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[pinkdean]

Supernatural is just a typical television show. Sure sometimes you gotta say things like "that's from the racist truck episode" or "oh that's the one where Dorothy Baum takes Charlie to Oz" but of course this is a normal media experience.

[offbrandmercyplates]

That Hamilton lyric drawing of Emma and Gaster is really sweet and now I can't stop silently squeeing. If you have the time, maybe a little sketch of the new PreWar AU parents and their little baby?

Anon you speak my language

Have some baby dingbats with uncle ZD as the delivery guy

Knock knock your son has arrived please sign here

Featuring more hamilton lyrics just for you

[caffeinatedfantasy]

Mammon is the main love interest not Lucifer, Mammon is the “default” character the game uses and the guy who cares for you 24/7, Lucifer is hardly romanceable with his intimacy taking forever to level up and being so focused on Diavolo, but he is the one who moved the plot forward and if you want a good story you need a character that moves it forward (e.g all stories in Lovestruck)

Alright, so. I’m gonna start this by saying: I’m not coming at this from a “best boy” or “who MC is supposed to end up with” or “who’s canon” or anything like that. There’s nothing wrong with whoever is anyone’s favourite, either. 

This purely my opinion of the roles from a development standpoint. And I’d like to note that I believe that the Beta changed some things, though I can’t be certain what. I also don’t know how the Japanese version of the game differs [I can’t find it and don’t know if it differs at all.]

Also. This contains spoilers.

Moving on. The question is: Is Lucifer meant to be the Main Love Interest? 

Short answer: It’s… Complicated, since I personally don’t believe the “romance options” have officially been released, but if this had been written with only one romance option, it’d be him. 

From a narrative point of view, Lucifer is the most important brother. I don’t think that’s up for debate. 

He’s the reason everyone fell, the reason they’re all bound to Diavolo, he’s the one who locked Belphegor away, he’s the one credited for choosing you for the program, and he’s the one “in charge” of you [Mammon is your guardian, but that choice was Lucifer’s, not Mammon or Diavolo’s]. It’s his trust you’re breaking, his respect you’re trying to get. 

The narrative focuses on him more than anyone else. And this isn’t technically his “route” yet either. [If they do specific routes, that is. We’re on wait and see for that.]

But, as you say, Mammon is the one with you all the time, so why isn’t he the “Main” Love Interest? 

Well, because his narrative role in the story is often more of the clown or, in general, a humorous one. He is actively shown to have a crush on you, and is greedy for affection/attention from you, but his potential romance scenes never quite hit in the way they should if he was meant to be the main. 

When Levi goes to attack you, its not Mammon who saves you. It’s not even whoever you call for. It’s specifically Lucifer swooping in because Mammon couldn’t. 

When you go to the retreat, it’s Lucifer who swoops in to steal you for a dance when Mammon is [rather obviously] trying to ask you. 

He does this again in the hard lessons while in London. 

Lucifer is the one to turn Mammon’s idea of matching keychains between you and him into a group thing. [And it’s mentioned later on only for Lucifer.] 

There might be more examples, but I’m going off of what I remember. And from a narrative perspective, Mammon’s attempts at romance lean towards silly, light hearted, etc. If this were a traditional love story, he’d be meant to be the awkward loser with a crush. Used as a foil to show you how cool the real love interest is.

From a Marketing Perspective, which is what I was referring to with typical Otome game pushing their “Main”, it’s a little foggier, and it makes me think that Mammon and the other brothers “tested” better than expected. 

In nearly all marketing material that include all of the brothers, he is at the fore. He’s either first if it’s a list, or in the center if it’s a spread. 

His CGs tend to be featured the most often in the ads, and even the anime intro focused on him more than any other brother, more similar to if he were the protagonist.

