#the operative

[theoperativeif]

Sneak Peek 5/10/2024

Roads with a stoic mc...

[stoat-party]

Time for a phenomenon I call Schrödinger’s Tech - where I simultaneously think “that’s my boy” whenever The Operative does something cool, and also root for the good guys to defeat him by any means necessary (because if he dies, he was never Tech anyway).

The twist seems very obvious, enough that the writers could literally just be clowning on us for fun, but you do have to remember that the show’s primary audience is kids. Either way, I have to protect my mind from being wrong (worst possible thing that can happen), so I hold two contradictory storylines in my head at once.

Very good episodes, anyway.

I don’t want to make a separate post for this so just pretend it’s a reblog - The Operative said “You had your chance to be one of us. You chose the wrong side,” to Crosshair.

Which, in context, makes way more sense if “us” is the Bad Batch (notice he said “be,” not “become”), since Crosshair clearly doesn’t want to be a brainwashed drone. It does make less sense because that’s NOT Tech’s attitude toward Crosshair at ALL, and also The Operative is currently working against them anyway, but if The Operative had Tech’s full logical capacity then he wouldn’t be working for the Empire, would he?

The brainwashed clone dudes are interchangeable, so there’s no reason to show this one surviving if he’s not someone important — unless the writers really want to make us look like idiots, which I REFUSE TO RULE OUT

[morbethgames]

February 14th, 2024 Update!

Hey all, I'm gonna be trying to do this weekly now. So, quick update on things, first and foremost the book as that's what most of you come here for! I am 11k words in and about a little halfway done with the path that lets you participate in the next part with Lance and Alvarez. There is going to be quite a bit of variation in how a PC can choose to approach this scene; those Combat Stats exist for a reason!

As for things going on with Patreon, I have decided on a schedule!

Patreon content will release on Tuesdays and Thursdays!

I am going to attempt to stick to that schedule as consistently as possible, and I'm off to a good start on that! Part 1 of The Bureau Audiobook went up today and part 2 is going up on Thursday. Not to mention the small short story introducing the character Buck Marcellis went up last Thursday! The story is around 2.5k words long, if I remember correctly. An extra little thing going up today as well is the Poll to see what Interactive Fiction I will be reading as an audiobook next. That's right:

You will get to pick the next audiobook reading!

I've gotten a bunch of different author's consent to make audiobooks of their work, so anyone who is a subscriber to the Patreon, you will have a direct say in what Audiobook goes up alongside the one for The Bureau! Options include things like:

Kingdoms and Empires

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - An affair of the heart

When Life Gives You Lemons

Honor Amongst Thieves

The Operative: Fires of Revolution

Defiled Hearts: The Barbarian

Along with a couple of others that are on the list for possibilities!

Over the next few months, I will be more active for sure, and you can expect the update for The Bureau to come out before the end of March (I hope). Thank you all so much for sticking with me, and I hope to see you over on the Patreon, which, thanks to hyperlinks, you can conveniently find

RIGHT HERE! <-

The Forum Page for "The Bureau"

The demo for the game itself!

Thank you all so much for reading this update and for sticking with me and continuing to do so for the future! You are all awesome! Also big shoutouts to @when-life-gives-you-lemonssss, @kingdoms-and-empires, @theoperativeif, @leoneliterary, @doriana-gray-games, @defiledheartsblog for giving me permission to read their work on my silly little attempt at Patreon content; you guys are awesome!

Stay Brilliant,

-Vi

[safedistancefrombeingsmart]

Martin Freeman sitting in cars, pt. 2 His characters do this a lot. So we needed a 2nd part. (Part 1 is here)

Bonus: (because we can never have enough Iain! Technically, it’s a bus, not a car- but who cares?)

