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israel posted a video of them giving water bottles to palestinians on a beach, then destroyed their luggage and shot at them after they stopped recording.
israel posted a photo of one of their soldiers "assisting" with an elderly man, then they shot him twice in the back and killed him.
in 2015, the idf posted pr photos of an israeli soldier giving water to an elderly palestinian woman, only for them to execute her after the photo was taken.
in 2005, an idf soldier emptied his rifle into a 13-year-old palestinian schoolgirl. he said he would have done the same thing if she was 3-years-old. he was acquitted of all charged.
israel claimed that hamas beheaded 40 israeli babies and then a month later cut off power to a palestinian hospital where premature babies were on incubators.
israel bombed a group of children collecting rainwater.
israel shot and killed two palestinian children playing with their scooter.
israel shot a hard of hearing girl in the face with a stun grenade and broke her jaw.
israel is using bombs with blades that are designed to cause maximum damage to the person in range.
israel forced medical workers at al-Nasr medical center to leave babies in incubators in order to evacuate the hospital they were bombing.
israel turned off power to hospitals in palestine, forcing nurses and doctors to use their phone flashlights when treating patients.
israel raised their flag over Al Shifa hospital.
israel has blown up the chambers of the palestinian legislative council.
israel targeted a "suspicious vehicle containing several terrorists”, meanwhile the only people in the car were three girls, ages 10, 12, and 14, their grandmother, and their mother. the only survivor was the three girls' mother.
israel planted a copy of mein kampf in a children's bedroom in a gazan house they claim hamas was hiding in.
israel poured fake blood onto the floor of an israeli child's bedroom and claimed hamas killed them.
israeli soldiers posted a video of them dancing on gazan graves.
israel posted a video showing a calendar in a palestinian children's hospital was a hamas guard list because it was written in arabic.
israel was using white phosphorus on hospitals.
israel bombed a refugee camp.
israel has burned olive trees in palestine.
israel has put cement into the water supply of palestine.
israel claimed that they found tunnels under Al Shifa hospital, only for it to be exposed that those tunnels are actually in sweden.
israel built a bunker and command room under Al Shifa hospital in 1983, only for them to now say that they are hamas tunnels.
israeli police arrested an israeli high school teacher, who posted on facebook expressing sympathy with palestinian civilians who have been killed.
israeli soldiers filmed themselves throwing a stun grenade into a palestinian mosque.
we are witnessing a genocide in real time framed under the guise of stopping hamas. israel has been terrorizing palestine for as long as israel has existed, but their access to technology and social media has made it much easier to fool people into supporting them.
meanwhile, noah schnapp is posting that zionism is sexy and celebrities are standing with israel. just absolutely twisted shit.
edit: for those who would like sources, my twitter is alliiesmith. i have retweeted everything i’ve mentioned. i apologize for not providing this sooner
edit 2: i’ve had some people in the replies and reposts pointing out that linking my twitter seems like promotion. i just wanted to clear up that that was not my intention. i’ve been retweeting resources and news much faster than i’m able to add to this post, and i thought that my twitter profile could be something of a hub for information. i don’t care if you follow me, but i think scrolling through and seeing what i’ve retweeted could be helpful.
#*#allie talks#israel palestine conflict#israel#idf#palestine#gaza#west bank#politics#current events
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Gremlin!!!! You can't just drop Mafia!König and leave us there. I'm obsessed, ahhhhhhh!!!!!!
Konig doesn't even talk about it as being in a gang or a part of a mafia family!! For him, it's just the extension of his work in the military - he allows veterans and his fellow retired soldiers to find a new place in life. He supports the community in a way - his refusal to deal with the trafficking and prostitution industry actually makes Vienna a way safer place for refugees...unless he employs you at his under-the-table gun production. Still better than brothels for German payers though. He is just...he can't get his hand off you. Such a good and hard worker, you're the assistant for a job that doesn't exist - he doesn't even keep track of all the faux candy shops and veteran support center he has, the business is losing thousands per month because he doesn't really care about it as long as he can launder money from guns through it. You're such a good worker, he just knows that if he were to employ you as an enforcer for his "trading and protection" services, he'd make triple the money. He can't, of course. Poor thing, so innocent, it would kill you to know what he is doing. But the colonel fucking hates the way you look at him. Not as a lover or a husband - you're too innocent to know about his advances. You look at him with pity, that rotting feelings that he knows you have for him - a retired colonel from special forces, a mercenary with enormous PTSD and struggles with anxiety and anger issues...not a partner material, not for a good girl like you. You see him as a charity project, help for this funny retired spec ops guy who helps you with the job and talks about his military experience. You accept his invitations to the restaurants because he is lonely! How could you not bring him a nice company? It's better than escorts and some shady people who he hands out with...you just want to help him adjust to civilian life, that's all. And you can't really refuse his gifts, he doesn't have a partner or children, so he has too much money to know what to do with it...and if you're a bit drunk, he is a bit drunk, you're both consenting and lonely adults... Konig won't hesitate to make you his wife - even if he'd have to hide his real job from you till the end of times. It's all worth it when he can see your sleepy face on a pillow next to him every morning.
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Asking for help is not easy, I ask for a small donation of only 20$ from each person, 20$ will save my family from death in Gaza 💔 Donate through the link in bio (gofundme) Together, we can achieve our goal within a day and provide crucial support to me and my family in Gaza. Your contribution means everything to us and in these difficult times your kindness is our greatest hope. We are very grateful for any assistance you can provide and thank you for your kindness and generosity in our time of need
I can't do $20 at this time, but I can give $10. I will reblog with my proof of donation once I make the donation and I'll encourage others to do the same.
$130/$50,000
Mahmoud's account hasn't been vetted to my knowledge, but it is credible. Please donate to him if you are able. His gfm was made back in February and only has $130.
Here is the family's situation, as explained by Mahmoud in the gfm:
"Dear beloved friends, My name is Mahmoud Alkhaldi. I am a Palestinian refugee living with my fiancée and family in a catastrophic situation-in tents- in Rafah. However, for 116+ days, me and my family have been under intense bombing and warplanes rockets in the Gaza strip. I’m asking funds to evacuate (5) members of my family from Gaza to a safe place in Egypt, including my younger brother (Mohammed, his wife, and his 1 and half year son Yasser), and me and my fiancée Sujood). It could be very expensive and costly to evacuate a war zone at a miserable time like this. We will need approximately $50000 and a lot of prayers.
My home was cozy, beautiful, and warm before the war. Here is some pictures for our house before the war
Our home was targeted in a tank bombing on the 25th of November 2023 that left it unlivable, along with the entire neighborhood of Al-Burij refugee camp, in Gaza City.
