#Mercury Generation

[itmeansiris]

Some random screenshots.

Some of these are similar shots to screenshots that made it to the storyline. Some are too old for where I am story wise, but they should at least get to see the light of day.

Don't mind my ridiculous tags. I didn't want to bombard the actual post section will all my silly comments.

[geminipixels]

Mercedes avoiding Braden didn't last too long, as the couple went on a date night that Saturday.

Braden asked her out to date to the stadium, where the two attended the game. And afterward they went to the starlight lounge and got a bit tipsy. Which led to a risky woo-hoo in the photobooth.

[thecelestiallegacies]

[arttuff]

max made him do it at normal speed

[myriam-draws]

everyone read impulse 1995 for The Guy

[amalgamasreal]

The Guel Cycle

[mercury-hg-3008]

Call of duty stereotyping based off what I've seen

Ghost- heartless cold guy, either no soft spots or one soft spot which is for someone

Price- dad, daddy, man old as dust, or smart and ruthless

Gaz- price's kid, only personality trait is falling out of a heli

Soap- loud scott, really dumb

Farah- a girls girl, has to be in love with someone

Laswell- mom, only super duper serious

Alex- golden retriever, always with farah

Alejandro- loud angry mexican, dumb

Rodolfo- only known as rudy (not stereotype but it's not something I enjoy seeing) also super duper serious, soft spot is alejandro

Valeria- mommy, being petty and annoying to alejandro

Roach- dumb happy guy needs to be babysat, really chaotic

Shepherd- old as dust, UGLY BLEHHH

Hadir- ???

Graves- biggest patriot, daddy and dad (shadows), always taunting, racist (why???)

König- big shy, dumb, soft, daddy dom, big scary with no feelings

Horangi- always gambling or meows, könig's personal 🐶

Nikto- hot guy with scars, kinda soft

Vladimir- daddy dom like fanfic mafia bosses

Yuri- ??? vladimir's bf I guess

[tumblingxelian]

OK I am just gonna say it.

In regards to the whole "The writers said Ironwood sacraficing his arm means he is giving up his humanity" thing?

I think that they are 100% talking from Ironwood's perspective there.

Now hear me out.

Ironwood is one of the people who most dehumanizes Penny. Yeah sure he's superficially 'nice' when everything is going his way. Be he explicitly had her made as a weapon and the moment its more convenient to treat her as a tool than a person he does so.

Ironwood is fucking weird about his prosthetics. He is always trying to hide them until they are too bulky to cover up with clothing. He's clearly deeply uncomfortable with them and defaults to blaming them for his own behavior.

Compare & contrast to other characters. All of the heroic characters constantly emphasize Penny's personhood and even when disagreeing with her never start couching their language in commands but convincing arguments as they would anyone else.

What's more, Yang, Maria, Fox, Pietro & hell even Tyrian all wear their prosthetics or disabilities very openly and without shame. The shows framing, theme & narrative do not present these things as some kind of loss of humanity or otherwise as a negative. If "Prosthetics eat your soul" was a thing the writers actually felt, it would be more obvious.

Note: I am unsure whether the writers regard Penny as disabled, so I didn't put her with the others.

Penny's new body. Much for much-ness is made about Penny "Becoming a real girl" as though the show hadn't consistently treated her as one from her first moment on screen. & while ignoring the fact that her new body was clearly a magical/Aura construct given it was made up of wobbly green energies under a scan not flesh and bone like other characters.

Even if we ignore all that, when it comes to her new body and that whole angle, while she did show an appreciation for her new tactile senses, she was also shown to be far more vulnerable & generally to be struggling with the new body & it ultimately led to her fall.

This is very much not on brand if we were meant to regard her mechanical form as some kind of problem outside of how others used it to mistreat her.

One of Atlas's core themes' is dehumanization. The people pf Mantle are dehumanized into a faceless mob, a few city blocks that can easily be crushed beneath Ironwood's heel.

Cinder Fall was "adopted" into child slavery where the rights of her abusers to own and harm her always took precedence over her humanity.

