. All kinds of thoughts went through my head.. "Is he wanting to see someone else? Am I not good enough anymore? am I not satisfying him sexually?" But, I told him I would do that since it was his fantasy. I asked him who he had in mind, because I KNEW he had to be thinking of someone. He said he didn't know, but suggested the person I did it with before, which happens to be my best friend. We were young and experimenting, we've grown past it, and I'm not interested in that with her at this point. So, i told him as much. He said okay, then we can go on a dating app or something together, and reassured me that he would NOT go on any without me or look for anyone without me.
Nothing much more has been said about it.. he worked at home for a week, then last week our son and I joined him out of town. I thought we were good.
Last night, I was in the bathroom getting ready for a surprise congratulatory dinner I threw for him for obtaining a new license for his business, and he left his phone in the bathroom with me. His Snapchat went off, it didn't phase me, but he hurried into the bathroom and snatched his phone up. It ended up being his brother and he announced that to me like.. I care? So it was weird. Later, he ran into the store and left his phone in the car and I snooped.
There was a message thread from a lady that I don't know. His last message to her was along the lines of, "I hope I didn't freak you out last night by asking you to fool around." She hadn't yet responded. I almost threw up. I didn't dare scroll up to see the rest of the conversation because I knew I wouldn't be able to handle it. I closed Snapchat and set his phone down, and drove home like nothing happened. I got my kids to bed, then sat in my bed and cried for 3 hours. He was in the basement watching TV.
I vented to my aforementioned best friend, who confessed to me that after we had talked about his fantasy, he messaged her to ask if she would be interested.. after I told him I didn't want that. Why didn't she tell me when it happened? Because she's an awful friend and always has been, but I can tell her anything. Now, though, I don't even want to talk to her.
I had no idea what to do. I'm broken. I text him to say that I wanted to get my tubes tied after this baby (we'd been debating on having another) because if something happened to us, we'd have 4 kids with split parents. Idk why, it was the only thing I could think of that would alert him to the fact that something was wrong, without having the full-on conversation. He asked why I was thinking like that, said that he would never leave me, blah blah blah, a bunch of total horse shit in my opinion. I eventually went to "sleep" (if you can even call it that), and he came to bed and snuggled up to me. I pretended to be snoozing.
We had a big fun day planned today, so I didn't want to ruin it for my kids. Which is why I chose to not confront him last night. I held it together pretty well, except in the shower and now. But he can tell something is wrong. He asked me about 100x what's wrong, if he did something wrong, etc. He also had a very bad upset stomach today. Maybe nerves?
Anyway, I'm now getting my kids to bed and then I'm going to sit down with him. I really don't know what to expect. I don't think there is anything he could say that will make me ever feel secure again. I truly thought this was my forever, my happy ending. I could go on and live this life, where I'm constantly second guessing myself and being suspicious any time he kisses me, but I don't want that. I'm in the most vulnerable position I've ever been in, and it is fucking terrifying. I have no one. I have no job, soon to be 3 kids, and hell, maybe homeless.
Please send me good vibes, prayers, whatever you believe. And if you have a similar story and you were able to move past it and be happy again, please tell me how.
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2024.05.19 04:54 LLLNNNGGG Basic Skyrim Xbox logical load order (LLO) template with âvanilla plus+â examples (2024)
This is for us normies who donât want to sift through a hundred youtube videos just to figure out basic information that should be readily available. This guide is designed for people who are new to modding.
This LLO follows Brxsieâs model. For more detailed info on categorization refer to their
reddit post.
You can leave out any mod on this list that you donât want except for USSEP. Key:
*= my personal notes explaining what a mod does or why I added it
e.g. = extra examples of popular mods that should be placed in that category
Blurb (skip this section if you want the quick version of this post)
Hi everyone; Iâm not a modder nor a PC player, but I was desperate to figure out how to safely load my game with reasonable lore-friendly updates. Every LLO guide Iâve found so far has either been outdated, contradictory to other sources, does not specify which mods fall under what category, is way too vague, or way too specific. The mods Iâve listed here should be easily searchable on the recently updated Xbox creations menu so that any Xbox player can easily copy this list. Originally, I was just recording my LLO for my own personal use, but I figured this could help people who donât have the time to put in as much research as I have.
If you are brand new to modding, vanilla+ means that you want to stay faithful to the original game as much as possible while upgrading the look of your Skyrim world and making a few convenient tweaks. The least âtrue to the original gameâ mod on this list is convenient horses. In my experience so far, this LLO plays just as smoothly as vanilla Skyrim.
Unless I wrote a note next to the mod stating otherwise, all of these mods are independent of one another, except for: divine atmosphere, divine atmosphere snowflake edit, and realistic snowflakes. If you like the ugly fractal snowflakes in divine atmosphere then donât bother with the other two mods, but if not, you need the vanilla snowflake edit and the snowflake texture mod to go together. Therefore,
you can leave out any mod on this list that you donât want except for USSEP), and the game will function normally.
To customize settings of mods while in-game, go to magic -> powers. âEquipâ the mod you want to change and press RB once out of the menu. This is relevant to divine atmospheres, divine interiors, flute finder, convenient horses, and some dialogue mods.
Most mods on this list can be downloaded or deleted safely while playing a pre-existing save file. Deleting mods become problematic when you have already added and interacted with a custom item to the game and then delete the mod that supported the item. When testing new mods, I suggest only adding a few at a time so that you know what to delete if you encounter any issues.
If you are reading this on a laptop or PC, you can press command/control F to search for keywords of the mods you want to install to find where they belong in the LLO.
Personally, my favorite mods that Iâve added to the game are the dialogue mods and the texture mods. They make Skyrim feel like a real world with real people living in it and I would highly suggest using some or all of them. Iâd also love to hear everyoneâs suggestions on proposed edits to this load order. Please let me know if you are aware of any conflicting mods or bugs, or if I have made any mistakes in my layperson's explanation of techy stuff. Unsure if this is relevant information, but Iâm located in the USA.
Extra notes:
What the heck is a leveled list? A leveled list is a change in the code that makes changes to certain values. Such as changing how much gold a character has or how powerful an enemy is.
And what exactly is an area edit? An area edit is any mod that adds or significantly changes a location in the game. This includes adding extra trees, adding extra smelters, or adding custom player homes that do not exist in vanilla, among other things.
Why are there all of these categories and why is it so complicated? LLO sorts mods so that the game can load the most important files first. When LLO is not followed, the game will inevitably crash. Categories allow us to sort mods into the LLO based on how they interact with the game's code. People sometimes disagree on what
order to put the categories in, but all LLO templates use the same basic categories.
I do not use immersive citizens AI because multiple people have reported bugs. Other people have no issues with it, but I prefer to stay on the safe side.
Remember to lower your in-game brightness, especially when you are using divine interiors and divine atmospheres. If the brightness is all the way up, things will start to glow. You will have to use torches in locations with zero light, such as corners in caves. This adds a realistic feel to the game. If you give a torch to your follower, they will automatically use it in in low-light conditions. I switch between default/glimmegrim/vivid depending on where I am and how colorful I want things to be. The game may look darker overall as you can see in the screenshots, but this is more true to how lighting works in the real world.
Skyrim 101 tip: When you ditch items to reduce your carry weight, store them somewhere (such as a dead body or a chest) instead of dropping them on the ground. If you drop items all over your game it will eventually lag.
When creating a new character, keep in mind that once you start playing, you might change the lighting and make the colors more saturated. For example: I accidentally gave myself yellow hair instead of natural blonde because I forgot about lighting and atmosphere changes. This is another reason to install the vanity mirror mod, which allows you to change your character mid-game.
Storage space: all of the mods I have listed here take up approximately 4.36GB.
I suggest keeping a note of your LLO on your phone so that you can easily categorize mods you want to add the future.
Sometimes LLO will not save, so I recommend double-checking that everything landed in the right spot or backing up your LLO to bethesda before exiting the LLO menu.
Sometimes you need to restart your game to enable a newly installed mod.
How to delete a complex mod without causing problems: disable the mod, hard reset (hold power button for 10 secs or unplug the console), uninstall the mod, hard reset.
