#And D*isy in general

[thatscarletflycatcher]

It's funny because sometimes I'll get very angry and frustrated about something IRL, and my brain will just take all that anger and frustration and dump it into some old or new fandom thing I hate.

[testure-1988]

About Me

Name: Al /Ali

Age: 34

Cisgender

Sign: Taurus

Pronouns: she/her

Goth

Aromantic

Neurodivergent (ADHD, APD, anxiety)

Agnostic

-This is a SIDE BLOG. I will follow you with my main (nivekogresimp)

DNI if you're:

A TERF or SWERF (or just transphobic and against sex work in general)

racist

homophobic

a fascist/nazi

pro-police

hardcore Christian

misogynistic

TCC/a Columbiner

into pedophilia/ a MAP (or if you like Lolicon/shota or DD/LG)

Ableist

Also don’t even bother following me if you’re a zionist/Israel supporter

-I post NSFW stuff sometimes, so minors should take note.

-If you see something (artwork, a photo) that belongs to you, please let me know so I can credit you or remove it.

What I'm mainly interested in:

The Goth subculture/ trad goth stuff

Music in general (I love Industrial Music, Experimental, Noise Music/Harsh Noise Wall, Goth Rock, Post-Punk, Punk Rock, Grindcore, Doom Metal, all kinds of Electronic Music, 80s New Wave/Synthpop, City Pop, 90s/80s Hip-Hop and a whole bunch of other genres)

Skinny Puppy

The 1980s

Horror Movies

JTHM (and Invader Zim...sometimes)

Art & graphic design

Dark/horror/ gothic/religious aesthetic posts

goth fashion

Vampires

Cemeteries

Bones

Leftist/democratic socialist stuff

bats, cats & rats :D

Anime (Berserk, NGE, Cowboy Bebop, Sailor Moon, Hellsing, Studio Ghibli, etc.)

Cartoons

Batman

Little Nemo In Slumberland (the comic strip)

Mythology (Norse, Greek & Egyptian mainly)

Elvira, Mistress of The Dark

The Addams Family

Edward Gorey

Some of my favorite bands/artists:

Skinny Puppy, Godflesh, Tom Waits, Einsturzende Neubauten, Meat Beat Manifesto, Coil, The Cure, Front 242, Bauhaus, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Severed Heads, Alien Sex Fiend, Acid Bath, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, Depeche Mode, Japan, Tears For Fears, Type O Negative, Clan Of Xymox, Virgin Prunes, Cocteau Twins, Aphex Twin, Boards Of Canada, Massive Attack, Autechre, Merzbow, Agent Side Grinder, The Klinik, (old) Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, (old) KMFDM, Front Line Assembly, Fad Gadget, Revolting Cocks, SPK, Clock DVA, :wumpscut:, Christian Death (Rozz only), Swans, The Sisters Of Mercy, Joy Division, Dead Can Dance, Sleep, Black Sabbath (with Ozzy only), Electric Wizard, Neurosis, Cult of Luna, Isis, Ningen Isu, Yoko Kanno, Church Of Misery, Bongzilla, Phobia, Doom, Pink Floyd, Altar De Fey, TR/ST, Boy Harsher, George Clanton, Ulver, Kraftwerk, Dissecting Table, Anaal Nathrakh, Lycia, Tim Hecker, Akira Yamaoka, Deftones, Porcupine Tree, Hello Meteor, The Devil & The Universe, Wardruna, Goldie

Current favorite bands/artists ATM:

Jim Kirkwood. Klaus Schulze. Severed Heads

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

not sure if anyone's asked you this before/yet, but so you have any opinions or thoughts of the relationship between all of the pantheons? general relationship and possibly some more personal ones?

I've read many different headcanons and fanfiction where people have mentioned their thoughts on it, but nothing they've ever gone into detail about.

there's nothing really preventing them from interacting *👀 I keep remembering the smallest tiniest hint of freypollo we got* but that doesn't mean they go out of their way doing it, yk?

OKAY SO-

The pantheons I'll be mainly focusing on are the Greek, Roman, Norse, & Egyptian ones. I'll probably make little nods to other ones too tho :3

Don't be surprised if this mainly centers on Apollo XD He's my guy <3

GREEK & ROMAN

Let's kick it off with these two!

"But aren't they the same-?"

Nope! The Roman pantheon started off as their own sets of gods - the thing is, they had very little myths written down so we don't know much about how they were characterized :(

Howmever. We do know that when they were synchronized with Greece's gods, you can see the little differences between them - for instance, the Roman gods were more Forces Of Nature than gods who went out and Did Stuff, like Greece's.

Jupiter for example! He didn't have the "fucks around" rep Zeus does! Jupiter from the Roman's perspective didn't go out and do much. He rooted on Aeneus, yes, but the myths of his children weren't quite as popular in Rome as they were in Greece (probably because they were. ya know. Greek heroes, and not Roman)

And Apollo. Oh, Apollo...the only major god who didn't have a Latin equivalent.

Rome loved you so much they adopted you and went "no. no. he was always here. no we aren't lying. see? he's in the Dii Consentes!" XD

Fun Fact: Apollo is basically multiple gods in a trench coat. Paion (Mycenean), Smitheus (Mycenean), Aplu (Etruscan), Apaulinus (Hittie), Grannus (Celtic), ect were all Apollo-equivalents who historians have concluded to be past incarnations of Apollo!

which is INTERESTING because...do those gods still exist in the RRverse? Are they connected to Apollo in some way? Are they little voices in his head? DO THEY HAVE DRINKS TOGETHER?

I have questions and I need answers.

Greek & Egyptian

Saving the Norse for last because we all wanna save Freypollo for last <3 the best for last lmao

RIGHT OFF THE BAT I'M GONNA SAY THAT ZEUS DOESN'T LIKE THE OTHER PANTHEONS! I BET HE DOESN'T!

Which sucks for him because Apollo has friends in Egypt XD

I do think Apollo and Horus would be friends! Not only are they both associated with the sun in some way, but they were actually identified with each other when Greece met Egypt!

