What is your opinion on marrying your first love and how do you know they're the one?
2025.01.23 03:12 backburn3er-account What is your opinion on marrying your first love and how do you know they're the one?
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2025.01.23 03:12 Random3x I may be a king of monsters but I am still more human than your masters
The envoy from the Theocracy looked out the carriage window as it drew up the road towards Hades Seat/ Capital of the Shadow Empire and the place where the current Dark Lord dwelt. Slowly but surely, the carriage turned around a central fountain with artistic reliefs before stopping before a pair of imposing black metallic doors.
The door opened with a click as a werebeast butler opened the door for him. He could tell it was such a creature due to the slitted irises, though what manner of creature it would become was beyond him. It was said some of the cardinals could tell at a glance. But he was a mere bishop.
“We welcome the envoy from the Theocracy.” the Butler said, offering a bow.
Looking around, the Bishop was disappointed by how few people there were to welcome him. He was a highly ranked member of the Theocracy, here on a diplomatic mission. Anything less than a grand welcome would be an insult. Though to expect anything from savages was probably too much.
“A light welcome, I see,” the Bishop said hastily.
“By order of his most august majesty, sir,” the Butler explained, offering a second bow. “He said not to roll out the welcome party for someone such as yourself.”
Taken aback by the admission from the creature, the Bishop held his tongue. It would be one thing to do such in front of his retinue with other witnesses. But here, with no one but the Dark Lord’s men, they could spin the tale any way they wished.
“Very well, tell your owner I am here.”
It was the werebeast's turn to be taken aback before recovering his own composure. “I shall not need to, sir… he is already awaiting your arrival with eager anticipation. Please follow me,” he explained, gesturing towards the doors that were now opening.
Walking into the main chamber, he held back how impressed he was from showing on his face. For a nation of backwards races and primitives, the artwork here was enough to deck the halls of the great temple where The Angel Vespasia resided.
“Here we have the hall of a thousand mirrors, Installed during Hades reign,” the Butler offered as he turned down a hallway lined with the most ornate and perfectly cleaned mirrors he had ever seen. He had at most seen a hand mirror of this quality that wasn’t just polished metal. But these were truly masterful.
“Dwarven make?” he asked, thinking of all the pathetic races this nation allowed to call home their most industrious could produce them.
“I believe they are from the Academy workshops if I recall correctly, sir.”
This answer filled the Bishop's heart with pride. While the Academy was now a den of beasts and underraces, it had been founded and run by the first hero of humanity. A man whose fall was not well recorded, only that he went off to face the first dark lord alone.
“We are at the throne room, sir. The Dark Lord Helshep has agreed to meet you alone. I have been asked to advise you to speak as freely as you so wish. Treat him with contempt should you so wish it.” Trying his best not to let the confusion show on his face, he stepped through the doors to the throne room. The room was rather austere compared to the rest of the palace he had passed through. The pillars were for function, not form. Even the throne at the end of the room seems rather plain—a simple wooden chair with a black gemstone on its headboard.
Looking around the room, he could not see the man he had been sent to deliver a message to. However, he hoped that he would receive a positive response. After all, he was the first human to ascend to the Ebony Throne. Granted, he was centuries old at this time, but the Theocracy was willing to overlook extending life with magic so long as it ultimately served the gods.
“Hello~” he ventured, still peering around the room but finding no one.
“Whatcha got there?” a playful voice asked as it snatched the sealed letter from his hands before slinking away. “Hey, that is for the Dark Lord’s eyes only, fool!”
A lanky-looking man in a simple, albeit slightly ragged, suit stood before him. Eyeing the letter in his hands, the Bishop reached out to grab it, but the man moved away from his reach with a grace that did not match his figure.
“What an important-looking seal. Did the Angel send this one?” the fool asked as he continued to skip and move out of the Bishop's grasp.
“No, it was the council of cardinals. Now return it, or there shall be trouble!” The Bishop snarled.
“Trouble?” the fool asked, tilting his head.
“Yes, now get your master, and we shall discuss its contents.”
“Ah yes, it is for Dark Lord Helshep, right?” the fool asked as he walked over to the Ebony Throne. The Bishop had heard of the throne in many tales. That it only ever allowed one master. That any who so much as grazed it other than a Dark Lord would be turned to dust. “Give me a moment, and I shall read it.” the fool said as he slumped into the throne and broke the seal.
“You are Helshep?”
