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[bogcreacher]

clangen keeps delivering me morally reprehensible lesbians 

[laylakeating]

NEW GIRL REWATCH | 1.01, Pilot

[vincentbriggs]

Writing sewing video scripts is a whole lot of "Is this too complicated? I don't want people to be confused!" and "Am I overexplaining this? I don't want to sound condescending!" and the glove video is even worse than normal, but I finally recorded the voiceover today and I think it's fine! I show and explain all the pieces before I even get into the drafting, so hopefully this'll all makes perfect sense to everyone and you'll all make fancy gloves and it'll be great

[breadedsinner]

Tagged by @sunflowerdales, @elvenmother, @daisymeade, and @ammoniteflesh

I'll tag @dwarvenales, @dandenbo, and @shadoedseptmbr

[mspaintbladie]

started gold and gears with a d1 erudition blade solo for the meme

[youmagnificentbeast]

A Mild Electrical! - A Compilation of Greg Davies in "This Is Jinsy"

[ichthyorelationships]

an idea i invite anyone else to write about / run with lol....

the premise that The Change gets all messed up for alberto, say it's something that can happen from stress, &/or happens rarely and you just have to wait for it to resolve itself....used as some parallel to struggling through some emotional turbulence / upheaval / questioning / Realizing Things, etc etc

[suterbuyout2024]

thinkin about the deweys . as always

[angelofchaos001]

Wings of Rain Directory Post

[A WIP Post that, when completed, will contain links to each major character's info post and lay out the basic premise of the AU as well as a timeline]

Info + Links (Currently not out) Below!

AU Premise

-Wings of Fire x Rain World

World State

Harsh rain comes naturally to this world. Nobody is for sure how it happened, but it is believed to be the unintended side effect of an animus spell upon the land to bring rain to the dry land.

The Ancient Tribes were the groups that lived on the structures scattered around. From an original 9, they split into smaller groups, and through the isolation and unique climates, adapted into even more tribes. All documented new tribes are gathered in a classified document (Will be linked when I figure out the best way to do it).

Biggest of all, there is no cycle of death and rebirth. There is nothing, and when you die once, you die forever. It's no longer something craved and unachievable. It's real. Terrifying. And permanent.

Across the land, dozens of huge structures loom out of the ground and extend far into the clouds. What do they house? What purpose do they serve? How long have they been here? These and many other valid questions have been posed by outsiders. These structures once housed thriving populations of dragons, tribes that united and mingled with one another, and in some cases bred entirely new tribes due to isolation. Each one was filled with live, power, and joy. Treasures of gold and gems sparkled from almost everyone, and the attention was never unnoticed.

Far below, greedy creatures would bravely climb the structures to try and steal the precious treasures. And while the dragons fought them off easily, bit by bit, they began to lose more and more gold. Eventually, guards were appointed to dedicate their life to fighting, before moving onto automating the process instead. With the power of technology and modification of the guards, they turned them into weapons of destruction. All their vital functions would be automated, and their flesh and bone turned to steel and iron so they could not be harmed. But underneath the fancy enhancements, they still had the mind of a dragon, and still had emotions. Becoming these sworn cybernetic defenders was the highest honor a dragon could seek. There was only one to each structure, since they were so highly efficient, and as cities migrated towards only the tops of the structures, the insides of it became a warrior's home, being shaped in their image and tailored as they saw fit.

But now, long after those dragons have departed, the guardians remain. Still performing their sworn duty, even when the scavengers united with the slugcats to produce even more dangerous raids.

Dragons lived together in units called 'Wings', prefaced by some descriptor of the tribe or their territory (SunWings, DuskWings, NightWings, SilkWings, etc). These Wings could have multiple structures with multiple guardians, but together would still be referred to as a 'Wing'. An old name resurfaced for what to call all structures as a whole: A Tribe.

Timeline

Moon 0 (Also known as the Scorched Moon Cycle) - Dragons unite and kill other intelligent creatures en mass, becoming the new dominant species across the world. (Previously, it had been Scavengers)

- Founding of 'Wings', or small civilizations of dragons that live together as a group. Often led by an elected ruler referred to as a King or Queen.

- The first structure is built to house a city where dragons can live out of reach of the remaining scavengers, as well as the other hostile flora and fauna. They live both in and on the structure, and it served no purpose other than a glorified foundation.

