All about the love for Mercury/f!Zoisite and Twisting was meant to be heteronormalization into an amazing lesbian couple! Amelie and Siobhan are SilMil and Zoe and Ami are Modern.
while i hope the AI boom dies out i also hope we start acknowledging data center water overconsumption as it's own unique issue because like. it's not AI itself that harms the environment it's the hardware hosting it, right? same reason nfts and cryptocurrency were also bad for the environment. the root problem isn't going away so long as we allow big companies to continue hitching their wagon to the next big tech trend. i worry if they don't get stronger regulation we'll just be repeating the same issue whenever the next toy comes along.
Something that I have noticed is I know almost nobody my age that goes to a food pantry. I know people who regularly run out of money for food and in general have to eat an unsuitable diet because thatâs what they can afford and they still donât go to a food bank, im not sure if itâs because theyâre embarrassed or maybe if you didnât grow up going you donât know much about it but if youâre financially struggling I really recommend it. And look into other options for food assistance too like community fridges and gardens and other programs that can assist you, where I live Salvation Army pays for an allotted amount of grocery delivery for low income people every month, in the summer farmers take excess produce to the library to be taken by anyone who needs it, etc. There are a LOT of resources for free food that you can look into especially if you are literally not eating because of your financial situation
sometimes you gotta bite the bullet and put "text your friend whom you love and genuinely want to talk to" on your to-do list because otherwise it is not getting done
honestly so glad this one is gaining traction. just saw it in my notifications and went "MAN ALRIGHT" to text yet another person i have been genuinely wanting to text back for days
hey um. so sorry to tell you this, but op of that post plays toys kinda weird. yeah you should just block them, that's not how normal people play with toys
The setting that prevents your work being used to train AI models is turned off by default! I had no idea about this until now! Artists, go to your settings, click âvisibilityâ, and turn on this setting! Protect your work!
âOne vanilla chai for you and coffee for me.â Mamoru grinned as he handed the drink to Ami. âDoes anyone else have to bribe you to get you to put the books down, or am I just special?â
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Chapter 4 of Broken Dreams in the To Be Whole series is up.
In which Haruka might just be a saint, we learn about chaos, there are some cute moments with my favorite family, and oh yeah we get a hint as to whatâs been going on with Mio since Fragile Stories.
I wrote a story one summer based on an event that had actually happened at the beach that year. I created four little girls, and I donât know that when I wrote it I realized that the four girls would grow up to be the Asteroids. Or maybe I did. I donât know!
The ages and who is who here are:
Chibi Usa, obviously Usagi an Mamoruâs, is 7.
Kaela, Minako and Kadirâs daughter, Sailor Ceres is 5.
Alora (sometimes called Lora-bell by her Dad), Makoto and Nateâs, Sailor Juno is 4.
Kimiko, Rei and Jieâs, is 3 and a half (I apparently always make her the kid who cares about the half as Azumi does too in âBroken Dreamsâ in the âTo Be Wholeâ verse...)
and Charis, Ami and Zoeâs, is 3-months.
And now, without further ado:
âThe Benefit of Dorkdomâ
âAunt Ami!â Alora giggled as the starfish wrapped itself around her hand. Ami looked up from where she was helping Kaela hold onto a sea urchin, making sure that she kept her hand under the water.
âYes, sweetling?â
âIt tickles! But it wonât talk to me!â
Zoe, holding Kimiko so that she could keep her hand in the water and let the minnows nibble at it, chuckled and glanced over. âItâs a fish, kiddo, not a real star.â
âOhâŠâ She pouted for a moment and then shrugged, âKays!â
Ami grinned and looked over at Chibi-Usa who was reaching for a fish. When Ami saw which one it was she called out, knowing that with Charis in the sling that she could not get there in time to pull the princess back. âChibi-Usa! Donât touch that fish.â
âBut Aunt Ami!â
âIt can hurt you if you scare him, hun. Just leave the puffer fish alone.â
âOh.â She pouted; like her mother, Chibi-Usa hated to be told she couldnât do things, even when the reasoning was sound.
Seeing the two women taking care of the four children, the curator came over. âWhy donât you all come over here. Thereâs a starfish that is purple!â
âReally?!â Chibi-Usa squealed and ran over to where the woman was.
The older woman nodded, grinning at the thankful looks that Ami and Zoe turned on her.
Zoe removed the starfish from Aloraâs hand and then lead the two younger girls over to the âdo not touchâ tank. Ami removed the sea urchin from Kaelaâs hand as the five year old ran over to join her best friends and cousins.
Ami chuckled, relieved that for a moment the three month old was the only child on which she needed to focus. She leaned back when she felt Zoe slip her arms around her waist. âI love my nieces, but Iâm going to enjoy a moment with my two girls.â
âI offered for you to stay home with Charis.â
Zoe chuckled and kissed her cheek, âThis is so much more fun.â
âMmmm.â Ami closed her eyes and enjoyed the brief moment and leaning back into Zoe.
