I'm going through a difficult breakup.
But not just a difficult breakup, I am going through a difficult life. Even my birth was wrong. My family dynamic was completely dysfunctional, and to this day, it still is. I couldn't connect well with anyone in my community growing up. I moved countries and have spent a lot of my time in this relationship, which has now sadly come to an end. It was the first time I was truly able to appreciate myself and have a vision for my life. He supported me and stood by it. But then everything started to fall apart again. He has an avoidant attachment style and I have an anxious attachment style. At one point, the relationship was very secure for both of us.
I thought I had cured my depression through healthy lifestyle choices, yoga, and spirituality, but I was wrong. He's leaving me and I have no one in my life I can share these thoughts with. Not a single person other than him. In 2 weeks, I'll be homeless. I have no money. I have no purpose. I can't see the future. I am fucked. He is going far away for an undetermined amount of time, yet wants to keep "in touch" with me periodically. The whole thing is gut-wrenching, and I'm becoming more bold with my actions.
Part of me never wants to be un-fucked. I think I'm really tired. Last night, I drove around in my car and contemplated driving off a cliff. I drove erratically and lost control of my vehicle once. It made me realize that I'm actually afraid of a painful death. So, in the end I resorted to screaming at my ex over the phone, blaming him for my lack of faith in people, and threatening to do it. Then later, I spent a lot of time screaming at the moon, asking the universe to show me a fucking sign. Just one fucking, clear-as-day sign for why I am here, would suffice to end my pain and confusion. But the moon is a coward. And the universe, no matter how magical it is, is also a fucking coward. If god exists, he too is a coward for creating this experiment and leaving us here without any real answers as to what our purpose is, where we came from, or why we should live.
After I screamed at the moon, I came home and my ex-partner spooned me, which made life feel okay for a minute. But then today, I told him crazily, that I'm going to kill myself as soon as the lease ends 2 weeks from now. I did this while screaming like a terrible person. It seems that there's a lot of hurt and anger built up inside of me, and I'm angry at him for giving up on me and leaving me to die.
I don't know how to describe how I feel, other than, I am sad that I didn't do more while I was here on Earth. But at the same time, I'm content with the experiences that I did have. I experienced a great love. I experienced the thrill of new places.
So please tell me, what are the most painless ways to die? Dehydration has been suggested a few times online as being relatively painless for hospice patients due to going unconscious and having pain meds on hand, but I am not a hospice patient. So far, dehydration seems like the least gruesome option and one that I would have the most control over. It is fast enough, but not so immediate like pulling the trigger. I could go into the woods without water, get lost without any gear, enjoy the beauty of the stars, and possibly add some natural hypothermia into the mix.
If not this, I would choose long-term starvation and even find a cause to go on hunger-strike for until I die. But starvation takes a very long time to accomplish and if it's too much time to think, I may change my mind and sustain long-lasting organ damage, which I am not keen on living with for the rest of my life.
Firearms are the most fatal option, but I find it to be extremely gruesome and disturbing. Drowning is disturbing because you are aware that it's happening and will struggle and fight it. Hanging usually doesn't break the neck, therefore you could suffocate for minutes or hours in a gruesome struggle to breath. Helium and plastic bag seem to be painless, but the health consequences of inhaling noxious gas, should it be unsuccessful, freaks me out. Jumping off a cliff would be excruciating as all my bones break, and I may be alive at the very bottom of the fall... Driving my car off the side of the rail also freaks me out, because of the chance that I would survive.
In countries where euthanasia is permitted, can the euthanasia be granted cases of chronic depression or chronic suicidal thought? In my case, I've struggled with feeling this way since I was 6, and it has done nothing but cause my social relationships and self to suffer. If euthanasia can be granted for this reason, then do I have to be a permanent resident or citizen of that country to receive it, or can I pay for the procedure as a traveler? Are there any countries where I can do this? Any information appreciated.
Thanks.

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Introduction:

When it comes to clothing, finding the right fit is essential for comfort and confidence. For individuals who fall into the category of big and tall, the search for clothing that fits well and flatters their body type can be challenging. In recent years, the fashion industry has responded to this need by introducing extended sizing options. One such size that you may come across is 2XB. In this article, we will delve into what 2XB size means, its significance, and why it matters for those who require larger and taller clothing.

Defining 2XB Size:

• Understanding the Basics: Explaining the "XB" Sizing System
• What Does the "2" Signify in 2XB?

Extended Sizing for Big and Tall Individuals:

• Challenges Faced by Big and Tall Individuals in Finding Suitable Clothing
• Importance of Extended Sizing Options
• The Rise of 2XB and Similar Sizes

Measurements and Fit of 2XB Size:

• Breaking Down the Measurements: Chest, Waist, and Length
• Proportions and Styling Considerations for 2XB
• How 2XB Differs from Regular Sizing

Popular Brands Offering 2XB Size:

• Brands Catering to Big and Tall Individuals
• Notable Retailers with 2XB Options
• Online Shopping and Customization

Tips for Shopping and Styling:

• Ensuring the Right Fit: Measurement Tips for 2XB
• Accessorizing and Styling Advice for Big and Tall Men
• Personal Style and Confidence in 2XB Clothing

Embracing Diversity and Body Positivity:

• Importance of Inclusive Sizing in the Fashion Industry
• Promoting Body Positivity and Self-Acceptance
• Celebrating All Shapes and Sizes

Conclusion:

In the realm of extended sizing, the 2XB category plays a crucial role in providing clothing options for big and tall individuals. By understanding the measurements, fit, and availability of 2XB clothing, individuals can confidently navigate the fashion world and find clothes that not only fit well but also make them feel great. With the growing awareness of inclusivity and body positivity, the fashion industry continues to expand its offerings, making strides towards a more diverse and representative market. Remember, embracing one's unique body shape and style is the key to feeling comfortable and confident in any outfit.
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Ecclesiastes 10:18~" By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through."
By much slothfulness the building decayeth~

1. The Lord Jesus was not speaking metaphorical when he said possession in this world is corrupted by moths and rust over time, and a very short time at that.
2. If measures at not implore regularly, even our greatest investment will soon decay and be worthless, or much less than if diligence was used properly.
3. Hoa's were created to ensure that others did their part to maintain their property value, so others who were diligent did not suffer along with others who were too lazy to do the simple work needed to preserved their investment.
4. However, there are houses, such as a kingdom, a nation, a family, a church, etc.
5. COnsidering the context and what we just considered above, about national prosperity. These as well we decay through the sin of slothfulness.
6. Care must be implemented and even force to preserve what we have labored for.

And through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through~A lazy man or woman cause the house to fall apart!

1. The application is higher, for it follows the context of folks ( leaders mainly ) given over to "excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries" ~1st Peter 4. Both sexes are equally the source this evil spoken of by Solomon. In my opinion men are more so, since the burden is on them to be leaders, of their household. Most godly women follow the lead of their husbands, IF the husband would just lead as he should.
2. Laziness affects all, and destroys much gain. A lazy father hurts his family~if he is lazy spiritually, ( the worst kind ) then all suffer the consequences of his laziness. In ALL work there is PROFIT, there is no profit in being lazy.
   Proverbs 24:30-34~"I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
   We can learn wisdom by others’ mistakes. Observation and analysis are great teachers, and Solomon was a master at both (Eccl 1:12-14; 2:11-13). It is our duty to learn from the mistakes of others and to teach our children to do so as well (Pr 19:19; 22:29).
   

Of course, we can also learn wisdom by observing the good choices and actions of wise men (Ps 37:37; Phil 3:17-21). It is a helpful habit to watch and identify the character or conduct that makes a man either foolish or wise. It reinforces the rules of wisdom.
Solomon here condemned lazy men (Pr 24:30-34). One of the first lessons parents must teach children is to get out of bed, work hard, and finish the job. Laziness is condemned often in Proverbs (Pr 6:6-11; 10:4; 12:24; 19:15,24; 20:4,13; 22:29). Observing and analyzing ants can also teach this wisdom (Pr 6:6-8; 30:25). Solomon knew his son’s success required his own diligence, and he also wanted him to reject lazy administrators.
Poverty is relatively easy to explain. Solomon saw that love of sleep costs many men their financial success. When he viewed derelict homes and property, he realized that the certain consequences of laziness had come to roost at those addresses. Men who enjoy sleeping in the morning and procrastinating in the evening will surely end up poor. Of course, the poor often have their ready excuses, but the facts of life are still the same.
A wise parent can be like Solomon to children. He can point out losers in life and the certain results that come when the Bible is not obeyed. Life can be the lesson guide for social studies in folly and wisdom. Son, do you see the shutters falling off that house? The owner intends to get to them, but he always finds a reason to wait. If he does not fix them soon, the house will eventually fall down, just like the Bible says (Eccl 10:18).

