So Much Trash With SoMuchPanAsh

This is the announcement post for Occupational Hazards, a new serial light novel series.

The first arc is Zero Hour, which follows the separate lives of a kidnapped potential heir and a powerful shadow magic specialist as their lives start to connect.

Twenty-seven year old Hedy Holiday has clinical anxiety and a rocky past, but gets by. She can’t be part of a Guild, but she makes do with her portals as a Court Neutral courier, counting down the days until the Court changes over. (Maybe the worst of the harrassment will stop. She doubts it.)

Thirteen year old Ciela is the potential heir to a long dead empire and its relics. She would be happy to have never found out- maybe then her family wouldn’t be held hostage as she pretends to be the perfect captive for the Society of Magisters. They’ll let her family live as long as she’s a perfect puppet heir, but something tells her things will get worse if she doesn’t fight for freedom soon….

I don’t know how I forgot to post this here until now, but all Asexual Awareness Week (so, today and tomorrow lol I’m sorry), if you like cool ace (and Otherwise Really Queer) books…

Both Chameleon Moon and Stake Sauce are 99 cents!

CHAMELEON MOON: 

Queer/trans/disabled cast survive a fiery dystopia 

Bi, polyam ace MC 

Who is also a precious squishy lizard boy who needs a hug 

Other main is awesome rock star trans lady superheroine w 2 wives

STAKE SAUCE: 

Gay gray aro ace (gay-ro ace?) MC With Much PTSD 

And prickly but tries SO HARD and is Secret Soft 

Fights vampires and falls in love with them 

When he meets a squishy pink haired punk vampire cutie. Named Pixie.

So grab them if you haven’t (and want to, obvs), and enjoy!

NO ITS SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY

@GOD WHAT IS THIS THING. WHY.

It starts when she says “I don’t know what to do” I wanna move forward too, see the skies clear and blue But consider me and you- Can we have real happiness with visions clear and true?

And endless stream of all that was before, Our kin’s blood and gore, a hundred thousand civil wars? With mind open and heart sore is it wrong for me to want more?“

I should be shocked, but I’m not I understand what she’s fearing Cause how can we be soft when the world’s so searing How can we be happy when we keep overhearing “People like you just need to stop appearing!”

“And what about your bearing?” “And what is that you’re wearing?” Not a single note of caring They don’t care how we’ve been faring It’s not bread and salt they’re sharing It’s our hearts and minds they’re tearing

And it’s not just that it’s the point when you realize that the absence of the lies Isn’t a blessing in disguise Its jade glasses over eyes and a lack of compromise

There’s no more cotton in the skies Cause you pulled wool off your eyes And now the bits of you that sympathize the parts of you that empathize

Sit shocked and still with a solemn thought “Was it worth it to rid myself of all of the lies?”

You know, I think I drifted- we need to stop and change the pace. This isn’t exactly the tone I wanna to chase The bitterness isn’t what we need to face So let’s get a new canvas, new words, new base I’ll start again with gushing praise Of who set my mind ablaze Let me introduce you to a World War Flying Ace!

Her eyes verdant it’s true, An auteur through and through and a lovely person too!

I absolutely adore her, Even wrote this poem for her So before you start to stare too circumspectly I’m gonna break the 4th and speak to her directly:

I’m guessing you, and the world are going through some friction?

A philosophical affliction Meloncholy and constriction?

So how about I counter with an amorous prescription?

A joyous contradiction Reinforcing your conviction!

Let’s go back to the start, a wall of captivating diction I fell in love with your fiction Feel my heart thump with a prediction “These words will be an addiction!” They take my mind from dereliction Free my heart from its restriction make my soul burn with reconviction Don’t need a cure for this affliction I just need you to believe this is nonfiction!

Oops, silly me asking you to believe I’m pretty sure you just want a reprieve From the negativity, don’t want a mind like a sieve. You just don’t want to have to grieve The innocence you had to leave Behind by choosing to have your heart on your sleeve

I get it, you know? The fear of climbing higher Eyes behind your head, your adversaries getting slyer You try to branch out and end up building your own pyre But let me stop you, and remind you of something much less dire-

You are LOVED and you are WANTED I stand before you undaunted Even though I am afraid My message will not be delayed So here’s my last words (even though, yeah I strayed):

I know it’s scary, that feeling, I know you can’t shake it

But trust me! There’s joy past that wall, past that block if you can break it,

The world’s amazing for what it is and what we’ll make it,

Take a breath, step forward, here’s my hand

Will you take it?

Anissa Pierce (portrayed by Nafessa Williams):

is a canon lesbian with superpowers (who goes by the name Thunder) who has, among other abilities, the power to make herself invulnerable (this means she’s essentially unkillable-although she can be hurt/injured!)

