#greed is your god

[unlimitedgolden]

hey no offense but did we play the same DLC??? did we watch the same video???

Abuse??? the old couple being greedy??? pecharunts friends???? not to be autistic as hell but literally none of that happened??

the old couple loved pecharunt like their own son because they straight up didnt have any kids

pecharunt being like. a runt. a child. thought "wow this is great lemme get more of this" because it's literally a child with crazy powers who definitely doesn't understand the consequences of its actions yet, poor thing

the old couple didnt tell it to do ANY of that until the mochi and i quote "draw out the greed of anyone who ate them". thats literally what it does.

"they were just like that on the inside" no i dont think so, who DOESNT have greed within them? you are not free from greed. you literally see in the beginning how much they truly loved this lil guy

and you then literally see pecharunt doesnt "make friends" it obtained allies to use through the poison, it LITERALLY says that.

Theres a big BIG emphasis on the chains that are on all three of them !! it's the chains that come OUT of pecharunt!! it's ability isn't "Poison Puppeteer" for no reason. It's signature move isn't MALIGNANT chain for no reason either!!

I mean. Let's look at the other facts about the Loyal three such as the Scarlet Dex entries:

"After all its muscles were stimulated by the toxic chain around its neck, Okidogi transformed and gained a powerful physique."

"The chain is made from toxins that enhance capabilities. It stimulated Munkidori's brain and caused the Pokémon's psychic powers to bloom."

"Fezandipiti owes its beautiful looks and lovely voice to the toxic stimulants emanating from the chain wrapped around its body."

In the in game lore it tells you that they didn't always look like this, and the chains changed them AND, you guessed it, brought out their inner desires. Their greedy desires. So do you see how the old couple literally were never greedy, they didn't demand this as they were under pecharunts influence? there was no abuse??? and they did NOT get its friends killed either!! They didn't even know!!

Look how at the end of the DLC everyone is no longer under the effects and they have no idea how they got there. They only remember the moments before the mochi. So the real kicker isn't "oh how tragic pecharunt was in an abusive family and its friends were killed cus of their greed", oh no the kicker is:

Pecharunt was nothing but a child with an evil power that it clearly didn't know how to use, or didn't even intend for it to be used for such evil. It did what it thought was right, for the love of the only two people that it had known, only for it to lead to it's own downfall and the downfall of three other Pokemon who succumbed to the poison. Furthermore, Pecharunt never came home. Those old couple woke up not having a clue where Pecharunt, the pokemon they loved as a son, had gone off to and they died not knowing (this is an ancient tale after all). Hell, Pecharunt probably doesn't even know they're dead either. Nobody wins.

#goldenposting #[wakes up from my autistic rambling #hey guys #no offense to OP whatsoever seriously but I don't understand how you misunderstood the story #and i'm sorry for this word diarrhoea I've spewed up but lord #<- cannot contain itself when it comes to the chance to infodump #disclaimer: if its not clear i dont think pecharunt is really evil #also with such potential in the old story why was everyone doing the funky chicken #couldve absolutely brought out the greed of everyone so easily #oh well whatevs i mean it was funny. #also pecharunt literally mirrors the story of Momotarō. JP folklore #<- except sad and evil i guess. #oh well whatevs #again sorry for the ramble. autism does that #and by god pokemon has been my interest since i was like. 6 #you bet your ass i leap at the chance to talk about it #pokemon #pecharunt #pokemon sv

[andthebeanstalk]

the average person doesn't expect you to be a perfect ethical consumer, that's not possible for the vast majority of us. but what youre saying is it's better to do nothing at all and choose the worst possible options (sweat shops, overseas shipping waste, idea/product theft, all wrapped up in SHEIN) than to put even the tiniest effort in where you can.

[they are referring to this post]

What I said was "some people are doing literally everything they can to survive and have no extra bandwidth to spend extra time and money on their purchases, and it is cruel and therefore un-punk to gatekeep punkness and add additional shame to these people's lives based on that fact."

I think it's still a good thing to try to ethically consume; I literally never said it wasn't. I had never even heard of SHEIN before. Rather, I am much more concerned about what I saw as arbitrary gatekeeping based on ability and income.

