#landmark post

[midnights-dragon]

sorry guys I deleted my landmark notes post i was just doing it for sillies but genuinely didn’t think it’d get any attention and i am NOT boutta confess my undying love for my bsf at 10k 💀

so just for fun, if this post gets to 20 notes, I’ll make another landmark post, but with just silly things :)

[scouthearted]

oh shit here she is

this is my 100,000th post

[nkim-illustrates]

Under the Sun.

[egophiliac]

Hello!! I followed you for your absolutely amazing Twisted Wonderland comics (thank you for making them, by the way-) but I saw you posting about something called Ride Kamens? I haven’t heard of it before, what’s it about? Or if that’s a bit much to ask, where could I find more info about it? It seems right up my alley 👀

Thank you!

thank you! :> :> :> (this is also for the other anon who asked about where to find it, I am honored to be infecting the world spreading interest in this silly game)

Ride Kamens is still doing prerelease marketing and isn't out yet; it's set for "early summer 2024", so a bit yet to go! similar to Twst, it's a mobile game about anime boys loosely based on an existing franchise (Kamen Rider), although it seems like it's going to be more standalone/won't require familiarity with Rider going in.

the (very) basic premise is that your player character has just taken over their late father's role as a secret agent, supporting the city's superheroes by running a secret base disguised as a cafe (plus you have a personal butler for some reason) (the reason is because it's amazing). you also have to help the heroes regain their lost memories, and it looks like it'll have a bit of a route/choice aspect there (not romance, just different endings to the character episodes depending on what you do). the details are kinda hard to tell at this point but the characters seem like a really fun bunch; there's definitely big "idiots with emotional problems" energy which I am extremely into.

all the official info is in Japanese only at the moment, but here's the website and the ride_kamens twitter! (though the twitter is sort of overtaken by posts about the AnimeJapan exhibit right now, whoops.) and I believe some people are already planning on doing translations for it too? lots to look forward to! :D

[nixariel]

CARMEN SANDIEGO (2019) + locations: VILE headquarters in the Canary Islands [2/?]

[freakwiththeknifecollection]

[they get lost on the road]

Sam: Let's look at Dean's directions

Jo: Okay. "I-43 to Highway 60. Head east when it gets different." 'When it gets different.' What the hell does that mean?

Sam: Wait. Let me see that. "Go a ways past the… fancy thing… and turn left at the ugly house."

Jo: [sarcastically] Oh, well, if the "fancy thing's" a dead cow, then we're almost there!

[triangle-dog]

[bonefall]

Thistle Law

The most extreme, violent interpretation of the Warrior Code, initially founded by Thistleclaw near the end of the Campaign Era, with its first implementation defining the beginning of the Slash-and-Burn Period.

One of three distinct Clan ideologies, next to Fire Alone and Traditionalism.

A guide to its origin, the parable associated with it, its principles, and most importantly, my authorial intentions with it in the Bonefall Rewrite. Seen a couple of questions about it, so I think this’ll help clarify.

Origin

Extreme interpretations of the Code go back as far as the founding of the clans themselves, but the roots of Thistle Law trace back to the Exile of SkyClan. Justifying the loss of an entire clan included cracking down on medicine cats and quashing a rebellion, and the ‘clan pride tide‘ added FOUR new laws to the Warrior Code.

The following wars and conflicts in the Chivalric Period further contributed to xenophobic sentiment in the Clans, with each one vying for supremacy over the others, branching out to attack non-Clan cats when there were brief stints of ‘peace’. Thistleclaw merely gave these ideas a name while educating his apprentice, using thistles as a metaphor.

Tigerclaw then went on to tell the story to his clanmates, to his own apprentices, and at gatherings to his future allies who told it to their own clanmates. Though the details of the story changed at times, the takeaway is constant;

Other cats must die, so yours can stay strong.

The Parable of the Thistle

The story goes that Thistleclaw brought Tigerpaw out to a massive, thorny bull thistle. He pointed out that the other plants were dying around it, but the flowers stood tall and proud. Thistleclaw explained the thistle was killing the plants around it to have more room to grow, and then cruelly commanded that Tigerpaw try to destroy it.

By the time it was done, Tigerpaw was covered in scratches and the sun was setting. All the way home, he tried to shake the thistlefluff out of his fur and forget the painful experience. The seasons turned, and one year later when Tigerclaw was a young warrior, Thistleclaw led him down a path lined with young, thorny leaves.

There, in a sea of green spikes, the thistle was standing as tall and as proud as the day Tigerpaw shredded it.

In killing every other plant in the area, the thistle had given itself room to come back stronger. The fluff that clung to Tigerpaw’s fur became new growth. Around them was an entire clearing of thistles, ready to burst into a wall of flowers and seeds.

Thistleclaw asked if Tigerclaw would dare to try again, and remembering how his last battle with the weed ended with scratches as deep as claw marks, admitted that he would rather be a thistle than fight one.

(Little did Ivypaw know, the beautiful field in which she meets Hawkfrost was completely strangled by flowering thistles.)

Principles

Depending on the exact time period and the cat it takes root in, Thistle Law can look different. For examples, Brokenstar’s goal was to drive every Clan out of the forest except ShadowClan, where Tigerstar’s aim was to annex every clan into TigerClan and enforce a standard of purity.

Incarnations of Thistle Law tend to share these principles,

The Code Hardens The calling card of Thistle Law is a stricter, more violent interpretation of the Warrior Code. The harsher laws are emphasized, such as the Law of Loyalty and the Right of the Challenge, while softer ones are downplayed or dropped entirely, like the Law of Honor and the Queen’s Rights.

