#kinda short especially in comparison to chapter 17

[orcelito]

Oh yeah, I'm at 4.5k words for ITNL 18 now. Just a bit more to go b4 it's finished. I'm expecting it to be a little above 5k words

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10/14/2020 DAB Transcriopt

Jeremiah 23:21-25:38, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17, Psalms 84:1-12, Proverbs 25:15

Today is the 14th day of October, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I'm Brian it is wonderful to be here with you and we’re approaching the middle of another month and I…I don't know where the times going because it seems like it's dragging on but it's not. It’s moving fast. And, so, here we are almost to the middle of October these next couple of days will send us through the middle. And speaking of the middle, we’re in the middle of another week as we continue our journey. This week we've been reading from the New International Version, which is what we’ll continue to do. Jeremiah chapter 23 verse 21 through 25 verse 38 today.

Commentary:

Okay. So, we read Psalm 84 today and I can't help but coming by this territory every year and talking about this. Like there’s all…so many things that happen in a year that have never happened before because the Bible is alive and it speaks to the depths of our souls in new ways, different things, even if we've been through the territory before strike us in new ways and apply in new and unique and inspiring ways, but there are some kind of like road posts along the way along this trail where it’s like, “yeah, this is always…we never need to forget this, we need to remember this always, this needs to get locked in for all time. And Psalm 84's like that because it holds like very…like a very important key to how to live and it explains so much. So, if I say the word desire what is the first thing that comes up? Like a lot of times it's like a sexual thing in nature. That word kind of evokes a…or if I say the word passion kinda the same thing happens. And if I say passionate desire we can apply that to, you know, like an athlete who’s training for the Olympics who’s like left everything else in their lives and focused on this one goal in life, while they, you know, are at a specific age and have specific abilities and are tuning those things so that as a world-class athlete they can compete. But normally these kind words, you put these kind words together and it gets erotic, which isn't a bad thing, either one of them…like pursuing a goal or…or…or sexual desire or whatever that's not like inherently a bad thing. Either way we can kind of understand the words. But we don't usually use those words when we’re talking about God, an intimacy with God. And yet, let me read, let me just read from the Psalm. “My soul yearns even faints for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.” You see, that's passionate desire. And we understand passionate desire. We just used a couple of examples, but we could find other ones but we’ve already kind of placed ourselves in those words, but we don't usually think about them toward God. And yet in the Bible, we see the psalmist passionate with desire for God. A little bit later in the Psalm we read, “better is one day in your courts than a thousand anywhere else. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.” This is a person whose focus is upon the Lord and the presence of God, to be in the presence of God is the most important passionate pursuit of desire. So, we can look at this and we can say, “yeah, I…I mean that's true. I don't…like the level of passion that I feel toward my spirituality and my union with God is different than any of the other things that I'm pursuing in life. It's different. I want that though. Like I would love to feel the way that the psalmist feels. I would love to live into that, with all of my heart. How? How does it happen?” And this is where we get handed the key. Worship. And the thing is, worship means a lot of things to a lot of people. Worship can be the songs that you sing in church when you are in church. But worship can be the records that you put on and play when you're feeling low and depressed. So, this word kind of is more broad than we understand and yet we kind of define it pretty narrowly and it's all kinds of religious baggage associated with it. I mean worship is a whole genre of music now, but if we want to get to the baseline then we would have to go back to the words that we spoke at the beginning - passion, desire. And one precedes the other, right? Desire precedes passion. Our desires lead our passions. So, it all begins with desire. So, when we apply our passionate desire in any direction it's quickly going to become worship, especially if the expectation is life in some form in return. Worship is a word that describes where we focus our passionate desire in hopes of attaining life, which on the one hand means that we can worship just about anything and in just about any direction, but it also means if we acknowledge our source of life, like if that is a primary thing upon our minds, that God is our source of life, then all of life can become an act of worship, right down to our very breathing. Our breath is a gift of God and with every inhale we are receiving the gift of life. And with every exhale, we are releasing it in faith, that there will be another one. Th psalmist here isn't speaking of theories. The psalmist here is speaking of experiences. The Psalm is attributed to the sons of Korah. Whoever wrote these words experienced union with God and could by comparison and say, “there's nothing that can compare. Like no matter what the circumstances of life are, there’s nothing that I can pour my passionate desire into, give myself over to but my very source of life itself. Once that has been tasted, hard to…hard…there's nothing that can compare. It's hard to go back.” And, so, let's aim our hearts in that direction. And the way to begin is to begin to observe ourselves, watch ourselves throughout the day with the idea that every breath, everything is an act of worship, everything that we do has the ability to open our eyes and make us aware of God's presence because He is no less present to us. Like, we’re just usually not paying attention. Just because we’ve become aware of God's presence doesn't mean that God has come, that God showed up as we like to say. He never went anywhere. He didn't show up. We did. He’s always with us. We just once in a while become aware of it. What if we stayed aware of it with this posture that our primary passion, that our primary desire is toward the source of life itself? There's this old hymn that I heard growing up. I mean it's still a famous hymn it’s still around but it's….it's called “turn your eyes upon Jesus” and it describes what we’re talking about here because it says that the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace. What if we put that into practice today? What if we practice it for the rest of the week and then just look back at how our week went and just see if any of this is true? What we find is that it is true and when we live into this with our passions and our desires focused toward the source of life, which is our Savior remarkable shifts can happen in very, very shortds amount…short amount…amounts of time.

