#Adventures in Conspiracy
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mitigatingacademics · 9 months ago
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{10.07.2024 + 10.08.2024}
Fav coworker is at Disneyland.
She literally left on a plane after our last shift together.
To add insult to the left behind, the last night of my work week was spent with the coworker that allows for no personal productivity. 
...and he was on a roll, having just come off his rest days. 
Democrats control the weather and Helene was engineered to provide access to resources inside the mountains. 
Lasers from China are the reason for California wildfires. 
'Illegals' in California are 'voting' conservative because they've escaped the communism of Cuba. 
[He saw a FB reel from the Republican National Convention where someone made a big deal about 169 delegates being pledged to Trump from California. He took this to mean the most liberal state in the union is going conservative. A quick Google shows Kamala got 482 delegates from California, so...]
...and then, somehow, re: J6 -- it's entirely possible that the "mob" was 'peaceful,' it's a matter of interpretation', and Trump waiting hours to address the issue wasn't problematic, he shouldn't have addressed it at all, just let it play out. 
Me: So, just let them assassinate an entire joint session of Congress? 
Him: ... Where were the Capitol Police? 
The irony of wanting to wrap my hands around his neck...
Liz says there's no place for violence in our politics. 
Liz says there's no place for violence in our politics. 
Liz says there's no place for violence in our politics. 
Lord help me. 
He started in about how there was an 'election' in North Carolina that resulted in the people voting against mining in the mountains and how it's 'really convenient' that those people lost their homes a few months later. 
This, of everything, I found somewhat worth fact checking.
[I had not, at any point, indicated that there *would not* be fact checking. 😂]
I Googled 'North Carolina vote against mining.'
Coworker was *not* impressed by the first result: 
CBS: Hurricane Helene Conspiracy Theories About Lithium Mining, Weather Control Spread Widely 
Searching among those results for something 'unbiased:' 
PBS: Disinformation and Conspiracy Theories Cloud Helene Recovery Efforts in Hard-Hit Areas 
He came back with: "But who is donating to PBS?" ... VIEWERS LIKE YOU, SIR. 
Ultimately, maybe the 'election' he heard about was a 'poll.'
Alternatively, maybe all the evidence of that 'election' and its results have been scrubbed from the internet. They can do that, you know. 
He also said the $750 in immediate emergency funds to displaced individuals was insulting. When I explained that wasn't the extent of the aid being offered and asked what he would consider 'not insulting,' he said he didn't think the government should be giving any money at all. 
Churches should be helping the people, he said. Then he went off on a tangent about how FEMA has no right to attempt to gather, organize, and direct resources.  
Basically, whatever you do, it's going to be wrong. 
I tried to interject that the Republican Governor of North Carolina has said publicly, many times, when asked about Trump's claims that aid isn't forthcoming due to impacted areas being 'red,' that Biden was in touch from the beginning and said whatever was needed would be provided, they just needed to ask. 
Coworker: Why isn't he there?! 
Me: He's an 80 year old man. You want him to contribute physically? 
Coworker: He's the President! He should be there! 
Me: Are you familiar with the resources necessary to support a Presidential motorcade? 
Coworker: No. 
🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
Not that he would have pulled a Trump and tossed paper towels at hurricane victims, but Biden has actually been praised for having the insight to stay away from the impacted area for the time being. 
You can't reason with folks like this, though.   
Thankfully, I finished Issue 4 the previous night. (I miss you, fav! 😢) 
I found the second half much more entertaining - my mind engages more effectively when I disagree with what I'm reading. 
I also decided, given that I chose to pay $250 for the subscription [and 250 points towards purchasing Bar Prep materials that I won't need for like, 7 years, if ever, and am not likely to purchase from Quimbee, anyway], to see what Quimbee had to say about the relevant cases. 
[Much] later, I got my Covid and Flu vaccines...and the now traditional iced coffee reward. This time a Caramel Apple Iced Latte.
About an hour ago I received an e-mail informing me that my manager has submitted her Letter of Recommendation. 🙌🙌
I'm so relieved that, if I wasn't completely mentally spent, I might actually cry. 🤣
For now, I'm gonna crash soon - for probably about 12 hours (that's what happened last time and why we get our vaccines on our rest days) and hopefully wake up refreshed, inoculated and prepared to submit law school applications before vacation so that I can actually enjoy the trip! 🙌
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oldschoolfrp · 3 months ago
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New Orleans, Eric W Haddock's supplement for the Dark Conspiracy RPG, with Dell Harris cover art, GDW, 1991
The alternative captions write themselves but I can't pick just one.
