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vegan-and-sara · 2 years
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His name was Wynn Bruce.
He is not the first climate martyr and he won’t be the last. People are only going to become more and more desperate and examples like this will become more and more common.
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unforth · 23 days
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My son (age 8) really wanted to watch the LA ATLA even tho my wife and I warned him that general consensus is that it's not very good.
The first episode is on right now.
And, from the bottom of my heart, wtf is this obsession with showing people getting burned alive in a show derived from a children's media???
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corvuschriisti · 3 months
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The villagers do not dare disturb the raven's wake, but Ephidel cares not for such selfish mourning. "A pyre is all too fitting. You'd burn the world sooner than let it have him."
Naesala has not looked away once from Reyson's body since he lit it on fire. The gold hair curls and singes, bubbling his skin and eating away at what parts of his body remains.
Reyson was a holy thing, once. Coveted and loved and torn apart for it -- whatever pieces others wish to carve from his flesh will be taken with little resistance. Tibarn would have kept him safe. Naesala could not.
He vows to find the wings. Add them to the fire, if he can.
"Beorc will do such violent things to herons who cannot retaliate," he says, and his voice is cold. "They cannot have him. They don't deserve him."
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sins-of-the-sea · 3 months
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>Could have drawn another cute Christmas art
>Could even be fucked up like the Master decorating bleached coral like a Christmas tree and the Seven are the decorations
>Even have a starfish as the tree star
>Nah, even more fucked up shitpost because writing and drawing anything is hard when you're marathoning Christmas movies at work
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Merry Christmas, everyone.
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gildead · 2 months
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Gold has a... healing factor, of sorts. His body is permanently fixed in the state it was in at the time of death by default, and it takes approximately 48 hours at minimum for it to reset back to that state should he be injured or otherwise. It could take longer depending on how severe of a state he's been left in, but it will reset itself eventually.
This includes his hair, unless he has far more severe injuries to heal first (ie. if you set him on fire).
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krakensmaw · 4 months
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spotify wrapped, 69 : villains pt. 1, emma blackery. @pyratezlife / jack.
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𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃, 𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐍𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐆𝐈𝐀, 𝐊𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐖𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆. screamed at them to stop, its voice lost to the void. there was just enough of himself gone now to PERMIT IT ; to ever stop him from resisting the pull toward violence, like waves crashing in 'pon the rocky shore, eternal.
a dark gaze levelled with jack, more black than brown in the moonlight. knit brows and the tight line of their mouth betrayed CONCERN despite his best efforts at neutrality. even as deft fingers tied off the last of the knots keeping the man snug to the mast. even as they sealed jack's fate. ❛ i'm sorry ... ❜ hushed beneath their breath, close to him.
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one step back, then another. every inch that separated him from jack felt a mile. then, a hand clasped about their shoulder in a mockery of comfort, dragging them back down, down. back to the depths of their shared horrors. he felt the soft press of lips to his temple, the SWEET NAMES whispered to the shell of his ear. the man who took him in when jack had all but discarded him. the man who had shown him such tender love and care, when all jack could offer them was heartache and bruises.
GO ON, EDWARD. everybody's looking at you. 'cause you'd set yourself on fire, just to light up the room.
❛ the villains on my list they're what turned me into this. you should know. you're top of the fuckin' page, babe. ❜ words and tone alike were confident, COLD as winter's breath. but tears shone in his eyes. ❛ ... welcome to the show. ❜ breathless as they were passed the lit torch. their baggage ; their own mess to dispose of. a slew of expectant eyes settled 'pon him, their captain's most heavy of all. with a hitched breath, edward tossed the torch to the PYRE at jack's feet and watched the rush of flames go up.
