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the-kipsabian · 21 days ago
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feelin' it
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the-demoness-next-door · 7 months ago
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a redesign of my steven universe peridot oc! i made this gal wayyy before the show peridot was introduced, so i've been reluctant to redesign her since her old design feels so iconic to me, but i finally gave it a shot and tbh i really like it. also went ahead and made her a first form to show what she looked like as a regular peridot before making her own form :3
also she's tall bc shes an era 1 btw. show peridot can just get good i guess lmao L
(she/her)
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thetruearchmagos · 9 months ago
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Ooo, well, that is certainly an interesting an unenviable situation to be in!
Here, it really is about a matter of 'degree'. Compared to Espala, is Ritania a second rate but still significant naval power with enough industry and economic ability to its name, or is it entirely outclassed?
If the former, it might be possible for the Ritanians to directly raise its own 'battle fleet' along the same lines of the Espalan fleet you've previously outlined, and to compete with it directly but at a smaller scale. As long as the disparity in 'strength' isn't too great, especially when accounting for any need for Espala to disperse its fleet across multiple duties, the security of Ritania's territory can be guaranteed. Indeed, if its allies naval presence can draw away enough of the Espalan navy, the Ritanian's, able to concentrate in one area, might achieve local 'control of the sea'*. Add in shrewd methods and tactics, professional crews, and good commanders, and history shows that any nominally outgunned and out-tonnaged fleet can at least hold their own.
If, however, Ritania has barely a fleet to its name and lacks the ability to make one, while at the same time facing dire risks of the invasion of its own territory or the severing of its sea lines of communication, it might opt to take a more 'guerilla' approach to naval warfare. In our own history, a strategic concept known as the 'Jeune Ecole' seems to fit the bill quite well. Created by French theorists as a way to resist the inevitably more capable Royal Navy, it would have eschewed the construction of any capital ships - which would only have been outgunned by the inevitably greater number of British ships - and instead advocated for a sizeable fleet of fast 'torpedo boats' and similar small craft to defend the coast and near ocean at a far cheaper price for similar effectiveness, while fast and long ranged 'cruisers' roamed the high seas to harass enemy merchant shipping while avoiding a major engagement. This would, hypothetically, secure the homeland at the cost of ceding control of the seas to the opposition, while still dealing some economic damage to them, all at a lower price tag.
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Now that I've gone and written all that, I should probably note that this was mostly a description of some ideas to note when designing a fleet. Having considered their geography, finances, industrial capacity, and the imagined intentions of the Espalans, it finally falls to the Ritanians to decide what they want out of a navy, what kind of navy they think they ought to build, and how they intend on using it when war comes to the seas.
I also realise that I technically haven't answered your question, since I didn't mention any specific tactics I'd suggest for them... that, may have to wait for later. To help with answering the question of what a hypothetical naval engagement between Ritania and Espala might look like, here's one more question and a 'no rush' disclaimer to answering them!
What methods exist on either side to communicate between ships, and how could environmental / enemy factors influence them?
Reading the Jutland book, I get the sense that fleet wide communication is incredibly damn important, and fucking it up is the sort of thing that turns great victories into bitter lost opportunities and an unfortunate reputation that lasts through history.
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Also, a point on naval archaeology: I'm not as much of a buff there, but let me tell you hearing of scrap merchants defiling the wrecks of Repulse and Prince of Wales made me see red, those bastards.
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* About the whole 'sea control' thing, it's a bit of naval theory lingo I picked up after way too much Drachinifel. I think, at least, that it's attributed to Mahan, more or less the godfather of modern naval strategy, who suggested that the utmost purpose of a Navy was to secure its nation's access to the sea and with it access to foreign markets and goods, and that a Navy who could do so while denying the same to its adversary held 'control of the sea'. Now, that's just the sparknotes since I'm not exactly a formal student of naval theory, but I find this sorta thing interesting! The way that the prevailing theories of an era shape decision making like this - for example, the Kaiser's decision to build up the High Seas Fleet was supposedly based of Mahan's theories - attracts me, and I've tried to come up with some in the 12 Worlds myself. It's not gone well.