* "I Can't Stand LA," 2009
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bacchuschucklefuck · 1 year ago
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okay unironically I love so much that porter is like this world SUCKS its BAD here and it HURTS you why do you care abt it!!! and literally every single bad kid is like ngl we just hate ur ass it does not matter what ur philosophy is
#dimension 20#fantasy high junior year#not art#fhjy spoilers#its!!! gods I will Be My Ass in the tags rn. but thats so like. deliciously setting typical#like porter's desire is to transcend and his contempt for the world he's in feels. idk Real#like he plays the game bc he wants to win and be done with it. how do I word this#yknow. being a god would like. be his win state. when he gets that happening thats it his story is done he checks out#meanwhile the bad kids do actually just like playing the game lmao. like they love adventuring!#theyre so solidly Of This World. they carry the values that can only be born of it and they like having mastery over it#its a meta angle that I think is very fun specifically for d20 being in such a unique position in the zeitgeist when it first started#the rat grinders are from DnD Writ Large. porter wants to escape. but this is the bad kids' home its Their Actual Play Show#which makes it so fucking excellent to me that porter's question is somewhat of merit! its their show and it tries very hard to punish them#and they just straight up dont listen to him here lmao bc they hate him but! since the moment the academic track ended its been clear#that they save the world bc they Like Playing. With Each Others#thats what riz thinks the core of adventuring is! thats why fig stayed! and I also think thats why this hovers over elmville now and#a dead god is coming back in the school gym. porter is a shit evangelist but even if hes a good one I dont think it wouldve worked like he#wants it to. the only way he couldve escaped is if he'd not involved elmville at all. thats where the bad kids met dude#its a shitty place that fucks with them but they all come back here bc they wanna play with each others#and in that regard I think thats what the stress tokens ultimately means. Is This Game Still Fun To Play. ITS A RAGEQUIT LIMIT#Im literally running from one end to another of this conspiracy board Ive pulled out of nowhere#Ill draw after this I just wanna get this out. gods this episode has done nothing but furthering my delusion of grandeur actually#Im the hottest smartest manthing on earth Im king fucking midas over here. anyways uh! great ep!
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choking-on-ice · 1 year ago
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okay so yk how I said Jimmy would make a great semi-oblivious shoujo anime protag? well here's my proof! lookit him! he was built for it!
SO much "I can fix them, I can save them from themselves" energy just to be met with "I will crush mountains and boild seas to have him, we will rule this scorched earth together" shot right back at him from both sides
(also I know Kara's eyes are blue canonically, but Kryptonians seem to change eye colour alot based on their power usage so I headcanon that her eyes would be a bright glowy red bc of how often she uses her more destructive powers)
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Everytime I listen to the Ancient Rome Sidequest it destroys me emotionally. But who knows, maybe somewhere there's a world where nothing terrible happens and it's just Sasha and Grizzop having fun adventures in ancient Rome.
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moth-yea · 10 months ago
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I've seen people talk before about how zipper man has no eyes because bucciaraiti hates seeing all the awful in the mafia/ world in general but nobody talk about how the zippers themselves are metaphors for him having to hold himself together through someone's death because he had no choice and now he pieces (zips) others back together because that's just what he learned ok bye
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the-1-foxy · 1 year ago
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2nd Doctor adventures: Conspiracy of Raven yayy
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jay5464 · 2 months ago
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The Branded Hero is out on sale now! Please support the project and help it reach its goal!  Art by @Anon_Nanno.
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retrocgads · 5 months ago
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USA 1993
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ffcrazy15 · 2 years ago
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Spoilers for episode 6 below!
I think my favorite things about episode 6 of MAWS is the fact that Jimmy didn't figure out that Clark was Superman. No no, Jimmy got a roommate freshman year of college who ripped door handles off and moved faster than the speed of sound and could fly, and correctly came to the logical conclusion that his roommate is an alien. And when, four years later, his alien roommate started flying around in a cape and saving people, was like "Oh neat Clark's got a side job."
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videogamepolls · 6 months ago
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choking-on-ice · 1 year ago
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my "warm up sketch" got out of hand yet again, so now I have a sheet full of moe Lex Luthor and Jimmy Olsen that i'm definitely gonna have to ink and colour later
anyway, love these two, and I think it's a crime that there's nothing about them being enemies to lovers or even friends. (yes, i know, Lex is evil, but when has that ever stopped a ship before?)
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gigifluidcat · 5 months ago
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Damn that's crazy,
I'm gonna order 500 more boxes now.
