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mumblesplash · 1 year

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back on my amv bullshit :)))

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song is beat the love by autoheart (lyrics included under the cut bc they're like 90% of the reason for this song choice and also kinda hard to hear)

[Verse 1] Been shocked into a state of delirium words cannot describe I am Jekyll filled with disagreement, you are Mr. Hyde Yeah, there's something running through me, it's incredibly strong An electrifying feeling that I've known all along A burning realization that our incoordination is corrupt

[Chorus] I cannot be what you want me to be Let our cannonball, rise up and fall I cannot see what you want me to see So you beat the love right out of me

[Verse 2] I've had a fistful of your knee jerk reactions, always jumping the gun I can't be accountable for everything that you have undone There's a window of opportunity for us to move on But you're constantly reminding me of what I do wrong Pot calling kettle black, here’s to yet another attack, and that’ll be that

[Chorus] I cannot be what you want me to be Let our cannonball, rise up and fall I cannot see what you want me to see So you beat the love right out of me

I cannot be what you want me to be Let our cannonball, rise up and fall I cannot see what you want me to see So you beat the love right out of me

Oh, yes, you beat the love right out of me Oh, yes, you beat the love right out of me

#topsytv #spoiler warning for uh. the whole show. somehow #trigun #trigun stampede #Youtube #yes i do in fact have a youtube channel #mostly just for amvs #i'm something of an amv purist #aka i don't actually know how to edit for shit but i REALLY like stringing clips together to songs #sometimes i'll venture into the effects library on my editing software to add a single cross-dissolve or fade to black #and my face will start melting off from the sheer power of all the forbidden editing knowledge i scroll past on the way there #one day i may learn to add text effects but only if i'm feeling real fancy and the occasion calls for it #i'm really more into 'constructing and deconstructing narratives' than 'being good at things'#and so every so often you get one of these #the dissonance between the lyrics + melody of this song matches the dissonance between vash and the front he puts up so well i was like :00

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salemontrial · 5 months

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Im so sorry to break the news but yall know Wukong isn't jacked anymore right. You all know that? Like we've seen him shirtless he's got a bit of pudge going, he does not look like he does in his video game, that was a vanity project, he literally just drew himself like that as an ego boost, I'm begging yall-

#/LH/LH #draw him however you want #but every time i see a thirst with wukong with hard dehydration abs i feel like ive been cursed with forbidden knowledge #lmk #lmk wukong #lmk monkey king #monkie kid

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shslskaterboy · 1 year

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wowee i cant beleive i finaly have a dad!!!

Our relationship has unlocked a new level rpg style

#I feel like I’ve become privy to some sort of forbidden knowledge #learning things about people in the tags is crazy

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goingtocommitwertherism · 2 years

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I've been hunted by the most unpleasant thought recently.

Same age, same height.

#somehow I fear her more #classical literature #Frankenstein #Peppa Pig #cursed #i'm so sorry #this feels like forbidden knowledge #only she is still growing #amnesia 1 and 2 idk

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somegurl8 · 8 months

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Therapist: The early design for Vyncent where he had black hair and his main color was light blue isn’t real. It can’t hurt you.

The early design for Vyncent where he had black hair and his main color was light blue:

#jrwi #just roll with it #jrwi pd #vyncent sol #me joining Condicord was a MISTAKE #I feel like I have forbidden knowledge #also love that even though the image is cut off you can see the blue in the other designs #the lines on his cloak and his knife are both blue here #but in the official art they’re both yellow

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mokeonn · 10 months

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Tumblr Users will reblog any long boring post about, idk, someone's mildy amusing story about how they found shells on the beach, as long as the post ends in a funny one-liner that catches people off guard. Tumblr fucking loves that shit.