[”But Samie!” You say, “he’s the oldest, so of course he is often first/featured!” Well, sure, but that was a narrative choice, as traditional demonology does not have them consistently aged/ranked like the game. Hell, Lucifer isn’t even universally grouped with these specific demons. Only the Laterne of Light and Binsfield’s [the “seven sins model”] classifications even include Lucifer.  But I digress…]

Also of note, in otome game marketing, in terms of how the Shall We Date? Games tend to market/focus on their characters, I’ll look at all of NTT Solmare’s Ninja series’s. [Ninja Love, Ninja Shadow, Ninja Assassin], They tend to have a formula for their “mains”, which is noticeable, but changes as they add more options. The Official Leader of the group is rarely the emotional leader of the group, who is almost always the “main” romance option. Which. Diavolo, as a currently unromanceable character who is literally the next in line to the throne, fills that role. [Hanzo, Makoto, Kinshiro]. 

Lucifer is second in command to Diavolo, though, which is actually notoriously their favourite spot for the “main romance”. [Saizo, Ukyo, Soji.] Mammon falls in third “role”, which in all of these examples, is the more flirty/cool character [Goemon, Asagi, Aoi]. 

I’ve written more than I intended, so I’m now all kind of rambled out, even tho I could probably go more in depth with the thought process behind the marketing and why I believe that they altered plans when Lucifer wasn’t as popular as expected. [Mammon definitely stole the show in the beta.]

And once again, since this is an otome game, there’s no correct answer to who you’re supposed to romance, so they can only clearly cut off a romance option in a specific route. Which, we haven’t reached their romance routes yet, so I might be proven wrong.

Also, alternatively, my view of Lucifer as the “Main” love interest could be because he was originally planned to be the “main” antagonist instead. It’s hard to say for sure.

I also didn’t proofread this or anything, so. Sorry if it’s only marginally coherent. 

EDIT: I forgot to address the Lovestruck comment of this. Voltage tends to have different practices than the Shall we Date? Series. Both with their Lovestruck, the Love 365, and their Party stories. Ayakashi would be the closest [of theirs] in design, but I could write a whole thing on how those vary.

[pygmalioncm]

Why Making Alternative Games Should Be in existence Standard Practice

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[generalinjusticeblog]

Autauga Co. man says deputies shot his dog

An Autauga County man says his dog is recovering but may never be the same after being shot by sheriff's deputies who were at the wrong house.

Paul Wyatt says Autauga County deputies showed up to his house on Dec. 6 to serve a warrant, but they had the wrong address. He says the deputies told him as they were leaving that they'd shot his dog.

Officials with the Autauga County Sheriff's Office say the situation is under investigation, and they have no comment at this time.

Wyatt and his dog GG have been almost inseparable for six years. Wyatt says GG wouldn't hurt a fly.

On the day of the shooting Wyatt's father-in-law yelled that he'd heard a gunshot. Then the deputies showed up at the door and discovered they had the wrong address.

"They was getting ready to leave and they said 'oh by the way, we shot your dog,'" Wyatt said.

[bluewatsons]

Family Practice Notebook Guide to Chemical Restraints

Indications

Dangerous and uncontrolled Violent Behavior

See Also

Physical Restraints

Monitoring

Chemical Restraints require 1:1 monitoring

End-tidal CO2 is recommended

Management

Consider alternatives to Chemical Restraints

But be prepared with strong, large, burly security guards at the ready in case of dangerous agitation

Evaluate for other causes of agitation

Hypoglycemia (obtain bedside Glucose)

Hypoxia

Sepsis

Intracranial bleeding (if preceding Head Trauma)

General Approach in dangerously combative patients

Physical restraint allows access to patient for IM injection

Intramuscular chemical restraint (e.g. Ketamine) allows for Intravenous Access and maintained chemicalSedation

Consider RSI (e.g. Thiopental and Succinylcholine) and intubation for a sick, agitated patient

Dosing: Adults (lower doses in the elderly)

Ketamine

Excellent choice for prehospital Sedation of an agitated trauma child or adult on long transport