[penstrokes]

Whispering to myself "It's not Tech, you clown" over and over again

[raurquiz]

#happybirthday #martinfreeman #actor #EverettRoss #CaptainAmerica #CivilWar #BlackPanther #WakandaForever #SecretInvasion #TheOffice #Sherlock #TheHobbit #Fargo #LoveActually #ShaunoftheDead #TheHitchhikersGuidetotheGalaxy #HotFuzz #TheWorldsEnd #TheOperative #OdetoJoy

[kimmykloo]

Was supposed to be practice but ended up being my Mc and Ari from @theoperativeif

[lysodesigns]

Sorry not sorry

[anxietytwist]

𝐌𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐦 “𝐌𝐚𝐞”

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝟎𝟎𝟐

ᴀɢᴇ➨ [𝚁𝙴𝙳𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙴𝙳] ʜᴇɪɢʜᴛ➨ 𝟽'𝟸" (since they wear combat boots they typically stand at ≈𝟽'𝟻") ʙᴏᴅʏ ᴛʏᴘᴇ➨ 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 & 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘺 ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ➨ Nonbinary (They/Them) ᴏʀɪᴇɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ➨ Greyromantic Demisexual (it's really JUST 𝐀𝐫𝐢)

💗ᴍ!𝐀𝐫𝐢

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Fashion:

“𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭” (Even off-duty, 𝐌𝐚𝐞 wears their mask)

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Current Arm:

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Apartment:

» Located on the top floor » NO trophy room (they don't see the point of collecting war baubles) » Calming dark & pastel colours/tones » King-sized bed (only 𝟷 side used ... for now) » Lots of fake plants 🪴 » Decorated with a large couch with fuzzy blankets & multiple plushie animals (AKA. “sensory heaven” apartment)

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Notes:

ᴇᴀʀʟʏ ᴄᴀʀᴇᴇʀ➨ “𝘌𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘜𝘌𝘎 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 ... 𝘈 𝘴𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵.” ᴍᴏᴛɪᴠᴇ➨ “𝘎𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴” ꜱᴜɪᴛ➨ Terror Armor (practical design)* ᴍᴀꜱᴋ➨ Inhuman; sharp & angular* ᴡᴇᴀᴘᴏɴ➨ Custom Energy Rifle

😑 “strangers” | 😌 “friends” | 🤗 “family”

Both 𝐌𝐚𝐞'𝐬 suit & mask are 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 (enemy combatants find it especially intimidating when blood slowly stains it red during combat) ***may change once the new armours are fully available***

They gladly took over the weapon training of the younger 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 (they were absolutely crushed when they had to later eliminate said “students” 🥲)

𝐌𝐚𝐞 tends to put themselves in the direct line of fire when protecting others, often functioning as a literal body shield (they don't care much for their personal safety due to survivor's guilt & self-loathing 😓)

Their hair comes down to 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, & more often than not is 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘶𝘱; it's texture is coarse

𝐌𝐚𝐞 rarely takes off their mask; only doing so when they're with someone they know they can trust, they're completely alone in their apartment, or when it's demanded of them by a superior (it's their barrier against the outside world & they feel naked without it)

Their pet name for 𝐀𝐫𝐢 is “𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆” (which is quite fitting since he makes them lovesick) 🥰

When it comes to their “remaining” siblings they're closest with 𝟶𝟶𝟿/𝐌𝐚𝐱 & 𝟶𝟷𝟹/𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐡 (+ 𝐀𝐫𝐢 of course, but their relationship is based on “romantic” love), they view them as true members of their chosen family (even back when they were all still children)

They're SO tired of war; they never enjoyed fighting to begin with (sadly the only way they'll finally be free, especially from the pointless conflicts of others, is when they're long dead 🪦)

Without their mask on 𝐌𝐚𝐞'𝐬 naturally high-pitch, gentle voice can be heard (the mask distorts it into a dark mechanical growl ... another reason why they prefer to wear their mask)

Their method of dispatching 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 was to “𝘋𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥, 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.”, they wanted him to feel hopeless knowing there was NO chance he'd survive 🥶 (much like the children whose lives he destroyed)

𝐌𝐚𝐞 has always been fond of children, even if most find them to be scary-looking (if it were possible they'd love to be a parent, in the future)

Despite his “betrayal”, they know the moment they see 𝐀𝐫𝐢 again everything will be forgiven: it's impossible for them to picture a future without him in it, no matter what he's done or will do 🥺 (*cough* codependency *cough*)

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[theoperativeif]

The Operative Updated 10/6/2023

Added Liana's Imperial ball route

Roads route should be fixed now. (It was messing up for around 50% of testers)

Added Six's and the intro to Jacob's ball route. (Roads and the Princesses is almost done.)

