#[sorry it got long]

[backgroundagent3]

Later that day...

[stilldemonwolf]

@gotwoode​

Ever since he got the penthouse back, with the help of Xanthus, Deucalion had busied himself in actually making the place livable. Who would have thought that interior design would be so exhausting? He had taste, so his new home required to reflect it. However, he also needed to be outside. He needed a break. He needed a drink. A restaurant seemed to be the perfect combination of all of his needs. He had his dark glasses and cane. He knew it was wrong, but extra pampering was a necessity, so enjoy the host taking him to the table and carefully describing some items in the menu.

His ears caught the attention of a young man who seemed to be prey on by someone. He did not want to get involve, but was not in the mood to have creeps in his time of leisure. He excused the server and slowly walked to both young man. He created a story right away as soon as he placed himself between both men. He turned his wrist and pressed the length of the cane on the fan’s abdomen. “Son! There are you are. How rude of you to leave your blind father looking for you in this place. Good thing my ears are still good enough to recognize your voice. The young lady got us a table. .”

[ghostflowerhotpotch]

You know, what's another good reason why Miguel’s canon theory is faulty?

It’s because in his quest to save the multiverse and preserve the ‘canon’, Miguel and his Spider Society keep breaking the ‘canon’.

I rewatched the movie, and something occurred to me… Miguel and Jess broke the Canon in like the first 30 minutes!

Because of Miguel, Jess and Vulture actions indirectly caused the loss of a canonical event: The death of Gwen's father, George Stacy. And because of that, Gwen’s father is not only alive, but he quit the police force, so he’s not a police captain anymore.

Not to mention, there is a very real implication that the Spider-Society is inadvertently preventing Spider-People from realising their own heroic destinies in their own universes.

Because the more I thought about it, I realized that the five months that Gwen spends with the Spider Society are five long months that her own home is unprotected by Spider-Woman…

Think about how many other worlds are in danger because their Spider-Man/Spider-Woman wasn't/isn’t around to protect it because they were with the Spider Society or they might have died on some mission with the Society.

Okay, I don't remember if I answered this, so let me start with this:

Miguel and Jessica didn't technically interrupt any canon when they appeared in Gwen's universe. Gwen is suppose to lose her father due to a battle against her own arch-nemesis.

Fun fact, in the comics the Vulture is the first villain we see her take; but Gwen say it: this isn't her vulture. She doesn't know this man.

There is no canon to interrupt, because that event is suppose to happen with her own arch-nemesis. Is this exact reason why I say that Pavitr couldn't have a canon event, Spot wasn't his nemesis; so I need to keep that consistently.

That being said: yeah, Gwen being a few months away from home is bad, but-

As far as I know, nowhere in the movie it says that Gwen has been away for 5 months, but I could be wrong, so if you or someone else knows when that was mentioned, please say so.

Regardless- I did find strange the idea of Gwen staying in the Society; after all, she is suppose to deal with her own canon events.

I never went too hard on this, because is one of those plot holes that are there because the story works better for it.

What I mean by this is that Gwen having be at stake her safe place after running for home is much, much interesting; that let's say, Gwen needing to deal with the consequences of the fallout and now she doesn't have a reason to keep her loyalty.

If you want a similar plot hole; in ITSV Gwen comes a week early in the movie...and the entire logic falls apart because of this.

As far as we know, there is no reason why Gwen came early unlike the others; despite being a week in this universe, she doesn't seem to be glitching more or to look closer to disappearing than the rest. Speaking of which- how did she got there? Spider-sense is about sensing danger, not detecting a new spidey that has yet to be bitten. To not say, how she could just get a room, be part of classes, and not only no one noticing there is no paperwork of her existence, she doesn't glitch in public AT ALL, after being there for a week?

Now, chances are you weren't familiar with this last issue; because is not the point. Establishing Gwen's and Miles' connection earlier is more important than all of this; the movie never brings attention to fact, which means is not relevant.

The reason I go hard about Pavitr not living a canon event, is that it is shown in camera to us, which means we are suppose to pay close attention.

Now, I know a lot of people would insist that a perfect story has no plot holes, and I am not going to argue if you don't like when the story has these loose ends.

