#around a thousand years ago

[bixels]

The idea that uni protesters are "elitist ivy-league rich kids larping as revolutionaries" on Twitter and Reddit and even here is so fucking funny to me if you actually know anything about the student bodies at these unis. Take it from someone who's going to one of the biggest private unis in the US, 80% of the peers I know are either from the suburbs or an apartment somewhere in America, children of immigrants, or here on a student visa. I've heard about one-percenter students, but I've never met one in person. Like, don't get me wrong, the institution as a whole is still very privileged and white. I've talked with friends and classmates about feeling weird or dissonant being here and coming from such a different background. But in my art program, I see BIPOC, disabled, queer, lower-income students and faculty trying to deconstruct and tear that down and make space every day. So to take a cursory glance at a crowd of student protesters in coalitions that are led by BIPOC & 1st/2nd-gen immigrant students and HQ'd in ethnic housings and student organizations and say, "ah. children of the elite." Get real.

[zkoh001]

I'll tell you what's up with that! (In my humble opinion of course)

Back in seasons 1 and 2, the serpentine war was SUPPOSED to be ancient Ninjago history. I would say a sort of midway point between the First Spinjitsu Master and nowadays, like 300-500 years ago.

Then, them being forgotten (especially, if that was the goal of the winners) would be believable, and reasonable. Then season 7 waltzes it's inconsistent rear onto the stage like "sike, it was actually forty years ago" fucking up the lore and timeline, magnificently.

Which is hilarious, because the HoT storyline doesn't even require this massive shift. The betrayal still could've been 40 years ago, while leaving the serpentine war alone gee. Especially with Krux being in control of the only museum this city somehow (seriously what is up with THAT.)

The only reason this happened was so Ray and Maya (and all the parents, which is like, what even happened to those dudes, lol. Especially Jay's mom) could be involved in the war. But instead of making Elemental Masters just... have longevity, they fucked up the timeline spectacularly... le sigh.

Even Chen could've been like, using snake venom and dark magic to stay alive or smthing, I dunno...

The timeline I came up with sorta:

1000~ years ago = The era of young ninjago, First Spinjitsu Master and his sons born.

800~500 years ago = Slowly elemental masters, starting with the elements of creation appear.

400~300 years ago = At this point all elements has at least one master, and the Serpentine Wars happen.

200~ years ago = The serpentine wars end

40~ years ago = The Time Twins betray the alliance (for whatever reason lol)

Ofc this would mean that people DO know about the alliance at least, even if the serpentine wars are meticulously erased. That would mean they are only known as keepers of peace, but it would still be a name to live up to I guess. Idk, I'm just throwing ideas at the wall by now I guess.

Also, side question to anyone who has a guess, but when did Morro happen? Before the war and alliance? During? I somehow don't think it was after.

Okay, as far as the serpentine being a myth, the only person who suggested that was Kai, who probably doesn't have much of an education, Zane pushed back on that immediately, so, that might just be Kai, the ask about the Time Twin's being covered up was... semi unrelated(and, considering it was two people vs. the entire species that was the serpentine, believing that the twin's could've been forgotten is a bit more believable)

Was it only Kai? It’s been a minute since I watched season 1. But yeah I could see the EA covering it up about the twins. Especially considering Wu’s EXTREMELY bad habit of keeping secrets for no real reason at all beyond not wanting to look like an ass.

The point about everybody in ninjago treating recent history as ancient still stands though, what is UP with that.

[hanzajesthanza]

geralt "i will NEVER deadname my best friend" of rivia

"he will ALWAYS be dandelion to ME"

[askarkham]

"Resignation is what kills people..."

--Kouta Hirano

[skirophori]

wishbone, the first unicorn

[ruvviks]

"Colton and Akiyama have a long and rich history, having worked together for Arasaka since their early twenties— Colton as director of the SERPENT projects and Head of Special Programs, and Akiyama as recruiter and quality control manager across all of the corporation's Night City facilities. The two disliked each other from the start and from an outsider's perspective only rarely saw eye to eye; but if anything their rivalry was a challenge, a way to keep each other sharp, and one of the only ways they could have some fun in the megacorporation's grasp. Years later, the two reunite at Club Bodytalk following the incident in spaceship Elysium and the fall of Cobra Cybernetics. Surrounded by the victims of the projects they once ran, their heads are forcibly turned into the direction of their past mistakes— their guilt connects them and it forges a bond of understanding they can't get with anyone else, and while they cannot erase their past they can ensure that no one else ever has to go through any of that again." ↳ andy belongs to @mojaves, template here [x]

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[claitea]

wait hey hold on. were there multiple heroes of truth and ideals over time or were they immortal because why is there a 500 year difference between the establishment of the relic castle and the abyssal ruins

edit: post cancelled no actual proof for the heroes to have been around 3000 years ago. my tags are still relevant though i think

[clodiuspulcher]

today im thinking about malaria in ancient rome.

about the fact that P. falciparum (the most dangerous kind of malaria) was likely endemic at least from the 2nd century BC onward that Galen said semitertian fevers (P. falciparum infections) were more common in Rome than anywhere else in the Roman Empire that the most severe manifestations of P. falciparum (quotidian fevers + cerebral malaria) were most common in babies and young children, an epidemiological observation that indicates the transmission rate of P. falciparum was extremely high in Rome that Quintus Serenus said there was no Latin word for semitertian fevers (they used a transliteration of the Greek, 'hemitritaeos') because "no one, i think, could have named it in our language and mothers would not have wanted to"

[stepfordgoth]

Oh my god my new neighbor moving in across the street has a cyber truck. And it's a different color than the cyber truck I've been seeing around my city lately, which means there are TWO musk-suckers in my area. Ewwwww

[daily-keyboardsmasher]

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[karda]

i love water towers and windmills so much they r like animals 2 me

[florbelles]

finished hera & started lady macbeth and we have got to start blaming women for shit again for real

[cyberphuck]

Banana and Mumford & sons :)

[autisticlee]

sometimes I think about how when I went to college for a year before I dropped out (basically failed out,) the counselors/dean told me they can't help me at all or give any accommodations unless I have an official autism/adhd diagnosis. that might sound logical at first, but when you think about it more, it's actually quite fucked up. if someone is struggling really bad, what's the harm in helping them? why do they require a paper to get even the smallest amount of help? people who don't need help aren't going to be failing miserably without help! even NTs could benefit from some adjustments to the horrible school system! (but changing the entire system is a whole other conversation that the school system isnt ready for)

but even if you do agree to jump through their hoops, you realize it's even more fucked up that the diagnosis process requires YEARS in most cases (in my case it took 4 or 5 years, can't recall exactly now, for autism/adhd diagnosis, which would have meant i finished school before getting it if i managed to mot fail out, or i wait that long before going back, which is a whole struggle itself) and they also tried billing me for THOUSANDS of dollars because of insurance issues!!

so you put a ton of time and money into this, and then get told the only accommodation they are willing to give you for autism and adhd is "a little extra time on tests"

....

my test scores were the best part of my whole class experience. that was NOT what I struggled with!!!!! those tests were all online and could be done in the comfort of your home where you can accommodate yourself and have plenty of time left over when you finish them because you are comfy in your own space, (and also, no one was stopping you from having your notes/books/google open to find the answers,) and you don't even need a time consuming, expensive diagnosis for that!

SO WHAT'S THE POINT!!!!!!!

[honeybreadbee]

They found a frozen saber tooth kitten 🥹🥹 fur and ears and toe beans and all 😭😭🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[unhonestlymirror]

A bit strange feeling of living in Lithuania while looking like... Lithuania