#who repairs them?

[drumlincountry]

EVERY fantasy book EVERY scifi novel every starwars movie every post apocalyptic show. I ask, WTF??? The same same question EVERY time. Say it with me - WHERE’S THE FARMING?

#ursula k le guin is guiding me. hand on my shoulder. #approx 200 generations of agriculturist ancestors stand at the other shoulder and they are yelling #where does your food come from? who makes your clothes? #who repairs them? #how do you store these things? how do you preserve them? #What fuel do u use to cook how many people are you feeding? #look. too much of the art i consume comes from the imperial core/global north where most of us have to think about where our shit comes from #approximately none of the time #but if u are writing about an alternative world u HAVE to have these systems #i just watched the gay episode of TLOU and it was pretty good in that regard but in the early part the guy had chickens #excellent move good work #and then the chickens never reappeared?? nor the food garden? we only saw leisure activities? which sure u could have some time i guess. #but what the fuck were you feeding those chickens? did ur big metal fence keep foxes away too? #and then at the end [spoiler event] WITHOUT LIKE. REFERENCING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE ANIMALS? #YOU HAVE DEPENDENTS MY DUDE. YOU CAN'T JUST [SPOILER]. #and how do those quarantine zones work? those walled citiess? we saw the land 10 miles to the east and it was wilderness? #and weirdest thing there was pasture? grazed pasture? but no animals on it? is this city land? #why weren't the fugitives avoiding it? why was it in the middle of forest? #or was it some other self sufficient person? in an underground bunker? who herded all their sheep in when they heard people coming? #which if u have ever worked with sheep. good luck doing that urgently. #me fein #agriculture

[bluastro-yellow]

Kurvitz stresses that Kim doesn't actually have a character sheet hidden in Disco Elysium's code. Imagining that Lieutenant Kitsuragi has only one natural attribute point in Motorics helps the ZA/UM team to understand the depth of his character beyond what's referenced in the game's dialogue. "We just came up with this stuff for coherency," says Kurvitz. "And because we're nerds."

"I like to think Kim has a Thought Cabinet project called Revolutionary Aerostatic Brigades that he's worked on since he was a teenager," Kurvitz says. "This raises the learning caps for his Reaction Speed and Interfacing."

Kim's high Volition skill makes him impervious to prying, Kurvitz says, as the detective can find out on occasions being met with Kim's brick-wall resolve. Kim often chastises these whims of the detective's, but will occasionally play along. The Lieutenant finds his new partner funny, says Kurvitz.

Kim is naturally shit at Motorics and thinks Harry is funny source

#THE GUY WHO SO MANY THOUGHT WAS THE MISSING MOTORICS BUILD IS BAD AT THEM #and thinks cop types are stupid <3 #the bajillion points in authority make even more sense. he probably has a lot of natural points in the purple skills? #(addition: so empathy too T_T !!!) #so this means he had to put a lot of points in composture on purpose. and had to learn how to sew and repair motorcarriages the hard way? #the interfacing learning cap is higher but he still had to put points in it to have more than 1 #his perception is abysmal and it stayed so #his hand/eye coordination is also bad. his shooting posture is horrible. I wonder how he got to 7/10 #I want to poke this nerd with a stick #disco elysium #release the kim character sheet now. what the hell is volta do mar I need to know #he must have volta do mar. h/e coordination. kinetic dressage #(and something related to authority) #first and last are red but it's a different shade than harry's red-pink physical skills #so they must have a different name. but h/e is yellow #maybe everyone has the 4 colors psy/phis/mot/int categories but they have different shades and names #<-all of this is from the official jacket they sell. it's in the description #ok no the color shades are just the website's fault. sad noise

[halcyone-of-the-sea]

I never really share anything personal on here because I'm a pretty private person, but there's something so profound about getting passed down my Grandpa's old camera collection.

Like what do you mean he took pictures of my Grandma with them 30+ years ago? That the A-1 Canon that's now in my room was the camera that took my parents' wedding photos? I stuck a roll of film into the same place he did? The thought of him loving photography as much as I do is the most tear-jerking emotion I've ever experienced even if we're not that close.

I just got the A-1 Canon working again after upwards of 20 years of being unused and sitting in a cupboard. Hearing the shutter go off as I took a picture of my dog was something special, and I don't even think I can describe it in a way that makes sense. It was like I was holding my own family history in my hands.

