#officer Kruger

[purplechaosguardian]

Okay okay so apparently my brain keeps feeding me random ideas that I don’t know what to do with but hear me out (inspired by @spookmuth ‘s post): what if we rope kruger into this. Could line up with the “wanted criminal” thing and the “patient 66 is freed” thing, too?

Cuz if I remember correctly, Kruger’s canonical deathdate was sometime in 1996? And patient 66 isn’t taken to the asylum until around 1990… Yeah I really don’t know where the hell I’m going with these but I just enjoy putting my little skrunklies in continuously fucked up situations and proceeding to put these traumatized little weirdos into an eventual found family (ft. their 6’6 demon cat)

Also Kruger gets to do this eventually (except instead of a shining figure he’s basically. half corpse):

YES

Kruger being the default father figure by default because one is still traumatized by her treatment at at asylum, one is a magnet for the Horrors, and Clyde is Clyde.

Speaking of which

“Jesus Christ what is that.”

“Its name is Clyde.”

“You named it?”

They eventually steal a car and it soon gets so full of veldigun and people it looks like this

[hellcab]

{{ I’m gonna write some new AUs for Roth. One AU involves him becoming an entrepreneur after being fired from Gehenna Cabs. His business? Roth provides his services as a warlock. }}

{{ Of course, he cannot stay in Pride City anymore ( with the rent being so expensive ). So Roth moves to Imp City, much to his personal displeasure. Whereas he rents office space next to I.M.P. }}

{{ Also pictured below, Roth watching Verosika and Blitzo having yet another parking dispute. }}

[gremlingottoosilly]

LOL miss König just being a civillian working a regular job like nursing, PA, or in an office and konig fucking found out her coworker is hitting on her

Imagine Konig showing ip to u work after u left and hes about to beat up the poor dude.

Brian from surgical orthopedics better get his hands insured and watch his back. konig about to bust his ass and make him go from doctor to patient real quick😭😂😂

Poor coworker is getting his hands thrown under the same burning car Kruger got stuck under. Konig was against you having a job from the very start - especially if it's something that forces you to interact with a lot of people throughout the whole day. They might take advantage of you!! You don't even have to work, he can provide for you!! After you talk to him about that very annoying and pervy coworker, you might as well sign up your resignation papers. Konig is not allowing you to work ever again. He was right the whole time! The world is a dangerous place for his wife, so instead of her nursing job, she should treat his little cuts from various house instruments, and cook him dinner! If you want something to do so badly, he might take home a puppy or a bunch of kittens, or sign you to some dumb reading club for wives of English-speaking expats so you would read dumb romantic novels and discuss it with safe, regular housewives.

[immaturityofthomasastruc]

#23: “The Miraculous Ladybug Movie May Give You What You Want, but My Show Gives You What You Actually Need! You Don’t Work in Television, so You Wouldn’t Understand.”

I've been running this blog for almost three years at this point, and I've seen Astruc talk trash about various things while claiming his show is better, like Winx Club, Paw Patrol, Pokemon, and Pixar as a whole. I never thought I'd see Astruc act like his show was better than a movie based on his show though.

For those who don't know (and you'd be forgiven, seeing how Astruc has barely talked about it on his Twitter), there was recently a movie that hit theaters based on Miraculous Ladybug called Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie. Supposedly, it's meant to be a retelling of how Marinette and Adrien met as civilians and as heroes. While I haven't seen it, it seems to be getting good reception, with some saying it's better than the show it's based on.

Of course, Astruc had something to say about this.

Okay, I sort of get what he's trying to say here. It's hard to compare the experience of watching an hour and a half long movie and a TV show with five seasons under its belt, but at the same time, the way Astruc phrased it still made it seem like he was trying to say the show was the better option because it “gives you what you need”. Nobody was expecting the Love Square to be resolved in a few episodes. Most people at least wanted more stories about the two to be told that don't involve constant padding. Astruc also acts like the Love Square is the only draw for the series instead of, oh, I don't know, the superhero action? You're really telling me they couldn't have tried focusing more on that after resolving the Love Square? I'm just saying, if The Office can continue after Jim and Pam got together, you can at least try to actually write other stories after the Love Square becomes canon.

