#Fuck the imperium

[mosswiind]

the only person who gives a fuck about dock town is neve gallus

veilguard spoilers incoming!

the only person who gives a fuck about dock town is neve gallus.

you may be thinking, minrathous has an army and defenses in place that could absolutely take on a dragon. and you would be right. but dock town is not part of minrathous proper.

spend ten minutes in dock town. walk past literally dozens of unhoused civilians. talk to any shadow dragon for thirty seconds.

the templar order is more interested in accepting bribes from magisters (see knight commander lenos re: bataris) than stopping people from doing illegal magic (with the obvious exceptions of rana and tarquin, who can only help from the shadows, both literal and figurative).

there is a demon of desperation that easily gets its hooks into a number of people, because they're drawn to their patron emotion. which is desperation. people are desperate enough to draw attention from the fade.

minrathous doesn't give a fuck about dock town.

minrathous doesn't give a fuck about dock town.

minrathous doesn't give a fuck about dock town.

minrathous has an army. dock town doesn't.

minrathous has defenses. dock town doesn't.

minrathous is the largest, wealthiest city in the north, known far and wide for being extremely defensible. dock town is a shack city built in the ruins of the old imperium. many people don't have four walls, or even doors.

dock town, still recovering from the events of solas's first ritual attempt and demon attacks, is not equipped for a siege that should take an army being taken on by a handful of unhoused, unarmed, malnourished citizens.

treviso is a thriving commerce centre run by an affluent assassin's guild, with input from a (corrupt, but) influential government structure. the crows may rule antiva, but there is still support for most everyone outside of their - shocker - drowned district. where they put their homeless population.

the magisterium has no reason to defend dock town, because that's where the poors are. docks can be rebuilt. labour can be bought. people are replaceable.

rook helps people.

rook is the one who, to quote evka, "can find the twisting path through any problem."

rook is the one with the dagger that can get the dragon to land. the dagger is the deciding factor in whichever city you choose, not an extra couple of heroes shooting at a forty ton flying monstrosity that's out of range and raining blight and fire/ice on everything.

but the dagger goes where rook goes, and that is what makes rook the factor that tips the scale one way or the other.

if rook chooses treviso, it is abundantly clear that neve was right. the only person who gives a fuck about dock town is neve gallus.

[angelstraiqhtfromhell]

fuck dude i love Ghost so god damn much.

[the-other-pack-member]

…

You've got a lot of fucking explaining to do

( @ashertalbot-imperium )

FUCK

… heyyy Asher

[bigbrownboots]

so ever since the quizzes came out and we finally got confirmation on what the hell it is that all the other contra-elementals can do, i’ve been obsessed with the confirmation that.. Lasko is canonically super fucking powerful as a magic user, and specifically as an air elemental. here’s why: (possible tw: mention of asphyxiation as it occurs across the storyline and the Imperium briefly)

in the first video where contras are really brought up - Audio RP | Catching Up and Hanging Out With Your Himbo Friend [M4A] - Huxley uses fire elementals and fire-contras as his main example for how elementals and contras compare: he talks about how fire elementals are great at producing heat, but it takes far more effort for them to be able to take it in, and even when they do, they cannot take in much. that’s something that fire-contras are much better equipped to do, since that’s their specialty.

we already know that specialists will always be the most capable when it comes to performing their specific branch of magic, and for everyone else, that’s something they have to train and build to over time.

Lasko is an air elemental. air elementals are great at controlling air, and again, producing gusts, hurricanes, flurries of wind and such. it is specifically air-contras that specialise in taking large amounts of air in, and thus creating vacuums.

do you see where i’m going with this?

we know from what Lasko revealed about his past that, even completely untrained, he was able to completely take in all the air in a room - which he and his mother were standing in, so, presumably it was one of the main rooms in his childhood home, not just a tiny storage space or a cupboard under the stairs - Lasko managed to take out all the air in that entire room, creating a vacuum strong enough that his mother could not breathe in.

