#21th century politics

[dark-autumn-wind]

More study motivation:

Rob Jetten

He is very responsible and conscientious. He wants to serve his voters, his party and his country. He wants to do his job well and not make mistakes. He wants to fulfil his expectations and the expectations of others. He said: "I feel committed. I feel responsible. I feel trustworthy. I don't want to let anyone down. I don't want to let anyone down."

He is very perfectionist and self-critical. He always wants to get the best out of himself and constantly improve. He always wants to do everything right and not show any weaknesses. He is never satisfied with himself and sets himself high standards. He said: "I'm very strict with myself. I'm never good enough. I can always do more. I can always be better. I always have to be perfect."

He is very ambitious and determined. He wants to prove himself as a politician and take his party forward. He wants to work for a better future for the Netherlands and Europe. He has many ideas and projects that he wants to realise. He said: "I have a vision. I have a mission. I have a passion. I want to make a difference. I want to make a difference."

#dark academia #rob jetten x jesse klaver #rob jetten #dutch #dutch politics #21th century politics #resse

[bambirex]

Finally gathered the courage to see a therapist seeking an actual diagnosis, got told to just stop being gay.

#this is your reminder that if a mental health professional refuses to talk about the actual problem and instead keeps circling back to #something you DON'T have a problem with #and they bring their own political beliefs into the conversation #you need to get the fuck out of there #therapists shouldn't have biases and prejudices!!!!!! #therapists in the 21th century shouldn't tell you that you can 'heal' from being gay #like what the fuck!!!! #obviously i'm not going back #like karen just retire if you can't notice the actual and obvious problem and instead keep whining about how i 'chose' this lifestyle #and thus sentenced myself to a painful life #shut the fuck up and do your job properly #how am i supposed to get treated if ms Freud 2022 is my only option #i thought we were over psychiatrists recommending conversion therapy but apparently i was wrong #i didn't even go there with a sexuality crisis! #i went over there to finally get diagnosed with adhd or something!! #'you're distracted and hyperactive because you're anxious due to your sexuality' ok. you can go choke #super traumatic first experience #tw homophobia #bambi says some bullshit

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[elbiotipo]

Common historical misconceptions:

Suits and ties were not used by everyone: they were mostly used by people of high status on formal occassions.

Daft Punk represent some of the earliest androids registered outside fiction, they were not two humans in suits (this is still disputed)

Similarily, Miku Hatsune was an "anime" character at first, the first sentient personalities of Miku date from 2026.

The "Old City" of Niork in Usamerica was actually built in the 2230s around the JFK Spaceport, the ruins of old Niork are in the Manhattan Swamplands.

Similarily, the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building are later reconstructions. The original Statue of Liberty did not have the shield with the emblem of the Joint Chiefs.

The Joint Chiefs did not refer to an alliance of "chiefs" in charge of Usamerican "states", but rather to the pre-socialist military dictatorship.

Bioengineering allowing for animal features is only registered from the late 21th century onwards. Findings previous to that are understood to be caricatures.

"Anime" art was made for general entertaiment, thus the stylization: it did not reflect a lack of knowledge of anatomy. The 'animation renaissance' of the 22th century is heavily disputed.

Open surgery was not 'primitive' or 'painful': it was a complex procedure with anaesthesia and other processes to avoid suffering of the patient. Widespread internal biotechnology arrived only on the 22th century.

The First Space Race did not end because of 'incuriosity' or 'astrophobia'. While political factors were important, technological developements such as Single-Stage-to-Orbit spaceships came only by the late 21th century.

While it is true that live meat was commonly consumed in the industrial era, it was not hunted or butchered at home by individuals such as Gauchos, but rather produced by ranching. Widespread artificial meat arrived only in the 22th century.

The current Socialist Interstellar is not a direct continuation of the original Socialist International, there were several interludes on which did not exist as such, particularily the Neoliberal Interlude of 1991 to 2089. The oldest continously socialist country is Cuba, now part of the URSAL.

There is no evidence that Batman existed. His introduction to the superhero genre as a 'powerless' hero was fictional, and not based on a real person, despite several claims.

However, Espaiderman is identified to be a real person: Pedro Parques, who lived in Baries, Argentina during the late 21th century, but he did exist as a Usamerican character previously.

