#preserve peace

[birdmenmanga]

I think there's no greater indication that disco elysium is sympathetic towards communism when it literally says "communism is failure" and then the literal gameplay itself rewards trying and failing. The most obvious one being the Shivers check at the FELD mural, which is an Impossible 20 check BUT opens itself up again and again the longer you spend in the world doing things, but even just looking at sheer probabilities, for any given white check, rolling first and THEN putting a point into that skill upon failure is more likely to grant you success than putting a point first and then rolling, but that would require failing first.

Other things too: Precarious world saying you'll 100% fail red checks no matter what (not necessarily a bad thing, btw!! throwing the boule into the sea is a success but like. in some other ways one would want a perfect petanque throw instead. but people wouldn't typically assume that failure is desirable sometimes from the start) persuading you to accept that you'll fail some things that is irrevocable, for a world where everything is just a tiny bit easier.

The faux game over screen when you faint after reading Dora's letter— emulating a sense of failure on the scale of the entire game. When it rolls up most people go "What?? Game over?? No way, what did I do wrong!!" and waking up after that, with no huge or lasting impact on Harry's health or morale really tells the player, "Sometimes things will seem so bad that it all seems like it's coming to an end, but it's not the end, it's really not the end, go drink so water, you can still go on despite this failure"

I'm sure there are other things as well that are eluding me but like. The literal gameplay rewards failing and succeeding far more so than simply succeeding every single time, and I think you get a fuller experience of Elysium that way too

#just thinking thoughts... #disco elysium #idk man when did we get so scared of failing!! #people never want to speak in class because 'what if I'm wrong :(((' #well then you are wrong... that is okay... it's normal to fail... sometimes saying the wrong thing is a great way to jumpstart a topic... #'getting a good grade in X is both normal to want and possible to achieve' #okay sure but have you made peace with the fact that getting a BAD grade in X isn't a bad thing? #a bad grade in being friends... okay... so you didn't check up on someone in 3 months... you failed... that's fine... #you can learn from it!! you can learn how to keep in touch with people. how to take care of them when they're sick. #how to resolve a dispute. how to communicate and compromise. these are all things you are not born with #and will fail first before succeeding at #Like yes I get that in the age of surveillance your failures may be recorded and preserved forever and that's not great #but if we don't normalize failure I really think we'll just suffocate and die

[zeravmeta]

we give garp a lot of (rightly deserved) shit but unironically like 90% of the criticisms towards him i see not only ignore the wider worldbuilding context of one piece but also don't acknowledge how sengoku is like the worst friend ever

#like in the world of OP its fully acknowledged and present that most pirates are like Kidd (ie violent against normal citizens) #and Garp is stated to be one of the pillars preserving peace not unlike how Whitebeard also did #but even then theres like 4 moments in marineford off the top of my head where garp WAS gonna betray the Marines #and it was Sengoku holding him back snd trapping him each time #and even beyond all this one of the themes behind marineford is that they all chose their paths and have to live with the consequences #luffy and ace chose their paths knowing full well it would make garp their enemy and garp had his hands tied entirely at marineford #and even then garp let luffy pass him!! garp could have easily stopped luffy and didn't. like he did choose them in the end as well #anyways garp does absolutely deserve a sock in the jaw because he strikes me as someone who wanted to change the system from the inside #but he failed. and like for all that koby and smoker are 'good' marines theres also not nearly the same amount of criticism towards them for #yknow. working for the marines knowing full well theyre a horrible organization #in any case i want to punch garp and strangle sengoku. oh ace is too evil to leave alive but law is perfectly ok huh sengoku???? #one piece #zerav meta #garp

[tanadrin]

Israelis and Palestinians learning to live cheek-by-jowl in one harmonious state like South Africa or Northern Ireland or Bosnia-Herzegovina (for, y'know, a pretty generous definition of "harmonious" in all three cases) would of course be really nice. But AFAICT the first one required political actors who could be trusted to deal in good faith and who had strong legitimacy in their respective communities, plus a long, difficult peace process; the second is still kinda janky and was premised on making future Irish reunification possible, plus involved two states that had disputed the territory between them coming together; the third is still very janky, involves a UN viceroy having a veto over all legislation, and was preceded by pretty hideous war.

