Ok so i dont know whats up but like. I feel like i have the hottest takes known to man, and i need yall to explain to me what im actually doing here. For reference my team is Destruction MC (DPS) \ M7 (Shielder) \ Herta (SDPS) \ Asta (Buffer)
Ok so like. Am i the only one who thinks M7 is the best defensive support in the game? Her skill gives a massive on-demand shield on any character, and i dont see how any other shielder or healer can compare. I have gepard and dont even use him since his shield is locked behind his ult and that just doesnt seem versatile enough.
Preservation MC is horrendously a awful def-sup, since all she does is take damage, which requires *another* defensive support to make sure she doesnt die, leaving just 2 character slots open. Her talent even gives *other* characters a shield, for some reason?? Isnt Pres. MC supposed to be tanking that damage?? I dont get why ppl say shes so good.
Also, healers just seem really bad to me compared to shielders. I dont get it. Why take damage when i could just... not?? I even have bailu and havent bothered building her since M7 just outclasses her so much.
Destruction MC is an S-tier unit with very high damage. No other unit i have comes close (other than Qingque, who replaces her in the same team as above when i can afford her playstyle for the fight)
Finally, the hunt sucks. Single target damage is situational at best. Erudition and Destruction outclass it so much that i dont see why i would ever use it. Maybe its just because DH is my only hunt character. idk.
I feel like im playing the game completely wrong right now, and i at least want to see where the other people in this community are coming from. Thanks in advance!

I'm an ACOA. My dad is an alcoholic and my mom comes from a long line of ACOA's, so she had her own generational trauma, withholding, and self-preservation techniques that were damaging. He was dry from the time I was 8-16 because she threatened to leave him. So he acted like he had a hangover everyday. He was moderately violent. She openly hated him. And childhood for my sisters and I was rocky. All I ever wanted was for them to divorce.
My husband of 8 years knows all about it. We've been together 15 years and have 2 small kids. He had a hardcore temper and was incredibly emotionally abusive. Shocker. It's I'm sure what made me stay, although he blames me for know how to push his buttons. I have been working on co-dependency for a long time. He got help 5 years ago after he had a mental breakdown, talked about killing himself, and I threatened to leave. He had his own issues with alcoholism too but got sober after that. I felt like I was reliving my mom's life on a less severe level. (She had it worse than me.)
3 years ago, he re-discovered religion, became obsessed with running and is now vegan at 145lbs and 6 ft. My family and friends think he replaced one addiction for another.
He's a great dad and he doesn't yell at me anymore but I just don't like him as a person. I can't let go of what he put me through. Everything he does makes me angry. He calls me a rage-a-holic but says he can handle me and we can work on anything together. I feel dead inside when he talks about loving me. I don't feel love. It all feels transactional with him. We've done couples therapy over the years. It doesn't help. I don't feel like either of us will ever be enough for the other.
Yesterday, I asked for a divorce. He considers this a "threat" because I've asked before. He usually makes me feel so bad that I apologize and back off. But last month his mother got sick and he and his brother just dumped her in an ambulance, didn't go to the hospital to be with her until after she ended up having surgery, and didn't even tell me right away. Then he and his brother came up with this plan to take care of her that would be "financially beneficial" for his brother. She is not that old but it feels like they are just waiting for her to die. It made me think that one day, he or my kids will do that to me. I don't want any part of that. And so I asked for the divorce and was told what a horrible rage monster I am and how I will ruin our children.
He told me he wouldn't be separated from them and that if I did it, I was just a pathetic, selfish, stupid ass who only cares about my own pain and nothing for the pain I will cause my children. That I need to go to ACOA meetings to get right. That its just my childhood fantasy of divorce that is driving this.
Don't get me wrong. I'd been sitting on a bunch of gripes and they all just came pouring out. I'm not innocent.
But I don't understand how an ACOA meeting would make me love my longtime abuser. I've been to ACOA meetings and just felt worse. It made me sad and even more resentful.
What am I doing wrong? What have you gotten out of ACOA that might have helped you in a situation like this?

The other day I was riding to work, down the highway on a warm and quiet morning. Minimal traffic so I was cruising between 80-90mph (75mph limit here).
Now, I kinda check my mirrors more than I probably should when I am on the highway, especially after I pass someone. I had just overtaken a Silverado and checked my mirrors (and a light headcheck) before returning to the right lane. I like to know if someone is approaching from behind and keep tabs on anything catching up. I concluded that the Silverado was the only vehicle behind me, and with 2 miles of straight visibility in my mirror it was easy to tell we were alone between two big hills. After maybe 10 seconds of not looking in my mirror, suddenly a guy on a Fireblade is right next to me giving a thumbs up.
Gorgeous bike, and I'm certainly a spirited rider myself on that spacious and quiet highway so I don't blame him, but my heart sank. I felt like a failure for not seeing him, but he absolutely had to have been topping that thing out to crest the hill 2 miles behind and close the gap before I did my usual mirror checks.
So yeah. I know we all know we're invisible, but sometimes it takes another rider sneaking up on you to really put it into perspective. Ride safe out there.

