#founders

[ladykissingfish]

*Madara answers a knock on his door to find Tobirama standing there, holding a slumped Izuna upright*

Madara: What the — ! *quickly takes Izuna into his arms* What did you do to him, you bastard??

Tobirama, irritably: Why is your first instinct always to assume I’ve hurt him in some way? You should be thanking me, Uchiha.

Madara: *walking away from Tobirama into the house, to lay Izuna on the bed* I should thank you for bringing my precious baby brother home looking like he’s half-dead??

Tobirama, having followed Madara inside: No, you should thank me for picking his stupidly intoxicated body off of the floor of the tavern, and carrying him all the way back here, before somebody less scrupulous than myself tried to take advantage of him.

Madara: He … was drunk?

Tobirama: Mm. Apparently he got into a drinking contest with some other fool. He was far past his limit by the time I’d arrived, but then again you Uchiha’s don’t know when to back down, do you?

Madara, somewhat grudgingly: Well. Well, my … thanks, to you, Senju. You may take your leave now, I’ll tend to him.

Tobirama: I think I’ll stay here and keep an eye on him while you’re gone.

Madara: Gone? Where would I be going?

Tobirama: To the tavern to collect your fiancé. Who do you think it was that Izuna was drinking with?

Madara:

Madara, pulling on his cloak: Son of a —

[wispforever]

izuna and tobirama are both gay and homophobic

[star-trek-fandom-confessions]

#987

something always made me laugh in DS9 is how the writers give the female founder boobs, to make sure Odo is in a straight while they are both sexless and genderless being. in the subtext, it means the female founders choose to have breast and put a straight narrative with Odo. Maybe because Odo doesn't know anything else. I know the writers messed up, so I have to find a reason why a sexless and genderless being would choose something like this.

[uchiha-itachi-amaterasu]

Doujinshi cover - NARUTO / Senju Hashirama & Senju Tobirama & Uchiha Izuna & Uchiha Madara (千手に泊まろう おもひでのハシラルー) / 磐木屋

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[omeya]

Madara Uchiha

[deadpresidents]

What was Alexander Hamilton's relationship like with the presidents he knew?

Hamilton was very close to George Washington, but had significant issues with John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. And, in 1797, Hamilton very nearly fought a duel with James Monroe but, believe it or not, they avoided bloodshed because an acquaintance helped squashed their beef. Who helped broker the peace between Hamilton and Monroe? AARON BURR. History is amazing, isn't it?

(We can all admit that Alexander Hamilton's issues with...you know...basically EVERY Founding Father suggests that maybe HE was the issue, right? I'm an Aaron Burr Guy, so I might be biased, but where I come from if multiple people want to kill you, you are probably the problem.)

[hylaversicolor]

god the concept of the scroll of seals is so funny. tobirama keeps inventing stuff and hashirama is like no we can't have people using that!!!! and into the scroll it goes

[walkingstackofbooks]

OKAY OKAY OKAY

So to shapeshift, right, is to become that thing, isn't it? I'm sure that's how the Founder, and later Odo explains it. The changelings aren't just pretending to be that thing, in a way they're being that thing?

Okay so I'm a little unsure now that I'm actually writing this out so the rest of this maybe isn't as much sense as I thought it was....

BUT. If the above is correct it suddenly occurred to me another reason other than 'lack of practice' that Odo could struggle to imitate humanoid faces...

Could it be that he has too much of his own, distinct personality? Becoming a humanoid is to become them, to understand them entirely as a person (which is why Founders are the perfect infiltrators, and also why they hate being solids: their changelinghood is eclipsed by their target's personhood, even if they do of course hang onto their objective and knowledge from being a changeling).

But Odo developed as his completely own person, first. Changelings in the link don't seem to have a sense of "self", they are a communal species, but Odo is utterly himself. And so could it be that he is unable to put aside everything that makes him him in order to become and truly understand another person?

Or, in other words, the changelings who don't see humanoids as being proper 'people' can treat becoming them much the same as becoming a bird - they are understanding a different sort of lesser life form, and the fact that a humanoid has its own thoughts and feelings is non-consequential because they are on such a different order to a changling's.

But the thoughts and feelings of a humanoid are so similar to Odo's that -- in a way, because he understands them more -- he has more of an awareness of their individuality and difference to himself, and therefore cannot imagine them the same way he does a bird. He is distinct, and they are distinct, and shapeshifting isn't about copying, it's about becoming, and Odo could never become someone else because it would mean becoming less than himself.

This is a ramble and I don't know if it makes any sense but it's lit up my brain and I'm definitely feeling like

[quotesonquotes]

Every time we create something new, we go from zero to one.

Peter Thiel, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

[yowyowyaoi]

*Tobirama, after another fight with Madara*

Tobirama: You know what? I’m sick of this, I’m sick of taking the diplomatic stance with this guy. Fuck the Uchiha!

