#and then remembering ww3 started

[inkbirdie]

me: how about i watch some starkid, i love smosh and Angela’s in some, it’ll be a fun and silly time! :)

me, three musicals in, sobbing to black friday and if i fail you: i may have made a miscalculation 

[quincyhorst]

If you haven't realized already... At least on this setting, Brockenborg's use of militar hissatsus was because of their original intent of being used aganist Aliea Academy. I still couldn't explain where or who created things like Gunshot, U-Boat or similar; but all I know is that they were passed on to these germans, expected to be used once Japan fell to the aliens. Most of Operation Sicherung was funded by german goverment and its defence section, though the German Soccer Federation had also its part, specially when choosing the children to train. Hell, the director of the project, Wilhelm von Wolfgang, is the coach of germany's current best team and Theodor's representative. His sucessful communications within both the goverment and the bundeswehr were enough to commence these plans.

Of course, fear leads to do stupid choices, and it proved true when Japan managed to fend off Aliea without the use of any outsider help, rendering OS useless and a total waste of money and time for anyone involved. The german goverment was quick to sweep everything under the rug and give monetary compensation to all the children's families, alongside the coaches/staff emplyed to train them. However, as to be more positive, OS had left them with only one useful thing: The perfect lineup of the upcoming Euroleague. So, they decided to join in and start fresh as the alien fear was wearing off. Not wanting Wolfgang near this team at any chance, the GSF opted instead to employ Gretchen Löw instead, given she had done the best directing within the OS matches.

But of course... Now here's where the problems come. You have a bunch of confused german children, believing that the sky was going to fall at any moment, with hissatus that were meant to "fight" other kids like them... Poor Löw was forced to unite some disjointed puzzle pieces from the start. And of course, remember... Germany + any militar motif will always sit bad with the rest of the world (And rightfully so!). Of course, soon the players found a way to 1- Either give their own style to their soccer or 2- Take use of what they had learnt to their benefit.

...I'm very aware that this idea won't ever help to tone down all the creepy implications Brockenborg has within its hissatsu lineup, or similar things. Hell, there are things that I genuinely have no idea how to explain in-universe, such as the Blitz formation (Maybe it was something originally taught in OS?). And there's still some plotholes with some topics (Thorsten's mask...). So, don't be surprised if this changes from time to time, be it small or an entire renewal.

We shouldn't forget too that the FFI was originally a Garshield ploy to cause tension within countries and later on a World War, so who knows... Maybe he had a part to play on Brockenborg's funding too. Those militar hissatsus were chosen in purpose to cause tensions even in the tournament (????)

[murderessdominatrix]

I love when people go 'roe v wade was overturned under Biden's watch!' because it just proves to me that they either didn't pay attention in 6th grade poli-sci class OR they're trump psy ops.

Who appointed the Supreme Court Justices that OVERTURNED Roe v Wade? Hint: not Biden.

'Biden has done nothing to stem reactionary transphobic laws' do me a favor. Take a singular civics class. You will learn that the US has 2 types of laws, Federal laws and State laws. You will also learn Biden is the Executive Branch of the Federal government. The Executive Branch of the Federal government has SOME influence over Federal Laws and essentially NO control over State Laws. You will also learn these transphobic bills that are being passed are State Laws, not Federal Laws.

Now, State Laws can be contested through the Federal Court and be overturned by the Supreme Court but - shocker- Trump made the Supreme Court majority Republican under his term by appointing THREE Republican Justices! And Biden can't change that unless one of them dies or voluntarily retires! And since we don't live under a Tyranny (which Trump has stated he would be interested in creating, btw, look up Project 2025), Biden cannot force the Supreme Court to do what he wants!

i don’t know how to feel about all these anxious posts talking about how trump’s shooting is going to be a rallying point for the right & how they’re going to use it to win the election. because while yes, i’ve already seen people making a martyr of a living man because of this, it’s been obvious for months — if not well over a year — that biden is not winning this fucking election. it was obvious before tonight; it was obvious before the debate: biden’s ass is losinggg!!!!

and even if it hadn’t been obvious, even if biden actually had a fighting chance in this upcoming election, please be honest for a second: would it matter either way? 200 palestinians were killed just today in an ongoing genocide funded and supplied directly by joe biden, which has killed — in the course of only nine months — well over 180,000 people. and if you seriously believe trump would be worse for gaza than biden, just look at where gaza is now: hospital bombings are routine and un-newsworthy, just as is children as young as a day old being shot at, bombed, or buried under rubble. how much meaningfully worse can it be?

and if you are somebody who only cares about domestic issues, — a cowardly and remarkably selfish political standpoint to have in the united states, the most powerful country on the planet whose fingers are in the affairs of every other country on earth — be clearheaded. biden has done nothing but further push the democratic party right. more police killings have happened under his tenure than trump’s; roe v. wade was overturned during his administration; and he has done absolutely nothing to stem the tide of reactionary transphobic bills being passed in state after state.

it’s joever. it’s been joever. if you don’t see that now and you’re still seriously campaigning for this man, i think you are naïve, stupid, selfish, or all three.

[greenthena]

Why we won't have an Apology Dance in S3--or, why I'm choosing to start WW3

Much as I love the Apology Dance, I have a hunch that neither Crowley nor Aziraphale will perform it in S3. It's such a weird (affectionate) little mating ritual, and I cannot see it without thinking of David Attenborough's "Birds of Paradise" clip from Our Planet. (The little fuckers really get going around the 2:30 mark, if you're interested.)

