#in a injust system
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I think that’s the thing, isn’t it? It’s proven once again that it is easier for people to sacrifice their own vulnerable neighbors or tell them they wish those neighbors didn’t exist at all because it is easier to allow a man that represents the worst of humanity to have ultimate power than tolerate an imperfect woman who they believe is not appealing to them specifically.
#us politics#politics tw#election 2024#and yeah I’m gonna say it:#that’s an interesting message for all the talk I’ve heard of what it means to be complicit#in a injust system#I guess it’s interesting across the board what suffering is worthy of attention#and what is permissible to be overlooked#in the trolley problem who are all the respective parties prioritizing saving#who is saying that it’s not their job to stop the trolley#and who is trying to repair the wheels#I don’t know that the answers give me hope
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Twitter is unbearably annoying ever since the attempted Trump assassination but I jsut rkbred I can block whoever I want❤️ Yay
#i am.notnvoting for biden OR KAMALA??? Hello#also this specific person that is so annoyinf about it is literally british like dude#You arent voting for joe biden either .#i find itnweird for ppl to talk down on americans for not voting bc theyre “ruining their own lives”#it literally foesnt matter bc none of the candidates are ever good none of them r gonna fix anything but theyre the only options#and thats the fault of the citizens rhat dont wanna partake in a completely broken system? huh..#idk.im not smart about any of this stuff injust know i hate every candidate#so obviously im not gonna support any of them#also i don't want to be called on jury duty
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for @lavendergalactic's event - day 2: two characters from different medias that you think will get along well James Ratri + Toshiro Kasukabe rentry graphics
James and Toshiro are quite similar in the fact that they’re both in positions of power with James being a head of the Ratri clan, and Toshiro serving as a politician. Both are supporters of an organisation that fights back against the established system, with James taking on the identity of William Minerva to help the orphans, and Toshiro secretly supporting the Phantom Thieves. Both have been fought against by members of their family, as James is eventually killed by his brother’s commands, and Toshiro’s father is responsible for the position that he’s under as well as his survivor’s guilt.
I do feel like if they met they’d rally together under a common cause. I can see Toshiro in the TPN universe working in one of James’s shelters to help any runaway orphans, and James in the Persona universe as some sort of social link. They’re both father figures. To me.
#// bam! minerva's owl and ernesto jumpscare#// anyway yes random men in positions of power fighting against an injust system while being persecuted by their family is a fun trope#the promised neverland#the promised neverland edit#the promised neverland kin#the promised neverland rentry graphics#rentry graphics#james ratri#james ratri kin#james ratri rentry graphics#persona#persona edit#persona kin#persona rentry graphics#toshiro kasukabe#toshiro kasukabe kin#toshiro kasukabe rentry graphics#lavender100
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The Moon Will Sing
#my artsies#SORRY IT‘S SO CUTE#injust had to get this out my system it hurt so good#yeah#the moon will sing a song for me; i loved you like the sun#bore all the shadows that you made; with no light of my own#i shine only with the light you gave me (i could‘ve been anyone; anyone else) x2#augh. ik it‘s the trend rn. but they are the lyrics that hurt most.#confession#confessions#yeah like#love confession#sry#lmao#i think it‘s clear who is moon and who is sun#the sun#the moon#sun#moon#humanization#human design#sorry both are either they/them or she/her f u
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hate hate hate rät by penelope scott so much how dare you strip the meaning behind selmers' poem and use it for yr song that inevitably did the exact opposite of what she wrote her poem for I hate rhe world
#I dont CARE if it fits into the theme of wanting to kill Elon musk or whatever the poem is about knowing how you#are never going to make it in a society that continuously digs bigger holes for poorer people that they can never seem to climb themselves#out of. where your whole generation was fucked from the start because of some trust fund baby that made a phone app#“made more money in a day than my family over 100 generations” DOES THIS NOT MAKE SENSE TO YOU#penelope scott dug herself out od that hole BECAUSE of the song and its advertised everywhere and injust grgrggrgrgrrrrr I can't stand it#you wrote the song KNOWING it'd be a hit. theres no way it just “blew up” one day. you played the system. you knew what you were doing#sorry. I dont know what came over me
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Ok, I'll bite, since you mentioned The Goblin Emperor in the tags - how is Maia a good monarch? Because, after 3 reads, I just can't see it in the text. He's a good guy who wants to fix things, but he's constantly bemoaning how injust the system is and how his hands are tied. That doesn't read to me like a "good monarch."