Iâve noticed a bug where I cannot tell my follower (Lydia) to do anything in âcommand modeâ. I donât know whatâs causing this- it seems like a dialogue issue but I rarely use the command mode feature anyway so itâs small enough for me to ignore for now. Let me know if you find out what's causing this!
*Blurb over\*
Master Files - Unofficial skyrim special edition patch (USSEP) *almost every source says that this must be installed. It fixes core bugs in the game that developers have not bothered to update themselves
Foundations: Lots of game changes (e.g. cheat room, encounters overhaul, etc.) - Convenient horses *allows you to summon your horse from anywhere, store items on your horse, give followers horses, etc.
Dialogue Overhauls - Guard dialogue overhaul
- Follower commentary overhaul
- Misc dialogue edits and more
- Relationship dialogue overhaul
Fonts/UI (excluding map mods) Alterations to vanilla quests Any craftable item - Vanity Mirror *this is to fix the makeup bug where your lips are off center when you create your character. I have not tested this yet, but apparently if you open up the customization menu with the vanity mirror then the makeup will work again. Cheat room also works for the makeup issue, but I didnât want so many extra cheats in my game just to fix this one ridiculous bug
- Get no more dead followers *functionally turns off friendly fire for followers
Game mechanic changes: races, perks, vampires, adoptions, etc. - Flute finder - a skyrim gps tracker for npcs *this is because I always lost my followers in vanilla and it was super annoying
- Multiple Marriages *havenât tested this yet so cannot vouch for its effectiveness
- Auto unequip ammo *unequips arrows when you uneauip your bow so that youâre not always walking around with a sheath on your back
Level Progression (e.g. Clever leveling) Perk overhauls/changes Magic additions and modifications - Master of Destruction (xb1) *adds new high level spells that target specific characters instead of killing everyone in the area
- Mining spell *I hate carrying a stupid pickaxe everywhere, so this spell mines for you. I haven't tested this mod yet though
Leveled list changes (e.g. rebalanced leveled lists) - Better gold *adds slightly more gold when looting specific high level enemies
- Master trader 1x *this replenishes merchant gold each time you speak to them
NPC Leveled list (e.g. organized bandits in skyrim) Any audio - Chapter II - Jeremy Soule inspired music *Jeremy Soule composed the original game soundtrack. This adds a few hours of similar sounding music that blend in with the game
Weather and Atmosphere (put weather up ^ in LLO if the mod is just a weather mod and not an atmosphere mod) - Divine Atmosphere: Aetherius *my favorite setting is vivid or grim
- Divine Atmosphere: Aetherius vanilla snowflakes option
- Ultra realistic snow flakes (custom snowflake texture) *if searching for this mod, search for âsnow flakesâ instead of âsnowflakesâ
Grass Grass Fixes Skin/skeleton physics and appearance changes - pristine vanilla movement
- XP32 maximum skeleton special edition plus *changes some physics for smoother movement
Animation mods - 360 walk and run *at first I put this in the gameplay mechanics category, but it did not work there. In the animation category it works as intended
Meshes and Textures *The mods Iâve listed in this section should cover almost every visual in the game. Nothing is too drastic of a style change and fits right in to the gameâs vibe.
- Wear multiple rings *this mod is more useful for stacking enchantments rather than pure aesthetics. Not necessary if you want a more vanilla game
- Divine texture pack - architecture
- Dark ages: fantasy dungeons
- Dark ages: dragon Textures
- Divine creatures texture pack
- Omen armors weapons and clothing *I highly recommend this one!
- Fluffy snow
- Dark ages - landscapes
- Divine skins and bodies for men *misleading name: this is actually unisex. Make sure this goes above^ divine people otherwise you might experience an occasional face glitch. This must be used along with divine people in order to work correctly
- Granite mountains *another mod I highly recommend
- Dark Ages: Trees of the north
- Divine SMIM *Static mesh improvement mod. SMIM mods redesign lots of small items in the game
- Lucidapsâ high poly project v5.x *This corrects blocky items to make things look more realistic. It cooperates with the SMIM to create beautifully textured and realistic item designs, such as the ridiculously good looking head of cabbage
Non-combat NPC AI Immersion (e.g. immersive patrols, landlord etc.) - can be tricky to categorize Anything that changes a characterâs/npc face or hair (e.g natural eyes) - Divine people of skyrim: celestial *For more vanilla/gritty looking people, try the dark ages texture pack. Both divine people and dark ages people mods must be paired with its corresponding skins mod, otherwise the textures will get cut off at the neck due to mismatching colors
Interior lighting changes - Divine interiors shadows and light *my favorite setting is glimmer or default if the game looks too oversaturated because of the lighting. I highly recommend this mod, it makes the game feel much richer
Interior decorating changes Lightweight multiple area edits - Unique bridges of skyrim
- Divine forests
- Get more smelters *havenât tested this extensively but I donât foresee any issues since it doesnât interfere with anything big
Single area edits like player homes Multiple area edits (e.g. divine cities) *I do not recommend divine cities or divine villages because it can be buggy. One time Lydia got permanently stuck in a modded tavern and I had to backtrack through an hour of progress to get her back out
Adding individual unique objects - Auto Harvest Ring *because I like alchemy but hate picking flowers. Equipping this ring automatically harvests ingredients in range. Just remember to ditch the cabbages to reduce your carry weight
Combat changes, combat AI (e.g. realistic damage, wildcat) - Dark ages: immersive dragon ai
- Better stealth ai for followers *followers will not start fighting automatically while you are trying to be sneaky
Unique follower mods (e.g. Sofia) Mods that add new quests (mods that alter vanilla quests do not go here) - More to say 9.0.2 *this dialogue mod is here because it adds new quests. The other dialogue mods Iâve added are less consequential and simply add a little immersion. Iâm unsure if this conflicts with the other dialogue mods
Map mods - A quality world map - vivid with stone roads *map mods use up VRAM and many people recommend against using them. Iâm not a tech person, so forgive me if this isnât accurate, but VRAM is similar to regular RAM. This means you can reset VRAM if you hard restart your console. If you are playing with tons of heavyweight mods all the time then maybe you should skip map mods, however in this LLO I have not noticed any FPS changes at all and personally, itâs worth it to me to hard restart the console every once in a while so that I can keep this mod. Source for the tech info (posted Oct. 2023) - https://www.xboxforums.com/threads/ram-and-vram.24007/
- Pastel map markers *Can you tell I like organizing? Color coding the map makes it more readable and gives locations a touch more personality
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2024.05.19 04:53 jagzgulabi New era Concert Intro
The hush descended over the packed stadium like a slow curtain. The 1975's equipment bathed in an expectant blue, microphones poised like silent sentinels. Each member, clad in black, had already taken their place, the final notes of the opening act still lingering in the air. All eyes were fixed on the empty stage center, a single spotlight waiting to ignite.
Then, a murmur started at the back. A figure emerged from the shadows, swaggering towards the expectant crowd. It was Matty Healy, the band's enigmatic leader, a smirk playing on his lips. He held no guitar, no microphone, just a simple silver marker glinting in the dim light.
He sauntered to the center, his silhouette cutting a sharp contrast against the blue backdrop. Without a word, he raised the marker high, a hush falling so deep you could hear a pin drop. And then, he began to draw.
Not on the stage floor, but in the air itself. The marker traced a perfect line, glowing a vibrant white as it materialized. It was the iconic color of The 1975's debut album, a visual jolt that instantly transported the crowd back to their early days. A collective gasp rippled through the stadium, a wave of electricity surging through the air.
Matty wasn't finished. With a flick of his wrist, another line appeared, intersecting the first. The white deepened. moved through the spectrum of The 1975's history. The vibrant hue of Pink to "The Sound," the deep, bruised purple of "A Change of Heart.
Now morphing into the smoky gray of "I Like America & America Likes Me". The first chord of the song resonated through the speakers, a primal scream of recognition from the audience. As the song built, the glowing square in the air continued to transform. Each color change a portal to a different era, a different sound They pulsed and evolved, the stage lights mirroring the shift, bathing the crowd in the colors of their memories.
The air crackled with anticipation. It was more than just a concert; it was a journey through time, a celebration of the band's evolution. Finally, with the last note of their latest hit fading away, the square exploded into a kaleidoscope of color. All the previous eras bled into each other, a breathtaking display of their legacy.
