#Useful for Support

[magiamemoriareview]

An Odd Coincidence

Obtainability: Limited to completing the “Mirage of Alexandria” event story quests.

MLB Effect: Accele MP Gain Up [17.5%] & Magia Damage Up [15%]

Effect Definitions:

Accele MP Gain Up will increase the amount of MP gained by using Accele discs.

Magia Damage Up increases the damage done by a Magia or a Doppel.

TLDR: “An Odd Coincidence” is extremely good, especially for a free event reward-- it’ll be an easy go-to for Magia teams and has very competitive percentages when compared to other memoria in the game, and additionally even has excellent passive stats!

Review: “An Odd Coincidence” is similar to another event reward memoria in the game “Goodbye Fable”. Because of these similarities, the reviews will be largely copy + pasted. If you have both memoria, “Goodbye Fable” is better to use thanks to its better ATK stats, though “An Odd Coincidence” has fairly decent ATK stats as well.

“An Odd Coincidence” is a massive boon for Free-to-Play players and Dolphins alike-- perhaps even some diminutive Whales will find this memoria to be a massive relief to own. This is because of how good the two effects work with each other, as Accele MP Gain Up will help you gain MP, and then Magia Damage Up will increase your damage when you spend that MP. 

Not only do the effects synergize perfectly well, but they’re pretty competitive when compared to other memoria! Let’s compare it to other Accele MP Gain Up memoria in the game:

(Limited Gacha 4*) “Shouldering Everybody's Hope” Accele MP Gain Up [20%] & Blast Damage Up [35%] & Charged Attack Damage Up [15%] & Status Ailment Resistance Up [30%]  

(Limited Gacha 4*) “Waiting for the Moment” Accele MP Gain Up [20%] & Damage Increase [20%]

(Limited Welfare 4*) “Always Thinking of You” Accele MP Gain Up [20%] & Burn on Attack [30%] (2 Turns)

(Limited Gacha 4*) “The Rena I Hate” Accele MP Gain Up [17.5%] & MP Gain Up [10%] &  Attack Up [20%]

(Limited Gacha 4*) “You Can Wear Any Outfit You Want” Accele MP Gain Up [17.5%] & Defense Up [30%] & MP Gain Up [10%]

(Limited Welfare 4*) “An Odd Coincidence” Accele MP Gain Up [17.5%] & Magia Damage Up [15%]  

(Limited Welfare 4*) “Goodbye Fable” Accele MP Gain Up [17.5%] & Magia Damage Up [15%]

(4*) “A Moment of Peace” Accele MP Gain Up [17.5%] & Magia Damage Up [30%] & Status Ailment Resistance Down (Self) [10%]

(4*) “Because the World Is Full of Wishes” Accele MP Gain Up [17.5%] & Status Ailment Resistance Up [30%]

(Limited Welfare 3*) “Currently on a Hostile Inspection” Accele MP Gain Up [17.5%] & Attack Up [15%]  

(Limited Gacha 3*) “Be My Servant” Accele MP Gain Up [17.5%] & Anti-Bind [100%]

(Limited Gacha 3*) “Never Allow Will to Be Erased” Accele MP Gain Up [17.5%] & Attack Up [15%]

(Limited Welfare 3*) “Something to Remember” Accele MP Gain Up [17.5%] & Attack Up [15%]

Several limited memoria have more Accele MP Gain Up, but “An Odd Coincidence” otherwise matches with many unlimited memoria in the game-- in fact, it even has more percentage to offer than some limited ones. But how about its Magia Damage Up?