One user in particular had some things to say in response to Astruc's claims, and you can guess how well Astruc took that.

Again, nobody is saying that working in television is all sunshine and rainbows, Astruc, but just because someone isn't familiar with dealing with network constraints and test audiences, it doesn't mean that they're unable to provide any meaningful criticism.

Also, Astruc is once again using a psychology term, in this case, the Dunning-Kruger Effect, to act like he's smarter than the critics. This man took psychology as an elective in college, didn't he?

But then again, this is coming from someone who doesn't think constructive criticism is a real thing.

Funny how he once again acts like anything that isn't positive feedback of his show is delusional, isn't it?

Eventually, this devolved into Astruc posting a little tangent about how fandoms have only gotten more toxic, which would have been a decent point... it if didn't come after all the things he said about fans not being able to criticize his show.

Again, there's nothing wrong with what he's trying to say here, but it feels less like a critique of how fans have become more toxic with the advent of the internet, and more like he's complaining about how mean people have been to him lately.

And, of course, this led to the usual fare of people calling out Astruc for his close mindedness, and Astruc once again saying how people aren't allowed to criticize his show in any way that isn't blind praise.

And here's the thing. We're still not done yet. This little tangent only warranted more comments about how Astruc handles criticism, only this time, it's also about calling out the people who think they can do a better job handling the show.

First, do you mind giving us an example of what kind of constraints you have to deal with, Astruc? We all know that TV executives suck, but I think we'd have more of a reason to understand your struggles if you actually explained some things that needed to be changed because of executive meddling.

Second, nobody wants a beach episode, Astruc, especially after that one issue of the comic you're choosing to ignore. We just want a more consistent story that doesn't rely on endlessly padding out the Love Square.

And finally, did you just say you have to be French if you want to rewrite Miraculous Ladybug? What does being French have to do with any of this? I remember seeing a little tweet a few years ago suggesting you would be a good choice to write a Superman story, but last time I checked, you aren't American.

Let's review in case you got lost. Someone tweeted that they thought the Miraculous Ladybug movie did a better job at the story it set out to tell than the Miraculous Ladybug TV show, Astruc tried to explain how his show is still good in its own way while justifying how long it's been going on for, he ranted and raved at fans for daring to criticize his team's writing before going on a tangent about how the internet has made people more hostile over the years, and when people still weren't happy with him, he claimed that you could only criticize or rewrite the show if you're an experienced French TV writer like him.

So just keep that in mind, fanfic writers. Unless you're French and have experience writing for television, you don't have a chance in hell to successfully write your own version of Miraculous Ladybug.

[they-thespian666]

Officer Kruger dying in a glue trap from the whiteboard <3

[sadist1224]

There is no limit to my desire Mafia!141 AU

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Mafia!141 AU, in which you wake up tied to a chair, in the middle of some warehouse with chains and hooks suspended from the ceiling. You're not panicking, no. You've been held hostage enough times to understand the complexity of your situation.

First of all, you try to determine your physical condition, noting that the old wound on your hip is aching, and there is an unpleasant crust on your cheek and cheekbone, most likely from blood.

Now you remember what happened. Yes, you were being chased. You were knocked to the ground and hit on the head. But it seems that you also managed to land several blows on the attacker.

After that, you begin to look around the space around you, noting that it is quite dark and damp here. Out of the corner of your ear you can hear a noise like water. Given the size of the hangar, the dampness and the noise of the water, you realize that you are somewhere near the shipyard.

Very far from the bar. Foreign territory. Mafia. Of course, 141 and Los Vaqueros are not the only gangs in your city. It is large enough for several groupings. Oh, if only you were still a police officer…

You pull your hands out, realizing that they are tied with ropes, tight enough to be able to break free. After a while, the sound of footsteps attracts you. This is a group of people, and not a small one.

A lamp turns on with a loud click above you, but it is high enough for a moderately dim light. I can see you now. You still can't tell the kidnappers apart, even though you're pretty sure they're right in front of you.

"You don't seem scared." - says one of them. From the small shadows, you assume there are five of them.

"Should I?" - you answer calmly, looking at the dark man in front of you. So far, you can clearly see only leather shoes and perfectly pressed trousers in dark gray.

