#post revolution

[loyalandroid]

@howtodisassembleyourdeviant continued from x

“Oh wow. Look at you talking all smooth,” CC chuckled. If he was capable of blushing he would be right about now. “Get on in here. You’ve already won me over.”

[toxtricitylow]

playing around with some historical french fashions on furina (+ neuvi).. I think she should always get big silly hats

18th+19th century mens fashion is one of my fav fav fav things is ever so this was fun 🫡 love being fashion history neurodivergent

[adobe-outdesign]

what I got from that trailer

[manzanamarim]

Spy x’s your Family or whatever

Originals below the cut <3 I love them lots

[ask-rk800-connor-dbh]

are you a deviant?

Yes, I am :)

[eyeofgender]

[lizposting]

DO🕯️🕯️NOT🕯️🕯️🕯️FLOP.🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

[dustednotepad]

death: the gardener

Standing near the window, I could feel the cold emanating from the poorly-insulated panes. My breath left a little fog cloud on the glass as I looked out, watching the market below. People walk stall-to-stall, trading fares and inspecting fruit. A little girl drops a mitten and her tired father picks it up, smiling as he helps her put it back on. A young couple giggles and swing their arms as they wander, pointing at trinkets. An elderly woman examines a mint plant, teaching her granddaughter what to look for. "You still remember the violence," Death says, standing behind me. They too are watching, calm and clothed in warm shades of brown. I don't turn, still focused on the street. "I've never stopped thinking of it." Burning buildings and the air choked thick with smoke and ashes, screaming and gunfire edge my vision, the memory of a man choking on his own blood and his murderer frozen for but a moment in horror, before she turned back to the fighting, maybe to meet a similar fate, maybe to return home, haunted much as I am. Weeks and months of protests and riots, the crush of war, until all we were left with was rubble, tinnitus, and scars. The peace that came after was equally hard fought, with nearly two years of the diplomacy we couldn't start with, treaties and trials and far-too-long for anyone to actually talk about how we all move on. I don't say any of this. I don't need to. Death knows. They lay a hand on my shoulder, and I take the comfort of my oldest friend. At the end of it all, we only had them to thank, who quelled the most murderous of us all, who hushed the dying and comforted the sick and reminded those of us still alive why we needed to stay that way. We'd all end up with Death one day. There was no prize for first place. Death smiles softly as I turn to face them. Their voice is as familiar as their face, and I've felt no fear of them in years. The only thing I fear these days is the land forgetting. The memorials we've raised, the statues and warnings we've left behind serve as reminders, but there have long been memorials of wars before our time, and I know in my heart more memorials will be built long after me. I can only hope the land holds onto the peace for as long as it can before blood poisons the soil again. I was too quick to throw stones before, and I know I will not be the one to blame them when they cast their own rocks. Reflected in Death's kind gaze, I see myself, and I know what will happen. Today, I will go with them. Tomorrow, I will hold my arms wide open and greet those who have followed. For now, I watch the markets where I once killed my brothers and sisters, where my own blood was spilled and the war began and ended. For now, I take a deep breath. Death is patient, gives me this time just as they gave me all the moments before now. Death has cultivated their garden carefully, has loved all of us, both weeds and fruits alike. Now, they pluck me gently and bring me to the table. I go freely. The land will not forget me yet.

[transmascutena]

<3

[transrevolutions]

While overall I felt like the tbosas movie was well done, there's one part that really bothered me. When Sejanus gets involved with the rebels in the book, he's fully on board, stealing them ammo and weapons from the base, and planning to hold guards at gunpoint to free the prisoners. In the movie, however, he just wants to run away and then is surprised and upset by the fact that the rebels were planning an act of violence.

This doesn't seem like a major change, but from a political standpoint (as tbosas is a very political book), it's a big one and one I very much do not like.

In the text, Sejanus plays the role of the moral compass. Whereas both Coriolanus and Lucy Gray having complex and subjective motivations, Sejanus is always driven by wanting to do the right thing, even if it costs him. He acts as a baseline, keeping the readers from getting lost in endless loops of justification for atrocities just because Coriolanus's internal narration is rhetorically persuasive.

So when Sejanus (who up until this point has been relatively pacifist) joins up with the rebels in the book and agrees to participate in an act of revolutionary violence, the text is pointing out that that act of rebellion is morally permissible. That even violence against the oppressor class can be an altruistic action. Sejanus planning to fight the guards with the rebels is not a sign of his corruption, it's a sign of the fact that his society has become so corrupt that not doing it would be morally worse than doing it. After all, someone's going to die either way, so why not have it be the oppressors?