(4*) “A Moment of Peace” Magia Damage Up [30%] & Accele MP Gain Up [17.5%] & Status Ailment Resistance Down (Self) [10%]  

(4*) “Here With You” Magia Damage Up [25%]

(4*) “The Invincible Snacks General” Magia Damage Up [20%] & Anti-Magia Seal [100%]

(Limited Welfare 4*) “An Odd Coincidence” Magia Damage Up [15%] & Accele MP Gain Up [17.5%]

(Limited Welfare 4*) “Goodbye Fable” Magia Damage Up [15%] & Accele MP Gain Up [17.5%]

(Limited Welfare 4*) “The 2nd Christmas Carol” Magia Damage Up [12.5%] Blast Damage Cut [15%]

(Limited Gacha 4*) “Miracle Heroines” Magia Damage Up [12.5%] & Attack Up [25%]

(Limited Welfare 4*) “A Christmas Miracle” Magia Damage Up [12.5%] & Magia Damage Cut [20%]

(4*) “I Can Make a Serious Face Too, You Know” Magia Damage Up [12.5%] & Regenerate HP [6%]

Pretty damn good as well! In fact, it beats out many sources of unlimited Magia Damage Up, only surpassed by three currently in the game.

To put it more plainly, if you don’t have “Here With You”, “The Invincible Snacks General”, or “A Moment of Peace”; then the memoria “An Odd Coincidence” is going to be the highest passive source of Magia Damage Up available for you.

That’s pretty good-- but wait, there’s more! The stats on this memoria are pretty excellent at 2,145 ATK. While there is no generic Attack Up/Damage Increase/Damage Up effect, the stats slightly make up for it-- this makes the memoria extremely good for new players as well, since they can easily pop it on a character if they have nothing better to use.

It goes without saying that this memoria will be good on Magia teams. Ideally you’ll place this on a character who you plan on using Magia often, and who will take the most advantage of that Accele MP Gain Up. Accele Gorillas or characters with two Accele disks are preferable here.

Another thing to keep in mind is that using this memoria means sacrificing one passive that could have been used for a more generic damage effect. Sometimes its better to use generic damage-increasing effects like Attack Up/Damage Up/Damage Increase as passives and Magia Damage Up as an active, just because the generic ones apply all the time and the Magia one only applies during Magia-- and using Magia Damage Up as an active memoria instead.

However, this can be waived if you plan on using Magia often or are going to be capping on some of those generic damage effects through other sources, such as Connects, other Magia, Doppels, ect. Of course “An Odd Coincidence” can also be used if you just don’t have a lot of good memoria on you in the first place too.

So overall? A shockingly really great memoria given to the playerbase for free. Make sure you finish the event in time to get this excellent passive!

[ckerouac]

So, I really love the selection of Tim Walz for VP and it’s taken me a moment to articulate why. I mean, obviously, Dem bonafides, he’s sharp, he’s funny, etc etc. But everyone in the Veepstakes fits that bill, Harris was spoiled for good choices.

But Walz offers something that the other men in contention don’t that I think will be incredibly useful in combating Trumpism.

He offers an example and an off ramp to the section of men who felt like they were Republicans by default, and so support Trump by default. There are a lot of Trump voters who are full on obsessive, but that’s not who we’re talking to. We’re talking to folks who grew up in Republican areas, or felt their hobbies didn’t line up with who a Democrat was, or didn’t feel represented by their image of a Democrat. You want to see it so you can be it, you know? Which is why Harris is so inspirational to a lot of segments of folks, but Walz is too.

He served in the military. He went to a state college. He’s your favorite teacher from your public high school. He’s your football coach who actually cared if you were passing your math class. He’s the guy you looked up to at school when your family sucked but this guy cared, and he helped you get out and make something of yourself.

He’s the neighbor who helps you jump your car. He’s your uncle who takes you hunting. He’s your Dad who loves teasing you at the Stare Fair. He’s you when he makes a mistake like his DUI and takes responsibility for it, and when he has the chance makes sure other can come back from similar mistakes. He’s you when you and your wife want so badly to be parents and IVF gives you the family you wanted. He’s you when he says ‘it had to be me’ and used his standing and power to protect vulnerable kids sponsoring the GSA at his school.

