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[stickdoodlefriend]

Merging my F1 hyperfixation with Buddie for my Formula 1 AU fic and it is so hard to write Buck and Eddie as rivals since their only rivalry lasted half a shift. All hopes go to the sexually charged, "Wanna go for the title?" and an ambulance blowing up.

[dr-lizortecho]

lol! read through that nonsense and I think it’s garbled? but idk how else to say what I’m trying to say besides….

Max’s struggle with his queer identity is very much because he inverted the general sexual orientation definition system. Aka if love (romantics) and sex (sexuality) are each a hand- and the heteronormative labeling system views (love 🤝 sex -> sexual orientation) and the general separation of sexuality and romanticism takes (sex -> sexual orientation) and (love -> romantic orientation) then Max in his limited understanding and aroace identity took (love -> sexual orientation) and (sex -> horniness)

[tomorrowusa]

Our only defense against surveillance capitalism in the short run is to avoid being surveilled. Quitting platforms which suck personal information out of you is essential to protect privacy. Avoiding cookies and trackers is another way to protect yourself.

I’m a compulsive history clearer. My history is cleared automatically when the browser (either Firefox or Safari) is closed. Sometimes I’ll clear much of it selectively in mid session. I NEVER use Chrome which is just a vacuum cleaner of personal info for Google. And speaking of Google, it’s rare for me ever to be signed in there.

To control your personal information it’s necessary to be proactive and to endure a little inconvenience. I see this inconvenience as minor and beneficial – in the same way that conscientious recycling is in the long run.

But ultimately, legislation is needed to protect internet users. There are plenty of precedents. We already have laws to protect safety, to ensure pure food and pharmaceuticals, and to regulate financial transactions. It’s long overdue for online privacy to get the same treatment.

There need to be limits on personal information which online commercial entities can collect, store, and share. 

[realuity]

an entirely biased review of all of the original killers in dead by daylight

okay so I don‘r play DBD. frankly, I’d rather shuck myself like a cob of corn than subject myself to whatever nonsense rhe game’s playerbase is up to. the lore’s not my thing and some of the character choices make me wrinkle. but I like horror things and I have a vague understanding of how they play. and I have some opinions. so i’ll throw them here.

thsi only includes the original guys made for the game. no liscensed visitors! (If you are wondering though I like myers and pig for their gimmicks and xenomorph because I love women)

evan macmillian - the trapper

i am excruciatingly neutral on this guy. he is kind of John Killer, which makes sense for how much I dgaf, but still. his mask is cool as fuck, but his lore really doesn’t resonate with me. trapping is a fun gimmick but apparently he lends himself to a lot of campy playstyles, which doesn’t sound too fun. he just exists to me.

philip ojomo - the wraith

this guy’s just really downright miserable. he doesn’t even wanna be here. he just wants to work at a Denny’s and live alone with a cat or whatever. invisibility is neat and the big stupid bell ring for whenever he does it is really funny though. cool guy I just feel bad for his existence

max thompson jr - the hillbilly

iunno this guys concept and lore just rub me the wrong way. just feels tone-deaf. much like wraith i think we should just leave this guy alone and let him farm in peace. he’s had a rough go of it. letting him be just some normal guy would make everything feel less. ew.

sally smithson - the nurse

how does she see out of that thing.

jokes aside she’s another i don’t feel strongly about. apparently she’s pretty meta due to her teleportation shenanigans, but otherwise she doesn’t catch my eye. I’m sorry women

lisa sherwood - the hag

really strong design-wise. really neat looking fungus plant lady. another one that really doesn’t wanna be here. like holy hell ma’am. maybe she and billy can go grill things together away from killing people for a big spider demon. otherwise I’m neutral on her too.

herman carter - the doctor

oh YEAH baby. this guy’s my MAN. he’s a complete SHITHEAD and is TERRIBLE and he’s very fun to watch. Electroshock Andy over here is the giggliest guy on campus and has some really funny builds and gimmicks and is also unreasonably complicated. jumpscare doctor is so fucking funny plus electricity themes are cool even if it is the endlessly fucked up existence of electroshock therapy and military-funded abuse, but what is horror without being a little slice of messed up reality? I never want to go near this man in my life.

anna - the huntress

I like her!! she’s pretty and fucked up. i like predator/prey motifs and she’s got a nice voice. my fav thing about her is the existence of orbital huntress. hilarious as hell. you can just cross-map bean someone with a hatchet to their skull. fuck yeah.

jeffrey hawk - the clown

he’s not even the cunty jester or joyous giggler kind of clown. he’s a freako with a thing for fingers that drugs people. i don’t want to be anywhere near this man in my life. fun short film though. damn good horror villian I just. ewwwwwwwwww

rin yamaoka - the spirit

she should be allowed to kill people actually. literally just some kid as far as I know. i’d be pissed off too if my dad got so fucked over by a company that he started killing people. living in the scary dimension and stabbing people sounds like a way better time than that. saw someone cosplay her once at a convention too and that was pretty neat.

the legion

genuinely wonderfully funny concept. these lot are just some kids that kill people as a hobby. they have a logo and listen to mixtapes while doing it and all. they’re spy mains that think they’re hot shit. the title is unreasonably cool for what they are. the fact they just have to like lie down and take a moment to go wheeze after using their ability is great too. they forgot to pack an inhaler or four to the scary dimension

adiris - the plague

frankly unreasonably badass design. ancient mesopotamian preiest that just like.vomits on people. i'm not too invested in whatever she's up to religion-wise i just think the fact she horfs up blood as a projectile weapon is sick as fuck. the censer as a melee is cool too

kazan yamaoka - the oni

this is the spirits great great peepaw or something aparently. i do love the aestehtic of traditional japanese masks i just wish the mask here had the big ol' eyes and bigger teeth. he hits people with a big club too i guess. neutral on this bloke.

