#remote party

[ahaura]

im sure its been said already but as the election draws near more and more liberals will come out of the woodwork to shame people with a conscience to give away their vote to the democrats for free. i'm already seeing posts saying "why aren't people more concerned about a trump presidency?" you want to know why? it's because people already know he's bad. everyone already knows what he is and what he's done and what he'll do. there's nothing to discuss. he's a racist despotic worm of a man. there's nothing else to say.

biden is currently president. the genocide is happening under his watch. he's the one funding isra*l and arming them; he's sidestepped congress more than once to give them weapons. by oct. 27, the biden administration already knew that "Israel was regularly bombing buildings without solid intelligence that they were legitimate military targets." the state department/biden have engaged in atrocity propaganda, cast doubt on the legitimacy of the death toll recorded by the gaza health ministry, and so on. the united states is currently in the process of trying to pin the "war in gaza" on netanyahu (see sen. schumer's speech) after months of backing blatant genocide as a means to act as if they're "doing something" about the genocide (Instead of, say, threatening to cut off all aid to israel with the condition that all hostilities in gaza, the west bank, and occupied jerusalem are halted immediately and permanently, allowing palestinians freedom to travel, allowing aid into gaza, etc etc etc.)

the long and short of it is that liberals view their own lives as being worth more than palestinians'. that's it. they'll vote for another 4 years of the guy ushering in genocide and supporting apartheid + settler colonialism because he isn't outright attacking them (despite various laws and rulings happening both at the supreme court level and at the local level all over the country that will endanger people). they'll settle for the illusion of safety and security and shame anyone with a conscience and accuse them of "supporting the republicans" when in an actual democracy you would be able to use your vote as leverage to extract concessions from those who want to be elected. that's how it's supposed to fucking work.

democrats are not owed people's vote. if biden loses, it will be biden's fault; it will be his campaign's fault; it will be the democrats' fault. trump is bad; the republicans are bad. we already know this. this is not an endorsement of either. but if democrats are too cowardly and feckless and servile to the motivations of the american empire and never do anything for their constituents then why the fuck should anyone vote for them. you want to get mad at someone, why don't you do something useful and stop worrying about team-sports with a purely selfish basis and start hounding the people in power who are supposed to serve you, the voter.

[books-books-smolderinglooks]

It was inevitable. I knew he was it for me. We had thought we didn't need to do the whole spectacle of marriage and weddings and all that jazz, but as we got older well suddenly, it just felt right. And so we did! Just a small ceremony with family and friends and "I do's" and rings and forevers. A new chapter of our lives and as we rode in the car to spend our honeymoon under the sun, the stars, just in our bubble of happiness, I feel so grateful and lucky that he came in to my life. ♥️

8. wedding/engagement @youngroyals-events

[densewentz]

if anyone is interested in how im coping mentally with covid rn ive been comatose in my bed watching maritime mysteries tv for 12 hours and had this one incorrect section of song playing on repeat in my head the entire time

( ^ actual image of me transcending the mortal plane while fever fantasizing about Certified Gilf™Jeremy Wade. Got those fisherman arms and unyielding respect for nature that get me hot)

[navree]

i'm sorry but this is sending me into the goddamn stratosphere, if you send people to physically attack my mom, torture my sister, cut my six year old son's head off, threaten to murder my toddler, and then also threaten to rape my six year old daughter, i would be very happy and jovial in declaring war on your psycho ass for pulling that shit on people who literally didn't do a thing to you.

consequently, if i sent people to physically attack someone who never did me any harm, torture my sister who never did me any harm, cut my six year old nephew who never did me any harm's head off, threaten to murder my toddler nephew who never did me any harm, and also threaten to rape my six year old niece who never did me any harm, i would be very full of regret and sorrow for what i've done, because those are bad things that i did.

