#UP Governor

[famouslook1987]

जिले में प्रदेश की राज्यपाल आनंदी बेन का कार्यक्रम, नवनिर्मित विश्वविद्यालय में प्रथम दीक्षांत समारोह में हुईं शामिल।

संवाददाता:- राकेश वर्माआजमगढ़/संसद वाणी : उत्तर प्रदेश की महामहिम राज्यपाल श्रीमती आनन्दी बेन पटेल आज जनपद आजमगढ़ में पहुँची। जहां जिले में नवनिर्मित महाजराजा सुहेलदेव राज्य विश्वविद्यालय के प्रथम दीक्षांत समारोह की अध्यक्षता की। इस कार्यक्रम में मुख्य अतिथि कुलपति पंजाब केंद्रीय विश्वविद्याल भतिंडा प्रो. राघवेंद्र प्रसाद तिवारी, उच्च शिक्षा मंत्री योगेन्द्र उपाध्याय व राज्य मंत्री रजनी तिवारी भी…

[lena-luthor]

Such an honor that your other daughter be welcomed by the Wizard.

[cometblaster2070]

ranting for a bit because the entire scene where elphaba tells glinda her secret makes me go rabid and actually makes me want to chew concrete because not only is it actually absolutely heartbreaking to see just how deeply elphaba believes all the horrible things her father reinforces; how she thinks she's responsible for her mother's death and is the reason for nessarose's disability even when it's literally not her fault in any way and is actually DIRECTLY her father's fault.

and just the fact that elphaba tells glinda all this and tells glinda her father hates her and that everything's her fault and glinda looks at her and she's absolutely heartbroken to hear elphaba saying all these things and she becomes the first person in elphaba's life to look her in the eyes and tell her that none of that is true and that it is NOT her fault, it was NEVER her fault despite whatever anyone said.

ik a lot of ppl see glinda's "it was the milkflower's fault" line as a very sort of shallow take by glinda (I'm explaining it poorly but ik some ppl wonder why she didn't just call out governor thropp directly) but I've got to disagree with that take because personally I think glinda heard elphaba talking, heard her describe her secret and heard how her father forced her mother to chew milkflowers constantly during her pregnancy all because he was afraid the baby would come out green like elphaba and she heard all this and she hears how elphaba thinks this is all her fault.

and yk they're roommates. glinda sees the way elphaba talks about her father and how even though she says that he hates her in an almost casual manner despite how she says he's justified for hating her, elphaba still loves her father and she still wants to do right by him and she still wants him to love her.

so glinda knows that elphaba will not listen to her if she straight up tells her that her father's fucking mental and completely wrong and that it was all his fault and that she's probably going to bludgeon him to death. she knows that elphaba will never accept this and she knows that right now it won't do any good for anyone.

so instead she tells elphaba it was the milkflower's fault. and she looks her in the eyes and she tells her this was never your fault you shouldn't think this was ever your fault and anyone who ever told you that it was your fault was completely and totally wrong and I need you to know this.

because the primary concern isn't about telling elphaba she's got a shitty dad the primary concern is telling elphaba that it is not her fault for simply existing. and to let her know that there is nothing wrong with her and that there is someone here, right now, who loves and cares for her so so much and wants her to know that. that there is someone who will hold her hand and who will tell her that they are there for her and that she is fine the way she is. that she is loved.

[radiantmists]

so murderbot assumes that three offered its armor because it doesn't understand that the armor can belong to it and thinks mb taking the armor is just good resource allocation.

but if it assumes it doesnt have control over the armor, it would probably let whoever it sees as in charge (maybe ART?) handle it, or at least make the suggestion directly to that person. even newly freed in NE, it's willing to give its security advice (on hostage situations being undesirable) even if it doesn't expect to be taken seriously. it doesn't make sense to me that it would have so much trouble expressing the offer if it were just a security suggestion.

and then i think about how murderbot says later in the book that even if three felt fondly toward its fellow SecUnits, the govmod would prevent it from expressing that care or knowing it was returned.

so-- imagine you're three, and you havent yet internalized that you can just say "i care about you and dont want you to get hurt" to another SecUnit; but you can make sure that it has every resource it might need; you could probably do that even before the govmod was hacked.

you can't explain why, but you can hope that the gesture is explanation enough, and you can look for similar caretaking gestures in return; things like being given code and advice to do your job better, and being reassured when you express that you're finding said job difficult.

i think *murderbot* isn't aware of this language of care, because it hasnt had much opportunity to bond with other constructs. but three probably is, and probably knows how to read between the lines and guess that murderbot is starting to care about it, too.

