#full-scale attack

[fieriframes]

[The full-scale attack on the Trojan camp begins.]

[liminalwillwood]

my ass got shot lol

i am defeated...for...now...which is like 2 business days or something . i thought up a continuity reason for why i have hair while still being a bald supporter that is so delectably deliciously genius that im keeping it a secret until the right time comes

@whatifieatedpaperlol15 look over your shoulder on monday

[fisheito]

"Eiden and his companions accidentally run their carriage into two yokai wearing "maid costumes". To take responsibility and make amends, they set off to check out a maid café located in the forest—"

Girl that's just kuya and yakumo on their way back from the island

Wait ,no. Forest...

Girl that's just kuya and garu out for a walk

[swagging-back-to]

it should be a cut and dry case if you go to a restaurant and get glutened by them. and by case i mean criminal. not just suing for damages and distress.

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

[lanaevyssmoved]

ok i feel calmer now so i’m just gonna say it frank. if you believe astarion was turned at 39, and use this as reason to call him a child or childlike or mentally a child, and still romance him and post about lusting over him, i hate you.

[radioactive-cloud]

my roman empire will forever be how my country could've been if it wasn't terrorised by russia for centuries

[handsoffthefuckinshield]

there's no fuckin way we'd be able to convince the doctor to give us stronger panic meds, but we really need stronger panic meds

[dandyshucks]

me: okay just ONE quick cartoony silly facial expression drawing and nothing else, i need to sleep decently tonight for once and getting to sleep on time would help a lot with that

the drawingS (emphasis on the s):

(its been... just over an hour since i started)

[taniushka12]

So what is artfight??? Is it like an art battle where you draw artworks of characters in increasing difficulty/style/etc.??

Oh man, i really wanna make a complete answer but its 4 am so here's a good post explaining it

BUT basically its an event where you draw ocs! You submit all the ocs you want (each w/ a max of 5 ref pictures + their description) (also both original characters and fan characters count), then when july starts all contestants get divided in two opposing teams, and the ""goal"" would b to get more points, but since the points are awarded by drawing ppl's ocs really the true prize is having cool art of your characters and also hopefully making someone's day :') ♡ (but also for the glory, for example my team is winning this year <3)

[dragonofthestone]

I think Tim's only confession would be how the Military attacked and killed his family. Unprovoked.

But he knows to keep those thoughts and feelings to himself (especially to strangers)

[futurefind]

//thinking abt making charas oc/fake gameplay kits is so funny bc its like...... in more limited/strict formats like g.n.sh.n ur Mandated to get locked into x amnt of skills and maybe multiple ults if ur lucky. on top of sliding scale of 'public'/shared skill pools like fe

and then theres wuwa making me scream into a cup bc its Exact Execution is so gd fucking flexible you can do whatever you fucking want, basically, which is to say IVE GOT NO IDEA WHAT TO DO FOR SA...

like yeah sure no player-made walls/constructs to parkour off of but also whos to say that wont be made later...

[deikshen]

Shen Yuan is a young demon prince from a rather unimportant kingdom; actually, his kingdom and his race of humanoid demon-snakes are actually so unimportant and unimpressive that not even Emperor Luo Binghe had been interested in getting the lands, or control of the kingdom... Or any of the princes! Of course they are loyal to the Emperor and serve under him, but... Luo Binghe hadn't tried anything!! Not even once!!!

Not that Shen Yuan is offended, though, the Emperor's HUGE harem is a crazy thing... He doesn't really want to be there nor anything like that. But it can't be a little hurt in his pride that the kingdom he grew up in and adores is so uninteresting to someone like the Emperor.

However, the final straw comes when Luo Binghe marries an Eastern Bird Demon Princess. Yes, she may be pretty as a painted doll, but the Eastern Bird Demons have shitty behavior! They are less interesting than Demon Snakes, much more flattering and fragile, conflictive and above all hypocritical! They don't even have their own venom or are capable of hunting their own prey!! They were just tasteless birds with huge tits and wings that shouldn't allow them to fly because of their anatomical inaccuracy!

"If you're so upset with Junshang's marriage decisions, why don't you marry him?" his younger sister says one day, fed up with Shen Yuan's ramblings. And Shen Yuan thinks, well, it's not a bad idea. Even if his sister didn't mean it at all...

But Shen Yuan KNOWS that he really needs to get the Emperor's attention before he just walks up and says "we have to get married, Junshang, because I find it disrespectful for you to marry with all the boring demons in the realms except my type. Which just happens to be me and not my older brothers or younger sister. I'm the only one willing to fix this."

... No, he would be dead before he even said Junshang correctly. So Shen Yuan must... Conquer the Emperor's heart!