So--in each case pretty historically and politically contingent. There aren't a lot of universal lessons you can draw here. And it's really, really hard to imagine anybody in the current leadership of either Israel or the PNA going for it, which would be a minimum precondition.

#personally i think there are cases like bosnia #where a desire to preserve international borders #leads to trying to make a state work where maybe it can't #like to me it would have made more sense to make peace between the FBH and the Republika Srpska #and let them go their separate ways #but idk #maybe there were compelling reasons not to i just don't see #and for sure if you tried to merge palestine and israel tomorrow #it would be an absolute shitshow

[thejadecount]

2012 and Rise TMNT Crossover Masterpost

I love it how in most crossover fanfics with one or the other iterations of the TMNT and ROTTMNT the main cause of the whole ‘crossing universes’ usually almost always leads back to Rise Donnie messing with portal/Multiverse technology.

Because admit it if anyone could and would break the Multiverse it would be Rise Donnie.

Like whenever I come across a new fic I can just imagine him turning on a gigantic machine that’s glowing and sparking and all his brothers terrified behind him while he’s just:

“IT’S EITHER I BREAK SCIENCE OR SCIENCE BREAKS ME, AND DAD DIDN’T RAISE A LITTLE BITCH!”

And then he just screws everyone over and breaks the multiverse.

#he would probably do it on purpose too just to what would happen #I mean this is rise Donnie we’re talking about #100 intelligence 0 wisdom #and then afterwards when they’re done introducing themselves Donnie realizes he never had a plan if it actually worked #Rise Leo: WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO?!! #Rise Donnie: I DIDNT KNOW IT WOULD ACTUALLY WORK OKAY?? THERE WAS LIKE A 70% CHANCE WE WERE GONNA DIE #everyone: WHAT?! #rottmnt #rise tmnt #rise donnie #rottmnt donnie #I hope that of they ever do a Turtles Forever thing with Rise and 2012 TMNT #it all starts with Donnie messing with Leo’s odachi in his lab #it would be hilarious #tmnt crossover #crossover with 2012 tmnt #this is rise Donnie he has no sense of self preservation #if there’s a 70% chance they’re gonna die that means there’s a 30% chance they’d gonna live #and you bet your ass he’s gonna take that 30% chance #even better: he did it with hopes on getting a Nobel Peace Prize for confirming the multiverse’s existence

[the-real-sasuke-uchiha]

A regime does not have rights. People do. If your village relies on oppression and discrimination, then it should be reformed from its roots and refounded. If your village needs to be watered with innocent blood to be able to flourish, it should be burned down to ashes and rebuilt from scratch.

A political system that is not ensuring safety and freedom for all its citizens is not fit for purpose. A system feeding from cruelty and war has no right to exist.

#pro Sasuke Uchiha #pro Sasuke's revolution #anti Shinobi system #anti Konoha #pro Uchiha #anti Kages #anti Hokages #anti will of fire #they had the guts to exterminate the Uchiha with the excuse of “peace” when all they wanted was to preserve their power #they say they will do anything “for the village” #but reality is they are doing anything and everything to maintain their political supremacy #The Uchiha were right #The Uchiha did nothing wrong #fuck Konoha

[clawheld]

my funniest art of my main bg3 guy

#ill put this in #my art #eben tho ive posted it before it deserves to be preserved on its own #this thing (galt da green) has brought me much peace in trying times #oc

[lousydrawingsforgoodpeople]

#you can leave #exit #doodles #bad art #lousy drawings #doodle #positivity #self love #healing #recovery #preserve your peace

[knifeslidez]

ugh seeing so many awful mcr/bandom blogs recommended to me in the "for you" tab

#from transmisogynists to pro-genocide freaks and almost everything in between #god its depressing that this is maybe the least shitty social media rn and it still is full of complete scumbags #i'll drop usernames if anyone wants btw. yk. if yall wanna block people and preserve your peace #ghoul groans

[euphorictruths]

Bear Creek Preserve, Pennsylvania

#nature photography #preserves #forest #trees #trails #paths #earthy #beautiful #beauty #escape #pretty #nature #healing #peaceful #nature preserve #wildlife #calm #spiritual #green #creeks #water #bridges #nature aesthetic #pennsylvania #bear creek

[lokiiied]

so does anyone know when the cishets expiration date is ? cause, it’s almost 2024 and i’m pretty tired.