i think actually that it's hysterically funny how much of the so-called hopepunk oeuvre is like "but he's a GOOD hereditary monarch"
#like the entire conversation about the nazhmorhathveras??#to me: the hopeful part of tge is in its portrayal of unwavering kindness in an injust system#not in it's portrayal of society or politics or action#it's a character study more than a social commentary#and its characterization is hopeful#same deal with cemeteries of amalo#it says 'you don't have to give in to cruelty just because your surroundings are cruel'#it's alright if monarchy stories aren't your thing but i personally really like this one for the above reasons
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Yandere Serial Killer
Here everyone! Again sorry for the mess with changing the order of release, but it is what it is, anyway *punching yandere serial killer into a pulp cutely*
I love detective x serial killer, but I always wanted to see a defense lawyer x serial killer, you two have the same principle, but took different paths you know?
Also the hate from one and obsession from the other. Yummy.
Being a defense attorney was a herculean task sometimes.
Accusing people of anything is the easiest part, you thought, but to defend someone you just met a few weeks ago? Exhausting.
But you never got into law school to have an easy job. You made it so far, so you could bring justice to the crooked system.
Your father was accused of a crime he never committed, put on death row when you were still a babe. Never will your family forget the looks of disgust received. It's easy to frame a poor family. Imagine the anguish the rich guy, your dad's boss, the one that actually did the deed, must feel.
As if. He is probably snickering at how his attorney was worth every corrupted dime.
Never should anyone go through the tears your grandparents did when they had to say goodbye to their only son. Never again will your mom be ostracized for being a single mother, the wife of a criminal.
Defending the injusticed was your life goal, to bring the actual monsters to their own consequences was your pride and joy, and damn were you good at your job.
But things got a bit mixed when corpses started to show up.
Before the culprits you helped sentence could pay for their deeds, they would be found dead, put in a twisted artistic display by the freak that did it.
Exhausting.
Thank fuck you had strong alibis and a great reputation amongst the public, because if not, you figured you would be suspect number 0.
Whoever did it, was apparently playing vigilante with your own life. And you hated it.
But people talk. And they were starting to love it.
It's funny how public justice works sometimes. That was never your intent. It started as a form of revenge sure, but it was first and foremost to help the disgraced.
When your dad's old boss was found mushed beyond recognition is when your mind decided enough was enough.
You tell the people closest to you, your police colleagues, other lawyers you respect, the forensic doctors you spent nights with, that you plan to resign.
They tell you not to, that you should keep doing what you love. But you can't handle the guilt anymore.
Saying goodbye to the police chief after your conversation about the retirement, you find a letter at your doorstep. It smells like fancy perfume. You are certain it is only a family member of one of your clients, but how would they know where you live?
The letter was like those with cut magazine letters, and you feel a shiver down your spine. While you read, you feel like you're being watched.
"Why would you retire? I did for you silly. To see your work, you defend the innocent. You don't understand how we are one in the same.
How would you feel if an innocent was convicted and you did nothing, because you left the law? Because it CAN happen."
You feel your blood rising, and you crumpled the letter full of hate
This motherfucker. They are worse than hell on earth.
˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Some more facts about him! ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚
Heo Dae-ho (name is Dae-ho, surname is Heo) is a prodigy law student, he has everything, money, looks, and an influential family.
His mom is a heart surgeon, his dad a forensic doctor.
His parents are strict but loving. They would do anything for their baby boy.
At first they were worried that Dae-ho would be a bum, since even though at school he was captain of the swimming team, had multiple trophies in whatever you could imagine, he had no passion in his steps.
They knew their child was different. But what else could they do apart from loving him and raising him? They also had an image to maintain.
That was until he mentioned wanting to go to law school. Dad was happy, it wasn't medical school, but it was still a great choice.
Mom thanked the gods her son wouldn't touch those in need of medical care, but she would never say that.
His parents are Korean immigrants. He can speak English and Korean, a bit of French.
Never had any flings at college. He is saving himself for you.
Probably has a fanclub of people that love him at college, and one for his.... Other persona.
Has been in your trials before to "learn".
Height: 181 cm (5'11 feet)
#yandere oc#oc intro#yandere art#yandere x reader#sub character#male yandere#yandere x you#cw: violence#cw: death
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I need to talk about the Edinburgh minisode, because I have SO. MANY. THOUGHTS.
