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toriaaniin · 26 days ago

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Something's Changed: Setting the Stage

If you've been in the Lukola fandom for a while, you don't just feel the shift — you've tracked it. We've tracked it.

We’ve followed the breadcrumbs. We’ve logged the morsels. We’ve seen how the tone changes when the lighting changes, when songs are posted to an IG story, when a ring is worn on a different hand. When an adjacent posts about a woman making pasta. Confusion isn’t new. Neither is frustration. We’re used to both.

But something about the last few months has felt different, hasn't it? it's felt heavier, more intentional, less playful. What started as subtle shifts has become something more… forceful. Almost like we’re being bludgeoned from both sides.

Maybe the real shift began back on January 30th, when Luke showed up at the BOSS event with Antonia — her first physical, public proximity since July 2024. The fandom had assumed she was gone, until that night. And then came the SAG Awards in February, when Luke and Nicola shared the kind of energy that reminded us why we were here in the first place.

For a moment, it felt like maybe we were back on track.

But after that? The narrative began to twist. Nicola with Jake. Weird papped photos. Antonia rising in the media. BAFTA chaos. A growing silence between the people we’ve believed in.

This isn’t a shift you can’t put your finger on. It’s one you’ve been hit by — over and over again.

So this post marks the beginning of a short series — a space to slow down, observe, and maybe open the lens just a little wider.

I’m not here to defend or accuse. I’m not here to pretend I know the whole truth. I’m here to interpret, to ask questions that might help bring clarity — or at least context. Because right now? Most of us are reacting without enough of either.

What’s to Come

In the next few posts, I’ll be exploring three specific areas that feel central to this moment:

Luke’s Rebrand What if the shift we’re seeing — in tone, mood, content — is intentional? What if Luke is evolving his public image to break out of the "soft lover boy" mold and reposition himself as a leading man? This isn’t about abandoning fans. It might be about expanding his future.

The “Shitty Boyfriend” Hypothesis If Luke and Antonia are truly together, the optics are damning. But what if this is all theatre? What if the relationship is performative, and the actions we’re judging aren’t his — they’re just part of the script?

Shared Camouflage What if Luke and Nicola are not at odds, but in alignment — working in quiet coordination to create the illusion of separation, keeping the focus on their respective “+1s” instead of themselves?

Part I: The Rebrand Begins

Let’s begin with what we can see.

In the past year, Luke’s Instagram has undergone a steady transformation. Personal posts have been archived. Aesthetic choices have shifted — think moody black-and-whites, designer fashion spreads, dramatic lighting. Even how his tags are being done suggest the hand of a social media/PR team. Moments once rooted in warmth or personality — Luke's personality — are now stylized, distanced and deliberate.

On May 9, 2025 — the morning after the Vogue x Netflix BAFTA Pre-Party — Luke posted a carousel of images. It included a black-and-white cheek kiss with Antonia buried mid-post, and a striking first image of Luke in the backseat of a car, drink in hand, gaze direct but distant — his expression detached and deliberate, not inviting intimacy.

That same day, older personal IG posts were quietly archived.

A coincidence? Unlikely.

That morning wasn’t just a cheek-kiss drop. It was a rebranding milestone — an intentional aesthetic move.

What if that photo wasn’t meant to show affection… but to establish distance?

In my next Tumblr post, I’ll take a deeper look at what rebranding actually means for a public figure like Luke — and why it often involves walking away from old narratives, even when those narratives are beloved.

Because maybe this shift isn’t about who he’s leaving behind. Maybe it’s about who he’s becoming.

Aaniin Xxx

P.S. Find a listing of this blog post series along with short summaries of each - including those not yet published - here:

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anotherocean · 1 year ago

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My first pick a pile reading for you all! Been wanting to do this for a long time and hopefully add a little sparkle to your day, some guidance, maybe reassurance (?), or just a little divination fun.

This is a general reading for your life at the moment. I used tarot and my intuition to come up with these readings. If you aren't familiar with how to do this, you just pick an image that pops out at you, or choose one quickly and randomly. Whatever method you want to use it usually works. Pile readings below! Let me know if anything resonated with you! This is my first time doing this so feedback is really nice :)

Hello my beautiful pile 1s! A lot of mental energy here!

My main piece of advice pile 1 is:

GIVE IN TO THE NOT KNOWING

Looks like you could use some support with that overactive mind of yours. First thing's first it's going to be okay. It looks like you've had some sleepless nights recently and something is keeping you awake at night in worry-- whatever you are going through is not easy and would test anyone's faith. This might be the result of feeling betrayed (or a misunderstanding for some) in some way, or perhaps you are even lowering yourself to a level that feels untrue to you. In any case your soul is saying no to a lot of ways you are perceiving your situation right now and urging you to take a step back. Your idealism may be pushing up against some cold hard facts … about a person? (never a fun feeling) and disillusionment of some sort might be setting in. Your desire to win or succeed or have your own way may be clouding the best avenue toward your genuine peace and fulfillment (I've been there honey, I feel you). I am getting the feeling you are going around and around in your head playing mental games. Tap into your honesty and your intuition. Don't sneak out the proverbial back door. Patience is required right now. You'll make it through I believe in you! Things are going to work out, but maybe it's time to rest and reflect a bit babe? I'm getting the sense that rest frightens you a bit. Either you feel you can't stop, or rest has become equated with stagnation in your mind. In this instance that is not the case. Rest is a terrific idea for you because this looks like something you need to wait out. On the upside, I'm seeing that for some of you there could be some wonderful feelings of inspiration or drive or something urging you forward. Perhaps there is a complex mix of your excitement for a new idea or project, and conflict between something going on in your life, so you are experiencing some push/pull dynamics that are causing a lot of uncomfortable mental energy. My advice is rest, tap into some inner strength, and give in to not knowing and what a truly beautiful and relieving feeling that can be. You can't possibly know, so don't! You don't need to figure everything all out at once honey, or solve this problem immediately.