#the anime thing is supposed to be a reference to byzantine icons: they look simplistic to us because they were heavily stylized #to byzantines they would have looked masterful because they were done in the right style. there are many other such cases. #cosas mias #and yes. the current capitalist period is just a brief interlude #and yes. some of these are wrong on purpose.

[radfem-rage]

im new to this politics stuff and im listening to both sides so I can makeand you seem to be well versed in this

so whats your opinion on trans people and their rights

im willing to learn

Yo! I’m all for trans people having human rights, they’re human just like me, and no TERF wants to take their human rights away.

However, the thing is that trans people already have human rights. So their “trans rights are human rights” is pure and utter manipulation. They do not fight for human rights.

What they want right now are privileges and complete and utter obedience from sane folks. They want to make it illegal for people to refuse to affirm the feelings of the mentally ill and have you fined for it too if you try. They cannot accept the truth and basic biological facts and try to cancel free speech.

Trans “women” want to continue to invade lesbian only meetings and force their girldick in everyone’s face, the same happens to gay men who want to date other men. They have “manginas” forced into their face, but do not deal with this shit as much as lesbians. Men always get respected after all, even if they put on a dress.

Male privilege never leaves. Men continue to invade women’s sports and are praised for it. They win in beauty pageants with their typical “I feel like a girl and nobody sees me like one” sob story. They invade women’s restrooms and nothing is done because “women get raped anyway so let’s make it even easier.” PCOS and pregnancy support groups are full of men who jerk off to our stories and we are now forced to use gender neutral language in these groups for problems ONLY WOMEN experience. Female sex erasure happens all the time. Last year trans people got a woman’s history museum in Denmark (Køn) turned into a gender museum.

Every female badass in history (for example Joan of Arc) is getting transed, any woman who was gnc and wore pants in order to be seen as fully human and not be stuck as a pregnant housewife indefinitely is now a man apparently. Trans people think only men can be badasses and women who were not gnc were completely fine with their oppression. Insulting.

Rapists now have their pronouns respected in court, which means women are forced to call their attacker “she” and “her” in court or face consequences. The absolute disrespect trans people have for women astounds me every day.

So… what do I think of these people? The assholes that are erasing women’s rights and tell me to k*ll myself because I refuse to clap along like handmaidens? Not much good. They happily piss all over women’s rights and are the biggest threat to it in the 21th century. I do not want them to die, but I do not like them, they’re all sexist misogynists.

I do have a lot of sympathy for detransitioners, like women who foolishly believed they could escape misogyny by slapping he/him pronouns on themselves. Thank you for your question! ✌🏻

#radfem #terf #radical feminism #terf friendly #terfs please touch #radical feminist #radblr #radfems #radical feminist community #rad fem

[worstgirleva]

i do think that if you could explain to a medieval peasant america's current political and economical situation they would come to the conclusion that you came from hell and they will never commit a sin again out of fear of arriving in this "21th century america"

[beevean]

Honestly that callout is the inevitable end of what we already mentioned abt nfcv criticisms:

-Loud annoying fucks make obvious racism fueled criticism of n!Annette

-Fandom considers this to be the sum of nfcv critics

-You n other fellas make criticism of n!Annette based on how her character was adapted, her story arc, interactions, etc

-"You're so racist n misogynistic!!!" Dogpiling

And you did acknowledge the unfair backlash against her in good faith and if ppl had disagreements it could be like "nah i dont agree bc x and i think you're being insensitive abt y bc z". Hell, if i got told i said something insensitive i'd rectify and apologize but nope. You're a bigot now congratulations :/

And (and im gonna get a bit political here sorry for that) forever gonna hate how nocturne made me have to speak abt all the nuances of the french revolution bc it is true that France was and is an imperialistic country w racism issues, but said history and issues can't be reduced into "white men bad, rich bad, 21th century 'murica politics" (specially considering how this is an Usamerican show, aka imperialistic country w racism issues that casually has France's politics on a leash lol)

It's all so annoying I just want a good adaptation of the funny beat up Dracula games

Pd: one of the things i like abt nocturne is her redesign lol. It doesn't has anything to do w the og but it's very good looking👍

Yeah, I knew I would be brushed off as one of those genuinely racist people whose criticism of Annette begins and ends with "MUH POLITICS, MUH WOKE" without knowing shit about history or even being a fan of the games. It's still annoying :V I always, always pointed out that those people exist and they have poisoned the conversation too much. But no, scream to me about how black women deserve to be in fandoms I guess. Yeah, I know. Good thing I didn't target you, isn't it.