And frankly how dare you claim that I am supporting sweatshops and abuse by saying that this additional work you are demanding (in this case, presumably, vetting every clothing company you buy from) is not always possible for people. It is not a light accusation to accuse me of supporting abuse.

"How dare you say we piss on the poor", Etc. 🙄 this isn't Twitter. You are determined to enforce moral purity, but you are failing to see the nuance.

Because when I say "no extra bandwidth," I mean no extra bandwidth. This is not the "car shows it's on E but actually secretly it has a lot of gas left" situation that abled people constantly assume disabled people mean when they say they are at their limit.

This is "at a certain point, people will hit a wall in terms of money and time and energy, and any energy spent after that comes directly out of their life force."

So the argument "okay but just spend a little more time money and energy actually" is not a valid one.

And the argument "if you are not able to do this specific task, then it means you're not doing anything else to make the world a better place" doesn't exactly impress me either. You said yourself that it is impossible to be a perfectly ethical consumer for most people.

How do you know what else people are doing to resist oppression? How many hours per week until your standards are met?What if someone works 3 jobs? Does that mean it's harder to be a good person if you're poor?? Why do you get to decide what specific avenue of bettering the world is the most morally repugnant or acceptable? What kind of proof of goodness and effort would make you satisfied enough to lay off on the shame?? Who are you helping??

Clothing is a fundamental human need, and some of us have to buy cheap fucking clothes quickly. Billionaires are buying their seventh yacht this month. The people who own fast fashion companies are abusing their workers and putting local affordable clothing stores out of business - and this applies for basically every company with price points that low because governments are failing to regulate corporations to enforce basic human rights.

I have $300 to spend on a new wardrobe as my old clothes have fallen apart or become too small. Do you have a way for me to get a new winter coat, 3 flannels, 10 shirts, 3 dress shirts, new sandals, 10 pairs of pants, 5 bras, 12 pairs of socks, and 10 pairs of underwear within that budget and also definitely 100% ethically sourced, with free returns in case it doesn't fit? Or will I simply have to use the cheap stores?

I have about an hour to spend on this per week. Should I continue to wear small and tattered clothing until I have the time, money, and energy to meet your standards? Did you know there are more empty homes in this country than homeless people? If I decide to splurge on only 100% ethically-produced products, and I can't make rent, and I become homeless, are YOU going to be there for me?? Or are you busy litigating the endless tiny shames of poverty in your own community?

So I ask you again, are you sure this is where you want to direct your punk energy? Because energy and time, as it turns out, are limited resources. And I would never expect you to secretly have more than you claim to have.

#original #punk #hopepunk #cripplepunk #i swear to god #reading comprehension website #how dare you say we piss on the poor #jfc 'what you're saying is we should do nothing' - what I'm saying is YOU are doing nothing by enforcing this boundary #you have to give people more credit than this. i believe you want a better world too. and it would be cool if you used your energy to #instead ask 'how do i fight for the people in my community to be clothed and have the time and income to shop ethically?' #or 'how do i support activism that pushes for regulation that could control these companies?' #monitoring how poor people spend money is a supremely Republican thing to do. as is demanding clear moral purity from every scenario. #you want a better world too. you want to demand your peers do better. - fine. good. #but you need to be asking if you have remembered and included everyone's needs when making statements like this. #capitalism is all for forgetting about poor and disabled people and refusing to believe their limits. #shame is a necessary weapon in fighting greed but it IS a weapon. be so careful where you point that shit. enough shame can kill a person #and a lot of us are already defending from it from all sides. #shaming a person who is already at their limit for not doing more is an act of cruelty. think very carefully about what that means please. #i literally don't even know what SHEIN is lol i just know classism when i see it #but I've had friends whose clothes were visibly falling apart with no income and so much so shame so deep in their hearts they were dying #and if they had seen that post it would have made them even sicker and gotten them no closer to the dignity of being properly clothed #shame is a weapon and /you need to be careful!!!!/

[bleaksqueak]

Groose is the best Zelda character, no one can change my mind.

