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but might i offer: declawing that failed

like think about the order training and educating a young morning frost, probably around typical rebellion age of 12/13 so he's been with the order for a few years.

frost is the only tabaxi currently in the psionic order and the last one was decades ago and no one is really around who remembers how that was handled. and if you're training to hone your mind into a weapon, isn't it kind of contrarian to have these weapons growing right out of your fingers? the order thinks so (at least this generation of it). so they set about "fixing" that by removing them. but instead of doing it properly and removing the whole first joint to rid of the claws, they just cut them down to the very base of the quick.

it's a bloody and painful operation that leaves young frost with hands that are so incredibly sore he can hardly use them. the kid who had been struggling to focus and keep quiet was suddenly silent and obedient. he can't think much past the pain, so he recedes into himself unless he's training. if anyone sees him flinch in pain while dressing or just throughout the days, they do not mention it.

for years after, his fingertips are a constant source of pain no matter what he does. by the time frost hits his late teens/early twenties, the pain has dulled to a constant ache that he can pretend doesn't bother him. he's an established member of the psionic order, he's making his master proud, he's a powerful sorcerer.

frost's master is the one who both ordered the removal of his claws and helped him bandage and redress them daily. frost has Very Conflicting feelings about this because of the mix of care and cruelty so he mostly blocks it out once he's left the order

the claws are especially tender as they regrow, during which frost meets gricko and hootsie. frost tries to hide the claw situation from them entirely, but gricko notices and doesn't say anything but conviently gives frost a healing/soothing salve "for scrapes and cuts, frosty". frost doesn't realize this is intentional for many months and only does because they have a few drinks together and it comes up while they're talking (he's embarrassed but grateful)

during the winters and colder months, frost's hands become indescribably painful. because of this he often wears thick gloves/mittens that earn him quizzical glances from the party (minus gricko)

^ he tends to stick close to gideon when its cold and sometimes just uses him as a hot pack for his hands. gideon doesn't really know why but he doesn't mind if it makes his friend feel better. (they talk about it eventually and bond over their chronic pain)

he hadnt planned to leave the order. his master had shaken/grabbed his hand, felt the regrowth, and mentioned they should "take care of that". frost had nodded along but that night he grabbed a small pack and shoved his very few belongings in it and just ran as fast and far as he could without looking back to even check if he was followed

he occasionally has nightmares about the whole thing where he wakes up sobbing. the party doesn't mention these but he gets an extra serving of breakfast the morning after

extra angsty options

after the "procedure" to his hands, frost panicked and lied and said that tabaxi don't have claws on their feet so they wouldn't cut those off too. initially they doubted him but he demonstrated by flexing his toes in a way that wouldn't reveal them, so they took his word for it. he's grateful for this when he makes his run for it

or alternatively..

they did do the same to the claws on his feet and they didn't regrow properly/at all and were vulnerable to infection from always walking on them so he wore shoes even when he didn't need to in order to keep the wounds clean and free of dirt/debris. that's why he claims he wears his shoes for "hygienic reasons"

That list might say things like “Paint a picture. Go birdwatching. Finish that great novel I started reading. Call my grandma. Learn to bake a cake. Visit my sister. Play piano.”

hey!

probably don’t do this!

when you tell facebook an ad “knows too much” you’re essentially confirming that their advertisement algorithm is working, it’s just making people uncomfortable because it’s working too well

it’s still positive feedback on them trying to either flood people with advertisements or socially engineer you into buying things by tracking frankly enormous amounts of data on your location, the other websites and apps you use, your conversations recorded through your phone, everything

instead? just mark all ads as "repetitive” or “irrelevant”- something that doesn’t give them information on how well the ad catered to your tastes.

David gave himself a cramp laughing about it. Yuna was at first horrified but then also amused.

The first photo is from 1956. It shows a Black woman watching members of the Ku Klux Klan (a terrorist, racist, far-right organization focused on white supremacy) walking along a sidewalk in Montgomery, Alabama (USA). I couldn't find the photo's author, but most sources state that it was taken in 1956.

The second photo shows members of the Patriot Front group (a white supremacist and nationalist group, formed in 2017, that openly advocates what they call "American Fascism") traveling on the subway during the 250th anniversary of the U.S. independence in Washington D.C., while a Black woman watches them. The photo is by photographer Cheney Orr, taken on July 4, 2026, 70 years after the first photo.

Along with this, there’s a handful of words that Ilya always forgets the English for (and a few that he just thinks the Russian word sounds better), so he’s just started using the Russian word with Shane, so even before Shane gets very good at Russian (or really knows any at all), he knows a few obscure Russian words (stuff like cufflinks, baking soda, jellyfish. Things that don’t come up a whole lot for Ilya, but come up enough that Shane remembers).

inspired by: this happened to me! i am British but I used to live in Germany and I had a ton of German and Italian friends. when I lived there my accent would slide towards this sort of pan European accent and I would mimic their grammar, all fully subconscious. and then the second I spoke to my family on the phone I was full BBC again. to this day if I call them or send a voice note I start to speak that way again.

Shane and Ilya talking between themselves at a centaurs BBQ for a little while and then when someone comes over and joins in, Shane sounds noticeably... not fully Russian, but there's a sort of edge to his accent, a rounding of some vowels and flattening of others, clipping some of the consonants a little more than he usually would. The longer he talks to his Canadian teammate it fades off again but the second he turns to Ilya it snaps back into place and everyone's a little surprised.

In other headcanons based on things I do with my friends, I also think Shane would come to emulate Ilyas texting style a little bit, just in their private chat. Ilya sends "need more coffee. all used." and Shane replies "also need milk."

Along with this, there’s a handful of words that Ilya always forgets the English for (and a few that he just thinks the Russian word sounds better), so he’s just started using the Russian word with Shane, so even before Shane gets very good at Russian (or really knows any at all), he knows a few obscure Russian words (stuff like cufflinks, baking soda, jellyfish. Things that don’t come up a whole lot for Ilya, but come up enough that Shane remembers).

inspired by: this happened to me! i am British but I used to live in Germany and I had a ton of German and Italian friends. when I lived there my accent would slide towards this sort of pan European accent and I would mimic their grammar, all fully subconscious. and then the second I spoke to my family on the phone I was full BBC again. to this day if I call them or send a voice note I start to speak that way again.

Shane and Ilya talking between themselves at a centaurs BBQ for a little while and then when someone comes over and joins in, Shane sounds noticeably... not fully Russian, but there's a sort of edge to his accent, a rounding of some vowels and flattening of others, clipping some of the consonants a little more than he usually would. The longer he talks to his Canadian teammate it fades off again but the second he turns to Ilya it snaps back into place and everyone's a little surprised.

In other headcanons based on things I do with my friends, I also think Shane would come to emulate Ilyas texting style a little bit, just in their private chat. Ilya sends "need more coffee. all used." and Shane replies "also need milk."