#why can't we vote on these kinds of updates

[keikakudori]

post prior.

                a glorious look that some might have said about the gaze that aizen sousuke was leveling upon the pair before him -- for that eye was wide, that gaze was intense. a startled thing he appeared, unsure and uncertain of the world around him suddenly and left bereft of color and sound and life. but it was not something that would ever be a prolonged sentiment for a man such as him. for all that he was a divine beast, for all that aizen sousuke had come to reign over the halls of las noches and had become something truly dangerous, turned immortal from the piercing of that heart and more --- 

                curse or blessing, geas or benediction -- perhaps both at once for it had been by that blade of silver that he had been cut down and left tumbling from the great height which he'd risen to. arrogance, foolishness, stupidity -- all had been his folly when it had happened. and here, now, this was the locus of his own actions and hubris. this was proof of the work of years upon years culminated into the truest display of his own stupidity. of his own loss. and shock hung there in him, in his soul, hovering like a wound that had not verged near upon healing; there was no scar tissue to be found there for he was a thing made of blood and grief. how he BLED even now. how he agonized over it. and now this --- this QUINCY had somehow found gin, had found --- HOW? the thought ran through his head, hovered there, shuddered through him. HOW HAD THIS OUTSIDER FOUND GIN? HOW HAD THIS HAPPENED?

                the color of that skin -- it was wrong. the way gin was holding himself -- more. more more more --- signs that something was WRONG. how they screamed at him, those subtle things -- but there too was the command and the air was snarling. it was thickening. for all that the pale reiatsu of the younger shinigami slammed at aizen, he had grown considerably in the two years hence from that day. for all of that power -- for all of that weight -- 

                DON'T LET HIM HURT ME --- 

                a command? it seemed so. beneath the numbness, beneath that pain --- anger. anger was rising. it was blooming, it was surging upwards. what had happened was all, yes -- a flash. a blink of an eye a breath of air the beat of a heart --- A FLASH OF ENERGY AND POWER.                 the words had rolled from gin's mouth --- BANKAI, KAMISHINI NO YARI.

                powerful, precise -- how he had ever enjoyed watching gin's hand moving, sweeping across the canvas of what dwelt before them both, cutting down enemies like they were stalks of wheat to collect the chaff. such was how he knew the power of that blade, knowing that if he leaned in close enough, perhaps shinso would be hissing. for the first time in two years, however, he felt a stirring from ---

                a jolting thrust against his body, an impact; there and gone again and the concussive clap of the sonic boom would've been enough to tell him, even without the flash of pain through his torso from where the blade had plunged in and exited. the blood which flowed into the air like a crimson serpent in the wake of the wakizashi's exit was a threading of sorts, a reminder of a string that he had thought cut to be forever severed. but did not the saying proclaim that it could knot and tangle yet never be cut, never be broken? perhaps this was proof of that. yet how the pain was there, catching up with what had happened, aizen feeling the force of that strike. his raikoho had not landed, though how he had wanted it too, and even before he could begin to move and rush in in its wake, the blade was punching through the surface of his chest and out that broad back --- 

                a ribbon of blood in the air.

                a thread that tied them together.

                it was but something caught by a flash of brilliance upon the blade, red staining it, and already he had been moving even when the blade was rotated in that hand, aimed --- a FLASH. 

                black fluttered down towards the earth below, the band which had curled over his head drifting like a flurry of ash to settle gently upon the earth whilst the dark-haired traitor stood as if transfixed as shinso's blade cut through his HEAD. the black was left to drape and slip to conceal pieces of rubble. there seemed to be no sound. only when the blade was gone did aizen collapse as if he were empty garments falling from a hanger, crumpling into a heap of black bindings and limbs. 

                how abruptly the power in the air, cut off and no longer present. so it was he was left to lay there, sprawled, a heap even as the wound cutting through his head leaked blood and clear fluids alike, the wet red mouth of it gaping as if inviting a touch, a finger, a probing; gone was the eye of brown, burst and wounded into nothing but gelatinous aftermath that leaked across the skin of the god and an unseeing depth of violet upon crystalline silver gazed towards the heavens overhead. the monstrous beast laid there and he did not move, did not make any motion whatsoever. 

                --- felled. he had been felled. ah, how swiftly it had cut him, that lance of silver. 

                DEICIDE.

/ @godkilller & @zombiigrl

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[dollfaceksj]

AHHHH angry yoongi?? count me in!! can't wait for 13

heyy😗 short update sorry ;(

can’t afford love | myg (m) #13

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5 MINS EARLIER

“it’s been too long man,” jimin says after yoongi hugs seokjin

yoongi catches up with his friends

until they get to the topic of jun

they ask how he’s doing of course

yoongi as a proud father shows them pictures

they keep talking about how much he’s grown

about how much he’s got yoongi’s eyes but your mouth

but then that reminds yoongi

yoongi nudges jimin with his elbow. “you’re the last person i’d consider to be father material, you know.”

jimin chuckles and nods. “oh, 100%. i could never. not for the next 15 years at least.”

“same, i might have to freeze my sperm now.” seokjin suddenly joins in on the jokes

a frown settles onto yoongi’s brows

huh?

“so then, why did you say you’d be down to father y/n’s child?”

at the expressions on both their faces, realization dawns on yoongi

and it didn’t take long for him to drag you into the restrooms after

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with a deep sigh, you bring your hand up and scratch at your scalp with your manicured nails

“i knew you’d keep being difficult otherwi–”

he cuts you off. “difficult? what you asked of me wasn’t easy. are you hearing yourself?”

you roll your eyes as bratty as you can

“and yet, you immediately agreed to all my points when i brought up other men. suddenly, i was right when i said ‘we agreed on two kids’. when i said ‘it’s better to have 2 kids share the same parents’. when i said ‘jun needs someone he can love unconditionally and who will love him unconditionally’. suddenly, suddenly, you were 100% sure and down to do it. needed no damn time to think.”

he stares at you for a moment, clearly frustrated by the way you catch the tension in his jaw

it’s quiet for a moment

but you decide to keep pushing his buttons

“so either, you were on board from the start and just wanted to be difficult or you’re just jealous. whatever you wanna admit to, feel free. but the fact that you’re this pissed over something as silly as a little white lie—like saying seokjin would give me a baby—kind of sounds like it’d be the latter.”

jealousy.

and he clearly doesn’t like that

like you care

ugh😒

both of you are just staring each other down

heated

breaths fanning over each others lips

that’s how close he is

leaves no space for you, right in front of you with his hands in his pockets as you lean against the wall with your back

the cold tiles caress the bare skin of your shoulders but that doesn’t matter when you’re this heated

he shakes his head, teeth gritted together

clearly he’s got nothing to say

but your mind goes blank when he suddenly leans in

eyes drop to your lips for a split second before back to your eyes

“you’re lucky this entire look of yours,” he says as he waves his hand in front of your body. “…looks expensive.”

this makes you frown and your lips twitch for a moment

you snap, “and why is that?”

he leans further in, nose brushes right up against yours

leaving no space for you

all you see

all you hear

all you feel

is him.

and then, when he speaks, it’s over for you

“i would have fucking ruined you.”

Oh.

😂😂😂😂😂😂

ain’t shit funny.

you know you’re playing with fire when you ask, “ruin me how?”

in the blink of an eye, your entire body is turned around by your waist

your chest pressed into the wall behind you

and his chest pressed into your back, lips grazing your earshell

one hand on your waist, the other on your hip

“by fucking the shit out of you, right here. or bend you over that sink over there, i’m not picky.”

it’s almost like your body has a layer of sweat draped over it now

how quickly your body reacts to his mouth is crazy

whether he uses it to speak or do something else

and for whatever reason, you think it’s best to keep pushing his buttons

see if he’s real about that life LMAOOO

you say, “i’m not ovulating, though.”

“i don’t give a fuck,” he snaps. “you think i believe a single word you say now? you could’ve lied about your ovulation period. hell, you could even be pregnant right now. you dirty little liar.”

and for the first time tonight, you regret wearing this dress

because even though his crotch is pressed right into the swell of your ass

you can barely feel a thing

his hand moves up from your waist to the back of your neck, firmly pressing down

as if to make sure to keep you still against the wall

keep you trapped

but he knows damn well you wouldn’t wanna be anywhere but here right now

“you’re exaggerating. i’m not pregnant, i had alcohol tonight.”

“that doesn’t make you any less of a filthy liar, y/n. watch that fucking mouth of yours.”

holy shit

now you really wish you could rip this dress off your body

should you?

just be quick so no one realizes you two are gone and have been for a whi–

“now, go ahead and chat up your little photographer boyfriend. maybe he’d be down to film us conceiving the new baby.”

with that, he peels his hands off your body

and he’s gone

just like that

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maybe he’d be down to film us conceiving the new baby.

crazy son of a bitch

taehyung’s not even your boyfriend!!! far from it

in other words ‘i wonder if your new boyfriend would be down to film us having sex.’

‘film me attempting to impregnate you.’

‘record me while i breed you.’