#simon says #im not trying to be mean i'm trying to be silly #I noticed a pattern and now I feel like i discovered forbidden knowledge #cringe weed tag #<- that's my new cringe weed tag

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running-tweezers · 8 months

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Hearing ppl (in this case Erik on the Hewll Yeah podcast) reference a famous vine that my neighbor made is so surreal

#I took care of the chicken in that vine when they were out of town #I know exactly where that chicken had her red dress on tonight #and danced in the dark in the pale moonlight #it feels like forbidden knowledge #marisa speaks

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goldiipond · 1 year

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ohhhhmy fucking god. ohhh my god

#skye's ramblings #CONCEPT ART RAY IS SO ?????????????????#this feels like forbidden knowledge. boy put your hair back over your face #those bangs are so.#the concept art is really fun to look at i;m a little obsessed w it. also one of don's notes just says 'he definitely loves conny' i'll cry #SOME OF THE NOTES ARE REALLY REALLY GOOD. THE ONE FOR TIMESKIP DON JUST SAYS 'turned handsome' OK???????? DEMIZU IM OBSESSED WITH YOU

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daydadahlias · 1 month

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hey jessssssssss can you pretty please say anything about a wip ure writing (ure my most favourite ever i love you mwah ^_^)

hi pookieeeee <3 I CAN say anything about a wip I'm writing (u r my most favorite ever ily2 mwah >3<)

ok so I have a few wips in the works rn (including this shortie one that hopefully I can post fairly soon eek) but what I am most excited about is that I have Officially Started my next Chaptered Fic™ (which is fondly called groupie fic).

I've only just started chapter one (~2k rn) but I'm already in love with it lol and I know it won't be a while until I share it but I'm really excited to !!! :D I love writing chaptered fics and I love having FUN with them. And, bc it's an AU, I've already gotten to plan some stuff and make up some fun things !! like, for instance, Calum is in a ~band~ (not 5sos) that I got to name anddd because the entire fic takes place on a tour, I also got to plan a tour !!! which is. kind of a logistical + geographical nightmare dude bc i had to pick the places, the dates, and the venues within the places blah blah blah but yeah :) I'm really excited about all of it. I even made a tour poster lol <3

but !! yeah !! I'm really excited about my fake little band that Calum is playing in <3 and I'm excited to for him to meet his future fave groupie <3 and I'm really excited to write them falling in love over secret hook-ups at hotels and ~forbidden pasts~ (bc those are my favorite) and I'm excited to get to share it all w/ people when it's written !!!!

thank u for asking :)

#one of my favorite things to do everrrr when i write a fic is make a bunch of graphics + moodboards for it #im always shy abt them tho lol bc i feel like im Not a good editor and it's silly to post stuff like that #but ive already had so much fun with this fic and im literally only 2k into chapter one !!!!!!#pigeon #anon #i like the calum characterization #i love fics that. like. u learn a little more and more over time yknow?? like u start out with some information but #u dont learn EVERYTHING from the jump #im trying to play around with the timeline in this fic and steadily ease people into Forbidden Knowledge #and i like the characterizations i have <3 and the plot <3 and the plans <3 #and yeah literally all ive wanted to do for the last week since I finished ashley's birthday present is write this #the reason i have not posted in the last month is bc ashley is spoiled and i wrote her a 40k private birthday fic lol #so i have been writing <3 just <3 nothing for public eyes #im like 6k into this little ditty id love to share before mid-april #but school is really kicking my butt lately :( so we'll see!!#either way im excited

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torgawl · 5 months

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literally obsessed with that one stupid page about the 4 samsara cycles by the narzissenkreuz ordo and the concept of descenders. what exactly are the "remains" of the third descender? does that mean their physical form or something else entirely?