Me (22M) and my friends have had this group for a long time. One of them introduced us to one of his friends which is a girl (22F).
I used to think i fall in love easily (love is a big word, but feeling attraction is what i mean). I wouldn’t fall in love with anyone tho, but my relationship with girls was either falling in love with them or being completely scared to talk to them. So i implemented this philosophy that i can also have girl friends without being interested in then romantically.
Now i can easily talk to women, I have multiple girl friends and I’m not scared of talking to them as i used to be when i was younger. Since i basically had to give myself permission to not like a girl automatically just because she was cute, now idk what I am looking for.
Going back to the girl that my friend introduced us to. She quickly became part of the group and was completely chill and she basically fit in pretty easily. But i’ve always noticed, and its common knowledge that she is pretty attractive. I would never think of her romantically, i would treat her as a normal friend from the group, and i still do but suddenly my feelings for her started to change, and i may know why. The other day we were all hanging out and i would catch her looking at me a bunch of times and then looking away immediately. I feel like I’m confusing stuff and I shouldn’t try anything with her, but part of me feels i’m just avoiding it because of the rule I set myself: Not falling in love with a girl just because she’s pretty. Though, this girl has a lot more qualities to her than just looks. She has a really great sense of style, she’s a wonderful artist, is really chill to hang out with + we share some interest like anime, art, videogames (basically all reasons of why she fit in so quickly), sense of humor.
I was just so obsessed with following that rule that i forgot what makes a girl qualify as a good partner for me, and now i don’t know when i could make an exception.
Other external factors that keep me from making that type of contact is: I’ve never flirted with anyone in front of this group; There was once a girl in the group (when i was awkward and bad with interacting with girls) that i tried something and didn’t end well; even tho we are both adults, interacting with her won’t be the same when all the group finds out about how i feel.
Or i could just forget everything but i can’t seem to do that lately.

For context we’ve been in a relationship for 6yrs and after he lost his apartment my mother told him he could move in but would have his own room separate from mine. Last fall a couple I used to work with had invited us over to hangout but I had a paper I needed to finish so I declined but encourage my boyfriend to hangout with them because the guy and him enjoyed hanging out together. The girl kept giving the guys drinks and eventually her boyfriend had to go lay down because he wasn’t feeling too great which left her (completely sober) and my boyfriend (completely shit faced) hanging out. Apparently he expressed issues he was having with our relationship to her which boiled down to my not feeling up to having sex and not staying over at his place and that he thought he was developing some kind of emotions for her. She kept asking him to repeat that and then after a while he kissed her and she decided to aggressively give him a bj and then the rest followed but penetration failed because he finished too quickly. He passed out she went to sleep with her boyfriend and the next day when he was sober enough to drive home he called me and told me he cheated. She had saved her number in his phone and was texting him that morning about how much she didn’t regret any of it and he said something about it being in a shed and that he told me and that he regretted it (I read and have the texts, she made a joke about how I’ll be disappointed). Fast forward we are trying to fix things and he moves in with my mother and I and everytime we fight and the cheating comes up he says it happened because I put him in an emotional state which lead to that happening. My eating disorder is back and worse than before I am trying constantly to communicate why I don’t feel comfortable having sex (dysmorphia, chronic pain, exhausted, seriously bad mental state, etc.) despite this he still gets upset at me for random things and have started trying to involve my mother. Today he got angry because I got the mail and was out of it because I’m potty training two puppies, going through finals, and a very nasty situation with my father and the woman that’s trying to get him to divorce my mother (this woman has been harassing me for a few years sending voice messages and calling me with threats of having me SA’d to death, etc.) I handed my mother the mail which she’d assumed I had looked through and accidentally opened mail that was mis-delivering to us not something I’m proud of and I admitted my mistake and was “too dismissive” which he started berating my mother and I for because she didn’t freak out either. He wasn’t stopping with the shaming and saying things about our morality or ethics and when I said after five minutes of this not stopping that he was going overboard with the shaming and berating about mine and my mother irresponsibility when we admitted the mistake he blew up and then the fighting kept escalating and I told him that he shouldn’t be policing peoples morality and ethic because his isn’t flawless either. The fight pretty much ending in him saying he’s breaking up with me (happens in every fight), calling me a fat bch, saying I have a fat bch expression and then telling my mother who is conservative about pre martial sex and abortion that I had had one and she’d have had a grandkid if it wasn’t for that which he paid for because I was worried about the hellI would have had to deal with had my parents found out. Ultimately I just sat in the kitchen crying and laughing and over all having a nervous breakdown. He came into my room later and asked me if I’m okay which I replied that I wasn’t and that he is isolating me first with blowing up the small social circle I had only recently developed and then by trying to ruin my relationship with my mother and then called me crazy while I was losing it during my mental break. I’m at a loss, what am I supposed to do? Is there any chance for this relationship to work? Did I just waste my 20s on a relationship that won’t last? I don’t want to break up but I’m tired of being the one at fault and being told I wasn’t listening despite me repeating what he said back to him because that’s not what he meant. I don’t have anyone right now and could really use some advice. Am I really the only problem here? Help.

Is there any word on flames being nerfed? (That falls under the category of Flamethrower, Molotovs, and Engine Fires).
Players should not be catching on fire instantly from simply touching a lingering flame unless its from a direct stream of fire from a Flamethrower, it should be at least 1-2 seconds sitting in the fire to engulf yourself in flames (Damage over time still applies without the instant flame stun). What really ticks me off personally is the engine fires instantly catching me on fire when i'm trying to extinguish it from outside of the vehicle. How big is the flame damage entity on the back of the vehicle? It feels like it covers the entirety of the vehicle than just on the point that's on fire.
In terms of the Flamethrower weapon specifically: It seems logical and fair that it should get a turn speed nerf while firing and movement speed nerf; to what percentage I don't know, as long as a i'm not able to swing nearly 180 degrees with a single mouse movement and casually strafing back and forth while firing the flamethrower. I think it's a good way to balance it as players will simply sprint and burst fire from cover to adapt to becoming sitting ducks when firing for long periods of time in the open without the ability to swing back and forth like its a low pressure squirt gun. Even then, players being attacked by a flamethrower would still be blinded greatly by the flame plume so its not much of a nerf than a balance pass.
I don't want to pull the "Realism" card but a high pressure tank and hose shooting an ungodly hot liquid shouldn't be so easy to spray around willy nilly getting free kills with the most minimal effort.
-Dedicated Flamethrower main, burning players through walls since 2021