and we know that this wasn’t a one-time fluke due to his powers manifesting, because he’s still capable of performing this ability, seemingly without substancial effort. in his very first audio - Audio RP | Nervous Air Elemental Guidance Councillor Schedules Your Classes [M4A] - Lasko mentions that he “should’ve just negated all the air in the room to douse the flames” when Damien set his papers on fire, but this time decided not to, since he “can’t just suffocate him” (referring to Damien).

also, if we want to bring the Imperium storyline into this, (which i understand that technically, President Moore is a different character, but let’s say that theoretically they would be at similar power-levels - since the only way to improve your magic is by training it, and both characters started from the same parentally-established-magically-restrictive-humanborn place, and spent presumably the same amount of time at the academy) President Moore is able to take all of the air out of a room and create a vacuum able to asphyxiate a person even “through a wall,” “just as simply” (holy fuck). and, in addition to this, Vindemiator blatantly says “you’re strong, Lasko” as he’s pinning him. he has no reason to lie or to inflate (ha ha) Moore’s ego, in fact, Vindemiator is very open with how much he despises Moore, so i’m inclined to believe the powerful demon when he admits to Moore’s magical control.

but, even without considering the Imperium, i think it’s definitely something to think about. even just as an air elemental, Lasko is able to wield air-contra magic like it’s just a part of his natural skillset. Lasko Moore is a fucking powerful magic user.

- i would like to point out now that it’s entirely possible that Mr Redacted didn’t have everything fleshed out from the beginning, and that Lasko’s ability to take in air could have originally been just a part of air elementals’ capabilities, (and then with the inclusion of contras, things got divided and changed) but i think it’s fun to believe and theorise regardless.

in conclusion: holy fuck, Lasky

[revvethasmythh]

it's actually so funny and telling that the champion of the strife emperor is working with the volition and opposing the imperium. RIP to bane, I know you love a good imperium, a hot conquest, sexy war and subjugation and tyranny. alas this time the conquest, war, subjugation, and tyranny will KILL YOU, and so here we are. working with freedom fighters, of all things. oh how the mighty fall

[androgynouspenguinexpert]

i JUST ordered ubereats

(in order of appearance: vincent - avior - milo - lasko - brachium - david - vega - huxley - vindemiator - asher - damien)

[morgansplace]

oh thank fucking god it's not raindrop or some shit like that 😭

[nonbinarykai]

I just want to remind you all, that thanks to Chima, the sun in ninjago is technically alive now.

[this-corner-is-my-safe-space]

"oh no. i think i'm catching feelings"

(this is what i do instead of my very important assignments.

Suggestive near the end, but not descriptive

title from 'sex' by eden)

Freelancer can practically see the steam rushing out of Gavin's ears.

His face is red and his eyes were glaring holes into them. If they didn't know any better, they'd say he was mad at them.

But they saw the way Gavin's lips fought a smile. The corners of them tugging up without his approval, entirely giving away his facade.

They've grown awfully fond of him, and it almost scared them. Almost. No one could really be scared of such beauty, in their humble (and very correct) opinion. And if that didn't convince them, Freelancer would take any and every opportunity explaining how wise, endearing and kind the man in front of them was.

"Are you even listening to me?"

That snapped Freelancer right out of the clouds. They paused for a second, before coming clean.

"Nope. Sorry, handsome."

If Freelancer said Gavin's face managed to get even more red, he would deny it.

"You-" he starts, putting his face in his hands, breathing in and out to calm himself, "I am going to kill you."

If Gavin meant that, he didn't show it. Perhaps one could argue the blushing, smiling and wide eyes filled with adoration were all a ruse to hide his murderous intent. If that was the case, Freelancer had definitely fallen for (him) it.

Unfortunately for Gavin, Freelancer had one last card up their sleeve.

"And what are you going to do, Gavin? Fuck me to death?"

What were they here for again? Magic history tutoring? A movie date? Finishing the leftover pizza and wings they ordered the last time Gavin was over?

It didn't matter anymore, because Gavin was forcing them out of their seat, grabbing their face and kissing them breathless. All while maneuvering the both of them into their bedroom.