[broken-risk-assessment-module]

rip secunit 3 😔😔😔 you're not dead but you would have loved saving the lives of a whole colony of innocent humans by making a factually honest and emotionally compelling documentary 😔😔😔

[mmelolabelle]

the fact that shiz’s student body collectively has the moral fibre of a jellyfish and maybe a teacup’s worth of empathy between them and yet even their response to elphaba’s father is “what the fuck is your problem???”

like if even madam morrible is judging your parenting please relinquish custody of your children immediately. you’re done.

[ofcrowsanddragons]

Crow Rook Postgame idea (Lucanis/Rook)

Lucanis questline spoilers

Ivenci's words echo in Rook's ears long after Jacobus ties them up and drags them through the streets. The fight against the gods focuses Rook—how could it not—but the words still come to them in the too-bright evenings around the lighthouse: "You could have been a politician, Rook."

Maybe Governor Ivenci was right about that, at least.

"What's on your mind?" asks Lucanis, as he enters the library. Rook is sitting on a chaise, having a staring contest with a bit of statuary.

Rook extends their hand, and Lucanis steps forward to take it lightly between his two hands. Rook can feel the sword callouses against their bare skin, and Rook pulls him forward until they can touch a hand to his cheek.

"Nothing," Rook says, and then corrects themselves. "Retirement, I guess."

Lucanis sits next to them on the chaise, and Rook lets their hand fall from his cheek while the other is still grasped between his hands. They squeeze his fingers, gently. "Retirement, hm," he says, with a hint of a smile for them. "Viago will be disappointed if you join me in the Villa and refuse to take his contracts."

Rook relaxes and leans against their lover, letting a sigh float out from between their lips. "I thought I'd take up bookkeeping, actually."

"Bookkeeping?" he says, genuinely surprised. "From as deadly an assassin as you have come to be, I can only imagine what you could do with an abacus."

Rook hummed. "Logistics, discussions between the nobility, keeping Treviso fed and housed..." Rook mused. "Ivenci was right about some things. Even with all our preparations, the Crows were taken by surprise when the Aantam occupied Treviso. Our resistance movement was too reliant on people we treated like they were extraneous."

"I can see your point," Lucanis said, dropping Rook's hand and leaning back as his eyes went distant in calculation. "Our tendency to disrupt the bureaucracy leads to people like Ivenci hoarding power and pretending they have none."

"The Crows need a counterweight."

Lucanis smiled a dark smile and leaned toward Rook, rising so that he could put one knee on the chaise. "You do like to live dangerously," he breathed, meeting their eyes. "And who will protect you while you are riling up all the other Talons?"

Rook smiled up at him, leaning in for the kiss. "I thought I might call in a favour."

[iamfuckingsorry]

"Do you know where we are going next?" I asked ART.

Y'know what, I think maybe I don't need any more Murderbot books. I think maybe ending things here is fucking perfect and as much as I love Wells's writing I'm genuinely not sure it can get better for me.

Like, so much of the books are about MB learning how to be a person, about becoming okay with being a complete individual with everything it entails. The first thing it does once it's actually allowed to decide on its own is it runs away from it all (admittedly to go on a mission to confirm some things about its past, because it genuinely just wants to be *good*). It shoves all its emotions away as much as it's able to. Then shit happens, and it makes its first friends, makes decisions based on these friendships, goes through a lot of emotionally intense situations...

And we get to this point here. MB having zero doubts about going with ART says a lot about its relationship with ART, but it also says a lot about its relationship with its humans - it knows that wherever it goes, when it comes back, the humans will still be there. Its humans actively acknowledge its struggles with being a now-free SecUnit and MB is willing to entertain the discussions to an extent and share information about its deeply personal experiences. Hell, System Collapse ends with MB admitting it might be somewhat broken, but that's okay as long as it can keep doing its job, and agreeing to basically do counselling - this is the guy what would rewatch its favourite TV show again and again in order to avoid acknowledging it even had Emotions a couple books back.

Reading this, I know that MB will be okay. It has hopes and goals and genuinely believes in itself and it has an amazing support system that its willing to lean on for the first time in its life. I'm convinced it'll go on to do great things with ART. And that's really the only thing I need to know.

