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♡ nct fic recs masterlist ♡

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(Last update 4/27/20)

Key: Fluff (❀) Angst (☆) Smut (☾) Completed Series (✓) Incomplete Series (✗)

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Moon Taeil

↳ One Shots

Vivid by wonjaekook II ☆

Summary: The flowers he coughs up are navy blue - a color as deep and vivid as the love he feels for you. (Hanahaki Disease!AU)

Length of story: 5.3k words

Warnings: Mentions of character death

freely by floraltaeil II ❀ ☾

Summary: Acquaintances—friendly acquaintances, that’s all you and Taeil were. Until maybe it was finally time to let go of all the stubbornness that plagued you. (Bass player!Taeil, Punk!Taeil).

Length of story: 7k words

Warnings: None

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Johnny Seo

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Puppy Love by dreaminghaos II ❀

Summary: You just can’t believe you’ve fallen in love with a guy who named his dog Real Slim Shiba. Or in which Johnny hides an illegal puppy in his apartment and you become an accomplice. (College!AU) (Neighbors!AU)

Length of story: 3.1k words

Warnings: Mention of drug abuse, non-explicit sexual content

Caffeinated by stormae II ❀

Summary: Your neighbor Johnny leaves coffee cups at your doorstep every morning. (Neighbors!AU)

Length of story: 3.2k words

Warnings: None

The Perfect Man by wonjaekook II (+ Jaehyun) ❀ ☆

Summary: You’ve spent the last few years trying to find the perfect man. After a lot of first dates and not many seconds, you finally find him. You also find that, maybe, he’d been there the entire time. (Friends to Lovers!AU)

Length of story: 5.2k words

Warnings: None

Disaster Training by taect II ☆ ☾

Summary: “Here is the smile you tried to bury. Here is the broken tongue, the cut fingers, the apple bruised heart.” (Friends to Lovers!AU, Suburbia!AU)

Length of story: 5.6k words

Warnings: Blood, mentions of violence, mentions of abuse, mentions of alcohol abuse, mentions of death, sad ending

Make a Wish by sluttyten II ❀ ☆ ☾

Summary: You’re Jungwoo’s sister, and he’s made it clear he wants you and Johnny to have nothing to do with each other. So you and Johnny start fake dating to piss him off.

Length of story: 6.7k words

Warnings: None

Helping Hand by yougotthatbilly II ☾

Summary: There are more pros when it comes to living with Johnny. Or Johnny has a really big heart and an even bigger dick.

Length of story: 7.5k words

Warnings: None

Baby by sluttyten II (+ Mark) ☾

Summary: It begins as a mistake when Mark overhears you and Johnny having sex.

Length of story: 8.6k words

Warnings: Voyeurism, edging, threesome, orgasm denial

Let it Go by yougotthatbilly II (feat. Jaehyun) ☆ ☾

Summary: Johnny has been your best friend for as long as you can remember and helped you through your painful breakup with Taeyong. Jaehyun is your close friend who is always there to help when you need him. Both boys may like you more than they let on, but do you have feelings for either of them?

Length of story: 22.7k words

Warnings: None

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Kim Doyoung

↳ One Shots

A Little Help by sluttyten II (+ Jungwoo) ☾

Summary: A sex education lesson with Kim Doyoung (aka he’s more of a hands-on kind of teacher).

Length of story: 5.5k words

Warnings: Threesome

Under the Stars by jinjikook II ❀ ☾

Summary: You’re forced to go to the equivalent of bible camp, out in the forest. Unfortunately, you’re also forced to share a tent with a resident goody-two-shoes and you decide to have a little fun messing with him. Turns out, it brings him to his limit and pushes him over the edge. (Church Boy!AU)

Length of story: 8k words

Warnings: None

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Ten

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Offended by stormae II ❀ ☆

Summary: You grow increasingly annoyed with your new neighbor and his obnoxiously loud music. (Neighbors!AU)

Length of story: 3.4k words

Warnings: None

Painted are the Living by stormae II ❀ ☆

Summary: art to life!au

Length of story: 9.4k words

Warnings: Death (sort of?)

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Jung Jaehyun

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A Slight Smell of Strawberry Shortcake by goldenscript II ❀

Summary: You can’t seem to get the boy at the bakery across the street off of your mind, even after all this time. (Slice of Life!AU, Baker!AU)

Length of story: 2.9k words

Warnings: None

Trouble for the Taking by versigny II ☾ ♡

Summary: “What’s easy to get into, and hard to get out of?” (7 Minutes in Heaven!AU)

Length of story: 7.8k words

Warnings: Mentions of alcohol

For You by sluttyten II ❀ ☾

Summary: In which you’re both tired of friends and family pitying you for being single on Valentine’s Day. (Fake Dating!AU)

Length of story: 9.5k words

Warnings: Drinking

Please, Please, Please by dreaminghaos II ❀ ☆ ☾ ♡

Summary: How is this supposed to mean nothing when you can feel your world shift every time Jung Jaehyun touches you? Or in which the only good thing in your life is your job at the museum and basketball star Jaehyun just really likes touching the art. (College!AU, Basketball!AU, FWB!AU)

Length of story: 15.3k words

Warnings: Alcohol abuse, choking, drunk sex, unprotected sex

Summer Haze by dreaminghaos II ❀ ☆ ☾ ♡

Summary: You haven’t seen him in a year, but nothing has changed. You’re still completely, absolutely, irrevocably, stupidly in love with Jung Jaehyun and you’re beginning to suspect nothing will ever change that. Or the one in which you go on a weekend trip with your childhood friends and face feelings you’d rather keep buried.

Length of story: 17k words

Warnings: Mentions of underage drinking, alcohol abuse

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Kim Jungwoo

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A Little Help by sluttyten II (+ Doyoung) ☾

Summary: A sex education lesson with Kim Doyoung (aka he’s more of a hands-on kind of teacher).

Length of story: 5.5k words

Warnings: Threesome

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Mark Lee

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Distraction by sluttyten II ☾ ✓

Summary: Your brother is a member who disapproves of Mark flirting with you, so when he calls you while Mark’s fucking you, you have to keep quiet.

Length of story: 3 parts/15.1k words

Warnings: None

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Sinner by ilomark II ☾

Summary: Mark Lee, virgin number 4.

Length of story: 3.2k words

Warnings: Religious themes

Lilac by ilomark II ❀ ☾

Summary: Mark tries to prove that he can be a dom.

