#lies. safety

[eaglesnick]

“If safety is a joke, then death is the punch line.” Unknown

A few days ago, the dog-food-eating Oliver Dowden, the United Kingdom's hapless Deputy Prime Minister, made the outrageous suggestion that the Fire Brigade's concern over fire hazards on the migrant barge the Bibby Stockholm were politically motivated.

“Dowden’s jibe at fire union over migrant barge safety 'disgraceful'. Deputy PM suggests that FBU’s Labour affiliation influenced its decision to raise concerns about the Bibby Stockholm."  (Guardian: 03/08/23)

Four days later and Home Office minister Sarah Dine said of the Bibby Stockholm:

“It is a safe place to for people to live and stay”  (LBC: 07/08/23)

This position was reiterated by Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick who:

“...offered a guarantee that it is a “safe facility”  (Independent: 07/08/23)

Four days later and we find out that the Bibby Stockholm is anything but a safe place to live and stay, and that Jenrick’s guarantee isn’t worth the breath it was uttered on.

“Asylum seekers leave Bibby Stockholm amid fears over bacteria. Legionella bacteria, which can cause a serious type of lung infection known as Legionnaires' disease, has been found in the water on the barge.”  (Sky news: 11/08/23)

Is the Tory Party so obsessed with image and vote winning by playing the illegal migrant card that it is willing to sacrifice the lives of those claiming asylum?  Evidence would suggest it is.

[wackypomko]

remenber to stop kosa

it doesn't matter if you are gay or straight, it doesn't matter if you are trans or cis, it doesn't matter if you are a minor or an adult, this is going to affect you and all your friends.

[miraculouslbcnreactions]

If you were to write Lila would you keep her being a con artist criminal with multiple identities but hinted at/revealed it earlier than S5 or would you cut that part down of her character entirely ?

It would really depend on how much space I had to fill. Gabriel is not the kind of villain that you can draw out forever. His story needs to have a clearly planned ending right from the start. In fact, I think they drew him out at least a season too long. So, if I also had to fill eight seasons, I could see myself going the Lila route. I'd just make a few changes. Off the top off my head, here's how I'd handle serious villain Lila as opposed to what canon wrote, which is petty school bully Lila who is entirely unbelievable as a serious villain.

First of all, Lila wouldn't be introduced at the end of season one. While her and Gabriel probably need to have some overlap, that's way too soon. In my version, she shows up at the start of season four and she'd be heavily toned down. We'd know that something was off about her, we may even keep the liar thing, but it would be a lot more subtle. Lies like, "Ladybug rescued me" and "I got to go backstage at a Jagged Stone concert" instead of "Ladybug is my bff" and "Jagged Stone wrote a song about me." Her goal would no longer be gaining peons, but instead gaining true close friends who like and trust her. The reason for this is that Lila is replacing Optigami as Mayura's last sentimonster.

See, season three ended with all those identity reveals and most of the revealed identities are in the same class. That's curious, so it makes perfect sense for Nathalie and Gabriel to want someone undercover in Adrien's class, but they can't do it. So Nathalie makes a sentikid of her own, gives her the power of manipulation, and sends her off to try to find Ladybug and/or Chat Noir by whatever means necessary.

This would give a clear reason for Gabriel to trust Lila, a clear reason for Lila to know all about the miraculous, and a clear reason for Lila to hate Ladybug. In this version, I wouldn't do Nathalie's lackluster redemption. Instead, Nathalie stays bad right up to her death. Perhaps her last act is getting the butterfly to her daughter and ordering her to get revenge on Ladybug and Chat Noir should Gabriel fail. After all, Gabriel can't wield more than six miraculous at once, so it makes sense for him to send Nathalie off with at least one of them while he enacts his master plan just in case it fails.

That's just one potential path to take. I also like the idea of having Lila be someone who came to Paris in order to find the miraculous, but who has no ties to the Agrestes. That would require some pretty big changes to her character, though, as I can't see that type of character caring about things like dating Adrien or being a model or all the other crap that has nothing to do with gaining a miraculous and everything to do with popularity and social clout. Lila canonically doesn't know that Gabriel even has a miraculous until the final of season four, so she basically just lucked into finding one instead of doing anything logical to find it because this show has no clue how to actually write smart, clever characters.