Hello my incredible pile 2's! I love you.

You have an incredibly clear mind at the moment. You are approaching your situation with logic, which may feel a bit at odds with your needs to be nurtured. I'm getting maybe someone studying or pouring themselves into research but forgetting to take care of their more sensual needs like eating nice meals, going for walks, etc. In the distant or recent past you may have been in a limiting situation -- either victimized by some form of addiction, or bad relationship, or something that was bringing out parts of your shadow side that were not to your liking. This was something that you may have felt chained to... I'm getting your toxic ball and chain. That said, I'm seeing that you are harnessing a lot of energy positively right now, and will continue to do so. You have the power and ability to manifest your dreams, reach toward your goals, be the creator in your life. In the past you may have felt victimized and held captive by a person or situation, but you are now finding yourself (or about to be finding yourself) holding the power in your life. The world around you is aligned with you in presenting you with new opportunities for growth and love, and this is merely reflecting all the power you have right now. It seems you may be faced with an important decision, and while you are jumping and ready for new adventures, I ask you to also make sure you align your desire for adventure with your values related to the people and relationships in your life. You can do no wrong if you truly consult your heart in this important decision and take an honest look there by also allowing the people in your life to be included in that "gazing into the heart" that I mentioned. You are not an island, you are most definitely connected. You also have some doubts it looks like, or fears of separation or loss. The pain of heartbreak. A last word of advice is talk to someone you trust, perhaps a mentor, or consult your higher power for guidance. You may find resolution in aligning yourself with your traditions, or the traditions of people around you. I have to be honest pile 2, your picture isn't crystal clear for me, so I hope I filled in enough blanks to give this reading some value for you!

Pile 3 hello! So much beauty here.

It looks like there are so many beautiful things in your life right now. Wonderful relationships, some degree of emotional fulfillment, and periods of gorgeous and harmonious socializing and abundance are all present. There is a strong, positive emphasis on community, but you also need to nurture your individual creative expressions (be that something tangible like painting a picture, or something more related to using your creative abilities for manifestation, or maybe just... spending some time in the garden planting seeds). You need to see the fruits of your own labor (!!!). Also, let it be known that as soon as I began your reading and was looking at the above image I felt such a lightness! Wish I were you pile 3! Like a breath of fresh air. Life is good. You also want to create some more stability for yourself. Even with all the good things, you have your sights set on something better and what a beautiful thing that is! You might be itching for something new and exciting, even with all the good things going on in your life, and the main and BIG POWERFUL MESSAGE of this reading is to embrace change. You may have built up something gorgeous and fulfilling but your heart is looking for more. EMBRACE the radical changes. EMBRACE the tearing down of the good things. More good things will come. You may currently find yourself feeling influenced by some conservatism around you (not necessarily a bad thing), but the stable attitude of those around you may be at odds with your need to honor your enthusiasm for adventure and break down what you have in order to build up something new again. As I mentioned, what you've built is gorgeous, but perhaps it is time to tear it down? You have some fears and worries around this, so take this advice as lightly or deeply as you like. Whatever the case, the changes you want aren't going to be a lightning bolt. You need to put effort into long term planning with patience, and perseverance. You need to carefully nurture your efforts right now, more than you need to immediately start a new life.

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That's it! I had so much fun doing this, I hope you enjoyed it! It was fun getting a peak into some of your lives. At some point I may offer clarification card readings if any of you want to pay for additional info or extra questions related to the above readings. I'm not sure yet, just enjoying the experiment and maybe I'll do this with some regularity :) Also let me know if there's any specific reading you might like to see me do in the future! I have been so hardcore into astrology recently (truly obsession level) so tarot is a nice little sideline.

#pac reading #pick a pile #pick a card #tarot #intuitive reading #general reading #Pile 1 wound up being my reading 😭#it’s true though stagnation isn’t always rest #sometimes you can be busily stagnant

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the-cat-and-the-birdie · 2 years ago

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I don't think non-New Yorkers know how funny Miles and Wiles having Jordans is.

Like it's REALLY funny and really Brooklyn - New York of him.

Miles, Wiles, and Jordan Sneakers - Clever Cultural Characterisation

[A MEDIUM length post were I talk about Brooklyn Sneaker Culture and it's use in ATSV]

Have you ever wondered -

Why is Miles the only one wearing branded clothing?

When all other brands are either spoofed or replaced, why is Miles - the main character wearing such VERY BLATANTLY branded sneakers?

And why is Nike, a random shoe brand, the choice to go with?

There's a reason the creators show Miles' creativity and personality through his shoes.

And it's because

JORDANS HAVE A CHOKEHOLD - on Black Guys in High School from NYC

And this might be bizarre to some and idk if it translates to other black communities- (please tell me if it does)

But here in Brooklyn, almost every masc guy in my high school was OBSESSED with Jordans. Most guys I knew can name certain releases by looking at them, and had multiple pairs in different colors

JORDANS WERE LIKE SOCIAL CURRENCY - from middle school all the way to college. And it's a very cultural thing here in Brooklyn.

What colors you had and how many are something you bragged about. Many guys own multiple different colorways of Jordan's and will WAIT in line hours for a new release.

There's a store call Flight Club here in the city, and sometimes you'll see the line going out the door, of well dressed black guys waiting for the new release of Nikes to start going on sale.

Of course Adidas is popular, but no where near the culture hold as Nike to us.

I remember begging my parents for like a week until they brought me Black Air Force 1s

And I STILL have them over ten years later. They're too small, but they're holding up well. And even until this day, my home town is lined with sneaker stores. There's one around the corner from me rn.

Here it really is natural for guys LOVE JORDANS and to use them as a form of self expression. It's not odd for Fashion is on the minds of black guys in Brooklyn.

Even in high school, guys were matching their outfits and always trying to get the latest brand name. Mind you, this is an inner-city school full of 98% low income black kids. For us that was a social language.