[moonsidesong]

@brifdi-daily week 9!! yayaya (does a dance)

[batsplat]

stop your tags on that jorge post are so funny cause real, he’s actually like here’s my guy casey. here’s my special guy dani. here’s Those Two Weirdos (ignore them like they’re ignoring you). yep, that’s it. no one else comes to mind. thats my gang. cool.

there are four people on this planet jorge fully respects. he has regularly fantasised about strangling three of them. the fourth has regularly fantasised about strangling him. everyone else on this planet is on thin thin ice. valentino and marc are the token two nutjobs he's bizarrely ride-or-die for. he's actively nostalgic about the times they deliberately rode their bikes into him and even jokes about it, somehow. he's been obsessed with dani for years and eventually decided he adored rather than hated that man. he's been obsessed with valentino for years and eventually decided he both adored and hated that man more than he already did both of those things. he started rating casey circa 2011 but as far as he's concerned they're now bonded #forever. he went from trying his best not to hate marc to genuinely not hating marc almost by accident - and now that annoying child is part of the team too. he's gotten into instagram beef with pretty much everyone from all time greats to random current riders to andrea dovizioso. not his crew though... he's the type of guy who would base his new racing number on adding up the numbers of his greatest rivals (apart from the bloke he actually fought for both his 250cc titles). he's the only alien who can truly claim to have managed open animosity with all his fellow aliens and now he just can't get enough of them. he's had several dozen work divorces, but those guys are the only ones he's ever actively decided to un-divorce. they're a team for life. not that you could get them all in the same room together without a gun to their heads and possibly not even then, but apart from that they're a team for life

[deltablazin]

Poofesure becomes Leon Kuwata

[yardsards]

clint mcelroy creating a dnd character: oh yeah, this bad boy can fit so much simple zest for life in him

[i-dont-even-know-anymore976]

fully believe that the first time buck met karen (an actual rocket scientist!!!) he was so enamoured and amazed by her that he like wormed his way into their car on the way home just by non-stop asking her questions (as he had been for hours). and eventually hen had to stop him inviting himself into their house and be like "buck, i get it, i do, but you got to go your home now, sweetie"

[sicklyseraphnsuch]

contracts, clauses, and causes for action

It seems to me that the ball is entirely in the gods court. Like the only way for Ludinus to become compelling is if the gods leapfrog over the divine gate, rendering their word null and void.

Then there's a cause for action because the mortals will realize "hey, we have no way of keeping you honest, there's no consequence that we can enact when you fail to fulfill your oath". Like a contract is only binding if there's way to enforce it - when you pinky promise to take your kid to disneyland, is that a valid contract or just performative? because if you break a pinky promise, the only consequence is your kid loses faith in you - is that penalty enough?

and the thing is: the divine gate is proof that yeah, the gods do believe that's penalty enough. the one thing that downfall managed to reinforce (which granted we already knew but deeper context only further supports) is that the gods are capable of acknowledging their harm (however unintentional) done to mortals. And not only are they able to acknowledge it, they are able to correct themselves.

and so far, thats holding true. they are demonstrating their discipline and willingness to follow through even if the mortals remain powerless and hold no leverage against them, they can keep themselves beholden to their word because they are in fact Good.

so literally, the only way Ludinus can be proven somewhat compelling is if the gods decide to hop the divine gate. then we'll have some proof that their word is not that ironclad but even then its not to the level of "all gods must die". Thats more on the level of "all gods need to come to the table and renegotiate this contract so theres clauses to allow you exceptions". because absolute contracts tend to force people's hands anyways.

and the only implication that a god hopping the divine gate gives is to reintroduce the idea that the gods are not beholden to mortals in any way and there is no way to keep a god honest - that mortals will have to rely on a god's inherent Goodness to keep themselves honest. but again - what the fuck have the Prime Deities done in this world that has ever pointed in that direction truly? (and no, dont attest the workings of their mortal followers when the gods have banned themselves from interference).

the gods would have to break the contract twice - once to stop predathos, and a second time for less dire purposes - in order to really showcase that they arent trustworthy. thats a Fucking Lot to mess up. and again they dont seem willing to even break the divine gate for Ludinus so what is even the problem here?

