#not complaining obv i love it

[darkcloudsatnight]

YOU GUYS IF MY JAW DROPS ANYMORE FROM SILENTLY SCREAMING IN JOY DISPAIR AND ALL THOSE OTHER EMOTIONS WHILE LISTENING TO FRANK SINATRA MY JAW IS GOING TO UNHINGE AND FALL OFF ISTG

[cosmogyros]

Getting a little tired of people who move to Germany from abroad and then complain about the "rude customer service"... when it's literally just neutral customer service.

Don't get me wrong, there is plenty of rude customer service here too - but I'm talking about someone in a café who doesn't smile at you, or answers only the question you asked without volunteering more information. That's just... normal, my dudes. That's neutrality.

And the fact that people working in customer service in this country can be neutral - can be real human beings who don't necessarily feel like beaming and fawning all day every day - without having to fear losing their job for it... I think that's pretty great. And that's a big part of the reason I moved here, and the reason I feel more comfortable in this society than in the US.

I studied Germany for years before making the big decision to move here (I literally majored in German Studies in the US), and I visited this country multiple times, for increasing amounts of time, before making the big move. I knew (to a degree) what I was getting myself into, and therefore I've never regretted it.

But I meet multiple people every year - newcomers to Berlin whom I already know won't last - who decided to move here spontaneously, based on very little knowledge of the country or culture (let alone the language). And then they get so shocked and disappointed by Germany being... German... that they soon leave again. WHYYYYYYY

[psychomusic]

oc time again! + her town & culture (heavily inspired by pre-roman italic populations)

she is suri sauthon (she/her). her story is linked to my swtor imperial agent, tar'x, but most of her life except for the one year away where she meets him, is spent in a town in the mountains of mirial.

despite mirial being cold and desert, and many cities developing underground, her town flourishes thanks to a force nexus, venerated in the form of an ancient, sacred, alive crystal. the ecosystem of that mountain depended on what "the horned crystal" was capable of giving them, but mirialans couldn't live off of that alone, so they developed trade and some rudimental technology, even if oftentimes it was bought thanks to the highly profitable trade of a plant used to make medicines that slowed down aging and had overall healing properties.

note: everything that's generated by this nexus has these healing properties BUT they have to be processed, except for those who bathed in the waters of the cavity under the crystal - the "real" nexus, but not the worshipped one. the waters were sacred but they were not thought to be miraculous, unlike the crystal, who instead was thought of as the keystone of the ecosystem: without it, everything would fall apart (and that is partially true: the cavity was the "real" nexus but thanks to the crystal, also strong in the force, the properties were spread all over the mountains). those who bathed in the cavity's waters - so, all of the town, who had a sort of baptism there - could eat the plant, make whatever food with it, and not only that plant, but everything generated by the nexus, that, again, had similar properties. this allowed people to live up to normal life-spans without advanced medicines or, much, really. to those who didn't live there, though, after the processing, had incredible effects, slowing down aging - for those who took it regularly - and making people able to live up to half a century more than the average]

originally, there were four tribes of nomads that lived thanks to horned farm animals that decided to settle down into one bigger town and other smaller settlements, to live off of transhumance. this division of the tribes stayed into the political and social organization: every person belonged to one tribe specifically, and had slightly different rituals and culture. for examples, each tribe had their own priests and healers, with different techniques and traditions. the town, tho, was guided by a group of people in the high priesthood, a position you could reach only by having earned the trust of all tribes. those high priests had many roles: they guided the people into sacred processions common to all the tribes, they managed the trading with outsiders, they did the maintenance of the temple of the summit (the one that functioned as casket to the crystal) and created a special liquid to offer the crystal that helps it grow.

this particular temple was important because 1. it was very visible, from every angle of the town, and it became an important identity symbol; 2. it stored the venerated horned crystal; 3. it had the altar where sacrifices were made for the crystals. that altar had a hole connected to the cavity, that allowed the liquids to reach the underground; 4. it had various symbols: statues representing each tribe + the high priesthood, and typical mirialan tattoos carved into the wood of the trees that served as columns for the temple, symbolizing 8 values that who dared to enter HAD to have; 5. it was on the way to an important lake (called "mother lake" because the lake the town was built around to depended on the waters of that other lake) where they traveled to in important processions; 6. it was said that a the wizard who unified the tribes made it with its magic, making the plant grow to hold the temple's roof. this wizard was, actually, a force user, obv.