The Ace-Ops are trained to regard themselves, their fellows & everyone else as inherently expendable. Cogs in a machine that can be replaced and should not be cared for or mourned.

& most integrally, when Ironwood sacrificed his arm so he could beat Watts. When he had Watts dangling over a lava pit & said he would sacrifice anything to beat Salem. Watts smirked. Because Watt's knew Ironwood's penchant to view harming himself or others as "Ruthlessness" and thus pragmatism was alive & well & would destroy him. Which it did.

The 'other' statement. There is one other line people point to, namely Yang's V8 line, regarding "The mechanical bits are just extra" as somehow ableist. Even ignoring as I said before that I am unsure CRWBY even regard Penny as disabled, or as equivalent to a person using prosthetics. The fact is, I can only view taking that statement as dehumanizing Penny by virtue of her mechanical nature as at best, misinterpreting Yang's statement.

Seriously, they are talking about the fact Penny will still have a soul. IE the very metric of personhood that's used to define every person in universe! It'd be no different if she was made of clay or cloned flesh.

Conclusion. As I said above, if the writers really felt that way about prosthetics, it would be much more overt than one off hand statement that very much seems to reflect Ironwood's thinking not the writers. Ironwood thinks giving up his arm and replacing them with prosthetics is something that makes him less human, a trait he explicitly admired in/projected onto Salem. It makes so much more sense for the writers to be commenting on Ironwood';'s thought process here given it thematically does not align with the rest of the show at all otherwise.

[rushingheadlong]

Freddie Mercury wearing his "Heaven" shirt in Argentina (1981)

→ Although Freddie was known to frequent the gay nightclub 'Heaven', this particular shirt likely came from a novelty Los Angeles store with the same name

[ryuki-draws]

Slowly becoming yourself again

[gasstationclown]

whaaattttt loa posting for the first time in like... months? hi!!

misc ouaw sketches (ft metal singer gricko?? or something??)

ORPHEUS i havent finished prime yet but after months and months orpheus lives in my head growing like a mold. my personal design for him

and finally, i got tired of not being able to draw frost... so i practiced drawing actual tigers. ft my bad attempts before deciding it was good enough (im getting there)

[horzagobuchul]

Fighting evil by night, stuffing her face by day~

[geminipixels]

Car #2... A cotton candy Jeep wrangler.

After Mercedes collected a few "items" around town and sold them, she bought a second car for the household and gifted it to Regina. Who obviously didn't question the new influx of funds from her best friend.

[thecelestiallegacies]

[sagstelliums]

What’s mercury retrograde in Virgo bringing to you (pac)

Pile 1

I see that during mercury retrograde your intuition may increase or youll get deeper in your spirituality, I see that someone close to you that passed on will try reaching out to you or you’ll see signs of someone from the other side trying to connect with you. I see that you may go through some endings that will cause you to get sad or feel down especially in your love life, I see that you should accept advice or valid criticism you receive during this time. Signs- Aries/scorpio. Initials- D, O, W, S

Pile 2

I see that during mercury retrograde you’ll be pushed to take more initiative and action towards the areas of life that you’re dissatisfied with, I see you procrastinating less and going after your goals more. I see you making opportunities for yourself instead of waiting for them, I see you ending a connection or getting into a no contact situation with someone. I see you budgeting more or feeling like your finances aren’t going well, i see you staying inside more. Signs- Pisces/libra. Initials- M, K, Z, W

Pile 3

I see that during mercury retrograde you’ll get good news or some news that’ll help forward your success, I see someone trying to get in the way of something you want or get in the way of a connection you care about. I see you going through a loss or ending, I see you standing strong against people who oppose you or make you angry. Signs- Pisces/leo. Initials- B, O, G, U

Personal readings always available

[0x1000]

Something I hadn't seen noted on here yet: the all-new alchemical skull symbols! Blue is mercury (☿, spirit) and red (🜍, soul) is sulfur. Very fun!