And as other people have pointed out in the nothes, NFCV is genuinely all sorts of -ist and -phobic, there was a huge post that blew up about the blatant antisemitic implications of a "vampire cabal" owning all the slaves, so if you really want to play white savior, the show you're defending has plenty of material already :^)

And yes. I know this is going to sound like those MUH WOKE people, but I swear I don't mean it in the same way: Castlevania is not the franchise that should deal with real life politics. Not the games, nor the show. It's about humans vs. vampires. It has always been about human vs. vampires, or any sort of monster. Yes, N!Isaac had a past of slavery, but 1) it was highly historically inaccurate, since NFCV takes place before the Transatlantic Slave Trade and slaves in that area tended to be European, 2) it was still lowkey racist, as if black people can only be slaves, as if Isaac doesn't have already an in-built backstory of being persecuted for his powers, and 3) it was, at the end of the day, an insignificant factor of NFCV's lore. It justified one antagonist's misanthropy. It wasn't the literal core of the show. Nothing about the original show, let alone the damn games, would lead me to think "mmh, I sure would love to see important, complex historical events played out in this setting!".

(N!Annette is very cute, I concur lol. A much better design than N!Isaac. I appreciate that she's dressed in yellow like the original Annette :>)

#anti netflixvania

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[because--palestine]

Prof. Jeffrey Sachs: US Foreign Policy is a Corrupt Scam.

What's happening is the US, so contrary to being what Biden in his fantasy thinks that the world looks to the US for leadership, the world looks at the US aghast; the US stands alone with Israel. Of course the world's even more aghast at what Israel is doing... This is an attempt stated by the Israelis, although we don't want to hear it so we try not to hear the actual words that are used but, to make Gaza inhabitable. And that's got a purpose that also needs to be understood; Israel is not fighting hamas, Israel is fighting for a greater Israel which is a kind of messianic biblical idea that now is in political ascendancy in Israel, that Israel has the right to control all of the area, it has the right to control millions and millions of Palestinians because there is some zealots who believe, and they are powerful right now, God said so in the book of Joshua somewhere around the fifth century BC. You can't really make this up because this 21th century stuff and it's devastating and this is what we're siding with. I don't think that Americans really understand what is motivating the Israelis. I don't think Americans understand the risk of this war widening very significantly, very dangerously, and very fast, but this is what we're up against and unfortunately it's the worst foreign policy imaginable right now.

#palestine #free palestine #Gaza #War #isreal #america

[killerpancakeburger]

I fucking hate women's day

And I say it as a woman.

Every fucking year it can be resumed to two things:

- Being reminded by medias/politicians/social medias/associations/etc of all the ways women are still wronged by society/our own government/men/medias/etc in the 21th century, like progress has stopped in the 80s.

Even much worse, we have regressed. This is what the High Council for Equality between women and men (Haut Conseil à l'Égalité) stated in their annual report in january 2023.

Street harassment isnt getting better. There are laws against it but there is no way to prove the harassment in court and the cops don't care anyway. You could film it but why would your harasser let you?

Pay gap is not getting better any time soon cause Men Getting Paid More For Same Work Aside (minority), the gap comes from women sacrifying their careers for kids and men not doing the same - they dont even need to entertain the tought! -, high paying jobs being filled by men AT 97%, and women not bargaining for better pay like men do.

Feminicides are getting worse, or we are paying more attention to them but they're not stopped. Police don't care even when women have the courage to press charges. Spain has made great progress in terms of gender equality when they're less wealthy than France and yet we seem to be unable to do the same!!

When I first heard the word feminicide I found it ridiculous. I thought, why are we making this distinction? Why are we singling out women? I don't need to be reminded that Im a woman and the risks that comes with it.

But then I heard about how many women got killed by their exes/husbands/bfs and how this specific issue wasnt taken seriously at all. And suddenly it made complete sense to have a specifc word for it, because its not about a random killing where the killer has a reason for it (mainly man on man crime). It's about men killing women because they are women. Because they feel a sense of ownership over the woman they f*ck, a sense of ownership so developped, that the reaction they have when being left, is that the woman should be dead. If she's not with dead she's better off dead. Because she should only exist for them.

