#a creepy guy way

[giveme-allofthat-ultraviolence]

n I hope even if it's only in the back of your mind you know you aren't worthless

not even close hun

you're everything to me n I promise I love you so so so much and i don't know about you, but I really wanna stay for you

honestly. When I get stuck with this shit and I can't talk for a while I get worried too. I get worried that you'll lose interest too and it sucks, and I'm sorry :( but I'm still here, I still care about you and I still love you I promise

Awww Mari you are the fucking sweetest boy I know oml

[xx-sketchy-xx]

I suppose Julie joked about Franks nose, what a silly!

[serpentface]

Wardin provincial tax magistrate on the annual Apomalo Tlinya (phrase close in meaning to 'journey of the late (autumn) sun'), which is a tax collection tour.

His station is marked by his white cloak, royal blue belt, gullfeather khattanocuy, the ability to bear a sword, and a scroll containing documents stamped with the Usoma's seal confirming his identity and authority. He does not travel alone, but is accompanied by a large retinue of scribes, soldiers, advisors, and servants.

All citizens have tax obligations regardless of class, and these are owed primarily in grain and livestock. This is based in this internal economy being predominantly a barter system (with its coin currency having direct value as precious metals and serving as a means of establishing fixed values for various trade goods) and heavily reliant on agricultural goods. It is significantly more difficult to evade or cheat on taxes when what you owe can be established by sight, measured in hard to miss livestock and fields of crops.

As such, taxes are collected via annual tours in which these magistrates (personally appointed by the Usoma and collecting in his name) tour their lands in person. The Apomalo Tlinya serves multiple purposes. It is primarily a method of collecting tax, but also doubles as a way to assess a province's agricultural wealth and well-being as a whole and to take an official census of the population.

This routine act of taxation has been integrated into official religious practice, being looped in with the bounty of the harvest season and thanksgiving to the face Inyamache for having provided the necessary long summer sunlight as the days grow shorter. The actual Apomalo Tlinya begins upon the official celebrations of the New Maize day in each capital city (usually observed on a separate day at the actual end of the harvest for each village), where the festival ends with the tax party leaving the city in procession. The magistrate always ceremonially rides a red bull khait, bearing a solar disk framed by royal dual-viper insignia on its horns. The bull's journey is compared to the ideal seasonal behavior of the sun, generating new life out of rain-fertile earth and then 'dying' after the harvest to allow for the rains to come. Villages who host the Apomalo Tlinya entourage each night experience a fringe benefit via permission to introduce any receptive mares to the bull and possibly get some (very valuable) calves out of it. The bull will be sacrificed at the end of the journey in a final act of thanksgiving, in hopes this offering will help ensure the next year is bountiful.

The attempted veneer of solar thanksgiving and harvest cheer aside, the Apomalo Tlinya visit is enjoyed by just about no one (except for perhaps the people lucky enough to get a pretty khait calf out of it), as it entails the personal loss of some of this aforementioned harvest. Nobility owe SUBSTANTIALLY higher taxes than commoners (given that they are considered to Own the majority of the crops/livestock, which is only Tended by their land's peasants), though the actual tax burden is proportionately steeper on the peasantry (whose tax obligations will come primarily out of their allotted share of the harvest, and/or any livestock they raise on the side). Taxes don't tend to be outright devastating in years with average crop yields, but an already bad year can be made ruinous by this visit. The timing also coincides with seasonal harvest festivities. A few unlucky villages every year may have their New Maize feast day interrupted by the sound of horns and a small legion of white-clad taxmen bearing down to collect.

Each province has only one tax magistrate, making this a lengthy and logistically complicated undertaking. It begins at the end of the harvest season (late summer), and the rounds may not finish until early winter. While it might be easier to divide these duties among a greater number of less-powerful officials, this allows taxation to remain Relatively centralized and performed by trusted appointees (often friends or relatives of the Usoma himself). This has had side effects of these officials becoming especially powerful individuals within each province, with very little checks in place to prevent corruption (beyond hope for sustained loyalty, often reinforced with special privileges and favors). Flagrant abuse of this system is rare, but more unpopular magistrates are commonly suspected to leverage additional off-the-books taxes for their own personal gain.