WHY DO YOU KEEP THINKING ABOUT IT STOP

you spend the rest of the evening by taehyung’s side

only catching yoongi’s eyes every once in a while

and you’re pretty sure yoongi catches it when you’ve exchanged phone numbers with tae

:)

out of 2 nominations, namjoon won 1

you celebrate a little longer with them before going home in a cab

you have to meet yoongi tomorrow and the last thing he’d said to you was that he would’ve fucking ruined you under other circumstances

shit

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the following day, you’re getting ready to go to yoongi’s home

you’re wearing something casual yet cute

soft makeup

hair nonchalant

as you leave your home, your phone buzzes

ah

you’ve been texting him since this morning

you had to tell him yoongi and you are divorced

and nothing is going on between you and your exhusband

from: taehyung

‘Have you ever considered modelling?’

from: you

‘absolutely not’

from: taehyung

‘Is there a reason for that? You’re absolutely stunning.’

from: you

‘thank you but i don’t know why. don’t think i’d be very comfortable in front of a camera? i think’

you toss your phone into the passenger seat and start the car as you head to yoongi’s place

you show up about 20 minutes later

get out, cake in hand that you’d just bought in some random store

you knock at his front door

door swings open and yoongi’s there, slacks and a button up

ah

so he dressed up for you

you hand him the cake, your phone and your keys without so much as a greeting and immediately step in looking for your son

jun’s on the couch, intently watching tv

“baby?” you whisper

it catches jun’s attention but he doesn’t know where the sound is coming from so he’s looking around

you walk further into the living room

and his eyes are on you now

“mommy!” he turns over and slowly pushes himself off the couch to make sure his feet hit the floor first

he starts running to you and you immediately pick him up

your heart swells

he’s really your life

your moon

your sun

you hug him tightly. “oh, mommy’s missed you so much.”

“i miss mommy. daddy miss mommy.”

“woah there,” yoongi mumbles as he goes to put the cake in the fridge

“daddy misses mommy?” you question as you kiss jun’s cheeks

yoongi emerges from the kitchen again and crosses his arms as he watches you two

“has daddy been bad?” you ask jun and kiss his forehead

he shakes his head

“mommy’s been bad,” yoongi adds out of nowhere

you glance at yoongi and he’s just staring at you with his infamous stoicism

you fake gasp as you look at jun. “has mommy been bad? does daddy have to punish mommy?”

jun only giggles at your ridiculousness and shakes his head

yoongi however, seems to catch up on your innuendo

you kiss jun once more and then set him down by the table, in front of the spiderman plate

jun doesn’t really wait as he starts eating without you two

yoongi walks up to you to hand you back your phone

but suddenly your phone lights up with an unread text

both of your eyes automatically drop to read it

from: taehyung

‘Don’t worry about that, beautiful. We can do some things with the camera in private to ease you into it.’

oh.

OH.

anddd your heart stops beating in your chest when you realize the teeniest tiny twitch in yoongi’s brows in your peripheral vision as he reads your new message

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[matan4il]

Thank you for your daily updates.

I've been seeing people discussing why/not the ICJ case is valid, but nothing on how the judges are likely to rule, a discussion that happens often when there is a big SCOTUS case.

What of their temperaments? Sure there's a Lebanese judge, that doesn't inherently make him antisemitic. Do you know if the judges are more "left" or "right?" My hopes are not high, considering they refuse to see evidence of the actual Oct 7 massacres (shame, since Hamas really wanted that broadcasted).

Hi Nonnie,

I usually try to reply to asks at the same order I got them, but I'll make an exception, because of how relevant this is to the current proceedings at the ICJ right now.

I don't think that being Muslim makes anyone inherently biased, nor do I think being Jewish means a person is free of the antisemitism of their environment, so I generally believe it's impossible for judges to be completely disconnected from what their country's position is. I believe the ICJ recognizes this as well, and that's why, a country that is suing or sued at the ICJ without having a representation among the permanent judges, has the right to appoint one. Specifically when it comes to Lebanon, I have to admit that IDK how possible it is for the Lebanese judge to ignore the fact that his country has for decades implemented an actual apartheid, a legally imposed policy of discrimination against Palestinians who live there.

Well, for this trial, we have an Israeli judge, a SA judge, and the 15 permanent judges. Here's one analysis about the 15 that I read:

American judge: had worked as a legal advisor to the administrations of Clinton and Obama, believes the scope of international law is limited (so she's less likely to grant SA a provisional measure that's a legal precedent).

Russian judge: advises Russia on two legal matters (regarding Georgia, and Kosovo), believes the scope of international law should be wider, has voted against demanding of Russia to stop the military operation in Ukraine, and has published independently his opinion that the ICJ has no right to judge the Russia-Ukraine conflict, because Russia didn't recognize its authority on this. Has visited Israel in 2015 for an international space conference, and together with 2 other ICJ judges, has conducted a "trial" regarding space law.

Slovak judge: sees the scope of international law as narrower, in the past he indicated that he thinks the crime of committing a genocide can't be decided in this court (that it should be in a criminal one), he has also said that quotes uttered in "the heat of battle" (the kind at the basis of SA's lawsuit) are not indicative of policy intent, they're just war propaganda. Has visited Israel in 2015 for an international space conference, and together with 2 other ICJ judges, has conducted a "trial" regarding space law.

French judge: Jewish, considered critical of Israel. In the past, while arguing against Israel, he has also said that the conflict here is political by nature and that the involvement of the ICJ in it is unhelpful to dialogue between the parties.

Moroccan judge: in the past, his decisions included non-legal considerations (for example, he said he's not sure Ukraine's move against Russia fits the convention on the prevention of genocide, but he still was in favor of granting Ukraine the provisional measures it was asking for). He was also a minority vote in the matter of whether the Serbs committed a genocide against the Bosnian Muslims, where the majority determined that the conditions to define it as such were not met.

Somali judge: there are no past indications of how he might rule from an international law perspective. He's Muslim, but in the past he has joined an Iftar dinner at the home of the Israeli ambassador at the Hague, and has also once opened a Holocaust Day lecture for the ICJ.

Chinese judge: has worked for her government in the past. She has voted against the provisional measures Ukraine has asked for against Russia, saying that it seems like an attempt to use the convention in order to get the ICJ to decide in broader political matters than the convention allows for. She has also argued against provisional measures that only demand one side would stop the fighting.

Ugandan judge: has worked for her government in the past. There are no past indications of how she might rule from an international law perspective.

Indian judge: tends towards an expanded view of what is discrimination. Has visited Israel in 2015 for an international space conference, and together with 2 other ICJ judges, has conducted a "trial" regarding space law.

Jamaican judge: has worked for his government in the past. Has voted against Russia when it came to the provisional measures demanding it stops its fighting against Ukraine.

Lebanese judge: has expressed anti-Israel views in the past, and has also repeatedly shown that he takes his country's position into account in his decisions. Has argued in the past that in situations of military occupation, the burden of proof is very low, or that the burden of proof should be on the occupier.

German judge: in the past, he has published his opposition to an Israeli law professor's article, arguing that a wider view is required when it comes to the right to self defense.

Japanese judge: in the past, he has published an article that sees the right of third party countries to appear before the ICJ (as is SA in this case) as limited.

Australian judge: very active in the field of women and gender rights. In the past, she has criticized ICJ rulings that allowed the coalition forces a lot of freedom in Iraq.

Brazilian judge: in the past, he has referred to the PLO as a terrorist organization (at the time about which he was writing), but he did the same regarding the Jewish underground movement, the Hagana (which worked to protect Jews, and to smuggle them "illegally" into the Land of Israel to save them from the Nazis during WWII).

According to one legal correspondent that I listened to, SA has asked for so many provisional measures, that the ICJ is unlikely to turn them all down. This reporter believes that the ICJ will likely not grant the provisional measure calling on Israel to stop the fighting, but it will probably grant at least two other provisional measures. She had a bet which two, the provisional measure calling on more humanitarian aid to be brought into Gaza (if true, this would be so redundant. One of the points made at the ICJ proceedings, was that Israel has agreed to allow in as much humanitarian aid as could be taken in on the Gazan side, and was willing to expand its operations on the Israeli side for this to happen. In other words, what's currently limiting the amount of aid going in is the capacity to handle it on the Gazan, not Israeli, side), and to collect evidence regarding the fighting in Gaza (which Israel is already doing).

I hope this helped! xoxox

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[yakumtsaki]

-Oh Sunset, I'm so lucky to be in a loving relationship with such a kind, loyal and non-criminally insane person such as yourself!

You're so on the money, buddy, the only thing you missed was 'sexually repelled by cousins'.

-I CAN'T DO THIS, TYLER, YOU'RE SUFFOCATING ME -I'm sorry! Also my name is Ty! -I KNOW BUT IT'S A STUPID NAME AND I'M NOT CALLING YOU THAT

She's right, Ty, and to top it off your last name isn't Union, it's like you're not even trying!

Bruh.. This chain of interactions from the hugging to the insulting to the making out took place in about 1 minute, I can't believe Stacy and Julian of all couples produced Sunset. Why can't you be more like your parents?? They were my cutest, healthiest couple ever!!