I told him I knew. With viscous jealousy and anger, I read aloud the comments he wrote to her. I told him how hurt I was. He didn’t try to deny anything. We talked for hours and hours. He answered all of my questions with brutally honest answers. Hearing the answers hurt so badly, but if it had seemed like he was avoiding answering the questions or feeding me lies, it would have hurt so much more. After I ran out of questions, and tears, he apologized profusely for hurting me, and seemed genuinely sorry. But he did not regret being in love with her. He said it was not his intention to fall in love with her, or anyone. Also, that it did not start off that way. For context, I need to add that our relationship does not have some of the traditional restrictions that most do. We had agreed very early on that we did not have any restrictions as far as looking at porn, chatting online, even sexually, just for fun, things like that. Cheating to us was considered having a romantic relationship with someone, either online or in person, or a sexual relationship with someone in person. To me, if you’re just talking to someone online sexually as a form of entertainment, I saw no harm in it. He felt the same way. So, that’s how it started with her. It was all in good fun, until he fell for her. Part of me feels like it’s my own fault for creating that gateway, of sorts, in the first place. But I trusted him and had no reason not to. So, I did. Unfortunately, he didn’t have his walls up high enough when he began the sexual relationship, and that’s when the emotional cheating started. That was when he crossed the line. He admits that allowing that to happen was a mistake, and apologizes for letting it happen. He understands that he was wrong and that he should have ended it as soon as he developed even a notion of a feeling for her. But he did not. I am understanding to a fault. I understand how this happened. I understand how intoxicating those feelings of budding romance can be. And I understand how weak a person can become. But it doesn’t hurt any less. He won’t end things with her. He can’t. He’s in love with her. They are soulmates. So, that should make things simple for me, right? He loves her and he can’t end things with her. So, that should be the end of us. I knew it. I should have just walked away. I’m not dumb. I’m not naive. I would have told anyone to do exactly that! Leave his ass!! But I didn’t. I stayed. He promised never to lie to me again and to be completely open and honest with me. We discussed splitting up. He didn’t want me to go. He said he was still in love with me, every bit as he always had been. He said he still believed we are soulmates. He said he didn’t mean to fall in love, but now he was, and he couldn’t just simply choose not to be. He said he would understand if I left and agreed that if he were me, he would leave. But he wanted me to stay. I told him that if he wanted me to stay, he would need to end things with her. He said he couldn’t. He said, insisted, that if she asked him to end things with me, he couldn’t do that either. I spent days weighing my options…I could completely uproot my life, my child’s life, his children’s lives. I could be without him. I know logically that I would eventually be ok without him. I wouldn’t kill myself over it. But despite everything that has happened, I still believe we are soulmates, as stupid as that sounds to admit. I’m honestly embarrassed to admit that, because if I weren’t going through it, I’d say, you’re being a fool…your soulmate does not cheat on you. I decided to stay. For now. I can’t just uproot everything, rip myself and my daughter away from everything we know. And I can’t imagine an existence without him in my life. This tore me apart. I’m pretty sure that would literally kill me. I have had an entire lifetime of heartbreak from a very early age, not just of the romantic variety. I can’t handle anymore. Since deciding to stay, almost a year ago now, he has been amazing to me, just like he always has. He has so many great qualities, and so few not-so-great ones. Why couldn’t it be simpler? Why couldn’t he just leave me for her? Why is it so obvious to me, despite the situation, that he loves me? Leaving him would be instant devastation for me. But staying is slowly killing me anyhow. It’s eating me alive. I try to be happy, because I chose to stay. But thoughts of him and her consume me. His comments to her play on repeat in my mind. He seems to be being completely open and honest with me, as promised, but part of can’t believe a word out of his mouth anymore. I have no idea what the future holds, and that’s terrifying. I never will have that feeling of security, of knowing what the future holds and planning for it again. I had every indication of stability before, and here I am! He could leave me for her at any time, even though he says he couldn’t do that. Who knows, when her circumstances change. Right now, she’s not in a place that she can pick up and move to be with him. But what happens when that happens?…I am in constant dread of the looming end of us. Life without my best friend. I feel like maybe I’m just a place holder until he can be with her physically. Like, maybe he’s just the best liar and actor in the world. I’ve always been a pretty good judge of character and I am hyper vigilant, so I would trust my judgment. So, I think I would pick up on it if he were just pretending. I don’t really know what I’m looking for…Maybe just someone to talk to. I’m not looking for judgement. I understand that from an outsider’s perspective, it’s simple and I’m being a fool. I just feel like it’s not that simple when you’re actually living it. So, please refrain from judgement. I have no one to talk to about it. And it’s very emotionally taxing. I feel I’m on a constant verge of a mental breakdown and maybe talking to someone might help. Can anyone offer any insight?

Had those scalp sensations since my hairloss started 3 years ago. On some days I felt like going crazy because no matter what I did- it did not stop. It's like ants are moving around on my head. Mostly around my ears and on the sides of my head.
Started oral minoxidil in august and it immediately went away. It was such a relief!!
My regrowth was great, my scalp felt healthy. I could touch my hair without pain, without having hairs in between my fingers.
3 weeks ago I was in my car and realized the "ants where moving again".... and so did my shedding. It's heavy af and so are those sensations.
How could this be?! I don't understand what's going on on my scalp again. I still take oral minox... but all my new hairs are falling out. Also my eyelashes on the left eye 😔

Note: As I am not proficient in English, I have used ChatGPT to improve how I deliver my story. Please bear with any shortcomings in my English proficiency, and kindly focus on the overall message I am trying to convey.
Hello, everyone!
Allow me to introduce myself briefly.
I am a Full Stack web developer from the Philippines, with 5 years of experience in the field. Today, I would like to share my thoughts and seek your opinions on something that has been bothering me.
When I first started coding, I realized that my work seemed inadequate compared to the coding standards followed in the real world.
To provide some context, after graduating from college, I struggled to find a software engineering job due to my lack of proper studying and prioritizing fun over education during my college years.
Determined to rectify this, I decided to enroll in a web development Bootcamp, with a firm commitment to study diligently and learn everything I could from the program.
After three intense months of Bootcamp training, I equipped myself with the fundamental knowledge of web development.
I became proficient in creating websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and even learned to build websites using Laravel.
Fast forward to the time when i get a job, I managed to secure a job at a Korean company located in Ortigas.
As a programmer, my first task involved developing a forum where administrators could post updates about various sports, such as baseball, basketball, cricket, and more.
During my first year of work, I had the opportunity to learn a great deal. In addition to my existing skills, I worked into web scraping using PHP Symfony and Node.js. It was an exciting period of growth and exploration.
Moving on to the following year, I found myself working on a project that involved creating HTML5 games.
One particular challenge was to develop a game where an admin could control the game's outcome in real-time.
With no team or senior to turn to for guidance, I felt unsure about how to tackle this task. Determined to find a solution, I embarked on a self-study journey, scouring the internet for articles and resources that could help me overcome this challenge.
Through perseverance and hard work, I managed to bring the project to life successfully. That's how I started my journey.
I shared that to give you an understanding of my learning process and how I approach challenges.
Now, let's fast forward to the present.
As a web developer, my current stack includes Laravel and Node.js for backend development. Recently, I took on a project involving a Spring Boot web application, despite having no prior knowledge of it.
However, since I am familiar with how MVC works, I didn't have a hard time learning Spring Boot. After just three days of using it, I can confidently say that I have a good understanding of Spring Boot.
And i can create a REST API server using it.
So, you can't really call me a beginner in that regard.
On the frontend side, I have equipped myself with React.js and Next.js.
I utilize Bootstrap or Tailwind CSS for styling.
Additionally, during my HTML5 game development journey, I learned several frameworks, such as PIXI.js.
Although there are a few other frameworks whose names I may have temporarily forgotten due to the fast-paced nature of project development, I am certain that I know at least three frameworks for creating HTML5 games.
I believe I have provided you with a good understanding of my background. Currently, I can confidently create websites from scratch.
Recently, I developed a real estate company website consisting of two separate sections: an admin page and a client page.
On the client page, customers can perform various transactions such as deposits, withdrawals, login and registration, investment interests, and referrals.
All of these activities can be viewed and managed from the admin page. As I reflect on the projects I have built throughout my career, I can't help but see my work as falling short compared to real-world projects.
I feel that my code does not meet the coding standards expected in professional environments, although I am not entirely sure what those specific standards entail.
Since I come from an environment where there are no other developer colleagues or seniors with whom I can share my work, I am currently feeling uncertain.
Next year, I plan to embark on a new journey in Dubai. However, I'm apprehensive about stepping out of my comfort zone because my current work situation is ideal.
Yet, I fear that if I stay too long in this comfort zone, I may hinder my own growth. So, I am seeking your advice and opinion on what kind of developer I am, or if any of you have had a similar experience in your own journeys.
Furthermore, I would like to know if I am truly prepared to wholeheartedly embrace this new journey. Anyway, I would love to share all the projects I mentioned before. However, since they are company properties, I cannot provide them here. Nevertheless, you can take a look at some personal projects that I have worked on. https://tune-buddy.vercel.app/ https://burger-king-reimagine.vercel.app/ P.S. Regardless of whether your feedback is positive or negative, I am committed to pursuing the new journey I have planned. I am willing to take the risk of leaving my comfort zone in order to learn and experience something new.