Length of story: 6.5k words

Warnings: Choking, light sub/dom themes, slight degradation

Distant Stars by jen0baby II ❀ ☆ ☾

Summary: Mark never thought he’d fall for his roommate. but when he walked in on you by accident, clothes barely covering your figure, a pink vibrator held in your hand, Mark offers his help - it's what anyone else would do, right? That’s when everything changed. (Roommate!AU, Best Friends!AU)

Length of story: 7k words

Warnings: Sad ending

Baby by sluttyten II (+ Johnny) ☾

Summary: It begins as a mistake when Mark overhears you and Johnny having sex.

Length of story: 8.6k words

Warnings: Voyeurism, edging, threesome, orgasm denial

Hesperus by jen0baby II ❀ ☆ ☾

Summary: Mark had always loved you, and you always loved Mark, it just took the stars to align right, and the moon to come out for you both to realise. After you accidentally walk in on Mark naked in the dorm bathrooms you can’t help but think about him, and Donghyuck helps you find a solution to sort your problem out.

Length of story: 17.5k words

Warnings: None

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Lee Jeno

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language of the flora by jungnoir II ❀

Summary: Jeno’s too shy to confess his crush on you with words, the barista who works next door to his flower shop, so he decides a clever alternative is through the language of flowers. There is only one problem…you’re not that fluent in plant.

Length of story: 9.9k words

Warnings: None

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Lee Donghyuck

↳ One Shots

Best Friends by jen0baby II ❀ ☾

Summary: You show up at the dorms for what you expect to be a typical sleepover with your best friend, Haechan, but things don’t turn out the way you’d anticipated. (Best Friends!AU, Friends to Lovers!AU)

Length of story: 4.4k words

Warnings: None

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Zhong Chenle

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Stuck on You by goldenscript II ❀

Summary: Unlike the countless other times you’ve been left alone with your fifth grade rival, this one is different - after all, who knew you’d actually come to like like him? (Enemies to Lovers!AU)

Length of story: 2.5k words

Warnings: None

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Multiple Members

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love sick by moonlit-jeno (Dream 00 line) II ❀ ☆ ☾ ♡ ✓

Summary: “You’re telling me that I slept through the beginning of the zombie apocalypse.” You deadpan, expecting at least one of them to break character and laugh. All four boys remain grim. (Zombie!AU)

Length of story: 11 parts/27.3k words

Warnings: Graphic violence/gore, guns, mentions of blood & vomit, major character death

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rainy day by moonlit-jeno (Dream 00 line + Mark) II ☾

Summary: No description given (basically just a pwp sixsome).

Length of story: 4.5k words

Warnings: Some mxm

Can’t We Share? by sluttyten (94-99 line) II ☾

Summary: A chance encounter leads to you meeting and falling in love with them all, and why bother choosing between them when you can have them all?

Length of story: 13.2k words

Warnings: Orgy, cunnilingus, impregnation kink, creampie, cum play, breast fucking, daddy kink, spanking, choking, bukkake, double penetration

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all-things-are-nothing-to-me · 5 years ago

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Fuck Your Red Revolution: Against Ecocide, Towards Anarchy

Let Go Of Your Tedious Slogans

"There's no ethical consumption under capitalism" is a tired meme that I wish would die. So often this slogan is used by reds to pooh-pooh those of us that strive to make life choices that aid harm-reduction in our communities and our natural environments.

Vegan diets, bicycling, dumpster diving, upcycling, guerilla gardening, permaculture, squatting, illegalism, food forestry, communes, self-sufficiency, and all the other "lifestylist" pursuits "individualist" anarchists undertake to minimize their harm on the environment are shamed and mocked by many anarcho-communists, social-ecologists, anarcho-transhumanists, syndicalists and other industry-upholding anarchists. These reds are well-versed in workerist rhetoric, and see all lifestyle choices as "a distraction" from the global proletarian revolution they see as their singular goal.

You'll hear them talk down to other anarchists who are discussing ethical ways to curtail their consumption, especially people that live off the land or otherwise limit their participation in industrial civilization; people they loudly dismiss and condemn as "primmies" or "lifestylists".

They'll tell us to stop living our lives in the pursuit of personal anarchy because "there's no ethical consumption under capitalism". In the red mind, as long as a capitalist system has been imposed on the world, there''s no point in reaching for anarchy until that system has been overthrown and replaced with their system. Regardless of how unlikely it is that this will happen in our lifetimes.

Using "no ethical consumption" to shame people for making the effort to live more conscientiously, and decrying all individual action as "counter-revolutionary" or "liberal" comes from a deeply authoritarian mindset reminiscent of toxic Maoist purges that punished people for dressing differently or having hobbies or doing anything but devote themselves 100% to destructive industrial labor and the glory of "the revolution" (almost always manifested in the form of a red state).

The red influence in anarchist discourse is unfortunately dominant in most developed parts of the world, and collectivist-minded anarchists insist every anarchist devote themselves to their pipe dream of a mass uprising to seize the factories from the capitalists and turn them over to the workers. They postulate that democratized factories will be more beneficial to workers because they'll receive a bigger piece of the industrial pie. This is true. But then they claim their ideology will "save the environment" because a worker collective won't be greedy and destructive like a capitalist board of directors. This is of course completely unfounded and blatantly ignores the history of collectivized industry and its devastating effects on the environment. The glaring reality is that industrial societies all eventually lead to ecocide, without exception.

Countless Marxist revolutions in history did so much damage to the environment that entire territories, such as the area surrounding Chernobyl, were rendered uninhabitable to humans. Babies continue to be born with birth defects today, and cancer rates in the regions devastated by socialist industry continue to be sky high.

Let's take a brief look at the former USSR's legacy of careless industrial destruction, with 3 examples.

The Ural River in Magnitogorsk, Russia is still saturated with toxic boron and chromium levels from the nearby Steel Works, poisoning the entire ecosystem and its inhabitants.

The Aral Sea, once the fourth-largest inland water body in the world was largely replaced by the newly emerged Aralkum Desert after the Soviets drained two rivers for irrigation. The sea is now just 10 percent of its original size.

Run-off from oil fields near Baku have rendered all the local water bodies biologically dead, killing off every lifeform that prospered in those ecosystems for millennia.

These are just 3 examples of devastating ecocide caused by the push for industrial growth (which is required to achieve communism according to Marx), and they of course only ever achieved more capitalism and more misery, because industrialism and the continued pursuit of menial labor will not liberate people.

Changing from a vertical to a horizontal hierarchy will benefit the industrial workers in some material ways, certainly, but the wholesale destruction of our planet will not slow down one bit just by instituting a power-shift from bosses to workers. Industrial production depends on non-stop growth, and when you tie the success of a society to industrial production, you create a recipe for disaster. Workers won't vote to scale down their industry or its environmental impact as their livelihoods depend on their industry's growth.