-They only thing they cared about having sex 50 a times a day! Aunt June basically raised me!!

Omg I'm looking at the pics of the spare updates I never posted because I suck and YA SHE DID, that explains so much, June is truly the platonic ideal of the hot-batshit combo.

Speaking of batshit-

-And hot!

If you say so, Barth is putting the moves on Marla Biggs, whomst we last saw when June (there she is again) used her to dump Erik-

-Yes, and that one wolf whistle from June turned me gay for all eternity, so don't even bother!

-UGH. So I guess I have no choice..

-..but to sleep with another one of my second cousins! -Oh Barth, I can't believe this is finally happening!!! -I know, Cyan, it took way too long!

We've been here for a week.

-Don't worry, nothing will interrupt this magical moment-WHAT THE FUCK I'M BEING CHEATED ON GOTTA RUN SORRY CYAN CATCH YOU LATER

Ok apparently I was laughing too hard to take a decent pic, but yes, BARTHOLOMEW CAUGHT HIS COUSIN 'CHEATING' ON HIM AS HE WAS HOOKING UP WITH HIS OTHER COUSIN. I HATE MY GAME.

-AND I HATE YOU, SUNSET. YOU BROKE MY HEART -FUCK YOU, BARTHOLOMEW, I'M NOT GONNA BE PART OF YOUR SECOND COUSIN HAREM -I HOPE YOU DROWN IN THE POOL -This was so beautiful, Sunset, I think I'm falling in love with you💙 -GET OUT OF HERE, TYLER -It's Ty! -NO ONE CARES, ASSHOLE -DON'T TALK TO TYLER LIKE THAT -That's not my name! -IT IS NOW, SHUT UP

I gotta hand it to Ty, he's in it to win it, whatever it is one could possibly 'win' when it comes to Sunset.

-Oh Sunset, you're the queen of my heart! -Gross!🥰

-Aw baby, I love spending all our awake time woohooing and doing nothing interesting, huhu!🌞 -It really is the best, thanks to your horrific LTW we don't even have to try! It's so awful people are bound to vote for us just to watch the trainwreck!

Ya I wish I had a counter-argument but you two really have this thing figured out, even I wanna watch me have a mental breakdown trying to raise your 6 asshole kids.

-Our kids are not gonna be assholes!🌞

LOL YA OK MEADOW, whatever helps you sleep at night.

-Meadow and Felina are not the only ones with a perfect relationship! Britannicus and I are also deeply in love!! I'm writing a novel about it as we speak!!!

Jimmy no offense but I literally forgot you live here and I can barely remember who Britannicus is half the time.

-THE PARTY HAS ARRIVED

Oh Britannicus here you are, thank God, you're so indispensable to this legacy!

-All you main-houser bitches look down on me but I have a lot to offer!! I'm grandpa Gunther's heir!!!

Of course you are, now give us the pizza so the people who matter don't die.

-I'll show you! I'll show you all!! >:(

Yes yes, it's been lovely catching up-

-and now it's time to get serious and break Cyan and Barth up! Hit us with your best shot, Marg, we've been on a winning streak lately with those matches, please don't go back to Cyn's leftovers.

-Got you, say no more..

-Here's Kennedy Cox!

MARGARET

-Well it's very hard to find someone Cyneswith hasn't banged!

Ok ya that's very true but Cyan is understandably like 😬 so let's try this again, here's another dollar.

-Alright, you didn't want Cyneswith leftovers..

-How about Sandy the Zombie leftovers??

I hope I don't have to explain to you why that's SO MUCH WORSE

-And I hope I don't have to explain to you that you get what you pay for when you give a dollar for a date!

Fucking touche, Marg, get out of here.

And now for another sequence of events so absolutely ridic I'm just gonna describe it with no dialogue:

So I send Cyan inside to check the college directory thing and see what available bachelors we might booty call up, but there's no one that I like for her so I send her back out to ask Margaret for another dollar date-

-once outside, we find BRITANNICUS SERENADING BARTHOLOMEW, to which Cyan has no reaction as she's probably too shocked-

-poor dumbass loved up Jimmy has no clue and is inside getting high-

-Cyan asks Marg for another date as Barth is performing the Second Cousin Vagina Monologues-

-Margaret gives us Neon Vest Zomb AGAIN and I'm like wtf-

-at which point Britannicus, who just one moment ago was serenading Barth, WOLF WHISTLES AT CYAN-

-CAUSING BARTH TO FEEL CHEATED ON AND DUMP HER

-BETRAYED BY MY OWN BLOOD TWICE IN ONE DAY! OH, THE SHAME!

BARTH SHUT UP. BRITANNICUS WHAT. THE. HELL

-I told you! >:D

Ok you know what, at least with this I feel we have peaked and there is simply no way the situation in this house can get more insane and degenerate-

-Think again!

NO FUCKING WAY. NO. SPICE WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU'RE DATING ELDERLY GOOD WITCH, I SPECIFICALLY FOUND YOU A GF TO KEEP YOU OUT OF THIS BS

-I know but there's something almost genetically inherited drawing me to Cyan! -Yes, It's almost like our parents were into each other but there was some invisible force separating them!

YA THAT WAS THE LAWS OF NATURE

-Oh please, it was the extended family mod and we no longer have to function under its oppression!

NOTHING IN THIS HOUSE IS REMOTELY FUNCTIONING. You know what, enjoy this while it lasts because I'm breaking every single one of you mofos up, istg I feel like I'm fighting the Hydra, I chop one semi-incestuous head off and two others pop up. WELL I'LL WIN LIKE HERACLES

I'd like to end this disgusting update with this image of the rose Ty left for Sunset next to the flaming shitbag Neon Vest Zombie left for Cyan. What is this world coming to that men no longer appreciate you cheating on them with 2 of your cousins during a date?? Chivalry is dead!

#unions #gen 4 #ts2 #long post

[blackkatmagic]

That chapter was so good!! I love denal and the angst that is coming from jon being fallen but still himself and kind will be so interesting. And I’m assuming (hoping) that since cody and rex got another scene that they’re going to be running into Jon again, when he’s a sith, which is going to be amazing. I was so excited for this update I read it first thing this morning.

And dooku is gonna get wrecked eventually which I’m looking forward to, he at least needs to be punched a little cause he doesn’t care about Jon at all and he should because everyone should.

:D

“Why the hell are you working for Dooku if all you want is to save clones? Wouldn’t the Republic be a better choice?” Denal asks quietly. The room is spacious, cut through with beams of golden light where the sun slants through the surrounding trees, and he could be anywhere in it, could be keeping his distance from Jon, but—

He’s not. He’s seated on the low chaise, watching Jon where he’s sitting cross-legged on the floor with Denal's cracked, scorched armor spread out in front of him. Some of the alarm in him has settled, given way to confusion but curiosity, and the lack of fear eases some of the sharp edges from Jon's nerves.

“The Republic keeps voting to buy more clones,” Jon says without looking up. Plastoid isn't easily repairable, is meant to be used and discarded and then recycled, but—just enough heat from his lightsaber to soften it lets him pull the rents closed. It’s not a pretty repair job, but then, Jon's never been good at fixing things. “And even if I travel to every single battlefield all across the galaxy, I can't save enough.”

Denal is silent for a moment, his eyes on his armor as Jon uses the Force to gently pull softened plastoid into shape. “We’re fighting for the Republic,” he says. “We can't stop.”

“The war doesn’t have to keep going.” Jon shifts his lightsaber, carefully holds it close to the next broken edge. “Parts of the Separatist movement want to negotiate. The Chancellor won't let anyone attend peace talks, though.” He glances up, studying Denal's face, the scar that cuts down one temple to his jaw. “That scar. How did you get it?”

Denal hesitates, reaching up to touch it. “Raid on Skytop Station,” he says after a second. “Grievous. He captured an R2 unit with every single Republic strategy on it, and General Skywalker led a raid to recover it. Captain Rex and I were the only ones who made it out.”

Rex, Jon thinks, and has to take a breath. Thinks of Rex's smile, pressed against his skin, and the intent way he kissed, and all of his bruises. Rex only just survived that raid, and—

Not untouched, clearly. If they were facing Grievous, it’s impressive they even managed that much, but Jon can't imagine how it felt to see everyone around them slaughtered.

#kat answers #i am out with lanterns

[yogfan14]

Since people are getting mad at me I would like to refine my earlier statement about the mob vote boycott and say that I don't support rushing updates!! I am 100% against crunch culture and I strongly believe that any game studio that supports that kind of toxic work culture needs to unionize and demand more time and compensation for their efforts. Mojang can take as much time as they need to properly program and refine updates, no rush whatsoever.

We're angry because every idea that loses the mob vote is scrapped for good. It could lose by a hair and no matter how much we scream and cry, Mojang just can't be assed to put forth the effort to add it, even sometime later down the line. Remember the moobloom. An excellent idea with a brand new biome, lost forever because of one youtuber who told his flock of sheep to vote for the glow squid just to troll the community. Remember the copper golem. Remember the Iceologer.

