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Harry Potter: Geth by mjimeyg

The story that I am talking about tonight is my favorite Mass Effect story ever!

Harry gets literally dropped into the Mass Effect universe, but, it’s actually the same universe! That’s right this is actually an alternate universe for both the Harry Potter AND the Mass Effect franchises! It could also be called a God Like Harry fix it fic, but, the fix it is for Mass Effect for the most part. The story has a great mix of comedy and action to it. I don’t want to give too much away on the plot because it is such a great read!

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The story covers all three of the original Mass Effect titles and gives a happy ending that I think everyone will like. Though I loved the synthesis ending myself in the third game. *shrug* Go check it out if you love either of the franchises. I doubt you will be disappointed!

Link: Harry Potter: Geth by mjimeyg

Harry Brown by mjimeyg

Today’s story is a Harry Potter crossover with Mrs. Brown’s Boys. Mrs. Brown’s Boys is a UK television show that was first a radio show. I have never seen it or listened to it, but, after reading this story I really, really, want to.

The story is of course a what if type that places Harry in the home of Mrs. Brown and being raised by her. The family really protects him in typical raunchy Brit comedy fashion. I will warn you that if you don’t like the non politically correct type of British comedy ala Monty Python you will most likely not like this story or the show at all.

Link: Harry Brown by mjimeyg

P.S. Sorry this is so short. I had a very busy day as this was the first day of physical therapy and what little we did do today has wiped me out and now as of 10:15 pm I am getting a headache from being so tired. I also have to go to bed early as it is because I have an earlier than normal appointment for my HRT tomorrow. I hope that everyone out there is having a good week so far! Have fun reading!

Potter’s Protector Series by mjimeyg

Today I am going to talk about a Harry Potter crossover story series that starts with Potter’s Protector by mjimeyg. The series is on FanFiction.net. The major crossovers are BTVS, Marvel, and Smallville.

In Potter’s Protector Xander Harris is brought into the Harry Potter universe in order to protect and teach Harry. The hope was also that he would warp the prophecy like he had in the BTVS universe. He succeeds in that and much, much, more. I don’t want to give too much away on the plot because it really is a must read to appreciate how awesome it is.

The author is a recluse though so please don’t try to bug them too much other than to compliment the stories in the comments if you like.

This is a Godlike Harry with a multi-person relationship. There are mentions of Harry/Hermione in the first story but it is not the focus of the series as a whole. In my opinion the story series really takes off and becomes wildly entertaining by the third story in the series, but, in order to understand things that are talked about you really must read the whole thing from the start at least for the first time through.

This is another story series that I read at least once a year and recommend to any one that wants something mostly light hearted and entertaining to read. There are also concepts in the story that translate to real life quite a bit.

Story Order:

Potter’s Protector

M-Day

Death’s Little Brother

Full Circle

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The next couple of days are going to be recommended stories from this same author. They really are prolific and the ones that I am going to suggest are awesome to read.

Multi-verse Series by EricIzMine – A Review

First let me say that I am sorry that I forgot to post this last night. I spent the entire day in an exhausted fog. Which is frustrating all around for me since it made it so I felt like I didn’t want to do anything. I barely finished my challenges on Fallout 76 before I found myself laying in bed reading because it was just too much to stay sitting up in my chair. Anyway, on to my review!

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I have never read any of the Southern Vampire Mystery novels. I had never heard of Sookie Stackhouse until HBO decided to make a television series based on them. I did think about trying to read them until I heard that some of the characters weren’t like they are in the show. In fact my favorite man isn’t even in the series at all! He is dead when it starts from what I have heard. Yes, I am talking about Lafayette. Mmm-mm! He is the kind of man that I could have some fun with.

I also love Godric and that character isn’t Eric’s Maker nor is he even a very big character in the books at all. I liked the show right up until they introduced Lilith and the Authority. I decided to stop watching it then though I do own the whole thing on DVD. I always believed that Sookie and Eric should have gotten together. Despite his flirting and sneaky ways he seemed to genuinely care about Sookie and her free will while Bill seemed to want to keep her in a box like a limited edition doll.

