#execution event

[in4newz]

Federal workers are going off.

[thepeacefulgarden]

[lastoneout]

Been following what's going on in Florida with Milton and the massive tornado outbreak it's caused and ngl I'm starting to think there is no amount of suffering we could inflict upon oil executives and the politicians they've bought that would ever be enough to make up for the unimaginable hell their malicious greed has brought upon us.

[canon-gabriel-quotes]

Transcript:

Gabriel: Now I’m not an atheist but… pussy doesn’t exist.

I’ve never seen it. Therefore, it doesn’t exist.

Don’t act like you can prove it does.

V1: Shows you a cat named "pussy cat".

Gabriel or maybe the cat: *Meows*

Gabriel: Holy shit.

No way.

Well I stand corrected.

You know... You could correct me more if you showed me a cock. Please?

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[scribz-ag24]

I've recently seen again a post talking about the Sableye and Dusknoir's relationship so i'd like to put my two cents in the discussion, for I love screaming into the void about PMD. (this isnt meant to discourage any other interpretations btw this is just my take on theirs and Dusknoir's relationship, bc I think they're very fun characters and I am very glad the game actually gives these minions a bit of relevance in se5).

Tbh I don't buy that Dusknoir treats the Sableye nicely, at least not out of kindness. I don't think he's a tyrant or inexplicably mean, of course, and I think his minions ADORE him, but i also believe that doesn't mean he's nice to them, sth that i consider meaningful for their character arcs.

Throughout the entire game he's exclusively giving them orders, in se5 he concocts a plan that involves thrashing them MULTIPLE times (he's lucky Grovyle isn't one to try and kill enemies in battle ig), and the cherry on top is that the first time we see him being fully genuine he does this:

(yes, he is in turmoil in here, but there's not a single thing implying that 1. this is an unusual response towards the sablye, 2. dusknoir feels bad for it at some point or is surprised at himself, 3. this has any impact in the sableye at all. You can argue these reactions happen off screen and we don't see them, they don't happen bc they have pressing matters to attend to or they happen after they return to life, and that's perfectly valid, but i'm sticking with what the game shows us, here.)

I must say, though, the fact that the Sableye, despite having been almost mindless pokémon up to now, STAND UP TO AND ATTACK Primal Dialga for their boss and even try to look after him despite him ordering them to check on Grovyle and Celebi first is SO important to me. they are goons to the bone and they love that scheming ghost so much.

My own view is that Dusknoir is generally polite to them (you wouldn't randomly break your own revolver or weapon without any reason, would you?), but is quicker to get mean with them than with people he doesn't know or he is seeking to manipulate. He doesn't care about their behaviour as long as they get the job done, which is why I think the anime thing of the Sableye climbing onto his shoulder isn't that remarkable, rather it's a very cute moment, one that is showing how they've been working together for long and how their size difference affects their interactions, but it is not necessarily conveying an affectionate bond (this is a bit random, but it reminds me of Disney's Jafar with Iago lmao. throw your pet sableye at your enemies so they mock them and then return to your shoulder). Additionally, Dusknoir letting the Sableye onto his shoulder is probably as close as we are gonna get to a villain turning around in his chair while petting a cat in PMD lol.

[this isn't meant to be a one-to-one comparison, it's just a detail i find cute and shows that this gesture can have multiple interpretations, with none being the only right one]

Leaving that aside, I hesitate to claim Dusknoir trusts his Sableye as allies, as Grovyle makes a point in the main story of how the Sableye (your Sableye, he says, as if objectifying them; not friends, but tools, weapons at Dusknoir's disposal) are lacking compared to the way hero/partner/grovyle support one another (power of friendship and hidden information babyyyy). The Sableye are used to Dusknoir's way of doing things, though, I'm sure. They know what happens when he's displeased, after all.

I think, most of all, the Sableye are meant to look disposable: they are 6 identical pokémon that almost act like a hivemind, and we are not supposed to think at all about how we may hurt them in battle any more than we do with the angry Manectric pack or random dungeon pokémon. This, I believe, is why the game has them stand up against Dialga and gives them unique dialogue at the end of se5. They're meant to show their inner shine, just as Dusknoir managed to do. They suddenly gain an individuality they had never shown while they were working to maintain the dark future.

Where they abandoned Dusknoir in the Old Ruins, now Grovyle has motivated them to look for their dignity and fight for a better world, and that starts with protecting their leader from Primal Dialga's rampage, and supporting his new objective and allies in their quest to save the future. In their own small way, they've also grown as characters throughout SE5.

I believe that, overall, Dusknoir saw the Sableye as tools, but thanks to their growth and clear care for him, there's a possibility he might start to see them (and by extension other pokémon) in a more genuine, less pragmatic / objectifying way in the future. Now that Dusknoir has the chance to live a fulfilling life, he may learn to care for others without surrounding himself by so many walls. If anything, I think their future is quite bright. Not that the Sableye would mind if he still thrashed them around, though lol, they're clearly not bothered much by it (special episode 0 had a great depiction of the sableye imo, you can check that romhack if you haven't yet).