caleb quinn - the deathslinger

IRELAND MENTION LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

otherwise this is a sick guy. old freak who got fucked over by capitalism so hard he decided to build a gu and shoot people with a harpoon about it. plus he's a cowboy. consideirng my biggest interest right now is great god grove, i am predisposed to liking cowboy motifs. also he's really funny in the 2v8 gameplay ive seen you literally just go fishing

talbot grimes - the blight

his main gameplay loop involves ramming into walls like an idiot before hitting someone with a big stick. i guess thats what the infection from hollow knight does to a guy. my only other strong opinion is that they shuould make his rushing running scream be the scotland forever voice clip

charlotte n' victor deshayes - the twins

can this game be normal about facial differences for two fucking seconds . anyway te concept is neat i guess and i like how kicking the infant is so tempting within this game that theres apparently entire meme playstyles based aroud baiting people into kicking the baby, thus getting them out of position for you to go hit them with your scythe

ji-woon hak - the trickster

shame that yet another title that couldve been used for a cunty jester has been taken. oh well. at least we have this guy who's pretty neat. a whole thing based on the k-pop industry is a rlly oddball choice for a horror game, but i dunno i've heard that said industry can get pretty fucked and exploitative. also i like neon colours a lot. the whole bit with him making his synths out of samples of his victims which he goes on to put into his work is really neat i think. hes kinda just some guy though

carmina mora - the artist

alright. her design is really neat and i like all the ink and strong red and black colours and her weird claw hand she turns her hand into. but she is possibly the funniest design slip-up ever. she's chilean and from chile and her major thematic throughline is crows. apparently, chile is like, one of the only countries to not have crows in it. lmao

the dredge

dredge!! dredge my friend dredge!! one of the three Creatures Buddies, dedge is like so fucking cute to me. thats a puppies dog. sure this puppies dog was formed from a dark fucked up ritual spawned from a jonestown situation and is the amalgam of hundreds of people stuck in a high-control cult enviornment, but consider that they're a puppies dog. i think if igave them a sugar cube things would be ok

tarhos korvács & the wacky bunch - the knight

i mean, cool ass concept of a murderous knight and his buddies all being played at once. i'm otherwise neutral. not really a medeival fan, but they're cool i suppose.

adriana imai - the skull merchant

alright she was definitley spawned from the result of a gaggle of designers throwing concepts at the wall and trying to shove them into a pile. a cut-throat millionare who kills ceos for fun, a comic book hero brought to life into a villian by the author's daughter, and a sci-fi high-tech conniving surveillance master murderer. i can respect that mish-mash design philosophy a lot but i'm otherwise also neutral. her little claw arm contraption thing is fun though

hux-a7-13 - the singularity

i really, really like hux! i'm a sucker for evil AI, especally one that's also getting into bioengineering and meaty mechanics. for a heartless killer who's hellbent on the kinda cliche goal of becoming the ultamite lifeform by assimilating others genetic info, he's actually kind of a smug snarky cunt. he calls people worms for no reason. he literally calls people annoying for screaming in pain. i think he and p03 would get along disastrously.

the unknown

one banger to the next. unknown here is a wriggly strange mass that's a love letter to creepypasta, urban legends, found footage and perhaps even the more recent development of analog horror. a squirmy fella who steals voices and fucks over anyone who comprehends them. doesn't even wanna be in the scary spider dimension if i recall correctly. i love the disjointed voicelines that come across as them mimicking whatever they've heard, but they're definitley like.. sapient. i think they have a dashing smile and a lovely crawl.

portia maye - the houndmaster

um. hi. hii hello ma'am. hellou. hi.

this is the newest addition, and she's a doozy. scotish pirate lady with a big ol' dog she loves very much. i don't know much about her.. but apparently her dog's breed is like, a notably loyal and strong one used as a guard dog/ and the lady herself? oh my god she's so fucking pretty. the gold and red on the coat. her badass knife cane. im quaking in my boots for a variety of reasons. i don't find her scary, don't find any of this lot traditionally scary, but yknow. she/s still sick as hell.

[kassandrasdisciple]

TMA ENTITIES X DBD KILLERS

Strap in cos this is gonna be a long one. I'm not going to do all 38 at once because that would actually kill me. So I'm gonna do 10 at a time, covering the original killers. I might cover the licences but then it becomes an argument on how much of their OG representations to include.

The vibe is what Entity I think the killers would serve. Not who they'd be victims of. I.E. I think The Legion would be targeted by The Loney but wouldn't serve it. This is the killers as avatars basically.

With all that out of the way, let's get into these justifications, as always if this has been done before or you have your own interpretations please let me know!

The Trapper

The Slaughter

Starting off hard. In DBD lore Evan doesn't want to serve THE Entity so you could argue none, however I think the most suitable TMA Entity would be The Slaughter.

His kills aren't personal, he commited mass murder, before that he didn't hunt individuals, just punished those who stepped out of line. Even then it wasn't to cause death or for cruelty, he killed as a means to an end. On the other side, he still sees people as people, he didn't view them as flesh to abuse and use.

Because of these action pre-realm, and his impersonal use of beartraps, which maim at random, I think he has similar vibes to the Entity of war and apathetic harm. I could see the argument for The Buried because of how he killed the miners, however I have a much better fit for Too Close, I Cannot Breath.

