#nuclear war speaks

[letsplaythermalnuclearwar]

so I know Six Hundred Strike has us all in a chokehold, but can we talk about how Dangerous had "six hundred deaths under my command, cause I had only one goal in mind" and then dead silence for three seconds

[letsplaythermalnuclearwar]

Ok the things about siblings is that there's all this shared history. There will always be all this shared history. And the shared history is from when you were still learning who you are and what the world is and how life works. And when you have a sibling, they become part of the answer. They see you at your worst and your best and there's this level of 'I can be myself in front of you, not free from judgement, but always accepted' that is born from that knowledge. Cutting one off would be like losing a bit of yourself and your history

People should make more doomed by narratives siblings relationship.

Like with lovers you can just sever it and not have it related to you ever again but with siblings how could you?

You grow up with them you raise them or they raised you you both know how unforgiving the world is to both of you? You would die for them but will hate them for doing the same and yet none of you would regret it and both of you know it. They could be the person you loath the most and miss the most cause you still remember how they sneaked a candy into your hands. You can sever the tie but you can never look away at what you've lost, at whom you've lost because fate doesn't allow you to be together, eating dinners in quiet peace, if only there's another life, another time, where i can make you another plate of pancakes i would im sorry im sorry im sorry —

[letsplaythermalnuclearwar]

I love Suffering animatics/art where Odysseus has a chain or rope around his ankle, connecting him to the mast. not only is it a great reference to the source material, but it implies that someone on the ship was worried that the mere sight of Penelope might convince Odysseus to jump in the water, even though he knows its a siren who will kill him

and that they were so persuasive in this argument that Odysseus actually agreed to it

[art-is-kayos]

Checking up on his commission

[letsplaythermalnuclearwar]

love that, in the Odyssey, there's one suitor (Leodes) who very specifically didn’t do anything wrong. he didn’t eat too much food, he didn’t harass the staff, he didn’t plot to kill Telemachus. and when Odysseus starts killing suitors, he begs for mercy because he was always respectful and kind and even tried to stop the other suitors from being like that

and I love that Odysseus was like “you were trying to marry my wife tho” and immediately kills him

[letsplaythermalnuclearwar]

its almost kind. if you're going to lock someone up forever, why not make it somewhere they're comfortable, if you have the option. why not be gentle about it? except this wasn't just Aaravos's home, it's Leola's. and it must've felt so empty without her

Can’t believe not a lot of people are talking about the fact that Aaravos’s prison seems to be modeled after Leola’s and his old home

[qqueenofhades]

Two genuine questions: was it REALLY necessary to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and were those two cities European ones (read: full of white people) do you think we still would've made the decision to bomb them?

People have been arguing from the moment it happened whether it was necessary, justifiable, or in any way required, when the war was almost over and Japan was going to lose anyway. My personal view is that it is and remains a completely indefensible action, especially since a) Hiroshima and Nagasaki were relatively unimportant civilian cities with only some military infrastructure, b) Japan was already under heavy conventional bombing that had devastated the mainland, and c) there was no way, ever, that the west was going to drop a nuclear bomb on mainland Europe. So yes, Japan's geographical distance and non-whiteness played pivotal roles in this, especially after American propaganda stereotyped Japanese people as wild yellow savages and, let us not forget, put Japanese-American citizens in concentration camps for the duration of the war. You can read the Wikipedia page about the post-1945 debate here.

[stunt-lads]

Im three minutes into fallout and already crying oop

[alvadee]

funny how us americans always shame everyone who's online for not caring (as in posting about, no matter if the caring is genuine or performative) about the political event that is important to them right now but will gladly discuss movies, ships, their new haul, all that irrelevant day to day bullshit, without a care in the world when something goes down in the world the US isn't (yet) involved in.

[letsplaythermalnuclearwar]

Hera is the type of girl to catch him on the way down, laugh and tell him to be careful

Kanan is the type of guy to respond with something like "I just can't help falling for you"

Ezra is the type of son to tell them to get a room

Kanan is the type of guy who will try and lean against a doorway to flirt with Hera, miss his placing, and slip.

[theskyexists]

It's funny how... They desperately try to update a story and almost succeed and make it make sense and the women get interesting roles and the gender essentialism is made 'unfortunate' or changed but then the story has to return to the original vision and Chani the Warrior, Chani the Clear-Sighted cannot tell Paul: you piece of shit. If you want to be emperor, alright, but let my people go. Leave this place. Give me the nuclear codes.

The original books said: this was inevitable. But it wasn't. And the films definitely make this clear. But they have to say the same thing or it truly isn't the same story anymore: this was inevitable.

Though it wasn't.

[giantisms]

is there anyone in the g/t community who likes fallout. can anybody hear me

[sanityshorror]

The US is on DEFCON 2 (though the gov publicly claims to be at DEFCON 3, is been leaked numerous times that the actual DEFCON is DEFCON 2)... Do you understands what that means? DEFCON 1 means nuclear missiles have been launched. DEFCON 2 means there is a very high risk of nuclear missiles being launched at any moment.

If you support anything other than IMMEDIATE and TOTAL global cease fires, you are supporting nuclear annihilation. If you do not believe we are in WW3 and believe talk of nuclear war is only something "crazy" preppers are speaking about... you are in deep denial. If you think you will not die due to a nuclear war, you're a freaking moron.

Supporting any war, any war, is supporting the end of humanity and permeant destruction of planet Earth.

If you care any HUMAN life, you best start vocally speak out against every single war.

May mercy be given to us all. You cannot win a nuclear war.

[letsplaythermalnuclearwar]

I'm so sorry I know this is a joke but something about this is driving me crazy

Odysseus hurts your son. he doesn't kill him, and he only does what he needs to in order to survive. but he hurts your son and you cannot let that slide. you teach him a lesson and you are ruthless. if you let this mortal be, they will think they can ignore the gods and you cannot let that happen. they will think they can hurt your children without fear of response and you cannot let that happen. you teach him that mercy is a weakness, one you rid yourself of long ago. your drown most of his fleet before he escapes. but you taught him the lesson, you got your revenge, he understands now. mercy is a weakness

its been a year. you go to your daughters. they're all dead. Odysseus found them. once he would've spared them. but you taught him a lesson and he took it heart.

I know this isn't canon but could you imagine if...

Poseidon: Maybe I was a little too hard on that Odysseus fellow. I mean he did spare my son's life and only did what he had to in order to escape.

Poseidon: I think I'll let him get home. Just gonna go pay a visit to my Siren daughters first...

Poseidon: WHAT THE FU-!

[solidwater05]

i just realised john might be attracted to nukes because saint is oh em gee

Oh my god that's actually terrifying. He was putting everyone in saw traps earlier please don't let him like nukes he would actually destroy Exclamania. We don't need three or maybe even four world ending threats at once please

[sapienthouse]

O_O star trek loves just casually dropping the most ominous false history. "not unlike the nuclear winters of the 21st century" wdym by that? we just don't get any more context for tht?