The man in front of you is grinning.

"Koenig, turn on the light, please." - he says the same thing, and a second later several more lamps light up.

You don't have to squint. The light is still dim enough. But now you can definitely see them all. Five men in front of you, in suits that cost several times more than your salary. Three of them have masks over their faces. The person who communicated with you stands openly, the sleeves of his shirt are casually rolled up to the elbows, and the vest fits tightly around the waist.

And all five of them, bastards, are so attractive.

But if before that, it seemed to you that the men in front of you were tall, then the person who approached them from behind was almost a head taller than all of them. An obscure black cloth covered his face, leaving only his blue eyes visible. He looked at you incredulously, with a squint. You think he doesn't like you.

"And why do you need me?" - you decide to break the silence. Anyway, all six of them are examining you like an antique toy on a Christmas tree.

The Cortaks who kidnapped you in order to get to know you! To get acquainted! Your jaw almost fell to the floor, and their leader just laughed at your shocked expression!

He introduced himself as Axel, and he was incredibly curious about why 141 and Los Vaqueros were hanging around in a no-man's-land.

Axel, who is not at all embarrassed by your swearing in their direction, but only orders you to untie the hands of a man named Nobody. He apologizes for the damage he caused you, saying that their goal was only to grab you, not hurt you, but you turned out to be more glib than they imagined.

Axel introduces you to Horangi, Hutch, Nobody, Kruger and Koenig himself, who caught you.

Koenig, who can't handle your withering look at him and turns away in embarrassment.

He didn't want to hit you! Especially in the face! But seeing what you're capable of at the bar, he realized it wasn't going to be easy. A job is a job. But, God, that bruise on your face and the split cheekbone. He feels bad enough as it is. And then there's you with your look full of anger.

Damn, he'd like to meet you. In a normal way, like ordinary people, but now it seems you won't let him in.

Axel offers to take you to your neighborhood, where they could drop you off, but you just snort, refusing. You're not going with the bandits who kidnapped you! Even if they just wanted to get to know each other! You tell them something caustic in the likeness: "If you really wanted to get to know each other, you could just ask them out, gentlemen, damn it!", which amuses Axel again.

The man walks you to the exit, staying close to you. You don't even let him call a taxi and walk to the nearest bus stop.

That's it! And you're good! Axel knew how tense his team was when 141 suddenly began to get active in the no-man's-land, and what was his surprise when people informed him about a certain barmaid who pointed a gun at the face of the Soap! Oh, damn, he wanted to meet you. And his boys, too. A civilian who challenged one of the most dangerous factions in the city! Yes, anyone will be interested in it! Therefore, Cortak needs to act quickly, maybe get you on their side, make you their spy?

Kruger and No One who at first did not believe in your steadfast fearless nature, considering you another "girl from the alley" who dared to show her teeth. They were sure that if they scared you, you would immediately curl up and cry. Imagine their surprise when you didn't live up to expectations?

Hutch was just curious, as was his commander. He didn't have expectations, but you definitely made him laugh.

And the Horangs? This guy realized in the bar that you're not an easy thing. Of course, he saw the impression you made on his great friend. And he also understood how difficult it would be for Koenig now. As soon as his reaction to you is noticed by others, he will not be able to avoid jokes and ridicule, especially from Kruger. these two will get rid of the word altogether. But Horangi will try to help his socially anxious friend in any way he can.

Koenig, who wants to fall into the ground. The giant didn't dare look at you before he left, and something told him that you definitely weren't looking in his direction. Oh, he's going to have to figure out how to apologize. And be sure, it will happen soon.

[luxury-nightmare]

mom says it’s my turn on the writing

“So,” Alex took a deep breath “how did this happen?”

Mortimer shifted uncomfortably in his seat, the new velidgun leaning on his shoulder. He looked identical to Candy Mouse, only with yellow eyes and striped limbs. Clyde looked at him with skepticism, curled around Alex protectively. Simon had a look of curiosity, the flock’s head laying on their lap.

