#linked universe truth

[gutiuniverse]

Sky: So, what is Wind to you? Warriors: The reason I wake up every morning. Sky: …that's adorable. Wind earlier that morning, barging into Warriors' room, smacking pans together: WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP

[kikker-oma]

Brotherly Bullying🤠

[weepingtalecowboy]

A continuity for the other post I made

Right here :

After the family decided to finally explain the joke about time’s illegitimate child to talon

Talon was so relieved about it that he wasn’t even able to get furious about the situation

Time unfortunately decided to make it worse by saying that the child is actually not Zelda's and that he just took him from someone else

And then leaves with the chain

Talon has an aneurysm about those implications

Because WTF was link doing with an army of other people all named link

Is his in-law a cult leader or something

Those tattoos make much more sense now

The chain only makes it worse by dropping equally deranged comments

Hyrule : if the hero of time hadn’t picked me up from the faith I would have been sacrificed but the leader was so kind to me (Hyrule is just as much of a little shit as the others)

Warriors: he is a great leader I suppose but I fear his power (talking about mask's ability to be a cryptic from the war)

Sky : he is not a bad guy,… I SWEAR ON IT HE ISN’T ( doesn’t sound like it )

Wild : yeah I just woke up and was part of this circle of people who all have the name link

Twilight: he is my spiritual ancestor who has protected my family for generations (yeah definitely lies considering that both are almost the same age)

Four casually : I am a war criminal so it doesn’t matter if I get sacrificed I will be locked up for life anyway (referring to Vio and his whole career as a war criminal)

Wind : He has abandoned me for a while before he finally decided that I am a worthy sacrifice for the shadow

Legend being legend: I am in fact hold hostage and my family is in active danger please get an army to stop this deranged man

This does not make Talon feel anymore better than before

In fact he is now convinced that his in law is actually crazy and a danger to his daughter and the princess isn’t taking him seriously

How do you stop a man off such power and the Queen's word at his call

[m5or]

Time: What did you do?

Twi: What the hero’s spirit does best!

Time: That is?

Twi: Property damage!

[r4zzberry]

idk if u guys are ready for the truth

[hazethestrange]

...so who's gonna tell him?

[hyohaehyuk]

Delainey, Jacob and Sam spending a great time together in Paris and Prague 🥰

Interesting… In the tv insider's 2x01 scene breakdown video (around 7:16), Jacob mentioned that he was with Delainey, but he didn't mentioned Sam at all and in this last video i post above Delainey said he was there too.

via thejamlore: bookclub wednesday, paddle boats in prague and Delainey on her time in paris with jacob (and sam)

Videos: Rotten Tomatoes TV - The 'Interview With the Vampire' Cast on the Vampire Bond and Living Across Time Periods, Autumn Brown - Raft Match with Jacob Anderson and Autumn Brown - Dream Conversations with Delainey Hayles

[uniquevoidflowers]

Summary:

Legend’s eyes widened as he searched his pockets and felt his back only to feel nothing at all. He swallowed thickly. “I brought some powerful stuff. If…”

“We’ll just have to pray to Hylia our captors don’t use them.” Warriors shrugged although he did seem worried.

“You think Hylia’s going to do any favours for you?” The sound of a young Time’s voice echoed throughout the cell.

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Febuwhump 2024, Day 20: Truth Serum

[birdmomblogs]

[ID: poorly edited meme of “Most people rejected His message. They hated Jesus because He told them the truth.” Jesus says “Linked Universe Warriors has a flat ass.” The crowd in front of him says “Shut up!” end ID]

[wutheringmights]

I got a theory…the reason why they are happier in the Everything Went Well Au is because they finally got together to play a game of monopoly (think about it)

I thought everything in CTB was because they WERE playing monopoly?

[gutiuniverse]

Wind: For the millionth time, Tetra and I are just friends. Spirit: *sneezes* Spirit: Sorry, I'm allergic to bullshit.

[tashacee]

Untarnished Chapter 5 is up! Have another chapter art because I could. Did I spend far too long trying to draw raindrops? Yes. Did it work? Debatable.