Prayer:

Father, we invite You into that. You've given us an example. We see an example in the psalms. Now we have some understanding and we turn our eyes upon You. We turn our passion toward You. You are our hearts desire. Ultimately, You are our hearts desire. You are the source of life. And, so, why we have orbited around the lesser things that have promised us life is a mystery when You are the only source. And, so, we turn to You and ask that You open our eyes and make us aware of Your presence all around us, everywhere. You will never leave us. You will never forsake us, which means that You are here right now and always whether we’re paying attention to it or aware of it or not. But we want to be aware of it. Our passions and desires, they need to grow. We need to become more and more in tune, more and more aware and less and less asleep to it. And, so, come Holy Spirit lead us deeper into our desire for You we pray. In the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Last week I sat down with the Lord and He began to speak and brought me to a place where I could feel His love and I struggle with that like sometimes when I hear the verse perfect love casts out all fear, I feel like I’m missing something but that was the first time in a long time, 30 years of Christian, I actually felt His love, I felt loved and all I could think of was first John, you love Him because He first loved us and my heart just soared. I was going to go out for a walk and I’ve heard the words Daily Audio Bible and honestly I haven’t listened in two years but when I’m out on the walk and Brian began to read and to talk about God’s love and actually quoted that verse out of first John my heart just soared and I laughed right outload because God is so very faithful to give us what we need, to meet us where we are and that’s why I love Him because He always loves me first and always…

Hello, my name is James Blackstone and I’m calling in regards to prayer. I’m struggling with my faith and my belief in Jesus Christ because I’m at a time in my life where I feel like nothing is working out for me. I’ve been complaining a lot and getting angry lately. Truth is I’ve been struggling with drugs and alcohol the majority of my life. I went to the Dream Center program and did a year and I graduated. But when the coronavirus hit our program stopped. I chose to go back out on the streets and a relapsed. I messed up. So, here I am back in rehab. I need prayer for strength and that God will bring the right people in my life. I miss my mother. I haven’t seen or heard from her in over 20 years. I was in and out of foster homes when I was a kid. Please pray that my mom and family is healthy and protected in Jesus’ name. Thank you for everything and God bless all of you.

Good afternoon family this is Soaring on Eagles Wings from Canada. I, as we are approaching our long weekend or a Thanksgiving weekend, I want to pray for all the truckers in our family. I’ve always admired truckers and the skills that they used to navigate those trucks back and forth and reverse them and this year was going to take a driving course in how to…to drive a truck, not that I’m planning to go anywhere but I just wanted to learn how to drive. But Covid has put a stop to that. So, Father God we have a number of truckers in our family, they do long distances. It’s very…it’s not easy going all those miles and trying to be alert. I ask you therefore God to be their pilot. Cover their hands over the steering wheel with your hands so that you can turn it whichever way they ought to go. Give them far-reaching vision so that they can see ahead Lord God. Give them ears to hear what’s happening round about them and the skill to navigate these trucks in all the areas that they go. And Father, I pray that you keep them safe from Covid. Watch over their families as they do these long distances and leave their families. Protect them from danger. Provide for them. You know their every need. And, so, as I lift them all up to you, we thank God for truckers because they are the ones who move goods and services back-and-forth so that we can eat and drink and be thankful. So, every one of you today, be blessed. Know I’m praying for you. God loves you and so does your family.