I was genuinely surprised it was in such good condition in the first place - I barely had to do anything other than look over it to make sure nothing was broken and mess with a few areas of concern. My grandpa kept his A-1 in immaculate condition despite his pretty bad health; the same with his other cameras as well.

As much as I want to keep them all in a glass case and have them stay perfect, I can't imagine not using them the same way he did. Of course, up until I have to retire them for my own kids to use one day in just as pristine a state.

#random rambles from a nineteen-year-old who loves history and old stuff too much #I set all of them up in a few cubbies on my bookshelf for now until I can get the parts I need #I can't wait to get them working again - even if I have to sink a few hundred into repairs it'll be well worth it #I don't think I'd ever be able to work in a museum I'd cry at literally everything I see #so many stories #just felt that I needed to type this out #lots of emotions today

[give-grian-rights]

We'll never have dream smp again you'll never get to be a mcyt during the lockdown

Every waking moment of my being was dedicated to dream smp. I was never more disconnected from people and more intertwined with thousands of others.

I'll never be a teenage mcyt people blorbo post about and I'll never go back

But that's just me talking without my meds ...

#im now back on them but for an appointment skipped three days #fuck anyone whos an ex dsmp fan who acts like it was horrible. it wasnt. we'll never have that again #ive been in a hospital for three hours and can't stop this dsmp mental illness #objectively the pandemic was horrible for my mental and physical health in ways yet to be repaired #but it allowed for a time in space and internet culture that is now unreachable. it will never happen again #and maybe it shouldnt but god.... #mika-posts #dream smp #dsmp

[uncanny-tranny]

Something I realized (which was obvious to me subconsciously) is that... The family that vehemently didn't accept me when I first came out but now do accept me are still the same family that I am most unwilling to be open about things I feel protective over.

I remember that my dad reacted so poorly, not to my coming out, but to my transition specifically that my therapist was the one to ask if I wanted to put it on my file that I wanted nothing to ever be shared with him about my health after I broke down multiple times due to my anxiety that I would never transition. While there are and were protections for me, I was incredibly fearful at the time because I was a minor, and I was so worried that he would have prevented my transition that I couldn't have said for certain what (if any) lengths he would have gone to to prevent that.

He's grown a lot as a person, and made some commendable strides. But he didn't find out from me when I medically transitioned the second I turned eighteen, and I think that's among the things that truly made him realize the scope of the issue.

I'm not here to guilt trip parents, guardians, or other members responsible for the care of the children or teens or young adults in their care.... but this is a cautionary tale. You aren't saving the people in your care when you do this, you simply reinforce an idea that you will never care for them, never want them as they are, would rather them be shoved away.

When you give people reasons to be secretive, they will behave secretively. When you give people reasons to doubt their safety around you, they will become sneaky, defensive, and withdrawn. When you give people reasons to doubt that you value their life, they will believe that you don't care if they live or not.

#queer #lgbt #lgbtq #ally advice #transphobia #transphobia tw #i always feel the need to preface that i have a rebuilt relationship with my dad specifically... #...but that my experiences with them have served to me in many ways to illustrate... well... what NOT to do if you are in his situation #i do still grieve that my relationship with him looks very scarred and that it took a long time to get to where he is now #but i recognize that in many ways this is a product of the world and culture we live in and that he lived in #in a world he grew up gay was used as a slur. would i expect that trans people would be treated better? #and he was responsible for how he reacted but also... it's nuanced as to why he reacted so poorly #and i want people to AVOID being like he did if they EVER want a decent relationship with the other person #i want this to be a cautionary tale and that my ending is unique. not all of us are even ABLE to repair a relationship that was THAT broken #some of us die trying. some of us never get closure. some of us are in active danger because of those reactions #and that's the more common reality i have found. most other queer people have no-contact with families who pulled the shit my dad had... #...and that's - frankly - a good idea in 99.9% of cases. i will never judge someone for the way they go about dealing with that #i'm just emphasizing that i am unique in the sense that i was able to somewhat repair that

[lilaccatholic]

I am once again thinking about the reluctant ruler whose arc justly and correctly includes assuming the throne and taking responsibility for the people set before them