#unfortunately i think they have a lotttt of preservatives #just responded to a s*lk** shipper under a lokius edit #they will never understand the anger and frustration #also literally what are you doing here #WHY DO THEY GET SO PRESSED ABOUT SHIPS THAT ARE NEVER GONNA HAPPEN #let me be delusional in peace? #go enjoy your selfcest and mind your own business #you don’t see me commenting under s*lk** edits #the last thing id wanna do honestly #im so tired #loki #lokius #loki season 2 #ofmd #gayer things #lqbtq+

[jahiera]

I’ll grab my screencaps when I’m home but one of my favorite conversations just as a player is party post-goblin camp where you talk to Astarion and you tell him that he “saved lives,” to which he replies that (paraphrased) the scale of lives didn’t change, they just killed goblins for tieflings. It’s fairly offhanded and unaddressed beyond that, but it’s one of those little moments that reconciles with the violence the player did in such a minute way that I think about it all the time. Because leading up to destroying the goblin camp, and even after, we are fairly secure in our positions and our choices, we aren’t really given many causes to doubt ourselves in game as players. Killing the goblins feels like the better answer—and of course, arguably, it still is—but in the goblin camp you can do a lot of fairly shitty things without much blowback, because you’re doing them to people your companions don’t like or respect or see as valuable, as real lives in comparison to others.

And again, within the frame of everything, the goblin camp is as a whole fairly horrible, their plans and their behavior was horrible, but does it justify you thus reducing yourself to their level if you use your tadpole powers to degrade and belittle and destroy them? debatable! people still died! and it was, if you’re of the mind, necessary to save the more “innocent” tieflings. but it’s not like there werent children in the goblin camp too—children that you can kill, outright, and just breeze right past that with no doubts or questions or eyebrows raised. there’s an…. inconsistency of thought there in lots of the choices you can take and still feel good about (because of who you’re doing it to) that fascinates me because most of the actions in there feel fairly justified in the moment. they’re done to goblins, who are framed in such a way that it’s easy to decide they’re all evil and irredeemable. And the only person to really point that out—in such a manner and way that it’s clear this whole thing means nothing to him either way, he doesn’t care either, and maybe that makes it even more interesting, because Gale/Wyll/Shadowheart all feel pretty justified in what happened there—is Astarion. you just traded lives for lives. is there really glory in righteousness here for you. it feels like one tiny moment that really drives home what BG3 as a whole is going for in terms of subverting the expectations of your choices and being a “good guy” in fantasy rpgs and what your heroism actually is, if anything. because you won’t get out of this fully right no matter how much we can ends justify the means it. to save the tieflings it was necessary but maybe there isn’t a right answer, or at least not a perfect one.

#Like I love it so much!! it’s such a good fucking moment #This isn’t passing judgement by the way I’m genuinely just obsessed with the implications of it all #it’s that subtle little reminder that Player Justification is subdued. in the tiniest way. #You can continue to go on feeling good about this and arguably there are reasons to feel good #but! there’s that slight moment. where the reality of things is laid bare #you traded a life for a life — you didn’t preserve it. you decided who deserved to live and you took that choice #which is just … so interesting #there is no peaceful solution there’s only what you Chose to do #bg3 meta #🐌.txt

[fayeandknight]

Sometimes I get too in my own head about what others are achieving and feeling behind. But tonight, as I waited in between runs at agility, I felt peace with where we are. It doesn't matter if we ever trial or earn titles/win ribbons. We are having fun playing agility.

We have fun dabbling in other things like tricks, and rally, and most recently scent work. He's also grown into a reliable service dog who genuinely enjoys his job.

And mostly importantly, he is a dog I deeply enjoy having in my life and it's clear he too is happy and fulfilled.

He's good with my senior kitty and gets along well with Faye. He's social with people and ranges from neutral to social with other dogs. We've got a nice little life together.

I remember despairing through the more painful moments that we'd ever get here. Y'all probably do too. But we are here. We made it. And it's so nice in a way that's both incredibly deep and yet simple.

I love Faye. It feels like her soul and mine resonate on a frequency all their own. But Forte brings my broken and battered heart peace in a way I didn't know was possible. And I'm just so deeply grateful to have him.