Hello all, I hope you are all well. I'm not sure why I am writing this, I guess I am just hoping someone can offer encouraging words. I posted this in another thread, but posting here too.
(TW: CHILD SA & SUICIDE IDEATION)
Last week I had an emotional breakdown/crisis that is still ongoing. When I was a child (elementary school), my older brother (3 years older) and I would kiss and touch each other. We were both in elementary school and there was never any penetration and I don't remember even physically seeing or touching anything without pants. However, I held this secret in my whole life (I am 30 now) and lived with such shame and disgust. My brain is completely split, because although he was also a child, he was my older brother and I was supposed to be able to trust him. I'm also torn because I am sure I went along with it, and maybe even initiated it at times, but I can't image it would have started without him crossing that line. I confronted him in 2019 and he was extremely remorseful and it kind of faded away until now when it bubbled up again.
I am currently moving in with my boyfriend of 2 years and I have no idea if it triggered it or what, but last week I really lost myself and couldn't function and had suicide ideation. The pain I was feeling was just so unbearable and I still can't imagine a life without feeling this way. I have barely eaten or showered, I can barely focus on work. I ended up asking him to come over Friday night because I was scared to be by myself. I called crisis hotlines (which I have never done) and was so nervous to tell and him and have him be disgusted and leave me, but he cried with me and told me he was sorry it happened and that I had to live with it for so long. He also told me that he would be with me throughout this whole journey and that I am strong and can get through it. However, I currently do not feel strong at all. I feel powerless.
I also finally told my younger sister and she said it happened to her too. That conversation... although it did not heal me, it was just something that I don't think I could have lived without. I don't think I would've lived throughout the weekend if I hadn't told them.
Anyway, I am here because originally I posted on reddit asking if i should tell my boyfriend and everyone basically commented "no he doesnt need to know its silly to be upset over that you were just kids." and that kind of confirmed the shame and secrecy about it that I was feeling which i think led to the breakdown. I am glad I told him because I needed him to know.
After looking up a few things over the weekend, I have come to terms that I suffer from cPTSD. It's heartbreaking but also relieving to have some sort of answer I guess? I have been trying to fill myself with success stories, but I am just at a loss. I start therapy today, but am not sure it'll be the right answer. I ordered a weighted blanket & Paul Walker's "CPTSD: From Surviving to Thriving" and "The Body Keeps the Score" along with another journal.
I also told my brother a few days ago that I do not think I should talk to him 1:1 anymore and to just stick to groupchats. My parents do not know, and I really don't wish to tell them. It would just make everything worse. For now, I think I'm ok with my sister, boyfriend & best friend knowing, specifically my sister. That has been 22 years of wanting to talk to her about it.
Is there any hope that I can live a happy life? I just want to be able to marry my partner, go on trips with him, laugh and be happy. Truly when i think of my "happy place," it's me and & him as the cool aunt & uncle with my sister, her future husband & her future kids in Disney World and I'm spoiling them with goodies. I am so willing to do whatever it takes to feel better and build myself up. I just am currently at such a loss. It's a rollercoaster where for a split second I am okay and calm, but the panic just builds up and I have no way of getting it down. Yesterday, I was at my bf's sister's bday bbq & i just ran into bathroom and threw up. I can't stop sobbing and I just am stuck in a dark forest and sometimes i can see the light at the end of the trees but by the time i get close the trees have come back together and I am stuck in the dark again. I don't want to kill myself, I don't want to die and stop living this life. I feel in my heart that I deserve to be happy, I deserve to be in love and experience everything the world has to offer me .. but I just can't get there.
Any advice, recommendation, or encouragement is really really strongly appreciated. Thank you all and I hope you're all okay.

TLDR: how did Legoshi and Haru not encounter each other before the night at the fountain where he tried to eat her?
Okay so I'm probably gonna rely on the manga readers for an explanation on this. Please bare with me this question is killing me lol.
From what I understand(as someone who just barely follows the manga in order to see what will happen in s3), and correct me if I'm wrong of course: 1) Legoshi was sent to Cherryington by Gosha at some point in time after the mom died, 2) Legoshi was recruited into the drama club 3) In the anime he mentions that he's been in the drama club for a while, and he's a 2nd year student; iirc, Japan's education system for high school only has 3 years, unlike the west which includes "freshmen". 4) Haru is a 3rd yeasenior. 5) Haru and Louis met when they were both 1st years, and theyve been FWB ever since pretty much 6) From the first episode, Legoshi says that Louis is the lead actor of the club; he knows of him, but im assuming because louis is on stage and legoshi is in art dept, they never interacted much until what we see in that first episode. Louis also talks to Legoshi as if it's his first time introducing himself in that particular scene.
If Legoshi has been in the drama club for a while, I'm gonna assume he started Cherryington right at the beginning; 1st year standing. Also, apparently he was sent with Jack so ruling out the idea that Legoshi came to that school as a new student in his 2nd year would be odd, and it wouldnt make sense to say that he was in drama club for a while since the setting starts while he's in his 2nd year lol. And if Louis has been in the drama club since starting school too, and has been fwb with Haru, how is it possible that Legoshi never knew of Haru's existence (like her scent) prior to the night at the fountain? I also find it VERY hard to believe that they never crossed paths in school before that point (Haru even mentions in s2 that Legoshi doesnt "look at her in the hallways anymore", so im assuming they had been crossing paths this whole time!) Am I missing something??? How did Legoshi not get triggered by her scent sooner? And if its not possible to have crossed paths in school, why not at previous meteor festivals if both the gardening club and drama club wouldve been there(im assuming, but like, why wouldnt they be there)? Is this explained in the manga lmao