- The first guards are appointed to defend the cities from raids by intelligent creatures: Mainly groups of scavengers.

- After time and effort, the first cybernetically enhanced guards are made and appointed. They turn out to be extremely effective, and become widespread throughout the structures.

- Obscurity, a DuskWing, is appointed as the guard of her structure. She would go on to be the first guard with animus magic, and would not be the last.

- The second guard with animus magic is appointed, a NightWing named Darkstalker. In a short time, however, as Darkstalker goes mad with power, he is stopped by Obscurity and Conch (another animus guard) and trapped in a far weaker form. The restriction of 'no selfish spells' is added to the code of all animus guards.

-Obscurity attempts to flee her structure for unknown reasons, likely due to no longer seeming as powerful. She is unsuccessful and causes another restriction to be added: The inability to leave one's structure without permission.

- A mysterious plague begins in the IceWings, possibly linked to the temporary disappearance of Darkstalker's weaker form, that is highly infective, lethal, and has no cure. After learning that the robotic sentinels are unaffected by the plague, Obscurity refuses to help anyone as vengeance for them not letting her leave.

-As the plague begins to spread through tribes and structures, entire tribes of dragons die off, leaving their structures empty except for their guardians.

- The last dragon catches the plague and eventually succumbs, leaving behind only empty husks of cities with their guardians. A few eggs remained, unaffected, but most dragonets either did not hatch or died young, though there are a few exceptions.

- The guardians still did their jobs, slaughtering raids of scavengers that tried to steal treasure and now sometimes, even dragon eggs.

- Scavengers eventually team up with the other intelligent life, slugcats, to try and have more success with the numbers of the scavengers and the focus of the slugcats.

- Obscurity disappears from broadcasts and conversations, but is known to still be alive from camera feed and observation. Most guardians design small creatures for such a task, named Overseers for their ability to oversee anything.

After this, it's current events and is portrayed similarly to the canon slugcat timeline.

- After a struggle in a raid, Lilypuck is ambushed by stragglers and knocked off her structure. Overseers, unable to locate her,

- Snowblind sends out their last citizen to try and find Lilypuck. This dragon, Kata, was also sent out with an informational pearl to give to Garnet as she passed through the region next door.

- Around the same time, Vigilance sends out their last citizen, Sharpclaw, to try and find Lilypuck as well. Sharpclaw and Kata end up teaming with each other since they share the same task.

- Garnet becomes infected by a strange plant that grows in certain regions, able to take control of their minds at will. He used it in an attempt to control the scavengers of his region, but it backfired horribly.

- Heatwave, a mother slugcat, becomes the first (and only) creature to have a Guardian's protection. She, along with her two pups, become a fearsome legend among colonies and serve as a cautionary tale for new ones.

- Bear becomes the first slugcat to rule a colony, taking over in Stonewall's region after the Chieftain was killed.

Links to Info Pages

Guardian Programming

Biology and Physique of a Guardian

Links to Character Info Pages

Stormcloud (Survivor)

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

[cws: drugging, SA and SA apologia, fantasy racism/ableism, forced institutionalization.]

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i know i never shut up about it but god i am still just. So Salty about how the show handles the dynamic between mayor jones and pericles for many reasons, and one of the biggest is that there are really strong overtones here of sexual assault.

a character who already brings to mind the Slimy, Shady Cis White Guy with Buried Allegations archetype:

takes advantage of the trust of someone who's doing something with him in secret--

(which will get that person in a disproportionate amount of trouble compared to him, if they're discovered)

--to catch him off guard so he can grab him, drug him, and do violent things to his body while he's unconscious; scars him for life in a way that is disabling and should cause a lot of ongoing suffering, which, like many other things that should have a strong negative impact on him physically or psychologically, the writers ignore; and dumps him there alone to discover what's been done to him when he wakes up.

specifically, he does this to someone from a marginalized group that's highly unlikely to be believed if they tell anyone what he did--and going by the fact that mayor jones never got in any trouble until present day, he wasn't.

goes out of the way to ruin the life of the victim and discredit him as thoroughly as possible, because he's a loose end and he needs to shut him up.

flees the scene and gets away scot free with this for twenty years, has a successful privileged career and is considered a pillar of the community in the meantime.