In conclusion, look at these little guys who adore their can-get-mean-but-is-mostly-polite boss and probably have a body count but now are good, they're so cute:

[grailknightmonty]

maybe it's all we've got but its all i need, you're all I need.

[existennialmemes]

In case anybody's wondering, the federal government forbidding scientists from using specific words in their research is an actual example of a violation of the first amendment.

You'd expect the Freeze Peach™ crowd to be yelling about this, but they're too busy licking boots about it to make any noise.

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And just in case you need a refresher on what "free speech" actually means in the US

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[feroluce]

This was all the way back from the end of 2.3.

Hey Sparkle what the fuck.

[tinrange]

I love your post about Chian/Baabin mirroring each other. You can totally come back to this ask after you've finished watching EP 6 + EP 7 preview. How do you feel about EP 7 seemingly having Baabin mirror what Chian does in the first few eps of officially hitting on Fourmod, while maintaining an ambiguous relationship with Bua? Do you think it's intentional that Boss Kuno is testing the limit of how much tolerance/grace the audience is willing to give when he makes the most beloved character in the series so far do something remotely "red flag" 😅

Thank you so much for the ask!! The funniest part about this episode is that i reblogged @waitmyturtles post a few weeks ago and my comment was that if they had pulled the beginning of the show back a few episodes and we started before Chian became... well Chian then the audience wouldve begun with a lot more empathy towards him. Which turns out to be exactly the play they made for Baabin.

In a lot of ways Baabin pursuing Fou4mod is a direct repeat, he focuses on Getting What He's Wanted: achieving the affections of the boy he liked for so long and, more importantly, being Needed by the boy he liked for so long. He now has Fou4mod right where he's wanted him this whole time, hes Fou4mods biggest emotional support and in a lot of ways Fou4mods only support at this point.

But he's also kind of being worse about this than Chian ever was. Baabin has directly interfered in Fou4mods love life multiple times, and he has literally cornered Fou4mod with his feelings while knowing that Fou4 has no other friends right now or people to rely on.

Funnier still is the implied actions taken by Baabin next episode are extremely hypocritical, considering his past and present treatment of Chian. And he's also directly ignoring and hurting what (who) actually makes him happy.

Hilarious to watch the audience contort themselves to defend and pre-explain baabins behavior, simply because its easy to root for someone once you're sympathetic to them. You're placed in the position of a friend, or a mentor, and an observer who wants the best for them all, but its easier to root for some of them over others.

I think its deeply intentional because above all this series has refused to deify or condemn any of these characters for their actions, its audiences that have done that. Gelboys has led with empathy above all and the cyclical nature of these characters actions is as much a commentary on audience expectations and the way people talk about people 'deserving' more and better as it is a deep exploration of the way youth inflict loneliness and trauma on each other.

[mikailys]

So you're telling me that Jason, on Halloween night, just randomly decided to throw on a costume, go undercover at the town hall event, scare everyone for the thrill of it just to follow Candy all night playing psycho killer??

Dear you’re so down bad it’s not even embarrassing anymore – it’s mortifying.

[in4newz]

Jasmine Crockett Gets 'Perfectly Honest' With Red States: 'They Are About To Find Out'

The Texas Democrat called out conservatives who "fail to realize" how the Trump administration is dragging them to the "find out phase."

[buwheal]

godddd when autism is a disorder that effects me ?! blasphemous.

[thtupidity]

Ariana being homophobic but it's okay because I'd be too if these were the gay people I had to deal with.

my handwriting so ugly yall just have to deal im sorry

[beauty-funny-trippy]

Trump is eager and ready to destroy something etched into the Constitution: birthright citizenship. This right is enshrined in the 14th Amendment: Anyone born in the United States of America is a U.S. citizen, regardless of where their parents are from. It has been a bedrock constitutional law for over 150 years. Now, Trump is issuing an executive order to end it, with the express and sole purpose of targeting children of undocumented immigrants. Whether Trump can actually end birthright citizenship is unknown. He’d need either a two-thirds majority in the House and Senate to repeal the Amendment (along with ratification by three-quarters of the states), or the Supreme Court could uphold his order. Of course, this wouldn’t be the first time the courts have reinterpreted the law, molding it into Trump's image. Trump has, in the past, called for "the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution." Apparently, he has decided to chip away at our Constitutional rights, one amendment at a time, one clause at a time, until there is nothing left.

[frankingsteinery]

this is what i was doing in 2022. frankenstein coffee shop AU but the creature doesnt exist its just clervalstein both swooning over the marine biology student (whose minoring in poetry) together. peak nonsense

[djevelbl]

*plays celebration* "pangi is dead"

"i guess it was nice knowing you guys" "youll reunite with a certain someone" "i hope you shut up" INSANE