#a true battlefield

[spiderliliez]

ES Magazine The quiet accession of Emma D’Arcy by Evening Standard

[+] EMMA D’ARCY [GIF Collection] ✨ [+] LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈 [+] ..more on this shoot 📸

[drenched-in-sunlight]

the Light of Miquella incantation Eng description is so confusing to me, so i decided to look at the JP text, still confused (i asked both my native speaker friend and American friend working as a translator in JP, and even they are confused and i couldn't just give them a wall of text on Elden Ring lore so they could translate 1 paragraph), so i turn to the CN translation which follows the JP one... and it's so clear??????????? im shocked

(please note im not native CN speaker either, but my mother tongue is built based on their language and i double check with my friend who is fluent)

Miquella wishes to embrace everything, yet he understands that there is one exception: whether it be the absolute God or the Lord (King Consort): there could only be one (of them)

so us player, as Lord of the old Order, is the one he could not embrace. and we clearly see that for him to accept us, we already have to be charmed and relinquish our claim to Lordship (thus failing the boss fight).

i feel like this is the translation i could understand & line up well with how events in the game plays out. Miquella wants to accept all, but the rule of the world dictates that there could only be one God & one Consort (who the hell wrote that rule...), and so one of us has to give.

it presents a paradox of him wanting to become a God to save people & bring compassion, but to be a God he HAS to eliminate all other candidates for Godhood. he has to be the only one.

it sheds light on why Marika's age also started with conflicts. it's something demanded of the new God. and also us when we fight to become Elden Lord (+ line up with why Ansbach is not mad at us for killing Mogh, as he too understands that rule).

[waywardwhispersblaze]

I'll be forever mad that Jayce ruined the moment right there, but not because I think this would've been a perfect ending for them (I don't). I'm mad because if Jayce had just waited five fucking minutes, the resulting scene would've been so juicy.

Look at the way Vi and Cait look at each other here:

Caitlyn: shocked, betrayed, hurt

Vi just looks sad:

We know from their dialogue in ep 8 that while Vi and Caitlyn were making the plan to distract Ambessa, Vi had another one, to bring in Jinx as a contingency in case Caitlyn couldn't be trusted or failed. She had to know Caitlyn wouldn't take it well once she found out. Vi's priority n°1 was saving Vander though, and they likely didn't have much time to think this through. Basically, she had to know that from Caitlyn's POV, it would look like "Vi chooses Jinx over Cait", edition number 2.

And she was likely right! We know Caitlyn lets go of her anger towards Jinx in the next episode, and accepts that Vi has the right to choose her family, but in my opinion, she wasn't there yet in ep 6. Having a broken Jinx locked up in a cell (her single goal for the last few months) while Vi was lying unconscious on her bed for days very likely helped Caitlyn reassess her priorities in life. But here in this scene she literally doesn't have time to think!

Let's look at Caitlyn a bit more here. During their reunion, She probably expected Vi to hate her guts, but instead, Vi looks grumpy, calls her a mongoose and a cupcake in two sentences, and drops the "my dad needs help" bomb after hesitating for a hot, single second. Moments after that, Caitlyn reevaluates her life choices and decides to make a big career change. Plenty of great posts have already been made about Caitlyn's motivations there, but to sum it up, I'd say it was a combination of: her being already wary of Ambessa and not wanting to let a Noxian warlord get her hands on a dangerous weapon / innocent man, being tired of hating herself, and, yes, her feelings for Vi coming back to her in full force.

For a few, glorious moments, she was working with Vi again! Probably feeling more like herself than she had in months. Maybe she started to hope they could reconcile after all. Maybe, she hoped it could be a "do over" for their failed mission with the strike team, where she'd be helping a member of Vi's family, instead of being torn apart by one of them.