Then, from the heart of the swirling colors, a new hue began to emerge. It was a vibrant, yet unnamed color, a symbol of the uncharted territory that lay ahead. The crowd roared as Matty, a mischievous glint in his eyes, held his hand high, the silver marker now pulsating with the new light. The 1975 were ready to paint the next chapter on their canvas. The music started, the new era dawned, and the concert erupted into a joyous, electrifying celebration of what was to come.
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2024.05.19 04:50 Dangerous-Bell2634 Bruising around scratch/cut
Hi, 17F was at a concert with friends last night that got severely out of hand, i was in the pit and me along w my friends got lifted over the barricade by security to leave, while this happened i was scratched pretty severely (intentionally) on my calf, most likely either by fingernails or a key of some sort, it was dripping blood everywhere when i was getting out to the lobby and it was cleaned up by a security guard there, it isnât a very deep cut but thereâs definitely flesh thatâs been taken out, today when i woke up it was severely bruised all over the surrounding area and the cut itself is blue instead of red in spots, its painful and still bleeding too, iâm concerned because i have no idea what exactly i was cut with what kind of bacteria could be in there so i wanted to know if itâs something that should get looked at professionally
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2024.05.19 04:49 raerae4197 Stapler trick from r/sewing
| So I hate pinning things. While scrolling through Reddit I came across to comment saying that someone stapled instead of pinned. Most staplers you can turn the little metal underneath part around so it Staples outward instead of inward (if that makes sense, you can see in the 2nd picture, it makes the staples look like ----) When I first started making corsets the first couple mock-ups I've made I've struggled to keep the lines lined up where I need to sew. One major thing that helped was facing the area or the spot that where I need to join the fabric in the photos you can see the red line over my markings on the fabric. If the Fabrics extra thick I might iron this inward as well but the major thing that has helped the most and my seams are perfectly straight now is using the stapler trick in the seam allowance and just below the seam allowance it keeps it perfectly straight doesn't break my needles and they're quite easy to remove. The only issue I could see is if you have a fabric that's really prone to having a run in it or snag but so far I haven't had any issues like that while removing it I can remove it by hand or pliers actually work better you can kind of twist the staple to pull it out but because they're almost straight it's almost like a perfect pin! With how small of a difference between sizes on a pattern for a corset and how wonky my seams kept being I was really starting to get discouraged and almost gave up on trying to make one because it seems like the sizes and no matter if I use the same pattern or not just kept being different every time the stable hack has been a life changer my seams are perfect now. I just wanted to share for anyone else who might be having the same issue that this might help bonus points I don't stab myself nearly as much anymore the downside is I go through a lot of Staples. You just got to make sure that the stapler you use has the little plate that you can twist for it to work. submitted by raerae4197 to corsetry [link] [comments] |
2024.05.19 04:45 DimensionGeneral4673 Getting the most out of missions
I've linked a spreadsheet down below that I made breaking down mission rewards by time and success rate to help identify the most effective use of your heroes. Bottom line, while very hard and extreme mission rewards can be tempting, their abysmal success rate means that easy and medium missions are way more productive, even though they have such small rewards.
Important things to note:
- Missions refresh when you've completed all of them, so if you had all easy missions, you could theoretically complete 9 of them, with 100% success rate with only 6 heroes. However, it's more likely that you'll have a mix of longer missions along side your easy ones, so you'll need to compare the return per hero at the 8 hour rate compared to the return per hero of the harder mission at a 12+ hour rate. More on this in point 3.
- card rewards are effectively 95 gems per card, meaning they typically give very good bang for your buck even though getting a single card may seem insignificant.
- Missions wont reset at midnight if they are currently underway or haven't been collected from. This means that sometimes you'll want to avoid collecting your missions if you can clear all three of them sometime in the morning. Otherwise you might end up with one or two missions restarting at night, the third one finishing in the morning, and you having a blank spot until the missions that did reset can be finished. Other times, you'll want to avoid starting a longer mission, specifically so that it will reset instead of holding your heroes down for 20-24 hours on a mission when your other ones will be completed much sooner, especially since long missions will generally fail.
- It's often worthwhile to throw a single hero onto a longer mission, just to fail it and clear the slot, even if it means reducing your success rate on an easy or medium mission to 80%. Plus it feels really nice when that 5-10% succcess chance actually lands. (the only thing I always make sure to 100% are red potion missions).
Hope this helps you as well, If you have any questions, please let me know.
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2024.05.19 04:44 LordofBones89 Revised Deities (3.5e): Lathander, the Morninglord
LATHANDER
The Morninglord, Commander of Creativity, Patron to Spring and Eternal Youth, Mentor of Self-Perfection, Bringer of the Dawn, Lord of Birth and Renewal
Greater Power of Elysium
Symbol Sunrise made of pink, red, and yellow gems, or a simple rosy pink disk
Realm Morninglory (Elysium/Eronia)
Alignment Neutral Good
Aliases none
Superior none (AO)
Allies Chauntea (lover), Deneir, Eldath, Gond, Ilmater, Kelemvor, Llira, Lurue, Mielikki, Milil, Oghma, Paladine, Selune, Siamorphe, Silvanus, Sune, Torm, Tyche (dead), Tymora, Tyr, Ushas
Foes Bane, Beshaba, Bhaal (dead), Cyric, Ibrandul (dead), Iyachtu Xvim (dead), Loviatar, Moander (dead), Myrkul (dead), Shar, Talona
Servants none
Servitor Creatures butterflies, celestials of all types, elysian dragons, hollyphants, radiant creatures, robins (normal and celestial), sanctified creatures, sun peacocks (normal and celestial), sunwyrms (good aligned only)
Manifestations an intense and rosy radiance that appears around objects to indicate special qualities or at confusing or dangerous junctures to indicate a safe or preferred path, and that causes those people it surrounds to be telekinetically pushed out of harmful situations, healed of all wounds, purged of any diseases, poisons, foreign objects, magical and nonmagical afflictions and deleterious effects, magical or psionic compulsions, fear, and curses, causes resurrection effects to be automatically successful, and transmits messages
Signs of Favor aster blossoms, an intense and rosy radiance with the same qualities as his manifestation, sun peacock feathers
Worshipers Aristocrats, artists, athletes, farmers, hunters of the undead, merchants, monks of the Sun Soul, peasants, performers, the youthful
Cleric Alignments LG, NG, CG
Specialty Priests Morninglord
Holy Days Midsummer morning, the mornings of the vernal and autumnal equinoxes
Important Ceremonies Song of Dawn; contracts, marriages and promises made at dawn, funerals for those not meant to be raised or resurrected
Portfolio Athletics, birth, creativity, dawn, renewal, self-perfection, spring, vitality, youth
Domains Community, Courage, Endurance, Good, Glory, Hope, Life, Protection, Radiance, Renewal, Strength, Zeal
Favored Weapon Dawnspeaker (heavy or light mace)
LATHANDER
Male Sentinel 20, Cleric 20, Morninglord 20, Master of Radiance 5
NG Medium Outsider (Extraplanar, Good)
Divine Rank 17
Init 44 (+16 Dex, +8 Superior Initiative); Senses 17-mile-radius; Listen 77, Spot 77; remote sensing (20 locations), portfolio sense
Aura divine aura (DC 78), courage (100 ft, +8 saves against fear), radiant 3/day; Languages can communicate with any living creature; Words of Creation
