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[bucciarati-answers]

(( do you guys want to see mod's jjba oc ? His stand is a malice mizer reference :3 ))

[soullessbullshit]

Okay, hear me out.

Raz and Darien play very similar narrative roles in their respective factions' storylines, but their core characters are night and day from one another.

Razum-dar is cunning, keen, and deceptive. He plays the role of a flirtatious rogue with a daedra-may-care attitude, masking the manipulative, hyper-observant machiavellian that lies beneath (which, looking back at some of my years-old Raz posts, actively deceived me for a while).

Raz deliberately carries himself with an air of shallowness, nonchalance, and overconfidence to ensure that most underestimate him, providing more opportunities to subvert their expectations. By feigning minor incompetence, Raz is able to more easily manipulate not only his enemies, but his allies as well, into lowering their guard just enough to get what he needs. It's through his mastery of this routine that he so fervently excels in the realm of espionage and inquisition.

In several instances throughout the game, Razum-dar has lowered the mask just enough to showcase how ruthless, driven, and pragmatic his methods truly are (reprimanding the Vestige for refusing to let him die in Senalana, killing a seditious extremist in front of his father with zero hesitation or remorse, etc.) His laziness is just as much of a ruse; the guy conducted a full-blown investigation on vacation (which he only took out of mandate in the first place) simply because the opportunity presented itself and his Spy-dey senses started tingling.

Razum-dar has been likened even more so to fellow Fruit Ninja Naryu Virian, as both are incredibly charismatic covert ops who toe the line between distant and gregarious at every turn. That being said, I would genuinely argue that Razum-dar is an even more detached individual than Naryu. For all her "heartless assassin" swagger, Naryu has prioritized attachment over pragmatism or responsibility on at least a couple occasions, while Raz has yet to make a major decision for any known reason beyond responsibility or fixation. Were Raz in Naryu's shoes during the Morrowind DLC, I earnestly believe he'd kill Veya unless physically prevented from doing so.

Darien Gautier, on the other hand, is a lot of what Raz pretends to be. He's idealistic, he's naive, and he's incredibly cavalier. He's an aspiring knight in shining armor with, much like Raz, a genuine knack for his vocation.

In overt contrast to Raz, Darien is an individual with whom what you see is what you get. His methods and occupation take a far more direct approach as a front-line warrior, imposing himself between danger and those he's sworn to protect while beating back threats in direct combat.

For all his growth in his time as the Golden Knight, we only get to see so much of it (easily one of the most glaringly missed opportunities in the game), as he only shows up towards the end of his tenure for half of one DLC that afforded little room for individual characters to breathe. That said, while he does come off as far more level-headed and situationally aware in that time, he clearly retains a more centered version of his defining characteristics from the Covenant questline. Darien is optimistic, encouraging, and hopelessly devoted. He's the radiant heart of every team. He's a warm font of hope and morale. He's defined by his compassion and his desire to do right by those who need it.

While both have willingly sacrificed themselves for others, Darien did so in last-ditch efforts to protect the people for whom he cares, while Raz insisted on doing so out of a sense of pragmatic obligation. While both have manipulated others for the advancement of their objectives, Darien did so as a case-specific (albeit self-indulgent) necessity, while Raz does so both as his modus operandi and as a far broader, pettier pastime. While both are characterized by a fierce devotion to their respective vocations, Darien's is rooted in altruism and a heroic ideal, while Raz's is rooted in personal loyalty and a desire for purpose and fulfillment.

If these two were to work together, beyond the hyper-tangential capacity in which they did so in the Summerset DLC, I believe they'd have very different opinions of each other.

Darien would likely buy into Raz's persona completely, maintaining an active rapport and (ironically enough) trying to get him to take a more active initiative in their objectives. Raz would immediately figure out exactly what makes Darien tick, seeing him as an incredibly simple and useful asset to manipulate, but also a potential liability should his idealism cloud his judgement. He would definitely still enjoy engaging and interacting with him, though he'd be about as surface-level as can be, presuming Darien not to last long as the front-liner he is and devising plans around that notion.

In any moral decision, the two are butting heads. Unless Raz manages to successfully gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss Darien into submission and/or confusion, most of his solutions to such quandries would most certainly prompt a less-than-favorable response, and in some cases, maybe even direct intervention.

The difference between the two is genuinely one of my favorite things to consider while writing Khoshekh, considering the comparable degrees of significance (albeit of wildly contrasting natures) the two play in their life over the years.

No way in Oblivion I'm not absolutely milking the rare crossing of threads come Summerset. Especially with the SBverse Summerset arc occurring nearly a decade into the story after a several year timeskip, rather than literally the entire game happening in the same year (y'all can't tell me that entire questline isn't some table-indulgent high-level post-campaign shit).

That drama's gonna be fun.

[we-die-like-x-tag-tournament]

The amount of times I have almost refered to Jesus as the birthday boy today despite being raised Christian is kinda embarrassing

[noneedforjoy]

We aren't dead, I just got sick. I have the refs ready so I'll probably post them today or tomorrow.

Sorry for the wait 💚 - Mega Mod

And I just moved to gator land so I’ve been busy setting up. So sorry! 💜 - Space Mod

[vashmerylweek]

AND THAT'S IT!!!

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in #vashmerylweek2023!!! Whether you created fanworks or simply participated in the hype as a supporter, YOU make fandom events like this possible. Please continue to check out all the amazing work here on Tumblr, over on our Twitter, and in our AO3 collection.

Bummed that you ran out of time to finish something? Don't be!

We will be accepting submissions throughout the rest of the month (October 2023).

So, keep submitting those fics to our AO3 collection! Keep posting that art to tumblr and/or twitter! Though there may be a delay moving forward, we will be happy to include your work in our 2023 collection.