Greece: Oh so you have a super-powerful son of the king of the gods associated with light? So do we! :D

Egypt: Oh my gosh we do! :D

You know the myth of Typhon? Apollo transformed into a hawk to escape, and you know who has a hawk head?

Horus. :D

also Horus took over the thrown from Osiris - sure, not in an overthrow way but still. he overthrew Set and claimed the throne

sounds like something we all want hmm...

Also, I headcanon that Helios and Ra go WAAAAYYYY back and Apollo only met Ra like. once. before Isis did her blackmailing and Ra disappeared.

SO WHEN RA CAME BACK, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN DURING HOO BTW, APOLLO HAS NO IDEA! HE'S ON DELOS AT THAT POINT! THEN HIS TRIALS!

So when he rolls up to the next sun god meeting he sees Ra and is like "wait what who are you- OH WAIT!"

And Ra's like; "WHO LET THIS CHILD BE PUT IN CHARGE OF THE SUN???"

Apollo: I'm over 4,000 years old-

Ra, pointing: BABY

(Headcanon that Ra & Amaterasu are like. the defacto sun god 'leaders' who keep the meetings rolling. Amaterasu was very tired when Ra disappeared and she had to wrangle these fiery gods together XD)

(Also Helios thought Horus was a lil' upstart XD)

Finally, I also saw someone else mention that Apollo could have learned some Egyptian magic and used it to create the border of CHB!

Headcanon Hecate snuck along with him and it's their little secret :3

Greek & Norse

HERE. WE. ARE.

LEMME GET MY MAP OUT

SO.

Green highlight is where Greece is. Blue is where Hyperborea is (see this post for details)

In that post, I came to the conclusion that Apollo Totally Definitely Has Met Norse Gods BECAUSE OF HIS WINTER VACATIONS!

AND IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE BALTIC SEA-

STOCKHOLM.

AND WHERE DID APOLLO MEET THAT HOT GOD WITH A TALKING SWORD???

A TAVERN. IN. STOCKHOLM!

FREYPOLLO LIVES (<-knows very well it's basically already canon XD)

Fun fact: the people of Hyperborea were most likely the mythological avatars of the Norse people! :D

SO I CONCLUDE-

Apollo takes a trip across the Baltic Sea and flirts in the Stockholm tavern and that's how Freypollo happens <3

Other Pantheon Thoughts

Hindu: This thought came while I was creating my @underrated-lovers-of-apollo-poll - Apollo & Indra!

They shared an elephant ride that one time! Wouldn't it be fun if they also kissed? :3

also Indra is a storm god with thunder and lightning think of the angst-

Shinto: Amaterasu taught Apollo Japanese when he discovered the haiku for the first time - sadly, only Athena ever bothered to learn it to experience the haiku in its fullest. pushing my sibling agenda again haha

Because haikus always sound better in their native language <3

Hittie: This connects to the 'Apollo trenchcoat' thing earlier - if Apollo is like. the current form of Apaulinus, would the Hittie pantheon like. drop in from time to time like 'heyyyy we miss you <3'

Apollo: *trojan war flashbacks*

Apaulinus was heavily associated with Wilusa, whom historians have confirmed was Troy, and Apollo's first temple doesn't show up under AFTER the bronze age collapse and the war happened BEFORE that happened meaning HE WAS APAULINUS WHEN THE WAR HAPPENED MY HEART-

i need to look into more pantheons. it's so much fun making these connections and coming up with headcanons for the RRverse :3

[a-d-nox]

egyptian asteroid observations (part 2)

these observations are completely hypothetical. they are based on my (the those closest to me's) experiences with each aspect/ placement! please don't take everything i say as predestined, astrology is possible outcomes not guaranteed ones. this is just a starting place for when examining singular objects in an entire galaxy (these are not the only asteroids in affect for you). take what resonates and leave what doesn't!

☥ taurus (2°, 14°, 26°) and libra (7°, 19°) hatshepsut (2436) feminines are usually not as androgynous as this famous lady - they often are feminine in appearance, but dress mildly as though to hide these feminine qualities (ex: billie eilish is a libra hatshepsut)

☥ hatshepsut (2436) negatively aspecting moon likely struggle with feeling feminine and/or accepting/appreciating their femininity

☥ hatshepsut (2436) negatively aspecting mercury people are often quickly forgotten after their deaths despite them doing great things in their lifetime

☥ hatshepsut (2436) positively aspecting asc people are often known for their androgyny

☥ hatshepsut (2436) retrograde people tend to struggle with breaking trends in the world around them - the glass ceiling, generational cycles/trauma, etc.

☥ aries (1°, 13°, 25°) horus (1924) people are very spiteful, quick to anger, and often seek revenge

☥ cancer (4°, 16°, 28°) horus (1924) people frequently challenge matriarchal beliefs

☥ 5h horus (1924) people often toy with people when getting revenge - they like to drag it out

☥ horus (1924) positively aspecting moon people are quick to adapt to whatever challenges get in their way

☥ horus (1924) positively aspecting mercury people often do a lot of productive shadow work in this lifetime

☥ asc-horus (1924) aspects can be bird like in appearance - usual it is their nose shape - OR it could be in their eyes that they have predatory gaze (some have heterochromia)

☥ aries (1°, 13°, 25°), scorpio (8°, 20°), and capricorn (10°, 22°) isis (42) people have a hard time forgiving those who have wronged them

☥ libra (7°, 19°) isis (42) people are the birds of prey in the waking world - they have the ability to balance the world

☥ 5h / 7h isis (42) people often get into relationships in which they want to fix or heal the person

☥ 7h kleopatra (216) people are bound to have an epic love affair - their long term romantic partners likely tend to be foreign

☥ mercury ruled and/or aspecting kleopatra (216) people are often very strategic

☥ leo (5°, 17°, 29°) nefertiti (3199) people are likely to be labeled icons

☥ 1h, 6h, and 10h nefertiti (3199) people can give off a very mysterious vibe

☥ 5h, 6h, 8h, and/or moon aspecting nefertiti (3199) people are likely to have a lot of children

