#no one is exempt

[tesalicious2]

so, ive gotten into Delta Squad recently and something that has always interested me is the dynamic between different types of troopers.

Among the GAR, i'd imagine what you do affects everything in your life. Who you're friends with, who you know, how you act, even how you think. Theyve created a heirarchy, excluding cc and captains, i'd imagine Commandos are at the top of the pyramid. ARCs coming in next, then Medics, then ARF, then engineers (anyone who works on any machine but doesn't get deployed, includes any clone that maintains/directs fighters), then command/greys (those who work in the command tower or who can wear greys to work, seen as lower for not directly fighting), then maintenance, and then the shinies.

They've built a system and it may not be super strict and they are friendly with one another off duty, once the pressure is on, everyone falls in line. It's not something that is spoken about either, I would even say they do it more subconsciously than anything, but its there.

Now, will they be mean/rude/hostile to anyone who branches out or is friendly/friends with those of a different level? No! They are brothers and they know every job matters. They are one collective and they each have a role. However, if someone from maintenance starts saying they're gonna be an ARC, well expect jokes to be made and comments to pop up.

Funnily enough, Commandos don't feel this at all. They hardly interact with the regs, and when they do its for a point. Now, they just see everyone as below them so, again, the heirarchy doesn't affect them. They have their superiors they follow but don't expect them to be buddy buddy with an ARC.

There is a group above the Commandos, the Advisors, that aren't actually known at all. Everyone assumes the Commandos get their orders from the nat-borns they work. Advisors fall under the Commanders level, even though everyone on that level doesn't know they exist; especially since they are considered a separate entity and they only follow commands of those they are temporarily serving. This can cause issues and it did for CC-01/425 'Advisor' for the Delta Squad.

Their armor is blank, though they can see action, so 'Advisor' was mistaken for a shiny. A Captain was directing shinies to load crates and called out 'Advisor' for slacking off. 'Advisor' ignored the Captain and continued to the Command Center to guide Delta Squad. The Captain grabbed him and dressed him down on the deck, the shinies watching. Before the Captain could finish his rant, Sev came looking for 'Advisor' and quickly fixed the misunderstanding (read: threatened bodily harm in many different ways before yanking 'Advisor' along to the meeting).

Another group that this wouldn't entirely apply to is the Coruscant Guard (me? talk about them? the horror). They had it, it was there, then everyone got overworked and short on supplies so its just hold on and we'll live. The only heirarchy is by rank, even then its hardly applied unless their on-duty.

(headcanon time), The 141st Blackout Corps works on the other side of the galaxy from the GAR so they are also disconnected from them. Their armor is the most different and unique, made up of a pitch black base (where the name Blackout came from) with bright colors painted on. The system doesn't apply to them either due to the fact that theyre pretty isolated and its common for people to pickup the slack where needed. An ARC to help a engineer or a Maintanence to take a shift in the command center.

[machiroads]

The fashion of Final Fantasy X needs to be studied in a lab

[just-your-average-tangerine]

Believing that there is an identity a person can have that makes them 'safe' or 'unsafe' to be around is just putting you on the fast track to transphobia, homophobia, racism, etc. Literally, every form of bigotry is built on the idea that these people's identity makes them bad, wrong, less than, etc.

[softshuji]

me when I'm always saying eat the rich and I actually have to eat Koko :((((((((((

[chalkstump]

hey only androgyny for now on i’m serious you better fucking cross dress

[shak3speara-shak3speara]

'In the great majority of cases,

Wives have fair, and husband's, ugly faces;

But there are many, on the other side,

Where the man is bound to an ugly bride.'

Imagine having a stable, healthy, and consensual relationship.

This is a Chinese Proverb I recently stumbled upon while attempting to learn a bit of Chinese. I have to say, I really admire it. It may have been originally intended to discuss outward beauty, but I interpret it as a very valid and powerful message about equality between men and women, and how one is not exempt from the treatment the other may experience.