Heads up: I am very pro choice. I have always been and will always be. Even though I am, it’s still a hard decision for me. I am so grateful to everyone here that can give me insight. I have diminished ovarian reserve, and the chance of getting pregnant naturally was/is so very slim.
Hi All,
I am sorry if this is triggering for anyone. I figure I talk to a demographic that has experience, and understands what is going on. None of my friends have 3 kids, most of my friends have 0 kids. So I’m hoping this space is safe for me.
Just got a positive test for our third. As a backstory I was never able to conceive without assistance/on my own. The one time I did I had a chemical pregnancy. For my first child (6) I used clomid, for my second (1) I used a trigger shot and IUI. Considering how tough it was to get pregnant and sustain a pregnancy, we decided if a third happens it happens, but we always have the choice to abort if I want. My last pregnancy was traumatic, the healing was awful, and I almost died even though it was a planned c-section. The spinal tap didn’t work and I was poked for 45 minutes straight before I had to go under anesthesia to have my second. I am still healing from the emotional trauma. I was so scared I was going to die and not be there for my son, and leave my husband alone with two kids.
After my second was born, we didn’t use protection. Of the 9 years we’ve been having sex, and even with the planned intercourse, we would never get pregnant outside of those two times with assistance. On top of that I have diminished ovarian reserve, and an auto immune disease. For 12 months after he was born we never got pregnant. On to what happens on the 13th month:
I start a GLP-1 medication for obesity/unable to lose weight. My AI disease is considered a comorbidity, and I have a track record of attempting to lose weight with no results. My medical team suggested and agreed to me taking the lowest dose of this shot. In addition I am on an SNRI for adhd/depression and Buspirone for anxiety. After my second child my life changed. My mind changed, the way I handled life changed. I struggled postpartum to say the least.
I am so so happy with my kids, I feel so grateful for them. They don’t stress me out, they make me laugh they make me proud. We are able to financially provide for both of them while still going on date nights, eating out, getting gifts. We’ve recently been talking about having a third what that would mean, if we could do it. Because of our past losses/trauma trying to get pregnant, we felt that if a third happened it was meant to be. It wasn’t happening it didn’t seem like it would and with our son turning 1 I finally felt like our lives were starting again after the hell that was post partum. I was getting used to the wonderful life with my two children.
My husband is 100 on board, he says he knows we can do it. He’s the best partner, I didn’t lift a single finger post partum, he changed my dressings, he encourages me to go in girls trips and relax. He constantly reminds me that my health and happiness is so very important to him. He can easily handle both kids on his own, whereas I struggle sometimes with the little one. He is very my body my choice, and supports me in any decision. He’s helping me feel supported with both decisions. But here is where I struggle:

• I have issues seeking external validation. I feel like perhaps it’s only my circle, but no one has or wants 3 kids around me. Whenever they/we see 3+ kids we exclaim how overwhelmed they must be. We are grateful for our small families and what we can do with them. I’m afraid my friends/friend circle will dissipate especially since no one is starting to have kids until maybe a couple years down the line (I’m 32 and most of my friends are 28-40) I’m afraid of getting pity. They saw how sick and struggling to heal I was after my second, I one thought I would go for a third. I also have no family to help, it’s just daycare we rely on. We both work and make good money.
  
• I love our family. I know people say they love their kids, but I am so over the moon in love with our children I feel so grateful to be alive and here. My older son is so mature, empathetic, understanding, he follows directions. He helps so much, he expresses his feelings all the time. He is truly a dream. My second is just going through his baby giggly laughing phase. He’s so happy now that he’s done teething. They love spending time with us. We love spending time with them. We are able to pay attention to both, have special date nights with just each of them etc. I’m afraid of what will change with the third. That it will take the opportunity away from my second. I had 5 years to bond with my first before my second. For this one they will be 22 months apart, won’t it take away bonding with my second?
  
• We have 3 bedrooms and a guest bedroom. I want to keep the guest bedroom because it’s the attic bedroom/my office. I want my second and third to share. I’m afraid of what a failure that will be.
  
• Right now we are able to go out to eat, places, parks, events, parties with just one or two. We have a steady baby sitter that easily cares for both or one when we get her. She’s been with us for 6 years. How will all that work with a third?
  
• Risks to the pregnancy because of my medications. Risks to myself because of birth. I have two kids and I my fear is dying and having my last moment be without them. I have so much trauma from my last c section, it literally instilled the fear of god in me - and I am not religious/theist. I’m so deathly afraid. After my second I’m on an anti depressant, and anxiety meds. They have changed my life for the better.
  
• I have always said I wanted a full dining table. I see older moms with 3 kids and their family is just so beautiful. I see so many advantages of 3 children when they are older, but I don’t know if there are ANY when they are younger. 3 car seats, 3 daycare costs, 2 huge cars etc.
  

