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"my radio show got people killed" How???
An apology: to be totally above board I was exaggerating. The author doesn't outright say he knows people died, but he does bring it up as a possibility as in "What we did could have gotten people imprisoned or killed and it got people imprisoned for sure."
The How: So it turns out that if it's the 60's and 70's and you insist very loudly and with great credibility
that a pan-pacific Chinese church is a dangerous cult
not only does it ruin good people's reputations on THIS side of the pacific, it's very convenient for a moral purity obsessed political movement on the other side that thinks ALL non-state organizations are cults and is looking for excuses to eradicate them.
#look at me running my mouth with no sense#on a post about people running their mouths with no sense#anyway these people were branded cultists in the US for DECADES#and some people who grew up hearing 'local church is a cult'#still believe it#they're pretty darn orthodox#but in a greek flavored way rather than latin which explains some of it#i'm reading truth matters; life matters more by hank hanegraaf#(yeah him)#at this point i don't even know what the book is about#i was blindsided by the introduction/ 'we fucked up' manifesto#hanegraaf's organization lost credibility in recanting#and trying to repair the damage#(after decades! they didn't realize what they'd done until tha aughts)#because they'd so successfully gone after local church#that a lot of people thought CRI had gone off the deep end as a cult itself#which it could be#i'm reporting this from the author's perspective i know jack#remember: authority without accountability#zero tolerance of criticism#financial secrecy#demonization of non members or those who leave#unreasonable fears about the other and the outside#all can be warning signs about cults
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#it says wife bc i was too lazy to change it also its funnier#hiccup js definitely the cook bro was ready to become a baker theres no way he couldn't make good food#hes too nice to tell astrid everything she makes is absolutely vile and inedible so he just smiles and takes it#but it becomes a problem when shes almost setting the house on fire trying to make him breakfast in bed on a bad pain day#its a good thing berk is so used to house fires and are inhumanly efficient at putting them out and repairing the damage#httyd#hiccstrid#hiccup haddock#astrid hofferson#httyd 2#httyd meme#httyd shitpost
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Have any of Tim's pigeon spies fallen victim to feral cats? Like, are they his number one enemy when it comes to keeping eyes in the sky? (If you answer this before you finish writing the next chapter, I'm going to wait an extra couple of days before sending the drawing of Wisp.)
Oh several- but he has trackers for their chips and usually just rebuilds them a new body after recovering it. He's made sure the new model chips are practically indistructable.
His number one enemy is actually stray bullet fire since they happen to hang close to crime scenes- idiots shooting at the sky to "show off" forgetting bullets gotta come back down.
(Im already waitin and ive been DYING to awnser)
#update still in the works#im trying.#pigeons#i love#tim repairs them like once a week#unless severe damage#usually they're strong enough to withstand most shit#the drakes spoiled brat#trash tim au#tim drake#sunny asks
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Kinda in regards to the Empress & BodyGuard 2-
Is Zaphira (sorry if I spelled her name wrong) an elf or do humans have pointed ears in your universe? If no elves, how do the pointed ears happen? Are there different length of ears and if so do they mean somethin?
Love your art & use of colours!
Thank you! and thank you for asking! (this sketch took me way too long .. and the colors still look washed out on my desktop screen but im not editing a third time ..)