S2 demonstrates so many of these bizarre little mating rituals. Specifically, I'm thinking about the "Don't hesitate to ask me if you have any questions" moment...

...I mean, Goddamn. Someone damn it. Aziraphale is about to climb that demon like a tree.

And the exchange about borrowing the Bentley...

...which is a battle lost before it's even begun because Aziraphale flashes those pretty eyes and Crowley's too smitten to really put up a fight.

Mah point is (dolphins). My point is that every aspect of their interaction, particularly in S2, is a dance, a courting practice, a mating ritual to which only these two weird (affectionate) little birds know the steps.

And the Apology Dance is one of the key steps in this ritual. We know how important it is because Aziraphale has memorized each year when he performed it for Crowley. 1650, 1793, 1941... And Crowley has now reciprocated. But for all the importance of the Apology Dance, we never hear an actual apology. The words, "I'm sorry" are never exchanged between the Ineffables.

Of course, Aziraphale has forgiven Crowley on multiple occasions (have a tissue), but the absolution is never in response to an apology.

Why does this matter, you ask? Because Crowley has never asked to be forgiven. It's one of his self-identifying traits.

And every time Aziraphale offers him forgiveness, it calls into question Crowley's whole identity. I think this is why Crowley initially refuses to do the dance. He doesn't "do the dance," because he doesn't apologize. Because what's the point? If you believe yourself to be beyond forgiveness, why even bother with an apology.

But that's not what's most interesting to me. See, outside of mending his relationship with Aziraphale, I don't think the demon could give a single fuck about forgiveness. On the cosmic level, it's just another carrot dangled by Heaven. The whole concept of forgiveness of sins demonstrates a pretty fucked up power differential. I mean, who gets to decide whether God has forgiven you when She's not even talking?

I think it's fascinating that despite their squabble, Crowley removes his glasses the moment he steps back into the bookshop, performing the Apology Dance in his "naked" face. It suggests that he knows before he even starts that everything is going to be okay. He can approach the situation in a state of vulnerability because he deeply trusts his angel. But the dance, the mating ritual, still has to be completed. It's similar to how Aziraphale knew Crowley would let him drive the Bentley, but they still had to negotiate their way through the motions.

We've called it the Apology Dance, despite the fact that no apology is offered and no forgiveness given. Remember, Aziraphale's response to Crowley's successful completion of the ritual is, "Very nice."

So here's the crux. All these rituals that they perform, the Ineffable dances, if you will, rely on one crucial element. The result of the ritual has to be established before the ritual has begun. They each have to enter the ritual in a state of vulnerability, knowing the outcome will be safe and satisfying. And I think that's why Aziraphale doesn't say, "I forgive you" after Crowley's elegant spin and bow.

Because forgiveness is something Aziraphale only offers the demon when he feels cornered, frightened and unsafe. Think about the two times he's said it. In both cases, the forgiveness was weaponized.

(Apology Dance incoming for this next gif.)

In a very real way, when Aziraphale forgives Crowley, he invalidates his best friend's lived experience. Crowley doesn't want to be forgiven. He wants to be accepted. Loved. Seen.

So as much fun as it is to speculate about who might dance for whom in S3, I truly hope neither angel nor demon apologize to the other. For me, the most meaningful conclusion would be for them to complete their mating ritual not with some dogmatic, pedantic, fucked up power differential where one forgives the other for perceived iniquities. Nah. Fuck that. I want them to accept and love and deeply see one another and fully embrace whatever that means.

Here. Have some tissues.

[selkies-world]

Something something, Trump's vice saying that they need to execute people who don't support Trump, something something, Trump banning abortion & reproductive health care & birth control, something something, Trump saying Puerto Ricans just multiply and have lots of babies, something something, Trump being funded by Elon Musk, something something, Musk openly stating that the economy will suffer because Trump will give him free reign to have his Meta wetdream come true at the expense of the entire country, something something, Trump wanting to put transgender kids in "homes" away from affirming parents & wanting to have transgender adults "imprisoned" or put into "homes" or "camps", something something, Trump & Putin & Farage, something something, Trump & the big red button, something something, does nobody else remember Trump threatening Nuclear War with Russia & China & North (?) Korea over petty or racist things BEFORE RUSSIA THREATENED THE WORLD WITH NUCLEAR WW3 IF WE INTERVENE AND STOP RUSSIA INVADING UKRAINE, something something, Trump's supporters seeing him as the mesiah and saviour and King David and other god-like personas rather than a deeply flawed and power-hungry man with mental health issues who is not fit to run one of the biggest and most powerful and influential countries in the world, something something, leaving disabled and chronically ill people to die or suffer without medicare, something something, making it illegal to miscarry (& probably to have a stillbirth), something something, didn't somebody say it'd be okay under Trump to euthanize people who can't / won't contribute to the industrial capitalist society? Something something, Trump saying he wants the generals Hitler had, something something, the Nazi Euthanasia Programme (T4, I think?), something something, look in a history book and tell me what happened to the Jews & blacks in Germany when they were taken to centres & divided into those who could provide labour (& who were taken to concentration camps to becomes slaves and endure torture) and those who could not provide labour.