“Uh, so,” Mortimer sighed nervously “I was drawing in the asylum with the weird ink that they have me use-don’t look at me like that Alex, I’ve seen you working on your portfolio on company time, and I spilled my inkwell. I went to clean it up, and then here he was” he gestured to the velidgun next to him, who shared the same nervousness as his creator.

Simon looked at the animator, then to the new velidgun. “So, what’s your name little one?” They asked, petting the flock absentmindedly. The new velidgun looked down, seeming to be deep in thought, before looking back up at the scarecrow.

“Klaus” he said matter-of-factly, and Mortimer turned to face him. Clyde looked down at Alex, the two sharing a look of confusion. “Don’t velidgun get their names from past victims?” Alex asks, and a look of fear came over Mortimer’s face. “I think?” Klaus said “then I don’t really think I’m an exception”.

Mortimer’s breath quickened as Alex turned back to Klaus “what do you mean?” Klaus leaned back onto Mortimer, and Mort flinched “He took me back when I didn’t have a body yet, wanted to see what I’d do to someone in a liquid form.” Klaus snarled, distance dripping from his voice. It was clear he hated the asylum as much as everyone else in the barn “Mort wasn’t the only time he tried. There was some kid he tried to do it to first, but I just absorbed him”

Something clicked in Mortimer’s head, and his eyes went wide, breaths quick and shallow. “That was Klaus Kruger” he said to himself breathlessly. Alex’s eyes went wide as well, “they took Officer Kruger’s kid”

Something within Klaus’s mind was pulled to the surface at the name. Kruger, Kruger, why did that sound so-

His father, limp in his closet, nose encircling his neck like a tie, hands slack, barely grasping the note he was holding. Klaus screamed and stumbled back, hot tears forming in his eyes. This had to be some sick joke right?

Right?

Klaus shot upwards, the memory hitting them with vengeful force. Something flickered inside his chest, memories and emotions not his. Were they?

Where did he end and these thoughts begin?

[s1cklyheart]

M’kay so i’ve been thinking about officer Kruger

At some point someone said “hey what if officer Kruger got turned into a caretaker” and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since.

I already had a hunch that Kenneth didn’t stay as an experiment for long and that 9 years looked like too long to study a nearly dead person. And with the introduction of the caretakers…I started to look into things a little further.

First off,and this might be the most obvious,the breathing. During Vol.0 we actually hear Kruger breathing during the police training tape,and in Vol.1 similar breathing can be heard when we see one of the caretakers enter Patient 66’s house.

Because I like overanalyzing shit let’s take a look at what was said about Kruger during In Loving Memory,shall we?

“A beloved member of our community,and a caring father.”

Oh,and Vol.1 too,because I have the suspicion that maybe Alex somehow managed to talk to Kruger (I have no idea how they didn’t get caught tbh)

“Someone I know and care about has been hurt.”

This kinda just pushed me further into believing Kruger was turned into a caretaker. In Vol.1 it is a mandated rule that staff CANNOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE interact with the caretakers. I doubt that would be a rule unless SOMEBODY had some stuff they wanted to say,and Lankmann knew that if everyone ignored the caretakers that certain someone wouldn’t get the chance to reveal anything.

I came up with all of this at like 1 in the morning during the weekend,and it’s consumed my mindddd……

I rlly hope none of this theory sounds dumb I’m sorry ffbjjfdf

[connordax]

The reader is the new head doctor of the base, gender neutral.

Nikto.

Just after what happened with Zakhaev he was never the same and hated himself, sometimes he felt that his conscience was the only one that didn't refuse to talk to him, mirrors in his room and house? Take them down before he breaks them with his fist, romantic relationships? Trash them.

When you came to KorTac at first everything was normal, until he saw that you were taking an interest in him, he thought it was just another hallucination, but then he noticed, you treated him normal, not like a monster or crazy, nothing like that, just like a person, he got confused, as the days went by he was feeling good about your attention to him, but he always sabotaged himself by reminding himself how horrible and unhinged he was.

Everything changed when a mission went particularly wrong, he arrived at the base on the verge of collapsing, everyone got out of his way, the difference? You were there helping him in that empty room, he saw you as you approached him and rested your hands on his shoulders while his body trembled, he got out of control, he doesn't remember anything, the next thing he remembers is him on the couch in the same room, now a mess, while you were healing the wounds he got himself, you also had wounds, he gave them to you in his collapse, he was surprised that in spite of that you were there beside him with a smile on your lips and a loving look.

