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So i want to see a somewhat 'underpowered' event compared to the last couple, thus i decided to bench all the S-tiers that are in Pride and the S-tiers that feel like they are a cut above the others at the moment. I only had Punz and Fruit left at this point, which seemed good enough together with the A+ players.
Red: Phil, Sneeg, Gemini, Scar
A team that probably has the same energy as Red28 and could be very strong in this event, mostly doing good in teamgames and possibly movement. Phil might try to make Scar swear, but maybe he can control himself.
Orange: Wallibear, Sparklez, Velvet, Gumi
Walli and Velvet go for redemption, this time joined by Gumi, who is also seeking redemption for mcc30, and Sparklez, the only player on the team with a win (who would've ever though this would be a thing?)
Yellow: Smallishbeans, Smajor, False, Pearl
An empire/hermit team like we've seen plenty times before, but this time they actually have a big chance of winning! Joel was last seen with a first indiv, Scott has performed like a solid A-tier lately, False already has a win this season and Pearl has to win sometime, right? This is probably the best teamgames team here.
Lime: Mysticat, Tubbo, Jack, Gee
A very chaotic event that introduces Mysticat to the canon MCC world. This team is very good at movement games probably, while being a bit too chaotic to do well in teamgames i think.
Green: Punz, Foolish, Impulse, ZombieCleo
Cleo joins Mysti as one of the two newcomers to canon MCC and is joined by fellow Hermit Impulse. Punz loves Hermits and i can imagine Foolish would work well with them too. A strong pvp team obviously, but not too OP.
Cyan: Hannah, Sylvee, Beky, Blushi
Girls, Girls, Girls! This team could potentially be very strong and mega dangerous in pvp and movement. Blushi hasn't had the best events recently, neither has Sylvee, so it mostly depends on their form. In terms of chemistry this team would probably work very well together.
Aqua: SB737, Ryguyrocky, Zeuz, Vixella
SB and Ryguy return for their annual MCC (well, almost annual :\) as a pretty strong movement and teamgames duo. Zeuz and Vixella join for their second duo in a canon MCC, after winning Pride (spoilers!). This team would be super chill and wholesome while also potentially being really strong.
Blue: Seapeekay, IntheLittleWood, SolidarityGaming, Shubble
Luckily Shubble has a short name... This is another classic Empires vibes team that excels at all parts of the game while not really being a master of any. Super solid and probably depends on form of the day mostly.
Purple: Fruitberries, Grian, OrionSound, Kara Corvus
FruityB and Grian duo returns finally. Joined by the chaos of Oli and Kara this would be a super fun team to watch and also one that has potential to do very well. Fruit is obviously the favorite for 1st indiv in an event like this and he has 3 teammates that can make sure that the teamgames go well too. Probably a favorite, unless Fruit has a lackluster event.
Pink: Tommy, TapL, Slimecicle, ConnorEsports
I bring you: chaos! Tommy and TapL is the strongest duo in the event for sure, but also one that can be very chaotic and bad at communication. Slime and Connor are both more meme than competitive players and therefore make this mostly a content team, but it still has big pop-off potential. It reminds me of Red15 but weaker, but the event overall is also weaker, so who knows.
Let me know what you think!

Sat sri akal!
I'm a young American woman, and when I started going to college a few years back, I became friends with a large group of Indian guys. Two of them are Sikh, one raised in America and one raised in Punjab. After spending a long time with them and learning a little bit from them about Sikhism, I feel a strong pull to learn even more, and possibly convert.
I have been raised without much religious presence in my life. When I was around 12 years old I started going to Church (Christianity) but always felt uncomfortable and unwelcome in the Christian community, as a woman, and for other various reasons. When I started to learn about the practices and beliefs of Sikhism, it checked all of the boxes that Christianity didn't. I know I don't have to convert in order to practice the beliefs of Sikhism, but I think I would find a lot of joy and connection to God if I did choose to convert. I am not ready to call myself a Sikh convert, as I don't know nearly enough about the religion to do that yet, but I'm starting my journey to learn more and test the waters before possibly converting.
I have a handful of questions, which I've talked to my Sikh friends about a little bit, but I found this subreddit and wanted to ask a more broad audience.

1. I have very short hair for a woman. I take a lot of pride and invest a lot of my identity in my short hair. It's something I love about myself, and I'm not sure how I feel about the possibility of growing it out. I understand that keeping long hair is a very important aspect of Sikhism, but I also don't want to change an equally important part of myself and my personal identity. There seems to be a lot of discourse on cutting hair, and I wondered if I could get more opinions?
2. Keeping my hair covered is another thing I want to consider. I know that a lot of women choose not to veil/wear turbans/wrap their hair, and some do, but I don't know what would be best for me, especially as someone who takes a lot of pride in the way I wear my hair now. What are your opinions on such things?
3. I've been told different things on this topic so far, but how would most people react to a white girl converting to Sikhism? I've heard that elders in the community would react poorly, and I've also heard that they wouldn't mind. Is there a general consensus on the opinion of converts who are not Indian?
4. I also read a little bit about the avoidance of "empty rituals" and want to understand that topic better. What constitutes an "empty ritual" and what should I be avoiding?

There is not much else I'm worried about with my journey to learn the practices of Sikhism, and these are the main things I'm questioning myself on. Please help guide me a little bit, as I'm trying to learn more.

