#Fraud Basics

[petitesmafia]

in my mind the Flags are so close that sometimes they forget outside perceptions of each other. for example: once they decided to get tickets for Lippmann's fanmeeting event as a surprise thinking it would be easy but NAHHH they were fighting for their lives waiting in the queue

Albatross: okay T-10 seconds until the queue opens get ready everyone. should be simple enough Pianoman: go in, get the tickets, get out Chuuya: i'm ready Albatross: it's open!! Albatross: Albatross: ...WDYM 75,123 PEOPLE AHEAD Doc: i have 77,223 people ahead....

Pianoman: to think we only queued early bc we thought it'd be a quick process Albatross: I CLICKED RIGHT ON THE DOT AND STILL 75,123 PEOPLE AHEAD OF ME? Doc: what do we do now Albatross: 75,123 PEOPLE Chuuya: i guess we won't be able to get VIP Albatross: I'M SLOWER THAN 75,123 PEOPLE????????

Albatross: OKAY WAIT I'M IN Pianoman: get 5 seats together Albatross: wait i can't find any. WHY AREN'T THERE ANY Chuuya: HURRY Albatross: I'M STRESSED. UR STRESSING ME OUT Doc: STOP SHAKING

Albatross: OMG WAIT Chuuya: put it in the cart CHECKOUT Pianoman: HURRY UP BEFORE SOMEONE TAKES IT Albatross: I'M SWEATING. I'M SWEATING. Albatross: WHAT'S MY CC INFO Pianoman: for fuck's sake TAKE MINE HURRY Albatross: I'M SWEATING

(the entire ordeal wiped them tf out like Albatross needed to go lie down for 6 minutes to ease his accelerated heart rate,,,Lippmann eventually finds them looking worn out in Old World and is like. ??? did smth happen? and they're like YOUUU 🫵)

[spark-circuit]

can't wait for Fraud layer to pull a Nosk-type situation on us where it baits V1 (let's be real, the player) deeper in with a fake Gabriel with proper Gianni voice acting, before jumpscaring us with something like 70 sanded Mindflayers

[nevermeyers]

people need to calm down their delulu wishes and start focusing on the canon narrative. sorcerer world has always been about strength and cruelty. the becoming a monster in order to win conversation needs to be here and it's perfectly fine. one thing is you don't liking it, or don't liking how they disrespect someone's body, specially bc the majority of cultures do respect it and mourn it after death; it's normal to be repulsed, since gojo was ever seen as a human, that's the loneliness the strongest carries. the other thing is saying it doesn't make sense, became it narratively does. if you don't understand it, maybe read hidden inventory arc again, shibuya arc too maybe, or isn't enough what happened to megs for you to understand? jjk was always about an unfair and cruel world and sukuna won't be defeated by the power of friendship.

and, friendly reminder that this manga started by yuuji's body being used and dehumanized in order to contain and kill sukuna. but y'all don't seem to ever care about him.

[allmightyscroll-swag]

Oop, I realized I never actually posted about this, but!

Anyone remember my separated Donnie au? Code name: Violet skies? Well I'm remaking it! Rewriting it, even !!

Here's Foot Recruit/aka Donnie!

Draxum, quite begrudgingly, ends up raising the four turtles with Splinter: whom saved him when a part of the lab's roof collapsed, while he was holding onto two of the turtles. Splinter brought the both of them to the sewers, and it all happened from there.

The turtles grew up not too different, safe for extra actual training and knowledge of both the hidden city and things mystic; until Leo and Donnie turned 14. Donnie went out one day with Raph, and didn't come back.

Two years after his disappearance, when the series events begin, they find him in the Foot Clan. Now called just Foot Recruit, with no memory of them — and a good 6 years worth of memories of living with the foot clan.

[qqueenofhades]

Writing my first paper for one of my very first classes in the new MA, on a subject about which I know comparatively quite little, and having to remind myself with deep breaths that it will actually be okay if I get a B.

[jon-sedai]

The way Jon’s immediate reaction to the pink letter isn’t even to sit down, do some breathing exercises, calm down and rethink his life choices…NO my boy immediately jumped to organizing a field trip for him and his lads so they can go tussle in large groups like???