Zaphira is human, there are no elves, as such, in this world, though humans tend to live longer than IRL and have differently shaped ears-
the shapes are rather diverse (example above) and culturally (so far) they have no significance, they are merely a trait just like different nose shapes or fantasy hair colors
the worldbuilding reason is that these are extremely diluted demonic influences- in the past demons were frequently in the human world, though largely in secret/disguised, and long time exposure to demonic presences can have varying effects, the most immediate and common being a longer life or wounds healing faster than normal; there might have been other long time effects but the only trait that stayed even after their disappearance is the ear shapes
(there was a mass extinction event of demons that wiped out all above a certain age, since demons generally dont die of natural causes their life neither depends nor revolves around reproduction so there were extremely few left and those were too young to keep most of their knowledge and culture alive, as they rarely wrote anything down; Shargon is of the current oldest generation and witnessed it happen, just like most now adult demons, Thor and Eadrya are both a bit older than him and thus the oldest living demons, which doesnt mean much considering the technically endless lifespans of them)
and to explain me including Shargon in a human appearance- hes the only demon that spends as much time in the human world as at home, largely to escape the others since they are not interested in going there and would otherwise attack him any chance they get (the human world is rather uncomfortable for demons to be in and they have better things to do than to chase him that far), while hes generally very weak compared to them, something he is very good at is shape shifting, mainly the speed of which, being able to shift between full demon and the smaller more humanoid form extremely quickly, or even mid forms that are a mix of both - even in motion! while for the others it takes them quite a bit and forces them to stop which is the main reason he keeps escaping them not able to keep up with his rapid shape shifting (though it does take its toll .. also a reason hes so skinny)
he is the first (only?) one that at some point will learn how to shift into a much more human looking one (depicted in the sketch) too, but its rather dangerous since it involves supressing and compressing his demon heart and system... which is what keeps demons alive (its somewhat like holding your breath for way too long) so the only time he would make use of it is in extreme situations, like avoiding detection by maschines that can pick up demonic energy or escaping shackles made of celestial silver (which drains their energy and can scar/hurt them permanently, like silver to vampires(?werewolfs?) in a way)
....the point is that if he shifts into a human form he has very long ears, meaning that is basically the extreme form that doesnt occur in humans and hints at the origins for those ear shapes being demonic exposure in the past
#ganondoodles#art#original characters#original art#oc#ocs#oc lore#man i cant ever keep it short can i#its 1am again ............#welll i hope that answers your question njdflndflnjlsd#also as a sidenote- zaphira and midas are siblings but not biologically#she was adopted into the royal family and is good chunk older than midas as he was born a while after shes been there#he was supposed to take the throne after their parents died in an allegedly accidental fire but he was like ... 6 at the time#and begged her to take up the throne instead despite the people not being very fond of her due to her agressive nature#.... which was proven correct in a way given she waged war for many years after taking up the crown#(.. bc she found out their parents were killed by a neighbouring country and the fire placed to get rid of traces)#(no one but her and a few officials knew of that being the real reason she attacked that country and not just a lust for power)#(midas still doesnt know -even now)#( though it got out of control and she ended up taking over multiple countries .. hence her title)#(after her wife died she swore to never engage in war again and been spending the last .. 20?30? years trying to repair the damage she did)#just adding that again bc its kinda central to her entire problem of everyone and their grandmother wanting her dead#and her being determined to do as much as she can before midas has to take over and pick up the pieces#..............though none of it goes as planned of course#ANYWAY i need sleep#sorry for the long text spam#i cant help but yap about my special lil guys
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Something something trapped kid in a pipe at a home renovation and his older brother going in to save him Eddie and saving his sisters from their parents and Eddie reconstructing his life in the aftermath of Shannon…