(Keeps taking it down cause I apparently don’t know how to use this app)
So I 17f was with my now ex 19m he did so much to make me feel like crap. And I keep catching myself wanting to get some kind of revenge on him. I know I shouldn’t but let me give you the gist of things. In the beginning he was very jealous and overprotective, but wouldn’t get mad at the guy he’d get mad at me. Ok, we somewhat work past that still have issues oh well they’ll work themselves out. Atleast that’s what I thought he slowly stopped doing anything. And I mean anything he wouldn’t clean his house brush his teeth or even do laundry really. He’d wash the clothes he’d need for tomorrow. And few months before we broke up he lied to me that a girl on his phone was “family” didn’t see him cheating went through his phone one night cause of it. I mean the s*x wasn’t even good but jeez if I didn’t want to he’d make me feel bad sayin I didn’t want him and all that. Made me feel bad about buying me stuff when he’s the one that said buying stuff is his love language. I told him to stop buying me things, that I didn’t care about that I just wanted long talks and wild flowers. Made jokes that he spent this on so many ppl and just me and him costed more for our dates. Told me it was like tossing a hotdog down a hallway once (he’s the only person I’d been with btw). If I tried talking about anything and how it made me feel he’d throw a fit, saying he will just stop joking with me all together cause it always makes me upset. But then if I said he’d blatantly do it to upset me he say oh Yk I’m an A-whole . He wouldn’t even be there for me when I had to go to 3 different funerals with him he never went. I went to the only funeral he had to go to that happened the first few months we was together. He did so little yet so much to him that what I was doing was nothing compared to what effort he put in. Like what effort dude you left me stranded one time and went to sleep but if he even had a flat tire I was makin sure he made it home. Sorry everytime I think I’m done more pops up. It’s so frustrating I get I’m not perfect but why’s he have to be like that. He even tried convincing me that I cheated on him when all I did was play basketball with my friend once they quit playing horse. He was there so I was like why didn’t you break up with me then and he had nothing to say then. And he blocks me and tells me he wasted 2 years on me. I drove myself nuts trying to stay with him. ( Ik you’ll think I’m dumb for stayin understand he’s my first long term relationship and I wanted it to work so badly.)Ik I wasn’t perfect Ik I lost my temper a few too many times trying to make him understand how I felt and that I didn’t feel loved when he would t text or even call when I hadn’t seen him. But then I’m the one that didn’t want to see him. So when he made another excuse instead of meeting my family then wanted to be rude to me cause I would t let him stop talking about it then tries to ignore me. I called off the relationship he’d done it so many times each time it was something different. Didn’t matter that I spent more time with his family than my own. (Again sorry for babbling on and on.)

Hey everyone,
New here and apologies in advance for the essay… I think I may have a love addiction. It looks a little different from most of the posts/stories I’ve been reading on here.
In short:
- As a kid, I got addicted to the feeling that playing with myself gave me, and used to spend a lot of time doing it - I was super shy and awkward around girls, but I realised I could think/fantasise about girls and feel good - Then as a teenager, I got into MSN Messenger and talking to girls on there; I’d pretend to be someone else (different name/picture), trying to connect with girls and have sexual conversations with them whilst they were on webcam - This led to many years (on and off) of sexting and trying to have romantic/sexual conversations with girls; from the safety of behind the screen - I’ve dated but not had girlfriends/sexual experiences in person; I’ll be super confident over texting but shy in person, and never move things forward. It’s like I’ll switch between being super keen (over message) but then super shy/distant in real life. - Now and then I’ll do random things like reach out to women (often oldeemotionally unavailable) I’ve not spoken to in ages, and ask if they’d like to catch up. Then regret doing so / hope they’ll say no, or otherwise meet up with them, be friendly and that’s it. At other times I’ve been on dating apps and tried to purposely match with older women; it’s like I’m seeking the thrill of the chase, but then chicken out of meeting up IRL
My mum is quite anxious/overwhelming, and my dad is very distant and unpredictable (he went more than 15 years without hugging me).
Do you think this amounts to love addiction?

