If a crime syndicate was also an oppressed minority group subjected to a genocide in the distant past and continued marginalization in the present as they’re forced to lurk at the edges of and mostly outside society to eke out a living through theft and violence while the “good” members of the same minority who accepted the harsh terms of cultural genocide at the hands of the very people they served get to stand next to every other race that reviles them and call them “evil” and “traitors” because they seek justice against the divine-right monarchy that betrayed them first and have forsworn the goddess who never once deigned to help them.
They're not monsters to be mowed down, they're people. People who engage in genuine and understandable strife against authority figures who uphold systems of inequality.
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Anyway, that's what I think.
(Edit: For even more of me rambling, see the notes.)
can any Zelda fans help me, I'm brain farting. Why exactly is the master sword necessary again? was it just retconned to be the only thing capable of killing the big bad? because i don't think it was needed in Zelda 1 or 2 (iirc it like literally wasn't even a thing back then though) so what is the point of it plot wise? i can't seem to remember other than in oot its the thing that seemingly sent link through time (what was even up with that btw idr why it did that either), and i don't really feel like replaying every game to refresh my memory on it.
cause like in some games like mm too link literally doesn't even need or use it. and is Majora not a big enough threat as beast Ganon that its not necessary? seems unlikely bc isn't majora literally a God/Demon?
And then there's the light arrows which always get used too. How are they any different than the master sword?
Honestly plot-wise I think VA needed Diavolo to be evil enough to try to kill his daughter because like, imagine if he didn't and actually reunited with her and turned out to be at least a *little* bit of a father figure to her (even if his ultimate goal was Sending Her Very Far Away). Then Giorno and Bruno would be trying to kill Trish's Dad that she'd just reunited with and was only starting to get to know. Like narratively yeah, he sells drugs to children so usurping him is still reasonable enough, but upfront it'd feel kind of shitty
Since Echoes of Wisdom uses the same assets as the Link's Awakening remake, my partner bought it for me so I could learn the controls and stuff before September. (I'm not an experienced gamer, and need all the practice I can get).
I recently got Bow-Wow, and I love him! He helps me with enemies since I'm not great at combat. Here we are seashell hunting on the beach. This game is so cute!
God I am so mentally exhausted by my coworkers this week. We had an entire meeting to talk about our feelings and a bunch of people want to have an anonymous way to report issues as if that's not going to immediately turn catty. And I was like "I feel like the need to say things anonymously is part of a deeper issue because that means there is a level of distrust or fear that shouldn't be there" and they're like but I am BRITISH and I have SOCIAL ANXIETY that makes it hard for me to speak up!!! and I'm like. trying not to rip out my hair
yknow, it is kinda weird that they made paul’s gliscor a recurring character with a sympathetic story about being driven out from its home and unintentionally creating this whole gligar pack (trapping them all in the city with it), getting ash’s gligar as an underling, implied it was going to be a rival to ash’s gligar, tying ash and paul’s teams together even tighter with the chimchar conflict, and then they just. didnt do anything with her after she beat gligar’s ass that one time
“You cannot eat a raw jellyfish.” Evie says firmly. “We share one bathroom, and I am not skipping my skincare routine just because you decided to eat the ocean and gave yourself food poisoning.”
“Maybe the jellyfish should be your new skincare routine,” Mal says thoughtfully. “It looks soft and slimy enough.”
“Gross. I don’t want to put things you pulled out of the ocean on my face.”
“Or in your mouth, apparently.” Mal teases. She’s in an unexpectedly good mood. The beach, which she’d expected to be bright and sunny and full of cheery tourists, is instead slightly overcast and full of interesting things that have washed up right by the edge of the water. There’s an intriguing amount of slime in a series of pools that’ve formed under the wooden dock, and she’s got a plastic bucket that was definitely intended for children and a vague plan to gather a bunch of slime to dump on the boys later.
“I don’t want to put anything you haven’t cleaned with soap in my mouth.” Evie says, wrinkling her nose at the thought. “And that includes you, M. We really need to stay somewhere with a shower soon.”
“Aww, you don’t love my natural scent?” Mal says brightly. She’s still got the dead jellyfish in one hand. It’s really fun to touch. Maybe if she can put some sort of preservation spell on it, they’ll be able to fit it somewhere in the truck.