The Wraith

The Buried

Poor Philip. He also didn't want to be a killer, he spent his life buried. He escaped a war-torn country, he worked a dead-end job, and he literally spent years crushing people to death, with his first and final intentional kill being via crushing aswell.

I don't think he fears The Buried, if he fears an Entity it would be The Slaughter because of his childhood, I think him learning about his accidental murders but then immediately lashing out and inflicting that on his guilty boss shows he embraces The Buried. I think Choke is the best fit for Philip.

The Hillbilly

The Flesh

Also another tragic character. Max was defined by his flesh. I believe by the time he's taken into the realm he's truly internalised The Flesh. We see this in his killing style and home map. His weapon is a chainsaw he uses to butcher and rend, and his realm is a farm covered in slaughtered animals and an abattoir. Hillbilly isn't scared of The Flesh anymore, now he wishes to make everything into meat.

The Nurse

The Spiral

I don't think I can keep calling all the killers tragic ...however. Sally also went through the wringer, she lost her husband, worked in an asylum until the things she saw broke her mind and she strangled 54 people. They find her rocking back and forth sobbing, after completely losing her mind.

However she's not just heavily marked by The Spiral, but she also perpetuates it. It's Meta-Lore that Nurse isn't a normal killer, even compared to other teleporting killers she's on another level, she breaks the game formula, you can't loop normally, she truely is not what she seems. Also I can definitely see a Helen Skin for her, add a door opening animation for her blinks and *chef's kiss*

The Hag

The Desolation

I swear they'll start being less sympathetic soon. Lisa honestly just got screwed over. Was she messing with magic beyond our mortal comprehension? Yes. However that is not a crime, just very Jonathan Simms-coded. Anyways Lisa wouldn't serve The Desolation, however The Hag? The Hag was born after Lisa was tortured, mutilated and starved, and when she got her freedom she chose revenge, she called down calamity on the cannibals and reveled in their deaths.

In the trials The Hag doesn't prioritise quick deaths, she slows down gens, she forces you to hunt down hexes. She wishes to prolong the suffering of the survivors that the Entity makes look like her kidnappers. She has become an Avatar of retribution and cruelty.

The Doctor

The Spiral

See I told you they wouldn't all be tragic characters. Herman is fucking Evil. He didn't have a tragic childhood, he was a child prodigy, he was published as a teen, got into Yale, was set up for being a normal person. However, the CIA gave him unchecked access to prisoners and suddenly the Geneva convention was his personal checklist.

Whilst torture is very Desolation-core, he "excelled" in psychological torture, to the point where even CIA torturers thought he was going to far. DO YOU KNOW HOW BAD YOU HAVE TO BE TO HAVE THE CIA GOING "yo chill". To The Spiral with you Herman, you Doctor David dupe.

The Huntress

The Hunt

I lied the sympathetic characters are back. Good news though, we're not staying here long. She's The Hunt. Duh. She does protect her isolation so you could argue Lonely, however, she's not really got the social development to know what being lonely is, in her mind she's just protecting her territory. The Hunt for you Anna, go forth and prosper.

The Clown

The End

Oh the creepy ones are back. Kenneth/Jeffery is also really hard to place. Because he does a lot of weird shit. He followed the psychopath playbook, killing birds, small animals, then people. He collects FINGERS which he LICKS. This is going to be controversial but I'm gonna put him in The End, I don't like that he shares the same Entity as my baby Oliver, however I think it fits the most.

He doesn't kill for cruelty (Desolation) or the chase (Hunt), but it is personal (not Slaughter), he kills because he just really enjoys killing. He likes killing and ending lives so much he went from track-star to Clown, he collects fingers as mementos. Truely he has a passion for graphic murder. Out of these 10, Clown is the one who enjoys killing the most.

The Spirit

The Web

I'm still salty that Rin is a killer. Glad she's not a survivor though, but I just want my girl to have peace. Rin noticed her family's decline from her mother's health and her school bills, but she didn't confront her father directly. Instead she gets a job to help support the family, she also looks after her mother. Now, this might just be me seeing her as Martin-coded. However, her more subtle approaches in trying to alleviate her fathers burdens seems very Web.

These small changes didn't save Rin though. Her father snaps, he kills her mother and brutalises Rin. In her last moments she begs for control, to not let this be how her story ends, for the power to avenge her mother and kill her father. And something answers. Truely, if Rin was in the TMA world I think it would've been the Mother of Puppets that answered her.

Her gameplay let's her psych out survivors, tracing scratch marks, and ensnaring her chosen prey with Rancor. Lastly her family tree (or family Web if you will) is part of the reason she's in the realm, her convoluted history linking her to The Oni.

The Legion

The Hunt

I tried to limit repeats, however just as Nurse and doctor are so obviously The Spiral. The Legion are just as Hunt as Huntress. Whilst Anna is more akin to Daisy, a lone wolf, the 4 members of Legion are exactly like the Hunt domain of MAG: 176. They look to Frank as their leader, always checking for weakness, when Susie tries to resist stabbing the janitor, they take her hand and guide the knife into the cleaner's throat.

They Hunt together, they're game mechanics include an animalistic frenzy, and they do it for the thrill, the final stop of a past of vandalism, bullying and theft. I think if the Entity hadn't taken them they most likely would've gone down a similar road to the murder club of MAG: 112.

And that's the list! Obviously the argument could be made for all of them to be Web or Desolation as they all serve the same insect-esque dark god, by causing eternal suffering. However that's boring, and a direct cognate to that doesn't exist in the TMA universe (maybe the things that were fear?). If you disagree with any choices lemme know. I'll probs do the next 10 (from Plague to Skullmerchant on the dbd wiki) soon-ish.