BACK TO HER THOUGH: she's daughter of one of the high priests, who was in charge of managing the trades with outsiders, and lives in a house on the mountains with her mother and him. her parents are from different tribes (that's one of the things that earned him trust from the 4 tribes): when a child is born from two different tribes, they don't pick one to allign to, but they're usually linked automatically to the one with more relatives in it (in her case, the father's tribe: she had many uncles and aunts on his side while her mom only had one sister).

later, though, she got quite tied to her mother's tribe due to a mysterious illness that only her mother's tribe healer was able to cure. she spent 4 years (from 10 to 14 years old) living with the healer and learned her secrets. to better study, she wrote them down. when she returned home, she studied to become a priestess with her father. at 22 (the average age: you can't become priest before your 20s), she was supposed to take a test and become a priestess, but the healer of her mother's tribe died and the tribe asked her to take her place. she couldn't technically do that, but both tribes estimated both her and her parents and she was allowed to become both. she then decided to try to become a high priestess, and became one at 25 (a quite young age). being part of the council, she tried to convince the various tribe healers to unite their knowledges and write them down, and eventually made it. healers still remained tribe based but they now had an "upper, inter-tribe level" similar to high priesthood.

years later, the sacred horned crystal is stolen from the temple by some Hutt mercenaries looking for a profit. given the trust she has earned from all the tribes and the fact that her father is the high priest that deals with outsiders (and she's been hearing stories and advice about it since she was little), she is the one tasked with getting it back. without the growing crystal, the keystone to their ecosystem, the village would have lasted only a few years. in hrr quest, she meets imperial intelligence agent tar'x laran and, as they "solve the mystery" and fight to have it back, they get closer. they'll get married and have a daughter, Vegoia (who's the only one who actually will get to the plot of my story. this was all background)

[hella1975]

im so sick of reading ooc dabihawks fics make them try and kill each other fr i have a GUN

[divine-construct]

i am taking oppenheimer away from the public until everyone learns how to read and understand media because my god the public’s media literacy when it comes to oppenheimer is terribly bad.

[loki-ioki]

Founding members of the "Where's Volo" Club. Rohan belongs to @jetaloen

[gargoylelads]

Anyways here's my idea for lokis headpiece at the end there. U know, taking inspiration from yggdrasil and all.

[i-am-totally-not-a-lizard]

So I'm playing cities skylines and like?? These people are fucking annoying. Like you need. Electricity AND water??????? Greedy ass losers. Fucking punks. "The dead are waiting for transportation" like??????? And how does that involve me. YOU'RE THE ONE WHO DIED BRO THAT SOUNDS LIKE A YOU PROBLEM. DUMBASS. and WHY ARE YOU ALL SICK. I SPENT ALL MY MONEY GIVING YOU GREEDY FUCKING BITCHES A GOD DAMN HOSPITAL AND YOU'RE NOT USING IT. Also "not enough educated workers" like??¿? I gave you a middle school. What more do you want from me. What more do you want. I have provided an education. I have provided boundless opportunity to my citizens. You greedy ungrateful little twerps. Not to mention that they abandon their houses immediately. Like this is some prime real estate do you not understand??? Yes I know you're sick and you're stuck with your dead relatives with no electricity or water but COME ON. THIS IS THE BEST AREA OF THE CITY AND YOU'RE JUST GONNA ABANDON YOUR FUCKING HOUSE. YEAH FUCK YOU TOO. BITCH ASS MOTHERFUCKER. I HOPE YOU FUCKING DIE WHILE YOU'RE FLEEING YOUR BURNING HOUSE AND YOUR BODY CAN'T BE TRANSPORTED BECAUSE THE GOD DAMN CEMETERY IS FUCKING FULL. I HOPE YOU DIE A MISERABLE DEATJ AND YOU BECOME JUST ANOTHER INSIGNIFICANT "dead are waiting for transportation" BECAUSE FUCK YOU FOR GIVING ME HOPE. FUCK YOU FOR STEALING MY CHANCE OF BECOMING A GOOD MAYOR. I TRUSTED YOU. I HELPED YOU AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY EXCEPT FOR PROVIDING BASIC SERVICES FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO LIVE. FUCK YOU PEOPLE

Anyway lesson learned maybe it's good to not spend all your money immediately and actually pay attention to what the people need just a thought idk

[julesnichols]

It needs to be said that I'm generally pretty good at like, separating my emotions from character death (i.e. I can be like "oh this makes me feel sad, but I also understand why they did this and even appreciate it"), so if you see me bitching about character deaths it is NOT done lightly

[lighthouseas]

im actually never going to be over how horribly sapphic couples are treated in like 90% of media ever. like ever

[levil0vesyou]

They should invent a Probealarm that isn't so motherfucking laut

[maliro-t]

some game design thinky thoughts.

[mspaint-turtles]

hello dear mspaint turtles inc.

what is happening with the rebellion 😭 did it just. stop?? did you neutralize the threat??? give me the deets, as they say

your dear friend and ally,

-blue anon

hello Blue! the rebellion has been,,,, neutralized. probably. i have no idea! but so far if it IS still happening it has been fairly quiet! Probably in the clear! ^-^

[thegeminisage]

my stylist has dropped that she"s 1. bi 2. a gamer and 3 has adhd. good for her

[kitcatbookmad]

kafka this, rilke that... why is no one talking about my grandma's email logs

"We take a day at a time, I try to get out for a walk every day, not very long ones now it comes dark so soon, but I always manage to see something of interest  &/or beauty.   I love all the poems and finding my flowers, [even in December!], so I am content."

[moe-broey]

Well!!!!! It's a good thing I decided to stick with the m Meowstic outbreak actually because not only did I get three (THREE) shinies out of it I. Haven't seen a Meowstic outbreak since 🧍