He gives the real life example to these men that they can be that football, fishing, hunting family man who wants to provide for his family, be that powerful, respected member of the community and use that power to feed kids in school. That it’s normal to enthusiastically work for a boss like Harris. That yeah those other guys are fucking weirdos, and you’re not a weirdo, are you?

That there’s a place in the Democratic Party for them. That they don’t have to default to being fucking weird.

I hope those guys see this example of masculinity and go… yeah, that’s me. That’s who I’m gonna be.

[platoapproved]

louis + cruelty

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

Of the 19 hijackers who carried out the Sept 11 attacks:

15 were from Saudi Arabia (a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

2 were from the United Arab Emirates (also a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

1 was from Egypt, 1 from Lebanon.

None of the hijackers were from Iraq.

None of the Sept 11 hijackers were Iraqi.

None of the 9/11 hijackers were from Iraq.

[aropride]

i love cishets and their somewhat ugly pride merch that lets us know they're at least fairly safe to be around i'm serious. like genuinely being like 13 and seeing random adults at the store in black "love is love" shirts where every letter is a different pride flag and the whole thing clashes horribly was the most comforting thing.

[itsbansheebitch]

This works for YouTubers as well lmao

[the-cimmerians]

right now it’s almost halfway through 2023, and 2024 is an election year in the US. I have started to see a growing proliferation of posts suggesting that there is no difference between the republican and democratic parties--the exact same kind of posts I saw an awful lot of before the last major election here. I am unfollowing folks who post or reblog these sort of posts, as I consider these posts to be fascist propaganda framed as leftist discourse, designed to suppress anti-fascist votes and voters. 

[safemaryamsfamilysblog]

you're living someone's dream life

After I lost my brother and was displaced from my home, I realized that my previous life was a blessing that I had not realized. After giving birth in a tent and experiencing severe bleeding, I realized that life is very short. Imagine losing your brother, the people dearest to you, your home, and your family. What would your life be like with a heavy heart? I ask you to help me. Any amount will make a difference.

[ottermatopoeia]

Everyone's all "i'll fuck your dad" until they realize that means they'd have to fuck someone over 40. and those people are weak.

[madohomurat]

trans women are everywhere and are so eager to be seen and heard but only if they feel safe around you. if you hardly ever have trans women interacting with you, especially online, then consider there might be a reason for that and you should address it

[magiamemoriareview]

From Now On, With Everyone

Obtainability: Limited to the “TV Anime 1st Anniversary Memoria Pack” Gem Bag (purchasable with paid or unpaid gems).

MLB Effect: Attack Up [20%] & Defense Up [30%]

Effect Definitions:

Attack Up increases the equipped character’s base stats, meaning that its effects are calculated before buffs/debuffs are considered. The effect caps at 100%.

Defense Up increases the target’s base defense stats. Defense Up is generally worse than Damage Cut.

TLDR: “From Now On With Everyone” is a solid memoria that can be used in most situations as it gives two generic (but useful) effects that will offer both offensive and defensive potential. It’s effects are comparable to several unlimited memoria in the game. However, “From Now On With Everyone” suffers from the fact it comes from a costly Bag using Magia Stones (paid and unpaid), and that there are numerous comparable memoria in the game that can do similarly to what it does, and for a cheaper price.

You can skip this purchase unless you’re very new to the game and need all the help with memoria acquisition that you can get.

This memoria can be used on Support.

Review: “From Now On With Everyone” is good memoria that should be useful in just about any situation thanks to its generic yet helpful effects. Attack Up is one of the best offensive effects in the game, and the only thing that holds the buff back is that it caps at 100%. Defense Up isn’t as good as the effect Damage Cut, but it’s still a solid Defensive buff and will be great for protecting a unit from damage, especially a squishier attacker-type.

You can view “From Now On With Everyone” as a slightly worse version of the memoria “Everyday Overflowing with Pride” which, when Max-Awakened, has 25% Attack Up and 37.5% Defense Up.