*Huughhheeghh*
You @ed me?
(school is killing me)
OH, uh, yes, yes I did!
It's not too important, though, since you do seem so very busy. It's just that I've really enjoyed our naval discussions, and wanted to know if you had anything in mind with that stuff. But, I am happy to step aside and cheer on your academic career!
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baerryjj · 2 years ago
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HEYOO
Can we have some random bit of lore about your ocs??
Here's a cookie as a bribe: 🍪
BIM, ELLO GOOD SIR, n yes you may :))
I'll lore dump a bit abt Jhomara the Depraved Perfumer, since they mostly exist purely in my brain rn
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Jhomara ,born in Leyndell as daughter to a whore and an unwanting father, she was discreetly abandoned in the shunning grounds as a baby; in hopes her existence was forgotten. Unfortunately for her father, who felt his reputation would tarnish from having a child, she lived and was raised under the care of a fellow omen who called herself Inenphaye. She was taught about the Lands Between and the Erdtree, and fostered a deep hate for the golden order. She also, developed a weird fixation on the demigods, specifically on the idea that their blood could grant divinity.
Then, when Inenphaye had inevitably died, she found herself wandering astray. A completely savage ,manipulatable, yet highly intelligent child emerged on the streets of Leyndell around the time of the shattering; she was perfect as cannon fodder, and was taught the ways of perfumers. It didn't take her long to figure out whose side she was fighting on, and it didn't take her long to fight against them.
She now wanders astray once more with only one goal in mind, to drink the blood of the divine.
Thank you for asking!!! Also here, a baguette in return 🥖
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whump-it-like-its-hot · 1 year ago
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Fellas, it finally happened, my art block has loosened up a little and given way to THIS GUY
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(Character Levi from the interactive fiction game Signalhill, both belong to @signalhill-if!)
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lilydvoratrelundar · 3 months ago
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dc is doing a little mini relaunch after the current crossover finishes and honestly thank god because literally only two of their current ongoings interest me but there's a bunch of fun looking stuff happening in november that i might actually look at. and also it's starting series for several guys who should have had ongoings this whole time like the fucking JUSTICE LEAGUE
#i.e. black lightning JSA question batgirl. and i'll keep up with justice league now that they actually HAVE an ongoing#insane that it just wasn't happening for so long. why did they do that.#now i might actually take an interest in the mainline crossovers if there's a series that they're actually building from#then again. if it's crap i probably won't stick with it#but like marvel has three avengers books running concurrently CONSTANTLY. and yet dc hardly ever has justice league stuff going on#a team book is just. the obvious place to do all that stuff. cos i'm not reading batman i do not CARE about batman#but the new justice league has flash and black lightning and martian manhunter and other guys who i think are cool outside the Trinity guys#also i'm thinking i'll have a look at the 'absolute' universe. yes we are pointing and laughing at the batman design but it seems like an#interesting concept. and also extremely funny that they're going oh fuck marvel relaunched ultimates we have to do something like that too#but actually looking at the ACTUAL premise of the thing. it's more about making an extremely stripped back version of each character#designed to be at their lowest with no support systems in place#idk how it'll turn out. might be too edgy and angst filled for my tastes.#but it looks worth a look#for the record the two series i'm actually readign currently are poison ivy and the flash.#flash i'm actually collecting (i got in when it started and am yet to be disappointed)#lily dot tee ex tee#my pull list is getting so long. and my actual pull list of comics i'm buying is getting a bit much too#but i do not regret impulse subscribing to The Power Fantasy having just read issue 1. it's INCREDIBLE.#i've stopped getting ultimate x men tho. was good but i don't think really worth the money of getting it physically. i'll just pirate.#and tbh the current dr who run is eh. and also only a 4 issue limited series. but it's dr who comics of course i'm collecting it anyway.#immortal thor is a thousand times worth the money tho holy SHIT that book is SO GOOD and i'm SO GLAD i'm reading it physically#sorry i don't comicspost often but i had. a lot of thoughts.