Minimal ABC suppression, and may bridge to RSI as induction agent

Ketamine Bolus 0.5 to 1 mg/kg IV/IO/IM, then maintenance at 1 to 1.5 mg/kg/hour IV

Recovery within 10-15 minutes of discontinuing the infusion

Benzodiazepines

Preferred fall-back agent

Safest agent when potential drug interactions, allergies, QT Prolongation or other patient risk factors

Preferred agents in overdose patients with toxin or Unknown Ingestion (offers additional Seizure Prophylaxis)

Consider as adjunct in patients using Sympathomimetics (e.g. Cocaine or Amphetamines)

Risks

Unpredictable effects (especially in tolerant drug and Alcohol Abusers) and effect may subside quickly

Risk in elderly and in respiratory conditions for Hypotension and hypoventilation

Maintain arway management, End-tidal CO2 monitoring with Advanced Airway at the ready

Lorazepam (Ativan)

Dosing: 1-2 IM/IV/PO q6h prn

Also may be used in combination with Haloperidol (see below)

Midazolam (Versed)

Preferred Benzodiazepine due to shorter duration of action

Dosing: 2.5 to 5 mg IM every 3-5 minutes prn

Larger patients may require 10 mg IM

Butyrophenones

Precaution: Risk of QT Prolongation

Risk with Haloperidol, Droperidol as well as all atypical Antipsychotics

Avoid these agents in higher risk comorbidities

Unknown Ingestion

Hypokalemia

Hyomagnesemia

Bradycardia

Combination with other agents causing QT Prolongation

Generally considered safe with low Torsades risk (despite the FDA black box warning)

Haloperidol (Haldol)

Haldol alone: 5-10 mg PO/IM/IV prn

Consider with Benadryl 50 mg or Cogentin 1 mg to prevent Dystonic Reaction

Haldol with Ativan and Benadryl q30 minutes prn (Mnemonic: B52)

Benadryl 50 mg (prevents Dystonia)

Haldol 5 mg

Ativan 2 mg

Draw up the 3 agents into same syringe and deliver IM

Droperidol (Inapsine)

Preferred over Haloperidol due to better Sedation, faster action, and shorter half-life

Very effective in psychotic patients and those unresponsive to Benzodiazepines

QT Prolongation riisk appears to be at much higher dose than is typically used

Horowitz (2002) Acad Emerg Med 9(6): 615-8

Droperidol (use with Cogentin 1 mg)

Intravenous dose: 2.5 to 5 mg IV prn (up to 5-10 mg IV, with maximum of 20 mg IV)

Intramuscular dose: 5 to 10 mg IM prn

Common Combinations

Droperidol 5 mg with Midazolam 2 mg mixed in same syringe (1.5 inch needle) and delivered IM, may repeat once in 3-5 minutes

Droperidol (Inapsine) 5 mg with Cogentin 1 mg IV

Antipsychotics

Olanzapine (Zyprexa)

Preferred in Psychosis (Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia)

Dosing: 10 mg sublingual wafer or 10 mg IM

Miscellaneous agents (older agents)

Fluphenazine (Prolixin) 5 mg IM q6h prn

Chlorpromazine (Thorazine) 50 mg IM q6h prn

Thiothixene (Navane) 5 mg PO or 10 mg IM prn

Dosing: Pediatric Dosing

Haloperidol (Haldol) 0.5 to 1 mg PO/IM/IV prn

Chlorpromazine (Thorazine) 0.25 mg/kg IM prn

Dosing: Adolescent Dosing

Haloperidol (Haldol) 1-5 mg PO/IM/IV prn

Chlorpromazine (Thorazine) 25 mg IM or 50-100 mg PO prn

Fluphenazine (Prolixin) 1-5 mg PO or 2-5 mg IM prn

Lorazepam (Ativan) 1-2 mg PO/IM q6h

References

Orman in Majoewsky (2012) EM: Rap 12(8): 3-5