#REGENT Files - Organization

[falloutcaldera]

This monster of a document is finally done!

This is an in-universe comprehensive overview of Humans, Super Mutants, Ghouls, and other Man-made Sapients, made by a Nightkin scholar named Zekhau, who features in our Fallout: Caldera faction The Firemen.

I've included little citations to certain concepts, though this also contains quite a bit of speculative lore-welding - including everything from the original Vault 13 GURPS timeline to the apocrypha of the Fallout Bible - as well as references to our unreleased Fallout Rewrite.

Below the cut is a full excerpt as a preview!

Misconceptions On Nightkin

To be Nightkin is to reject the harsh light of the great flame and to become kin with the night, for in its darkness all are equal. Such is the name we choose for ourselves, still reverent to our Night God even as we unlearn or reject his tenants - in fact, it was once that all Metamorphs were Nightkin, until age and changing tongue saw the shift. Now only those who pledged themselves the deepest are still referred to as such - telltale in our strange skin and manner.

Many misconceptions reside on both - but in truth the explanations are some simple and some complex. 

To the nature of our skin, it is a simple mutation: In all strains of Metamorph, a curious development of yellow-pigment in place of our melanin as brought about by FEV - but so too is another, which causes blue or purple tones, those typical in the ‘Born’ Igneous. It is the loss of the former which causes our cerulean parlor - the Old World termed such ‘Axanthism’, that which prevents yellow in many green Amphibians thus turning them to blue. 

This seems to be an effect of our use of Stealth Boys - to which many ascribe the changes in our minds as well. The latter is… not an untruth, but not correct either. In all natures of the mind, the answer is more complex.

It is true that the Stealth Boy, prolonged of use, causes paranoia, delusions, a creeping organic psychosis which makes the world fuzzy and strange - the inner circle of the Brothers of Steel have reported as much, so say the watchers. Yet this is so often confused, conflated with the Pre War term ‘Schizophrenia’, a diversity of neurology with many stigmas even then, whose presentation is not always the similar - more often catatonia in nature, or flat in emotion, chaotic of speech or sense. 

Similar, but distinct - for while this can be supported by community or aided with Chems known Antipsychotics, the usage of a Stealth Boy deteriorates the physicality of the brain itself, requiring other methods of assistance. Even so, this does not elaborate the reason why even without, so many Nightkin are strange in compatriots eyes. 

Nightkin were the best and brightest of the Master’s Unity, and as such were given the hardest tasks - those of bloodshed and subterfuge, of hearing the First Hive most clearly, to which the loss of such we know was devastating. This reveals another secret: that of remembrance -  where as others change upon transformation begat a forgetting, many of us recalled old harms, of overseers and vaults and pain of wasteland or fear of being taken to the Unity. 

For some, we were always this way, and our diversity of mind made pain and change natural to us. For those who were many living as one, their mind-kin stepped forward to take the pain. For those who survived pain, we embraced it. 

For some, when the Master fell, we embraced Stealth Boys, becoming one with the Night in the only fashion left to us. In the absence of Hive, we listen to whatever voices we can - and in the absence of even that, our minds invent ones to hear. 

For some seeking stability the answer may lie in Nullification of noise, Amplification of voice, or in medicines strange. For others, simply others familiar may be our savior. I myself have found kin in strangers, born not from Unity but from Spore, and in those that read my scriptures. 

Should you require it, seek out the strange - kin in mind can work as one, should we have kin in heart to guide us.

[victorawhi]

Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network, dies at 93

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (June 8, 2023) — Marion Gordon “Pat” Robertson religious broadcasting pioneer, philanthropist, educator, Christian leader, businessman, and author died on

June 8, 2023, in his home, surrounded by his family. He was 93.

The Christian Broadcasting Network announced his death.

Dr. Robertson served as the founder and chairman of The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc. (CBN); founder, chancellor, and chief executive officer of Regent University; founder of Operation Blessing Relief and Development Corporation (OB); founder and president of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ); co-founder and chairman of International Family Entertainment, Inc.; and a leading force behind several other influential organizations and broadcast entities.

His greatest treasure in life was knowing Jesus Christ and having the privilege of proclaiming Him and His power to others.  His life was lived to the glory of God.

Early Life, Education, and Military Service

Pat Robertson was born on March 22, 1930, in Lexington, Virginia, to A. Willis Robertson and Gladys Churchill Robertson. His father served for 34 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.

After graduating with honors from McCallie School, a military prep school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Mr. Robertson entered Washington and Lee University in 1946, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa.

In 1948, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. After graduating magna cum laude from Washington and Lee in 1950, Robertson served as the assistant adjutant of the First Marine Division in Korea. He was promoted to first lieutenant in 1952 upon his return to the United States.

Mr. Robertson received a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1955 and his M.Div. from New York Theological Seminary in 1959.

Family

In 1954, he married Adelia “Dede” Elmer Robertson. They were married 67 years before she predeceased him on April 19, 2022, at the age of 94.

Together they had four children: Timothy Brian Robertson of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Elizabeth Robertson Robinson of Dallas, Texas; Gordon Perry Robertson of Chesapeake, Virginia; Ann Robertson LeBlanc of Portsmouth, Virginia; plus 14 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.

Religious Broadcasting

In 1959, Mr. Robertson moved his family to Tidewater, Virginia, with just $70 and a vision of establishing the first Christian television network in the United States.

Although he didn`t even own a TV, he filed incorporation papers for The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc., then raised funds to purchase a defunct UHF station.

On October 1, 1961, CBN began broadcasting from WYAH-TV in Portsmouth, Virginia. At the time, its signal barely reached the city limits, recalled his son Gordon Robertson, CBN`s president and CEO.

The ministry’s scope grew exponentially over the decades, reaching viewers across America and around the globe through television broadcasts, cable, satellite, the internet, and other media.

Today, CBN is one of the world’s largest evangelistic ministries, proclaiming the Good News in over 100 countries and dozens of languages, including Russian, Arabic, Spanish, French, and Chinese.

CBN`s flagship program grew out of a telethon in 1963, when Mr. Robertson asked a “club” of 700 viewers to give $10 a month.

In 1966, The 700 Club program was created, airing each weekday with interviews, prayer and ministry. Today, it is one of the longest-running religious television programs in America.

He hosted the daily program until October 1, 2021, the sixtieth anniversary of CBN`s first broadcast, when he announced that Gordon Robertson would be the show`s new full-time host.

Over the years, Mr. Robertson`s co-hosts included Ben Kinchlow, Sheila Walsh, Gordon Robertson, Terry Meeuwsen, and Wendy Griffith.

Throughout its broadcast history, The 700 Club and CBN News have covered national and international events and issues, including key elections, the COVID-19 pandemic, the war on terror, Israel, and the Middle East.

Guests have included former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and Donald Trump; key congressional leaders from both parties; as well as a “Who’s Who” of world and national figures, journalists, professional athletes, celebrities, and pundits.

Regent University

In 1977, Mr. Robertson incorporated CBN University, and classes began in 1978.

Later renamed Regent University, the school quickly became a leading academic center for Christian thought and action, and now has over 30,000 alumni. Today, thousands of students take classes on its Virginia Beach campus and online around the world.