That doesn’t mean “From Now On With Everyone” doesn’t have a strange advantage over “Everyday Overflowing with Pride” -- this memoria for some ungodly reason has 2600 ATK. That’s a lot of passive ATK stats. In fact, that’s the most ATK you can find on a memoria currently in the game.

Note from this image that “From Now On With Everyone” even tops several limited memoria. However, also do note that those limited memoria have better effects and higher Attack Up. But still, that’s kind of crazy for a free-to-play friendly memoria!

However, the real question for this memoria isn’t just how good it is. It’s this: is this memoria worth spending magia stones to buy the bag it comes from?

Benefits to consider are that that “From Now On With Everyone” comes Max-Awakened and Max Leveled. Naturally this means that Whales or very established (or lucky!) players won’t have much need for it– but players without good memoria to use, such as new players or some unluckier Free-to-Play players, might find it helpful in building their arsenal.

Another thing to consider would be that it’s not like the memoria in its entirety costs 400 gems. The bag includes a tenpull ticket, so subtract 250 gems and you get 150 gems for the memoria and all the other goodies included– however, is the memoria and a handful of mats worth 150 gems?

That really depends on what kind of memoria you yourself already have. 

If you already have the aforementioned “Everyday Overflowing with Pride” at max-awakened status, then the usefulness of “From Now On With Everyone” is called into question. However, unlike some types of effects in the game, you really can’t go wrong with having more Attack Up passive memoria. Attack Up, as mentioned above, is one of the best effects to have and you’ll always want to have it when doing generic battles or even for things as banal as equipping on your Support. 

But again, this counts on what memoria you already have. And there are a number of really good memoria, including unlimited four-stars, that have high passive ATK stats with a higher percentage of Attack Up:

(Limited 4*) “We Promised Didn't We” Attack Up [30%] & Status Ailment Resistance Up [25%]

(4*) “Don't Call Me Childish” Attack Up [30%] & Damage Cut [15%] & Defense Down [25%]

(Limited 4*) “Could Not Throw It Away” Attack Up [25%] & Attack Up While At Max Health [30%]

(Limited 4*) “Fairy Tale Entrusted with a Prayer” Attack Up [25%] & MP Gain Up [12.5%]

(Limited 4*) “Contradiction of Apology and Punishment” Attack Up [25%] & Damage Up Versus Witches [25%]

(Limited 4*) “The Grin of a Saint” Attack Up [25%] & Ignore Damage Cut [60%]

(Limited 4*) “The Young and Pretty Queen” Attack Up [25%] & Poison on Attack [25%] (3 Turns)

(Limited 4*) “Great Success in the Longed for Land” Attack Up [25%] & Bind on Attack [20%] (1 Turn)

(Limited 4*) “Still Far From a Starry Night...” Attack Up [25%] & Accele MP Gain Up [15%]

(Limited 4*) “Miracle Heroines” Attack Up [25%] & Magia Damage Up [12.5%]

(Limited 4*) “The Fake Hatred Reflected in the Mirror” Attack Up [25%] & Skill Seal on Attack [30% / 1 turn]

(Limited 4*) “A Fake Smile Reflected in the Mirror” Attack Up [25%] & Evade [25%]

(Limited 4*) “Kyubey Knight Breaking Through” Attack Up [25%] & Charged Attack Damage Up [15%]

(4*) “Reaching Out Towards Our Goal” Attack Up [25%] & Fog on Attack [20%] (3 Turns)  

(4*) “That Light I Thought I Gave Up” Attack Up [25%] & Charm on Attack [20%] (1 Turn)

(4*) “Flickering Aspiration” Attack Up [25%] & Anti-Bind [100%]

(4*) “Kind-Hearted Revolutionary” Attack Up [25%] & Anti-Provoke [65%]

(4*) “Feigning Innocence School Time” Attack Up [25%] & Anti-Stun [100%]

(4*) “Everyday Overflowing with Pride” Attack Up [25%] & Defense Up [37.5%]

(4*) “To Grace with Aster” Attack Up [25%] & Charged Attack Damage Up [15%]

(Limited 3*) “Gorge of Fate” Attack Up [25%] & Defense Down (Self) [20%]

When looking at this very very long list, the necessity of “From Now On With Everyone” is called into question. Do you need this memoria? Do you have any of these listed memoria already, and more importantly, are any of them Max-Awakened and max-leveled?