Until then, thank you for reading!

< Icons and art came from the dbd wiki and Grace Holsten's tumblr respectively >

[bunnysrabbit]

Deadpool vs Wolverine thoughts

- lots of Easter eggs like too many to count honestly definitely requires a well rounded media knowledge even outside of marvel

- fucking incredible soundtrack. Great nostalgic choices that really made the film imo

- Chris Evan’s cameo as Johnny flame? Hilarious

- overall plot very fast and loose and really more there just to have a reason to put the two together

- is definitely crack

- like this absolutely could just be considered a crack universe because the one choice that ruined any type of canon was having Laura? The kid from Logan there in the void because Logan was sooo serious and talking about it was fine and bringing a different version (primed for “funnier”) is a great choice but wtf was she just there for other than a lil tear jerk moment idk unnecessary

- all serious moments lowkey unnecessary felt very off in comparison to the rest bc the rest was crack lol

- only part of the multiple Deadpool thing I liked was its uzi time baby

- fuck that gross dog forever but Logan just holding it to walk across truly hilarious

- love blade ? And the elektra call back but still those movies were so.. like serious (tho very camp) that it’s kind of weird to place these characters

- but the one liner to blade about animal king made it ok for me lol

- Stanley steamer cameo Stan Lee check very creative

- Cassandra… idk how to feel just a plug in villain but she had the opportunity to be so so so good I think I felt like she was underutilized

- as usual the worst part of marvel movies is their admittance that they know what’s wrong and don’t care but hey I literally saw it in theaters so it’s cyclical and 50% pass for being written and produced by Ryan

- I wish they put spawn in it. Idk man no reason at all I have no idea how the comics interact if at all but w the other cameos I think that’s probably the most overlooked marvel movie

- mad max mention check check check

- the tva as a continued narrative I dislike which is ironic bcccc —->

- Loki mention! Meta but whatever

- it was really funny I will give it props yes one liners but good ones !

- bloopers from all versions of X-men etc as ending reel solid!!! Very good

- fight scenes.. the opening was the best and the others were fine…

- they should have kisses there was the PERFECT moment and they didn’t

- I think this was a fun Wolverine actually I like how much he swore and was as nasty as Deadpool

- 7/10 final rating which is a b if you’re in Canada (reference Ryan reynolds)

[juanmecanico]

Todos los movimientos y alineaciones de los pilotos de la Fórmula E para 2024 ¡Hola, entusiastas de los autos! Aquí estamos para hablar sobre la temporada 10 de #FormulaE. ¡Agárrate fuerte, porque hay muchos movimientos de pilotos! 🏎️ Así que, comencemos con DS Techeetah. Tenemos a António Félix da Costa, quien se quedará con el equipo para la próxima temporada. A su lado, Jean-Éric Vergne también está listo para volver. Este par ha demostrado ser impresionante, así que estoy intrigado por ver cómo se desempeñan. Luego, moviéndonos a Envision Virgin Racing, tenemos a Frijns y Bird, que estarán al volante nuevamente. Sin embargo, un gigante salto anunciado por Bird es su mudanza a Jaguar Racing, junto a Evans. ¡Esa es desarrollando bastante trama para la próxima temporada! No podemos olvidar a BMW i Andretti Motorsport. Max Gunther, quien tuvo una excelente actuación en la Temporada 9, se quedará, pero aún no tenemos noticias de su compañero de equipo. Dentro de los equipos, Nissan e.dams parece mantener todo como está, al igual que Mahindra Racing, aunque no se ha confirmado oficialmente. Si tenemos algo que decir sobre estos equipos, es que la constancia es crucial. ¿Y qué decir de Mercedes-Benz EQ? Tenemos a Stoffel Vandoorne y a Nyck de Vries, ambos con metas altas y listos para correr. No hay duda de que ellos definitivamente serán competencia importante para el resto de los equipos. ¡Vamos a ver qué nos tienen preparado! La única certeza en Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler es René Rast, no sabemos quién será su compañero pero estoy seguro de que harán un buen equipo. Geox Dragon aún no tiene la alineación de pilotos confirmada. ¡Me intriga saber quién será elegido! Venturi Racing es otro equipo con incógnitas. Edoardo Mortara se queda, pero no sabemos quién lo acompañará. Tampoco se sabe quién conducirá para Porsche, aunque Faraday Future está a punto de sellar el contrato con Porsche. Por último, pero no menos importante, tenemos NIO 333, cuya alineación aún está en el aire. Definitivamente hay mucha especulación en torno a quién tomará ese puesto. En resumen, ¡afortunadamente, la temporada 10 de #FormulaE promete ser un emocionante viaje! Parece que ha llegado el momento de ajustar los cinturones y prepararse para la carrera. ¡Así que mantén tus ojos en la pista y en este espacio para conocer las últimas actualizaciones! #Automovilismo #FastCars #Motorheads

[speedyposts]

Snap CEO says 20 million U.S. teens use Snapchat, but only 200,000 parents use its Family Center controls

During today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on kids’ online safety, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel shared that 20 million teenagers use Snapchat in the United States and that around 200,000 parents use its Family Center supervision controls. He also shared that approximately 400,000 teen accounts have been linked to a parent’s account through Family Center. Spiegel’s testimony marks the first time that Snap has shared real-world metrics regarding the usage of Snapchat’s parental controls.

Snapchat’s Family Center, which allows parents to see who their teens are friends with on the app and who they have been communicating with, first launched in 2022.