Her comic-canon girlfriend Grace Choi (Chantal Thuy) has already been cast:

Grace is half-Amazon, and has superhuman durability and rapid healing abilities-which also help to make her relatively invincible!

Also, they’re really cute in the comics:

and the only reason he gets caught is because multiface decides to disguise himself as, of all people, CLARK KENT i’m screaming

Researchers have used Easter Island Moai replicas to show how they might have been “walked” to where they are displayed.

Maori told Europeans that kiore were native rats and no one believed them until DNA tests proved it

Until they finally payed closer attention to local songs and legend that all essentially said “Yah the Goddess Nanda Devi got mad and sent huge heave stones down to kill them”. That was consistent with huge contusions found all on their neck and shoulders and the weather patterns of the area, which are prone to huge & inevitably deadly goddamn hailstones. https://www.facebook.com/atlasobscura/videos/10154065247212728/

“Inuit traditional knowledge was critical to the discovery of both ships, she pointed out, offering the Canadian government a powerful demonstration of what can be achieved when Inuit voices are included in the process.

In contrast, the tragic fate of the 129 men on the Franklin expedition hints at the high cost of marginalising those who best know the area and its history.

“If Inuit had been consulted 200 years ago and asked for their traditional knowledge – this is our backyard – those two wrecks would have been found, lives would have been saved. I’m confident of that,” she said. “But they believed their civilization was superior and that was their undoing.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/16/inuit-canada-britain-shipwreck-hms-terror-nunavut

“Oh yeah, I heard a lot of stories about Terror, the ships, but I guess Parks Canada don’t listen to people,” Kogvik said. “They just ignore Inuit stories about the Terror ship.”

Schimnowski said the crew had also heard stories about people on the land seeing the silhouette of a masted ship at sunset.

“The community knew about this for many, many years. It’s hard for people to stop and actually listen … especially people from the South.”

it’s literally the oldest accurate oral history of the world.  

CFR Title 14, Chapter II, Subchapter D, Part 382, Subpart E, Section 382.67, Subsection (e)

“As a carrier, you must never request or suggest that a passenger not stow his or her wheelchair in the cabin to accommodate other passengers (e.g., informing a passenger that stowing his or her wheelchair in the cabin will require other passengers to be removed from the flight), or for any other non-safety related reason (e.g., that it is easier for the carrier if the wheelchair is stowed in the cargo compartment).”

Source

THIS IS WHAT FUCKING HAPPENS WHEN YOU FORGET TO RINSE THE TUB OUT AFTER USING A LUSH INTERGALATIC BATHBOMB!

He’s fine. He got a bath.

Here it is: Best stuff first

Extremely handy if you follow a lot of people and hate missing anything good. 

Best Stuff First moves the best stuff on your dashboard—mhm!—right up to the top. 

It’s rolling out this week on iOS and Android, and comes with this Help Center article.  

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In March 2017, my parents began forcefully arranging a marriage between myself and the son of a business partner of theirs. We grew up together but we’re not friends. It’s always been social between us; our parents are close. We are strangers. I call him “Charles Lee” because he’s just that–arrogant, reckless. Wild temper. He once hit me so hard I was brought to the emergency room. Our parents and the people around us believe him over me.

That said, in order to survive, I’ve had to do some questionable things. Which is what’s led me to my problem. Weeks ago, I tested positive for pregnancy. Took me awhile to see a doctor to confirm it despite the multiple pregnancy tests because I had to keep it a secret. That doctor trip took a lot of sneaking around and a very generous loan from a friend who barely has anything going on herself. I’m 5 weeks in. I’m running out of time to hide.

And I can’t have this baby. Having this baby means even more strict protocols than I already have now. It means I will be forced to marry “Charles Lee” as quickly as possible. It means I will lose what little freedom I have. It means I will be pulled out of school. It means I might as well be dead.

I live in a very religious country where abortion is illegal. I’ve found someone who does it safely, highly recommended by many other women; the price of her services and secrecy, however, is steep.

My finances are closely watched and there is no way I can suddenly justify taking the amount I need for the abortion without raising suspicion.

I’m opening commissions/requests–I have a lot of fandoms but aside from fanfic, I wouldn’t mind writing term papers or doing homework or research (just no math because I wouldn’t be able to give you your money’s worth).

As of October 7, 2017 I have $105 out of the $300 I need to cover medical costs and debts incurred.

If you have anything to spare, I’m only able to take payments through www.ko-fi.com/mirarespira – and if you don’t, please just send me positive vibes and spread this like wildfire. Please. I’m desperate.