#Essential Key

[trevlad-sounds]

Invisible Club 38

06.11.2024

Intro 00:00 Frunk29–Endless Siesta 00:59 Essential Key–Cold City 04:12 Tim Koch–Bloom 07:36 Severed+Said–Diminished Eternal 15:53 Ghostwerk & Zebra–Hm.It 21:43 VED–Univerb 25:14 Lyonel Bauchet–Ptix 30:37 The Utopia Strong–Lamp of Glory 34:13 Paddy Steer–Several Times 40:53 Clemens Acidus–Cold Cycles 45:38 Ekoplekz–Dirtbokz 50:37 The Cromagnon Band–Mandelbrot 55:27 Time Rival–Baltica 1:00:14 Paul Ellis & Pabellón Sintético–First light of the last day 1:04:37 Hidden Orchestra–Scatter 1:13:26 ATW–Wolfgang Dub 1:18:23 Outro 1:19:53

[gadget-bridge]

How to Use the Essential Key on Your Nothing Phone (3a)

[mossymandibles]

What would Kraw's littermates have looked like had they survived?

Here are some ‘Southern Fae-lure Cetapents’ pups (Cetapents is a fancy pants name coined by some random expeditionists of the southern hemispheres for the sea serpents that have flukes).

Even with Yuna’s uterine defects, the ability to have a litter of chimereals like Kraw is impossible because it takes so much just to make one Chimereal. Yuna was actually lucky that she had a litter as spare nutrients for Kraw, otherwise she would have been severely weakened or possibly even killed by the pregnancy.

[gaytobymeres]

My essentials for a solo day out

[yuhi-san]

i still love the ending of all system reds so much. not just because murderbot actually gets to do what it wants without fear of what will happen if its found out but because the places kinda switch.

murderbot half-asses its job initially because it really doesn't want to do it but desbite having hacked its way into free will, it is not at all free. the consequences of being found out are too bad for it to just walk away because it theoretically can.

but once shit hits the fan, murderbot does all it can to defend its humans agains a threat that they are powerless against. it goes above and beyond, really, to keep them safe.

and once the situation is resolved the rolls switch. like, murderbot is down for the whole thing (which is probably for the better because it would be so so stresses about literally every part of it lol) but still.

its humans do all they can to defend it from a threat, namely the company, it is powerless against. they go above and beyond. because not only do they aquire its contract, they also make sure to get its memory and essentially everything that it has. and from the sound of it it wasn't as easy as to 'just' buy it. they went to court over the whole thing.

like yeah their secunit was rouge and man does it have anxiety and it hates almost everything that has to do with social interactions but it still did all it could to keep them save so nope the company will not get that one back

[sallowinahotway]

BTVS soul mechanics are very vague and the entire concept opens up a can of worms but I guess the easiest way I can make the distinction in my head is that Spike when soulless learns to stop Doing Bad Things bc Buffy doesn't approve and that hurts her. He has to actually learn to recognize what that even means, bc stuff like chaining her and Drusilla up or building the Buffybot doesn't immediately strike him as Wrong, he's acting on pure impulse and what he Wants in that moment. But for Buffy, he'll do good and refrain from being bad. He'll even go to exceptional lengths to protect those she cares for because That's What Buffy Wants. He is able to get better at this too! He even cares about and loves some of those ppl himself. He can start to sus out what wrong and right is by using Buffy as his moral compass.

Versus! An ensouled Spike doesn't do bad things because it hurts him. It makes him guilty, he feels regret for the pain he causes. He's even able to articulate Buffy's own moral failings and call her out for the hurt she's caused him, rather than blindly following whatever she demands of him. In the church he recoils from her, tells her to not touch him and asks if he's just flesh to her. Buffy is no longer the center of his moral universe, there's a world of right and wrong outside of what she wants or what she asks of him. Killing is wrong because it's the ending of human life, not because Buffy doesn't approve. His guilt and pain is centered around his own conscience, he has to literally relearn all of these things for himself. His redemption ironically becomes a little more selfish with the soul, bc it's no longer just about being what Buffy needs and deserves, but also about saving himself and learning to be more than just a monster, rekindling that man that he once was before his humanity was stolen away from him

[liberalsarecool]

The market-based value of activities/labor is wrong and unjust.