But in my personal opinion? If it makes the story more interesting, and you don't need to bring attention to it, sometimes bending the rules a bit good.

Though, if I am honest, if I am correct about my predictions...then there is an aspect of the movie that could be a plot hole that I have an issue with.

[seeyoulikeair]

It's very weird having the house to myself again. Granted it's for 8 hours while he's at class (hooray for that working out because it almost didn't happen. Including him there's only 3 people). Plus, he got 2 job offers yesterday, that he sadly turned down because he just started school, but told him he'd talk to them once his 17 week course is over. Still, it's all so exciting and also stress inducing since he's been out of work for 3 months. Just have to survive until May. But being home alone should give me time to do things around the house.

[boombambaby]

-- 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝑵𝑶𝑵𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑩𝑨𝑳 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑻𝑺 @wintersovereign asked; 'sender  and  receiver  make  eye  contact  across  a  busy  room'

"What's the big deal? It's not like anyone even uses that temple. Probably because of how tiny that mine shaft is! Which is exactly why I want this done." He isn't even finished speaking before the council jumps all over his remarks, talking over one another to try and get their point across. Kuzco has already stopped listening; this is pointless. Politics are a nightmare-- you'd think as the most powerful guy in the entire EMPIRE, he'd get the final say? But nooooo. Can't go knocking down a temple without the proper approval. His eyes roll as he surveys the rest of the room, taking note of the dignitaries, the palace guests, the servants milling about and . . . OH! Now there's a very welcome face.

He waits to catch her eye, then he's shoving his way through the crowd of babbling old men, and making his way across the room. "Save me. I can't take it anymore." Kuzco croaks out once he reaches her, clinging to her arm to really sell his over dramatic plea.

[allthatwas-moved]

she had always wondered what this moment would feel like,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎&‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎at the lowest of her moments she had wondered if she'd ever have this moment at all.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎time was not the same for her as it once was,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎although she knows that it doesn't even compare,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎she thinks,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎to how time is for him,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎how it passes,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎how it stings.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎it begs the question,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎one she'll wait until the opportune time to spit out awkwardly,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎or ask silently amongst the whirs of the soul of the t.ardis,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎whenever it feels right:‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎how old is he?‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎how long has it been?‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎how is he?

its not time,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎that she knows clearly,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎to ask those quite yet.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎it was still a new face,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎his face‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎(&‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎hers nearly the same,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎small wrinkles starting to decorate the corner of her eyes‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎&‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎smile lines on her forehead,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎but still uniquely young).‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎older,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎greyer,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎darker,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎maybe even sadder,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎but she could recall vividly moments where even his younger looking self had appeared terribly sad,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎terribly so.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎it's almost uncomfortable to look at,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎because the one question she knows she wants to ask,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ��� ‎&‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎the one she almost does–‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎are you happy to see me again?‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎because what if he wasn't,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎what if it hurt too much,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎confused him too much?

[YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW GOOD IT IS TO SEE YOU].

she hadn't even realized her head had been ducked down,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎starting idly at her hands,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎until she peered up with a bright grin instinctually across her face.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎"yeah?"‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎@l1sten sounded so sure,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎as if he was reading her mind or the scared etches on her face.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎one hundred twenty years old,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎&‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎not once since they parted had she ever stopped wondering,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎would she ever stop wondering.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎"you too...‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎i mean,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎i'm so happy to see you."‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎her breath almost catches on the last sentence,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎choked out in a way that causes her face to drop,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎&‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎her brown eyes to grow slightly wider.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎"i thought...‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎i was..."‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎her hands gesture,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎looking for the right words,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎&‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎they fall lost upon her tongue.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎deep breath,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎she catches a gaze at him‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎&‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎just knowing,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎having that knowledge,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎that its the d.octor again,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎in any way or form,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎eases her.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎"i was scared that if you ever met me again,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎or sarah,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎whateva'–‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎that you wouldn't...‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎that maybe if you changed,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎maybe you'd forgotten,‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎or didn't wanna see me again."