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monsteropoliis · 1 year
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💖💚 Turbo
💖 Air
Reason to date Turbo:
bro he honest to god has only one thing going for him and i already talked about it asdlgkjhadsflkjah
i GUESS if you like petnames, Turbo will very willingly shower you in them. any petname you want
Reason NOT to date Turbo:
He, and I cannot stress this enough, is a sadist. He will burn people alive and watch them melt and turn to ash, for fun. He will grind someone down against the pavement at high speeds until their skin rubs off entirely or their metal frame is completely exposed because their armor got so warped and scraped up it caved in or fell off. He is genuinely awful.
Reason to date Air:
He's calm and responsible! You can always rely on him if you need anything.
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tellescope · 10 months
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Since it's not always made obvious in-game, especially since some facts only come to light in BS2's multiplayer (which is ever harder to get a match in, let alone progress lore), and my Atlas is AU to begin with, I feel I should elaborate on what I mean when I say in his page that he's done some "horrific things" in his life.
This is long as I'm also providing elaboration for those unfamiliar with BioShock so they can truly understand the reasoning for and scope of these atrocities.
I reiterate before you read this that Atlas is now a changed man. He heavily regrets what he has done and is trying to atone.
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First up, the Kashmir. This fancy restaurant reserved for Rapture's upper crust was the host of a grand New Year's Eve party meant to ring in 1959. This was known long in advance so the rich folks could make their reservations. Everyone who was anyone was going to be there, particularly since Andrew Ryan himself was supposed to give a speech.
Atlas was in prison at the time, locked up with his and Fontaine's followers in the Fontaine Department Store building that had been separated from the rest of the city, supposedly on charges of dissent. But Johnny had found a radio and with some work Atlas had learned the right frequencies to get info from his folks back in Rapture that hadn't been found out. He learned of the Kashmir's party plans. And he realized this was the perfect setup.
Rapture had been simmering, tensions between the upper crust and the poor bubbling away for a long time, finally coming to a head where if they didn't do something soon they'd never be able to. The upper crust needed to see that the class divide was bullshit, that Rapture was supposed to be a utopia away from all that, where everyone could thrive. And at this point the only thing that would ever open their eyes to the people they trod upon were drastic measures.
Sure, they could've tried peacefully. Stage a protest and blockade the party or something. But would that really have won them anything? Just annoyance and more sweeping under the rug. No, they'd done enough protests with no results. This was war. And his followers agreed.
His followers may have been the ones to plant the bombs, but the plan was his. So when they went off the blame fell to Atlas. And rightly so. Atlas was responsible for all the lives lost when the restaurant exploded.
And that kicked off the civil war in full.
"NEW YEAR'S NIGHTMARE -- Terrorists Bomb Kashmir … Death Toll Rising!" "'FOR FONTAINE!' -- Atlas Lays Claim to Kashmir… 'Ryan doesn't own us', declares Rebel Leader." "WAR!… Atlas Declared Public Enemy #1 as Fighting Takes to Streets!"
Rapture Standard newspaper headlines after the bombing. He would go on to take more lives during the war.
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Next, the Little Sisters. These girls were the results of Tenenbaum's and Suchong's awful experiments. They had the sea slug that produces ADAM implanted in their stomach lining, as experiments showed that made the slug produce more. This process changed them, turning their skin a deathly pallor and their eyes a haunting yellow. They were conditioned, brainwashed, into seeing the city as a happy utopia where they would follow their fathers around to help the sleeping angels. In reality they were extracting ADAM from corpses by stabbing them with needle-like collectors to recycle it in their body so the city always had a fresh supply of the drug that gave people the upper-hand. They suffered and were used as tools in the war. As Elizabeth notes, "This world values children, not childhood."
It was godawful but unless you were spliced out of your mind on ADAM you left the girls alone. Their protectors, the Big Daddies, men turned to monsters forever stuck in massive diving suits armed with enormous drills and nothing left of their minds save for 'protect the girl', enforced that idea. Going after a Little Sister for her ADAM was not only suicide, but a monstrous thing; you're killing a child.
By this point in the war Moira and Patrick had been murdered as retaliation for the Kashmir and Atlas was seeing red. The only thing left in his life was this battle, and by god he was not going down without a fight. His followers needed ADAM. And they had people to spare.
