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the difference between all of them is how they react to it.

my ww1 characters contrast and juxtapose each other directly in that one hates being lonely and the other loves it, which is what draws them together and also what makes them. so weird.

saratham grew up with no family, other than his superiors in the dark brotherhood and never learnt what love "looks like". he wants control over his life and it means that he's power hungry and manipulative. it also means that he latched onto the first sign of love anyone gave him and squeezes it out of them through whatever means necessary. he is a very very sadistic person...

navren grew up the same but in the completely opposite environment; he was adopted by a knight in Cyrodiil and was taught to serve others, respect them, and put their needs over his own when necessary. it's no wonder he was adopted into house redoran and the temple as soon as he began to immerse himself in the culture lol. he is the perfect nerevarine.

gilyan and valec are different in that I'm not too sure how their backstories go. they have a very large age gap (around 5/10 years) and so gilyan was fighting for the attention of his brother while valec was minding his own business 90% of the time lmao. valec wasn't ignorant of him, but he certainly didn't put much effort into making a relationship with gilyan, especially since their parents divorced and valec was already old enough to live on his own. i want to say they reunite at some point during the three banners war or the main quest of eso but it's been a very long time since I've played through eso lol.

“I hate you,” he mumbles, and you figure that he is lying—much like the last time he declared such a thing.

“I wish I could kill you.” You say it like you have never spoken before; slowly, precisely, and with the speed of Herma-Mora. You say it with such conviction that you watch his face change in front of you. “You cannot hate me. Even after I say all these things to you. You cannot hate me even after I tear you apart.”

“Are you testing me?”

“I have always been testing you. Teaching you. Loving you. You've always wanted someone to love you. You said so when I met you.”

My parents threw away all of these things (even the vacuum cleaners and the dryer) when they got too dirty to function, because no one even told them THAT they could be cleaned. Cost them thousands of dollars over the years.

All I'm saying is that cleaning is not intuitive, and not knowing how to clean is not a moral failing, but it is something you can learn.

I like this video because it does a great job of introducing the basic foundations of house cleaning (and because he doesn't use bleach, which is a common allergy in addition to being awful to inhale). He also talks a little about how to clean a vacuum. And why you shouldn't put grease from your pots and pans down the sink drain. I also love that he mentions that different houses and different people have different needs and different versions of what clean and cleaning looks like.

This is another video from the same guy about cleaning and depression. This advice, especially at the beginning, can feel really really difficult and oppressive to hear. However, I find that it's generally pretty solid. But I'm autistic and so is he, so that gets a massive Your Mileage May Vary stamp on it.

I have a favorite part of this video. It's from 10:52 to 12:36. I think we could all use to hear that. There's a HEFTY pause after that one. I promise the narration does come back.

This is a pair of videos about how to correctly load and use a dish washer.

The first one is a quick 1 minute 30 second overview on loading. I can't find the exact video I'm looking for, so consider this a substitute for that. If I can find the one I'm looking for, I'll swap it in.

Here's a blog post about scrubbing brushes and how to clean them.

And a video for all cleaning tools, including scrub brushes. This video does use bleach. I'll try to find some alternatives to that.

How to clean a top loader (without the removable agitator thing). This should be done every 1-3 months depending on you unit, or every time you wash really soiled clothes.

How to clean a top loader (with the removable agitator thing). This should be done every month, or every time you wash really soiled clothes.

This video is for pet owners.

These carpet brushes are a LIFE SAVER if you have dogs. This thing allows me to go from vacuuming about 4 square feet before my vacuum is full to vacuuming half the living room (I don't vacuum often enough. You should vacuum weekly, and I just can't.). I have to unclog the vacuum less often. It fluffs up some of the flat spots in the carpet. And I also use the brush to shampoo my rugs in the spring.

A spot cleaner (or a carpet cleaner with a spot cleaner attachment) is another life saver, ESPECIALLY if you can afford to splurge on a heated one. I see them at Goodwill or at yard sales occasionally, and they're worth picking up. The shark one in the video is great too.

It's America's Housekeeping Book (1941). Available for free download on the Internet Archive. (Large PDF file at the link here).

The LISTS y'all. The step by step lists. The emphasis on efficiency and arranging spaces for the least resistance possible. The basic concept of "take a tray or basket into a room when you are tidying up so you can put things that belong elsewhere on it and take them out LATER in ONE GO".

not my tweet or my fic (and there’s a good chance of this comment being a bot) but yeah, don’t do this. sure, some writers wouldn’t mind having fanfics (or direct continuation) of their fanfics written by someone else. some may even be thrilled and happy. but the fandom etiquette is that if you want to write a fanfic or a continuation of someone’s fanfic, YOU POLITELY ASK THE WRITER FOR THEIR PERMISSION. not their readers.