Some shoes even have their own 'personalities' tied to them:

For example:

Black Air Force 1s (the one above) are often called 'hit a lick' shoes. Hitting a lick means to rob someone. So there's this idea that if you have those on you about that action lol it's an chill inside joke though it isn't serious.

White Air Forces are seen for guys who DON'T do that because they're too worried about getting their white ass shoes so clean.

Keep the above in mind for the next part

Hair cuts - like shape-ups and fades, Backpacks, and Shoes are three big things that were a fashion influence in my high school HARD.

Trends also are a big thing here, and they come on really quickly. I remember for maybe four years a brand called Sprayground got big, and after all SO many high school kids started collecting these $80 bags in all different colors. I wanted one so bad.

A lot of them had illustrations of things like money or weed.

If you see a mfer with the shark mouth bookbag RUN he's the biggest fuckboy you've ever met.

Which is to say - !42 WOULD HAVE ONE OF THESE BAGS

Guys get SO INTO THEM

How many of the iconic orange boxes that you lined up in your room (yes they keep them) was something you boasted about.

MFers would deadass have this in the corner of their room and bring you over talking about sum 'it's decor' SIR IT'S A HOARDING ADDICTION

They'll walk different, and NEVER squat, because doing that might crease the leather along the toe box. And creased Jordans are not fresh so what's the point - they're ruined. A guy in my class use to being plastic bags and tie them around his ankles when it rained then he walked home.

Like look at this Reddit post I found -

'is he stupid' 😭😭that's so mean but like here EVERY guy just assumes you know not to do that to Jordans ever

And that's why the creators do it - AND THEY DO IT WELL

And it's so impressive their deep understanding of this very specific thing that happens in mostly black high schools in NYC.

Cause that's not something you can just search up and research really.

Because of our culture - Miles & Miles!42's shoes are a silent language in their own right.

Like Miles!42's shoes are one of the first things we see about him.

They're the first thing we're suppose to notice - because it let's is compare him to Miles.

Miles' Jordans are iconic - the white and red shoes.

They're clean and white, with pops of color and personality. Like Miles, he's about being the good of Spider-man, while also getting himself and adding his own colors to it.

And because it's natural to the character and the culture, they let his shoes be the signal that Wiles is not like Miles. He has a different style, in fighting, in speaking, in personality, from his hair literally down to his shoes.

REMEMBER HOW I TALKED ABOUT SHOES HAVING PERSONALITY AND THE BLACK AIR FORCES ??????

Wiles' shoes are VERY similar to Black Air Force 1s. It's basically that with utility bags and purple detailing.

That's a signal - like I said: WILES IS ABOUT THAT ACTION. He's here to get his lick back.

From his standpoint, as a black guy from Brooklyn with his personality, he would know about this culture. He'd know the message black Nikes send where he's from.

It'd be natural for him - Hell yeah he'd go for the black Jordans.

He's speaking his social language.

Wiles' doesn't have to say 'fuck around and find out' he got on Air Forces with bags on them - HE'S ABOUT IT.

The writers didn't wake up one day and say 'Oh Nike wants a brand deal?! Okay cool'.

They don't show Wiles' shoes to be like 'LOOKY BUY THE NICE SHOES' - We are shown this shot

For them to be like : This is who Miles!42 is.

Because of sneakers.

Isn't that COOL? ISN'T IT. ISN'T IT COOL THE SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF INNER CITY BLACK KIDS IN NEW YORK??

But it's really funny to me to see Wiles shoes and be like 'damn he bout to fuck Miles up'.

THE IDEA OF THEM FEIGNING OVER JORDANS Fyyofydyogoc

Do guys where you are do this?? Like is this a thing y'all know any Sneakerheads.

Anyway I would put a pic of Hobie but I'm on mobile so they won't let me and I'm lazy

Bye.

#no proofreading fuck it we ball #spiderman #atsv #marvel #spider man #across the spiderverse #atsv miles #atsv analysis #miles morales #miles g #miles 42 #Earth 42 miles #Earth 42 Miles Morales

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tenthgrove · 1 year ago

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Reverse Engineering the OIAR Tagging System

I'm not the first to theorise that the tagging system is important - this post is inspired by the person who noticed that Needles and Bonzo share both a CAT and an R tag.

This is an incomplete attempt to decode the entire system for theorising purposes. Unfortunately, I was not able to figure it out as thoroughly as I hoped but I'm sharing it here in hope others can make observations. Here is the table:

For those who want a better look, or cannot see the image due to screen-reader use, here is a google document with the same table: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wc4COCMHdwKz6N-KawvMOs4Y3k3W6Kq-NDhZ7brcRLg/edit?usp=sharing

So, my observations thus far:

CAT (probably short for categories)

There are four categories so far- 1, 2, 3 and 23.

Needles, both Bonzo statements and the very first statement are the only CAT 1s so far.

Needles and Bonzo are likely to be major recurring characters, so this could suggest the creature in the first statement (which to me gives distortion vibes) may also be.

Alternatively, CAT could suggest danger. Needles and Bonzo are serial killers, while the CAT 3 statements tend to refer to very old or contained objects, so perhaps these are less dangerous? The only gap in this theory is InkSoul being CAT 3, which makes little sense given their livestreaming. Unless... could InkSoul be dead?

Generally, but not absolutely, newer statements tend to be closer to CAT 1, and older statements closer to CAT 3. Bonzo and Needles both referred to statements taken days before the episode dropped. Again, this isn't an absolute rule and the first statement is again the odd one out.

What I absolutely cannot figure out is CAT 23. I thought it was a typo until I encountered it again for Ep 11. It clearly means something special. Unlike for the R system, I don't think it means between categories 2 and 3, because the statements we get are both quite important. We'll probably have to wait for more episodes to figure this one out.

R (probably short for rank)

This is the one I'm more sure about. I believe it indicates 'grades' of some measure, like school grades. A is best, B is after that, and so on.

I think AB and BC are borderline grades.

Ep 3 and 4 (plant boy and violin man) do not have an R tag. My working theory is that this indicates the statements are below a grade C.