From the Office of Lysandis Alim, Senator for Greater Corellia Sector, Co-Leader of the Democratic Front
It is with enormous pride and relief that I can say to the galaxy today that the Galactic Emancipation Act has received enough votes in the Senate to find its way to Chancellor Mothma's desk and become law.
I thank all those Senators who joined me in this multi-partisan effort, and I thank in particular my colleagues in the Democratic Front who assisted me in the writing and proof-reading of this bill. The effort to get it from my desk to Mon Mothma's has been a taxing one, some tried to run up false concerns, and others I feared would not vote at all. And yet today I am reminded of the enduring good faith within Galactic politics, and I am reminded that consensus building and consultation, an effort I embarked on prior to introducing the bill onto the floor of the Senate, remains a sharp tool at our disposal. As it stands currently, the bill has been unanimously accepted by the Senate... a triumphant day for the Republic and Democracy!
This bill will enable the Republic, through its various institutions, to make targeted but decisive strikes against the slave trade and ensure a future for those people's freed. This is a bill for all the Republic. It is a bill for Kashyyk, for Ryloth, for Coruscant, for Morlani, and for all the worlds where there are still those who languish in chains. To those people I say "lift your head up, and your arms too, for the day comes soon when the hammer will fall and the pain will be broken".
While it is immensely gratifying to see one's own work become law, I am not satisfied... indeed I am restless. This is not the last triumphant step in our efforts to eradicate slavery. On the contrary, the journey has only just begun, but what we have done today is put our boots on and boldly set out on a path which we cannot turn back from. A shining path to liberty and justice for all.
And let it be remembered that Democracy worked today. Let those who doubt the democratic process, or the Democratic Front, be cowed by this example. Where there is clarity of purpose and strength of action, the Democratic process can work and can deliver real change. Remember that going forward. This is a moment of fortitude for freedom's great cause, and that fortitude shall propell us across the galaxy shouting the battle cry of Freedom.
May the Force guide us on our journey as we lay the Republic's ancient promises as the foundations of a brighter Galactic future.
Let the work continue, and let all the Republic be heard

Hey y'all I made a reddit account just because I need advice lmao. Here's the deets/context: around a month before summer break, girl at a party traded instas with me. We hung out for like a week; then I asked her out. We had one date (I was hungover, she knew that, so it was just okay. Said goodbye with a hug then we parted ways because we were busy with end of the year stuff). Then boom: summer break. States apart. Can't see each other irl until fall.
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We've been texting BUT I need help.
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Sorry if you thought the first paragraph was the end of the context, lemme say some more before I get to my questions. We had a period of radio silence when break started, so we're just catching up, there's long paragraphs on both ends and emojis/mild joking, so I know I'm not totally fucking it up. We already know decent info about each other (hobbies, some trauma, friend stories, etc.) but I still feel a distance. I'm okay at flirting in-person, but it's not great over text. Our dynamic feels different compared to how I text people I'm closer with. We've been texting for a decent amount of time but it feels like we're stuck in the small talk phase, and I'm not sure how to segue it into something that feels less uh how do I say it,,,,platonic? It feels a little platonic. How do I bridge the gap? How can I flirt more?
I will take any and all advice. Thanks if you've read this far, I tried to keep it concise but also left the details in. This is the farthest I've ever gotten when it comes to dating so I'm trying not to fuck it up lmao. Peace 🤙

TL.DR. at the end...
Pretty much what the title says. My gf has had anxiety and depression for years. We met last year through a mutual best friend "K" (21f), between August and September, and we hit it off as friends.
A few weeks later, I told K that I might be developing fellings for this girl but wasn't sure yet and would not try anything before being completely positive about it. She then suggested that I gorget about it for a while, since this girl was not in a very stable position, mentally speaking.
We get to february and I finally managed to get out of my ex's claws (she managed to rope me back in for a few months before I finally broke free). It should be noted that before and after the deal with my ex, I was completely sane and ready for a relationship (at least that's what I was told by my therapist).
Back to february and I told K that I liked this girl and was sure of it, we had become good friends and I was certain I felt that way and that she felt the same. K told me to go for it, so I went. I told my GF I liked her, I had liked her for some time and wanted us to date.
At first she was confused because she had had toxic relationships previously and was surrounded by false rumors (by the way I despise those), thinking nobody would have feelings for her. She told me she needed to talk about it. I agreed and waited patiently for her answer. She came back saying she felt something but wasn't sure what it was, but was willing to find out.
We dated for a month and a half and she managed to confirm that she did feel the same for me as I did for her, so I waited a couple kore days and proposed to her, so it became official.
While we were dating, and after we became an official couple, she'd have these anxiety attacks on our nightly facetime. They'd last a month on every single night, then be good for a week, and then back at it for another month. I tried to help her as best as I could by reassuring her, letting her know I was there and anything to try to calm her down.
Overtime, it became more difficult, she would no longer answer me and would start hitting herself on her thighs, getting bruises high enough her leg so that her skirts (she likes to wear them) would hide the marks. I died inside whenever I heard her doing it (she would turn off her camera but not her microphone).
She then told me she wanted me to listen, but because she did it in order to receive attention (she gets the worst end of the deal when it comes to her family and "friends"( they started the rumors based on a case of sexual harassment she suffered during the pandemic by someone we both know)). She did it so much she started doing it out of pure reflex, but I managed to convince her to stop.
She stopped hitting herself for a while when she found out I used to do it in private whenever I experienced my own anxiety attacks in the past and also when I told her it made me feel desperate and useless since I could do nothing to stop her whilst being over the phone.
This got her worse because she blamed herself for everything (this is important since she does it a lot over pretty much anything), but stopped punching herself. The first month of anxiety passed and we had a rather pepaceful week, then it came again.
We had a fre misunderstandings over silly things and she started doing something I always hated but never had the guts to say it since I fear I'll make it worse: she stated that every bad thing that happened to her was not important because she deserved it.
Now I don't know about you, but I am the kind of person who believes that nobody deserves to have bad things happening to them. May them be as small as scratching your arm against rose thorns or as big as mentally or physically suffering any sort of abuse.
She, however, is way down that hole and doesn't seem to get out, she says she'll do the work, but I just keep seeing her get worse and worse. Her family does the opposite of help (she gets treated like the black sheep even though she's done nothing wrong) and her classmates and project classmates pretty much force her to do all the work.
Between that and her job, she can't get a break from all the emotional trouble and breaks down every single time. I can't even have a normal conversation for more than five mintues because she starts berating herself and hurting herself again. She now digs her nails into her skin and pulls her hair (at least that's all I've been able to see, cause she might still punch herself without me knowing).
I have tried everything but she always goes back to thinking she's a failure despite everything she's accomplished.
She stops breathing, she feels like she's choking, she ends up telling me I deserve better and that it'd be easier if she just died, to which I counter with "and what about me?" Which gives me "you can get someone better than me because I am a waste of resources" and I am so tired and desperate of hearing that.
She knows I tried to end it myself last year by almost jumping of a building and falling on a piked fence. I did not go through with it by some miracle because I decided I was NOT going out that way and that whenever the time came, I would leave on my own terms.
She tried to do the same on a pedestrian bridge that overlooked a busy avenue but said she was to much of a coward to go through with it because she suddenly feared death. I told her at the moment that fearing death was everything but coward, and I stand by it.
I have a great deal of respect to people who did not go through with it and even towards people who, sadly, did. It is not easy to get yourself out of taking that last step or moving the arm or fingers and swallow one last time.
Whenever she has these situations she apologizes, stating she says a lot of things she doesn't mean, but I'm not sure anymore and it makes my heart break.
Last week I could not take it anymore, it was finals week and I had been studying as much as I could. I was also needed at home a lot to take care of repairs and stuff, so I had to cancel a few times we would be seeing each other. She confronted me about it, saying she felt disappointed, alone, worthless and a failure.
Then I snapped.
I snapped in a different manner than what you may think. I apologized, and didn't even explain. I apologized profusely about making her feel like that and that if she didn't want to talk to me anymore and end things, then I would understand completely and would not get angry or mad at all.
To be honest, it is kind of difficult for me to go out, even if it's just with friends. My family's economic situation is not great (my father stole from us before he ran away, died and left us with massive debts to cover, along with school debts) and everytime I want to go out, the first answer is always "we have no money, you will not go out".
After I said what I said while my first mental breakdown in months. She got worse. Open mouth, insert foot.
We talked it out, thought we'd progressed, but she's brought it up again a few times during her anxiety attacks.
This leads us to today.
One of her friends (it was NOT K) had an anxiety attack of her own and we went to help her. Said friend passed out in her arms (nobody saw it coming) and we rushed her to the infirmary. My GF had to go take an exam and I walked her to it. While on the way, she started having one herself, as she thought of herself as the worst friend ever because she had to go to the exam.
I tried comforting her as best as I could, but I had to skeddadle back home on the bus route and was running out of time. She had an anxiety attack about the same thing during the exam, told me about it and I couls only sit in the bus feeling miserable and useless.
I got home, she then got picked up by her parents and got home, we started talking and something insignificant on one of her school chats triggered another anxiety attack and she stopped breathing. This went on for a couple of hours. I'd try to stabilize her and not two minutes after she'd get it again.
She finally mamaged to sleep, but I am in dire need of any kind of help. I feel useless, desperate, ignored, fed up, worthless. I feel like I'm not enough because she told me she felt alone in this world and it just broke my heart. But everytime I tell her that I was sorry she felt that way or anything else to try to comfort her, she replies it's not my fault, that she's the one with the problem and that's it. But she keeps falling into the same things and repeats them over and over again for hours.
I don't know what else to do.
For those who read the entire thing, thank you.
TL.DR.: My GF's anxiety attacks have gotten worse and I feel useless and worthless because of it.