This hatred against the mob vote has actually been boiling for years. This is simply the tip of the iceberg and people are fed up with the unnecessary scrapping of excellent ideas.

That is why we are angry.

Down with the mob vote.

#minecraft #mob vote #down with the mob vote

[fountainpenguin]

"Suspense is controlling my mind... I can't find a way out of here..."

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New 130 Reasons Why I'm Fairy Trash update today!

Fairly OddParents || One-Shot - “Approval”

Read on FFN || Read on AO3

Find more Lavender Train story arc HERE

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A glimpse into 155,000-year-old Foop's life on the student council as he decorates the gym for a high school dance. Guest appearances by Poof, Denzel, Kevin, the von Strangle twins, the O'Terrae clones, Whistle, and Foop's betrothed: Anti-Coriander.

(First 1000 words under the cut)

40. Approval (~5,000 years after "Temptation" and 5,000 before "All I Ever Wanted")

Wednesday February 8th, Aurora 177

Year of Water, Winter of the Powerful Rapids

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If Foop had truly had an inkling of how much work it takes to run the school as its student body secretary, he may not have bothered campaigning. Honestly they were three years into the current zodiac cycle and he still hadn't decided if he'll run for the position again.

He probably would. He most definitely would, so he didn't even know why he was complaining. The one and only cycle that he reigned as student body president with Poof as his secretary, half the meetings didn't get their minutes recorded in any real detail, and Poof had typed every single document using the Central Star region's way of spelling Snobbish words.

And other minor annoyances… like, he'd written out directions once and called the first floor "second floor" and Foop spent 30 minutes flitting around in puzzled circles until it clicked that he and Poof were using different terms for their destination. He walked in late and his snacks were cold. Hmph. No one ever seemed to have that problem when it was him sending out newsletters. Atrocious.

And when Poof had double-dipped his hand briefly into the role of student body treasurer, the budget may as well have been sliced in half with the way Poof divvied up their things. Honestly, it felt sometimes like his counterpart flopped in his various roles on purpose just to make him miserable. He'd like to believe Poof was better than that level of petty, but sometimes when you were dripping with exhaustion and low on caffeine, it was impossible to tell.

Poof's on freaking peppermint a solid 70% of his waking hours anyway. A lot of help HE is. He supposed he could thank his counterpart for getting addicted to candy in a way that let Foop operate sober and without temptation of any kind. That was the only silver lining to any of this.

Foop despised his counterpart's peppermint habit, but like Darkness would he ever rat Poofy out to his mummy and daddy. No. They both relied on their parents' approval- if not for physical comfort and safety, then certainly for emotional support. Hard pass. Disgrace. Poof had far too much dirt on him to ever make him risk tipping their mutually assured destruction too far to one side.

My secret affairs with Anti-Marigold come to mind… His father will flay him alive when he finds out about that. An anti-will o' the wisp… Really. The prince of Anti-Fairy World could have done "so much better in a mistress" (and High Count Anti-Cosmo will painfully let him know it). His lecherous father was a textbook nymphomaniac. Foop would rather die than allow the pooferazzi to document Anti-Cosmo dragging his son out to all his old brothel haunts or… or… something like that.

Do we even have brothels in Anti-Fairy World? Who knows. That's not the point. The High Count undoubtedly did something scandalous with his spare time when he wasn't holed up plotting world domination, and whatever that thing may be, Foop would sooner sprint one billion kilometers in the other direction than ever face it head-on.

Anti-Cosmo didn't approve of the fact that Foop ended up on student council in the first place. Foop had cheated some of the vote (as he'd cheated it for years) by relying on bashful simpletons like Whistle to campaign in his favor while simultaneously threatening others into voting for him. He'd stuffed the ballot box and didn't even care. Honestly, part of him suspected the school knew what he was up to, and Foop took cruel pride in the fact that if he managed to do a good enough job keeping the school activities flowing, the faculty might simply look the other way. Oh, there's such a great joy in being wanted as a leader instead of merely feared…

Not that my father understands that. My position is secured someday, especially if I don't have heirs until I'm so old that my wand sparks when I use it. Meanwhile, my father will be twisting his neck, peering anxiously over one shoulder in cold anticipation of my rise to power until the day he dies.

Ah, youth. He reveled in it.

At least Poof knew how to lead a meeting that kept all the officers engaged. Poof had this animated way of speaking where he sort of gushed over his words, the long tails of his blue bandana ribbon snapping behind him in an imaginary wind every time he paced. He could sell a genie on underwater real estate. Maybe that was why the people kept electing him student body president year after year.

They'd been setting up for tonight's dance since before the window for early-morning breakfast wishes closed off. Well… Foop had, anyway. It wasn't really necessary. In a pinch, magic could always be whipped out to speed the process along, but Foop had his own… reasons for wanting to keep eyes on their location for hours at a time.

He traced the pad of one finger along the dark scar that curled around his neck. Left side, just above the collarbone…

Cavatina Sanderson had slit that scar across Poof's innocent skin 20,000 years ago, during the same Autumn Masquerade where Foop first met Anti-Coriander. Foop had even died and regenerated a few times since then - not on purpose! (mostly) - but the scar wasn't his to heal. This same scar branded his counterpart's neck. It had been given to Poof first, and the stupid sync between their cores kept it firmly in place like a teeter-totter. Terribly annoying.

He never knew how to explain it when strangers asked. Wasn't even his battle wound to brag about. Or Poof's, for that matter… That infuriating pixie had simply backed his counterpart against a wall and shoved a blade right up to his neck. Poof just let it happen. And if he'd done it at one dance, Foop had no reason to believe he wouldn't make another appearance tonight.

Therein lay the anxieties.

[Cnt’d - FFN and AO3 links above]

#FOP #Fairly OddParents #FOP Foop #130 Prompts #ridwriting #Nerdy blue bat son #Purple hippie dragonfly #Snazzy sequel son #Panicked sequel son #Cilantro princess #Cavatina #Big Crock #Little Crock #FAIRIES! #Bat cube and associates #I wrote / drew this in May. It's been a long wait #apparently art #fic announcement

[koinotame]

\o/

hi! it's me, nana / koinotame!

if you're wondering why i went inactive and then deleted, my mental health kind of (really) tanked... and i ended up deleting my blog in a fit.

it's getting better bit by bit though! and i've been wanting to get back into writing (and talking abt my unhinged/yan ideas i can't really talk to anyone else abt), so. here i am! for now, at least

as for my previously posted writing, there's some good news and some bad news: the bad news is that everything i wrote directly into tumblr (99% of snippets, a lot of ask answers, most exact content warnings, etc) is gone. the slightly less bad news is that iirc there were very very few posts of mine that weren't reblogged by anyone at all, so they're probably still out there? feel free to send them my way if you find any and i'll rb them. @/midnight-remembrance also has reblogged a couple of them! there's a couple snippets i have saved in some places, so i might repost those on my own as i find them, but there's very few of those. the good news is that anything longer (proper writing — oneshots, hcs, yan alphabet responses and so on, prompt responses, etc) is safely backed up where i originally wrote it! some of it is also on my ao3, which is the same username. feel free to send me asks about any you'd like to see again and i'll repost them! i might not post them if i feel too embarrassed about/wish i hadn't posted them, and i might rewrite/heavily edit some of them, but i think there's only a handful that fall into the former category and none of them were particularly popular. either way, no harm in asking!

as for some other updates: i'm a little divided on whether i want to keep posting explicit nsfw or not so we'll see. i might just keep it out of main tags. idk yet. regardless of what decision i make, this blog is still strictly 18+ and that will not be changing. since we can reply from sideblogs now, this is a sideblog and not my main now. why? sometimes i prefer to check up on a blog frequently instead of following them for a couple of reasons, but this felt very awkward when they were following me. so this being a sideblog relieves a bit of that stress. if this makes it sound like i have severe brain worms, it's because i do. to that effect though, if we interact every so often feel free to consider us mutuals regardless of whether or not i'm actually following you =w=b tbh i.............. am not really into genshin anymore. i might post about it here and there but i just Do Not (really) Care about it anymore. scara aside to some degree i also have no clue what's going on post inazuma lol whatever projects or commitments to writing or etc i had made beforehand. i forgot all of them so just pretend that never happened ok? ok i'll also probably be posting more sparsely, but we'll see! and (this is obviously the most important bit) i have no clue where i put the mika edit so we're back to my og classic pfp. the header scales terribly and is temporary, please ignore that too

all that aside, as a treat for anyone who sees this in time,

*roughly 6/22 done, but fairly quick to write. roughly one paragraph per character (sneak peek line: "it's not too hard to be discreet with his unique magic when someone really deserves to fall face down a flight of stairs. or three. oopsie. odd they don't remember it, huh? well, he had nothing to do with that.") **more realistic isn't quite the right word(s)... probably won't post this one to the main tags regardless. won't be doing all of the characters (only important/relevant ones) and won't be writing more about/expanding on, so this one is just like. a one off experiment sort of thing. overall less violent than most takes on the au + leans a bit (or lot, depending on how you look at it) more on the religious aspect of self aware aus. i wrote a couple paragraphs a while ago, then rewrote them, but i'll only finish/post them if there's interest for it (sneak peek line: "aether has deluded himself and cast You aside entirely on his own—and when You finally grace them with Your real presence, zhongli is certain aether will be the first to fall from Your grace.")

i have one other new thing immediately ready for posting that'll get posted in a couple of days but that one's pretty silly

#koinotame #and hi to the three people that found this blog before i posted this o/ #long post #i ended up writing a lot. ehem. #<- the type to always have trouble getting essays down to the max word limit #if nobody ends up seeing this. well. it'll be here still when i post some actual writing #q

[snailsagere]

Please read my dni in my bio before interacting

Life update #1

So you guys voted for the life updates so here we are :3

I'll post them whenever something significant happens and I'll include a trigger warning at the top of each post!