the problem, narratively speaking, is that the current world is built by fairly Good gods who really havent done anything of significance to showcase tyranny. none of them is on the level of Marika, from Elden Ring, whose personal history has led to death and discrimination of innocent children - which she actively campaigned for and did to her own children. (No slander on Marika btw)

Matt has not made any of the Prime Deities bad and sure, the Betrayers are bad and sure, maybe the mortals would prefer to have them entirely eliminated. but like mortals live under so many threats with less protections against than they currently do against the Betrayers. That deprioritizes them from the level of "eliminate at all costs". There's nothing dire or urgent that hasnt been manufactured by the Big Bad himself.

the gods are traumatized yes. theyre stuck in a toxic family situation yes. but none of that toxicity has affected their desire to protect mortals. and the only time a mortal became worthy of destruction by divine hand was when those mortals nearly unleashed oblivion? like come on man.

the gods are in their lane and the mortals are thriving and ludinus needs fucking therapy plus a better hobby.

[vigilskeep]

do you guys think the gang ever sat sebastian down when he joined the team and told him anders merrill and potentially hawke were mages or did they just. start doing that.

[lyinginbedmon]

Hey how's your day going the leader of the UK party that repealed the ban on LGBT content in media and education, who is somehow still our best candidate at the election in two weeks, just announced that he agrees with the party that banned it and would like to do that again.

Go support a trans person folks.

[sibylsleaves]

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[lokavisi]

I just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge that I'm not feeling super close or connected to deity right now. I know some people have seen some of my posts and said I seem so close to them and stuff, but if I'm being honest, I've felt disconnected for a while. Which feels really stupid to say when I've had some solid, emotionally moving UPG stuff lately. Like, how is that possible? It makes no sense. Whatever the reason, I just wanted to take a second to acknowledge that because I know the people who previously made those comments did so because they felt they were lacking that connection. Even someone you might think has some kind of Direct Line to the Gods™️ can feel disconnected, too. We all have our moment, y'all. But I know they're there. Hell, Loki's probably breathing down my neck right now like, "WTF are you even talking about????? I'm right here?????" I know the feelings will pass. I know deeper connection requires attention and effort. Perhaps I haven't put in enough lately to feel the connection I'm craving right now? C'est la vie...

[bunnihearted]

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[navnae]

Eddie is so bad at wrapping gifts that when the group gets together to exchange them, Steve’s gift has a very interesting shape and it looks somewhat inappropriate. The kids look at the strange gift with confusion while Nancy, Robin, Jonathan, and Argyle contemplate if they should cover the kids eyes or not. Steve is a blushing mess because he hopes Eddie isn’t that careless when it comes to reading the room. Once Eddie realizes why everyone is freaking out it’s his turn to blush.

“I s-swear it’s not what it looks like!” Eddie blurts out. He panics even more just by looking at the gift.

“Please explain what it is because I really don’t want to be apart of whatever you two have going on.” Robin said with disgust as she looked at Steve and Eddie.

“I think you guys should probably go into another room.” Argyle whispered to the kids who was still confused by the entire situation.

“This is so embarrassing.” Steve mumbled. He couldn’t even look at anyone without his face turning red.

“Eddie just tell us what it is and why does it look like… that.” Nancy said as she pointed her finger at the oddly shaped gift.

“Yes, please explain.” Jonathan crossed his arms while he waited for a response just like everyone else.

“It’s a microphone! I’m shit at wrapping gifts that’s why it looks weird.” Eddie tried to explain himself the best way he could. Everyone was relieved to hear Eddie clear the air or they would’ve had a long conversation with the kids about how today never happened.

Steve doesn’t feel embarrassed anymore knowing that Eddie wasn’t that bold to do that in front of everyone. Until later that night Eddie pulls Steve to the side to inform him the gift was in fact not a microphone.