He quickly realized he didn't have his mask on, he panicked, you were looking at his face, you quickly took him by the hands and told him it was ok, you didn't have any problem with that, he didn't look you in the eyes for the rest of the day.

The following days he ignored you, but remembering how you were there, smiling, that he didn't push you away at any moment even when you saw his face, that you didn't look at him with dislike or repulsion moved something deep inside him that he thought was dead, he stopped ignoring you and slowly they got closer, for his Colonel König, and his friends Kruger and Horangi it was more than obvious that they liked each other, they were happy, only Nikto's insecurities were making them tired.

So they made a plan, König sent them both on a mission, a simple and easy to handle one, Nikto didn't want to go because of how stupid it sounded but König didn't pay attention, they came back as teenagers in love, apparently their plan worked.

Some time later in the privacy and security of one of the two's room, enjoying their day off lying on the bed a bit distanced, the talks were getting more personal, until they confessed, you had seen Nikto's face before, so he took off his mask full of insecurity, fear and nerves.

You took his cheeks and gave him the warmest smile you could, you filled him with words of affirmation and affection, Nikto was ready for everything, except for that moment, a warm feeling invaded him, he felt how you caressed his face and his hair, you filled his face with soft kisses.

He didn't realize at what moment he started to cry, he just leaned towards you, wrapping his arms around your body, just like you did, he never thought he felt loved again, but there you were, he knew you were the right person, because you fell in love with the person he is, not the one he once was.

Meanwhile König, Kruger and Horangi were having a beer in the Colonel's office, happy that someone made their bitter partner happy, everyone was a little relieved at the base, finally someone who was able to calm Nikto down, but not everything was rosy, if someone dared to hurt you or insult you, he better run for his life, his friends only saw a little calmer side of him, but only you have the privilege to see that loving side of Nikto, made putty in the privacy of his room.

[corrupteddoodles]

You’re a dirty traitor like Mortimer.

“Goodbye, Kenneth, No, wait, you prefer ‘Officer Kruger’.”

inspired by this scene from the carmen sandiego 2020 finale

[batwritings]

Idk I'm basing off a tiktok animation trend I saw but gromsko or Krueger are invited by their Co worker or a fellow opt asking them to join dinner with their family, and their like sure. When the day comes they go "also meet my son" and comes in transfem reader, obviously a very pretty woman 😭 I'm sorry if this is weird, there's a lack of transfem reader so I'm desperate

OKAY LISTEN, I LOVE THIS IDEA-- And it's true, I feel; us transmasc folks do tend to get more of the spotlight when it comes to x reader fics. We need to give the queens their love too! Enjoy!~

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Krueger wasn't exactly certain how he found himself in this situation. It wasn't that he was unaccustomed per se, at fancy get togethers such as this. His time in the military as well as his status had lent him and invite to plenty of office parties. So when another Chimera operator had approached him, asking if he'd attend their family's party as a plus one, he wasn't inclined to say no. Being a plus one meant getting in free and not necessarily having to do much mingling with the strangers around him.

Unfortunately for the Austrian man, everyone and their mother seemed curious as to who he was there with. Surely it wasn't that uncommon for well-dressed men to end up alone at a fancy party, was it? He was beginning to question if he was out of his element, more suited for the field when another glamorous couple approached.

"Sebastian Krueger is it?" The man said, extending his hand to be shook. "My wife and I have heard so much about you."

Krueger takes the man's hand out of politeness. "You have, have you?" He asks, still completely oblivious as to who the two strangers were.

"Oh yes, our son tells us all about what a fantastic mentor you are," the wife goads, her haughty tone making the Austrian's eyebrow twitch. "He's the one who invited you did he not?"

"Mother, father, give him some breathing room please..." Comes a familiar voice. The couple part to make you known and Krueger can't help the way his eyebrows raise. The aforementioned "son" was none other than you, the new recruit, and the most gorgeous woman the soldier had laid eyes on.

