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The thing about I Portatori dei Velluti is that both its triggering incident and its resolution are unrelated coincidences, not something that happens with the specific purpose of affecting the greater plot - the car crash at the start of the story is ultimately just a simple accident, a banal aftereffect of the Fangs' fight and not something that was premeditated, but since Nuova Volsinii was still in a very precarious position slowly trying to force its way out of the swamp that is Siracusa the mere fact that it happened was more than enough to kick-start the entire chain of events that takes place during the event, like hitting the first piece of the domino. And this is relevant to the main argument of the arc, to the way Lappland is testing whether there's a real chance for things to get better or if Nuova Volsinii is just putting on a nice mask while things stay fundamentally the same (just like the mafia is shown to still be able to do the shit they were doing before as long as they learn how to keep themselves clean in the eye of the law, hiding everything under the surface), and in fact not only was a simple car crash enough to almost destroy a year's worth of the people's work towards the future, but the only reason it didn't destroy it was just another coincidence, Antonio being shot in an alley and the sound bringing Eirene back to her senses before the worst could happen and everyone put off their "masks".

But what's neat about it is that this is not just Lappland putting on her joker costume and successfully showing that we live in a society, that there's no difference between humans and wolves and Nuova Volsinii is a doomed project, because you can also say that a single gunshot was enough to stop the fight.

Lavinia, Leontuzzo, the citizens of Nuova Volsinii are all doing their best, but their city is still in the middle of the swamp, still not free from Siracusa's cycle, and as a result just a little push might very well be enough to ruin everything it stands for in just a few days, burying all the hopes of the new generation. But conversely, just a little push can also ensure that the ideals it's founded on can not only survive but also prevail. Is there any other city in Siracusa where that lone gunshot could have stopped such a fight? Where the mafiosi would have held back from shooting even for a moment? Where a don of one of the Dodici Famiglie could be imprisoned by the law? Is it that a fortunate coincidence was the only thing that stopped the worst possible result, or is it that a fortunate coincidence is all it took for things to end well? There's a reason if despite the way the fight was stopped Lappland still recognized that Texas won the bet.

It'd be easy for her to just be a Joker-like villain that gives a little push here and there to make society crumble and prove her point, but what makes her iconic is that both here and il Siracusano she acted to help, because if violence was just the natural state of things for Siracusa and escaping it was impossible, than it would happen regardless of her help. Instead she gives a little push here and there to make things better, testing Nuova Volsinii not because she wants to prove that it's going to fail but to see if it has a chance to swim through the swamp. She was one of its original investors, after all!

By the end of I Portatori dei Velluti, whatever the reason for that is, not only did the Carvenale go mostly as planned, but the city is freed of both the Fangs' game and two powerful Dons. Pretty much one of the most positive conclusions an Arknights' event ever had, not being limited to just putting the basis for societal change but actually producing very concrete results.

She really earned that medal.

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SOURCE

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Lappland

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It is once again loving lappland hours

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Mopping around all day since finishing I portatori dei velluti

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Lappland, unemployed

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RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD

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Cheers to unemployed status 🥂

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the reason

Going insane

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Going insane

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you know what? fuck you

*unbangs your miles*

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BETTER RUN

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練習...(動作有參考

一天一張感覺不可能...我是廢物吧🙃

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LaTers lyrics TL

keysmashed this out quickly yesterday because i think we're not going to get an official one

disclaimer: done with the power of JLPT N3 and a honorary texlapp doctorate also i tried to reword some the english lyrics to make them make sense

texas / lappy / both

この身を盾にして 影は背中に迫っていた My self as his trump card, his shadow approaches my back

自由を縛ったのは 自分か世界のせいか Who was it that bound my freedom, was it me or the world

境界を踏み越えて満ちる 騒がしさを知った I step over the boundary, and am full of the turbulence I knew

狂乱を巻き込んだ力 戦いで示すだけEasy My power engulfed by frenzy, demonstrating it in battle is easy

昨日に追い付かれるのか Will yesterday catch up with me

明日を追い駆けるのか Will I chase after tomorrow

Which one do you like? Which path will you take?

さよなら 告げるために此処にいる ‘Goodbye’, I came here to say this

最初から 揺らがない覚悟を持って From the very start, with my unwavering resolve

打ち砕け Sink or swim Break into pieces, sink or swim

逃さないよ Stop bugging me Can't get away, stop irking me

Fight to the last 速度を上げるStory Fight to the last, speed up the story

追憶を振り切って Break from your memories

何の因果が結んだ 聞こえない振りは止めてよね Just what kind of fate has tied us together? Stop pretending you can’t hear me, okay?

重く感じた刃に 縋り付くのは記憶 My blades feel so heavy, with the weight of my memories clinging on

愛憎の重なった玩具（おもちゃ）ぶつけ合えばいいよ Playthings of both love and hate, it’s fine to smash them together

退路は塞がったままで 信じた道を歩んでくJourney My path of retreat still closed off, I set off on the journey I believe in

受け入れて楽しもうか Why not accept it and have fun?

掻き消して進もうか Why not drown it all out and move on?

Which one do you like? Which path will you take?

さよなら 高くついた代償は ‘Goodbye’, an expensive farewell

これから 斬り伏せて払えばいい From now on, I cut down whomever I please

Live in this world And live in this world

過去から 地続きの 夢を見た I dreamed of a connection from the past

未来へと 臨むため現在（いま）を行こう Let’s head towards the present (now) to face the future

いつかは… Someday…

ありがとう 次を描きたいから ‘Grazie’, I’ll express this next (time)

応えよう 剣先に触れる音で Come on, respond, with the sounds of our sword points touching(🤨

さよなら 告げるために此処にいる 'Goodbye', I came here to say this

最初から 揺らがない覚悟を持って From the very start, with my unwavering resolve

忘れないで Be the light Don’t forget now, be the light

夜明けまで Slash the darkness Until day breaks, slash the darkness

Fight to the last A fight to the last

速度を上げて行け Come on, let’s speed things up

もう止められない程 (Til) it can’t be stopped no more

追憶を振り切って Break from your memories

I'm guessing it's supposed to be the 'later' in ‘see you laters’ if La = Lappland and te = texas what is rs relationship???

lines that made me ????

Which one do you like?

my gut() is telling me it's more along the lines of 'which path do you like better' so i went with 'Which path will you take?'

逃さないよ Stop bugging me

was wavering between the first part referring to tex (as in lapp telling her she can't run away forever) but the 'stop bugging me' convinced me its referring to herself being unable to escape the quagmire

ありがとう 次を描きたいから

nobody corrected me on twitter so i take it my reading isn't horribly off lmfao..texas saying thank you to LAPP?? dio mio