I (16M) am autistic and go to a public high school with horrible special ed classes. There are only about 3 autistic kids in those classes, the rest with anxiety and anger issues.
There is specifically one autistic kid (17M) who we'll just call Pat, which is extremely low functioning and extremely innocent (not knowing much about consent and rejection as well). We are in the same PE period.I am new at this school, I joined in the middle of semester 2. So predictably, I'm like the shiny new toy in a kindergarten class.
I am also a cross dresser, having shoulder length hair and wearing feminine clothes, Pat thinks I am a girl. I don’t pass too well as a girl, I dress in a way I'm comfortable. But most people do mistaken me for a girl, so I don't mind. But the bad part is, Pat has a major crush on me, and isn't subtle about it one bit. I remind him every time I see him in the halls "I'm a dude" and he still doesn't get it.
Last week, we had our PE final. We all had our laptops out and the whole class finished after about 30 minutes. The gym teacher let us sit with our friends and watch videos. Pat calls me over along with his girl best friend(14F) which we will call Sofia (who he also has a crush on). His best friend is also autistic and one of the kindest people I've ever met. She was making fun of him as per usual, saying he looks like humpty dumpty and stuff like that. I left my laptop at home, so I borrowed his to look up game scores. He turns to me, "Samantha, Sofia, close your eyes" he says (he calls me Samantha). We close our eyes until he says to open them. we open. It's a photo of cheerleaders in bikinis. I ask him why he's showing us this. He says "I wish you girls would wear that, I'd kiss you" and Sofia was livid. She screamed at him and everyone was staring. He for some reason continued with "I'd ejaculate if you wore that." She grabbed my arm and stormed off, dragging me with her.
The next day, she wanted me to come with her to apologize. I agreed and we walked to his normal sitting area. She apologized and we sat down to have lunch with him. Throughout lunch, he was fantasizing about cheating on his girlfriend with us, then started groping my thighs. I had told him to stop at least 3 times before standing up and pushing him away. Along with that, I yelled so loud the food hall could hear me say "GET THE FUCK OFF ME YOU FUCKING PERV" and "MY GOD HAVEN'T I TOLD YOU IM A FUCKING DUDE" and I, in front of the whole school, took off my bra padding (or fake boobs) then threw them at him saying "HERE'S YOUR PRIZE BITCH!” I didn’t throw them too hard, they’re just silicone.
Soon after i was taken to the office, not too much happened, we had a fairly long conversation on acting out or something, but he didn't know. I just said “Pat was hurting me and Sofia” and started crying about how Sofia was probably traumatized.
The other day, I found out he had done similar things to almost all of the 11th grade girls and was doing it to Sofia for years. I'm glad I was able to help a few girls. I also reported him to the school. but of course, he won a prize the next day for being autistic.
I’ve gone down a mental spiral. I haven’t worn any feminine clothes, makeup or hairstyles, I haven’t really gotten a full night's rest. I’ve just been wearing sweats and a tee shirt, which is one of the outfit styles I’ve been avoiding. My boyfriend has been there as much as possible. He can see the guilt and anxiety right through me.I feel like a really fucked up person for speaking out, but it was just an immediate reaction.I don't remember how to be myself, or be able to get rid of the look on Sofias face. I don't really know what to do and I feel so bad for even yelling in the first place

So, im in no contact with my ex (i made the talk: i like you, i dont want to be just be friends... in case you change your mind, contact me). The problem is that i see her almost weekly in the church. Last sabbath school she sat in the bench in front of mine (the benches face eachother), she lay her purse, cellphone and Bible like a mirror of my stuff that a lay in my bench.
Her posture was open, her feet were in mine direction all the time, she sometimes move her hair, and in every direction i looked, she looked to, when she notice that i notice she looked away pretending to never looked in that direction (mainly when i was talking to another girl). She laughed at my jokes, say amém very loud in every sentence (became a little wierd).
So i needed to organize a Youth gathering, wich she was there. She was put to make a group dynamic/game, she touch my hand, we bump in eatchother... we sat on the first bench, was repeating/laughing loud a lot of things that i said. A friend of mine said that was clear that she was attracted to me.
She is putting herself in my orbit? That means she is breaking the no contact? She wants to be aprochead and thinks that i realise that (she assuming that i know womanese)?Or am i overanalyzing this situation?

(Keeps taking it down cause I apparently don’t know how to use this app)
So I 17f was with my now ex 19m he did so much to make me feel like crap. And I keep catching myself wanting to get some kind of revenge on him. I know I shouldn’t but let me give you the gist of things. In the beginning he was very jealous and overprotective, but wouldn’t get mad at the guy he’d get mad at me. Ok, we somewhat work past that still have issues oh well they’ll work themselves out. Atleast that’s what I thought he slowly stopped doing anything. And I mean anything he wouldn’t clean his house brush his teeth or even do laundry really. He’d wash the clothes he’d need for tomorrow. And few months before we broke up he lied to me that a girl on his phone was “family” didn’t see him cheating went through his phone one night cause of it. I mean the s*x wasn’t even good but jeez if I didn’t want to he’d make me feel bad sayin I didn’t want him and all that. Made me feel bad about buying me stuff when he’s the one that said buying stuff is his love language. I told him to stop buying me things, that I didn’t care about that I just wanted long talks and wild flowers. Made jokes that he spent this on so many ppl and just me and him costed more for our dates. Told me it was like tossing a hotdog down a hallway once (he’s the only person I’d been with btw). If I tried talking about anything and how it made me feel he’d throw a fit, saying he will just stop joking with me all together cause it always makes me upset. But then if I said he’d blatantly do it to upset me he say oh Yk I’m an A-whole . He wouldn’t even be there for me when I had to go to 3 different funerals with him he never went. I went to the only funeral he had to go to that happened the first few months we was together. He did so little yet so much to him that what I was doing was nothing compared to what effort he put in. Like what effort dude you left me stranded one time and went to sleep but if he even had a flat tire I was makin sure he made it home. Sorry everytime I think I’m done more pops up. It’s so frustrating I get I’m not perfect but why’s he have to be like that. He even tried convincing me that I cheated on him when all I did was play basketball with my friend once they quit playing horse. He was there so I was like why didn’t you break up with me then and he had nothing to say then. And he blocks me and tells me he wasted 2 years on me. I drove myself nuts trying to stay with him. ( Ik you’ll think I’m dumb for stayin understand he’s my first long term relationship and I wanted it to work so badly.)Ik I wasn’t perfect Ik I lost my temper a few too many times trying to make him understand how I felt and that I didn’t feel loved when he would t text or even call when I hadn’t seen him. But then I’m the one that didn’t want to see him. So when he made another excuse instead of meeting my family then wanted to be rude to me cause I would t let him stop talking about it then tries to ignore me. I called off the relationship he’d done it so many times each time it was something different. Didn’t matter that I spent more time with his family than my own. (Again sorry for babbling on and on.)