With the mission of “Christian leadership to change the world,” Regent University offers associate`s, bachelor`s, master`s, and doctoral degrees in numerous disciplines and holds accreditations from bodies including the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

U.S. News & World Report has listed Regent among the top national universities four years in a row.

Distinguished faculty and lecturers have included John Ashcroft, former U.S. Attorney General; Vern Clark, former Chief of Naval Operations; Steve Forbes, president and CEO of Forbes, Inc.; Justice Samuel Alito, U.S. Supreme Court; and Michelle Bachmann, former U.S. Congresswoman.

Operation Blessing

Operation Blessing was established by Mr. Robertson in 1978 as a nonprofit organization with a mission “to demonstrate God`s love by alleviating human need and suffering in the United States and around the world.”

Its programs focus on the primary goals of providing hunger relief, clean water, medical aid, and disaster assistance to help break the cycle of suffering for those in need.

Operation Blessing has provided relief aid in the aftermath of numerous disasters across America and around the globe, including the COVID-19 pandemic, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and fires.

Since its founding, Operation Blessing has touched the lives of millions of people in America and around the world.

The American Center for Law and Justice

In 1990, Mr. Robertson founded the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), a public-interest law firm and education group that defends the First Amendment rights of people of faith.

Focusing on pro-family, pro-liberty, and pro-life issues, the ACLJ has argued before the Supreme Court and won several high-profile religious freedom cases.

Author

A prolific and New York Times best-selling author, Mr. Robertson wrote 24 books, including The Secret Kingdom, Answers to 100 of Life`s Most Probing Questions, and The New World Order, which were each the number one religious book in America in the year of their respective publication.

His other books include the autobiographical works Shout It From the Housetops and I Have Walked With the Living God; along with My Prayer for You, Maximum Security, Beyond Reason: How Miracles Can Change Your Life, America’s Dates With Destiny, The Plan, The New Millennium, The Turning Tide, The End of the Age, Steps to Revival, Bring It On, The Ten Offenses, Courting Disaster, Miracles Can Be Yours Today, The Greatest Virtue, Right on the Money, Successful Families and Finances in the Secret Kingdom, The Power of the Holy Spirit in You, and The Shepherd King, released in May 2023.

Presidential Candidate

In 1986, Mr. Robertson announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination for president of the United States on a conservative platform.

While he enjoyed some success in the early primaries, he eventually placed third.

At the 1988 Republican Convention, Mr. Robertson endorsed Vice President George H. W. Bush, who won the nomination and the presidency.

Organizations, Awards and Honors

Mr. Robertson was a past president of the Council on National Policy.

1982 he served on President Ronald Reagan`s Task Force on Victims of Crime. He previously served on the Board of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership and on the Governor`s Council of Economic Advisors in the State of Virginia. Mr. Robertson founded and served as the president of the Christian Coalition of America until his resignation in 2001.

Over the years, numerous officials and groups have recognized Mr. Robertson`s achievements, including Humanitarian of the Year in 1982 by the Food for the Hungry organization; Man of the Year in 1988 by Students for America; Christian Broadcaster of the Year in 1989 by the National Religious Broadcasters; one of America`s 100 Cultural Elite in 1992 by Newsweek magazine; the Cross of Nails award in 2000 for his vision, inspiration and humanitarian work with The Flying Hospital; and the Distinction in Ministry Award in 2009 from New York Theological Seminary.

In 2013, he received the Winston Churchill Lifetime Achievement Award, the first of its kind awarded by the Faith & Freedom Coalition in Washington, DC. And in 2017, he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th Silver Anniversary Movieguide Awards in Hollywood, California, having served on the Board of Reference for their Christian Film & Television Commission since 2010.

In honor of his support for Israel, Mr. Robertson received the Defender of Israel Award in 1994 from the Christians` Israel Public Action Campaign; the State of Israel Friendship Award in 2002 by the Chicago chapter of the Zionist Organization of America; and a Lifetime Achievement Award for Support of Israel in 2008 by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.

For more information on the life and ministry of Pat Robertson, please visit https://cbn.com/Pat.

In lieu of flowers, the Robertson family respectfully requests that anyone wishing to honor Pat can do so by visiting here (cbn.com/HonorPat) and supporting the organizations he loved dearly: CBN, Operation Blessing, and the Regent University Pat Robertson Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Categories: National, News, Top Stories

Tags: 700 club, Christian Broadcasting Network, Pat Robertson

[coochiequeens]

Why would a drag show on a university campus ever be described as “family friendly?”

South Dakota’s regent board will devise a policy to “enhance the protection of minors” during campus events, following strong conservative backlash against a drag show at one of its universities.

The governing board, which controls the state’s six public four-year universities, voted unanimously at a December meeting to move forward with the policy, despite not having language drafted for it.

The Gender and Sexualities Alliance, an LGBTQ student organization at South Dakota State University that sponsored the drag show there, billed it as “kid-friendly” and appropriate for families to attend.

The new policy represents the latest in campus culture wars, which have also included fights after conservatives objected to critical race theory, a decades-old academic framework that describes racism as systematic.

A conservative movement has demonized drag shows performed in front of children. Republican policymakers have suggested drag artists are exposing children to sexually explicit routines and even gone so far as to accuse them of grooming young people. 

Drag supporters say the art form is not intrinsically sexual, that it only serves as a way to break gender norms and that no evidence exists showing children have been harmed at a drag show. 

Still, several state legislatures, including those in Tennessee and in Missouri, have recently introduced bills intended to curtail drag shows. 

Conservatives quickly registered their objections to the South Dakota State drag show. One Republican state representative, Jon Hansen, said on Twitter that he wrote to South Dakota State President Barry Dunn, telling him it was inappropriate for children to take part in the event. 

“Drag, as you likely know, is mostly cross-dressing men masquerading around as hyper-sexualized women, often times in scant lingerie,” Hansen said. “Drag is hyper-sexual by its very nature, and kids should not be invited to partake in this.”

So intense was the uproar that Dunn in November made a public statement clarifying the student group organized the event and did not dip into university funds to do so.

In December, the regents chimed in. The regent president, Pam Roberts, said in a statement then that the board asked university presidents to temporarily block minors from attending campus events sponsored by student organizations.  

“We respect the First Amendment, but none of us are happy about children being encouraged to participate in this event on a university campus,” Roberts said. 

Late last month, the board held an impromptu meeting to discuss the controversy. During that meeting, regents voted in favor of a new policy, directing their central office to craft one.

A board statement did not reference when regents will make a finalized version of the policy public. It said that in the interim, officials “will review all upcoming events involving the presence of minors on campus to confirm adequate protocol and safeguards are met.”

Another Republican state senator, Julie Frye-Mueller, told the regents at an earlier December meeting she intended to file a bill restricting drag shows in the state.

