seeing people say "this trope has been done to death" as if that's ever stopped anyone from eating bread. BREAD HAS BEEN DONE TO DEATH FOR LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND WE STILL WANT MORE BREAD. write your chosen one AU. write your coffee shop meet-cute. write your 47th iteration of "there was only one bed" because guess what??? we're still hungry.
“apologize for being weird about the character” no the point of passion and hyperfixation is that you’re shamelessly and unapologetically weird about the thing that brings you joy
Chapters: 3/9
Additional Tags: Action/Adventure, Romance, Fluff, Humor, Slow Burn, World Travel
Series: Part 8 of Diamond Blue and Cinnamon Gold
Summary:
In which Artemis operates in a hotel room and wears cool loupes.
(Photo for illustrative purposes only. Johnny Depp doesn't make an appearance. Neither does Ichabod Crane.)
#TOD: Fairies Exist (I Guess) And Are Trying To Take Over The World#TLC: Reasons Why Traveling Operas And Art Galleries Should No Longer Be Visited#TTP: This Is Why Artemis Should Not Have Magic#TAC: This Is Why Artemis Really Should Not Have Magic#TLG:Life Hack: You Haven't Failed As A Bodyguard If You Resurrect Your Principal <----- prev tags from the talented @valhelos
I've been thinking about LEP uniforms again, part 2.
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Recon Uniform - Commander's Uniform - Ceremonial Dress Uniform
Traffic Field Uniform - Recon Field Uniform - Retrieval Field Uniform
I kept the faux jumpsuit design with trousers and a jacket, with a vest on top for field missions. The uniforms (with the exception of the dress uniform) also have a tool belt and vambraces that have their wrist computers. Wings are a part of or attach to the vest as needed.
The style is fairly militaristic and most uniforms are shades of green, while the general officers uniforms (basic, field and office) are blue. The uniforms have rank insignia and name tags, with the LEP badge above the name tag.
Ceremonial dress uniforms are sleeker with asymmetrical hem. Rank insignia is only on the collar, additional insignia and medals are placed on the left breast mirroring the name tag and badge.
Traffic field uniform is brighter with hi-vis patterns to help officers stand out. Their vests include screens in the front and back.
Retrieval uniforms are black and heavily reinforced. They don't have name tags and the rank of the officer is marked on the pauldrons.
Kit:
Basic and field uniforms have a tool belts that can include: Moonbelt, gun holster, buzz baton, handcuffs + additional zipties, pheromone spray (read: pepper spray), ammo, omnitool, first aid kit, camouflage foil, pitons. Optionally knife and flashlight.
For longer Recon field missions officers can include a backpack that attaches to the vest. The surveillance backpack includes: surveillance kit (spare com set, throat mics, iris camera, cameras, mics), camouflage foil, first aid box, block memory wipe kit.
Retrieval uniforms have heavier kit with a combat focus: different types of extra ammo, first aid, buzz baton, handcuffs and zipties, flashlights and com set.
Ranks:
I've already talked about how weird the ranks are in the original post so here's my rank structure for LEPRecon and LEPRetrieval.
Most are ranks mentioned in the books, wrangled in a order that makes sense if you don't think about it too much and I added the Lieutenant Colonel and Lieutenant Commander ranks to add more senior and general officers.
Junior and enlisted badges are silver and general and senior badges are gold.
Rank insignia is both on the collar and epaulettes.
This is back on my dash! And listen, I love to see Amir Khusrau getting appreciation, but this translation ignores a lot. The original rhymes! And scans! And does playful things with register! And conveys a tone of affectionate banter between the two speakers, not least because it has them both addressing each other as sakhi (translated above as “girl”) in the last two lines. I think taking some liberties with line order is worth it to preserve more of the rest—and I think there’s a better translation of sakhi. And so:
He only visits once a year,
I splurge big on him when he’s here,
His kisses make my tastebuds tango.
Who, bitch, your man?
Nah, bitch, a mango.