Worlds Biggest Mess

If you keep a book, it auto renews two times. Then it comes up as overdue. If your overdue items exceed a certain amount, your account freezes. You can’t use any of the local libraries anymore until you return the items or claim them lost and pay for them. If someone else is waiting for the book, you can’t renew. Its that simple.

And guess what. Not only did we save money, but we /got more materials back/. More materials were turned in than declared lost as compared to before. There was no stigma to it. If you had already paid for the item, the money was credited back to you.

Because the people late fees actually affected were children and elderly adults - people unable to regularly get to the library. And the stigma of late items was dropped. Attitude and mindset are important.

we still have no late fees. And we are considered to be one of the top public systems in our state. People from out of state PAY to get library cards for a year because our online Overdrive system is amazing, and we have a ton of partnerships and interlibrary loan systems in place. AND we suffer less losses of both materials and patrons due to our “no late fee” policy.

And how Tigress had severe, destructive anger issues when she was younger, but instead of being painted as a “problem child” she was instead taught her how to channel her emotions into something constructive?

And how Crane trained extra hard to impress a girl, and was by all rights the hero of his own story, but he still didn’t get her in the end? And how the girl isn’t shamed for it?

Oh look, it’s the exact same fucking joke from Ragnarok again. Bravo, Taika, such witty and hip humor.

I wasn’t sure where to post this, but if anyone is struggling with the storms (or you know people who are) and their pipes have burst, the roof has caved in, or there is physical damage to the home.  Please advise them to call their insurance company asap.  As an agent, I know many are unaware of the coverage for loss of use.  This will provide them money to get a hotel and live for a bit, while the house is inhabitable (sic).

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Loss of use coverage from your insurance company is standard and included FOR FREE with most homeowners, condo, or renters insurance policy.  It covers both expenses during the storm and after the storm if your home is uninhabitable before repairs can be made!  Plumbing repair wait times are going to be a thing here!  Roof repairs also!  Call your insurance now and document, document, document!  

If you need loss of use reimbursement while waiting for plumbing repairs to be made, try to get in writing (email or text message you can screenshot should be ok) that you can’t get it fixed right away.  Having that from multiple service companies will support your loss of use.  Your agent (if you have one) can be a great advocate for you but they do not actually handle the claims approval process.  They do have some leverage to argue for you with your insurance company’s claims department but some unscrupulous agents will be unhelpful because many companies pay bonuses to agents who can sell claims-free policies.

Bonus insurance tip!  You don’t have to get multiple bids if the work is going to cost more than your deductible.  You are legally required to pay your deductible but insurance is going to pay the rest so hire a company who does good work and you are comfortable with them.  A company that promises that you won’t have to pay your deductible is literally promising to break the law.  Don’t trust them.  

Loki’s the only one actually trying not to get them to go at all, or telling the guard as a preventative measure, or stalling with Heimdall, or not going under pretense of peace in ceremonial battle armour, or accepting the peaceful offer to leave jotunheim, but no one cares about Thor starting a war because Loki’s King which is Bad and Oh!! he must be Up To Something™ planning to steal Thor’s position this whole time!!

And what makes it even worse that they know their lives were saved but instead focus on how Thor was banished because Loki told the guard instead of how he wasn’t killed but only after Loki reveals his part in it!!

Loki even explains why he did it. And they all know he’s right about Thor not being ready!! But then Sif brings up that he’s jealous as an argument and no one disagrees!! 

Fandral even points out how ridiculous their accusations sound, but he still goes with them and follows along.

And then Loki tells them he’s king and they show no respect and ask for every other alternative to dob to, and he has to remind them he’s the ruler and he gives them another valid explanation along with the earlier one about why it’s better for Thor to be banished a bit!!

And now you’re thinking “hey, it’s okay, at least Asgard’s most loyal gatekeeper won’t support their idiotic accusations and help them commit treason” but then think again!: 

So we have Loki who already starts out getting no respect not even gain any support when he’s King. And he’s already been doubting his place in the world because he’s already having the Jotun/Laufeyson identity crisis! He is going around reminding people he’s King to reassure himself that not everyone is going to betray or abandon him… even as he takes note of all their behaviour indicating otherwise.

Is it any surprise Loki’s plan only required himself? Everyone else turned cloak in a time of war for the imbecile and the only one who accepted the legitimacy of his Kingship and his word… was also Thor, who he wasn’t the brother of, who was on Earth as a mortal, who Loki was being pitted against for the purpose of filling the slot of son/heir and reasonably thought would kill him on sight if he knew he was Jotun :) 

 And! As an extra bonus fun feature, it’s extra fun to remember that thanks to the deleted scene at the beginning of the film we know Loki is honest and open to the point where he speaks and admits that he gets jealous, but he doesn’t mind because he loves Thor.

He admits to his faults. Deleted opening scene of Thor 1 and he literally does what Frigga vilifies him for in Thor 2. 

Literally all of this. Also it’s worth pointing out that the way the scene is played, they seem genuinely happy that at least a guard informed Odin where they were UNTIL Loki reveals that he was the one that told the guard. Then suddenly they are angry. They certainly don’t thank him and seem to be annoyed and consider it an underhanded move. 

I think in that scene Loki had a rare moment of hope and optimism. He imagined that they would finally understand where he was coming from and see his worth. I think he imagined they would thank him for having informed the guard. And I think he also imagined that when he revealed his concerns about Thor’s ability to rule they would finally agree he was right. He imagined at long last getting from them some of the respect and admiration they had for Thor. He underestimated their dislike and disdain for him. 

They go from being glad the guard told Odin to displaying thinly veiled disgust that Loki “betrayed” them by informing on their whereabouts and intentions. And they dismiss his love for Thor as a lie and his legitimate concerns as petty jealousy and use that comment as an excuse to turn on Loki. Something they are clearly very eager to do. 

Of course if Loki DID want to get rid of Thor he could have plotted to get him killed by trying to lure him into a dangerous situation - he could have abandoned him during the fight with the frost giants, or refused to come and made sure no one found out where he’d gone till it was too late, or tried to kill him in the confusion of battle. He certainly wouldn’t have tried to talk him OUT of fighting when they first confront Laufey. 

At the point The Warriors Three and Sif start to suspect Loki it’s especially laughable since Thor is POWERLESS AND HUMAN AND UTTERLY HELPLESS. When Loki went down to see him he could have squashed him like a bug and then claimed Thor met with some accident on earth. But he doesn’t. Even though he has every reason to believe that if Thor knew his true heritage he would kill him without hesitation. After all last he spoke to Thor, Thor wanted to kill every frost giant. And everyone else in Asgard is perfectly happy to turn on Loki.

Interviewer : “Tom, are you actually in costume right now, just for my own fantasies?”

Tom: “Am I … I wish I could contribute and enhance those fantasies.”