"Absolut atemberaubend..." He mumbles under his breath before clearing his throat. "Y/N, your parents could use some manners in introductions, schatz." The man steps forward between your mother and father, the pair looking rather shocked whether by your appearance or his response, neither of you would know. He takes your hand softly in his bigger calloused one, pressing a kiss to the back of it.

"K-Krueger...!" Your face heats up at his actions, staring up at him as he comes to stand before you proper. The musicians your parents hired begin to play a slower song, leading your mentor to drag you away to the dance floor proper. He guides you in a slow back-and-forth, your dress flowing softly behind you. "You didn't have to do that."

"Nonsense," Kruger tells you, one hand on your waist while the other still holds your soft hand. "They can bear one night of addressing their daughter properly. You do look rather stunning."

You can't help but laugh and break eye contact from him. "Stop that!" You laugh, lightly batting his shoulder. "...I do pass though, right?"

"You, Y/N are the most stunning woman here...and don't let anyone, especially not your bigoted parents tell you otherwise."

[kaosanddestruction]

What are your thoughts on klaus

i'll assume u mean doai klaus? if so, I find the old lore that I can remember abt him pretty interesting, the fact that he was a veldigun who murdered out of sadistic glee rather than actually eating the people he killed? hella interesting another thing that I personally find like. ik I keep using the word interesting, but I swear, the fucking alignment chart for the veldigun mind boggles me in the best way. klaus is lawful evil iirc, and that shit like. WHAT /POS. officer kruger's son's name is klaus, so that implies he was probably consumed by a veldigun at some point if the veldigun lore we have still applies, and and and! fucking hell! this shit's genuinely making me go a lil fucking bonkers! I don't know what it all means, but it's wtv! anyways yeah klaus is pretty cool to think abt

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Brazilian rancher ordered to pay $50m for damage to Amazon

Brazil court freezes assets of Dirceu Kruger to pay climate compensation for illegal deforestation

A Brazilian cattle rancher has been ordered to pay more than $50m (£39m) for destroying part of the Amazon rainforest and ordered to restore the precious carbon sink.

Last week, a federal court in Brazil froze the assets of Dirceu Kruger to pay compensation for the damage he had caused to the climate through illegal deforestation. The case was brought by Brazil’s attorney general’s office, representing the Brazilian institute of environment and renewable natural resources (Ibama). It is the largest civil case brought for climate crimes in Brazil to date and the start of a legal push to repair and deter damage to the rainforest.

Kruger had previously been forced to pay damages by Ibama for destroying 5,600 hectares (13,838 acres) in the Amazonian municipalities of Boca do Acre and Lábrea. This was on public land belonging to the federal government and the state of Amazonas.

The rancher used chainsaws to clear vegetation, then set fires to clear the land and finally planted grass to establish pasture for raising cattle. Satellite images showed the scale of the damage and Kruger admitted having caused it on film.

Continue reading.

[compacflt]

you're a legend for referencing lauren berlant and michael warner in relation to your top gun fic and I'd like to think that they would say the same!! the stories that you've created are beautiful explorations of some of the biggest questions posed in queer theory: who are we in public? who are we in private? where is the line that separates the two (spoiler: there is no way to actually separate the two, no binary) and what are the structural forces bearing down upon all of that bullshit! I for one would love to see your questions about privacy and respectability explored with rooster and ice and mav. especially considering the generational cliff between them, with the aids crisis in the background of rooster's childhood when they were all the closest, in your world. anyway! you are an incredible writer and it's been a privilege to read you work :)

thank you so much for this ask!! yes i have spent so much time thinking about this. In March i started working on a new-yorker-style interview that tried to address a bunch of these questions. Since I didn’t do wip wednesday yesterday (sorry) here’s some relevant sections of that wip related to your ask. I don’t think it’s spoilers since I’m not sure id ever post this anywhere—you can see for yourself how entertaining the writing is and it’s overly political and didactic. Just a lame hegelian dialectic where im interrogating my own characters (at least, my own interpretations of them) on their politics. And I’m not an expert on any of this stuff (currently on the slow uphill climb out of the valley of the dunning-kruger graph—trying to learn). Nor am I fact-checking it & that feels irresponsible to post For Real. so just take this post as a fun (for me) exploration of what i (20y.o., ignorant, no editorial oversight, smooth-brained) think Might be some political implications of my fics, trying to write from a lib-moderate pov (tough!)