When we returned back to our home to get some needed itemsand clothes, we found that Israeli soldiers also steal our belongings. Since that day, my family has been sleeping in a miserable tent in Rafah, in the south of Gaza, which has become a home for all people from the Gaza strip, whose homes were also destroyed by airstrikes, but they have survived thus far.
I can't express how useless and depressed we felt after finding out what they'd been through and are currently going through. Each moment, we worry about losing them. Without connection settings, we cannot constantly contact them. During the moment of typing, over 25,0000 individuals have been killed in Gaza. They are without electrical power or heating for a period of three months, food is limited, and their drinking water is unsafe for human consumption. My family's only hope is to evacuate to to a safer place out of Gaza. My family went through the loss of several friends, and many of them have lost their spouses and children. I am afraid of losing my family. They are the light that leads me through my life. I cannot live or survive without them."

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Opeli has never been to the Banther Lodge.
She has never had a reason to. Typically, it's used as a retreat for the royal family during the winter festivities, although once, one of Ezran's distant relatives had lent it to the city orphanage to use while their own building was being rebuilt after a fire. It's large for a cabin, obviously supposed to be rustic without losing its air of luxury, and without the castle...
Well. It's better than camping in the temples, that's for sure. It's too far away from the city to use as a permanent base, but it will have to do until other arrangements can be made. Tents have sprung up on the grounds to house both soldiers and refugees, and although it's crowded and busy, Opeli likes it.
It's a quiet place, nestled in the heart of the woods, away from the hustle and bustle of the city with enough space to breathe, to think, to simply be without all the trappings of court life. All things considered, it's a lovely reprieve, and she wonders if, one day, she might be able to come out here and enjoy it for what it is. There's just... one thing about this current arrangement that sets her on edge.
The kingslayer sharpens his blades.
Opeli's fingers twitch.
It has not been an easy few weeks. The attack on the castle was grave indeed, and although Ezran and Corvus had returned with Queen Aanya's troops and Queen Janai's to provide aid and assistance, the loss of their home still rings painfully through camp. Prince Callum and Rayla had returned shortly afterwards as well, and Opeli had been pleased to see them, her unofficial wards home and safe, until Rayla had ushered forward someone new—or someone not so new, and all hell had broken loose among their friends.
For what little it's worth, Ezran had managed it well. His pain was most obvious in his eyes and in the crack of his voice, and he'd been composed as he dealt with it but hasn't spoken to Callum in days. He holds his anger tight, keeps it all buried under the mountains of things they have to do, blue eyes filled with cold that he doesn't let leech into his words, but he avoids the issue entirely and spends almost all his free time with Queen Aanya or Corvus, people he can't be angry with, people to distract him from kinglsaying banther in the room.
Opeli has been less mature about it, if that can be believed. She had Rayla arrested once for breaking into the chambers beneath the castle to steal the kingslayer's bow, but Callum has made it clear that he will not stand for that, so instead Opeli funnels her frustration into sharp words and biting remarks, which she does not temper, even for Callum.
The air is tense. Their council is fractured. But if Ezran won't let himself be angry, the Justice help her, Opeli will be angry in his place.
It's dinnertime. Everyone is pulling double duty because the circumstances demand it, and Opeli is helping Barius dole out the food tonight to give the other staff a bit of a break. She passes bowls of stew to Ezran, to Corvus, to Soren, to Queen Aanya, her lips tilted in an appreciative smile as they thank her, and then slams bowls wordlessly down before Callum and Rayla and the other elf who only shifts uncomfortably in his seat as the stew sloshes over the rim.
"Enjoy your dinner," she snaps, and Callum, because he's Callum, snarls and snaps back.
"What the hell is your problem, Opeli?" he demands. "You've been passive aggressive about everything for days. This isn't okay anymore."
Opeli bristles at him. "And I suppose it's okay to have a murderer at the table instead."
"He was imprisoned in a magical coin for years, he's been punished enough—"
"Has he?" Opeli sneers. "Historically, kingslayers are hanged."
"You need to back the hell off—"
"That's enough!"
Silence falls over them, and things are dire indeed because it comes from Soren. He glared at Callum and Rayla, the elf with them shrinking beneath it, but it's Opeli that he turns to, that he offers his hand to, that he ushers away from the table leaving Callum, Rayla, and the elf alone and in silence in the dining hall.
Opeli waits until they are out of earshot before she rounds on Soren too. "You're not defending that murderer now, surely."
"No," mutters Soren darkly, "but Callum's right. You need to back off."
She scowls, affronted. "That elf shouldn't even be here," she snaps. "He murdered King Harrow, and would have murdered King Ezran too, if Rayla hadn't stood in his way. And they have the nerve to bring him here, our last stronghold, at a time like this?"
"I know," says Soren, grimacing. "I agree with you. But haven't we lost enough?"
"All the more reason he shouldn't be here."
Soren sighs. "He's Rayla's dad, Opeli. You have to let her have this."
"I certainly don't," says Opeli loftily. "Why on earth should he be allowed to walk free after the things he's done?"
"Because Rayla needs him," says Soren, "and not all of us are lucky enough to have a dad we can forgive."
A pause. A breath. A beat so heavy that Opeli feels it slam the air out of her chest. Soren looks away and swallows, his own conflict painfully clear in the way that he blinks and breathes and clenches his jaw.
She relents.
"I'll leave them be," she mutters at last. "But he can't be here long."
"He won't be," agrees Soren. "But just for now. Okay?"
"Yes." Opeli takes a breath and touches his arm, a promise to make an effort, for him more than for anyone else. "Just for now."
#platonic sorpeli#background rayllum#background ezraanya#LISTEN I LOVE DRAMA#in anticipation#theres so much going on here maybe this will be a whole fic#s6 spoilers#s7 speculation#the dragon prince
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In The Hidden Valley
Having successfully saved Adar from Þauron and his orcs, you and Adar flee with the refugees of Eregion into a valley hoping to find shelter and aid there.
This is a follow up to Not Losing Him Again, so it will make more sense if you read that one first.
Warnings: Blood and Injury, Near Death Experience
AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/63151807
There is no time to tend to your injuries, so you move, supporting each other as if an age had not passed between you. First you both run whilst you have the strength for it, but neither of you is in any shape to sustain that for very long. Then you walk the slow deliberate march of the hurt and desperate, with nowhere to go and nothing to lose. You can feel Adar shivering against your armoured side, he has lost a lot of blood, so have you, but it is not safe to stop yet. By the time you find the main retreat you have wrapped Adar in a dark bloodstained cloak, borrowed from a comrade who no longer has a use for it.
