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sassydefendorflower · 7 days ago

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As much as I want Roy and Riza to spearhead the restoration of Ishval post-canon, I want Roy to be barred from going to Ishval to do the work himself even more.

Hear me out.

There is something incredibly selfish about Roy wanting to be the one to return the Holy Land to the Ishvalen people. It makes sense for him to strive for that goal - he feels personally responsible for the destruction of Ishval, he sees its restoration as part of his path towards becoming the Führer of Amestris, he considers it to be the rightful way to ease some of the guilt weighing him down.

It is also the easy way out.

Because if you think about it, Roy being the one to do all that, is not a narrative that centers the Ishvalen people. And I think they deserve to be the driving force behind their own salvation.

There is a reason General Armstrong doesn't try to take on the Ishvalen restoration at the end of the show - and it is not just that she has no personal investment in the matter. No, if anything, she entrusts it to Major Miles. She entrusts the future of the Ishvalen people with a man who shares their past.

(her blind trust into the military state be damned)

And who does Miles choose to help him rebuild what was once lost? Scar. He chooses the feared serial killer. The Savior of Amestris. The Scarred Monk. The One Who Killed A King. The Hand of God Striking Down a Monster.

He chooses someone who suffered through the Ishvalen genocide, who was raised not only in the culture, but was an active practitioner of the most common religion of the region.

These are the people who rebuild Ishval for the future.

I think Roy would only ever do it to escape the past.

And if we're being honest, I don't think anyone in Ishval would greet him with open arms. These people might hold a great ability to forgive within their hearts, but I think many of them would consider it an insult to let the man who burned down their cities back into Ishval to become their savior.

To become the public face of the restoration of their Holy Land.

And being denied the ability to spearhead this campaign, it would hit Roy hard. Because in a way, hard labor and the arid desert air, would have felt like a just punishment. Being hollered at by the survivors of the genocide he participated in would have felt good. Getting blisters and sunburns and swallow down his own spit... pain was always a sign of hard work. Of doing the right thing.

But forcing him to stay in Central? To pull the ropes behind the scenes? To be denied this public repentance? To be kept from the most straight-forward way of repaying his sins?

The restoration of Ishval was never the end-goal, and it is just one part of a long list of things both Roy and Riza want to fix before facing a trial, but I think Roy hoped he could pay for that in blood. Cut-up knees and burned hands, dry throats and countless hours spent digging up wells.

But facing up to what he's done isn't that easy - and the people of Ishval deserve to live a life free from Roy Mustang and his damned flames.

#roy mustang #riza hawkeye #olivier mira armstrong #major miles #scar #fma #fmab #fma brotherhood #fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #fma meta #my stuff #headcanon #really #i just dont think Roy should GET to lead the restoration of Ishval #he wants to #and it should happen #(Amestris has a lot of reparations to pay)#but denying him the satisfaction of being allowed to play hero #is what it's all about actually #i think the ishvalen people deserve to be free of this guy #and i think Roy deserves to grapple with Ishval in a way #that makes it impossible for him to 'just help'#instead being forced onto the sidelines #and into military offices and ball rooms #to get money and support for ishval #without ever being allowed to reap the flowers of his work #because he is fueled by his past #and Ishval deserves the future #(it also deserves better than major miles if we're being honest)#(but maybe Scar can radicalize him somewhat)

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littlemut · 5 months ago

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#when you’re a humanities scholar #and more #like when they ask me what is your blog about #it’s about nothing but it’s actually everything to me #just found this and thought #wow isn’t it still relevant #i can tell you all about bouba and kiki but you’d be surprised to know how much of the generally quotidian stuff i have 0 clue about #10k

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eosofspades · 1 year ago

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i didn't have "i'm broken" teenage asexual angst i had "i'm literally being the only reasonable one about this concept and the rest of you are behaving like fucking freaks" perception issues

#oh the experience of being 13 years old and seeing all my friends talking about wanting to have sex and obsessing over it #and being like 'we are all literally WAY too young to be having sex what the actual fuck are you talking about #why are you even considering it when we have much more important things to worry about. like how much middle school sucks'#you know what though. i still stand by this. that was an entirely reasonable thought to have and i WAS being normal about it #anyway #mine #asexuality

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tariah23 · 7 months ago

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White people are miserable, racist losers period. They’ve even been getting mad at Japanese people for correcting them about Yasuke as well.

#rambling #seen wp go ‘they’re mismembering their history is all-‘#as if they’d know more than the actual Japanese people #comments on ever post about yasuke are full of racist wp arguing with Japanese ppl and telling them that yasuke was a ‘nobody slave’#while Japanese ppl are just like ‘well anyway-‘ on their asses it’s kind of embarrassing #the guy is literally an historical figure bro #how are you mad that everyone from a country that you have such an unhealthy interest in isn’t as racist as you are??? that’s what it’s #giving #I’m sure there are lots of Japanese ppl being racist af too #since antiblackness is global and everyone has a problem with black people simply existing but #they hate us too but 😭#it’s just #expect full blown kkk bullshit as soon as a black character pokes their head out from around the curtain #antiblackness #I see white ppl cry about yasuke every other month man #or at least once a year on Twitter

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captainjonnitkessler · 5 months ago

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The second you start talking about some mysterious "they" that are controlling society in some fashion, you are engaging in dangerous conspiratorial thinking even if you're being woke about it. "They" did not institute the 40 hour work week specifically so you would be too tired to revolt. "They" did not invent the sleek minimalist aesthetic in order to crush the spirit of art in the common people. "They" are not pushing mediocre media into the mainstream in order to poison people's critical thinking skills.