[stealingyourbones]

Everyday I exist and every day I get more and more exhausted seeing the “lol Batman looks at Danny and goes “who’s gonna adopt this kid” He’s so adoptable!” posts.

[vintagerobin]

Frustrates me when people take everything Dick says at face value. Like I love Dick, he's my fave, it's not meant as character hate when I point out that he's manipulative enough to give Bruce a solid run for his money, or that sometimes he reads into things too much and makes flawed assumptions, or doesn't give people the room to speak. Every good character has flaws.

[purplepuggy]

just. dan's reaction. the initial panicked head turn that quickly becomes amusement. the gentle way he moves to help phil up. the heart eyes AND fond voice on full blast when he says "how could you forget that there's a sofa there". like. phil cant even see him and is wearing headphones, bro just cant control it. breathtakingly married moment

[utilitycaster]

Here's the thing about projecting your personal experiences onto a story. It's extremely normal. People do it all the time. It's part of being alive and human. If that's the primary way you wish to interact with fiction then you can and I cannot promise no one will physically stop you but I certainly won't. We've all decided that a pop song is about our lives (or about our blorbo's lives) and I am no exception.

However, your projection is not textual. It is your personal experience. Your personal experiences inform your understanding and taste, but they are not the canon of a fictional work.

It's sort of the generalized version of this post. You can ship whatever the fuck you want - follow your heart or your dick or whatever you ship with - but some things have explicit textual support within the narrative, and some things do not. This is also true of other interpretations. Many intrerpretations can be valid. Multiple conflicting interpretations can be valid. But some are not. Some have zero textual evidence.

When, for example, I say that people are projecting their trauma on a narrative, that doesn't mean their trauma isn't valid, nor does it mean I think they're morally wrong for doing that (nor, if I did think they were wrong for doing that, should that matter, as I am not The Arbiter Of How To Experience Fiction). It does however mean that I do not think they are reading the text with an eye towards what is actually happening, but rather what appeals to them based on personal experiences that are not necessarily pulled from the text, and therefore their feelings are valid but their analysis, decoupled from that, is more likely than not absolute dogshit. And people are similarly allowed to have dogshit analysis; no one is physically stopping you. People are just saying "wow your analysis was bad," because they think it was. There is no identity or personal history that permits you to cut the line and have The Only Correct Opinion On A Work That Is Above Reproach.

[alphabetcompletionist]

this isn't dogma, but i'm not reblogging stuff with that 'posts that have 10k to me' schtick on it. you only love me for my follower count. what about my typos? what about my juicy ass? what about charlie? they say hi btw

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[defsiarte]

PayPal has updated their TOS to give your account data to merchants

Like many other companies. They've suddenly added some feature to give advertisers your data and automatically opted all active accounts in.

Turn it off here!!

source/more info

[eveningdawn222]

not gonna be eloquent here because i don't have the energy right now but the "jason todd has a messy apartment" thing is so classist and out of character it makes me want to tear my eyes out

[onepiecethingsilike]

EVERYONE LOOK AT HIM

[bumblingbabooshka]

Voyager Week, Day 2: Favorite Character Tuvok's civilian clothing...you need to protect your face from all that Vulcan sand! [Patreon | Commissions]

[hmsdoodlin]

*Sits at a table with a napkin tucked into my shirt.*

Waiter! Waiter! More Mind angst please!! Make him really fucked up after the Juno incident, give him existential dread about his own mortality pretty please!!!!

Make him afraid of the dark, make him jump at loud sounds and claps of thunder. Give him nightmares he can’t fathom because he’s not supposed to feel like this. He’s not supposed to be ‘flawed’ or ‘wrong’.

Make him despise Heart not only for trying to kill him, but also for bringing him down to his level. He isn’t supposed to experience these emotions, Heart has infected him with fear and indescribable grief. Make him suffer with his humanity.

No matter how you see him, automaton, cyborg, full robot. He’s derived from a human, he can’t escape that fact no matter how hard he tries. The shot only reminds him of how fragile his life is, I think that it fucks him up for a good while.

“Mind forgives in the end, but he does not forget.” - My genius friend