Plenty of fun ways to kill Avarice.

001....

Small changes here and there

Plus a bunch of stuff I am sure I forgot!

[tictacbricabrac]

Chiwetel Ejiofor walked so Jonathan Majors could run. Just saying.

[nextinline-if]

Okay here it goes………

😂🤣😂

Good! Tired! Ready to get back into Tumblr but also losing motivation when I have so many asks in my box LOL. Need to glue myself to the computer or something haha

How are you, my friend? I love The Operative <3 keep up the great work!!

[wrathofanempireif]

Hello, I just found your work while scrolling through #the operative WIP and found out it was from the same author. I wanted to know, is this work still being worked on, or is it discontinued? I haven't played the prologue yet, only read the premise of the story. But it got me intrigued, especially after finding out that it's set in the same universe.

Hello! Yes it is still being worked on, in fact I am very close to an update that should add a little more to the prologue. <3 I would love to hear your thoughts on the prologue. ^_^

[vertex-stan]

Mini Disparation #3

What if the Legacy line was ambitious?

Joseph Parsons gets way more involved in the American Revolution, and ends up becoming sort of an elite strike commander for Washington. When Washington becomes President, he apoints Joseph Parsons as the head of Military Intelligence. Joseph commands the Bureau for decades.

During the War of 1812, Paul Parsons is awarded a medal of valor for commanding the American defense of Washington DC, and drawing a truly impressive amount of British Blood there. He ends up commanding the American invasion of Canada. Though he doesn't conquer all of Canada, he does seize Ottawa, and convince Quebec to rebel agaainst the British. Quebec then joins the US as a State in 1822. These successes propel Paul Parsons all the way to the White House in 1824.

Paul Parsons the First has been elected to his third term, when he makes a controversial decision. He tries to abolish slavery. This immediately kicks off a fracture and almost civil war. However, Paul crushes the dissidents with the assistance of his son Paul the Second. Afterwards he argues that all now freed African slaves should be full citizens. With all the things he has done, h has enough pull to basically rewrite the executive powers. He basically makes it so the President appoints their successor. After a few more years of rule, he appoints his son as the new President.

This works in large part because most of the day to day running of the country is done by state and congressional individuals, who are still elected. Additional, most of the Parsons who aren't president at any given time are high ranking military officers.

During the Mexican American war, the rumors of the Parsons being supernaturally blessed is proven true when Paul the third smashes down a city wall wih his bare hands. This, along with slavery being a dead institution leads to several Mexican provinces being integrated as States. Also, no Andrew Jackson as president, so no trail of tears and a lot more Indians in the Eastern United States.

Later, during Paul the third's presidency, Paul the Fourth leads a campiagn to conquer the rest of Canada. This leads to a largely united North America Under Parsons rule.

Things go broadly pretty good until World War 1 kicks off and Paul Parsons the sixth leads a American volunteers to join the war on the side of the Germans in 1916. His flight and power is so impressive that it leads to a few other super humans showing up and being recruited by the US government. Notably, Paul the sixth recruits a scientist called Fyodor Ramonant and helps him to get to safet in America.

America's dominance in Super heroes leads to a sandoffish relaionship with the great powers of Europe due to these unique advantages. Over time, the US widens the technological gap between them and the European powers thanks to Fyodor Ramonant, Henry Goodman, and, eventually, Meredith Stinson and Ivan Ramonant

This starts to lead to an upperclass of Superhumans and genius inventors. This leads to the modern day, where President Paul Parsons the 8th leads an United States that spans North America. At his hands he has agents like Ivan Ramonant, Dawn Cohen, and Meredith Stinson.

However, they are opposed by a sort of rag-tag opponents, sort of downtrodden, not really super humans, including Ambuscade, Wraith, and Sofia DeLeon.