[countesscuriosity]

"I specifically remember when in Bhutan the archery guy touched Kate to teach her how to use the bow and William did not like it and so stepped in to start showing her how to do it." Wow, please, there's a video? Just to conclude, maybe my problem is to realise a prince, from the chivalry country, is less kind to a woman than the nobodies around me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdSEV26F4fYI was getting a possessive protective vibe from this when I watched it way back then. That video was from a different angle and you could see the moment he got close to her fingers William junped in until he backed off. You can tell Kate needs no instructions from William, and she even makes a face like “do you really think you need to tell me this?” William was probably saying something dumb like “shoot striaght at the target” or something, but the point is,(a) my boy jealous and possessive(b) they have a relationship where they mock each other or mock-exasperate each other. (If you look at the old RF videos of Harry, William and Charles, you can see this is how they interact.)I don’t think it is for everyone, and it also changes from culture to culture. I think it’s a subjective thing, and what works for one person might not necessarily work for others. 

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[bananannabeth]

UR FIC WAS SO GOOD!!! its got me looking for more percabeth-meeting-mortals type fics, do you have any recs?

Her Weird Roommate by @somethingmorecreative1

You and I Against the Rest of the World by @lilypxtter

All That Matters by LiveLaughLove728

Return to Goode by riptide0012

The Annabeth Incident by Grey-eyed Birdie

What am I going to do? by Rj190

[dailyajanaomiking]

Aja Naomi King arrives at the Miu Miu Fall/Winter Fashion Show during Paris Fashion Week on March 7, 2017.

[accras]

Queen

[postingwhileblack]

simple math!

[kennypendrix-deactivated2025040]

“Now HELP me!”

[black-charm]

“exactly..UNIQUE!”

[onlyblackgirl]

ADOPTION FUN FACT

If you’re adopted internationally into the United States, BY adoption LAWS you’re legally a citizen, but you still have to apply for documentation and if it’s not done by the age of 18 you have to pay over $500 and get a judge to reopen your adoption case. 

Even More Fun Fact: No one actually tells adoptive families, this so many find out after they’re 18 when their kid needs to get a passport, wants to apply for financial aid, get certain jobs, vote or some other shit that requires proof of citizenship and now it’s too late because they’re 18 or over. 

AND EVEN MORE FUN FACT! You can sometimes even be deported because you can be considered foreign-born, non-citizens! 

Oh and they won’t accept adoption papers or a birth certificate as proof. 

Adoption is FUN. 

[confessionsofbirthmothers]

Do it now! Seriously. Even if you think you are safe. Do it.

Many people are finding that even a birth certificate is not valid proof anymore. Texas birth certificates are notorious. So notorious that I have 3 friends who can’t use them to get passports! Don’t think everything is hunky dory. You must nail down your citizenship.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/filling-out-form-n-600-application-certificate-citizenship.html

Plus the cost for your citizenship certificate is almost doubling this fall.

[elf-kid2]

SIGNAL BOOST.

[thepioden]

Some Naturalization/Citizenship Certificate tips from me, the person who front-end processes these forms for half the country: the passport people are absolute garbage at sending your Naturalization Certificate back to you. Unfortunately, they also require it for you to get a passport. If you don’t get it back, whine at them about it and they will probably cover the cost of the replacement.  

Also! It takes up to 12 months to get a replacement certificate. If you urgently need your Natz Cert to visit your dying relative in another country, the word you want to use is ‘Expedite’. Not ‘ASAP’. Not ‘rush’. Expedite. Write a letter explaining why you need it expedited, if you do. Otherwise the USCIS data-entry grunts (me!) aren’t allowed to throw it into the expedite line and it gets relegated to the Backlog Crypts. 

Also! You need to get a new Naturalization Certificate if your name and/or gender legally changes, because a lot of places want your proof of citizenship for things like Social Security and student loans and Medicaid/EBT/welfare benefits and drivers’ licenses. 

ALSO ALSO both the N600 ($600) that you use to apply for your Naturalization Certificate in the first place and N565 ($345) that you use to apply for a replacement certificate are eligible for FEE WAIVERS. It’s called an I912. Learn it, love it, use it. 

Please for your sake make sure you are using the current version of the form. The most common reason I have to reject an N565 is because someone sent me something that expired in 2013. The current one is seven pages long. Please send the government all seven of them. 

[daedalush1]

it’s come to my attention that i will not have my percabeth fanfic ready for the end of ship week so, alternatively, i’ve made a rec list of the best fanfics i’ve ever read and you should check them out!!!!

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[pjoheadcannonsandaus]

Swim Instructor AU

Part 19 |  Other Parts

A month, that’s how long it was since Annabeth’s first therapy appointment. She was getting better but she needed to stop going. It was starting to take a toll on her wallet and yes, Percy offered to help pay but she was still trying not to use his money.

