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@soloveya

vasily picks at the label of the beer - shitty, american and warm. he's sweating. the room they've posted up in has a broken aircon vent and the window doesn't open, which wouldn't help much this high into summer this south of the equator, but still. a breeze, a hint of something. anyway. he nudges the tripod of the sniper rifle with his booted toe. << anything? >>

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In our obscurity - in all this vastness - there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us. / AN INDEPENDENT ORIGINAL CHARACTER ASSOCIATED WITH @rassvetiye & @sumerkiy

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❛ Whenever you stitch yourself up, you do make a bloody mess. ❜

vasily sits at the end of the dining table and listens to papa grumble in the next room, his dinner guest equally snappish but only because katya is sick of the running commentary; there is the telltale snip of scissors, a hiss when the flesh is punctured. who are you to him? she has asked before and vas had only shrugged, quiet and silent and still, the way he has been taught and the way that seems baked into his nature now.

(as a boy he had been forever on the move, always with one foot on the train as papa had described -- these days, he leans more into the foot left on the platform. a short, thick figure who clings onto the shadow and anonymity anatoliy has afforded him almost his entire life; shielded, as it were, by the mystery of the man his father used to be. they have always been honest with each other, haven't they?)

there is more to say from the next room and vas doesn't listen to it; instead, he comes to the doorway and posts up against it, arms crossed tightly, a frown cutting into his forehead. << you're bleeding all over the rug. >> -- feat @soloveya

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THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) SENTENCE STARTERS

❛ Look at you. What do you believe in, huh? ❜

❛ I believe whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you…stranger. ❜

❛ What gives you the right? What’s the difference between you and me? ❜

❛ Whenever you stitch yourself up, you do make a bloody mess. ❜

❛ Did you get mauled by a tiger? ❜

❛ That wasn’t exactly what I had in mind when I said I wanted to inspire people. ❜

❛ Who [name] spends her time with is her business. ❜

❛ We all know how much you like to say “I told you so.” ❜

❛ I make my own luck. ❜

❛ They’re trying to kill you, means we’re getting to them. ❜

❛ You’re not getting shot at, you’re not doing your job right. ❜

❛ But, you know, if you said you were rattled, we could take the rest of the day off. ❜

❛ I don’t get political points for being an idealist. I do the best I can with what I have. ❜

❛ How could you want to raise children in a city like this? ❜

❛ You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. ❜

❛ If I were sneaking out every night, someone would’ve noticed by now. ❜

❛ For obvious reasons, I couldn’t wait for your permission. ❜

❛ And I thought my jokes were bad. ❜

❛ I mean, what happened? Did your balls drop off? ❜

❛ If it’s so simple, why haven’t you done it already? ❜

❛ If you’re good at something, never do it for free. ❜

❛ You think you can steal from us and just walk away? ❜

❛ If I get him to you, can you get him to talk? ❜

❛ I knew the risk when I took this job. ❜

❛ We wouldn’t wanna make things too easy, now, would we? ❜

❛ If you can tell me the Russian for “apply your own bloody suntan lotion.”. ❜

❛ You wanna know how I got these scars? ❜

❛ Let’s put a smile on that face. ❜

❛ Why so serious? ❜

❛ I think a simple phone call might have sufficed. ❜

❛ Oh, you mean, when they find out that you’ve helped us, they’re gonna kill you? ❜

❛ They’re all gonna come after you now. ❜

❛ Look at me. Look at me! ❜

❛ People will die. Starting tonight. I’m a man of my word. ❜

❛ Any psychotic ex-boyfriends I should be aware of? ❜

❛ [name] may not know you well enough to understand you’re making fun of him, but I do. ❜

❛ You can’t ask me to wait for that. ❜

❛ You can’t leave me alone with these people. ❜

❛ It makes you think about things you couldn’t stand losing, about who you wanna spend your life with. ❜

❛ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We are tonight’s entertainment. ❜

❛ You know, you remind me of my father. I hated my father. ❜

❛ Well, hello, beautiful. ❜

❛ You look nervous. Is it the scars? ❜

❛ Now I see the funny side. Now I’m always smiling. ❜

❛ You got a little fight in you. I like that. ❜

❛ You can’t protect me. You can’t even protect yourselves. ❜

❛ Criminals aren’t complicated. We just need to figure out what he’s after. ❜

❛ Some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. ❜

❛ Some men just wanna watch the world burn. ❜

❛ Whatever you’re gonna do, do it fast. ❜

❛ You brought this craziness on us. You did! You brought this on us! ❜

❛ Is there someone, is there anyone in this town we can trust? ❜

❛ From one professional to another, you’re trying to scare somebody, pick a better spot. From this height, the fall wouldn’t kill me. ❜

❛ Heads, you get to keep your head. Tails…not so lucky. ❜

❛ You’d leave a man’s life to chance? ❜

❛ You’re the symbol of hope I could never be. ❜

❛ No one else will die because of me. ❜

❛ You can’t give in! ❜

❛ You once told me that if the day came when I was finished, that we’d be together. Did you mean it? ❜