Tw- mentions of ED, talk about poor mental health, m*d!ca! mentions etc this post will pretty much be a brief rundown on why I am so not good haha, I'm not going to go into detail but still!

So I originally started my silly tumblr account in 2020 and definitely wasn't expecting to get as much attention on it like I did, obviously I appreciate it so so much but I wasn't expecting it, but I am mentally ill so it makes it hard sometimes for me to post-

1) I have anxiety so interacting with people is very hard for me which is why I think I may come across as rude sometimes, I really don't mean to but I just struggle talking to anyone because of my brain

2) I have depression so my motivation is usually not very good, I would like to be able to complete requests faster but I really can't and I'm sorry about that

As well as all this I have a lot of issues with my day-to-day life, I don't really talk about more serious topic but a quick run-down of my diagnosis' and extra stuff I guess-

I have been diagnosed with anxiety, depression, ptsd and autism

And I believe I had anorexia and am currently recovering from that, I also strongly believe I have borderline personality disorder due to childhood trauma which I don't really want to go into rn and I'm very certain that I have chronic pain as I have had constant back pain since I was around 12 after my spinal surgeries I had when I was 10 and 11 (I had really severe scoliosis), also I have come to the conclusion that I likely have these things based off lots of research! I believe you should always make sure to research anything before assuming you may have it! And I do want to talk to my doctor about a bpd diagnosis at some point but my ptsd is medical (from my surgeries) so doctor trips are not ideal so I've been a bit slow with it but as I said I have done lots of research into it!

In general lots of stuff in my life make everything really difficult for me so yea, but I'm trying my best!

I will post these little life updates whenever something significant happens etc as you all voted for me to post these so I will try my best to do so!

If you wanna ask any questions about anything really I'm fine with that! Obviously if I don't feel comfy answering I won't but I'm ok answering most things I believe! Just please be kind! :3

#snailsagere

[thessalian]

Thess vs A Global Laughingstock

So for those of you who aren't aware, this bloody country is still going around in circles about the Rwanda Bill. Catch-up and updates follow:

What the fuck is the Rwanda Bill? Well, y'see, the current Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has decided to really appeal to the racist right-wing asshole voter - the kind of nitwit that voted for Brexit because of "those damned foreigners" - by dealing with "illegal migrants" once and for all. For a definition of "illegal migrants", see also "refugees" - people who are fleeing from their country of origin because their country is unsafe. The UK Nitwit Brigade keep bitching about, "They really should stop in the first safe country they find!" and ignore anyone who explains that people are only willing to pay literal people-smugglers to cross the English Channel in very small unsafe boats for very good reasons - like, they have family here, or can speak the language, or all of the above. The whole problem is that there aren't enough safe legal routes for refugees to take to get here, so they take what they can get. Anyway, the three-word slogan currently dominating the noise from 10 Downing Street is "Stop The Boats", and after discussions about things like "literally shoving the small boats back towards France with fucking gunships, inevitably causing them to capsize and drown in the process" were shut down by "lefty lawyers" who care about human rights and, y'know, not drowning innocent people. So then came the next step: "Deport them all to Rwanda".

Why Rwanda? Fuck only knows. I'm assuming it's to do with an awful lot of money. Though weirdly, we seem to have paid them more than they've paid us.

What's the problem with Rwanda? Well, it's been deemed an unsafe country by the European Commission of Human Rights, to which we still belong - it's not an EU thing, it's a European continent thing. The only two countries in Europe-the-continent that aren't a part of the ECHR are Russia (yes, it's classified by the UN as a European country) and Belarus. Neither of which have ever struck me as all that interested in human rights on the whole, honestly. Anyway, Rwanda's run by a despot, and whatever Sunak meebles about how "It's totally safe now!", the ECHR - and our own Supreme Court - have been calling that bullshit out for awhile.

So your Supreme Court said the Bill is illegal. Why are they still talking about it? Because Sunak, apparently having glommed onto this as the thing that will save his arse at the next general election (coming at the end of this year), is trying to write amendments into this fucking thing that will somehow circumvent any and all human rights law, and somehow ignore any human rights law it can't circumvent (like, all of them). This Bill is full of things like, "Oh, our civil servants will just ignore ECHR law and process things like we tell them to!" and "We'll get 150 new justices to rubber-stamp the deportation papers like good little puppets!" and holy fuck, it's kind of disgusting.

So ... and I realise you've answered half the question, but... How is this making the UK even more of a laughingstock than it already was to begin with? Well. Currently the Conservative party that came up with this bullshit is tearing itself apart. Some want the bill as it is. There's a whole cluster of rebels who want to vote it down because it's "not hardline enough and not punitive enough" when it comes to stripping human rights from refugees (and they're also the ones insisting that we have to leave the ECHR, which is part of the laughingstock thing because I don't think we want to be in the same boat as Russia and Belarus). There are a very few moderates who are actually accepting that this is never going to work and saying "enough is enough; drop this already". Meanwhile, one of Sunak's people is going, "If you don't vote for this, start looking for another job". I am only very slightly paraphrasing. So in the run-up to an election, the Tories are fighting like rats in a sack. Add to that the fact that if this thing manages to pass the Commons, it still has to pass the Lords, who have no horse in the election race (they're appointed, not elected) ... and a lot of them are lawyers. Lawyers know very well what will happen if we keep attempting to violate (or actually succeed in violating) international law. They probably won't like that idea very much. So once again, the absolute fucking irony of the "lazy unelected shit-lumps in the Lords" maybe saving our international reputation is beyond compare. ...But that's nothing compared to what Rwanda's doing.

...I am afraid to ask. Well, apparently Rwanda has been offering us (us as a country, that is) our money back. See, we've already paid Rwanda scads of money for even setting up for this doomed-to-failure bit of bullshit, as previously stated. And apparently this is getting so ridiculous and so very obviously blatantly violating international law that the president of Rwanda of all places has offered to give back a significant amount of money just to get his name and that of his country out of the whole mess. I have to wonder at what point Rwanda just goes, "You know what, no - if you don't want the money back, fine, but we're out of this shit".

I'm still terrified for refugees. I don't know what happens with this because seriously, there's no fucking way to tell what anyone in this government is going to do from one minute to the next. But I can still hope that we don't end up leaving the ECHR, because I don't really know what happens if we do that just to be able to send poor miserable people to fucking Rwanda. I mean, beyond the UN also giving up on this whole country because the UN doesn't like the idea of deporting people to Rwanda either. I mean, given the anti-trans sentiment in this country, and the fact that they're already being assholes to the disabled by cutting their benefits if they don't work from home to "do their duty" (yes, that is exactly how the government put that) ... I'm foreign, disabled, and not cishet (though I pass, and I guess that's something but I HATE IT SO MUCH THAT I HAVE TO), and this country already hates me. Take away basic human rights, and whatever replaces it is going to fuck me over very, very hard.

Gods, this place is a fucked-up mess.

#Thess vs the Tories #Thess on politics

[eli-writes-sometimes]

Seven Snippets, Seven People

Thanks for the tag, @enchanted-lightning-aes!

This is going to be a longer one than usual, so snippets will be under the cut.

"Nice speech, green boy" I hear from behind me, and I whirl around to see Ashes, leading against a wall and looking ever so slightly shorter than before, their legs seeming subtly shorter than before, in an uncanny resemblance of their former self. I brush it off to a trick of the light, and sigh. "You again?" "Me again." I roll my eyes. "Well, I suppose I'm glad that you liked the speech." "Well, I'm not saying I liked it, but I'll be damned if you don't know how to wrap an audience around your finger." "Really?" "Yes. It's terrifying." "Oh." "But that's politics, isn't it?" "Oh, I- I suppose it is."

2.

"Why are people always surprised when I'm a reasonable person?" "I don't know, it's just hard for me to trust people for who they are, you know?" They look down, and sigh. "Yeah. I know what you mean." "So can you understand why I'm being like this?" "I guess. But can you at least try and be nicer?" "I suppose I can try" "Great. Now, enjoy being politically correct, I'm going to go try and get as much money as I can out of drunk people, because the more that they buy, the more I can get paid!" They sink in a mock bow, and disappear into the crowd.