There was some things that he would help pay for: rent (especially since they moved into their new apartment) and food. She wasn’t ready to let go of her being independent. Her therapist told her that she needed to be a little more dependent on Percy with some things that needed to get paid for James.

Not only that, Luke was starting to get on her nerves about not seeing James as much as he would like. She tried, truly tried to bring him to see him at least once a week but he wanted to see him more. Now she possibly had a custody issue on her hands. 

The only thing that brought some light into her stress was that Percy and her’s six month anniversary was coming up. As she looked back on their relationship, it felt a bit rushed. They moved in together very quickly but that’s because she couldn’t afford renting the apartment by herself anymore. And James starts kindergarten in September, he needed a better school to go to. 

She didn’t know how to show Percy how much she appreciated everything he’s done and how much she loved him. 

“Hey there.” Percy greeted as he came into the apartment. He just taught swim lessons and smelled like chlorine. “Where’s James?”

“Oh, he’s with Luke.” She replied. “I took him after his lesson and shower. I know you told me to have more confidence in Luke and I’m trying.”

Percy walked over and gave her a kiss. “I know. If you want, I can go pick him up later. Then James and I can get some dinner to bring home.”

“No, I can do it.” She told him. “He’s my s-”

“He’s also mine.” Percy told her. “Not legally but I feel like he’s mine too. You need to let go a little bit. How about you call Piper and have a girls night? It’ll let you relax and you can have fun. You remember having fun right?”

She slightly glared at him. She could have fun. She always had fun with her son. “Fine. I’ll call Piper.”

“Good.”

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Percy went to go pick up James from Luke’s place. It was the first time that he would go to Luke’s by himself. He was slightly nervous that Luke might tear him apart, but he wouldn’t do anything in front of James.

He got to Luke’s room and knocked on the door, the receptionist told him that he was in his room. 

The door opened and Thalia smiled at him  “Hello Percy.”

“Hi Thalia.” He smiled back before entering the room. 

James and Luke were playing with trains. A railroad track was going around the room and James was crawling around to make his trains got around the track.

“Hey bud.” Percy greeted. 

James looked up and smiled. He went over and hugged Percy’s legs. Percy rubbed his back.

Luke looked at Percy. There was slight jealousy in his eyes as James hugged his legs. Percy knew that Luke wanted that, wanted James to be excited to see him and go home with him.

“Luke, it’s nice to see you.” Percy smiled a bit. “How are you doing?”

“Fine. How are you?” Percy could tell he was trying not to meet his eyes.

“Good. Annabeth really appreciate you watching him.” Percy told him. “And James is always excited to see you.”

“Yeah, I’m always excited to see him too.” Luke replied. “Is he coming again soon?”

“Oh. Uh, I don’t know when Annabeth is planning to bring him back.” He replied honestly.

“She needs to bring him to me more. If she doesn’t bring him back within a week, I’m going to take her to court for custody.”

“Luke-”

“He’s my son and I have a right to see him.” He stood up and looked Percy in the eyes now. “More than once maybe in two weeks for only two to four hours. It’s not fair to me or James.”

Percy looked at Thalia. “Can you take James out for a bit? I just need to talk to Luke alone.”

Thalia was hesitant for a second before getting James to follow her outside.

Percy looked at Luke. He could see the broken guy that came back from war and the guy who was deprived from his son. His eyes were duller now that James left the room and were looking at Percy for some hope.

“Percy, I just want to see my son more. He’s been my light to get through everything in my life. I just want to see him more. Can’t you tell Annabeth that?”

“I will.” Percy promised. “But Annabeth has been going through a lot of changes. She’s having a hard time at work, she’s been stressed out about not having enough money, and she went to therapy to talk about other things I don’t know about. I don’t know if she’s comfortable with leaving him with you more than she already is.”

“Then she should expect something from my lawyer. Cause this is ridiculous! First she throws away our marriage-”

“She thought you were dead. She was trying to move on and wasn’t expecting you to come back into her life!” Percy argued. “When she first saw you-”

“I still had hope that she would come back to me, even if she was dating you.” Luke told him. He was starting to break, Percy knew that, and Percy couldn’t see a broken man.

“She doesn’t want that. She loves me and I love her right back more than anything in the world. James is like a son to me and I want what’s best for him.” 

“And you don’t think I’m what’s best for him?” Luke asked. “His own father isn’t even good enough for him?”

Percy didn’t know how to reply to that. He only knew James for six months and even so, he didn’t know much about what James or Annabeth was like before those six months.

“I thought so.” Luke glared. “Tell Annabeth that she’ll be hearing from my lawyer.”

Percy took that as his cue to leave. He opened the door and got James before going to get dinner. He just added another layer of stress to Annabeth that she didn’t need and he felt horrible.