[new-berry]

for the fic writer asks — 7, 9, 14 :)

I did seven but

9. What inspired you to write your first fic?

14. Share a snippet. (WIP? Spain 3 and Conor/Mason if you want to skip to that bit.

My very first fandom was wrestling RPF which is like… it’s already fanfic. Pro wrestling is fandom, I won’t be convinced otherwise.

It had everything, sex, violence, magic, you could ship anyone with anyone… amazing. Although I don’t watch as much I go through stages of watching every week.

So becuase it’s me I think my first ship was probably the Hart family. So yeah, I’ve always skated every line of wrong.

Speaking of skating…The first thing I wrote (like aside from when I was a kid and wrote like thinly veiled barbie fanfic - she was not after men. I think she was with Sindy in one. I totally wrote one where Ken and GI Joe did whatever the ten year olds version of hooking up is. I think they kissed and got married. In a little diary.

And I had a whole saga where barbie got fed up of Ken and went off to be barbie of the jungle and all my stuffed toys were her minions. The jungle had an ocean view because I had a stuffed whale.

If I want something in my fics, I will make it work.

The first thing I posted was, oh god hockey? It doesn’t exist anywhere Mark Messier and Marty Mcsorely, was it the m’s? If you don’t know hockey one was the enforcer who protected the glamour players. If Martinez was a hockey player in that time period (although thinking back they were retired when I wrote them) he would be an enforcer. They met in a gay bar after someone ducked in from the rain.

I’m not joking it is only up since then. I wish I could say it was the second which was two juniors (think like Tino Liverermento and Lewis Hall) their first year in the league finding themselves and their sexuality and where they belonged. I don’t think it exists anywhere.

WIP

Mason / Conor “low winter sun”

There was an uneven distance between Conor and Mason. Deepening that last spring, when it was whisper upon rumour, and the whispers were as common as the daffodils that sprung up.

Slightly uphill, and a little off course. Getting out of breath walking with him. Shaving in the morning, talking to Mason’s reflection in a mirror. A tape delay, speaking across time zones. Throwing water in your face and looking onto him gone and a towel folded, polite as a hotel room.

Spain 3

It slips up on him, like a rush of cold water when he was expecting hot. Rio laughing and tussling over the ball with John, bright grin stretching his face, dark skin lit up like the light is falling just for him.

A slick greasy longing that he’s always pushed down. Held down by the warnings his father gave him, sniffing out Frank’s weakness as easily as he found him hiding from training.

[orioncarnell]

closed starter for: @isaacapatow Location: Empty room in the community center Orion had never been one for large gatherings. Admittedly, there had never really been much occasion for it before the outbreak - his parents were isolationists and they lived on a farm far away from most others. But even when he occasionally joined up with groups, the gatherings were one of the parts he always avoided if he could. He wasn't used to crowds - it was loud and overwhelming and something he'd put up with if he had to, but not anything he'd participate in out of his own volition. And yet here he was, out of his own volition. Well, he wasn't really at the party. He had quickly been reminded again why he disliked large gatherings, and slipped away into one of the currently unused rooms. His participation so far had consisted of quietly watching everyone, which was what he usually did anyway, and getting a red solo cup. Or well, two, after he decided to leave the party for a bit. There was this tension there, tugging inside his chest, ever-present since the last raid. Something he couldn't quite get rid off, that made him even more restless and... avoidant? He hadn't really been avoidant before, he just hadn't gone out of his way to talk to people. Now, he really didn't feel like talking to anyone. It felt somewhat good, sitting in the dark room, listening to the dampened sound of people talking and laughing. Admittedly, the alcohol helped. Two red solo cups filled with the hardest they had, which he downed over the course of the evening. Orion didn't get drunk easily, and he wasn't drunk now. More buzzed if it came down to it. It eased the tension inside of him. Orion was pulled out of his quietness when he heard the door open, a figure appearing in the entryway. In the dim light they were hard to recognize. Probably someone looking to get away too, likely a couple looking for a quiet place. It took him for a moment to recognize the person. "Isaac?" Orion was not quite sure what the other raider was doing here. Whatever it was, Orion grabbed his cup, still mostly full, and moved towards the door. "Do you need the room? I was going to leave soon." Which was probably true. And Isaac did seem like the type who'd use a quiet room at a party. "Or can I help you with something?"