3.

I hear the shout as soon as I open the door, and sigh. Jett is staring at me, with Alekto standing behind her, looking quite uncomfortable being left alone with her. "Someone has died, Jett" he mutters under his breath, and immediately winces. "What?" "Yeah. Alya Maxwell. She's dead, Jett" I say bluntly. "Oh. I- I see. Right." "I told you! Why didn't you believe me?" "It seems like something you'd make up to get off work. I wouldn't put that kind of sick joke past you." "But you'd believe Ashes?" He sounds so offended, and it takes almost everything in me not to laugh. "Yes. They're an honest person, with me at least, and I believe them." "Unbelievable." He smiles through his mock-offended voice, and I can't help but laugh. "Yeah, yeah, I show favouritism, what are you two going to do about it?" Jett says, smiling.

4.

"How's Luke?" I ask. We always make some kind of small talk between customers, and today it feels like it's my turn to start the conversation. "Oh, he's fine. He's really busy, you know, working at the council and all that, but we're managing to sneak some time in together where we can." "That's why you were late today, right?" "Yeah. Jett wanted my head, but I managed to calm her down enough. If I do it again though, you'll be saying goodbye to me for the rest of time" "Yeah, you said." I shiver, and he smirks. "Bet you can't wait for that though, eh?" "I'm... not going to answer that," I laugh, " But I bet Luke would be disappointed. "Nah, we all know that the Clarke bloodline dies with him, he was just keeping me around for the company." "Wouldn't he miss that?" "I'll leave him a cat in my will, that'll sort him out." "Of course"

5.

"So did you see it in the end?" I ask. "Yeah, I made it just in time to see Cassius' speech." "The one about his sister?" "Yeah. It's a bit suspicious, isn't it? Why would he and his father go to such lengths to insist it wasn't them?" Hunter looks around, like she was just waiting for Tobias to jump out and send the Peacekeepers to arrest her. "They want security. Tobias is panicking, he thinks that people aren't going to vote for him next summer." Alekto says, butting in. He always keeps us updated with the council news. "Why would he think that? As far as Blackburn's concerned, he's the most qualified guy for the job, right?" Hunter asks. "Qualifications don't cure paranoia. Even if he is qualified, he still thinks that some charmer who wants to take over his town could do it in a heartbeat.” Alekto says. "Could one?" I say, curious. "Of course not! He's shown his competence, there's no one that could replace him. Except Cassius obviously, but there's no way that he's got the guts to take power" "Of course."

6.

"Why do we even care about this? It doesn't matter to us. The councilmembers don't care if we live or die." Hunter says, sighing. "Well, one of them does" Alekto mutters under his breath, looking down. "No one give a fuck about your boyfriend, Alekto" I say. "Damn, don't be mean" "You know who Hunter was talking about. The High councilmembers" "Right. So Tobias Alexanderson?" "Of course. He doesn't care about us. I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't even care about his own son" Hunter says. "That's a surprisingly low bar." I say.

7.

“Don’t start. I came from nothing, turned up nearly dead in the town square, and do you know how many people took pity on me? One! Just Alya! And do you want to place a bet on how many people would come and help you if you were in my shoes that day?” “I don’t-” “The. Whole. Town! The whole fucking town would come to your rescue, waiting on you hand and fucking foot until they made sure that precious little Cassius was all better, instead of leaving him to starve on the street until one single person comes along by chance and takes pity on him!” “It’s not my fault who my father is!” “But it is your fault that you chose to play into the idea of him being some kind of paragon of virtue and not even questioning for a second that you might not be the only person in the world?” “I never thought that!”

Tagging - @lyssentome @oh-no-another-idea @dogmomwrites @charlesjosephwrites @saltysupercomputer @dontjudgemeimawriter @druidx and anyone else who wants to do this!

#eli tags sometimes #eli writes sometimes #my writing #wip tros #seven snippets seven people

[purgetrooperfox]

blog guide + masterlist !

had to nuke my blog but we're so back

dm for my discord (18+ only please)

divorcing star wars is an ongoing process. I also have gamer disease (bg3, cyberpunk, elden ring, fighting games, resident evil, CoD, disco elysium, etc etc)

18+ sideblog @foxafterdark

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bluesky + cohost <- inactive for now but feel free to add me

tags to watch for:

writing is tagged #leo.writes

art is tagged #leo.draws

oc content is tagged #leocs

adult content is tagged #18+ / #nsft

ask and I'll tag content warnings

fics and WIPs under the cut. content warnings are tagged on AO3, pls be mindful of them

(updated 03/20/2023)

* marks unfinished fics

Star Wars

one-shots:

it is the exact opposite of alone (tumblr link) — [G] Bastra and the ghost that haunts him.

life would be easier if I was easier (tumblr link) — [G] Fox at his limit, Quinlan making it worse and better.

I miss doing nothing with you (tumblr link) — [G] Western AU; reunion for Saleese and Nocte

* inevitability (tumblr link) — [T] On choosing something fleeting because it's worth it, even if the end is inevitable.

fare thee well, my honey (tumblr link) — [T] A breaking point for Kit and Nocte.

growing pains (tumblr link) — [T] Physical therapy frays Echo’s nerves and tests Nocte's patience, but mutual understanding is key.

in amber (tumblr link) — [T] Fox hits the streets by himself. Thorn goes down after him.

oceans, then and now (tumblr link) — [T] It's a rare occurrence for Nocte to get sent off of Coruscant, especially as the lone trooper assigned to escort a Jedi to the Outer Rim. But then, Dara has a way of defying norms and expectations rather spectacularly.

on the importance of context — [T] "I think we should talk", and other alarming phrases.

down and disarmed — [T] Waking up on the floor of a jail cell is not, in fact, Uj's preferred way to start a day.

pillow talk — [M] For all that fucking the bratty attitude out of Quinlan is a great way to blow off steam, and a cathartic one at that, it occurs to Uj that it’s probably not the best idea.

ins and outs of recall — [T] The backlash of Nocte's research on the Guard's neurological troubles.

while the currents rage below — [M] After an explosive fight and harsh words that can't be taken back, Fox and Kyr are left in different kinds of shambles. Nocte tries to pick up the pieces.

extensive and astute observation — [T] Saleese jabs a sharp elbow into Nocte's side, right where plastoid would usually make her immediately regret it. Dress greys provide no such protection. But tonight, not even bruised ribs can kill his mood. Tonight, he has a shot at identifying her mystery Jedi.

leave the heels on — [E] After a drag show, Lane keeps Uj company in his dressing room.

with and without — [T] Another farse of a vote, and the repercussions for those affected. (Nocte has a dissociative episode, Saleese tries to help him out of it.) + a lovely podfic by @/godoflaundrybaskets

nightmares — [T] Sleep brings the promise of reliving the worst moments of Nocte's life, like his own personal trauma reel. Maybe it's better to stay awake.

blank — [T] All anyone knows is that the Chancellor claims that Fox made an attempt on his life. Now Fox is en route to Kamino.

peace — [G] Months after Order 66, Rex gets a visit.

h(a)unted — [T] Echo wrestles with trauma and memories of captivity in the wake of realizing why the Kaminoans are sending hunters after Omega.

Wandering — [T] After Order 66, after the crash of the Tribunal, after his Commander– after Ahsoka told him it would be best to part ways, Rex wandered. He wandered because he couldn’t stay still. If he was still, if he stopped for longer than it took to eat and sleep, then he would think.

guess it just wants to die — [T] CC-1010 lays down. Fox wakes up.

Little Orphan Ani — [T] Anakin's men were wrong. Cody and Obi-Wan weren't father figures to him. So what if Cody's disappointment felt like a physical weight on his shoulders and he spent undue time and energy trying to make Obi-Wan proud? They weren't his parents. Not that they would be bad dads. To someone else. Not him, because he didn't see them that way, but someone else who needed unconditional support and care. (in which Cody and Obi-Wan dad at Anakin and Anakin is oblivious, right up until he isn't)

Truly, Deeply — [T] Of course Obi-Wan was not blind to the emotional, hormonal storm around his Padawan. One would have to be blind to both the Force and the physical world to miss it. And really, Anakin must have forgotten that his Master was not only Force-sensitive, but also connected to his mind through their training bond. (in which Obi-Wan is painfully aware of Anakin's feelings for Padmé and also forever wondering where he went wrong in trying to teach his Padawan subtlety)

Commander Fox Week 2021:

exhaustion (tumblr link) — [T] Fox has been running on fumes for days, counting down the time until he can drop onto the nearest surface and finally sleep.

hope — [T] Enough is enough. The Republic was doomed to fail, that much is clear. The Empire may have been inevitable as well. All Fox knows is that he’s finished, he can’t pretend anymore. He can’t fall in line like his mind has been wiped blank. So he decides to do something drastic.

family — [T] The fear-mongering rumors on Kamino about Fox being some kind of abusive, tyrannical prick have reached a point where they can’t go unaddressed. His shinies are clearly afraid and miserable with their assignment to the Guard, which Fox understands, but he can try to help them feel more at home. He can dispel some of the rumors.

laughter — [G] Existential debate rages in Fox’s office.

vode an — [M] Order 66 wiped away the clones’ autonomy, but mindless drones don’t have the wherewithal to feel guilt for their actions. The Rebellion is trying to get clones out of the purge trooper program, but freedom comes at a cost.

brothers — [T] Senator Amidala returns from Scipio with the 501st. This is the aftermath.

multi-chapter:

five times Nocte took care of the Corries, and one time they returned the favor (under construction) — [M] what it says on the tin

* red hands and black deeds — [M] Fox gets assigned to the Coruscant Guard after his bravery and sacrifices for the Republic during the First Battle of Geonosis. This job is a long shot from the one he spent his entire life preparing for; it's a war on a different front and it's on him to get his men out alive. Whether he'll get himself out with his sanity intact is up for debate.

