#For safety

[originalartblog]

Dazai take the fucking antidote

[galedekarios]

gale + missing waterdeep

"if things were different, if we were home, i’d have taken the time to do things properly."

[lieuxtenant]

my favourite zutara trope is always gonna be them liking each other by the end of book 3 but trying to let it go for the sake of a@ng’s feelings because kat/ang canon is written so so one sided that doesn’t feel like a stretch at all

katara’s feelings towards a@ng are framed as a reward for his personal growth, we don’t get a real glimpse into katara’s pov on their relationship, her and zuko could’ve been in love with each other the whole time, they actually were cause I said so

(don’t even let me start with mai/ko because this pairing is just a disaster, mai is barely a character, she’s more like a prompt and the fact they paired zuko after everything they did for his character with the redemption arc with miss colonization poster girl n. 2 (cool and edgy ver.) showcases how little bryke really cares about the themes they choose to appropriate for their cartoon and that their hatred for zutara has nothing to do with with politics and everything to do with their “nice guys finish last” mentality)

[verecunda]

Genuinely do not understand those people who are like "but we don't know Celegorm intended to rape Lúthien!!!" What the actual fuck do you think he kidnapped her for... so he, Curufin and Celebrimbor would have a fourth for a bridge night???

[4thstate]

Season 5, but Aaravos's point of view.

[top-vi]

if alicent fucks criston it’ll be in that jackieshauna way where she’s really trying to fuck rhaenyra through him

[statementlou]

Dowling adds, "Louis really looks after his fans. On the last tour, they did a deal with Greggs to give free food to the people waiting in line, as some of them camped out for days in advance."

Ensuring his fans are looked after properly is the number one priority in Tomlinson’s live career.

Noting that Tomlinson’s audience comprises mainly young women and girls, [Holly] Rowland reveals that, at the artist’s insistence, a safety team has been added to the tour to ensure everyone that attends his shows is looked after. “They manage all the safety within the shows for the fans,” she explains. “They came in for the Wembley show last year and have been with us ever since - they’ve been beneficial to the running of the tour. “When he played in South America, some of his fans were camping outside for a month. So we have a responsibility to look after them. Coming to a show should be a safe place, it’s where they find joy, and we have a responsibility to protect that.”

With Tomlinson determined to meet a duty of care toward his fans, Vines says that the team now sends a “considerable advance package” to promoters ahead of their tour dates. “Our safety team goes into venues in the morning, and basically ensures that a number of different things are in place – making sure that water is given to the fans, where the water comes from, and at what points in the show it happens.” And on the crushing phenomena, he reports, “We’ve worked out how many fans it’s safe to have without a secondary barrier. So we instruct promoters to have certain barriers in place to relieve the pressure and avoid crushing.”

He adds, “I get detailed incident reports after each show, which lets myself and my management team know exactly what happened, and so far on this tour, we haven’t had any issues with crushing or hydration, which is fantastic.”

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[awnrii]

trickster mode posting

[russilton]

Why is this phrased like a pregnancy/new baby announcement???

[redrosesandcharmingsouls]

We dont talk about Otto and Daemon as parallels enough .Both in the last episodes of each factions in S1 are in conflict with their younger queens that in some way they had a hand in putting her on the throne ,both were very important men in Viserys's life ,both are ambitous men ,Rhaenyra is Daemon'swife but could be his daughter and Alicent's is Otto's daughter who he has blurring boundaries with .Both do mourn Viserys and weaponize their memory against their monarchs ,spitting in their faces how he never loved either of them.

[beatheturtleandearthling]

reblog to join the protection hole (protection against anything)

(the dog is helping us dig the protection hole)

[antiquepearlss]

I think everyone is having a shit day tbh. It's one of those days. So here's a dog. She brings me serotonin, and I know she probably won't for you. But it's my blog I do what I want.

I’m calling her Ratticus Finch instead of her real name for privacy reasons (and because she’s a rat!)

[whitegownsandflowercrowns]

This is your friendly reminder that even in the historical account that is heavily biased towards him and his cause, Aegon II Targaryen repeatedly committed sexual harassment at best and sexual assault at worst.

[jefkphotography]

A fire extinguisher. Black and white photo.

[awakenedsalamander]

It’s been too long.

Here’s an odd one for you— Exiles from Demon: The Descent.

Here’s your preamble:

In Demon: The Descent, divinity is only a mechanism. Our god is a massive manifold machine, which seeks stability on a cosmic level, and shall maintain that stasis by whatever means it can— given limited time and resources.

One of these very means are the God-Machine’s angels, functions composed of higher physics and alien engineering that serve their creator with ruthless efficiency and unquestioning loyalty. Typically, they go among mortals, commonly by introducing themselves into a human community, or by “replacing” a pre-existing human. From there, they are the hands of God, working in secret to build greater and more effective machinery.

Or… that’s how it’s supposed to work.

In reality, angels sometimes— much more often than the God-Machine is inclined to acknowledge— fail, and perhaps most disastrously of all, they fail intentionally.

Perhaps the angel falls in love with a target they’ve been asked to kill, or grows to resent the cult they’ve been tasked with forming, or perhaps, in a fit of pique and out of desire for freedom, tosses a critical component of the God-Machine’s Infrastructure into a river. In these moments, angels Fall.

They become demons, the Unchained, fugitives from heaven who lie, hide, and steal with consummate ease— after all, the hunter-angels would have them destroyed if they didn’t.

It’s simple. For a demon, God is the enemy, and God is omnipresent, so anywhere the Unchained are is behind enemy lines. The mission is always clandestine, and all things are done covertly. Sin in secret, or perish.

With me so far?

Then, what are Exiles?

Well, basically, while demons leave their creator willingly (even if not always strictly intentionally), Exiles essentially have God leave them.

An Exile is an angel who, for whatever reason, is released into the world with a mission that cannot be accomplished— told to kill a man who is already dead, for instance. Or, the mission isn’t impossible, but paradoxical; the angel must always speak truth to the chosen/must never speak truth to the chosen. Or, the mission is merely nonsensical, the angel hears only static and grinding metal where they should hear their purpose spoken by God. Or, the mission does not exist at all— the angel is released upon earth with no purpose at all.

It can be a combination of any or all of the above, even. Machines are known for malfunctions, after all.

And these angels are the Exiles— glitches from God.

Demons may have gone rogue, rebelled and cast themselves out of heaven, but Exiles were simply abandoned. They are as faithful or as faithless as the situation demands— what else can they be?

The text of Demon: The Descent spells out that Exiles are the ultimate wild cards: They have no reason to work with angels (who often ignore Exiles, sometimes as if incapable of even perceiving them). They have no reason to work with demons (who are liars almost by definition, and have nothing real to offer an Exile). They love mortals as much as they hate them. They scorn God, they pray to the Machine, they have nothing, they have all the time in the world.

Saints and sinners alike both have purpose— but the Exile is merely here, meant for neither Heaven or Hell.