#i feel like i can point out a few things i feel are relevant to understanding the big picture but then don't know how to connect everything #i REALLY think something is up with time in teyvat as a whole #you cannot tell me the fact istaroth has been worships before in teyvat and no longer is and the only way it has preserved through time #and consequently the samsaras has been through stories (like we experience in sumeru) isn't extremely relevant #it has to be!!! it's unwanted information in the 'system'#much like forbidden knowledge which we know is associated with the fall of multiple civilizations #and what is also associated with places that have been targetted by celestia's nails? irminsul branches #the same irminsul that records all information in teyvat #the same irminsul we can assume dain uses to continue to live till this day breaking free from erosion #erosion from 'time' that affects even the gods?!#is erosion even natural in the first place?#curses by the heavenly principles... fear against otherwordly information... cycles of life...#4 cycles... 4 descenders... 4 shades of phanes (2 unknown)...#the samsara cycles having names of civilizations/regions...#what's connecting these things?#natlan's incsndescant ode of ressurection... ressurection... gnosis being remains of the third descender...#the tsaritsa collecting the gnosis... i know there's a connection there has to be #i really think time is fucked up in teyvat like what if the entire thing is just timeless?#i feel like i have the brain the size of a pea #could the descenders be us or our twin in different 'times'?#the concept of the gnosis fucked me up i don't understand it genuinely what are remains and can they coexist with the supposed 3rd or not #genshin thoughts

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dreamlogic · 1 year

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oooh hey. job offer get. 🌝

#if i pass bg & drug tests (extremely likely - it only takes me like 3 days tops to detox from weed) i start beginning of may #as. a banker. holy fuck #kind of getting some imposter syndrome but also they were REALLY impressed with me and think i'm gonna be amazing #and it's literally just. people and details. both of which i'm v good at. computer will do most of the math for me #a lil worried about the moral/ethical ramifications for my soul bc i don't believe money should even exist #but if i can help ppl navigate horribly fucked up incomprehensible financial systems & liberate Forbidden Money Knowledge #then i'll feel like a spy infiltrating enemy ranks #also omg the pay and benefits are EXCELLENT #i'll be making $3/hr more than my last job with better PTO and more paid holidays #and so far i think i'm gonna rly like my coworkers and the building is pretty and quiet with lots of sunlight #much smaller team and hopefully much less busy than my current job but more interesting work overall #aaaaaahhhhh #got the offer on my last day of old shitty job and GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE #v glad i won't have to worry about being unemployed for an unknown amount of time & eating up my savings #just got a cozy 2 weeks of downtime to chilllllll (and recover from psychic damage of old job jfc it looks way worse in the rearview)#ctxt #charlie vs money

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theconfusedartist · 9 months

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Canon Information- Pieces of Eden

A Piece of Eden is a type of sophisticated technology created by the Isu which reacts with the network of neurotransmitters engineered into human brains. With the notable exception of the Shrouds of Eden, the majority of the Pieces of Eden were designed for the primary purpose of mentally and physically controlling human thoughts, emotions, and behavior. They were, therefore, the main instrument by which the Isu forced the humans to serve as slaves.

The powers of the Pieces of Eden have mystified humanity over millennia, enough for them to conflate them with "magic" throughout history. The extinction of the Isu civilization following the Great Catastrophe only reinforced this, as memories of the Isu faded into legends and myths. (now that I'm thinking about it, even if the Isu were wiped out, its very highly unlikely that humans wouldn't also be wiped out in canon. Due to the humans and Isu sharing a society, but the lore never explains this.)

Since humans lack the technological expertise to reproduce these devices, they have long been the subject of innumerable conflicts between rival humans seeking them for their own ends. In particular, they are a central obsession of the Templar Order, which has devoted much of their resources to searching and seizing these artifacts in their quest for world domination. (no mention on how the assassins have become similarly obsessed? Hm)

Description

Although most classes of Pieces of Eden, such as the Apples and Staves of Eden, were utilized as tools by which humanity could be controlled, others deviated from this purpose. The Swords of Eden are primarily weapons capable of emitting energy blasts while the Shrouds of Eden are medical in nature, designed for healing even the most mortal of wounds. The diverse functions of the devices extend further: many are capable of bending the thoughts of one or more individuals to that of the user, projecting illusions or concealing the user's presence. The Precursor boxes, powered by other Pieces of Eden, can imprint the memories of its users onto others and decode examples of Isu script, like the Voynich manuscript. (which then begs the question, if the Isu were able to manipulate DNA in order to possess humans and also able to imprint memories: WHATS THE POINT OF THE ANIMUS THEN??? WHY IS IT STILL USED OR EVEN CONSIDERED IMPORTANT TO THE STORY? Why the FUCK did the games make it such a big deal that Desmond had such a high sync rate when they can *apparently* use someone else's blood to see the memories of their ancestors?)

