#the live you life

[draconicslime]

saint… isn’t an ending to rain world to me? i see people argue their story is bad because the game is designed not to end but i feel like they’re also missing the point because it DOESN’T end. i feel like it’s actually very clear on that.

you can try to end it all and instead, saint wakes right back up again. to me it’s more of an end to the iterator’s stories. They are constantly talking about how they cannot last forever, how they are going to fall apart long before a new civilization emerges. Saint’s ending shows all the cans in the distance just as destroyed as ones you ascend in their story. Moon mentions the scavengers: even now, they continue to evolve, consist, grow. The wildlife continues to adapt. The iterator’s warmth dissipating has turned the world into an icy tundra but it is anything but a waste.

Several echoes talk about the world coming to an end, a new era coming about. Who are we to assume they really know what that means? It is possible what they view as an end, the vanishing of the last of the ancient’s philosophies and constructions is already a new beginning. A Cycle of death to create new life. Rebirth. Reincarnation of the very world, if only spiritually.

To me, Saint is a lesson in futility. All the downpour slugcats have endings that are somewhat designed to be continued from. None of them are concrete ending like Hunter’s, where you must leave the world behind. Key words here: You are leaving the world behind. It is not ending without you. In Saint, you can give the iterators, who have stagnated and suffered, closure. But without them, the world continues to change and to bloom. They never found their great answer.

If you try to leave this world behind, the very void tries to reject you. Rubicon is literally described as the developers as hell. All the areas in the game past and future are mashed together. The name itself means a point of no return… and yet, you return. The only thing that does.

Are you really ascending Saint? Or are you bringing an end to the old, one last closure and goodbye, so that the new has room to grow?

Two echoes stand out in my mind here. Beauty continuing to bloom in a place long forgotten. Forgotten by the passing of ancients and their random gods, but never the world. And… Were the ancients the tenth civilization, or the thousandth? That’s a question designed not be answered, because you cannot know. It outlasts all of them.

Saint isn’t an ending to the game. It’s the ending of your story as the player, in the world you have come to know, as it leaves you behind.

[sca-nerd]

My friends who have never experienced flooding, and who are about to deal with it from this storm, please remember:

1. NO. YOU CANNOT MAKE IT THROUGH THAT WATER ON THE ROAD. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'RE DRIVING. TURN. AROUND.

2. DO NOT GO WADING THROUGH THE WATER. EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT TO SEE HOW DEEP IT IS. THAT. WATER. IS. CONTAMINATED.

3. IT IS CALLED FLASH FLOODING FOR A REASON. THE WATER RISES AND SURGES IN A FLASH. STAY. HOME.

4. If you're at risk of flooding, raise up any of your belongings now. Put the legs of tall things in buckets. Know where your important documents are.

5. Stay safe.

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[bethfuller]

limited perception.

find me on instagram!

[beebfreeb]

[do-you-know-this-queer-character]

Do you know this queer character?

Castiel is Queer and Agender or Genderfluid, and uses varying pronouns based on presentation!

[symphonyofsilence]

Let the poor man rest.

[mothmothwoth]

Found myself strangely obsessed with Skizz and Lizzie… there are apparently brain chemicals in there

[canisalbus]

✦ Freshly ordained ✦

[fantastic-nonsense]

[selfhealingmoments]

[notbecauseofvictories]

I don't know how strictly accurate this is, but one of the things I find shocking about watching historical dramas is how many people there are around all the time---according to Madame de... (1953) a well-off French household in the Belle Epoque maintains a workforce of at least 3, and the glittering opera has staff just to open doors. According to Shogun (2024) you can expect a deep bench just to mind your household, and again, people who exist to open doors.

Could people....not open doors in the past? Were doors tricky, before the standardization of hinges? Because otherwise, the wealthy used to pay a whole bunch of people to do it for them in multiple contexts, and I find myself baffled.

[cryptixotic]

Be real with me. You're sitting in a bar and a 𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔩𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔞 with a massive sword rams into the door. Do you or do you not laugh

[stil-lindigo]

Bisan is calling for another global strike!

I saw some posts just outlining Jan 21st, and wanted to clarify that Bisan has called for a full seven days of action.

What a global strike would look like is:

calling in sick to work

purchasing bare essentials ahead of the week so you can observe the general boycott of goods / buying as little as you genuinely can

putting in a concerted effort to elevate Palestinian voices and make it clear that this strike is in support of a permanent ceasefire!

For those who will have to purchase necessary goods during this time, please observe the brands that the BDS movement is asking us to boycott!

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Right now is also a good time to mention some better uses for your money during this week.

Available e-sims in Gaza are running low!!

Mirna El Helbawi and her team are working round the clock to continue to connect Palestinians as Israel does its best to cut them off from the rest of the world.

You can learn how to purchase and send e-sims here, and below you’ll find a list of what is currently needed (the areas in brackets indicate what region you should select to buy e-sims in).

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CareforGaza is an organisation that does verifiably good work, distributing supplies directly to Palestinian families.

They have a Gofundme set up at the moment, but because of Gofundme’s poor track record regarding refusing to transfer funds to Palestinians, I’d recommend continuing to donate directly to their PayPal here.

Good luck to all of you. Don't turn away from Palestine!