Well, considering the huge harem, it's not a difficult task apparently. He will only have to pay for some rumors and stories of how some wives got to that place, prepare lots of court gifts and organize a big engagement party. After all Shen Yuan is very persistent and, above all, patient. He will obtain the Emperor's hand in marriage, and prove that his kingdom is not some insignificant little thing that can't even get the Emperor's attention!!

...

And one day, Luo Binghe starts to be attacked with stranges gifts.

They arrive at his office by confused royal assistants. And those gifts are the rarest and most expensive ones: swords made of crystal bone of an abyssal creature of the rarest kind, flowers with letters which explain all the effects on the cultivation of mixed-blood creatures, venom from a mythical beast thought to be extinct that can be consumed and used as a spice in recipes (which was accompanied by long letters containing strange cooking recipes that Luo Binghe had never heard of, and a more personal letter claiming that it would keep the Emperor entertained, since his mysterious penpal had heard that he enjoyed cooking).

The gifts keep coming, but they get stranger and stranger each time.

Crowns and hair jewelry of reverse reef corals, hairbrushes of mythical blue jade? Handmade perfume floral and exquisite that gave him peace just by smelling it? The essence of a flower that a single drop mixed with dry powder would work as the longest lasting eye paint?

Even silver scales of some demon presented with rubies and diamonds in the embroidery of a... wedding robe??? Exactly being the emperor's measurements????

Someone is... courting Luo Binghe? With useful and exquisite gifts, letters full of excessive details of someone erudite and chaotic, all with that strange air of mystery and power behind it? The servants who leave the gifts are mysterious, pale-featured and somewhat serpentine; Luo Binghe finds it strange to think that this kingdom is behind all this. Why would they do this if after of all, is the kingdom from which his cousin comes? Why would a kingdom that Luo Binghe is already a blood ally with want to deepen an alliance?

But that doesn't take away the absolute surprise that Luo Binghe feels with every gift, the way that every day he wait for something, even if it is a detail, a flower, a letter, anything. Luo Binghe, the Emperor of the Three Realms... is being courted for the first time.

He had courted all of his wives effortlessly some and with ease others. They had, of course, exchanged gifts with him in addition to the pleasures of their company… but none had even attempted to return the courtship. Luo Binghe had never considered it an offense, of course; before being an Emperor, he was a nobody. Now that he was an Emperor, he was just taking from the world what was his.

Being courted was not something Luo Binghe had given much thought to. Now, however, he is being courted by some anonymous suitor seeking his attention, and Luo Binghe doesn't understand why or how the hell he no longer has his future spouse at his desk, probably leaning on it, so Luo Binghe can lavish his attentions to thanks for every detail.

If it was his turn to be the sweet maiden who is courted and pays with his body and attentions, at that moment, even if he doesn't know who the hell his suitor is, Luo Binghe is definitely very interested.

[rhk111sblog]

Here are some more “extra” Pictures from the Asian Defense and Security (ADAS) Event last Year of 2022 that I haven’t released to the Public yet. As always, I will be putting better Resolution Versions of these Pictures on Wikimedia Commons later after this Posting

A Full-Scale Mock Up (FSMU) of the Hero-30 Tactical, Manpack Loitering Munition System at the 2022 Asia Defense And Security (ADAS) Event at the World Trade Center (WTC) in Pasay. What's nice about this is that it can be carried and launched like a typical man-portable Canister Missile.

The Canister and Munition weighs 7.8 kg, the Munition has an Endurance of 30 minutes, range of 15 km and a Warhead of 0.5 kg. It is made by the Israeli Company “UVision Air Limited”.

Here’s the Link to its Brochure at UVision Air Limited Website: https://uvisionuav.com/loitering-munitions/hero-30/

A Brochure of the NMS 4x4 Tactical Light Armored Vehicle at the 2022 Asia Defense And Security (ADAS) Event at the World Trade Center (WTC) in Pasay. As we can see from the Brochure, it is being offered to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) by the Turkish Company “Nurol Makina”.

It comes in all sorts of Variants, has a Modular and Scalable Armor System, and also has protection from Improvised Explosive Devices (IED).

Here is the Link to its Page at the Nurol Makina Website: https://www.nurolmakina.com.tr/en/products/nms-4x4

A Brochure of the Shaldag Mark V Fast Patrol Craft at the 2022 Asia Defense And Security (ADAS) Event at the World Trade Center (WTC) in Pasay. This Vessel of course forms the Basis of the Fast Attack Interdiction Craft – Missile (FAIC-M) of the Philippine Navy (PN) of which have now been partly delivered. It is made by the Company, “Israel Shipyards Limited”

Here is the Link to its Page at the Israel Shipyards Ltd Website: https://www.israel-shipyards.com/naval-002.asp

A Full Scale Mock Up (FSMU) of the Diwata 2 Microsatellite at the 2022 Asia Defense And Security (ADAS) Event at the World Trade Center (WTC) in Pasay. The Diwata 2 is the Philippines’ second Microsatellite and was made by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) with the help of Japan.