Look in a history book, and you will see that WW2 started in the 1930s, but there were signs of it coming on the 1920s. There was a build up, there was a gradual inclination towards it, and it was that inclination which put Hitler in power - before that inclination happened, he was the leader of a very unpopular party whom nobody paid much attention to. There were signs, there were bridges crossed, there were decisions made, there were votes won and there were more and more slippery steps to take before Germany announced war in the 1930s. And throughout all of that time, it was the minorities, those who would suffer the most just for existing, who felt the pressure first while the rest of society began to celebrate Hitler. It was these people who were growing uncomfortable with the fact regular education had been replaced by swastikas in schoolbooks, and with Hitler being featured in children's rhymes as a friendly father figure to guard over them all - and more so with the fact this was mandatory for every child to learn, and that teachers had two choices: teach children what Hitler wanted them to learn, or lose their jobs, in the best case scenario.

WW2 didn't just 'happen' in the 1930s; it was already being created in the 1920s.

We know this. We also know that we can match Trump's movements almost exactly to the steps taken by Hitler in the late 1920s & early 1930s. We know where this path leads, because we saw it before. We know where this path leads, because we have been down it before. We know where this path leads, because we were swept along by the current last time it happened.

It hasn't even been 100 years since WW2 began. It hasn't even been 100 years since the Holocaust; there are people who survived it who are still alive today.

It hasn't even been 100 years since the world went through what was perhaps the worst war in human history, to date.

Please do not make the world go through it all again. Because this time, there is different technology, different threats, and I promise you, it will not be the victory you want.

I know you're angry at the world. I know you're hurt, hurt to the point of being numb. I know you're tired and I know you're scared. I know you're scared of the unknown, which is why you might not be sure about voting for Kamala. Better the devil you know, and all that. But, America, I promise you, if you vote for Trump on Tuesday, you will damn your country, your people, and the rest of the world, to Hell. This election isn't happening in a vacuum - none of your elections have. Did you know that the UK celebrated when Obama legalised gay marriage? Did you know that multiple countries now celebrate 2 pride months, June and July, since Trump changed when the USA would celebrate it last time he was on power? Did you know that Scotland, Ireland and Wales study your civil war and your resistance and your wars of independence as intensely as we study the French revolution? Did you know that when JFK was assassinated, there were memorials and vigils held in multiple countries? Did you know that the global variation of English, AKA Globish, is more strongly influenced by US-English than British English, Australian English or Canadian English? Did you know that people who barely speak English can sing country songs word for word, with an American accent? Did you know that up until 2016, a lot of people in other countries saw the USA as the land where dreams come true - a whole country with the magic of Disneyland, where anyone can become anything, where the wildness is still free and where there are sights and sounds found nowhere else in the world? Did you know how influential you, your people and your country is to the rest of the world?

You're not voting in a vacuum, because the USA doesn't exist in a vacuum. I know you're scared - you know this election is important. I know you're hurt, because you haven't been listened to in the past, and Biden betrayed your trust, and you have no reason to vote blue this time around because you don't think Kamala will keep her word. I know you're reluctant to vote for her because she isn't openly stating that she will help Palestine; but the truth is that she and Biden have been trying to negotiate a ceasefire between Isreal and Palestine for a while now, while Trump has been in frequent communication with the leader of Isreal and has been encouraging the genocide to continue. This is what he does without the backing of your country behind him; what do you think he would do with the power of the Whitehouse backing him, when nobody can tell him no, when he will be seen by many as being above the law? Do you really believe that he'll save you, or anybody but himself, when push comes to shove?

Maybe Kamala isn't a Saint. Maybe her rule won't be perfect. Maybe it won't give you back the America you remember from your childhoods, and maybe she won't give us back the America we imagined your country to be. But she will save the planet from desolation, she will protect your people, she will protect your land, she will offer a chance for us to survive the climate crisis, and she will protect your sisters, daughters, wives, mothers, aunts and grandmothers.

If an 8 year old girl is raped by a neighbour, does she deserve to die in labour? Does she deserve to live with the changes forced on her body for the rest of her life, before it was ready? Does her mother deserve to watch her daughter go through that? Does her father deserve to watch his little angel suffer like that? Or does that little girl deserve a doctor who is allowed to save her life and what's left of her childhood?

Trump will condemn that little girl to death if she carries the baby to term and isn't provided the best medical care available. Trump will have that girl imprisoned if she has a stillbirth or miscarries. Trump will have that girl and her family imprisoned if she tries to have it aborted. Trump will condemn that girl for the rest of her life, due to something she had no control over and did not want or deserve. And he will say it's alright, maybe even good, that she suffered like that, because it's what she deserved. He will make up lies about her and her mother and her father. He will make them all into monsters for the rest of your people to hate, condemn and mock.

Kamala will save that little girl's life. Kamala will give that mother her little girl back, safe and healthy. Kamala will give that father his little angel back for him to protect.

Please, America. Please vote blue on Tuesday. Please vote for Kamala. Please vote for Harris. Please. Please, please, please.

Voting BLUE doesn't mean that you're saying "I agree with everything Kamala says, and I think she is a Saint, and I think she's going to save the world, and I think her plans are perfect."

That isn't what you're saying, if it isn't how you feel.

Voting BLUE means that you're saying "I disagree with Trump, and I don't want to turn the USA into the West's Russia, and I don't want to lose everything I know to the third world war, and I don't want to subject the USA to another civil war," because I promise you, that is what he will do if he gets your vote.