Missing Time followed by Recurrent Dreams of my Car Falling with me inside & Preston Dennett’s report on “UFO Car Lift Cases.” Joseph Burkes MD 2022
This YouTube report linked below has a special significance for me. On December 26, 1993, I had an episode of shared missing time while driving home from Joshua Tree National Monument where my contact teammate and I tried to stage a Human Initiated Contact Event (HICE) aka CE5. My co-worker noticed what we initially thought was a car driving behind us. He stated that suddenly an amber light appeared between the "headlights" of this alleged car.
Moments later the array of three lights reportedly rose off the highway. This occurred as we dove through the ravine on highway 62 linking the Morongo Valley to the Palms Springs area. Once we emerged from this ravine, we saw a multitude of lights slowly flying through the dark sky. A bright light flying out from the Palms Springs area rapidly approached us. At that point we experienced missing time. Several days later, my teammate stated that he recalled having an onboard experience during our episode of missing time.
A few months later I stared having recurrent dreams which had a similar theme. I dreamed that I was in a variety of motor vehicles that were falling, two out of the three dreams I fell from a great height. The dreams caused me to wonder whether our car on December 26, 1993, had been picked up by a UFO. Perhaps these dreams were symbolic representations of the kind of sheer terror described so well in Preston Dennett's "UFO Car-Lift Cases."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_vS_8MB9mg

Missing Time followed by Recurrent Dreams of my Car Falling with me inside & Preston Dennett’s report on “UFO Car Lift Cases.” Joseph Burkes MD 2022
This YouTube report linked below has a special significance for me. On December 26, 1993, I had an episode of shared missing time while driving home from Joshua Tree National Monument where my contact teammate and I tried to stage a Human Initiated Contact Event (HICE) aka CE5. My co-worker noticed what we initially thought was a car driving behind us. He stated that suddenly an amber light appeared between the "headlights" of this alleged car.
Moments later the array of three lights reportedly rose off the highway. This occurred as we dove through the ravine on highway 62 linking the Morongo Valley to the Palms Springs area. Once we emerged from this ravine, we saw a multitude of lights slowly flying through the dark sky. A bright light flying out from the Palms Springs area rapidly approached us. At that point we experienced missing time. Several days later, my teammate stated that he recalled having an onboard experience during our episode of missing time.
A few months later I stared having recurrent dreams which had a similar theme. I dreamed that I was in a variety of motor vehicles that were falling, two out of the three dreams I fell from a great height. The dreams caused me to wonder whether our car on December 26, 1993, had been picked up by a UFO. Perhaps these dreams were symbolic representations of the kind of sheer terror described so well in Preston Dennett's "UFO Car-Lift Cases."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_vS_8MB9mg

Missing Time followed by Recurrent Dreams of my Car Falling with me inside & Preston Dennett’s report on “UFO Car Lift Cases.” Joseph Burkes MD 2022
This YouTube report linked below has a special significance for me. On December 26, 1993, I had an episode of shared missing time while driving home from Joshua Tree National Monument where my contact teammate and I tried to stage a Human Initiated Contact Event (HICE) aka CE5. My co-worker noticed what we initially thought was a car driving behind us. He stated that suddenly an amber light appeared between the "headlights" of this alleged car.
Moments later the array of three lights reportedly rose off the highway. This occurred as we dove through the ravine on highway 62 linking the Morongo Valley to the Palms Springs area. Once we emerged from this ravine, we saw a multitude of lights slowly flying through the dark sky. A bright light flying out from the Palms Springs area rapidly approached us. At that point we experienced missing time. Several days later, my teammate stated that he recalled having an onboard experience during our episode of missing time.
A few months later I stared having recurrent dreams which had a similar theme. I dreamed that I was in a variety of motor vehicles that were falling, two out of the three dreams I fell from a great height. The dreams caused me to wonder whether our car on December 26, 1993, had been picked up by a UFO. Perhaps these dreams were symbolic representations of the kind of sheer terror described so well in Preston Dennett's "UFO Car-Lift Cases."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_vS_8MB9mg

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This YouTube report linked below has a special significance for me. On December 26, 1993, I had an episode of shared missing time while driving home from Joshua Tree National Monument where my contact teammate and I tried to stage a Human Initiated Contact Event (HICE) aka CE5. My co-worker noticed what we initially thought was a car driving behind us. He stated that suddenly an amber light appeared between the "headlights" of this alleged car.
Moments later the array of three lights reportedly rose off the highway. This occurred as we dove through the ravine on highway 62 linking the Morongo Valley to the Palms Springs area. Once we emerged from this ravine, we saw a multitude of lights slowly flying through the dark sky. A bright light flying out from the Palms Springs area rapidly approached us. At that point we experienced missing time. Several days later, my teammate stated that he recalled having an onboard experience during our episode of missing time.
A few months later I stared having recurrent dreams which had a similar theme. I dreamed that I was in a variety of motor vehicles that were falling, two out of the three dreams I fell from a great height. The dreams caused me to wonder whether our car on December 26, 1993, had been picked up by a UFO. Perhaps these dreams were symbolic representations of the kind of sheer terror described so well in Preston Dennett's "UFO Car-Lift Cases."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_vS_8MB9mg

Firstly I will state in advance I haven't completed the main story completely. I have gotten all the memories to get the Master Sword and three of the Dungeons. I have seen a bit more when my friend was streaming it as well. This is simply going to be my thoughts and opinions on the game as I've seen and experienced it so far as someone who loved BotW and Zelda as a Whole. This'll be quite lengthy as I went into a bit more detail then I initially planned as well as not being great at initially condensing my thoughts at times. There's a TLDR at the end with everything simplified with less details for those who want to skip what basically became a bullet point essay.
Firstly I will start with the positives.

