#And have to bargain with someone

[poisonousquinzel]

"a dude in Texas legally changed his name to "Literally Anyone Else" and he's attempting to run for President against Biden & Trump" [source]

okay, but putting aside the comedic aspect of this, it is concerning the amount of people who are prompted to vote for candidates just because it's funny. I'm not the biggest fan of how his policy about the boarder sounds [Site], but I do implore anyone who is able to vote in the 2024 US election to please research other candidates.

The media is only going to continue pushing the idea it's inevitably going to be Trump vs Biden 2.0 and we have no other options, that we have to vote for Biden again because of Project 2025. Is that whole thing terrifying?

Yeah, fucking absolutely.

But voting for Biden will not solidify our safety from that. Biden is exactly like the rest of them. He always has been. You can't make the lesser of two evils argument when they're both just plain evil.

You cannot say that Biden is even mildly a better choice than Trump when he is currently directly involved in a genocide. That is not some little fucking thing. That in and of itself disqualifies him as a lesser evil. Biden is just as bad as him and he will not save us because he doesn't fucking care.

Cornel West [Site] is an Independent candidate running for President in the 2024 Election. [Policies]

Claudia De la Cruz and Karina Garcia [Site] are running for President and Vice-President as the candidates of the Party for Socialism and Liberation in the 2024 Election. [Policies]

There are options.

There are people trying to change the corrupt foundation our system is built on, but we have to help amplify them because the mainstream media will not.

#have you looked at what's happening in New York & the subways #There's so many reported shootings and deaths and it just seems to be getting worse. #I just looked up subway shooting ny because I wanted to check before saying something #There's reports from like 3 hours ago about someone getting pushed in front of one of the moving subways & there's so many others #or how about the like thousands of police officers that they've got stationed at subways in ny literally doing fuck all #or how everyone's going through a housing crisis and cant afford rent and cant get medical care because it can cost #$4000 to get a fucking ambulance and that's cheap. That's a ride to the hospital less than 20 minutes away probably. #or the rise in hate crimes and bigotry and all the shit they're now trying to censor with the kosa bill #or how terrifying places like Florida have became for anyone thats not seen as an equel by people who dont view most others as equels. #or how they're pouring billions into wars while we're in the midsts of a homeless crisis #suicide rates are at record levels in the us and it's only going to get worse. theyre pulling telehealth which will take away #life saving medical care for people who dont have the ability to go in person. people's ability to get therapy and meds being taken away #Is going to kill people. or how the Biden administration has fucked up their Covid response so goddamn badly #people are referring to the pandemic in past tense and have lost understanding for others who they'd have understood before #they've lied and they've concealed and its killing millions of people and disabling even more. but they will not take accountability. #long covid is ruining people's lives and they've successfully led the narrative that its not real or not that serious. #they will sit there and they will lie. they will say they've protected women's rights and that its a top priority. #they'll say that healthcare is a top priority but have suggested that they'd veto a healthcare for all bill because of its price tag #but will spend billions and billions and billions on a genocide that the majority is against. the system isn't going to begin collapsing #it already is. #its crumbled and we must demolish the corrupt remains and rebuild a better government that gives a shit about people #ALL people. #they use basic human rights as bargaining chips. #the Democrats and Republicans on a Venn diagram is a circle. wake up.

[superloves4]

Something that compels me so much about Maglor/Luthien is that if you change Beren with Maglor, the quest for the silmaril becomes so much more juicy

Because, yeah, on one hand it's still a suicide quest designated to either make Maglor give up Luthien or die in the process of the quest, thus freeing Luthien.

But on the other hand, this is Maglor's family treasure he is asking as bride price (which also makes it an actually accurate as a bride price is supposed to be something the groom's family already has yk), Thingol is asking Maglor to give him the whole reason the Feanorians even left Aman in the first place, the thing Feanor died trying to re-take, the reason he has been fighting for years.

Not to mention that depending on how you decide to read the oath, Thingol is asking him to not only curse himself but his entire family for Luthien, asking him if a life with Luthien is worth eternal damnation.