[randomnameless]

@fantasyinvader I was looking at the "Claude gives the Alliance like a hot potato to Dimitri to fig off to Almyra" convo, and he says this :

I'm leaving Fódlan. There are things I have to do. Dreams I need to see to fruition. That's why I became the Alliance leader to begin with, actually. But it left me no time for what I was really after. You'd better not take on too many responsibilities yourselves, or else you'll end up in the same boat. And remember...both the living and the dead cling to us without any regard for our own lives. It's up to us to break free of that weight and follow the path that we believe in.

Apparently, becoming the Alliance Leader burdened him too much to work on his "let's make people accept each other" ? Like, it left him no time to work on his goals??? When, as the Alliance Leader, he could have influenced the people of Leicester to, uh, not be so biaised against Almyrans (if only Almyrans accept to not invade for funsies, but that's something Claude will never tackle on, on-screen at least).

And the "living" who cling to him are a weight?

A burden??

Sure AM is all about living for yourself and making your own choices - but this game is also allergic to duty and responsabilities : is Claude basically saying having to look after the living people of Leicester is a weight or a burden that prevents him from achieving his goals?

Especially when this convo happens after Dimitri's return to Firdhiad, aka, him answering the hopes and wishes of his people as the King?

Sure the setting is not as heated as, say, Roland and Serenor from TS fighting over inheritence and Serenor accidently calling "ruling Glenbrook and being a King to its people" a "burden", but damn if Dimitri's reaction is, uhh...

Yeah.

Subdued is an understatment.

Bar the plot making as much sense as Thales not nuking Gronder Field when the mock Eagle and Lion mock battle happens to get rid of Rhea and the remaining Nabateans, Claude gives the Alliance away - after its lords agreed to be part of the Kingdom - because being the Leader of the Alliance prevented from reaching his goals.

Yeah, in a way, that's a good thing, because I suppose no one would like to be ruled over by a leader like that, who calls "responsability and duty to his people" burdens that prevent him from reaching his goals.

But more importantly,

What kind of insight does this convo bring to his S support with Billy?

All those weak people who have nothing to cling to but their goddess... They'll rely on you just like they used to rely on Rhea. You'll be a leader all who are struggling to survive in war-torn lands can look up to.

If the living clinging up to him - or relying on him - prevent him, or anyone else, from achieving their dreams, that what is basically saying to Billy?

Is he saying Billy should bear that burden - people relying on them - even if it means they won't be able to achieve their dream, while he'd be free to do so?

I must return to my homeland. As for ruling this new, unified land... Well, I'll leave that to you.

Is it up to Billy to mop up Fodlan while Claude can still return home nilly-willy, claim his Almyran crown and work on his dream? Like, Billy takes care of the people and supports them, while Claude "works on his dream" or whatever this means?

I was joking earlier about this, but taking into consideration what this Claude believes, aka people relying on him is a burden/a weight preventing him from reaching his dream, his Nopes convo with Dimitri makes a frightening amount of sense :

That's right. Think about it. Who steals your freedom and gives you an endless list of duties and obligations simply because you have a Crest?

Bar the Rhea BaD/crust BaD hate boner, being a ruler means having your freedom stolen and instead receive an "endless list of duties and obligations".

That's basically what Claude is complaining about in FE16 as the one who had to lead the Alliance, so him complaining about the same thing in Nopes makes a frightening amount of sense!

Ultimately, I know we can't compare Fodlan's writing to FE10's excellent part 2, but we're very far from Elincia going from this

“…Why does this happen?! My people fight, brother against brother… And no matter what I do, I can’t stop it! I’m a miserable failure. I just want to crawl into a cave somewhere. How can anyone believe in me now?” “I never asked for any of this… I never wanted to be queen!”