when his dirty secret, which he's been paranoid about finally facing consequences for after the victim has recently become a risk again, is discovered, it's a huge career-ending scandal.

is redeemed by the end, while his victim goes on to be the Monstrous Irredeemable Pure Evil Main Villain and also sexually abuse someone himself, which is played as horrific and traumatizing (as it should be).

more specifically, is portrayed as showing redeeming, heroic anti-villain qualities by backhanding the victim into a wall as hard as he can in present day.

me: hm. yeah fuck this

[possessable]

Hi I saw you talking about Soul Sanctum. Did you ever figure out how to deal with the fucking wizards that teleport while flinging spells at you

Cowering in fear mostly

the first time i played hollow knight i was having trouble with the Soul Warrior so i tried to search up a walkthrough for "Soul Sanctum Boss" (not knowing the soul warriors are just minibosses), accidentally happened upon Soul Master instead, and went "Oh hell no what do you mean there's a bigger boss than these ones" which is EXTREMELY funny to me

[liesmyth]

Do you have any recommendations for feminist theory books?

genuinely I'm not as well versed on it as I'd like to be! I mostly read, like "contemporary mainstream" books rather than academic lit — currently I am reading delusions of gender by Cordelia Fine which is very good but it's taking me literal months because I need to stop in between chapters and yell a bit. as one does.

anyway. speaking of more academic-ys stuff: this is a cool reading list I'm working my way through. my all-time favourite work of feminist theory I've read was sister outsider by audre lorde, which should also be on that list iirc, or at least some essays from it.

also copypasting the OP note from that reading list because I think this is a very important context note that people often forget when it comes to academic & historical feminist writing lmao. especially on this website

I urge you to be highly critical of all of these authors. Take notes. Write a rebuttal and reason why you are opposed to or concerned about the aspects of some theories. Compare one author to another. Write down key notes that you find profound or impactful on how you think about something, and reason why. Analyze key points and think about how they can be expanded on and applied to current events. Write down a list of further questions to research later.

[triangle-strategy-notes]

Geela's reference/concept art!

Translation notes under the cut.

I'm really not sure about the "Is she the Minister of Animals!?" caption. The sequence of characters there appear to be "さま大臣動物!?" The first two characters (さま) are the sama- honorific, indicating it's referencing someone of higher status. The last two characters (動物) mean "animal." The middle ones, however, are kinda weird. "大" can be read as "large," or possibly "university," and "臣" means "retainer or attendant." So, taken at face value, this would read something like, "Sir/Ma'am, [are you/am I/is this] the retainer of large animals?!"

However, for what I'm guessing were grammatical reasons, no automatic translator would translate it that way no matter how much I fiddled with things; and would always default back to just spitting the Japanese words back out. However, if two of the characters are switched around (臣大 becoming 大臣), every automatic translator was suddenly able to interpret it, and I could successfully find the characters as words in a dictionary--but it was translated as "Minister of animals" instead of "retainer of large animals." So it would have read more like, "[Are you/am I/is she] the Minister of Animals?!"

Given the sama- prefix and the way the sentence is formed (as well as the fact that "Minister" is the big title we see used in Hyzante), I decided to go with the "minister" translation, but I'm making the assumption that there was a little bit of a typo there. There's a pretty good chance that this is just a grammatically-shorthanded version of "Ma'am, are you the retainer of large animals?!" Or, as always, it's possible there's a completely different potential meaning that I missed.

[scattered-winter]

every day i kick a rock and bash my head into the wall because i'll never get to go on a big space adventure and become tightly close-knit with my new found family up there <//3

[dispsii]

Silly evil girly and I love herrrr

She could kill me and I'd let her

[doedipus]

a large amount of time I've been spending on -untitled undefined scope original fiction project- since the last time I posted about it has been trying to develop the protagonist concept I came up with last summer or whatever into like, a character that would feel real and era appropriate.

it's fun research to do. naturally a lot of the details I assigned to her are things that I already think are cool, so it's been a lot of fun trying to trace her traits back through the relatively recent past, getting reminded of how much things have changed, or where the gaps in my intuition are, and then doing a flurry of reading to get a sense for exactly how someone like her and the people around her could have happened and what her life was probably like leading up to her present day. hopefully this results in some good good verisimilitude.