Workers who are labeled essential during a pandemic are underpaid. If the economy can not function without them, we must re-evaluate their wages and their importance.

#HaJoonChang

[dol--blathanna]

Thinking a lot about Orym choosing a rabbit when asked what animal he would pick if cursed with lycanthropy.

Because, it makes sense. Orym is small, quick, agile, jumps well, and is highly perceptive. That definitely evokes rabbit imagery. But a lot of Orym’s identity is also tied up with being a protector – giving people AC bumps, the shield being as much a part of his fighting style as his sword, even his title: Saviour Blade of the Tempest. He wants to be a “Shield that protects Exandria”; his priorities about saving the gods are less about the gods themselves, and more about protecting the people of Exandria from the unintended consequences and bloodshed of releasing Predathos. And it would’ve been very easy to pick a large, strong predator to try and evoke the sense of a protector – a wolf, for example, an animal associated with loyalty and protecting its pack. Yet Orym chose a rabbit.

And I think that’s interesting, because rabbits are often seen as ‘cute’ animals – but they’re also a prey animal. In fact, they’re a common food source for many animals across several ecosystems: foxes, wolves, wild cats, dogs, birds of prey like eagles or owls, coyotes, stoats, and humans (and that’s just off the top of my head). Rabbits are skittish, easily frightened; to be rabbit-hearted is to be timid or cowardly. They are not generally associated with fierceness or prowess in fighting. Mice and rats are prey animals too, but typically seen as vermin (rabbits are sometimes seen as vermin too, but a farmer could eat a rabbit – they wouldn’t eat a rat). Deer are prey, but they have hooves and antlers that bring a danger to hunting them, for any animal – the difficulties of hunting rabbits are more related to their evasiveness, speed and good hearing than any life-threatening danger they might pose. Rabbits are, first and foremost, prey animals. They are killed and eaten, so that another animal might live.

Which made me think a lot about one of Orym’s other key traits: self-sacrifice. Bait and switch doesn’t just bump up his ally’s ACs, it specifically switches their place to put him directly in harm’s way. Goading attack is meant to encourage enemies to attack him instead of his friends. He literally made a deal with a hag, essentially exchanging his own life for power to protect his friends. How many times has he gone down in a fight? He’s not the only tank – but unlike Ashton (and Chetney, who also uses ‘self-sacrifice’ in his fighting style with his blood curses) he has no abilities to reduce the damage from the hits he takes (barbarian rage and the werewolf form).

(Side note: I think it’s pretty interesting that Chetney, the wolf, has attacked Orym, the rabbit, more than anyone else when losing control. That Orym’s facial scar was given to him by a friend, not a foe).

Of course, Orym isn’t the only character with self-sacrificial tendencies (FCG wins by a landslide), but I just can’t stop thinking about how weirdly perfect it is that he chose a rabbit for his animal. Rabbits are prey animals. They are eaten, so that other animals may live. Orym takes the hits, he goads and switches with his team mates to put himself in danger, he makes a deal with a hag at the cost of his own life. He’s a soldier, throwing his life away for a cause over and over again because Ludinus must be stopped, because Keyleth has put her trust in him, because it’s the only way to protect his friends, to protect everyone, because it’s the right thing to do. Orym is a rabbit. He’s always been a rabbit. That day in Zephrah, it could have easily been Orym who died instead of Will and Derrig – “unfortunate but necessary sacrifices”, as Ludinus viewed the attack. It’s unfortunate they had to die, but it was for the greater good, according to Ludinus. It’s unfortunate that a rabbit has to die, but it will feed a family of foxes, or stoats, or even a hungry human, so it’s acceptable, right?

Orym is a rabbit. He is giving himself to a greater cause that could very easily kill him – he already willingly signed his life away to Nana Morri. Because that’s what rabbits do. They die to feed others.