“Hmm?” the fool on the throne went as he looked over the page he was reading. “Oh yes, the one and only. Dark Lord and ruler of the Shadow Empire, blah blah blah… I have so many titles I actually have a book just listing them out, so why don’t we stick with my favourite title. One my youngest daughter gave me.”
“And that would be?” the Bishop asked; as with any diplomat, part of his mission was to gather information.
“The King of Titles! A great title for one with so many,” Helshep chuckled before continuing to read the letter. The Bishop tried his best to read his face, but contrary to most other rulers he had met, this man wore too many emotions to gather his mood.
“So this letter is the deal?” Helshep asked.
“Yes,” the Bishop replied.
“You are aware of its contents, I assume?” “Yes, I was involved in the meeting when they penned it. Though I have spoken it to no one.”
“Tell me, oh Bishop…” Helshep rolled his hand, to which the Bishop promptly responded.
“Hellbrand, sir.”
“Hellbrand? Interesting name. So tell me, Bishop Hellbrand, are you disliked over there? In the Theocracy, I mean?”
“Disliked?” Hellbrand echoed, confused; as far as he knew, he was a rising star with growing influence and plenty of friends. “No, sir.”
“Then are you a fool?”
“A fool!” Hellbrand bit his tongue to hold back a wave of insults he had for this man who had ignored all etiquette for meeting a diplomat.
“It’s just… the Theocracy wants me to legalise slavery in exchange for lasting peace.”
Hellbrand nodded. The council of cardinals agreed that it was such a simple and agreeable offer that only a madman would reject it, especially since their evidence suggested that Helshep was born and raised in the Secondian Kingdom, a nation built on slavery.
“And the alternative is war?”
“Sadly, yes,” Hellbrand nodded.
“It’s just… Do you know of the foundation stones of the empire?” Hellbrand shook his head. It was something he had never heard even a whisper of.
“I see it makes sense then. You see, when the empire was founded, the Dark Lord Hades gathered the Seven Sinful Lords to aid him.”
“This I know,” Hellbrand replied, nodding along.
“They each set a rule that could never be broken by any successor. The rules were such that they were flexible enough to shift but ultimately wouldn’t be broken. Now further history, do you know what Gluttony’s one rule never to be broken is?”
“No, I do not,” Hellbrand replied, shaking his head.
“Well, you see, this land was founded by misfits, outcasts and runaways from the other continents. We are people unwanted by all others, so we forged a paradise out of a volcanic wasteland. It is a land that values the rights of freedom and autonomy. Gluttony, being an Ork from a race often enslaved, set his unmoving rule to be no slaves. It is why slave ships that go through our waters are captured, and the enslaved people are offered a place to live.”
“I-I was unaware,” Hellbrand replied, unsure of himself now. “But you grew up in the Secondian-” Hellbrand’s plea was cut off before it could even be finished.
“I was a peasant in that land. We saw how the slaves were treated, and it disgusted us, but we had little right to do anything to help them.”
“What of the slave mines or the debt slaves?” Hellbrand asked, clutching at straws.
“The ones working the mines are criminals working hard labour. Once their sentences are served, they are free to go. Not to mention, their rights are maintained during their punishment. The debt slaves, as you labelled them, are protected even more and must receive a fair wage that once their debt is repaid, they are free to do as they wish. During that period, they can even change employers. So I am left with a quandary here, Hellbrand.”
“Oh?”
“You see, if I let you go home unaccosted for this slight, not only to me but our very founding principles, it’ll not look good to my people. However, if I killed you in a most terrible manner, it would start a war.” Hellbrand could feel a lump forming in his throat around which words refused to form.
“So I am going to ask you questions. You are going to be entirely honest with me. Any lie I shall accept the war option. Is that understood?” Hellbrand nodded vigorously.
“So first, I shall ask again, are you disliked in your homeland? Because it seems to me sending someone to deliver this message would likely end in death.” Hellbrand shook his head. He honestly did not know who could’ve set him up.
“Ok, you don’t know, understood. Next, are you a fanatic? By which I mean, are you willing to die for your cause?” Hellbrand again shook his head desperately.
“No? Good, I loathe nothing more than fanatics. I have to keep telling my imperial guard to protect the people before they protect me, but they just won't listen. Ok, Last question now I know you are a fool messenger who does value life.”
“Hmm?” Hellbrand asked, looking at Helshep, hoping for any mercy.