So I guess what I’m asking is. How did you cope? How should I cope? Both decisions are very big ones for us. I’m afraid of the first year post partum because it was so terrible for me. My body and mind broke. Now that it’s been 13 months I feel like our lives are just starting.
Again, I’m so sorry if any of this is triggering. I just want to continue being a great mom, and continue with having a happy family. I just don’t know if that means build our life with our 2 or 3.

This event is stupidly difficult if the lack of sam is indeed a feature and not a bug. But it can be done with some strategy and RNG.
my team: all lvl 44, lvl 3 abilities, gear VI
6* pippin - lvl 4 old Maggot's mushroom 4* Merry - lvl 4 shortcut 5* frodo - lvl 4 darting dagger 4* strider - lvl 4 there is still hope
For this strategy, strider is the lynch pin and i really think you have to have his lvl 4 leader ability for extra damage and some armor. Merry is there mostly for haste, you want to take as many turns as possible before the enemies attack. Merry's second ability is mostly used for the stamina point chance to a random ally, just dont use it unless you're focusing on an attacker you need dead. Pippin is all about the heals, knowing when to use maggots mushroom vs life of the party is critical. frodo is just there for damage and weakening targets.

• Do not use strider's AOE, you actually do not want strider to crit very much since a crit puts stealth on a hobbit ally. if all of your hobbits are stealthed the enemy focuses every attack on strider and he will die fast. instead use his torch skill as much as possible to focus down breelander attackers and then pick off the frontline tanks. this is why we want merry's 1st special to hopefully land on strider as much as possible.

Wave 1 - focus on breelander attackers right away. your goal is to kill one before they take their first round of turns. what youre hopping for is the enemies to spread attacks among your entire team. If youre lucky you can use pippin's life of the party feat for might and regen instead of his mushroom for health. If anyone dies this wave, restart.
wave 2 - again, focus on the breeland Attacker first, and then the pillager. leave the sawbones for last. his heals are annoying, but he deals the least amount of damage and if your singling out one enemy at a time you can out run his healing. again, were hoping on killing that attacker before he gets a turn. Watch your teams health, if the hobbits are getting beat up too much before you start on the tanky shield guy you should consider strider's aoe here, to give them a break with stealth. this is the only time you should use his aoe (and hope he doesn't stealth everyone). Again, if anyone dies, you probably have to restart.
Wave 3 - you guessed it, take put the breelander Attacker asap. we're leaving sawbones for last again as well. i had to get extra tanky this round and use striders aoe a bit more to keep the hobbits alive, but i managed to kill all but two opponents before losing strider. at this point the hobbits have enough punch to outrun the sawbones healing and finish the job.
good luck, only reccomended if youre commited to a hobbit team given the gear investment.