Extreme Xenophobia Against outsiders, against cats of other clans, against half-clan cats. Thistle Law sets itself apart from Traditionalism for becoming willing to enforce some sort of purity.

Hierarchy Becomes Rigid The social power of medicine cats, deputies, and elders is suppressed. The leader is raised as the ultimate authority, even if that leader isn’t the Clan’s -star.

There Is No ‘Pointless’ Death The Clans are a battle culture, but a good battle is still fought for a reason. When tides turn to Thistle Law, fighting is the goal AND the means. To live is to battle, to kill is to win, and a warrior’s purpose is to die at war.

Each incarnation likely contains each point in varied amounts and tosses other ideas into the mix, but the name of the game remains the same-- and it springs from the taproot of Thistle Law.

Intentions

Thistle Law is what fascism looks like in Clan culture. I approach this using Umberto Eco’s 1995 essay Ur-Fascism as my primary reference. Ur-fascism is a ‘fuzzy‘ concept that looks very different depending on the exact society it springs from, mixing and matching several symptoms in varying degrees of severity.

So, in adapting this, I had to simplify a very complicated topic. I wanted to keep the antifascist theory recognizable, while still following canon events and creating an engaging rewrite.

So for simplicity sake, even if a clan might have technically called their own version of Thistle Law something else, I use this name to address it.

[essektheylyss]

Read Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane if you want to weep over the beauty of language.

Read Marx for Cats by Leigh Claire Le Berge If you want to get so angry about etymology you almost throw the book across the room.

[acandletoguide]

Reading Spy x Family Chapter 90 and...

... Fernsehturm spotted :D (albeit with a lot of the antenna hacked off XD)

[dozenssporks]

modern Vash posting videos about him trying to replicate trick shots done in movies or just doing weird shots in general, filmed on his low-quality phone camera. He always starts off saying something like, ‘This one might be a little tricky,” and then does something absolutely logic-defying insane. *fist pump* “nice!”

Usually he’s in an empty field or an abandoned parking lot shooting at empty beer cans and stuff and ends the recording when he hears police sirens. “Okay I think I’ve done my part to keep property values down, you’re welcome. Love and peace!” camera shaking as he fumbles to turn it off and run.

later he learns to edit so there’s not minutes upon minutes of him running around putting up new targets or running back and forth to switch the camera on and off, or tripping and falling flat on his face. Sometimes Wolfwood films and the quality is much better. He talks from behind the camera but never shows his face.

Vash: hey, come over here so I can shoot the ash off the end of your cigarette!

Wolfwood, puffing smoke off-screen: no

Vash: boo!

once they have a contest. It goes pretty evenly until there’s one target that Wolfwood just can’t hit and he’s, “You know what? Forget this.” And obliterates the target with the punisher, firing off-screen with Vash screaming in the background, “You’re hurting it! Leave it alone, it can’t take it!”. Vash sadly lays a flower by the remains of the target, tears in his eyes, before looking up at the camera and saying, “That made a lot of noise. We’re going to run now. Love and peace!” There’s a shot of Vash’s running feet before the video cuts off.

people are crazy about these videos. They’re posted at random times to different accounts with no identifying information. There are people spending their free time searching for undiscovered videos and no one can tell if they just can’t find it or Vash is on hiatus again. He’ll pop up again saying something along the lines of, “Sorry my last burner phone had a lousy camera,”, “there’s no place to charge my phone in the woods,” or “I got shot!”

Milly was the one who taught Vash how upload and edit. Originally he just sent them to members of his posse until Meryl told him to go bother someone else with them.

[vampiricsheep]

GW2 RP Event - Frostgorge Cruise [NA]

Congratulations! You've won an all-inclusive ticket to the Frostgorge Cruise! Enjoy:

whale spotting

brunch with the moas

exclusive access to the Quaggan Games arena

up to four new pets (rangers only)

Fishing for halibut, cod, lumpfish, and more (tackle not provided).

Optional stops at three different Kodan settlements

New! Optional guided cave-dive to the Sound's best-kept secret viewing point. (Sylvari must be 2+ years to qualify. All other races must be 20+. Waiver must be signed and given at start of cruise. LAA and associates are not responsible for injury or death.)

Cruise begins at 6pm EDT [two hours before reset] on Sunday, April 16th with a flexible end time. To meet with your Guide, whisper Eevee.9107 [or find us in the RP lfg].

passengers that bring their own boat will be given an additional care package!

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Terms/Conditions:

1. Do not heckle, hassle, harass, harm, or otherwise inconvenience the Guide and other passengers.

2. The Guide is in charge and their word is law (within the rules of LAA operations).

3. Failure to honor the above rules will result a warning for the first offense and removal from the cruise for additional offenses, with possibility of a temporary or lifetime ban from all future LAA events.

4. Attendees dismissed under the conditions of rule 3 will have to find their own way to shore and LAA claims no responsibility for their safety.

5. If you have any food sensitivities, please inform the guide before brunch is placed.

[fraseris]

anybody else feel like their life revolves around specific eras of their personal history. i think that half my personality and bearing is explained by sep 2019 and march 2020 and oct 2020 and jan 2021. do you understand

[guinevereslancelot]

why are old people so sad lol

[nixariel]

CARMEN SANDIEGO (2019) + locations: VILE headquarters in the Canary Islands [1/?]

[nekoprankster218]

So. That was not what I was expecting when I saw Yume Nikki trending with Undertale.

Hope this means a bunch of people are gonna discover the greatest lucid dream trip ever made in pixel tho