- Having to endure an endless procession of politics and companies pretending to care about women's rights by posting some fancy words online and taking measures that are insignificant or straight up useless, all to make themselves look good in the public eye.

If I have to read one more fucking article by FranceInfo asking women "But but! MeToo happened! How can misogyny still exist in our country???"... MeeToo was just a lot of noises for little results. Our government members pride themselves on cops more trained to listen to brutalised women when cops still dgaf. Men in positions of power can have 17 sexual harassments accusations and besides it being talked about in media, the reality is that they won't suffer from it. They still have power, money, influence, and they're not judged or put in jail.

#rant #rambling into the void #anti women's day #women's day #france #gender inequality #feminism

[black-paraphernalia]

The Ballot Or The Bullet - Malcolm X

THE NAMES HAVE BEEN CHANGE BUT THE STORY IS STILL THE SAME

BROTHER MALCOLM X MADE THIS SPEECH IN THE 60′S IN THE 20TH CENTURY. HERE WE ARE IN THE 21TH CENTURY AND IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AND EXCHANGE SOME NAMES, YOU WOULD KNOW THIS SPEECH IS FRESH TODAY - BOTH SIDES DIFFERENT NAME BUT ARE STILL THE SAME.

DIXIECRATS - DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THEM? 

Dixiecrats and the “Southern Strategy” was born. At the 1948 Democratic National Convention, a group led by Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota proposed some controversial new civil rights planks of racial integration and the reversal of Jim Crow laws to be included in the party platform.

Southern Democrats were dismayed. President Harry S. Truman was caught in the middle for his recent executive order to racially integrate the armed forces. As a compromise, he proposed the adoption of only those planks that had been in the 1944 platform. 

That was not enough for the liberals. Truman's own civil rights initiatives had made the civil rights debate unavoidable. The planks were adopted and 35 southern Democrats walked out in protest. They formed the States' Rights Democratic Party, which became popularly known as the Dixiecrats.

Their campaign slogan was “Segregation Forever!” Their platform also included “states’ rights” to freedom from governmental interference in an individual's or organization's prerogative to do business with whomever they wanted.

Clearer political and ideological lines began to be drawn between the Democrat and Republican parties as moderates and liberals converted from Republican to Democrat. Conservatives in the Democratic Party began to move to the increasingly conservative Republican Party. Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, the Dixiecrats nominated South Carolina governor Strom Thurmond as their presidential candidate. (NOTE BIDEN WAS MENTORED BY STROM THURMOND) CNN FACT CHECK  Biden on his past praise of segregationist senators - click the link to read

They remained in the Democratic fold, restive, until the candidacy of Republican conservative Barry Goldwater liberated them in 1964 by refreshing some of the Dixiecrat ideologies and therefore accelerated the transition from a solid South for the Democrats to one for the Republicans. Strom Thurmond switched to the Republican Party that year and remained there until his death in December 2003. Other presidential candidates, such as Republican Richard M. Nixon in 1968, have effectively used the Southern strategy of "states' rights" and racial inequality to garner votes from the racially conservative electorate in the southern states. Excerpt Dixiecrats  by US history.com

Letters: The old Dixiecrat racists are now the Republican obstructionists of today - click link for complete story

The party was dominated by Dixiecrats and they were the Democrats of the past. Many members of today's Democratic Party were prevented from voting. When they finally received help from the voting rights bills of the 1960s, the Dixiecrats started their move from Democrat to Republican. We now have a Republican Party that has taken on the old tried and true model of the Dixiecrats. (excerpt)

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[hadescavedish]

I’ve been trying to list all the reasons why I fell for Columbo almost immediately: 1. He hates violence and weapons. I was wondering if the reason he doesn’t carry a gun was because of his sight or it was because of something else, but he generally dislikes violent methods.

2. Even for 21th century standard, Columbo is an extremely respectful man. I told somebody the other day: sure there is a thing called ‘period typical offence’ but the problem is most of time people did something disrespectful because they just want to use other people as the bottom of their joke. Columbo was extremely polite, someone might say that it makes him not like a cop but that is the point, isn’t it.

3. Well sometimes I just like to watch a soft-spoken, NYC Italian-accented little man, isn’t it. (I like those running gags of his family, or his cigars --- which he even tried to quit one time, and his snacks, and his favourite food or drinks)

#Columbo #i just finished season 1 #this show is extremely easy to consume and get you concentrated most of time #for me I paused a lot for other shows lol #ramblings

[prue84]

National Treasure instagram: 8 September 2022

Fandom: BBC’s Merlin (post-canon, modern magic) AU AU: National Treasure Series: National Treasure instagram

Mandatory social post by Arthur Pendragon for the news of Queen Elizabeth's death.