#the original is a fairy tale #maglor/luthien is a tragedy #I love it so much more if their marriage doesn't fix the story #celegorm imprisoning luthien could be him thinking she had tricked his brother #also rather than someone getting cocky #(not using the character name so it won't end up in the tags) #it would make sense in many ways that maglor would try to get all three silmarils #you don't even need to lose the singing to namo #in tragedy version you can have mags dying #then luthien goes and bargains to exchange place with him #leading to maglor returning to life alone #breaking relations with doriath as thingol sees it as maglor taking his daughter away from him #(maybe dior can be daeron's son it's the only dunno of this whole thing) #(i have a soft spot for gil-galad son of maglor/luthien anyway) #maglor/luthien #maglor #feanorians #silmarillion #the silmarillion #silm #silmaril

[creepyscritches]

I am TELLING you, nervous young adult, that truly it is so easy to do scary shit you're unfamiliar with if you TELL people you don't know what to do. I prommy literally every other adult is doing the same thing. Spent 45 minutes this morning explaining everything I didn't know how to do to a colleague and she went "Oh word here's my aids I use" and now my entire built up list of stressful tasks is like lol DONE

#Creepy chatter #The adult skill you do need is being able to find someone to ask for help from #Literally everything else falls into place eventually #This applies to literally everything I do #I'm about to buy a car soon and everyone knows not to let me go alone bc I'm not good at haggling #So now I have a couple of friends set to go w me to help bargain and now it's a lot less intimidating lol #Every morning I wake up and cry for help and it is better for it

[kicktwine]

made a ninjago oc but all it wants to do is party

its name is WULFTRAX (all caps) and it’s playing this with zane extra info belooowww

pronouns: IT'S PRONOUNCED WOLF TRACKS LITTLE MAN (it/he/they) species: WULFTRAX. digital? like, it HAS skin, and a skeleton, presumably, just… not a human head. likes: game, rave dislikes: no rave wants: to party character motivation: biggest loudest party backstory: we think it came from prime empire, but that’s all we got. maybe an unused rhythm game dj…? strengths: WULFTRAX does everything at 100%, and it doesn’t tend to stick around after a fight. it isn't fighting to win, it's fighting to go hogwild. on its back are one to six doc ock-like arms made of wire and interwoven with the stuff in season 9 that triggered everyone’s elemental powers. weaknesses: can only attack on the beat, will only fight if there’s music. it’s actually not that strong, its robot arms and machinery do all the fighting. it prefers to fight/party using someone else — elementals party pretty hard, all their colors and glowing and exploding is its favorite. alignment: very chaotic neutral. it does things on impulse and regardless of morals. he doesn’t seem to want to hurt anyone, just wants to party, and if hurting someone is how you gotta party, shrug! you can sway him pretty easily with the promise of a better rave. it’s not that clever, there is no scheming with this thing, but it does somehow get a lot of machinery and builds massive batteries and speakers and light shows

speech conventions: IT TALKS LIKE A FRAT BOY MET A CHRONICALLY ONLINE GAMER. NOT THE MOST COMPLICATED SENTENCES LMAO.

it also yells like everything it says due to the speakers in its mouth. its favorite people to mess with are kai, jay and lloyd. they have the shiniest explodiest powers, and are more split-second competitive.

