Gratitude is a weird feeling. Hika fights with it every day. Sure, they’re fortunate to make it back from every mission, and sure, they often return with the people they care most about. That's a reason to celebrate.

But the debilitating fear, the exhausting adrenaline, the anger, and the suspicion that come with these missions and their everyday life as a scout weigh so heavily on their shoulders that sometimes it’s impossible to walk. Or at least it should be, and it is mostly, but somehow Hika manages to put one foot in front of the other and move forward.

The Drabble Challenge | Day 15 of 30: Gratitude

friendships end. relationships end. fictional man whos doing even worse than you is forever

Please respond to this post if you'd like to be added to a tag list for my isekai fic! I'm hoping to have the first chapter posted by tomorrow night 🤞

general tags for the fic are: modernverse, female reader, parallel universes/isekai

Okay, I am going to be making some tweaks to the plot and the first chapter tonight but I am hoping to get this out either late tonight or sometime this weekend.

if alphas in the omegaverse knew that we referred to it as the "omegaverse" and not the "alphaverse," they'd throw a fit

one day i’ll have a dedicated writing routine. right now, i have a dedicated dreaming-about-writing routine

I need to defy biology and get him pregnant

Drabble Challenge - Day 14: Scenic

dividers: @enchanthings

“Let’s take the scenic route.” What Erwin meant by that was taking the long way home.

It was his most common excuse. Erwin would always drive around with a full car, windows rolled down with the speakers up. Levi never minded, he would take the opportunity to watch the city lights zip past as you and Erwin made conversation in the front seats. 

“Hey! This is Levi’s favorite song.” you announced, turning the volume up. “right?”

Levi’s eyes met yours as your hair whirled around from the wind, the only view he’d describe as scenic.

How did you remember that? 

Tagging: @tobbi-loves-levi @amywritesthings

Rolling hills of emerald green grass, towering trees that hide the sky, and patches of lapis lazuli blue peeking through the leaves. Hika looks below them, making eye contact with a particularly shrewd looking Titan.

Yeah, this place would be pretty scenic without this guy looking at Hika like they’re lunch.

Hika’s ears are tuned deeper into the forest, trying to hear any indication of, well, anything. The canons fired already, presumably trapping the Female Titan, but Hika hasn’t heard more.

Connie winces, as a Titan starts to climb.

“Relax,” Hika says to him, “give it a minute, then climb.”

The Drabble Challenge | Day 14 of 30: Scenic

for me internet friendships are “we don’t talk all the time but I see you’re online and it makes me happy” and I really hope it’s like that for everyone

(via @freenarnian )

https://x.com/StrangerJosh11/status/1856410822983201030

It’s dire out here

we live in hell. what do you mean elon musk is going to lead a new department of our government called "doge"

im sorry if this is how you found out. yes its real

New Levi Official Art

Before January 2025:

If you are a USAmerican in a relationship that might be affected by legislation that dissolves same-sex marriages, who may no longer be recognized as next-of-kin, especially if you have children, get your rights in writing!

Your marriage certificate may not be enough to prove you have rights to make medical decisions for non-biological children or for a same-sex spouse or partner.

Go to a lawyer, get it spelled out as clearly as possible that you have a voice in emergency medical and legal situations.

For those of us who aren’t lawyers or well-versed in law generally, can someone clarify what kind of document, by name, people should be drafting with their lawyers? Is it a type of letter, or is there a name for this classification of document? I’m aware that it probably varies by US state, but a lot of people are likely feeling extremely lost right now and don’t know where to start on this. I definitely don’t. I live in a state that isn’t likely to nullify existing marriages or prevent new ones from taking place, but who knows what they’re going to try at the national level and enforce from the top down.

Power of Attorney should cover most partners and spouses to ensure that they will be making each other's health care decisions in cases of serious illness. LGBTQ+ spouses and domestic partners must execute proper Health Care Power of Attorney documents listing each other as the highest priority agents for making each other's health care decisions in case of incapacity.

Here's a resource from GLAD.

Consider writing or updating your wills, also. If you can, do so with an elder law or estate attorney. Sign them with witnesses and with a notary. The last thing you want is to lose everything to probate because your marriage "doesn't count" anymore, and so you have no rights to your partner's assets -- including real estate, if you aren't both listed on the deed.

Also, a very important note: Regular Power of Attorney and Healthcare Power of Attorney are different! Not all states consider them equivalent. Healthcare POA lets you make medical decisions and be proxy for someone else. A regular POA ("Durable" or "Financial" Power of Attorney) is often more about financial decisions, life decisions, standing in as signatory, and other things of that nature. In NY, for example, a regular Power of Attorney does not count for medical decisions.

Wills and POA. While I’m doubtful they can fully reverse existing marriages, who’s to say — the courts are unchecked and this incoming administration isn’t afraid to step all over’s people’s rights.

Make sure property is deeded in joint names with survivorship — real property and bank accounts. Make sure beneficiaries are updated on any and all insurance policies.