#The Most Loyal Soldiers

[markantonys]

it's interesting that in the coup it's framed largely as the young trainees taking elaida's side vs. the older warders taking siuan's (though i'm sure there was some mixing and it wasn't a 100% clear-cut division, especially since plenty of older warders would've sided with elaida because their aes sedai did). the ages feel significant to me, because it feels like the kind of thing where the younglings are doing what's right in a by-the-book way (upholding tower law by preventing the jailbreak of a legally-deposed* amyrlin) because they are too young and too inexperienced with the world to be ready to question authority or see potential nuance in a situation. it's the older warders who are able to think "hmmm, this may technically be legal but it still doesn't feel right" because they have the life experience to know that tower law and aes sedai are not infallible and can make mistakes or act out of shady motives. whereas the younglings are still in the early phase of trusting the tower as an institution 100% no matter the situation (which we see later on too, when gawyn is growing disillusioned with elaida/the tower but knows he can't voice this to any of the other younglings because they'd kill him for being a traitor to the tower).

this makes me curious about the novices and accepted. i think some fled with the rebels since i remember nynaeve and elayne needing to teach classes in salidar, but how did that happen? was it only a small minority of blue-leaning students who went, or was it a more even split? i suppose that aes sedai students may have had more direct interaction with siuan and/or elaida and more opinions on the blue and red ajahs than warder trainees and so maybe they were more likely to have personal reasons for choosing one side over the other, while the warder trainees kinda defaulted to Tower Law As Written since they were pretty far removed from the politics & emotions of elaida deposing siuan (bar gawyn who did have plenty of direct interaction with both, which made him predisposed to trust elaida and distrust siuan).

*siuan was not legally deposed, but i don't think anybody fully realizes that until much later when they find out that some of the sitters who voted against her were black ajah. on the day of the coup, most inhabitants of the white tower have little to no reason to doubt the legality of the deposition; at most they would have a Bad Feeling about it but no real evidence that it was illegal.

#i always kinda wondered why RJ split the warders on age lines in the coup but i think this might be it #he definitely WAS making some kinda commentary with the younglings #about idealistic young soldiers being groomed by the institution to support it always & then being misused by that same institution #which views them as disposable weapons and cannon fodder #and most of them are so intensely loyal to the institution that they don't realize it's not mutual (gawyn realizes it tho) #wot #wot book spoilers

[swiftmitsu]

Swift I have something to Admit…

I WAS SPAGHETTI AND PASTA ANON.

THEY WERE ME.

IM SORRY.

….

NAURRRR

BETRAYED BY MY OWN 💔💔💔💔💔

I CANT TRUST NO ONE ANYMORE 💔💔💔💔

#/j #/silly #mitsuasks #sillylittleguy2333 #<3333 #HOE COULD YOU 💔💔💔 #YOU WERE MY MOST LOYAL SOLDIEr 💔💔💔💔

[ntamain]

There is just something soo *clenches fist* about the way the zombie vieus works in TWD.

Like the whole concept that EVERYBODY is infected. Like there is no way out of it!! There is no more peaceful death!! No more noble sacrifice where you die to protect somebody that you love because you will come back!!

Your loved one sings you to death and then has to murder you to keep you from coming back!!! Your noble sacrifice can end up costing them their life anyway because you might be the one killing them!!

It's just sooo [unintelligble screaming]

#twd #tv #i am just #ahhh #for context i am watching 8×04 where like 3 soldiers died to protect Ezekiel The King #and all of them are like in a pile around him (dead) and he wakes up and like scrams away from them #and one of his most loyal soldiers #one of the ppl who threw themselves in front of the bullets #reanimates and tries to eat them #because there is no way out!! #they died to protect him but they can't change their nature or the world #like they died knowing that it was very much possible for him to die from them!!! #IT'S JUST SOOOOO #ahhhh #i think that really was the most genius thing twd ever did and what carried them through so many seasons #like the infinite potentials #the walking dead #mine