#it's about simba coming back to pride rock it's about aragorn using andúril to fight for middle earth and assuming the throne it's about #hiccup marrying astrid and assuming his role as chief and moses returning to egypt #and it's about irina loving her people so fully that when she claims all of her subjects as hers that chernobog must release them to her!!! #and it's about miryem choosing to stay with the staryk and repair the damage and assume responsibility for the land and people!!!!! #and! it's! about! gen!!!! #it's ALWAYS about gen!!!! #gen who didn't want to be king. who hated being king and only wanted to marry a queen but who obeyed his gods and became a king over kings #who lost his home and half his family and his HAND but who ushered in a new golden age. #and it's about sophos who ran away but who shot the ambassador and took back his kingdom #it's about duty and it's about sacrifice and it's always ALWAYS about doing the right thing even at great personal cost because it's about #submitting to a power higher than your own. of recognizing that the calling on life is one for serving others and having so much more to #answer for than just yourself. it's knowing duty is love is duty #i cant stand stories where the answer is 'give up the throne and reject your duty' because no!!! you dont get it!!! #thats how you get the monsters!!! thats how you get the prince turned into a beast and thats how you get every terrible weak king that #aragorn feared becoming #to accept your throne is to die to self!!! you are no longer you but 'king' or 'queen' #it's like queen mary says to qeii in the crown 'elizabeth mountbatten must die #elizabeth regina must take her place.' #that's terrifying! but it's also everything!!!! #die! to! self! die! to! self!!!!!! #lilac rambles #lilac goes to the movies #lion king #prince of egypt #lotr #spinning silver #the crown #tqt #the queen's thief #httyd

[nerdie-faerie]

I'm once again thinking about the missed opportunities to have Klaus and Kol bond more. Part of Klaus' whole motivation as a vampire is to get his werewolf part back and to finally be stronger than Mikael (sort of, I'm simplifying) both of which can be obtained by breaking his curse. But Kol? Kol is the only other original that can relate to having a fundamental part of themself ripped away from them. Klaus might not have known he was a werewolf until he killed, but he likely still had a connection he couldn't explain, as evident by him going to watch the wolves transform. And something he'd never been able to explain was now gone. He might only be able to realise the connection afterwards through its absence.

Kol though. Kol had grown up with magic, a connection to nature and the world around him in a way the rest of his siblings supposedly didn't have. And then he gets turned. And not only has his baby brother died, his father has just murdered him and the rest of his siblings after forcing them to drink human blood, which he'll later learn. Now, not only does he have to deal with the grief of Henrik's death and also his own but also the loss of his magic. A loss that's likely only worsened by Kol being a self-proclaimed child prodigy.

Kol is pretty much the only one who could understand what Klaus is going through with the binding of his wolf. We know Kol searched for ways to get his magic back/carry on practicing magic in the same way that Klaus was looking for ways to break his curse. While Klaus likely could still feel his wolf there despite being bound, Kol has no access to his magic anymore. I just think they should've been able to bond or connect over their shared loss of an intrinsic aspect of their selves at the hands of their parents

#TVD #The Mikaelsons #Kol Mikaelson #Klaus Mikaelson #briefly back on my the originals shouldve gotten to be a family goddammit and as someone from a big family im personally offended bs #i did right a lil snippet about them bonding over this that i havent posted yet for the joml verse but still think its an unexplored concep #need more witch!kol acknowledgement honestly. just need more content of my boy #anyway. klaus having a fascination with the moon and kol telling him about celestial events and how it affects his magic when theyre boys #klaus losing that connection to the moon feeling lost & extra tempermental feeling his wolf claw at its binds and vowing to break his curse #kol determined to get his magic back at any cost relating to that devasting loss and promising to help him find a loophole for his curse #kol who becomes extra reckless and determined when he learns that theres a way to break klaus' curse so maybe he can get his magic back too #that knowledge and recklessness combined with his loss of magic driving him to become the volatile vampire that we see #that leads to him being daggered repeatedly but that first time breaks something in that bond between him & klaus that never fully recovers #it makes him bitter and resentful only fueling his reckless behaviour particularly when there seems to be no leads on reclaiming his magic #that he becomes distant from his siblings in the process especially with finn still daggered but that distance only cements the idea #to his siblings that hes a danger and cant be trusted that he needs to be daggered if theyre to stay safe from mikael #the loss of his magic leading to his spiral as a vampire and him being ostracised by his family > actual tvdu kol canon #klaus being trapped in a room staring at the corpse of his little brother knowing he never repaired that relationship with him #and now he never can so he refuses to look away as penance and a reminder of his failings to his little brother #*edit: one of the reblogs on this post is the author of big bad wolf and honestly she does an amazing job at portraying the mikaelsons #as actual siblings if you havent read it its one of my favourites for characterisations but we need more 😭 i want it to be the norm