[featureenvyproductions]

Going to forever keep advertising my shit with tropes because do I have to? No. Am I too "stupid" to do it another way? No, not really. And as you've all seen, I also am perfectly capable of writing real blurbs and do write real blurbs. But I think it's fun to make the pic with the tropes anyway and have that around too. And also it keeps the pretentious people away. The sort who don't understand reading is not always for taking a "discomfort" vitamin because they A) are privileged enough to not have discomfort every day of their life to need to escape from or B) are fresh out of college and haven't discovered the joys of/have been shamed OUT of reading as a fun low pressure thing they can do to escape when they're fucking tired (and they think this sort of thing is new with fanfic and not more or less how "trash" lit like romance novels are marketed), as opposed to reading as some sort of Moral Duty To Be Deep that was instilled in them by a middle aged straight white English professor who thinks one can fulfill this by writing 10 pages about books where people scream at each other, have affairs with young women, or Make Up A Guy to warn people about things that Could Happen (that *cough* already happen to marginalized people *cough*) Anyway it's my version of a scarecrow. Firing shots to keep the rent low. Come take a seat next to me in the dumpster my fellow raccoons.

[binouchetruc]

hehe

[limboneto]

Polar opposites (or so it would seem)

Forte is a highly respected (among the Hylians anyways) higher up that serves the Royal Family. She is quite stern and diligently follows rules, and has quite a temper with surprising physical and fighting prowess to boot. Don't ever piss her off, or you'll have a spear shoved right in your face before you can ask where it even came from.

Cadence, also known as Nocturne to the Lorulian people, is the Boss of the new Theives Guild. They and their sister Minuet overthrew their monstrous last boss in order for them and the group to survive. Pissed at the Royal family's apparant disinterest in actually helping their people, Cadence's policy is sort of a "steal from the rich and give to the poor" type of way. Though if you're the type to screw other's over for your own gain, rich or poor, you'll get what's coming to you either way.

Much later in Forte's story it turns out she's also not one for following authorities, but was being forced to obey them. The revelation comes with her whole world crashing down around her, but she has friends to help pick up the pieces and regain her autonomy

[monsterfactoryfanfic]

if I've learned anything from grad school it's to check your sources, and this has proven invaluable in the dozens of instances when I've had an MBA-type try to tell me something about finances or leadership. Case in point:

Firefox serves me clickbaity articles through Pocket, which is fine because I like Firefox. But sometimes an article makes me curious. I'm pretty anal about my finances, and I wondered if this article was, as I suspected, total horseshit, or could potentially benefit me and help me get my spending under control. So let's check the article in question.

It mostly seems like common sense. "...track expenses and income for at least a month before setting a budget...How much money do I have or earn? How much do I want to save?" Basic shit like that. But then I get to this section:

This sounds fucking made up to me. And thankfully, they've provided a source to their claim that "research has repeatedly shown" that writing things down changes behavior. First mistake. What research is this?

Forbes, naturally, my #1 source for absolute dogshit fart-sniffing financial schlock. Forbes is the type of website that guy from high school who constantly posts on linkedin trawls daily for little articles like this that make him feel better about refusing to pay for a decent package for his employees' healthcare (I'm from the United States, a barbaric, conflict-ridden country in the throes of civil unrest, so obsessed with violence that its warlords prioritize weapons over universal medical coverage. I digress). Forbes constantly posts shit like this, and I constantly spend my time at leadership seminars debunking poor consultants who get paid to read these claims credulously. Look at this highlighted text. Does it make sense to you that simply writing your financial goals down would result in a 10x increase in your income? Because if it does, let me make you an offer on this sick ass bridge.

Thankfully, Forbes also makes the mistake of citing their sources. Let's check to see where this hyperlink goes:

SidSavara. I've never heard of this site, but the About section tells me that Sid is "a technology leader who empowers teams to grow into their best selves. He is a life-long learner enjoys developing software, leading teams in delivering mission critical projects, playing guitar and watching football and basketball."

That doesn't mean anything. What are his LinkedIn credentials? With the caveat that anyone can lie on Linkedin, Mr. Savara appears to be a Software Engineer. Which is fine! I'm glad software engineers exist! But Sid's got nothing in his professional history which suggests he knows shit about finance. So I'm already pretty skeptical of his website, which is increasingly looking like a personal fart-huffing blog.

The article itself repeats the credulous claim made in the Forbes story earlier, but this time, provides no link for the 3% story. Mr. Savara is smarter than his colleages at Forbes, it's much wiser to just make shit up.

HOWEVER. I am not the first person to have followed this rabbit hole. Because at the very top of this article, there is a disclaimer.

Uh oh!

Sid's been called out before, and in the follow up to this article, he reveals the truth.

You can guess where this is going.

So to go back to the VERY beginning of this post, both Pocket/Good Housekeeping and Forbes failed to do even the most basic of research, taking the wild claim that writing down your budget may increase your income by 10x on good faith and the word of a(n admittedly honest about his shortcomings) software engineer.

Why did I spend 30 minutes to make a tumblr post about this? Mostly to show off how smart I am, but also to remind folks of just how flimsy any claim on the internet can be. Click those links, follow those sources, and when the sources stop linking, ask why.