#something something about Eddie reconstructing his life like a home renovation after the well call - putting buck into his will - rebuilding#his life after grieving Shannon - subconsciously moving on even if he wasnt aware he was moving on#and how having this call back now is a symbol of Eddie actually being ready to move on now - not just in his subconscious mind#it’s the intertwining of Shannon and buck and the connection to Chris#I can’t articulate it well - but being trapped underground and in water and the passing of parenthood from Shannon to buck - in Eddie’s mind#as much as anything#something about an older brother being prepared to save a younger sibling by risking himself - something about Eddie sacrificing himself#for his sisters#there’s actually a lot of layers to this#something about this kid being closer to the surface than Hayden was - something about Eddie being closer to the surface - closer to#figuring himself out - figuring out how to love his life on his own terms#something about construction of a home and construction on sunset and construction and Eddie#something about Eddie trying to build something from a far with Shannon but never getting past the foundations#(Christopher)#meanwhile he’s been constructing the walls etc with buck and repairing damage#and he has reached the point where he needs to put a roof on the house so that he can start kitting it out with a kitchen etc#the roof is Eddie’s figuring himself out - his queerness and embracing his love for buck#kitting it out is them furnishing a life together#I don’t know what this rambling is - but I am feeling a certain type of way about the possibility of this trapped#kid in a pipe call and it’s connection to Eddie#911 spoilers#eddie diaz#911 abc#thinking thoughts that make no sense!#buddie
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anyone else just really bad at falling asleep bcuz your thoughts won't shut up so you grab your phone cuz it's better to doomscroll than to be left alone in the dark with only your mind but you get to the point where you're too exhausted to hold your phone so you think "okay well if im this tired that i can't doomscroll ive gotta be able to fall asleep now" so then you try to actually sleep but after five minutes of tossing and turning you cant do it so you grab your phone again except you're not even doomscrolling at this point you're just blankly staring at the screen too tired to process what's going on so you put the phone back down and you try to sleep again but by that point it's late at night and you feel guilty because you have to be up early in the morning and you are terrible at being tired and you go to bed tired at night but you still continue the endless cycle and oh my fucking god
#vent#trying to figure out whether this is a phone addiction#some form of sleeping disorder#that “revenge bedtime procrastination” thing or whatever#or even adhd???#or maybe im just damaged belong repair#babna 😨
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everyone check him out. my awesome guy
#minecraft oc#artsbotz#KIRINNNNNNN#GYYSSSS. im exploding into one million pieces#my awesomeeeeeeee fucking mc oc who had a crazy gay ass relattionship w hero b4 he fucked off into the wilderness forever#lots to say abt him but oh my goddddd. AUGHHHH#UMMM WHAT TO EVEN SAY he meets hero abt late 20s/early 30s during the initial zombie fallout#hw had a great reputation as a potion brewer so was called in to help find a cure#ummmm he sticks w hero throughout the entirety of the wither disaster and beyond#up until the stronghold murders when hero disappears for good#and fhen he carries on working independently still trying his best to cure the infected and repair the damage done by thw wither#anyway. my wife
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if you must use a protein mask/rice water for your hair i recommend using it in combination with a deep conditioner ESPECIALLY if your hair is prone 2 dryness or damaged from heat or coloring
#if your hair doesnt have enough protein it will be dry no matter how much product/deep conditioner you put in#you need the protein so that the moisture you're putting in doesnt just....fall out lmao.#ESPECIALLY IF YOU DYE YOUR HAIR A LOT#also sometimes people's hair get overloaded with how much protein is in a treatment. if thats you just dont use so much you should be fine#kjdfdjf#also you dont needta do this a lot >_> just when its apparent your hair needs it#im talking ta myself dont mind me#i like talkuing about my hair#and its maintenance b/c ppl usually dont grow up knowing this stuff 😭 (at least i didnt)#spacie spoinks#whenever people are like ''my hair has been so dry ever since i dyed it no matter what i do'' im liek...bestie...try a protein mask#of course there is a point where your hair can be damaged beyond repair#if like. you try protein masks (if its really bad try it multiple times but only on your hair wash days) + deep conditioner#and that still doesnt work...baby you aint fixin dat shit 😭😭
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Possibly controversial Doctor Who take: UNIT should never have been a military organization. I've always hated the idea of the Doctor becoming a stooge for human governments, and it's only gotten grosser as time's gone on... I think UNIT would be much more interesting as an independent research organization (hell, more of a glorified clubhouse full of nerds) rather than a defense taskforce.