And the theme of being disposable is present across the entire group, not just in Orym – Bell’s Hells has been called a “party of NPCs” before. Aside from FCG’s death, I’d say Laudna perhaps fits this theme the best: she was literally murdered and hung from a tree simply because she looked similar to Vex, acting as a warning to adventurers she had never met before. But FCG’s death was – rightfully – viewed as a terrible tragedy by the group. Laudna’s decision to remove Delilah, finally freeing herself from her abuser and emphasising she is more, and deserves to be more, than just some disposable puppet – this was rightfully viewed as a very good thing! But Orym seems to be embracing this identity of self-sacrifice instead, rather than this mindset being properly challenged or acknowledged as a bad thing. After all, there’s no time. There’s too much at stake. Keyleth, Bell’s Hells, all the memories of those who have died in this fight, all the people who might die if Predathos is released and kickstarts a second Calamity – they’re all relying on him, right? A rabbit feeding so many animals with his sacrifice. And it’s not malicious compared to the way that, say, Delilah killing Laudna was an incredibly evil, fucked up and unnecessary thing to do. If Orym died to save everyone else, well, at least everyone else would be saved, right? Saving lives is good, isn't it? How could he complain?

Because rabbits are prey animals, and Orym is a rabbit too. Destined to die so that another animal may feed.

Except, that’s not true. Rabbits are more than just prey. They’re highly social, and thrive best living with others. They’re playful, they enjoy running around and kicking their legs just to show their enjoyment. They’re inquisitive and mischievous, even being associated with tricksters in some folklore and stories. They’re also associated with innocence, playfulness, spring, youth – all manner of things, depending on the story or culture. And they’re not helpless, either, even if they might be thought of as such. They can bite and scratch and draw blood quite easily if they want to! In fact, freezing up isn’t their only response when being attacked by a predator, they are known to fight back if cornered. They can sprint quickly, they have excellent hearing and senses of smell, they know how to evade predators.

Rabbits are prey, and they are also survivors. They have their own social dynamics, their own habits and dislikes and preferences. They are more than just a wolf’s meal. And Orym is more than a soldier, too. He’s more than a “necessary sacrifice”, he’s more than just a shield and sword. He deserves more than to die for a cause. He deserves a happy ending, just like everyone else. I hope he remembers that.

Orym is a rabbit. And the message isn’t that he shouldn’t be a rabbit. It’s that rabbits are worthy of surviving, too.

[bellamysgriffin]

get to know me meme >> Favorite Movies [39/?] Her

Sometimes I think I have felt everything I’m ever gonna feel. And from here on out, I’m not gonna feel anything new. Just lesser versions of what I’ve already felt.

[vagabond-art]

"How's that for an answer?"

apology tour but interview with the vampire AU + bonus with @ughhhhhhh-cringe-side-blog

[saltpepperbeard]

david. *crawling through his window* david. the fact that ed and stede have both experienced harmful effects from monotony/having to live the same existence day after day after day is going to be a significant plot point/source of emotional conflict in the third season isn't it. david. that's why mary gave that whole speech to ed and stede isn't it. david. stede was so depressed having to go through the motions, and ed was so depressed having to do the same, so the idea of that happening to their relationship is probably going to be a terrifying concept for both of them. david. david can you hear me—

[amourninghost]

She was so busy working to put him under her thrall that she failed to consider what success would feel like.

He dropped to his knees before her with all the quickness and vacancy of a disabled machine. Tak was fond of machines… Programming made much more sense to her than any kind of conversation.

Their relationship up to this point had been artifice; a delicate maneuver wherein she offered nothing and he gave everything. He didn't really know her… but she knew him better than anyone on the planet. He trusted her.

And now, with all that work finally done, the true nature of their relationship could reveal itself.

But when she looked down at him, her sense of victory was overshadowed by something else… He was perfect like this. She didn't want to leave this moment…

She stared, dumbstruck, into the eyes of her conquered, her servant, her… Hers.

He was hers.

[kiseichew]

Replication Error

[crookedtines]

Filling out a questionnaire for a long awaited chronic fatigue specialist appointment and they're giving me 255 characters to answer "Could you tell us in chronological order the symptoms of this illness and how it affects and interferes with your daily life." Like what?? Bro that answer is an essay??? What do you mean 255 CHARACTERS

[ashen--nightmares]

weee the jirai to my kogal oc !! ill polish it later. this alone took centuries 😭 gonna work on a ref for her gf tomorrow :3

[ackee]

realizing i gotta draw key art for my game with the mc and all the love interests.