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[roseknightred]

They probably weren't exposed to an environment that showed or taught this skill and expect any strong statements to be met with retaliation.

[inky-duchess]

Fantasy Guide to Constitutional Monarchy

As there are many breeds of government, there are equally as many species of monarchy. Today, we will be learning about the concept of constitutional monarchy and how we can write them within our WIPs.

What is a Constitutional Monarchy?

Constitutional Monarchy is a monarchy that is bound by a country's constitution, where the monarch doesn't rule but they reign. The government acts and runs in the monarch's name, at their pleasure and owes their allegiance to the Crown but they are the decision-makers.

The Power and the Glory

The monarch doesn't have the power to rule but as Head of State, they still retain certain powers and responsibilities.

The monarch has the right to:

Warn a Prime Minister/Chancellor against a decision.

Be consulted about all state matters, crisis and news.

Advise and encourage.

The monarch has the responsibility to:

Be impartial, no matter their true feelings

Support the Prime Minister/Chancellor in their efforts to lead the country

The monarch usually retains power in the form of the Head of the Armed Forces (though most can't declare war), has the power to dissolve a sitting government, has the power to sign bills and legislation into law, by the opening of Parliament and recieves diplomats and ambassadors.

Why a Constitutional Monarchy?

You might be asking, why would a monarch agree to all these rules and limits? They are the King/Queen, no? Shouldn't they have all the power? Easy answer, they want to maintain both their power and their heads. Most modern monarchies have ceded to be bound by constitution because autocracies come with as many dangers as they come with benefits. A constitutional monarchy is often chosen to protect the monarchy, ensure it's longevity, appease the public and modernise to fit with changing opinions. The monarchy that doesn't adapt, doesn't survive. If a monarch truly believes in the role of monarchy and their duty, they would do well to consider how much they are willing to sacrifice in its name. It also provides a unifying figure for the country to look up to without the divide of political opinion and creed.

Constitutional Monarchies Across the World

The UK: The monarch's role is ceremonial, they open Parliament, grant Royal approval to bills and meet with the Prime Minister to be informed of the government's doings.

Sweden: The Swedish monarchy is symbolic only.

Japan: The Emperor of Japan has no governing powers, he recieves foreign dignitaries, participates in traditional events and rituals.

Spain: The Spanish monarchy has the power to dissolve government, summon government and appoint the Prime Minister.

Norway: Norway's monarchy is heavily symbolic but the monarch resides over the Council of State, signs official documents and undertakes state visits.

Belgium: The Belgian monarchy is also ceremonial but has the power to appoint the formateur who leads coalition negotiations, signs laws but these acts must require the signature of a government minister.

The Netherlands: The Dutch monarch has a ceremonial role, with the Prime Minister and Parliament holding political power. The monarch’s duties include signing bills into law and representing the country at official events

Thailand: The Thai monarch has a cultural and ceremonial role but politics is the business of the elected government.

Monaco: The Principality of Monaco is an exceptional version of a constitutional monarchy. While the Prince is bound by the constitution, he had the power to appoint the Minister of State and the Government Council. These bodies are directly accountable to the Prince. The Prince has the right to propose laws to the National Council, veto laws and formally enacts the laws approved by the National Council.

Denmark: The monarch appoints the Prime Minister who leads Folketing, they sign all acts passed by the government which must be countersigned by a Cabinet Minister and participates in state ceremonies.

Lesotho: This monarchy is ceremonial too but the King has the power to appoint the Prime Minister and other officials (on governmental advice).

[britishdisasters]

Guyssss, look at this

[roseknightred]

Op did say they didn't know who needed to hear it, not that you specifically needed to 🐱

I don't know who needs to hear this, but

YOU DO NOT NEED TO START A NEW HOBBY!

STEP AWAY FROM THE TEXTILES!

YOU DON'T NEED MORE YARN!

THAT FABRIC IS NOT CALLING TO YOU! LEAVE IT ALONE!

[buff-muffin]

Finally got around to reading some of those Lawlu fics i was recommended ages ago. I’ve only read a handful and do plan on read more of them but I’m so sad none of these fics capitalise on my favourite part of their dynamic.

Because something I’ve always found fun about them is that Law as a character always sees everything as an exchange, everything is a deal. I owe you's are important to law. He doesn’t do anything for anyone without an idea of something in return and he won’t accept help from anyone without any way to pay them back because he would rather DIE then be indebted to anyone. Because this was exactly how Doflamingo manipulated people. This is how he’s TAUGHT law the world works this is all he knows.

Many people think that he saved Luffy in Marineford out of sympathy or understanding after Law himself has lost so much and understands Luffy. But that's just not it to me. Law saw this crazy bastard willing to punch a CELESTICAL DRAGON, and probably thought something along the lines of "damn. i need him on my team." and what a fucking bargaining chip to hold over someone's head "I saved your life" is. Law was trying to get any form of control over Luffy because it would be smarter then making an enemy. So when Luffy and his crew pulled up to PunkHazard. Law probably just intended to use that ' I owe you' He still has on Luffy and try strike a deal. Little did law know. Luffy doesn't do deals, if he didn't want to do something he wont. and to Luffy he didn't owe Law anything. but between a plan to take down an emperor and a friend asking for help. he was in. Law is in on this alliance as a deal where Law gets to take down Doflamingo (and kaido) and Luffy gets to take down Kaido (and doflamingo.) But to Luffy, this was friends working together for a common end goal. So when things fall to shit and Law cant pay back Luffy for all the things he's doing for him. he cuts off the deal and the alliance because he cant be indebted. But Luffy does it anyways cause their friends. Luffy doesn't expect anything from Law for defeating Dofi. and Law has to grapple with this. grapple with this KINDNESS. the idea that he doesn't owe Luffy anything. the idea that Luffy simply did that because he cares about him. the idea that someone who doesn't even know all the sides of him, cared so much to take down someone who hurt him. its so foreign to Law. to just simply be cared for. Its genuinely one of my favourite parts of their dynamic even if its subtle and just my way of reading their dynamic