When Freelancer took a breath, they were on top of Gavin, legs on either side of his waist, one hand pinning one of his arms down while the other was resting on his chest. They stared at him as they felt his chest falling and rising, his heart beating beneath their touch.

They remembered what that meant, when a demon took the time to form a heart beat with magic. Slowly, they leaned down to kiss his chest, right where a real heart would be if he was human.

They looked up at him, and in their brief eye contact, Freelancer thanked him. For his help with DAMN stuff, for trusting them enough to be this vulnerable with his emotions.

For being in their life.

If Freelancer was asked if they started to cry in that moment, hiding it from Gavin by meeting his lips with their own again, they'd say it was drool.

[catbusdriver]

Galvatron: starts a revolution in the name of equality for all life forms, both organic and inorganic.

Also Galvatron: Start an intergalactic war so horrible that when it ends, almost EVERY. SINGLE. MECHANIOD. of Cybertronian descent is deported back to their ancestral home, whether they participated in fighting or not.

Also also Galvatron: cause an overpopulation crises on a planet where resources are already thin because of what one of your subordinates did. Said crisis eventually causes THE BEAST WARS. EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT.

ALSO Also Galvatron: One of those planets that used to be under Cybertronian control was home to a bunch of psychic space elves, who in celebration of their independence, quickly devolve into hedonism, causing the birth of a MALICIOUS WARP ENTITY.

Also ALSO also Galvatron, one of the planets that had cybertronians on it gets targeted by the FUCKING QUINTESSENSONS, because of leftover tech. Said quintessons "uplift" this planet using golden avatars, and turn them into a galactic superpower.

Also also, The Quintessons eventually hijack incredibly powerful technology of Iron. Causing a horrible, horrible war.

And remember those space elves and that warp entity? The entity's gestation causes space storms so bad that said Imperium is cut off from it's colonies. Right after a devastating robot rebellion.

That's right! Galvatron is indirectly responsible for the creation of both the Imperium of Man and Slaanesh!

He's probably spinning in his grave about now

[y0ur-enf0rc3r]

haha sherk

I will hunt you down and shake the ground so hard you dislocate your spin and your forced to lay there while the forest eats your body.

[invinciblerodent]

me studying history (reading everything in World of Thedas about the Tevinter Imperium) the night before the exam (two months before the release of Veilguard)

[the-other-pack-member]

god i love thrift stores, because they are the only place i could convince myself this is a sick find

[hammerhead-jpg]

When I show up to the corniest pet name competition but Imp! Adam is already there (I'm cooked)

[a-midnight-rest]

Helldivers 2 ruined 40k for me, and it's for the best

Remember when 40k was a satire? I barely do.

When Helldivers 2 came out, I remembered how it was though. How the imperial guard was described of absolutely worthless beings who either died or committed war crimes, and fought more rebellions than any external threats (including chaos cults). How the techpriests obsession with prayers and technology had not been rationalized and was full on bonkers, completely inefficient, to the point even common soldiers would know more about how their truck worked than them. But they couldn't do field repairs, or they had to crawl for the rest of the journey in penitence.

Is 40k even satire is the ecclesiarchy doesn't kill its own saints because it somehow contradicts their beliefs? If Space Marines leave an active engagement and leave a planet to burn because they have to protect a paperclip that may have been in the presence of the Emperor, and therefore is a sacred relic? If we are not shown again and again that the Imperium could just solve all it's problem if it stopped being a racist totalitarian regime and started acting rational and compassionate? And they constantly refuse to entertain the thought because War is good and all that?

Look at what we have now. Authors desperately trying to justify genocides and war crimes as necessary, brainwashing as just "education", paranoïa against enemies at the gates and inside as a good thing. They made a world where fascism is the right answer, and so they try so, so much. Once the imperium was the amalgamation of the most brutal dictatorship known to man, a combination of stalinism, hitler, british imperialism, etc... You could not be more clear. And now it's all "Aw but they are not so bad!" It's like those twitter fucks complaining that killing nazis in video game is too political.

The only thing I have is headcanons and the hopes that since 40k has changed before, it will change again.

[androgynouspenguinexpert]

tell me; is the world really worth saving?