I (27F) have a friend (25F) that recently moved in with her bf (30M). Lets call her Julia. She is the sweetest person.
Julia and her bf have been together for 2 years and last week they moved in together. Maybe it is not realistic that all guys makes a grand gesture and ask if his girl wants to move in but she said the conversation were more like «hmm, should we move in together? I guess we could».
Anyways, we were out on this event he was hosting through his work. He was hanging around talking to different people. But he didn’t introduse his gf to any of the people. I understand he was kind of at work but his gf was standing to meters away. She told me he was working and networking so she didn’t want to disturb him. I understand this but still. It was more of a party than a business dinner.
After the event was finished we were going with our friends to a bar with our group of friends which is also his friends. She called him in the cab but then he wanted to go to another party. We met him outside the bar but he wanted to go to the other party. So he left.
A couple of days later I was at the beach with Julia and we talked about that night. She said that her bf didn’t want to sit around holding her hand when they’re going out but he wants to talk to and meet new people. I understand that, I wouldn’t either want to sit on a table holding my bf hand all night when out. But I would appriciate that gave me a kiss and be a little bit affectionate when we are out drinking togheter.
I also asked if she wanted to join me and my friend for dinner later that day. Her bf called to ask something and she told him about our plans. After the call she said he was very happy that he could be alone that night. She said that he is still adjusting to the fact that she is there now in his apartment since she moved in. She said it in a way like: «He is used to live alone so poor thing that has to adjust to not beeing able to be alone now».
I just wondered if his behavior is normal stuff in relationship? I understand that everyone is different but I think I would be a little sad if my bf acted like that with me.

Texting this girl and she seems to be in to me but we haven't met yet and there's a few complications to be able to meet anytime soon.
Anyways, she is wonderful but I feel I can't keep the conversation going too long.
She sends me a fee voice notes about herself or a video but I don't send one back because 1. I have a stutter which can also result in a voice crack here and there, and that I fear will turn her off and 2. I don't know what to say to be able to keep it going.
I text, sext (poorly) and send pics (poorly) which are mostly just of the same expression, maybe a little different but I'm not sure what else to do in one to show an interest.
I've asked her about what she likes and I've got a few things but I know fuck all about them and trying to learn about them is giving me a headache. I don't want to sound like an idiot.
I think I've killed her mood twice but due to a situation that was out of my control.
I want to meet up with her so badly but she's almost 2 hours away, neither of us are free and she goes away to Spain in two weeks time for fuck knows how long.
I'm afraid she'll lose interest or maybe she already is losing interest.
I don't know what to do. I want to get to know her better but I also can't start the convo off by asking about her, or can I?
I give her compliments, I'm honest and I always respond when I can and she does too.
Maybe I'm just overthinking this but I'm really nervous.
I need help, please 🙏

So, im in no contact with my ex (i made the talk: i like you, i dont want to be just be friends... in case you change your mind, contact me). The problem is that i see her almost weekly in the church. Last sabbath school she sat in the bench in front of mine (the benches face eachother), she lay her purse, cellphone and Bible like a mirror of my stuff that a lay in my bench.
Her posture was open, her feet were in mine direction all the time, she sometimes move her hair, and in every direction i looked, she looked to, when she notice that i notice she looked away pretending to never looked in that direction (mainly when i was talking to another girl). She laughed at my jokes, say amém very loud in every sentence (became a little wierd).
So i needed to organize a Youth gathering, wich she was there. She was put to make a group dynamic/game, she touch my hand, we bump in eatchother... we sat on the first bench, was repeating/laughing loud a lot of things that i said. A friend of mine said that was clear that she was attracted to me.
She is putting herself in my orbit? That means she is breaking the no contact? She wants to be aprochead and thinks that i realise that (she assuming that i know womanese)? Or am i overanalyzing this situation?

Looking for neutral or girl names that 'Darn' could be a nickname for, even if a little bit of a stretch. So something with a 'd' sound in there at least and probably an 'n'!
So far I've got Dee, Diana, Darcy, Delaney, Nadine, Madeline
Neutral or kinda masc fem preferred, deep cuts welcome
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Trans ftm, been dating a girl for a little bit now nobody at my school knows I'm trans and those that find out, I've been gaslighting hard af. My gf thinks I have a dick and I've got no clue how to tell her or when 💀💀 not sexually active or anything cuz I'm only 15 but still

As today is my birthday, I have a wish that I would absolutely love to come true - to meet some incredible, strong-willed girls who I can create a lasting bond with and consider as my sisters.
Let me tell you a little bit about myself - I'm a Gemini born in the month of June. I enjoy indulging in some sweet Mary Jane 🍃, and I have a passion for exploring conspiracy theories, anything spooky or supernatural, and basically anything that can't be easily explained.
In addition to my interests in the unexplained, I also love music, reading, writing, and drawing. I enjoy spending time with friends, hanging out, and getting to know people on a personal level.
WOMAN ONLY, 20 and up please! Please refrain from messaging me if you’re a man