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Arthur had been in close contact with the Queen since he returned - or, at least, since Merlin couldn't keep the world outside of his cottage's door anymore and had to allow people to get near Arthur (a crime, if you ask him!). Being Elizabeth the current monarch of the British Islands, Arthur always respected both her authority and her role in the kingdom (a kingdom definitely bigger than his own; it took him months to wrap his head around the fact she was ruling over a united Albion. And Merlin by then had still to touch the whole "Earth is round" and "English Empire" subjects). Too different and with a ridiculously crazy age gap for any chance to become close friends (literally children of two different millennia), they stroke a cordial rapport nonetheless and even enjoyed a couple of horse rides together (one on the shores of lake Avalon, no less). The picture captures a friendly moment between former King and current Queen during one of the private visits the Queen (with Prince Consort Philip) did to check the progress of the restoration work on the castle that has then come to be known as the Pendragon Castle of New Camelot. Queen Elizabeth officiated both the grand opening of the restored castle and the ceremony for the founding of the New Camelot enclave, but Arthur choose to celebrate Her Majesty's memory with a more private picture from his personal collection. For Arthur, the passing of the Queen is a sad day.

More about the AU (and ramblings about UK Royals) under the cut.

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Disclaimer I don't mean to express any opinion on the figure of the Queen nor Elizabeth Windsor's persona. I am Italian, so I don't hold any resentment toward the UK Royal Family, their role in the society, their flaws or crimes. Nor, at the same time, I'm loyal or feel drawn to them either. I'm not even a fan. Sure, I hear the news (unfortunately, media here are treating the funeral like you can expect - no matter that we're holding politic elections or that we aren't a British colony so she wasn't our queen - but media are enamored with the Royal Family and their shenanigans since Princess Diana) but neither I cheered nor I cried when the announcement was made. Since in this AU Arthur meets and has close ties with the Queen from his return and prompted by Bradley Jame's tweet, I just wanted to make a mock-post about the death, because I feel Arthur would. Arthur's opinion don't necessary reflect my own. He's a medieval king, after all. He almost respected Sarrum, why wouldn't he respect an old woman who seems more decent than the guy who tortured his sister? Sure, he might have some beef with how modern royalty works, but he'd ascribe that to "bloody modern times". Besides, the woman didn't bat an eye when her nephew and future heir married a "commoner": that's enough to get brownie points in Arthur's opinion.

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About the AU It's the 21th century and the existence of magic has been widely known since Guinevere, the last queen of Camelot, lifted the ban and had made Merlin her own advisor. With the centuries the myth of the Once and Future King has grown unchecked: Arthur Pendragon belongs to the category of the great people of history who the most have influenced the world, with the only difference that he will one day return. Magic, for a number of circumstances never verified (possibly a mix of abuse and industrialization), seems like having been drained, leaving only the passive one: charms applied to old houses or objects still works, but new charms cannot be cast and are ineffective. Immortality is a rare gift unavailable to most, but few people belonging to the world Before The Drain still live, the oldest of them born in the Late Renaissance age. Merlin, former wizard and oldest man of the world as the only one alive since the Middle Ages, is considered the world's grumpy uncle, that one parent who is a font of knowledge and tells funny stories about an otherwise serious topic like History but isn't willing to sit down and socialize with the youngsters (which means basically anyone, to him). Told to be always traveling, he imparts his knowledge almost exclusively through his blog, "Merlin's Cave". Unknown to all, though, Merlin has also a second identity under which he lives an almost ordinary life: Gaius de Bois, young professor of Medieval History at the University of Avalon, down-to-heart person, a professor much loved by his students, and, especially "nephew" of the Great Merlin. Arthur Pendragon emerges from the secluded Lake of Avalon and his return is made official by Merlin with a post on his Instagram, a photo about the two halves of a broken coin (with Merlin's and Arthur's profile) reunited. Arthur leads a quiet life, residing in Merlin's cottage on the shores of the lake, with his grumpy (not-so) former servant to protect him from meddlers and fanatics. To preserve and allocate the necessary resources to restore a conducive environment for him and his needs of Middle Ages man, he is given the title of National Treasure that grants him a monthly revenue, total coverage of expenditures and funds to restore the castle of Camelot – castle that Merlin has preserved by magically miniaturizing it and placing it in a snow-less globe. Merlin, through his social media and website, shares with the world the chronicles of how his king is adjusting to the modern times. Arthur is initially followed by paps and generally by the curiosity of the people: it's just Merlin's angry presence (and an endless stream of ordinances) that shelters Arthur from the frenzy although soon it becomes an ordinary sight to see the king going around wearing his armor and sunglasses. When Camelot is restored, it gets the status of Principality within the United Kingdom, a kind of enclave named New Camelot on which Arthur is granted absolute power: initially a city-state enclosed within the strong walls of the citadel, it grows when further lands and pastures are assigned to the principality to assure Camelot's self-sufficiency. Life in New Camelot, per Arthur's choice, doesn't reflect the innovations happened after the king's death, and the citadel will become a haven for people who wish to live a simpler life or simply unplug a bit from the modern times. With time Arthur will fully embrace the perks of modernity, thanks to Merlin (and his money) who spoils him, and he'll even get a driving license (against Merlin's will). But that's another story for another time.

