#odin programming

[cool-retro-term-official]

maybe my hate for c++ really is just that I haven't seen my relationship with this language as an actual relationship and more of a "owning a tool to do your job". Maybe I, also, have to give to the language. Maybe it's not all about getting all I want from it, but also letting it express itself, listening to what it says, and giving to it. Maybe I've been a monster to g++. Yes C++ has its rough edges, yes sometimes it doesn't agree with you, yes it has feelings, needs and opinions, and those doesn't always match those of the programmer. Seeing "non trivial constructor" type of error shouldn't make you angry and think "what's that supid language ???!!", but should instead make you realize the language has understanding issues. I'm autistic and I got my quirks, it's a programming language and it has its quirks. They can be beautiful, they can be ugly. It's not its fault, it isn't yours, things aren't always easy. Giving to the language means helping it in these hard times. Take care of your languages, they might not be people, but they still deserve respect.

Except javascript.

[siliconcritters]

Two things this time around!

I got tile collisions working!! Took a bit of work to make them work between chunks in an efficient way but it's done now!

The source code is online now on github! It's nowhere near complete and may be abandoned in the future, but you can check it out if you want to see more of how the game is working!

[ayuranslounge]

Odin be like.

[the-pasta-project]

Finally got to coding!!!! Sure, html isn't programming, but it's close enough for now!!

Also sidenote, trying to figure out the command line is alot more fun when you make it the classic hacker color scheme :)

[sacredfixation]

Loki and the Deeply Valid Fear of Being a Government-Issued Android Without Knowing It

Imagine living for over a thousand years, committing intergalactic crimes, then one random underpaid TVA clerk with a monotone voice suddenly introduces the possibility that, oh, by the way, what if you were secretly a robot this whole time? And Loki, who has always carried himself with the absolute certainty of a god, pauses. Like. “Wait. What if I am?”

He hears that question and immediately does a full mental diagnostic. Have I ever glitched? Ever felt oddly mechanical? Experienced an unusual fondness for oil? Maybe he’s too good at lying. Too good at surviving. What if that’s just the programming?

The TVA worker just moves on. He doesn’t elaborate. no reassurances. theres no safety net. Just the terrifying possibility that he might get instantly vaporized for something completely outside his control.

Id like to note, his hesitation isn’t even just some random existential crisis, it’s trauma-informed. This man already lived through the experience of waking up one day and realizing he wasn’t who he thought he was.

He grew up thinking he was a prince, a god, Odin’s rightful son, only to find out he was actually a stolen relic of war. A Jotun. A creature he’d been taught to hate.

He thought he knew himself before, and he was wrong. What if he’s wrong again? What if theres something else about himself thats been hidden? If he didn’t realize he was a Frost Giant, whats stopping him from not realizing he’s actually some highly advanced synthetic being?

It’s not just a funny existential gag, it’s a callback to one of the most devastating truths of Loki’s existence:

He has never really known who he is.

It’s the muscle memory of having his entire identity ripped out from under him. It’s the learned fear of asking, What am I, actually?

Because the last time he asked that question, the answer ruined him.

[taguelbunnyboy]

...Professor Dark. Odin Dark.

That...

...Was certainly a name.

"...Hmm..."

Yarne shakes his head, looking through his bag. He'd... been going out more, thankfully, so he was... aware of most of his teachers.

But this was a new name. And a... very unique name. One which either entailed theatrics, or someone with fell allegiance.

And Yarne didn't want to have to deal with the Risen ever again.

So, Yarne elects to attend a lecture by this mysterious "Professor Dark," to see if his cautions are misplaced, or if he should prepare himself and his friends for disaster.

"Uhm, Professor Da-"

Yarne opens the doors, the tall taguel looking down the hall and seeing-

"-rk..."

Blonde hair hits his eyes, and Yarne freezes.

...How long has it been since he's seen that smile? That energy?

...Too long. He missed his friends - even if several of them were here now, there were still so many he missed.

And here one was.

...A teeny bit older than Yarne was expecting, too.

"Sorry for being late, I had to make sure I made it to the right lecture hall..."

Yarne sits cross-legged at one of the front desks, nose twitching.

Could this be someone else? Maybe. But no one else acted so... Owain. No one else had the hair like that, had the posture, the everything. Plus... Laslow and Selena had taken new names (even if he had only seen Laslow for a brief moment almost a year ago.) Maybe he was the same?

One way to find out.

@ofachingblood

Shadow of the Day

[reality-detective]

There is going to be a BIG biblical scenario where they make out it's WW3 but really they are activating Militaries then bombing all of these Satanic Luceriferian landmarks. Enacting GESARA funds and We The People rebuild.

THE EVENT. IT IS BIBLICAL.

What are some of the Very BIG Satanic Illuminati landmarks in the world? Q showed us them. Vatican, Buckinghan Palace, Whitehouse x 2 (USA, Germany), 3GD in China. Cern on the Swiss/French Border possible.

Big Pharma in Wuhan = Israel

Israel/Khazarians controls CCP.