• The return of varied Dungeons and Bosses. When I found this out I was actually excited to go do the dungeons and see what the bosses were. Though the divine beasts in BotW where interesting I was in the group who thought they were a bit lacking. The Return of Dungeons aren't perfect and aren't exactly like old dungeons but I feel it's still better, and more enjoyable, then the Divine Beasts personally.
• I absolutely adored the little caves you can find across the world and I adore the Depths and the challenge it brings. The Depths is such an interesting area and concept that adds so much more to the world and stuff to explore. Though I think there is a bit more they could have done with it but seeing as I wasn't expecting the depths at all I am not disappointed in the least.
• Seeing more enemies brought back from older Zelda games to add more enemy varity was such a needed addition and I'm so glad they did it. I was so excited when I first came across the likelikes and the Gleeok which seemed familiar but I didn't know from where and now I know it's from the first Zelda Game which is cool as heck. Then seeing the Gibdo as well. Was half expecting the Re-Deads as well but alas they didn't make the cut. It was just refreshing to have more enemies to come across.
• I quite enjoyed seeing where some of my favorite characters have gone or been up to since the events of BotW like Sidon and Riju. Even seeing Paya become chief as Impa has retired and just by chance running into Impa on my travels. I wish we got to see more of the characters we knew in BotW and more updates on how they're doing.
• The fact that your horses from your BotW save transfers over to your TotK save is just something I was pleasantly surprised by.
• The changes to bullet time where your stamina only drains when you fire instead of draining the second your in bullet time. On the point of stamina I appreciate the change of regaining a bit of stamina if you fall into water with no stamina. I also do appreciate the menu being a bit easier to get thru compared to BotW, though it's still not perfect but better and I appreciate that fact.

That's the main positives of things I just enjoyed about the game on its own as they are in the game. Now I want to talk about some things that I liked conceptually but not quite as much with how they were implemented into the game.

• Gannondorf. Was excited to see his full return and all the possibilities, even some of the early ideas people had of him not being fully evil even though that was never going to happen was still a fun concept. I knew he was going to be evil still and was interested to see where they were going to go with what I saw in the trailers. In game though it just wasn't anything even remotely to what I was hoping for while I wasn't expecting something as great as Wind Waker Ganon I hoped they were still going to do something interesting with him but no. Just pure evil becoming demon evil. Also that one face he made just what the fuck. Not the worst but just underwhelming to me personally.
• Gloom is awesome in concept and coming across it randomly out in the open on the surface when I was just trying to climb to a shrine is the kind of experience you can only get once without knowing about it in the first place. I love that defeating the arms makes Phantom Gannon appear. I don't like how it's implemented story wise and I don't like its name and I think that's where it falls short quite a bit for me personally. They treat it like it's something entirely separate from malice when it's basically a new form of Malice and calling it Gloom just doesn't really fit in my opinion. If they connected it more with Malice in the story and followed that threw line with it then that would have made it so much better in my opinion but as is how it's treated in story is just a miss for me.
• The Skylands or as they call them in game Sky Islands. When I first saw these introduced in the trailers I thought back to Skyward Sword and Skyloft and thought maybe we'll see some call back to the beginning of it all and get some hints or references to those events. Sadly that was not the case, at least not how I had initially expected, I will get more into the story elements later. All in All they weren't all that interesting in my opinion and some are just a pain to get too. The starting area is kinda interesting and how you can talk to Rauru at certain points but I don't feel as though it lived up to the Great Plateau personally.
• Zelda and the Past was a cool concept and idea they could have done so much more with it but in my opinion it just fell flat. Zelda felt so inconsequential and lacking in character thru all the memories and scenes you see of her and the past. The past itself felt like a waste as all it really did is retcon the Zelda lore, at least it seems so to me, and add another race as well as show that Gannon was always just selfish and evil. It would have been so much cooler if you had segments where you Played as Zelda thru the past as she tried to get home to Link and everyone else. Showing us a deeper look into the ancient race of the Zonai and their Culture. As well as give us more insight into what she's thinking and feeling as she's trapped separated from everyone. We don't even know how much passed between when she got stuck in the past and sacrificed herself. Instead we got very short disconnected snippets for the most part that don't tell us all that much and left me personally not caring about Zelda at all. Even longer or more cutscenes more closely connected would have been better but instead it just feels like Zelda was shafted so it was all on Link once again.
• I like the concept of what happens to Zelda in the end but how Zelda was handled in the game just makes this twist fall a bit flat for me personally.
• The Return of the Poes could have been so great but ended up to just be nothing more then another thing to spam A on. In previous games they were usually connected to some sort of enemy you had to best to collect and I think an Enemy Poe would have been such a great fit for the Depths but instead they're just a plentiful pickup that's all over the place in the Depths. Honestly just disappointing compared to what they once were.
• The Sage Abilities are cool in concept but in practice they can be a bit annoying and just don't live up to the Champion abilities in my opinion. I kind of like having companions to help fight with you but they do get in a way at times especially when you have to walk up to one to use they're ability and another can be in the way. I feel they could have been handled a bit better and aren't the worst but I personally prefer the ease of use of the Companion abilities.
• A more technical thing is the fuse ability. It's fun to mess around with and add elements to weapons to make them last longer but I don't think this is a perfect fix to weapon durability. Especially since it has replaced cool weapons that was in BOTW entirely and makes using elemental arrows much more annoying. In BotW you had Elemental Arrows that you selected and could use consecutively without having to reselect them. Now with the new fuse system you have to refuse stuff each and every time you want any sort of elemental arrow which disrupts the flow of gameplay. Sure it offers more variety in weapons and arrows technically but personally I preferred the old weapons and arrow systems for its simplicity.

Now onto the things I just straight up don't like and/or don't get within Tears of the Kingdom. If you've read up to this point then I really appreciate you taking the time to read everything.

• To add onto the point above with the fusing aspect of the game. The material system now that it's more important needed way more ways to sort thru things. Perhaps have categories of materials when you bring up the short menu or something so it's easier to find stuff on the fly instead of going thru a long list of random stuff from food to zonai devices. I just don't like how it's managed and handled.
• A small technical thing that I just don't understand is having to spam A to pick up Rupees and Poes where in BotW you just had to run over rupees. Why they made this change I have no idea especially now you have even more to pick up.
• Fuck you Zelda give me back my House.
• I greatly dislike calling the magic McGuffins "Secret Stones". I hate that so much it makes them seem so inconsequential.
• The lack of any of the Shikah stuff from BotW. Where are the Guardians, the Shrines, The Towers, the Divine Beasts, those pillars around the Castle? There's very little hint at the Guardians and that's it. There's no mention of what happened to them as far as I know. Like I can understand with the Gloom some of it may have gotten destroyed or lost but there was dozens of working and semi working and totally broken Guardians. Many many many shrines. Those huge ass towers. Those pillars by the castle. There is no reasonable explanation for it to all just disappear. It would have been so cool to see some functional guardians out working on your side to fight or maybe some in certain areas still affected and against you. Still come across ruins here and there but nope none of that really exist anymore with no good explanation on what even happened to it all.
• To add onto the previous point on things I just don't get and like in TOTK is the lack of continuity. Barely any mention of the Calamity, what you as Link went thru, and what Zelda went thru. There's plaques here and there that Zelda had made and some small mentions here and there but it seems like none of that happened. Barely anyone remembers you, even people the majority of players would surely have interacted with in BotW like Hetsu. No mention of the Divine Beast or anything. It feels like TotK is trying to be a sequel and it's own separate thing at the same time. They don't have to shove the events of BotW in your face but it would have been nice to see more continuity with the old Sheikah stuff and more people remembering you and remembering past events here and there. Even just the Sheikah part would have been enough honestly. Cause at the moment it seems the game is barely acknowledging the past game outside of reusing the map and reworking it.
• The story in itself is just not doing it for me. I don't care much about Zelda's part as I've stated in the previous section. There's just not enough to really latch onto. With BotW you are regaining your memories as Link so you see snippets from the past which makes sense they aren't completely all connected cause remembering memories can actually be like that. Yet it still gave us enough to go off of and gave Zelda way more personality and something to really care about. In this you aren't remembering anything you are getting memories without full context between them and Zelda in them feels less involved and not as fleshed out. We don't get to know the previous sages were at all or really get to know Rauru much or any of them really all that well. The story as a whole just doesn't work as well as the story in BotW in my opinion. At least what I've seen so far which is all the main memories and the one to get the master sword and what you see when the decedents get their stones.
• I'm just not a fan of the Zonai as a whole. I don't really care for their designs or the Zonai Aesthetic. I dislike that they turned Rauru into a Zonai when he was originally a Hylian. I preferred the Sheikah aesthetic of the shrines and towers and guardians/robots. I know the towers are Purah towers not Zonai but they are still kinda meh. In the trailers with the arm and certain aspects we were shown I intially thought back to the Twili and Twilight princess and thought some reimagining of the Twili would have been cool. I get that they may not have fit but honestly I feel the Zonai don't fit either.