So what does R actually grade? Again, it could be importance (assuming that isn't what CAT means), or usefulness to the institute, but then why is our known external Mr Bonzo only a B?

So far we have no rank As and only one rank AB - the Red Canary statement.

If there's one thing I'm certain of, it's that the first rank A statement is going to be very big indeed.

Conclusion

I believe category and rank indicates any two out of the following: importance, danger, level of OIAR control, level of usefulness to OIAR, certainty of being true, amount of evidence. Ultimately, we need more statements to be sure.

For whatever two measures these systems represent, I am fairly certain that a category closer to one and a rank closer to A represents a better grade on that measure, with the exception of CAT 23 which I think is its own thing. The ultimate purpose of this post is to encourage people to pay attention to these tags more as I am certain they contain clues, and if anyone smarter than me can spot them as more episodes come out, then great.

PS: As I was just about to post this I had a sudden idea as to what CAT 23 *might* be. It could be dimensional cracks. This is clearly what's going on in the magnus institute (with the dice statement being exempt because it was taken before the institute burnt down) and it's possible the graveyard in Ep 11 also serves this function. This is pure speculation however.

#tmagp #the magnus protocol #tmagp spoilers #tmagp theory #tmagp bonzo #tmagp needles #tmagp ink5oul

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dingodad · 1 year ago

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What's the deal with the obscure cult thing

the trolls' introductions give us an outline of each troll's position in their society. we have to remember that, at the point of the trolls' introduction, the caste system was only kind of just starting to be born as a concept. gamzee's introduction on p. 2012, where we get the "You belong to a RATHER OBSCURE CULT" line, comes a whole 70 pages before we even get this exchange:

GC: SOLLUX, PL34S3 / GC: YOU 4R3 MR 4PPL3B3RRY BL4ST 4ND 3V3RYON3 KNOWS THOS3 4R3 YOUR F4VOR1T3 FL4VORS / GC: 3V3N THOUGH YOU TYP3 1N YUCKY MUST4RD / GC: WH1CH 1S W31RD >:\ TA: maybe there ii2 more two me than you thiink. [...] maybe ii ju2t want two giive the red and blue thiing a re2t for a change and not make iit 2o iit2 liike, oh look iit2 that prediictable fuck wiith tho2e two 2tupiid color2, iit2 amaziing how much everyone fuckiing hate2 hiim.

of which Hussie has this to say in the published commentary (Book 4, p. 101):

Terezi says it's weird that Sollux types in yucky mustard, even though his "favorite colors" are red and blue. It's really not weird at all, considering literally everyone in his blood class types in that color. But this idea may not have been fully locked in yet as an ironclad canon fact. While Hivebent continuously provides the scoop on what the facts of this culture are, it is simultaneously exploring certain nebulous ideas before fully committing to them. This is a very good strategy when it comes to improvisational worldbuilding.

when Gamzee's cult is described as "obscure", it makes no sense to interpret this as meaning "obscure within his caste", because the caste idea wasn't even fully formed in the author's mind at that point in time, let alone the reader's. what that line is saying is that Gamzee's cult is obscure within his society. and everyone seems to ignore the very sentence after that comment, which says exactly what i'm saying, almost explicitly:

The beliefs of this cult are SOMEWHAT FROWNED UPON by those dwelling in more common lawnrings.

Gamzee's beliefs are strange to commoners. the very clear implication being that among the upper echelons of Alternian society, being a juggalo isn't that frowned upon at all! sometimes Hussie leaves things unsaid about the world of Homestuck because they're not important or to deliberately leave them up to interpretation, but quite often things go unsaid because when you read between the lines they really should speak for themselves. the fact that Alternia's upper castes are more and more uncommon is one of these things (but to drive the point home, there's this comment from Formspring: "lower classes must be much more copious than higher classes. The lowbloods die off much more quickly, and so must be spawned in greater numbers.").

it's odd that this particular "obscure cult" line has become a sticking point, because Kanaya's intro does the exact same thing when it describes her as "one of the few of [her] kind who can withstand the BLISTERING ALTERNIAN SUN, and perhaps the only who enjoys the feel of its rays." we all seem to understand that this isn't claiming daywalking as a unique power of Kanaya's, but merely hinting at the fact that Kanaya is part of a rare caste with that ability. I guess many don't make the comparison because Gamzee's caste is never explicitly singled out as a rare one?

from there, what limited background we do get on the Alternian regime hammers home the point. "subjugglator" (this has the word juggalo in it. a lot of people try to get out of this one) and "Highblood" are used as functional synonyms in Scratch's intermission:

p. 4054: The highbloods were livid over the unprecedented heresy, and soon, a massive sectarian war followed, spreading across the planet and throughout the galaxy. The conflict was lopsided of course, with the Highbloods given full support from the Condesce and her sea dwellers. p. 4063: [the Condesce] could use her leverage to delegate oppression to the subjugglators, whose unique abilities and exceptional brutality made them natural enforcers. They too would delegate in their governance, exploiting the pride and loyalty of dangerous bluebloods beneath them...

the fact that the guy literally called The Grand Highblood is a massive clown is basically garnish; but the fact that the word Highblood with a capital H, even outside of the context of Gamzee's ancestor, was basically used exclusively to refer to purplebloods in the comic seems to have been largely forgotten. this only continues into Act 6, even when a lot of the fandom's misconceptions and reconceptions of the lore started to seep into the comic proper:

You're not really up on Alternian history, but apparently at some point the empress got fed up with the Subjugglators' stranglehold on the soda market, and released a drink that was said to be more loaded with sugar than even the wicked elixir itself. The Highbloods considered such marketing reports to be blasphemous lies, however. (Act 6 Intermission 1, part 2)

emphasis all my own, to make clear that basically no distinction is made between Highbloods as a political institution and the subjugglators as a religious authority. but really, Act 6 is when the whole clown thing should have started to become really obvious, anyway, with lines like "There was this sense that [the Condesce] just loved the idea of delegating the extreme subjugation of the world's population to a pair of demented clown rappers" and the increasing inescapability of Lord English's influence on the story only entrenching that the presence of these juggalos on Alternia had real significance and was not some one off joke.