It is easy to slip in amongst the soldiers and civilians fleeing Eregion, you are just another two bloodied figures among many. The time blends together, putting one foot in front of the other. You’ve never been on this side of a rout like this before, you have lost battles but you have never had to flee beside civilians before. Usually you are the one bearing fire and death. The thought makes the shame flare, but maybe it is the blood loss or the irony of it all that makes you laugh. A harsh breathless sound startles Adar, who shakes his head weakly at your bizarre mirth and gently rests his forehead against your cheek.
You do not know how long you have marched when you find yourself in one of the most beautiful valleys you have ever seen. Both you and Adar are flagging dangerously, when a young elleth gently places a hand on your elbow. You nearly strike her. “Do you require assistance?” She asks, so gently like she suspects your barely contained violence. You try to shake the fog from your brain, “Please my friend is injured, do you know where the healers are?” Your words slur and you are fighting the shadows creeping into your vision. You cannot pass out, Adar needs you. The elleth directs you to a canopy neatly hung in the shade of the cliff.
You stumble into the shade of the canopy supporting most of Adar’s weight, barely remaining upright yourself. The place is already crowded. Your vision is tunneling as an ellon approaches you, he gives the two of you a concerned look. “My friend is hurt, he needs help.” You say voice strained. “Of course,” he says gently, and moves to support Adar’s other side and guides you carefully towards the back of the shelter, “Could you tell me what happened?” He asks as you move You are not sure who he is addressing, but when Adar does not you do “Stabbed, left side.” You reply, breathing heavily. You wipe a hand across your face to get the sweat out of your eyes. You only succeed in smearing blood over your face, black mixing with red. “Are you alright?” The ellon asks as you falter “I will be fi-” You begin but are cut off by a wracking cough, you taste blood but ignore it, “I am fine.” You state forcefully, trying to convince yourself as much as you are trying to convince him. The three of you finally stop by an empty pallet after what feels like a far longer time than that has passed.
When the healer finally begins to look to your injured companion, your mind wanders as Adar slumps further into you while the ellon works. Your mind snaps back into focus when you see the healer recoil, looking with mounting fear between Adar, you and the black blood staining his hand. “Orc.” He mutters with disgust. “Uruk.” Adar responds with venom, black blood on his lips. “It matters not,” You half yell, pain lacing up your side, “I vouch for him, just help him. Please.” Forming the words is hard and it hurts but you have to speak. The healer shakes his head mutely, he is so young, this might be his first war. “I cannot lose him again,” your voice shakes as you speak, “would I qualify for a bed?” You ask, grasping at a sliver of hope and reason. The healer looks you up and down, assessing your injuries and likely also looking at the madness in your eyes. His trained eye takes in the blood, mostly your own and the concave dent in your armour, crushing into your ribs, then he nods slightly. “Give it to him, let him take my place.” You are close to begging now and still the young ellon is refusing.
It is at that moment Adar finally collapses, you feel him go limp against you and all reason abandons you. As you lower your love onto the pallet, you draw his sword and step between the healer and the rest of the shelter. “Please, I am begging you now, just help him.” You say voice shaking, but the pain is gone. “I will not heal an orc.” The healer states sternly, like a firm word could stop you. “He was not always Uruk, when I awoke in Cuiviénen he was beside me. When we marched to the sea he was beside me. When he sailed to Valinor I was beside him. He was the one I turned to for comfort after the Darkening and when I returned to this shore he was with me for that horror and the horrors that followed.” Your words stumble into each other and hope the young ellon understands. “What are you going to do?” The healer asks, looking from your face to the blade shaking in your hand. “I am not sure, I only know how to shed blood, so I fear the decision rests with you, but please consider what I have said.” You say with confidence. “You would not hurt your kin for that.” The ellon spits. Fire flashes in your eyes “Think back to the terror that the sons of Fëanor and their host brought.” Your voice is full of ice, as you draw yourself up, the light catching on the insignias that mark you as one of that host and a kinslayer three times over. The lad pales a little, the poor boy probably grew up on horror stories about people like you. “They told you stories, did they not, of the doom we rode with, please consider, if I was willing to do all that for revenge and three jewels, what would I be willing to do for love?” You state evenly, it is not a threat, it is a promise, a promise of blood because that is all you have left to give. The boy pales, eyes moving from the swaying tip of the blade in your hand to your eyes. You try to speak and find you cannot as your body finally gives out.
It surprises you when you wake up and it is not a pleasant surprise, if you were finally across the sea again it would not hurt this much. The air is cool and the sun low and one should not complain about not being dead. Cracking your eyes open and letting your senses gather you find yourself lying on a low pallet in the infirmary tent, one arm extended hand brushing Adar’s cold, scared one, which bodes well for you both. It hurts even more when you prop yourself up on your elbow and see the lady Galadriel is fixing you with an unreadable stare. “You are lucky to be alive.” She says matter of factly, and you believe her, “A few more hours and you would have been beyond help.” She finishes looking pointedly at you. You knew you were hurt and hurt badly, but a part of you never quite believed any of them would kill you, not when you have finally reunited with your love and have the chance of a future together.
“I hoped it was just fatigue.” You say absentmindedly. That statement surprises her and she shakes her head “What was it that took you in the side?” She asks. “Þauron punched me after I tried to take his head off, I do not think it even hurt his hand to do so.” You say grimly. “It caved your breastplate in, crushed your ribs, restricted your lung and you were bleeding inside your chest. That is without mentioning the blade wounds.” Galadriel states, she is a warrior so she understands the story these injuries tell. “Adar?” You ask, the look on her face tells you she was expecting the question. “He will live, I have vouched for the pair of you to the High King, the both of you owe him your lives.” She says it simply, like she has not saved both of your lives.
You nod and you lapse into silence. Breathing still hurts but you can see the shades of the sunset through the canvas above your head and it brings you peace, just like the hand resting in yours, and you smile. You smile because you are alive and so is he and you are together for the first time in too long.
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THURSDAY HERO: Armin Wegner

Armenian refugees photographed by Armin Wegner, 1915
Armin Wegner was a German soldier stationed in the Ottoman Empire during World War I who was witness to the Armenian Genocide. Disobeying orders, he gathered extensive documentation and took hundreds of photographs of atrocities committed against Armenians. Later, Armin became a fearless peace activist who was imprisoned for standing up to Hitler.
Armin was born in 1886 to an aristocratic Prussian family in the Rhineland area of Germany. He was educated at schools in Poland and Switzerland, and was a gifted poet, publishing his first volume of poetry, “I Have Never Been Older than as a Sixteen-year-old” as a teenager. He attended law school, but had the soul of an artist and spent the next couple of years (in his own words) as a “farmer, dock-worker, student of drama (with Max Reinhardt), private tutor, editor, public speaker, lover and idler, filled with a deep desire for unraveling the mystery of things.”