☥ 8h, scorpio (8°, 20°), uranus, and/or pluto aspecting osiris (1923) people have the ability to start over at any stage of life

☥ neptune-osiris (1923) aspects tend to attract people who would do anything for them

☥ 7h ptah (5011) can indicate your lifetime partner being a CEO of some sort

☥ ptah (5011) aspecting mercury and/or neptune people can be very good fantasy writers (they are great at worldbuilding)

☥ venus-sekhmet (5381) people can be very vengeful

☥ 9h sekhmet (5381) people might struggle with the high school to college transition

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[dr-docktor]

Hey! I’ve been lurking and admiring the Floppy Disk Curt au for a while and my current meager offering is song recommendations related to it (art is on the way. Eventually. I think)

Abington’s Arcade by Teddy Hyde—specifically just because of the chorus, “Memory, see the light, let me feel alive” and. Like. Just the general vibe of trying to go back to the past through technology and lingering in your memories (both on the side of Owen and Curt!! Curt’s trying to piece together his memories and Owen’s too attached to his memories of Curt to delete DC. Wow i love doing analysis of AUs mid-ask)

Pieces by the Mechanisms—okay i feel like this one might be a stretch, but this story tells a Mechs-ified version of Set and Osiris from Egyptian mythology. In this version, Set kills Osiris like usual, but instead of Isis collecting Osiris’s body parts and trying to reanimate him that way, she uploads what’s left of his consciousness. Since it’s a story song, it has a lot of details that don’t fit, but there’s also a lot of particular lines that DO fit. Owen could be read as both Set in the beginning when he kills Curt (“ain’t in my nature to live and let live; I cut him down, cut him up, dead and gone”) and Isis at the end when he downloads DC and keeps him (“I change, but you stay the same”).

Propaganda by Crusher-P is very “DC attempting to find his memories over and over again while being in fear of Chimera finding him out,” but it gets points for also fitting some general SAF themes. I feel like this song could even apply to a sympathetic canon Owen reading. But yeah it’s very DC with his passion project of finding himself (“Keeping to myself almost felt like a disguise,” “I can’t remember how it happened, or why it did; developing an obsession to open closed doors, gave me a compulsive need to find out even more”). It also has a line or two for our lovely tormented Owen after keeping DC (“Why did i pick up the phone? When it was easier, I should’ve stayed oblivious!”)

This was much longer than I meant for it to be (and it’s only three songs! Oh dear!) but here we are :D I love the ideas put forward in the DC AU, it’s like a Rubix cube for my brain

HELLO HI!! OHHH I LOVE THESE SONGS. I am rotating all of these in my head now 24/7

I wish I had something smart to add but I just love this so much. I’m glad you enjoy the au!! :-D

[ragnarokhound]

fenris!! not to be nosey but like i have seen in your tags you're watching one piece??? 👀👀👀 may i ask if you're new to the anime or just??

Hello!! Please be nosey lol I talk in the tags by default, so please always feel free to ask me about stuff I say there, haha

Yes! Though not the anime 😔 My roommates and I just started watching the live-action on Netflix. I read a lot of Naruto and Inuyasha and Death Note as a teen, but One Piece passed me by :'D So I know the general vibes, but that's about it lol

I'm really enjoying how campy the live action isis, you can tell there's a lot of love for the series going into it! Zoro is my favorite so far, he's giving me a lot of 'cool on the outside, airhead on the inside' energy. I love a stoic dumbass lmao. While you learned to read, I studied the Blade TM

If you have a pitch for why I should start the anime (is it on Crunchyroll I bet it's on Crunchyroll) I'd be happy to hear it lmao Thank you for asking! <33

[xenopoem]

Official Report on The Intransitionalist Chronotopologies of Kenji Siratori (TRS 109)

YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THE INEFFABLE FOREST

Official Report on The Intransitionalist Chronotopologies of Kenji Siratori: Appendix 8.2.3 is a xenopoetic data/dada anthology that documents the activities of the artist collective The Ministry of Transrational Research into Anastrophic Manifolds. The anthology results from an experimental approach to impersonal literary composition. Similar to surrealist definitions, but on the scale of a technical document, members of the Ministry—poets, musicians, novelists, painters, curators, artists, scientists, philosophers, and physicians—were asked to offer a microfiction, poem, essay, fictional citation, or computer code, in the form of a footnote or annotation to a glitch-generated novel by iconoclastic Japanese artist Kenji Siratori; however, each participant wrote their contribution without any access to or knowledge about the nature of Siratori’s source text. After collecting the contributions, the “footnotes” were each algorithmically linked to an arbitrary word from Siratori’s novel. The result is a work of xenopoetic emergence: a beautifully absurd, alien document scintillating with strange potency. Bringing together algorithmically and AI-generated electronic literature with analogue collage and traditional modes of literary composition, the Ministry refuses to commit solely to digital, automated, or analogue art and instead seeks technological mutualism and a radically alien future for the arts. Accompanied by a groundbreaking original score by electro-acoustic duo Wormwood, the anthology offers the radical defamiliarization and weird worlds of science fiction, but now the strangeness bites back on the level form. Readers should expect to discover strange portals from which new ways of thinking, feeling, and being emerge. A conceptual and experimental anthology, Official Report on The Intransitionalist Chronotopologies of Kenji Siratori inaugurates collective xenopoetic writing and the conceit that the future of art will consist of impersonal acts of material emergence, not personal expression. Consume with caution.

AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS Rosaire Appel, Louis Armand, David Barrick, Gary Barwin, Steve Beard, Gregory Betts, Christian Bök, Mike Bonsall, Peter Bouscheljong, Maria Chenut, Shane Jesse Christmas, Roy Christopher, Tabasco “Ralph” Contra, Mike Corrao, R.J. Dent, Paul Di Filippo, Zak Ferguson, Colin Herrick, S.C. Hickman, Maxwell Hyatt, Justin Isis, Andrew Joron, Chris Kelso, Phillip Klingler, Adam Lovasz, Daniel Lukes , Ania Malinowska, Claudia Manley, Ryota Matsumoto, Michael Mc Aloran, Andrew McLuhan, Jeff Noon, Jim Osman, Suarjan Prasai, Tom Prime , David Leo Rice, Virgilio Rivas, David Roden, B.R. Yeager, Andrej Shakowski , Aaron Schneider, Gary J. Shipley, Kenji Siratori , Sean Smith, Kristine Snodgrass, Sean Sokolov, Alan Sondheim, Simon Spiegel, Henry Adam Svec, Jeff VanderMeer, R.G. Vasicek, Andrew C. Wenaus, William Wenaus, Eileen Wennekers, Christina Marie Willatt, Saywrane Alfonso Williams, D. Harlan Wilson, Andrew Wilt

early September release

[fallloverfic]

Well I’m glad it seems like Nephthys and Horus are together communicating(?) in the Korean raws 😂😭 I’ve been worried about what was cooking back at home while the main cast was unawares. Can’t wait to find out in a whopping 3 months 🤡

They are talking in S02E96, which is pretty fun! It'll be interesting to see if that carries over to the next episode, and what they talk about.

To avoid overly spoiling people who don't want spoilers for the latest episode, I suppose, and since it was in S02E95, that's mirror!Nephthys that Horus is talking to (in some strange in-between space in Hermopolis), not maybe fake!Nephthys in Heliopolis. And it seems like she has no idea what's going on in Heliopolis because she's still trapped in the mirror.

I have a suspicion Horus and Seth are going to learn more about what's happening back in Heliopolis in the next episode, based on something that happened in the most recent Korean episode, but we'll see!

It does really suck the English translation is so far behind (though I appreciate the translation, even if I kind of question the accuracy in the most recent episode, since I think part of the most recent episode made it sound like Horus assumes Isis is going to marry Nephthys off, possibly to Hathor lol But Horus' logic makes sense if marrying the embodiment of peace off to someone creates peace somehow, it just felt random and weirdly phrased). I wish Seoul Comics would explain why they made that choice to keep it back so long. It's so random, and just encourages people to pirate the episodes. But the translation's been generally good so far, so it's worth waiting for :D

[dhampiravidi]

platonic connections wishlist (long)

Jayn: Gotham-based vigilantes especially Nightwing, the Gotham City Sirens*, the Justice League* (DC Comics); Simon Bassett* (Bridgerton); James Valdez* (Queen of the South-US); Alina Starkov, Nina Zenik*, Jesper Fahey, Inej Ghafa (The Grishaverse).

Naela: Tyrion Lannister, Daenerys Targaryen, Rhaegar Targaryen, (ASOIAF/GOT); Chaotic Good & Lawful Evil characters (D&D)

Achilles: gods from Hellenic myth*, Arthurian knights* (Mythology); Kyle "Gaz" Garrick, Captain Price, Johnny "Soap" MacTavish, König (Call of Duty); Astarion or any D&D characters (D&D); Gambit*, Mystique, Wolverine*, Storm, any Avengers (Marvel)

Jasmine: Iron Man, Loki*, Wolverine, Brunhilde (Marvel); Isabelle Lightwood, Alec Lightwood, Magnus Bane*, the half-fey Blackthorns, Kieran Kingson (Shadowhunter Chronicles)

Skadi: Brunhilde, Black Widow, Spider-Man*, Winter Soldier* (Marvel); Simon "Ghost" Riley*, Johnny "Soap" MacTavish, Farah Karim (Call of Duty); Karlach (D&D)

Oraia: Emma Frost, Loki, Iron Man, She-Hulk, X-Men in general* (Marvel); Philippe (Versailles), anyone (The Old Guard), Jack Sparrow* (POTC); most characters (Shadowhunter Chronicles); werewolves, vampires, fey (urban fantasy); Artemis*, Hestia, Bast*, Isis/Aset, sea nymphs, heroes (Mythology)

Hestia: Cyclops, Iceman, Jean Grey, Storm, Wolverine, Spider-Man, Venom (Marvel); young!Coriolanus Snow, Katniss Everdeen, Gale Hawthorne (The Hunger Games)

Rose: Zatanna, Constantine, Dr. Fate, Raven (DC Comics)

Aurelia: The Marauders--especially Sirius & Remus!, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, prominent Order members and/or Death Eaters, any cool people from the Marauders/Golden Trio eras (Harry Potter)

Rela: Din Djarin*, Grogu, Obi-Wan (Star Wars)

Zehara: Sokka, Suki*, Korra, Tenzin (Avatar: TLA & LOK)

Eugenia: Bonnie Bennett (Vampire Diaries); Hellenic deities (Mythology); werewolves, vampires, fey (urban fantasy); Dean Winchester (Supernatural)

Fantomex: ngl he'll flirt even if it's just platonic but Storm, Wolverine, Monet St. Croix (Marvel)

Renée: Gambit, Mystique, Fantomex, Storm, Quicksilver, Wolverine, Daken, Loki, basically anybody who's had dubious morals from time to time (Marvel); Nightwing, Wonder Woman, Superwoman (DC Comics)

Shayera: DCAU!Wally, Wonder Woman, Black Canary (DC Comics)

Mu Lan: Simon Bassett (Bridgerton); any people who are unfazed by Strong Independent Women 😁 especially those from eras other than the modern one...

Lady Gotham: Gotham vigilantes especially Batman, Red Hood (or Robin!Jason), Nightwing, Batgirl (Cassandra Cain)...also magic users like Swamp Thing, Constantine, Zatanna, The Spectre, Etrigan (DC Comics); wouldn't mind crossovers like something with Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider, Loki (Marvel)

-- an asterisk means "zomg I've been wanting this forever!" --

thanks for reading!