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specs-does-stuff · 3 months ago
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Jojo's Bizarre Adventures Fan Stands #4! - Diamonds & Pearls
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Stand Name: 「 Diamonds & Pearls 」 Stand Master: Cristallo L'amore Power: A Speed: B Range: A Durability: A Precision: A Potential: D
Stand Type: Close-Range - Natural Humanoid
Namesake: ¨Diamonds & Pearls¨ Song by Prince
Meet The Stand:
A humanoid stand taking a feminine form and donning a glistening crystallized armor, Diamonds & Pearls, true to it's name, has the ability to produce a variety of exotic, rare gems and stones from it's body, being particularly proficient at creating and manipulating diamonds, not only being able to generate them from within it's body and creating massive pillars made of diamonds as an example, but also crystallizing anything it touches.
The gems produced by this stand, though beautiful, are also practically indestructible, the only things capable of even damaging it are physically powerful stands on the level of Star Platinum, and even they are only capable of partially damaging it, not enough to destroy it.
Diamonds & Pearls ability is incredibly dangerous, it's user also having almost mastered the stand and it's abilities, but they are also not immune to it's effects, anyone and anything caught within it's range is susceptible to being trapped and encased in a crystallized prison they have almost no chance of breaking free from, something it's user must always take into account whenever they activate this ability.
Meet The Stand Master:
A wealthy, eccentric Italian billionaire, Cristallo is the founder and CEO of Romanzo, one of the biggest jewelry and bijouterie brands in the whole world.
Cristallo founded his business at the young age of 20, after having mysteriously come into the possession of various precious and sought after gemstones, enough to practically turn him into a millionaire overnight, and a billionaire not too long after he opened up shop.
Cristallo lives a flamboyant, luxurious lifestyle, he only drives the fastest cars, he only eats at the fanciest restaurants, he only travels to the most exotic places... And he only dates the most beautiful women.
Ah yes, Cristallo, more so than a CEO, a billionaire and a connoisseur of rare gems, is a lover of all beautiful things, cars, nature, and on top of all others, women.
Cristallo has had many romantic flings in the past, and although they are usually one night stands - which are more often than not greatly satisfying to both parties - he has also had many full time lovers and wives in the past, having been married to models, actresses, and so on.
... Yet, these relationships never tend to last, as his partners have had a history of amicably breaking up with him on the best cases, or running away with as much of his fortune as they can on the worst cases, as said by himself across many different interviews and public appearances.
These women are often said to run off on their own to another country, far away from both Cristallo and law enforcement, where they can never be found ever again and they can use the money they stole for whatever their egotistical hearts desire...
Incidentally, Cristallo is also known, for his vast possession of statues and sculptures crafted from the gems from his own practically infinite vault, all of them resembling beautiful, slender feminine figures, Cristallo often states they are his most valued possessions and he considers this collection to be the 8th wonder of the world.
He loves these statues so much, in fact, that he often shaves little pieces of them and makes rings, chains and other pieces of jewelry for him to wear, he often stares longingly at them, if one didn't know any better, they could almost assume Cristallo is thinking of something else as he looks at them...
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Elemental Hero Shadow Mist from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
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Redd White from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
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childhoodcreativity · 5 months ago
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(c) The Birthday Massacre Happy Valentine's Day!!
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mental-about-you-too · 1 year ago
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Why I believe the Will Darling Adventures were originally conceived as Holmes/Watson fanfiction
I will die on this hill.
The Will Darling Adventures (Slippery Creatures, Sugared Game, Subtle Blood) by KJ Charles are my favorite guilty pleasure comfort books. I have listened to the audiobooks an embarrassing number of times. I can play exchanges of dialogue in my head from memory, reader’s inflections and all. If you haven’t read them and you like a mix of adventure and gay smut (plus it’s a trilogy so there’s time for more complex characterization and more gradual relationship development than you usually get in books of the genre), then absolutely go do that, and don’t read below—because here be spoilers. Also, because the books are a delight.
So. Grand theory.