And they certainly won't care about anyone who isn't also an industrial worker, or preserving their foreign way of life. Indigenous people and anyone living off the land will effectively be seen by red-society as an undesirable out-group. Anyone that can't measure up to workerist standards of productivity will be seen as a strain on the industrial grind. An enemy of the red revolution.

Any "counter-revolutionary" rebel who dares stand in the way of industrial growth and the spread of industry across land and sea is effectively a liability that needs to be expunged to safeguard the revolution. This is the power of the collective. Comply or be crushed. Red or dead.

So you see, the people parroting "no ethical consumption under capitalism" at you don't actually have any intention of curbing their destructive consumption, even under communism. Even under anarcho-communism. If anything, they hope to increase their consumption by acquiring more spending power. With communism, they'll be able to consume as much as a middle-management boss does under capitalism because all workers will receive an equal share (until resources run out and their society collapses).

You cannot grow infinitely on a finite planet, and all industrial ideologies, regardless of whether they brand themselves as "libertarian" or "authoritarian" seem to ignore that simple fact because it would expose their ideology as having zero long-term viability in a world already experiencing unprecedented global collapse.

Harm Reduction is Valuable

There's always a more ethical alternative to everything. That's the whole point of anarchy, to analyze our actions and our impact on our environment and limit harm, counter authority as much as possible. Ethics isn't an all or nothing proposition - there are varying degrees of harm.

Just because some solutions aren't 100% pure and wonderful doesn't mean they're not worth doing over much more harmful alternatives. Anarchy is about subverting authority by finding more ethical solutions to every problem we come across.

Here's an example of several levels of harm reduction that can measurably make a difference. Things that stone-faced reds will no doubt decry as "lifestylist" simply because they don't succeed in immediately overthrowing capitalism and bringing on a communist utopia:

Eating vegan locally-grown pesticide-free unprocessed food is absolutely more ethical than eating imported processed meat.

Why?

Far less carbon is burned to grow / store / transport / process / store again / re-transport the food. Workers involved in "organic" agriculture aren't exposed to the much more dangerous conditions of slaughterhouses / battery farms / pesticides / ships / warehouses. Far less animal suffering and death goes into producing the food. These are real metrics.

There are of course still many downsides to for-profit agriculture including desertification, exploitation of migrant labor, and destruction of native ecosystems to plant monocultures. But it's still much better than the alternative which ensures far greater harm by every metric...

For instance, the container ships that transport imported food and industrial products burn highly-polluting "bunker fuel"; the black, tarry goo that's left over when all the higher quality fuels like petrol, diesel and kerosene have been extracted from crude oil. In 2009, confidential data was leaked showing that a single container ship produces as much pollution as 50 million cars. The ship workers will be the first to breathe in these highly concentrated fumes. Avoiding imported food goes a long way in fighting exploitation.

Buying seeds / cuttings / grafts and growing your own food in a community garden, as well as dumpster diving from outside supermarkets is more ethical than buying locally grown food from a for-profit business.

Why?

Even less carbon is burned, waste is diverted from landfills, there are no workers to exploit or endanger, there is no animal suffering and death if you use no-till methods. You control everything that goes into the soil (and ultimately your community's bodies) and can thus stave off desertification and actually improve the soil and rebuild the ecosystem.

Downsides: Native flora is displaced in favor of domesticated food crops. Land ownership feeds the state via taxes (unless you use squatted land to plant the garden). Living in a city means you'll still be consuming a lot of things you can't produce yourself in your limited space. But again, this is a measurable improvement over the previous scenario.

Moving out of the city to a rural area and living as a subsistence farmer to grow all your own food in a food forest you plant, giving away or trading your surplus. Foraging for food where it's sustainable to do so. Planting trees on every unused piece of land you see.

Why?

Erosion and desertification is effectively stopped in its tracks wherever food forests rise. The trees clean the air of carbon. Trees are by far the plants most adept at evapotranspiration, and are integral to the water-cycle all lifeforms depend on. The climate in the area is safeguarded, with increased humidity and rainfall.

Forest gardening rewilds the planet. Pre-civilized peoples made the rainforests as abundant as they are by curating them and spreading the plants they found most beneficial. If enough people planted food forests in an area, the local population could sustain themselves by hunting and foraging the way they did before civilization.

So future generations are given the invaluable gift of autonomy from the industrial system, and the knowledge and incentive to resist industry's violent encroach on their way of life.

Personal Action Doesn't Happen in a Vacuum: Working Towards a Lasting Cultural Shift

When a group of people choose to e.g. not consume cow products, that directly creates less demand for cow products. So over that group's lifetime, less forest will be bulldozed to graze the cows that they didn't eat. Less cows will be impregnated by robotic rape machines. Less veal calves will be snatched from their mothers, put in dark little boxes for a few weeks and then slaughtered so the mother keeps producing milk for the dairy industry.

Some of the people vegans interact with will be influenced by their ethical choices and way of life and be inspired to also work to minimize their harm on the ecosystem. They'll also adopt a vegan diet, and influence people in their lives to follow suit. One vegan becomes two, two become ten, ten become ten million. The cultural shift spreads far and wide, touching countless lives and changing the course of history.

So in this way, an individual action gradually becomes a collective action. People slowly emulate others after being exposed to their lifestyle and ultimately the local culture is forever changed. All cultural shifts start out with a few innovators and gradually expand to the rest of the population as others see the benefits of the new culture.

Likewise with permaculture and food forests. People start planting food forests and others take up their example and pretty soon you have thousands of acres of land that are saved from desertification and become refuges for wildlife.

There are countless places where this is demonstrable, including where I'm from (somewhere in Western Asia). Each indigenous family in these mountains has a small plot of land that we cultivate. The more people choose to use mixed forest farming methods instead of standard sprayed monocultures, the more people are influenced to follow our example. They see how successful food forests are at feeding our families and the culture gradually shifts.

There needs to be a cultural shift that precedes and guides any revolutionary movement otherwise you'll just end up replicating capitalism like Marxists have done time and time again. People who live destructive consumerist lifestyles that cause ecocide in exchange for fleeting material comforts won't be capable of shifting to ethical lifestyles just because "the revolution" happened. They'll simply replicate their destructive ways under the "new" political system and the "revolution" will have been for nothing. Capitalism will have just been given another paper mask to hide behind as it drags us deeper into the black hole of industrial apocalypse.