Hi friends at Daily Audio Bible this is Karen in Florida and just calling in for prayer today. As I’ve listened to so many prayer requests, I’m praying with you. I’d like you to remember me. About two weeks ago I woke up at 4:30 AM and I’m a single lady, I have a 12-year-old child and I woke up to the sound of someone scratching on my screen at my bedroom window and I…I thought it was just an animal or something and I waited for a while and it was someone at my window and of course I called the police but no one was around that time when they showed up and…and didn’t do a whole lot really about it, just took a report and said, you know, it’s probably just not gonna happen anymore and I doubt we would find anybody and…and it was kind of disheartening but the screen is torn up and so now I am trying to figure out how to finance getting some better windows put in my house or getting an alarm system definitely getting some better lighting outside. It’s been a bit of a challenge to try to even get people over here to…to do anything. And, so, I had to wait a week for an electrician to…to show up to give me an estimate on the lighting for outside and I’d like to get some cameras and I’ve just become fearful it’s 2 AM on Saturday, October 9th or 10th and I’m awake calling in asking for prayers. So, please pray for me. I would appreciate it.

Good morning DAB family this is Paul of the Child Advocate from the LA area calling. I wanted first to do a shout out for all the first-time callers. Many of you who share that your longtime listeners, it’s so encouraging to hear your you say your first-time caller and just increasing our family so much and it’s just nice to get to hear another voice and start to recognize your voice. And I wanted to stay congratulations to China and Ben. I actually met China quite a few years ago now when Brian and family were in Los Angeles. She was just a little girl then and she was manning the table, the greeting table, and we chatted for a few minutes and she was just a darling girl. So, I’m so happy for the whole Hardin family. And by the way Brian, I’m going to become a grandmother again soon too. My daughter Allie, our daughter Allie is pregnant, and I wanted to ask for prayers for her. She has a rare condition known as cholestasis, it happens during pregnancy and this is her third pregnancy and she had it with one of her other boys. This one is gonna be a girl by the way. Anyway, it’s a liver disease and it’s very dangerous towards the end of her pregnancy. So, please keep Allie and her baby girl in your prayers. And I also wanted to give a little shout out to Brian on your book the God of Your Story. I faithfully read it along with listening and I have to say it enhances the reading…the listening and the reading so much. I mean you just kind of, you know, expand on what you’ve said, and I just enjoy it. Thank you so much.

Good morning or afternoon depending on where you are, I’m calling from sunny South Florida and I’m calling today in reference to the young man who called this morning regarding the issues that he’s having on his job. He said that he was a first-time caller and did not identify himself, but God knows who you are. I would just like to encourage you to just hang in on in there. I understand exactly where you’re coming from. Several years ago, I had the same issue. I was going to work doing everything that I needed to do, meeting all the deadlines that needed to be met, having all the parent conferences and student conferences as necessary; however, I was the target for the year. I continue to pray for them, and God delivered me from them. So, I want to say to you, be encouraged. Look to the hills from whence cometh your help. God knows all about us. One thing about it is He has promised never to forsake us. We’ve got to pray for the workplace bullies. Trust God forever. Cherish the moments.

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Black Leather - Chapter 17

Weekends were actually good for me, and not because of the stereotypical teenage bullshit of parties and shopping, but because they were the two days I could actually work.

It’s not that I didn’t like school or home; they were pretty bearable most of the time.

It was just sometimes it felt like work was the only place people took me seriously.  

Sure; you still had customers who were total dicks. Thought that the only reason a pretty girl could work there was for eye candy and blatantly refused to talk to me; insisting they wanted to speak to a mechanic of “experience”.

Still; it was better than some of the other pricks who just took me working on their car as an excuse to ogle me.

I mean; Jesus, some of these guys were older than my dad and really should know better than perving on underage girls; especially ones related to police officers.

As a general rule though; most of the customers were okay, choosing to yell at me over the price of an oil change, rather than my whether my “womanly hands” were capable of using a lug wrench.

My boss; Charlie, was a lanky tattooed mech in his late forties. He was an old friend of my dad’s from his army days; worked as an engineer out in Nam, and didn’t have any sons, so when my dad brought me into the shop saying I was looking for a job doing something other than stacking shelves, he didn’t bat an eyelid.

Just handed me a torque and asked me how I felt about tightening wheel nuts. I said I didn’t know much about nuts; didn’t have any, but I’d be willing to try.