Picture this: we start with Colonel Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, shortly after his encounter with the Second Doctor and the robotic yeti. The whole affair's opened his eyes to a much wider world than he previously thought, and he's taken an interest extraterrestrial life and technology. At first, he thinks only of how this knowledge can be used to England's advantage, but soon it turns into curiosity for its own sake and a genuine urge to learn about other worlds. When another alien creature comes to Earth, Alistair just wants to talk to them if he can. So instead of shooting them on sight like the rest of his regiment, he goes out of his way to defend the alien. Alistair is dragged in front of a court martial for it, and even though he refuses to back down--the creature wasn't threatening anybody, and even if it was, it was still a cowardly move since they outnumbered it seven to one!--he's discharged from the army in disgrace. Severely disillusioned and having done some soul-searching for why he ever worked with those bastards to begin with, he starts to seek out like-minded people. People who are both disgusted with the military and curious about worlds beyond Earth. This leads him to Liz Shaw, John Benton, Jo Grant, and maybe a couple of honest-to-God aliens who've been going about their business unbothered. Maybe the alien whose life Alistair saved decides to join in as well. Together, they pool their knowledge, funds, and resources to found their own private research base to learn about all things paranormal and/or extraterrestrial. It's not a fancy or expensive affair--they're based out of Liz's house, and there's a big hand-painted KEEP OUT sign out front--but it serves their purpose. They don't bother gathering weapons or anything like that since they want to learn about visitors to Earth, not drive them away. The government and the greater Ivory Tower scientific community thinks they're naive at best and idiotic at worst, but they're long past giving a fuck. And when the Third Doctor is unceremoniously dumped on Earth by the Time Lords, the newly-formed UNIT shelters them and offers them a position as scientific advisor. Alistair might even be able to commiserate with them on "Oh, you were strung along by a bunch of close-minded shitstains who'd rather murder something new than try to understand it? Me, too, bud, let's go get drunk about it sometime."
And thus begins a grand, regeneration-spanning saga of protecting new aliens, sabotaging the military, recruiting old companions who want to carry on the Doctor's work, and giving both the Queen and the Time Lords an industrial-grade migraine. Because they're not soldiers--they're "idiots" with some books and a screwdriver, passing through, helping out, and learning as they go.
#There--I fixed your show for you BBC.#Now it actually makes sense why the Doctor and various companions would want to collaborate with them#and there's no awful interventionism and militaristic jingoism--*my* UNIT says 'fuck colonialist warfare actually.'#I still haven't figured out what the UNIT acronym would mean in this AU but I'll think of it. :P#Fuck just to drive the point home I'd even have some kind of exchange between Alistair and one of his former colleages--#'You threw away a promising career' / 'I sure fucking did and you can too if you stop shining boots with your tongue for a living'#And if you want to give a new excuse for the Third Doctor being earthbound for so long maybe the aforementioned unceremonious dumping#did a number on the TARDIS and Liz and the Doctor try to repair the damage during their downtime.#doctor who#alternate universe#the schemer speaks
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The thing I like about the manga is that it isn't always miserable. When Vash gets tossed around like a crumpled tin can in Stampede, it kind of makes me wonder how he could possibly maintain faith in humanity. Like he's just objectively wrong. But these small moments here are what give strength to his ideology for me. Not every interaction has to end with a raising of the stakes/emotional turmoil. Vash goes through a llllllotttt, but there is actually some happiness in the world.