Fuck Your Luxury Space Communism

A single cruise ship emits as much pollution as a million cars. Cruise ships dump 1 billion gallons of sewage into the ocean every year. Knowing these facts, how can any anarchist decide to directly fund the cruise ship industry by saving up money and booking a cruise holiday?

Reds will tell you with a straight face that capitalism is to blame for the cruise industry's rampant polluting, and "after the revolution", the cruise industry would do no harm because it would be worker-managed.

In reality, a truly communist society would necessitate that cruises be free to every worker as a reward for their labor. Which means far more globe-trotting tourists and far more cruise ships in the oceans. Carbon burning and pollution would actually increase greatly.

But let's ignore that for now. We don't live in a revolutionary communist society and we will not see capitalism go away in our lifetimes. Global capitalism is more ingrained in society than ever before. Anarcho-communists are such a tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny percentage of any population. Reds telling "lifestylists" to stop giving a shit about anything other than "overthrowing" capitalism, something we clearly don't have the support or firepower to do, is blatantly ridiculous.

Continuing to eat meat / processed foods / buying a new phone, games console, tablet every year / using disposable plastic bags / toilet paper / chlorine cleaning products / building poorly insulated over-sized concrete buildings / not composting your waste / salting the snow / heating a pool / planting a lawn / going on a cruise / etc / etc because "there's no ethical consumption under capitalism" actively stands in the way of positive change and directly promotes inaction / harm. It actively prevents the culture from shifting towards anarchy.

"We'll go on this cruise now and help contribute to ecocide, but it's okay because we'll consume ethically after the glorious revolution" couldn't be a more ridiculous standpoint, but it's essentially what the "no ethnical consumption under capitalism" slogan has been turned into. It's a sad state of affairs when this empty rhetoric passes for revolutionary thought in red circles.

Ethics-Based Choices Aren't "Liberal" Just Because Pompous Reds Say So

Consumption under capitalism (or socialism) isn't ethical, but that's no excuse for inaction. There's no global revolution coming to change the way we live overnight. History has shown us the impossibility of that notion - with countless "revolutionary" societies repeating all the mistakes of capitalist ones.

But we can have small local revolutionary action in the here and now that can lead the way to sustained change at a wider level. Just ask the Zapatistas and similar indigenous and anti-civ anarchist movements around the world. No one is going to tell them to throw in the towel and conform to globalist capitalist / communist industrial civilization because all consumption is somehow equal.

Anyone can make personal ethics-based choices and also organize collective action. I have no idea why so many collectivists see these pursuits as being mutually exclusive. But you'll be sorely disappointed if you thought a global collectivist revolution was something that was realistically attainable. The world is far too diverse to be molded into a uniform entity controlled by a 19th century ideology designed to serve European factory workers.

Ignore the sanctimonious blathering of boring ideologues. There's nothing "liberal" about living what you preach. You claim to oppose hierarchy? Then live your life dedicated to minimizing hierarchy wherever you can. Set an example. Face the beast head on and stand your ground until you breathe your last breath. Because what else are you going to do?

Reds! Listen up, friends. Mocking people for caring about minimizing the harm they do and for thinking long and hard about the ethical implications of their actions doesn't make you somehow more radical than them. It just makes you a smug fuck. I don't care how many marches you've waved your shiny red flag at. Being able to recite the words of a long-dead white philosopher doesn't make you special, so shut up about "lifestylism" already.

When we see exploitation and engage in direct action to fight it, that doesn't make our fight useless. We have to live in this world and people are dying in it. All around us scores of people are suffering and dying. To ignore that and do nothing because our actions to relieve that suffering won't install communism to free the sacred workers from their bosses would be fucked.

Capitalism & Communism Are Cut From the Same Exploitative Industrial Cloth

The collectivists who see no problem with oppressive constructs like industrial meat consumption will immediately discount anti-authoritarian actions that aren't wholly-focused on abolishing the capitalist class and seizing the means of production. A lot of these red-anarchists are channeling Murray Bookchin as he delivered his anti-"lifestylism" screeds late in his life. They dream of seizing the means of production and thus receive a bigger share of the spoils, so it terrifies them that green anarchists instead want to set the factories and shopping malls on fire.

Reds see dumpster divers, illegalists, vegans, sustenance farmers, bike punks, squatters, naturists, communers and other "lifestylists" as a "distraction" from their driving singular desire to replace industrial capitalism with industrial communism. They want to remove the bosses from the equation, but keep everything else almost exactly the same: Workers, factories, battery farms, globalization, ecocide... Even prisons and police in a lot of cases. They want everything industrial society has forced on the world, except this time, they swear it'll be "more egalitarian" with "direct democracy" and an equal share of the industrial pie for every worker.

These red-dyed wannabe-industrialists insist we abandon our hard-fought battles and join them in pushing (waiting) for a more egalitarian industrialism that'll give us a fairer share of the profits gained from waging war on the wilds.

They love to accuse anarchist "lifestylists" (green anarchists especially) of somehow conforming to the system... By struggling against it? Their pissy Bookchin-inspired rants accusing anti-civs of being in a "death cult" or of being "counter-revolutionary" (while they themselves embrace ecocide and mass-extinction) really makes no logical sense to me. Green anarchists like the water defenders in Canada right now are actively putting their lives on the line to fight against the march of industry, while these yuppie killjoys sit in their comfy suburban armchairs typing up walls of snark to diminish the people who prove everyday that they live and breathe anarchy.

Sure, the Bookchinites, Chomskyists and assorted anarcho-brocialists will show up at an orderly protest in their officially licensed Guy Fawkes masks, and they're always in the front row of their local union meeting, eager to read a deadly serious statement from a stack of printed A4s. But how does that give them the superiority complex to voice their disgust about "edgy lifestylists"? It should be obvious at this point that communism isn't going to save the world, yet they imagine themselves as the governors of righteousness.

Protesting is just another cog in the democracy machine. The illusion of choice. It accomplishes nothing. It certainly doesn't make you more revolutionary than an anarchist who makes the conscious choice to live as ethically as possible. People that think they've achieved something worthwhile because they've held up a pretty sign at some protest are fooling themselves. All they're doing is asking their rulers to be nicer rulers. Rulers aren't giving up their power because you made a sign. You're not better than "filthy lifestylists" because you quoted Kropotkin at your union meeting that one time.

Both protests and unions as well as ‘lifestyle choices’ have long been co-opted by the system and are not going to loosen the death-grip it has on the planet. The system has become quite adept at swallowing up all attempts at revolution and turning them into Bizarro-revolutions that can be whitewashed and monetized to further the system's growth. I don't need to remind anarchists that communism was instantly turned back into industrial capitalism every time it was attempted. The "Communist Party of China" is perhaps the most powerful upholder of capitalism in the world today per capita.