[olrinarts]

Stuck inside during an unanticipated snowstorm, Narinder and the Lamb resort to playing Knucklebones, and it goes... weird. Then the Lamb gets melodramatic. Thankfully, not everyone is content to leave it at that. (narilamb, explicit, 8k.)

[mintyeve322]

SURPRISE! HUMAN ROO FACE REVEAL!

is it still a closet cosplay if it was entirely by accident and requires 3 aus to even make sense?

who's to say? not a delusional girl who thinks she looks like vampire cowgirl fiddleford mcgucket, thats for sure. (click to see full image of the earrings)

i need a real cowboy hat and fake fangs stat, the orthodontist shaved mine off sophomore year.

[getindumdums]

They could be both. It’d be fun. Raph gets a Casey best friend. And cause rottmnt likes to be different. Jr. can be Leo’s Casey best friend. Shocking Raphs across iterations. It’s a win win.

every time someone makes a fanwork where casey jr is the rise casey, an angel loses its wings

[lunarrosette]

u either die a nick or live long enough to see urself become a lark

[jeebusmeebus]

Crimson Infected again bc i have lore and i love him

funny glowy alt

[liminal---nightmare-aliza]

Plot for fanfic I’m really tempted to write:

So New Moon realizes WAY earlier on that he’s not… moon. He’s a different person. So he talks to sun about it and they chat and he comes up with the name Nexus, but shortens it to Nem because he’s ‘saving it for his villain arc’ which gets a laugh out of both of them.

Of course, professionally, he’s still ‘moon’ as it’s literally the Sun And Moon Show, but Sun get everyone to call him Nem while they’re not in the daycare doing their jobs.

Anywho, Solar dies, Nem starts having his slow mental breakdown, REALIZES he is slowly breaking down, but unlike New Moon, he actually starts talking to Sun about it once the hallucinations start. Sun’s been through those before, so maybe he could help? And it kinda works…

He realizes he’s getting worse, and was planning on using his own body to bring solar back (instead of using bloodmoons) but he’s actually open to other ideas. And Eclipse has a pretty decent idea, but he’s obviously kinda dying at the moment, and moon has no idea where the fuck he is.

Eventually, he does sort of snap, but in a really weird way where he KNOWS he’s gonna snap and kinda locks himself in the same place he is locked up in canon, and him and sun talk again.

Anywho, Monty figures out what’s going on, misinterpreting it a LOT, and still ends up shocking Nem into oblivion so he can talk to Moon. Obviously Sun isn’t really happy about this, and as soon as he finds out he lets Nem go and tells him to hide so that Monty wouldn’t do that again. Sun tries to yell at Monty for shocking his brother to near death, but during that time bloodmoon captures earth and Monty rushes off. Nem also find out about this and ends up going after bloodmoon himself, using a shield to keep earth out of blast range.

Anywho, puppet and Monty are under the impression that he wasn’t going to have a shield, promptly sends him to space to be picked up by Darksun. “I swear I left him right here.”

Darksun finds Nem, he thinks Darksun is a hallucination at first, they talk for a bit, and before going with him back to his hideaway dimension, he texts Sun.

“In space, agreed to a villain arc, will update soon.”

So anyway, that’s how we get SANE NEXUS!!

He’s still doing the whole ‘negative star power’ thing but he’s not a dick about it, and pretty much everything in the main canon still happens, just slightly differently.

so things like sun still having to choose between nexus and moon, the whole Goliath thing, and a few other things, but shaken around a bit, you know?

Oh and also Darksun is all like “…you’re genuinely proving me wrong about moons right now are you ok?” To nexus.

[ethereallyoccultazalea]

Amktsfassfggsfgfssghhsaadggff holy cherries this is fantastic. I love this so much, and the implications of this hurt so much. Doomed yaoi, you will never stop hurting.

I watched Alien stage.

[laikabu]

[esoterictboy]

I just think it’s super hot when people are bent over naked like, face down ass up showing everything. Like they’re just so fucking horny they don’t even wanna know what comes next it’s the perfect position like I could spit in your hole one minute and be breeding you the next and you’re just so desperate for it you don’t even care you’re practically shoving your hole in my face you just drool all over yourself and cum ? It’s fucking slutty.

[alltears]

the intrepid heroes reached new levels of Accurate Teenage Friendship tonight (see also)

[nyxelestia]

The lines between navy, merchant shipping, and piracy has always been kinda hazy, honestly. A lot of our irl pirates started out as navy ships and crew who turned to piracy when they suddenly found themselves unemployed after a major naval war ended. I could see the reverse happening, e.x. pirate ships getting press-ganged into a naval fleet or just joining out of genuine interest, not to mention I could see lots of naval crew being descended from pirates generations ago (which is also a thing that happened irl).

started reading the rise of kyoshi again this past week and the first thing i saw when i opened it up was this:

HA HAKODA PROVED HER WRONG