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AC 105, touch 57, flat-footed 95, undead 107 (+18 armor, +20 deflection, +10 Dex, +17 divine, +30 natural)
hp 1,860 (20d10 + 45d8 plus 1300); divine shield 23/day (170 hp); renewal 1/day (if fall below 0 but less than -10 hit points regain 1d8 +20 hp); DR 40/epic, evil and adamantine
Immune ability damage, ability drain, banishment, death effects, disease, disintegration, electricity, energy drain, fire, imprisonment, mind-affecting effects, paralysis, poison, rebuking, sleep, sonic, stunning, transmutation, and turning
Resist acid 37, cold 37; SR 81
Fort 111 Ref 101 Will 105; +2 against evil outsiders and undead, +4 against mind-affecting effects from evil outsiders, +5 against evil spells or spells from evil characters
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Speed 60 ft. (12 squares)
Melee dawnspeaker 115/110/105/100 (55 plus 18 fire plus 18 holy plus 1 negative level vs evil plus 48 vs evil outsiders and undead plus undead disruption [Fort DC 79 or die]/19-20/x2 plus 36 fire plus 36 holy plus 2 negative levels vs good plus death [Fort DC 79, evil outsiders and undead] plus undead disruption [Fort DC 79 or die]), +8 atk vs evil outsiders and undead; or
Melee spell 80 or
Ranged spell 76
Base Atk +43; Grp +63
Atk Options Awesome Smite, Cleave, Holy Potency, Power Attack; smite evil 24/day (+20 atk, +455 damage)
Special Actions alter reality, divine blast (444 damage) 23/day, feat of endurance 1/day (+30 Con for 1 minute), destroy evil outsiders and undead 27/day as a 66th level cleric (turning check 73, turning damage 105; Heighten Turning, Intensify Turning, Multiturning, Quicken Turning), protective ward 1/day (+65 resistance bonus to one saving throw for one hour), surge of hope 1/day (when failing a skill check, attack roll, or saving throw, add 1d6 to the result), touch of life 1/day (1d6 +65 temporary hp to a single creature for one hours), zeal 1/day (you may take 20 on a skill check, except on checks are not normally allowed to take 20, without increasing the amount of time needed to make the check); Battle Blessing, Corona (Will DC 62), Divine Censure (Will DC 62), Epic Divine Might, Epic Divine Vengeance, Sacred Vengeance
Combat Gear dawnspeaker
Divine Spell-like Abilities (CL 65th; +1 good spells; all [fire] and [light] spells are intensified)
At will â aid, animate objects, animate plants, antimagic field, atonement, bearâs endurance, bigbyâs clenched fist, bigbyâs crushing hand, bigbyâs grasping hand, blade barrier (DC 53), bless, bless weapon, bolt of glory, bullâs strength, charm person (DC 48), cloak of bravery, color spray (DC 48), commune, consecrate, crown of glory (DC 55), death ward, dismissal (DC 51), dispel evil (DC 52), disrupt undead, disrupting weapon (DC 52), endure elements, enlarge person, widened faerie fire, flame strike (DC 52), fire shield, fire seeds (DC 53), freedom, gate, globe of invulnerability, good hope, greater cloak of bravery, greater dispel magic, greater heroism, greater planar ally, greater restoration, greater status, greater teleport, heat metal (DC 49), helping hand, heroesâ feast, heroism, hide from undead (DC 48), holy aura (DC 55), holy smite (DC 51), holy sword, holy word (DC 54), hypnotic pattern (DC 49), iron body, lesser restoration, lionâs roar (DC 56), magic vestment, mass bearâs endurance, mass heal (DC 56), mind blank, mordenkainenâs magnificent mansion, plant growth, plane shift (DC 52), polymorph any object (DC 55), prayer, prismatic sphere (DC 56), prismatic spray (DC 54), prismatic wall (DC 56), protection from energy, protection from evil, raryâs telepathic bond, rainbow, rainbow pattern (DC 51), refreshment, refuge, regenerate, reincarnate (DC 51), remove disease, remove fear, repulsion (DC 54), righteous might, sanctuary (DC 48), scintillating pattern, searing light, sustain, spell immunity, spell resistance, status, stoneskin, sympathy (DC 55), summon monster IX (good creatures only), sunbeam (DC 54), sunburst (DC 55), tongues.
1/day â calm emotions (DC 51)
Master of Radiance Spell-like Abilities (CL 56th; +1 good spells; all [fire] and [light] spells are intensified; only usable during aura of radiance)
1/round â beam of sunlight, searing light
Morninglord Spell-like Abilities (CL 54th; +1 good spells; all [fire] and [light] spells are intensified)
1/day â daylight, searing ray (as searing light, but automatically empowered against undead)
Cleric Spells per Day (CL 54th; +1 good spells; all spells are energized and maximized; all [fire] and [light] spells are intensified)
20th (3+1/day) â heightened intensified end to strife (DC 63) (x2), heightened last judgement (DC 70), enhanced heightened intensified mass heal (DC 59) (D).
19th (3+1/day) â heightened miracle (DC 69) (x2), consecrated intensified purified sacred storm of vengeance (DC 59), enhanced empowered heightened sunburst (DC 63) (D).
18th (3+1/day) â consecrated enhanced heightened purified flame strike (DC 62) (x2) (D), intensified quickened righteous smite (DC 57), enhanced intensified righteous smite (DC 57).
17th (3+1/day) â heightened holy word (DC 67) (D), heightened know true name (DC 67), empowered intensified lionâs roar (DC 58), heightened quickened miracle (DC 63).
16th (4+1/day) â intensified mass heal (DC 59), intensified righteous exile (DC 59) (x2), intensified storm of vengeance (DC 59), enhanced quickened sunburst (DC 58) (D).
15th (4+1/day) â empowered intensified blade barrier (DC 56) (D), enhanced quickened searing erupt (DC 59) (x2), intensified mass cure critical wounds, heightened righteous glare (DC 65).
14th (4+1/day) â enhanced fire-substituted fiery searing lionâs roar (DC 58) (D), heightened quickened holy word (DC 60) (x2), empowered quickened sunburst (DC 58) (x2).
13th (4+1/day) â enhanced quickened flame strike (DC 55) (D), quickened implosion (DC 59) (x2), quickened sublime revelry, intensified weight of sin (DC 56).
12th (5+1/day) â empowered enhanced blade barrier (DC 56) (D), empowered enhanced cometfall (DC 56), intensified divine retribution (DC 55), consecrated purified sacred firestorm (DC 58) (x2), quickened visions of the future.
11th (5+1/day) â quickened amber sarcophagus, consecrated purified quickened cometfall (DC 56), sacred searing erupt (DC 59), quickened greater shield of lathander, quickened light of purity, quickened sunbeam (DC 57) (D).
10th (5+1/day) â quickened crown of brilliance, consecrated fire-substituted searing earthquake (DC 58), quickened heal (DC 56) (D), empowered fire-substituted stormrage.
9th (7+1/day) â heightened eternal rest (DC 56), quickened flame strike (DC 55), feast of champions, gate, mantle of the fiery spirit, prismatic sphere (DC 59) (D), summon elemental monolith, undeathâs eternal foe.
8th (8+1/day) â chain dispel, holy aura (DC 58) (D), illusion purge, know true name (DC 58), mass restoration, mass valiant spirit, spread of contentment (DC 58), shun the dark chaos (DC 58), consecrated purified wages of sin.
7th (8+1/day) â bastion of good, control weather, fortunate fate, quickened light of Venya (DC 53), rain of embers (DC 57), radiant assault (x2) (DC 57), rejuvenating light (DC 57), sunbeam (DC 57) (D).
6th(8+1/day) â chasing perfection, consecrate battlefield, quickened deific vengeance (DC 52), heal (DC 56) (D), fiery vision (x2), ghost trap, light of courage (DC 56), vigorous circle.
5th (9+1/day) â atonement, blistering radiance (DC 55), chaavâs laugh (DC 55), condemnation (DC 55), crown of flame, divine agility, divine retribution (DC 55), searing meteoric strike (DC 54) (x2), valiant fury (D).
4th (10+1/day) â aligned aura (DC 54), assay spell resistance (x2), aura of the sun (x2), channeled divine health, cure critical wounds, holy smite (DC 54) (D), recitation, sacred haven, sunmantle.
3rd (10+1/day) â cure serious wounds, fell the greatest foe, find the gap, flamebound symbol (x2), forced manifestation (DC 53), heartâs ease, mass align weapon, phieranâs resolve, prayer (D), protection from negative energy.
2nd (10+1/day) â detect aberration, eagleâs splendor, healing lorecall, make whole, mark of doom (x2), mark of judgment (x2) (DC 52), masterâs touch, share talents, shield other (D).
1st (10+1/day) â bless water, conviction, detect taint, divine favor, endure elements (D), exorcism (x2) (DC 51), nimbus of light, ray of hope, ray of resurgence, vision of heaven (DC 51).
Orisons (6/day) â create water, cure minor wounds, guidance, light, purify food and drink, read magic.