The Satellite was launched in 2018 in Japan and is still in orbit and being used as of now. It is equipped with high-resolution Cameras, and it Mission includes Environmental Monitoring and Post-Disaster Assessment.

Here is the Link to its Page at the STAMINA4Space Website: https://stamina4space.upd.edu.ph/diwata-2/

[soon-palestine]

Israel is burning and bulldozing tree crops at historic rates. These trees would take years to grow back - and that's without factoring in the time it would take to detoxify the soil. (2/13)

It gets worse. 23% of greenhouses have been destroyed in their entirety. (3/13)

Destroying up to 48% of tree crops and 23% of greenhouses is a horrendous crime in itself, but, when you factor in Israel blocking food aid and literally killing food aid professionals, you start to see the scale of the crime in full. (4/13)

Look at the difference. See the land before. See it after. Do not turn away. (5/13)

Restoring the land will be profoundly difficult. The soil now contains asbestos, heavy metals, and even undetonated explosives. (6/13)

Waste disposal infrastructure is in ruins. Sewage treatment systems are failing. (7/13)

People are burning plastic to heat food. Fumes from bombs hang in the air. (8/13)

This is not "just" about nature. This is about the food and the air and the water and the land being deprived of life. It is about a whole population being denied its sustenance. (9/13)

A comprehensive report about this issue is in the Guardian. They are one of the few publications to cover the siege on Gaza from this angle. The full story is here: (10/13)

There is also some reporting on this in InsideClimateNews: (11/13)

Here at Climate Defiance we have been clear in calling for a ceasefire since October. We wage our peaceful struggle because we believe in the inherent value of humanity - and in the need to see the humanity in each other. (12/13)

We fight for thriving ecosystems because we fight for life. Both are under attack right now. Do not look away. Do not stay silent. Moments like these are a test of our moral fabric. (13/13)

[exhaled-spirals]

« Almost all Americans believed when the full-scale invasion began that Ukraine would immediately collapse under Russian might, and that Zelens'kyi would flee the country. But he did not. His physical courage in remaining in Kyiv, an echo of the physical courage shown by millions of Ukrainians, changed the overall situation. Because Ukrainians resisted, western arms began to flow. The courage of Ukrainians made possible an American and European policy to hold back Russian aggression. That same Zelens'kyi, the man who was brave enough to stay and lead his country when the Russians were approaching the capital and the assassination squads were already there, was yesterday made the subject of a public attempt at humiliation by Americans. No doubt Ukrainians should express their thanks to Americans. As they do. But it is illogical, to say the least, for Americans not to thank Ukrainians, or to treat their courageous president as an object of contempt. The coercive ritual of gratitude hides from Americans the basic reality of what has happened these last three years.

During this war, Ukraine has delivered to the United States strategic gains that the United States could not have achieved on its own. Ukrainian resistance gave hope to people defending democracies around the world. Ukrainian soldiers were defending the basic principle of international law, which is that states are sovereign and that borders should not be changed by aggression. Ukraine in effect fulfilled the entire NATO mission, absorbing a full-scale Russian attack essentially on its own. It has deterred Chinese aggression over Taiwan, by showing how difficult offensive operations can be. It has slowed the spread of nuclear weapons, by proving that a conventional power can resist a nuclear power in a conventional war. Throughout the war, Russia has threatened to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine, and the Ukrainians have resisted the nuclear bluff. Should they be allowed to be defeated, nuclear weapons will spread around the world, both to those who wish to bluff with them, and those who will need them to resist the bluff.

Yesterday Vance and Trump repeated familiar Russian propaganda. One example was Trump's claim that it was the Ukrainians who, by resisting Russia, were risking "World War Three." The truth is exactly the opposite. By abandoning Ukraine, Trump is risking a terrible escalation and, indeed, a world war. Everything that Ukraine has done these last three years can be reversed. Now that the Trump administration has chosen to throw American power to Russia's side, Russia could indeed win the war. (This was always Russia's only chance, as the Russians themselves well knew, and openly said.) In this scenario of an American-backed Russian victory, opened yesterday by American choices in the American capital, the horrible losses extend far beyond Ukraine. Zelens'kyi quite sensibly made the point that the consequences of the war could extend to Americans. This was, in a sense, overly modest: Ukrainian resistance has thus far spared Americans such consequences. He said so very gently, and was yelled at for it -- which is itself quite telling. The Americans have a sense of what they are unleashing upon the world by allying with Russia, and they made noise to disguise that. »

— Timothy Snyder, "The War Trump Chooses"