When World War I broke out in 1914, Armin joined the German army, serving as a medic in Poland. He received the Iron Cross for rendering care under fire. Armin rose to rank of second lieutenant in the German Sanitary Corps and was sent to the Middle East as part of a detachment to assist the Ottoman Army.
Stationed along the Baghdad Railway in Syria and modern-day Iraq, Armin was shocked to witness thousands of emaciated Armenian refugees forced onto death marches by the Ottomans. The horrifying reality of what was happening was being hidden, and Armin was ordered to keep quiet about what he saw as Germany did not want to alienate the Ottoman Empire, an important ally. Disobeying what he felt was a deeply unjust order, Armin went to great effort to collect proof about the systematic massacre of Armenians – the first modern genocide. Armin was willing to risk his life to document what was happening, and his extensive photographic record remains the most important evidence of the atrocities that occurred.
The Ottomans eventually found out what Armin was doing, and he was arrested by the Germans and sent back to Germany. Some of his photographs were destroyed, but he was able to smuggle out many negatives hidden in his belt.
After the war, Armin became a successful journalist and prominent anti-war activist. In 1919 he published an “Open Letter to President Woodrow Wilson” urging the peace conference to create an independent Armenian state.
He wrote extensively about the Armenian Genocide and testified in court at the trial of Soghomon Tehlirian, an Armenian who killed Talat Pasha, the Ottoman leader who orchestrated the atrocity. Armin’s testimony was so powerful that the court could not convict Tehirian for the assassination, even though there were many eyewitnesses. He was found not guilty for reason of temporary insanity.
Armin was a respected writer and cultural figure who co-created the German Expressionist movement in the mid-1920’s. After visiting the Soviet Union, including the Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia with his wife, author Lola Landau, Armin wrote a book about his trip, which became a bestseller. It was a chilling account of the political violence endemic to Soviet Communist rule. At a time when many in the West were romanticizing the Bolsheviks, Armin was one of the few who could see where the situation was headed: totalitarian Stalinism.
Meanwhile in Germany, Hitler and the Nazi power gained power and in 1933 they urged a nationwide boycott of Jewish businesses. As someone who witnessed the Armenian Genocide and had many Jewish friends, Armin could not remain silent. He wrote an open letter to Adolf Hitler identifying himself as a proud Prussian who could trace his roots in Germany back to the time of the Crusades. In clear language he told Hitler that his persecution of Germany’s Jews would destroy the country. “There is no Fatherland without justice!” he said. Armin was the only writer to speak out publicly against Hitler. Swiftly, he was arrested by the Gestapo, tortured and imprisoned in harsh conditions for a year. In 1934 Armin was released, and immediately fled to Rome, where he changed his name and lived in hiding. His wife divorced him, leading Armin to later say, “Germany took everything from me… even my wife.” He never returned to his beloved homeland. For being the only cultural figure in Germany to speak out for the Jews, Israeli Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem honored Armin Wegner as Righteous Among the Nations in 1967.
Armin died alone in Rome in 1978, at age 92. Per his request, his gravestone contains a quote from Pope Gregory VII as he lay on his deathbed in 1085: “I loved justice and hated injustice/Therefore I die in exile.”
For bravely documenting the Armenian Genocide, and standing up to Hitler at great personal sacrifice, we honor Armin Wegner as this week’s Thursday Hero.
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by Melanie Phillips
Abu Safiya has been near-universally presented as a saintly doctor trying vainly to protect his patients against Israeli aggression. Earlier this month, the New York Times published an affecting account of his cry for help as the last doctor in the hospital.
However, it would appear that abu Safiya is perhaps less saintly than the New York Times would have us believe. On October 9 2023, two days after the Hamas pogrom, abu Safiya reportedly described it on his personal social media account as an act of God.
Photographs have shown him meeting top Hamas officials. He has also posted this:
O Allah, protect our people in the West Bank in general and in Jenin in particular, and protect the beloved people of Palestine and al Aqsa Mosque from the oppression and aggression of the Jews.
and this:
O Allah, we place You before them, and we seek refuge in You from their evil. O Allah, turn their plots against them and make their destruction in their schemes. O Allah, protect the Jenin refugee camp from the plots of the criminals.
One might think that such a man would obviously have questions to answer if 240 of his staff, including doctors and other health workers, were discovered to be terrorists. Instead, the media did what they invariably do — imply that the IDF can’t be believed while they report Hamas claims without question.
Except, of course, where Hamas actually tell the truth. Which the media don’t report at all.
One year ago, the former director of the Kamal Adwan hospital, Ahmad Kahlot, who had been a senior member of Hamas since 2010, revealed in a Shin Bet interrogation that his hospital had been turned into a military facility under Hamas’s control and that at one point it had even housed a kidnapped Israeli soldier.
Times of Israel reported in December 2023:
In footage published on Tuesday by the Shin Bet and Israel Defense Forces, hospital director Ahmed Kahlot could be seen telling an Israeli interrogator that Hamas had offices inside the hospital and used it as a base for operational activity. According to Kahlot, who said he has been a lieutenant colonel in Hamas since 2010, some 16 members of the hospital’s staff — including doctors, nurses and paramedics — were Hamas operatives serving in the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the terror organisation. He added that several members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Al-Quds Brigades were also employed in the hospital. During this interrogation, Kahlot described how Hamas uses hospitals for military purposes, including hiding its operatives, carrying out military activity, moving around Hamas members. He told his interrogators: They hide in hospitals because for them a hospital is a safe place. They won't be targeted when they are inside a hospital. I know 16 employees in the hospital — doctor, nurse, paramedic, or clerks… who also have different positions in al-Qassam. There are offices where the Hamas leader and two of the senior officials were. There’s a place where the soldier was in (the kidnapped soldier). There’s a place for the interrogators, internal security, and special security. All of them have private telephone lines inside the hospital. They [Hamas] have a private ambulance, even it colour and the way it’s painted are different, and it doesn’t have a licence plate. They used it to transport the soldier [kidnapped] and transport bodies… It didn’t assist us with transporting the injured. I begged [him] to take someone to the Indonesian Hospital, take to Shifa [hospital], but he would refused. His mission is more important. The leaders of Hamas are cowards. They left us in the field while they hide in secret places… They have destroyed us.
A few days ago, the Palestinian Authority, no less, stated that Hamas turns hospitals into military interrogation facilities. Palestinian Media Watch has reported that the PA posted up a summons issued by Hamas instructing a Gazan to report to Nasser Hospital to be interrogated there by Hamas's military intelligence. The post was made by the former official spokesman of the PA Security Forces, Adnan al Damiri. Moreover, al Damiri criticised Hamas for continuing to use hospitals for “summonses, interrogations, and extortions”.