#trigun#trigun stampede#of course these people were just trying to kill him#and probably only love him so mucb because he dished out $$700000 to repair the damage to their town#that they caused#soooooo#spoonsstorytime
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Quite frankly everybody I have seen talk about this that does not actually live or has lived in the region has been a dumb callous asshole about it. Yes on 'both sides' and the first person to tell me saying that makes me either an evil zionist or a race traitor self hating jew antizionist is getting exploded with my mind. More than anything I just hope this peace lasts and that we can all realize that the vast vast majority of this discussion has been people trying to come up with a peaceful future
#I really truly think everybody except the most extreme antisemites and Kahanists (or just general ppl racist against palestians)#Wants the same thing. I really do. It's probably naive but I think the disagreement comes from lack of information#On both sides. I think Zionists underestimate the degree to which Palestians feel unsafe under the Israeli government#And I think AntiZionists underestimate the degree to which Jews feel unsafe under any government where we are the minority#Both of those beliefs are rooted in very real historical oppression... Idk I don't want to sound like a hippie but do we not all just want#Like we all just want the exile to end and to never lose our homes and be killed in the street again#I do lean antizionist because well. I find it disgusting that our people could ever kick another group#Out of their homes. Could ever make them into second class citizens.#I can't tell you how we could've achieved some of the legitimately good things the Israeli state has achieved#Without that suffering. But I can tell you I so badly wish the suffering had never happened#And I think the Israeli government absolutely owes it to Palestians to try to repair the damage#But. Frankly most antizionists I talk to are fucking stupid. And their opinions range from the same as me to#Completely off the wall insane propsitions. So I can't say I 100% fit into either movement.#I wanted a ceasefire. We got one. Frankly I don't think either side really did much to achieve that.
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Day 95 - Not the first time I've had to open these suckers up. Hopefully it's the last.
#probably wouldn't have had to replace the part but i damaged it in an earlier repair attempt#now i have a set of plastic tweezers so i don't damage the ribbon cable trying to plug it in#IT'S IN SUCH AN AWKWARD POSITION TOO AAAAGGH#but i spent 8 dollars instead of 50+ so that's a win#joycon guts drawn from memory after the event#my builder can look down again so yay
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At sone point some years ago I started saying "I am going to be productive" ironically and I could have never imagined how much damage this made. I am still trying to repair this mess and to unlearn to say this.
Philosophers were right in a way. Semantics matters, even if it looks like it doesn't. A simple word is gonna change the chemistry of the wrinkly organ if one does not pay attention.
#steel rambles#I want to unlearn the word productive#I'm serious#and many other factory-related words and phrases I use to describe my life and the things i do#it's like self-deprecating humor#it starts out funny and you end up with impistor syndrome and the lowest self esteem in the world#i would know.#ffs why is creating good habits so hard conpared to falling into bad ones?#loke when I had to shift from self hating jokes to “lol I'm fucking awesome I have a god complex” jokes because simple self love didn’t work#not even a month to develop the worst habits possible#and fucking 6 years and counting to try and repair the damage caused by those bad habits#and I get it it takes time and shit but it's frustrating.#especially when in trying to unlearn destructive behaviors you develop other (smaller) problems and then you have to work on them too#annoying as fuck.#especially when it's all diy#le sigh amirite?#btw I'm having fun with my research on Marxism does it show?
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I don't think I've mentioned it before, at least not on this blog, but a fun Construct AU fact is that when Dialga frenzies and the red sky happens, Sabi also frenzies because she gets her power from Dialga. Even if they're child sized, an out of control Construct is not exactly a good thing, so Akari and Ingo are forced to temporarily separate her core from her body during the events of the red sky. She goes back to normal once it's all over, though!
#construct au#thankfully Cogita is also extremely experienced at repairing Constructs#although they both try very hard not to damage Sabi
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Finally got around to watching one of those "all Mass effect squadmate deaths" videos and Mordin genuinely yelling at Shepard if you take the renegade route??? OUGH
#EUGH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT#He made a MISTAKE#And he finally decided to try and fix what he can. To help repair the damage HE DID and He’s willing to die for it#Also the /No Not Ready/ As he’s mortally wounded trying to get to the console?? Hi I’m Compromised Big Ouch#mass effect 3#Mass effect spoilers
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...maybe some bridges are meant to stay burned...
#sick and tired of trying to repair connections only for them to get damaged again#if you're not gonna change#then you're not worth my time and energy#or my peace#text post#vent#personal
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