[tobisiksi]

I love the adult saiki version of @oceanwithouthermoon where he's basically princess bubblegum but I just had an idea

remember the alternate universe where kusuo died and kusuke started ww3? well, another similar Au but instead of kusuo, the one who dies is kusuke and kusuo its the one who starts the war and bla bla bla

in the canon episode kusuke seems kinda "off"

he doesn't seems like his usual childish self

he looks more serious and centered, similar to his brother's personality (then he changed to his old personality again when the alternate kusuo arrived)

but the thing is that i feel that if the other die, they would switch personalities

even worse If they were the one who killed eachother (its not confirmated the reason of why kusuo died but a lot of people prefer to believe that kusuke killed him and I agree)

so what if in this au kusuke's death changed kusuo's personality to be more like kusuke's?

if you combine kusuo and kusuke's personality you will get something similar to princess bubblegum but even more fucked up so...

I had been writing a fic that it's basically this but the princess bubblegum thing opened my eyes for more ideas, I need to finish that thing aaaa

[sparklinpixiedust]

I remember when the whole Ukraine - Russia thing was happening.

And I remember so many comments of people saying they care more about Ukraine because if it didn't end well it could to lead to nuclear weapons being used and hence ww3.

Hence the concern and coverage for Ukraine.

Recent news, the Isntreal minister has said that dropping an atomic b0mb on gaza is an "option"

Theyre literally talking about this now. So what now you're suddenly not concerned about the use nuclear weapons and the possible start of ww3 anymore???

[katy-books]

Remembrance Sunday

When I was a kid, hearing about world wars and hearing the numbers of people killed, on Remembrance Day I'd always console myself by thinking "nobody would be stupid enough to cause WW3."

I knew there were wars, and it was obviously terrible, but I was so sure that no one would tempt a 3rd war which would engulf half the world. It would do just as much damage to the country which started it as the ones they were attacking, right? So what would be the point?

Come 2022 and Russia attacks a country with half it's number of military personnel and far less equipment, because that country wanted full independence. Russia seemed to think that they could just wash over Ukraine like a tsunami. I'm sad to say many people around the world felt the same, which truly proved the strength of propaganda. We all fell for it. Two years later and Russia has proved one thing, that numbers aren't as important as skill and efficiency. That's not to say the last two and a half years haven't been hell for Ukraine. They have, but most of us can say that this isn't exactly the way we expected this to go when it hit the news that a full scale invasion had taken place.

It feels as though Russia as a country has felt very few consequences. A lot of Russians have been killed attacking Ukraine, but the civilians are just going about their day. Either they eat up the frankly ridiculous propaganda or they don't care. I've seen screenshots of comments from Russians on social media calling Ukrainians Nazis. Even if that was true, which it obviously isn't, babies and children can't be Nazis. Maternity and children's hospitals have been bombed. Nazi beliefs are formed by broken or evil adults who are at least vaguely aware of the consequences of those beliefs. Children and babies can't do that. Do the Russian people not know, or are they that deluded, or do they just not care?

The phrase used around Remembrance Day my entire life has been 'Never Again.' In February 2022, I remember thinking "'Never Again' didn't last very long did it?" And sure enough, I haven't seen or heard that phrase as much the last couple of years.

It's not WW3 yet, because Ukraine has become one of the most capable militaries in the world. They've taken on the duty of defending, not just their own country, but the rest of the world too. The duty of 'the allies' should, at the very least, be to give as much equipment and training as possible to the Ukrainian armed forces. And sign off on Ukraine targeting Russian airfields on Russian soil. Instead of trying to destroy the missiles as they're falling on Ukrainian soil, they need to be able to destroy where the missiles are coming from.

I don't know what Trump is planning (he's like a six year old he's probably planning nothing and just comes out with worlds that sound right 🙄) but, given that he's previously said he loves Putin and thinks he's a great man (and once tried to blackmail Zelenksy), I'm terrified.

The photos were taken of displays in Patrington, East Yorkshire. They put on a great show every year, would thoroughly recommend visiting in early November.

[hangeslefteye]

ZEKE ACTUALLY İN LOVE HC'S

Soft!Zeke but it's sooo hard to imagine and write if OOC let me know.Also I've been thinking about him a lot recently.Time for my ''I can fix him''hours.(Liking soft!Zeke is an another lvl of character observation skills congrats if you are here xD )

***

He wants to know EVERYTHİNG that crosses from your mind how you think about EVERYTHİNG.A lot of people -including me-label him toxic masculinity but he's pretty much the only man that will ask your opinion on world hunger?WW3?Feminisim?LGTB rights? etc... He wants to know how your brain works from head to toe without revealing too much about himself.Even sometimes he asks weird ethics scenerios such as bla bla bla happened would you cheat on your husband type of xD LOTS OF PHİSOPHİCAL QUESTİONS.LOTSSS OF.Which he asks SOME OF these with everybody he's close to such as Colt,Pieck,Porco,Reiner...But never this intense.HE'S OBSESSED WİTH YOUR BRAİN JUST GİVE HİM EVERYTHİNG!!!

HE VALUES YOUR OPİNİON.He doesn't do this one with anyone lmao.You can feel special at this point because this even suprise those who's close to him.For example smoking in doors?Just tell him you don't like it and HE'LL STOP.No arguments,no 'convincing' he just stops.Especially at bigger decisions he'll take your opinion over his.