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Just a reminder that the US administration under Jimmy Carter increased and accelerated the weapons supply and military assistance to Indonesia for their massacre, ethnic cleansing of the indigenous people and occupation of East Timor.
In other words, democrats like Genocide Joe are only following in the footsteps of democrats like Jimmy Carter in funding and providing the weapons for wiping out indigenous populations in the grand American tradition of being pro-genocide.
All the praise for Jimmy Carter makes me sick. No doubt in another ten years we will see the same for Genocide Joe as liberals praise him and eulogize him.
The US played a crucial role in supplying weapons to Indonesia.[84] A week after the invasion of East Timor the National Security Council prepared a detailed analysis of the Indonesian military units involved and the US equipment they used. The analysis revealed that virtually all of the military equipment used in the invasion was US supplied: US-supplied destroyer escorts shelled East Timor as the attack unfolded; Indonesian marines disembarked from US-supplied landing craft; US-supplied C-47 and C-130 aircraft dropped Indonesian paratroops and strafed Dili with .50 calibre machine guns; while the 17th and 18th Airborne brigades which led the assault on the Timorese capital were "totally U.S. MAP supported," and their jump masters US trained.[91] While the US government claimed to have suspended new arms sales to Indonesia from December 1975 to June 1976, military equipment already in the pipeline continued to flow,[89] and the US made four new offers of arms during that six-month period, including supplies and parts for 16 OV-10 Broncos,[89] which, according to Cornell University Professor Benedict Anderson, are "specially designed for counter-insurgency actions against adversaries without effective anti-aircraft weapons and wholly useless for defending Indonesia against a foreign enemy." Military assistance was accelerated during the Carter administration, peaking in 1978.[92] In total, the United States furnished over $250,000,000 of military assistance to Indonesia between 1975 and 1979.[93]
In the cities, Indonesian troops began killing East Timorese.[40] At the start of the occupation, FRETILIN radio sent the following broadcast: "The Indonesian forces are killing indiscriminately. Women and children are being shot in the streets. We are all going to be killed.... This is an appeal for international help. Please do something to stop this invasion."[41] One Timorese refugee told later of "rape [and] cold-blooded assassinations of women and children and Chinese shop owners".[42] Dili's bishop at the time, Martinho da Costa Lopes, said later: "The soldiers who landed started killing everyone they could find. There were many dead bodies in the streets – all we could see were the soldiers killing, killing, killing."[43] In one incident, a group of fifty men, women, and children – including Australian freelance reporter Roger East – were lined up on a cliff outside of Dili and shot, their bodies falling into the sea.[44] Many such massacres took place in Dili, where onlookers were ordered to observe and count aloud as each person was executed.[45] In addition to FRETILIN supporters, Chinese migrants were also singled out for execution; five hundred were killed in the first day alone.[46]
The 'final solution' campaigns involved two primary tactics: The 'encirclement and annihilation' campaign involved bombing villages and mountain areas from aeroplanes, causing famine and defoliation of ground cover. When surviving villagers came down to lower-lying regions to surrender, the military would simply shoot them. Other survivors were placed in resettlement camps where they were prevented from travelling or cultivating farmland. In early 1978, the entire civilian population of Arsaibai village, near the Indonesian border, was killed for supporting Fretilin after being bombarded and starved.[55] During this period, allegations of Indonesian use of chemical weapons arose, as villagers reported maggots appearing on crops after bombing attacks.[55] The success of the 'encirclement and annihilation' campaign led to the 'final cleansing campaign', in which children and men from resettlement camps would be forced to hold hands and march in front of Indonesian units searching for Fretilin members. When Fretilin members were found, the members would be forced to surrender or to fire on their own people.[56] The Indonesian 'encirclement and annihilation' campaign of 1977–1978 broke the back of the main Fretilin militia and the capable Timorese President and military commander, Nicolau Lobato, was shot and killed by helicopter-borne Indonesian troops on 31 December 1978.[57]
#Jimmy Carter#East Timor#Genocide#US Politics#Rest in Piss#Yeah he may have turned into a 'better man' in his later years and advocated for Palestinian rights#Still a President who armed and funded a genocide#And there's been no reckoning acknowledgement or justice for that
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A detail about the Peacebreakers in Providence. (translated + spoilers)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Overseas Research Department Field Survey Team/Peace Breaker Official activity period: 2098/04~2113/04
A unit that obtains and manipulates information useful to Japan from other countries. Its main mission is to enter other countries, gather information, carry out sabotage operations, and provide weapons and operational support to anti-government organizations who support the Japanese government. Regarding anti-government support operations, operations were carried out through domestic third-party organizations
(Example 1). It has been confirmed that it was provided to and expanded to the government and rebel forces of the former Southeast Asian Union (commonly known as SEAUN) (see corresponding data 04231 for details). Through "monitoring"derived from [...] The members were selected from among the soldiers who belonged to the Special Forces of the National Defense Force, based on the Sibyl System's advanced decisions, and from among them, those who had a particularly strong sense of national pride were selected. Establishment: Wave After its establishment, the company did some original work. Main strategies and execution records. 2099_Conflict within the Union of Southeast Asia
2111_Rebellion in the Republic of South Asia 2112_Operation Footstamp 2113_Kona Island independence group reduced cropping Involved in etc. For details, see 67721 data
In June 2118, the decision was made to dismantle the unit, and in the same month, the whereabouts of the unit commander and training staff went missing.
In October 2118, independent activity was confirmed, and it was completely destroyed. To this day, it is said that its range has expanded to include Japan, Northern Russia, and the Russian Federation. Tonami is said to have been the general manager since the company's founding.
■ PB2098 type TUSIMA PS (Peacebreaker Armor) A powered suit that is standard equipment for the Peace Breaker Corps. It covers the head, upper body, and lower body, and is equipped with heavy armor and assist functions in each part. Increases the wearer's mobility by 1.25 times. Visibility is ensured by using cameras in front and behind the head to project images directly onto the eyes using internal scale projection sensors. It is also equipped with an infrared sensor and 3D prediction function MS2 as an option. It is possible to carry out operations without securing visibility even under conditions of poor visibility. Multi-type labeling function installed on the front of the waist
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Sibyl itself is promoting conflicts to expand itself, and then denying asylum to the refugees which is why they're confined to Dejima/Kyushu. Sibyl lets MFA do the dirty work and it's obvious that Sibyl just turns a blind eye to this because it benefits their colonisation approach. I wonder what Kogami's thoughts will be when he comes to realise that his "democratisation" in Siam Reap (Psycho Pass Movie) was just a part of Sibyl's grand plan. Also Kona Island? Didn't Rutaganda and his mercenaries live on an island? The knowledge that Sibyl would let the world suffer, after having seen the true effects of it in his journey abroad and that probably every person he met or lost on his journey (including the people that Tenzing lost) was suffering due to Sibyl's duplicity. In Case 3 Novel, Frederica is investigating the Peacebreakers in Tibet-Himalaya and Garcia by extension. Honestly, Kogami Shinya seeing the horrors of war, trying to help people and then returning to become a cog in the System is a tragic enough ending for me. I guess this was the meaning of that painting in that room. (The Abyss, I assume?)