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exopelagic · 3 months ago
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okay I severely misjudged spaghetti guy he’s actually just really cool
#okay so I came to this flat and he wasn’t here. greeted by a very dirty flat with shit all over the kitchen counters over cling film#I meet first my other flatmate who told me he stays in his room constantly bc of previous bad flatmates#has literally just a saucepan and some salt in the kitchen. so I’m like okay spaghetti guy potentially not great but could just be#how this guy is yknow#on Tuesday I get an email back saying he’s coming back from Norway tonight looking forward to seeing you feel free to use the kitchen sauces#rlly friendly message that I wasn’t expecting. I also didn’t know he’d been on a trip i just knew he wasn’t there bc his door was open#(to a REALLY nice room. multiple rlly nice plants (which he has little care labels for!!!) and it’s tidy and pretty#and he’s got a sheep teddy on the bed)#meanwhile I am in my own head bc I don’t wanna cook in the kitchen until I can clean it and I can’t clean it without moving his shit and#I haven’t seen him yet to talk abt it and I can’t bring myself to talk to him immediately bc I’m dying#and embarrassed as hell by how I’ve been cooking in my room with a microwave and air fryer (loud) and sneaking my shit out of the kitchen#but then yesterday I DO talk to him!! and he’s super friendly!! actually interested in having a conversation and Good at it.#and then he’s cooking and like. spaghetti burns but I’m not there for long and seems to be a mistake (he made the same thing for lunch today#and did Not burn the spaghetti) and is otherwise clearly competent bc the food smells Good and despite leaving a few things out it’s like#washed up stuff isn’t dirty and the sides are better despite still under cling film. more a case that he’s spread out than he’s messy#and now today we talked and i offered to hold onto some shit over summer bc complicated situation that boils down to he’s flying back home#and he cant take all his stuff and had to choose between chucking stuff/having literally nothing this weekend. like sleeping on the sofa etc#and then cleans the whole flat?? which I’m assuming a good chunk is his mess? but he did not need to do that. could’ve easily left#bc there are two people still living here who would’ve had to deal with it and he doesn’t know either at all#and THEN tonight we talk abt food which is fun bc we both ordered stuff. and he offers me some honeydew melon bc he’s been gorging himself#these past two days to finish it before it goes bad/he leaves which is also really sweet#and JUST NOW. I take my headphones out after finishing dinner and hear the sweetest fucking guitar#he plays the gentlest like dreamy sounding acoustic guitar I’ve heard in my life in his room (door closed by the time I leave)#this is actually just a really cool dude#now that the kitchens clear I’m gonna cook tomorrow and will probably offer him some bc otherwise he’s gonna be eating out all weekend#he has extra takeout for tomorrow night but might want smth Sunday#regardless I am just. huh??? left a bit stunned bc of the u turn my opinion of this guy has taken. bc my opinion of him was a reflection#of my discomfort moving to this weird dirty basement flat with two people I didn’t know#well. idk where to go from here. I think I’ll start by talking to him more this weekend. bc holy fucking shit.#luke.txt
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reineyday · 1 year ago
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just watched bnha world heroes mission and wow they really packed a whole bunch of my favourite tropes into rody soul huh
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front-facing-pokemon · 1 year ago
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Now i know this blog is obviously for.. well. Front facing pokemon, but your tags are always super interesting. I think your opinions on pokemon are pretty neat
i've gotten a few asks like this so far, and it's always nice to see that folks aren't annoyed about how much i talk in the tags. i have lots of opinions on lots of things! and i like to talk a lot. the reason i started talking more in the tags is actually because of asks like this—folks saying they liked seeing what i had to say on particular pokémon has encouraged me to actually talk about my thoughts more (although if you regularly read my tags, i tend to get off-topic pretty quickly. i queue these up very early in the morning, as soon as i get up, and i'm usually a little delirious), especially compared to my first early posts on this blog which didn't even have any tags at all, beyond the names of the pokémon. you're one of the like 4 ffp-mod likers how's it feel
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iamthepulta · 2 years ago
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Generational abuse doesn't just *end*. You break the cycle and there are still echoes because your child grows up without a set of grandparents, or is fucked up by those grandparents, or is cut off from the rest of the extended family, or gets fucked up presents at Christmas, or wonders why they get treated different at family gatherings.