It's sort of an afterthought minisode in some ways. Before the Beginning gives us so much giddy joy (despite the ominous foreshadowing). 1941 gives us all the giddy romance. Job gives us so much insight into both characters histories and how they came to be who they are and work together...
The Resurrectionists gives us a morality play, basically, but also gives us Crowley high (and HIGH) on laudanum and plenty of bright shiny bits...
...so the morality side maybe doesn't get as much focus.
Which is a shame. Because the Edinburgh episode demonstrates perfectly the flaw in Aziraphale's understanding of the world that leads to him going to heaven.
When we start out in 1827, we are introduced to grave robbing and Aziraphale immediately decides that it is Bad (a sin). He does all he can to prevent the young woman he meets and likes from doing Bad (sinning), assumably to try to pave her way into Heaven. And Crowley tries to help her with her grave robbing, much to Aziraphale's chagrin.
Grave Robbing = Bad; Crowley supports Grave Robbing; Crowley=Bad
When they meet Mr Surgeon, and Crowley starts to ask some pointed questions meant to poke holes in Aziraphale's certainty, he flips entirely the other way, without noticing any of the other moral greyness (like the fact that Mr Surgeon would never take the risks or do the dirty work himself. Which is pretty important, since we learn in Edinburgh in the present that Mr Surgeon was so convinced of his own superiority and importance later on in his life that he started murdering people (probably "unfortunates" like Elspeth) when he couldn't get corpses fast enough).
Grave Robbing = Good; Crowley supports Grave Robbing; Crowley = Good
When he is then confronted with the idea of selling Wee Morag's body, and Crowley points out it is different when it's someone you know, Aziraphale is basically frozen in indecision. He doesn't know what the good thing is anymore.
He spouts the party line about the fact that starting off poor somehow gives Elspeth an advantage when it comes to Heaven, but is unable to explain why or how, not even to himself. And when he's put on the spot as Elspeth tries to kill herself, he doesn't have any arguments to offer.
CROWLEY: Say something! That... convinces her that poverty is ineffably wonderful and that life is worth living. Go on!
But despite all the moral ambiguity present throughout the episode, Aziraphale still sees everything as black and white. First, grave robbing is bad, then it is good. First, Crowley is bad (when he has the opposite position to Aziraphale), then he is good (when he has the same position). Aziraphale never understands Crowley's constant questions are a challenge to the very idea that there IS a 'good' in this situation. He never examines or questions the complex systems of class and sexism and capitalism which force Elspeth to this desperate recourse, or the laws which prevent Mr Surgeon from accessing bodies for research via legal means.
He doesn't see the systemic injustic. He just sees individual moral actors making either good or bad choices.
(and just to deviate slightly from the Edinburgh minisode -- while he says he understands that sometimes things are not just black or white but also grey, in 1941 - I don't actually think his grey and Crowley's grey mean the same thing. The 'greyest' thing that Aziraphale does in 1941 is help a showgirls theatre and hide information from Hell - this is not the same thing as truly seeing that some situations simply don't have a Right Thing to do, or understanding that systems shape and control individuals' decisions, so the idea that humans all have the same ability to choose Right is an illusion.
AZIRAPHALE: You know, they cannot be truly holy unless they also get the opportunity to be wicked.
So it is no wonder at all that when the Metatron offers him the opportunity to run Heaven, he doesn't see a broken institution or systemic oppression/injustice, but rather a series of bad actors preventing Heaven from achieving the Goodness it is meant to represent.
#ok that was long so I hope it made sense#good omens#Obviously the job minisode is my favourite#I mean...#bildad the shuhite#but this one is SO flipping insightful and deep and is sort of the crux of the whole thing#good omens 2#good omens meta#good omens analysis#ineffable husbands#ineffable idiots#aziraphale#crowley#aziracrow#the resurrectionist#laudanum
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crawling back from a hole to GEEK about suitcase gang members that would get along the best 💁♀️
- x, medicine pocket, and sotheby: lethal IRB nightmares
- med poc and sotheby: explosive concoctions
- centurion and tennant: harbingers of serial bankruptcy
- mesmer jr. and 6: orderliness
- dikke and 6: law and order (dun dun)
- melania and bkornblume: the thief and her gal in the chair (they're a ship too)
- eagle and shamane: shamane is MAD impressed at this girl's wilderness skills + will also be willing to teach her stuff
- horropedia, an an lee, and blonney: it's always horro and blonney / horro and an an but never these three together. you can bet that blon and horro surrounds an an to ask about her ghost vacuum
- blonney and desert flannel: she's in patch 1.5 but her design tells me that she's rocking her closet which is a bonding topic with blonney
- lilya and jiu niangzi: girl is in patch 1.6 but all that is known for now for global players is that she makes killer alcohol. cue lilya as her willing taste-tester
- sputnik 1 and 37: just 37 marvelling this perfect sphere
- alien T and 37: this girl again eyeing the ufo's circumference
- kaala bauna and voyager: kaala has a question or two about the heavenly bodies
- dikke and knight: s w o r d
ohhh fun! here's a few dynamics and characters I think would get along since you've shared your own!
