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I read that you were taking post submissions.
Thank you for this handy post! I am going to make use of it next time I am posthumously bonking someone into historical horny jail for writing little verses like this one:
And oh! to crown my triumph, tho no Queen,
Cold politician, frown on my return,
Sweetly adorning the domestic scene,
Shall my Eliza with true passion burn,
Or smile amid her grief, at fame, who hovers o'er my urn.
What’s your social security number
Yeah okay ur hot gimme one minute
Hello @sunchousas and thank you for your reply!
I am not certain if you are aware of the context of this ask I answered, which is why I decided to reply you:
This ask is related to an AU in which the characters are actors who just so happen to be in middle of filming a TV show, One Piece, this means that they're not actually the characters they play as and thus they have very different personalities to their One Piece Character counterparts. The headcanons can be found from these posts:
Actor AU 1
Actor AU 2
And later on another one which is dedicated for the child actors.
I hope that this explains a little more about the ask for you!
-R
pat + achilles for the ask thing..... duh
BLESS
who hogs the duvet
achilles totally hogs the covers at night and pat’s only solace is the fact that achilles is also a human furnace so he’s never that cold if he’s close to achilles
who texts/rings to check how their day is going
pat is the one who usually does it but sometimes he’ll forget and achilles will message him like “OMG ARE YOU OKAY I HAVEN’T HEARD FROM YOU IN 85 YEARS” to which pat usually responds with “it’s literally been like 2 hours calm down i’m fine”
who’s the most creative when it comes to gifts
imagine if you will, achilles writing pat a song on his lyre (why yes we’re taking it back to canon times for this) and then playing it for him on their anniversary
who gets up first in the morning
achilles always gets up first to go for a run in the morning while pat sleeps in and finally gets the covers for a brief time
who suggests new things in bed
i feel like they are both awkward potatoes when it comes to new things in bed so like neither of them really suggests anything. odysseus finds out how boring their sex life is and suggests some things and obviously they both brush it off until they’re alone and decide together which things they actually want to try
who cries at movies
achilles for sure
who gives unprompted massages
i don’t really see either of them giving unprompted massages but if i had to pick i guess pat would???
who fusses over the other when they’re sick
achilles is absolutely unbearable when pat is sick. he goes overboard with the soup and blankets when pat has a cold
who gets jealous easiest
achilles is the most jealous motherfucker there is. if someone dares compliment pat in a remotely flirty way he’s like “YOU WANNA FUCKING FIGHT?!”
who has the most embarrassing taste in music
achilles def listens to like top 40 pop and pat is like “please just listen to this one indie band i beg of you”
who collects something unusual
idk i feel like maybe pat has a rock collection???
who takes the longest to get ready
well obviously achilles since he has to make sure his hair is perfect
who is the most tidy and organised
pat ALWAYS has to clean up bc achilles is a Hot Mess™
who gets most excited about the holidays
they both get really into the holidays tbh
who is the big spoon/little spoon
THEY SWITCH
who gets most competitive when playing games and/or sports
achilles obviously
who starts the most arguments
also achilles bc of that temper of his
who suggests that they buy a pet
pat offhandedly mentions they should get a pet and achilles is surprises him with one the next day
what couple traditions they have
remember how i said they both go all out for the holidays? well they get each other ugly christmas sweaters every year
what tv shows they watch together
can you see them watching troy: fall of a city and critiquing it? because i can
what other couple they hang out with
well obviously they spend time with like odysseus, penelope, and diomedes but also briseis and her significant other
how they spend time together as a couple
they cuddle a lot and go for runs too. sometimes they’ll go for a run and achilles will insist on cuddling afterwards until pat is like “we’re gross af we should probably shower first”
who made the first move
achilles aka “my mother can’t see us here”
who brings flowers home
pat likes succulents so achilles will bring him those on occasion
who is the best cook
pat is the best cook by far. achilles can barely make pasta right
@scootsaboot Rhys, probably: "I will emulate the most intimidating person to ever live: GROUCHO MARX"
Hello, as a person interested in history, I want to know your opinion: Sometime around the 1890s to 1920s, a mummy (a real human whose body was dried and preserved) was donated(?) to my school and has remained there since, probably used to study anatomy. Recently, the school admitted that she (the mummy has female organs) exists in the attic. A university is doing forensics research on her. But my school wants the students to name her and is treating her as a spectacle to "take selfies with"
Dear Anon,
my field of expertise is more concerned engaging with written material and I am no specialist when it comes to human remains, but I think this is an ethical question I'll try to answer from my personal point of view.
You hit the nail on the head by calling what is going on "using her as a spectacle", and I am baffled there are people out there who think it is appropriate and even encourage minors to take pictures with human remains. I am of the opinion that the human remains known as the 'mummy' (putting parentheses here because I am not sure if these remains do infact qualify as a mummy) should be buried, not used as a photo prop.
Human remains ought to be treated in the same way you would (and in turn, would like to be treated by) the living, namely with respect. This includes not taking pictures with them, obviously.
I think what your school is aiming at is fundamentally well-intentioned, trying to include the student body in the project surrounding the 'mummy' and starting a conversation about the research, but has absolutely not thought things through.
Some points to consider in connection with the 'mummy' are:
the question of provenance. Does the school know how the remains were acquired, and if the person whose body is being poshumously exhibited has given their consent to be turned into a teaching object? If the answer is "no, they did not give their consent" or "we do not know", there should be no question about burying the remains.
What purpose do the remains serve? Are they genuinely required to teach human anatomy? They are not. Books, diagrams, models and interactive, computer-based programmes are a lot more useful teaching human anatomy than preserved remains.