[eerielakeerie]

if i get one (1) note on this post i will buy the trans rigs drawfee bumper sticker for my car when their pride merch drops

[elvisqueso]

Pochontas (1995)

wiggins meta under the cut

here's the thing: ratcliffe is constantly being explained as a representation of the forces of greed and racism and colonialism/imperialism (arguably this can translate to capitalism as well), but what about wiggins? what is his role? he most obviously plays the role of the Fool, and provides a character for ratcliffe to have consistent dialogue with. but what does he represent?

i have a theory that wiggins is meant to represent the ethnic english, the culture of the english, and the willing servitude of the english to the evils of imperialism/greed/racism in exchange for a sense of superiority and security. wiggins is, paradoxically, both above and below the settlers in terms of status. he's a servant, but he serves the highest ranking man there. he's a yes-man, but he's also brutally truthful (spelling out for the audience ratcliffe's motivations and the immorality of the settler's presence and actions).

wiggins is also a caricature of the english to a T: he resembles many a self-styled stereotype of the typical englishman in english comedies. he's prim, a bit fussy, obsessed with gardening, a bit oblivious and silly and somewhat incessantly cheery. he's drawn, also, like an english caricature. his teeth and upturned nose in particular stand out to me.

the line "and he came so highly recommended" from each of these characters is so fascinating because of this because it highlights the mutual consent of these two allegorical characters to be involved with each other and subscribe to a master-servant dynamic, wherein ratcliffe has invested in wiggins to be useful and efficient, and wiggins has invested in ratcliffe to provide security both financially and socially. ratcliffe find's wiggins's personality (the cultural quirks of the english) trite and unnecessary. wiggins found ratcliffe's extremity to ultimately be outside of his own best interests once it could no longer protect him (ratcliffe being no longer able to provide the status and security once he was put in chains).

we can't be sure if wiggins has truly learned a lesson, however. he remains in America with some of the other settlers instead of returning to his homeland. we don't know what he intends to do there, or why he's made this choice. perhaps he's going to try turning over a new leaf and assimilate to a new society. perhaps he's going to try and influence his way into a similar position as before. in any case, we know wiggins's core motive is always going to be self-preservation. what that looks like without ratcliffe and the protections of aggressive imperialism, we simply don't know.

[famouslook1987]

महाराजा सुहेलदेव राज्य विश्वविद्यालय के प्रथम दीक्षांत समारोह में शामिल होंगी कुलाधिपति व प्रदेश की राज्यपाल आनंदीबेन पटेल

तैयारी पूरी, 83 मेधावियों को मिलेगा मेडल आजमगढ़/संसद वाणी : जहानागंज क्षेत्र के आजम बाध स्थित महाराजा सुहेलदेव राज्य विश्वविद्यालय में 23 सितंबर को आयोजित होने वाले प्रथम दीक्षांत समारोह की तैयारी पूर्ण कर ली गई है। इसी क्रम में विश्वविद्यालय के कुलपति डॉक्टर प्रदीप कुमार शर्मा ने तैयारी का जायजा लिया और संबंधित अधिकारियों को दिशा निर्देश दिए। कुलपति डॉ प्रदीप कुमार शर्मा ने बताया कि 23 सितंबर…

[cryptvokeeper]

my take on the suffering Game graphic novel is that they did the Suffering Game dirty but they did that Lunar Interlude REAL good

[bharv]

I'm back to playing rogue trader again and this game

is hilariously horny

[thebreakfastgenie]

Also for what it's worth I've never discouraged the creation of a farther left party in the US either. I believe I've even said in the past that the Green Party is a disaster and if you want to build an alternative party you have to do it from the ground up. I have no illusions about a farther left party gaining any kind of traction at the national level, but local politics is a lot more flexible.

The only viable role for a leftist party in the US right now is a local/state party in deep blue states that would have candidates run as Democrats if they ran for federal office. Democrats will have different opinions on that which is fine, personally I'm chill with that as long as they treat Democrats as respected coalition partners and aren't assholes about it. I think that's kind of what the DSA was supposed to be? It feels like every attempt at this dissolves into an internal mess because *jazz hands* the American left but it doesn't have to be that way.

I'm not going to personally put the effort in to do this, I'm fine voting for Democrats, but if I had a choice between a Democrat and some leftist party for a local office I'd consider both candidates. That's basically what I do now anyway except they're all officially Democrats and I do it in the primaries.

[shrimpleasthat77]

So there was like a thing floating around a month ago that was like “your favorite characters are now apart of your culture” so here’s Kabuto and Orochimaru loudly arguing in the middle of a Wawa since that’s the most New Jersey coded thing I can think of

[cometblaster2070]

this video is what i think glinda's like post-defying gravity after the end of wicked part 1 where elphaba leaves and she's genuinely just having the WORST time ever and then someone comes along and is like DID YOU HEAR GOVERNOR THROPP JUST FUCKING DIED??? HE STRAIGHT UP DIED OF DISAPPOINTMENT AFTER HEARING ABOUT WHAT HIS DAUGHTER WAS DOING.

and glinda's like oh wait!!! silver lining to the situation!!! and then she goes back to being upset because it's wife missing time.