[bumblingbabooshka]

As sharp and serious as a pistol to the eye

#Tuvok #Kathryn Janeway #you can read this anyway you want - platonic or romantic #Tuvok/Janeway #st voyager #comix #bea art tag #Kathryn Janeway art #They are very queerplatonic to me personally #They're also very old timey and serious about whatever their relationship is #knight and his lord - king and his most trusted advisor - loyal soldiers in a mud filled pit #I really love early season Tuvok's 'I know her better than anyone' attitude <3 #that's what I mean by 'old timey' it's difficult to describe I need to write a fic about them <- guy who's always saying that

[uu-tella]

Tella's Karuta cards, from chapter 87

#uu tella #undead unluck #uu spoilers #YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW FERAL HIS HAIKU MAKES ME #this was the nail on my coffin #what made me go 'Oh this... this is my fave now' #HE KNOWS IT'S IMPOSSIBLE AND YET. HE WILL NEVER LEAVE BILLY'S SIDE #the most loyal soldier to a cause he doesn't believe in

[ironunderstands]

recreated this painting thanks to an idea my friend gave me

#childe #genshin impact #the tsaritsa #goddess of love kills her most loyal soldier #We love to see it #unfortunately I am not skilled enough to capture Ivan’s anguish but to be fair I don’t think anyone is skilled enough to #This painting is not recreateable #Also I made the Tsaritsa older looking bc I can

[ithinkthiswasabadidea]

The most underrated character relationship dynamic, imo, is how a captain loves their crew, and vice versa

#both land and sea captains #captain of the guard or army or ship #and their most loyal and trustworthy soldiers and crew #the crew would do anything for their captain #and the captain treats them with utmost dignity #ship dynamics #rambling #thinking about someone giving the order and the other following to the T #the guilt that the captain has to face when they lose one of their own #hm.. anyway

[pixelatedquarter]

Who do you think will win tonight? Statistics and MANIA's Summer of Folie or The Allegations?

Because it would be infinitely fucked up, such a stroke of genius, and perhaps one of Pete Wentz's greatest rpf achievements this tour if one of the 8 balls was Hold Me tight Or Don't after two days (well a bit longer but 2 contiguous days) of Pete laying it on really fucking thick and the very next day to him saying Patrick is like a teddy bear who he'd like to cuddle (but who gets the job done).

Yea sure, everything about the "hold me tight, or don't" literal line and the whole Patrick hugs everyone but Pete talks about wanting to hug him in the hypothetical like he's not allowed that.

And the societal collapse that could be caused by "and when your stitch comes loose I wanna sleep on every piece of fuzz and stuffing that comes out of you". In all senses of that line, the one where it's all about "No matter what I want you, even if you're torn away/even your insides which may not be the same as you look outside" but also the one where it's "I hope you're torn away and when you are I will finally be able to be at peace and sleep in your broken remains" but also also the one where it's "When you lose it and drop the nice mask and you show whatever's your deepest guts that's the you i want", on a tour of healing and showing some of their scars, keep that in mind.

But also the rest of the song that is the danceable bop that has you shaking hips to the sound of "realized I can't not be with you or be just your friend, I love you to death, but i just can't pretend we were lovers first, confidants but never friends, were we ever friends?" which mayhaps would be ridiculous to direct in the direction of the soulmateism if it wasn't for that pesky "wow we really need to defuse any earnestness and talk about wanting hugs because all our friends that have joined us on this tour can get Patrick's amazing hugs live onstage except for Pete fr" that's giving us some *chef's kiss* levels of potential for any angsty rpf fic

Anyway "the distance between us it sharpens me like a knife" would be an absolutely MURDEROUS line for pete to get into his "I'm standing right next to patrick, yet nowhere near as close as I used to get bc we don't do that anymore" position onstage and I fully encourage that man to do it, it would be so messed up it's funny.