Chapter Eight
“Chaos.” A storm raged as lightning flashed and thunder clashed. It was an endless barrage of havoc from nature unbridled. Through the storm, the form of a mask took shape, cackling while lightning struck the voids of its sockets and gave it otherworldly eyes. Its sheer size wasn’t an exaggeration either, and it took the form of a bright light with only the faintest appearance of a humanoid form with long arms. It also had horns sticking out of its head with long, silver hair. If that weren’t enough, wings spread out behind it, creating fire and devastation with every flap.
“In the time before time, there was no order in the universe. Mayhem reigned over an ageless blight.”
The gigantic figure waved its hands around gracefully as a conductor. Great flashes of destruction erupted when it threw its hands up and down. As if it was making music, the mask slowly raised its hands while twiddling its fingers, gradually drawing upon rolling thunder. After a pause, the mask threw its arms down, causing all the clouds and fire around it to drop.
Everything went dark after that.
“This would continue until a miracle happened.”
From out of the darkness formed a planet. The mask’s hands appeared, giving the earth a glow that acted like the sun. The mask appeared in full again and raised the world to get a better look.
“From out of thin air came the world you know as Mekkan. Ananke, the Eternal Strife, had intended an eternity of destruction in her image, but her calamity created life, leaving her baffled and furious.”
Ananke, as she was called, held Mekkan in her hand. The pupils in her eyes turned red as she raised her other hand into a fist. Her hand trembled with fury as she threatened to smash the planet to pieces. Bringing her fist down, she stopped at the very last moment.
“It was as if another miracle had happened. Having accidentally created life, she realized for the first time that she had a heart. The great destroyer shed a single tear of regret over what she had almost done.”
A tear slid down her mask until it dropped onto Mekkan. Spreading across the planet, it became a water world. Next, her wings pulled themselves off and broke into pieces. Each piece took the form of a dragon. They fluttered around like butterflies except for one. A white dragon, bigger than the others, landed on Ananke’s finger. Ananke stroked the dragon’s chin before the dragon took off.
“From Ananke came the dragons, an extension of her will, and they flew into the world where they brought down fire and devastation. Nobody was perfect, but in her fleeting regret, she was curious whether she could create more miracles.”
Mekkan, under dragon fire, saw entire continents of volcanic hellscapes emerge from the boiling oceans. The dragons used their wings to calm the flames until they were only embers. Circling the skies, they used magic to form clouds, spreading them worldwide and bringing about rain. The last of the fires were put out. Soon, there was grass, and then there were trees.
“Ananke did it again. It became an experiment in creation, a foreign concept to a destroyer god. Perhaps she only wished to satisfy her cosmic ego, so she took it further and had three children. She tasked them with creating sentient life, sending them to Mekkan on their mission.”
Three masks fell into the world like shooting stars. Crash landing into different parts of the earth, they emerged as beings of great and intimidating appearances, as tall as they were mighty. One was a humanoid, the second was a basitin, and the third was a keidran who resembled a dog. All three had masks for faces. They created the respective races using their magic and were worshipped as gods.
“This was as far as Ananke was willing to let her experiment go. Her patience was spent when creation did not lead to more destruction. On the contrary, the masks and their races nearly came together in peace and harmony, which was the final straw. There is nothing chaos despises more than peace. So, she ordered the dragons to destroy them. A great war was started that saw countless deaths, including the dragons. The masks proved resilient enough that when Ananke threatened to obliterate them all, they took it upon themselves to fight her alone. The resulting melee nearly split the universe and almost destroyed the world the masks had come to see as their own.”
The masks fought Ananke in a terrifying display of skill and magic. When they gained the upper hand, the keidran mask fell back, unwilling to fight their mother anymore. Ananke overpowered the other two until the humanoid mask pleaded with the keidran mask to help. When it finally relented, the three masks combined their powers into one last attack. It proved to be enough to conquer Ananke.
“Although she had been defeated, Ananke swore she would one day return to finish what she started. To accomplish this, she unmasked herself.”
Before losing her godly form, Ananke pulled her mask off, and it fell to earth like a meteor. Whatever face was behind the mask faded, along with the rest of her body, until nothing was left but a sun.
“This was not a warning the three victorious siblings could take lightly. Although they had destroyed their mother, her powers exceeded their own, ensuring her will continued contaminating the world. One dragon, who called herself Nora, remained and lived outside the laws and boundaries imposed on the mortal world. She remains loyal to her creator as an extension of her and has sired new dragons throughout the ages. When Ananke rises again, they will fight for her in greater numbers to devastate the world again.”
As a bleak future haunted them, the three masks came together and regarded the world from their higher plane of existence. Looking at each other, they each nodded in agreement over something.
“It was decided that they would split themselves in half. One half would remain in limbo while the other half would be born to the earth, live, die, and reincarnate in a cycle that would repeat itself until the time came for them to become whole again.”
They pulled their masks off in a brilliant flash of light that ended the story.
“This was called the Great Unmasking,” Dolos told Evals, who remained suspended in the higher plane. “For countless generations, our avatars, the mortal halves, have lived in Mekkan, but not without hints of their true godly selves. You see, they have all gone on to become great leaders, revolutionaries, and wizards revered in the annals of history.”
Evals was in awe of everything he had witnessed. It wasn’t a boring history lesson, after all. There wasn’t a storm anymore, either. The clouds around him cleared up as if it were turning into a sunny day.
“I’m not going to pretend I understand everything that just happened,” he said, scratching his head. “No offense, but masks make things complicated.”
Dolos chuckled and responded, “We work in mysterious ways.”
“Yeah, but what has happened since then? Mike has gone on about this book he likes to read called On Masks and the Creation of the World. It’s kind of like everything you explained but a lot less dense. How he describes it doesn’t involve all those big, showy words you like to use.”
Dolos replied flatly, “We’re masks, wise guy. You shouldn’t expect gods to level with you in common language.”
“Maybe I can teach you,” Evals said while his tongue stuck out. “Fair is fair. You teach me magic; I’ll teach you to speak more like dogs do!”
“…No, thank you. Anyway, what else do you want to know?”
“Mike talked about how the masks have gone to war with each other. Why are the three of you fighting each other now?”
Dolos sighed and answered, “As time passed, Ananke didn’t appear, and we grew impatient. Restlessness got us more involved in the affairs of our races. The kind of influence we wielded over the mortals, particularly through our avatars, went to our heads. We lost our way.”
The higher plane faded around Evals until he found himself on the bench again. He looked around until he noticed Dolos still sitting next to him. It didn’t look happy, however.
“We’ve made mistakes,” Dolos admitted. “I regret my part now in agreeing to the game we created for ourselves and all the damage it has caused.”
“What game?”
Dolos shook its head and answered, “Eons of one-upmanship. Our dueling goals, no, our obsession, were to turn our respective races against each other in endless wars for supremacy using our avatars. Aside from one archaic rule we agreed to, nothing else was off-limits as we tried beating each other. This led to segregation, genocide, and slavery.”
Evals looked down when he heard that. “This place you see here? It resulted from one of our games going awry and resulted in me seeing the error of my ways. It might have been too late to save the lives lost here, but I vowed to right so many wrongs when the opportunity presented itself. So, you came along.”
Evals believed it, but he wasn’t sure if he should be happy Dolos had turned over a new leaf. Because of the masks, countless keidran were enslaved. He might have never been torn away from his family. Evals felt angry momentarily, and a red aura glowed faintly around him as he clenched his fist. At first, his changing appearance didn’t faze him. Dolos didn’t seem too bothered when it noticed, taking particular interest in how he reacted. It was intoxicating the more he felt enraged. However, he took a deep breath and let it all subside until the aura was gone, and he was calm again. Anger was never his style, and he didn’t want to hold it against Dolos, who had helped him already.
“You mentioned one rule,” he said. “If everything else was fair game, then what line wouldn’t you cross?”
“We agreed that while we could influence our mortal bodies and the races they led when asked, we could not completely control our avatars. We were forbidden from becoming whole again.”
Evals raised his brow and responded, “That’s it?”
“We considered returning to full power to be cheating, especially when we vowed only to do so in the worst-case scenario. That time has come, I’m afraid.”
“What changed your minds?”
Dolos looked at him and answered, “Ananke has returned.”