[the-firebird69]

They're really only eight households really and BG has one of them okay cuz more than eight left and we started with 33 last night there's 23 and it didn't go like we said but that's where it is and all of those 23 John remillard has seven and bja has eight BG has three and Garth has two then there are three left which are clones is Tommy f and two of his first born clothes and if I fight each other it is a mess and they fight each other as a whole too and 23 is low they're reduced in power and today they're prepping for tomorrow and they're going to fire people and Trump is now in five court cases three of them are criminal apparently the guy can't take a hint and what's coming up too the January 6th committee is going to file more charges it's going to vote to accelerate the trial. They're trying to use the analogy that he's our people or something that's really coming from the max they've been saying it the whole time about all the morlock and these trumps a little bit more not ton more and they keep saying it and saying it and saying it and they get hit and they're going to get hit tonight badly and they're going to get floored it is going to be a monumental occasion and they are going to be in a lot of trouble

-a lot of people are signing on to duty to attack the max and here we're talking about right now and to go after their stuff is he foreigners with it and others and they have to try and compete

-hours are signing on at a blistering pace and they heard it say we asked you to told you to we gave you the call and this is why and the max are at it right now and they're signing on because they hear their own people saying sign on God damn you and things like that and they've been begging them too so we're starting to see something there was a conversation between them and our people were not listening. It started asking what's happening and for real it wasn't going that well and we know what the problems are and it said we're no longer in maintenance it's going to get hot and heavy when you try and extract huge things and if we're not ready our people suffer and we can't let them win because we'll all die and he said that to people it went around and start catching and it's going to go out again today

Thor Freya

Olympus

There's a few more people who are regents in 23 households that you knew and they don't want to go into combat and trying to get different trucks and they know which one works better but they still think it's stupid and trying to get people organized and it's getting difficult and getting troops on the outside is difficult and we think it might be a while and what you're saying is they're desperate and pushed by their own and mean people are going to go out there and think they can win and that's what I found too so there's a mix but really out of the 23 remaining 10 of them are ready to go out right now and they're getting ready and they say we see your words and we understand that our perspective is if we get closed in here by McDonald's we're in trouble anyways and it's true she just moved to California but nobody wants to do that either need a credit card princess Meghan Markle credit card the odd because as her face on it but it's everybody else's money so he started laughing saying I don't have any time for this they're not really doing that but there it is. Prince Harry is laughing and her son says when a prince and princess get together aren't you king and queen and he's telling me to shut up he says

Hera

Zues

[tellthemeerkatsitsfine]

I know a weird amount about British performance venues, for someone who’s never been to one. Actually, that’s not quite true. In March 2007, I spent a week in London with my mother, and that’s the only time I’ve ever been to that side of the Atlantic. The only time I’ve been overseas, aside from a couple of weeks in NZ in 2016. While we were there, we saw a production of Spamalot on St. Patrick’s Day. I do remember that being very cool. I remember hugely enjoying the musical, and walking through some theatre-y neighbourhood in London after the show ended, at midnight on St. Patrick’s Day and there were all these celebrations, and it seemed very exciting at the age of 16.

So I’ve technically been in a British venue, but I have no idea which one it was, and I remember very few specifics of it. Otherwise, I have never been in a British venue. But when I hear or see a recording of as how from a venue, I find it interesting to Google that venue, work out where it is and what it looks like and what they do there. Find it on Google Earth and look around. Because, I don’t know, you have to have a hobby, right? It’s something to do while I listen to comedy – to look at pictures of where that comedy was performed, and get a visual sense of it to match the audio.

I do know too many things about places I’ve never been. I feel like “places I’ve never been” is too romantic a way to phrase that, it suggests that I mean, like, the Pyramids of Egypt or something. Rather than the Nottingham Playhouse.

Here are some things I know about just a few British performance venues:

- Soho Theatre, London: I know very well what the stage looks like, because it’s where all the Soho Theatre specials on Amazon Prime were filmed, and I’ve seen most of those by now. At least three quarters of them, I think. Big deal venue, a number of comedians refer to doing a run at the Soho Theatre as a sign that they have “made it”. Small-ish, compered to a big theatre, at least, as far as I can tell from when they cut to the audience. Set up more like a club than a theatre with tables and a bar accessible. Really cool. I will make a pilgrimage someday.

- Leicester Square Theatre, London: Not in Leicester, specifically because some venues pick their names with the intention of confusing Canadians who don’t know about these places and are trying to organize their collections of comedy recordings by venue as well as by city, and they’ll keep accidentally filing the Leicester Square Theatre shows as being in the wrong city (yes I know Leicester Square is a place in London and that’s why it’s named that). Fairly large, looks cool and fancy on Google Images. Name of Richard Herring’s podcast.

- Battersea Arts Centre, London: Very fancy artsy place. Cool-looking building from the outside, according to Google Earth, and the inside, according to Google Images. Seems like a place where they might have opera or some shit. Apparently was on fire once. I would like to see it. That applies to all these, but particularly that one.

- Regent’s Park, London: Really fucking cool. I have seen many pictures, and I guess if you take them out of context, it’s just a park where they put seats. I have been to parks in Canada where they put seats, I guess it’s not that inherently cool. But the context makes it really fucking cool.

- Manchester Dancehouse: Looks very cool and artsy from the outside. Large-ish theatre with cool stuff on the walls from the inside.

- Union Chapel, London: Large fancy church where they sometimes put music and comedy shows. Fucking cool. I was a quite devout Anglican until I was 16, at which point I became very strongly not religious anymore, and I kind of hate how much my awe of fancy religious buildings did not disappear with the rest of my religious faith. I am still a sucker for an old church. This looks like a cool old church.

- Bloomsbury Theatre, London: Quite large, compared to most of these, I think. Décor that makes it look newer, according to pictures. Part of a college.

- Pleasance Theatre, London: Cool-looking place, from the inside and the outside. Seems to have multiple rooms, some with bleacher-like seating and some with tables and stuff. The sort of decor that would make you expect to see something vaguely artsy.

- Bill Murray, London: Gets called a comedy club/pub rather than a theatre, looks like a similar setup to the Soho Theatre in pictures. I’ve seen a few comedy specials that were recorded there, including the excellent Michael Legge ones, so I know what the stage looks like, though there weren’t a lot of cuts to the audience to show the rest of the room. Host a thing called Angel Comedy. Seems to be relatively cool and alternative-ish in terms of the content they host.

- The Old Vic, London: Have that “in the round” thing where the audience is everywhere. It’s where the Tree video was filmed, so that gives a very good look at what it’s like.

- Camden Roundhouse, London: Circular building, also has the thing where the audience sits on all sides. Looks fucking cool on the inside, wooden structures and stuff.

- Hammersmith Appollo, London: Big theatre where Live at the Apollo is filmed. A lot of the more mainstream comedy specials/DVDs get filmed there as well. Large, puts the comedian’s name in lights, that sort of thing.

- Just the Tonic, Nottingham: Comedy club with a bunch of cool lights as its interior décor. Less exciting building from the outside, which probably makes sense as it appears to be a less exciting city. But it looks pretty cool inside.

- Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh: Cool building from the outside. Relatively standard theatre from the inside.

- Summerhall, Edinburgh: Big arts complex, large old building from the outside (I am just a sucker for all old buildings, which I hope is the cause of why I still find churches so cool, and not some subconscious lingering awe of the religion that I left behind years ago). I think it might also have that round thing from The Old Vic, but I might be making that up. Looks vibrant and varied on the inside.

- Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh: More club-like venue, that I think hosts some of the more alt-like things at the Edinburgh Festival. Stone walls with murals on them, looks cool in pictures.

- Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh: A cow was taken apart on stage there on August 26, 2003, and the world has not been the same since. Honestly though, I do know a fair amount about this venue, for a number of reasons that do include obsessively Googling the cow incident to see if I could find out more about it. I also know about the Gilded Balloon because it featured heavily in the Tim Minchin documentary Rock ‘n’ Roll Nerd, where Karen Koren, who owns the Gilded Balloon, brought his first show to Edinburgh. The documentary showed a lot of that venue, including backstage and probably more shots of the dressing room than we needed (specifically, more shots than we needed of Tim Minchin not wearing clothes in the dressing room), so I know that building quite well.

Used to be in a neighbourhood called Cowgate until it burned down in 2002, and was rebuilt nearby. This is why I sometimes refer to The Incident there as Cowgate, even though Cowgate didn’t actually happen in Cowgate; it happened in the rebuilt version of the venue in 2003.

Host Late ‘n’ Live, this late-night thing that runs until like 3:30 AM at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and that’s the other reason I know a lot about this venue. Because I’ve seen every YouTube clip I could find of old Late ‘n’ Live nights, and have seen the 2012 documentary that BBC Scotland did about Late ‘n’ Live, and obviously the venue featured heavily there. They livestreamed several nights of Late ‘n’ Live at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival, and I have downloaded those, but have not watched them, because something so recent is just too close to what I could see if I actually went there in real life, and that makes me depressed about the fact that I don’t have the money to go there in real life. Soon. Hopefully. I’m working on it.

- The Stand, Edinburgh: Cool club-style venue that hosted Stewart Lee’s Alternative Comedy Experience TV show, so I know a fair bit of what it looks like from that. It’s where Daniel Kitson went to host Honourable Men of Art in 2006 and 2008, when he specifically wanted to rebel against the drunken mess of Late ‘n’ Live, setting The Stand up as the cooler, nerdier alternative to the mainstream Gilded Balloon. I have no idea if it’s really like that, but Daniel Kitson and Stewart Lee both considered the Edinburgh Stand as the place to go for alternative comedy, and they’re two of the people with the most credibility in proclamations about alternative comedy, so that must mean something. The Stand is also where Daniel Kitson performed most of his Edinburgh stuff for the first 10-ish years of his career, his solo shows as well as his collaborative shows like Honourable Men of Art. The first 10-ish years of his career was when Daniel Kitson was most unapologetically pretentious and picky about all parts of his gigs, including the venues, suggesting that The Stand has some cred in terms of being small and cool and the right room for great comedy.

This all applies to The Stand in Edinburgh, but there’s another one in Glasgow where Frankie Boyle’s been involved and Susie McCabe compares regularly, so overall it just seems like a really cool multi-city Scottish thing where the coolest comedy happens and I’d love to make a pilgrimage there someday.

Sorry, never mind, scratch that. Scratch all of that. The above paragraph is what I thought, until recently. Apparently The Stand is a place that decided to platform a transphobe, and then not, possibly because transgender comedian Bethany Black pulled her shows from it due to not wanting her transgender fans to fund hate against themselves by paying money to The Stand for her tickets (entirely understandably), but then they brought the transphobe back due to legal threats. Because, you know, the whole “You can’t force people or private businesses to do stuff they don’t want to, telling me to use your preferred pronouns is compelled speech and forcing a baker to make a gay wedding cake is fascism” thing only goes applies to one side of the political spectrum, and if a venue decides not to give out their space for bigotry, they can be legally forced to change that decision.

So that’s what that is now. Put a strike through all that other stuff, it’s now the venue that’s known for transphobes. I mean, it was probably lots of other stuff in between, this disappointment is what happens when my most recent information on a venue comes from Stewart Lee’s TV show that aired in 2013-2014 (a TV show for which he had Andrew Lawrence record material, if you want a sign of how much the comedy landscape has changed since then – I have a theory that finding out his material had been cut from that show may have contributed to Lawrence throwing away all his credibility on the respectable side of comedy, just because those two things coincide so closely). We have to be up to date about things. It’s not the cool venue that hosted Daniel Kitson’s Chocolate Milk Gang-based alt-comedy nights anymore. I only see it that way because I’m about fifteen years behind in the comedy I follow most closely. It is a bit weird to be fifteen years behind in how I think of comedy; sometimes I find myself having opinions on the Mark Watson Advertises Cider Controversy and then remember that no one has cared since 2011. Anyway, The Stand is not those cool things anymore, it’s now a place for transphobes (I realize Glasgow and Edinburgh are different places, but as far as I can tell those two locations are owned by the same people). Things always turn out to be a place for transphobes, don’t they? Nothing ever just stays cool, it’s always that you look a little closer, and then it’s a place for transphobes.

By the way, can I just say I think the term TERF is wildly overused? It stands for Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist, and it’s a useful way to point out this one weird thing where people who have otherwise pro-woman views hate this one particular type of woman, and manage to twist the language of feminism into justifying it. Specifically, these people identify as “radical feminists”, and argue that the radical nature of their feminism means they want nothing to do with anyone born with a dick.

It’s a horrible, horrible thing, but it doesn’t describe your garden variety transphobe. I’m not sure it’s ideologically possible for any cis men to be TERFs, as the whole thing revolves around hating men so much that they can’t even stand to share space with women whom they consider to be men.

I’ve seen people describe Graham Linehan as a TERF, when that guy clearly hates cis women as well. Dave Chappelle cannot be on Team TERF just because he says he is; he’d have to also adopt a lot of other radical feminist views that I don’t think he wants to take on. And even most cis women who hate trans people are not radical feminists, they’re just transphobes. The vast majority of people who get called TERFs are just transphobes.

It doesn’t really matter; I don’t go around making this argument most of the time, because it’s not important. It’s a semantic argument and semantics aren’t really useful in this situation. But as a feminist, I don’t love hearing people describe bigots with an acronym that contains the word “feminist”, so I do think there’s at least a bit of substantial merit behind the idea of not granting them that title. Germaine Greer is a TERF. Ricky Gervais is just a transphobe. Both very bad, but different things. It’s bullshit semantics, but surely there has to be a better system than one in which we describe Ricky Gervais as a radical feminist, which is technically what we’re saying if we call him a TERF.

Well, that’s what happened in this post. I tricked people into thinking it was a post about comedy venues, but really it was a post about my views on some stuff people are mad about on Twitter. This sort of thing will continue until I’m no longer as intensely in need of distractions.

[oroycristinemae]

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NOVEMBER 17, 2019 

23 WORKER’S STARTED A LABOR PROTEST

Regent Foods Corporation Faces Labor Protest as Workers Demand Fair Treatment

Manila - Regent Foods Corporation, a leading food manufacturer in Pasig, Metro Manila, is facing a labor protest as workers demand fair treatment and better working conditions.

The protest, which began on October 6, involves hundreds of workers from Regent Foods Corporation's factory, who are demanding better wages, improved safety standards, and an end to discrimination and harassment in the workplace. According to the workers, they have been subjected to unfair treatment and hazardous working conditions, which have put their health and safety at risk. They claim that they are not being paid fair wages for their work and are being denied basic benefits, such as healthcare and sick leave.