[psychelis-new]

hello!! Im hoping to participate in the dream interpretation game :)

Description-

Idrk how to describe this except it takes place at either my childhood hometown or my childhood home. The common factor that I've noticed all these dreams have is that there wont be much light. Its usually very dark. There will be familiar ppl but they looks very unfamiliar. And sometimes i see shadows in the dark. The whole place looks old and decaying and there wont be much stores or anything else (when in reality the town has a lot of stores) and the dream never takes place in the morning like in the dream its always nighttime or dusk.

Its not just a single dream. Its like a series of dreams but it always takes place in the town i grew up in (we dont live there anymore) and i always wake up feeling nervous or scared. Sometimes they're nightmares

Why i decided to ask about this-

I've been having similar dreams for a while and its really messing with me. Im honestly curious to know whether these have a meaning or not. I dont really remember much of my childhood because of some personal reasons but um thinking about our old home just gives me a feeling of uneasiness. I dont think i had such a great time in there either but no matter how hard I've been trying to remember i just couldn't and i don't know if my mind is just trying to tell me something through these dreams.

I understand if you wouldn't like to answer but I'd really appreciate if you did. Thank you so much :D

Hello! It's not a game, it's something like a "support-thing" that I am going to keep open basically always (or as often as I can). And yeah I will answer to everyone (I may just need some time more depending on my free time and how I feel), so no worries. ;)

You know, while I was reading about your dream I had exactly the sensation your unconscious mind is really trying to make you realize/work on something about your childhood. And in the explanation at the end, you basically said it yourself.

I think there's something you need to heal/work on (even not alone, if you feel like it's too much to bear with) to free yourself from this uneasiness and those dreams. You don't have to remember the exact event that happened (maybe it was a bunch of things that simply mixed up in a certain way in your mind, it happens): at time we force ourselves to remember something but we don't really need to know that to start healing; plus, it will probably come to you naturally the moment you will be ready to confront it (your unconscious mind will know it, dw). You can start working on your feelings about it already. What type of feelings are you experiencing (eg. why you feel unease just thinking about your hometown -try to not overstress too much if you cannot get that immediately: let it go if you don't find an answer and try maybe in a month or two- and how does it feel in your body? Is it a sensation in your guts? Or throat? Somewhere else?), how these feelings move in your body, what meaning do you give to them... and: are these dreams related to specific triggers you get during the day or in recent days before the dreams take place? Or are they just random? You can start by slowly noticing these factors (just please again do not stress on them or you will get the opposite result of blocking yourself even more... go slow). And, whenever you can, even if it seems so tough, accept your feelings and welcome them, without trying to push them away too fast: this in general will only make them rot inside. It's hard to do this cause it feels really uncomfortable and scary, but... you can survive that. and again, do it with someone else if you cannot alone. I think it could be good to keep a diary about the dreams and the possible triggers in your waking life, so you can see if they happen under specific times/emotional situations or just when there's a need to confront a specific feeling. and even journaling baout your feelings in general... it could help you put them on paper and give you a different perspective or process them more easily (you don't have to make good sentences, just write whatever you feel like and move from past to present as you like.. it will make sense in a second moment).

Coming to the dreams. Usually dark surroundings/nighttime dreams are the ones that carry the "heaviest" and more stressful messages. They are usually about triggers or situations that are rooted inside of us and may even come from our childhood, not just our more recent "bigger" fears/worries. And nightmares do generally share this same background as well: in the end, darkness is also what hides stuff and makes us uncomfortable, more hypervigilant and easily scared (especially our inner child: many -also adults- need a light to sleep for this reason too). Darkness is also where, inside of us, we hide the feelings/memories that scare us and we find hard to confront (opposite to shading a light on them, to welcome them and heal -which ofc, it's not always easy: everything has its time anyway. Sometimes some things need to stay in the dark for a lot before we're ready to bring them to light, work on them and heal... but at time sI think dreams can help us in this too).