... only to find that Vi didn't actually trust her (which was deserved, but still, ouch), and to come face to face with the source of her seething hatred, the single object of her obsession in the last few months. Right after being saved by said source of seething hatred. It's a lot to take in. She had to be simultaneously disappointed and shocked

So, what was she gonna do? There was probably nothing Vi could have said that wouldn't have pissed Caitlyn off right then (no, Vi, saying "she's changed" probably wouldn't have helped), Jinx opening her mouth would have likely made it worse, but at the same time they still had to run away asap. Caitlyn had already betrayed Ambessa, she couldn't go back. Vi pretty much put her in a position where she'd have no choice but to follow along, no matter how angry she was, at least for a little while...

and I made this post just to say, that the resulting bickering would have been hilarious to see :S

(forget about Jayce waiting five minutes, though, what if it they had an hour? what would Caitlyn had done once they were far enough from the Noxian army? point her gun at Jinx? attempt an arrest? (right in front of Vander? gulp) she might have simply ended up separating from them, and that would have been heartbreaking enough, but a completely different story)

((and that's assuming cult member!vander would have just agreed to leave the commune without acting weird))

[anastasiamaru]

Ukraine.Real-life story fragment

Oksana Chorna Ukrainian Armed Forces

"Spoiler: I'm fine"

...Have you ever washed blood off a car seat?Your own blood? There's a reason they say, 'You won't hear your own mortar whistling'... And I didn’t hear it either... Neither the whistle of the shell, nor the buzzing of the drone, nor even the sound of the launch. I remember smth(blood) pouring into my eye. I raised my left hand to wipe my cheek...

There was no pain at all. I ran to the car. Surprisingly, it was intact. I got in and drove away. The most horrifying injuries I saw at the stabilization point were cranio-cerebral injuries

When a pink mess that used to be responsible for thoughts, feelings, and memories spills from a hole in the head onto a white sheet.

Severed arms and legs, intestines neatly folded into a T-shirt, holes in the chest from which air escapes with a whistling sound—these can all be repaired. The essence of a person will live on, love, dream.

But the empty gaze of those who have lost themselves due to a traumatic brain injury scares me more than anything else...

...With my right hand, I steered the wheel, while with my left hand, I tried to feel my head to see if any foreign "artifacts of war" were sticking out of it. I even took a selfie to assess the extent of the damage to the "decision-making center" (my head).

Only after 10 minutes did I notice that blood was also flowing from my hand. I thought I needed to bandage it... At the next crossroads, I suddenly forgot where to go. It felt like I was here for the first time. Although I had already driven through the village twenty times.

A jeep drove by. I thought I should probably ask for help. But if they transferred me and took me to the stabilization point, I would have to leave my "Discovery" here, and then those bastards(russian soldiers) would definitely wreck it.

I didn't leave it either at the crossing in Bakhmut or in Avdiyivka, and I absolutely refuse to leave it here. I’m just obligated to get to the stabilization point by myself.

What scared me was that my wounds didn’t hurt. Just a dull noise in my head, like a severe migraine.

Closer to Konstantynivka, I started to recognize the road. When I arrived at the stabilization point, I even parked the car by a tree and locked it...

[pastlivesandpurplepuppets]

To add a bit of levity to the idea of leaping from a perfectly good airplane, not to mention the overall rigorous training, in August 1942, Sink’s executive officer, Colonel Charles H. Chase, issued the Paratrooper Insurance Benefits Plan as follows:

Broken back—1 case Scotch whiskey Broken arm or leg—3 bottles Bourbon whiskey per limb so affected Broken ankle or wrist—2 bottles Scotch whiskey per ankle or wrist Broken finger—Family-sized beer per bone involved Sprain, assorted types—12 ounce bottle of beer per sprain Contusions or lacerations—12 ounce bottle of beer per five such The Secretary Treasurer of the mess, upon receipt of certificate signed by the Reg’l Surgeon covering injuries falling within the categories listed in vertical column I will, without delay, and at the expense of the mess fund, present to the injured member the benefit listed in vertical column II.