Other functions are more mundane relative to modern human technology, such as the projection of holograms or the Crystal Skulls which act as long-distance communication devices, but these nevertheless appeared supernatural to ancient peoples. (so would zoom to a person living in the 1950s bro)

Since the end of the Isu civilization, these devices, appearing sporadically in the hands of humans, have acquired a status as legendary relics of phenomenal properties. Greatly eclipsing the technological level of human civilization, even into modern times, the Pieces of Eden bestow tremendous power over society to those who come to possess them. (and going mad is just a fun side effect to show off at parties, I guess? Odd how that literally never comes up in the story, but it was shown to happen over and over again in previous games, but ok. Oh! And don't forget it was previously established that only certain people could use them without going insane! Because the writers sure as shit did.)

Their employment has therefore had immense impacts on human history; some of the most influential leaders such as Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Mahatma Gandhi were aided by their use of a Piece of Eden. (???? wasn't there a whole codex page about how Altaïr felt conflicted at killing Genghis Khan once he realized that humans had the potential to do great harm to each other without the PoE? Becuase he didn't? Have one when Altaïr killed him? Or was that yet another retcon later on?)

Recognizing their significance, the Pieces of Eden have been at the forefront of the Templar Order's goals for centuries as they hope that by exploiting the artifacts, they could achieve their vision of a New World Order. The contest for the Pieces of Eden between the Templars and their archenemies, the Assassins, who traditionally seek to safeguard them, has been a hallmark of their millennia long war. (hey, remember when Desmond had that badass sequence where he raids the Abstergo base to save his dad, killing people left and right with his blades and apple of Eden? And no one said anything about the fact that he, an Assassin, used a PoE the same way templars do? And treated the event like it was insignificant? This girlie does!)

Characteristics and attributes

"This... piece of silver cast out Adam and Eve. It turned staves into snakes. Parted and closed the Red Sea. Eris used it to start the Trojan War; and with it, a poor carpenter turned water into wine."

Al Mualim, speaking to Altaïr about the Apple.

(?????? Did i miss something? When did he say this? No, fr, when did he ever say this? Am I just forgetting something? Did he say this in the novels? In revelations? Like, genuinely, when did he ever have an open and honest discussion with Altaïr about the PoEs?)

Amongst the greatest tools known to man, the Apples of Eden can control the human mind by interacting with a neurotransmitter located deep in the human brain. (and yet for some reason, there are so many different PoEs that have nothing to do with mind control...)

Other Pieces of Eden are capable of warping reality, creating illusions, ensuring total obedience and healing physical injuries.[1][2] (which only makes things more confusing when the lore claims the Isu couldn't change the past) Both Templars and the Assassins believe that the Pieces of Eden were responsible for many historical tales and miracles, such as the Parting of the Red Sea, the Trojan War, the miracles enacted by Jesus Christ, and the Biblical plagues that ravaged Egypt.[3] According to Dr. Álvaro Gramática, all Pieces of Eden are made of an unknown metal resembling gold or silver that Abstergo dubbed 'Pathorica'.[4]

Abilities of the Pieces

Some Pieces of Eden were known to interact with and change the passage of time, possibly creating paradoxes. Others were able to "speak" to those who wielded them, as was the case with Ezio Auditore, Perotto Calderon and Giovanni Borgia, who spoke with Ezio's Apple and the Shroud.[2][5]