Of special note would be the memoria “Kyubey Knight Breaking Through” as it can be easily purchased through 2000 Support Points. It is a phenomenal memoria and easily counts as Whale tier. So if you’re pressed for Magia Stones and are just wondering about good offensive memoria options, skip “From Now On With Everyone”. Better memoria, even Free-to-Play friendly ones, already exist and can be purchased more cheaply.

But, if you’re a new player or a very unlucky one, “From Now On With Everyone” might give you a little assistance in your collection of memos. It’s certainly not a bad memoria, it’s just decidedly average. Whether or not it’s worth spending 150 magia stones to acquire is up to you, but personally this reviewer says no unless you’re really hurting for better memoria to equip.

If you do purchase “From Now On With Everyone”, you can use it on Support.

[anotherpapercut]

yesterday I went to a little meeting at my local queer community center and I was admiring their bookshelves and mentioned that I work at the public library and someone said "well I bet they don't have any [LGBTQ+ books] at our library" and I was like um. yes we do. we have tons of them. half of our employees are queer leftists so they said "oh well I bet they don't in [nearby rural county]" and I was like uh once again yes they absolutely do. gay people live and work there as well

so here's a quick reminder that if you don't think your local library has enough queer centered materials you should actually check before assuming, and if you're not satisfied with their collection you should submit a request for more such books. I don't know what the political landscape of libraries looks like outside the us rn, but within the us no matter where you are, I promise you there are employees at your library fighting for inclusion and intellectual freedom and they can't win without vocal public support

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

i'm begging you guys to start pirating shit from streaming platforms. there are so many websites where you can stream that shit for free, here's a quick HOW TO:

1) Search for: watch TITLE OF WORK free online

2) Scroll to the bottom of results. Click any of the "Complaint" links

3) You will be taken to a long list of links that were removed for copyright infringement. Use the 'find' function to search for the name of the show/movie you were originally searching for. You will get something like this (specifics removed because if you love an illegal streaming site you don't post its url on social media)

4) each of these links is to a website where you can stream shit for free. go to the individual websites and search for your show/movie. you might have to copy-paste a few before you find exactly what you're looking, but the whole process only takes a minute. the speed/quality is usually the same as on netflix/whatever, and they even have subtitles! (make sure to use an adblocker though, these sites are funded by annoying popups)

In conclusion, if you do this often enough you will start recognizing the most dependable websites, and you can just bookmark those instead. (note: this is completely separate from torrenting, which is also a beautiful thing but requires different software and a vpn)

you can also download the media in question (look for a "download" button built into the video window, or use a browser extension such as Video DownloadHelper.)

[anonymousdandelion]

A general tip for students who are sending those dreaded Religious Absence Emails to your professors: Rather than asking permission to take the day(s) off, politely let them know that you will be taking the day(s) off.

In other words, consider not saying this:

"May I miss class on [date] so I can observe [holiday]?"

It's not that there's anything wrong with the above, per se. But because it's phrased as a request, it risks coming across as optional — a favor you hope to be granted. Problem is, favors are not owed, and so unfortunately asking permission opens the door for the professor to respond "Thanks for asking. No, you may not. :)"

Instead, try something along the lines of:

"I will need to miss class on [date] because I will be observing [holiday]. I wanted to let you know of this conflict now, and to ask your assistance in making arrangements for making up whatever material I may miss as a result of this absence."

This is pretty formal language (naturally, you can and should tweak it to sound more like your voice). But the important piece is that, while still being respectful, it shifts the focus of the discussion so that the question becomes not "Is it okay for me to observe my religion?", but rather, "How can we best accommodate my observance?"