~ Larry Alexander

[orcelito]

Shino raising his dead friends and friend's dog from the dead with the power of bugs as one friend's cousin watches [not clickbait]

[nikikikiko]

know bc of the afk arena lore channel on disc i am BARELY holding back from writing a small oneshot abt Eugene’s true form, and his personal feelings towards it (plus a little bit of exploration on Gavus’s feeling towards it too)

man.,.. THERES SO AMNYBPSOSIBITILIES i am dying

[uh-oh-im-falling-in-love]

love is the strongest drug

I was always warned about the drugs traded on the street but never the addiction walking towards me with blue eyes and a heartbeat.

[poison-raika]

日本の自衛隊、ドロン取得　Japan's Self-Defense Forces acquire Dron

ドロンを導入するのは良いが、電子戦対策も又重要です。中国はロシアを陰で支援してるのは周知の事実。 従って電子戦の技術とノーハウを取���し、日々磨いてる。 対して欧米は全く追い付いていない。スイッチブレードやらビーバットやら、改造して電子戦対策を施さないとウクライナの戦場では全く役に立たないのも又事実。 つまり、ドロンの取得だけに目が行きがちが、電子戦の研究開発が同じく、或いはそれ以上に重要である事を忘れては成らない！絶対に・・・・

It is good to introduce drones, but electronic warfare measures are also important. It is a well-known fact that China is supporting Russia behind the scenes. Therefore, I have acquired electronic warfare skills and know-how, and I am refining them every day. The West, on the other hand, has not caught up at all. It is also true that Switchblades and bee bats are completely useless on the battlefield of Ukraine unless they are modified and equipped with electronic warfare measures. In other words, while we tend to focus only on the acquisition of Dron, we must not forget that the research and development of electronic warfare is just as important, if not more important! Absolutely…

Добре впроваджувати дрони, але заходи радіоелектронної боротьби також важливі. Загальновідомий факт, що Китай підтримує Росію за лаштунками. Тому я здобув навички та ноу-хау у сфері радіоелектронної боротьби, і щодня вдосконалюю їх. Захід же анітрохи не наздогнав. Також правдою є те, що Switchblades та бджолині кажани абсолютно марні на полі бою в Україні, якщо вони не модифіковані та не оснащені засобами радіоелектронної боротьби. Іншими словами, хоча ми схильні зосереджуватися лише на придбанні Dron, ми не повинні забувати, що дослідження та розробка радіоелектронної боротьби є не менш важливими, якщо не важливішими! Абсолютно…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnYMnv8hhQc&t=1399s

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[wizardnaturalist]

fascinated by this idea that hector went to his death nobly, accepting? he died begging

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

i know what the dlc is REALLY setting us up for:

vulgar militia lore

[tsuzukerukoto]

I think one of the reasons I love Id so much, especially for Makoto as Guda, is that one important trait of Makoto's in his source material is his seething anger and rage towards the mastermind-- anger that, at the very end, he doesn't follow through on. Because no matter the verse, no matter the world, Makoto is someone who would never be satisfied by any kind of vengeance, no matter how justified he would be in it.

[draconicfool]

it is... 5 in the morning and god decided i needed another new ship tag dump

[ratsbanes]

I mayyyy be making a bsd gender swap au, that instead of just giving them long hair and skirt and short hair and pants, it has actual new character design choices and backstory changes ... Maybe

[ebitenpura]

Empress Acina's "Intelligence should have retired you when they had the chance!" is still sticking with me after Iokath, and I think it does for many agents who would be grossly offended by such a cruel statement given what they went through which was equivalent to being retired, but Eight...Eight would let the mask slip for a second.

Oh Acina, he'd say, soft and deep with a smile bared like fangs, they already tried. Didn't you do your research?

[tadpole-apocalypse]

I’ve played through nearly 3 times now, have not beat the game once. I just keep wanting to replay my same Tav because I love her and I really enjoy playing wild magic sorcerer and also I’m slowly figuring out the mechanics of the game.

Had a wonderful moment early on fighting goblins, had a wild magic surge that turned me into a sheep. I didn’t know you revert back after taking enough damage I just saw I had 3 hit points and panicked, so I had her run as far as she could away from the fight. Imagining them all having to chase her down again afterwards is so cute.