#I still haven't played tears of the kingdom so no spoilers for that pls #unless groose is in it #then you must tell me #I know he's not in it though #because god can only descend from his heaven once #else the power of his divine spectacle would melt all whose greed deigned to gaze upon him twice #I can never choose between twilight princess /skyward sword/majora's mask for which zelda is my favorite #and it hurts my soul a bit to see just how many “OCARINA WAS YOUR FIRST ZELDA IF YOU'RE AN OG FAN” statements there are #when my ass was over here like “...the first zelda was my first zelda....hahaaha..haha..haohno” #this isn't me bragging about being a “REAL FAN” btw this is me measuring the gaze of mortality by zelda entries

[jes12321]

Sukuna is a human trying to play games with Gods. His power is false and those who know it do not even care enough to point it out. They see Sukuna as nothing but a blip on the map that is their world. His power is given, and any power not earned can be taken away. Unlike the Gods he emulates, imitates, he did not forge his own abilities in the heat of a dying star. He did not build his strength in ichor and ash. He fought well and was graced by a Devil who used to be an Angel and given a gift. Power from a higher being without contract is a dangerous thing. Any Curse knows. But Sukuna was young and greedy and thought he was powerful. He accepted and did not point out that no one ever asked where he got such abilities. Never thought of the consequences of using his gift in ways that did not honor his benefactor. Sukuna was a human who did not worship the God who gave him his status. He will regret it.

Thinkin about an AU where curses are people who have been cursed/blessed by the gods to give them power because of their actions.

#I like the idea of gods that pick no sides #they simply give power where they see fit #and take it away with the same recklessness #and however you choose to use that power is up to you #but if you do not use it in a way that honors your god #your power can be stripped in moments #you are at the mercy of the gods your whole life #imagine that fear #but also the greed #i like this au the more I write abt it #this actually started out as a jjk x ao no ex crossover #but it didn’t feel enough like ao #so I decided to make it an AU instead #alternate universe #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #sukuna #ryomen sukuna #gods #gods and goddesses #gods and monsters

[lovelesslittleloser]

People should be more afraid of asexuals, because they’re the only people that are immune to one of the seven deadly sins

#seven deadly sins #maybe they have metaphorical lust. lust for the aesthetic #asexual #we also should fear aromantics but they aren’t necessarily immune to lust so fear them for the usual reasons #pride? sometimes can be negated by self-hatred but usually shows up when you do something to be proud of. as it should #greed? you might donate your money to orphans but if anyone touches your collection of shiny trinkets their hand will be removed #envy? unless you have never met any other living beings I don’t think it’s possible to escape this one #wrath? work in public service for a week and we’ll get you wanting to fistfight god #gluttony? eating disorders are a thing; however you should definitely eat something unless you wanna die #sloth? insomnia is a thing. but you should probably sleep if you don’t want to be driven mad upon the rocks #honestly too little of the seven deadly sins is also bad. no sloth? you’re barely functioning. no gluttony? you die of starvation. #no wrath? you’ll become a doormat. no envy? you’ll never want to improve yourself. no greed? you give all your stuff away and are now poor #no pride? you don’t love yourself AT ALL. no lust? no new generation. #and frankly that last one isn’t bad in the slightest considering that much is also true for people with a same-gender significant other #(unless they are also trans and willing but that’s a them problem to have) #plus overpopulation is a thing anyway so frankly the less lust the better. #the avatar of lust has been too overworked the past few decades and and wants a damn break for once #tw eating issues #tw eating disorder #eating disorder mention #shitpost

[partlyironic]

did shane madej effectively utilise his anti-capitalist swag when he helped found a company that he and many employees rely on for their livelihood?