The Media etc

34 Satanic Buildings and Dams will Fall. Rods of God/DEW

WORLDWIDE

Planes & Trains grounded

Lights/Power switched off

Changing over to Tesla Free energy

Bitcoin Servers/Data Center hit and turned off for good.

99.5% of Crypto gone China Coins. Enter ISO20022 Coins backed by Precious Metals.

WW3 Scare Event. Nuke Sirens

Water Event

Stock Market Crash

Global Martial Law

CASTLE ROCK -Scenario Julian Assange.

Quantum Systems. Project Odin Switched on.

Nesara/Gesara/RV

Election Flipping via Military Courts - FISA

Military Tribunals/confessions/10 day movie - 3 × 8 hr sessions.

10 countries will be running EBS to cover the whole World.

Reveals.

Inauguration

The ISRAELI MOSSAD control the WORLD's MEDIA out of the US.

Attached is Q1871 outlining this.

Project Odin as mentioned by Ron CodeMonkeyz is a POWERFUL Anti-Deplatforming Tool.

Project Odin is part of Quantum Starlink. Our new Quantum Systems are to be protected by Secret Space Programs out of the Cabal's reach.

Q2337 tells you Mossad Media Assets will be removed. Think people like Alex Jones, Anderson Cooper etc and also Mossad Satellites.

Israeli intelligence - stand down.

[TERM_3720x380-293476669283001]

Media assets will be removed.

This part of 2527 tells you that something powerful is going to knock out Mossad Media Satellites. This will blackout the media worldwide, Switch us over to the Quantum Systems. This is PROJECT ODIN. All in All give the reason to Activate the Military EBS.

If you look up the TURKSAT Rocket that launched from the USA in January you will see it was specifically for MILITARY COMMS to peoples TV's & RADIO's in AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST, EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA.

THE EVENT has many facets too it.

The WorldWide Blackout to change over to TESLA Energy. Knocking out Media Satellites, QFS, Rods of God on Dams & 34 Buildings & much much more.

34 Buildings will be in the EVENT.

They are very significant.

Ie Whitehouse, Royal Castles, Buckingham Palace, Vatican, Getty Museum, Playboy Mansion and the like.

This will surely make the Stock Market collapse as will Precision Cyber linked to Executive Orders 13818 & 13848. It is all a show.

Swapping from Rothschild's Central Bank Notes to Rainbow Treasury Notes now backed by Precious Metals (Not Oil/Wars)

Are we still comfy?

Or are we scared?

A little bit of both is normal.

Trump keeps his promises.

Have faith in the Lord Our God.

He will comfort you through the storm.

Who saw in January up to 10 countries at once have their power all turned off by the Space Force?

Just before that Israel had that happen for 30 mins too.

If they can turn 10 at once off all together. They can do the whole lot. Welcome to Tesla.

BLACKOUT NECESSARY.

Have a look at all the Global Military "Exercises" now being put in place.

Its all happening in front of you.

It's the largest GLOBAL MILITARY Operation in Planet Earths History.

Transition to Gesara/Greatness.

Now they just have to play out a fake WW3 scenario to ring sirens in every National Military Command Center.

This is to justify to the Whole Entire Planet many things that have been taking place already. The fact that Gesara Military Law has been in place. The Secret Military Tribunals, Confessions etc. The executions the lot. And like all militaries normally do they will help build new things. 🤔

[storiesbyshadow]

You Came Back To Me

Fandom: Marvel

Pairing: Winter Soldier x Reader/Bucky Barnes x Reader

Rating: Mature

Tags: Angst, Eventual Fluff, Hydra, Mind Control, Bucky’s Code Words, Restraints, Guns, Gun Shot Wound, Injury, Blood, Crying.

Word Count: Around 1500

Written For: @badthingshappenbingo @fandom-free-bingo @fluffyjuly @julybreakbingo @whumpmasinjuly-archive

Squares/Prompts Filled: N4 - Held At Gunpoint for BTHB | Card B: O3 - "I told you not to do this!" for Fandom Free Bingo | Day 12: "I'm proud of you." for Fluffy July | N1 - "W-What are you doing?" for July Break Bingo | Day 12: Dangerous for Whumpmas In July

Dividers By: @saradika-graphics

A/N: Hi lovelies! Full disclosure, I am not Russian, nor do I know any. If the code words are spelled wrong or anything, please DM me and let me know so I can fix them. I tried to do my research but I know sometimes things are wrong. Thank you for reading! ❤️

You didn’t sleep the night Bucky went missing.

The mission to Slovakia had been simple. Recon, in and out, no contact. You kissed him goodbye at the hangar, wrapped in his hoodie, whispering "come back to me" against his lips.

He smiled, kissed your forehead, and promised, "Always."

But that was thirty-six hours ago.

Now the tower was in lockdown, and the words on the briefing screen were gutting:

Barnes: Captured. Hydra Involvement Confirmed. Extraction pending. DO NOT PURSUE.