If movie!Sejanus is still occupying the role of the moral compass (which he seems to be), then his dismay at the possibility of the rebels using violence acts as a narrative condemnation of the violence, when the opposite is true in the book. The movie tries to make a distinction between the "good" dissenters (pacifist, nonviolent, morally superior) and the "bad" dissenters (violent radicals/terrorists). In the current political climate, this idea and narrative is extremely unsettling. And I'm disappointed they did this, but not surprised. Like the other Hunger Games movies, it was produced by a large media company, and they can't follow the satire of the book too closely lest people realize the fundamental irony of it. People in positions of power do not want to tell a story where violent activism is portrayed as moral--at least when it's against a society that obviously mirrors our own. (The brutalist architecture style is another complaint that I have, but that can be discussed in another post.)

Changing that seemingly small detail about Sejanus's involvement with the rebels doesn't do much to change the continuity of the storyline, but it does a lot to change the underlying message of his character and the story. This was almost certainly intentional, because the same sort of thing was done in the original trilogy movies as well. Companies are scared of subversive media because it makes them look like the 'bad guys' too, so they wrap rebellion in a lens of fantasy and moderatism.

[bloodycowboyclub]

AEW: REVOLUTION (2024) hangman adam page // dogwood flowers gear

"a little dogwood tree is losing its mind;"

[alphaaacademy]

is this anything. hey guys is this anything

[mcroutfits]

9.69/10 frank smashing punk fashion as the punk he is. these tshirts are those clothing items that doesn't suit everyone, you need to embrace whatever the tee states, DIY bad bitch

[all-that-jazz-93]

It's time for another adventure of Verden, the Green Gummy Bear!

When we last left our hero, Verden had successfully helped to overthrow the Great Green Merciless Emperor, only one short day after defecting from the Emperor's Royal Guard. Now, eight years later, Verden has worked tirelessly to atone for the atrocities he helped commit in the name of the Emperor.

"A new danger now threatens to overtake us." Verden tells the assembled bears. "It could destroy the peace we've worked so hard to maintain these last eight years."

"Mecha-Bot the Destroyer has taken up residence atop the Gumball Dispenser." Verden explains. "From that vantage point, he can blast anyone and anything in our kingdom with ease."

"We will gain access to the Gumball Dispenser via the Tower of Yellow to the East. From there we will ambush Mecha-Bot and neutralize this threat to our land. It's a daunting task."

"Fortunately," the former guardsman continues. "We've got some very powerful allies on our side. This is Agent Carter, and my psychiatrist, Dr. Indigo Dragonstein."

"There's no one better to help us in our struggle."

Late that night, under cover of darkness, Verden, Agent Carter, and Dr. Dragonstein approach the Tower of Yellow, and prepare to infiltrate.

Their path is blocked by Charmander, who demands to know why they have come.

Verden puts on his best diplomatic voice, first cultivated during his time with the Emperor's Royal Guard, and refined over the years during his service as an Agent of SHIELD. "We are here to fight an enemy who threatens all of us, including the residents of the Tower of Yellow."

"Oh, you mean Mecha-Bot?" Charmander says. "Yeah, that guy's a dick. By all means, have at it."

As the sun rises over their shared kingdoms, the small team of heroes ascends the Tower of Yellow and prepares for their confrontation with the enemy.

"Mecha-Bot!" Verden calls out as Dr. Dragonstein flies him close to the automaton's perch—

"—wait," Verden says to his shrink. "If you can fly, then what was even the purpose of infiltrating the tower?"

"For the drama," Dr. Dragonstein says gleefully.

"Whatever." Verden returns his focus to the robot atop the Gumball Dispenser. "Mecha-Bot, we have come here to—"

"It's no use, Gummy Bear!" Mecha-Bot taunts him. "I shall never alight from my perch! I shall blast everything within my sight and I—waugghhhh!"

And just like that, Mecha-Bot slips from his precarious perch and crashes to the ground.

"Well that was rather anticlimactic," Agent Carter says. "I didn't even get to throw a punch."

Verden looks down upon the wreckage of the once-great robot. "We could have resolved this peacefully," he says with a sigh. ".....after Agent Carter landed a few punches, of course."

Back home, Verden lays on the psychiatrist's couch. "I don't know, Doc, it kind of feels like we didn't really do anything."

"But nevertheless, our kingdom is safe," Dr. Dragonstein reminds him. "And our people know that you made the effort to help keep it that way."

"You're right," Verden agrees, standing. "I guess the only way any of us can go is forward."

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Smell Check [Easy: Failure]

MDZS Disco Elysium AU part 1 (part 2 - part 3)

[botanyshitposts]

just needed you to know that I think about H I G H E R Y I E L D basically every day and it is one of my favorite videos. It's in my core reference materials for my puppet show about the Green Revolution lol

>green revolution puppet show

my man. this is you and me righ tnow