This said, as for your specific dream, I think you're asked to recall about something you lost (maybe related to the love-field, even self love) or something that brought you a deep pain. You may have felt betrayed by someone living in your town or they hurt you somehow, which made you lose trust in them and this made you feel in some specific ways too, like angry or frustrated or sad.. or guilty cause you felt judged by them in a way that was too much to bear with. I think this could indeed be related with a trigger or even just mentioning someone that reminded you of this heavy emotional fact. But it could be something else of this kind ofc... this type of dreams are not very easy to grasp from the outside. I also think your dream wants you to notice that that's the past, and even if you may have not noticed it entirely, you are grown from it and you can let it go. You have already changed (and you can change even more) and you can stop letting it hurt you. Cause this is just blocking you from reaching something in your present life (especially connections/relationships-wise)... I think it's time for you to confront that, even just the words "some personal reasons" you mentioned to me (I mean, you can try to slowly confront those personal reasons and how you feel about them to start with).

But in the end, I feel like this stressful situation from your past (and even that you are trying to remember but not succeeding, which is adding stress and worry) is doing most of the job. Try to find ways to be more in control of your emotions and analyze things with calm and objectivity. And compassion, patience and love for yourself and however you coped with this trauma (you did as you could and did great anyway). Take your time. Again if it's too much, you can ask for help to someone else... even if you feel like you cannot for whatever reason (even from your past... communication issues? Idk I'm just guessing here tbh).

Take care, best of lucks<3

[feralcherry]

5, 11, 12, 13, I don’t think I asked those last time? Do your worst! 😈

5. worst discord server and why?

okay so i used to have a bnha server a few years back. i put up with too much disrespect from people who weren't even that nice to me lol AND one of them literally made an awful threat about mass murder in a walmart so that was...super.

part of why i left the bnha fandom was that server. i had let literally any one in so that's my bad, now i vet people

11. number of fandom-related words you've filtered

i've blocked two very VERYYYY popular ship names cause if i see them on my dash it makes me annoyed.

12.the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

So many people hate Elena and most of the time it's never because of real reasons. They'll shit on her for being 'annoying' or 'selfish' when she's literally a depressed teenager who is passively suicidal until later in the show. She's gloomy and not as expressive as say, Caroline, and instead of appreciating her for what she does offer, people put the girls against each other.

She is the main character of the show, because everything actually revolved around her for many seasons. Her blood, her love, her body, etc were desired by those around her and MADE her the center of attention. She didn't ask for it. She didn't want it. She's someone forced to grow up way too fast (she shouldn't have been in charge of Jeremy, Jenna should have, but Jenna sucked at it.) and when she inevitably fails, they crucify her for it.

Or, my least favorite, are people who worship the brothers that love her and hate her for hurting them. Firstly, why are they the center of the relationship? Why is the man babied and the literal teenager demonized? Embarrassing. Oh, it's worse when they love a ship with her in it but hate her by herself.

You are battling with a fictional teenager over a man who is also fictional. Stop centering men in your life lol seek therapy

Secondly, NONE of those characters were free of wrong doing. Each one of them has said something fucked up or selfish or wrong. I'm going to drop it there because if I said my full thoughts this will go on longer and nobody is here for that rn lol

13. worst blorbofication

oh my GOD. I love Klaus and Elijah, but they are uwuified. Once again by people who want to shame the women in their lives for stupid reasons. Klaus gets in his own way and ruins a lot of the good things in his life with his own two hands. I like that about him. We have all been there. DON'T sit there and go 'oh poor him he's never done anything wrong!!!' or 'his feelings were hurt :(' yeah well his feelings are often hurt and he hurts them himself half the time so...

Klaus is a paranoid, possessive, megalomaniac with both an inferiority and superiority complex and he takes it out on everyone around him.

Elijah might be worse actually. Some people act like he's better than Klaus. I think he's worse in some aspects. Klaus is upfront about his violence, Elijah is quieter. He's sneakier and hides behind his words and likes little games. He may be noble in comparison to his siblings, but he is not really that noble.

