Glad to share this weeks DUNE painting I just finished! Based on your top votes, here is Reverend Mother Jessica Atreides. I plan to make 5 more DUNE pieces for the time being, which one should I make next?
1. Emperor
2. Rabban
3. Chani
4. Stilgar
5. Gurney
For Jessica, I wanted to depict her in her darkest moments with the Water of Life. She is surrounded by the means to gain unlimited power, and is not hessitate to use it to subdue others to her will for what she deems the greater good.
Please let me know what you think!
All the best,
JCH
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Duelist of Deep Faith
"There is no hate behind our blades. We kill out of love, and the desire to share Norn's blessings with all."
Artist: Marcela Bolívar
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thinking about book 7 of twst i feel like my current opinion is so different than most of what i've seen, because like, i understand being anxious to see more of malleus but i really do believe that we'll keep seeing more of him throughout the story, i absolutely love what we've seen of the rest of diasomnia and what we've learned about them so far, and as someone who loves every dorm and just about every student i am unbelievably excited to see everyone's dreams ajsjdjgkdkd!! before the last update i'd been thinking i really wanted to see them all but that we probably wouldn't have time for it, and realizing that we would see them all just got me so hyped?? tbh after playing through book 5 for the first time i ended up wishing that the previous books had all been a little longer, or at least that twst would do events more frequently like other games do so we could get more character development out of them, so idk. i just really don't mind that book 7 is going to get crazy long and i feel pretty happy with where things are going right now. but if by the time it's over malleus still hasn't gotten much time to shine, then i'll be bothered by it.
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I am not trying to attack you but I strongly disagree with your analysis of voting. I think it is contradictory to believe, simultaneously, that voting for Biden materially does something, but that voting for someone other than Biden because of his policy on Israel does nothing. If voting for one candidate has a marginal effect, then voting for another candidate also has a marginal effect, and vice versa.
In either case, whether my vote does effectively nothing or whether it pushes the meter a little bit toward something better, I believe the correct long-term strategic choice is to vote for a third party, slightly increasing some third party's access to funding and ballot listings, at the cost of slightly decreasing the chance of a Biden victory this year. (Realistically: the only person who can affect Biden's electoral chances on a macro scale is named Joe Biden.)
But even if you choose the short-term strategic option of voting for Biden despite everything, I think it's pretty distasteful and a strategic error to, publicly and in your capacity as an activist, ask others to do the same, as it effectively turns you into an advocate for eternal and unquestioned loyalty to the Democratic party for as long as the U.S. exists, no matter what. If you must vote Biden, at least have the decency to threaten not to, to (potentially) scare party shot-callers into doing something worthwhile occasionally.
thank you for not attacking me, i appreciate it. let's have a conversation as comrades.
i agree that voting third-party can definitely work. in my opinion it is only viable (and quite viable at that) in local elections where upsets against the status quo are easier.
gains have demonstrably been won in municipalities that elect third party candidates. i would argue that those candidates then inevitably have a hell of a time once they enter the larger arena of american jockeying, corruption, tradition and outright evil, but that's a larger conversation.
do you think a third party candidate will win the 2024 presidential election?
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Clockwork Avian (Antiquities) - Randy Asplund-Faith
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people are feeling some kinda way about how people format their replies today huh
that said: if you ever need me to change up how i format for readability, just ask ! i like & use double spacing and small text because it pleases my brain, i have adhd-brain and it forces me to slow down and read without skimming/skipping. but i'll adjust for people, i just need to know 💙
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Curse of Shaken Faith
Artist: Campbell White
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harper molesting sydney may be controversial but that won't stop me from thinking thoughts about it
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