“No,” you breathed, heart racing. “No, no, no-”

You ran to Fury’s office, still in your sleep shirt and shaking.

“You have to let me go after him.”

Fury didn’t look up from the screen. “We’ll get him back. But not with you. You’re emotionally compromised. You’ll get yourself killed.”

“I don’t care,” you snapped. “He’s everything to me.”

Fury finally looked at you.

“I told you not to do this! They’ll use you against him.”

His voice was heavy. Final.

So you waited until nightfall, and then you stole a jet.

“F.R.I.D.A.Y.,” you whispered, gripping the controls. “Track Bucky’s biometrics. Take me to him.”

“Understood,” she said gently. “I must advise, this is a direct violation of Director Fury’s orders.”

“If you have to alert him, then at least give me a head start.”

You stared out at the black sky, jaw clenched.

“Just get me to Bucky.”

The compound was a cold, metallic hell carved into the mountainside.

You snuck in beneath the radar, quietly and quickly. You only hesitated once: when you saw blood smeared on the floor near the security station.

Your knees went weak.

You knew it was his. You knew every cut, every scar, every soft groan he made when you patched him up at home after a hard mission.

“Almost there,” you whispered to yourself. “Almost-”

A blow to the back of your skull took you down.

You woke up chained to a wall, your body aching, blood sticky in your hair.

Then you saw him strapped to a steel chair, covered in wires, and his eyes unfocused.

Your stomach turned to ice.

“Bucky?” you breathed, voice breaking.

But he didn’t move.

A figure stepped into view, a man dressed in a lab coat smiling like the devil himself.

“Ah. You're awake just in time,” he said. “Now we get to see the real show.”

He lifted a worn book, and you knew what it was.

“W-What are you doing?!”

You tore at your restraints as he spoke low and deliberately.

“Zhelaniye...rzhavyy...semnadtsat...rassvet...”

“No,” you whispered, eyes wide. “Please, no, stop!”

“Pech'...devyat...dobroserdechnyy...vozvrashcheniye na rodinu...”

“Stop! Please don't do this!”

You screamed, desperately trying to stop the inevitable.

“Odin...gruzovoy vagon...”

Bucky breathed slowly, but you knew in your heart that he was gone.

Replaced by a weapon.

“Soldat?” The man's deep voice made you feel sick, and when you heard Bucky speak your heart seized.

“Ya gotov otvechat'”

“Let’s see how deep the programming still goes,” the doctor said, placing a pistol in Bucky’s metal hand.

“No,” you screamed, wrenching at the chains. “Bucky, baby, please, look at me!”

But his eyes didn’t soften.

They fixed on you...the target.

And when he raised the gun, your heart shattered.

“James,” you begged, shaking. “If there’s anything left of you, don’t do this.”

His grip tightened.

“Tsel' dostignuta.” he said in a dead voice.

He pulled the trigger and the bullet tore into your abdomen.

You crumpled with a choked scream, pain ripping through you as blood poured through your fingers.

Your agonizing scream is what made Bucky pause. He blinked slowly.

Once.

Twice.

And then his world fractured.

“...Y/N?” he said hoarsely.

He looked down at the gun, and back at you before dropping it like it burned him.

“Oh my God,” he whispered, staggering forward, his voice breaking. “What did I do?”

You gasped, trying to press your hands to the wound, but they were shaking too much.

He caught you before you fell completely, dropping to his knees, cradling you like glass.

“Stay with me, baby,” he begged, his voice raw. “Don’t close your eyes, okay? I didn’t...God, I didn’t mean to-”

You lifted a bloody hand to his face. “You came back,” you whispered, coughing. “I knew you would.”

“I shot you,” he sobbed. “I fucking shot you.”

“But you remembered me,” you murmured, voice fading. “You remembered us. You broke through their hold. And that’s all I needed…I'm proud of you...”

“No,” he said, shaking his head. “No, no, don’t talk like that...don’t you fucking dare leave me.”

Your eyelids fluttered. “I’m tired…”

“Hey! Hey, look at me.” He pressed his forehead to yours. “Remember that night in our apartment? You made me sit through that awful rom-com and I hated every second of it except you were laughing and wearing my shirt and I realized I wanted to marry you.”

You made a soft noise, eyes wet.

“I love you,” he whispered. “I didn’t say it enough. I was scared. But if you go now without hearing it a thousand more times I’ll never forgive myself...please, stay.”

Sirens blared and the door blew open. Steve, Natasha, Sam, and the team stormed in.

“MEDIC!” Steve yelled. “NOW!”

You were slipping.

You felt Bucky’s arms, his voice, his sobs.

But mostly, you felt peace because he was finally safe.

You woke up three days later.

Bucky was asleep in a chair beside your bed, head resting on your hand, his metal one clutching your wrist like a lifeline.

He looked like he hadn’t slept, eaten, or hardly breathed.

You squeezed his fingers and he jerked awake.

