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My Changing Skies Predictions : D

Leafstar going blind will be treated as a fate worse than death.

Squirrelstar will be constantly mocked by the narrative and characters alike. Thunderclan will lament that Bramblestar was a much better leader.

While making reasonable decisions, Skyclan treats Leafstar like Squirrelflight was treated as interim leader during TBC.

Moonpaw is a Nightsun baby. She'll get along with and admire Nightheart, but resent and have a difficult relationship with Sunbeam.

Events from past arcs will be brought up in an attempt by the Erin Hunter Collective to show that they totally know their stuff. All of these callbacks will be entirely superficial.

Tigerheartstar's characterisation will change on a whim.

Windclan won't get to do anything. Whistlepaw is mentioned exactly once.

At some point the narrative makes it clear that the writers think Tawnypelt joined Shadowclan after Tigerstar died.

At least one of the three POV characters has barely any plot material. Despite this, they still get equal screen time with the other two characters.

Moonpaw is a medicine cat apprentice. She struggles with horrific things happening to her constantly, and a connection she once thought was to Starclan turns out to be to something much darker. She ends up ostracised because everyone around her doesn't believe her for arbritary reasons.

Starclan do terrible things. One of the morals of the arc is that Starclan is still the most important part of Clan life.

The only thing that is destroyed by Twolegs is the Moonpool. They find a new one (with Tawnypelt or Leafstar sacrificing their lives so it can be found). This restores the status quo.

One of the Erin Hunters declares that they believe wholeheartedly in Starclan and have decided to found the first IRL Moonstone.

Lando using a cute voice saying oh but Osc you’ve told me this before! Oscar’s first instinct being to help Lando understand words !! says he won’t since it’s a competition but then caves anyway and helps with a hint j e s u s

absolute whiplash bc domscar in the video with the drop challenge and now Oscar being completely blissfully whipped by bossy Lando

- Lando needs a restraining order on the smile Oscar has while watching him silently

Lando classing Oscar and Carlos together does ~something to me in terms of me wanting to read smth about their roles in Lando's life and how he perceives those roles !!! we already know Oscar always classes Lando and Carlos together bc Lando stalker/carlando stan but Lando putting Oscar and Carlos together mmmmmmmmmm two significant men in his life but also parallel of Lando needing Carlos to help him his first years in F1 and now Lando being the one to help Oscar through his first years in F1 .....

- Oscar feebly bringing up the rules and Lando huffily turning away from him and muttering "changed the rules" and that WHAT

- Lando doing the deadly wife-turns-to-husband-outraged and Oscar looking utterly UTTERLY fond and in love while being scolded in public and on camera and softly saying "no"

- AND THEN WHEN OSCAR STUMBLES OVER IS WORDS AND LANDO GIVES HIM THAT LOOK LIKE HMMM???- THEN STARING AT EACH OTHER SMILING BC IT'S GOOD FOR COUPLES TO ARGUE SOMETIMES WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEYYYYY

- "unless the other person" "their" neutral pronouns :)

- they do that thing of only talking to each other rather than the camera or the interviewer when deciding what Alex and Daniel's podcasts would be bc they'd both actually be interested in those

- Oscar's mischievous little smile but once again all Lando has to do is voice displeasure and Oscar caves immediately

- Lando's little smile that he automatically hides after Oscar says "one of the first times I met you"

- also the way Oscar like hesitates for a sec bc he's prob thinking of how they met during the sky interview already but does Lando remember ??

- Lando tapping at the nickname and Oscar's utter pride in "Osco" do you like that your cool teammate wants to have a name all his own for you do you want him to have ownership over you

- OH GOD OSCAR LOOKING HELPLESSLY BETWEEN THEM WHILE THEY DISCUSS HIS LOVE LIFE

- the soft little series of expressions on Oscar's face as Lando gestures to him and says "why does dating have to be a woman" !!!