Epic Spells Prepared 6 divine, up to Spellcraft DC 122
Epic Spells Known epic mage armor, epic repulsion, epic spell reflection, global warming, glorious light of renewal, greater ruin, hellball, nailed to the sky, nimbus, rain of fire, ruin, superb dispelling. Lathander has additionally created many epic spells that bring light and life, as well as bring ruin to the undead.
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Abilities Str 50, Dex 42, Con 50, Int 36, Wis 51, Cha 50
SQ avatar, bane of the restless, celestial fortitude, celestial minion 1/day, creative fire +20, divine grace, divinity, immortality, lathanderâs light, resist fiendish lure
Feats Awesome Smite, Battle Blessing, Cleave, Consecrate Spell, Corona (Will DC 62), Divine Censure (Will DC 62), Divine Might, Divine Vengeance, Empower Spell, Energize Spell, Energy Substitution (fire), Extra Turning, Fiery Spell, Heighten Spell, Heighten Turning, Holy Potency, Improved Critical (heavy mace), Improved Initiative, Improved Turning, Maximize Spell (B), Power Attack, Purify Spell, Quicken Spell, Quicken Turning, Sacred Vengeance, Sanctify Martial Strike, Searing Spell, Weapon Focus (heavy mace), Words of Creation (B)
Epic Feats Enhance Spell, Epic Divine Might, Epic Divine Vengeance, Epic Spellcasting (B), Great Smiting (x2), Improved Heighten Spell, Intensify Spell, Intensify Turning, Multiturning, Positive Energy Aura, Superior Initiative
Salient Divine Abilities Area Divine Shield (170 hp in a 170 ft square or a 17 ft sphere or hemisphere), Automatic Metamagic (energize spell), Banestrike (evil outsiders), Banestrike (undead), Call Creatures (17 celestials with up to 37 HD), Divine Inspiration (hope), Divine Fast Healing (x2), Divine Paladin, Divine Spellcasting, Divine Weapon Focus (heavy mace), Divine Weapon Specialization (heavy mace), Earthmotherâs Boon (unique salient divine ability), Energy Burst (170 ft, 136 fire damage), Energy Storm (170 ft, 17 holy and 17 positive), Gift of Life, Indomitable Strength, Life and Death (Fort DC 79 or die, 340 damage on a successful save), Lord of the Dawn (unique salient divine ability), Mass Life and Death (any number of creatures no more than 17 miles apart, Fort DC 79 or die, 340 damage on a successful save), Power of Nature, Rejuvenation (-17, -34 in Morninglory), Undead Mastery (17 creatures)
Skills Appraise 70 (78 paintings and sculptures), Bluff 82, Concentration 125, Craft (painting) 138, Craft (sculpting) 138, Diplomacy 143, Gather Information 72, Heal 125, Jump 84, Intimidate 86, Knowledge (arcana) 80, Knowledge (history) 92, Knowledge (nobility and royalty) 118, Knowledge (religion) 118, Knowledge (the planes) 118, Listen 77, Perform 145, Ride 62, Search 75, Sense Motive 82, Spot 77, Spellcraft 122, Survival 67 (75 extraplanar), Swim 82, Tumble 67
Possessions +8 full plate of the celestial battalion, dawnspeaker
Aura of Radiance (Su) The light of Lathander shines perpetually. No matter how dark it is, the Morninglord sees as though the conditions were identical to the outdoors at sunrise. This ability functions like darkvision out to 60 feet, except that he sees in color. Lathander also has a +2 sacred bonus on saving throws against spells with the darkness descriptor and a +2 sacred bonus to Armor Class against attacks from undead creatures.
Beam of Sunlight (Sp) Lathander can evoke a dazzling beam of intense light (the equivalent of a beam from the sunbeam spell) once per round as a full-round action as long as his radiant aura is active as a 56th level caster.
Blessing of Dawn (Su) The sight of the morning sun is an inspirational vision for the Morninglord. Lathander gains a +2 morale bonus on Will saves from sunrise until noon. This ability is in effect only while he can see the sun; the effect is suppressed any time he is deprived of the sight of it during this period.
Celestial Fortitude (Su) Lathanderâs endurance and fortitude are enhanced against fiendish attacks. He has a +2 sacred bonus to all Fortitude saving throws against effects from evil outsiders and evil spells. Additionally, if he makes a successful Fortitude saving throw against an effect from an evil spell or evil outsider that normally deals half damage or partial effects on a successful save, he instead takes no damage and suffers no partial effects.
Celestial Minion (Sp) Lathander may summon a Medium or smaller size celestial animal (with the celestial creature template) as a standard action usable once a day. This celestial minion carries the same responsibilities as a paladin's special mount and gains the same bonuses to its HD, natural armor, Strength, Intelligence, and other special abilities that a paladin's special mount has, but only remains for 20 hours before returning to the outer plane from whence it came.
Creative Fire (Ex) The Morninglord is a creative, expressive deity. He has a bonus equal to his morninglord level on all Craft and Perform checks.
Divinity Lathander is an embodiment of ancient divine power. As such, reality is his to shape as he sees fit.
Alter Reality: Lathander may alter reality within the bounds of his portfolio. This functions as a wish spell that requires no XP or material cost. The limits of this ability are fully described in Deities and Demigods. He can additionally alter his size from Fine to Colossal and may additionally alter up to 100 pounds of objects in the same manner.
Avatar: Lathander can have up to 20 avatars at any given time. The Morninglord appears as a golden-skinned athletic male of exceeding beauty who has just fully entered early manhood. He wears noble robes constructed in the colors of the dawn, carries himself proudly, and dresses in the finest golden plate armor if attending to matters that might turn violent.
Divine Blast: Lathander can create a ray of divine power that extends for up to 17 miles, dealing up to 444 points of damage, as a ranged touch attack with no saving throw. Lathander can unleash a divine blast 23 times per day, and alter the visual, auditory and sensation-based qualities of his divine blast as he desires. Lathanderâs divine blasts generally take the form of rays of fiery sunlight.
Divine Shield: As a free action 23 times per day, Lathander can create a shield that lasts 10 minutes and stops 170 points of damage from attacks. Once the shield stops that much damage, it collapses. Any damage Lathander is naturally immune to does not count towards the shieldâs limits.
Earthmotherâs Boon (unique salient divine ability) Chauntea is Lathanderâs lover and has bestowed a degree of protection over her consort. By her grace, the Lord of the Dawn cannot be harmed by any nonmagical plant or any creature with less than 33 Hit Dice with the plant subtype. Epic creatures and creatures with equal or more than 33 Hit Dice must succeed at a Will save (DC 79) to harm the Morninglord.
Greater Turning (Su) Six times per day, Lathander may use greater turning as the granted power of the Sun domain. This is superseded by his Lord of the Dawn salient divine ability.
Lathander's Light (Su) Whenever Lathander casts a spell with the light descriptor, its area is doubled.
Lord of the Dawn (unique salient divine ability) Lathander is the sun. He is the light that drives back the darkness, the brilliant spark that lights the way out of night and the creative brilliance within every artist. His dominion over light and the sun, both physical and metaphysical, grants him a variety of powers as listed below:
Fires of the Sun: The light of the sun shields Lathanderâs body. This protection renders Lathander immune to all forms of magical and nonmagical fire, with searing effects only dealing half damage. In addition, spells and spell-like abilities cast by Lathander from the Sun domain, or with the [fire] and [light] descriptors, are similarly enhanced and are always intensified.
Radiance of the Dawn: Lathander can shed light equal to full sunlight in a 17-mile emanation from his body that counters and dispels all Darkness effects unless created by a higher ranked deity. Undead and evil outsiders caught within the radius must succeed at a Fortitude save (DC 79) or be destroyed and turned into dust. Creatures vulnerable to sunlight suffer a -17 penalty to the saving throw. A successful saving throw still deals 17d8 points of damage, while creatures vulnerable to sunlight suffer 17d12 points of damage.
Spark of Creativity: Lathander is the commander of creativity, the inspiration and muse for craftsmen and artists throughout the Realms. 17 times per day, Lathander may bestow a +17 divine bonus to any Craft or Performance check, or the Efficient Item Creation feat, to up to 17 creatures for the next 24 hours. Performances and non-magical items crafted beneath the aegis of this ability always earn three times the normal gold amount and have three times the listed market price in cost. Magical items crafted with the benefit of this ability add +17,000 gp to the listed market price and increase any numeric benefit (enhancement bonuses for the purpose of attack and damage rolls, armor and save bonuses and so forth) by +4.