Anyhow, I'm on my fourth rewatch (first time with subs so thank god I can follow the dialogues), and Sibyl has a knack of grinding my gears (pun intended), I've come to despise the System as much as Kogami. I'll delve into a proper review later, for now just accept my ramblings. I have 10,000 thoughts on Akane too, who in this movie punched me right in the heart, honestly I don't know how Akane-chan is so strong. I admire her grit.
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It was premature to report that the US used a Trojan Horse humanitarian aid truck from the floating pier to carry US troops to Nuseirat refugee camp for a joint US-Israel hostage rescue operation. It has not been unproven & is still being analyzed in photo & video images but it has not been indisputably proven. What we know for sure is that US & UK intelligence cells have been in Israel throughout the genocide to assist Israeli intelligence. That was reported in the NY Times which supports the genocide. Those US & UK intelligence cells were involved in engineering the massacre at Nuseirat refugee camp.
We also know beyond dispute that the US allowed Israel to use the floating pier for military purposes, for launching the Trojan Horse aid truck which carried Israeli soldiers & possibly US special forces to the camp. But once again, we do not have indisputable evidence that US special forces were directly involved. There are photos of non-Israeli soldiers in the operation but it isn't certain they are wearing US uniforms.
The ghoulish Matthew Miller, Genocide Joe's spokesperson, officially sanctioned the massacre by evoking the 'Hamas uses civilians & children as human shields' trope. Palestinian eyewitnesses report body parts & dead children strewn all over & bodies pulled out of the bombing rubble in pieces. At least 274 Palestinians were killed & 698 wounded in Israel's brutal attack. Commentators have compared the slaughterhouse in Nuseirat to Guernica or the My Lai massacre. Zionists are triumphal over the massacre which, in the ways of karma, will be part of the Zionist entity's undoing.
What we know for certain is that the US & UK assisted Israel in the genocidal operation, including but not only intelligence operations & the use of the floating pier, but the involvement of US special forces is still unclear.
#palestine#israel#occupation#gaza#jerusalem#apartheid#boycott israel#hamas#palestina#genocide#usa#new york#nytimes#unicef#uk#france
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Legitimacy, the use of blanket parties and no-go zones, and the monopoly on violence
Perhaps there is an academic, policing, or other specialized term for this phenomenon, but I haven’t encountered it yet. (“Proxy murder” is close but too specific.) The implications of the government’s monopoly on (legitimate) violence are not generally spelled out even by people who are discussing topics where it is inherent and more removed from current American politics, such as interracial violence that is/was tolerated or encouraged by foreign governments that motivated various groups to immigrate or become refugees in history and today.
But disguising and laundering responsibility and guilt is the point, and as far as I can tell, basically no government is exempt from using this technique, including local governments, and even lower levels of authority figures such as teachers may use this method, so of course this isn’t something that anyone wants to say out loud in simple language, despite every brain damaged homeless person understanding it perfectly well.
Perhaps you understand already what I am talking about by gesturing towards blanket parties (where a group in the military is collectively punished for the failures of one member, and the resulting violence against this low performer by peers is not punished or merely tolerated, but actually desired by the authorities, allowing them the have the low performer beaten while also allowing them to honestly say they didn’t have them beaten), various pogroms and genocides abroad, and mentioning homeless people’s knowledge (of course they know what areas camping and drug use are tolerated in and where this behavior is punished), and no-go zones where emergency services, delivery food, and taxi/uber services are limited or unavailable due to expectations of violence in the area.
Simply put, authorities and governments have a “monopoly on violence” where they are the only ones allowed to do violence, and they will come do violence on anyone else who does violence, because the basis of authority is that you’re the only one allowed to do violence in the area you control. Anyone unauthorized doing violence in your area is challenging your authority. But of course, there will always be some crime, and the government will try to stop it, but it can’t stop all of it because [insert whatever].
Sometimes people riot. Sometimes people run around and assault other people. Sometimes people decide to hang someone right now. Sometimes people decide to do drugs in public. And sometimes the government stands back and lets them because they want this violence but don’t want to take responsibility for it.
“Failure to save” is always hard to prove especially in limited circumstances, and is a very low effort method of “doing” violence when available. For example, in policing, it is well known that pissing off your fellow cops can cause them to be slow to respond to your calls for assistance, which can result in you being killed by a criminal who would have been prevented from killing you by other officers if you hadn’t pissed them off.
The biblical story of Uriah comes to mind. He had the misfortune of being married to a woman the king wanted to marry while being a wartime soldier, so the king directed his general to send Uriah on an attack and then pull the rest of the troops back, leaving Uriah to be killed by the enemy.
#original post#legitimacy#monopoly on violence#government#genocide#policing#lynching#mob violence#blanket party#crime#artisinal violence
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On this day, 11 July 2002, German socialist and French resistance fighter Irene Bernard died aged 94. An office clerk and mother of three, Bernard lived in Saarland, which was independent of Germany in the early days of Nazi rule, and became home to many Germans fleeing the regime. There she and her husband, Leander, assisted refugees. When Saarland was annexed by the German Reich in 1935, the Bernards fled to France to escape the Gestapo. There, they kept up their anti-fascist activities and helped volunteers on their way to fight general Franco's nationalists in the Spanish civil war. When the Wehrmacht occupied southern France in 1942, Irene joined Travail Antifasciste Allemand, a combat unit of the French resistance consisting of thousands of mostly German speakers. She then went underground, fought with the National Committee for Free Germany and gathered military intelligence. After the war, Bernard took care of wounded German soldiers who were prisoners of war. Later she returned to Saarland and became involved with women's and anti-war movements, and remained involved with anti-fascism and advocating for victims of Nazism. Learn more about German resistance to Nazism in our podcast episodes 63-64 and 72. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, on our website, or on your favourite podcast app: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/working-class-history/id1355066333 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=659809479525604&set=a.602588028581083&type=3
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🇮🇱⚔️🇵🇸 🚑☠️ 🔞 🚨
ISRAELI OCCUPATION FORCES ASSASINATE PALESTINIAN CHILD FIRING FIREWORKS INTO THE SKY NEAR OCCUPIED AL-QUDS
📹 Captured on video is the moment Palestinian child, 13 year-old Rami Hamdan al-Halhuli, was shot and killed by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) after firing fireworks into the sky in the general direction where occupation soldiers were located.