“Baby?” he croaked, eyes filling instantly. “You...you’re awake. I thought I-”

He dropped to his knees beside you, pressing kisses to your hand, your arm, your cheek.

“I thought I lost you,” he whispered. “I didn’t deserve another chance after what I did. I still don't...”

You cupped his cheek. “You didn’t do it,” you whispered. “They did.”

His heart shattered all over again.

“You brought me back,” he whispered, voice hoarse. “Even when I pulled the trigger. Even when I was gone.”

You pulled him into your arms, ignoring the pain.

“You’re never gone from me,” you whispered, kissing his hair. “And I’ll always come find you.”

[deathmetalunicorn1]

Child reader watching telenovelas after not being allowed to watch her mystery shows

I’m gonna use the Secret Life of Pets drama for this!!

-Adam and Odin had both been looking for you, wanting to apologize, as you had been quite upset when they wouldn’t let you watch your detective show for a while, finding it too impressionable on you.

-They heard you gasp deeply from the living room and walked in, seeing you and Loki sitting next to each other, your hands intwined together as the TV was playing a telenovela, “Maria- your face wears a thousand sorrows- what is wrong?!”

-Adam sighed softly, a hand coming to cover his eyes as Odin rolled his one eye, “Really?” Loki shushed him loudly, “Shut up~~ we need to know what’s wrong with Maria!!”

-The actress, who was very over the top, posed dramatically, “I’ve come face to face with the worse thing imaginable- loneliness!”

-You and Loki gasped as if someone had died, hearing what your beloved Maria was dealing with- this was terrible as you cupped your cheeks, “Maria you need to go after Filipe! Manolo doesn’t love you!!”

-Odin went for the remote, “Y/N doesn’t need to be watching garbage like this.” Loki snatched it out of his reach, comically hissing at him, “No way! You took away our cop drama- you’re not taking this!!”

-Adam went over and just unplugged the TV as Jorge was inspiring Maria to go after her true love and you and Loki were quickly collapsed to your knees in anguish, “NOOO!!!!”

-Odin pinched the bridge between his eyes, a deep sigh leaving him, “Can’t you two just watch a nature program or cartoons or something?” You were pouting again, “I like watching Hard Boiled and Passionate Hearts! Cartoons are for kids!”

-Adam ruffled your hair gently in passing, “You are a kid Y/N. You two can watch TV, but no trashy dramas or cop shows.”

-The two of you sighed dramatically, collapsing back into the couch as Adam chuckled softly, seeing you two being so over the top.

[cool-retro-term-official]

Little ad moment. I'm not paid or anything, I just really like this library I thought I'd share.

This is fuckin huge.

Fuck electron apps loading up your 8Go of ram with a single one open, embrace real GUI in C, C++, Odin and many more to come with Clay

I'm so in love with this. It's C99 style, single header, very elegant and nice to use. Works with raylib, opengl, sdl, vulkan, and ANY OTHER RENDERING ENGINE.

Video tutorial and presentation under the cut:

[siliconcritters]

tile placement!!!!

[ayuranslounge]

I have no idea wtf is happening. Why is it breaking?

Did you check the source?

No.

Check it.

Oh...

Apparently building raylib for android means building it with the assumption that it will be your main entry point.

So i either need to figure out a different way to pass the required pointer to the static variable in raylib or figure out how to compile it without the android logic... then write or copy over the necessary functions.

Or cut my losses and learn to write the graphics pipeline myself.

Trying to get raylib setup with Odin on an android app. First time messing with android. The recordings so far..

Invalid build type

Invalid build type

Linker error

Linker error

Missing symbol

Linker error

Linker error

Missing symbol

Start building raylib from src

Linker error

Linker error

Folder does not exist

Missing symbol

Fixed

Time to build android again

Cannot have two android_main

Change cmake

Rebuild

Linker error

Library not found

Library not found

Put the library in every single folder

Missing symbol sinf

Mother fucker!

Include -lm?

Yay happy.

Raylib initializing

Segfault libc

Oh FOR FUCKS SAKE! How am i supposed to figure this one out?!

[astxrope]

Just a quick note: I try to avoid politics on this page, as such I'm not going to promote any fundraisers for Gaza, I have little idea of how to verify that any are genuine and while I do want to give the benefit of the doubt I can't have people giving money to people pretending to be in a horrible situation money.

And if you are someone that is scamming people and profiting off this. You are the problem.

Alright back to the regularly scheduled program

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Here's a basic rundown of the species found within the Yggdrasil System. Unfortunately due to the rule of the Aesir under the Allmother, much of the information has been destroyed, censored, or erased, making researching these species particularly difficult. However, I have managed to collect a general consensus on what each of the species look like.

Helheim is impossible to know, any first inhabitants of the planet are long dead or in hiding. No one on Helheim are born there, and few leave alive.