#WULFTRAX #my art #‘I have made an oc to help/be friends with the ninja’ I have made an oc to fight them. I have made an oc to pummel them #people have done this before HAHDIDBDHDH except WULFTRAX is 1) a horrible fighter and 2) stupid #ninjago #ninjago oc #honestly it’s definitely someone you could/should use as a henchman. He won’t even realize. He will also destroy your lair #and then go OH MY BAD DUDE and that’s the end of that topic. Now it’s in your fridge #the second two images — it wanted to play DDR with jay and then went BRO YOU WANNA HELP WITH THIS SET so now Zane tricked it into - #bargaining to let jay out of the battery and it immediately agreed and then said WE’RE PLAYING OSU and didn’t leave room for argument so #now zane is playing a rhythm game he’s never played to let jay AND KAI out of the batteries and stop the rest of them from dying in #human osu! which was going to be its dance floor (it forgot people die when they’re hit by lightning) #And ALSO now they should probably stop it from holding the most dangerous rave #if the stuff they have is enough to send an elemental into superpowered overdrive it’s probably not healthy for a regular dude #as a meta note. #it’s obsessed w thrillseeking and adrenaline because he’s been alone for so so long that any new sensations are obsession-worthy #obsessed with feeling things and being real. doesn’t know how to regulate its obsession with something bc it has no sense of moderation #its primary purpose is to make big noise big party like programmed into it is its DJ sets. So now it makes the biggest loudest brightest #sets not understanding that this much noise/power can hurt someone or itself bc hurt is in fact an interesting sensation to it #it doesn’t KNOW this or underSTAND it. And it wouldn’t listen if told. BUT! that’s its pathology #IT HAS NO CONCEPT OF DEATH THERE IS NO THIS IS TOO DANGEROUS. THERE IS ONLY DA PORTY #it and porty mk would be besties #rule of cool with this thing. its cars are big its sets are big its music is loud and it’s got a giant flamethrower and a piano to drop #It broke from its programming but that doesn’t mean it broke from its programming yfeel #hrmmm.... yes........ self indulgent shiny loud digital dogmanthing #ill tag three of em theyre getting situations #kai smith #zane julien #jay walker

[ghostlyfeelings]

to push everyone away or to stay with my feet in sinking sand

#personal #the amount of energy i spend lately just bargaining with myself is exhausting honestly #when that one lil part of you wants you to stay and the other part of you is kicking and screaming and throwing up #when you really just want someone to wrap their arms around you and hold you very tightly because you feel like you're going to fall apart #but to verbalize that is a skill I've seemed to have lost with my desire to live

[blackcatanna]

I remember being excited when Fire Emblem Awakening came out back in 2012 because, although I couldn't afford it and knew I wouldn't be able to for a while, I thought that the price would go down eventually and I had loved Radiant Dawn so much (after picking it up second hand at a game store) that I didn't mind waiting. FLASH FORWARD OVER TEN BLOODY YEARS AND THE PRICE STILL HASN'T DROPPED AND ALL THE OTHER GAMES ARE ALSO ABSURDLY EXPENSIVE (not that I even have a Switch, just my beloved 3DS). SIGH. At least I still have my Wii and copy of Radiant Dawn for when I need to get my Fire Emblem fix... I CERTAINLY CAN NEVER PLAY THE FIRST PART OF THE STORY (Path of Radiance) LEGITIMATELY THOUGH BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOW SELLING IT FOR £200 ON EBAY X_X Good for them, I guess XD Maybe it's time to finally try making an emulator work...

#complaining about the price of games these days #BACK IN MY DAY YOU COULD JUST GO TO A STORE AND RUMMAGE THROUGH A BARGAIN BIN TO PICK A GAME BASED ON HOW EDGY AND ANIME THE CHARACTERS LOO #this is why the last nintendo console I bought was my 3DS #I have wanted a Switch for ages but the games are so expensive X_X #and I still have other games calling out to me on other devices... #Fire Emblem hits differently though #Playing Baldur's Gate 3 made me want to play Radiant Dawn again #IT BREAKS MY HEART EVERY TIME SOMEONE DIES BECAUSE OF MY TACTICAL CHOICES AND I LOVE IT #IT HURTS SO GOOD #I play very conservatively XD #I appreciate what BG3 did so much but now after 200 hours of that I hunger for SQUAAAAAARES! #(and the threat of permadeath) #Maybe my friend will let me play Three Houses on her Sweetch (that's how I pronounce Switch because I think it's cuter) #But I play shit SLOWLY XD and obsessively so I'd feel bad going to someone's house to do it #WHEN I AM RICH I SHALL BUY A SWITCH AND PLAY MORE FE GAMES AND ALSO THE ONES ON 3DS #But for now I am very poor XD #Omg just looked on eBay and someone's selling Path of Radiance for £2000! Wtf XD #OMFG I FORGOT THEY MADE A FIRE EMBLEM WARRIORS GAME (as in DYNASTY WARRIORS STYLE) XD WHYYYYY? #HNNNNG MAYBE I WILL BUY AWAKENING FOR MY BIRTHDAY #I COULD BUY A DODGY LOOSE CARTRIDGE WITH GERMAN WRITING ON IT FROM EBAY FOR £10 BUT THEN I WILL SPEND THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH STRESSING #AND BLAMING MYSELF FOR BEING CHEAP IF ANYTHING IS BUGGY OR CORRUPTED #Gonna make sure my 3DS is still working properly first though... #It's been a while #I mostly only boot it up these days when I get a Samurai Warriors urge... #It's in my apartment somewhere (I haven't used it since I moved over a year ago)... #(my Wii is still at my Mum's house down South so I will have to wait until the end of October to play Radiant Dawn again #but my brother says he has no interest in our consoles except the PS4 so I will probably take it back to my lair after that 3:) #It can be reunited with the PS2 and my DS Lite and 3DS! #THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD 4AM RAMBLE #talking to myself and making IMPORTANT GAME DECISIONS