We’d hit it off after that, and Charlie had been my boss for the past two years, teaching me everything from how to change a tire, to how to strip out an engine in its entirety.

If any of the boys gave me crap; they didn’t last long. Charlie had no time for sexism, stating he didn’t put three daughters through tech college, for some prick with a screwdriver to tell them they couldn’t build aeroplanes because they had vaginas.

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Marty’s pickup was a real bitch of a job; the clutch had gone, and I’m pretty sure he’d totalled the break pads getting it over here, but the man was practically married to the machine, so anything short of a head on collision wouldn’t get him to give her up.

Charlie had set me on her; stating it was a challenge to see if I was finally capable of wielding the big guns, which in this case was full on rebuilds from the scrapyard.

I usually just stuck with bikes; the anatomy already familiar to me, and there was much less acrobatics involved in reaching a bike engine than a car’s.

But Charlie said it was a right of passage, and Johnny had bet me fifty bucks I couldn’t fix the thing before the week was out and I’d already spotted a new pair of motorcycle boots that had my name on them.

So here I was, practically bent double into the hood of Marty’s Chevy, straining my arms because of course; I couldn’t quite reach the flywheel.

Johnny had offered to help, snickering the entire time, because at a generous 6’7”, he had no worries about the reach of his arms.

Still; I’d refused point blank, because as frustrating as being short was, having him lord it over my head all the while was worse.

I almost had it; the first nut almost in reach of my wrench, when Charlie’s voice rang out through the workshop.

“Lola...” He called out, and I could hear the fall of his steel toed boots against the concrete.

Still; I didn’t surface quite yet, because goddamnit; that nut was almost in my reach, and I’d be screwed before I left it; no pun intended.

“Lola...” He called again; now right next to the cab, and fuck it; I wasn’t going to reach that flywheel without growing at least another inch.

“What?!” I spat, emerging from under the hood like a demon summoned, and I guess a pint sized pissed off woman with a pipe wrench wasn’t a poor comparison.

“There’s a guy out here looking for you...” He explained, not at all fazed by the oversized hunk of metal in my hand as I attempted to clean the grease off my face with a greasy rag.

“Steve?” I asked; overly familiar with the preppy pretty boy turning up unannounced to pester me, usually coinciding with when his car needed a service; the tight assed prick.

“Not this one.” Charlie shook his head, already well versed in chasing Steve off with a tire iron, though usually the threat of hard labour was more than enough to frighten the boy off from looking for free maintenance.

I perched my wrench on the edge of the chassis, thoroughly confused over who the fuck would be visiting me in work hours, other than the esteemed Steve Harrington.

I followed Charlie back through to front of house, wiping layers of grease off on the rag, because fuck; if engine maintenance wasn’t messy.

Johnny had already started on the Mustang Charlie got in from Kentucky last week; lucky shit, elbows deep in engine oil as he flushed the system clean.

Johnny was a dick, but he was a pretty decent mechanic, though I’d sooner bite off my tongue than tell him that.

I tore my eyes away from the midnight blue machine, gazing out onto the mysterious visage of my visitor.

“Recognise him?” Charlie asked, arms crossed over his chest; though if my facial expression was what I thought it was, he already knew the answer.

“Oh; I know him alright.” I replied; my eyes staring at the primped up posture of Billy Hargrove, leaning prettily against his Camaro, smoking a cigarette.

“Do you want me to call the cops?” Charlie asked, picking up off my mood and clearly deciding my dad might be needed for it.

“Nah; I got this one...” I reassured him, tucking my oiled up rag into his overalls like a knightly token.

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Billy had some fucking nerve showing up unannounced at my place of work. I know he thought the world revolved around chasing pussy and looking pretty, but some of us had actual work to do!

He didn’t even look guilty, perched against his car smoking, like he was on some fucking poster for cheap cigarettes.

“What the hell are you doing here?” I barked, wasting no time in marching out of the auto shop straight towards him.

“I wanted to talk to you; you wouldn’t speak to me at school, so...” He explained as if it was the most normal thing in the world, dropping his cigarette to the floor and putting it out with his boot.

“Well; that’s fucking funny...” I grinned, but there was no warmth to my smile; just pure venom.

“I’m working, jackass.” I deadpanned, already tired of this fucking conversation.

I span around, already heading back to the shop, because I knew Charlie would hit Billy over the head with a tire iron before he let him bring this inside.