Here's what I gathered:

Jotun: Tall, Digitigrade legs, Pointed ears, Tail, Some have horns

- Examples: Loki, Logi, Fenrir (Heimdall: Hybrid; Jotun/Asgardian)

Vanir: Pointed ears, often blond or ginger, Ungulated legs (hooves)

- Examples: Frey, Freya, (Kvasir, Hybrid; Vanir/Asgardian)

Midgardian: Plantigrade legs (human legs), tails with fur on the end, rarely (but not unheard of) winged. Winged Midgardians often have feathers at the end of their tails and feathered ears.

- Examples: Ottar, Vidfinn, (Lyfrassir Edda (Winged)

Helheim: There are no known natives of the planet. Prison Colony.

- Examples: CLASSIFIED

Asgardian: Plantigrade legs, pointed ears, often with blond or silver hair, occasionally other colours, hair is often braided, and braid patterns are passed down through families. a tradition shared with Midgardians. often blue, grey or dark skinned. They also appear to have extended lifespans, living upwards of 200 years.

- Examples: Odin, Thor, (Heimdall: Hybrid; Asgardian/Jotun), Sigyn

Muspelheim: Able to withstand extreme heat, often lizard-like, digitigrade scaled legs, draconic tail, horns, slitted pupils

- Examples: !!ERROR!! RELOADING

Niflheim: Able to withstand extreme cold, short, covered in fuzzy fur, digitigrade pawed legs, short furred, long furry ears,

- Examples: !!ERROR!! RELOADING

Alfheim: Similar to Vanir, plantigrade legs. golden hair, pointed ears, often have blue or silver eyes, many have symbolic tattoos. rich golden skin, clawed nails.

- Examples: !!ERROR!! RELOADING

Svartalfheim: Similar to Vanir, digitigrade legs, black hair, long pointed ears, often have blue or purple eyes, many have symbolic tattoos. dark skin, often purple-ish, dark clawed nails. pointed tail.

- Examples: !!ERROR!! RELOADING

The train has yet to arrive. It would be a shame if the cultures were to dissapear.

And yet…

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Celest - A star borne researcher and investigator.

Born from the collision of two stars, Celest has dedicated his life to learning all they can about different life forms across the universe, one solar system at a time.

They have a lot of time on their hands, as stars can live for millions of years, and Celest is only a mere 200 years old.

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THE FINAL VEIL

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A Magnus Archives AU

See Below Cut

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lore for the final veil, a work in progress magnus archives au surrounding the entities and what happened to their remains after the change was reversed.

THE CHARACTERS

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alan frost - an avatar of the dark

lee davies - an avatar of the hunt

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lore also includes prerequisite stories about their life before and during the change, and how they managed to survive the apocalypse.

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THE ENTITIES

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the extinction - deceased

the lonely - unknown status, likely deceased

the dark - alive

the flesh - unknown status

the eye - unknown status, possibly deceased

the slaughter - unknown status

the stranger - unknown status

the spiral - unknown status, likely deceased

the hunt - alive

the vast - unknown status

the buried - unknown status

the corruption - unknown status

the web - alive

the end - status unknown, possibly alive

the desolation - status unknown

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THE LORE

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the final veil is still a work in progress and may take a while for more lore to be released as the story is still being smoothed out along with characters individual backstories and character arcs.

i am one person, and while i doubt anyone will be invested or care about this au, for whoever may be, please be patient.

also, i will say, the lore of the final veil isn't really based off much, just an idea i had that may nit be possible in actual magnus archives lore. it's kind of hard to tell, i don't know what's happening half the time.

if i get anything wrong, please tell me, i'll see what i can do, but if something integral to the story is impossible in the magnus archives lore that is okay as it's an au. i don't particularly care what is and isn't possible i'm having fun okay.

this section of the post will update as lore continues to be added, with links to core posts being added in THE LORE section to make it easier for quickly accessing posts.

also much of this au will ignore the magnus protocol, simply because i haven't listened to it yet. i will, trust me. i just haven't gotten around to it.

may the entities spare you, for they are not quite dead, and they live on in their strongest.

their remnants, their holders, may be unpredictable, and they are in most every way just like regular people.

however some may be violent, and left unchecked and unaccounted for, may cause significant problems.

this is asterope signing off.

[odinsblog]

OOTD 🙃

Sooo ….

Today I was at an offsite workplace and something “weird” happened — and by “weird,” I mean racist af

So it was one of my colleague’s last day working with our program. And she is a cool person, and she was just absolutely infectious at work, and I was her mentor, so I got her a huge (surprise) going away cake and some balloons as a farewell gift, okay?

So I got to the facility super early in the morning (before she was scheduled to arrive), so that I could arrange the balloons and set up everything

But ..!! The facility is alarmed. A silent alarm, and an audible alarm. So when I got there, another colleague (a white guy, around my age) was standing outside, not entering the building. So when I get up to him, I asked him if anyone was already inside the building. If there was someone there , then we could enter without setting off any alarms. But if nobody was inside, then we would have to wait. (SN: I was given the alarm code to disarm the alarm, but technically (for legal reasons) I’m not supposed to have it, so I waited outside with the other dude)

And here’s where it gets interesting (aka, racist af)

Me and the other guy (a white dude my age) are standing there, outside the facility, right? Now, we’re both wearing suits and ties, but I’m the only person holding A HUGE ASS SHEET CAKE WITH, “WE’LL MISS YOU AND WISH YOU LUCK,” and I’m also the only one holding A DOZEN BALLOONS WITH THE WORDS, “GOOD LUCK,” WE MISS YOU” and similar slogans, and I’m holding my laptop bag as well. Meanwhile, my colleague ain’t got jack shit in his hands. Got the mental image??

