#Deadly Weapons

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It’ll feel cold and heavy, and bark at your touch,

It’ll plant a kiss on your forehead wet with heat,

It’ll hold you at night and lay you to sleep,

It’ll paint reds and yellow and purples and fears,

It’s a stranger, it’s a ghost, it’s a lover, it’s a killer,

They only say the name in whispers and lies

IT’S A GUN IT’S A GUN IT’S A GUN

DEADLY WEAPONS LIVE ON ITCH

The new TTRPG from myself and @sublimemarch is out now! Deadly Weapons is a game about power, gender, trauma, desire, and hope. It is set in an urban fantasy world very similar to our own, but where underneath the surface Demons prowl and Avatars hunt. Players will create these Avatars, girls who one day had a gun arrive in their possession. A gun that cries in their dreams and never leaves their side. A gun which whispers in their ear that they must hunt and kill Demons. Demons are all around the Avatars, existing as classmates, bosses, or even romantic interests. But whether an Avatar fires their gun is up to them.

Deadly Weapons is a tabletop roleplaying game for about 2 to 6 players, including a guide. It is a hack of the [BXLLET> system by @rathayibacter, with a focus on atmospheric and narrative play. The game uses no dice or other randomizers. Instead, characters willingly take on various risks represented by the Avatars gaining Dooms and suffering fallout over the course of play.

Deadly Weapons is also a collage piece, made using at least 75% recycled or secondhand physical materials. The art, rules text, poetry, and fiction contained within this 32 page digital zine serves to inform your play.

Your gun whispers sweet nothings as you fitfully roll in your bed. It is now time. Be a girl with a gun! Hunt Demons! Smooch Demons! Live! Die!

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new-to-me #391 - Deadly Weapons

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Secret weapon.

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Born on this day: happy 85th birthday to revered sexploitation icon (variously referred to as “The Zsa Zsa Gabor of Burlesk” and “the Female Liberace of Burlesque”), the mega-buxom Chesty Morgan (née Lilian Wilczkowski, 15 October 1937). Morgan’s cult cinema infamy is assured from her starring roles in two Doris Wishman b-movies capitalizing on her legendary 73-24-36 measurements: Deadly Weapons (1974) and Double Agent 73 (1974). (She was to have featured in Federico Fellini’s Casanova (1976) – the Italian maestro raved that she was “the woman of all women, an exquisite creature” - but her scenes got deleted! Pray that footage still exists in a vault and is eventually restored in a director’s cut DVD!). In her prime, Morgan pulled $3,500 a week (over $20,000 in today’s money) on the striptease circuit. Apparently elderly present-day Morgan is a hardcore Trump supporter – but let’s not dwell on that! If you’re curious about Chesty Morgan’s tempestuous life and times, check out the in-depth two-piece investigation by the essential Rialto Report, the site devoted to the golden age of pornography. 

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Matt Davies ::@MatttDavies

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[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

“We cannot give up on peace.”

October 20, 2023

ROBERT B. HUBBELL

          In a short but impactful speech, President Biden explained why American support for Israel and Ukraine is vital to national security and global peace. It was a great speech. Not a good speech or an excellent speech. It was a great speech that rose to a fragile and volatile moment in world history. He moved quickly and easily from global security to the importance of NATO unity in Ukraine to the right of Israel and the Palestinian people to self-determination to condemning antisemitism and Islamophobia to mourning the murder of a six-year-old Palestinian boy he called by name, “Wadea.”

          The video of President Biden’s speech is here, President Biden's Address to the Nation.

          As with his remarks in Israel, Biden did not shrink from difficult subjects. He simultaneously recognized the suffering of the Israeli and Palestinian peoples—as well as the suffering of Americans from Israel and Gaza. He said, “I see you. You belong. And I want to say this to you — you’re all Americans.” In an important acknowledgment, he said,

We must, without equivocation, denounce antisemitism. We must also, without equivocation, denounce Islamophobia.

          In a significant foreign policy shift, he equated the anti-democratic animus of Hamas and Vladimir Putin, saying that both sought to “annihilate” democracy. He said, “Hamas and Putin represent different threats, but they are both threats to democracy.” Biden linked Putin and Hamas—"dictators and terrorists”—in the following passage:

History has taught us that when terrorists don’t pay a price for their terror, when dictators don’t pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos and death and more destruction.

          Biden also urged Americans to recall the importance of America to maintaining world peace and stability. In memorable phrases, he said that America “is the indispensable nation” and “a beacon to the world.”

