#man amplifier

[simon-roy]

MAN-AMPLIFIERS OF THE EUHUMANIST LEAGUE - some of the back-matter thrown into "a star called the sun", now live on kickstarter

[maliciouscigarette]

Art by giganticbuddha (here's their ko-fi)

[onetaho]

hazbin hotel old man yaoi

[itadooori]

seen a few people draw s2 gi-hun if he kept the red hair but what if he kept that longass unkempt hair

[dailymaskytim]

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[fluffylord]

THE GRAND TOUR | JAMES MAY

[gertstarlight]

something something ian is doomed to a life of darkness until poppy came along and poppy is doomed to be a lone shining star but without the darkness no one can see her brilliance ... he only exists in her light and she shines through him.... just two lonely souls finding themselves fit each other like puzzle pieces something something

[marggri]

Emilio

[st4rshiptr00per]

i go crazy whenever they imply six or seven are big musical fans like oh. i was just going to project that onto them but you did it for me already thats really nice of u thanks doctor who

[angycryptid]

Can we talk about how trans guys are only ever depicted in media at the beginning stages of thier transition. It really irks me as a trans guy who is less interested in seeing the issues of getting misgendered in early transition or coming out, and wants to see more about how living as trans long term is. It also often feels like that rep is more for cis people and people questioning their gender (still important don't get me wrong) over trans people. I also just wish there was more transmasc rep in general, but especially in the area of older trans men. Give me the middle aged trans men, where are they bc i know they exist in real life.

[simon-roy]

CIVILIAN MAN AMPLIFIERS OF THE EUHUMANIST LEAGUE - some of the back matter from "a star called the sun", which is now sitting at a cool 300% funded - check it out!

[dammit-tazmuir]

"All right, I see how it is. So when tumblr suggests forcefem, it's all fun and cool and everyone is on board. But when I, John Gaius,"

[demonio-fleurs]

This is another one of those moments where knowing what we know ahead of time allows me to add an extra layer to my character analysis, and this time it’s Sanji who’s getting that treatment.

Sanji knows what it’s like to have a past that the rest of the crew doesn’t know about, and that he feels they don’t need to know about. So I can see him putting his trust in Robin when it comes to what Aokiji said, but also being concerned here for her because what if her past is catching up to her? I can imagine that Sanji is also questioning how he would feel if Judge or Reiju were to appear and do the same thing to him, which is part of where the worry is coming from.

[high-voltage-rat]

Actually I'm still thinking about it. Another interesting way in which RvB is anti-war is the way that the Director fills the role of a villain and antagonist (especially in the Recollections trilogy, where he's a faceless villain we never see but is responsible for everything that happens).

In his memos to the Chairman, the Director emphasizes his sense of duty and obligation to the military- he becomes irate for the first time when he feels that it's being implied that he was derelict in his duty... or that the work he did out of that duty is being criticized for being against the military's interests. He also talks about Allison's death in a way I find... interesting.

"You see; I never had the chance to serve in battle. Nor did fate provide me the opportunity to sacrifice myself for humanity as it did for so many others in the Great War. Someone extremely dear to me was lost very early in my life. My mind has always plagued me with the question: If the choice had been placed in my hands, could I have saved her? [...] But, given the events of these past few weeks, I feel confident that had I been given the chance, I would have made those sacrifices myself... Had I only the chance."

The idea of sacrifice is central to the way he talks about his wife's loss, to the way he talks about the war in general. He talks of sacrifice with a sense of veneration- that it's something he aspires to do, that he longs for. There's a few ways we can interpret "I would have made those sacrifices myself"...

-That in Allison's place, he thinks he would have laid down his life too.

-That if given the chance, he would have given his life to save hers.

But most interestingly...

-That he would have sacrificed Allison's life for the continued survival of humanity, if that was what duty called for.

...And personally, I think all 3 are true.

In most war media, the Director's perspective on sacrifice is very common. Sacrifice is glorious and heroic- to die in battle is an honour- and it's the only way to ensure the group you serve survives. This is a tool of propaganda- nobody wants to go to war just for the sake of it, you have to give them a reason that the risk of dying or being permanently disabled isn't just acceptable, but desirable. Beyond that, most people don't want to do things they think are immoral- you have to convince them it's important, a necessary lesser evil. You teach them to sacrifice their morals, too.

The way they train soldiers to follow orders and to kill, is to convince them that they, and the people around them, and the people they care about, will all die if they don't. It's drilled into your head from day one. It's the way they ensure their commanding officers won't shy away from sending their men off to die. The message is constant- sacrifice is your duty, and duty ensures your people's survival.

In the Director's eyes, the damage Project Freelancer caused was his sacrifice. He never got the opportunity to sacrifice himself during the war- so he sacrificed others, as military brass do. The Freelancers- including his daughter. The countless sim troopers. Any people he considered "collateral damage" on missions. And when the opportunity to do so presented itself, he sacrificed a copy of himself- Alpha- and he sacrificed a copy of Allison- Tex.

The very thing that derailed his life- the loss of his wife- he made it happen again. He put her copy in dangerous situations, let her exist in the position of constant repeated failure, created the circumstances that would eventually lead to her death. He put their daughter in deadly situations that nearly killed her repeatedly, provided her with impossible expectations leading to self-destructive behaviours in the name of duty, implanted her with two AI knowing they could cause her permanent harm. He was confident he "would have made those sacrifices himself" because he did.

The Director is the embodiment of the military war machine. As an antagonist, he is a warning against buying into the glorification of sacrifice. He's a condemnation of the idea that one should be willing to do anything to win a war- that duty to the military is the thing that ensures survival... All the messages that are pushed to ensure recruitment and obedience of soldiers.

He's a reminder that swallowing the propaganda leads to you doing terrible things... and in the end, you're a broken man left mourning the losses that you suffered even as you repeated them, convinced that it was all necessary.

[im-trying-my-best-yall]

giggling over George Weasley is my constant state the moment fall hits idfk what it is about the weather getting colder

the moment the leaves turn red so do my lil cheeks as i kick my lil feet over the goofy ass ginger man

[caesarflickermans]

why do ppl always want to pretend that there's this army of caesar fans around being [checks blog] misogynistic?? like just say my name there's no one else around

[in the words of blood orange] shut up. this is about me. "caesar fandom"

eta odd to claim you don't know me when you were raging in my notes about your fav that wasn't even about them. block list behaviour