Does anyone remember Xavier?Zeke claim him as his father and value him deeply.But Xavier manipulated him to snitch his parents and with his plan.Zeke I think understood this for the very first time when Grisha hugged him in the paths.Considering he's possibly the smatest character in the series love clouded him too much.He's quite open for manipulation coming from his loved ones maybe that's why he's quite distant to start with.

I feel like you can ONLY TRULY make sure he's in love with you if he's talking about his childhood,parents and Xavier.Which will come in blanks.He'll feel like he's said too much and cut it many times.Maybe he thinks this is unnecessary,cringy or simply it's just way too painful.But at one point he wants to be understood with his everything and this is where he picks up he's fcked because ONLY AT THİS POİNT he'll understand he has feelings for you.He's TERRİFİED of an another Xavier situation so if he opens up you might not see him for an easy a couple of weeks lol.You're lucky if he ever comes back.

Also he's great at reading people his distant with.İf he hasn't got feelings for you he can tell you are in love with a single glance.Sadly this won't work if he's also into you xD.Another oblivious fool like Eren.He might even take your attention for something sinister you are up to and begin to mess with you.He thinks he's playing mind games lol.But suprise you are in love with him and this has no logical explanation or manipulative check-mate.He's going crazy that he can't defeat you lmao.He needs someone close to him stating it even if it's a joke.

After this realisation he would take you to a couple of cliche dates(Which he pays my 'who pays the date aot HCS'was a joke lmao) because he claim he understands what women want XD At this stage he's quite goofy and just laughing around,having fun.No interest in knowing one further -as this is bounding to him-Overall very gentlemanly,talkative and funny.It would be impossible to get bored with this man.Might come off too casual and somewhat shallow at first but if he's truly interested you WİLL understand.

On the other hand I don't really think sex is a thing for him when it comes to showing affection.He would just do it because he wanted to and not because he was 'attracted' to you so thinking sex was important to him would be a huge delusion.His love language is either quality time or gifts but he secretly enjoys recieving physical affection yet I can't say if he equally returns it.İt would feel weird to him.(When Grisha hugged Zeke in the pathssss AAAAAAA)

[rosymourning]

The Pride of Creche K'liir - a Lae'zel build

"Eager for battle."

She hits. Hard. Lae'zel is a Battle Master Fighter, commanding the battlefield and striking fear into the hearts of her foes. This build is a very basic fighter, but a ridiculously strong one nonetheless.

[check out my other builds!]

Gameplay Notes

Listen, it’s pretty standard. Get the biggest sword you can find and hit people with it as often as you’re allowed. You’re not here for a never-before-seen gameplay loop, and I’m not pretending that’s what I’m writing, either. The lore section will be more fun. [to be clear, I LOVE Lae’zel, but this is not my most creative build by any stretch of the imagination]

Stats and Leveling

Final build: Level 12 Battle Master Fighter

Lae’zel’s (default) stats: STR 17 / DEX 13 / CON 15 / INT 10 / WIS 12 / CHA 8

Level 1 - Fighter Level 1

Fighting Style: Great Weapon Fighting

Level 2 - Fighter Level 2

Action Surge [my love, my light, the love of my life]

Level 3 - Fighter (Battle Master) Level 3

Manoeuvres: Disarming Attack, Menacing Attack, Riposte

Level 4 - Fighter (Battle Master) Level 4

Feat: Great Weapon Master

Level 5 - Fighter (Battle Master) Level 5

Extra Attack

Level 6 - Fighter (Battle Master) Level 6

Feat: ASI+ STR>18, CON>16

Level 7 - Fighter (Battle Master) Level 7

Manoeuvres: Pushing Attack, Trip Attack

Level 8 - Fighter (Battle Master) Level 8

Feat: Alert [remember when I said this build was obvious? I’m not reinventing the wheel here]

Level 9 - Fighter (Battle Master) Level 9

Level 10 - Fighter (Battle Master) Level 10

Manoeuvres: Goading Attack, Rally

Level 11 - Fighter (Battle Master) Level 11

Improved Extra Attack [Lae’zel will now shred enemies, which is hype]

Level 12 - Fighter (Battle Master) Level 12

ASI+ STR>20

Items

Armor - Psionic Ward Armour (2 Reithwin Town)

Melee Weapon -

Soulbreaker Greatsword (1 Creche)

Silver Sword of the Astral Plane (3 Kith’rak Voss) [obvs]

Ranged Weapon - Githyanki Crossbow (1 The Risen Road)

Amulet - Aberration Hunters' Amulet (1 Creche) [this is a great example of gear that’s kind of nonsensical to choose from a mechanics point of view, but I think Lae’zel would love that it’s Githyanki specific. also it looks dope on her]

Helmet - Circlet of Psionic Revenge (1 Creche)

Ring 1 - Ring of Protection (1 Emerald Grove) [tip: you can steal the idol after the Goblin Camp is cleared out and it will no longer start ww3]

Ring 2 - Ring of Free Action (2 Moonrise Towers) [OR if you’re feeling fancy/didn’t equip it on a Rogue in your party, I really really love Risky Ring (2 Moonrise Towers) on Fighters with Great Weapon Master]

Gloves - Hr'a'cknir Bracers (2 Reithwin Town) [kinda useless for this build but the #aesthetic wins out for me… Battle Master Fighter is plenty strong already so idc]

Boots - Boots of Psionic Movement (3 Knights of the Shield Hideout)

Cloak - N/A [hot take, the cloaks are mostly good for casters, and since I don’t like the vibe of Fleshmelter in this build, I’m skipping it. and also I feel like I never see Gith with a cloak? so no cloak lmao] [but if you insist, Cloak of Protection (2 Last Light Inn) is standard for a reason]

Lore and Flavor

Part of the reason I’ve been dragging my feet about writing up this build is that it’s so… obvious. But, instead of just prioritizing the best possible armor and weapons across the board, I’ve continued my commitment to character and lore by picking Githyanki equipment as much as possible. Yes, in a good playthrough, Lae’zel turns her back on Vlaakith, but she remains deeply proud of her people. So yeah, I recognize it’s not the best armor set for an optimized run, but it’s the most fun armor set for Lae’zel!