When activated, Apples of Eden are capable of extending a pulse of energy that can drive those in the surrounding area to insanity and death. Doing so has a detrimental effect on the physical health of the wielder if they are unskilled in the Apples' use, but a capable user is not as easily afflicted.[6] Altaïr, for example, was able to use Apple #2 for a limited duration without adverse affects at age 92.[7] Using the Pieces' powers in short bursts can also minimize the negative effects dealt by the artifacts, though to what extent is unknown.[1]

Destruction of a Piece

Following the destruction of Apple of Eden #2 during an experiment at the Denver International Airport, the Templars found themselves in need of another artifact with similar properties. Seeking access to a map that indicated the location of all Pieces of Eden, Abstergo kidnapped Desmond Miles in order to view the memories of his ancestor, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. This would allow them to see the very same map that Altaïr discovered in 1191.[3]

Each of the Pieces of Eden contained a great deal of potential energy, and the destruction of one could cause an explosion on the scale of a nuclear blast. One such explosion occurred in 1908, in the region of Tunguska, Russia. The Imperial Sceptre, one of the Staves of Eden, was seemingly destroyed when Nikola Tesla fired at the Tunguska facility with his wireless electric weapon, attempting to strike a blow against the Templars.[1][3][8]

However, the blast failed to totally destroy the Staff, and at least one shard remained.[9] The Staff shard still possessed powers of mind control, as demonstrated by Grigori Rasputin. While he was in possession of the shard, he brainwashed Alexandra Feodorovna, the wife of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, as well as several disciples like Khioniya Guseva.[2]

Resistance

"I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I KNOW WHAT YOU DID. I SAW HIM. HE HAD A METAL BALL. IT OPENED. THEY WENT CRAZY. SHOOTING. STABBING. TORE EACH OTHER TO PIECES. I KNOW IT WAS YOU PEOPLE. SAW THE LOGO. HEARD THE NAME. I'M GOING TO TELL. ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN. YOU'LL BE EXPOSED. THEY'LL KNOW THE TRUTH. AND THEN YOU WILL PAY. YOU CRAZY BASTARDS. YOU'LL PAY." ―An unidentified individual's e-mail to Dr. Warren Vidic.[src]

Altaïr deactivating an Apple

Although the Isu created humanity to be susceptible to the Pieces of Eden, eventual cross-breeding between them and their slaves led to the birth of a hybrid species. These new humans possessed some of the natural abilities of their creators and were free of the neurotransmitter necessary for the Pieces of Eden to control them.[1]

The first two known hybrids were Adam and Eve, who later stole one of the Apples of Eden and instigated the Human-Isu War.[1] Members of their lineage inherited these natural abilities and immunity to the Pieces, although the Pieces' ability to physically manipulate them remained.[3] These traits were passed down through generations to the likes of Altaïr, Ezio and Desmond.[1]

By the early 21st century, the Templars were aware that some humans were immune to the Pieces' mind control. On at least one occasion, Dr. Warren Vidic received an email from an individual unaffected by the Apple's power, who threatened to expose what they had seen when an Apple was used on others.[3] (this is also another thing i have issue with: is it only people who have Isu DNA that can resist? can anyone with a strong willpower resist? what makes one susceptible to them when literally anyone can use them, but some people go crazy)

Also, I want to go more into detail in a separate reblog simply because the apples of eden are the most retconned PoE with so many abilities that go against what they originally were described to be able to do.

#this is just the wiki of the pieces of eden #but i felt like it was important to have #simply becuase #so much??#of the info???#contradicts itself on what PoE even do????#not the fault of the wiki but the writing itself #also peep how this wiki article claims they're an obsession of the templars but doesn't point out the same for the assassins #i probably sound really salty and its not so much me being salty #as much as its irritated disbelief #the writers literally own the series. they have the manual! they have the forbidden knowledge!!!!#why won't they use it for their own story?!#every time i learn about how the PoE were orignally used vs how they're used in lore now #i feel like i'm being told 'there is no war in Ba Sing Se' and that my memory is wrong

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