Several hours after I was left to browse the web I began to get hungry, but I have no idea how to get food since we’re supposedly in orbit and I didn’t see a cafeteria on my way to get my new arm. I look around the room for one of those buttons that will request a nurse to come to your room but I couldn’t find one, either they’re hidden, blending in or more likely there just isn’t one. I go back to the holo screen and look in the manual to see if it can call someone, but nothing, strange, do they expect all patients to be mobile? Or maybe their medical tech is so advanced that anyone who is immobile is unconscious, maybe I’ll ask a nurse on my way to get food. I walk up to the door and it slides open sensing me, looking around I don’t see an alien nurse, just those guards slithering around, going left I walk towards a guard with dull yellow skin and bright red eyes, she notices me right away and gives a wave and smile before waiting for me in place,
“Hey pretty human, what are you doing out of your room?” Do all of them act this weird?
“Um… I got hungry and was wondering where the food court was.”
“Oh I think I’m staring at a buffet.” her eyes look me up and down, seeming to ignore or not care that I have a robotic limb.
“I-I… um… can you please just tell me, I’m really not in the mood for… this.” Maybe if I’m blunt about this she’ll get the message, or maybe all female aliens are persistent creeps.
“Oh, I uh, I’m sorry, just keep walking that way and take the first left then keep going you’ll be in a big room, sorry I just thought, sorry.” well that worked better than expected, strange how easy these people seem to get embarrassed about confrontation, I’m no better though.
Giving her an awkward thanks I speed walk towards the court while I hear mumbling behind me. Following her directions I end up in a massive room filled with delicious smells and decorated with planters bursting with red trees and orange bushes, the food stalls are built into the walls just like an earth mall, the inhabitants are mostly Argochuria wearing uniforms but the occasional human breaks up the crowd here and there. One human lady arguing animatedly with an alien, gesturing wildly with both arms being cybernetic.
Ignoring them, all the food I see others holding is in some way exotic, green meats, yellow grains, pink fruit, purple bread among them, some prepared in unique ways, others look like earth foods re-colored and some are just in a blue foam like box. I decide on a stall with pink and lime flashing light that has a sign reading “Lukanog’s,” the cashier is a very bored looking Argochuria with red skin dotted by discolorations, she looks down and dead pans, “chit or bill?” I assume those are payment methods but I have neither.
“Uhm, I’m a patient from earth, do I get a free meal?” it’s worth a shot at least, worst case I go hungry for a day, maybe the job I’m being forced into will give free food.
With a sigh through the face scar she replies, “that would be a bill sir, get it now pay when you can,” ah, HOW THE FUCK WOULD I KNOW THAT DIBSHIT
“Oh ok, can I get…” shit, I have no idea if any of this is good, “can I get a Hadner with a side of Regon” on the menu it looks like a green and purple hot dog with a side of some sort of berries.
“And your drink sir?”
“Do you guys have fruit juice?” A simple nod is all I get before she taps away at a holo screen. After a few seconds of standing in silence she looks back at me and hands me a small coin object made of some sort of plastic like material with a number on it ‘2348.’ I go to an open table and sit by my lonesome, assuming that she will call my number up. I watch the other people in the enormous room going about their business, talking, eating, just relaxing, or yelling in the case of some who seem to be getting ignored. A few minutes of alien watching later I hear a deadpan voice call my number, I walk up and grab my food giving quick thanks before I return to my spot. Just as I pick up the hot dog thing and open my mouth I hear a female alien voice ask me, “you Yagak Grolgem?”
“Yeah? Who are you?” I look up to see an 8 foot tall orange skin Argochuria with blazing pink eyes staring back at me
“Can I sit with you?” she seems to avoid the simple question
“Uh, sure?” I don’t think I should piss of the giant muscle girl for my own safety
“Thanks.'' She takes a seat, she wears a white tank top with a sort of jean skirt that has two belts pulled taught on both ends. Her face looks like she’s trying to remain neutral but with cracks of emotion peaking through, anxiety, frustration, and… regret? “I suppose you don’t know who I am.”
“Not a clue.” seeing that this was to be a conversation I put the hotdog down on the tray
“I am Lengu, a soldier who liberated earth, and I know you.” she huffs it out like she’s been working up the nerve for weeks, sucks for her because now I’m leaving
“Well it’s been great but I gotta go, I think someone’s in my room waiting for me.” total bullshit but my past experiences say these women get the message quick. Standing with my tray I only make it a few steps before her hand grabs me on my organic arm, no one seems to notice or if they do they don’t care
“Please, please stay and listen to me, I'm begging you.” she really does sound like she is begging me, while I don’t trust her I am in a hospital already so I sit back down, “thank you.”
“Yeah just don’t try and claim my other arm for yourself, the last military invader I ran into already took the left.” she gives a little snort and shakes her head
“I would like to say…” she clears her throat and waits a few second before breathing deeply, “I would like to say that I am truly and deeply sorry beyond what words can express, if you do not forgive me you would be in the right as I changed your life forever, but I am sorry.” She stares at the table, trying to remain stoic but with flakes of emotion showing. I think I know what this is about but it’d be real awkward if I was wrong, swallowing my hate and rage and ask
“Are you the one that took my arm?”
“... yes.” is all she has to say for herself. A solid minute of silence passes between us but it feels like hours, Argochurian hours.
“I… I don’t know what to say. You want me to say you're forgiven? All's Well that ends well? I don’t care, you invaded my world, took my arm, and had me shipped off to god know where!”
“No, I just needed to have my apologies spoken to the one I wronged, whether or not you forgive me is not my choice.” the audacity. I feel like screaming like a human voice on the other end of the cafeteria, or making her go through what I went through, maybe both, but I sit there in silence.