According to local reporting, the Palestinian minor was critically wounded by IOF soldiers with live gunfire in the Shu'fat Refugee Camp, northeast of occupied Al-Quds (Jerusalem) earlier on Tuesday night. Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) crews administered medical assistance, however the youth died later of his wounds. The governate of Jerusalem announced his death shortly after he succumbed to his wounds.
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Skyhold Conversation: Mother Giselle
Investigate: Skyhold Exclusive
Skyhold Masterpost
Giselle: Inquisitor. Giselle: Herald of Andraste. Giselle: Your Worship.
1 - Dialogue options:
Investigate: Who will be the next Divine? [2]
Investigate (first approach): How are the people? [3]
Investigate: How are the people? [4]
General: Goodbye. [5]
2 - Investigate: Who will be the next Divine? PC: Do you know who the grand clerics will choose as the next Divine? Giselle: It is a difficult decision. All the obvious candidates perished with Divine Justinia at the Conclave. As Inquisitor, your actions carry weight. You may affect the decision, whether you intend to or not. Whoever is chosen needs your support. No one else has accomplished anything against Corypheus.
3 - Investigate: How are the people? PC: I’d like information on how the fight against Corypheus is affecting the common folk. Giselle: They are scared, of course. Many have lost homes or loved ones. I doubt many will sleep well until you have sealed the Breach. I have offered what help I can. The rest is for the Inquisition. What more do you wish to know? [6]
4 - Investigate: How are the people? PC: Can you tell me how our people are doing? Giselle: What would you like to know?
6 - Dialogue options:
Investigate: How are people at Skyhold? [7]
Investigate: What help are you offering? [8]
Investigate: How are people elsewhere? [9]
7 - Investigate: How are people at Skyhold? PC: How are our forces at Skyhold doing? ㅤㅤ ㅤ From the Ashes Giselle: Still in shock, for the most part. To see Haven destroyed so soon after the Conclave… You saved many, but still, lives were lost, and traveling through the wilderness did not make treating injuries easier. For all that though, more people arrive every day. Some are refugees, but others want to help. [back to 6] ㅤㅤ ㅤ post-HLTA Giselle: We have many injured. The siege of Adamant was brutal for all involved. Even so, more flock to your banner. They have heard that the Inquisition defeated the legendary Grey Wardens. Your soldiers have been bloodied, Inquisitor. They are veterans, now, an army in more than just name. [back to 6] ㅤㅤ ㅤ Post-WPHW Giselle: With most of the Inquisition forces still at the Temple of Mythal, it is surprisingly quiet. When your army returns, that will change soon enough. Soon, even Skyhold will be filled to bursting with believers coming to join the Inquisition. I have spoken with Ambassador Montilyet. It will be tight, but we will have food and work for all. [back to 6] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 8 - Investigate: What help are you offering? PC: What are you doing to help these people? Giselle: My sisters and I have been tending to the injured as best we are able. Some refugees come with food, while others arrive empty-handed. I have helped ensure that all have enough to eat. Beyond that, many simply wish the familiar comfort of the Chant of Light. It is little enough work to offer some comfort to those in pain. [back to 6] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 9 - Investigate: How are people elsewhere? PC: Do you have information on people elsewhere? ㅤㅤ ㅤ Giselle (have not completed quests for Corporal Vale): The refugees in the Hinterlands are desperate. Without help, starvation or war will claim many lives. Giselle (completed quests for Corporal Vale): You have done much for the refugees in the Hinterlands. Many who would have starved or frozen owe you their lives. ㅤㅤ ㅤ Giselle: (have not closed the rift in the lake) Villagers in Crestwood are besieged by their own dead. They have sent word begging for assistance. Giselle (closed the rift in the lake): With the rift near Crestwood sealed, the villagers have begun rebuilding their homes… and lives. ㅤㅤ ㅤ Giselle (have not cleared Sahrnia Quarry/Suledin's Keep): People are vanishing in the hills of Emprise du Lion. It may be demons, or something worse, but they are terrified. Giselle (cleared Sahrnia Quarry/Suledin's Keep): The people in the hills of Emprise du Lion are safe again, thanks to you. They may even plant crops this season. ㅤㅤ ㅤ Giselle: More than that, I cannot say. It is a chaotic time for all in Orlais and Ferelden. [back to 6]
5 - General: Goodbye. PC: Farewell, Revered Mother. PC: Farewell.
Giselle: Maker go with you. Giselle: Until next time. Giselle: Farewell. Giselle: Be well, Inquisitor.
#dragon age inquisition#dragon age#dai#dai transcripts#dai dialogue#dragon age transcripts#dragon age dialogue#dragon age inquisition transcripts#dragon age inquisition dialogue#long post#mother giselle#giselle#skyhold
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the tale overflows (it carries your light out to sea)
to be known is to be loved; (and so eternally beloved you become)
Happy nameday, Raginmar!
More context about each character and their relationship with Raginmar below the cut.
L'vazha Tia and Canso Lechanteur
Members of Viatgers Vuit, an adventuring party consisting of Raginmar and his closest companions. Raginmar and L'vazha are both rogues affiliated with the Dutiful Sisters of the Edelweiss (with L'vazha having extensive reach in the shadows beyond that), while Raginmar and Canso both stood against the Garlean Empire at one point in their past (and paid dearly for it). While their histories and personalities vary greatly – Raginmar is a near-unflappable veteran soldier with quiet, cutting wit; L'vazha is a lord in the criminal underworld masquerading as a friendly, jovial merchant; and Canso is a beguilingly charming former Imperial prisoner–turned–adventurer – the ruthless and cold-blooded pragmatism they all share sets them apart from the rest of the party.
Viatgers Vuit are no strangers to killing. These men murder.

Adricienne Brookes
Member of Viatgers Vuit. Currently a postmaster affiliated with the Delivery Moogles, Adricienne was briefly a Scion of the Seventh Dawn before setting out to become an adventurer on her own terms. Joining Raginmar in delving into the mysteries of Haukke Manor was what inspired her to leave Gridania to see the world for herself – a decision that has literally broadened her horizons and taken her across the borders of Eorzea and to all corners of the known world, and eventually reconnected her with her long-lost father.