Baby Blue and every character younger than her--especially Balloon Party
Baby Blue is just 17 but I do like to think that, bc of her connection with Wonderland and innocence, she would act as a big sister for many of the younger arcanists. especially Balloon Party since the two reject adults or the idea of growing up!
Blonney and Bunny Bunny
both characters have a focus on movie or hollywood as a concept, both are also girls around the same age range who know what it's like to be put into very restrictive stereotypes (the blonde bimbo, the southerner). I think they'd get along, and it's very funny to think about Blonney go straight to Bunny Bunny for help if Jessica ever needs help, since Bunny Bunny's family had a farm lmfao
but I also just rlly love girls who are total opposites on a surface level being close friends bc of the small little things they do have in common
Sweetheart and Bette, following the same reasoning as the Blonney and Bunny Bunny
THE MOST FAMOUS ACTRESS AND A STRUGGLING ACTRESS...BEING FRIENDS... SEEING EACH OTHERS PERSPECTIVES....
sorry I'm very passionate abt Sweetheart being so jaded and tired of the way hollywood treated her and warped her image to be nothing but a product for the audience's consumption. and very passionate abt Bette near-delusional hope of making it into the industry
Sonetto and Zima, both being poets
I could've added Charlie or The Fool since the idea is similar, but I feel like Zima would work best?
all three of these characters cherish the power of the written word and have used it against injust systems, but I think that Charlie's insecurities would hold her back a lot from truly bonding with Sonetto thru poetry, and The Fool is too much of a revolutionary--his very open and vocal "down with the monarchy, every person in authority is a fucking fool" vibe would clash with Sonetto's obedient dog aspects. Zima, however, feels perfect to act as another poet for Sonetto to befriend and a mentor to slowly introduce her to more open ideologies
SURE hes a recluse and socially inept bc of the years of isolation in exile, BUT HES NOT SHY WHEN IT COMES TO SHARING HIS VIEWS AND THOUGHTS OR WORK. hes the perfect idea of subdued and quiet strength, I rlly think Sonetto could really benefit from having him as a mentor or responsible adult figure
Pavia and Centurion
YES, I KNOW TENNANT IS VERY OBVIOUS FOR CENTURION BC SHE SCAMS PPL AND CENTURION IS VERY LUCKY SO SHE WINS AT EVERYTHING AND PUT MANY PLACES INTO BANKRUPCY
but I'm NEVER letting go of casino dealer Pavia from the artificial somnambulism stages. these two? theyre ABSOLUTE MENACES together, the luckiest girl in the world addicted to adrenaline and thrills? with the most deranged "who gives a shit" mafia guy who does whatever he wants?
they'd be playing an extreme version of buckshot roulette together, they'd ruin the economy together just bc its funny. they dont know each other's full names. they hang out and bitch about life together. they dont care abt their respective life stories. they're the first person they call when they're bored. they've been in many many life threatening situations. they dont know each others favorite colors
do you see my vision!!!
#not a prompt#reverse 1999#reverse: 1999#i was going to try and add tennant to the whole mix at the end but#i dont like mixing tennant and pavia together anymore bc of an artist's portrayal of them#its just a squick of mine but eh
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Hard agree with this. We are given enough evidence in the game of Golden Order kinda sucking and being extremely unfair to many, and he is not even the only character that decides to oppose it. I actually can't recall any other character that wants to crash GO which would not at the same time have to commit something atrocious. Ranni maybe not too much, but Rykard certainly has a kill/torture count just as big as Dung Eater's, if not more so 🤔
In general, it is a sympathetic motivation to feel bad for a kind of people who are extremely despised and oppressed by GO, and wanting to exclude everyone from GO by making everyone Omens is a practical way to do that regardless of how it's accomplished! If everyone is cursed then no one is cursed etc. Not to mention it is interesting how he views himself as an Omen, to the point of wearing a custom made suit that resembles them (with removed horns, too!). Like, dude reviles GO to the point of cosplaying as a type of people that are excluded from it! That's kinda powerful, lol. There is very unnerving and obvious selfishness in his actions, of course, as he believes he is doing people a favour and "blessing" them by removing them from GO, regardless of what THEY would want.. But Elden Ring just taps on this topic enough. Frenzied Flame also deals with theme of deciding for everyone else. At the same time, bro uses the Sword of Milos who was hated by other giants for being "malformed", that feels like him leaning towards the oppressed is consistent trait.