years ago when it was at its peak, the idea that the subjugglators "were only ever meant to be an obscure cult" seemed to me to have originated among troll enthusiasts who dropped off the comic around Scratch's takeover and didn't really care for overarching plot points like Lord English taking prominence into Act 6. but I guess now that troll discussion has started to center the design process that went into the Hiveswap trolls, the argument has circled back around into the mainstream? but basically to answer your question the deal with the obscure cult thing is that it's bogus. people wanted to make fantrolls who weren't juggaloes because what they fundamentally forget is that a race of juggalos controlling alternia is actually meant to be, and is, really fucking funny

#homestuck

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coimbrabertone · 4 months ago

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Heartbreak in the 2.0 Sports Class at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans

Perhaps it's understandable given that we're coming off the Rolex 24 at Daytona, but I've been on a bit of an endurance kick lately, and I've come across a story that, while painfully, incredibly, niche, I actually found pretty fascinating. It's the heartbreaking story of a car that survived 24 fearsome hours of 1960s Le Mans...only to fail in the very last laps and miss out on the finish.

Our story takes us to the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, a race infamous for the battle between Ford's GT40 and Ferrari's 330 P3, however, there was another story brewing in the background: the rise of Porsche.

Ferrari had dominated the early 60s, Ford would take the late 60s with their GT40 winning four in a row, but in 1970, Porsche would breakthrough and take their first win at Le Mans before going on to become the dominant force of the 1980s.

For 1966 though, it was still early days for the Porsche project. Nevertheless, they already possessed some of the numbers that would make future Porsche efforts famous:

3 factory Porsche 906/6 LH "longtails" in the 2.0L Prototype class.

2 factory Porsche 906/6 Carrera coupes in the 2.0L Sports class.

1 privateer Porsche 906/6 Carrera coupe in the 2.0L Prototype class.

And a privateer 911S in the 2.0L GT class for good measure.

Wait a second...why so many different classes? Why do most of those cars seem to be the same model? Why is one Carrera 6 in the Prototype class while the other two are in the Sports class?

Well, the short answer is that old school Le Mans was complicated.

These days there's a clear distinction between classes: Hypercar is the fastest, LMP2 in the middle, and then GTs. Back then though, it was more of a chart - there were Prototypes, Sports Cars, and GT cars.

Prototypes were dedicated racing machines, Sports Cars, meanwhile, were a bit of an odd area, in that there was a 50-car homologation and these cars needed to have all the equipment necessary to be road legal (but as far as I can tell, there was no requirement to actually sell 50 road cars or anything, not yet at least). GT cars, meanwhile, were the actual sports cars for the road modified for racing use.

The other axis of the chart, meanwhile, is displacement. For 1966, there were 1.15L entries, 1.3L entries, 1.6L entries (though none showed up), 2.0L, and then we skipped all the way up to the 5.0L and the 5.0L+ classes.

In Porsche's case, all their cars were powered by a 1991cc Flat-6, meaning that they conformed to the 2.0L class in Prototype, Sports, and GT.

As for the 906, well, they produced the 50 906 Carrera 6s necessary for homologation, but for Le Mans, they brought the longtails. The 906/6 LH, with a monstrous rear overhang - I don't typically use pictures in these blogposts because of image rights, but look up a picture of it, it's hilarious - streamlined specifically for the mighty Mulsanne straight.

So, these 906/6 LHs were leading the charge, and they were up against a trio of Dino 206 prototypes - with Ferrari's 1986cc V6 - but our story focuses on the 906 Carrera 6s.

The #33 Porsche driven by American Peter Gregg and Swede Sten Axelsson, and the #58 driven by Germans Gunter Klass and Rolf Stommelen.

These were, quite literally, the only entries in the 2.0L Sports class. Ford had five GT Mk. 1s (in addition to their eight Prototype Mk. 2s and a sixth GT MK. 1 that didn't make the race) but those were in the 5.0L class, meaning that they weren't competing with Porsche.

Not that it mattered, considering that none of the Mk. 1s finished the race.

So yeah, quite literally two cars competing for the win, and they were strong too.

With the big cars falling away one by one, the Porsches were getting closer and closer to the front, and all five of the factory Porsche System Engineering entries were running in the top then. Thus, as Ford was planning their three-car photo finish for the overall win, Porsche was planning on a five-car photo finish just behind them.

Then...disaster struck.

Shortly after his last pitstop, Peter Gregg, then in seventh place, started experiencing an engine issue.

This must've been within the last hour of the race, probably forty-five to thirty minutes left, and the #33 car had completed a mighty 321 laps, but they were failing so close to the end of the race. In an attempt to make the finish, Peter Gregg parked the car in the pits and waited for the clock to tick down and the Fords to cross the line, figuring that he could at least nurse the car home for one final lap.

The #58 Porsche was still out there, making laps and taking the class lead as well as seventh place overall, but with the Germans on 330 laps and the next car on track being a Ferrari 275 GTB car in the 5.0L GT class on just 313 laps, Gregg could still finish in the top ten at Le Mans and be part of a five-car Porsche photo finish.

So, on the last lap, Peter Gregg tried to restart the car and complete one final lap...but it wouldn't turn over.

He missed the photo finish, and he missed the finish completely.

321 laps done, but he couldn't get it over the line to finish the race.

Thus, Porsche had to content themselves with a four car 4-5-6-7 finish, while Peter Gregg and Sten Axelsson earned the heartbreaking distinction of retiring of engine issues...24 hours into the race.

With none of the GT40 Mk. 1s making the finish and all three Dinos out early in the race, this means that the Klass/Stommelen car was the only Sports entry of any kind to finish the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans.