Regissant Aujouerre and Niko Maimhov
Unaffiliated with Viatgers Vuit, Regissant and Niko are a duo of adventurers who cross paths with Raginmar frequently, beginning from their first adventuring job with Gridania's Carline Canopy, forming a party to investigate the Tam-Tara Deepcroft. Being a Highlander, a Duskwight and a Keeper of the Moon respectively, the trio faced significant prejudice from the Gridanian healer in their party who eventually abandoned them midway through battling the cultists cloistered within the deepcroft – surviving the ordeal fostered a deep bond between them that lasted over years of infrequent meetings in taverns and adventurer guild halls. Similar to Adricienne, it was Raginmar who encouraged the two to leave Gridania and free themselves from the city-state's deeply prejudiced societal shackles, and they have now made a name for themselves across Eorzea and beyond.

Fionn Airgetlam
Member of the Lemures, a Garlean order dedicated to protecting and supporting Garlean refugees in Eorzea. Fionn is technically one such refugee, having been created as a warmachina as part of the VIIth Imperial Legion's Weapon project – only scaled down to the size of a man and possessing of the Warrior of Light's combat data. Despite the nature of its creation, the warmachina developed sentience and chose to flee his creators, eventually finding himself in Ul'dah where he came face-to-face with the very man he was created to destroy.
He had expected death from the Warrior of Light. He had not expected compassion; it was his extremely timely intervention that saved Fionn and fellow Lemure Arnegis from near-certain death. Raginmar would later outfit Fionn with a new arm, replacing the one that had been destroyed in his fight against the voidsent Orcus, and assist him with gaining entry into the abandoned keep of Dusk Vigil to rescue his mentor Drusilla.
(in another timeline, it would be through his first-hand knowledge of the Weapons project that Raginmar could save Gaius' children from perishing in battle and eventually save Alfonse Baelsar from complete subsummation into the Diamond Weapon)
Marzanna Branmirasch and Sasariku Nonoriku
Members of Viatgers Vuit. Originally an independent duo of adventurers, Marzanna and Sasariku became part of the party after joining a number of them on a primal-dispatching quest. It would not be after many adventures moons later that they would learn of Marzanna's past as an Imperial scientist and engineer responsible for the horrific deaths of Raginmar's subordinates over ten years ago. Despite the revelation that nearly tore the party apart, Sasariku stood by his friend and first adventuring partner until the very end – to a resolution that only Raginmar and Marzanna know. Their history remains unknown to the others even now.
Marzanna's scene only shows her (stand-in model's) tail because the female Hrothgar is still unreleased in-game as of the creation of this post; maybe one day I'll remake this once Dawntrail releases.
Kirika Kagutsuchi and Hyllizirn Ahldachtwyn
Members of Viatgers Vuit – the very first members, in fact: Kirika, Hyllizirn, L'vazha and Raginmar were the initial four members of what would eventually become one of Eorzea's finest adventuring parties, although they began their journey simply as a way to make ends meet in a strange new land. Throughout their adventures, Raginmar remained their steadfast pillar of unwavering support – from guild quests to journeys of self-discovery, internal conflicts and reclamations of honour, there is nobody the Viatgers Vuit trust with their lives more that him.
#final fantasy xiv#final fantasy 14#ffxiv#ff14#gpose#gpose story#the adventuring party#the auxiliary party#raginmar#canso#adricienne#regissant#niko#fionn#marzanna#sasariku#kirika#hyllizirn#vazha
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do you have any recs for scifi/fantasy? they are also my preferred genres, but i'm not fond of the type of scifi and fantasy that often gets recommended :') nothing inherently wrong with booktok, but we do not have the same taste...
yes absolutely SUCH a fun question 4 me ok let me. go thru my storygraph + pick some out...this list may get long...
sci-fi:
infect your friends and loved ones by torrey peters - novella abt a disease that stops humans from naturally producing hormones so that everyone basically becomes "trans." deals heavily w topics of transmisogyny
how to live safely in a science fictional universe by charles yu - time machine repair guy gets stuck in a time loop
the feverwake duology by victoria lee - a post-apocalyptic u.s. has split into various smaller countries. noam, living in carolinia, is the child of refugees who harbors deep resentment towards the government for its treatment of immigrants. a magic disease that kills 95% of the people who get it but grants the survivors super powers leaves noam as the only survivor in his community, and because his power is incredibly rare and potent he's recruited into an elite military school and suddenly forced to work for the government he hates
this is how you lose the time war by max gladstone and amal el-mohtar - this one blew up in the online sphere recently + so has had tons of people talking abt how they love it or hate it but! i really loved it. soldiers on opposite sides of a time war falling in love
severance by ling ma - story about a woman traveling with a group through a post-apocalyptic u.s. in search of a new place to live
the illuminae files trilogy by jay kristoff and amie kaufman - SUCH a fun series!! it has everything zombies parasitic aliens corporate conspiracy...the books are written in the format of files of collected evidence which is fun + funky; the plot essentially follows various characters who get caught in the crossfire when two corporations go to war over a planet. the first book centers on refugees from the planet trying to escape in a spaceship
villains duology by ve schwab - two college roommates crack the secret to getting super powers and team up to give each other powers; they subsequently become lifelong enemies
fantasy:
a history of glitter and blood by hannah moskowitz - in ferrum, fairies live aboveground and gnomes live underground performing the bulk of the city's manual + menial labor, with the tradeoff that every so often the gnomes will eat the fairies. the city has been functioning peacefully this way for years until the tightropers (a species who spin webs from their mouths) arrive under the guise of "fairy liberation." war between the gnomes and the tightropers breaks out and all but 4 teenage fairies flee the city--the story follows those 4 teenage fairies as they navigate the war. one of my absolute favorite books of all time!!
the last unicorn by peter s beagle - a story about a unicorn who inadvertently overhears a conversation about how there are no more unicorns in the world, so she travels out of her forest to find out what happened to all the other unicorns. another one of my favorite books of all time
the shades of magic trilogy by ve schwab - read this back in 2021 so it's no longer super fresh in my mind but i remember thinking it was really fun especially the 2nd book! somewhat standard fantasy series about a second secret london where magic exists and a girl teaming up with a magician to stop an evil threat, etc etc
the gormenghast trilogy by mervyn peake - (you only need to read the first two books tho tbh) very slow paced but gorgeous writing and such a vivid world!! the books follow an earl and his family living in the crumbling castle gormenghast after the birth of his son and heir, titus groan. titus is supposed to grow up and take over as earl, and various forces conspire to either assist or prevent him from doing so
teeth by hannah moskowitz - a teen boy moves with his family to an island purported to have magic fish that can cure any illness. the fish work and his terminally ill younger brother begins to get healthier, but things get complicated when the boy meets a mermaid who's trying to save the fish
howl's moving castle by dianna wynne jones - such a lovely book <3 quite different from the movie so even if you've seen it the story still feels fresh!
gonna cut myself off here but! hopefully there is something in here that u will enjoy :•)
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