Spurn the Profane: Lathander uses the totality of his character level to determine the effectiveness of his ability to smite evil, turn outsiders and undead as well as any of his feats that affect the undead. His turn attempts resolve as greater turnings (as the granted power of the Sun domain). In addition, Lathander adds his paladin spells to his clerical spell list, using the sum of both lists to determine his caster level.
Wrath of the Dawn: As a standard action Lathander can generate a ray of scorching light that extends for up to 17 miles and inflicts 17d6 points of damage, half fire and half divine. As a full attack option, he can generate up to four rays, and undead and evil outsiders suffer 17d12 points of damage. In addition, Lathander can duplicate the effects of any spell with the [light] descriptor as a standard action. (CL 65th, DC 50 plus spell level).
Maximize Turning (Su) Once per day, Lathander can automatically achieve the maximum possible result on a turning damage roll. This is superseded by his natural divine powers.
Radiant Aura (Su) Three times per day, Lathander can emanate an aura of brilliant light that weakens undead creatures for one minute. The aura provides bright illumination in a 30-foot radius around him, and shadowy illumination for an additional 30 feet beyond that. Creatures that take penalties in bright light also take them while within the radius of the bright aura. In addition, undead creatures within the radius of bright light take a â2 penalty on attack rolls, damage rolls, and saving throws. Activating the radiant aura is a free action that does not provoke attacks of opportunity. While his radiant aura is active, Lathander casts spells with the light descriptor at +2 caster level. The radiant aura is the equivalent of a 5th-level spell with the light descriptor for the purpose of interacting with spells and effects with the darkness descriptor.
Rejuvenation of the Morn (Su) Dawn is a powerful symbol of rebirth and renewal. Once per tenday, Lathander may spend one uninterrupted hour before dawn in prayer. As soon as the sun rises after this prayer ritual, he gains one benefit of his choice from the following list.
· Healing up to full normal hit points (self only).
· Removal of any poisons or diseases (self only). This effect does not restore ability damage or ability drain caused by poison or disease.
· Full restoration of ability damage due to one poison or disease.
If his prayers are interrupted for even a single round, the attempt is ruined, and he must wait a full tenday to try again.
Resist Fiendish Lure (Su) Lathander has a +4 sacred bonus to all saving throws against mind-affecting attacks of evil outsiders.
Possessions
Dawnspeaker, Lathanderâs gold-and-ivory mace, is a +10 fiery blast ghost strike mighty disruption heavy mace of holy power and evil outsider and undead dread. When held by the Morninglord, it also functions as a holy devastator. The DC of the weaponâs disruption and dread abilities is 79, and creatures vulnerable to sunlight suffer a -17 penalty to saving throws made to resist Dawnspeakerâs abilities. Lathander is known to loan out Dawnspeaker to questors and warriors he deems worthy and can call it back to his hand from anywhere in the cosmos.
The Morninglord also occasionally wears a set of golden +8 full plate with the powers of an armor of the celestial battalion. The bonuses are not reflected in the above statistics.
Other Divine Powers As a greater deity, Lathander automatically receives the best possible result on any die roll he makes (including attack rolls, damage, checks, and saves). He treats a 1 on an attack roll or saving throw normally and not as an automatic failure. He is immortal. Senses Lathander can see (using normal vision or darkvision), hear, touch, and smell at a distance of 17 miles. As a standard action, he can perceive anything within 17 miles of his worshippers, holy sites, objects, or any location where one of his titles or name was spoken in the last hour. He can extend his senses to up to 20 locations at once. He can block the sensing power of deities of his rank or lower at up to two remote locations at once for 17 hours. Portfolio Sense Lathander is aware of any event under the light of the sun, competition or act of artistry of the number of people involved up to 17 weeks in the past and 17 weeks in the future. Automatic Actions Lathander can use any skill related to his portfolio as a free action if the DC for the task is 30 or lower. He can perform up to twenty such free actions each round. Create Magic Items Lathander can craft any magical item that associated with heat and light, aids in self-empowerment, preserves or restores vitality or harms the undead, including artifacts.
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Eternal Rest [Ravenloft: Legacy of Blood 71]
Necromancy
Level: Cleric 6
Components: V, S, DF
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Effect: Ray (see text)
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Will partial (see text)
Spell Resistance: Yes
This spell creates a ray of golden light that destroys one undead creatureâs material body (if it has one), causing it to crumble to dust, which is then wafted away in a swirling breeze. This spell affects incorporeal undead without the usual incorporeal miss chance, and such a creature merely winks out of existence if it fails its save. If the target makes a successful save, it still takes 6d6 points of damage. If the creature has a special quality that allows it to return after destruction (such as a vampireâs fast healing power or a ghostâs rejuvenation power), the creature gains a bonus equal to its Charisma modifier on its saving throw. If such a creature fails its saving throw against this spell, it must make a successful Will save at the same DC (also with its Charisma modifier as a bonus) to return. If the creatureâs method of return normally requires a saving throw (as a ghostâs rejuvenation power does), the creature must first make that saving throw, then make the Will saving throw against this spell.
You can improve your chance of success by presenting at least one object or substance that the target hates, fears, or otherwise finds repulsive or painful (such as a mirror and bud of garlic for a vampire). For each such object or substance, you gain a +1 bonus on your caster level check to overcome the targetâs spell resistance (if any), and the spellâs saving throw DC increases by +1. A particular creatureâs history might suggest additional objects or substances that would make the spell more effective.
This spell can also be cast when an undead creature has been physically destroyed and its remains are not present. In this case, the spell must be aimed at the spot where the creature was destroyed, and it must be used within 1 minute of the undead creatureâs destruction. No attack roll is required for this use of the spell.
This spell can destroy an undead darklordâs physical form, but it cannot prevent the darklord from returning.
Rainbow [Dragon Magazine 321 68]
Conjuration (Creation)
Level: Cleric 6, Radiance 6
Components: V, S, DF
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Effect: Rainbow bow, quiver, and arrows
Duration: 1 hour / level
Saving Throw: No
Spell Resistance: Yes
A rainbow-hued longbow appears in your hand, along with a full quiver of arrows fletched with different colors. The longbow is considered a +1 longbow that the caster is proficient with. The quiver holds an endless supply of seven different colored arrows, each being made of a different material and having the following effects:
Red: +1 elemental-bane adamantine arrows.
Orange: +1 construct-bane silver arrows.
Yellow: +1 plant-bane evil-aligned arrows.
Green: +1 magical beast-bane good-aligned arrows.
Blue: +1 undead-bane lawful-aligned arrows.
Indigo: +1 aberration-bane chaotic-aligned arrows.
Violet: +1 dragon-bane cold iron arrows.
Only the caster is able to use the bow, quiver, and arrows. They appear immediately back in the casterâs possession if dropped or given away, though the caster may drop the bow and quiver to use another item, but can rematerialize them at will, as a free action. The bow, quiver, and arrows have no weight and cannot be disarmed or sundered.
Know True Name [Kalamar: Playerâs Guide 3.0 177]
Enchantment (Compulsion) [Mind-Affecting]
Level: Cleric 8
Components: V, S, DF
Casting Time: 1 action
Ranged: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft. / 2 levels)
Target: One fiend
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Will negates
Spell Resistance: Yes
You force a fiend to tell you its true name. Once you know a fiendâs true name, all spells that you cast at that creature have their save DCs increase by +4. You also gain a +4 on all checks to penetrate the creatureâs spell resistance.
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2024.05.19 04:44 ricky_baker Question regarding shower curb
I had my shower stall redone right before COVID as the floor tile had been laid directly on top of the mud base without thinset. I noticed this because water started seeping up from the grout (place was built in 2017 and we bought it late 2019). Seemed like the job was done well, hadnât had any issues since, until I started noticing the grout failing on the top slab - inside wall interface of the curb a couple weeks ago with black mold building up.
