#X300

[j3rryth0mp50n]

Cocked, locked, and ready to rock 🤘 #t5customkydex #t5militia #t5duty #builtlikeatank #twoworldwars #1911 #operator #surefire #x300 #holsterdaddy #bde #getoutandtrain #goat #vikingbeard #valkyrie #norseman #blackflag #shoplife #45aarp #10mm #9mm https://www.instagram.com/p/CnDrI5Crp5f/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[blackbeargear]

Guest review from a light Cav soldier:⁠ ⁠ “I bought the X300 around 2 years ago having already used a long, short and tailored bergens - this eclipses them all. This is the most comfortable bergen I have ever used.⁠ ⁠ As Light Cav this is massively versatile if used correctly. Just 10L under a short back/ virtus it's not all that noticeable. It has nooks literally everywhere for storage. ⁠ ⁠ Main compartment has 2 access points, I mainly use the front 'suitcase' style as you can see everything that's packed without pulling lots out. The top compartment is large enough to fit a team medic pouch without molesting the main compartment. The two side pouches can accommodate an easy 2 days of broken down rats with a full waterbladder. Base compartment houses the rain cover but can also stuff in a lightweight stretcher. ⁠ ⁠ The main compartment has a mesh liner between your gear and the outer layer. The entire material has a heavy water resistant coating which if combined with the rain cover and your dry bags leads to 3 layers of proofing. ⁠ ⁠ Something I've always found gets missed is the molle system. We emblazon everything in molle but seldom use it. I've gotten into the habit of keeping a couple of empty pouches at the bottom of my bergen for expanding items - all the crap that gets dumped on you. Ultimately everything gets hidden under the rain cover so the addition of some extra molle storage to the outside isn't a big deal. The marauder helmet strap is also a good addition.⁠ ⁠ Being mounted I seldom use webbing so the molle hip pads add as a great customisable option for ammo and frag pouches as a quick sudo webbing option - Think OP work. ⁠ ⁠ Downsides: Ignore the 'This is an SF Bergen' marketing. We're not kids, if it works it works. The shock cord on the front is pointless and was removed immediately. The paracord zip loops are prone to falling off and need to be melted together. Will struggle to house a bouncing bomb. ⁠ ⁠ Overall this bergen is ideal for Mounted Lads. Will serve any Army invading Atropia well for an extended time in the summer.⁠ ⁠ #noblegear #noblegearreviews #warriorassaultsystems #x300 #backpack #outdoors ( #📷 @noble_gear_reviews ) Repost https://www.instagram.com/p/CiaCCTpLy-r/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[grlfriends]

have to record this presentation but augh i hate speaking so much 😫🧍‍♀️🤒

[gigglingpines]

Hong Kong, December 2023

Kodak Ultramax 400

[cantarella]

went to hunt for topaz content in her tag and ended up having to try not to pop a blood vessel at some of the things I read

[goldensunset]

this academic year i'm out here speaking my full mind in my written assignments and i'm happy about that

[jahanmp4]

“The peak of beauty is blooming” is such a grim sentence when you think about it.

Beauty is at its peak when in bloom, but will unavoidably wither afterwards, and gone it will be. A human could be called “past their prime” once their face starts to “wither” (the apparition of wrinkles), and most people love plants the best when they're in bloom, which only lasts a season.

It is clear that this sentence references k!Louis' unchanging features. He is immortal, he will always be “in full bloom” no matter how old he gets, he's quite literally frozen in time, and can control it, at least to some extent ???

[Unless him stopping time in LLTK was just for shits and giggles idk]

It always intrigued me as to why k!Louis was the King of Beauty/Aesthetics. He is the only king who arguably rules over, first of all, a CONCEPT, but also, a philosophical notion. Aesthetics are all about human perception and what is pleasing to us, but why ?

[I would argue that k!Dann's concept of Change could be taken literally, and his kingdom is called “Door to the Four Seasons” so that's a natural change to begin with.]

Did he become the King of Beauty solely because of his immortal status or was it a title he got from the beginning since he is, indeed, beautiful. k!Dann offers him a rosebud in LLTK, which symbolises young love, but also means that whomever receives it is beautiful/pure/innocent etc. LLTK's first sung line is literally “A child stuck in a time of loneliness”.

[I find it kind of sweet that k!Dann offers him this rose lol]

The painting also gets cracked. Though an obvious reference to The Picture of Dorian Gray, who was obsessed with looking young and beautiful (he would've loved Lana Del Rey), k!Louis' painting doesn't get old, it just simply becomes older itself as an object which is super interesting on so many different levels. First of all, when k!Louis looks at the painting, I'm not seeing any scorn or anger, only sadness and melancholy in Louis' eyes. The painting itself is doing something k!Louis himself isn't capable of and that's absolutely tragic. Second of all, it pulls us back to this concept of beauty that is put upon something or someone, and MAYBE, and that's a big maybe, k!Louis' definition of beauty is getting old, being normal.