So yeah, Peter Gregg and Sten Axelsson...they were on for a class win and a photo finish for Porsche, only to run into a heartbreaking engine issue at the very end of the race. From class lead and seventh overall to a DNF.

To add insult to injury...that one 911 did make the finish, completing 284 laps for a 14th place finish.

Less laps but...they finished the lap that counts: the last one.

#motorsports #racing #le mans #24 hours of le mans #24 heures du mans #porsche #ford #ferrari

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grailfinders · 2 months ago

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Viewers' Choice #34A: The Warrior of Light (Reaper/Dragoon)

today on Grailfinders we are finally building someone I’ve been chomping at the bit for for a while now, the Warrior of Light! at least, part of them. FF14’s one of those games where you can become good at anything, so we narrowed the scope a bit and we’re just building the WoL as if they were just a Reaper/Dragoon. (if you want to see them as other stuff again I cannot recommend Meteor Survivor enough.)

This means they’re an Echo Knight Fighter to fit into their maiming armor (which I would say is high medium- lower heavy armor) and get their spooky voidsent partner / ...aiming reticle for their jumping, I guess? it’s admittedly not a perfect fit for Dragoon, but they get better jumps from being an Undead Warlock anyway. Reapers get their power from voidsent, which are practically zombie demons, so that’s obvious, but what about Dragoons? they get their power from dragon blood, and FF14 dragons are weird enough that they kind of count as undead. (they don’t really die, they just haunt gridania after their bodies break.)

check out their build breakdown below the cut, or their character sheet over here!

Ancestry & Background

weirdly, the WoL has a more defined background than species, so we’re starting there today. They’re an adventurer that gained notoriety during the previous historical era before getting zapped a couple years into the future, so they’re definitely a Folk Hero, no matter how you play them. that gets you proficiency in Animal Handling and Survival.

as for what they are physically, that’s a bit odd. they’re not human, they’re hyur. they’re not elven, they’re elezen. they’re not potatoes, they’re lalafell, etc. plus, you can pick your race at startup, so for the sake of covering everyone, we’re making them a Custom Lineage. a custom lineage could be anything! they could even be human! that gives them +2 Constitution, as well as proficiency with Acrobatics to stick their landings and the Athlete feat for +1 Strength, less movement spent standing up and climbing, and less movement needed to make big jumps. jumping is kind of Dragoon’s whole thing, you see.

Ability Scores

number one is Strength. both classes use two-handed weapons, so there’s no way in hell these things are gonna be finesse, no matter how many fancy spins Reaper does. second is Constitution. you wouldn’t know it from Dragoon’s floor tank memes, but these two classes have the most HP and defensive armor outside of the actual tanks. also we’re going to be jumping 20 feet into the air without the slow fall spell, so some extra HP is very much necessary. third is Charisma- we need it for multiclassing and spells, and the WoL is generally seen as someone who brightens every room they walk into. we can’t have it too high though, because they also can’t seem to say no to anyone. our Dexterity is just okay. heavy armor don’t care, and medium armor barely cares, so it’s not that big a deal. this means our Wisdom is a bit low, despite having magical nonsense that makes it easier to find stuff, but that’s fine, we can fix it in post. finally, we’re dumping Intelligence. nobody in the hildebrand questline could possibly have a positive intelligence stat, sorry.

Class Levels

1. Fighter 1: starting off as a fighter gets us those nice heavy armor sets we love so much, plus you can use your proficiency with any weapon in the game. as well as Strength and Constitution saves, and Athletics and Intimidation checks. dragons are scary, demons are scary, it just makes sense.

once again both weapons we’re using today are two-handed, so getting the Great Weapon fighting style just makes sense- it lets you re-roll 1s and 2s in your damage rolls when using two-handed weapons. they were not kidding, those weapons are pretty great!

you also get a Second Wind, letting you weave in a bonus action heal while fighting. fun fact: the move that most closely matches this in FF14 is also called Second Wind. I guess game designers just really love that phrase.

2. Fighter 2: second level fighters can use an Action Surge once per short rest for an extra action on their turn. both classes are arguably two people, so that just makes sense. attack while you attack, dash while you dash, the world is your oyster.

3. Fighter 3: third level echo knights learn to Manifest Echo as a bonus action, creating a ghost… thing, that you can move around freely, and when you attack, you can attack from your space or the echo’s. it can pop like a balloon and has to stay within 30’ of you, but otherwise it can do whatever it wants. for the Reaper, this is just your voidsent buddy attacking things on your behalf. it doesn’t fit quite as nicely for Dragoons, but they do have this thing called Mirage Dive, where they hop to an enemy, attack it, and hop back? so I guess the echo knight for them is just like, a targeting reticle. that has HP for some reason.

but Dragoon jumps are supposed to deal more damage then regular attacks, which is why they can also Unleash Incarnation Constitution Modifier times a day, adding an extra attack to your attack action when you attack from your echo’s position. that’s like, two whole attacks! in one action! what will they think of next?

4. Fighter 4: at fourth level you get your very first Ability Score Improvement, which we’ll use to become Resilient, rounding up our Charisma score, and giving you proficiency in Charisma saves. the warrior of light is famously good at not being banished. it comes up more often than you’d think.

5. Fighter 5: fifth level fighters get a second attack every action! it’s like starlight has come early, oh goody. Reaper has a three-hit rotation, and Dragoon gets four, so we’re not actually done here just yet, but everyone has to start somewhere, right?

6. Fighter 6: fighters get another ASI super early, so bump up that Strength again for even more accuracy and damage. it’ll be a while til we can come back to fighter, so make that martial prowess last as long as you can.