I think it is more about the delivery. First, the thing about consuming souls through root chakra like Kappa is not obvious right out, so his title is hilarious from the first glance. And he seems to enjoy the.... thing he's doing for his goals a little too much, a good person would never be like that. But also for a literal fucking serial killer, he has some really deep ideas and hates the fundamentally injust system. He's evil, but not bad. And also sympathetic, but not good.
No offense but the dung eater is genuinely one of the more misunderstood elden ring characters in the most literal sense. He might not be purely "good" or "bad", but there is definitely a lot more depth and nuance than most people think, and I don't think "he's a shitty (ha) dude who just wants everyone to suffer and die for no reason" is as correct as some people might be led to believe
#it is just an extremely good writing really#I am just glad that he is like this lol#not everyone who is against the inherently injust system is good!#I am also glad mohg is 'like this' too. not every victim of consequences is a good person either!#ER just offers lotta variety of nuanced characters#elden ring#the loathsome dung eater#fandomry rambles
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ok guys I’m reading through the middle school out of context document and I’m laughing so hard so here you go: my middle school as kotlc (below the cut bc this will be long)
“THIS IS THE MOST PATRIOTIC STANDARD PENCIL IN ALL OF SCHOOLDOM!” - sophie
“that’s, like, the definition of insanity.” - biana
“go to florida!” - sophie
“dead students are a lot of paperwork.” - mr. forkle
“I feel that was a white person hand!” - wylie
“WE HAVE THE COWS!” - keefe
“what up, my fellow mathematicians?” - fitz
“we’re only, like, half dead.” - ro
“what am I supposed to think? ‘oh, these are pretty shoes!’ and then you look at your shoes and then you trip and fall. and then you remember to run. and then you think, ‘run? where have I heard that word before?’” - sophie
“do you see my grandma working at mcdonalds? well, no, you don’t, because she’s dead. but do you?” - sophie
“guys! stop hating yourself! only I can do that!” - keefe
“I think I’ve avoided death plenty of times already.” - sophie
“we’re going to florida to be in the hurricane so we can get the full experience.” - linh
“terrible minds think alike.” - tam
“so, we put the gum on the wax paper. do we chew the wax paper??” - keefe
“who else is crippled??” - fitz
“yo, can I show y’all my sticky note collection now??” - dex
“I shall find them and have batman justice!!” - keefe
“nowadays, it’s just sad.” - sophie
“you’re going to be stuck with me for four miles!” - keefe
“guys, I actually didn’t flood anything this time!” - linh
“just because he’s russian doesn’t mean we can’t play his music!” - fitz
“what am I, boiled trash?” - dex
“that’s not necessarily injust!” - mr. forkle
“bro, why are you hiding bodies in your locker?” - keefe
“coming soon to a parliament near you.” - sophie
“my hair’s inside my hair tie and it’s my hair tie. who would’ve thought?” - biana
“yeah, I get scared really easily. who’s the scariest guy?” - keefe
“don’t laugh at my violin playing.” - dex
“it’s like a high school dance party, except they’re doing mountain climbers in the dark.” - sophie
“acorns?” “acorns?” “acorns?” “no, chestnuts.” - keefe, fitz, dex, and keefe again
“it’s time to go scissor shopping!” - tam
“just ask them for money.” - fitz
“you just have to give up on logic.” - sophie
“I’m smart. who wants to play google snake with me?” - dex
“bro, stop using the metric system!” - fitz
“girl, don’t dance with a knife!” - biana
“I don’t get it, but otherwise I could.” - keefe
“you still have to share a stand with this ugly mug.” - biana
“I’ve had a change of heart.” - dex
“why are you standing behind a pole? your wallpaper looks like something that would be in a horror movie. are all of your friends like this, or just you?” - grady
“I was watching the clouds for THREE HOURS. it brings a whole new definition to ‘boring’.” - sophie
“suck it france. you and your baguettes.” - dex
“we just have issues.” - fitz
“I STRONGLY dislike middle parts... okay?” - biana
“then, I teabag ’em” - keefe