To this :

“I will not. It is my indecision that has allowed the rebellion to come this far. As the one responsible for protecting this country… I refuse to run from this problem any longer.” “Thank you, everyone. I am indeed the queen of Crimea, and a queen does not hide. Our enemies are fellow citizens of Crimea. But we can no longer sit idle as they destroy the harmony of our nation.” “You’re wrong. Strength without compassion does not a ruler make. Protecting people is what it means to protect the country. You care nothing for the people, so you are unfit to become king. You cloak your desire to rule with pretty speeches, but it is petty avarice nonetheless!”

Credit where it's due, F-Claude at least tries to keep Leicester people out of harm's way, but the way he words it to Dimitri, bar his nebulous "IdEaLs", Claude, in this convo, cares nothing for the people of the Alliance. They're just a weight preventing him from achieving his dream.

And this is a character IS wants to push as a Lord, similar to what Marth, FE5!Leif, Ephraim or Chrom are, when his mindset is completely opposed to them.

Granted, given how he is a Supreme Leader expy, and how IS force feeds her as a "Lord", that's not surprising but damn.

[kaslanist]

god the operators you put on this earth to fight for the rights of the infected are getting into situationships

[trexalicious]

*New origin story alert* Crepes remind her 'of her time backpacking through France as a student'...Ummmm since when?! 🤭

[smallsinger5901]

my own personal explanation as to why gevanni doesnt show up in any of the spk scenes in the a/c-kira oneshots is because, as a former career criminal, the main stipulation for joining the spk would be legal immunity, so he avenged his brother (and naomi), took the reward and then fucked back off into retirement at 30 🥰

[slankyyy-vs-the-world]

he walks up to you and demands you give him $30 for beer and cigarettes, wyd

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

Hilarious content by TheWorking Team.

The Sussex duo certainly has a nose for the gutter! Look at their body language! What were they expecting? The VIP theatres that host Wills & Kate? 😂

Were the VIPs assigned to the empty row with the water bottles? The Wife certainly is unhappy. 😂

Elasta Girl plays dress up to sit in a common movie theater!

Determined as ever to expose those spindly arms & linebacker shoulders.

Yet another indication that she needs intensive psychiatric treatment.

Poor MEgain! In her warped brain, she obviously sees a tall, svelte female, and replaces that woman's face with her own! She looks deformed.

[peineperdu]

[jamereadsmanga]

new hc just dropped: Ostanian women are on average well-educated and make up a decent portion of the work force. Married women are also common as well as mothers. The unemployment rate however does increase when she has a second child.

rationale: unlike canon, i like to see stories about women with close relationships moving through adulthood. So naturally i am obsessed with the city hall secretaries and developing them outside of their monotone misogynist identities.

so rather than being mean women who bully Yor for the fuck of it, they are complex women working their own struggles and negotiating their identity as women in a modern ostania. from there i sort of carved individual stories for each girlie. i focused a bit more on work since their relationship is based around work.

for Millie, i have it where her dad died while she was somewhat young. Her mother married young and had a good number of kids with him, she was unemployed and focused on raising them. of course once he died she was left to provide for her kids herself. so millie grew up with a working mother and understands the importance of having money and education. still, she was raised with a traditional mentality, get married have kids, so it is still her main goal. but because of the independence her mother indirectly instilled in her, Millie cannot settle for any man and is constantly in and out of relationships because of that.

so i decided to extend Millie situation to all women of her age group in Ostania. Many of whom either grew up watching their mother work hard or had to work themselves like Yor. Essentially, because of the wars, there remains a persistent belief that your partner will die at some point and so you must be able to support yourself and your family regardless of him or his money. so women go to work and they get proper educations and as a result develop high standards for partners (even if they still continue to seek them out).

this issue was only worsened when Donovan Dickhead Desmond practically forced no-fault divorce in Ostanian law meaning even married women would leave their husbands if he is not up to par.

the current administration is trying to crack down on this whole situation because independent women truly are a threat to society. that's why at the start of the story there were cases of women being targeted by the SSS for being unmarried. they're literally trying to make being a single working women problematic to force women into marriage.

[androgynouspenguinexpert]

bout time i posted the og bc in the immortal words of yahtzee croshaw shit's about to get FUCKY!

also i like him :)

[nonamegiven96]

Yeah, he’s already becoming one of my favourites.