#I should make another side blog….

[megamindsupremacy]

Okay I used to dislike shawls because every time I looked for a crochet pattern it seemed like 70% of the search results were shawls no matter what I typed and I thought they were overhyped. But I just made one and GODDAMN the white crochet blogger ladies weren’t wrong this shit slaps I am never taking my crappy little shawl off ever

[plulp]

hey guys. remy design

[r0semultiverse]

You know what feature we need to bother staff for next? Other people’s posts getting flagged as counting towards “strikes” on our blogs.

[sisterkosho]

Does anyone like Tokyo Revengers anymore cuz… I may or may not be hyperfixating

[dykedvonte]

Discussing the NCR (Fallouts NV's Military Industrial Complex)

Fallout regularly discusses the idea of the military, its faults, its strengths, and most importantly, the psycho-social aspects of it regarding those who are members. We have seen a direct critique of the military generalized through the Enclave's overt nationalism, the hoarding of resources and indoctrination through the Brotherhood of Steel, and an almost eerily modern critique of the whole military-industrial complex through the NCR in New Vegas. In these series of posts, I will be focusing primarily if not exclusively on the last one.

The NCR we see in the game is strictly the military side of things and the depiction of active occupation during a time of eminent war, conflicting factions, and resource scarcity. It is in this we are missing a major factor that negatively affects the view of the NCR in the game and out: Civilian life along with citizen opinion on the military. While we do get Mojave civilian opinion on the military (often neutral or negative) we do not get those who are New California Republic citizens, not those who actually discuss the military more so not understanding the importance of the occupation and the President's choices.

We do not see how life is regularly lived by the average citizen as we have not seen New California in New Vegas, though, we get words and glimpses that the people are relatively content in the growing country minus the fact many people are not happy with the choice of encroaching on the Mojave. This most similarly reflects it's real-world application that many civilian citizens reject acquisition and war due to the economic effects it has on the country and the general violence/loss associated.

In this, we come to an issue of losing a perspective that is unique to the NCR as a military representative. The Brotherhood is notably a place where its active members are intertwined with its efforts, the young are raised to be scribes, paladins, etc... To where even if one is not fighting for The Brotherhood, they are still intertwined, it's propaganda is the life. The Enclave is even more cut n' dry in that it is mostly made up of government representatives. It is a group even smaller than the former, even more selective and intertwined that their propaganda IS a form of Eugenics. The NCR is unique in that there is a clear distinction between what is the military force, the civilian population, and the choice if one wants to be a part of the former.

There is a distinct difference in the cultures of the factions you are born into and those you must enlist or join (forcibly for some). While this is a long-winded way to get into the actual discussion I want to facilitate throughout these posts I wanted an initial background post to understand the aspects I am and am not exploring and explaining along with a hub post to link everything I intend to discuss in the coming days and weeks, starting with:

Why Do People Join the NCR?

...which will be discussed and linked back here like everything else regarding to this topic.

Links: TBA

[remysgamingsideblog]

a place i like buying (expensive) yarn from keeps giving me this blue yarn and i have no idea what to do with it

it sort of looks like unfinished yarn?? some parts look like sport weight but other parts look like raw cotton

idk what to use it for

[iceeericeee]

i am impressed by your side blogs

Why thank you :)

[imwritesometimes]

Chestnut Ridge 🐎🐐🐑❤️ (feat. Bitsy & Maximus)

[seldonhari]

merry chrysler 

[wanderingmausoleum]

getting the make another sideblog itch again…this time for writing/OC and history-related topics, because my special interest in the world wars (particularly WW1 atm) has returned with a vengeance and i have ideas for stuff i want to write set in that period…what say you, dear readers

[kalloway]

in @magthemage and I’s Android AU, Risotto Nero is a medical android who has a very rocky (dubious) past and is kinda finding his way as he goes - v much a ‘do what I must to survive’ kind of guy... though he draws a line at senseless loss of ('good’) human life - whether due to his programming or his sentience, is up for debate. ...That’s not to say he hasn’t taken lives before, however... He’s v likely the reason Miriam (my OC) survives her encounter with EcciDiO (because of his medical capabilities) that led to her meeting Professor Brando and started the events of our shared AU! (the ‘current’ events, anyway) - their meeting was completely by chance but taking a chance on him proved to be the right call, and now he’s in the service of Professor Brando because she encouraged him to pursue his sentience and what he *wanted* to do...

I’ve been having big brain rot about Nero (and how Miriam passed up the chance to date him in the au, smh) BUT one of the perks of being an artist is I can just *make* that content i passed up, and no one can stop me hehe 😏 . (Mag is actively encouraging it tho so it is supported and not really rebellious lmao) . anyway I haven’t drawn him much and wanted to give it another go! medical androids have all kinds of tools hidden just beneath the skin... so I think it goes well with his ‘canon’ version of himself too in that regard hahaha . the AU has a lot of canon characters in it, but because of the fact so many androids are ‘model lines’, they may come off as ‘ooc’ to a degree, and that’s intended! i think of it like every android has a little piece of the canon character in them (the multiple Dios being the best example imo), it just varies on their circumstances and experiences!

[cower-before-power]

My first mitten, it’s giant and I’m so proud of it 😎

[blue-b-bro]

Oh lord please give me strength to not make another side blog because of a 2 weeks long hiperfixation

[sleepy-bunbun-ace]

i've decided the group is gonna be like the phantom thieves in a way. instead of stealing their targets' dreams, they purify them.

not in the 'their dreams change to become better versions of them', more like 'they realize their dream and the way they were achieving it was horrible.'

i have no ideas for their group name so suggestions are open. i do have codenames though (that is a lie like the arcana post, i made them up while writing this). these are also subject to change.

tsukasa - pierrot

emu - wonder

mafuyu - yuki (i don't know if i should change her arcana to justice or leave it as moon)

mizuki - amia

akito - yokai

minori - usagi

kohane - tigress

airi - ace

honami - spider lily (her arcana is the strength arcana)

miku - hatsune

[malevolententity]

finally updated obsidian after a few months and ohhh properties my beloved. i can finally make things look Nice because i was already doing a bit of my own indexing table

like the left was at the top of all my pages but now oughgh the right looks so so much better even if it takes a couple extra seconds to set up. it ends up being faster i think since it auto suggests previous terms which is sooo nice m gonna cryyyyyyyyyyy and theres other functionalities i Could fuck around with but i think for now i like the bare bones and OUGHGHG maybe i can finally do more chunking at this city and actually feel like m doing something productive with it

[intramoon]

feel kinda guilty for posting so much non-sims