The workers have also accused the company of discrimination and harassment, claiming that they have been subjected to verbal abuse and intimidation by their supervisors and colleagues. RFC reprimanded Mr. Sotto in a social media post after he assisted the 23 workers in posting bail after they were jailed on Nov. 9 following a violent dispersal at the picket line.

Sotto stated that he met with and listened to both Regent management and employees during a protest that led to violence and the arrest of 23 people: 20 workers, two members of another organization, and a tricycle driver who "just went down to see what was going on." Twelve people have been released on bond, including the tricycle driver for whom Sotto claims they obtained funds, while 11 remain in jail.

The youthful mayor said he requested owners Irwin and Susan See to drop the accusations, and the couple indicated they would talk with their board of directors. Sotto said he learned on Saturday that the corporation would not withdraw the complaint. Sotto, who overturned the Eusebio dynasty in Pasig in May, promised to "do everything in my power to assist these 23 in regaining/maintaining their liberty." Meanwhile, labor groups praised Sotto's support for the workers and asked for his assistance, warning that the Regent administration will file more cases against the unions.

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REFERENCES:

Patajo-Kapunan, A. L. (2019, November 24). Regent reacts | Atty. Lorna Patajo-Kapunan. BusinessMirror. https://businessmirror.com.ph/2019/11/25/regent-reacts/?fbclid=IwAR0-Kv1LUuvzn9qPEaYgAjoA5Yl7U2R3JmkxGoDnWWdsrNUyrPv7ux_O1bI

ABS-CBN News. (2019, November 19). Regent eyes Pasig exit as Vico Sotto sides with striking workers. ABS-CBN News. https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/19/19/regent-eyes-pasig-exit-as-vico-sotto-sides-with-striking-workers?fbclid=IwAR3ziy14jBdaXLgVPzrKYkSp4QE4E6OQw8X0mrCaGzSwzKfUAy-eWLKJuF0

DONA MAGSINO,GMA News & DONA MAGSINO, GMA News. (2019, November 21). DILG: Mayor Vico Sotto can’t pressure Regent Foods to drop charges vs. 23 individuals | News |. GMA News Online. https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/metro/716292/dilg-mayor-vico-sotto-can-t-pressure-regent-foods-to-drop-charges-vs-23-individuals/story/?fbclid=IwAR3ziy14jBdaXLgVPzrKYkSp4QE4E6OQw8X0mrCaGzSwzKfUAy-eWLKJuF0

[pretensesoup]

Anything for @tryxyhijinks.

Okay so to begin with, I just want to say I'm old enough that I don't really put any faith in institutions to do the right thing when they can possibly avoid it. I don't know why I feel the need to say that--maybe because I'm constantly reminding myself/being reminded of it? Just looking at Madison politics you can see this, from the origins of Mifflin Street Block Party in the late 60s with Paul FUCKING Soglin as one of the founders, and the police trying to shut it down, tear gassed people, etc., to him trying to shut it down when he was mayor.

But I don't want to talk about contemporary Madison politics too much. It's too depressing and also I'm afraid if I slander the DA I'm gonna get my ass handed to me somehow. Instead, let's look at the 60s. (OKAY in the following I somewhat conflate UW and Madison as entities. I…am not going to unpick this. Sorry. When you have a big governmental entity like the university and also a city, there's always a push-pull between them, but also you have to believe that a lot of things, like policing etc., are done collaboratively. Also I didn't even get to policing in the below but anyway you should read this if you're interested.)

Madison made history by adopting Wisconsin's first fair housing regulations in 1963. At the time, only 27% of rentals and 12% of houses were available to people of color. The new ordinance forbade discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, or ancestry. (https://www.channel3000.com/madison-magazine/city-life/madison-made-civil-rights-history-in-1963-by-adopting-the-first-fair-housing-ordinance-in/article_2986059b-3ab2-5850-ab9e-373e34cbaf4e.html) But if you go and read that article, you'll see that there was a lot of opposition from realtor groups and even an alder whose district was FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT BLACK. The vote was eventually 11-11, with the mayor breaking the tie. Because of exemptions added in the negotiation process, about 60% of the city's housing stock was exempted from the rule.

Moving forward to 1969. I actually allude to the Black student strike in January/February of that year in the book's opening paragraphs! (https://news.wisc.edu/black-student-strike/) Students had thirteen demands, including the creation of a Black Studies department, more Black student power over the administrators/teachers that had power over them, an increase in Black student admissions, and more. The university responded with a lot of mealy-mouthed "we are definitely failing these students and we're sorry" rhetoric. Although they managed to organize a 10,000 person protest that didn't devolve into a riot (a really big achievement), TWO-THIRDS of the professors sided with the administration, and ultimately the demands weren't really met at the time (in March 1969, a Black Studies Department was established). Up until WWII, UW departments had "implicit quotas" on the number of Jewish faculty they would hire, and during the same time period as the Black student unrest, administrators capped out-of-state admissions "to drastically reduce the number of Jewish students attending UW" (source: https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/NK4EX2U5W4HBN9A/R/file-a0783.pdf?dl, p. 9; I would imagine this had a similar affect on the admission of Black students, because Wisconsin is a VERY white state. ANYWAY if you're like "why did every Jewish person during this time period go to University of Chicago?" It's because they were the one that didn't have a quota.)

There were, unsurprisingly, protests about the presence of the ROTC on campus as well, starting in like…let's say 1966. In 1989, faculty voted to kick them off campus for anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, but the board of regents declined (https://www.tumblr.com/madisonlgbtq/616656471749443584/30-years-ago-5-days-of-protests-against-the-rotc). In the early 2000s, I still had friends who were protesting the ROTC on campus.

The TAA, one of the first teaching assistant unions in the country, was agitating for same-sex partner benefits very early on (1993), but because they had to negotiate both with UW and the state, they didn't actually get it until like 2008!!! (Source: https://taa-madison.org/history/) Wisconsin codified sexual orientation as a protected class in 1982 (the first state in the nation to do it!) but to satisfy conservatives, the bill also condemned premarital sex (link: https://www.channel3000.com/madison-magazine/looking-back-uncovering-so-called-gay-purges-at-uw-madison/article_d4b1dbd0-e2af-11ed-95c3-fb4a2c4bf0e4.html). Sigh. (BUT! As an upshot because of early LGBTQ+ political organizing, I am currently represented by both a gay congressman and a lesbian senator! Like as a direct result--the earlier generation inspired Mark Pocan and Tammy Baldwin to go into politics.)

And--I really wanted to talk about this in the book, but the book is not about the protest movement. Those few paragraphs (and giving Dionysus to the underdogs and the marginalized, which is…not necessarily a bad claim to make? Like his followers in The Bacchae are women, but we also don't really know much about his cult because it was a mystery cult, so nothing was written down) were really the best I could wedge it in there. As I move into the second book and start thinking about Ulysses's discomfort at becoming part of the establishment, this is one of the things I've been turning over in my mind.