He would map the vent system the girls used and periodically organize raids on common Big Daddy routes. He didn't see the Little Sisters as children anymore. Given what was done to them he saw them as monsters. He says as much to Tenenbaum directly in-game; ❝Took fine little girls and turned 'em into that, didn't ya?❞ So, if they aren't innocent little girls anymore, if they're just creatures who have ADAM, then it's fine. It's all fine. And his side has people to spare.
The raiding parties would go after Big Daddies to get at their Little Sisters. And it would cost them heavily. "We lost McGee, Epstein, and Valette." Diane once reported to Atlas after such a raid. And this was the norm. But in return they had captured a Little Sister for her ADAM.
Do you know how to get ADAM from a Little Sister? Ideally you'd wait for her to regurgitate it. But that doesn't get you much and you'd have to let her go again to get more. If you want a ton of ADAM and are short on time and morals, you kill the girl for the slug and get it direct from the source.
"How do you wage war against Ryan?… He is the Plasmid Industry… Atlas says Ryan's weapons only work if he's got ammo, but I'm afraid to ask what he means…" - Michael Tobet
Plus as he hinted at with Michael this method means that the enemy can't get any of that ADAM. You've taken it from them. A step toward victory.
Atlas was responsible for knowingly sending people to their death, and murdering children.
"CHILD KILLER!… Little Sister Attacks on the Rise … Atlas to Blame!" - Newspaper headline
In relation to the killing of Little Sisters, he also inadvertently drove a woman to suicide over it.
"I know we can barely feed ourselves… but I know I'll never forgive myself… What kind of mother abandons her daughter outside an orphanage?" - Elise Tobet "Michael saw Adelaide today… being led around by one of Ryan's metal monsters, drawing blood from the corpses outside the Bathysphere Station… What have they done?" - Elise Tobet "Atlas says the Little Sisters aren't girls anymore--they're Ryan's monsters… Does that make Adelaide a monster?… Because they don't sound like monsters when we take them… They cry… Lord help me, they cry…" - Michael Tobet "Everyone may cheer when we return from a raid, but no one says a word when those tiny, broken bodies start to burn." - Elise Tobet "She's watching me through the flames… The fire is too hot, Adelaide; you need to close your eyes… Stop looking at mommy… please stop looking at mommy…" - Elise Tobet "No one seems to know what happened… Atlas says Elise just walked into the fire… She didn't say a word… didn't even scream… not until the very end." - Michael Tobet
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And finally, Jack. The young man whose strings Atlas pulled. You can find more details on the sort of experiments that were done to Jack over here. The most important one is the conditioning to obey any order given with a certain phrase; Would You Kindly.
Atlas did not set out to pull Jack's strings. I've established this. For a while he didn't even know what it did to Jack. It was just part of Atlas' usual lexicon and he used the phrase as normal. But after a few incidents of noticing odd behavior after it he paid more attention. He eventually figured it out. He may not have known why the phrase worked like that, why Jack obeyed anything accompanying those words without question, but he knew it happened. And he used that to his advantage.
He told himself it was only for emergencies. If the situation was dire and Jack really needed to get his ass in gear or shit was gonna go sideways, then he'd use it. Like when they were running out of air because Arcadia was dying; he used the phrase on an exhausted Jack to force him to get moving with the Lazarus Vector that would save them.
There were several other moments like this. It wasn't often but Atlas did knowingly and willingly use Jack's trigger phrase to control him. Around the last third of the game when Jack gets cured of his conditioning Atlas apologizes, but it caused a rift for a bit.
He still feels he owes Jack for that and has been attempting to repay the lad ever since.
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As said on his page Atlas has enough skeletons that his closet is close to bursting. But he's changed since then. He truly regrets it all and is trying to atone.
But even so, he's still convinced he doesn't deserve redemption.