“Which hand is your dominant hand? The one you write with, the one you drink with, the one you cannot bear to live without. I believe I have a way to satisfy both parties. Because Hellbrand, I may be a king of monsters, but I am still more human than your masters. I love the land that accepted a down-and-out orphan from a no-name village. To betray their morals would be to betray myself, and I shall commit no treason on this day!”
Stepping off the throne, Helshep approached Helbrand and knelt before him, bringing him to eye level. Helbrand hadn’t even noticed he had fallen to his knees. “So, right or left?”
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2025.01.23 03:12 Few-Cricket-8867 "Man I sure do love my Penis!" I say to myself
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2025.01.23 03:12 GroundbreakingRow671 worst non-verbal episode i’ve had
so i’m in the process of getting my autism diagnosis but at this point i feel like there’s absolutely no way im not autistic!
i always struggle with going non verbal but today was probably one of the worst non verbal episodes i have. i was in therapy with the same therapist i’ve had for two years. i feel really comfortable with her and haven’t really gone fully non verbal in-front of her yet but i’ve briefly mentioned to her that it happens to me.
today i was feeling really upset and overwhelmed in session to the point where i completely shut down and couldn’t speak. it was so strange because she would ask me something and i would sit there silently. i WANTED and needed to talk but i physically couldn’t. i would even push myself to open my mouth to speak but nothing would come out besides maybe a tiny little squeal lol.
it got to the point where i had to text her what i wanted to say and she would then verbally respond to me which was great and she was very understanding and cooperative. and then about a half an hour later i was able to slowly start talking again. i didn’t tell her that i was non verbal was i wasn’t anymore and she never brought it up but im definitely going to bring it up and talk about it with her next week when i hopefully feel like it’s easier to talk!
anyways i just wanted to come on here and share my experience because i have nobody else to tell about it. it just felt really weird because i often go non verbal but this just felt probably the worst than any other time!
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2025.01.23 03:12 Disastrous_Ad_632 What’s your favorite song and what does it do for you?
I love music a lot , big part of why i think the way i do is because of the music i listen to , i vibe to metal btw so yeah not a lot of people can relate to the way i think coz not not of metal fans around but i still vibe by myself😂💀😭so i am curious what other people’s favorite songs are and what the song does for them and even if it’s hard to pick just try……mine is Wax Wings by Periphery i mostly listen to it when i feel overwhelmed or stressed because the song is basically about a person talking about how down in the dumps he is and how his life is just fifty shades of fucked up but then ends with finding the courage to keep on….y’know hold your head up high and so on……….so what’s yours?
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2025.01.23 03:12 Klutzy_Horse At what age were you your happiest and why?
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2025.01.23 03:12 Rudyclyde7664 Auto Painter Ray Glass king of Candy and Pearl Paints
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2025.01.23 03:12 CsirkErikx ☀️
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2025.01.23 03:12 Individual_Seesaw869 LF perfect match and old tales. Here is what I have
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2025.01.23 03:12 DoubleObussdown Wanting to learn
I want to learn how to run ads for companies and freelance I guess, is it worth paying for guidance or can I learn these skills on my own? I found someone who teaches these skills but he is charging me 7k he seems legit but I’m not sure if I am willing to take that risk yet. Im sure there is plenty of free information out there to get me started on basically everything since I a complete beginner. Where can I start if anyone has any free advice for me? Thank yall
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2025.01.23 03:12 notjeffdontask Is there a lore reason why charles is white yakub
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2025.01.23 03:12 Syndahlia For anyone who can use them
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2025.01.23 03:12 GynxCrazy Is long hair and a beard acceptable?
Hello friends! I have an interview on Monday and I was wondering if my long hair and beard would affect my chances of being hired. This would be my first job in the industry. I’d be much more willing to shave the beard than the hair but would prefer to do neither.
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2025.01.23 03:12 ChrysalisMuse Drawing inspiration from real life
Basically, how much inspiration is too much inspiration? I have a couple in my story who suffered a blow of fate around the time their son was born, and I feel like it is very similar to a story from real life people. Let's see..