Hashirama, pulling on his coat: Will do. Thanks for the advice, brother. Be back in the morning!

Tobirama:

*later that evening; a knock on the front door*

Tobirama: *opens it* 

Tobirama: Izuna? What are you doing here?

Izuna: You’re gonna let me crash here, Senju. There are unspeakable things going on at my house, thanks to the “advice” you gave your idiot brother. *pushes past him* You got anything to eat?

Tobirama: Good lord, you’re as insufferable as Madara! And our couch is being re-upholstered, so where do you intend to sleep? The floor?

Izuna, head in the refrigerator: How ‘bout your bed, Tobi?

Tobirama: Excuse me?? My bed? You expect me to let you have my bed and for me to sleep on the floor in my own house??

Izuna: Are you sure it’s our brothers that are the only idiots here? No, dumbass. You and me. Together.

Tobirama: D-d-did you fall and hit your head on the way over here?? Why the hell would I —

Izuna: Ah, you’re right. We need to go on at least one date first, right? *closes the refrigerator* Perfect opportunity; since you haven’t got anything decent to eat, you can take me out to dinner. Then when we come back, well … *kisses Tobirama’s cheek* We can see what happens. Go comb your hair, it’s a mess. I’ll wait outside. *walks out the front door*

Tobirama: I can’t believe he thinks he can just come in here and push me around like this! Well, I’m not Hashirama; I’m not going to be wrapped around some Uchiha’s finger! I’m gonna tell him to leave, and then —

Izuna, from outside: Tobirama! Put on something blue; you look really handsome in blue!

Tobirama:

Tobirama: *slowly pulls a blue shirt out of his closet*

[quasi-normalcy]

Changelings: "Do you see how the Solids respond with such fear and hatred to our aggressively expansionistic, totalitarian Changeling-supremacist slave-empire? It's because they hate us for absolutely no reason!"

Changelings: "In fact, we're going to launch our children off to be freaks and outsiders in Solid society so that every new generation of us can remember how awful the Solids are!"

[ladykissingfish]

Tobirama: Izu … please. Get out of here. Save yourself while you still can …

Izuna: *tightly grasp Tobirama’s hand* I wouldn’t leave you now, idiot. Do you have so little faith in me? Do you think I’m a coward?

Tobirama: No, but … I brought this on myself. There’s no reason why my idiocy should condemn you to this pain as well. Please, get out. Get away. Run as far and as fast as you can. You can make it, I know you can.

Izuna: *smiles and shakes his head* Where you go, I go. If this is how you meet your end, then this will be my final resting place as well. *takes Tobirama’s face between his hands* There’s no life for me beyond you, don’t you know that, silly Senju?

Tobirama: *trying hard not to choke up* Izuna … I don’t deserve you. I never did.

Izuna: *chuckles* Tell me something I don’t know. Now be brave, and give me one last kiss, before —

Madara: Good lord,would you two shut up with the dramatics already??

Hashirama: Indeed. At your ages, it’s a disgrace that neither of you have been to the dentist before this. Especially with all the sweets you eat!

Madara: Getting a few cavities filled won’t kill either of you, trust me. Just relax and —

*loud screams and the sound of a drill from inside the dentist’s exam room*

Tobirama: *quickly pulls Izuna close to him and teleports them both away*

Madara and Hashirama: 

Madara: W-when did he learn how to —

Hashirama, sighing: I told you we should have brought them here in the pet carriers.

[raddest-laddest]

a few more founders hcs:

esker is the oldest by a bit, (they were a young adult while the rest were still hatchlings,) gossan’s about a year ahead of feldspar who’s the same age as slate (with maybe a few month’s difference,) and hornfels is a year or two behind them

feldspar might’ve become the youngest founder while they were gone due to some time dilation things, and just. things being weird inside dark bramble.

as for instruments, we all know feldspar plays harmonica, gossan feels like an acoustic guitar, slate plays bass 100%, and hornfels is on tambourine. (gneiss taught them all to play when they were younger, and probably used to join them on banjo when playing together was still a thing)

here’s a song i gave to felds ::]

[taraross-1787]

TDIH: Greenwich Tea Party

On this day in 1774, New Jersey colonists set fire to a shipment of tea. Their action came about one year after a group of Boston colonists famously threw tea into their own harbor.

The Boston Tea Party wasn’t the only protest against the Tea Act of 1773, you see.

As “No taxation without representation” became a rallying cry in the American colonies, Philadelphia forced a ship carrying tea to turn back. Likewise, Annapolis ensured that a ship carrying tea would be lit afire. Places like New York and Charleston revolted in their own ways, too.

Colonists in Greenwich, New Jersey, soon joined the protest. Their “Tea Party” (really a tea burning) would be the last of these types of protests before the opening shots of the American Revolution.

The story continues here: https://www.taraross.com/post/tdih-greenwich-tea-party

[lxversvalk]

eXUCSE ME?!?! 2 DAYS?!