Because of this I started reading various fanfiction where Sookie and Eric end up together. My favorite series of stories is written by EricIzMine. The series is simply called Multi-verse Series. Each story is a tale of True Blood that is a mix of novels and show. They are also all vastly different from each other. In one Eric hired Adele Stackhouse as his day person and ends up accidently helping Sookie harness her power earlier so she becomes a powerhouse in the vampire world under an assumed name. In another she was put in an asylum and ended up learning to use her shields so well that she plain forgot she was a telepath! The stories, the detail, and the over all writing is spectacular!

I read the series from beginning to end at least once a year and have even backed them up offline so that I don’t lose them. The only unfortunate thing about the series is that some of the stories aren’t finished. This is because the author passed away. The beta editors didn’t want to mess with perfection, rightly so, and left them as they were. It doesn’t take away from the series in anyway however because the more important ones are all finished and those that aren’t you can still see where it was going to go if you have enough imagination.

The link is below. If you are a True Blood fan, A Southern Vampire Mysteries fan and you always wanted Eric and Sookie to be together go give the series a shot. I doubt you will regret it. Most everyone that I have advised do so has loved it! Oh, and just in case you don’t realize. The whole series is on the front page that should come up. You will see a book cover that says Intrepid as the first one. Read them from left to right then down to the next row and so forth. That is the read order even though it was not the publish order. Have Fun!

Link: Multi–verse Series by EricIzMine

Had a Busy Busy Day

So, I just wanted to put this out here because I made a commitment to write everyday, I started this before midnight… though it was a rant on something that I deleted because it didn’t make any sense because I am tired.

I had a busy day. I had to go get my HRT, then grocery shopping, then a short three hour break before I went to therapy. I just started with a new therapist but so far she is pretty awesome and we are still learning how each other work.

I hope everyone had a good Thursday and has an awesome Friday. I will be posting again tomorrow/later today by the time this posts.

Dilectio lucernam in vita, et non odit fiat caecum ad bonitatem aliorum.

Forgive if it is rough. I put it through Google Translate. It should read…

Let love be the guiding light in your life and let not hate blind you to the goodness of others.

Being Smart vs Being Educated – Rant August 4th, 2020

Today I want to talk about the big difference between being educated and being smart. A lot of people seem to think that they go hand in hand, but, I will tell you now from having experience in dealing with college people of all ages and backgrounds that this is far from the truth of it.

What set me off on this topic is that I went to watch a video from one of the YouTubers that I used to follow, I unsubscribed from them today, proceeded to say that because they are college educated and on their way to law school with a 4.0 GPA it made them more knowledgeable than the people that were commenting in their last video and that if people wanted to listen to those that never went to college and there for weren’t educated that they could go ahead and do so but that it would be stupid.

I ranted at my television and immediately unsubscribed from that arrogant asshat.

Just because you go to college and pass your courses doesn’t mean you are smart or even that you know what you are talking about. Just because you are going to law school doesn’t mean shit. The way schooling is done in order to pass classes and get degrees is literally memorization. You have to learn certain things in a certain way in order to regurgitate the facts, figures, and dates back on paper to the teacher. It doesn’t take much other than dedication to do this.

I’ve literally helped hundreds of college students take exams. I knew someone that had an A+ Certification for Computers that didn’t know to try a different keyboard to troubleshoot an issue before replacing the motherboard!

I am tired of people that go to college and get pieces of paper telling me that because I haven’t that it makes me stupid. My normal response to their arrogance is to tell them my IQ number and my SAT scores BEFORE I took and passed Algebra. They usually get all embarrassed and back off after that. Just in case you are curious I’ve been told by my mother that my IQ was 156 when I was tested as a child in the ’80s. I also got 900+ on my SAT in the summer between Junior and Senior years of high school. This was in 1997 so the number would be different now since they recalibrated stuff.

I am smart, but, it is the type of smart that doesn’t do well in most classroom settings. The proof of this is that my GPA was barely a B when I graduated high school. I never wanted to go to college because most of the things that I was interested in were either things I could do without it or things I was advised not to get into by professionals in the field. Law Enforcement and Anthropology to be exact on those advised against.

To a lot of educated people this makes them assume that I am dumb because society has decided to tell people that they HAVE to go to college to achieve anything. This is bullshit. A lot of the inventions we have today were conceived by people with only an elementary education. Admittedly the more scientific ones had educated people behind them but not all of them. It is just like people that judge someone because they work a job like mechanic, a/c repair, etc. and assume that they are stupid and that is why they do ‘Manual Labor’. They never take the time to look into it. A lot of hands on jobs are hurting for people to fill positions and they pay a lot too most of the time. It’s stupid and shows not only a lack in intelligence but a lack of class on their parts to think that.