Ethical considerations: This once was a person; someone's child, sibling, partner or parent. Therefore, the 'mummy' deserves to be treated with respect. Before taking a picture with these remains, people should ask themselves if they would be comfortable if their body or that of a loved one would be used as a photo prop after their death.
If the remains do not have any purpose that necessitates them being kept, why are they being kept at all?
The only thing I am not appalled by is the idea of naming the 'mummy'. In fact, I think this may be a way of reminding the students of the fact that these remains belong to a very real human being, and creates a sense of community and rememberance surrounding them- this person's remains may have been stored in a school attic without context for the past century or so, but now, by giving them a name, a sense of personhood and dignity is being restored to them. I will add the caveat here that knowing what human beings can be like sometimes, you'd of course have to monitor submissions; some incredibly original jokester will inevitably propose something inappropriate along the lines of "Mummy McMummyface".
In addition to this, a name might be nice to have particularly if the remains should (and hopefully will be at some point) be buried. Instead of having no grave marker or indeed one saying "unknown person whose remains were used for teaching anatomy at X School", which makes it sound as if this person's entire identity and existence on earth revolved around having had their preserved body stared at by students, a name, again, stresses the fact the interred remains were once a person.
As for student participation, why not invite the scientists conducting the forensic testing to to do some (virtual (?), given Covid is still among us) talks about their work and findings? Scientists and scholars of all fields love being asked about their work. Additionally, this would provide a wonderful opportunity for students to catch a glimpse of how scientists work.
Another form of student participation in case the school should decide to bury the remains could be that students who want to get involved could help raise money for a grave marker, flowers or help plan an interment ceremony. I would like to make the addition here that depending what the forensic testing and possibly any additional historical research might reveal about the person's ethnicity and/or religion, representatives of these groups should be approached and asked if they would like to partake in or, if this is their wish, take over burying the remains.
I don't know in how far your school has any student representation to whom you could turn, or if you would at all be comfortable openly questioning how the 'mummy' is being treated, but if you are so inclined, I would advise finding like-minded fellow students (the more, the better) and perhaps asking your parents or guardians to talk to the school. While students are more likely to be brushed off, parents informing the administrators they are appalled at the idea that the school encourages minors to take selfies with human remains might be more effective, at least in putting a stop to the 'mummy' being used as a prop in students' selfies.
I sincerely thank you for the confidence I find expressed in you asking my opinion; if there are any developments, I would like to know, provided of course you are comfortable sharing them.
Yours,
-R.
P.S.: I'll tag @world-of-mummies, which is a blog run by an archeologist specialised in human remains, practices surrounding death and burial and indeed, mummies! As a specialist in the field, I would be glad for a second opinion from you, if you would like to give one- please correct me if necessary and feel free to add any additional points I may not have touched upon.
Hey, would you mind answering number 4, 11 and 15 from the ask-game? :-)
Oh my, thank you, dear @nordleuchten!
I did 4 already ( spoiler: libraries all the way!) so feel free to ask me anything else if you'd like to. :-)
11. What character archetype or trope is your favourite?
Archetype: I find the bad guys usually a lot more entertaining than the good guys; give me all your Byronic heroes and utterly 'misunderstood' villains (I put misunderstood in inverted commas because usually, they're not misunderstood at all, but have a l'art pour l'art, or rather, le crime pour le crime-approach to doing whatever dastardly deed they're up to, which however authors and screenwriters fear as not being enough of an explanation for their behaviour, promting them to shoehorn a flimsy tragic backstory into the plot)! Could I fix him? No, and that's not the point. I would be delighted to make him worse.
On a more serious note, I do enjoy characters who experience journeys of personal growth a great deal.
Trope: I'm basic and won't say no to a well-written piece of hurt/comfort. The way I like to do it in my own writing is to have one character affected by illness or injury, which in turn causes another character even emotional distress than the extent of suffering experienced on the injured character's part (before they finally get a tiny bit of comfort). I have no heart and like to see fictional(ised) people suffer, I know.
15. Do you speak formally when texting and emailing?
I do. There may be the odd abreviation when texting to a few select close friends, but generally, I like to keep my communications, particularly e-mails, formal as for me, it's a way of showing respect to the person I'm corresponding with, making it clear I take what they are telling me seriously. My general rule is to treat strangers as respectfully as I would like to be treated by them. I also still send handwritten letters, which may also impact my style of communicating digitally.
Ask questions 4, 13, 17?
Many thanks for the ask, @clove-pinks!
4. Libraries, botanical gardens, or art galleries?
Libraries, without a doubt libraries. Admiring artworks or beautiful plants are without a doubt food for the soul, but botanical gardens and art galleries simply lack the magic of a library, of accidental discoveries made while searching for a specific book. I've found so many books I would otherwise never have picked up this way.
And, speaking of discoveries, this is what I found in a linguistics-textbook a few years ago:
Someone obviously left those stickers there to bring joy to the next person opening the book- so I left them where I found them, hoping Nemo and his pal the copperband butterflyfish will provide a hard-earned respite from studying to someone else as well.
13. Which season do you feel at home in?
Spring! Particularly late-ish spring, when the meadows are a vibrant emerald green and the forest floors covered in windflowers and the trails lined by bushes of bright pink or white dog roses. I always look forward to the first (cultivated) June roses, peonies and strawberries as well. The weather is neither to hot or too cold, the days long, but not overly so, and the smell of wet earth after a spring rain comes closest to the smell I associate with my childhood home.
17. Who is your favourite author?
It depends on whether we're talking academically, fiction or non-fiction, but assuming the question was intended to go more in the direction of 'whose books do you read for pleasure/whose books do you read to immerse yourself in', I'll go with Patrick O'Brian. While, like many, I raise my eyebrows at what little is known of his private life, he undoubtedly knew how to write fascinating characters and managed to create a convincing approximation of the period his stories are set in.