Well I believe that is more or less everything and if you've read all the way to this point then just thanks, really. I appreciate it if you read this all cause I know this was a lot but I had a lot of thoughts. At the end of the day I still enjoy the game for what it is and still plan to complete it and a lot of it's extras side stuff. That being said doesn't mean I can't have critique or simply not care for certain aspects. For me there's a lot of potential in this game that I feel was missed out on among other things.
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Things I really liked or loved were The return of Varied Dungeons and Bosses. I felt this was much needed in breath of the wild and I'm glad TotK have them. All the little caves you can find and explore and the wells to an extent as well. They made the world feel more interesting. I absolutely adored the Depths and the challenge it brings. I loved the return of more enemies bringing in more enemy variety. Being able to use my horses from BotW and the changes to Bullet Time.
Stuff I liked the concept of but didn't care for the exception of was Ganondorf as I feel like he was a bit weak characterization wise with missed opportunities. Gloom is awesome in gameplay and coming across it but how it's handled in the story was weak and should have just been an extension of Malice explicitly. Sky Islands the lands of missed opportunity as well as not being that interesting to explore. How Zelda and the Past was handled just feels underdeveloped, especially Zelda's role in most of it. The return of Poes is just a disappointing pick up with no interesting enemy attached like in the past. The sage abilities are cool in concept and it's kinda nice having pseudo companions but activating the abilities is annoying and discourages me from using them at times. The fuse ability taking away cool items and making elemental arrows more tedious to use also disrupting the flow of gameplay.
Parts of the game I just didn't really like at all like the lack of any continuity in either story or sheikah tech with all the sheikah tech basically vanishing without a trace or explanation to the limited or lack of mention of previous events. The cumbersome material system when going thru it for arrows or weapons on the fly. Having to spam A to pick up Rupees and Poes where in BotW you just ran over Rupees to pick them up. The Secret Stones being called Secret Stones. The Story as a whole is just lacking in my opinion and not as good as BotW in execution. Just not a fan of the Zonai as a whole. Also lastly Zelda stole my house and I want it back.

Jeongyeon: I first met Jennie in 2017 at an award show. Since then we have been acquaintances. Now I have never told anyone this, but me and Jimin went to the same school, and we hated each other. We even once got into a fight(I won). Although we don't hate each other now exactly, I can't say that we don't at least dislike one another. I have ran into BTS once, and although Jimin was rude, V defended me. Since then, we have been close friends.
Jeongyeon: So let me make it crystal clear that MALE AND FEMALE IDOLS CAN BE FRIENDS AND NOTHING MORE. This is a very important theme for this whole story. Me and V are not interested in each other, but im sure if photos were taken you crazy fans would be having a field day. However, hearing about the recent situation between Jennie and V sparked my curiosity. I had no idea those 2 had any relationship, and they were being extremely secretive. But after going on a 3 day quest, I can say that they are definitely NOT DATING. First, we have to go back to this Monday.
MONDAY
Momo: "Have you heard about Jennie and V?"
Jihyo: "Yes I have... They must be dating."
Jeongyeon: "Woah, woah, woah, I wouldn't go as far and say that. I don't think so..."
Momo: "What makes you say that?"
Jeongyeon: " I'm saying that because I know both of them. I haven't heard anything. We can't jump to any conclusions yet..."
Jihyo: "True, why don't you go and just text both of them and see what's up?"
Jeongyeon: "I can't just ask them that! They'll think im invading their privacy."
Momo: "Jeongyeons right, you can't just be so direct. There's not much we can really do."
Jihyo: "Well im not gonna just take that for an answer! Somethings up and I wanna know!"
Jeongyeon: "Well, there is someone I know who can help us out..."
-50 minutes later-
The trio opened the wooden door which revealed a mysterious colorful hallway. Jeongyeon led the way, pushing aside a blue star curtain which led to a new room.
Rosé sat on a pink throne coated with rubies. Heart statues, love symbols and spiritual objects coated the hexagon shaped room like stars in the sky. The room was dimly lit by neon led light strips in the shape of hearts on the wall, spewing a deep purple-pink.
Rosé: "What is it that you have journeyed here for?"
Jeongyeon: "We need info on what is going on between your group mate Jennie and V of Bts."
Rosé: "That situation is a huge mystery that my power can't even fully understand, miss. I possesses the power to make anyone I want to fall out of love and break up. I can make love potions and charms. I can look into someone's heart, and see who they desire, if anyone. But Jennie's heart is a special case. Taehyung is in there, yes. But how much of him I don't know. For all I know they could just be acquaintances.."
Momo: "But you like her sister! Hasn't she told you anything?!?"
Rosé: "Naur, not even a murmur. But my power tells me that there is a connection, though potentially small."
Jihyo: "I see. Thankyou for your time Rosé, we appreciate it."
Rosé: " It's my pleasure"
Jihyo Jeongyeon and Momo left Rosé's building and entered the busy city.
Jihyo: "You've gotta be kidding! Even the mastermind of love can't even shed any light. This us pointless, let's just go home."
TUESDAY
Jeongyeon: I can give up, but I won't. I have to prove that they aren't dating.
Dahyun entered the room.
Dahyun: "Hey Jeongyeon, doing something?"
Jeongyeon: "Oh, not much really-
Dahyun: "I know what you've been up to and what you want, if you want answers follow me."
Jeongyeon: how did she know!?!?
Dahyun drove Jeongyeon to a remote grassy area blanked by a dark status cloud. Finally, they stopped at a worn, dirty, tiny house that looked like it came from a horror movie.
Jeongyeon: "Dahyun, are you sure this will help?"
Dahyun: "Positive, I wouldn't trick you"
They entered the suspicious house, only to be met with a young girl no older than 18.
Sophie: " OH. MY. GOSH. ARE YOU DAHYUNA AND JEONGYEON FROM TWICE? IM SOPHIE AND IM YOUR BIGGEST FAN!!!"
Jeongyeon: "HI Sophie, it's nice to meet you!"
Jeongyeon smiled cheerfully, while Dahyun rolled her eyes.
Dahyun: "You can cut the act already, we need info."
Sophie's tone changed dramatically.
Sophie: "Ugh, your no fun, whaddya want?"
It was at this moment Jeongyeon learned the truth. Sophie was a Sasaeng.
Dahyun: "We need to know everything there is about Jennie and V, can you help us?"
Sophie: "Whats in it for me?"
Jeongyeon: "I can tell you about my history with Jimin."
Sophie: "Deal. Now not to brag, but I was the one who took that precious video of those 2 love-birds."
Jeongyeon:"YOU WHAT!?!? WHY DID YOU SHARE THAT?"
Sophie: "Zip it ajumma. Anyways, I heard them talking. Apparently they were talking about candy and a time machine idk."
Dahyun: "That makes no sense?"
Sophie: "That's what I thought to, until I saw where they were going. They entered a secret tunnel. I tried following them, but it's like they just- vanished after making the first turn. I'm still confused on what they are doing though.."
Jeongyeon: "Well, V told me once that he has a passion for time travel, maybe they are making a time machine?"
Sophie: "But what does Jennie have to do with that?"
Dahyun: "Her solo.... I was spying on YG and I heard her screaming saying that her solo comeback was destroyed."
Jeongyeon: "When was this?"
Dahyun: "May 15th."
Jeongyeon: "That's right before the video was taken... it makes so much since now. Jennies solo was deleted, so now she is trying to reverse time with the help of V..."
Dahyun: "But why were they talking about candy..."
Jeongyeon: " That - I don't know..."
Sophie: "Alright times up im done, now where's my payment?"
Jeongyeon: "On second thought, I don't think I will tell you anything after you called me Ajumma.."
Sophie: "Oh great! I guess I'll just stop telling your friend Dahyun here everything I know about idols"
Dahyun: "Jeongyeon!! Tell her the story!!"
Jeongyeon: " Alright, fine."
WEDNESDAY
Jeongyeon: I'm so close to figuring everything out
Jeongyeon met with Momo, Jihyo, Dahyun, and Rosé. The 5 of them were determined to get to the bottom of the situation.
They traveled to the tunnel. The suns rays tried their hardest to reach down the walls of the dark cave, but they gave up after 50 feet. Besides the sun, dim white lights poorly illuminated the tunnel every 20 meters. The 5 of them braved down the ominous, uninviting, damp hall. Suddenly they were met with a T shaped intersection. They could turn left or right. Sophie did not say what direction Jennie and V turned.
Jeongyeon: "We split up. Me and Rosé will go left, and the rest can go right. Let's meet up here In 30 minutes."
And with that, Jeongyeon and Rosé walked on for another 15 minutes, until finally, they found a door. They opened it, revealing a large high tech room, with wires and buttons everywhere. The place was a mess, with boxes and paper everywhere, levers sticking out at the most random spots. Candy wrappers sprinked the floor like confetti. Most Jarring was the giant machine in the middle, a metal disk with a 3 meter diameter, and wires connected everywhere. Metal boxes held the thing together, and a huge lever labeled "start" stood on top.
Jeongyeon: "This is it...."
Rosé: "Well no shit-"
Jeongyeon reached for her phone to call the others, before the door swung open.
Jennie and V.
V: "What the hell are you two doing?!?!?"
Jennie: "Rosé? Jeongyeon? How did you find this place?!?!"
Jeongyeon: "Better question is, what are YOU two doing. This is some mad scientist shit."
Jennie sighed.
Jennie: "This is our project... I know we have been secretive, but it's no use hiding anything now. I never thought i would meet someone with such a passion for science as me but then I met V. He is such a bright mind, and together, we made this..."
V: "This is the electrobit 7000. Here's what it does."
V flipped the switch.
V: "you might wanna step back..."
Suddenly, an electric arc appeared between the metal ring, spinning and glowing fiercely. It turned into a white circle. Unexpectedly, a variety of candies erupted from the machine, and landed In a box before the machine shut down.
Rosé: "That's it?"
Jeongyeon: "It spawns candy? It's not a time machine?"
Jennie: "Time machine, we haven't even started making the design for that yet! No this is just something fun we build together. Halloween is gonna be fun now that we have infinite candy."
V: "Now why would you bring up a time machine?"
Jeongyeon: "That's what the Sasaeng who recorded the video said you were talking about."
V: "Oh, I think she means our Thyme machine. We were working on it just that night. It's a real shame we got caught together."
Jeongyeon: "But Jennie, what's this about your solo being destroyed?"
Jennie: "I'm guessing Dahyun told you? It's okay my producer had a backup saved. I was just screaming in the moment."
Rosé: "Well I gotta say Jeongyeon, you and Dahyun really fucked up huh."
Jeongyeon: "Don't act like you didn't believe it. Well o must say, I'm sorry for all this, sneaking into your lab and all."
V: "Don't worry about it, just please don't tell anyone. And also show me who took the video, so I remember"
And with that, the truth was revealed, and Jeongyeon could finally go back home with the full story of what happened.
Jeongyeon: So this brings us to now. Jennie and V are not dating. They are just friends, and would like to be called that. I'm sharing this so that everyone knows the FULL STORY. Jennie and V have decided they are ready to let people know about their lab, so it is okay for me to share this.