It's not like everyone involved at UW or in the community as a whole is terrible. There were plenty of professors who opposed this shit, and also people who were students at the time who went on to become the old radical professors I studied under. But it's easy to see, looking at the history, that administrators and city officials are again and again handed the chance to do the right thing, and again and again they just throw it the fuck away.

So that's, like, a very brief overview. TL;DR I have three degrees from UW and on a good day I'm only mildly embarrassed by this fact.

Queer books, day 30/30

Okay I have owed this post for like a while now. This was supposed to be over July 1st and I didn't do it and now it's hanging over my head like some kind of sword situation.

So like I did write this, and I do feel a little bad for promoting it here, but on the other hand it's a really good book and I have to tell people about it.

Dionysus in Wisconsin follows Ulysses Lenkov and Sam Sterling around Madison in late 1969. Ulysses is a grad student in the Department of Magic Studies, with all the regrets and avoidant behavior that entails, but also a magician and a member of the magic community in Madison, and he tries to help the people he runs into. (Also ghosts. He helps ghosts.) At the beginning, he gets a warning that something big/dangerous/bad is coming, and quickly figures out that the something is tied to Sam somehow. Sam is an otherwise very innocuous archivist who works at the State Historical Society and is involved in community theater in his spare time.

Side note, I learned that there is a woman in my aikido dojo who also works for the historical society and I feel weird about having written about it, but as she said herself, "It's a weird place."

After initial suspicion, the two of them work together to fight demons and try to figure out how to deal with the something, which turns out to be Dionysus (yes, the god) who is set to take over Sam's body.

Key quote:

Oh, also it's funny. Not quite a romcom (unless com means communism), but it's funny.

Anyway, this was a book that I wrote because I really wanted to read a romance that didn't have a third-act breakup, where there was a lot of chemistry and vibes between the MCs, no homophobia to worry about really, and also there was like magic and creepy stuff going on in the plot, and the plot had like a satisfying conclusion to it, which doesn't always happen in romances. And then I populated the book with people who were people that I know--the kind of weird Madison people I run into every day. I have a lot of mixed feelings about Wisconsin in general (like, it's not bad if you don't mind sometimes it's -20 degrees F and there's a lot of liberals but also a lot of NIMBYism and I could fill a dictionary with the sins of the city, that's not the point), but I have come to a renewed appreciation of the place after writing about it. For example, the house Ulysses's family lives in is real, it looks like this, it's in a place that's really called Mansion Hill, and I just find it incredibly funny to let a large family of Bohemian Bolsheviks live in it.

Anyway, 10/10, go read it. You can buy it on Amazon, or on other platforms (the ebook is $3.99, the paperback is $13.99), or if you want a signed copy you can send me a message. I'm selling them for $15. Also, I have free postcards of the cover if you would like one.

In the Madison area, there are (or were) copies at Kismet Books in Verona (an extremely trans- and queer-friendly store and super adorable!) and A Room of One's Own might have sold their copy but they can order it if they have the ISBN.

(Oh, I painted the cover, too. You can get it on a T-shirt or a sticker if you like that kind of thing.)

[verytendou]

OTL

[pyroaress]

@pulchramundii​  asked: "Unlike others, your opinion in a matter is one I actually trust."

   * ♕         ›         “ That makes sense. I’m the most practical person you know. ” Her answer came in a candid quip but behind her wiry smile she was beaming. Embarrassed even she had to look away to and pretend to keep busy. Suddenly the already perfectly organized files and plans need yet more fiddling with.

“ You are king of the new world. What kind of regent would I be if I do not offer my most sure thoughts? And well- ”

        She finally turns with a hum.

“ I’m touched you don’t take my words for granted. ”

[falloutcaldera]

Totally didn't not realize for months that the invite link in our pinned was expired- nope. I am good at server admin-

Fixed it now lol

Anyone joining to ask about or continue discussion of recent events regarding community behavior will be alternatively timed out for a week or banned depending on how insistent you are about it. The server is for discussing fallout or other things directly related to the Caldera Project or its authors other fallout projects. We hope to see you play in our sandbox! <3 we understand feelings may run high, but our personal community is not for those discussions.

[histoireettralala]

Plague strikes in Jaffa.

Larrey has established his ambulance in a trench near the ramparts and observes that several wounded also present suspicious bluish tumors in the groin. Everything saddens and overwhelms him; for the first time, he understands with fear that a blind butchery can replace loyal fighting. "I will dispense with speaking of the horrible consequences which the assault of a place usually entails. I sadly witnessed that of Jaffa."

With his colleagues, he operates, heals and treats 242 wounded, which he evacuates to a large convent, without neglecting around twenty wounded women whom he treats for several days in a row. For his part, Desgenettes has opened a second hospital where the "feverish" are flocking.

"I refused to ever pronounce the name of plague," he said, faithful in this to Bonaparte's instructions. Psychologically, this carefully nurtured official lie is beneficial, as the sick can retain hope of recovery, and the rest of the military retain a carefree, high morale.

Larrey, a man of practice, observes that out of ten patients stricken with plague, five to eight die from it despite the courage and zeal that he grants to Desgenettes. At this rate, the whole army risks perishing through ignorance of the danger: "Let us not believe, however, that the name of plague has greatly frightened our soldiers. They were too accustomed to receiving all kinds of impressions without emotion. Their moral and physical sensibility was, so to speak, blunted by the various shocks they had received in the painful campaigns which they had already made. It would therefore have been desirable, from the first days of the invasion of the plague, to have presented to the soldier, under the less unfavorable colors however, the true character of this disease [..] "

During the crossing of the Mediterranean, Larrey has read the report of the plague of Marseilles in 1720 and he remembers that Chirac, then doctor of the Regent, had held as a dogma that this alleged malignant fever was not contagious, until the streets strewn with 50,000 dead bodies brought him a tragic denial. Larrey expends great effort in demanding that the army's bivouacs be established outside the city, that clothing, objects and various debris abandoned by the Turks and likely to be contaminated be burned in the streets. To his great displeasure, he was told of Bonaparte's visit to the contagious district. [..]

Going from bed to bed, Bonaparte questions each patient, jokes with him and comforts him; arrived in the middle of the room, he stops and for an hour and a half, discusses with Larrey, Desgenettes and the medical staff about the hygienic conditions and how to improve the organization. This visit lasts too long, say the doctors. In such a dangerous environment, one cannot afford to expose the head of the army, the one on whom everything rests, so the entourage moves so as to lead him discreetly towards the exit.

The maneuver is about to succeed when Bonaparte sees a nurse lifting a plague victim whose clothes are still soiled with pus. Without anyone being able to hold him back, the general rushes forward, takes the patient in his arms, squeezes a bubo to extract the pus, then lets the nurse finish.

For Desgenettes, this is too much; he pushes Bonaparte towards the door.

"What have you done, general, haven't you measured the danger?

-But I'm only doing my duty, am I not the general-in-chief? "

The feat goes around the army [..]

In the evening, Larrey makes an assessment of his days, reflects, compiles his files, sorts his observations or autopsies recent dead to unravel the mystery of what is still unknown.