“I came from my mom. I don’t know what you all are talking about.” - marella
“you’re going to steal my foot???” - fitz
“when I have my leather jacket on, you know I’m gonna be serious about this.” - tam
“is it true that you’re skipping right to college?” - dex
“yeah, it’s a big bird but so are ostriches” - sophie
“I’m sorry I threw an orange at you.” - fitz
“GUYS LA CARA HAS TWO R’S! CARA WITH TWO R’S!” “bro, why did you write it with two r’s?” “he said it has two!” “IT DOES! *whispers* I’m tricking them.” “OH HOW DEVIOUS!” - dex, fitz, keefe, dex again, and keefe again
“like, someone needs to calm down. and it’s not me!” - sophie
“SWEATSHIRTS ARE FOR THE WEAK!” - keefe
“you talk a lot. perhaps it’s time to rest your voice!” - tam
“LET’S BE PLANETS. I will be uranus.” “I’m jupiter, baby! actually, I will be the sun.” “no! I am the sun because I light up the world.” “actually, I will be a black hole.” “yes, that suits you because YOU SUCKED UP MY DREAMS” “LET’S BE STAR WARS CHARACTERS” - dex, keefe, fitz, keefe, fitz, dex
“history will be like, yeah, it was a steal!” - sophie
“EXPOSED!!” - dex
“label everything, cause, why not?” - linh
“this would’ve cost us, but it would’ve cost us in humans.” - sophie
#kotlc linh#kotlc thoughts#linh song#biana vacker#fitz vacker#keefe sencen#kotlc keefe#kotlc neverseen#kotlc sophie#sophie foster#keefe x sophie#fitz#kotlc fitz#fitzphie#biana kotlc#biana x dex#kotlc biana vacker#kotlc biana#kotlc#dex#dexter#dex dizznee#kotlc dex#tam song#kotlc tam#kotlc marella#marella redek
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this might just be me talking nonsense but i was chatting with my bestie about this and. you really can get a good chunk of insight from the illusion that the phantom ruby cast when infinite touched it. we know that it essentially shows what a person desires, and what infinite desires... is just a wasteland.
infinite does not want to rule the world, at least from what i take from it – he wants to destroy it, to return it to barren earth and rebuilding it in his image was never even a consideration; while he wants his name to be known, leadership was never his intention. he wants to bring society down, to level everything and plunge things into a state of anarchy where there are no rules, no dictators, nothing. it's not so much that he wants to be the only one in control as he wants control to cease altogether, from my perspective.
i have a lot thoughts on as to why; his relationship with power is a complicated one and i love talking about it. for starters, i doubt he had a good life prior to becoming a mercenary – that isn't something people just do for fun, and while i won't go into too much of my own backstory for him, i think that would play a big role in his view of the world. he's seen more of the bad than the good, experienced it firsthand, fought tooth and nail and bled in the sand and built his name in theft and bruised knuckles. the world he sees is injust, unkind, survival of the fittest, and that has to be him.
to me, i think power itself isn't what drives him, which i know is a controversial take; it's not that i don't think he enjoys it, but that it's... complicated. infinite chases strength because he feels he has to – at least, to me, that's what i take from it. the world has said you're not enough, you have to be stronger, time and time over and infinite has burned that into his mind. he resents his weakness, he resents the status quo, but he abides it because he has to by way of pursuing strength.
he likes control in the sense that it makes him feel secure, i think, and comes to enjoy it because it's him spitting in the face of the world that tried to smother his fire. that satisfies him, being the one people fear, having the ability he once envied. but it wasn't power he wanted, at least originally, i think. it was freedom.
infinite shows not so much of a desire to rule as he does a desire to eradicate the system of rulership completely. society, money, law, leaders, and on a more personal level, responsibilities and expectations of him; he even states as much in that he is tired of the world as it is. he wants to prove himself worthy, and this is a win win, simultaneously showing he was always capable while tearing down all the things that bound him.