What's going on?
A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making a great many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users.
On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader.
Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of those apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as Reddit Enhancement Suite or the use of the old.reddit.com desktop interface .
This isn't only a problem on the user level: many subreddit moderators depend on tools only available outside the official app to keep their communities on-topic and spam-free.
What's the plan?
On June 12th, many subreddits will be going dark to protest this policy. Some will return after 48 hours: others will go away permanently unless the issue is adequately addressed, since many moderators aren't able to put in the work they do with the poor tools available through the official app. This isn't something any of us do lightly: we do what we do because we love Reddit, and we truly believe this change will make it impossible to keep doing what we love.
The two-day blackout isn't the goal, and it isn't the end. Should things reach the 14th with no sign of Reddit choosing to fix what they've broken, we'll use the community and buzz we've built between then and now as a tool for further action.
What can you do?

1. Complain. Message the mods of /reddit.com, who are the admins of the site: message reddit: submit a support request: comment in relevant threads on /reddit, such as this one, leave a negative review on their official iOS or Android app- and sign your username in support to this post.
2. Spread the word. Rabble-rouse on related subreddits. Meme it up, make it spicy. Bitch about it to your cat. Suggest anyone you know who moderates a subreddit join us at our sister sub at /ModCoord.
3. Boycott and spread the word...to Reddit's competition! Stay off Reddit entirely on June 12th through the 13th- instead, take to your favorite non-Reddit platform of choice and make some noise in support!
4. Don't be a jerk. As upsetting this may be, threats, profanity and vandalism will be worse than useless in getting people on our side. Please make every effort to be as restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding as possible.

Further reading
https://old.reddit.com/Save3rdPartyApps/comments/13yh0jf/dont_let_reddit_kill_3rd_party_apps/
https://old.reddit.com/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/
https://old.reddit.com/ModCoord/comments/1401qw5/incomplete_and_growing_list_of_participating/
https://old.reddit.com/SubredditDrama/comments/1404hwj/mods_of_rblind_reveal_that_removing_3rd_party/
https://old.reddit.com/redditdev/comments/13wsiks/api_update_enterprise_level_tier_for_large_scale/jmolrhn/?context=3

My cat is licking his belly clean since a year and a half. Vet always said it could be allergies. I tried changing foos and litter, nothing seema to help.
I recently insistes on a full blood work and an x-ray, since his sister had the same about 5 years ago and then died 2 years later.
So according to the results his FIPC antibodies are elevated and leucocites are lower than normal. To me that sounds like an infection. X-ray only shows a bit of arthritis (he's 14) and of course his fat. Vet says we should keep an eye on it and I should come back if anything changes. Great...
I don't know... Tough the different didn't mention it back then with her sister, now in retrospect her sympoms sounded like the version of FIP that basically leaks fluids into the belly. She had that. Maybe he has the dry version of that.
Hope it's not FIP....

Hello all, I hope you are all well. I'm not sure why I am writing this, I guess I am just hoping someone can offer encouraging words.
(TW: CHILD SA & SUICIDE IDEATION)
Last week I had an emotional breakdown/crisis that is still ongoing. When I was a child, my older brother (3 years older) and I would kiss and touch each other. We were both in elementary school and there was never any penetration and I don't remember even physically seeing or touching anything without pants. However, I held this secret in my whole life (I am 30 now) and lived with such shame and disgust. My brain is completely split, because although he was also a child, he was my older brother and I was supposed to be able to trust him. I'm also torn because I am sure I went along with it, and maybe even initiated it at times, but I can't image it would have started without him crossing that line. I confronted him in 2019 and he was extremely remorseful and it kind of faded away until now when it bubbled up again.
I am currently moving in with my boyfriend of 2 years and I have no idea if it triggered it or what, but last week I really lost myself and couldn't function and had suicide ideation. The pain I was feeling was just so unbearable and I still can't imagine a life without feeling this way. I have barely eaten or showered, I can barely focus on work. I ended up asking him to come over Friday night because I was scared to be by myself. I called crisis hotlines (which I have never done) and was so nervous to tell and him and have him be disgusted and leave me, but he cried with me and told me he was sorry it happened and that I had to live with it for so long. He also told me that he would be with me throughout this whole journey and that I am strong and can get through it. However, I currently do not feel strong at all. I feel powerless.
I also finally told my younger sister and she said it happened to her too. That conversation... although it did not heal me, it was just something that I don't think I could have lived without. I don't think I would've lived throughout the weekend if I hadn't told them.
Anyway, I am here because originally I posted on reddit asking if i should tell my boyfriend and everyone basically commented "no he doesnt need to know its silly to be upset over that you were just kids." and that kind of confirmed the shame and secrecy about it that I was feeling which i think led to the breakdown. I am glad I told him because I needed him to know.
After looking up a few things over the weekend, I have come to terms that I suffer from cPTSD. It's heartbreaking but also relieving to have some sort of answer I guess? I have been trying to fill myself with success stories, but I am just at a loss. I start therapy today, but am not sure it'll be the right answer. I ordered a weighted blanket & Paul Walker's "CPTSD: From Surviving to Thriving" and "The Body Keeps the Score" along with another journal.
I also told my brother a few days ago that I do not think I should talk to him 1:1 anymore and to just stick to groupchats. My parents do not know, and I really don't wish to tell them. It would just make everything worse. For now, I think I'm ok with my sister, boyfriend & best friend knowing, specifically my sister. That has been 22 years of wanting to talk to her about it.
Is there any hope that I can live a happy life? I just want to be able to marry my partner, go on trips with him, laugh and be happy. Truly when i think of my "happy place," it's me and & him as the cool aunt & uncle with my sister, her future husband & her future kids in Disney World and I'm spoiling them with goodies. I am so willing to do whatever it takes to feel better and build myself up. I just am currently at such a loss. It's a rollercoaster where for a split second I am okay and calm, but the panic just builds up and I have no way of getting it down. Yesterday, I was at my bf's sister's bday bbq & i just ran into bathroom and threw up. I can't stop sobbing and I just am stuck in a dark forest and sometimes i can see the light at the end of the trees but by the time i get close the trees have come back together and I am stuck in the dark again. I don't want to kill myself, I don't want to die and stop living this life. I feel in my heart that I deserve to be happy, I deserve to be in love and experience everything the world has to offer me .. but I just can't get there.
Any advice, recommendation, or encouragement is really really strongly appreciated. Thank you all and I hope you're all okay.