Scene 1: The desert

SCP-2406 is standing in the middle of a vast desert, surrounded by sand and rocks. It is covered in dust and rust, and its left arm is missing. Inside its metal body, six skeletons are sitting in front of various valves and levers, their bones clattering with every movement.
SCP-2406: (voice-over) We are the last of our kind. The Colossus. The defenders of humanity. We fought against the Titans, the monstrous beings that threatened to destroy our world. We were victorious, but at a great cost. Many of our brothers and sisters fell in battle, and we were left alone in this barren wasteland. We have been waiting for centuries, hoping that someone would find us and restore us to our former glory. But no one came. Until now.
Suddenly, a loud roar echoes through the air, shaking the ground and making SCP-2406 tremble. SCP-2406 looks up and sees a huge figure emerging from the horizon. It is Godzilla, the King of the Monsters. He is walking towards SCP-2406 with a menacing expression, his dorsal plates glowing blue.
SCP-2406: (voice-over) We do not know who or what this creature is, but we sense its hostility and power. It is unlike any Titan we have ever faced before. It radiates a strange energy that hurts our senses. It has come to challenge us, to claim our territory as its own. We cannot allow that. We must fight.
SCP-2406 activates its nuclear reactor, making its eyes and chest glow red. It raises its right arm and aims its nozzle at Godzilla. It opens its mouth and emits a loud metallic roar, as if to warn Godzilla to stay away.
Godzilla roars back, as if to mock SCP-2406's attempt to intimidate him. He quickens his pace and charges at SCP-2406, ready to attack.

Scene 2: The battle

The two giants collide with a thunderous impact, sending shockwaves across the desert. Godzilla swings his tail at SCP-2406, but SCP-2406 dodges it and sprays a jet of flammable substance at Godzilla's face. Godzilla roars in pain and anger as the substance burns his skin and eyes. He retaliates by firing his atomic breath at SCP-2406, hitting its torso and causing an explosion.
SCP-2406 staggers back from the blast, but does not fall. It has a large hole in its chest, exposing its nuclear reactor. It looks at Godzilla with rage and defiance.
SCP-2406: (voice-over) This creature is strong, stronger than any Titan we have ever faced before. Its breath is like a weapon of mass destruction, capable of piercing our armor and damaging our core. But we are not afraid. We are not weak. We are the Colossus. We will not give up.
SCP-2406 charges at Godzilla again, using its right arm as a battering ram. It slams into Godzilla's chest, pushing him back and making him lose his balance. Godzilla falls to the ground with a loud thud, creating a cloud of dust.
SCP-2406 takes advantage of Godzilla's fall and jumps on top of him, pinning him down with its weight. It opens its mouth and bites down on Godzilla's neck, trying to tear it apart.
Godzilla roars in pain and fury as he feels SCP-2406's teeth digging into his flesh. He struggles to free himself from SCP-2406's grip, but SCP-2406 holds on tight.
Godzilla then unleashes his nuclear pulse, emitting a powerful blast of radiation from his body that hits SCP-2406 directly.
SCP-2406 screams in agony as it feels the radiation burning its metal skin and bones. It lets go of Godzilla's neck and falls off him, rolling on the ground.
Godzilla gets up and looks at SCP-2406 with contempt. He sees that SCP-2406 is badly damaged and barely moving.
Godzilla: (voice-over) This machine is weak, weaker than any Titan I have ever faced before. Its metal body is no match for my power and fury. It has no life, no spirit, no soul. It is nothing but a relic of a forgotten past. It has no place in this world. I am the King of the Monsters. I will end it.
Godzilla walks towards SCP-2406 with a triumphant expression, ready to deliver the final blow.

Scene 3: The end

SCP-2406 lies on the ground, barely conscious. It sees Godzilla approaching and knows that it has no chance of survival.
SCP-2406: (voice-over) We have failed. We have lost. This creature is too powerful, too unstoppable, too superior. We cannot defeat it. We cannot protect humanity. We have failed our mission, our purpose, our legacy. We are the last of our kind. The Colossus. The defenders of humanity. We are dying.
SCP-2406 closes its eyes and accepts its fate. It feels a faint sense of peace and relief, as if it is finally free from its eternal burden.
Godzilla reaches SCP-2406 and stands over it, looking down at it with disdain. He opens his mouth and charges his atomic breath, aiming it at SCP-2406's head.
Godzilla fires his atomic breath, hitting SCP-2406's head and obliterating it in a fiery explosion.
SCP-2406's nuclear reactor goes critical and detonates, creating a massive mushroom cloud that engulfs both Godzilla and SCP-2406.
The desert is silent and still, except for the wind and the dust.
The end.