Because the first question should not be up for debate: freedom of religion is a right, not a favor. And the second question is the subject you need to discuss.

(Ideally, do this after you've looked up your school's policy on religious absences, so you know what you're working within and that religious discrimination is illegal. Just in case your professor forgot.)

[inkskinned]

the thing is that they're so fascinated by sex, they love sex, they can't imagine a world without sex - they need sex to sell things, they need sex to be part of their personality, they need sex to prove their power - but they hate sex. they are disgusted by it.

sex is the only thing that holds their attention, and it is also the thing that can never be discussed directly.

you can't tell a child the normal names for parts of their body, that's sexual in nature, because the body isn't a body, it's a vessel of sex. it doesn't matter that it's been proven in studies (over and over) that kids need to know the names of their genitals; that they internalize sexual shame at a very young age and know it's 'dirty' to have a body; that it overwhelmingly protects children for them to have the correct words to communicate with. what matters is that they're sexual organs. what matters is that it freaks them out to think about kids having body parts - which only exist in the context of sex.

it's gross to talk about a period or how to check for cancer in a testicle or breast. that is nasty, illicit. there will be no pain meds for harsh medical procedures, just because they feature a cervix.

but they will put out an ad of you scantily-clad. you will sell their cars for them, because you have abs, a body. you will drip sex. you will ooze it, like a goo. like you were put on this planet to secrete wealth into their open palms.

they will hit you with that same palm. it will be disgusting that you like leather or leashes, but they will put their movie characters in leather and latex. it will be wrong of you to want sexual freedom, but they will mark their success in the number of people they bed.

they will crow that it's inappropriate for children so there will be no lessons on how to properly apply a condom, even to teens. it's teaching them the wrong things. no lessons on the diversity of sexual organ growth, none on how to obtain consent properly, none on how to recognize when you feel unsafe in your body. if you are a teenager, you have probably already been sexualized at some point in your life. you will have seen someone also-your-age who is splashed across a tv screen or a magazine or married to someone three times your age. you will watch people pull their hair into pigtails so they look like you. so that they can be sexy because of youth. one of the most common pornography searches involves newly-18 young women. girls. the words "barely legal," a hiss of glass sand over your skin.

barely legal. there are bills in place that will not allow people to feel safe in their own bodies. there are people working so hard to punish any person for having sex in a way that isn't god-fearing and submissive. heteronormative. the sex has to be at their feet, on your knees, your eyes wet. when was the first time you saw another person crying in pornography and thought - okay but for real. she looks super unhappy. later, when you are unhappy, you will close your eyes and ignore the feeling and act the role you have been taught to keep playing. they will punish the sex workers, remove the places they can practice their trade safely. they will then make casual jokes about how they sexually harass their nanny.

and they love sex but they hate that you're having sex. you need to have their ornamental, perfunctory, dispassionate sex. so you can't kiss your girlfriend in the bible belt because it is gross to have sex with someone of the same gender. so you can't get your tubes tied in new england because you might change your mind. so you can't admit you were sexually assaulted because real men don't get hurt, you should be grateful. you cannot handle your own body, you cannot handle the risks involved, let other people decide that for you. you aren't ready yet.

but they need you to have sex because you need to have kids. at 15, you are old enough to parent. you are not old enough to hear the word fuck too many times on television.

they are horrified by sex and they never stop talking about it, thinking about it, making everything unnecessarily preverted. the saying - a thief thinks everyone steals. they stand up at their podiums and they look out at the crowd and they sign a bill into place that makes sexwork even more unsafe and they stand up and smile and sign a bill that makes gender-affirming care illegal and they get up and they shrug their shoulders and write don't say gay and they get up, and they make the world about sex, but this horrible, plastic vision of it that they have. this wretched, emotionless thing that holds so much weight it's staggering. they put their whole spine behind it and they push and they say it's normal!

this horrible world they live in. disgusted and also obsessed.