#i suppose this does lean firmly towards #peterick #or at least the stage version that people should be used to dealing with because this IS Pete Wentz and he IS rpf's most loyal soldier #pete wentz you have the potential to make the absolutly most unhinged playlist for the rpf fic you're writing thoughout these p2 riffs #and this is without getting into “FINALLY MANIA IS BACK ON THE MENU” #tourdust #fob #fall out boy

[morninkim]

another redraw, this time of last night's oc's twin brother

Hayato Ishino - JUMP Soldier

Ruriko here

#neo toku #my art #my ocs #tokusatsu oc #mentioned it in the tags for ruriko but hayato's basically her ''secondary rider'' - being ant themed to parallel her bee theming #he's essentially the sibling that stayed loyal to the family business and is like. #the poster child of the corporation their dad runs #he also joined the military as a young adult (the twins are around 26-27ish now) so has a kind of soldier mentality #always following orders - which makes him GREAT for getting in ruriko-as-stinger's way and the PERFECT corpo JUMP user #they'd both use the same belt to transform (hence similar cards - the card backs are visible through 3 view holes which show SNR for stinge #and SDR for soldier) - having been intended by their father to be a duo like he and his partner back in the 70s #i guess they're kind of like the heisei riders to their dad's and partner's showa riders?? #anyway. hayato has issues and it takes him most of the story to get over them and break off from his shitty billionaire dad

[badolmen]

For the longest time I understood shipping from a distance - I’ve never been that invested in couples or pairings, even if I thought they were cute or worked well together. I never understood that ‘omg they give me serotonin’ feeling, just a dull ‘huh guess they’re cute together.’

So tell my why some random ass blorbos from the most random ass game (that I don’t even like the gameplay of) has me scrolling through their ship tag and smiling like an idiot.

#ra speaks #personal #WHY THEM. THEYRE BOOTLICKER ADJACENT AND I DONT LIKE THE GAME SERIES ON PRINCIPLE #OF IT BEING A) BOOTLICKER PROPAGANDA AND B) I HATE SHOOTERS THEYRE SO DIFFICULT FOR ME #BUT FOR SOME REASON THESE FUCKERS MAKE ME SMILE IRL??? IS THIS HOW IT IS FOR MOST PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT THEIR OTPS OR WHATEVER ??? #I am weak for ‘coworkers but we work alone™ except when one of us is injured and the other refuses to leave the danger area without them’ #apparently! #maybe it’s the soldier loyalty but we were betrayed so we must be loyal and completely trust each other and each other only #they make me smile and my chest feels weird is this. joy? <- autism person who can’t tell excitement from anxiety

[hearties-circus]

Also monsoons boss theme is the only wind of destruction boss theme to not. Actually. Bring up wind at all

#gamer txt. #mistrals mentions 'violent winds' #khamsins straight up says 'i am a wind of destruction' not to mention. the title of it #sundowners brings up wind 'arid wind' 'the wind is slow' 'the air blows with a brisk attack' #sams mentions wind 'its only the cold wind i feel' #but monsoons doesnt #no mention whatsoever of wind or a breeze or air in general #and i know monsoons can make it rain and he brings up rain and water alot but a monsoon IS the wind #they ARE the winds of destruction #and the mention of wind in their songs clearly means something #i mean khamsins is most obvious- the whole song is about being a loyal faceless soldier #does he bring up his codename? no. he insteads yells that he is simply 'a wind of destruction' removing any individuality from it #becoming a faceless soldier once again #sams saying the cold wind is all he feels is of course referring to how all he can think about are the vile acts he committed as one of them #yknow? the mentions of wind are important #but nothing from monsoon? #it probably isnt anything but it feels so out of place and jarring that it SHOULD be

[sangfielle]

the probably most defining thing that shrike 1 did that made shrike 2 the thing that it was when that character started getting made was the fight where shrike 1 - a person who does not have or fight with a mech, and instead largely uses his own body & a few short range tools like knives - jumped up onto one of the mechs the group was facing off against and started breaking the mech apart with his hands and claws to get to and kill the person inside of it. very central moment for thanatos (shrike 2), the giantkiller