talking points I wanted to address:

The politics of ice’s career, both internationally & domestically (some wild navy scandals happened under his “tenure” [fat Leonard most pressingly—would LOVE to know how actual TGM’s ice & mav felt about that bc it was SO FUCKING CRAZY, navy officers & admirals having wild sex parties paid for by a singapore defense contractor (the details are so fucking crazy i can’t even say them here—one anecdote involves 7th fleet officers using WWII/Korean war general macarthurs historical memorabilia during sex acts—go read about it) a couple PACFLT RDMLs were charged with actual crimes, 60 admirals (of the navys total 160 admirals) were under investigation & both my and TGM’s ice & cyclone would probably have been two of them, basically if you were a pacflt officer in the mid-2000s-2010s you were under investigation it was so fucking wild]) —and another geopolitical look at the implications of both top gun movies (reagan weighs in from beyond the grave)

Ice and mav who can’t win—they want their relationship to Not Be A Big Deal. leave us alone. We’re Normal. we’re not Weird or anything. —but can’t understand WHY their relationship is so sensational/political—yes, boys, it is a big deal, sorry!! mavericks probably the last Ace the world will ever see & ice is the secretary of the navy and they’re married, fuck yes that’s newsworthy!!!

my version of Ice acceding to SECNAV at the intersection of a couple crucial contextual moments for the navy/military as a whole: 1. Recruitment is currently fucked. This interview takes place in 2020/early 2021, and things were bad then, but the numbers just came out for the Navy this year, and hoooooly shit they are so bad. And blame is falling along partisan lines like always: Ds blame low recruitment numbers on lack of benefits etc, Rs literally i am not shitting you are mostly blaming low recruitment numbers on the military going Woke. The USN has long been seen as the most obnoxiously woke/gay (derogatory) service to conservatives & there’s a lot of political baggage that comes with having a SECNAV who, while not openly identifying as gay, is openly married to another man. especially with a recruiting crisis like this one. 2. Withdrawal from afghanistan obviously. kind of a shit way for ice to end his career ngl. It Did Not Go Super Well. 3. rising tensions in eastern europe pre RU-UA invasion in 2022, what that means for the MIC and procurement, etc. 4. The joint chiefs openly declaring they (& by extension the military as a whole) would not support trump’s coup attempt post-J6—the end of that extremely politically polarized presidency—what does it mean for the following Dem president to then have a gay secnav after that? It’s HUGE. SO no matter what, Ice as SECNAV is going to go down in history. He just wants it to be for his actions, not the fact that he’s gay.

Icemav’s relationship with their identities. We really really don’t want to be known for being gay. “Ask me what my proudest achievement is, I’ll tell you without a second of hesitation—my family. Without a doubt. But does any military man really want to be best-known for his marriage?” We want to be known for being the BEST at our jobs, which we are. We’ve earned that title! There’s so much more interesting stuff about us than who we got married to.

AND how that is a liberal-moderate-conservative median-50% meritocratic WET DREAM of an ideology. an interview like this one is a straight fluff piece pre-ice’s confirmation to secnav—it lets him prove to the moderate liberals that he’s left-leaning enough to protect social justice interests in the USN, AND prove to conservatives that he’s right-leaning enough to not let identity politics/“woke bs” get in the way of the navy’s mission of providing a lethal maritime fighting force. the merits of this ideology are up for debate.

maybe helping the conservative viewpoint of that ideology: The fact that the Kazansky-Mitchell-Bradshaw-seresin family is so not-stereotypically gay. Like, look at these four guys. 9-to-11 combat kills between them (11 in my universe where ice gets an extra 2, 9 canon confirmed) in a period of history/modern warfare when ANY air-to-air kill is/was massively historically significant. Extremely macho & tough. They present themselves about as traditionally and toxically masculine as you could possibly get. Theyve KILLED PEOPLE. They’re not “soft” by any stretch of the imagination. Physically & emotionally they ARE extremely conservative, and there’s something to be said about the politics of that too—molding yourself into the shape of what you think a man should look like, just to avoid persecution, and then performing masculinity BETTER than even the men who would want to persecute you…!