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Spiegel shared the numbers after Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif) asked the CEO’s of Snap, Meta, TikTok, X and Discord to disclose how many minors were using their platforms and how many parents were using parental supervision controls offered by the services.

“We create a banner for Family Center on the user’s profiles,” Spiegel said after being asked what Snapchat was doing to ensure parents and guardians are aware of the tools. “So the accounts we believe may be the age that they can be parents can see the entry point into Family Center easily.”

Snap introduced the parental controls in response to increased pressure on social networks to better protect minor users from harm. Snapchat’s roll out of Family Center followed the the launches of similar parental control features across other apps, including Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

Spiegel was the only CEO to share numbers in response to Senator Padilla’s question.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he was unable to provide specific numbers, but said that the company runs “extensive ad campaigns” both on its platform and outside to raise awareness of its parental supervision tools.

X CEO Linda Yaccarino shared that less than 1% of the platform’s 90 million U.S. users are between the ages of 13 and 17, and that the company is discussing parental controls.

“Being a 14 month old company we have reprioritized child protection and safety measures,” Yaccarino said. “We have just begun to talk about and discuss how we can enhance those with parental controls.”

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said he was unable to share specifics, but that TikTok was “one of the first platforms” to give parents supervision controls. Discord CEO Jason Citron said that Discord raises awareness of its parental controls through promotional videos and in-app prompts.

Mark Zuckerberg says Apple and Google should manage parental consent for apps, not Meta

Mark Zuckerberg defends teenage creators’ right to public Instagram accounts

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[atletasudando]

Caio Oliveira de Sena Bonfim, otra vez grande en la marcha de 20 km

La marcha sudamericana vivió otra gran momento este sábado 19 de agosto, al inaugurarse el Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo en Budapest cuando el brasileño Caio Oliveira de Sena Bonfim logró la medalla de bronce de los 20 kilómetros, repitiendo su gesta de Londres 2017. Y varios de los mejores marchistas sudamericanos establecieron sus marcas personales, además de ocupar puestos de avanzadas en una prueba de notable nivel. El título fue para el español Alvaro Martín con 1:17:32, delante del sueco Perseus Karlström con 1:17:39. Caio llegó tercero con 1:17:47 y de este modo logró la segunda marca de la historia sudamericana, detrás del récord del legendario ecuatoriano Jefferson Pérez (1:17:21 hace dos décadas). Caio mejoró su reciente récord nacional (1:18:29 en La Coruña) y reafirmó su condición de uno de los mejores marchistas del mundo. A sus 32 años, el atleta procedente de Brasilia ya había sido 3°, como citábamos, ahce seis años en Londres, también fue 6° en 2015 y 2022, y estuvo en el top 4 de los Juegos Olímpicos. Otros récords nacionales fueron fijados por los atletas en los puestos siguientes: el canadiense Evan DUnfee (4° con 1:18:03), el alemán Christopher Linke (5° con 1:18:12) y el finés Veli-Matti Partanen (6° con 1:18:22). El ecuatoriano Brian Daniel Pintado, campeón panamericano, si bien no pudo repetir su posición del Mundial anterior en Eugene –cuando quedó 5°- ahora fue 7° con un registro personal de 1:18:26, que también constituye el tercero de la historia sudamericana. El siguiente atleta de nuestra región fue el peruano César Rodríguez, 17° con 1:19:52, récord de su país (tenía 1:20:45 el año pasado en La Coruña) e incorporándose también a la lista de los que bajaron la barrera de 1:20:00. La prueba se largó con dos horas de retraso debido a una tormenta, pero no obstante el nivel fue espectacular. El colombiano Eider Arévalo, quien había sido campeón en Londres y ahora ambicionaba ubicarse otra vez entre los mayores, arrancó bien (40:13 en el parcial de los 10 km) pero declinó y fue 26° con 1:21:55. Los otros sudamericanos terminaron así: 19 David Hurtado (Ecuador) 1:20:07, 20 Jordy Rafael Jiménez (Ecuador) 1:20:08, 22 Luis Henry Campos (Perú) 1:20:56, 36 MaX Batista Goncalves dos Santos (Brasil) 1:24:10, 45 Juan Manuel Cano (Argentina) 1:37:29 y 46 César Herrera (Colombia) 1:27:47. Cincuenta marchadores de veintiocho países tomaron la salida en la Plaza de los Héroes de Budapest. Por delante un céntrico recorrido de un kilómetro al que dieron veinte vueltas por la calle Andrassy. El japonés Koki Ikeda, que llegó a Budapest con el aval de las medallas de plata en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio y del pasado Mundial en Eugene en 2022, lideró la prueba desde el principio con una solidez que le permitió llegar a tener doce segundos de ventaja sobre un grupo perseguidor del que fueron tirando el turco Salih Korkmaz, el ecuatoriano Brian Daniel Pintado y el brasileño Caio Bonfim. Ikeda registró un parcial de 38:37 para los primeros 10 km. donde Caio pasó en el grupo siguiente con 38:52 (récord de su país para esa distancia). Álvaro Martín, metido en ese grupo perseguidor, fue de menos a más en la carrera y, pasado el ecuador, fue empezando a ganar posiciones hasta que a los quince kilómetros logró alcanzar a Ikeda, al que se le hizo larga la prueba sin poder aguantar el alto ritmo que imprimió desde el principio. El atleta extremeño, en solitario, levantó los brazos en meta parando el crono en 1h17:32, la mejor marca mundial del año, lejos de la plusmarca que aún ostenta desde el 15 de marzo de 2015 el japonés Yusuke Suzuki.  Álvaro Martín, de 29 años, amplía con este oro mundial un palmarés que incluye también dos victorias en los campeonatos de Europa de Berlín 2018 y 2022. Martín quiso "reivindicar" su nombre pero también admitió que el triunfo es "un éxito de equipo y de la marcha española porque podía haber sido el día" de cualquiera de sus compañeros. Álvaro Martín, con un tiempo de 1h17:32, se convirtió en el tercer español en la historia en conquistar el oro mundial tras Valentín Massana en 1993 y Miguel Ángel López en 2015.       "Es increíble ganar pero es la segunda medalla del grupo. La primera fue la de Miguel Ángel López en 2015. Estuve en Pekín viendo cómo le colgaban el oro. Ver un español ganando después de una época tan mala que hemos tenido con todo el dopaje de los rusos y un español limpio lo ha hecho", dijo Álvaro Martín, a los medios de comunicación, tras ganar el oro. "La marcha española durante los Europeos lo ha hecho muy bien pero no era suficiente. Veníamos de tres cuartos puestos en los Juegos de Tokio y es muy doloroso. Hice todo lo que pude pero sabíamos que podíamos hacer un poco más en los Mundiales", confesó el atleta extremeño. "Quiero reivindicar no solo mi nombre, porque al final esto es algo del equipo, porque también podía ser el día de Alberto Amezcua, Diego García Carrera o Paul McGrath que nos está viendo. Es un éxito de un equipo, de la marcha española y de mi entrenador José Antonio Carrillo", señaló. Álvaro Martín, que ha sido uno de los atletas más críticos en los últimos tiempos con las decisiones que se están tomando a nivel internacional sobre la marcha, dejó a un lado sus discrepancias con la federación porque "no es el momento". "Raúl Chapado (presidente de la RFEA) me ha felicitado. Podremos tener nuestras diferencias pero en carrera y competición es donde tenemos que estar. Creo que se alegra porque haya ganado, y ahora a disfrutar. Ha sido una temporada de ensueño", manifestó. Con un tiempo de 1h17:32, Álvaro Martín se quedó cerca de la 1h17:22 de Paquillo Fernández en 2002. "El récord de Paquillo lo he visto cerca pero prefiero ganar un Mundial que ser cuarto y batir el récord de España", dijo el atleta español, que acabó diciendo que deben "reivindicarse y seguir luchando".   Read the full article

