#Commander Grant

[maxriderg]

Well, Today is the Big Day to get motivated to celebrate Kirk Thornton's 67th Birthday and welp, have a Very Happy 67th Birthday to the Legend himself (1956-present), I suppose.

[sundown-draws]

Just guys being dudes. I enjoyed giving them my own spin on them, especially with like their features and undertones. Fixed the stiffness of their hair a bit (I'm just not super good with anime styles). I hope they look like they have more personality.

Grant's a little wider, Krux's hair is curlier, Kamtoga is still Kamtoga, just has an insulin patch now.

[planetmenahat]

Someone's content of Dyrus's goons from 2010 :D

Here's someone's old fanfic I found that actually features Dyrus's goons, that isn't just a re-telling of canonical events. Bummed it's only one chapter long, but I'm glad that this page exists anyways :D

[shorthaltsjester]

Why are your children bound by rules you will not follow?

Critical Role, Campaign 3, Downfall Parts 1-3 // Commandments of The Prime Deities according to the Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn

[felassan]

What kind of spirit do you think Felassan waz?

Swag

[jujapaya]

How to Take Care of Your Avatar and Their System 101 (Ft. Khonshu)

(Thank you @thedevilsoftruth for the idea! It was a very fun warm up sketch, haha)

[foldbaron]

[mndvx]

DOCTOR WHO – The Name Of The Doctor (S07E13) directed by Saul Metzstein | written by Steven Moffat ››› Neve McIntosh as Madame Vastra ››› Richard E. Grant as Yog-Sothoth / The Great Intelligence

[erinptah]

Commander [handshake] Marc: "NOPE"

So, hey, if Ace Spector never formally shows up in the Cover of Knight universe, this is why!

[cc-tens]

Ok but here's something I think about.

So Echo's mind was forcefully hacked and the utilization of his mind resulted in countless vod deaths. But he is not to be blamed because he was forced to be used, a cog in the machine that turned whether he wanted it to or not.

I think about him being a narrative foil or some sort of parallel to Fox. And I know the argument is that the manipulations used on Echo were not consensual, but Fox followed orders and therefore acted upon his will; and yes I do agree he did do as he was told and his obedience resulted in Fives' death which leads down a rabbit hole of preventable trouble. But also in my mind whether it was through the use of the inhibitor chip, emotional/mental/physical/etc manipulations and abuse acted against the Corries, or it being Fox's indoctrination I still think he was a similar cog in the ever spinning war machine. Even if it wasn't the first two options and it was him acting on what he believed were justifiable orders, I still feel equally as bad for him. Because he was raised to be that way, programmed even to be that way. The Kaminoans and the war machine demanded an attack dog and he became it. Yes I get it, he could have chosen to act differently, but you're telling me the indoctrination and ever present enforcement of propaganda and dogmatic thinking isn't still abusive and corrupt? That in a world where troopers could be reconditioned for being disobedient and you were trained since you were the equivalent of a toddler that if you were told the world is laid out in black and white that you wouldn't believe it? Rex and Cody and Wolffe and Bly and Ponds all have generals who help enforce personhood and individuality in clones, they encourage the building of self identity and acknowledge individual uniqueness. You think the Corries get that? On a planet where it's all about politics and paperwork? If the GAR has to deal with indoctrination ideals - as shown by Dogma and his stringent obedience - then you don't think that shit is drip fed into Corrie blood streams?

I'm saying that while Fox killed vod, in what mind does he have to do contrary? Echo's mind was highjacked, and to me in a way the Corrie's were highjacked as well. Not the same, not with physical wires and screws and pods but through slow and methodical programs and placements. Echo's forced servitude can be seen physically on his person, but the same manipulations that had Fox pull the trigger on his gun which killed Fives is all internal. Even if it isn't a chip, even if it isn't out of fear, he never had a chance to go against when his entire life was built to serve and do this. The Chancelor says jump, Fox will always ask, how high?

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Vein Drinker

Artist: Lars Grant-West TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[deadpresidents]

[Ulysses S.] Grant was a neat smoker. Despite his careless dress, no remnants of cigar ash soiled his uniform though he smoked almost constantly. Onlookers found that rather than appearing stimulated by tobacco, he puffed a Havana with "the listless, absorbed and satisfied air of an opium smoker." Smoking calmed him, which accounts for his using cigars at a faster rate during action than otherwise. He smoked during his meeting with [Confederate General John C.] Pemberton, and again when he rode into captured Vicksburg, leading one Confederate editor to declare that "a little stage effect is admirable in great captains."

Grant leaned slightly forward when he walked, and with a quick step if on business. When not immediately occupied, his sharp blue eyes still surveyed his surroundings constantly. There was even less affectation in his dress than in [Robert E.] Lee's, just a round brimmed hat and a simple private's blouse with his insignia of rank on the shoulders. One observer thought he made a "far less pretentious appearance than many a second lieutenant." If anything, some suspected that his dress was intentionally "a trifle, perhaps, negligée, as a man of his celebrity can very well afford that it should be." Dark brown hair, with now a few slivers of gray showing, crowned a brow that even admirers thought suggested "no unusual apparent capacity." He spoke in clipped sentences using words economically, and those to the point and without flourish, leading a New York correspondent to remark that "Gen. Grant has the substantial without the showy."

-- William C. Davis, on General Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, Crucible of Command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee -- The War They Fought, the Peace They Found (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

[lichqueenlibrarian]

LOVE that the Romulan Commander is realizing that they didn’t stop to consider the everyday practicalities of James living as a Romulan.

Can he use the shower without scalding himself or the flasher (zaps a layer of skin off) without damage? Will he be able to do something as basic as open a vehicle door? How can he survive in a world geared to a strength that is beyond him?

[constantvariations]

Aura makes fight choreography so damn frustrating. What do you mean that this character that hasn't taken a single hit thus far gets knocked out by a chair?

[belethlegwen]

The Stranding - Chp 72 - Higher Visibility

IT'S AN UPDATE JUMP-SCARE

WELL WELL WELL, look what I managed to do!

It's been slow progress, I won't lie. Life has been a wild rollercoaster for me this year but it's been so, so amazing. I feel like my brain just needed a few months to really catch up, adjust, and ease itself along with all of the new things now that we're in a beautiful semblance of routine now, and here we are. Writing, again, however slowly.

Can't promise it'll be regular updates, or that if they are some kind of regular that they'll last a while, BUT. Makin' hay while the sun shines and so on and so on.

Thank you all so so much for your continued patience, your interest, your love and kudos, your kind words, and your amazing fanart, even!! It's been incredible. Please take good care of yourselves, as much as you're able <3 You deserve it.

Love, Belle

[bitofawildman]

The prompts are finally here, and I hope you're as excited for the event as I am.

The week will run from 24th May to 26th May, and I will be tracking the tag #bumiweekend2024 or #bumi ii weekend 2024.

Day 1- Loss OR Day on the Water

Day 2- Bumi's thoughts about getting airbending OR Bumi, Tenzin, Kya shenanigans

Day 3- Bumi and Jinora oldest sibling hangout OR Scars

Free Prompts- Uncle Bumi brings the best gifts OR Naval Officers

This event exists to celebrate Bumi as a commander, son, brother, uncle or lover, and a list of faq can be found here.