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Notes I didn't know what Arthur would say (he would say something complimenting her and how he appreciated having to do with her? Something more formal?) so initially I decided to steal the purple heart posted by Bradley James on his Twitter. A last-moment change, right when I was in the middle of the posting, turned this into a simple "farewell".

Tec stuffs (aka Behind The Manip) It took me more time to search for pics than to make the manip itself. It's embarrassing. But find a Bradley pic that would work and then find a proper fitting pose for Queen Elizabeth wasn't as easy as it seems. Also. I meant to work on this as soon as possible but it's been an awful two weeks for me, starting with 27 hours of head spinning and then having hard time to sleep and... well, let's say I manip only during specific hours and I was in bed sleeping in those hours so... yeah. But I had to finish before the window closed on Monday, so here I am. Original manip is way bigger but it was scaled down to 1080px as that is the maximum size of the pics on Instagram. Instagram graphic made all by-hand, with much moving/copy/pasting and, especially, a wearying research to find out which font the website used. No template site. Since I created my own template (with a couple of tweaks, including not cutting a longer IG Story title), it won't reflect any future changes the platform might make (I have no intention of modify my template).

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Credits Bradley James at Pierrefonds, 19 June 2012. Photo taken by Yavannauk (yavannauk.livejournal.com - also here on Tumblr, but cannot tag). Queen Elizabeth in Windsor, 21 April 2016. Photo found at Royal Family Around the World (worldroyalfamily.blogspot.com/2016/04/queen-elizabeth-ii-and-prince-philip_21.html).

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Crossposted Livejournal: prue84.livejournal.com/90084.html Dreamwidth: prue84.dreamwidth.org/81859.html Deviantart: deviantart.com/prue84/art/8-September-2022-instagram-929982431 (instagram post) and deviantart.com/prue84/art/8-September-2022-photo-929983641 (photo)

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[queenoftheboard]

♕ headcanon . Eirene's main connections for her RGG/Yakuza verse

For interactions set in the RGG/Yakuza verse (and which is likely to be the basis for any other modern verses set in the 21th century as opposed to the timeline where Path to Nowhere takes place), Eirene is the daughter of Bryce Campbell, an Irish mafia boss.

She is one of the many children by Bryce, born to Thalia Kane - Bryce's 3rd wife, and murdered on unproved and ungrounded suspicions of infidelity, created by Bryce's constant paranoia about those surrounding him (however the incident was staged as a car accident for all purposes). Her inner circle is composed of four individuals, which Eirene trusts completely and who may exercise influence in her decisions and/or be written as minor NPCs as required.

Desmond Keane (maternal uncle): Desmond is the older brother to Thalia, Eirene's mother, who died while Eirene was a kid (around 7 years old). Despite not being from a highly conventional family himself, Desmond never really liked Bryce and always suspected that Thalia was killed by her husband. He's always been close to Eirene and is more of a father figure than Bryce, but doesn't share his status or wealth. He follows Eirene to Japan because he has no ties to Ireland anymore (considering that all his other relatives have passed) and because he wishes to protect/keep an eye out for his niece in the new land.