“I know that, but I only need a minute...” He countered, reaching out to pull on my wrist as if I was a dog on a leash.

“Let fucking go.” I spat, turning to glare at him; steel in my words.

He loosened his grip, but didn’t let go, keeping a soft hold on my wrist like a lover.

“C’mon Lola; please...” He petitioned; blue eyes suddenly soft, and I was starting to wonder if he was sincere. “I only need a minute...”

I stared at him, taking in his hunched posture and softened facial expression.

This wasn’t the Billy I was used to, brimming with arrogance and overconfidence.

He seemed... humbler.

There was a tension in his shoulders, but not one that spoke of aggression; more like he was genuinely bothered that I was mad at him.

Of course; Billy had tricked me before.

He was a master at manipulation; his dirty tricks going far beyond easy smiles and charm, though he rarely needed anything else.

He’d demonstrated that at the party, using a combination of genuine sympathy and subtle flirting to make me think he wasn’t the complete asshole I now knew he was.

Still; there was no one here to impress.

No Carol or Tommy H to tantalise with tails of conquest.

Against my better judgment; I folded, sighing in defeat as he finally let go of my wrist; the smallest of smiles tweaking at the corners of his mouth.

“I clock off in twenty minutes. Then we can go and talk.” I stated, not leaving room for negotiation on the terms of our discussion.

“And I swear to God; if you try anything..,” I hissed; raising my finger into his face, because I knew Billy was a sneaky shit and this could all be a ruse to get in my panties.

“I know; I know. You’ll hang me by my entrails.” He conceded, raising his arms in surrender; and I was kinda impressed he came up with that threat all on his own.

I smiled back at him, because as much as I tried otherwise; I found Billy’s humour oddly refreshing.

Maybe because it was nearly as sick as my own.

Then I disappeared into Charlie’s shop, because I knew he was totting this as my break, and if that tight fucker thought he was docking this from my pay; I’d shove a catalytic converter up his ass.

[dragon-ball-meta]

brandong50 replied to your photo “People are obsessed with power scaling. They refuse to admit that the...”

I mean the moment jiren got serious he one shots roshi with. I effort lol. I feel like people complain about the manga without even reading the chapters..... Sure I get the manga as of late has been rushing through this arc but on a realistic level that’s really its biggest offense. The anime consistently relied on ass pulling and pure mind numbing stupidity. Trunks got a new form that’s never explained and was able to make a spirit bomb without even trying. Vegeta got a random new form.  Goku got UI because he got hit really hard. Kefla in base was stronger than ssg goku yet a controlled fully powered berserk kale with the help of caulifla got shitted on by ssg goku. Zamasu became the universe? Wtf? 17 became blue level by raising his kids and stopping poachers? I almost forgot about this one, goku black and zamasu were forced to retreat because of tear gas...  The manga does stupid shit but the anime makes it look like a fucking work of art by comparison.

Hoo boy. Let’s break this down. “I mean the moment jiren got serious he one shots roshi with. I effort lol “ No, he kinda doesn’t. That’s the problem. He actually has to try. The manga even outright implies Roshi is more or less getting close to attaining Ultra Instinct.