Embracing Pointed Distractions & Recognizing Ideological Greenwashing

Collectivists will often butt in when others are talking about methods of harm reduction and insist we stop talking about "pointless distractions" and instead focus on achieving their much-hyped global worker-society they promise will come if we just hold hands and march in the streets until everyone sees how awesome we are. Then the masses will all join us to overthrow the capitalists and install communist utopia, just wait and see!

A lot of reds will even claim that all discussion about ethics and social justice is elitist and classist "liberal posturing" aimed at dividing the working class. The worst of them will insist that class is the only issue we should be concerned with. To hell with feminism, post-colonialism, the environment and all other "distractions" that don't interest white male workers. Workerism and class reductionism are fond bedfellows.

Being a vegan or a dumpster diver or a forager or a squatter or a self-sufficient cave-dweller need not have anything to do with shaming other people. It's simply the way someone chooses to live their life for a multitude of reasons; a lot of them informed by ethics, but also to pursue the happiness that every human desires.

An individual anarchist's decision to live more ethically is not some kind of narcissistic circlejerk the way collectivists like to present it. All anarchists have different motivations and different ethics. We all live in this world, in this time, and we can't just pretend there's some grand global homogeneous revolution right around the corner that's going to save humanity from the rapidly approaching industrial apocalypse if only we chant loud enough and post more luxury space communism memes to our Facebook profiles.

It's especially perplexing watching reds scorn anti-civs since none of these purported "communist revolutionaries" have demonstrated any real inclination to address the industrialist disaster that has been wrought on our planet beyond farcical promises of "space-colonization", "Star Trek replicators" and "asteroid mining".

Even those rare reds who bother to give consideration to ecology in their theories continue to glorify civilization, industry and democracy as liberators. So called "social-ecologist" Bookchinites promise that the planet can be saved if we just "make more democracy!" Then we can all participate in (profit from) the industrial system with our voting power, and opt to use "ecological technologies" such as solar and wind energy to power the machines.

Never mind the Chinese sustenance farmers who have carcinogenic industrial waste dumped on their lands everyday from those solar panel factories; they're just not thinking ecologically enough. And the Ghanaians who wince when mountains of worn-out solar panels are piled up in their backyards with the rest of the West's obsolete tech are just impeding ecological progress with their divisive nitpicking! It's almost like they don't want Europeans to have two electric vehicles in every garage? So ridiculous!

When you give a majority group legitimized power over minorities, they always use it to oppress them. All power corrupts. Collectivism breeds hierarchy because the interests of the dominant group e.g. factory workers aren't the same as the interests of minority groups e.g. indigenous herders or queer folk or sex workers.

If you think your average meat-and-potatoes white male worker is going to suddenly become enlightened and compassionate towards the plight of minorities when you give him the power of direct democracy, as social ecologists and other red anarchists envision, you haven't been paying close attention to the world around you. Time and time again, voters have successfully used their vote to deny rights to migrants, sex workers, trans and gay people, and anyone they see as differing from their normative standards.

Understanding the Coercion Behind the "Collective Good"

Reds expect you to put the needs of the almighty collective above your own needs, but the collective good matters little if your individual needs are ignored by the collective.

All too often, Western reds demanding you obey the "collective good" are simply engaging in red-washed white supremacy where the "collective" just means "white working men", and the "good" just means "our profits". Putting the will of the dominant population in society before your own needs and desires is an incredulous proposition. The profits of the white working man should not be of any concern to e.g. a brown unemployed woman.

Collectivism is kind of a ludicrous concept if you really think about it. We can't paint seven-billion people that have wildly different ideas of what life should be as one unified entity because they're not one unified entity. Collectivizing them as one group; "the working class" in our minds makes no logical sense and does nothing but fuel the industrial wasteland rapidly decimating the entire globe. Why should all humans be seen as workers, why should each of us be measured by our capacity to produce industrial goods?

People from different places have different needs. Marxism deals with this by separating people into classes and telling us to only concern ourselves with the worker classes and to hell with the peasant classes and the hunter-gatherers and the pastoralist nomads and the "land-owner classes".

This "land-owner" class includes indigenous peoples living off of their ancestral lands and exploiting no one, but again and again socialists have targeted them for genocide for not fitting into their ideological framework. Then the imperialist socialists seize their land and commercialize it so they can profit. For examples, see the Kazakh famine-genocide perpetrated by the USSR because the nomadic Kazakhs resisted the rigidity of forced collectivization, or the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran and resulting famine that was orchestrated so the red Russians could take control of Iran's oil fields, or China's current ongoing land seizures across its territories and forced internment and "re-education" of a million Uighurs.

The very idea of the worker class trumping everyone else is a proven recipe for colonialism and genocide. Individuals who avoid consumerism and live deliberately; apart from the system aren't exploiting anyone, but throughout history collectivists have caused untold death and suffering trying to shape indigenous lands into their image. Collectivism is far more dangerous than "lifestylism" to anyone who would fail to fit into the collectivist's ideological dogma.

Constructing a homogeneous group; a worker collective, and telling them they're the only group that matters; the upholders of the holy revolution, and they need to purge anyone who would threaten their revolution by not falling in line with the red agenda is not something that has ever led anywhere good. Forced collectivization gave us the Soviet Kazakh genocide, the Chinese Great Leap Forward genocide, the Soviet Holodomor genocide, etc. And it ultimately gave us collectivist capitalism like we see now in China - the most ecologically destructive form of capitalism there is.

Communism and other red ideologies (including the ones purporting to be anarchist) create as big an in group / out group divide as capitalism. The power just shifts to the producers rather than the owners. And historically it's just as brutal in its treatment of the out-groups. Anyone that doesn't want to be part of the industrial system, like the Kazakh nomadic herders, is basically fucked. You dissent, you die.

The red ideologies view the entire world through a Western industrial worker-serf lens. But the whole world isn't organized like the industrial West and it's unfair to force Western values and economic systems on everyone.

Indigenous farmers in post-colonial places are treated as pariahs; 'kulaks', and massacred for having 'owned' the ancestral land they sustain themselves with under capitalist definitions. Just because the poor in industrialized capitalist nations don't own the land they work, doesn't mean the poor in other parts of the world where there is no lord-serf system in place are bad.