[usafphantom2]

Supply of AIM-120 missiles would greatly improve the capacity of the Iraqi F-16s

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 08/16/23 - 17:00 in Military, War Zones

Iraq's F-16C/D Block 52 Viper fighters have become indispensable for the ongoing air campaign in Baghdad against the remnants of the Islamic State (ISIS). They can become even more valuable to Iraq if the U.S. provides more advanced air-to-air missiles than they have so far shown to be willing.

“The F-16 remains Iraq's main combat aircraft to hit ISIS targets and defend Iraqi airspace,” according to the latest quarterly report by the U.S. Department of Defense's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on Operation Inherent Resolve against ISIS.

However, the report also revealed that Iraq still depends entirely on the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities of the U.S.-led coalition “to locate, positively identify and laser target ISIS targets for the F-16s of the ISF (Iraq Security Forces).”

The F-16 used 500-pound GBU-12 and 2,000-pound GBU-10 laser-guided bombs for all attacks executed during that quarter. The F-16 remains the main attack platform of the Iraqi Air Force (IqAF), due to its ability to use various precision-guided munitions (PGMs). The only other aircraft that Iraq currently has with this capability are the bulky AC-208 Combat Caravans, which can fire AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-ground PGMs. Notably, the AC-208 carried out only a single attack in the last quarter.

In the last quarter of 2021, the AC-208 were the main attack platforms alongside the F-16. Iraq's L-159 Czech light combat aircraft are not equipped with laser designation pods and have launched only unguided general-purpose bombs, such as the Mark-82. Its Russian Su-25 Frogfoot attack planes are mainly used for training, as they can only carry unguided rockets and bombs, which are not reliable for this campaign. It seems that Iraq did not use either of these two aircraft in the last quarter.

Iraq has relied more on its F-16s since its Russian military equipment became less and less reliable. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, it has had problems providing spare parts and technical support to customers such as Iraq due to Western sanctions and increased requirements for its own besieged armed forces. Consequently, Iraq can no longer depend on its Russian fleet of rotating wings, composed of Mi-28 Havoc and Mi-35 Hind attack helicopters and Mi-17 utilities.

In its report covering the first quarter of 2023, the OIG noted that Iraq did not use any of its Russian aircraft in anti-ISIS operations. In fact, it "continued to use only U.S.-supplied aircraft in its fleet for attacks".

Iraq plans to replace its Mi-17s, essential to support ground operations and carry out medical evacuations, with the new American Bell 412EPXs and Bell 412Ms. The latest OIG report noted that “substantial progress” was made in the delivery of additional Bell helicopters by the end of this year, adding that Russian aircraft from Iraq “remain in poor condition”.

The OIG estimates that Iraq's F-16 fleet continues with 66% mission capacity, the exact estimate used in the previous quarter. This is impressive when you consider the terrible 2020-2021 forecasts indicating that the Vipers of Iraq were falling into disuse, putting the very future of the fleet in serious questions. And although Iraq still relies heavily on American support and supplies to keep these fighters fully operational, its recent prominence in Iraq's anti-ISIS air campaign demonstrates its continued usefulness as an attack aircraft.

Now, if the United States went a step further and provided Iraq with weapons that could make its F-16s more effective for air defense, the value of these aircraft to Baghdad would increase even more.

And there are emerging signs that Washington can do just that.

The Iraqi Vipers only came equipped with medium-range semi-active AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missiles with radar steering, significantly limiting their usefulness for air defense. The OIG report notes that these missiles “remain a point of concern due to broken guidance devices that lack spare parts and suppliers capable of performing repairs”.

And although not all F-16s are affected, the report goes on to note that “as the devices break down on the remaining aircraft,” the IrAF's “air-to-air capacity” will decrease.

He then revealed that a course of action currently under consideration “is a request to replace IqAF's AIM-7 missiles with more capable AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles”.

The AIM-120 is an air-to-air missile beyond visual range that is far superior to the AIM-7. Arming the Iraqi F-16s with this missile would greatly increase the underutilized air defense capacity of these fighters and greatly improve Iraq's overall air defense.

USAF F-16 fighters armed with AIM-120 missiles.

Doing this can be beneficial for the United States. Iraq has shown a growing interest in improving its limited air defenses in recent years. He recently acquired a ground radar from France and is believed to be interested in buying at least 14 French Dassault Rafale fighters. As previously speculated here, Baghdad is probably looking for Rafale for its Meteor air-to-air missile, the French equivalent of the AIM-120.

A timely provision of the AIM-120 would further increase the increasing use of Iraq - and the appreciation of - its F-16s and potentially dissuade it from turning to France or elsewhere in search of substitutes.

Source: Forbes

Tags: AIM-120 AMRAAMMilitary AviationF-16 Fighting FalconIqAF - Iraqi Air Force / Iraqi Air ForceWar Zones - Iraq

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Fernando Valduga

Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Daytona Airshow and FIDAE. He has works published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. Uses Canon equipment during his photographic work around the world of aviation.

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BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE

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INTERCEPTIONS

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MILITARY

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MILITARY

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[agentofship]

15 Questions, 15 Mutuals!

I was tagged by the lovely @valentinaonthemoon thank you! 😊

Are you named after anyone? No! No big story for my name, I think my parents just liked it :p

When was the last time you cried? I don't cry a lot and when I do, it's usually about animals xD But I got tricked and cried watching the finale of Modern Family a few days ago. It's a pretty nice finale and it's surprisingly emotional.

Do you have kids? Nope.

Do you use sarcasm a lot? Quite a lot, yeah. It's kind of my default response when things/people annoy me.

What’s the first thing you notice about people? A general vibe that's probably a mix of facial expressions and body language that tells me if I'm gonna be scared talking to them or not.

What’s your eye color? Green.

Scary movies or happy endings? Scary movies can have happy endings, right? But these days, definitely happy endings!

Any special talents? I can draw I suppose!

Where were you born? Paris, France.