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sistervirtue · 11 months
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god i want him
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The Rogue Problem (1/?)
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"You're surely taking your rejection well. Are you certain this is a declination?"
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"Please don't pull that bull with me. I felt his negative energy explode. It looks like something you'd like to eat up. You’re looking at the results right now."
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"Oh, definitely. Remind me to get to the ship so I can have a feast."
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"Stop!! You are not getting anywhere near La Demonia Roja!"
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"Why not? I'm going to have multiple sources of negative energy. It's not like I'll feed off of just one."
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"You get away from them all!"
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"Yes! Or else-
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"......... We're being watched."
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"What?! By whom?"
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"The Cosmos. Or at least a representative. Or-...."
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"Right. I'm gone. No eating for me today, it seems." Parachai vanishes altogether from the present reality.
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"Wha- he actually returned to the Cosmos!"
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"For now. What about you?"
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"I-I..."
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"Sigh. Go follow the others to the docks, Valentine. I'll catch up with you."
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".... Right." Val turns to the docks and starts racing towards its direction despite previously promising he'd stay in the park.
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Harpreet sighs again. He then turns his head next to the smoldering tree. "Greetings, Steward."
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A giant man with sharp eyes and long, crimson hair manifests by the tree out of nowhere. "Greetings, Companion. It seems your purpose has expanded beyond your tulpamancer and now are in the company of rogues. We need to talk."
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virovac · 1 year
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This is why you don’t sell your soul to Satan, kids. Not even to be a better artist.
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sins-of-the-sea · 7 months
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All toasters toast toast!
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notaplaceofhonour · 1 month
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An American man self-immolated in the name of Gaza, and I’m seeing two different responses:
from American leftists, acting like it’s a brave/commendable thing while do
from Palestinians, begging people not to do this
This is a man who was incredibly mentally unwell and committed suicide, initially planning to livestream his suicide, and people are applauding it—which inevitably encourages more people to follow suit, throwing their lives away too. And for what? How has this helped Palestinians in any way?
Suicide is not the answer—not to your personal struggles and not to global conflict and geopolitical struggles. If you find yourself around people who are encouraging you to see suicide as a beautiful or commendable political act, get out.
Think of all the good things you can keep doing for Gaza if you keep living. Think of your loved ones. Think of your own life. Your life has value, and you deserve to keep living.
I think Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, someone from Gaza, put it way better than I can in this tweet:
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everchased · 3 months
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so, Astarion and Finch. which one of them watches the other fight and thinks "that's so hot"?
finch finds astarion's skill and deftness with a blade VERY sexy admirable but i think the person who has that immediate "HOT" moment is astarion himself.
there is probably something immediately attractive to astarion "technically not a murderhobo but only because he dresses nice" ancunin about seeing a man who (for the most part) tries to favor persuasion decide that a situation is bad enough to call for killing someone
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and swiftly, effectively, and mercilessly
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following through with that decision.
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I am reposting this to take accountability for the egregious oversight I made on my previous post. I said "rest in peace and power," and I definitely did not intend to disrespect and de-historicize the meaning behind 'rest in power.' The Black Lives Matter movement uses this in remembrance of the Black people who have been killed by police violence and brutality, so my sincere apologies.
What Aaron is exposing and what he has done must be spoken about, especially since it concerns US complicity and violence, but definitely using appropriate words and context. Thank you to the person who pointed/called it out. I hope Aaron is resting in peace.
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the-amazing-boop · 1 month
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This is the first I'm hearing of this today so I'm waiting for news outlets to confirm his death so I'm still looking for more information.
Regardless, Aaron Bushnell, thank you for your sacrifice. Self immolation is the most severe form of protest. I'm sorry it came to this.
First, the man in Congo, now this. Every single day, I feel ill.
Edit: several reports confirm Aaron has passed. I don't know if I'll stop crying before I go to bed. I may need day to take a break and sit with this. We haven't seen this much self immolation protests documented so forwardly since Vietnam.
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