I have a friend of a friend who told me he would come and take the tiles off and redo them, he came today and while removing the inside curb tiles there was a ton of water that came out. Also the guys back in 2020 didnât make an overhanging lip with the curb topper slab because they added too much thin set under the inside tile - turns out this was because they were lazy and didnât want to properly cut the floor sheet and there is a 2 cm gap from the floor tiles to the curb so they thickened the thin set under the curb inside wall tile to close the gap. This meant there was a negative overhang from the top slab to the side tile and it makes sense the grout at the interface failed.
I wasnât able to watch him the entire time but basically he scraped whatever backing they had in there out and screwed hardie board to the inside of the curb, then tiled over top. He put used 511 impregnator I guess for the hardie board and a silicone sealant where the gap to the floor is. He is planning to come back tomorrow to grout.
I have many concerns, the largest are: 1. The spot bonding for the top slab means there are tons of spaces between the thin set where water could seep into. 2. He screwed the hardie board through the PVC liner which I have heard extremely polarizing opinions on. 3. Nothing is being done to truly close the gap between inside curb wall and floor. He plans on grouting it. 4. Overall the job is sloppy with the new tiles cut poorly, leaving different sized gaps along the edges, lots of moisture still behind the tiles that Iâm guessing heâs hoping evaporates by tomorrow or else he will grout any, and lots of crud still in the gaps.
We will be moving out soon and property will be a rental so I wonât be able to monitor going forward. Iâm torn on whether I should let him finish or hire someone to completely redo the curb and likely floor which would be 5k+ job.
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2024.05.19 04:43 According_Spring2798 Is this trauma? What am I feeling? (CW: suicide)
This is gonna be a long post. I don't have health insurance and can't drive yet so this is the next best thing to therapy for me at the moment. I'll get the help I need when it's available to me, I promise.
I (17 M) had a dramatic falling out with two of my best friends back in December after they started dating (TL;DR I was extremely jealous and had an unhealthy emotional dependency with one of them which led me to lash out) and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it.
I learned at some point that they planned to ghost me after graduation because dealing with my constant breakdowns was wearing them both down and trying to talk to me at that point was like walking on eggshells. Hearing that broke me, but I finally accepted the fact that I needed to let them both go because keeping that kind of relationship wasn't good for any of us. I was absolutely devastated, but after a while of not seeing them or interacting with them, I started to feel a lot better. I quit working at the same mall they both worked at and graduated high school, so I've had plenty of space and distance to focus on other things. But I still think about them and about what happened.
During that time when school was still happening, I felt genuine terror whenever I knew I'd see them or I caught a glimpse of either one of them or just beleived I was going to see them. This happened at the mall too. And even now, there's this resturaunt I overheard them saying they went to on a date and everytime I've went since, I felt the same dread thinking I might accidentally run into them. I went today and thought I saw one of them. I didn't freak out immediately but when I left, I started tearing up thinking about the whole thing again.
Also during that time when I couldn't avoid them completely, there were many days where I'd wake up and the first thing I'd think about was them and what happened. Many times during the day too, I'd have, what I'm assuming now, were flashbacks to specific events. I would get lost in thought thinking about memories related to that whole mess. It didn't help that I had multiple vivid nightmares about them and what happened. It got better over time when school was finally out because I wasn't constantly reminded of it, but I went to graduation a couple days ago (which I was already dreading because I knew they'd both be there), I ended up breaking down into tears after seeing them.
And I had a thought that after graduation was over, I'd go home and kill myself because there was no point in living if the only people I ever cared about were much happier without me in their lives. I wouldn't say I'm suicidal. I've thought about dying before because of other things in my life but it's never been something I actually want or ever plan to do. I'm a wimp. I can't even self-harm, even though I've tried many times over the years to build up a habit of cutting or burning myself. But the thought itself of being driven to suicide really scares me. It's like my mind is screaming at me to just fucking do it already. This isn't even the first time suicide has crossed mind when thinking about them. One time after school, I had a similar thought that in a couple years I'd be dead because I was nothing without them. Soon I'd lose all will to live and I'd be so miserable and alone I'd kill myself.
I always feel better after the feeling passes (usually this happens when I get distracted and quit thinking of them or they leave) and the idea of seriously killing myself always feels silly afterwards but those breif moments where the possibility of turning to suicide feels so real and the pain is immeasurable. I don't think about them that often anymore because I don't see them that often anymore and I probably won't ever see them again. Which is a good thing but it still hurts.
I feel like I can't fully heal or get over this because I don't even know what this is. I'm greiving, obviously, because they were very important people in my life, but I feel like everything else I felt and still feel is more than just greif. I feel bad labeling it as trauma because it sounds stupid to me to label petty high school drama as a traumatic experience and I don't want to put the blame on them for traumatizing me or whatever because I was in the wrong. I acted way out of line and they were right to want nothing to do with me at that point. But I get scared thinking that I might do the same things again with the few friends I still have. Or that I might do even worse things to future friends or future partners.
I realize that a lot of what I did and why I did it are because of underlying psychological issues I might have that've never been adressed before. My family has a history of anxiety, trauma, suicide ideation, and depression. Me personally, I can't handle rejection at all. I don't wanna sound like that guy that self-diagnoses himself with all these mental illnesses but I think I might suffer from RSD. The fear I feel at the slightest hint of rejection is so potent and primal, I feel like I lose control and I can't escape from the way my body feels. Which frustrates me because I know logically I shouldn't take things so personally. That's why this whole mess just makes me angry to think about. I hate myself for how I acted because I'd never do any of the stupid shit I did if I had the ability to step out of my body and act rationally instead of acting on instinct. I'm trying not to make this sound like I'm absolving myself of guilt by saying "I couldn't control myself" (maybe that's a manipulation tactic I subconsciously do, I don't know and it scares me to think I do such things without realizing it, I worry sometimes that I'm secretly a narcissist and people only like me because I've manipulated them into beleiving that I'm a good person that cares about them, which is also why this whole situation makes me so mad because I always try to scrutinize everything I say and do to make sure I'm not doing the thing I'm scared I'm doing and this whole thing is the result of me missing so many obvious red flags in myself that I was unfit to be around either of them at at all.)
I don't know. There's probably a lot wrong with me. That entire mess of how I think and feel doesn't always come up in my everyday life. I can function just fine most of the time but the few times I end up thinking about what happened in December and everything else in life revolving that giant mess, it almost feels disabling. I power through it whenever it happens and it's been happening less and less, but I'm still worried about the day where something bad will happen and this entire knot will unravel and I'll fall apart on the spot.
I just want answers. I want the words to explain what I feel or what this is or what's wrong with me so people understand what's happening with me and how to act accordingly. I want the ability to help myself so I don't do what I did with my friends and dump all of that emotional baggage onto them hoping they'd sort through my shit for me. I want to be able to catch myself before I do stupid things a second time. I want to be better.
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2024.05.19 04:43 heyrandomuserhere I feel like this sub misunderstands âpatriotism.â
Iâve noticed this sub in particular has had a very ahistorical and reactionary position on the concept of âpatriotismâ that I think needs rectified. Iâm open to hear everyoneâs positions and disagreements on the matter, but I donât often see the âpro patriotismâ position even coherently mentioned so Iâd figure Iâd give it a shot.
First off, I think itâs important to understand that when socialists say they support âpatriotismâ, they are talking about proletarian patriotism, which is intrinsically connected to internationalism and is even argue a central component to Marxism Leninism. It is a patriotism that focuses on the betterment of their conditions for its people, for people to come together to help each other, and to promote the idea that everyone should participate and help each other promote and perpetuate these principles. It isnât nationalism, it isnât hyper militaristic pro imperialist patriotism, in essence it doesnât take a class collaborative form. It doesnât promote the nation above all, nor that class collaboration in the form of developing pro-imperialist positions should be advocated for in order to maintain the nation. It does not uphold some mystical nation as a concept that must be protected.
I think that the idea that America has some uniquely (exceptional) impure history that makes patriotism an unusable tactic to be the same as buying into American Exceptionalism. In fact I think it is an essential tactic that we must utilize, otherwise we give up so much concessions and ground to fascists.(read the Dimitrov quote I give below on the subject.)