âSo, if you have any questions just ask me.â
Ami watched the girls, grinning as the older two helped the younger two. After a few minutes she turned to the curator, âHow do you keep the salinity in the tide pool correct?â
The woman positively beamed. âAlmost no one ever asks that. Come with me and Iâll show you!â
The girls squealed, not really caring what the answer was, but knowing that something special was happening.
She lead the group to a door, âIt says staff and volunteers only, but come on in.â
Ami and Zoe exchanged a look. If it was something untoward, they would be able to protect themselves and the girls and the woman seemed trustworthy enough. The girls followed the woman into the room, and she explained the filtration process, the emergency salinated water, the testing.
When she was done, knowing that sheâd lost the attention of the children, she winked and said, âNow, look over in that corner. Youâll see the tank where we keep the baby fish that are not ready for the tide pool.â
A chorus of squeals came out of the girls, with Chibi-Usa picking up Kimiko so she could see.
As the girls exclaimed over the baby puffer fish and the pipe fish, Zoe once again wrapped her arms around Ami, while leaning over to speak to the sleeping baby. âItâs a very good thing that your Ami-mama is a dork.â
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âBroken Dreamsâ picks up at the end of Fragile Stories. While Usa fixed one problem with the past, others popped up, and the Calvary have arrived to fix what is a 3rd! (counting the one brought about by Wise Man as the 1st) wrong future!
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In April 2013, we had an Angsty April. In May I started the follow up story. Almost 2 years later itâs completed, part 2 of the series âTo Be Whole.â
Zoe: MmmâŠI take it Rei and Jie donât count, because real people. So, I think, my favorite headcanon is probably a poly relationship, or that rather than Lauren finding a way to make the Fae humans, she finds a safe non horrible way to make herself Fae. Also, still poly, because I mean câmon. Dyson. But Lauren trying to figure out whatever her new Fae power is and reconciling her own complicated history with the Fae with Bo helping her? Like, Bo getting to teach the genius doctor things, yes. Who doesnât love teaching a genius?
Ami: UmmâŠI think mineâs a lot simpler. The last season never happened, and H.G. comes back to Warehouse 13 and umâŠyou know, theyâŠare happy together.
Zoe: All the genius women, yes!
32: Fics
Zoe: I donât know about must reads, but I enjoyed these:
Song on the Beach
As It Has Been
Every Story Must Grow Old
War Is Over (If You Want It)
The Place You Have Come to Fear the Most
Ami: Iâd recommend:
wake up, open the door, and escape to the sea
Claudia and H.G. Wellsâ Body Swap
Telephone
The mind-reading artifact
and The only difference between past and present is semantics
37. Favorite Trope/AU
Zoe: Absolutely anything where Lauren is talking all scientific and the sheer genius makes Bo hot and bothered. Because, letâs be honest, there is very little as attractive as the beautiful mind of an amazing woman.
Ami: UmâŠ
Zoe: You all really should see how much she blushes. Itâs wild-making!
Ami: UmâŠmoving onâŠWell, I suppose since technically, canonically,
Zoe: Screw canon!
Ami: Oh, okayâŠumâŠthen I think itâd be really cute to see them time travel to Helenaâs home time period and see them navigate those challenges. Maybe they could have tea with Vastra and Jenny?
Zoe: Youâre so cuteâŠumâŠIâm dragging her away now, so bye!
Hello, gentle readers! I am Siobhan, Zoisite, King of the North (yes, girls can be kings! Shutup Tuon, idiot!), Guardian of Endymion, and in my completely not humble opinion the best of the Shitennou!
But letâs be honest. Youâre not here to hear about my sheer awesomeness, but rather about oneâŠ
Hello, gentle readers! I am Siobhan, Zoisite, King of the North (yes, girls can be kings! Shutup Tuon, idiot!), Guardian of Endymion, and in my completely not humble opinion the best of the Shitennou!
But let's be honest. You're not here to hear about my sheer awesomeness, but rather about one greater than myself. My adorable blue haired genius and nymph. And yep, she's a nymph...she's also bright red right now, which I love!
You all already know that Amelie, the Princess of Mercury and Guardian Senshi of Princess Serenity, is a genius. And maybe you think with how shy she is and smart, that she's boring. You're wrong. Do you know that she plays the harp? Her fingers, dancing over the strings, the music that she coax forth is enchanting.
It was actually music that first drew me to her. Oh, she's cute, and I noticed the way she would blush at the slightest compliment or the way she would laugh easily with her sister Senshi, but it was when Serenity coaxed her to play the harp that I was lost.
And it was music I used to court her--slowly and carefully, but every step, every smile, every bashful meeting of eyes, or blushing of cheeks, eventually every slight brush of hands and fingers, was so very worth it! And on that day when we first kissed.
People talk about seeing stars or what not. And I was no inexperienced kisser, but though it was a soft and brief, almost chaste, kiss, it was like everywhere she touched me, ice burned my skin and it was Elysian!
And you should know it's completely true what they say about the...
Zoe! That's more than enough! They don't...no one wants...please stop.
Ah, gentle readers, it seems my muse is done for the moment, but until next time!