Juniper Lindsay :e_dexint: Seeker [XXII]

:skull: [Normal]

:trophy: Total score: 1391 :fire: Most damage: 140 :crown: Deck value: 225 :coin: Gold remaining: 226

:clock1: Duration: 01:01:36

:crossed_swords: Shuriken :rocket: Pacifism :game_die: 1B93A4AA11

:dante: Version 1.8.10

Bosses slain: Weeping Mother, Semira, General Ral-Dagar, ONE, Melchor the Cursed, Statue of Ilthar III, Lord of Despair

Decklist (25) 1x Anyform Claw [+38] 1x Anyform Claw [+42] 1x Anyform Claw [+43] 1x Anyform Claw [+54] 1x Anyform Claw [+60] 1x Anyform Claw [+62] 1x Anyform Claw [+63] 1x Anyform Claw [+69] 4x Anyform Claw [+70] 1x Anyform Claw [+71] 2x Anyform Claw [+72] 1x Fur Hide 1x Lifepod 1x Pacifism 1x Sanguine Scrying 1x Serenity 2x Surge of Dexterity 1x Surge of Intellect

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Imbues (2) Precision

Savagery

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Hello everyone. The moderation team of whatisthisfish wants to share some serious concerns we have about recent changes to Reddit.
A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making a great many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users.
On May 31st, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo, to Reddit is Fun, to Narwhal, to BaconReader.
Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of those apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as Reddit Enhancement Suite or the use of the old.reddit.com desktop interface (which is beloved by members of our modteam).
This isn't only a problem for users: many subreddit moderators depend on tools only available outside the official app to keep their communities on-topic and spam-free. It’d be wonderful if Reddit’s official apps supported these tools, but they do not, and are years behind what third party apps can do.
On top of everything else, for the visually impaired, iOS is a disaster.

Reddit to the Visually Impaired: "You no longer have a voice on this site."

"As one of the mods of blind I depend on third party apps. Once the apps are gone, I may be left with no choice but to step down and close my 17 year old account. I hope it wont’ come to that."
- u/fastfinge

What's the plan?

The moderation team of whatisthisfish is declaring its opposition (along with hundreds of other subreddits) to this API pricing change, and will be shutting down the subreddit in solidarity for 48 hours on June 12th through the 14th (and may even shut down indefinitely) until the tools to provide effective moderation are available once more. This isn't something any of us do lightly: we do what we do because we love Reddit, and we truly believe this change will make it impossible to keep doing what we love (this subreddit is honestly one of my pride and joys to work on).
The two-day blackout isn't the goal, and it isn't the end. Should things reach the 14th with no sign of Reddit choosing to fix what they've broken, we may use the community and buzz we've built between then and now as tools to take further action.

What can you do?

1. Complain. Message the mods of reddit.com, who are the admins of the site: message u/reddit: submit a support request: comment in relevant threads on reddit, such as this one, leave a negative review on their official iOS or Android app, and sign your username in support on this post.
   
2. Spread the word. Rabble-rouse on related subreddits. Share your thoughts here at whatisthisfish, and in every Mod post like this you see. Suggest anyone you know who moderates a subreddit to join us at the sister sub ModCoord.
   
3. Boycott and spread the word...to Reddit's competition! Stay off Reddit entirely on June 12th through the 14th. Instead, take to your favorite non-Reddit platform of choice and make some noise in support!
   
4. Don't Be a Jerk - Be Respectful. Follow Reddit's rules and "reddiquette". As upsetting as this may be, threats, profanity and vandalism only serve to make things harder to get people on our side. Please make every effort to be as restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding as possible.
   