The same:
- lesbian couple
- one of them suffers a stroke and is in a coma when child is born
- child became a beacon of hope for healthy mother
- the one carrying the child is not the same
- my couple doesn't split up
- my couple has another child afterwards
- my character has problems with her hand (not fully paralysed) while the real life person has left side paralysis (can walk but arm isn't functional)
- my character has cognitive issues which I believe the real life person doesn't have
- my character who suffered the stroke has trouble bonding with the child which the real person never mentioned so far
- my healthy mother is struggling a lot to fit her role because she trusted her partner to help her grow into it as she's not naturally good with kids, the real healthy mother was overwhelmed but didn't struggle in this way. She was 'motherly' to begin with
- my character's stroke was caused by AVM burst while the real person had a hole in her heart
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2025.01.23 03:12 Virtual_Direction_84 What happened to the álbum
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2025.01.23 03:12 CollinFlynn Thoughts on wife’s marketing company logo
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2025.01.23 03:12 LydiaKamau There some people who are God's favorite
I have a friend who since she was 24 years have aborted pregnancies. She has aborted more than 8 because she fears using family planning methods since she is not married. (I think in Kenya we don't have enough education about this) So last year she decided to keep the pregnancy she was recently blessed with a beautiful bouncing baby boy. Hivo tu. Even she did not struggle or anything.This year Feb she will clock 39 years. So it got me thinking there some people who are God's favorite juu Kuna stories Mimi huskia mtu alifanya arbotion once and that's it. Moral of the story never compare yourself with anyone
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2025.01.23 03:12 gt123123123 What to expect at McGee?
I just got an interview soon at McGee at Seattle. Just wondering what to expect since I’ve heard mixed reviews
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2025.01.23 03:12 peterandall4all Maybemaybeohmygodyes
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2025.01.23 03:12 cxndyfxre Dreams and Masking?
I posted this to neurodivergency but thought it'd make sense to post here too since it relates to autism :]
So for a little while I've(20 enby, AFAB) begun to suspect that I'm autistic. I've gotten a psych eval that confirmed I present autistic-like tendencies, but because myself and my mom couldn't remember or recall anything from my childhood in the moment I wasn't diagnosed. The hope is to compile information overtime, ask other family members and maybe reconnect with previous teachers to get a better understanding of my childhood but I digress.
Recently, for about 4-5 years now, I've been having vivid dreams about my family treating me poorly but that can be explained by SSRIs and my subconscious trying to tell me something. What I CAN'T explain is the many times in these dreams I tended to have meltdowns? Just unfiltered agony from stimulus. They're completely different from how I usually react to stressful or overstimulating situations which is to shutdown; go silent, still, unable to interact with anyone or anything.
My thought is that it could be I can't mask in my dreams? I shutdown in person because I was taught that "flipping out" or "throwing a tantrum" wasn't acceptable. If I did, I'd be met with scorn or ridicule. But in my dreams, that isn't exactly the case so I'm able to be as anguished about my situation as possible, whether verbally, physically, or other.
Has anyone else gone through something like this? Been forced to mask in person so in dreams they're able to be what they can't be in person?
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2025.01.23 03:12 No-Judge1591 “I’m a man of few words, I like to sing song after song, In the band I didn’t say anything, I just sat there, so I think I’ve gotten a lot better!” – Zayn today on the show
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2025.01.23 03:12 suprmario Captain America says Goodnight Elon.
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2025.01.23 03:12 SignalNegotiation389 The writing problem
- Team Flash: The thing about Season 1 which made it unique was how small Team Flash was (Barry, Cisco, Caitlin and Harrison Wells). It didn’t feel overcrowded. Team Flash by the end of the season ends up being Barry, Iris, Caitlin, Allegra, Chester, Cecile, Chillblaine and Joe. That is way too overcrowded, and makes everything feel like you have to keep up. It’s ridiculous.
- Powers: Too many characters end up having powers. Don’t get me wrong, having meta humans to some degree is some essential to the show, but what I’m getting at is the fact that Iris ends up getting speed at one point, Killer Frost ends up getting Super Speed at one point, Captain Kramer gains Super Speed at one point and ENDS UP HAVING POWERS. It’s absolutely ridiculous. What made Barry unique was that he was one of the few people that got struck by lightning in the Particle Accelerator. Now it just seems like there is no reason one some people have powers. On top of this, they jammed in Nora, Bart, Jay Garrick, The Speed Force in a majority of episodes without The Flash ever having an episode of his own in his own show. It’s basically like : "My name is Barry Allen, and aside from my daughter, my son, my wife, some people that look like my mom and dad, every speedster l've ever faced and most likely Usain Bolt, I am the fastest man alive!"