So as I’m holding all this shit in my arms and literally holding balloons in my mouth so they don’t float away, THE POLICE SHOW UP, RESPONDING TO THE SILENT ALARM THAT WAS TRIPPED BY A THIRD COLLEAGUE WHO HAD ALREADY ENTERED THE BUILDING BUT WAS UNAWARE HE HAD TRIPPED THE SILENT ALARM

Two squad cars

Four cops (two per vehicle)

I notice them pull up hella close to where I was standing, but I kinda ignore them (as much as any Black man can “ignore” the PoPo) because why would the police be there??

And all four officers walk directly up to my Black ass. Me, the guy struggling to hold a sheet cake, a dozen balloons, and a laptop bag. My white colleague may as well have been the invisible man

“Hi. What’s your name?”

-Odin? Is everything okay

“We’re responding to a silent alarm. Do you work here?”

*here’s the part where I begin to low key panic, bc technically I don’t actually work there - it’s more of an offsite workplace … and as a member of the, “think carefully before you speak” “Hamlet” generation, in my head, I’m trying figure out how to say this without it sounding sus to paranoid white people who do not personally know me*

But before I can answer, the other three cops start taking turns peppering me with questions

“Who’s the cake for?”

-My trainee

“What’s their name?”

*looks down at the GINORMOUS letters on the cake with her name very plainly written on it*

-Uh …

“What do you do here?”

-I’m the

“Is there anybody inside?”

-I don’t

“How long have you been standing here?”

-I just got

“What did you say your name was?”

-Wait a minute, wait a minute. Hang on for just a second

*Since my hands and arms are full, I ask my “invisible” white colleague (who the cops haven’t so much as glanced at) to call someone and verify if they were actually inside the building. He calls, the other colleague is already inside but doesn’t realize that he has set off the silent alarm*

-Okay, if someone is already inside, then I can enter my passcode, go inside, and then I can turn off the silent alarm. Is that okay, officers??

“Sure. We’ll follow you in”

Long story short, they follow me (not my colleague) to the control panel and watch me disarm the alarm, and then they leave

Idk. Believe it or not, after reviewing our internal security footage, one of my white coworkers had to point out to me that the police never once addressed nor interacted with my white colleague. I mean, I’m sure that I noted it subconsciously, but until they pointed it out, I hadn’t consciously noted it. TBH, the entire time, my thought process was, I gotta hurry and get this cake into the fridge. Ha! I’m pretty sure that I was lowkey in survival mode (trying to survive an “innocent” encounter with law enforcement officers)

And what really gets me is, a LOT of white people don’t need to have these extra skill sets ingrained into their brains to deal with the police. (Stay calm even if the cops aren’t, don’t raise your voice, keep your hands visible, etc. etc. etc.). Most white people don’t have to do all of the extra calculus that comes with simply existing as a Black person in a world where cops immediately view Black bodies as automatically suspicious

Anyway, that was mY morning. LOL, no good deed goes unpunished, right? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[avas-demon-plot-twists]

MASSIVE THEORY: OLAI/MAGPIE/SLOTH/GREED/TITAN?

Going through some of the information we have received thus far in the comic's progression, and going over previous theories, I think I finally have some concrete theories that might illuminate the goals of Greed/Greed Host (I will be referring to them as one due to a bonus theory at the bottom), as well as some of the history with Sloth Host, and what Olai knows about Magpie. You’re forewarned, this will be long and tin-foily. Strap in. A long time ago it was theorized that Sloth Host would be paired with the demon we now know as Tylotung due to the snake image within the potion panel of Wrathia's plan arc. I think this theory was close - not that Sloth Host is paired with Tylotung, but that they are the same race. I think Sloth may have been a part of their kingdom and perhaps usurped the crown, agreeing to languish in service to Titan to keep the throne, perhaps even submitting themselves to the process I will outline below in order to keep their position. In previous interviews with regard to the Alice in Wonderland inspirations; Sloth Host is referred to as The Duchess (an antagonist to the Queen of Hearts). Perhaps they are at war with a DIFFERENT Queen. I'm not sure if Tylotung was a ruler or not (I can't remember I'm sorry), but at they very least they rebelled against Titan - I believe that they were forced into Erios as a Titan experiment, perhaps this was Sloth Host’s way of ridding themselves of political opposition/taking power. Moving from here to get into Veevra Avarace (Greed's) involvement - I would like to circle back to the plan pages (see second to last pair of pages for Greed). They seem to be farming some kind of souls from crystals - I believe it has something to do with the demon warriors. I believe that this image is meant to symbolize Greed being the true puppeteer to all of Wrathia’s warriors - perhaps someone pulling the strings of Wrathia herself. Being as they are Titan's premier weapon mechanic, I believe they are also responsible for the technology that afflicted Erios with Tylotung, as well as Gil's pairing with Nevy (I think that Nevy’s memory loss was a part of the kinks of this process).  Perhaps they are even the reason for Ava with Wrathia/Maggie with Tuls/Odin with Pedri if any of the above referenced were receiving any sort of aid from a Titan hospital. (Before you come and tell me none of them did - we do not know this for certain; it was established that Titan has been ruling for a long time, so even if not directly linked, being serviced by Titan RoboRats, it could STILL be Titan technology. In any case, I think at the very least the first two I am positive about - Ava, Maggie & Odin could have been random chance or perhaps something even more deliberate, and I will touch on these below...).