#listen i get it. im sorry if you cant afford it. #but dont just not support them cos you think youre sticking it to the man ok? that is very much not sticking it to the man. #please stop framing this as some sort of insane corporate greed at the very least #like you get that right? please say you get how the alternative is effectively giving money to YOUTUBE #ok im done. god. #helen speaks

[drbtinglecannon]

The irony of the guy who wanted to colonize the ocean and went on record repeatedly blaming safety regulations as being "the death of innovation" dying in the ocean in a diy iron lung he made that multiple whistleblowers came forward about safety concerns over

#oceangate #idgaf about any white knighting on this btw. yes absolutely horrific way to die. no i dont mourn for people richer than god going out of #their way & ignoring thousands of red flags & paying 250k to die in such a way. so save your finger wagging for another post 👍 #anyway compound this w the fact it was to see the titanic which also skimped on safety in an act of greed & hubris & resulted in mass death

[tankgotstuckinthecircusgate]

they just didn't have to write him as "a great philanthropist"; "a generous benefactor of the empire bay planetarium"; "frequent officer of the empire bay press guild"; "a frequent target of political slander and false arrest because of generosity towards the press"

and at the same time write him as the first of the others to organize drug trafficking; a man who tried to kill all his competitors; "a shady bastard, even for guys in this business"; "ruthless modernizer"; a man who secretly views his close friend as a liability; "the man who killed his own boss" to take his place

"few will moan moretti's passing" from the lost heaven's newspapers and there's nothing like that in the cut-out news reports about carlo's death

#like do you remember . “Micky the Crab” who was falcone's soldier and whom falcone eventually left to clean the fucking toilets #when the guy lost almost all his fingers #and ofc i don't think this whole charade with charity and the press is sincere (can sense 100% money laundering w charity here) but #i think he still felt some appreciation for empire bay bc this city accepted & raised him instead of sicily #i believe that there were also good intentions with the planetarium and maybe other things #maybe not everything was just a money laundering #“your teeth are a gift from god u can sink them into anyone's flesh and call it an act of giving” this is what i mean #that fact that his fucking (ugly but still) MANSION is in a poor residential area it just feels like a slap #violently shaking carlo by his shoulders WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS!!!!!!!!! (gets shot right after) #the fact that he had a reputation as a shady guy among the mafia and a reputation as a philanthropist in society . carlo. why r u like this #this man is a fucking contradiction in some absolutely fucked up gross way and it's killing me. wouldn't want him any other way tho #m2 #like can you imagine. if he actually felt warm towards empire bay. can you imagine if he was actually interested in making this place bette #but still organized the drug trade(which is objectively even worse than a racket) #love mixed with selfishness and violence and greed and and in the end it's creation mixed with destruction #sorry i can't get my thoughts into sentences that make sense all this week #but this contrast is killing me and i think about it a lot and i just wanted to put it together in a compilation

[clonerightsagenda]

Just got to the bit where Greed says his "buddy" taught him how to fight Wrath, and while I assume he means via piggybacking off memories I am now envisioning Ed, Darius, and Heinkel sitting around a campfire watching their 'boss' try and fail to do a backflip while yelling at himself.

#heinkel: how many are we up to #ed: 15 #meanwhile ling: just let me do it oh my god #greed: no!! fuck you!! #ling: you broke my NECK #greed: it's MY neck back off #kat reads fma #I don't actually remember this comment from the last time I read it? #but the translation has been slightly different in places so maybe they used a verb like showed instead of taught #and it didn't ping me as deliberately intentional #(translation sidenote: this has changed Fu's accusation to Bradley as #youre the one responsible for my granddaughter's missing arm #instead of you're the one who cut off my granddaughter's arm #more accurate allocation of blame #I am waiting with bated breath to see if this translation contains the immortal phrase 'big daddy of the homunculi'

[thoughtofadumbteenprotagonist]

Something to leave in 2022: large scale franchising writing half arsed tv shows/movies/games/whatever with so many plot holes it may as well be fuckin Swiss cheese, but framing those plot holes as A sEcReT fOr ThE ViEwEr To FiGurE OuT that is not interesting or funny or cool that is lazy ass writing, do better

#specifically this post is about the mcu and fnaf security breach #you cannot take five to six random concepts #shove them all into one medium #and call it a story #if your story hinges on some big secret that you frame as solvable but never give the viewer the tools to solve #it’s a bad story #sick and tired of corporate greed getting in the way of real storytelling #looking at you Netflix #netflix #fuck netflix #anti mcu #mcu #fnaf security breach #god what even was that game #did we eventually figure out what anything meant #or did we just accept it was an unfinished project published waaaayyy to early as a money grab #anyways #wright writes

[hybbat]

You know a world where your ability to carry something is determined by quantity rather than size or weight is very easy to accept in a video game, because of mechanical convenience, but would probably be so strange in a story in any other medium, and I think a few more books and shows could stand to get a little funkier with the fundamentals of their reality like that.