Elijah is the snake in the grass who bites you when you least expect it. Not all that he does is in the name of family. He's also so hellbent on his brother's redemption that he is willing to let the rest of the world, including their other siblings, suffer for this idea of absolution for the guilt he carries.

They both are vampires. They are over 1000 years old. Their humanity, their morals- both have decayed over time. Vampires are predatory by nature. They are the scorpions to the humans frog, they will kill/hurt because it is in their nature.

Also, I don't think they are the protagonists to The Originals. But that's another post.

[carinelian]

the world (or the ruling class, as it stands) creates and perpetuates an environment that subjects you to situations and circumstances that makes it easier to fall into bad habits, because bad habits churn profit

for the longest time i wondered how much of the relapses had to do with the weakness of my spirit and mental fortitude

but then, at some point it just hit me that you can't self-improve your way out of a system that's specifically designed to milk every single drop of life out of you

of course, that doesn't mean i've given up on myself

it's just lessens the burden and blame i put on myself whenever i fall back, and less shame makes it easier to bounce back, in some ways

absolutely criminal how falling into bad habits is the easiest thing in the world while developing positive habits feels like fighting a literal war

[niconiconwo]

I saw your comments on those Twitter reactions, Tariffs are great. How would you go about implementing them since you're calling for more than the incoming administration would levy?

I don't actually think they should be so dramatic, but if dumbasses will complain about their gamepads and other nonsense consoomer garbage then I think we should go nuts with them. However, if I were to be serious..

The primary issue with tariffs is the tariff itself. If you make it too low, often times importers can eat the cost and it is ineffective. If you make it high enough to be useful, the importers will pass along the cost to consumers which is fine if tariffs are used correctly. If you make the tariff god damned insane, then importers will simply fold or find loopholes of which there are plenty and it disrupts the economy something fierce.

Now, for that middle case. When we operated on National System theory instead of mindless liberal profiteering, we also strongly subsidised our primary industries at the same time which filled the gap in supply domestically. The issue right now is that while we do still make materials and unfinished goods, they are usually exported. And at a decent profit too. The part that needs to be figured out is how to redirect those exports back to the domestic market at a reasonable cost for the average American.

The inconvenient truth is that it isn't as simple as signing an EO. Factories meeting domestic demand will take time to establish, redirecting the flow of our resource exports back to domestic markets will take time, we will need to ramp up production to bring down cost of finished goods using primarily American sources.

The other issue is that a lot of things just aren't really set up for mass consumption here. I saw TMSC got their US fab running pretty well now, but we have a sore lack of American silicon production. This is probably the absolute worst one but there are several others.

We also lack some critical mineral resources: cobalt, tantalum, and tungsten are probably the most important and used for electronics and tooling. We also generally rely on importing or offshore supplies of rare-earths which isn't as rough as it used to be but still not great. I don't think we have much of a native surplus of lithium either.

Depending on how things unfold, some of that doesn't matter; if we go nuclear we don't need so much cobalt for renewables for example. We can get around lithium by doing hard core recycling or using NiMH cells again. Tungsten is the roughest imo, can't make our nice carbide tools without it which are required for certain things. HSS can do a lot but can't replace using carbide. Circling back, I suppose most minerals can be recovered so I suppose we could "extract" them from landfills and junkyards if it came down to it. But it wouldn't be pleasant.

In short I do support tariffs, especially ones of a protective nature, so long as they are paired with intelligent policy. I don't tend to find tariffs that appealing as they are typically used these days as tools of economic war. And I also despise Trump's continued insistence that "Americans don't pay for the tariffs" which is complete bullshit.

If I were to implement a tariff scheme, I'd very carefully use tariffs to raise the price of foreign imports approximately 5 - 8% above a comparable domestically produced analogue while using the capital generated in tariff revenue to subsidise those particular or adjacent industries. At the same time I would push for companion legislation that aided the goal of shifting demand towards domestic product over foreign, perhaps something like enforcing the federal minimum rate for overseas workers or finding ways to patch labor loopholes that let companies pay Indians a dollar a day on goods that end up sold in the domestic market as well. Trump won't likely do that, and a Red-lib congress certainly wouldn't pass any such bills, but this is how it was done before and should be done now.