[milktrician]

his silliness and depression have captivated me

(feat. my oc gin)

#gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #i have a trend of drawing more hair than they have #gin tonali #milk ocs #for those unfamiliar with my ocs. 99% #gin (in his original world) is a guy who tried to make something of himself after running away from home and ends up in a self crisis again #and returns home to repair the relationships with his family and make sense of how he was raised ingrained shit ways of thinking about #his self worth and stuff. also he was raised in the time religion #playing fun and loose with him in forgotten realms lore #he’s still a courier and the time religion has turned into a time cult but dont worry about it #hes a normal guy who wants to stop living in interesting times and is trying to not let the stress of the last few weeks hit him all at onc #and keeps doing heroic things on accident when all he wants to do is go home and lay low #how this circles back to gale is i want them to be sweet and kiss and theyre that one piece of the couple sleeping under a thick blanket #this is also the comedy of the shipname being ‘time bomb’

[arialebenthal]

this has been sitting in my drafts for 2 years because i know i'm gonna get hate mail about it. oh well. this is for you, RTD truthers

#doctor who #doctor who rtd era #rtd era #dw rtd era #rtd era dw #anti moffat #dw #my post #listen i don't hate these characters i think they had the potential to be amazing. but moffat fucked them up beyond repair #also there's a grammar mistake but i didn't notice til just now and i'm too lazy to edit it 👍🏻 #should say 'who* does not need romance or....' etc #not 'that' #as the sentence is referring to a person

[daisy-bugs]

scar's red life shawl is his last life robes after one (1) mental breakdown and a pair of shears. to me.

#look man the two seasons just seem really closely linked and im a sucker for a wardrobe change caused by a shift in mindset #tell me that him ripping up his old robes and fundamentally changing them in a time of emotional distraught isn't tempting #tell me that him deciding to repair it later #turn it back into something usable #turning the shredded ends into the flairs of a shawl #tying on poppies to try and bring some color back to it #maybe he was thinking of grian. so what. #and then one day hes alone. hes tired. hes so alone it hurts. #and then he dies #and he decides that now. now is the time to wear the shawl. #a reminder of people who cared about him #grians poppies and his robes to match joel and the button up underneath to feel his family again #tell me that isnt tantalizing. #idk maybe thats just me #secret life #secret life smp #slsmp #goodtimeswithscar #daisy.txt

[trash-can-sam]

What happens when your coworker kills your other coworker but both of you are in a relationship (kind of) with the same ethereal woman who had an admiration for said dead coworker.

+bonus Evandrey because it’s funny to me (I’m sorry Eva.)

#pathologic #pathologic 2 #andrey stamatin #yulia lyuricheva #eva yan #evandrey #yulieva #evaandrey #Eva yahn #Andrei Stamatin #see I think that Eva is very okay with Eva being how she is- promiscuous and spreading her love (Maybe a little jealous but more rooted in #self loathing and insecurities) #and she’s like look I’m okay with this whole open relationship (technically we aren’t in a relationship even though I really want to be) #thing BUT why HIM. I have to work with him and he’s by far the worst man I’ve ever worked with (besides maybe his brother because at least #Andrey actually talks but really they’re a package deal anyways) I need to have meetings with him often and it’s horrendous every time #like spread your love it’s noble really. #I wouldn’t expect anything else from you #but maybe give him less he’s annoying as hell #I also think that she’d figure out pretty quickly that Andrey and Peter killed Farkhad #just bcuz like. yk she’s there. she’s seen the already shaky relationship crumble beyond repair. she’s seen them argue in meetings. #she knows the stamatwins are not above murder. especially for art. and she’s clever. #And andrey knows that so he doesn’t try to hide it. she doesn’t have recourse anyways- #the kains (who I think helped cover up the murder) employ her too #and andrey respects her to a degree- he assumes she’ll see reason. #and honesty. Yulia might be upset that Andrey killed one of the only other architects but also she does not miss him that much. #she’s like I don’t agree with this whole murder thing but you are kind of right he had to go he was getting on my nerves #the meetings will be 10x more tolerable now that the twins can’t argue with him about things that aren’t even real #it’s awful but it did drive Eva further into my arms so necessary evils. #my art #sorry for the essay in the tags.