#i use the shrike 1/2 shorthand and not much else to talk about these characters & nobody outside of nc & lulav would have any idea #who either of them are. ummm #shrike 1 is shrike & the ground bled (his real name) - a former soldier who was part of a weird supersoldier program & who #works as a mercenary/assassin after being discharged 4 an injury. no real moral stances beyond #violence is the solution to most problems/flesh is inferior to metal/my allegiance is always for sale #& hes frommm a. 2018-19 technoir game #shrike 2 is from a 21-22ish beam saber game #its technical professional callsign is thanatos #but is called informally both shrike and butcher for its. well. tendency to tear both mechs and people apart #its a giantkiller & is very actually opposed to both mechs and war & sees violence and aggression as largely just a necessary tool #but before it cares about that moral it cares about loyalty. & the people its loyal to are #its superior officer & former team who are very involved in the war. #neither of them really think about themselves as people #but shrike 1 considers himself like. an intelligent machine more than anything else #& like. a wolf. #shrike 2 very firmly believes itself to be a tool & an attack dog. the purpose is to be subservient & be wielded #theyre fun theyre more different iterations on similar concepts than a linear improvement or w/e i just use 1/2 bc of chronologh #personal

[c0rpseattack]

he is addicted to tower control (Jeremy)

#i need to go 2 sleep bu5 . Ouh #ALSO. I DON'T WANNA BE THAY GUY BUT WHY DOES GOD GIVE HIS MOST LOYAL SOLDIERS THE WORSR TEAMS #listen. sometime s its just not a good match. bur sometimes. my team SUCK #incubus.txt

[daisyvisions]

as Soon as i saw the notif that you posted about the pc i just Knew what you were about to say 😭 but omg.. you’re still thinking about the ticklish lips thing… you’re welcome !! 😭🐶

(first of all yes thank you for that information you've ruined me 😭)

the more posts I see about sangyeon's lips, the more I spiral down jksdnsdjknf I just want one taste, ONE MOMENT THATS ALL IM ASKING NOTHING MORE

#Sangyeon pls reconsider #hey god #its me #im not your strongest soldier #but im the most loyal one #PLEASE JUST ONE CHANCE #tbz smut #the boyz hard hours #the boyz smut #Daisy’s 🐶💐 #sangyeon hard hours

[ironunderstands]

Look either the Tsaritsa genuinely cares for Childe and treats him like her Child(e) or she treats him like a piece of trash that can be discarded at any moments notice. There is no middle ground for me, and I genuinely believe those are the only two options that really make sense for her. The only amount of nuance I will accept is if she does care, but has to keep it hidden for whatever reason

#I mean she’s the goddess of love for fucks sake she has to demonstrate some remarkable version of that quality #Either a geniune but harsh love for her Childe #or a love for her ideals and goals to the point where she casts her most loyal soldier aside #Either one would be every compelling #I can’t really think of a more interesting middle ground #Her being kinda meh about him is the most boring outcome you could choose #Also I 100% believe us and the fatui will be working together in snezhnaya and the plot will revolve around some other problem #I don’t see her opposing the traveler #childe #genshin impact #the tsaritsa #aether #lumine #sneaking suspicion some sort of rebellion or conflict with Childe’s family will be the start of the Snezhnaya arc #Also Teucer is 10000% finding out he’s a harbinger #if he somehow doesn’t I will be extremely surprised

[colorfulatlas]

discovering the existence of the huion kamvas pro 12 gives me pain. I should've waited and not bought that other screen tablet 4 years ago

#atomic talks #I was not even prepared for such an important inversion back then #now that im going 2 uni where having portable equipment is indispensable Im stuck with this heavy fuck of a laptop #my useless screen tablet that has been collecting dust for +3 years because it decided to get fucked after 2 WEEKS #and my old wacom tablet thats already YEARS old but has never left my side (besides the og cable being done for) #most loyal soldier still standing 💪