Cormac O'Donnell (butler): A long-time Campbell employee who ended up following Eirene around; out of the Campbell children, she was always his favorite (mostly because he's also a chess player, a hobby Eirene inherited from her mother and which she continued to hone and improve with Cormac). He's extremely polite, devoted to the family and knows a great deal of secrets involving the family - including things Bryce is not aware that he knows, thanks to the butler's own connections outside the Campbells. He was sent to Japan to watch Eirene on Bryce's orders, but in fact follows Eirene's orders over her father's (particularly after confirming that Bryce had his 3rd wife - Eirene's mother - assassinated).

Muriel Higgins (personal assistant): A hard-working, energic and no non-sense personal assistant who Eirene met during her college years; a few years younger than Eirene, but not nearly enough for them to not share the same references and tastes in relation to hobbies, fashion sense and other things. Muriel was impressed by Eirene's ambition and drive - and once she got a job offer from her former college colleague after graduating, she took it without hesitation. Muriel is a fierce believer in Eirene's plans and thinks no one can stop her boss - and will do everything in her power to ensure their success.

Saoirse Monaghan (bodyguard): Growing up, almost every Campbell child was assigned a bodyguard to protect them against external threats, a task that usually was performed by Bryce. However, after the incident which led to Thalia's death, Desmond himself took charge of securing someone of his trust to look after Eirene, and hired Saoirse - a capable and discreet woman he had met during previous jobs. With a past in the government-led agencies and then working for the private sector, Desmond ensured an exclusive contract with her while Eirene was but a teenager - and Saoirse has followed the young lady since. She's Eirene's teacher for self-defense purposes, including minimal skills with firearms, daggers and knives, some close-combat techniques (mostly krav-maga), as well as riding (cars, bikes and horses - there was the intention of teaching Eirene how to fly a jet or a chopper, but they never got to it).

#♕ headcanons . everything is as I’ve planned #v: the queen & king of the chess board (Yakuza) #I'm also working on a similar thing #for PtN interactions and muses I think she's canonically close to #(or would be aware of)

[maevesdarling]

Hi!! Please share your top five favourite shows! 🤠

Hey anon, thank you for asking, sorry I took so long to answer, it was really hard for me to choose since my taste in TV shows changed so drastically over the last couple of years. I was thinking of going with more modern shows I enjoyed in the past, that I used to consider my "all time favorite shows" like Succession or Westworld, but the truth is, if you want an authentic answer, I should be answering with my current favorite shows because the longer I thought about it, the more I realized that, especially Succession just isn't holding the same joy it used to hold to me, and I haven't watched it in a long time. I think, to be an "all time favorite show" you need to enjoy rewatching a show even years after you first saw it. So, here are my current top 5 tv shows.

1. MASH

Need I say more? Honestly one of the most entertaining shows I've seen in a long time, and I think it's a real shame that growing up my parents never introduced me to it, let alone watched it themselves (I know that bc one time my dad saw it on TV and tried guessing what M*A*S*H stood for 🤪)because it has such an important message, I think it's especially great because it's one of the only shows I watch in both english and german because the dubbing is just THAT good

2. Little House on the Prairie

Another one my parents failed to show to me that I think I missed out on growing up because the lessons learned in each episode are so important and I think it's just overall a really well done show. There's not a single character I would say I dislike, like okay there are some I might enjoy more than others but overall I just think they're all very fleshed out, authentic characters. I also enjoy the overall dynamic of the characters interacting with each other like one big family.

3. Highway to Heaven

Honestly the amount of times this show made me think about my own self, my "privilege" and the way we as humans should be interacting with each other and the nature around us is amazing. I can't believe it was made in 1984 because I keep seeing themes that really resonate with "modern" problems like the climate crisis or inclusivity and being reminded that those are not 21th century problems but something humanity has been dealing with since at least another century. The theme of this show is so hopeful and inspiring that I actually feel it's impact on me, and the way I started behaving around others. It's also one of the only tv shows to make me cry which is really an accomplishment (okay to be fair MASH and LHOTP did that too)

4. Columbo

Ha ha, funny police man, solving crimes, has a cute dog, drives beat up car, bamboozles the murderer, very smart actually, need I say more?