[spock-smokes-weed]

Not to keep adding ideas to the ever-growing pile I have, but I do think a lot about a fic of Sanji’s siblings coming crashing back into his life once he’s settled down in the All Blue.

Like Sanji is living his dream. He’s got his restaurant, he’s got Zoro, he’s got three beautiful children, he’s got his found family in the crew and the baratie. He’s fully thriving and BAM a big ass ship shows up one day and out pops his siblings looking for him.

And he so fucking mad because he never wanted to see any of them again. He especially didn’t want his kids within 100 miles of them. But they roll up to his restaurant (or house, depending what kind of narrative tension you want to have) and say “dad’s dead. Come home for his funeral”

Aaaaand that’s all I got.  

#one piece #vinsmoke sanji #I haven’t gotten to whole cake yet so this idea isn’t fully formed until I do #since I don’t know the fully context of sanji’s dynamic with his siblings #but as someone who HAS siblings (the same amount that sanji has actually) #I’m always compelled by fucked up sibling relationships and reflection in adulthood #and maybe being able to repair things once your parents are dead #also sanji struggling to be open and honest with his children about his family #and being so scared for them when it comes to his siblings #idk I’m just spit balling here #mari is my main zosan oc but I do have the other two #sora and ryuji #and I think it would be really interesting to do some stuff with like #mari being the oldest and being more aware of what the adults want to keep from them #and having to be the strong older sister #since she’s the oldest by like five years

[tabooiart]

dont worry guys i am literally ALWAYS thinking about these two

#my art #fanart #starlight express #stex #wrench the repair truck #dinah the dining car #dinahwrench #wrenchdinah #kitchen repair #been TOO long since ive drawn them #'do i even weigh anything to you?' 'no its like holding a couple of grapes' #wrenchs love language is carrying dinah. luckily dinahs type is anyone who can carry her

[betasuppe]

A character who knows they're broken & damaged goods finding someone who doesn't think of them only as a fixer-upper or a issue to be mended, but loving them just as much of a broken mess that they are? That's the real deal right there♡

#all my fave ships are #1. BROKEN & LOST & HOPELESS & DAMAGED BEYOND ALL REPAIR #& #2. sweet loving thing who loves 1 just as they are & sees them as wonderful & lovable & perfect just as they are♡ #.... for better or worse lollllll

[loving-jack-kelly]

Do we think one of Charley's kids is named after Frank bc to me. There's a little Kringas with the middle name Franklin. and every time Charley sees it it makes him sad because how to explain to his son that he's named after somebody Charley loves so much, Uncle Frank who used to be here all the time and used to be so silly and make him laugh when he was little, and now Uncle Frank doesn't visit anymore and now Charley gets sad every time Uncle Frank comes up in conversation and now when little Daniel Franklin Kringas asks if Uncle Frank can come to his birthday party or his baseball game or how come it's been so long since Uncle Frank came for supper, Charley has to take a deep breath like he doesn't know what to say. and when Evelyn and Charley are telling their kids the stories of their names it's so easy to say Hannah is from Grandma Kringas and Alexander from Mama's brother Uncle Alex, and Josephina Mary, well, Aunt Mary still visits sometimes. But Uncle Frank? How do they talk about Uncle Frank? He's still their uncle, but they don't see him. Where did he go? Why did he go?

#also that opens to the door to the kids (especially the younger ones who would only be like 10 at the end of the story) #being the first to welcome frank back when he tries to start to repair things with Charley #merrily we roll along #we know mary kept up with frankie jr so there's no way she fully abandoned charley and his kids after the interview #she probably doesn't mention them to each other at all but in my head she still hopes to be the bridge someday #and after the party. i genuinely think frank will have better luck reconnecting with charley than with mary

[lee-thebee]

Okay I can’t believe I’ve NEVER mentioned on here before that months ago during the summer I may or may not have written an over 7000 word essay on eastward.

And I wrote this as the script for a YouTube video that I’ve yet to film, so there’s TONS of stuff I’ve just added on at the end as little notes (which btw I didn’t include in this word count) instead of actually writing it all out. I truly do think I am beyond help and have been for a long long time now,,

#I wrote an analysis on each of the main characters and you wanna know who has the most written about them?? #yep! it’s isabel!! 😁 #I’m going insane! I am beyond repair!!!! and I also need to actually film this I’m very proud of it #eastward #eastward octopia