What do I even say, I mean I wish she were dead, but for me not that much time has even passed, I’ve only been conscious and without an arm for a few minutes at most. My rage hasn’t had the time to build into a true grudge, and seeing the guts in this bitch… seeing the bravery and regret… I’m at a loss and struggling to stay angry, it seeping away like my blood, three days ago. And with a great sigh,
“I forgive you.” rage is good, a part of existence really, but you can’t let it guide you, you’ll become lost and lose more than you ever thought you could. “On one condition,” she already had been staring back at me in utter shock, not even trying to hide it, but now she nods frantically.
“YES, yes anything you want!”
“Pay my hospital and food bills.” may as well get something out of this, don’t want to be forced into my new life and find out that aliens also have ridiculous medical bills too.
“But the hospital is free?” she has a quizzical look about her
“Well that's good to know, but what about my food?”
“Oh, that's like 12 credits… done,” she pulls out a pen that emits a Holographic display, “How about we go and buy you some new clothes too.” well shit she is right, I do need new clothes.
“I think I’ll take you up on that, just let me eat.” she awkwardly stares at me as I finish my food. The hotdog tastes of beef while the berries are bitter sweet, the drink tastes like fruit punch. Once I finally finish, I stand up whipping my hands with a napkin and I ask, “alright, so where do hospitals sell clothes?”
“There’s an essentials store for patients about to be reassigned, follow me.” as we walk, slither, the sound and smells of the food court slowly fade away. A couple of guards give us the side eye as we pass by. I know they are not against species mixing, if what Ullgo said is true about all of them, maybe they’re just jealous? Or maybe it’s actually not allowed but they do it anyway? A couple turns later and we come to a hallway lined with glass windows peaking into shops of several sorts,
“Alright, being part of the military means I get paid well, I’ll buy you two outfits and some sort of personal device.” she smiles down with a proud look about her, like she finally can move on with life after this. Giving a nod I choose the store that appears to feature males of several species, one of which is human, and walk in. How they got a guy to agree to a photo shoot and mass produce enough clothes to fill god knows how many shops in three days is beyond me. and these aren't just clothes stolen from earth, most feature some some sort of alien sense to them, whether the material, add-ons, or the patterns, few are either from or inspired by earth fashion. As we enter a small yellow Argochuria male behind the register greets us.
I walk towards a section clearly labeled “human” and look around at my options. Browsing the strange alien wares I settle on; a tank top made of some sort of water wicking material, a pair of shorts made of the same stuff as the tank top and has zipper pockets, a sort of t-shirt that has sleeves that go to my elbows, and a pair of deep pocket jean like pants, oh and underwear and socks. “Can I get shoes too?” I ask her to which she says yes. I pick some boots, can’t go wrong with boots.
“Hello, chit or bill.” the man isn’t as tired sounding as the food court clerk but he’s not enthusiastic, who would be
“Chit.” Lengu says
As he begins to scan the items, which don’t have tags weirdly, he smirks and asks, “I knew soldiers were desperate for a husband, but to immediately start dating a human only three days after liberation?”
Lengu begins to turn a deeper shade of orange before firmly stating, “we are not dating, I just wanted to make it up to him.”
“Oh, what’d she do to you.” he says with only slight concern
“... She took my arm…” the room falls deadly silent, I can hear the hidden AC unit working away somewhere, I can hear my own heart beat as he clears his throat
“62 creds” he seems timid, like at any second I’ll snap
“Thank you…” she says as she pulls out the pen sized device and scans it on the computer
“Have a good day.” I say trying to ease him up, which thankfully works, the poor fella was so stiff you could mistake him for a board
“You too sir.” walking over to the tech store Lengu gives me a couple of glances and I sigh
“I already said I forgive you, let's just get this last thing and you don’t have to see me ever again.” she opens her mouth to say something but closes it
The tech shop is much more boring, different pens lined up based on size and that's it. The cashier here is just a very bored looking red skinned male. I pick out one that sticks just barely out of my hand and walk up to the counter, “chit or bill” he says in the neutral voice of boredom, clearly not much traffic in here.
“Chit.” Lengu says, the same scan as before and we’re back out and walking back to the food court in silence, then back to my room in utter silence aside from passers by. I see a few humans pass us by, all with escorts, and seeing what was done to them… maybe I got lucky.
When we arrive outside my room we stop and stand in silence for a few seconds “Listen I’m sorry again, that was supposed to be fun or interesting but I made it awkward… again.” she seems frustrated and embarrassed, with a hand on her neck and all her eyes staring at the floor
“Well you helped me alot in a short amount of time, so thanks, and hey I got a cool robot arm out of the deal.” At that she bursts out laughing as I start to chuckle,
What an absurd situation I’ve been forced into. Maybe this ain’t all so bad after all, maybe there’s good Argochurians as there are bad Humans, maybe I’ll enjoy my new forced life just a little. Hey, the arm is pretty cool and hard to remember it’s metal with how real it feels
“I hope we meet again Yagak, you're a kind soul” she wipes tears from her lower eyes.
“Yeah me too.” I drop my stuff and give her a bear hug. She grunts in surprise but picks me up in return, “see you again sometime, Lengu.” I say picking up my stuff and walking into my room
“See you.” she waves while smiling, and to think I wanted to kill her for taking my arm, guess it was just one really fucking bad accident after all.
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Hi all! So we are expecting a baby girl next month. We have gone back and forth between so many names and dropped them again for one or another reason but now we’re getting closer and we’re desperate to settle on a name.
What are your first thoughts on the name Lula? It’s a little unusual and a combination or Lola and Lulu.
Is Havana a nice girl name even if we have no ties to Havana or Cuba at all?
Is Ivy too overused right now? I read somewhere that it’s on the top 10 list.
We also love the name Cleo but we’re unsure if people think of the Renault Clio.
Anyway, some of our faves are Daisy, Ivy, Lula, Cleo, Ruby, Naomi, Penelope, Viola and Cordelia. Any suggestions for names with the same vibe?
TIA!!