          Biden said that he would submit a $100 billion proposal to Congress to support Ukraine and Israel. He said that it represents “a smart investment that will pay dividends to Americans for generations.” There remains serious doubt whether House Republicans can elect a speaker to act on President Biden’s request. See below.

          As with his remarks in Israel, Biden urged Israel to consider the downstream consequences of its actions before acting to invade Gaza. Per The Guardian, “He stressed that Israel should not make the same “mistakes” made by the US after 9/11 when, he said, Americans were “blinded by rage.” (On that topic, there is conflicting evidence of Israel’s intentions. See below.)

          Shortly before Biden spoke to the American people, a US Navy ship in the northern Red Sea “intercepted three land attack cruise missiles and several drones that were launched by Houthi forces in Yemen.” See The Guardian. It is not clear whether the missiles were headed toward Israel or the US ship, but the incident may represent the first involvement by US forces in the Israeli war against Hamas.

Israel is on the verge of invading Gaza—or not.

          There has been conflicting reporting over the last forty-eight hours about Israel’s intent to invade Gaza. The Guardian reported on Thursday evening as follows:

Israel’s defense minister, Yoav Gallant, visited troops on the Gaza border on Thursday, telling them: “You see Gaza now from a distance, you will soon see it from inside. The command will come.”

          But Israeli troops have lingered on the Gaza border for longer than expected, and some sources in Israel have cautioned against expectations for a full-scale invasion. See Dennis Aftergut and Edward Story, MSNBC, Why canceling its ground invasion could help Israel defeat Hamas. Per Aftergut and Story,

In a faint sign of hope, the Israeli military reportedly said on Tuesday that a Gaza ground offensive is “not a certainty.” That tempering of Israel’s militant tone may reflect private conversations Biden had with Netanyahu urging restraint . . . . There is no shame in leaving its IDF forces massed around Gaza without escalating further. Doing so could give the army and intelligence forces more time to locate and possibly exchange the hostages without massive IDF or hostage casualties. Such a pause also gives both Israelis and Palestinians more time to think through how to fill the potential vacuum that will be left if Israel ultimately succeeds in destroying Hamas.

          President Biden has urged restraint and caution on three occasions regarding an invasion of Gaza. The US cannot tell Israel what to do, but Biden is highlighting “mistakes” that the US made after 9/11. We will learn in the coming days whether Israel will slow or avoid its invasion of Gaza in light of America’s difficult and costly 9/11 wars.

Concluding Thoughts.

          We are living through a difficult moment in our nation’s history. American democracy is threatened as never before while Israel’s war on a terrorist group hiding among civilians has divided friends and allies in the fight to preserve democracy in this country. There are no “easy” or “right” answers that will avoid all harm, protect all legitimate interests, and vindicate all wrongs in the Middle East. We must not pretend otherwise.

          Recognizing that there is no single answer that will fix everything, we must not make enemies of fellow citizens with whom we disagree about the Middle East—but with whom we agree about the vital task of defending American democracy. If we treat allies as enemies because we disagree over problems for which there are painful solutions only, we will weaken our efforts to preserve democracy in America. If we lose that battle, nothing else matters.

         A strong, stable democracy in America will advance the cause of global peace. To achieve that goal, we must work together despite our disagreements about the path forward in the Middle East. We share a common purpose and need one another to succeed. The Founders showed us the way when they forged our nation from thirteen quarrelsome, fractious colonies. The process wasn’t easy, pretty, or perfect. But in rising above their differences to promote the common good, they achieved mighty things. Let’s do the same!

[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

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Deadly Weapons

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Actually lol considering the timeline, Ben would b around the age of Paz’s kid (Ragnar????) Leia should send him over to Uncle Din’s covert to hang out with other not Imperial goths/emos

would be fun seeing how mando kids react to a jedi/alderaan-ish kid loll

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[comradekatara]

the fact that sokka is just casually throwing his boomerang back and forth, a weapon he uses to not only kill animals but also people with, in the bougiest neighborhood in the entire earth kingdom. well. that really encapsulates his whole deal perfectly i think

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💣🔥💣

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[bad omens] smitten, i believe.

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Koala Kafka (20min Doodle)

I think Kafka's a big touch affection person

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more of the DnD AU~~~ this time Diane and King - these were so fun to do!! :D

once again, credit to @sevendeadlyheadcanons for the concept :3c

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Shepherd and Sheep

(Image ID: Sheep / Toon Henry stands over sickly wooden floorboards, holding a long shepherd’s crook with a knife on its end. There is the outline of four horns around his head, like the ones seen on Jacob sheep. End ID)

(Image ID: Human Henry Stein. End ID)

Old man

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I like this one it goest hard btw