7. Warlock 1: whether you get your power from alien ghosts or unkillable random people from another dimension, they both sort of count as Undead, which means you start things off with a Form of Dread. With this, you can spend a bonus action to transform for a minute, gaining temporary HP, the ability to force wisdom saves on people lest they be frightened for a round, and you yourself become immune to the frightened condition. you can transform proficiency times per day. yes, we did get enshroud, one of Reaper’s last abilities, first. that’ll be a theme going forward. god could you imagine if enshroud actually lasted a full minute? that would be busted.

we’re getting off track- warlocks also learn Pact Magic- you don’t get a ton of spell slots to use your charisma on, but they recharge on short rests, so that helps a lot. for cantrips, Eldritch Blast is our ranged spam attack, standing in for either Reaper’s regular magic attack or Dragoon’s magical spear-making nonsense. alternatively, you can use Sword Burst for your aoe attacks. yeah it doesn’t match Dragoon’s aoe shape, but that’s because Dragoon’s aoe shape is terrible, and they should feel bad.

for spells, Armor of Agathys adds some temporary HP to your character, and grants them a counterattack equal to the HP they got. The shield is more Reapery, while the extra damage is more like Dragoon. yes, the job that jumps 30 feet into the air to attack dragons has little to no self-preservation, go figure. in the same vein, you can use Hex to deal extra damage to a target every time you hit them- this is a basic part of the gameplay loop for both jobs, so go nuts.

8. Warlock 2: second level warlocks get Eldritch Invocations, gifts from your rock milf benefactor to make your forced application to the Chosen One School of Hard Knocks slightly less painful. this level we’re holding onto an invocation for later, but you get the spell Comprehend Languages and Beast Speech now, letting you understand all people with a spell slot, or understand animals for free. not only are you a Reaper/Dragoon, but you’re still the Warrior of Light, which means you’ve got the echo to boot. for anybody who doesn’t play FF14, (one, thank you for putting up with my hyperfixation, but 2.) it basically gives you auto-translate, dramatic backstory-vision, and makes you better at finding stuff. (it also lets you relive past battles to steal everything that isn’t nailed down but that’s really hard to balance in a ttrpg so shush.)

9. Warlock 3: at third level you finally get the Pact of the Blade, letting you summon and customize any weapon you wish as an action, or you can store a magical weapon instead! we’re also using that saved up invocation for an Improved Pact Weapon, giving you a +1 to attack and damage rolls right away, plus the ability to cast spells through your weapon, and you can pick more options for your pact weapon to be. technically. we’re sticking with spears and scythes though. you can also use the second level spell Misty Step for Hell’s Ingress/Egress for Reapers, or just a lil hippity hop for Dragoons. most games of D&D won’t have positionals, but there’s nothing wrong with extra mobility.

10. Warlock 4: at fourth level you get another ASI, and the Polearm Master feat is most obviously for Dragoon’s benefit, but I’d argue Reaper can use it too. if you attack as an action, you can attack as a bonus action too, albeit with less damage attached. you can also make opportunity attacks when creatures enter your range, not just when they leave.

you can also Toll the Dead now for a more thematic ranged option for Reapers, and you can use Borrowed Knowledge for extra proficiencies by literally borrowing peoples’ knowledge.

11. Warlock 5: ffith level warlocks get yet another kind of enshroud, Spirit Shroud! deal extra damage, prevent healing, and slow down enemies, all for the low, low price of one of your two spell slots. of course, if you want to spend spell slots on a more job-agnostic damage addition, you can always use your new invocation Eldritch Smite! with this, you deal at least an additional 4d8 force damage, and huge or smaller creatures will be knocked prone. both jobs have this low kick thing that stuns enemies this can count as, but knocking a dragon prone in mid-air will knock it to the ground! that’s not something Dragoons are supposed to be able to do but it’s a flavor win!

12. Fighter 7: at seventh level, echo knights learn how to make an Echo Avatar, letting you swap senses with your echo to travel up to 1,000 away from your regular body. Technically something the echo can do, but we’ve never seen the WoL’s echo do it. still, free spy camera!

13. Fighter 8: at eighth level, the Warrior of Light becomes Observant, giving you +1 to either intelligence or wisdom. for our build it literally doesn’t matter which. this gives you a +5 bonus to your passive perception and investigation, making up for the lower scores in those areas, and you can interpret what creatures are saying by reading their lips. almost like you can see the captions at the bottom of the screen or something…

14. Fighter 9: ninth level fighters are Indomitable, so once a day you can just say “no,” to a failed save. well, actually you say “wait, shit, lemme re-roll,” but “no,” sounded cooler. still, you’re breaking limits like only a warrior of light can.

15. Fighter 10: at tenth level your echo becomes a Shadow Martyr- once per short rest as a reaction, you can move your echo next to someone getting hit and they’ll take the attack for them. I have no mechanical explanation for this, but it does feel like something the WoL would do, moreso than having sixth level spells for a melee build.

16. Fighter 11: eleventh level fighters have another Extra Attack, so we finally get your job’s full 3-4 hit rotation, all in a single round!

17. Warlock 6: as a sixth level undead warlock, you become Grave Touch, meaning you don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe. lorewise, this wouldn’t work, but if you’ve tried to catch a big fish before you know the WoL can go in-game weeks without having to move, eat, or sleep. I’ll allow this. oh, it also lets you replace one instance of damage each turn with necrotic damage, and during your form of dread it adds an extra die as well.

you also learn the spell Tunder Step, our version of the dragonfire dive. you hop somewhere else, and then everyone around where you left takes damage. it’s a bit backwards from how it works in-game, but in a turn-based RPG it makes sense for you to end up somewhere that isn’t inside the giant crowd of enemies you just pissed off.

18. Warlock 7: seventh level warlocks get fourth level spells, and Spirit of Death lets you pull your voidsent pactmate to this world temporarily. like all new-age summoning spells it’s a bit undertuned, but you can’t deny that thematic power! you can also see through a Ghostly Gaze once a short rest, giving yourself x-ray vision for a minute. turns out finding random crap is a lot easier when you can see through objects, who would’ve guessed?

19. Warlock 8: we’re using our last ASI to become a Scion (he he he) of the Outer Planes. there’s a pretty good argument for a couple different options here- lawful to fit with Hydaelyn, Evil for the voidsent, good as a Shadowbringers reference, chaotic because WoLs are just Like That, etc. no matter how you slice it, you get a damage resistance and a free cantrip.