[rollingoverinmynonexistentgrave]

TMAGP 006 out of context

[shakingparadigm]

what is the theory that ivan manipulated the event where till and mizi met the wagyein?

It's not a theory, actually! It's confirmed that Ivan orchestrated the whole event. The true reason as to why however is still unknown. The information provides more context to this scene, though:

During the earlier times of ALNST the most rational explanation for this scene was that Till ran after a flower crown (presumably Mizi's) and Ivan followed him in out of curiosity. Now we know that Ivan was conveniently just standing there because he was waiting.

Side note, I find it heartbreaking (and maybe a little funny, sorry) that Till most likely didn't notice Ivan in this scene. That's just like him, isn't it. Always too busy running after Mizi while Ivan trails behind, an ever-present shadow.

I'm not sure how Ivan manipulated the circumstances for both of them to end up there, but it is confirmed that everything was intentional. What strikes me most is how they describe this particular scene:

I can't copy down what they said word-for-word (Patreon info), but they described Ivan watching "creepily" as Till and Mizi are faced with danger. We know that Ivan was familiar with the Cerberus wagyein beforehand, enough to touch its teeth and even to rest himself inside its maw. To Ivan, the wagyein is not dangerous, but to Till and Mizi, it could be. Ivan prepared the wagyein, led them there, and watched "creepily" from afar as Till fell on his knees, seemingly injured.

The closest I can get to making sense of Ivan's "scheme" is that he wanted to see how other children would react in a dangerous situation. Ivan's always been an observer, after all, and he's learned to survive by copying the more "normal" behaviors of his peers. This situation occured when Ivan was still young and had not yet developed his more charming mask, so perhaps he staged this encounter to study a situational response, to learn and mimic the emotion of fear. And what better subjects for the experiment than two of the most expressive and reactive humans of their batch? It helps that he was already fixated on Till beforehand, too. I think Ivan became irreversibly obssessed after this incident, especially since it's framed as a turning point in Ivan's life, comparing Till to the stars.

This is just my attempt at an interpretation, though. It could very well be for another reason. He most likely chose Till and Mizi specifically for personal reasons, not just for reaction. I'm still not sure on the purpose behind the whole thing.

The team wanted to capture Ivan's "dark emotions" through the shot of his stalking, which could relate to his more sinister intentions. His gaze can be read in a few different ways, though. Curiosity, interest, fear, etc. Maybe that's why they decided to redraw the shot in ROUND 6.

I think this better sells the feeling they were trying to convey.

[ywpd-translations]

Ride 803: Kishigami Komari

Pag 1

2: Alright, I replaced the wheel

Number 42

3: Kyofushi's Kishigami!!

4: Huh? Ah, thank you

5: Don't be discouraged!! It's a shame you fell behind because of a flat tire, but don't give up, I'm sure you still have a chance!!

Pag 2

1: Yeah

I found something a little interesting

Pag 3

1: He's so fast

3: The guy we just saw with a flat tire... that purple jersey...

It was the strong Kyoto Fushimi

Kyofushi!?

4: Yeah, so that means that right now ahead of us Kyofushi only have five people, hyee

They're unlucky...

Kyofushi didn't participate neither in the sprint nor in the mountain stage....

5: So this year's Kyofushi...

Yeah!! Maybe they've gotten weaker!!

Pag 4

1: “Kishigami Komari fell behind alone because of a flat tire”

What this means is...

2: He's Midosuji's second in command

The “ace assist”

3: If someone with an important role gets a flat tires, in road racing

4: there's always at least another member who stops and waits for them

5: And then, to bring him back to the front, he'll be his windbreak and pull him

(Important player

Assist)

6: Kyofushi is a well-organized team... the fact that Komari “fell behind alone”, means...

It must mean “they have it”...!! They have it...

Pag 5

1: This year's Kyofushi must have one more ace assist!!

3: Mi!!

4: In other words... this year's Kyofushi... is even more powerful!!