In summary, I'm totally fine with complex, master-manipulator Lila, it's just hard to figure out the best way to make her work when we don't know anything about her backstory or motivation. The version proposed above is just the best I can do to fit her into the role canon placed her in. A role I could easily see later seasons flat out ignoring.

[zishuge]

The Spirealm 致命游戏 (2024) | Ep. 33

[worstloki]

there is a difference between being born to a throne, maliciously vying for a throne, stealing a throne, and having a throne thrust upon you when you are already in the midst of an identity crisis. And I fear Loki's place in the line of succession has people unable to differentiate between any of these

[elhopper1sm]

So the anti KOSA discord I'm apart of is doing a large anti KOSA call in tomorrow. Where we call our Representatives and tell them to say no to KOSA. You can call through badinternetbills.com. This bill concerns everyone online and may lead to the dissolving of all of your favorite spaces online if you don't speak up and out against it

For more information on what KOSA is:

[rentwice]

I just know that when you’re out with P and things start getting a bit too dangerous for his liking, he’s picking you up like a suitcase and hauling ass

I’m talking one handed, he just grabs you and RUNS. You’re tucked like a stack of books in the crook of his arm. Just a foot or two off of the ground, you just dangle helplessly and watch the cobblestone street change.

Once things have settled down, he’s forgotten that he’s holding you. He’ll look around for a moment, then realize that weight in his arm is YOU. He sets you down and he’s very sorry, I promise.

He will absolutely do it again soon.

[maxthesillyy]

anyways so this is what happened right

[yunwooz]

✨✨✨ | 230210 - All4SH_

[thespookiestprincessofthemall]

I just want to remind everyone that tomorrow It'll be announced wether or not Kosa will happen?

[wackypomko]

STOP KOSA

hi, normally I don't do this kind of post but this is important

there is a bill called "kids online act safety" where they are going to "protect children", but they are going to censor them, ask for their ID to use social media, ban LGBT and pro-Palestinian content, ect.

this is obviously dangerous, especially for lgbt adolescents or victims of abuse.

so if you don't want this not to happen then go to these websites

btw pls make #stopkosa trend on tumblr, twitter, instagram, ect.

WE CAN STOP KOSA

[yetanotherkris]

Heyyyy can you tell me exactly what the kosa newsies strike is? I've been seeing it around and I don't know :/

i'm glad you asked! so, as many people know, the KOSA (Kids Online Saftey Act) is an act feigning to be in favour of childeren/teen safety in online siuations- but it is entirely the opposite. it removes many safe spaces and information websites for kids in the lgbtq+ community, as well as other safe spaces for poc childeren, and anyone who may feel alone it the USA. it also restricts education topics, especially sex ed, when it is a vital tool for many kids in the USA. the KOSA Newsie strike is based around the movie/musical newsies, which revolves around a group of teens fighting their adult oppressors (it is based around the 1899 newsboy strike btw, a real thing that happened). The kosa newsie strike is made to spread awareness, and make those in the usa be able to have their say, and change it from being put into place. admittedly it isn't exactly the same situation, but things like this have worked in the past!

@the-realest-spot-conlon is the leader of it, all information surrounding it can be found on their page- TLDR; kosa sucks, newsies forever, check out @the-realest-spot-conlon for more info

[manglam-marfach]

dyke!Chilaios has me understanding breeding kink all of a sudden

[werewolf-cuddles]

Oh god, I just found out the 19 year old that died in the OceanGate debacle didn't even want to be there in the first place.

According to a family member, he was terrified of going, and only went to make his dad happy because it was Father's Day.

God, just... fuck. 19 is too young, man. He deserved better.

[elhopper1sm]

Tomorrow is the big call in day to oppose KOSA. This bill concerns everyone online. Go to BadInternetBills.com. Call your Senators. Send them a Fax through FaxZero. Sign the petition. And go to Senate.gov to communicate directly with them.

[morgenstern16]

chapter 133

Gay boy here is really bad at his job, huh?