He gathers well-verified facts. Twelve to fifteen daily deaths prove the epidemic and contagious nature; if the disease begins with a high fever, a delusional state, a charcoal purpura, the buboes do not have time to appear because death occurs in less than twenty-four hours. If, on the contrary, the buboes appear first, give good suppuration and if the fever does not ignite until after two days, the prognosis is much better: "It is also probable that this pestilential germ acts in the manner of a few other viruses, such as smallpox, measles and scarlet fever (...) During the campaign in Syria, I wanted to search, even in the bowels of the dead, for the causes and effects of the plague. " [..]

Jean Marchioni - Place à monsieur Larrey, chirurgien de la garde impériale.

[uwmadarchives]

Student Memory: What It Is & Why It Matters

Rena Yehuda Newman, Student Historian in Residence 2018 - 2019

Black Student Leaders Wahid Rashad, Harvey Clay, and others at Rally During UW Black Student Strike, February 1969

A song to listen to as you read: Archive, by Mal Blum

Student memory is a constant struggle. This is an axiom that every student organizer or worker knows intuitively. On college campuses, every four or five years means a complete turnover of knowledge. There is only a brief window for continuity. So, what does it mean to pass down memory in a place with such a transient population?

As a student historian, I’ve been researching the student activism of the 1960s Vietnam War era on UW-Madison’s campus. But there are significant gaps in the collections, namely, the voices of the student organizers who led the most major protest movements of their time, like the Black Student Strike. While it’s a relatively new phenomenon for archives to serve communities rather than powerful institutions, the same problem seems to be happening continually -- no one is documenting the campus activism of 2019.

Not only does this mean the erasure of student history, but also the continued forgetting of modern student memory, leaving each successive generation of students without context. This causes major problems for students engaged in social issues and policy change. Without memory of previous happenings and student-led initiatives, ideas and already-fought battles, students are at a severe disadvantage. Tireless hours by student activists can be undone. And if each year brings new amnesia, momentum is irrecoverably lost.

With this in mind, we have to ask: Who benefits from forgetting?

In my time as a student organizer, activism for or against new policies often feels like a race against the clock. I’ve heard time and time again that the administration and board of regents relishes a certain temporal safety. However awful a policy, however bad the student backlash, they can just wait it out until no student on campus remembers the time before. Those in power always benefit from public forgetting.

For example, in 2017 - 2018, University Housing unleashed a new mandatory meal plan without the input or consent of the student body, requiring all first years living in residential housing to pay an additional $1400 into WiscCard accounts, to be used exclusively for eating at the dining halls. This policy directly harmed low income students, students with eating disorders and dietary restrictions, and impacted students’ right to choose where and how they eat on campus. Major protests ensued all of last year, including an hour-long shutdown of UW’s most major dining hall. But many incoming freshman have no idea this policy is new, or that their fellow students spent countless hours fighting for an opt-out. Without a sense of memory, the student body is ill-equipped to advocate for itself and address harms they may experience but never be aware of.

Another example: in 2017, Governor Scott Walker tried to slash students’ ability to self-tax through allocable segregated fees, which would have effectively killed all of UW-Madison’s most major student organizations, many of which offer vital services for students like the Rape Crisis Center or the campus food pantry, The Open Seat. Students fought and won against this policy proposal, but the same issue could arise again. If students don’t know about this history of advocacy, the next time segregated fees are attacked, those future students will be forced to reinvent the wheel.

I want to bring together these two strands of maintaining student memory and recording student history. It seems that they are heavily dependent on each other -- if new students are given a sense of memory, “caught up to speed” with previous events on campus, all students benefit. I’m going to spend this spring collecting student materials to fill in the gaps. But I can’t do it alone, especially because as a white student, many of these are not my stories to tell.

We have so much to gain from remembering.

How should a student body organize against collective amensia?

Last week I presented to Associated Students of Madison (ASM), the UW-Madison student government about maintaining student memory. I believe student government can have an important role to play in creating workshops, sessions, and publications to educate students about their own past. Student government might also take it upon itself to do documentation work, creating folders full of posters and graphics and materials from recent organizing movements, especially on campuses where there isn’t a paid student historian to do this labor.

But this kind of documentation should happen at a grassroots level beyond student government. Student institutions and organizations have important roles to play, but are not representative. All students, especially students of marginalized identities, should keep records of themselves, write about their experiences, compile the materials of daily life and continuous struggle present in their time on campus. Creating “Disorientation Guides” to give to new students is useful. Though an individualist and professional culture usually means hoarding credit, fight back against this impulse by saying the names of fellow students and organizers who have also done the work. Create a folder on your computer of screenshots, receipts. Leave citations, make a record.

Collect for the future and fine ways to revive the past. Take opportunities in classes to research local historical student issues. Go dig around in your university’s archives. Ask for the wisdom of elders who have been around for a while. Tell the stories you learn, especially the stories that give you hope or create resilience in you -- make art about them, publish zines about them. Keep it alive.

Memory is protection against erasure. People and institutions of power will not record our stories, but we can. Create your files, archive your experiences. Make memory out of story then find a way to tell it. If you trust them, donate your materials to your local archive, especially university archvies. If you don’t, make your own. Either way, write it down. Collect it.

To all student activists engaged in the struggle: In fifty years, there may be a student wondering what their campus did during Trump Era America. Don’t let that story be written for you. Pick up your pen, fill up your boxes.

You are a historical subject, act like it.

- Rena Yehuda Newman (They/Them)

[cmrosens]

SF-X 002 : Cursed Hearts and Coronets (PART 2)

SECONDARY WORLD X-FILES - SF-X

The X-Files X Once Upon A Time with Snow White: A Tale of Terror vibes.

This is the series I'm *not writing* so enjoy my musings about how this mashup might work and feel free to chip in with comments and ideas, the "episodes" will end up being pretty organic!

The Characters

EIRLYS [Welsh name pronounced eye-rr-lis, lis as in listen] is the disabled court alchemist, but is secretly the missing-presumed-dead princess, posing as the Queen's niece. To get out of her arranged marriage(s) and follow her dream of becoming an alchemist, her stepmother (the Queen Regent ENORA) helped her to fake her own death in the Greenwood and enroll in an academy beyond their borders. Her birthname was Gwennerch, but she pretends to be from another region of the kingdom and took the name Eirlys instead - she had a nurse from that part of the kingdom as a child, and can mimic the accent and the regional dialect perfectly. (The Queen Regent then got to marry the prince of the neighbouring kingdom herself, and that's worked out very well for both of them, possibly because he's a twink and she's bi but with a preference for women and their alliance is the best political option for both of them, and their marriage is purely political and as open as the night sky, but I digress.) Eirlys is certain everything can be explained by alchemy, even the magic system, and that what is still unknown about how magic works (as a neutral force occurring in nature which creatures have evolved to harness and practitioners can use and wield) can be explained by alchemical processes and through the philosophy of alchemy. She has close friends at the academy - most of whom are also disabled from various lab accidents - working on this very theory. Eirlys had a few bad accidents in the alchemists' guild academy herself, leaving her with a pronounced limp and several skin conditions that she needs to take care of, and some difficulty in breathing due to fumes that wrecked her lungs. She became very well-respected in the field and returned to court as the Queen Regent's "niece", her appearance so altered with glamours and alchemical tricks that nobody has figured out who she is. Eirlys takes an active role in the court as the royal alchemist, working with the armoury and physicians, but she is also interested in how to use these skills to solve crimes. With this in mind, Queen Enora asks her to assist BRIAC, a cursed noble in Beast form whose curse can no longer be broken (more on him in the next post), and support his investigations into the darker, weirder and more complex cases brought to the Court of the Queen's Bench by local shire-reeves (commonly truncated to 'sheriffs' or just 'reeves') out of their depth. She is intensely practical, pragmatic and focused on her work, but would like to have a bit more going on in her personal life: she struggles to relax and have hobbies. She has a number of close friends from the alchemist academy, who are her found-family. Leaving them behind is hard for her, but she will invite them over to help out with different cases as the series progresses. Eirlys is asexual and greyromantic, but bi-orientated. She has a longstanding sapphic thing with a fellow alchemist that she's known for years.