A garden that you and your family / tribe tend to and depend on to survive is personal property, but communism has always treated it like private property. Like growing your own food is reactionary and a threat to the "revolutionary" government. The USSR even banned people from planting gardens at home so they'd be forced to depend on the collective for food. To keep them tied to the factory assembly line.

Nomadic herders and roaming hunter-gatherers are likewise criminalized and starved out because there can be no room for people that don't submit to the industrial work system under communism. They're grouped as "individualists" and punished for resisting collectivization.

Reject Collectivism, Embrace Anarchy

Collectivism, whether it be communist, fascist or capitalist ideologically isn't something that serves my interests as an indigenous subsistence farmer and forager living in these remote mountains. Whatever industrial dogma I'm ordered to live my life by only serves to feel my heart with sorrow. I will loudly reject the idea of a collective society at every opportunity, regardless of its ideological alliance. All industry kills all life.

I'm an anarchist. Even the idea of a "society" governing my way of life makes me vomit a little. Your needs aren't my needs, I don't want to go where the collective wants to take me. My lifestyle and my ancestors' lifestyles are likely nothing like yours and we shouldn't be meshed together as a singular entity just because we're both forced to work the machines.

Setting up living, breathing alternatives to the industrial system crafts non-coercive relationships between humans, non-humans and our environments better than unionism and other workerist pursuits ever will. Workerism only further ingrains us in the system and makes us dependent on it, and then if we do manage a revolution by some miracle... We just reproduce the capitalist system again because it's all we know. Working examples of anarchy like self-sufficient food forests are far more revolutionary to me than a union or a protest march. All applications of anarchy are important, but I value anarchy that I can see and touch.

The only revolution I'm interested in is one that removes dependences on artificial structures. I want to be liberated from the system, not become the system. The collective isn't my master. The collective is really just another state, however nicely you package it.

Red anarchists - If you don't take responsibility for the harm you do, no one will. There's no rapture-like revolution coming to wipe out capitalism's sins and absolve you of any guilt for your part in it because "no ethical consumption". There's only this life you're living and your choices absolutely matter. They shape who you are and the impact you make on your environment and your culture. If you just keep doing harm and blame your actions on capitalism, you're no different than any CEO dumping toxic waste in a river in China. Harm reduction in your community is something you have direct control over. You can choose to not dump that waste. Or you can dump it and justify it to yourself by saying "it's okay because capitalism did it".

The entire "no ethical consumption" argument and similar condescending slogans parroted by half-assed socialists are just a way to justify their inaction in the face of devastating oppression.

It's become increasingly unlikely that we can stop the unraveling global mass extinction event that industry has wrought on the planet, but anarchists have never let impossible odds stand in our way before. We fight because we exist and we exist to fight. Whatever the odds.

We can either choose to take action to resist the violent system starting on an individual and on a local level, or we can live and die waiting for capitalism to magically go away worldwide while participating in it fully and thus furthering its growth and increasing its violence.

"Think Globally, Act Locally" might be a cliche, but it's really the only power we have. If we don't take action in our own neighborhood in every way we can, why even pretend to care about anarchy?

Everything we do to resist the ecocide is worthwhile. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

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last one I promise: ffxv but in space?... OK I'll admit I'm starting to run out of ideas. have a nice day and good luck with school!

holy fuck i went way more crazy with this than I planned. so have fun. Keep in mind, y’all, this is a space au–things are defo different than the actual plot. also: happy ending

FFXV IN SPACE HC

The Regalia is a small prototype ship made for small trips to and from space stations and moons

Noctis’ father is the leader of a massive space colony circling a dimming blue star

Their space colony is running out of resources and energy as a result of a longstanding war with The Empire, a corporation that grew too powerful back when space travel became big and now aims to take control of every colony, resource, and inhabitable planet in the galaxy

so Regis sends Noctis and Co out on an expedition to build alliances and find potential resources that the Empire had overlooked

Noctis is a drifter who doesn’t want to take over his dad’s colony

Gladio is a soldier, a bodyguard in training for the leaders of the space colony. His family has always worked closely with the colony’s founders, so he was raised to follow in the footsteps of his ancestors and to protect Noct

Prompto is a lower level settler of their space colony

He ran into Noctis during their school days and latched himself to Noct like a leach (Noct never minded and even grew to like Prom)

Ignis is still an advisor, albeit a SPACE ADVISOR

He is well versed in most, if not all, of the known alien languages and settlements (he spent so much of his schooling learning languages that he dreams about learning them–granted they’ve become more of nightmares by this point)

He guides Noctis on their mission to find resources and build alliances, giving advice such as “Do not try to navigate that asteroid belt” and “stay far from the Black Hole of Ostenbar–many civilizations were lost there”

Granted that advice is always ignored, but hey, it’s the thought that counts!

One day on their expedition, he mentions rumors of a ship called The Oracle–a ship that opposes the Empire

Supposedly, it started out as a simple rescue ship that grew bigger and bigger and soon became a massive self sustaining ship that travels around the galaxy helping those in need

Noct and Co. realize that it may be their first step towards building alliances and aim to find The Oracle–it’s their first tangible mission

The Oracle, if you hadn’t already guessed, is run by Luna

She and her brother, Ravus, inherited it from their family

The Oracle had many run ins with the Empire as a result of its good deeds, and Ravus grew tired of the pain inflicted on both his people and his inheritance due to those assholes

He knew he could never deal with the Empire directly, especially while handling The Oracle, so he left the ship in the hands of Luna and ran off

He fell in with a group of good-natured space pirates and now raids the Empire’s smaller ships with his small, growing fleet and gives the resources he obtains from them to those who need it–kind of like a robinhood of sorts

(I’m expecting some SpacePirate!Ravus spin offs in the future–i’ll even take the transcript of pirates of the caribbean except with ravus and in space)

anyways

Ardyn is a strange deity who was once worshiped on a more primitive, jungle based planet

His planet is hot, humid, and full of bright, colorful creatures. Some of them are poisonous and deadly, and others are docile and harmless

His people made beautiful buildings of stone with carved designs and everything they made was otherworldly and beautiful, there wasn’t a single item of theirs that wasn’t art in one way or another

They made the most beautiful songs and their language was magnificent and elegant; it was as though their voices were woven from the stars

Keywords? Made. Was.