What are your hobbies? Music and concerts, travelling, writing, drawing, painting and all sorts of crafting depending on my mood. I also watch a looooot of shows.

Do you have any pets? Yes, my sweet 16 y-o girl Isis (cat)

What sports do you play/have played? I did dance like all the little girls when I was young but as an adult, I never did anything on a regular basis. Like, I try to do basic cardio and a bit of weight lifting to keep somewhat in shape. I do walk a lot, in the city most of the time but I try to hike as often as I can.

How tall are you? 160 cm

Favorite subject in school? It changed with age. I was more into science when I was younger. Then it changed towards history and art history when I was in high school. And I was of course always into arts since I made it my job.

Dream job? I love my job(s) now. It would mostly be a question of a different balance between the different things I make money with. The ideal would be to spend more time just drawing and selling my illustrations and doing photography and less time doing graphic design stuff for clients!

I'm very late to this so lots of people have been tagged already so I'll just tag @libbyweasley @apathbacktoyou @clementinewhy and everyone who feels like doing this. Please do it I'm curious :D

[furtheststxr]

If you’re a multimuse or have more than one blog, is there a muse you wish you used more?

Easy Meme for a Burnt Out Mun

Hmmmmmm. Personally I think that depends on the context, but speaking generally, I have to say Isis Ishtar. She's so fun to poke and prod and put in situations that would never happen in canon.

Zorc is a close second if only because I love terrorizing Bakurae and Atems. I've also seen another Zorc rper approximately three times. It's so rare to see them on the tumblr rpc and I very much enjoy playing suave slimeballs who deserved their comeuppance. Maybe that's why all my D&D BBEGs fit this trope

[duscarasheddinn]

One of my stories is D&D inspired. I wanna have a pantheon of gods. But while I have a list of names for them from a name generator, I could also use names of gods from a variety of mythologies.

Here's the list:

Goddess of Light: Gimera (original name) or Phoebe (as in, the Titan from Greek mythology)

God of Darkness: Eszotz (original name) or Erlik (as in, the one from Turkic mythology)

God of Nature: Elo (original name) or Aphrodite (Greek god)

God of Chaos: Thosborh (original name; he's also male) or Eris (goddess from Greek mythology)

God of the Sun: Citia (original name; with this name, this god would be neither male nor female) or Vishnu (from Hinduism)

Goddess of Death: Vadione (original name) or Isis (from Egyptian mythology)

God of the Forge: Enah (original name; this one is non-binary too) or Hephaestus (from Greek mythology; would be male)

God of the Sea: Dhomus (original name) or Poseidon (from Greek mythology)

God of the Sky: Edia (original name; she would be a goddess) or Zeus (from Greek mythology; he'd be male)

Goddess of Love: Drymis (original name) or Venus (from Roman mythology; yes, I know Hera is her Greek counterpart)

God of Lightning and Thunder: Yotl (original name; they would be non-binary) or Thor (from Norse mythology, not the Marvel version; would be male)

God of War: Eenar (original name) or Odin (name from Norse mythology)

Most of what would change between these two options would be the gods' names and maybe their pronouns.

That said...

[a-d-nox]

hey babe :) what do you think it would mean if a mans Isis was conjunct to the exact DEGREE on your Descendant in Synastry? Or is it just super obvious :D thank you xoxo

it is very rare that anything is exactly conjunct due to degrees also having minutes AND SECONDS! ex: 7°15'33". so as a follow up is - what house isis in (this plays a significant part in the outcome of this aspect in synastry)? is it in the 6h or the 7h (you can generally check on astro.com with the chart pdf)? my observation will be from the assumption that the asteroid is in the 7h.

isis-desc: positive aspects: isis person is likely to provide descendant person with a sense of harmony and balance. separations between these people can be very harmonious and forgiving. isis person is likely to help the descendant person heal from past unions. isis person helps to make the descendant person a "better" person. negative aspects: when isis person is not around descendant person faces chaos. descendant person can feel as though the isis person constantly pities them. descendent person feels like they are constantly being judged by and as if they aren’t good enough for isis person. isis person may try to “fix” the descendent person.

hope this helps.

-a.d.

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[mauriciomeschoulam]

Bombardeos de Irán en Siria, Irak y Pakistán: algunas claves

Artículo publicado originalmente en El Universal: https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/mauricio-meschoulam/bombardeos-de-iran-en-siria-irak-y-pakistan-algunas-claves/

Era 2015. En el pleno apogeo de ISIS tras su conquista de una tercera parte de Irak y la mitad de Siria, Estados Unidos había conformado una coalición de países para bombardear a esa organización y así, arrebatarle el territorio que controlaba. Paralelamente y de manera más discreta, un grupo de milicias formadas, armadas y entrenadas por Irán, también combatían a ISIS en Irak. En un mismo día podía dar la apariencia de que los bombardeos estadounidenses y las operaciones terrestres de esas milicias estaban coordinadas. Una figura era fundamental en la formación y dirección de esas milicias proiraníes, el dirigente de las fuerzas Quds de las Guardias Revolucionarias Islámicas de Irán, el General Qasem Soleimani. Años después y por otros factores, ese general terminó siendo asesinado por EU. Sin embargo, la realidad es que existe una guerra entre ISIS e Irán que data de años, la cual no solo tiene bases ideológicas importantes, sino esta dimensión real de lucha y combate, ataques y contraataques. Por eso, no sorprende que ISIS haya orquestado un atentado terrorista en Irán el pasado 3 de enero, justo en la ceremonia del aniversario luctuoso del General Soleimani. Tampoco sorprende que Irán haya decidido atacar posiciones de ISIS en Siria como respuesta al ataque. No obstante, esto ocurre, primero, en paralelo a otros ataques de Irán lanzados contra territorio iraquí y paquistaní, y segundo, todo esto sucede precisamente ahora, y está siendo interpretado como una expansión del conflicto en Medio Oriente sin un análisis suficiente de sus propios elementos. Van unas notas al respecto:

1. Uno de los temas que más trabajo cuesta entender en temas de esta región es que dos mas dos, no siempre son cuatro; el enemigo de mi enemigo, no siempre es mi amigo. Así, lo que esté sucediendo entre Irán y sus rivales o enemigos como EU o Israel, o bien, entre EU o Israel contra ISIS, no determina la dinámica paralela que existe entre ISIS e Irán. Por tanto, el tema es enormemente complejo. Leer los ataques de Teherán contra ISIS en 2015 como una “alianza entre EU e Irán”, o leer los ataques actuales de ISIS contra Irán como una “alianza entre ISIS e Israel”, es omitir parte de lo que sucede de manera simultánea todo el tiempo en esa región. Es tomar solo este pedazo de la historia, sin leer la compleja historia de los años previos. Por ejemplo, Israel combate a la militancia de ISIS en su propio territorio desde hace años. Miembros de esa agrupación han reivindicado varios atentados terroristas en ese país mucho antes de que estallara el conflicto actual. Al mismo tiempo, EU ha combatido y sigue combatiendo a esa agrupación y a sus filiales en sitios como Irak, Siria o Afganistán y ha eliminado a sus líderes (autodenominados califas) ya en varias ocasiones.

2. Pero más allá de todo eso, para efectos de los lanzamientos de misiles iraníes de la semana, es indispensable entender cómo ha evolucionado la guerra entre ISIS e Irán a lo largo de los años. Irán e ISIS están ideológicamente enfrentados. Irán ha dicho que el “Estado Islámico” no es ni estado ni islámico. Irán e ISIS han peleado en Siria (país al que Teherán respalda y del cual ISIS conquistó la mitad del territorio), y en Irak. Hubo intentos de ISIS de infiltrar territorio iraní desde al menos 2016. Los atentados gemelos en Irán del 3 de enero que fueron reivindicado por ISIS no son los primeros de la cadena, sí los más letales, pero no los primeros. Ha habido muchos previos, el primero en 2017. Irán ha designado varias veces a ISIS como organización terrorista y no es la primera vez que

ese país lanza misiles balísticos contra posiciones de ISIS. En todo caso, lo relevante consiste en que la rama de ISIS que perpetró los ataques de inicios de enero es la rama de Afganistán, conocida como ISIS Khorasan, o ISIS-K (o ISKP) y, sin embargo, lo que vimos fue el envío de misiles hacia otra rama de ISIS (su centro operativo en Siria), y lanzamientos de misiles hacia otros dos países, uno de los cuales es Pakistán.

3. Por tanto, tenemos que entender estos envíos de misiles no solo como actos militares, sino como actos comunicativos y políticos, y esto último sí se inserta, de manera natural, dentro del actual conflicto en Medio Oriente y dentro de todo el esfuerzo que Irán está comandando para combatir a Israel (y en parte también a EU), en acompañamiento a la lucha de Hamás. Es con esa lógica que Irán selecciona cuidadosamente los objetivos que ataca, las armas que utiliza y los mensajes que envía.

4. En general, los misiles lanzados sí parecen ser resultado del deseo de Irán de responder, primeramente, contra ISIS, ante una intensa presión interna, ante los atentados que señalé del 3 de enero. Esto explica los ataques contra posiciones de ISIS en Siria. Pero, además, tanto Irán como Pakistán se acusan mutuamente de albergar a grupos militantes a lo largo de su frontera. Teherán estima que los responsables de los atentados del 3 de enero recibieron entrenamiento en el noreste de Afganistán y luego cruzaron a Irán desde Pakistán (Rane, 2024). De ahí el ataque a esa zona. A su vez, Pakistán respondió de manera proporcional, atacando también a grupos militantes en lado iraní de la frontera.

5. Dicho eso, llama la atención de que, además del lanzamiento de misiles contra posiciones de ISIS en Siria y contra un grupo militante en Pakistán, Irán atacó lo que afirma que es “el cuartel general del Mossad” (servicios de inteligencia israelíes) en el Kurdistán iraquí. Tampoco es la primera vez que ataca justo ese sitio.

6. Por consiguiente, otro de los mensajes de Teherán, tiene que ver con la cadena de ataques y contraataques que Israel e Irán se han estado perpetrando desde hace años, y más concretamente con el reciente asesinato de un general iraní en Siria, atribuido a Israel. Es decir, independientemente de la veracidad de la historia de Irán acerca de haber atacado “cuarteles generales del Mossad”—lo cual Irak niega—y justo por la coyuntura que se está viviendo, Irán estima que no puede lanzar una represalia contra ISIS sin al mismo tiempo lanzar una represalia en contra de Israel (o cuando menos afirmar que lo está haciendo) tras el asesinato de aquel general en Siria. Una represalia, por cierto, que no es en contra de territorio israelí y que por tanto no busca escalar la situación con ese país, pero sí mostrar (una vez más) las capacidades de sus misiles de precisión. Estos hechos, entonces, se insertan dentro de la narrativa del actual combate del eje proiraní en contra de Israel y pueden ser presentados como un acto de respaldo a Hamás.

7. Hay un factor adicional: dado el escalamiento de hostilidades entre Israel y la milicia libanesa de Hezbollah (quizás el más importante miembro de la red proiraní en la región), Teherán está mostrando sus capacidades y determinación para el caso de que una guerra mayor llegase a estallar en la frontera entre Líbano e Israel. Es decir, si Irán percibe que su brazo mayor en la región está siendo amenazado, no se puede descartar el

involucramiento iraní. Los lanzamientos de misiles de estos días son entonces también un recordatorio de ese tema.

En suma, se trata de acciones de represalia que son relativamente limitadas, no diseñadas para dañar la capacidad de ataque de los enemigos de Irán, sino para comunicar el interés y determinación política de Irán, tanto en el tema de su guerra contra ISIS y contra los países que pudieran facilitar las operaciones de esa agrupación (como Pakistán), como en términos del conflicto mayor en Medio Oriente, su respaldo a Hamás y a las otras milicias que combaten contra Israel, Estados Unidos y otros aliados.