Find out more at Save3rdPartyApps, or if you moderate a subreddit, its sister sub ModCoord.

Thank you for your patience,

-Mathias, speaking on behalf of the whatisthisfish moderation team.
P.S. Please don't spend money on Reddit awards for this post. That's another source of revenue for them, and the single most efficient [legal] way to tell a company that you're unhappy is to not give them money.

Please forgive me, I know I'm a no body and my opinion is no more important or meaningful then anyone else here. I'm just stuck at work and have some down time so I wanted to post about a game I'm currently enjoying!
For me I'd rate this game at a 8.5 out of 10.
I'm having a really good time and in the end that is pretty much the only thing that matters with a video game imo.
With that said, I do have a few small negatives that keep this game from being a 10. Obviously these will be just my opinion and people are free to disagree! I even understand how on all 4 of my negatives people would completely disagree even if I don't feel the same.
Negative 1 is the lack of a world chat, or an easier way to group with people. It's kind of strange to me that Blizzard opted to make Diablo 4 kind of an mmo lite and to open the world up to be shared by all, yet not have basic communication features. I personally would love a world chat channel. I completely understand how some people would hate this and they have every right to feel that way. I think the best answer would be to simply make one but have it just like the trade channel where you have to opt into it.
Negative 2 for me is the lack of a map overlay. Again, I understand why some people would not like this. That's completely ok. I just think having the option would be nice. In my opinion, more options is rarely bad when it comes to video games.
Negative 3 for me is the lack of a player stats screen. Titan Quest, Grim Dawn, heck even Diablo 3 had this. I would like to be able to see my total play time, monsters killed and how many times I've died somewhere. Admittedly it's a very small detail and there are plenty of other more important things to add or fix I'm sure.
Negative 4 for me is probably my most controversial one and that is the level scaling. I just find I don't get the same power fantasy out of this game as I do other ARPG's. With that said, it's not terrible imo. I don't believe it needs to be completely done away with, maybe just a slight tinkering to where the monsters don't grow quite as powerful. Again though, this is just my opinion and I understand how others would disagree.
All in all, if those few things were adjusted/added this game would be a 10/10 for me and stand as one of the greatest I've played. I know I spent most of my time talking about the negatives but trust me, I've really, really enjoyed my time with the game so far and I think it's very solid if not a great title. Despite my few issues I'm still addicted and I still find it highly entertaining.

Hello everyone. The moderation team of Norse wants to share some serious concerns we have about recent changes to Reddit.
A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making a great many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users.
On May 31st, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo, to Reddit is Fun, to Narwhal, to BaconReader.
Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of those apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as Reddit Enhancement Suite or the use of the old.reddit.com desktop interface (which is beloved by members of our modteam).
This isn't only a problem for users: many subreddit moderators depend on tools only available outside the official app to keep their communities on-topic and spam-free. It’d be wonderful if Reddit’s official apps supported these tools, but they do not, and are years behind what third party apps can do.
On top of everything else, for the visually impaired, iOS is a disaster.

Reddit to the Visually Impaired: "You no longer have a voice on this site."

"As one of the mods of blind I depend on third party apps. Once the apps are gone, I may be left with no choice but to step down and close my 17 year old account. I hope it wont’ come to that."
- u/fastfinge

What's the plan?

The moderation team of Norse is declaring its opposition (along with hundreds of other subreddits) to this API pricing change, and will be shutting down the subreddit in solidarity for 48 hours on June 12th through the 14th (and may even shut down indefinitely) until the tools to provide effective moderation are available once more. This isn't something any of us do lightly: we do what we do because we love Reddit, and we truly believe this change will make it impossible to keep doing what we love (this subreddit is honestly one of my pride and joys to work on).
The two-day blackout isn't the goal, and it isn't the end. Should things reach the 14th with no sign of Reddit choosing to fix what they've broken, we may use the community and buzz we've built between then and now as tools to take further action.

What can you do?

1. Complain. Message the mods of reddit.com, who are the admins of the site: message u/reddit: submit a support request: comment in relevant threads on reddit, such as this one, leave a negative review on their official iOS or Android app, and sign your username in support on this post.
   
2. Spread the word. Rabble-rouse on related subreddits. Share your thoughts here at Norse, and in every Mod post like this you see. Suggest anyone you know who moderates a subreddit to join us at the sister sub ModCoord.
   
3. Boycott and spread the word...to Reddit's competition! Stay off Reddit entirely on June 12th through the 14th. Instead, take to your favorite non-Reddit platform of choice and make some noise in support!
   
4. Don't Be a Jerk - Be Respectful. Follow Reddit's rules and "reddiquette". As upsetting as this may be, threats, profanity and vandalism only serve to make things harder to get people on our side. Please make every effort to be as restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding as possible.
   

Find out more at Save3rdPartyApps, or if you moderate a subreddit, its sister sub ModCoord.

Thank you for your patience,

-Mathias, speaking on behalf of the Norse moderation team.
P.S. Please don't spend money on Reddit awards for this post. That's another source of revenue for them, and the single most efficient [legal] way to tell a company that you're unhappy is to not give them money.