- the soft way Oscar is curious why Lando chose Fernando as someone who would cry at a sad movie and then softly agreeing with Lando's reasoning idk that's just so cute he's so like oh?? I see what you mean! :3

- Oscar's little smile bc Lando may be ribbing him but he rly does not mind being known for crying if the moment merits it <3

- Oscar's little 'noooo' and Lando's obnoxious glee at what will probably work out as him being voted driver of the day from here on out ldhfjlsdafhlasf

for the gays <3

so someone on discord asked for how i color and i decided to go a little overboard !! 

with the fall semester approaching (and me one-nighting another research paper), i just wanted to plug sci-hub, a shadow library site where you can freely access many otherwise-paywalled research papers and academic articles! this site is incredible and i hope you guys get some use out of it, because i sure do :)

kid: "i like lando because he is kind and respectful for other people. your so kindness"

oscar: "i like your so kindness too"

lando: "oh yeah? well thank you oscar!"

how to pick a therapist

A friend recently asked how I found my therapist, who I absolutely adore. I was in a bad place when I first started seeing her, and she has helped me completely turn my life around. The fact is that I saw a lot of bad and mediocre therapists, then finally got lucky. That said, now that I know what a really good therapist is like, I do have some advice for finding one:

Do interview sessions with multiple therapists and take notes on what you like or don’t like. It’s not high maintenance or pushy to ask a lot of questions. You’re a customer looking for someone to provide a service - an expensive service, possibly for a long time. This is someone you will trust with your secrets and your health. Sometimes, your life.

If you’re in a dark place while searching, try to find a level-headed friend or family member to help you interview. The most frustrating thing about mental healthcare is that patients are often too vulnerable and ill to self-advocate and, as a result, often tolerate unacceptable behavior from their mental healthcare providers. Bad providers will blame patient dissatisfaction on patients being unstable. There is little accountability for their performance. If you can’t stand up for yourself, it helps to have a trusted third party that can either come with for interviews or, at the very least, who can talk with you after about your concerns and options. If a therapist asks why you want to bring someone with, simply say, “I’m not mentally able to self-advocate at this time. I am more comfortable having someone with me for support.”

Look for someone who does holistic therapy and/or who talks about using a variety of methods, depending on patient needs. Ask what types of methods they use and if they prefer one over others. A big part of therapy is teaching you a variety tools that will help you cope with stressors. You should expect your therapist to have more than one tool in their arsenal as well.

Ask their opinion on medication. I have met therapists who don’t believe in medication at all and some who won’t even work with patients that aren’t willing to medicate. Personally, I feel the only correct response is, “Medication is an important tool for some people, but it’s not the answer for everyone.”

Ask them what successful therapy looks like to them and what they think the most important things are to be successful in therapy. You want someone who talks about how different patients need different things. For some people, stability is the goal. Others have more specific objectives. The worst sort of therapist is one that uses the same structure for every patient because they’ve decided it’s the “right way.”

During interviews, you do want a therapist to mention that a patient has to be willing to change and give effort. However, you don’t want them to spend an excessive amount of time going on about how YOU have to do the work and “this won’t work if you’re not willing to give it your all” and blah, blah, blah. That is the sign of a therapist that will see therapy not working and immediately say, “Ah, not my fault. They weren’t doing the work,” absolving themselves of any extra work or creative thinking.

The final item is tricky to spot in an initial interview, but it’s crucial. Therapy requires a delicate balance. A good therapist can guide a session and push their patient without being domineering or dismissive. You can spot the domineering therapist fairly easily: they will tell more than they ask, make you feel uncomfortable or self-doubting, and will minimize your wishes or concerns about therapy. The lazy therapist is much more common. They’re not as harmful or obvious as the domineering therapist, but they probably won’t help you. They let you guide therapy, don’t ask many questions, and don’t challenge you. They will let you use therapy as a venting session or allow you to rehash the same handful of traumas without doing any work to process them in a new way. If you find yourself with a domineering or lazy therapist, fire them.

What has made my therapy successful is that my therapist is flexible, adaptable, and willing to try new things and new methods. There were periods where I was actually too ill to do any work, but she never addressed it like, “Ah, She Won’t Do The Work.” She just scheduled us for very frequent sessions and kind of quietly came up with things to keep me busy and stable, monitoring my state for safety until I reached a place where I was able to do the work.

When something didn’t work, it was never my fault, and she never spent any time lamenting that it hadn’t worked. She would just immediately say, "Okay, not this, then. I have something different planned for us to try next week.” Just like that, we were talking about what we were going to do next instead of thinking about the thing that failed.

The mental healthcare world, at least here in the US, is pretty fucked up. For a time, it was definitely doing me more harm than good, and I have trauma from my experiences with bad mental healthcare providers. I think it’s important to talk about patient self-advocacy and provider accountability. I hope the list above will help someone avoid bad providers and get the help they need. If you would signal boost this, I’d really appreciate it.

Here’s a good one

Lando in 2022:

"I don't know any of the new drivers"

Lando in 2023 directly to his new teammate Oscar:

"you pop up in a thong"

"I'd get him like a… see-through shirt"

"you could go between my legs"

"did you grow motherf*cker?" "how tall are you"