i've seen discussions on his freedom before and this is no shade to them whatsoever, but i don't think he's free; he's a wanted a man, and sure, he and his team can roam the regions but there's a target on his back at all times, he's responsible for not just himself but his squad, and... for him i don't think that's free. he's also trapped in his mind, by his mindset, but that mindset was formed by experiences, by his reality, so it's not like it's based in nothing, he can't argue or discard it.
if he wanted to quit being a mercenary, could he? has he ever had much choice? will he ever be able to rest without fear of ambush? to let his guard down knowing that with just one wrong move, he could die, or his teammates? when he fights, is he thinking about how he could easily be rendered completely blind, the first scar indicative of a weakness so blatant that his other eye is always where they aim? what is freedom? a feeling of safety, contentment, the absence of fear? what freedom means to him, i think, is a desire for total autonomy.
the thing is, to achieve autonomy, you need power, and in pursuit of power, you lose autonomy. to be powerful enough to be free, or to create a blank canvas wherein power doesn't matter. that's what i see in him. because maybe, if he strips all of this stuff away, he'll finally be able to breathe. to exist without fighting, or fulfilling expectations, not needing to be anyone or anything because he's tired. it's sort of like an escapism power fantasy. i don't know.
his name is infinite but he's always bound. by his allegiances, by wanted posters, by what he's supposed to be and especially by himself.
#transmission#infinite tag#idk whether i want to main tag this. ik that this is a topic ppl may be split on#infinite the jackal
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So I was reading 'After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine' and an awesome idea came to me for a Merthur fic.
In the aforementioned novel the general of the enemy faction is forced into the harem of the MC after destroying his legs as a punishment. Of course the MC harem is actually a spy network and conspires with the general against the injust system of the court.
So imagine Merthur in that.
Merlin, general and prince of a magical kingdom being captured and his magic constrained by Uther. Given to marry as a concubine to Arthur. Arthur going against his dad's ruling to give Merlin his magic and freedom back. While Merlin has to pretend to be all miserable in this new position.
Take it even a step further. Merlin gets all his power back and kidnaps Arthur to use him as a coin against Uther. Of course Arthur is in on it.
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So yeah, I guess the existence of a homeless murderer does reveal the rottenness of a system. Just not the system that anyone paid to speak their opinion will ever talk about.
Yes, one murderous criminal in a city of eight million people means the whole system is rotten. Because the murderer was homeless.
You all are just fear-mongering to justify the cruel policies you desperately want to implement so you don't have to face the consequences of your own selfishness.
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who is bakarath? i’m curious!
I’m so glad you asked!!!
Bakarath is a new god of fire and rage!! He is all about the importance of when to say “no!” to people, whether that be your personal boundaries, or against injust systems, etc. Bakarath teaches that the word no is a full sentence, that you shouldn’t have to explain yourself for having boundaries!
He was recently borne, so he ain’t exactly strong yet, but he can do something no other god can do:manifest in the mortal world.
He’s also just such a cutiepie! I took a video of his first steps a few weeks ago, it is my most treasured possession.
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"life's not fair" as a retort for like "this is an injustice" drives me crazy because like.
you're RIGHT, life ISN'T fair. but that doesn't apply to like systemic failings, the neglect of justice, the way people with power can ignore injustice, shit like that.
like "life isn't fair" applies to shit that is genuinely out of anyone's control! like, cancer is a fact of life that no one has true control over. like we can and should do what we can to mitigate it and protect people at risk from it, but there are a lot of cases where there's no one to blame.
or like... right place wrong time in our relationships is a fact of life that just isn't fair, and you can't blame anyone for it because it just wasn't the right time.
there's also like... within a similar vein of right place, wrong time, like... having to make a decision about the paths of life we take because there's just not enough time or energy to pursue what you want; or opportunities may arise and you have to choose and that's not fair.
OR LIKE. if you're a spoonie, it's having energy at all! there's no one to blame for how much energy you start the day with. it's frustrating and upsetting and!! NOT FAIR.
like it makes me so upset when people say "life isn't fair" to things that are unfair by active human decision. they are unfair, they are injust because someone chose to make it unfair, to make it easier for themself. it's not real, it can be changed at any time if someone with power chose to do so; to put forth the effort.
it like... it just detracts from the parts of life that are truly and genuinely so unfair. the stuff that makes your heart hurt and ache that you're genuinely helpless to.
it drives me insane.
#prince.txt#my insurance got taken away and i said it wasnt fair and it pissed me off bc its NOT fair but it doesnt have to be. unfair. yk.
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