❛ Don’t make me your one hope for a normal life. ❜

❛ If you turn yourself in, they’re not gonna let us be together. ❜

❛ People are dying. What would you have me do? ❜

❛ Accomplice? I’m gonna tell them the whole thing was your idea. ❜

❛ The night is darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming. ❜

❛ He’s not being a hero. He’s being something more. ❜

❛ This is your life. You can’t leave something like that to chance. ❜

❛ You can’t stop here. We’re like sitting ducks! ❜

❛ Come on. I want you to do it, I want you to do it. Come on, hit me. Hit me! ❜

❛ You do like to play things pretty close to the chest. ❜

❛ I’ve got a date with a pretty upset girlfriend. ❜

❛ No matches on prints, DNA, dental. No name. No other alias. ❜

❛ Nothing in his pockets but knives and lint. ❜

❛ I’m sorry, I couldn’t risk your safety. ❜

❛ Does it depress you, to know just how alone you really are? ❜

❛ If we’re gonna play games, I’m gonna need a cup of coffee. ❜

❛ Never start with the head. The victim gets all fuzzy. He can’t feel the next… ❜

❛ You wanted me. Here I am. ❜

❛ I wanted to see what you’d do. And you didn’t disappoint. ❜

❛ But I know the truth. There’s no going back. You’ve changed things. Forever. ❜

❛ I don’t wanna kill you. What would I do without you? ❜

❛ Don’t talk like one of them. You’re not. Even if you’d like to be. ❜

❛ When the chips are down, these civilized people…they’ll eat each other. ❜

❛ See, I’m not a monster. I’m just ahead of the curve. ❜

❛ You have all these rules, and you think they’ll save you. ❜

❛ The only sensible way to live is without rules. ❜

❛ You have nothing, nothing to threaten me with. Nothing to do with all your strength. ❜

❛ How many of your friends have I killed? ❜

❛ It’s gonna be fine. It’s gonna be all right. They’re coming for you. ❜

❛ Do you wanna know why I use a knife? Guns are too quick. You can’t savor all the little emotions. ❜

❛ You see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are. ❜

❛ I’m sorry to let you down. If you lose your faith in me, please keep your faith in people. ❜

❛ Things always get worse before they get better. ❜

❛ Why should I hide who I am? ❜

❛ This town deserves a better class of criminal, and I’m gonna give it to them. ❜

❛ Tell your men they work for me now. ❜

❛ Why don’t we cut you up into little pieces and feed you to your pooches? Hm? And then we’ll see how loyal a hungry dog really is. ❜

❛ It’s not about money, it’s about sending a message. ❜

❛ Everything burns. ❜

❛ Do I really look like a guy with a plan? ❜

❛ You know what I am? I’m a dog chasing cars. I wouldn’t know what to do with one if I caught it. ❜

❛ Introduce a little anarchy, upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. ❜

❛ Oh, and you know the thing about chaos? It’s fair. ❜

❛ Don’t watch a whole lot of news, do you? ❜

❛ Shouldn’t you be out there, you know, doing something? ❜

❛ This is too much power for one person. ❜

❛ I’ll help you this one time. But consider this my resignation. ❜

❛ Look, if I tell you, will you let me go? ❜

❛ What exactly did you think they were gonna do? ❜

❛ It’s not that simple. It never is. ❜

❛ Ah, you made it. I’m so thrilled. ❜

❛ You don’t wanna die, but you don’t know how to take a life. ❜

❛ We really should stop this fighting, otherwise we’ll miss the fireworks. ❜

❛ And here we go. ❜

❛ Can’t rely on anyone these days. You gotta do everything yourself. Don’t we? ❜

❛ You just couldn’t let me go, could you? ❜

❛ This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. ❜

❛ I think you and I are destined to do this forever. ❜

❛ Madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push. ❜

❛ You wouldn’t dare try to justify yourself if you knew what I’d lost. ❜

❛ Have you ever had to talk to the person you loved most, tell them it’s gonna be alright, when you know it’s not? ❜

❛ It’s not about what I want, it’s about what’s fair! ❜

❛ You thought we could be decent men in an indecent time. But you were wrong. ❜

❛ People will lose hope. ❜

❛ A hero. Not the hero we deserved, but the hero we needed. ❜

❛ Because sometimes the truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people deserve more. ❜

❛ He’s the hero we deserve, but not the one we need right now. ❜

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(Fallout 76) They all look so good

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Leave No Trace  2018 | dir. Debra Granik

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𝐒𝐔𝐍'𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐑𝐂,  𝐇𝐎𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐀 𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐀𝐋. anatoliy dekhanov,  visage :  5/?

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the sunglasses hide the dark circles; it's so late, it's early, but there is just enough streetlight to make it hurt and vasily stumbles up the porch step, glaring back at it when he trips a moment. there is key for the house on his keychain. this is not an everyday occurrence, of course, he doesn't make a habit of dragging himself back to anatoliy's house unwarranted in this sort of state, but needs must when you are in the area -- the only thing the italians have done all day and evening before is feed him wine, cheese, cocaine. what good does it do to trek across town to his own walk up?

(papa, do not be home. do not be mad. have mercy, father, forgive me.)

vas shoves a cigarette in his mouth and lights it and fishes with the keys and drops them. "-- futhermucker--" he swears in the low light -- and doesn't expect the door to wipe open while he pats around the step for the bundle he's dropped.

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Édgar Ramírez as Detective Joe Mendoza in ‘The Undoing‘.

“I think at this point, you are more angry at him than us and you have a right to be.“

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