I also believe that people often forget that patriotism was utilized by essentially every Marxist Leninist figure throughout all of history. Here are just a few quotes:
âOn their own part, the progressive forces in the mass organizations have made considerable appeal to American patriotism and traditions for constructive ends. But this appeal has usually been weak, spasmodic, and ineffective. The workers, farmers, professionals, have not understood how to bring forth in their agitation the basically constructive role they have played historically in building American democracy. â In this respect the revolutionary movement has been especially weak. From the foundation of the Socialist Labor Party in the 1870âs, down through the life of the Socialist Party and the IWW, and during the early years of the Communist Party, there was a dominant tendency to ignore and to scorn American tradition and love of country. This arose out of a narrow, sectarian conception of internationalism, and it did much to weaken the position of the revolutionaries in the organizations of the patriotically minded toiling masses. Here again, a better study of Marx and Lenin would have prevented this grievous error. Only during the past few years, notably since the Seventh World Congress of the Communist International and through the writings of Comrade Browder, is real progress being made by our Party in correcting this costly mistake and in basing itself upon a correct Leninist line.
The cultivation of the democratic, revolutionary American traditions among the mass organizations is one of the most important tasks in the building of the democratic front. We must not permit the reactionaries to steal and distort the national traditions and aspirations of the people. The great democratic masses must be taught by constant reference to American history that it was their struggles in the past that built our republic, that the democratic front movement of today is the continuation of all the fights for liberty in the history of our own country; that in the achievement of the current demands of the masses lies the fruition of all that is progressive and glorious in American history; that socialism is the climax toward which the entire historic struggle of the democratic American people inevitably tends.â - William Z Foster.
âIs a sense of national pride alien to us, Great-Russian class-conscious proletarians? Certainly not! We love our language and our country, and we are doing our very utmost to raise her toiling masses (i.e., nine-tenths of her population) to the level of a democratic and socialist consciousness. To us it is most painful to see and feel the outrages, the oppression and the humiliation our fair country suffers at the hands of the tsarâs butchers, the nobles and the capitalists. We take pride in the resistance to these outrages put up from our midst, from the Great Russians; in that midst having produced Radishchev,[3] the Decembrists[4] and the revolutionary commoners of the seventies[5]; in the Great-Russian working class having created, in 1905, a mighty revolutionary party of the masses; and in the Great-Russian peasantry having begun to turn towards democracy and set about overthrowing the clergy and the landed proprietors.
We remember that Chernyshevsky, the Great-Russian democrat, who dedicated his life to the cause of revolution, said half a century ago: âA wretched nation, a nation of slaves, from top to bottomâall slaves."[6] The overt and covert Great-Russian slaves (slaves with regard to the tsarist monarchy) do not like to recall these words. Yet, in our opinion, these were words of genuine love for our country, a love distressed by the absence of a revolutionary spirit in the masses of the Great-Russian people. There was none of that spirit at the time. There is little of it now, but it already exists. We are full of national pride because the Great-Russian nation, too, has created a revolutionary class, because it, too, has proved capable of providing mankind with great models of the struggle for freedom and socialism, and not only with great pogroms, rows of gallows, dungeons, great famines and great servility to priests, tsars, landowners and capitalists.
We are full of a sense of national pride, and for that very reason we particularly hate our slavish past (when the landed nobility led the peasants into war to stifle the freedom of Hungary, Poland, Persia and China), and our slavish present, when these selfsame landed proprietors, aided by the capitalists, are loading us into a war in order to throttle Poland and the Ukraine, crush the democratic movement in Persia and China, and strengthen the gang of Romanovs, Bobrinskys and Purishkeviches, who are a disgrace to our Great-Russian national dignity. Nobody is to be blamed for being born a slave; but a slave who not only eschews a striving for freedom but justifies and eulogises his slavery (e.g., calls the throttling of Poland and the Ukraine, etc., a âdefence of the fatherlandâ of the Great Russians)âsuch a slave is a lickspittle and a boor, who arouses a legitimate feeling of indignation, contempt, and loathing.
No nation can be free if it oppresses other nations,â said Marx and Engels, the greatest representatives of consistent nineteenth century democracy, who became the teachers of the revolutionary proletariat. And, full of a sense of national pride, we Great-Russian workers want, come what may, a free and independent, a democratic, republican and proud Great Russia, one that will base its relations with its neighbours on the human principle of equality, and not on the feudalist principle of privilege, which is so degrading to a great nation. Just because we want that, we say: it is impossible, in the twentieth century and in Europe (even in the far east of Europe), to âdefend the fatherlandâ otherwise than by using every revolutionary means to combat the monarchy, the landowners and the capitalists of oneâs own fatherland, i.e., the worst enemies of our country.â - Lenin
âCan a Communist who is also an internationalist at the same time be a patriot? We hold not only that he can, but that he must.â - Mao
âCommunists are the most patriotic Americans I have ever met, and you all are the non-patriots.â ( towards the HUAC) - Paul Robeson.
âUnder no circumstances must we underrate fascism's power of ideological infection. On the contrary, we for our part must develop an extensive ideological struggle based on clear, popular arguments and a correct, well thought out approach to the peculiarities of the national psychology of the masses of the people. The fascists are rummaging through the entire history of every nation so as to be able to pose as the heirs and continuators of all that was exalted and heroic in its past, while all that was degrading or offensive to the national sentiments of the people they make use of as weapons against the enemies of fascism. Hundreds of books are being published in Germany with only one aim -- to falsify the history of the German people and give it a fascist complexion. The new-baked National Socialist historians try to depict the history of Germany as if for the past two thousand years, by virtue of some historical law, a certain line of development had run through it like a red thread, leading to the appearance on the historical scene of a national 'savior', a 'Messiah' of the German people, a certain 'Corporal' of Austrian extraction. In these books the greatest figures of the German people of the past are represented as having been fascists, while the great peasant movements are set down as the direct precursors of the fascist movement. Mussolini does his utmost to make capital for himself out of the heroic figure of Garibaldi. The French fascists bring to the fore as their heroine Joan of Arc. The American fascists appeal to the traditions of the American War of Independence, the traditions of Washington and Lincoln. The Bulgarian fascists make use of the national-liberation movement of the seventies and its heroes beloved by the people, Vassil Levsky, Stephan Karaj and others. Communists who suppose that all this has nothing to do with the cause of the working class, who do nothing to enlighten the masses on the past of their people in a historically correct fashion, in a genuinely Marxist-Leninist spirit, who do nothing to link up the present struggle with the people's revolutionary traditions and past -- voluntarily hand over to the fascist falsifiers all that is valuable in the historical past of the nation, so that the fascists may fool the masses.â - Dimitrov.
"Marxism-Leninism is ultimately deeply internationalist, and at the same time, deeply patriotic." -Fidel Castro
"Patriotism is not an empty concept. Education in patriotism cannot be conducted simply by erecting the slogan, 'Let us arm ourselves with the spirit of socialist patriotism! educating people in the spirit of patriotism must begin with fostering the idea of caring for every tree planted on the roadside, for the chairs and the desks in the school.
You have to begin with what is within the grasp of the younger generation, things that relate to their lives, and then gradually move on to educating them to defend consciously the interests of the country and the people. There is no doubt that a person who has formed the habit of cherishing common property from childhood on will grow up to be a valuable patriot."- Kim Il-sung
"From the commencement of the titanic American strife, the workingmen of Europe felt instinctively that the star-spangled banner carried the destiny of their class. The contest for the territories which opened the dire epopee, was it not to decide whether the virgin soil of immense tracts should be wedded to the labor of the emigrant or prostituted by the tramp of the slave driver?" -Karl Marx
"The history of modern, civilized America opened with one of those great, really liberating, really revolutionary wars of which there have been so few compared to the vast number of wars of conquest which, like the present imperialist war, were caused by squabbles among kings, landowners or capitalists over the division of usurped lands or ill-gotten gains.
That was the war the American people waged against the British robbers who oppressed America and held her in colonial slavery, in the same way as these "civilized" bloodsuckers are still oppressing and holding in colonial slavery hundreds of millions of people in India, Egypt, and all parts of the world." -Vladimir Lenin
"We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation because the goal of America is freedom. Abused and scorned though we may be, our destiny is tied up with the destiny of America. Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson scratched across the pages of history the majestic word of the Declaration of Independence, we were here." -Martin Luther King Jr
âUs on the Left are second to no one in our patriotism.â - Michael Parenti
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