One thing that I love so ardently about Lae’zel’s character design is the differing interactions between her independence and her loyalty — to me, the two strongest facets of her personality — in her possible endings. Lae’zel’s best ending shows her independence and her loyalty to her people shining through as her greatest strengths. However, my heart breaks every time I see the dark side of those very same qualities as she ascends to Vlaakith and… well… :(

Anyway, my main point is that most of the references for Lae’zel wearing metal armor and swinging a great sword are so surface level that they’re hard to reference directly. It’s just sort of… fundamental to her character design. There are arguments for other builds, to be sure, and I plan to write something up for both a Monk build and a Psionic Eldritch Knight build eventually, but I wanted to put this out in the world before I started getting too creative.

[check out my build disclaimer for info about how and why I don't min/max or completely optimize builds, prioritizing lore and vibe instead]

[kayyybenson]

The Good Stuff - Nick Amaro

 If the doctors don't give me the good stuff when I get my tonsils removed I'll cause WW3

   I practically ran into the living room, slamming my notepad down on the coffee table making Nick jump a little. "Woah Cariño, what's wrong?"

    "Remember how I kept getting strep?" He nodded his head. "I have to get my tonsils removed. And I really don't want to." 

    "Why not? Won't it stop the pain or something?"

    "They're going to put scalpels in my mouth and drug me so much that I have no understanding of the world around me." I walked into the kitchen and grabbed some beer.

    "Nuh-uh." He grabbed the bottle from me. "You cannot drink your problems away Mi Amor. When are you getting them removed." I placed my head on his chest and he wrapped his arms around me.

    "Next week."

    "Don't worry, I'll be there for you."

------ DUN DUN ------

    I sat up in the hospital bed and looked around. "Hey, beautiful." I turned to the voice, shocked. 

    "Nickyyyyyyyy." I drawled out. "Look, I have water." I took the water from the table and held it out to him.

    "I can see that, how are you feeling?" I looked down for a second, sticking my finger through the styrofoam cup. "Oh god." He grabbed the cup from me and placed it in the sink.

    "Well, I was good until you took my cup," I reached up to my face and realized I couldn't feel my cheeks, then I realized that my tonsils were gone. "My tonsilllllllls." I started crying and Nick came back over and comforted me.

    "Baby you had to get them removed, they were hurting you." 

    "I liked them though...How many needles did they stick in me?"

    "I couldn't tell you, I wasn't allowed in the room." I paused again.

    "Can I have my cup back?"

    "Are you going to poke holes in it?"

    "No...." He gave me a look and I innocently batted my eyes. He handed the cup back to me and I started drinking through the straw, slowly. Not long after finishing the water, I decided to bite the top of it.

    "Y/N!" It was snatched from me and thrown into the trash. The nurse came in and did a quick check-up before releasing me. "Do not!" one of my hands was halfway out the window while the other was rolling said window up.

------ DUN DUN ------

    "Nickyyyyyyy." No answer. "Nickyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!" My boyfriend's head popped into the doorway, he had pancake batter smudged across his forehead and some flower on his nose. I chuckled and sat up in the bed. "What are you doing?"

    "Making you pancakes, I can see the medication wore off." 

    "Yeah, and it feels like a truck hit me."

    "It's going to feel like that for a while, sorry Cariño."

[idostuff321]

I modeled each of their expressions kind of off their relations with America.

My ass was just randomly thinking about how Americans love to compare Afg and Pak aswell as Iran and Iraq. Like you can ask them to compare Afghanistan or something to another country and I swear most of them will say Pakistan and vice versa. Likewise with Iran and Iraq.

God I remember back in 2020 during the America-Iran tensions and WW3 craze when some people thought Iran and Iraq were just the same country so they'd use the name interchangeably, we were all in middle school too at the time like smh me and everyone else should've known better 💀. (Un)fortunately this is also when I started getting into the countryhumans fandom (well I was already deep in it) and learned a shit ton of geography because of it.

(And then the AfPak policy America made don't even get me started on that 💀😭.)

But besides all that, I still love these duos

[gay-for-zoya]

helloo Bee :D

Since I absolutely suck at checking my tumblr and replying to you, I would love to speak with you on a very important matter !!

*cough cough

First of all I have some questions!!

What is one thing you wish was more accepted in society?(:

Do you have a favourite pair of socks ? (Like is it just me =| they are just more comfy ?)

what is your favourite album of all time ?