* talk is overrated, let's just fight — [E] The Guard didn't have a designated Jedi, but they had the absolute nuisance that was Quinlan Vos. He was already more than Fox could handle. The man was at least halfway banthashit insane and seemed to derive some sadistic pleasure from derailing Fox's entire day. For all that Rex and Cody complained about their admittedly crazy Generals, Fox struggled to believe that they could possibly be worse than Vos.

* a cry at the final breath — [M] CC-2224 was a good soldier, had been decanted, raised, and trained to be a good solider. Good soldiers follow orders, so that's what he did. At times, in the deep recesses of in mind, he might questions his orders, but he always followed them. Cody has to re-learn how to do more than follow orders, to live and fight of his own accord. He's been a soldier all his life, fighting in wars that aren't his. What is freedom to a man who has only ever known captivity?

unposted WIPs I'll gladly yammer about:

currents — [M] instead of joining TBB, Echo requests a transfer to the Guard, hoping to find answers about Fives' death on Coruscant

the holding of hands, the breaking of glass — [M] follows Nocte's journey through part of the war, semi-centered around his situationship with Kit Fisto

after dark — [T/M] an AU where Quinlan Vos leaves the Jedi Order and winds up with a sect of Mandalorians; after the war, Fox is sent to Mandalore with a squad to "negotiate" (read: jumpstart an Imperial occupation) and their paths cross again

head forward // heart back — [M] follows Uj from the beginning of the war, through his assignment to the Shadows and (maybe) into his reassignment to the Guard. largely focused on his evolving relationship with Quinlan Vos

remember to breathe — [T/M] filling in the gap between Cmdr Maze and Arligan Zey's flight from Coruscant and their arrival on Mandalore. the one where I'll try to carry a whole ship on my poor aching back

The Great SWxMK Crossover Episode — in which @/kiwikipedia and I grab MK characters by the scruff and dump them into the GFFA, and vice versa

Mortal Kombat

SubScorp Week 2022 (WIP, off schedule)

impossible — [T] Years ago, Kuai Liang watched Hanzo Hasashi die. Grief is a complicated thing, but seeing the man he loved up and walking again seems a step beyond its traditional stages.

* a cautionary tale re: betting against Johnny Cage — [M] clothes swap, upcoming

* frigid — [T] childhood, upcoming

* a mirror, inverted — [T/M] trapped, upcoming

* in winter's embrace — [T/M] touch-starved, upcoming

* unspoken (yet heard) — [T] secret, upcoming

* cozy koozie — [T] crochet, upcoming

one-shots:

death-adjacent (under construction) — [M] Kuai knew, when a phantom from the past appeared in the Fire Gardens. He knew before Scorpion – not yet Grandmaster Hasashi, not yet Hanzo – spoke a single word.

#bro i hate writing fic summaries #leo.writes #leo.draws #leocs #greatest hits #<- for the numbers

[ohthehypocrisy]

Divergent Licenses for Pokemon Unite!

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A Divergent License is a playable pokemon that can play as two possible playstyles. This isn't just about mixing and matching moves to suit the battle, a move choice can completely change what kind of pokemon you'll be playing as through to the end of the fight. Urshifu is one such example of a Divergent License, in that you'll be choosing between Single Strike Style and Rapid Strike Style when you have to choose between learning Wicked Blow and Surging Strikes. Choosing one or the other not only causes Kubfu to evolve into either form, it also locks you into one specific move set, as neither form can learn the other's Throat Chop and Liquidation.

There's also Scyther and Scizor as another example of Divergent Licenses, but we could always do with more options. So let's pick out the next one. Which of these diverse choices would you pick for Pokemon Unite?

Now, I didn't include regional forms and other in-combat modes like Alolan Marowak or Morpeko. There's a good reason for this. Apparently, a pokemon is hard coded to the region it's from, meaning an Alolan Cubone will only ever evolve into an Alolan Marowak, not a Kantonian one. Breaking that rule just for a Unite License detracts a bit from the appeal of the exclusivity of the form. As for the unique in battle forms, while those are technically alternate modes, the pokemon can just as easily change back into its old form. It's why Meloetta or Cherrim aren't on the poll either, even though I like those two.

There's also the pointless form changes like Keldeo and its Resolute Form or Marshadow, as it's just a matter of aesthetic.

The Glalie/Froslass option on the poll works out because a Female Snorunt can evolve into either a Glalie or a Froslass. Male Kirlia can evolve into a Gardevoir or Gallade in the same way, but putting Gallade on the poll wouldn't have made sense because Gardevoir is already in the game. Speaking of which, Shaymin works just like Scyther and Scizor, in that learning Air Slash is what lets Shaymin turn into its Sky Form. However, Sky Form Shaymin can be forced back into its Land Forme if it gets Frozen, but considering that it is also 4x weak to the Ice, that's never happening.

Lastly, Ursaluna is on the poll even though there's no way to get more than one Bloodmoon Form at the moment. I fully believe that we'll be able to decide which form Ursaring can evolve into eventually in a later update, and it was also the last possible viable option to put up for the poll.

I also excluded branching evolutions like Toxtricity and Basculegion as those evolutions are based on uncontrollable factors like Nature and Gender, so you can't really "choose" to evolve into one form over the other, it wouldn't have made sense. I also didn't want to add Hitmontop or Dipplin because, well, the other two came first. Sorry guys, maybe you'll get your own post one day.

Phew, that about covers it. Alright everybody, we've got a two for one special here, so get up and vote!

#Pokemon Unite #pokemon #Oddish #Gloom #Vileplume #Bellossom #Poliwag #Poliwhirl #Poliwrath #Politoed #Galarian Slowpoke #Galarian Slowbro #Galarian Slowking #Tyrogue #Hitmonlee #Hitmonchan #Hitmontop #Snorunt #Glalie #Froslass #Clamperl #Gorebyss #Huntail #Rockruff #Lycanroc #Applin #Flapple #Appletun #Charcadet #Armarouge

[luna--oi]

🧵 Debunking rightwing propaganda.

I keep seeing this popping up in defense of Donald Trump as "representing the working class." Here's a thread on why this is total BS, along with some advice on how communists in the USA and other Western countries might agitate farmers.

First, where does this data come from? The graphic is credited to Statista, which cites "Farm Journal"/"Wall Street Journal" as sources. The data itself comes from "Farm Journal Pulse" surveys conducted by AgWeb, owned by FOR-PROFIT company Farm Journal. Farm Journal is registered as a lobbying client at the Department of Agriculture according to OpenSecrets:

Anyway, Farm Journal's report doesn't have much info on methodology, but it's sent via text message "to approximately 5,000 farmers and ranchers." WSJ and Statista both say 5k were surveyed; in fact only 1,100 actually responded. Piss poor journalism!

We aren't given a definition of "farmer" or "rancher" (more on that later) nor are we given any other info at all. The only info we have on the methodology is that 5,000 people were text messaged and about 1,100 people responded. No info otherwise.

For the record, the other survey Wall Street Journal cites was done by Farm Progress, which is a FOR-PROFIT COMPANY which is owned by Informa, a large British media/data broker.

Interesting to note that the true source of this survey is buried so deeply: Statista credits Wall Street Journal which credits Farm Futures which is a program of Farm Progress.

Farm Progress has been linked to lobbying activities including secret dinner parties which bring together executives of large agricultural corporations together with state agriculture officials behind closed doors:

Now, let's look at THIS survey. According to Farm Progress, "the nationwide poll was conducted in late July via email and reaped 1,044 responses." I can't find a definition of "farmer," nor survey methodology. But their policy editor seems biased based on this quotation:

Here is the Farm Progress article on the survey... I'm not a stats expert but this doesn't strike me as a particularly scientific survey?

Again, definitions. Does the definition of "farmer" include the 70% of farm workers who are foreign born (63% from Mexico)? Was either survey conducted in English only? 29% say they could not speak English “at all." Were THEY represented in said surveys?

Anyway, let's talk about workers (farmers or otherwise) who DO support Trump (or Biden). Any such worker is clearly a victim of false consciousness. The solution for communists is not to embrace false consciousness, but to build CLASS consciousness and educate our fellow workers.

