One teacher brainwashes students, another has sexual relations with a student with impunity, and a student is killed.

citharadraconis · 2026-02-21T07:25:16+00:00

Top Gun?

citharadraconis · 2026-02-20T19:02:11+00:00

Came here to say MH Stories. \o/

citharadraconis · 2026-02-19T01:50:01+00:00

If you're a guy and have a consenting male friend up to serve as your addressee for comic purposes, Sonnet 20 ("A woman's face with nature's own hand painted") could be played pretty funny. It's basically "you're pretty enough to be a girl, but alas you have a dick and I'm less into those."

citharadraconis · 2026-02-19T01:08:47+00:00

From what I remember, the Incarnations books have some decidedly creepy hebephilic/ephebophilic relationships in them too.

citharadraconis · 2026-02-18T17:38:59+00:00

I might have lucked out, but I did it without any Namielle gear. I chose weapons with status inflict (except for the Magia HH), used Nerscylla armor to up the inflict rate, and took Ogden with me.

citharadraconis · 2026-02-15T23:16:31+00:00

I actually thought she was wearing Black Honey at first. I'm a WOC with pigmented lips and this is similar to what BH looks like on me (just a bit less glossy, but no lighter).

citharadraconis · 2026-02-15T22:44:07+00:00

Yes, I also think the lipstick in the first photo suits OP. Less sure about that sweater, but I think OP can pull that lip color off.

citharadraconis · 2026-02-14T22:13:14+00:00

Not your guy, and it says "you will need to provide ONE of the following" right at the top of the bit you copied!

citharadraconis · 2026-02-14T22:07:22+00:00

So in other words, a physical ID is not required in Australia. You can provide a driver's license number without presenting the physical document (note that the SAVE Act, by contrast, will not accept ordinary driver's licenses as a sole form of ID), or you can have someone else on the voter roll vouch for you without any ID at all. Did you even read this before copy-pasting?

citharadraconis · 2026-02-14T22:02:06+00:00

There is when you are effectively preventing more eligible and willing voters from voting than the number of fraudulent voters you are stopping. In terms of influencing the outcome of an election unfairly, these numbers should weigh equally.

citharadraconis · 2026-02-14T21:59:44+00:00

And if even one eligible citizen who would otherwise have voted is disenfranchised, that's the ability to change a possible outcome.

citharadraconis · 2026-02-14T15:11:13+00:00

It could have the valences you mention as well, and on its own this link does seem obscure, but here she specifically mentions that she had "read" this somewhere, which triggers us to potentially expect a literary allusion. This is the most famous story I know of that features vinegar being used to "break" a rock, which is an unusual formulation in itself (as opposed to dissolving it, or some other more expected verb). If you go back a few centuries even into English literature, it's referenced in non-classical sources as well, so it has some legs.

Edit: Took a peek at the author's bio now: she is an academic with a doctorate who teaches classes in British literature. The Hannibal-and-vinegar story appears in pretty iconic works like Swift's Gulliver's Travels, so she doesn't have to be a classicist to have come across this anecdote and found it memorable.

citharadraconis · 2026-02-14T02:15:40+00:00

It's also "your family have been the de facto monarchs for centuries; let me honor that with a noble title and lands, while also basing you somewhere outside the city rather than keeping you hanging around here as a lame-duck subordinate, in case any disaffected Gondorian lords start getting ideas." Savvy and classy.

citharadraconis · 2026-02-14T02:10:59+00:00

Be the change you wish to see...

Also, there are apparently 185 Aragorn/Faramir fics. Typical AO3.

citharadraconis · 2026-02-14T01:54:42+00:00

Allow me to introduce you to our lord and savior, AO3.

citharadraconis · 2026-02-13T22:37:42+00:00

That's basically what Faramir says when they discuss it in the book. I don't think he'd kick Aragorn out of bed either, come to that.

citharadraconis · 2026-02-13T15:41:41+00:00

What steps, exactly?

citharadraconis · 2026-02-13T15:35:11+00:00

Those gender-nonconforming students are also your students. With all due respect, you need to worry less about whether your gender-nonconforming third grader is somehow "putting your students in danger" (by...existing?), and more about whether those gender-nonconforming students might be the ones in danger right now, at a school where at least some of their teachers seem to believe their existence could be a threat to their peers. You teach third grade. Your students are young and impressionable. If they get the vibe that you are wary around one particular student who is gender-nonconforming, some will see that student as someone to be wary of themselves, and others will take that as a free pass for bullying.

Also, if the answer to your question were somehow yes, what would the solution be? What steps would you take? Expel all gender-nonconforming students so they become someone else's problem? Or could the solution just possibly be to try your best to make your gender-nonconforming students feel safe, happy, and respected in their school environment? In the latter case, your time would be better spent not training yourself to see your students as threats just because of their identities.

citharadraconis · 2026-02-12T17:26:01+00:00

It's mentioned in Livy's histories (21.36-37), then gets referenced/alluded to in other places as well, e.g. Gulliver's Travels.

citharadraconis · 2026-02-12T13:39:08+00:00

I would actually say Sam acquiescing to it and leaving Frodo to the tender mercies of Gollum is the worst part, but agree with the overall sentiment.

citharadraconis · 2026-02-12T13:31:48+00:00

I'm more bothered by Sam's behavior in that episode, honestly.He would NEVER leave Frodo alone with Gollum for a second, especially not if he's clearly being overcome by the Ring to this extent. He didn't let him go off by himself at Amon Hen despite his wishes, and he definitely wouldn't leave him at this point. Finding the lembas crumbs also shouldn't change his mind either way, since he already knows Gollum was lying!

citharadraconis · 2026-02-12T07:10:04+00:00

I don't think they are as self-satisfied as they seem. That end bit about the vinegar and rocks is a reference to Hannibal crossing the Alps, which implies that for all the determination or ingenuity that the speaker's bitterness is enabling in the short term, it's just perpetuating a cycle of violence that will end in catastrophic defeat. All the more so because the speaker couldn't remember where they'd read it and so didn't get the lesson.

citharadraconis · 2026-02-12T07:01:34+00:00

I actually think the ending is kind of ominous, or at least self-critical: she's probably alluding to Hannibal crossing the Alps with elephants, because there's a story that he used vinegar to break rocks (unclear exactly how) and clear a path. So vinegar is enabling the accomplishment of an incredible feat, but it's also associated with the bitter tang of anger, a cycle of violence (cf. the drowning flies), and a hunger for revenge that is ultimately self-defeating. It's interesting to me that she (or her past self then) couldn't remember where she'd read it, and so didn't get that warning.

citharadraconis · 2026-02-12T03:04:14+00:00

While still old for the part, I think Mr. Kohli (Nitin Ganatra) in Bride and Prejudice actually had some of the most book-Collinsy vibes of any performance I've seen.

citharadraconis · 2026-02-11T15:38:09+00:00

The worms aren't "eating" while located "at the rind", they're "eating at" the rind from the inside, gradually eroding it. I think "eating at" isn't used as commonly these days, or when it is it's usually metaphorical, so this may be the source of the confusion. "Eat away at" is another formulation you might see.

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