Fly away pretty bird

Lost my mind a little and added (if my math is correct) 5,615 beads to Nim Teasdale's Odenwald pattern. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing!

The goal was “soothingly weighted but not uncomfortable to wear, even as someone with chronic pain.” It could have been a little heavier, so maybe I’ll make a shawl with larger beads another time, but I’m very pleased with this one. I used size 6/0 seed beads, applied as I go with a .6mm crochet hook.

Yarn-wise, used 2 cakes of YarnArt Flowers. I knitted the fully purple sections from both, then knitted all the way through the yellow-oranges with a single ball. When I hit the beginning of red-oranges, I used yarn from both cakes, alternating between them. (Not the entirety of both, I played it by ear to make sure I made it through the full rainbow.)

I do have edited charts with bead placements. I will only share them with Nim's permission.

Yes, he makes his beloved daughter to apologize to the girl who punched her and does not demand apology at all. You see the teacher melt and feel sooooo bad. And then there is this little argument between JW and HS - and it's so telling, she is coming from the position of just world and how you need to stand up for yourself openly and she's never had to be the weaker or dissemble to survive - she acts like a sane person with a happy life.

Meanwhile, HS with his background is all about how it looks.

That is something that has never been true in HS' life.

But also yeah, he's accepted he doesn't understand people on an emotional level but he knows what makes them react so...it's all the study.

Their view of the problem is different, isn't it? He's trying to protect Eun Ha from being labeled a troublemaker (because he knows how that can explode) and she's trying to protect Eun Ha's sense of justice (something he's never had but she believes in.)

And then the whole "I see she's mad, I really MUST make sure she's not mad" - he's so desperately attuned. And he doesn't stop until he sees she's not mad any more.

This scene with Eun Ha is one of my faves. Because he's taken her to eat egg tarts, her fave, and she's mad.

His explanation!!!! This sums up his life - he's been abused his whole life as the son of a serial killer and treated so nicely when he changed his identity as son of a hospital director (I mean, later in the ep, that dude tries to justify attempting to murder him back when even tho they were roommates and he was nothing but nice but the dude wanted his cash, by saying oh he must have been an evil killer.)

The way he got revenge for her by stealing that girl's doll that the fight was over and throwing it out.

And he buys her more egg tarts.

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.