Roshi, in the anime, fought much slower and weaker opponents, not a guy stronger than a god. Even if he wasn’t going all out, he was at least using the same level of speed he’d been using on Goku, who couldn’t so much as get a solid hit in on him. And in the anime, they still managed to get this point across, still managed to give him a good showing (and actually let him get some KOs to his name) in the process. “I feel like people complain about the manga without even reading the chapters.” You must be new here, I suffer so my peeps don’t have to. “Sure I get the manga as of late has been rushing through this arc but on a realistic level that’s really its biggest offense. The anime consistently relied on ass pulling and pure mind numbing stupidity.” 90% of the manga has been just that but let’s go through your examples. “Trunks got a new form that’s never explained and was able to make a spirit bomb without even trying.” Trunks’ “new form” isn’t even a new form. It’s marketed like one, but for all intents and purposes in the series, it’s not. It’s simply Trunks focusing all his power into being used in one short burt; essentially, he becomes what seems to be far, far stronger, but it uses all his ki up front and he’s instantly drained when it wears off. It’s more like a Kaio-ken than anything else in practice. As for the latter? Yeah, kinda dumb. Wanna know what’s dumber? Goku inexplicably learning Beerus’ Desctruction technique, something reserved EXCLUSIVELY for Gods of Destruction that requires their specific sort of energy, and then somehow, inexplicably, having MISSED with it. Said technique being something that he’s supposedly not even used in practice before, yet he somehow knew it would work. Fused Zamasu being carved back into two by Trunks’ sword, only for both to then become... Fused Zamasu. Vegeta, who had only been healed by Trunks’ new healing powers enough to not die and stand on his own two feet being able to then rush in, kick a Goku in much better shape out of the way, and then OBLITERATE TWO FUSED ZAMASUS THAT NOT EVEN GOKU COULD HURT, AND STILL KEEP FIGHTING. This isn’t even touching on Kaioshin apprentices supposedly having healing powers they lose when becoming Kaioshin, and only Kaioshin being able to use the Time Rings, yet Zamasu is seen using both powers in tandem, or why the hell Zeno felt the need to literally erase the entire universe to deal with a small army of Zamasus rather than just erasing the Zamasus.  “Vegeta got a random new form.” He got one in the manga too. How exactly he was able to attain god ki at all? Never explained in the manga. How he managed to attain Super Saiyan God in the manga when the whole “Yamoshi” thing kinda deemed the ritual a necessity to tap into that? Never explained in the manga, it’s just handed to him for fanservice, along with somehow managing to make him even faster than in Blue. And given UI Omen was anime exclusive, and Toyotaro just LOVES him some Vegeta Wank, expect his special blue to show up in the manga too.   “Goku got UI because he got hit really hard.” Goku got UI because he was damn near killed, his body completely emptied, and the Spirit Bomb was absorbed enough into his body to act as a temporary power. Goku was essentially unconscious when he first used the form, as it was done to exemplify the body moving on its own, focused only on the fight. Which, frankly, actually ties in with Whis’ teachings, unlike, you know, just suddenly unlocking it in a burst of anger like a Super Saiyan form. “Kefla in base was stronger than ssg goku yet a controlled fully powered berserk kale with the help of caulifla got shitted on by ssg goku.” Do... do you not understand how Fusion works? Goku and Vegeta would have gotten stomped into dust if they’d fought Buu before they Fused; Goku at SSJ3 wouldn’t even have been enough. After Fusing though, they handled him as if it were child’s play. That’s literally how it works, my guy.   “Zamasu became the universe? Wtf?” Zamasu became a genuine god and his power was such that even after destroying his body, his spirit lived on and ascended, attempting to become an omnipotent, omnipresent being who was one with the Universe. The only person greater than him at that point was Zeno himself. Makes sense then to call him there and for him to erase that entire universe in order to eliminate Zamasu. Certainly, more than it does to do so because there were, like, 100 of him. “17 became blue level by raising his kids and stopping poachers?” 17 became as strong as he was because he trained and pushed himself for well over a decade. Also worth noting: He’s not “Blue Level” any more than Krillin is. Goku wasn’t even close to going all out at the point they were sparring, and Gohan, Vegeta, Freeza, etc. were still a good bit stronger than he was. Not sure why people think that 17′s job is literally all he could have been doing. “I almost forgot about this one, goku black and zamasu were forced to retreat because of tear gas...“ Gas is gas, my dude, and if you got a body it can be affected. Especially a mortal one, like what Black’s stuck in. I mean shoot, these people still need air too. Goku could conceivably die due to drowning in the lake by his house. Power don’t negate that. “The manga does stupid shit but the anime makes it look like a fucking work of art by comparison.” The manga also literally claims Goku is a terrible father, doesn’t care at all about his kids, resented Gohan and didn’t care for him when he wasn’t fighting, only starting to care when he saw Gohan “actually fights pretty good” (as if he didn’t already know it), and even insults his basic intellect and calls him a piss-poor fighter that relies on power over literally anything else, which is... well, just demonstrably untrue. Goku’s been strategizing throughout this entire series, finding ways to overcome gaps in power or resistance to conventional means of fighting. This manga is a low-tier fanfic written by a man who doesn’t understand these characters at all.