[daylightaftertherain]

another thing, I'm living for wille's reputation era but he'll need to snap out of it at some point. staying so angry at so many people in his life isn't going to be healthy mentally, and I'm scared he might start to push everyone but simon away, which isn't a good relationship dynamic either.

#like wille isn't an angel who would never be angry or choose violence because he will and he does #he's stuck firmly in the anger and bargaining stages of grief #but I want him to be able to smile and joke around with simon and make more friends and be open again #that's him deep down #he's a human being who wants to live his life and grieve his brother properly and kiss a boy he likes and have friends #not dedicate his time to making someone's life a living hell #yr s2 spoilers #young royals

[quietwingsinthesky]

unrelated to my previous thoughts but again i am thinking about mary!lucifer and sam calling her mommy

#i uhm um i uh 😳 #spn #lucifer spn #sam winchester #samifer #mary!lucifer #tw incest #it is and it isn’t. that’s Mary’s body. she might be there she might not. #gosh. gosh. what if she let the devil in to save Sam. #she’s bargained before for someone she loves #mary being brought back to life and finding out Sam is in danger and Lucifer going ‘we can save him. say yes to me and we can save him.’ #and then she does. and Lucifer’s obsession mixes so perfectly with her own grief over missing so much of Sam’s life #until it turns into this consuming need to Have him. and that’s how Sam ends up calling the devil mommy

[kurapikaschai]

so tired I hate retail so bad

#just got home from a convention and my mom had a booth in the bazaar #customers can be sooooooo 😑😑😑😑 #anyways this one lady was like why is this dress 50 its not designer it doesnt have a tag #well excuse me even tho it's not designer these are custom made by tailors in bangladesh??? theyre ethically made and honestly #they should be priced higher so everyone gets paid well (my aunt picks out the fabrics‚ tailors make them and then my mom sells in u.s. #and then people were trying to haggle like make a $50 dress for $20 EXCUSE ME #like just because my mom doesnt have a brand people think its okay to bargain like you would never haggle at macys #😭😭😭😭😭 someone even called my mom a robber in bengali #and then oh my god there was a lady wearing a dress clearly shein or smth and when i said the price of one of the dresses she was like hmph #the dress im wearing rn was $30 #like okay whatever im not begging u to buy the dress there are other people willing to buy it #alhamdulillah though business went well for my mom but ugh never again 😭

[diabeticgirl4]

Legit can't stop thinking about how in c1 the sunken tomb percy re-rolled his dex save to survive the trap that killed vex, and if he hadn't there's a good chance he could have died alongside vex and I can't stop thinking about how that could've changed things

#ignore me #maddie liveblogs critical role #ok but would kashaw have been able to revive both of them? #would vax still have bargained w the raven queen if vex weren't the only one to die? #(if percy were revived) would vax still hate him for triggering the trap that also killed vex? (..probably) #would percy feel as guilty if he also died? still beg for vax's forgiveness? #that would've been Percy's first death instead of ripley's...... the symbolism's gotta change somehow I just can't figure out how #the one thing I'm sure of is that this would've kickstarted perc'ahlia much sooner if they both died/revived alongside each other #just!!!!! so many possible implications!!!! legit can't stop thinking about it!!!!! #pls I beg someone pls write an au of this bc I don't think I can