As an East Asian girl (22), I’ve always been hyper vigilant of yellow fever. I need to explore why for me dating white men ends up feeling 1. Embarrassing and 2. Shameful. I went on a bumble date with a white guy because I wanted to meet someone new and I’m not completely ruling out an entire race. But after two dates, things were moving faster than I thought. He really liked me and was so sweet. (I have no idea his dating history, nor if he only dates East Asians, but he didn’t seem too … weeb-ish.)
But I just couldn’t shake the feeling that I do not want to marry a white guy, or have my art school friends and family know I’m dating another white guy and assume things about me.
So I broke it off. I felt awful and heart broken and regretful— even though this was just a tiny little fling. Was I wrong?? Am I racist? Can any other East Asian girlies relate to the paranoia of being fetishized?

Right so I wouldn't post this here except that I would have no issue solving this problem except for the fact that my comfort game is involved and I would hate to jeopardize something that important to me. This is a long read. So strap in and please give me whatever advice available.
I would also like to preface by saying, absolutely no hate towards this person. I'm not trying to be mean or rude, I understand how this could sound bad (tho I mainly say that cuz I feel guilty for not allowing her behavior in my safe space) but please hear me out on this.
I'm giving everyone in this situation fake names.
So I've been playing with this one person (calling them Sarah) for a while, maybe 3 weeks to a month at this point, and we had just finally unlocked chat. Everything was going great until litterally the next day. Sarah asks if her friend and join us in our candle run, ofc I say yes. (Calling Sarah's friend Bob. Bob is a girl btw, it's just the only name I can come up with rn) so I can't see Bob's chats but I can see Sarah's chats and can infer the entire convo from just that. (Sarah has a habit of repeating what others say in all caps for dramatic effect lmfao)
For context: Sarah is in a weird stage where being lgbtq+ is considered "cool" "different" and "quirky". And has told me (despite me saying I didn't feel comfy having the convo as she's much younger than me) all about this girl she has a crush on who we will be calling Jackie. As someone who is pansexual myself, this is something that irks me. But I understand it and let it go.
So back to the story: the first thing Bob says is, "did you know Jackie is trans and goes by Jack now?" Sarah starts freaking out. (I do have my own opinions about how I feel that if you really actually like someone you should be happy that they've found themselves and not upset that they aren't your ideal partner anymore but whatever) This goes back and forth for a while of Sarah freaking out over this before Bob says "just kidding lmfaooo" so I jump in a little bit and said, "that's not a very nice joke to make. Imagine how Jackie would feel hearing you talk about her like this." This was a bad thing to say. Big mistake. An argument breaks out between Bob and sarah and I am now in the middle of it against my wishes. Bob does that thing where you leave mid argument to make the other person feel bad and i figure this is a good time to talk to Sarah about how that whole interaction made me uncomfy. So I said to her, "that sounded like a private conversation and I would appreciate if you had those conversations in private and not in front of me" Sarah said, "it's wasn't really that private."
This alone makes me question whether I truly want this person as a friend, but I let it go. It only gets kinda weirder from here.
So now Sarah is doing this thing where every single time I'm online she tp to me within the first 5 minutes. That's great, I'm glad you value our friendship and wanna spend time with me, but sometimes I wanna be alone. My social battery is small and I need that time alone to recharge, and she just doesn't get that no matter how much I tell her. I understand that its a social game, but i still expect you to respect my boundaries and personal space. So anyway, I start my dailies and she insists on joining, so ofc, I let her. Halfway thru valley she starts asking me weird questions.
First it's, "what's ur type" now first of all, I don't believe in "types". Especially if your definition of "type" is completely physical and has nothing to do with personality. But I replied and said, "I don't really wanna answer that."
She said, "it's fine I ask all my friend this" I said, "if I had to choose I'd say my bf" Sarah says, "okay how do you rate black/mixed girls 1/10" I said, "I'm not comfortable answering that." She said, "okay what about white girls?" I said, "I'm not comfortable having this conversation" She says, "what about white men??"
This continues until she has to go. This is not something that's happened once or twice. It's everytime I log onto the game she's there and ready to disrespect my boundaries. And since she always warps to me when I play, she's intertwined with all my friends as well.
This means that if I simply block her, and then warp to one of my other friends she'll be there and she'll pin me as the bad guy and turn my litteral only friends against me.
I think she makes my friends uncomfy too. She was holding on of my friends hand (calling this friend lettuce) and she kept getting hit by crabs and yelling at my friend as if she couldn't just let go and walk away. Lettuce had already completed the daily shard and therefore there were no crabs on her screen. But Sarah teleported to us and since she hadn't finished the shard, so there were crabs for her that Lettuce couldn't see. And Lettuce felt so bad and was apologizing profusely while Sarah said things like "I'm still pissed about it." And "idc if you didn't mean to." Even tho litterally no damage was done. She didn't even lose one wl.
So again, I can't block her without her turning it against me, and when I try to talk to her she plays the victim and spams crying emotes and such. I can't even get a moment alone with any of my friends to explain the situation because she's teleporting to me AS SOON as I log on. What do I do??