[dr-lizortecho]

aroace Max is something that is so special to me and also very rooted within canon

[chasingshhadows]

I have a whole lot of feelings regarding Michael and Max, but for right now I want talk about one of the moments they shared in the bunker. This post talks about something Max says to Liz, and how, out of context, it makes Max look really problematic, but in context, is actually exactly the thing Liz needed to hear. 

And while this is probably an unpopular opinion I think the same actually goes for what Max said to Michael about his ”burden”. Because taking that scene by itself, telling an abused child “I felt your pain” and “what happened to you happened to me” is like.... what the fuck?! Literally how dare you try to act like you could even begin to understand what he was going through, at such a formative stage in his life. And that’s what Michael looks like he’s expecting:

But Michael thinks he’s always been alone. He thinks Max and Isobel fucked off with the Evans and left him behind and yeah he probably has some jealousy that Max got the childhood he was denied. Shit, how could he not? How could he look at himself and Max, these two boys that started their lives in the same place, and not be furious that Max got the life he was denied?

But the good part of him, the compassionate heart he has was so happy and relieved that they had it easier. He took those beatings and burns, he took every punch and he buried it so they would be spared. He never wanted to hurt them, he never wanted them to know the horrors he had to endure - they were all he loved in the world and he wanted them to be happy, even if it meant he suffered.

And that’s been his character the whole show. Michael doing things that hurt himself in order to protect Max and Isobel. Burying all that pain and abuse as a child so they wouldn’t worry about him. Burying a literal body so Max wouldn’t be seen as a murderer. Taking the blame for Isobel’s murders so she wouldn’t be horrified at herself. Covering up those murders so they could all be safe. Spending 10 years living up to that perception of loose canon/monster so they wouldn’t feel guilty about what he gave up for them.

And he never talks about any of it with them, not ever. Not at 14. Not at 17. Not at 27. 

He never told them about Alex - never said a word. Didn’t tell him that a human showed him kindness for the first time. Didn’t tell them he fell in love. Didn’t tell them he was brutally punished for that love. Didn’t tell them the man he loved left to go off to a foreign country and die. 

And because of that, he’s made himself i n s a n e l y isolated. Gawd, can you imagine? Being alone with all your thoughts for 20 years of just nonstop horror and pain? Can you even begin to fucking imagine what a burden that was to carry by himself? And he did all of it, kept it from them, so that they wouldn’t hurt. No wonder Michael needs his Quiet. 

So when Max tries to talk about his own “burden,” Michael understandably looks skeptical - because, how, how could it even begin to compare?

And then Max starts talking about “guilt” and Michael’s face kind of freezes:

This isn’t what he was expecting Max to say. He was expecting Max to give some speech about always having to be the responsible one, the one that made the rules, the “dad” of the group, the one who had to take care of them all. He thought Max was going to explain all the ways in which Michael’s behavior was a burden for Max.

But he’s not - he’s talking about his inability to prevent Michael’s pain. 

To anyone else, from anyone else, these words would be incredibly callous, but they’re not bc this is exactly what Michael needed to hear. This is Max saying:

“You were loved. You were watched. You were noticed. You wouldn’t talk about it but I knew and it hurt me to know you were hurting. Every time. I wanted to carry that burden with you so that you wouldn’t have to carry it alone.” 