Neither Farm Progress, which hosts fancy dinner parties to bring state officials together with big ag execs, nor the lobbying corp Farm Journal have the best interests of farm laborers in mind, and that makes me immediately dismiss any surveys or data they might present but even IF most agricultural workers DO support Trump and his pro-capitalist, anti-worker positions, that just means USA communists have a lot of work to do fighting the false consciousness of your fellow workers. The same goes for workers who support Biden, obviously.

When Ho Chi Minh was building solidarity among Vietnamese workers in the 1940s, he wasn't asking them if they supported the Japanese or the French oppressors and then opportunistically supporting one enemy or the other. He built a party of communist people with communist values.

Ho Chi Minh once said: "An ignorant people is a weak people." Based on my time visiting the USA, I believe that the people of the USA are overall good and kind and want to do what's right, but people in the USA are also unfortunately heavily plagued with false consciousness.

This was true of Vietnamese people at the beginning of the 20th century. The French Colonialists intentionally withheld education from Vietnamese - over 90% of Vietnamese were illiterate during the beginning of our revolution! This is why education was such a huge early priority.

Ho Chi Minh also said this: "The Party must adhere to the Party’s principles and must be closely associated with the people... Otherwise, we cannot educate the people, and we will also never know the opinions of the people." It IS important to get to know our fellow workers but that doesn't mean we become tailists, blindly following the most reactionary tendencies of fellow workers. We must intimately know our fellow workers so we can know their opinions but also so WE CAN EDUCATE THEM. We associate with the people but we ADHERE TO OUR PRINCIPLES.

So if you are a communist in the USA or another imperial core country, you have a lot of work to do. I hope you can follow Ho Chi Minh's guidance and associate with the people: learn from them, yes, but also EDUCATE the people while ADHERING to our communist principles.

#vietnam #vietnam usa #communism #leftisim #left is best #socialism #fuck trump #fuck maga

[chenford4ever]

The Rookie Season 6 Filming Could Be Impacted by 2 Strikes Now

The Rookie Season 6 Filming Could Be Impacted by 2 Strikes Now

The WGA/AMPTP writers' strike was already a major factor impacting The Rookie Season 6 filming. Now, SAG-AFTRA might also enter into the mix.

A little more than two months after the news hit that ABC had renewed the Nathan Fillion, Melissa O'Neil & Eric Winter-starring The Rookie for a sixth season, the expectation was that filming would be getting ready to start. And now, we have a Production List update listing that has filming starting in Los Angeles, California, on June 30th. And in a perfect world, that would be great news. But we might have a better appreciation for why ABC moved its scripted dramas from the fall to midseason. As we all know, the WGA/AMPTP writers' strike is still raging on – with no end in sight. But now, we have to add SAG-AFTRA into the mix because the results came in on Monday night, and the voting members gave the union a nearly 98% approval vote to authorize a strike if SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP can't reach an agreement by midnight on… June 30th. Unless there's some kind of breakthrough, productions won't be moving forward with only directors (the DGA reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP over the weekend).

And here's a look at a screencap of the weekly production rundown that was released earlier today – not with two huge asterisks next to it:

If it helps any, we have a look back at one of the earlier trailers for the fifth season of ABC's The Rookie:

John Nolan, the oldest rookie in the LAPD, has used his life experience, determination, and sense of humor to keep up with rookies 20 years his junior. Nearing the end of his training, Nolan now faces his biggest challenge as a police officer yet when he must come to terms with the choices he has made in pursuit of the truth.

ABC's The Rookie stars Nathan Fillion as John Nolan, Mekia Cox as Nyla Harper, Alyssa Diaz as Angela Lopez, Richard T. Jones as Sergeant Wade Grey, Melissa O'Neil as Lucy Chen, Eric Winter as Tim Bradford, Shawn Ashmore as Wesley Evers, Jenna Dewan as Bailey Nune, Tru Valentino as Aaron Thorsen, and Lisseth Chavez as Celina Juarez. Alexi Hawley is the series creator, writer, and executive producer. Mark Gordon, Nathan Fillion, Michelle Chapman, Jon Steinberg, Bill Norcross, Bill Roe, and Brynn Malone are executive producers of the series. Entertainment One (eOne) is the lead studio on The Rookie, a co-production with ABC Signature. The series is expected to hit screens during midseason or possibly Spring 2024 (depending on how long the WGA and potential SGA-AFTRA strike would last).

[00katrinka00]

Landcaster Legacy Gen 7 Update #43

Dear Diary, It's Prom day! I think I should be more excited than I really am, but I'm stressing about battle of the bands tomorrow. I'm also not excited about watching Sage and Janie dance around and be all lovey dovey tonight. -Violet

Violet decided it was best to get in as much practice today as possible. Who knew how much time she'd have tomorrow morning. "For the sake of the watcher and everyone's ears can you stop!" yelled Lacy. "Jeez, I don't know what's gotten into you, but you need to chill out."

"You know I need to practice," Violet told her. "Just do it somewhere else, I'm trying to get ready for prom," Lacy retorted. "Prom is like 10 hours away, and you're literally what sitting there." "Whatever," Lacy rolled her eyes. "Just leave me alone." "Rude lately."

That evening when Violet and Lacy came down the stairs, Mads was waiting. "You both look absolutely beautiful!" she exclaimed. "Oh, thanks mom!" "Thank you, Mads," Lacy said.

And for the obligatory before the prom fireplace photos.

"Violet looks pretty," Rosie told her big sister. "Thank you, Rosie," Violet grinned at her. "Take picture?" "Absolutely," Violet agreed. "Say cheese," said Mads from behind the camera. "Oh, sweetheart, you're too big to be sucking on your thumb." "Baby Alex does it."

After everyone else arrived they headed outside for even more pre-prom photos.

Nat and Leo spent the whole night dancing together, and they both felt quite enamored with one another.

"Ugh!" Violet exclaimed to Owen. "Just look at them over there, making me want to puke." "Do you want to dance or something?" Owen asked. "All we've done is sit here, and I'm getting bored." "Then go somewhere else!" Violet snapped. "Maybe I will."

Little to Violet's knowledge, Janie and Sage were not having a good night. "So, what dirt did you get on Violet?" Janie asked. "What?" "You've been spending all this time with her, I thought it was to spy on her, figure out what she's playing tomorrow for battle of the bands."

"That's wrong!" Sage angerly exclaimed. "The fact that you think I'd do something so unethical." "THEN YOU'RE USELESS!" Janie yelled stomping her food on the ground. "Excuse me?" "You heard me, we NEED to win tomorrow, and you playing friendly with the enemy won't help!"

"If that's the case then I guess you don't need me," Sage said "So, I quit, the band, being your friend. Violet was right, you're no good" "You can't quit," Janie told her. "Battle of the bands is tomorrow" "I can, and I just did!" with that Sage walked away "You'll regret this!"

Violet and Lacy both made sure to get their votes for prom royalty in.

Lacy ended up winning Prom Royalty, and Owen won Prom Jester. The crown conflicted with Lacy's pink hair and ended up glitching out. She seemed pretty embarrassed about it.

Later, Violet found Sage sitting alone in the corner. "I like your dress," Violet told her. "It's really pretty." "Thank you," Sage said. "Is everything alright?" Violet asked. "You're sitting alone and seemed sad." "I quit Janie's band." "Really, why?"

"So, yeah," Sage said when she was done explaining everything to Violet. "Janie basically just wanted me to spy on you, and I decided enough was enough." "Well," Violet paused. "Thanks for having my back." "Yeah," Sage trailed off. "Can I ask you something?" "I guess."

"Why didn't you ask me to prom?" Sage asked "Huh?" Violet said in disbelief "I was waiting for you to ask, and when you didn't, I accepted Janie's invite" Sage explained "I kind of thought we had a thing going there" "I was waiting for you to ask me" Violet admitted "Wanna dance"

Violet and Sage then danced the night away. "Is Owen going to be mad, you kind of ditched him, and he's your date," Sage asked. "We're just friends," Violet assured her. "I only said we were going together because you told me you were going with Jan

"Can I kiss you?" Violet asked after several dances. "I'd like that," Sage smiled at her.

Lacy was not having the best time at prom, so she headed outside top get some air. Owen noticed, and since Violet was busy dancing with Sage, he followed her outside. "Is everything alright? You seem upset," Owen asked her. "Not really, I didn't even really want to come."

"You didn't?" Owen asked. "Jenna is just super persistent," Lacy began to ramble without even thinking. "The last time I was in high school prom didn't exist, so I guess I was a little curious, but now I'm just annoyed." "The last time you were in high school?" Owen asked.

"Oh-uh," Lacy stuttered. She didn't want people to know that Violet had brought her back from the dead. "Uh, yeah, I mean the school I went to before this one." Things weren't adding up, but Owen decided to ignore it. "Since we're both out here anyways, do you want to dance?"

Together, Lacy and Owen continued to dance for the rest of the night.

Here's some more prom photos, because I took way too many.

#TheSim4Gameplay #TheSIms4 #TheSims4Community #LandcasterLegacy #TheSims #TheSims4Legacy