[yardsards]

and now some additions because help i accidentally made up two entire OCs

-their moms are named river and mira hollis (sidenote: hollis is an indirect reference to carmilla, a vampire story written before dracula, because i wanted to have a subtle dracula joke but "karnstein" feels too much like not a real surname, so i went with the last name they gave carmilla's girlfriend in the web adaptation). they're in their late 40s-early 50s

-lake hypenates their surname to alan-hollis

-lake was originally more drawn towards mira but ended up forging an equally strong bond with river

-river is a tall thin woman with pale freckled skin and curly bottle-blonde hair. she has a messy/crunchy femme style. she moved to arizona from san francisco and keeps in touch with her elderly parents (who, while a little confused about lake, are just happy to finally have a grandchild). she's a rather successful architect. she has a lot of artsy hobbies (some of which lake grew to enjoy) and likes to spend a lot of time outdoors. she enjoys reading about science, especially botany, and has a large book collection (although half of said books are sci fi or fantasy or are about the paranormal. this made her pretty easily accept the train's existence). her love of science and reading helped her to tutor lake. she is an easy-going woman, albeit eccentric and easily distracted.

-mira is a short, sturdy butch with medium brown skin and thick, straight, salt-and-pepper hair that she keeps tied back in a tight braid all of the time. she is an incredibly cool biker with piercings and a collection of leather vests (she gives at least one of them to lake as a kind of family heirloom). it makes lake kinda feel like this post:

-mira grew up in rural texas. she is no longer in contact with her parents but has reconnected with some of her siblings. she is a home-ec teacher, which often surprises people. all her students love her. like her wife, she likes to spend a lot of time outdoors. her, river, and lake probably go on a lot of hikes and camping trips together as a family. as you might expect from her job, she likes cooking/baking. she also enjoys woodworking a lot, and is now learning a bit about metalworking so she can help lake with things like haircuts. she has a motorcycle and volunteers with her local b.a.c.a. (bikers against child abuse; they're an actual organization in real life) chapter. she is a steadfast type of person who loves with her whole heart.

-mira was a former passenger. she boarded when she was barely 17. she had just been kicked out by her parents. she was struggling with a lot of grief and self-blame and internalized homophobia and felt like she was unloveable. her number was around 700, not because she did anything wrong but because she had a lot of pain to work through

-her denizen was a humanoid robot, made of intricately carved brass, named anabelle. anabelle wore a cracked steward's mask and a variety of extravagant dresses. she had a home on the train, a cottage in a train car with a magical forest vibe. her cottage was filled with so many oddities scavenged from all around the train that it would make the cat's car seem barren in comparison, and countless photos of other denizens and passengers that anabelle had loved.

-(yes anabelle is a reference to one of my d&d characters okay sue me)

-anabelle took a really motherly role towards mira. they would alternate between exploring the train together and just spending time at home in anabelle's cottage. the cottage often had visitors, either denizens anabelle considered friends (or her family members or her girlfriend), or passengers just passing through, needing a place to stay for the night before moving to the next car.

-anabelle taught mira skills like "how to make soup so good it could make the angels cry" and "how to lob a greataxe at a target 60 paces away". but mostly, she taught mira what a healthy family looked like. that she was worthy of love. that there was nothing wrong with who she was or what she liked or who she loved.

-it took two years to get mira's number down to single digits.

-but then. mira's number wouldn't go down anymore. or it would keep jumping back up into the double digits... she wasn't ready to let go of anabelle yet. so she kept doing small bad deeds or deliberately ruminating on self-loathing thoughts to stop her number from reaching 0

-(context clues from the show make me guess that passengers -at least before amelia took over- would eventually be forced through their doors if they didn't willingly take their exits. so just letting their number reach 0 but staying on the train wouldn't be an option)

-it took half a year for mira to make peace with saying goodbye to anabelle and the other denizens she began to see as friends and family and the cottage she'd called home. anabelle sent her through her door with an album full of photos and recipes, her favourite cast iron pan, and plenty of hugs.

-(i imagine that normally passengers can't remove items from the train but. anabelle was very old and had seen much of the train and how it worked and found a way around that. mira still has the album and the pan to this day.)

-so yeah, when mira sees lake there, needing someone to take them in, she sees herself in them. but she also sees the metal denizen that she called her family all those years ago

some little post book 2 headcanons i have that i *would* put into fic form if i didnt kinda hate writing: (putting it under a readmore bc it’s a lot of text)

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[elkian]

I was gonna do chapter 19 but this is actually just a big chunk of unit review

Previously...

So aside from kinda-meh stat gains, Anakin gets the ability to use staves (keep in mind Heal staves grant base 22 EXP as I go forward)

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it’s actually kind of a pain how much utility Anakin has, because everything he does gives EXP, but he only has 19 levels left to grow. There’s no reclassing, there’s no rolling back levels. I mean, hell, look at his Light level - some of that had to come from the promo, cause he wasn’t even at C last I checked. Getting any kind of rank in staves is gonna fill up a lot of EXP.