To be clear: I am not knocking these books AT ALL (if I’m honest, the Holmesian flavor is part of why I like them so much). As in many really good works of fanfiction, the characters have ceased to be mere copies, and have gained their own original and internally consistent characterization. Kim and Will are not Holmes and Watson, but I am completely convinced that the latter were the inspiration for the former. Here are some of the parallels/moments of homage:
Watson => Will
Returned to England from war with nowhere to go; ended up in London: “I had neither kith nor kin in England, and […] naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.” (Study in Scarlet) => “…his mother had died from the Spanish ‘flu while he’d waited to be demobbed […] So, like everyone else, he’d come to London…” (Slippery Creatures)
Ran out of money as a recently-discharged veteran: “So alarming did the state of my finances become…” (Study in Scarlet) => “…his slide into poverty was unstoppable...” (Slippery Creatures)
War wound that nearly killed him: “For months my life was despaired of...” (Study in Scarlet) => “A month in hospital.” (Sugared Game)
Saved by an underling who never appears in the story: “…had it not been for the devotion and courage shown by Murray, my orderly, who threw me across a pack-horse and succeeded in bringing me safely to the British lines.” (Study in Scarlet) => “If it hadn’t been for the bravest stretcher-bearer in Flanders, I’d have died out there.” (Sugared Game)
Retained his favorite weapon from the war: “I have my old service revolver and a few cartridges.” (Study in Scarlet) => “…the Messer, his old trench knife...” (Sugared Game)
Is asked to bring the weapon on adventures: “Put your pistol in your pocket.” (Study in Scarlet) => “Got your knife?” (Sugared Game)
POV character
Holmes => Kim
Has a bunch of names but goes by a middle one: William Sherlock Scott Holmes => Arthur Aloysius Kimberley de Brabazon Secretan
Has pretty hands, which are something of a fixation for the POV character
Doesn’t eat much: “My friend had no breakfast himself, for it was one of his peculiarities that in his more intense moments he would permit himself no food…” (Norwood Builder) => “They ate breakfast, or at least Will did, while Kim chewed a single slice of toast with distaste.” (Subtle Blood)
Withholds information because he doesn’t trust his partner’s ability to deceive: “You won’t be offended, Watson? You will realize that among your many talents dissimulation finds no place.” (Dying Detective) => “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you before, but subterfuge isn’t your strong suit.” (Sugared Game)
Withholds information for dramatic effect: “It was too bad to spring it on you like this, but Watson here will tell you that I never can resist a touch of the dramatic.” (Naval Treaty) => “Of course Kim would turn up after two months with some bizarre story; of course he wouldn’t tell it like a normal person.” (Sugared Game)
Plays fast and loose with legality: “Doctor, I shall want your cooperation.” “I shall be delighted.” “You don’t mind breaking the law?” “Not in the least.” (Scandal in Bohemia) => “I am absolutely not empowered to break the laws of the land, so I try not to get caught at it.”
Has a brother seven years his senior, whom we meet (several adventures in) at a gentlemen’s club in Pall Mall, and who looks like him but bigger: “Mycroft Holmes was a much larger and stouter man than Sherlock.” (Greek Interpreter) => “He looked like someone had drawn a caricature of Kim as John Bull and not been kind about it. He was significantly bulkier…”
The club (The Diogenes => The Symposium) has a Strangers' Room, and in at least part of the club: "no talking is, under any circumstances, allowed" (Greek Interpreter) => "speech is strictly forbidden" (Subtle Blood)
Chases down the leader of a mysterious criminal organization who appears respectable in normal society, and who stays one step removed to leave no evidence of his involvement: “But the Professor was fenced round with safeguards so cunningly devised that, do what I would, it seemed impossible to get evidence which would convict in a court of law.” (Final Problem) => “[Arrest him] on what grounds? I’ve got a lot of nothing. Straws in the wind, and fears, and the words of the dead. The case needs to be iron-clad, and mine is wet tissue paper.” (Sugared Game)
Has a chat with this adversary before the action kicks off: “…I was seriously inconvenienced by you” (Final Problem) => “It has caused me enormous inconvenience” (Sugared Game)
Better at hand-to-hand combat than he looks like he should be: “I have some knowledge, however, of baritsu, or the Japanese system of wrestling…” (Empty House) => “Where did you learn knife fighting?” (Slippery Creatures)
Lounges around in a purple dressing gown (Blue Carbuncle; all three Will Darling books)
Tall, slender, pale, and dark-haired, with remarkable eyes (at least, the POV character sure remarks on them a lot)
Other parallels:
Inspector Lestrade (“lean and ferret-like as ever”) => Inspector Rennick (“He was a short, shrewd-looking man who sounded North London.”)
An aortic aneurism renders prosecution of a criminal moot: Jefferson Hope (Study in Scarlet) => Lord Waring (Sugared Game)
Will’s expectations upon meeting Waring line up with a description of Moriarty: “His face protrudes forward, and is forever slowly oscillating from side to side in a curiously reptilian fashion” (Final Problem) => “[Will] wasn’t sure what he expected. Something snakey, some reptilian air of cruelty…” (Sugared Game)
This rather iconic phrase: “He sits motionless, like a spider at the center of its web...” (Final Problem) => “…sits like a spider at the centre of a web of obligations...” (Sugared Game)
Alongside the parallels, Charles adds elements often found in the best works of fanfiction: in addition to the on-page romance, there's expansion of the characters' backgrounds, including an exploration of class and privilege, plus a fix-it-esque resolution of the issue of Holmes'/Kim’s dishonesty (I for one always wished Watson would confront Holmes about lying to him for cases).
There. Cataloguing all the parallels was taking up a ridiculous amount of space in my brain, so now you know & I can stop obsessing over it so much.
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