[xxswagcorexx]

oooooh you wanna talk about fallen angel ash and red soo badly /nf

omg so i got 2 asks about them, so i’m gonna split my ramble into 2 asks ^_^ starting off with red and ash respectively and how they’re paradise lost coded! (get ready for a longgg post under the cut)

ok so i’m gonna. tldr paradise lost for a second but basically paradise lost is about satan’s fall from grace (but this is. literally bible fanfic so basically it explores more themes than the actual bible does) but red is soooo adam coded and ash is (semi) lucifer coded to me .

starting off with adam: the reason he ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge is because he loved eve so much that, in that moment, he couldn’t even begin to imagine the tragedy that was about to happen because of that. even if he knew it was wrong. the only thing that mattered in that moment was himself and eve and he the fact he was willing to do anything for her. and that was the tragedy of the fruit being eaten. because right after he ate it, all of the love he had for eve seemed to disappear away and be replaced with hate and bitterness. (and the love wasnt enough)

so uh. tying this back into reddoons. his guy is willing to follow people to the ends of the earth, even to the point of self destruction. so just. the idea of red being a fallen angel who just wanted to do what was right. but what he thought was right wasn’t the “right” choice because he wasn’t following the orders of god. he just did hat he thought was right in the moment, but it wasn’t really right. and as a result he lost everything he ever knew and became the thing he swore never to be. also insert team chaos parallel here and i am SOOOO bonkers over this ver of fallen angel red u DONT UNDERSTAND!!!

now. on the other hand, ash being a fallen angel is because of an entirely different reason. in my brain

i mentioned he’s (semi) inspired by lucifer and. well tbh a lot of themes Do match up with a lot of ash’s mantras and i just find it sooooo fascinating. MOVING ON basically the reason why lucifer was created even though god knew he was going to rebel and being his beloved humans into sin was because lucifer represented free will and without free will there wouldn’t be love. so like. his creation was kinda a needed sacrifice as a result. anyways eventually when gods son/jesus was created (dont. question the timing btw god is above time so Ignore the time) lucifer was extremely jealous because although he was the most powerful angel, he wasn’t Exactly on gods level. (also bc of this he invents sin and later death but that’s irrelevant to the inspiration i get for ash)

but eventually lucifer caused a rebellion and upon god INVENTING PAIN TO DEFEAT HIM, satan decided to jump off of heaven instead of facing god himself. (also bc he represents free will he Chose to fall as well as rebel against god which is very. ashswagcore. to me)

but yeah i am just. bc of that the idea of ash being a fallen angel by choice and as a rebellion against god is just. very Him i think yk? the jealously. the willingness to do the impossible because of his ego. the way he’s very tied into themes of freedom and rebellion i think. (basically all of lucifer’s only positive traits because. mfer invents sin and death and caused humanity to fall. uh)

so ya! thats the ideas of both of them i have rn. i have a Ton of thoughts abt their relationships which i will elaborate in the next ask but. man they make me soooooo. i am ill in the head abt their themes and how paradise lost plays into it . man.

#ashswag #reddoons #swagdoons #tw caps #media.warning.caps #religious themes #<- just in case someone doesn’t wanna. see that #anyways. yeah #also i should mention i didn’t actually read paradise lost bc i am really bad at understanding old texts </3 #BUT there’s a great summary on youtube about it #its by w.endigoon ^_^ just look up paradise lost and then his name #and u should find it #its around 2 hrs long but its such a good story i rec it so much if u have the time #but ya ^_^ swagdoons relationship as fallen angels in the next post!!! #idk if this is what u bargained for but. yk. more food for u anon!! #ty for the ask :] <3 #mailbox.core