I think that Veevra presented their ability to create super-warriors and superior weaponry as a mechanism to get in with Titan, I think Titan LOVED what Veevra brought to the table, and I think that Titan is rolling out their own “demon” making program to facilitate more of their cultish activities. In terms of this in action there are two ways we could be going: ONE - Titan KNOWS about Wrathia’s Demon’s placements, and deliberately set them into bodies in order to monitor and destroy the opposition, and is creating his own army of “demons” at the speed of sound. TWO - Titan doesn’t know everything about the soul-bonding process/Wrathia’s warrior locations, and is trusting Greed’s knowledge of it (perhaps Greed positioned themselves as a ‘defector’ of Wrathia, but is working on the inside to help dismantle the machinations of Titan either to benefit Wrathia’s cause or their own — surprise plot twist the big bad is Greed after we defeat Titan?) to fight an enemy that Greed clued them into. In either case, Titan would need to create their own warriors, and a lot of them, hence Odin’s notebook, and the various signals - some being Titan, others being ‘organic’ demons? I think per another theory that D in his notebook stands for Dead, with T standing for Titan, and perhaps M being for the ‘Giant Mother’ Goddess he referred to; perhaps he actually picked up on Avas Signal, and ASSUMED it was coming from Maggie (just another note, I don’t think Dead necessarily means they weren’t originally Titan signals; it’s quite possible there were failures along the way to strong Titan Vessels. Pretty sure Titan, and Greed for that matter, view other lifeforms as expendable in the name of conquest).

I think this entire thing is a giant conspiracy, and various races have agreed to work with Titan in exchange for access to Titan tech, as well as protections/powers within his domain: eg Erios agreeing to be a part of the program (they sign everything put in front of them to get more from Titan Industries), my suspicion about Sloth Host (selling out a monarch, as well as themselves to keep status quo/obtain a luxurious life), and SOMEHOW Olai is able to stay afloat, AND gets access to titan technology - I think the story Olai gave Odin about ‘finding’ the tech is a total lie. I think he might’ve made a deal to kick his brother to the curb. I think he truly is terrible enough to sell out his own family to benefit himself, AND I think he could have done it twice. At the very least, I really do think he is behind Magpie’s possession. (Remember Odin’s story is the wolf and the fox, where Odin is implied to be the fox, and it would appear that Olai is positioned as the wolf: the wolf uses conniving and treachery to control the fox - I think if my theories are correct, once this is all revealed to Odin, Olai will meet a Titan-centric demise). 

I think that Magpie is not a “demon” vessel, but a Titan Vessel. Does anyone else find it odd, in hindsight, that Magpie’s “demon” was SO friendly? She was four(?), and she was completely jazzed about her “invisible friend.” At Magpie’s age, I believe this was likely an idea given to her by whatever inhabited her eg ‘we’re friends, let’s be friends.’ 

Which demons have we seen refer to themselves as ‘friends’? Have any of them? While yes, we have had Tuls, and Nevy: these demons could be considered friendly, but let’s examine this. Tuls I would say is more of a passive aggressive doormat due to Maggie’s directly aggressive personality (I think frankly if he could have strong-armed her, he probably would have - and I don’t mean violently, I just mean by being the more potent personality). He’s a pushover/sad sack of mulch as Wrathia put it - he’s nice enough, don’t get me wrong, but it doesn’t seem as he tried to win Maggie over so much as he’s just along for the ride and in a slight state of apathy/fear. To be fair we haven’t seen the entirety of this relationship, this is just my take. With regard to Nevy, Gil is TERRIFIED of her as well as what she means to him, and she fails to communicate well enough with him to break this barrier right up until she makes herself useful. Even then, she doesn’t classify herself as a friend per se; Gild does once she ‘dies’. Even so for the most part, the demons are upfront in their saying “our relationship is transactional. You have something you want, I have something I want - let’s make a pact.” If not completely going after their own motivations irrespective of their host. Friendship is not the highest priority unless serving another power (in Nevy’s case she still asks him for something - to help her find her place in the universe; and you can even see her get visibly upset/insistent on him doing this for her prior to regaining her memories - she hasn’t built up the friendly rapport to trust him to do her bidding).