[dishonored-2-wh-bi]

Emily’s Far Reach ability kind of sucks :: Dishonored 2 General Discussions

💾 ►►► DOWNLOAD FILE 🔥🔥🔥 Civilians are the predominant inhabitants of the known world , residing in the Empire of the Isles. Many find jobs in organizations such as the Grand Serkonan Guard , while others become Overseers. Turning to criminal organizations such as the Dead Eels is also quite common. While most are peaceful at first, they will all become hostile when provoked, generally fleeing, though those armed will fight back. Engineers are civilians who specialize in the maintenance of technical systems, such as the waterlock at Dunwall Tower. Corvo Attano finds two of them working there during the mission Returning Home , discussing Anton Sokolov's latest changes to the waterlock system. One of these engineers still works at Dunwall Tower after the Lord Regent's changes, giving Corvo an alternate entrance to the Tower. Laborers are civilians who have found employment in Dunwall. Daud can find them working at the Rothwild Slaughterhouse. Many of those laborers dislike working under Bundry Rothwild's Butchers and are more than happy to assist Daud in his mission to seek information about the whaling trawler Delilah. Daud has the option of rescuing some of them from confinement at the Slaughterhouse. Looters are armed survivors found stealing in abandoned areas of the city, such as the Flooded District. Corvo encounters two in a building near Rudshore Gate, and can easily pickpocket them but not otherwise interact with them. The looters will either hit or kick Corvo if he stands directly in front of them for an extended amount of time but will otherwise not be hostile, unless attacked. Survivors are individuals who have managed to survive both the rat plague and the violence within Dunwall. They are most often found in deserted areas not occupied by the City Watch , criminal factions such as the Bottle Street Gang , or weepers. Many survivors work as laborers or servants to support themselves. They are not hostile to Corvo or Daud and will converse with either if prompted, usually talking about the plague, the Watch, or other unfortunate happenings. In two instances in The Flooded District mission, groups of survivors found in low chaos will instead be weepers in high chaos. Beggars are the very lowest kinds of civilians, having no home and little in terms of possessions. For a small fee , many of them can be persuaded to reveal some information to Corvo or Emily Kaldwin that can be of great assistance in their current mission. However, if the protagonist steals from them, or walks right by, they will express their disgust and refuse to assist. Burglars are those civilians that have turned to a life of petty crime, below the scale of gangs such as the Howlers. The protagonist can encounter two female burglars attempting to rob the black market shop in the Lower Aventa District. They will be hostile upon seeing Corvo or Emily. Civilians are the usual inhabitants of the Isles. Some are aristocrats , while others are those who work in shops , or provide musical entertainment to passersby. When prompted, many will comment on how Corvo's mask or Emily's scarf blocks their face, or other such nebulous happenings such as the bloodfly infestation in Serkonos. Many can be encountered in groups, often playing dice or talking to others about unfortunate happenings, which can sometimes provide clues to the protagonist. When the protagonist is in places they are not supposed to be, civilians will instead tell them to hurry along as they cannot help, and will flee to safety after a short time, alerting nearby guards. Those that own shops will tend to notice when they are being robbed, and will often walk ostensibly calmly out of the protagonist's reach before fleeing to safety. They will also flee when they realise the Grand Guard considers the protagonist an enemy, or when the protagonist knocks into them multiple times. After a short while, civilians will stop cowering and return to work, though they will be on edge and refuse to talk to the protagonist. Shopkeepers are those who run the illegal black market shops in the Empire. While some do have assistants, [1] Corvo and Emily only encounter them alone. Each is behind the secure bars of their respective black market shop, located in areas ranging from the reputable Campo Seta Dockyards to the near-abandoned Tower District. If they spot anyone in their shop with them, they will cower away, closing the shop. Workers are civilians who have managed to obtain a job involving physical labor. Armed with large wrenches, pipes or pickaxes, workers tend to have a more aggressive personality than civilians, and will often tell the protagonist to move on. If ignored, or if they notice others being attacked, they will become hostile towards the protagonist. In combat, they will attack with their weapon, though that deals noticeably less damage than swords. They will also punch and kick a fair bit, dealing no damage but knocking the protagonist back. If the protagonist gets out of reach they will throw objects at them. Dishonored Wiki Explore. Abilities Natural Abilities Supernatural Abilities. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? History Talk 0. Do you like this video? Play Sound. Two civilians on a bench in the Dust District. Felt like it was washing some of the badness away. A survivor in an abandoned building on Kaldwin's Bridge. A looter guarding his stash in the Flooded District. Blake, the leader of a small group of survivors in the Flooded District. Survivors in an abandoned building in the Flooded District. A survivor is attacked by rats in the high chaos ending. Survivors at the Hound Pits Pub during the low chaos ending. Survivors watching Callista and Cecelia hug in the low chaos ending. A male survivor as represented on a tarot card in the Special Edition Tarot Deck. A worker unsheathing his weapon to threaten the protagonist. A group of servants and civilians scared by the protagonist. A civilian cleaning the bottom of a swimming pool. A group of workers killed in Dunwall during the Coup. Categories : Neutral Characters Character Classes. Universal Conquest Wiki. Corvo Attano.

[krixwell-liveblogs]

I drew out words with my bugs, on a surface of wall where Regent would be able to see.  ‘Evacuate.’

He ran his fingers through the bugs.  After a moment’s thought, I gathered them into a square, organized by rank and file.  It took me two tries, but I managed to make them move to form letters, then regroup.

What’s with the square army? I could see that being the start of forming a map to show him which way to go (though arrows would probably be better)...

Oh, now I get it. It’s an easy starting point for moving them into letter forms quickly.

He dragged his fingertip through the bugs to spell out a reply.  ‘Can’t.  We run we can’t keep crawler down’.

A keyboard. This is neat.

Also I know it’s just a result of how Wildbow decided to format this, but I like the slight implication that Regent somehow capitalized the starts of each sentence but not Crawler’s name. That kind of typing... quirk, if you will, carrying through implies that Taylor included a shift key or a caps set, and Regent bothered to use it. :p

‘We’re coming,’ I wrote to him.

“Let’s go!”  I called out.  Tattletale turned in her seat and kicked Bentley to get him going.  Grue did the same for Sirius.

It was worth a shot.

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