Can you imagine being mad about your protagonist being too useful? It’s fucking bizarre.

ANYWAYS

We’re past the midgame, here, so it’s about time to start figuring out our end team and capping them for promotion time. We’ll be getting technically-Kelik’s promo item next - I think it can be used on Shon, but I’m not entirely sure I’m supposed to yet. 

Also to note: Both Shon and Kelik get Heaven Seals they can use when they feel like it. Which means that, by gameplay standards, Anakin is the main character.

Sadly, Eduardo and Anakin don’t actually have a support. A shame, because look a this. All Corben and Shon really have going for them is Luck and Resistance, a touch of Skill - they have higher Speed, but a few lucky levels will fix that, and if not, we still have Charge, which is a brave-type lance.

In fact, based on this screenshot, I’d have to say Corben is officially benched.

Shon is a required character, and I think I know what to do with that Energy Ring we’ve had forever

(also, Eduardo and Emma are our only Dark-type support options. Just an interesting note/)

Zach is as fast as and almost as tough as Lyam, but that skill hurts me just to look at. We’ll see.

imma just clump all my magic types together

We’re getting the first of two Dark wielders in a bit, but in the meantime:

Itsuke’s claim to fame is supposed to be being stronger and tougher than Cia where she’s faster, but he’s not really living up to it. Speaking of tough, jfc Emma - that Res is even better than Tamiko’s, and she had an additional 5 or 6 levels of growing room. Emma’s also blazingly fast, though her luck - like her brother’s - is a bit on the low side, and her magic is unimpressive. All in all, she reads as a healer you can send into dangerous situations with little worry.

I don’t particularly dislike any of my mage-types, so I might well keep running multiples on upcoming maps.

My current Axers (note, again, that we did not get Noah because however you trigger his appearance never works for me). What I’m seeing is that Mark is likely to be much stronger, maybe more skillful, and even faster than Asch by the time he caps. His luck’s already higher, though his defensive skills might be a problem. All in all, Asch really doesn’t measure up.

Speaking of measuring up, Shuuda’s weaker but more Skillful(!!) and faster than Asch, has twice as much Luck, and nearly double his Resistance. Hell, with some lucky levels and the ability to use Axes to offset his weak ass, Shuuda will definitely be better than Asch in every way. The problem is that we’ve got a glut of sword users that he doesn’t measure up to comparatively.

Short answer: Asch sure is a prepromote.

like so. Remember, Althares has +15 crit for no real reason. Tekun, a Myrmidon, is 3 levels lower than Shuuda but already stronger, not to mention 5 points more in Speed. Their defenses and skill are mostly the same, but Tekun has more room to grow, and frankly better prospects if I can avoid throwing him into near-lethal situations on the regular.

Kelik is supposed to have absolutely amazing growths, but all he really has going for him is a little more Strength and defenses. At least he has Flamberge as a fallback.

Althares isn’t nearly as amazing in comparison, but again, +15 crit - and he can promote into Assassin, which uses Crit chance to activate Lethality.

Our fliers - not to Spoiler too much, but we have a decent Falcoknight recruit coming up.  That said, they’re not too bad - though I’m now realizing that Lirin is as good or almost as good as her +8 levels and promoted sister in everything except Speed and HP (the latter of which is due to supplements).

I’m really not sure how to feel about our Wyvern Riders, especially in the series that they get Swords instead of Axes on promoting. Ben’s got decent Con and a potential support with Emma, but his first and so far only level was absolutely underwhelming. This chapter is his proving grounds - if he doesn’t average 3-4 points a level, I’m just giving up on wyverns all together, I think.

What the fuck are you doing, Ace? Recall that Althares, at level 17, has not yet capped Speed. Not to spoiler again, but we - thank fuck - have a shopping opportunity involving Secret Books coming up soon, which will absolutely launch his viability into the ceiling. And Kellum Kevin’s always the best wall.

We have a reason for not using Siegfried, but even with his dandy growths, he just kind of sucks. All he really has going for him is a potential support with Shon and a sword that deals effective damage to mages. I mean, hell, aside from Skill (SKIIIIIILLLL!!!) and Con, he’s literally worse than Ace in every way (and Ace is so goddamn fast that he doesn’t give a shit about weapon weight anymore).