I imagine it as though I were shipwrecked, bobbing along in the ocean in a dingy while storms toss me this way and that. Faye climbed into the boat with me. She is here with me no matter how horribly the storm rages. Forte is the line I managed to catch hold of. It doesn't quell the tempests but it does keep me from getting completely swept out to sea.

I know this is so dramatic, lol. Especially given that these thoughts occurred to me while looking at him staring intently at me while other people and dogs run around a fancy obstacle course.

But I want to acknowledge that peace. Because I think it's so easy to get caught up in comparisons and self judgement. But at the end of the day the titles/ribbons don't matter. What matters is that we enjoy our little corner of the universe and are happy to be here together.

#dogblr #faye day dawning #corgi #australian cattle dog #forte #belgian tervuren #psychiatric service dog #service dog #dog agility #internal rambling #this post is probably complete nonsense #but i wanted to preserve that feeling of peace #mostly for myself #when I'm stressing about everything #but maybe for others? #do you like your dog? #does your dog like you? #if yes then anything else is icing on the cake #and if no? #give it time #you're more likely to get there than you think

[scatterpatter]

Every time i cringe when old of mine gets notes again, I then get this kinda swell of pride

Like man I never would've thought that a silly doodle I did in the middle of a hyperfix in 2019 would over 4 years later bring a smile to someones face

Like how many times I've gone down internet rabbit holes and found fanart over a decade old but still managed to bring a smile to my face, how many abandoned fics and comics and art people dont really think abt anymore still bring me joy when I stumble upon them

And I might not be proud of my old work because I've improved and I get embarrassed because I know I could do so much better if I re-did it nowadays, but like thats not the point. When I made it way back when it made me happy, and while it's not up to my personal standards anymore, it still makes other ppl happy. Other ppl arent holding my old art to the standards i am.

My one lil moment of joy that sparked a doodle inspiration kinda went across time and brought a smile to someone else's face way down the line when im not even really in the fandom that doodle was for anymore

AUs I've since gone back and went "eugh" with because I know I couldve approached them with better designs and writing nowadays, even tho I don't think it's good enough, someone else does, and like. thats just. thats just nice.

Idk. I dont have a point to this. I just hope that stuff i make today makes ppl happy years down the road. That's a nice thought.

#esp since i just cant make art as much as i used to. still coming to that reality and still making peace with that. #i mean if we wanna get real deep abt it- like- how do i put this #thanks to ~the horrors~ i feel severed from the self i was back then for lots of reasons. and my memories are faulty at best #so when ppl interact with older stuff it lets me bridge that gap a bit yknow? it even helps me remember a lot from back then #not to traumadump or anything but yknow how it is. sometimes survival is severance and forgetting everything in order to forget the bad #so its nice to have people bring up remembering the good #but again i dont really have a point to this i just find it sweet that ppl still find joy in old stuff even if that old stuff makes me crin #its why i aint planning on nuking any of my inactive sideblogs anytime soon #ESP my fnafblr. i may not be super into fnaf anymore but i want that blog there still because it really made me happy back then #and yeah to my fellow artists i recommend not nuking old art unless its something you REALLY dont want associated with u anymore #(very understandable if u do. i nuked some old dnd art for those reasons so dont feel guilty if u ever do) #something something 'beauty of internet preservation' #uh idk #personal #i guess

[ca-d]

pretty spider webs and foggy mornings 🕷️🕸️

#8am foggy mornings are truly the best #everything feels different #and it’s this eerie type of quiet #gives you some peace #anyways #there were webs everywhere #my fav when they’re all dewy 😭 #gotta get the supplies to preserve one #been talking about doing it so much lately #wish I was prepared this morning #forestcore #forest photography #nature #spider webs #mine

[jon-decor]

self-preservation ❤️‍🔥

#gym #workout #spring #april #self preservation #good vibes only #love #wisdom #peace

[lousydrawingsforgoodpeople]

(this 1 came 2 me in a dream)

#building blocks #you are not hard to love #blocking as self care #block them #not sure if this makes sense #to anyone but me #preserve your peace #doodles #bad art #lousy drawings #doodle #positivity #self love #healing #recovery #toxic friends