The Empire found him one day and found his immense power very beneficial

They captured him and his worshippers, turning the worshippers into slaves and science experiments while they used torture and abuse to control Ardyn before turning him into the High Commander or the Empire

They brainwashed him into thinking it was Regis’ colony that had done him wrong, and he has it out for Insomnia Space Colony ever since

It takes a metric fuckton of cycles for Noct and co to finally find The Oracle, who is very willing to join the Insomnia Space Colony cause (my god is that a mouthful or what)

Sidenote: Cor is pretty high up on commanders from Noct’s colony, so he was out conducting business with other settlers at the far end of the galaxy

After the destruction of Insomnia Space Colony, he managed to get hold of Noct on The Oracle and relay the news

It leaves Noctis and the others crushed

They end up lost for a little bit, uncertain what their goal should be from then on

One day, however, The Oracle receives an SOS call from that same dimming star that Noct’s colony had orbited

The Oracle takes them there, and they find many, many survivors

The Oracle takes those survivors on board without a single word, and as Noctis sees the remnants of his people’s suffering at the hands of The Empire, he swears to bring an end to those fuckers as long as he lives (cue his new reason for living)

ANyways

Noct and co.’s favorite pit stop is a small colony on an asteroid called Crash Comet

It’s run by Cid, an old alien friend of Regis’ and his granddaughter

It’s the nicest gas station, diner, and mechanic outside of their solar system

They visit it regularly, especially after Noct learns how to fly the Regalia (he can’t avoid those asteroid belts even when he tries)

Gladio once asked why Prompto was with them on their expedition bc he genuinely had no idea why the kid was there

Gladdy was there for protection, Ignis was their walking, talking adviceman, and Prom? He had no idea

Prom lowkey didn’t know either, but he just held up his old lil camera and said some BS about being their historian

In reality, Noct really just brought him bc he didn’t want to be stuck in a tiny spaceship with Ignis and Gladdy alone, besides, he knew that Prompto always wanted to see the galaxy outside of their colony

They have many run-ins with Ardyn and The Empire–it always ends in a massive chase scene through the stars, a disappearance in a hectic asteroid belt, and another trip to Crash Comet

Noct, Iggs, Gladdy, and Prom have a blast on their space adventures

At least, up until their colony is destroyed

Still, they meet aliens from all walks of life and eat strange alien food at strange alien gas stations on the edge of the galaxy and make friends everywhere

They make alliances as they go, building up their own army of settlers, colonists, space pirates, and aliens alike to rise up against the Empire, with The Oracle heading their fleet

Prompto takes so many pictures that he ends up with a massive database of things ranging from aliens, planets, stars, flora, fauna, selfies, weird poisonous glowing bacteria–you name it, he’s got it (after their adventures he actually finds scientists and alienologists asking him for his pictures for research and references; our boi makes bank on his pics!)

Ignis tries every single different cultured cuisine he can get his grubby lil gloved paws on and he will eat ALL OF IT. he has been poisoned by the clashing chemical makeup on more than one occasion (but he still won’t stop)

Noctis hates trying new culture foods, like he goes for some of it but if Ignis tries to feed him one more Glockinshnid’esiria throat casserole, he’s going to vomit

Gladio towers over a lot of alien species they meet, but he also looks like a penny next to some of them (he lowkey feels insecure about it)

Gladdy likes to trade work out regimens with some aliens

He once tried working out with the very gruff, muscled Kleeverprongs, a species known to eat the muscles of their dead to become stronger and who begin weightlifting at 3 months old (he threw his back out and couldn’t walk for a week)

Prompto tries to steal small alien pets but Ignis threatens to throw him out the back of their cruiser if he so much as looks at one more Puffelzingor.

He once hid a small mouse like rodent in his shirt for three weeks, but it escaped and ate through one of Ignis’ prized pots (it’s one of the more expensive ones that can handle stardust and the harshest of acids)

Ignis hasn’t forgiven him yet. And he probably never will.

Sometimes Noct and Co. cross paths with Ravus

Ravus usually screams about them being the ones who got his sister tied in even further with the bloody empire and being the biggest thorn in his ass

There was one time where Ravus was thought to be dead in the middle of space, and none other than Noct and Co. rescued him (he had lost an arm and been abandoned by accident. Space pirates aren’t very bright sometimes)

He was less aggressive towards them afterwards, especially because he was stuck with them for about 2 and a half cycles (roughly 3.67 months) because the nearest welcoming outpost was at least a good hundred stars away

ANyways plot stuff:

So, throughout their journeys and travels, Noct and Co. slowly learn about some of the Empires more hidden histories and ties with differing colonies

They learn more about Ardyn, how he was essentially a tool used by the empire

THey actually travel back to the planet that Ardyn had been worshiped on and end up learning even more

At first, they thought he had just been a leader of some strange planet, but when discovering he was essentially a god? Oh boi, they were faced with a big moral dilemma

Noctis still wants to bring down the Empire, but now, he also wants to help Ardyn and Ardyn’s people

Gladdy is against it, of course, saying that Ardyn had still done terrible things and was still a terrible person who should pay for his actions

Noct mostly disagrees. He thinks Ardyn needs to pay to a certain degree, but to him, it was more important that they at least try to free his people and attempt to get the truth out there

He argues that it really wasn’t all Ardyn’s fault, that he was nothing more than a pawn who had been manipulated and lied to for nothing but selfish reasons

He doesn’t want to help Ardyn, necessarily, but he does want to make things right

It was truly at this point that his friends began seeing the leader that Noct truly is

Noctis and Co. were never really able to convince Ardyn as much as they tried; he was past the point of simply believing things

Still, he made a deal. A snarky deal with a smirk and teasing tone to his voice, but the look in his eye had been enough to give them hope

He told them, that if they were able to find his people and set them free, he just might be willing to strike up some sort of deal that would work out for both of them

Cue montage

The space bros go through hell and back trying to find out what happened to most of the worshippers

They break through and destroy so many Empire outposts and institutes that they probably single handedly cripple part of the Empire

Even so, with how hard they work to find out where the worshippers were, they had to ask for help

They asked both Ravus and Luna for help, as well as some of the more trusted allies they had made through their journey

In the end, they find that most of the worshippers had been killed. They manage to rescue those who had survived, and bring them to Luna’s ship for safety

They’re beaten and bruised with fearful eyes and they spend most of their time praying–it’s all they can do at this point

It’s heartbreaking, and it truly reminds Noctis and his friends that they weren’t the only ones who had lost their home

Luna and Noct both promise the worshippers that they would be brought back home when it was finally safe, but no one knows when that will be

The next time Noctis crosses paths with Ardyn, there is no snark in Ardyn’s voice–only the serious tone of a man who had lost everything

He demands that Noct bring him to his people, his voice harsh and sharp as he snaps. His eyes are furious and his stance is dangerous but Noct remains calm and tall, his eyes cool as he talks Ardyn down

Ardyn agrees to go with Noctis alone, he agrees to relinquish his weapons and trickery–all he wants is to see that his people are safe

The others aren’t happy, the air is tense in their cruiser as they return to The Oracle. Gladio silently fumes and Ignis is ready to pounce any second.