Zatch (episode 21 "Another Zatch and the Faudo arc)
Tia (between ep 18 and 21, also chapter 267, and in Mamodo Battles if I wanna give my favorite girl even more credit) (I don't think she engaged him in battle until the latter encounter though, where her Chajiiru Seshieldon blocked Jigadirasu Uru Zakeruga. (the latter was also when she only had 3 spells) I'm not completely sure she could beat him until unlocking her 4th, 5th, and 6th spells though if she were to isolate him for a 1v1 fight. Tia is probably the most 50-50 chance on this list and I think it really depends on the time, place, circumstances, and how her & Megumi choose to fight.
Ponygon and Kanchome (directly after Purio, Cherish, Tia, and Rodeaux fight him, also Kanchome in Zatch Bell Mamodo Battles) (I think this was more arrogance on Zeno's part, but I do think these two could take on Zeno in a longer fight and even win)
Wonrei and Brago (Zatch Bell Mamodo Battles, Brago does this twice as a matter of fact and I think both have a pretty good shot at actually surviving)
Robnos (probably the weirdest example on this list. He probably didn't fight him, and if he did maybe he used the fact he has a twin to disoriante Zeno long enough to get away?? Dudes got two sets of ricocheting lasers too and the ability to combine and separate at will... I'm grasping for straws)
Cherish & Zaruchim (really, all the Faudo cultists since he spared them to be his subordinates but these two directly interacted/confronted him. Cherish got off with only being fried by Bargirdo Zakeruga, and Zaruchim was the only one shown to make it to the control room to support Riou, and he also refused Godufa like Cherish. Maybe Zeno saw that he could be useful in eliminating Riya and Ponygon so he let Zaruchim go free to take his revenge on the former rather than just eliminate him on sight?) (I think Zaruchim could have taken him though, less sure on Cherish)
Kido (this is a little shaky since it's a line from a video game and Dr. Riddles (not Kido) was the one to tell Kiyo he had encountered Zeno somewhere. (I don't think Kido had a chance if they were to fight. Maybe Koboruk, Zeburuk, or Raja Zerusen??)
All of Zatch's Faudo arc friends in the anime (except Riya (which was bullsh*t)) (I'm still mad about the Tia thing too)
I know most of these can be chalked up to the Mamodo not engaging him or Zeno sparing them if they did confront each other, but I think the fact still stands.
did I miss anyone who has run into Zeno & Dufort and lived to tell the tale, canonically or otherwise?

Maybe - okay almost definitely, TMI….
Had a laparoscopic hysterectomy on the 6th. Goodbye cervix, uterus, tubes, and one ovary - Marie Kondoed all of it.
No spotting in recovery, or yesterday.
At all.
Which - did they leave something in? Do they pack the vag with gauze? Because I spotted pretty much every day for the last three years and yet you inside-out sock my bits and I don’t even spot? Inconceivable - but I will take it.
Now, I do have a bad habit of overdoing it after surgeries. General anesthesia gives me so much energy and I’m hyper for almost a week after so it’s easy for me to just move or stand too much. Not sure if that’s a possibility?
But, slept for 6-ish hours last night, got up, peed, no spotting, had a little gas - first since surgery, but small and I definitely have a good rumbly one in there waiting for the right time. No BM but felt stuff waking up yesterday evening and expect I’ll have one today sometime based on how I’m feeling things. Went to get a tea and was standing for maybe 20 minutes, then felt a flood/gush.
It was the same sort of gush I’d get on a heavy period day when I’d stand up but it soaked in immediately (my heavy day period blood was thick and took a sweet minute to soak into the pad), so I wondered if I had wet/peed myself. Went to the bathroom and the pad was pretty much soaked and it was thin/watery (nothing on the surface) so maybe, but it was pink. So I know there was blood but it was mixed in with some sort of fluid because it wasn’t at all as thick as blood is.
I talked to the nurse and she wasn’t concerned (call if I start to bleed, any clots, soak through a pad in an hour, etc), but not sure what it was and I’m curious.
Anyone else experienced anything like this? Was it just some swelling/fluid that had pooled while I was sleeping and then came out all at once? Does this happen ahead of the first BM when muscles are starting to move around again? Did I do too much yesterday and this is a sign of that?
My big fear is any sort of problem with the cuff. I was the kid scared that my bellybutton could randomly open up and I’d spill my intestines all over the playground. I’m older and wiser and know that’s not how bellybuttons work. But now I’m scared I’m going to reach for my reading glasses the wrong way, pull a muscle in my back, tear the cuff, and trip over my intestines while I’m trying to pluck that one stupid wirey hair from my chin.
Can take the girl out if the playground but can’t take the irrational fear out of the girl 😄
Anyone else have anything similar? Do you know what it is or what caused it? Was it a sign of any problems?
Thanks everyone here - it’s so good to have a space where this stuff is talked about 💛