Do you think ww3 will happen soon? (deep dark topic springs from the soil) I think its important to think about, with the elections and stuff? Idk

What is your favourite time of day? :3

Ok those where so random but they were fun!! You don't have to answer them if you don't want to <33

So anyways I was thinking about art the other day , like who ever decided to make human self expression into something surrounded by sooo much prejudice, also like how is it so beautiful to put our ideas fears joys and pains into something physical?? Omg I love it SM :3 idk if that makes sense?(:

Anyways thanks for your time ((: ily !! Have a wonderful evening and eat some cheese (or don't (: )

byyeee

Hello!!! Tysm for the ask ily to!!

One thing I wish was more accepted is definitely any form of alternative fashion. Like I want to dress like a fantasy character without being scared I'm gonna get shouted at by random people. I wish as a society we could just let people express themselves!!

Tbh I usually wear tights so no, but I really want to get a cozy pair or socks when autumn starts

I'm honestly not sure. I feel like there's definitely a possibility unfortunately. It feels like humans have a habit of repeating old mistakes (one of the reasons I think history should be taken a lot more seriously as a subject) so if not now I imagine one day it probably would happen even if it's not in our lifetime. The elections are giving me so much anxiety omd 😭

Not that I'm usually awake for it but I love sunrise. It's so quiet and pretty!!

Your so real about art!!! I feel like it's so underappreciated like people are constantly consuming art but artists tend to have such a hard time within the industrie I hate it. But art is just amazing the fact that through human history we have always expressed ourselves creatively and the fact that our art will be our mark on this world. It will be what we're remembered for. If humans ever go extinct art will be the biggest look into our cultures because art can never die.

This was so fun omg!! And you right I absolutely should eat some cheese have a great evening :))

[gemsofgreece]

what do mainland greeks and cypriots think of eachothers ?

The Helladites (the Greeks of Greece) have a pretty unanimous opinion about the Cypriots. They all think Cypriots are Greeks far far away who are prevented by Turkey from the Énosis (unification) of Cyprus with Greece. Helladites think of this in emotional terms, rather than strategic or political ones (ie wanting Cyprus just because that would expand the country and make it stronger). First and foremost, they think of it as Greeks who are kept apart from the rest of Greeks and I perceive this as a honest sentiment amongst the people. Other than that, Helladites also believe Cypriots run their country better and that their economy is stronger (per capita). Helladites find the Cypriot accent and dialect “heavy”. Helladites love Halloumi, the Cypriot national cheese, maybe not as much as feta but they still hold it to a high regard.

I feel like the Cypriots have more mixed and stronger opinions but I don’t know if I am an expert because I have interacted with few Cypriots in my life. Historically Cypriots wanted the unification with Greece. After the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and Greece’s failure to protect Cyprus let alone that some of its actions made the situation worse, Cypriots were very disappointed and angry at the Helladites. Cypriots call Helladites “kalamarádes” with a touch of irony, which means “the educated ones”. I don’t know why actually, probably due to speaking the standard textbook Greek? I honestly don’t know. Cypriots make fun of the Helladites for their poorer English accents and they defend their dialect for preserving some archaic elements Standard Modern Greek does not.

(Greek) Cypriots are probably grouped in three categories. The largest group is those whose disappointment has started cooling down and they want tight bonds with Greece in all aspects, however they want to keep their sovereignty separate, maybe due to trauma and distrust, or maybe because if we ever attempted something like that, Turkey would start WW3. This is already more or less our situation but there’s always room for further bonding.

The second group are the Cypriots who still want the Enosis. I was reading a comment in YouTube by a foreign tourist saying how he saw more Greek flags in Cyprus than in Greece. Then I had seen in the news about a Cypriot raising one of the biggest Greek flags in the world in a building, I don’t remember exactly why. Greece had some victory in sports or some event or something and he was celebrating like that. Also, this is not just this group of people but an official fact: Greece and Cyprus share the same national anthem. They have the same history books in school. The Cypriot president comes to Athens to attend the Greek Independence Day military march there. Most Cypriot artists come to study and become famous in Greece. There are a lot of Cypriot singers that are crème de la creme of Greece. In the last years there is also almost every year a Helladic - Cypriot TV production. In general the famous people of the two countries are shared totally.

There is a third group of people which I believe to be smaller but it’s particularly promoted by the British zone of influence in the island. Those claim to be “just” Cypriots, with Cypriot being perceived as both a nationality and a separate ethnicity, and wish to cut the so many ties with Greece. I don’t think they are many because their beliefs are not reflected in however the majority of Cyprus and even the state of Cyprus officially act in relation to Greece.

Helladites and Cypriots often pick up silly fights on the social media, where each accuses the other for lack of support or understanding. That one time we gave 4 instead of 12 points to Cyprus in Eurovision almost started a diplomatic episode 🤣 Then Cypriots always participate in reality and contest TV games in Greece and when the winner is voted by the public all of Cyprus votes for the Cypriot only whereas the Helladite participants’ votes are dispersed throughout Greece and as a result nearly always a Cypriot wins in Greece’s game tv shows which at this point makes Helladites mad and accuse Cypriots of bombing the televoting. (Cyprus is always able to vote in Greece tv shows.) You know, such serious stuff.

All in all, from the few Cypriots I’ve met, if you don’t hear the accent, you can’t tell them really apart from a Helladite, despite the actually long marine distance between Greece and Cyprus. By a Helladite acquaintance who lived in Cyprus for a while, I was told there were some small differences in the lifestyle and society but they didn’t expand more. Cyprus is a smaller country and therefore Cypriots tend to stick together more, however most of the (few) Cypriots I have met had flawless smooth friendships, affairs and interactions with Helladites, more like they were too Helladites from a remote Greek island than from a different country.

