#informal briefing

[socialjusticeday]

World Social Summit Briefing.

An informal briefing for stakeholders on the preparations for the Second World Summit for Social Development will be convened by H.E. Mr. Philippe Kridelka, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations, and H.E. Mr. Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations, in their capacity as co-facilitators of the intergovernmental preparatory process leading up to the Summit.

Watch the World Social Summit Briefing!

[internationaldayoffriendship]

United in Peace, Restoring Trust, Reshaping the future.

10th Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (25–27 November 2024, Cascais, Portugal)

Watch the Briefing for delegations on the 10th Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)!

[darealsaltysam]

someone please tell me what this specific father & son duo trope is called

[lord-squiggletits]

In Pharma apologist posts where people display/argue the canon proof of Pharma being a good person before Delphi, something I don't see come up that after and idk why because it's a blazing beacon of Pharma's ordinarily upstanding skills and personality:

Pharma was literally Ratchet's next choice for CMO when he was looking to retire and find a replacement.

Like.

Forget the fact that they were friends and Ratchet wouldn't be friends with someone who was a piece of shit.

You don't pick someone to be the CMO, top leader of the entire medical division of the Autobot army, if the only thing going for them is that they're a good surgeon. Being a good leader (especially at that high of an organizational level) requires all kinds of other skills like intelligence, good judgment, ethical and moral standards, etc.

And based on Ratchet's characterization, we really don't have any reason to assume that Ratchet is biased, bad at judging character, etc. If Ratchet, based on a lifetime of being friends/coworkers with Pharma, thought that he was the best candidate for the next CMO, there was literally a reason for it and that reason is that Pharma was not only a good doctor, but a good person and a good leader before Delphi happened and he got driven insane by a literal professional torturer and sadist.

[canisalbus]

I have sleeping Machete set as my lock screen specifically because it looks like his nose is pointing right at the time, and coffeshop Vasco set as my home screen because it looks like he's looking tenderly right at that chrome dino game widget

I'm a comedian, really

That's very cute actually • ^ •

[mildmayfoxe]

FOR CHARMERS TRICKSTERS CONMEN AND CADS: redux of a vintage pin in my collection 🃏 give em a little hint about who they're dealin with 😏😉 shop / patreon

[kaylinalexanderbooks]

Absolutely love it when scenes work out better than expected.

[hopecomesbacktolife]

spirk fan provide a brief explanation of 765874 unification to a non-trekkie challenge:

impossible, shortest I could get was 2100 words and that’s with omitting 2048757392021837 key moments from the explanation

[norbagam]

An analysis of Honor Bound- Death Note the musical

Context

First of all, the emotion and buildup to this song absolutely breaks my heart. Soichiro is shown to be a strong willed and moral person, who values ensuring that his family and those around him are the same- as seen in There are Lines and his constant opposition to L’s methods. Trying to understand that there is even a SLIGHT possibility of his own son being the monster kira was not a situation he was willing to consider. When faced with strong evidence of Light being Kira, he This song does a beautiful job of showing his realization in real time that there is a possibility that he does not know his own son, and beautifully shows how it affects him.

Lyrics

-“Any grounds for L’s suspicion surely lie with me. I must catch this monster Kira, so the world will see”

This poor man. He starts out the song still trying to deny this, trying to blame himself. The musical specifically in my opinion does really well in showing just how good of a father Soichiro was to Light. This lyric conveys his strong desire to take on the burden of clearing his son’s name, to prove his innocence no matter how impossible it is

-“My son is exactly who he seems to be: Honor bound and bound by honesty”

Obvious irony here- I won’t dwell on that. However, the different interpretations of this line are interesting. He could be saying this to someone who suspects Light of being Kira in an attempt to defend his son’s innocence and his reputation as his father. This would show how protective and family oriented he is, even with all odds against him. Or, this could be an internal monologue. If it is, the picture it paints is of very different colors. It would show his doubt versus his attempt to convince himself that there is no way he could have raised a murderer for a son. While these are up to interpretation, both meanings could possibly be true at the same time.

-“Accusations, innuendo, theories full of cracks, timelines, and coincidences can’t replace hard facts.”

Even more of his denial. Again, this is an obvious use of irony (this musical REALLY loves that lol). He’s willing to see the hard facts and call them coincidences and theories, while grasping on to the only view of his son that paints him innocent as truth.

-“But if what I’m seeing bends as light refracts, am I blinded to what my son lacks?”

Obsessed with this line. One of my favorite things ever is figurative language. He acknowledges that he may not be able to fully see every side of Light. due to his own personal refusal of the truth. At the same time, Light Yagami LITERALLY refracts. He bends and contorts himself and his words at every angle he is seen at in order to avoid suspicion. What Soichiro sees in his son becomes COMPLETELY different when Light is with L, and when he’s with the death note.

-“If I thought these lies were true, would I have the strength to do, anything I needed to for justice’ sake?”

If there’s anything this musical loves, it’s irony and justice. Death Note itself strongly questions the definition of justice and how it changes and means different things to different people. That’s like, the whole point. What we see in this line is a glimpse Soichiro’s view of justice. The viewer/listener is inclined to question exactly how far he is willing to go in punishing Kira for Justice. Does he have the strength to accept that he has raised a monster? The strength to arrest his own son? To kill him?

-“Could I stand the pain and lies if it’s Kira that I find behind Light’s eyes?”

As he goes further in the song, Soichiro begins finding it harder to deny that Light is Kira. Before he allows himself to believe it, he questions how this fact would affect him. He is unsure that he could mentally handle the weight of the “lies” turning out to be true. He knows that it would break him.

-“Let me see the son I need to see”

When I first heard this line while listening, I had thought it was “let me see the sun, I need to see”. Only on the second listen did I actually realize that is was more likely to be “son I need to see” and I misunderstood the intended affect. However, it’s fun for me to make meaning out of what should’ve just been a forgettable moment on my part. While this is likely not intentional, this line has a double meaning. Saying, “let me see the son I need to see” shows Soichiro as being more open to the truth, more willing to come to terms with the idea. Similarly “Let me see the sun, I need to see” also shows him as being more open to the truth. However, instead of focusing on the emotional acceptance it would convey him needing to see things more clearly, in better light. Although that would be an interesting parallel, the actual lyric is definitely more emotionally satisfying.

Conclusion

The song is Soichiro’s humanity. A humanity that his son could not fathom in his wildest dreams.

[ciderjacks]

Short marchil character study/missing scene fic

[razzafrazzle]

a variety of freaks for you on this fine valentine's day!!

[image description: a line-up of six original characters, all sporting the same yellow, pink, and purple color scheme. from left to rught, the characters are a haughty dark-skinned man in strange white clothing, a small broken robot, a lanky anthro sheep doctor with a clown nose, a very short older dark-skinned woman with fluffy hair and glittery cowgirl fashion, a muscular woman in a full leather gimp suit with an oversized zipper on front, and a bulky punk woman with many piercings and scars with a missing arm in a wheelchair. end id]

[curewimdy]

going to start putting "girlxgirl, don't like don't read" on my staff recs for lack of a less corny way to quickly express "hey this book has gay kissing in it"

[goldkirk]

When did the latest 1,000 of you follow me??? good lord hi and welcome, I should maybe pay attention to my notifications and activity page more 😭

[lakewinnipeg]

I have Henry James disease like I cant express thoughts without prepending/appending one million clarifying sentiments

[iliveinprocrasti-nationn]

i’m not fucking kidding millenial women with true crime accounts are a fucking plague. “i just think it’s interesting” “actually i’m spreading awareness” choke and die

[cementcornfield]

ohhh i'm loving justin on the receiver show so much