20. Warlock 9: for our capstone level, you get your first and final fifth level spell, Contact Other Plane, letting you finally call up the thirteenth and set up a playdate with a demon to become a Reaper proper! I told you we were doing things backwards, remember? as for Dragoon, you can use an Otherworldly Leap to cast Jump on yourself at will for a tripled jump height and/or distance. now you can jump almost 55 feet forward, or just shy of 30 feet straight up. protip: invest in some nice boots.

Pros & Cons:

Pros:

This build has good HP, good AC from armor, and is able to move freely to whatever position is most advantageous. this isn’t surprising for the tankiest non-tank classes, but it does mean they’ll be great for protracted fights.

Forms of dread, echos, and tons of spells and smites give you a ton of options to pile on the damage when the opportunity arises. it ain’t complicated, but it doesn’t need to be.

A lot of builds with similar goals to this one end up hyperfocusing on melee attacks and just hoping their mobility is enough to keep up with enemies, but you at least have ranged attacks, so flying enemies aren’t going to be a problem, even if you have to face them before you get the jump spell.

Cons:

Dragoon is all about jumping around, so getting the jump spell super late isn’t great for a build supposedly built in their honor. I’d highly recommend moving some levels around if you want jump at a reasonable time at home.

your magic is very bad when it isn’t buffing you, which makes the few spells slots you have feel even more impotent when you keep wiffing every magic attack you make. there’s a reason these jobs don’t have caster gear!

we never really got to work with your soft stats in this build since we got so many feats, so you’re not as smart or wise as you could be. even your charisma could certainly be better, intimidation tactics aside. that’s probably why you hang out with the other Scions so much.

#ffxiv #dnd 5e #reaper #dragoon #fighter #warlock #skirmisher #utility

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On being angry over misdiagnosis

There's a blog by someone from r/systemscringe that I've been meaning to deal with for a while called dissociative-misinfo. An apt name if I say so myself.

It's lately been heavily pushing "imitated DID," which is an unverified condition made up by doctors looking to cover themselves from lawsuit from patients.

An anon with DID described how they would be angry about being told they don't have it because they have a long history of being denied medical treatment.

And yeah! That's completely reasonable!

This is one of the key flaws in the study! It assumes the "imitated" DID cases will be upset over not having it, but doesn't assess "genuine" DID for the same theme to compare to.

Okay... but what if you actually do have something, and the doctors are misdiagnosing you?

The whole argument here is that it's a red flag because fakers get defensive over being told they're faking. Right? But the point the anon is trying to make is that people with "genuine" DID are also going to get angry at being denied for completely reasonable reasons.

A huge chunk of clinicians don't even believe in DID, and DID has a long history of being misdiagnosed.

This is actually talked about in the study that the accurately-named dissociative-misinfo cites.

complex dissociative disorders are polysymptomatic, and specialists would rather diagnose these patients with disorders more familiar to them from clinical practice, e.g., anxiety disorders, eating disorders, schizophrenia, or borderline personality disorder (Boon and Draijer, 1995; Dell, 2006; Brand et al., 2016). For these reasons, complex dissociative disorders are underdiagnosed and often mis-diagnosed. For example, 26.5–40.8% of DID patients would already have been diagnosed and treated for schizophrenia (Putnam et al., 1986; Ross et al., 1989).

So just because people online are being told by clinicians that they don't have DID, that doesn't mean those clinicians are correct. You can't assume the clinicians' assessments are automatically accurate when DID is so often misdiagnosed as other disorders that clinicians are more familiar with.

Now, people might assume that a second opinion will help. If two doctors say something, then it must be true. Right? But with DID as controversial as it is, that can't necessarily be trusted.

Imagine if only 1 in 6 doctors didn't believe DID was real. I think this unfortunately might be vastly lowballing it, but 1 in 6 is a great number. Because it's one you should be familiar with the odds of.

Let's assume then that getting a doctor who is educated in DID and believes it's a real disorder is 5-in-6. Or the equivalent of rolling a 2-6 on a die. But some people will still roll a 1 on their dice roll due to bad luck.

If you roll again, you have a good chance of rolling higher the next time, which is great. But it's not a guarantee.

Odds of rolling snake eyes (two 1s) are 1-in-36 if you roll two dice. So assuming a clinician's chance of misdiagnosing somebody with genuine DID is only 1-in-6, you can expect similar odds of getting multiple bad doctors.

If you see a hundred people rolling a pair of dice, odds are that 2 or 3 of them are going to end up rolling snake eyes.

There will be people who get bad doctors who don't believe in DID and aren't educated in it, and then go for a second opinion that's the same. This is inevitable.

And when it happens, patients who have studied DID and know they have it have a right to be angry that their doctors are dismissing them.

I also just want to reiterate what I said on the study's methodology before:

And I also need to point out once again that "Imitated-DID was made up by Suzette Boon. The goal of creating it was protecting doctors from lawsuits. It has not been validated as a real condition by the DSM and ICD-11. And the assessment that was used in the study to determine if these were cases of Imitated DID was conducted by Suzette Boon and her colleagues using Suzette Boon's own interview that hasn't been validated.

Boon made up a condition that hasn't been validated. Then tested people with her own interview that also hasn't been validated. Then just decided to look for any themes she could identify connecting the six people, an incredibly small sample size, who failed her unvalidated interview without any comparison to a control group.

The studies behind so-called "Imitated DID" aren't scientific. And it's largely been pushed by a small handful of doctors who made it up in order to protect therapists from liability when they get sued by patients for misdiagnosis.

Being angry about getting a wrongful diagnosis is normal. It doesn't mean that you're faking.

#syscourse #did #dissociative identity disorder #psychiatry #psychology #science #systemscringe #r/systemscringe #medicine #health #multiplicity #sysblr #system #systems #actually plural #actually a system #imitated did #imitated did isn't real

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