And just imagine what that must feel like for Michael to hear? All the hiding, all the secrets, all the years of this pain and chaos building inside him because he thought he was all alone in the world, and here Max is, emphatically telling him that was never true. Max cared. Max didn’t want Michael to be hurting, would have gladly shared that pain if only it meant Michael wasn’t carrying it alone.

And we���ve learned through reference in 1.06 (both at Prom when Michael “had a bad feeling” and That Night) and again more explicitly in 1.12 that the psychic connection between the three of them isn’t limited to just Max and Isobel - “when things are really bad for one of us, the others get flashes of pain.” 

Riley makes the point here that what makes this line land so hard for the audience is that Max is referencing specific events, but I also think that’s what makes it land so hard for Michael. He’s realizing not only was he never truly hiding his abuse, but that Max and Isobel were very likely experiencing it with him. 

And that’s why Michael doesn’t spit in Max’s face and shout “How Dare?!” Because the weight of understanding how much Max cares, how much Max would have done for him, how much Max loves him is hitting him like a tidal wave. It’s something he’s never accounted for, something he was absolutely blind to. 

This expression is stripped. The walls have come down and he even looks apologetic, looks regretful. Because he’s spent 20 years trying to prevent Max and Isobel from knowing the depth of his pain and he’s facing that revelation that he failed. All those years of burying and hiding and smiling through his pain were for nothing because Max always knew. 

Even as Max is begging him to understand that he’s not alone, Michael is still sorry. Because no matter how jealous he was, no matter how furious that Max got to have that perfect life while he experienced nothing but horror, he still loves Max enough that he never ever wanted Max to go through what he went through, and he’s sorry that he wasn’t able to prevent Max from seeing it anyway. 

And that is fucking important for Michael to understand. That at the end of the day, he is seen and he is loved. Max loves him, more than all the shit they’ve been burying for a decade. Max is on his side. Max is family. 

So no, I don’t think that Max saying this to Michael was Peak Privileged Bullshit. I think it was Max finally busting through Michael’s walls and reaching out to him in exactly the way he needed to be reached. And it worked.

[spaceskam]

So we saw the moment Max learned his hands could kill. I would like the see when he learned he could heal.

I'm not a Max person, even though trying to watch the og helped me appreciate him a bit more (og max creeps me out a lot idk how people shipped them). But, in rnm, we only see him, as a child, kill. Obviously, by the time Rosa's death came, he knew he could do something along the lines of healing because he tried, but at the time with the drifter, he said all he could do was mess with electricity and then he murdered someone with his bare hands on accident.

Imagine what that does to a kid. Yes, he was protecting his sister, but it's no less horrifying. How long did he go thinking that his brother was telekinetic, his sister was psychic, and he was murderous? That they had fun superpowers and he was destined to be the villain? How long did he spend trying to fight whatever darkness was inside of him, telling him it was only a matter of time?

Then, when he realized that wasn't the case, that he could help, not hurt, he must've been so relieved. A big "oh, I'm not bad". But then an "oh, I dont have to fight my nature, I'm okay. I'm good. I'm helpful." And after Rosa, that voice gets louder. Hes good. What he did wasn't bad. Hes good. Hes helpful.

And he becomes a cop because he wants to continue to be good, continue to be helpful. He doesn't want to think of what he spent however long thinking. He doesnt want to feel like the villain of his story. He already feels bad about Michael, feels bad about Isobel, feels bad about Rosa, about Liz, about these things he really didnt have much control over, but puts it on himself because that's what he does and he wanted to overcompensate. He refuses to be the bad guy.

So then what's going to happen when he wakes up from his temporary death? Is he going to remember spiralling, remember becoming manic, remember healing Michael without his consent, remember dying at a chance to feel better, remember feeling good after murdering?

Is he going to think he became the villain he tried so hard not to be?

[maxortecho]

i know people got tired of the ‘max is dying’ stuff but i genuinely love that there were such serious consequences for not only max bringing rosa back from the dead but liz bringing him back from the dead too.

it lasted just the right amount of time for me, with s2 being half bringing him back and half repercussions, and s3 being half repercussions and half healing/protecting what he’d regained.

it provides limits to his abilities, it raises the life/death stakes for the rest of the cast, and it makes the rosa resurrection/max’s sacrifice all the more meaningful because we know it’s a miracle he ever came back from it and he really had to suffer the consequences of his own redemption. he never got an easy solution.

anyway looking forward to max being his new and improved self in s4 and getting to play with his powers again.

[metaphoric-aliens]

ok ok ok!! here's my roswell playlist!!

descriptions/lyrics for why I chose each song:

Come a Little Closer: "come a little closer then you'll see // things aren't always what they seem to be" also I get a little kick out of "at first you were my father // now I love you like a brother"

Not Dead Yet: this is a Michael Guerin song. point blank.

Mine Forever: "don't wanna die // but I can't live without you" / "we will always be together //in my mind, you're mine forever" to me this is an Echo song

Love Me Like You Used To: verse 1 is Echo; verse 2 and 3 is Malex

Gold: "I could leave. I know I ought to, but there's gold in them hills." small town vibez

Disarm: "the killer in me is the killer in you" this is a Max song

AM Radio: "long as you run // I couldn't give you up"

You're Somebody Else: "you look like yourself but you're somebody else // only it ain't on the surface"

this is me trying: I’ve always associated this with malex

Survivor: "see I wanted you to stay and show you the world's a better place" this is an Alex song !