Evie takes a subtle step away from Mal’s jellyfish hand. “I love so many things about you, and the fact that you sweat more than most grown men I know is not one of them.”
Disclaimer im just processing some thoughts im not cancelling the show
have almost thoughts about how i find the like....narrative on here that if you have chronic "zebra" conditions youd want a doctor like House and wouldnt sue for malpractice bc at least youd have a doctor that cares about whats wrong with you but lets take it one step further. so often he does NOT give a shit about the patient and actively endangers them frequently with his god damn heoric era of medicine approach? non zero amount of times he gets a diagnosis but it comes too late, or he gets a diagnosis after their first wrong 3 guesses of the episode shut down the patients kidneys and they either have to get a transplant or they are just, doomed due to other preexisting conditions etc? idk. i know ppl are almost certainly exaggerating and just letting off steam about the very real failures of our current medical systems and the ableism baked in and All That Shit. i just think its weird how ppl romanticize House who STILL, FREQUENTLY, MULTIPLE EPISODES will actively dismiss shit in the exact way that is a problem in our current system, especially when hes being Forced Against His Will To See Clinic Parients, he loves to be dismissive as fuck of symptoms and if he was a real doctor i think he'd be fucking 50/50 on cases he Notices Something To Dig Into vs cases he dismisses as an Anxious Hysterical Woman Who Wants Attention, the only reason he's Right so frequently in his snap judgements is cos it reinforces the narrative. its like a crime drama that has the mastermind serial killer masterfully using "loopholes" and lawyering up all sneaky and dodging Justice and if only our poor little cop protags were allowed to do A TEENY BIT of Justified Police Brutality, they could Save Lives!
and like sometimes in the show they will have a patient die despite his efforts to narratively punish him. not to mention, i think its been at least mildly brought up and glossed over how much they absolutely do not think about insurance costs for these ppl for the insane amount of tests that find nothing and Wrong Medications To Force A Diagnosis they use? i think it was brought up once in the episode following a day in the life of cuddy where she had to fight a lawsuit bc a guys insurance like didnt cover his thumb being reattached but chase reattached it anyway while in surgery cos it was The Right Thing To Do and the guy didnt have the money to cover it and the insurance wouldnt pay unless he sued the hospital or whatever. thats like the only time its come up. whereas like frequently the doctor I go to for osteopathic manipulation tries to check in with me and make sure im covered by insurance etc and that im not going to go broke or get buried in medical debt seeing her.
idk. just some Thoughts. not a defense of our current system and all the flaws it enables and enforces etc. his approach to medicine is really reminiscent to me of what I know of the Heroic Era Of Medicine which i dont...love? and hes framed on here as being an asshole but would kill for his patients to get them a diagnosis etc. but hes definitely extremely paternalistic to patients ? and despite some good clippable lines about ableism and being against eugenics, it honestly feels like his stance on that is kind of a toss up.
couldn't find any documentation on how many cells you get from boss rush, so i worked it out myself! (to the best of my abilities anyway lol, also if this info is out there already then i must have missed it in my search 😅 sorry)
quick note: this might not be 100% accurate, since i mostly used math instead of fighting every boss 6 times lol. but i definitely gathered enough data to find a consistent pattern, so if these numbers are off at all, they should at least be VERY close, and at least 0bc and 5bc are definitely correct.
so, here's the numbers for each difficulty!
Concierge:
24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 30
Conjunctivius:
40 / 42 / 44 / 46 / 48 / 50
Mama Tick:
32 / 33 / 35 / 36 / 38 / 40
Death:
80 / 84 / 88 / 92 / 96 / 100
Time Keeper:
40 / 42 / 44 / 46 / 48 / 50
Giant:
60 / 63 / 66 / 69 / 72 / 75
Scarecrow:
50 / 52 / 55 / 57 / 60 / 62
Dracula:
80 / 84 / 88 / 92 / 96 / 100
Hand of the King:
80 / 84 / 88 / 92 / 96 / 100
Servants:
47 / 49 / 51 / 54 / 56 / 60
Queen:
80 / 84 / 88 / 92 / 96 / 100
Dracula Final Form:
40 on all difficulties
ALSO: you don't get any more cells than normal from modified bosses or flawless wins. the 4 trials give the same amount as DIY mode, so there's no bonus there as far as cells go.