A lot of LGBTQ fiction authors write about that kind of isolation because it's so present in their lives, but it feels rare in media and rarer in cis hetero media where everyone knows they're isolated and lonely but apparently don't have the balls to say "My bio family sucks and is abusive, fuck this shit."
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perenlop · 7 months ago
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terribly sorry for progressively getting more and more annoyed and tired with jn. this show kinda gets a lot more exhausting on a rewatch when you know its not going to get better
#i think what happened when it was airing was that like. it was the direct successor to sun and moon right?#and that was a show EVERYONE shat on when it got revealed. the setting the art change the shift to a goofier style etc etc#but then it aired and aside from some hiccups while adjusting the first few eps- sm turned out to be a joy of a show#not just for a casual watch- you can tune on most episodes without context and just have a pleasant time bc its a cozy show#but also if youre more into the battle scene bc this series kinda goes hard on them#and while the episodes had a goofier tone to them the episodes never felt like they were talking down to its audience#everyone brings up the deaths and how maturely they were handled but seriously- they didnt need to go that hard on the minior episode#and yet- it took fans a long time to really come around to it and stop giving it bad faith criticism#the most popular youtubers were finding every excuse to shit on it and mock the fans#so i think when jn was announced with another slight art shift and a different format- i think we all got a little defensive over it#like hey sm had hiccups too! jn just needs some time to grow into itself and find its footing#and we had no reason to think it wouldn’t. like there were some red flags like how mimey was handled and some clickbait episodes#but we got genuinely nice episodes back then too! the scorbunny eps were neat and ash and gohs intro eps are great#the pichu opening is REALLY strong and i thought it showed a ton of promise for the show#the leon and eternatus stuff was being set up#so i waited for jn to pick up and waved off a lot of criticism as bad faith bc hey. ppl were ruthless to sm and forgetting that we do have t#to work with the limit that its a childrens series. which is fine.#but well…… suddenly we’re in the final arc and its not better. its worse. holy shit did it get worse#episodes like the drizzile one were now the exception. not the rule.#most episodes that are pleasant on a first watch became an absolute slog on a rewatch#the ‘’fanservice’’ feels more like a marketing ploy than an attempt to respect the characters. the production value was a goddamn mess.#entire arcs went unresolved#so it gave me rose tinted glasses until it all fell apart at once for me at the end#but now i have the joyful experience of watching the whole thing through knowing damn good and well it gets worse. yay#echoed voice#jn lb
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cynicallyneutral · 2 years ago
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ishiki
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crowcryptid · 1 year ago
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Hey guys did you know that pretty much every device is vulnerable just by having Bluetooth on 😀
Isn’t that nice
You probably don’t have to worry about it but hey now you have something to keep u up at night
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tottwritesfanfic · 2 years ago
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Pairing: EnnoTana Rating: Teen Tags: Magical Realism AU, Post Break-up, Getting Back Together, Humour, Melodrama, Modern Fantasy AU, Hijinks & Shenanigans, disaster gay Ennoshita Chikara
Chapter Summary:
Chikara just stares. Every time he thinks he’s survived the weirdest part of this already weird shit, along comes something else.
Check it out on Ao3! | Start at the beginning!
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violexides · 1 year ago
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my hero arc is actually realizing that chihiro fujisaki is one of the best characters in THH sorry i’m still not over this
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necrotic-nightshade · 2 years ago
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youtube
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