#actually they all need unions

[keepingupwiththeboltons]

#givemaesterorwylearaise

[snurtle]

I've been thinking about the templars lately. they were promised honor, virtue, told that they would be charged with protection of the innocent... And then those same people are systemically exploited and abused, abuse others because they're taught to regard everyone else as either sheep who need to be lead or potential threats. Never equals, except in their brothers/sisters-in-arms. They act as the guard-dogs and military arm of an entirely different organization that they're only a functionary member of but have no governing say in. Even the chantry aren't their equals- they function as the templar order's supervisors! And all this isolation and closing of ranks ends in disability, addiction, death, and abandonment by the system they spent their bodies in service of.

To top that off, retaliations against them just confirm the paranoia they were taught to embrace. It's probably a long hard road to get out of that hole.

Like, listen. the dichotomy of mage vs templars is a satisfying and easy one, but the system is tearing them apart too. have you ever heard of a retired templar?

at the end of it, mages and templars need to unite against the real threat. the chantry.

[theotherrichardpapen]

...because any moment may be our last. everything is more beautiful because we're doomed.

[captainjonnitkessler]

"American individualism has a lot of problems and can lead to a loss of supportive community networks" - true, a problem worth talking about

"Individualism is a poison and anyone who wants to maintain a level of independence from their family, culture, or community is suspect" - BAD. WRONG AND BAD. THIS IS EXTREME CONSERVATISM DRESSED UP IN A PROGRESSIVE HAT

[shannonsketches]

ngl gang I finished both my dissociation fixation games and got a rejection letter for a job I was a shoe-in for after a month-long, three-pronged review/interview process and I am not having a great time

[cator99]

I always get detained at da border because PROFUNC never ended but basically I'm like if a targeted individual didn't even care

[mimiruku]

this reminded me how, primarily, the reason why I don't actually have a ' main ship' is because Nimo and I had somehow made the most convoluted love dodecagon . . . . . relationship chart ? ? ? to ever exist. , honestly ? it don't even make sense anymore. ( nimo might argue, but don't listen to her. )  ⸻ at least, we maintained that Miruku does end up ' alone ' ? sort of. ANYWAY HE JUST WANTED TO BE FRIENDS WITH ALL 17 of them. / jk estimation there isn't actually 17 love interest

[palms-upturned]

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[stardusthuntress]

So I finally watched the 2D clone wars show, and I gotta say, it’s PHENOMENAL!!!

I now adore every second of it, in all of its sassy, oversimplified, primitively scripted, 2D glory!!!

I LOVE how Kenobi spends practically the whole time 100% done with everything, Anakin really is a disaster at heart, half the time the animators zoom in on something, just to start at a picture of a droids face while it talks - with zero motion whatsoever, Windu’s rocket punches, Yoda’s dramatic expressions, PADME and the marriage drama, the bazooka ARC (that guy had tired Rex energy, I LOVED it), a very different perspective of the moments right before Kenobi and Skywalker enter the battle of Coruscant, and it clearly was so inspirational for so many other SW shows!!! Not to mention how it flushes out so many things I’ve always wondered about!

And this is where the tradition of warning Anakin of his fate begins! And he still doesn’t get it! AND he’s 100% dramatic ALL THE TIME!!!

It’s amazing!!!

But it does bother me how many of the clones are truly treated as disposable! It’s like the only ones that make it out of the conflicts are the Jedi and the Sith! They just got mowed down left, right, and center!!! It was so cruel to them!!! And they mostly avoided giving ANY of them names!!! Cody was in it, and 1 other named guy but I couldn’t figure out what his name was. The Commander in red who led the ARCs! They were the only clones that (mostly) survived!!! It was so sad to watch them all just get disposed of so quickly and easily! They didn’t have to do that!!!

[chromoluminary]

<- can easily be bribed into running a high-traffic library by themself for two consecutive shifts with the promise of free pizza

[when-did-this-become-difficult]

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right wing media about ceasefire protests really has my parents messed up...in the run up to one simple non disruptive (not binding ourselves to a bridge or whatnot) protest today, both of them have expressed worries about violence and antisemitism and hatred...like idk i know one of them has never been to a protest and the other only briefly, but like...right wing media really has people's minds fucked up, they think every rally is going to turn into a hate rally or something. the funny thing is, though, if you talk to people long enough, including my parents, most of them will eventually be like "okay I'd be fine with a ceasefire. as long as they return the hostages and stop launching rockets too" and it's like yeah...fine...then we agree? there should be a ceasefire? asdf;lkasdf;ladsfjdfsjsd;f like don't insult me i'm your own daughter and i've never expressed antisemitism but the moment i want to go to a ceasefire protest they're like WATCH OUT WHAT YOU MIGHT GET SUCKED INTO...okay you watch out, because in a couple years you might realize that tens of thousands were killed with your tax dollars and you did nothing to stop it???? idk? also how is calling for a ceasefire antisemitic, when in the US, Jewish people have been among the most vocal in calling for a ceasefire, second only to Palestinians themselves??????

[getinthefuckingcarkitten]

Can't sleep bc i'm jittery so i'm dropping more Foxglove ramblings. Anyway her most religious trait (asides from mommy issues) is that she genuinely dgaf about money and wealth. She values beauty/aesthetics and a good posture but she couldn't give less of a shit about the price of things + her one good action to the world is that she doesn't mind giving money away with not a single care in the world. And yes it's maybe because she lives in delulu land and believes she's divinely protected from ever running out of what she needs. This makes her extremely hard for Avery to control without violence though

[onlyasimp4nobody]

With recent shit think I'm gonna go finish Union Ch 3 already and finish some other wips.

Sayanora you weeaboo shits

[bunnyb34r]

Agsgdgdggd the guy I helped make a bale came up to me and was like "hey so I noticed you werent here yesterday... you okay?"

And immediately I went "yeah, making that bale really killed me. Had to take off."

He thought it was absolutely hilarious and I guess he came up to RC later and told her I'm really fast with comebacks like he wasnt expecting that sgdggdgdgd

She was like "yeah she's a snarky little shit. Not at all like yall think she is"

Just bc I'm quiet and polite at work doesn't mean shit man. I'm quiet and polite bc 1.) I have to see you people up to 20 hours a week. 2.)unless you give me a reason to be anything but nice I'll be in my customer service persona and that bitch is polite and QUIET

Also 3.) I'm just fucking quiet unless I'm super comfortable with you, then I don't shut the fuck up

[rubenesque-as-fuck]

Anyway it's been so long since I've actually been able to add anything to my credit union savings that they locked the damn account 😩

[bluastro-yellow]

there's only one end-of-the-day debrief :'( ?!?