[voidcat]

ive never watched kn8 tell me all about narumi…. esp if you have a self ship with him!!

SORRY FLORA IM REPLYING SO LATE IVE BEEN TRYIN TO GATHER THOUGHTS IN MY HEAD EVER SINCE !!! i'll have u know (idc if i said it before) but ive been so giddy and kicking my feet ever since i got this ask from you aaaaaaaaaaaa !!!! <33

i'll.. talk about him a lil bit with spoilers too (manga spoilers + b sides manga spoilers for his background) bc yeah while i call him a loser and all the alternatives i like him a lot and how he reflects the emptiness he has within him with "bratty actions" others usually reprimend him for !!

so for basic info: in kn8 its humans vs the creatures/monsters refered to as kaiju and the main force in japan against them is japan anti kaiju defense force- it has several divisions and each division has its officers, platoon leaders and a captain. narumi is the captain of the first division and the strongest anti kaiju combatant... to fight off kaiju the equipment used by forces is evangelion like, in the sense that they use kaiju biomaterials to make the battlesuits, weapons and whatnot bc i think essentially, kaiju are like,,, alive beings mutated in a way. some of them are too animal, plant or fungi like (also recent chapters had a mini thing regarding mina's tiger, which kinda supports this for me lol)

(manga spoilers) as a child he lost his parents to kaiju attacks early on and lived as an orphan, runs into jakdf forces during an attack and theyre shocked to see him easily slay kaiju using a dead kaiju's arm bc its hard to wield kaiju biomaterial without smt to enhance (like the suits) then showing compatibiliy with one of the strong suits/weapons its like bonus points for narumi to be picked by them. its like his found family. except the father figure he had there is a distant grieving father who only cares about results (a trait narumi picks up from him) so no matter the location, status and importance, he is in a way, forever craving to be cared for, to be told that he did a good job without being scolded. buuuut also he is a little bit of a mess, has an online shopping addiction, searches up his name online to see what has been said about him ("ego surfing") cool demeanor but once u meet him, his personality just makes u " -_- tf u mean this is the strongest?"

aaaand for our selfship while im debating this fic im planning and a separate one- either scenario we meet through work– i;'m more on the medical/research side of things and we just... dont like each other at frst LMAO i loudly shit on him few times and call him out on his bs and he is nooot happy abt it ONE BIT. it baffles him that unlike everyone he has met idgaf abt his status as a captain and while i maintain the chain of respect, i still find subtle ways to shittalk his ass<3

so he takes the last dessert at cafetaria as payback, picks up my mail orders and crashes the medical room w stupid excuses to create more paperwork for me (he def pretends to have low blood pressure bc he enjoys my hands on his bicep while i do a quick checkup on him... likes it more when im rough- which, with him, i am most of the time)

he always crashes our office on the days i bring smt ive baked and eats half of it and secretly watches as i interact and converse with the cats near the base<3 he finds it cute (tried to make fun of me for being a lonely loser for talking with cats but he kinda wishes he was the one getting belly rubs instead of the clingy tabbycat)

on the evenings departments of first division decide to hold events or gatherings, he normally doesnt join but after i invite him (i pitied his ass and also i lost a bet, thus was forced to invite him in person), he never misses a single one. always sits near me but not next to me, sometimes tries to arrive last bc he noticed i usually pick seatings people will take last. there was a karaoke night one time and while everyone was p much shitfaced and drunk, in his tipsy haze, he watched me in awe as the bright colors of the screen reflected off my face and how i just sang without a care (i thought everyone had passed out by then...)

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Company Mandated Fancy Fits on the Tulpar 😏

Also had to include the REAL star of the show (and a bonus)

Based off of this and this. Thank you very much joetastic for being inspirational 👍

The REAL reason this is late

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Leo learns something about himself 🏳️‍⚧️

Based roughly on this old post.

Bonus:

[Leo is taking the fact that he was born biologically female simultaneously very well and also not so well but overall he’s mostly coping with the fact that it was Draxum that just essentially gave him the turtle equivalent of ‘The Talk’.]

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This could be a kart if FLAF wasn't fucking around..