[polaroidcats]

not me googling how much it would cost to play the harp :(

#someone please give me 3000€ to spend on a harp #and that's a CHEAP HARP #whyyyyyy #i even looked into renting harps #and tbh if i ever act on this LIFELONG DREAM OF MINE #to one day play the harp #i would realistically rent one #and only buy one after i'm sure i'll stick to it and if i ever have the money #and i will never ever have the money to buy a concert harp which is FINE #like those beautiful concert harps cost 25.000€ or more #and if the cheapest one i could find cost 25.000 that means the good ones that sound nice probably cost way more #anyways the irish/celtic harps 'only' cost 3000 euros or so #SUCH A BARGAIN #lol #okay i'm done ranting about harps i just really really wish i had a friend who plays the harp who lets me sometimes pluck at the strings #that would already be enough #i really need to just befriend someone who plays the harp #for totally selfish reasons

[entityxserenity]

cried my eyes out thinking of my dead bunny can someone please sedate me

#i do not know how to go on without him #i got his ashes back today and to say im devastated is an understatement #i think im in the bargaining stage of grieving cause i keep thinking of things id give up to have him back #physical pain id endure to never have to see him die #my worst fear is maggots if someone told me if i sticked my hand in a bucket of them and stayed there for 5 min theyd ressurect id say yep #do it please anything but another momwnt without him #i do not want to relapse and ove promised too many ppl that i wouldnt but it hurts so much #rewatching community can only take my escapism brain so far #vent tw #pet death tw #lily livered lamb°•~♡

[seroothincs]

For anyone who has a little problem stuck to them, wether it's a human being or an object, if you want that "Little matter" to be taken care of The mob's got you covered

#Just 99 dollars for Legs to bash someone's hand in? #That sounds like a bargain! #And 999.95 for a car to explode #mm #perfect deal #They have a seniors discount?! #What does that mean!? #Springfield Mafia #Louie #Legs #Joey the scar #Simpsons comics

[fellhellion]

Oh no baby Gabriel asking if Mig's been bad and thats why he's being taken away... I bet someone (George) must have told them at least one if they were bad or misbehaved they'd be taken away... and then Conchata saying it's because Mig is good at the wrong things... I bet that gave Gabriel a complex, can't be bad but also can't be good at the wrong things (but you don't know what the wrong things are). Thinking if thats why Gabriel is so different from Mig, not just in what they studied/career but also how they act and how they treated other people, because Gabriel can't be like Miguel because thats the wrong thing.

i am...so late to replying to this im sorry fskjdfhkjds

and no i agree, i think having to live with the reminder of what it looks like (and the fact it's a thing that EXISTS) when your mother decides one of her children is just a lost cause really would've fucked Gabriel up. Especially considering he's grown up into a big people pleaser who actively runs away from having hard conversations about how people in his life have hurt him (or even when he's just hurt by something innocuous like Kasey offhandedly saying she thinks Spiderman is hot lmao)

I personally get the vibe Gabriel is just genuinely different to Miguel in personality but the influences in his life that specifically rewarded nonconfrontation and people pleasing really did a number on him

#on the point about george instiling the threat of being taken away. i wouldnt be surprised if he DID dip into those threats but i also feel #like i have to acknowledge we dont see any textual reference to that being the case #george esp seemed to really just ignore gabriel because miguel was the 'genius' he could bargain off for more company clout #and imo at least part of conchata's favouritism for gabriel wouldve been rooted in her caring for someone george essentially kind of #abandoned #ask games #anon

[quietwingsinthesky]

the great (read: terrible) thing about no one knowing there will be twins until after they’re born is that both Jack & Marie end up insecure about it.

who was their mother looking forward to meeting? who was castiel going to protect? was all that love meant for both of them or was there not enough? would one of them have been left out in the cold? which one? how can they make sure it’s them and not their twin?

it’s not something they think about at first. they have to realize that other people don’t see them as one being, and later, to realize that they can’t perfectly fit as one being anymore, and then the doubt starts to creep in. is there even room enough in the world for two of them? (exacerbated, of course, by the Everything Else that happens around them, and now they’re starving for love and wondering if they were ever going to get enough of it.)

#they have. issues. #tfw you both assume you would be the unwanted child #this is why Lucifer’s reaction to finding out about them being ‘two babies?? :3 TWO BABIES!!!’ is very important actually. to the themes. #and not just self-indulgent fluffy nonsense I swear #because when everyone else has approached them being two nephilim as 😬😬😬 #suddenly they’re being met with someone who is overjoyed that he got more than he bargained for #marieposting