- The Iris Problem: I’m not going bag out Candice Patton. She’s a great actor that really deserved better. The problem with Iris is her inconsistencies. In Season 1 she was a reporter, who had reported on The Flash a few times. She was the love interest in Season 1 (which is pretty weird cause of the whole sibling thing too, which isn’t even brought up again) and didn’t know Barry was The Flash until later. This built suspense around Barry and Iris in the show. Somehow by Season 4 and 5 she basically just runs S.T.A.R Labs with Barry, and it was never mentioned whatsoever about her being a reporter, then somehow she is a reporter again in Season 6 for like two episodes and then later again, she is never seen to be a reporter. It’s pretty clear that they don’t know what they want to do with Iris, especially random side quests that end up making her a main character when she should be at least a love interest for The Flash
- The Harrison Wells Problem: From Season 3 onwards, they tried to fit a different Harrison Wells all the time (Nash Wells, H.R Wells, Sherloque Wells etc.) In Season 7 we see all the different Wells say goodbye to Barry through Nash. I rather thought they should’ve just stuck with Earth 2 Wells all the way to Season 7. Constantly having a different Wells every season just feels like again you are cramping in different characters of the same character for no reason. They could’ve even just got rid of Wells as a whole if they wanted to
- The Barry Allen Problem: The show doesn’t let him evolve whatsoever. Let me explain:
- The Flash meets a new metahuman
- The Flash can’t beat them so he returns to S.T.A.R Labs
- Team Flash either give some pep talk, learn a new skill, or give Barry Metahuman Dampener to stop the metahuman
- The Flash beats the metahuman Then the same shit happens again in the next episode (besides crossovers or the finale) You’d think by now, he’d be able to beat them on his own, that he can outrun anyone. Man, if it were Comic Barry Allen, everyone would be smoked so quickly. Comic Barry Allen doesn’t mess around, he is a fucking gangster compared to this show. Also on top of that, the show treats him like a side character in his own show, so he barely gets any screen time
- The timeline of everything: It just seems all wrong. Are you telling me that Nora West Allen is going to be born while Future Nora West Allen is in the present? And Bart? Which doesn’t create a Paradox or something? Did Flashpoint not really mean anything then? What happens to the timeline when Nora or Bart return?
- The Reverse Flash Problem: The writers can’t let him go. In Season 1, he wants to find a way home, but ends up dying. He appears in one episode in Season 2, but is sent back. Season 3, he gets thrown around in Flashpoint, but then he works with Barry to send Barry back to his original time. They threw Reverse Flash in the Crisis on Earth X crossover, which was cool, especially the speedster fight we got out of it. Season 5, he ends up fighting Team Flash from the past technically, so he can escape, which is his original motive. Season 6, somehow he takes control Nash Wells mind. Season 7, he helps Barry take on Godspeed. Season 8, he is the final antagonist and becomes some kind Negative Reverse Flash from memory. Lastly he is in Season 9 in the final fight, treated like dogshit. The problem with Reverse Flash isn’t that he is overused, but rather in every Season he is in from Season 4 he has no real motive. He is only there because of The Flash. It’s one thing to use the main antagonist but it’s another thing to keep using him without any reasons to. It made everything boring
- The Villain Problem: Since Season 5-ish, there’s been a massive villain problem, that being the motives for the villains keep getting worse or repetitive. I’ll break it down:
- Reverse Flash: Wanted to be The Flash and became stuck in the past. Wants to get back to his time but can’t so he trains Barry to get faster so he can
- Zoom: Was super greedy and obsessed about being the fastest man alive
- Savitar: Revenge due to how other Barry abandoned him
- Devoe: Reset the intelligence of everyone on Earth so people could be smart enough
- Cicada 1: Revenge for his daughter
- Cicada 2: Nothing at all… Just wants to take out The Flash and ends up killing her father
- Bloodwork: Wants a cure for himself, but then for some reason just infects everyone
- Mirror Master (the woman): Wanted to escape which did , and then starts randomly attacking The Flash
- The Forces: Attack Flash for no reason, and become friends
- Godspeed: Something about his Brother’s Death, and now he wants to be a God
- Reverse Flash (again): Same motive, but really doesn’t make sense in the situation
- Red Death: Sheer animosity towards the Flash and criminals going unpunished, but extremely bad writing The villains for most of it in the show just kept either having repetitive motivations or no motivations. They were really lazy
2025.01.23 03:12 rocklobster7413 Hundreds of LGBTQ couples say ‘I do’ as Thailand legalises same-sex marriage - BBC News
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