Related to your ask: the modern/young ppl inclination to make sexuality SO political and public. When asked how he could reckon with joining a DADT-ruled navy, rooster answers: “hope I could do something to destroy it before it could destroy me.” When asked why he DIDNT use any of his considerable power to influence the repeal of DADT, ice answers: “it was better than the blanket ban that came before it. And maybe I’ve always wanted neither to tell nor to be asked.” the conservative respectable opinion that your intimate relationships ought to be PRIVATE, doesn’t matter if you’re gay or straight—just do your job, and preferably do it well. yeah, don’t ask and don’t tell. It’s not anyone’s business. ice doesn’t have a philosophical problem with DADT, because he agrees sexuality should be private & secret. —is it anyone’s business? whose business is it? How much of your personal life do you owe the public if you’re a public-facing individual like the COMPACFLT or SECNAV? all good questions!!!!

[mintymimby]

hgghrhgrh the hyperfixation is getting bad

My theory on how ✨veldiguniction✨ happens!!!! So, DOAI, we have only two confirmed Veldigun, those being Clyde and Winfrey (Winfrey was not outright said in the series, although it was confirmed on Twitter. I did my homework for this post :3). Although there is an obvious reference of more “by a SPECIES of creature we've come to know as The Veldigun. These dangerous CREATURES . . . ect” (—Toon Lankmann, Vol 1.) I doubt they'd talk about it being such an issue unless there were QUITE a few, especially since Winfrey was being kept in the Asylum. Characters Pastra has shown that have not appeared in series are; Simon, The Flock, Mortimer, Jack, and Klaus (I'm not forgetting any right???) Though, in a reply on September 26, 2023, Pastra said that the Mortimer that they showed was NOT a Veldigun. However, Pastra also said on October 8th 2023 “all the OTHER Veldigun” on a post regarding Winfrey, implying that there was way more Veldigun who had designs. Now, more into Klaus and Mortimer, both of these we have reason to believe ARE Veldigun. The traits they have fit the traits of Veldigun. As well as their names being said IN DOAI. Mortimer Grey, the artist for Toon Lankmann, and Klaus, Officer Kruger's son. Klaus (Kruger's son) and Klaus (Pastra's character thingy) could very well be the same person. Klaus (Pastra) has a somewhat cute, childlike appearance, looking like the mascot for some child cartoon (besides the scary factors of it) and Klaus (Kruger) is a child. And then Mortimer (Pastra) has a cartoony, rubberhose design, while Mortimer (Grey) is a cartoon animator. There's too many similarities for them to NOT be the same characters. So, we'll say they are. But, in DOAI, they were clearly normal humans at SOME point. Which, brings me into ✨️Veldiguniction✨️, the transformation from just a normal human to a Veldigun. My theory on this is that when a normal human spends too long close to (not touching) a Veldigun, or too long close to someone with Veldigun Sickness, they begin to transform into a Veldigun. Another possibility is contracting some mutated strand Veldigun Sickness or something like that. This would work in the situation of Klaus and Mortimer. Mortimer presumably working in the Foundation, and Klaus being the son of Kruger—who contracted Veldigun Sickness.Uhhh so yeah!!!! Hope you understand my autistic ranting

And I hope I didn't make any very stupid ignorant mistakes!!!!

[bleedingfromeveryorifice]

Klaus Kruger

“Wanna see my head come off?”

Klaus goes by he/him pronouns. He had always been a disturbed child, crushing rats and hitting dogs, so after the discovery of his first human kill, a 3 year old named Danny, no one was that surprised. Admitted by his father, Officer Kruger, into the asylum at 16, Klaus hasn’t seen improvement to his behavior or fears. In his room shared with Jack and Megan, he hides things such as food as if scared that staff would forget to feed him. He is also deathly terrified of birds for an unknown reason. Klaus is a burden to everyone at the asylum, and Dr. Lankmann can’t wait to be rid of him.

Voiceclaim: Maurice LaMarche as The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight (The Tick)

Currently: alive

Creator: canon/pastraspec