5: But the Kyofushi guys are a little scary

You're right. I can't see guess what they're thinking

6: It's best to keep rumors to a minimum

Kishigami, the one who had a flat tire and fell behind

Pag 6

1: Has already caught up to us!!

Woooah

Huh!?

He's among us!?

Hyee

Pag 7

1: He got here so smoothly!!

2: Eh!? Huh!?

He's beside us!?

So fast!

3: Ahead of us!? From there!?

4: So I was right

7: It's the small-fry meat!!

Pag 8

2: Small!?

3: Small-fry!?

Meat?

4: He's talking about Sugimoto-san!!

Pag 9

1: You want to touch me!?

2: Like you did last year, before the start

3: to Imaizumi!!

7: Touch you? No way...

Pag 10

1: No way I'll ever touch such small-fry meat on purpose!!

Apaa!!

2: I understood it when I looked at you. Just your appearance is enough

It was the same last year, wasn't it? I barely glanced at you?

4: I'm only interested in touching

5: high-quality meat!!

Pag 11

2: Ah, well

Ah, I was wrong. Just now, it was all... a lie. Please forget it

I always stumble when I'm nervous

3: Last year, too, with Imaizumi-san, and with Kuroda-san and Izumida-san too

5: What's with this guy....

As expected, I really can't guess what the Kyofushi guys are thinking...

6: Sugimoto-san!!

Pag 12

1: There's no need to deal with this, with such a rude guy like this

Let's go ahead, only us

2: You're a second year, I saw it on the list!!

I'm a second year too!!

3: Lemme say it clearly, Sugimoto-san is a great guy!!

The people who look down on him, I won't...

4: Sugimoto-san

forgiv-

5: You... oi, I was talking!!

Kobayashi-san

Actually, I have-

Pag 13

1: a question for you

2: A... question...!!

This is just right

I was told to ask

3: if I had the chance

4: Midosuji-san told me so

5: Midosuji....

Pag 14

1: To me....!!

2: Oi, I'm talking to you!!

You sure are cheerful

Sugimoto-san is amazing!!

3: So, shall we prove it with a race?

You and me, here

4: You, with the eyes like a fallen acorn

5: Acor....

Pag 15

1: Let's do it!!

Please do it, Kobayashi-san!!

Please stop, Kobayashi

Lemme do it, please!!

2: A race until that traffic mirror we can see over there!!

3: Oooooo

Stop, Kobayashi

4: We're going'

5: Really?

7: I'll show you what I can do!!

Stop, Kobayashi!!

Pag 17

2: Huh!?

3: A hand!?

Pag 18

1: Huh!?

2: Hu- waaaaaa

Pag 19

3: Just now, something like a giant hands... was crushing!? Me.....?

5: I didn't stop him, did I?

Pag 20

1: Just now I saw a giant hand....?

You too!?

Was it.... his pressure...? It was huge!!

2: I lost the race... just when I started running...!!

3: What an amazing pressure.... I can still feel the after-effect...

4: He's even stronger than last year!! This is this year's Kyofushi!!

5: Now

Again, can I ask you?

6: Earlier, I fell behind because of a flat tire

If

Pag 21

1: the person who had gotten a flat tire on that difficult downhill had been Sohoku's Onoda Sakamichi

2: Would you have helped him?

[faytears]

cannot believe this has to be said but percy did not owe annabeth a confession or initiating a relationship with her after she kissed him in botl, it was not his fault that he landed in ogygia and calypso fell for him, and he did nothing wrong by hanging out with rachel (who is his FRIEND!!!!!) during the months after. he was not playing with annabeth's feelings, he was a kid with low self-esteem that was busy worrying about saving the world and potentially fucking dying in the process. genuinely what the hell is wrong with some of you

[qep0ermint]

[podcastwizard]

realized my "tumblr users will see [blank] and black out and hit reblog" is sword. i will reblog any post with the word sword and i will probably forget and reblog it twice in one day. i may not live or die by the sword but i sure post by it.