I think the reason Magpie had such a positive relationship with her “demon” is because Magpie’s Vessel is not truly a demon, but a diabolical link to the Titan Hivemind. I think that a sentient agent was put inside of her: something savvy enough to communicate the message that they are ‘not a threat’ and get her to comply at a young age. It may not even be a ‘demon’; we never saw Magpie’s possessor. For all we know she could be seeing a ‘friendly’ image of Titan themselves (anyone else find it weird that we don’t get to see her demon; and that her eyes in her cast photo are TITAN BLUE?)

In terms of the process, I believe the paradise machine has something to do with this. With what we saw of The Paradise Machine, and what we have seen of Titan's technology, they are able to replicate the demon curse abilities (notice how Strategios could do this PRIOR to their reboot; almost as if they knew what Ava would potentially be able to do) to a degree, as if they have some tactical knowledge of it, and it could be someone is greedily withholding the actual intel (effectively by way of potions - perhaps they don’t know exactly the way to brew the potions, only how to use them/what they do essentially; jury’s out on that one). The Paradise Machine failed (Prudith was already not functional in this frame; the skin did not fit), because the construct it tried to fit over Prudith was coded for Ava’s frame; can you imagine what it may have produced if it were making a new Prudith? As far as the order of possession, and how things happened, I think that Maggie, Ava, Odin & Sloth Host may have been accidents/tests - perhaps releasing demon souls to observe how the pair bonds work in order to perfect the accuracy of the "soul bonding" process. I will have to observe Sloth host to confirm this theory / gather the order, but per the Potions Page I believe the aforementioned listing would be the correct order [with each iteration bringing them closer to perfecting the process before bringing their findings to Titan/deciding to place demons within hosts].

It could be that Veevra themselves is a free agent seeing as they are also paired with a demon that looks suspiciously similar to them? Perhaps they infused themselves to become twice as strong? Perhaps their interior 'demon' is their alter-ego (why is the titan page right after the greed page in the above linked pages of demons)? If you've read this far, thanks for tuning in. This was a long scramble to put together, and I would love to hear any insight. Can't wait for the updates, and hope the above stuff at least sounds interesting?

TLDR: Greed will be the real villain.

[feelmyskinonyourskin]

2. It Was Too Soon

Frank Castle x Fem Reader

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summary: Bucky and Sam are met by Dr. Strange to discuss a new enhanced person.

warnings: None for this chapter. Sorry it's a short one

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The first thing you remembered was the heat. All consuming and enveloping your body. It didn’t hurt, per se, but it wasn’t exactly comfortable.

You didn’t know what you expected getting struck by lightning would feel like, but this certainly wasn’t it. Then you remembered the light. Blue and swirling electricity pulsing up and down every singular atom. And then it just stopped; the heat, the light, the buzzing in your skin. Vanished in an instant.

The earth felt soggy beneath your body as you laid there looking up at the sky, now a pale shade of grey as opposed to the dark, angry clouds you’d just been looking up at moments ago. You blinked a few times, unsure of where you were or how much time had passed.

Then a face. A man. Who looked eerily familiar.

“By Odin’s beard, are you alright?”

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“This is a stupid game anyway.” Bucky exclaimed, tossing the controller onto the plush ottoman in frustration

“Hey, don’t hate the game, hate your old ass for not having the skills.” Sam responded, watching as the Madden screen loaded to the next match

The TV in front of the men turned a funny shade of orange. No wait, not the TV, in front of the TV. A swirling beacon of orange lights that grew and grew into a gaping hole until a man stepped through.

“Strange?” Sam stood, brushing a few crumbs from his lap

“Wilson. Barnes.” Stephen Strange nodded and shook the men’s hands

“What do we owe the pleasure?”

“I’ve got a weird one for you.”

“Weird as in?” Sam followed up

“Weird as in a woman. Fell out of the sky in New Asgard. Thor brought her in. She’s enhanced and from first observation, it appears her powers are new to her.”

Bucky and Sam exchanged a confused glance.

“Shit. What can she do?” Bucky asked

“Not sure yet, called Banner in to run a few tests. Have a few theories, though.”

“Okay. So who is she? Where’d she come from?” Sam pushed for further information

“See this is where it gets even weirder. You ever heard of the multiversal theory?”

“Yeah, yeah, we’ve heard about your dimension hopping fun before. So this woman, she’s not from here?”

“Nope.” Strange replied

“That’s not that weird.”Bucky interjected “You’ve had encounters with beings from other dimensions before, haven’t you, Strange?”

“Yeah, see her being not from here isn’t the weird bit. It’s the specifics of her world that's the weird part.”

Sam knitted his brow in confusion.

“What about it?”

“Why don’t I let her tell you?”

Strange pointed to the portal and with a swish of his cloak stepped through. With a nod of understanding, Sam and Bucky followed behind him.

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