#just casually make a setting that functions different on a fundamental level #this is genuinely my favourite thing about minecraft fics is the absolutely alien setting #that gets treated very casually and with a 'thats just how the world works' mentality #people can exist in multiple worlds and the code that makes them them can be accessed and casually altered #and no one has any ethical problems with admins doing so #there is a clear and defined divide between players and mobs on all levels except emotional #but also players treat their own body as a toy the change and throw around because death means nothing #minecrafts a good one for it because the game has zero story its just a playground for creativity #but i think about final fantasy where entire skillsets are contained in some item or clothing and swapped between #or gta where it costs money to come back to life #theres plenty of media that explores the idea of lives or retries as a mechanic and a story element #but what about the fact that man made objects being and inherent part of the reality to where #a fundamental function such as peoples lives can be restored by paying money #not in a theres a god of greed sense but in a thats just how reality works #a lot of these things get placed on a godlike being when they do pop up and i think thats the boring route #let your setting just function different beyond magic being present #have the characters world and thus mindset be alien

[minophus]

not to make one aspect of a character their whole personality but i do believe sisyphus is a big fan of food.

#Not like theres much of it in greed. #and by One Aspect its that time he said You shall do as an appetizer. Please god can i be your appetizer sire #..well even w out that line id probably say the same. he seems like a food guy

[bipirate]

watching fma with my friends and we finally got to the dublith arc and i was soo excited because 1. izumi and 2. greed!!! and i was like oh yeah greed is one of my favourite characters, he's great. and my friends were like 'um i do not understand why but ok' babes you won't understand until like 30 episodes from now <3

#i wonder what their reaction will be when greed fucking Dies next episode #like 'uh he's one of your favourite characters? but he's in like. 3 episodes' oh god im gonna have to just be like 'yup' huh.

[found-the-secrets-in-your-eyes]

thinking about Zelda

#I've never even once played #but i had the plot explained to me #thinking about being granted powers only to have them taken #only to have the ones youre left with completely destroy you #turning you into an embodiment of greed #and thinking about having to be rescued over and over #not being in charge of your own fate despite being god-like #relying on other people whom as far as youre aware you've never met #crazy #idk i could be 100% off base who knows #if I'm wrong pls tell me i love being wrong and learning new things

[katmaatui]

Bad takes in the canon tag, three dead seven injured

#The Jurassic parks films weren't about money #I'm in your house what are you talking about the whole thing is money and greed and how no cares about people getting hurt if they get money #anyway the rewriting of John Hammond for the movie lost so many of the themes #We need a john hammond who looks at a scientist telling him that they could have made the dinosaurs easier to control but Hammond shutting #him down and say they're not there for something real but something profitable. People want something out of their story books their dreams #and nightmares they don't want something real we can't profit off something real. We need to cut corners do anything to make more money #while saying we spared no expense thats the themes it's not about playing God its about thinking you're so rich and want money so much you #think you're untouchable (its the Caesar complex) just ahh #Jurassic Park

[obstinaterixatrix]

ok there’s one ch out but this is IMMEDIATELY grabbing me, plus I know this artist and they’ll really *really* good at annoying obnoxious insufferable characters. I mean the series I’m thinking of kind of sucks in terms of consent but the li was hysterical. hoping this series has this energy all the way through

#orlbs #misclb #also I do love the #‘your soul is like unflavored rice. I don’t wanna eat you.’ #mc is too free of greed and vice and being an asshole. mc needs to learn to be an asshole for spice. #god. ‘I lost to instant ramen’ is so funny. #also also I do love the vibes of mc being terrified and still going full speed ahead like yep!! this is my duty!! go for it!! #there is something wrong with him I love it