After that, look forward to #vashmerylweek2024.....

This has been your tumblr mod, @aubiesquire, joined by the lovely @chaoticbuka and @museqmeg.

[hermitcraftfusions]

THE BOT HAS BEEN DOWN FOR OVER A MONTH AND NONE OF Y'ALL TOLD ME ????????

[lawandordersource]

Content Announcement

Due to the content depicted in the season 23 premiere of Law & Order and the continued employment of cast member Odelya Halevi (see our more in-depth explanation here), lawandordersource will not be posting or reblogging any content related to the show’s revival period (season 21 to the present). We stand in support of Palestine as Israel carries out a genocide and an ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people, and are appalled and disgusted by the show’s perpetuation of this violence.

This blog will continue to post and reblog content related to the first 20 seasons of Law & Order, as well as content related to all other spin-offs in the franchise. We encourage the boycotting of revival seasons of Law & Order and condemn their erasure of the suffering of Palestinian people, whitewashing and attempted justification of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Their genocide denial cannot go unchecked.

If you're looking for ways to help Palestine, this post details many ways you can help, whether through donations, signing petitions, attending protests, boycotting businesses targeted by BDS, or more.

AN: Thank you to @scream-source, from whose pinned post much of this language was lifted in regards to the firing of Melissa Barrera from the Scream franchise in retaliation for speaking out against the Israeli genocide of Palestinians. You can see their original post here. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

[agent8s-ask-blog]

//Mod Note: Welcome to Splatoon Ask Blogs ! We’ve got:

Sanitized Agent 4

Sanitized Marie

Agent 4 cult

Soup anon (we love soup)

Traumatized 8

A Captain that’s typically just boiled down to being mean by the anons

The wonderful TarTar revive that ended in Agent 4 drinking LEAN

The better Callie

And probably some yuri

\\

[silviastdvasks]

Silvia's voice claim!

- @l1ab1l1tyl0l

[bucciarati-answers]

the mod is eeby and needs some sleeby..

brubru will continue to answer tomorrow!

for now, have eeby bruabba cuddles

[soullessbullshit]

I'm running low on shitposts. Ask me ESO questions.

Canon character-related, Vestige-related, the game itself-related, the SB continuity-related, you name it.

Whether my answers are weirdly serious or weirdly stupid, that's entirely up to which I think is situationally more amusing.

[falseprophetpoll]

False Prophet Bracket Competitors

These are not all the nomiees I’ve received, and there’s still time to add yours/add another vote for your favorite! Nominations close right before midnight on Thursday, so there’s still all of tonight and tomorrow! Characters will be added on a basis of number of nominations for them.

If you’re curious/want to start… ahem… propaganda, here’s the confirmed list of nominees!! I hope to reach an even 32, so we need 18 more!

Emperor Belos (The Owl House)

Elijah “Elephant Man” Volkov (Camp Here and There)

Kevin (Welcome to Night Vale)

Daniel (Camp Camp)

Galahad (High Noon Over Camelot)

Cody Walsh (Dimension 20 - The Unsleeping City)

Takuto Maruki (Persona 5)

Octavian (Heroes of Olympus)

Fyodor Dostoevsky (Bungo Stray Dogs)

The Old One (Wizard101)

Klaus Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy)

Shrignold/The Butterfly (Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared)

Drumbot Brian (The Mechanisms)

Gamzee Makara (Homestuck)

[ask-flame-fugitive-eclipse]

you’re no fun to torment, wake Eclipse up so we can annoy him

“I’m not waking him up just so you all can be mean to him”

Solar seemed annoyed at the request

{Mod note: bold of you to assume Eclipse is safe from ‘anons’ with special permission while asleep :) }

[vashmerylweek]

Reminder

We have done our best to locate and reblog all submissions for #vashmerylweek, but there are almost certainly some we missed, whether due to posts not showing up under any of the tags or because we simply missed it!

If you shared art, fic, edit, etc. that was missed by this blog, please either DM us or add "@vashmerylweek" to your post.

Our Twitter can be found here

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[hermitcraftfusions]

You are more dedicated to this bot than I've ever seen anyone be. It's been, what, four years maybe?

It's been roughly three and a half years (the pinned post is from February 2021, and that's from the day I started the bot) :P People still enjoy these posts, even well past the blog's heyday, and that's why I try my best to keep it going.

[lawandordersource]

Hello, I'm not aware of anything regarding Odelya Halevi and googling only turned up stuff on the mentioned s23 premiere. Could you maybe explain what she did or link somewhere that does? Much appreciated <3

hey anon! happy to clarify, and i'll add the link i cite here in our content announcement post. Odelya Halevi is Israeli and significantly has not made any comment at all about Palestine in the recent months after the escalation of violence and abuse by Israel. She's remained so silent (including setting her social media accounts to private, further limiting our information) that one of our few points of reference is this article, which states that she "does not like to hear people speak ill of Israel", she uses language that conflates being Israeli with being Jewish (a rhetorical strategy frequently used to deflect criticism of Israel), and says "when someone says something bad or something that is far-fetched because they don't know the whole story, it brings out the bad side of me" (again, the "you don't know the whole story" rhetoric that is often uses to shut down criticism of the Israeli government).

our members on the blog feel that she has a responsibility to speak up on the issue, especially following the content depicted in the season 23 premiere and the opinions expressed in that article from earlier in 2023 (the genocide and abuse of Palestinians extends well before October 2023). not everyone will agree with our decision, but that is where we have decided to draw the line in terms of what content we will amplify on this blog. the policy may change to reflect new information in the future, but as it stands we feel this is the way we can continue running the blog in good conscience with the information we have now, which has been purposefully limited to deflect and avoid criticism and accountability.

i hope that explanation is helpful, and thank you for your ask.