That’s my personal recollection but again I haven’t met many Cypriots so maybe something here is inaccurate idk

[disco-cola]

i also want to say again i never questioned or criticized israel until after i went to israel four years ago. it was an educational travel trip that i won in a tombola and i went there not knowing anything about it, automatically assuming we would be staying with jewish guest families and everything would just all be about jewish life and religion there. i was looking forward to it very much. i remember getting the list which told us examples of little gifts we could get for the guest families and that food would have to be "halal" and being confused by it, like shouldnt it say kosher? i was even more confused when i found out we would be staying a week of the trip with arab guest families in a city with 99% muslim population. i just - so wrongly - assumed, like anywhere in the world, arabic people just moved to israel like they would to germany or great britain or wherever basically. especially due to israels location and the neighboring countries i didnt question that when that was the first thing that should have made me. i remember i even was disappointed that we weren't staying with jewish guest families. yknow even though my grandpa was born in 1955 and my great grandpa in the 1930s only (and me and the rest of my still alive family not knowing anything else about what the grown part of my ancestors did in the 30s and 40s) you carry an internalized feeling of guilt and regret with you as a german, you just do. and i will also totally admit to my own bias and googleing how close the gaza strip was to every single place we would go to that was on the itinerary. why? because even though i am not jewish or israeli, i was taught how "dangerous" gaza was growing up in germany through the 2000s and 2010s, remembering gruesome things i heard on the news in 2014 especially (about operation protective edge) and seeing violent footage coming out of gaza that made me fear for ww3 back then. i remember being 17 and looking up gaza on google already then and being relieved its not that close. after overhearing several dubious things during the trip through israel that made me have questions (also overhearing derogatory remarks about "arabs" that i just couldnt place, assuming theres just racist idiots anywhere in the world but not fully seeing the true extent yet) and being weirded out by the what I thought was a random „border control“ in the middle of nowhere (it was a checkpoint, I didn’t know I was driving through the occupied West Bank) but not daring to ask them while i was there - totally falling for the "any criticism or questioning of israel is antisemitic" narrative - i just saved the questions in my mind to look into when i got back home. and it was only then that i realized the zionistic values and also talking points i had somehow unknowingly internalized even though i grew up in a normal formal non-religious fully german household. through news reporting growing up before social media, and because we never talked about palestine and israel in school. i only knew the shoah was awful and something like this can never happen again, eventually picking up and going with the "jewish homeland" thing and never felt any need to ask questions like "what was here before" until i went there. after starting to learn more - and also finally understanding our what was called "israeli arab" guest families were actually palestinians and the town we were staying in used to be palestinian too, like so many other places i visited on the trip - it took me several months after the trip though still to actually talk to people about it and to start getting vocal in real life and on social media. i was afraid of the antisemitic stamp so much, but now i will never wrongly throw judaism as a religion or ethnicity into one pot with the state of israel ever again, because theres so many jewish people standing against it and i also refuse to see oppression and racism as part of jewish values. those will never bring safety to anyone.

but what "radicalized" me were not texts in books or on websites or spoken words - it was those videos from gaza and the west bank in which no one was talking because they were dead, bombed or shot, or badly injured, or crying and screaming in terror and pain (that i started seeing continuously from 2020 onwards) and i've seen so many, so so so many. enough to "radicalize" me for a 1000 lifetimes. im putting it in quotiations because i dont think its radical to stand for a free palestine. to demand safety and freedom for palestinians, because that to me would never mean to exclude the safety and freedom for jewish people. but freedom will not come through machine guns and checkpoints. you can only be free when there's no walls, neither in physical or in mental form.

[kevinwikse]

JOE BIDEN OFFICIALLY GREENLIGHTS THE BOMBING OF RUSSIA WITH LONG MISSILES BY NATO. ONE SECOND TO MIDNIGHT ON THE NUCLEAR CLOCK. WW3 ALERT.

Joe Biden, the still acting United States President (remember him, democrats?!), officially greenlights the bombing of Russia with long-range missiles by NATO in what can only be described as a treasonous act to escalate the war in Ukraine and bring WW3 down on America under the incoming Trump Administration.

If NATO starts bombing Russia, we immediately go to one second to midnight on the nuclear clock.

I know. You Liberal scumbags are still crying over your truly humiliating loss on Nov 6th. You are angry that the majority of America will no longer tolerate your nonsensical bullshit, such as men can get pregnant. You are hysterical that nobody will ever feel pressured to use your stupid fucking pronouns. You are horrified that sex with children will be seen as a Federal offense, not a "preference," and the "unaliving: of pedophiles is being normalized.

In response, you are moronically applauding the treasonous actions of your Pedophile and Chief, Joe Biden, but consider this during the inevitable nuclear war which will most certainly follow, as there is ZERO chance of Russia not retaliating with tactical nuclear weapons; there is no Starbucks. No Reddit. No Furry conventions. No Netflix. But there is, however, lots and lots of bleeding out your eyeballs and asshole due to near extinction-level event nuclear radiation.

If you really desire to profusely bleed out your eyeballs and asshole, I got 5 minutes, a tire iron, superhuman strength, and years of hands-on-experience applying appalling levels of violence, so we can make that happen without all that nuclear fallout and the loss of Netflix.

So...options. Consider them.

-Kevin WIkse