#sy speaks

[syaraan]

Also, Why?

[syoddeye]

for @mellowtheoristpainter. answering here because price brain go brrr

notes: this is only about reboot!price. i'm not super knowledgeable about the military. this is 100% my opinion. would love to hear other's thoughts. and, some of this is conjecture because we just don't know enough about price.

this recent post of mine is an intro on my thoughts re:price: posty post. cap price is my favorite cod man and a complicated character. he's an insidious motherfucker.

i think to expand upon it, i want to talk about price and gaz specifically.

in the post you're referring to, i also use the tag #he's all business all about the mission. 'old comrades' in mw 2019 is a good illustration that shows how far price is willing to go to accomplish a mission. he'll use whatever means he has to to achieve it and in that case, it's the butcher's wife and child - 'truth serum'. price even makes a comment (i don't have the transcript in front of me) that boils down to "the butcher has no problem hurting children" - a callback to the embassy mission, where early on, we see a child run from the butcher and is presumably shot and killed (the death is hidden by smoke iirc). now i don't think price had intentions to kill the butcher's family, but something tells me it's not the first time he's used the 'truth serum' tactic.

i won't get into the full gloves off speech in mw 2019, but i AM looking forward to seeing how it continues in the franchise. see here for a scrap of what i'd like to see in future games: posty post

also, tats (@stuffireadandenjoy) added great commentary to that post about the embassy line.

when we first meet price in the reboot, it's at piccadilly, where he throws a man with a bomb locked to his chest over a railing to save the lives of other hostages. ngl when i play, i feel awful, but i still rationalize it. not getting into a philosophical debate on morality here, but the scene's upsetting. it's supposed to be upsetting. the entire franchise is upsetting.

but that's not the only interesting thing about that mission to me. gaz tries and fails to open the locked suicide vest. price makes the decision for gaz. gaz, even though there's only ~5 secs left on the timer, insists he can get it. price doesn't just outrank him - he's older and more experienced. price shoves gaz away, pitches the guy over the balcony, thus saving the rest of the hostages. again we can see where this was a good decision despite it being an awful one. it establishes john price as a character that can 'rise above' to make the hard choices.

gaz is a great character, hands down, love the man. (also a war criminal. anyway.) but i think he's especially interesting in these interactions with price. we see this young sergeant, fairly early career (compared to price), who is frustrated by the limitations and red tape of his job. joins price when price validates his anger post-piccadilly. gaz was probably like "fucking finally someone higher up who gets it". the way price looks at him in that scene too -- the man is listening. observing. he sees someone he can bring under his wing and help shape him. there is a reason he recruits gaz for tf 141. i think price sees gaz as a protege/successor.

ok this is getting long so here's an unceremonious wrap-up: in conclusion, price has had to make fucked up choices in pursuit of The Mission™. some he doesn't want to make (see: mwiii, i blame shepherd for EVERYTHING) and some he seems to have no problems making (piccadilly, using 'truth serum'). he learned at some point in his career he can take the gloves off and get dirty because what matters is mission success. the end justifies the means.

i haven't even touched on the military propaganda of it all, either. but smarter and hotter people than i have done that on this site.

unfortunately, i am still riddled with a disease called priceaholicism.

if you read this far and don't hate me, thank you! 🫶

[sy--kh]

critters and creatures and a secret third thing

[king-of-the-norks]

Yooo I have polls now! Please humor this silly little question I think about often

[lemonal-space]

So, it's finally happening. I've changed my art handle here from Sylociraptor over to Lemonal-Space!

My icon will be staying the same for a while longer, but this is a switch up ive been wanting to make for a while now. ^^

[syaraan]

The Nameless Things

The Nameless Things of Tolkien's world,

What are they? What are they? Where do they hide?

deep in the caverns, beyond balrogs in mines

hidden deep in the waters, surpassing all's ability to find

old as the world, younger than song

unspoken by angels, yet known by gods?

but are they known? these Nameless Things

found past all trace of light and sound

'found' I say, yet never found

even Evil has a name,

even The Eye needs something to see

What are these? What are these? The Nameless things

[syoddeye]

Checking my followers list today

If you don’t list your age or an approximate age (ex: 20 something, +30 years old) somewhere on your blog, I will block you.

I block blank blogs, ageless blogs, and minors.

Thanks and happy Friday.

[sy--kh]

he’s gone.

gonna miss this boy.

[sy--kh]

[king-of-the-norks]

I Love My Friend's OCs!!!

I Love their backstories, and all their little quirks

The themes that Haunt them

The little happinesses they rip from the earth

OUUUUUGHHHH

[syaraan]

What are your headcanons for Maedhros' age vs his aunts' and uncles'?

Personally I tend to think that Maedhros is about the same age but slightly older than Írimë. But if he was close in age or older than Fingolfin it would add another layer to the handing over of kingship.

[syoddeye]

i swear you can be halfway decent with excel (or spreadsheets in general) and people in the corporate world will treat you like a small time god

[sy--kh]

for reference

I’m a magician in the sheets 😏 *pulls a rabbit out of my pussy*

[sy--kh]

i should have left when he deadnamed me the first time he told his family about me.

[syaraan]

So sing the children, lost

Do you know how cold it is in the dark?

That like water through the rocks

Wind in a forest, is the rapids through the trees

And the eco, singing, cut

Of killing, breaking song

That lingers, freezing into ice

That scars the earth

That cracks the stones that all traces may be hidden

Of our footprints. Of our bones.

Ice not snow, for snow is stopped

By trees that hide the light

Of dusk and dawn, yet hopeless skies

And star of hope we will never see

For only monsters hunt us in the dark

And whether nameless or 

Red, Scared, (well made…) named

They will find only the remains

Of one last lullaby 

That, to break the cold of starless night,

We, the children, sing

[syoddeye]

Just put a rambling thesis about Animal in my drafts because I’m becoming stubborn and sentimental about the home stretch of For the Record.