Something that could also be a stretch but you know what I can do whatever I want HAH is that, not only do the masquerades in the MV refer to Mujin's line “Unfamiliar masks are dancing in the hall”, it could also represent k!Louis' unwillingness to like, see other people, and watch them grow old while he remains unchanged. He feels constant distress but the lyrics state several times that what keeps him going is his inner flame and his willingness to protect his kingdom : my man is SUFFERING. I wouldn't be surprised if it were canon that masquerades were mandatory at any parties k!Louis attends in Rose Garden. I think it's obvious his kingdom knows about his condition, you cannot hide your immortality when you are the king, so the masks aren't a way for him to conceal himself, but rather to put everyone on an equal footing of remaining unknown and a big part of their faces hidden.

It's also even eerier that the last thing we hear in Intro : Requiem is “Long live the king”. Now if you didn't know, this is part of a two sentence French saying that goes “The king is dead, long live the king !” («Le roi est mort, vive le roi !») as a way to acknowledge the person next in succession after a king's passing. There is no “The king is dead”, only “Long live the king”, because, well, k!Louis is immortal, yet the choreographer really wanted to represent Louis XVIth getting dragged to his death sentence *shlink* which is why Louis gets pulled backwards with the metal bars by the backup dancers. So there is some finality to k!Louis' story, to some extent.

LLTK's lyrics talk about a moment where good and evil collide and an inner-darkness that k!Louis chases off with his light until the sun rises (Jahan what the fuck are you doing my guy people are dying where are you), so he's holding on until the sun comes back. What will happen then actually ????? Will he finally come back to being mortal ??? I so wish that's the case, because this poor man seems nothing but miserable, just like the other kings to be honest.

Anyways, this was my 3-4am brainrot. Good night !

[happy-geology]

[the-acid-pear]

Thinking of theodore again. 1 dead 0 injured.

[levinbolts]

more talking about valen + pain under the cut

valen's relationship with pain is a behavior learned from their mother at a very young age. they often walked in on their mother inflicting pain on herself as a means of releasing negative energy and recentering/refocusing herself. curious (and very concerned, of course), they finally got the courage to ask her about it, to which she explained that pain doesn't always have to be something to be afraid of, that it doesn't always have to be punishment, and that those that inflict pain senselessly don't truly understand its purpose. valen had asked if he could learn what she meant, what she felt when she inflicted pain on herself, to which she responded that it was something they had to learn for themselves, that their relationship with pain was something intimate and for them only; it wasn't something that could be taught.

valen didn't learn what pain meant for themselves until much later, long after both of their parents were gone and in the ground. times were rough, growing up alone with no one but other kids their age and the rare compassionate adult to guide them and care for them and by the time they reached late teens/early adulthood, they carried more rage and sadness than anyone should be able to hold in their bodies. they lashed out often, stole without remorse (sometimes for no reason other than the fact that they could), and stirred up senseless trouble where it wasn't needed.

it was during one of these episodes, during a bar fight in some grimy old hole-in-the-wall place that they'd started completely on a whim (the whim being this, before they realized what it was), that they finally found the answer their mother had sent them searching for. they got their ass kicked, sorely beaten and bruised and bloodied...but they didn't feel upset about losing; quite the opposite, really—they felt calmer and more in control than they had in months.

so now, well into their adulthood (around 150 in bg3 canon, 25 in modern canon), they've managed to maintain a much better grip on their rage, managed to regain some of the compassion and empathy they had as a child, and while they still have a tendency to be sassy and cranky, they've become much more pleasant to be around.

[chuckersatz]

- TURNSTILE + RIXE -

20 Jun. 2022 @ Elysée Montmartre, Paris

analog | taken on sophie_r0s3 ‘s camera 

[j3rryth0mp50n]

Two World War Wars ✌️ #t5customkydex #t5militia #t5duty #builtlikeatank #twoworldwars #springfieldarmory #1911 #operator #surefire #x300 #edc #usa #holster #holsterdaddy #bde #2arightsarecivilrights #personaldevelopment #warriormindset #warriormentality #getoutandtrain #goat #vikingbeard #valkyrie #norseman #blackflag #shoplife #45aarp #10mm #9mm https://www.instagram.com/p/ClC8LZ4MmQI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[patyinwonderland]

March 16, 2023

Place de la Concorde, Paris

Photo by Patricia Chiniara

[sawtual]

the prevelance of "what the-" in cartoons. it makes me a little insane

[gigglingpines]

Hong Kong, December 2023

Kodak Ultramax 400

[crambouille]

A bit of Ireland : the green, grey, and blue lands