I am going to close this up since my rant has lost steam as I let loose on here with a link or two and some pictures I found on the internet that I liked that fit in with what I have been saying. It just frustrates me so much to see and hear that much arrogance over something so dumb.

Links:

https://recruitingdaily.com/recruiting-experience-education/

https://www.brandman.edu/news-and-events/blog/to-what-degree-is-being-educated-mistaken-with-being-intelligent-in-our-society

https://blog.thepensters.com/smart-intelligent-educated/

Brain Soup – August 3rd, 2020

So, yesterday I had such bad anxiety that I ended up having a mild panic attack. Panic attacks in general are rare for me, like a handful a year max, but the anxiety is something I live with everyday. It used to only be a social thing for me but as I got older and had more responsibilities put on me it had gotten worse. It got to where it is now however after I was diagnosed with Cancer. I didn’t even know I was that sick until I woke up in the hospital five years ago having had to undergo an emergency hysterectomy because the doctors discovered that the cyst that I had on my ovary had been hiding stage three Cancer. I spent a year doing various forms of radiation therapy and then the last four years have been check ups. Since then my anxiety has been worse on average than it has ever been before.

I try to be a positive person and don’t allow negative thoughts of the future to invade since I can’t know what is coming. I can only live for today and plan loosely for tomorrow. I try to live my best life and not compare myself to others because everyone is different and so is the journey, but, sometimes I find myself consumed with frustration, and envy for all those that are normal. That don’t have gender dysphoria and autism. Those that find it easy and even invigorating to work out, play stressful video games, or compete at work for higher positions of power. I’ve never been like that. I have a hard time keeping myself content in life. Happy comes in bursts as it should from what I have learned in some of the online courses I’ve taken. Content is what people should try to strive for on a daily basis instead of downward when it comes to emotion.

I fear but also do not fear death. I’m not suicidal at all and haven’t been since junior high school age. I was raised knowing what death is from a young age, but, that it was a part of life and the next step in the journey. It doesn’t mean though that I want it to be painful. That is what I actually fear about it I think.

Lately I have been trying to find someone to share my life with on a more than friendship basis. Society has become so shallow that sex and looks have become what matter first in relationships where I live. I try to have conversations with people for it to fizzle out, I try to start conversations only to never get a response, and it makes me sad and question myself. Why am I not good enough? Should I lower my standards for relationships just to find someone? I’m told that I am a great person. That taking care of my grandparents and now my mom make me awesome. I am told that I am easy to talk to and funny. The only things I can think of that make me so that no one wants to be with me is my looks and the fact that I want to wait for at least six months to a year before I have sex with someone I am dating.

I’ve had more bad experiences with sex than good. More than half of those were the worst of the worst that can happen to someone. Sex doesn’t equal comfort, trust, or love to me because of it. How hard is that to understand and go along with if you like someone?

Due to mental and emotional abuse starting from ten years old I gained weight. I continued to gain weight because I was unhappy the rest of my life so far. I unwittingly wore mostly black throughout my teens and into my early twenties I was that unhappy. So, today I weigh around 360 pounds though most people tell me I don’t look that big. This is not as big as I have ever been and I have held it here for over a year now. I want to get thinner and bulk up my muscles because there is only so much you can do with diet to lose weight. Physical ailments have held me back a lot. The Cancer, a umbilical hernia, a pinched nerve in my hip, and now I hurt my Achilles Tendon. I did finally get the hernia repaired this past May and I start physical therapy soon which will help me on the road. However, creeping negative thoughts have made it into my head. Hopelessness on my weight, my fitness levels, and if I will ever find anyone that wants me for me. I seriously only have that one standard about sex. The only other rule I have is that I don’t date people bigger than me on the weight scale and that isn’t because of shallow reasons so much as it is about the bad sexual experiences I’ve had happen to me.

I have a therapist again. I hope this as well as writing on this blog will help me get back to where I need to be. I am going to try to write something daily to make a routine. It might be a full on blog like this, a poem, a story snippet, or just sharing some cool pictures I made or saw on the internet. Heck, maybe I will start blogging my daily adventures on Fallout 76 and Minecraft.

Blessed be your Life, Light be your Spirit, Let Fate guide you Home.