She Talks to Angels: somebody used this for a Rosa edit and now I very much associate it with s1/s2 Rosa

Everything and Reckoning: I know Alanis is a Liz thing, but these 2 songs I heavily relate to Isobel

Hanginaround: "I been bumming around this old town for way too long" small town vibez

Rain King: this is a Max song

Alien: bc why not

Wash it Clean: MALEX!!! "all my life I tried to let you go // would you stay?" and "soak my hands in gasoline // I can't wash it clean // bathe my days in revelry // I can't wash it clean"

Dust Settles: this is a pod squad song <3 "here we are now // lonely together"

Unicorn: MALEX all around, like every line - "you came from another star" / "love, love is a cosmic thing"

[meggiejolly]

So in 3x12 Heath talks about the place where he and Dallas “used to quiet the voices” and in 3x13 Liz says to Max “you quiet all the noise” when talking about their first meeting at the playground. Those lines have to be intentional parallels to “together we could quiet all the noises, drown out the voices” from Alex’s song right? 

[angsty-nerd]

Max and Jones

The show has been very heavy handed in its focus on Max and Jones being exact replicas of each other, especially in the dialogue.

All of the terms used throughout the season focus on their mirroring of each other: clone, evil twin, Diet Max, genetic copy, blah blah blah.

We have Liz talking about how clones are biologically the same.

We have Jones focusing on the sameness between him and Max from 3x01, the connection between them as early as 3x03.

We have them literally body swap, and Jones tricking everyone into thinking he’s Max. Repeatedly.

A few weeks ago I threw some crazy speculation at the dart board that the show might be purposefully avoiding discussion of the differences between Max and Jones, maybe to keep the audience’s focus on the sameness. Because there ARE differences, and narratively it could easily be the key to everything in the finale.

Lately there’s been a lot of nature versus nurture discussion pointing out how his upbringing has MADE Max different, even though all signs should have pointed to them being the same. Tonight we had Max and Dallas literally breaking it down in that manner. Max is a miracle because he IS different from Jones, and they saw it from when he was a young child. But nature versus nurture isn’t biological. And my point a few weeks ago was the symbolism of the one biological difference between them: Max’s heart. It’s Noah’s heart that Liz molded into something new for Max. And it is biologically different than Jones. You can read my thoughts on that here:

https://angsty-nerd.tumblr.com/post/662728835926753280/hey-friends-and-nonnies-a-few-more-thoughts-i

Today there was a subtle mention of another difference. One that I actually thought about much earlier this season, but when I broached the subject with a few people I got a lot of this 🤔 as a response, which made me think I was grasping at straws.

Their powers are different too.

Jones talked about their powers to Liz tonight:

“They’re not just skills. They’re who we are. Fire is a part of my destiny. See, it doesn’t just destroy for no reason. Fire destroys to create.”

Dallas talked about powers too, in the context of the Nature vs Nurture conversation. He told Max:

“If you, a person with great power — with all the same powers as Jones — could act differently. You — born to be made just like him — if you could change then their world could too.”

Again, Dallas is focusing on the “sameness” here.

BUT.

The power most most associated with Jones is fire. Over and over again, we have seen him burn, flames shooting from his hands, walking through fiery destruction.

Hell even Jones’ aura looks like fire…

Max, on the other hand, is associated with electricity. With lightning, lightbulbs, power outages, and fractal patterns.

Fire and electricity are NOT the same thing.

I went down a rabbit hole tonight on symbolism for a different meta…but one of the things I found myself looking at was alchemy. In alchemy, fire and lightning are two different elements that represent different things. In the basic four element view of things (earth, fire, water, air) lightning is associated with air rather than fire (you know…since it comes from the sky). So going down that rabbit hole I came across THIS fascinating article:

This in particular caught my attention:

Therefore, two partners, rivals, or Foils would have one of them become associated with flame, and the other lightning. This might be because the two forces are similar yet different, Fire and Electricity are both forms and sources of energy. Both are destructive in an uncontrolled state. Both give off light. Both are symbols of life — lightning of the giving of life, and fire of the saving of life. Both are symbols of power. Both have been used as symbols of divine anger. Both have been used to represent technological advancements. Lightning is direct but short, fire takes its time. Lightning can set things on fire, and fire used right can generate electricity. Both are part of an elemental trinity. People of ancient times used to think that lightning was celestial fire.

Emphasis added by me because…mind blown.

Lightning (Max) giving life (ROSA).

Symbols of divine anger… Max killing Noah, but also Jones burning the Oasis.

Lightning is direct but short - Max’s short life and close relationship with death.

Fire takes its time - Jones prolonging and unnaturally seeking ways to extend his life.

Both part of an elemental trinity. There has to be three. Triads. Power of three. So my question becomes…is there a third piece to the unholy Max/Jones/? Triad? The third piece of the elemental trinity is ice (or water).

We already have Dallas associated with water, but if he’s intended to be part of Michael and Isobel’s triad (and he’s missing, you know, Jones’ not-so-ugly mug), I find it hard to believe it’d be him.

To be fair, I also find it hard to believe they’d give us another season of Nathan pulling double duty. But wouldn’t it be cool if we eliminate Jones at the end of S3 only to find another alien, with ice in his veins, who is even worse than Jones?

Regardless, to sum it all up, I still think Jones’ eventual destruction is going to come from the differences between him and Max, not the similarities. Whether it’s through the biological difference (the heart), the psychological difference (nature versus nurture), or the difference in elemental abilities (fire versus lightning), or simply the power that comes from the entire team working together to defeat Jones and save Max as a single unit…either way, I suspect we will see emphasis on their differences come into play in this final arc next week.