[love-3-crimes]

BUT THAT DON'T MEAN SHIT IN A TOWN THIS SMALL!!!

[lifeisstrange-incorrectquotes]

(in court)

Vinh: (whispers to lawyer)

Lawyer: That has nothing to do with the case.

Vinh: Please just ask.

Lawyer: (looking at the judge) Do you think he's cute? Be honest.

[seafoamikey]

I love free will.

[meep-meep-richie]

'' your mother is dead and it is your fault. ''

[always-elias]

The Magnus Protocol Episodes have a downright uncanny talent to match up with what is happening to me while I listen to them.

Once, I was out on an evening walk, and decided to go a bit off-track. I don't do evening walks often, but the weather was quite nice and I wanted to listen to the new episode. However, it got far too darker in the forest than I'd have expected, so I was feeling rather uneasy. I descended down to the creek, walking by it. Just hoping I don't stumble into any creepy murder-guy. Well. Guess what episode I was listening to? Certainly not the one with the needle-covered creepy murder-guy?

It was quite terrifying, but I was doing well enough and I was intrigued, so I kept listening. However, at the very moment when he started to doxx the call operator, something splashed in that fucking creek. Needles to say (ha! See what I did there?) I got spooked to all hells and back, and to this day I have mixed feelings about the episode.

The other time, I, having learnt from my mistakes, headed on another evening walk. This time, into the city, y'know, where there are lights on and everything is fine. I headed out to explore one part of the town that I don't know well, and only have been there a handful of times before. It was quiet, and completely deserted. But the lamps lit the way, so it was fine. It would be fine, right?

It felt weird. It just felt weird, and I headed into one of the streets. The lamps started to be sparse. One of the houses was shrouded in darkness, and it's fence looked so weird in the dark. There was a strange shape, maybe a shed, leaning on the house. There was a couple of weak, colourful lights on in the garden of that house, and it seemed like they swayed ever so slightly. My dear friends, I was listening to Running On Empty, y'know. The Lonely liminal place episode? With the darkened place, and strange lights surrounding the piece of architecture? I noped the fuck out of that street so fast.

And of course, the most recent case fo this. I live in a country with a lot of public transport, and when you take your local bus several times everyday, you reach a certain level of familiarity with the bus drivers. Some even let me board without showing my ticket, and I have memorised all of their faces and demeanors. We often smalltalk a bit, it's fun, and it's routine. I've been commuting for years, so I can for example recognize the type of the incoming train in the dark, based on shape of the approaching lights alone. I can, also, recognize all of the buses on my line home, even without seeing their actual numbers. I know them. Sometimes a new driver comes on the line, or an old one leaves, and even if they add a new bus, it tends to be of a certain model or general vibe.

One night I was waiting for my bus home, listening to the episode Driven, y'know, with the people-eating coach that looks just similar enough to blend in, if the passersby don't pay close attention?

It was dark, and cold, and there was only like three other people waiting for the bus, which is unusually little.

A new bus came. The ones on this line are white and red, with shiny paint, the corners are smooth and round and sometimes there's ads on the walls, depending on the bus. This one was yellow and blue, the paint matte, and it just looked a bit too blocky compared to the others. The bus driver was also unknown to me.

Boy did I fucking hesitate to get on that one. I did, in the end, and it's probably still me writing these lines.

I'm just so intrigued, this never happened to me with any of the TMA cases... Did anyone have something like this happen to them with any of the statements?

[professor-doc-emeritus]

Review of the Tumblr incel tag:

- lots of fandoms/artists doing incel aus as an excuse to draw their oc/blorbo in glasses and getting bullied, here 'incel' is more used as a synonym for 'nerd'

- women/feminists posting screenshots of incel posting and saying they want to kill men underneath them

- lots of tongue-in-cheek posts of girls posting cute selfies and going "nooooooo I'm such an incel 🤪"

-a frankly concerning amount of posts fantasizing about raping/getting raped by an incel. I'd say this is the majority of the tag by a comfortable margin.

- <1% actual incels posting incel things

[felixcosm]

free my boy, he did nothing wrong and his father had it coming