Your best case scenario after that is you talk to someone who actually knows what the fuck they're talking about and you get embarrassed because you can't answer basic questions about your own ideology because you never learned anything past "the ruling class/capitalists/politicians are making things bad and if we got rid of them the bad things would all go away!"

Your worst case scenario is obviously the woo-to-fascist pipeline and you end up believing Jews are poisoning American food supplies with GMOs in order to turn us all into beta cucks, so like . . . maybe just stop blaming "them" before you fall down that route.

Obligatory round of disclaimers: Yes, sometimes people do bad things. Be specific about exactly who is doing what instead of ascribing it to some vague group of shadowy elites. Yes, sometimes things in society are bad. Learn to identify the root causes of complex social issues instead of assuming that they're actually extremely simple to fix and we're just not doing it because of some vague group of shadowy elites. Yes, minimalism isn't for everyone. Learn that some people don't share your tastes and get the fuck over it for the love of god.

#surprise! this was actually just my way of complaining that that 'classical tutor' post is going around again #complaining about the degeneracy of modern society because our cars aren't colorful enough or whatever #what if i told you that sometimes societal tastes and customs change naturally over time #and not because of targeted interference from vague groups of shadowy elites #anyway! be specific in your words and actually work to understand the underlying causes of things #and above all else understand that sometimes people just like things that you don't like #and that's not a conspiracy. it's not even hard to understand. like come on people #skepticism umbrella

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sergle · 5 months ago

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ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE, people dropping mad mad sums of money on gfms and charities and stuff are extremely impressive but that DOES NOT MEAN that putting like $5 towards someone's fund or any good cause is any less valuable, a lot of crowdfunding is about momentum and those single digits add up super fast, you do not need to be Rolling In The Dough to make someone's day!! moving the dial at all is extremely positive!!

#what is ACTUAL POISON to crowdfunding is The Full Stop. when it just runs cold. at that point a single dollar coming in feels like #pushing the wheels out of the mud. all you need is movement. as long as it keeps moving.#this applies to gofundmes this applies to large organizations this applies to people asking for grocery money #moving the needle even just the slightest bit!! is huge!!#take it from someone who gets excited about $1 patrons #sergle.txt #people used to attach Apology messages to their $5 when I was raising money for my breast reduction #as if they should be doing more. but they were already doing so much and I was elated to just see a new donation Of Any Amount #ANY donation is extremely exciting to the person or people actually receiving it!!!!

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honeypleasejustkillme · 2 months ago

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i thought i was at my lowest but holy shit it gets lower

#woke up feeling more lost and out of touch with myself.. my surroundings and my partner all in the span of a night.. what the hell..#i really need a new therapist. specifically a dbt therapist but i have really weird health insurance so there's not many options..#i just really need someone that i feel open enough to talk to about anything and that will actually help me and not just use the dumbass #worn out therapist lines..#bpd shitposting #actually bpd #actually mentally ill #bpd #actually borderline #bpd vent #bpd fp #bpd favorite person #bpd mood #bpd problems #sorry 4 the long rant in tags :/

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084392 · 9 months ago

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had never heard of "mlp infection aus" until this month and ngl i still dont know what they are but. it made me want to draw some of them getting taken over by their cutie marks or something......

#if any of this needs to be tagged pleaseee tell me idk how to tag this kind of stuff for blacklist...#mlp #my little pony #twilight sparkle #apple jack #rarity #fluttershy #my art #mlp infection au #<-again. no idea what thats actually about but this seemed like a fun design thing...thats literally all this was to me.#also i havent watched the show in years.#body horror

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crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington · 1 month ago

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the high guards littlest fan

#bumblebee #b 127 #soundwave #shockwave #transformers one #transformers #the high guard #i think its really funny that this iteration of bee doesnt really care about being small #like tfa bee gets all mad and aggro about it but b127 is just like 'cos u guys a bigger than me! u know what i mean u know what i mean'#i do think hed be like “why didnt i grow 😧” after everyone gets their cogs though LOOOL #funfact bee WITH a cog is only like a bit taller than d16 WITHOUT a cog #dee is like so huge though #keegan michael key said that his fave transformer is soundwave #and he actually improved the voice he does when bee says his nickname off of soundwaves voice #and that he really like shis voice #so of course im making bee soundwave fan number 1

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chloesimaginationthings · 30 days ago

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Mike can’t handle Abby in the next FNAF movie..

#myart #chloesimagination #fnaf #five nights at freddy's #fnaf fanart #fnaf movie #mike schmidt #abby schmidt #fnaf 2 #fnaf 2 movie #lots of lil things are coming out about the second movie #just new actors casted plus dubiously related casting calls to fnaf etc #getting a real sense of what things may come up in the next film #like Abby actually going to school #I wonder if there will be a theme at all about how Mike isn’t prepared to see Abby grow up #that in his eyes she’s kinda forever his lil baby sister #and there’s like small conflict between them over that #I think it’s sweet but please don’t let these two argue too much 🩷🩵

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egophiliac · 4 months ago

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you know, I've been thinking about it, and there is actually one single scenario in which I would be okay with not getting a big ol' "Silver Vanrouge" out of Lilia.