#just. of the 21 century

[magnoliamyrrh]

you ever think about how the situation of the balkans historically speaking has actually basically not changed much at all weve just found a way to be Modern about it and feel like losing your mind

[lofan]

[thebaffledcaptain]

If anyone is interested I put together a little RevWar inspired soundscape on MyNoise to cope with post-reenactment depression because I'm normal. Highly recommend pairing with some sad 18th century folk music if you so desire (because one shameless plug was not enough).

[stgloria]

[brucenorris007]

One of the kidnappers rounded a glare onto Usopp.

"What the heck're you smiling about?"

The corner of Usopp's mouth twitched up a little further; he didn't say anything. He hadn't put up much resistance since they took the bag off his head and shoved him into a chair, or even test the bindings that kept his hands behind his back. Even if he did explain, they wouldn't believe him.

He remembered another life of staring down armies, warships and worse; he remembered burning the symbol of a rotting justice in full view of ten thousand witnesses.

How was he supposed to say that, in the face of a couple nervous kidnappers–armed or not–he couldn't help but smile?

"Do you understand what's happening right now?" The other one asked.

Usopp subtly shook his head, eyes drifting down to the bare concrete floor.

"If there's one thing I do understand," he said, slowly looking back up at his captors. "It's that my family are on their way right now."

Bozo one and two blinked at him. Glanced at one another; whether they were confused or something else, they didn't say anything for a moment.

"You think I'm crazy," Usopp said. "Wait till you meet them."

Somewhere in the city, two newly-painted yet beat-up sedans were tearing through the streets; both of them were packed with more bodies than anyone could feasibly consider safe, yet the fact was the furthest thing from the minds of the respective drivers.

Usopp, certain beyond certainty, relaxed his shoulders and let his head lilt slightly to one side; he glanced at bozo number two.

"I like your shirt." He said, still wearing a smile.

[trojanteapot]

Gloria, where are you Gloria? You found a home in all your scars and ammunition You made your bed in salad days amongst the ruins Ashes to ashes of our youth.

21st Century Breakdown is the definitive Grace/Simon album.

[thekidsare-not-alright]

whoa whoa whoa. I don't know when exactly it is but I think my 10 year anniversary of being a fall out boy fan is coming up. oh my god

[hartshorn-and-isinglass]

Huzza, Zack Pinsent has posted a new video!

Interesting point about Mr. Hallett's suit maybe being a navy blue instead of black.

[rysko]

Working on further chapters made me come to a conclusion, that 80% of Juliusz's issues would've been solved with exactly 1 (one) long therapy session and a lifetime supply of Paracetamol.

[intuitive-revelations]

Doing some research for a sequel to my Gallifrey maps, focusing on Skaro instead and I think I noticed something.

So Skaro has been shown with two distinctly different colourations over the series, a deep red:

And a more Earth-like, nuanced grey-ish planet:

This could be due to whatever happened with the destruction of Skaro, the Time War, Antalin etc, but the colours seem consistent before and after the destruction...

While the timeline of the Daleks is very unclear, this seems to have happened shortly after the Daleks' creation, rather than simply been an effect of the Kaled-Thal war as might otherwise be assumed, with the exception of TMA/TWF being a restored 'cleaned-up' Skaro based on how much safer the outside seems. It could still be a long-term effect of the neutron bomb fallout, but I think we can be a bit more specific.

I think the reddening was a gradual effect that slowly overtook the planet. This goes all the way back to Terry Nation's Dalek Chronicles (even here, Skaro's depiction varies quite a bit).

First of all, there's literally a body of water on the planet called "the Sea of Rust". This can be seen in the "Dalography" map in The Dalek Book, but also much more recently in Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe, which features the same map:

Given that rust is exactly what gives Mars its own reddish hue, this sea would seem to be the epicentre, and gives us a realistic mechanism for the change.

But why is this the case? And how does it spread over the entire planet?

The answer comes in Plague of Death, a TVC21 story. The test of a "Dalatomic" weapon results in the creation of a radioactive rust cloud that spreads like a disease (possibly literally as germs?), carried by wind currents across the landscape.

Though the Daleks successfully subdue the cloud, small fragments continue to spread.

The rusted dalekanium does not seem to be infectious in and of itself, meaning the disease does not spreadly directly from Dalek to Dalek. Instead the black Dalek seems to show immunity, but acts as a carrier for the plague.

By the end of the events, the Dalek Emperor seems to believe the disease can be prevented from effecting Daleks in the future. I suspect this relates somehow to developments in dalekanium alloys, given the lack of much effect on the black Dalek.

We know that when Dalek Sec recieved his black casing, it consisted of a type of black metalert (an alloy of Dalekanium), so it wouldn't be surprising if the black Dalek in the story had this too - presumably after the advancements "Zeg" made in a previous TVC21 story. I expect all future Dalek casings were altered to include whatever material it was that protected him - perhaps Flidor gold or Arkelis sap, both of which we know was infused into Dalek casings.

I also think it's possible the static electricity of the Dalek city helped to protect its infrastructure, given how electrolysis can be can be used to remove rust.

So we know the Daleks survive the rust plague, but what about the rest of the planet?

Given the durability of the plague even after the Daleks believe they had surpressed it, fragments likely survived. During the events, a gale is said to be blowing East to South-East. While the rust plague that would have hit the city is stopped, I suspect there was some that missed it and kept blowing in that direction, which would lead it right into the Sea of Rust.

It settles here and begins to spread. Eventually, it spreads over the whole planet, possibly distributed by volcanic activity from the Island of Gushing Gold, turning metals in the surface a deep red and killing off much of the population of metal-based creatures like magnedons. I think we might even have met a victim of the plague way back in The Dead Planet:

As to what happens then... who knows? Maybe, if it really was a germ, then it dies out. Or maybe it mutates to become less harmful, or to consume something else. Whatever happens, Davros's Daleks seemingly end up taking care not to reintroduce it when they rebuild.

[little-candy-store-of-horrors]

oh to ask your (21 M, twink) brother (18 M, twink) to help chase down a (38 M) bear bc you are young and stupid and screwed up in public what could possibly go wrong. except that it's not a regular night at the club it's the Holy Roman Empire and you are the emperor your brother is your regent and the bear you teenage twinks are after is religious dissident Martin Luther

[goblins-and-gloves]

Angry at parents hour!

Undiagnosed autistic fuckers are delulu.

[dramarants]

going through the 20th century girl tag to move on and appreciate all the great moments only to find out ppl would rather yijin died than not end up with heedo

[disco-cola]

the ageism since fucking TikTok is CRAZY like it has always been rooted in this society that especially as a woman once you get older you lose worth but TikTok has normalized making mid-20s seem „old“ like people say I was born in 199x and others literally respond „damn“ like wtf or when they find out a person is in their 30s or 40s they will comment „you look good for your age“ like wdym for your age? THATS NOT EVEN OLD? it is literally the worst and most toxic social media that has ever been and I honestly wish it would just disappear again not just for my sake but mostly bc it makes society and its standards even worse and the younger generation is just already fucking insufferable right now (calling people old and just being so fucking vain and centered around outward appearances i genuinely thought we were over this)

[alltouwell]

being 22 is so strange.

[neon-danger]

currently at war with myself because Bite Me!Jack is like 21 and Bite Me! Alex is like 210-ish which is a major age gap

But since Alex was Born a vampire he ages by the decade and not the year so he’s mentally and physically 21 he’s just,,, been alive for 210 years

But also decades are still entire decades???