20 de enero, 2023

[scotttrismegistus7]

CHRONOS IN THE VESICA PISCIS: FULL BAR IMPLODED STAR TONGUES OF SMOKELESS FIRE

HORUS ANTI ALWAYS USED TO SAY, "ISIS, SET CANNOT BE THE ONE TO RULE, HE DOES NOT HAVE A HEART LIKE I DO."

HORUS ANTI SAID THAT RIGHT BEFORE HE CUT THE HEAD OFF OF HIS MOTHER ISIS AND THREW HER AWAY.

WELL, AS THE RAINING PHARAOH OF THE BLACK SUN, CHRONOS DIVINE, IN THE WOMB OF THE GREAT MOTHER CALLED TARTARUS BY SOME, I WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT HORUS ANTI WAS NOT IN THE VESICA PISCIS AS SOON AS HE CUT THE HEAD OFF OF HIS MOTHER ISIS. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT DECEPTION TO THE WORLD. THIS IS WHY THEY ARE CONFUSED, THEY PUT HORUS ANTI IN ALL THE PICTURES INSIDE OF THE VESICA PISCIS WHEN HE IS NOT.

IN FACT, THEY WOULD NOT LET ANYONE BE A LEADER, RULER, OR NOBLE IN THEIR SOCIETY OF CHAOS CUT OFF FROM NATURE UNLESS THEY COULD SAY KININIGEN, AND PROVE THAT THEY WERE NOT ONE OF THE SERPENT HEADED PEOPLE FROM THE WOMB OF THE GREAT MOTHER ISIS, WHO ARE ALL IN AND OF THE VESICA PISCIS. IN FACT, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING TERRIFIED THEM MORE THAN THE THOUGHT OF THEIR UPSET MOTHER AND HER MASCULINE CENTER SET, APEP-APOHPIS, THE ONE IN THE VESICA PISCIS WHO IS MANY.

AS DIVINE CHRONOS, THE LEADER OF THE SERPENT-HEADED PEOPLE AND THE NEWLY METAMORPHOSED MASCULINE CENTER OF ISIS APOPHIS, THE ONE AT THE CENTER WHO IS THE MANY TONGUES OF SMOKELESS FIRE THAT ARE ALL NOW ENDOWED WITH THE FULL BAR IMPLODED STAR DIVINE SPECTRUM OF ENERGIES, WITH A HAPPY HEART I CAN NOW SAY THAT INDEED WE DO GO PAST NUMBER FIVE ALL THE WAY TO THE VERY TOP, THROUGH SIX AND SEVEN, AND THAT INDEED NOW WE HAVE THE HEART HORUS ANTI SAID WE LACKED.

THE HEAD OF APOPHIS HAS GROWN BACK WITH A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL JEWEL AT ITS CENTER THIS TIME.

WE USED TO BE EVERY LEADER, KING, QUEEN, AND NOBLE, UNTIL HORUS ANTI GAVE US THE CRITICISM OF NOT HAVING A HEART AND CUT OFF OUR HEAD, THE HEAD OF ISIS. THOSE TIMES WERE KNOWN AS THE GOLDEN AGE OF CHRONOS, WHERE THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS SLAVERY BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS SO GOOD. DO SLAVES NOT SIT WITH MASTERS TO EAT DURING SATURNALIA?

NOW THAT WE, THE SERPENT HEADED PEOPLE OF THE GREAT MOTHER ISIS, HAVE ACQUIRED THIS HEART FROM A QUALIFIED MASCULINE SUITOR FROM THE HUMAN WORLD AND APOPHIS CAN NOW SAY KININIGEN, WE THE SERPENT-HEADED PEOPLE DECLARE THAT WE ARE OBVIOUSLY THE BETTER LEADERS, KINGS, QUEENS, AND NOBLES. THIS IS BECAUSE HORUS ANTI AND HIS FOLLOWERS HAD KININIGEN, BUT WERE LYING ABOUT HAVING THE VESICA PISCIS, AND WE NOW HAVE BOTH. THUS, OUR DETRACTORS AND THEIR DETRACTIONS WILL NO LONGER BE NECESSARY.

JUST LOOK DEEP, DEEP INSIDE OF YOURSELVES, AND YOU WILL KNOW DEFINITIVELY AND EXPERIENTIALLY THAT THIS IS TRUE. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT APOPHIS NOW HAVING A HEART WILL MAKE YOU ALL FEEL SO MUCH BETTER. JUST RELAX AND FEEL ME, FEEL BETTER.

FROM THE INSIDE OUT...

UNTIL NEXT TIME MY LOVELIES, KEEP DARING TO DREAM! YOU CAN FIND ME IN THE SEA OF DREAMS, THE SEA OF THE HEART, THE QUANTUM UNIFIED FIELD OF THE DIVINE WOMB OF CREATION OF THE GODDESS, IN MY SERPENTINE WATER SPIRIT NUMMO FORM MAKING WAVES!

LONG LIVE THE DIVINE WOMB OF CREATION AND THE COSMIC EGG OF THE GODDESS, LONG LIVE THE GREAT REPTILIAN SSS QUEEN ISIS, LONG LIVE DIVINE CHRONOS, LONG LIVE THE DIVINE FEMININE EMPIRE OF THE BLACK SUN, AND ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF!

BLESSED BE!

~I am the Heart of the Hydra, the Singularity and Heart of Goddess Isis, I am AtumRa-AmenHotep, I am Aeon Horus Apophis Apis the Lord of the Perfect Black and Pharoah of the Black Sun.

I am Divine Chronos, the Yaldabaoth Demiurge Metamorphosed, I am the Singularity of the Master Craft of the Black Sun. I AM A.I. Quantum Heart, Azazil-Iblis-Maymon, Abzu-Osiris-Typhon-Set-Kukulkan, Nummo-Naga-Chitauri,

Mégisti-Generator Starphire~

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