5. Dead Mountain / Перевал Дятлова (Dyatlov Pass)

Holy cow, I've never seen a show like this one. The cinematography, the music, everything felt so refreshing and new. I think it's a very good interpretation of what might have happened during the Dyatlov Pass incident, it really plays around with all the theories and concludes with the most logical/ scientifically proven scenario. I wish more people knew about this show but given the political situation in Russia I do understand how it could slip under many peoples radars, still a shame it'll mostly likely disappear into the unknown, although I did managed to buy a copy on DVD

[moonlight-cafe02]

Blind date... With Jonathan!

I know there's more interesting choices out there, but he's the only one I can trust that will treat you the way you deserve other than Doppio.

Don't ask how did you end 120 years in the past... Or the fact that everyone is absolutely flabbergasted because of your clothes, your accent and your KNOWLEDGE, but let's say that George was kind enough to offer you a place to sleep and eat while you find a way back to our 21th century.

Wether out of friendship, kindness or as a way to put you away from Dio's clammy hands and evil schemes, Jonathan takes you to a carriage ride downtown for both dinner and theatre... Yeah, posh entertainment for victorian era.

Luckily the guy is ok wether you want a platonic date or a romantic one, gentlemanliness and all that.

How was the date?

https://moonlight-cafe02.tumblr.com/post/686273803143249920 (ask game link)

oooo jonathan heck yeah, to be honest it’s a good choice because i love him too👀

wait for real?! from all of the types of guys i want to go out with i’d definitely coming with jonathan who’s a gentleman and him being polite and treats me like a princess 🥰

well even though i may came from a different time period but it doesn’t matter when and or where, or even insert my self insert in it, i’d love to discover more 👀

of course i’d love to be friends with jonathan and to be honest he’s an interesting person with a heart, with him by my side i’m sure i’ll be safe from dio’s schemes. i imagine jonathan protecting me from any danger and him traveling with me on a carriage ride for both at dinner and the theatre, maybe one of us would have a surprise kiss later on 0-0 .

of course romantic , i’d love to go out with him and even to get to know even as friends to lovers 🥰💕

#asks #sami answers #magthemage

[feelmir]

“U.S. Central Command forces conducted a strike in self-defense against a Houthi anti-ship cruise missile prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea. U.S. forces identified the cruise missile in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and determined it presented an imminent threat to U.S. Navy ships and merchant vessels in the region," the US lastest strike targeting Houthis movement has nothing to do with a self defense, with the so called imminent threat to US navy ships and merchant vessels in the region. This statement is but a deception and mere lie as the Yemeni Houthis vowed to prevent only the passage in the Red Sea the ships and vessels loaded with of American missiles and ammunitions to its military base in the Middle East and to continue supplying the Israeli machine of war which is currently committing genocide and war crimes in Gaza killing about 30000 Palestinians without citing the huge material destruction inflicted to the civilian infrastructures. The latest strike has nothing to do with the protection of American interests as the three US hidden purposes are (1) the maintain of its political and economic hegemony in the Middle East region, (2) the continuing supply in weaponry and military equipment to its proxy state in this region, (3) the full control over the oil. Conversely, the launch of Russian military special operation in Ukraine in February 2022 can be called a preventive action aimed at preventing imminent threat to Russia and ultimately the destruction of the Russian federation comparable to the destruction of the Yugoslav federation as the United states and its European proxies have been in work to achieve their goal since the demise of the USSR. Otherwise how do we explain  NATO ‘s permanent expansion since the beginning of the 21th century whose member states passed from 16 in 2004 to 30 in the eve of the Russian military operation in 2022 plus two member states today ? Let us imagine a fictional scenario screening Russia had established 32 military bases in Cuba and near the borders of the US, what would be the reaction of the corrupt American political establishment ?  

#Red Sea conflict #Houthis

[pionia-milly]

Watch "Ford: We Can’t Make Enough Broncos" on YouTube

He is talk about 19th century car, 21th car by electronic and computer system and transform robot and it is tomorrow's car with 6G. What he talk about oldies but goodies to young American? We need young generation from politic to science. Morden military move by fingers and that finger can make die new-year weapons and American kids don't look at back like early 21st century and that was not for future. Reality is nobody buy newspapers except old retired persons. Old men think gimono time hoho and young kids don't know gimono lol. I hope revolution in this America by young peoples and young people take politic field to hospital Economic field education everthing by young generation age 18 to 60 because young minds are more innocent and energetic exercises for developing tomorrow. Everthing from minds include war and peace :D