But Ardyn makes no moves. He waits, his heart still, his eyes sharp–he could be walking into a trap, and he knows it, but he doesn’t care, not if his people are there

Luna is respectful when Ardyn boards her ship. She doesn’t show any ill will despite what he has done–she knows he had been tricked, and she knows that all that really matters to him are his people. She respects that.

She leads him to the worshippers, and the second his eyes fall on them, he smiles–truly smiles

He feels relief, hope–glee

They look just as stunned as he is, their eyes wide and sparkling as they drop to the floor and bow

He only tells them to stand, speaking in an old, dead language that even Ignis doesn’t know

He asks them questions, touches their cheeks, their shoulders, their hands… He’s so gentle and careful, no one else can believe it

As they finish answering, he thanks them with a warm, soft voice, promising he’ll get them home safe–that they will all go home safely and that he’ll join them, that they will rebuild their beautiful civilization once again and no one will ever hurt them again

He turns and looks at Noctis, his eyes full of cold murder as his fury burns. He asks when they’ll launch their full attack–because he wants in. He quietly vows that he will bring down the empire–every last ship, even if it kills him.

It only takes a few more cycles for everything to be ready.

There are at least a thousand ships that come forward to help fight. Their alliances hold true to their words and promises and join The Oracle, bringing their own smaller allied ships and friends with them

Ravus brings at least 200 ships full of space pirates with a new, shiny arm at his shoulder

Noctis contacts older allies that his dad had made, as well as the hundreds of new ones he’s made through his travels–and those allies bring their own, as well

Luna has age old promises that are being fulfilled, her oldest contacts coming forward from the deep recesses of space to help fight the Empire

Even Ardyn pulls some strings, pulling a few of the Empire’s allies over to their side–after all, many of them had been loyal to Ardyn alone, in the end

With the Empire spread over so much of space, it isn’t a clean, straightforward war (then again, most aren’t)

The war lasts 81.7 cycles–nearly ten years. Strategies are stretched, lives are lost, people were worn down, but Noctis never wavers

In the end, the Empire crumbles–losing far too many of its ships and colonies, especially as the civilizations it took over rebel and fight back.

Eventually, there is only the head colony left–and Noctis’ side easily corners it.

Noctis isn’t alone when he approached the leader of the Empire. Ardyn goes with him, his losses just as valid as Noctis’

The leader begs. He cries, yells in desperation, falls to his knees and simply weeps–asking for Noctis to have mercy.

Noctis is cold as he responds, simply staring down the old man. He’s gotten what he wants–the Empire’s downfall. Yes, the leader needs to pay for his crimes, but he doesn’t care much for the logistics of that–so deciding punishment falls to Ardyn.

The details don’t matter too much–the Empire fell, Noctis was able to rebuild his colony around a new star, The Oracle was free to help the civilizations that had been under the Empire’s control, Ravus and his space pirates became the police of sorts–protecting people from unsavory sorts in space, and Ardyn was able to return to his home with the remainder of his people

Space was free again, its planets and civilizations free to return to run their lives as they pleased

Edit: Things I forgot to mention™

Arenaea is space’s local lesbian space pirate whose fleet was actually hired by Ardyn somewhere down the line

She was actually notorious and was a big rival of Ravus (they crossed paths on more than one occasion)

She’s lost a couple digits and a foot, as well as an eye in her pursuits but replaced them all with cybernetic implants (her eye can actually see in infrared, very handy in space)

Her cyborg foot has a built in high heel

She’s one of the most dangerous enemies and one of the best allies to have

No one crosses her and lives to tell the tale (unless she wants them to)

Insanely good strategist and is one of the best allies Noct has in the war

You can hear her loudly walking down the metal bridges of ships when hunting down mercenaries and criminals, her cybernetic foot and high heels clanging loudly (she likes to scare them--she could move quietly with no effort at all)

Anyways so weapons right

LASERS LASERS LASERS LASERSSSS

Ignis’ weapons are duel blades ofc, however, they’re HEAT DUEL BLADESSSS

With a click of his thumbs he's got some lasers shooting down the edge of his daggers and ready to burn the guts of his enemies as he stabs them (it’s pretty good at cauterizing wounds so his slices and jabs are well placed for instant death)

Gladio??? Yes, he still uses those massive as two handed swords. No one can rip that away from him

However

They, too, have laser capabilities

He keeps two laser pistols on either side of his belt for when they’re fighting in smaller quarters

Y’all haven’t lived until you’ve gotten a mental image of sweaty gladio with burn wounds from laser rifles and holes in his tanktop shootin a couple of laser pistols with his beautiful manbun-ponytail thing and 10-year gap hair chillin out there, mouth turned down into a scowl as his sharp eyes aim

He also has a couple of electric cybernetic gloves that stun enemies with a single punch

Now. Noctis? Listen. He doesn’t use lasers--too much of a hassle

Our boi has a few cybernetic implants, kay?

Y’all ever played mass effect? His magic is basically like the biotics of mass effect

In other words, he still has magic, it’s just sci-fi magic!

His swords are made out of the sharpest metals one can find, and they glow because 1) I say so, and 2) they were forged from radioactive materials and stardust from the heat of a dying star because that’s how we do things in S P A C E

NOW PROMPTO

HOOO BOI MY LORD SO MANY LASERS

S O M A N Y L A S E R S

He’s got a laser rifle, he’s got a laser sniper, he’s got bullets that electrocute, bullets that explode, bullets that burn, grenades that stun, grenades that blow up, grenades that disintegrate only organic forms (helpful in space ships tbh)

He has a good trusty ole missile launcher type of weapon that launches concentrated laser ball missiles at shit

Also he’s far sighted.

Anyways; prom is always making modifications to his weapons (and gladio’s pistols) and is always the one to repair or alter the spacebro’s weaponry

He once smacked Noct for trying to fix a sword and somehow damaging its mechanics

Prom actually makes some serious cash fixing weapons at outposts and such, he also buys cheap weapons and bulks them up before selling them for like three times his buying price

He’s actually the most well-off out of them further down the line and he’s the one who brings in the credits throughout their journey because he’s the only one with some sort of income

Also i forgot to mention

Noct loses a leg in the war and gets a cheap prosthetic to tide him over until the end; then he gets a hella cool cyborg leg like Arenaea

Ignis does NOT go blind, however, he loses an eye in a fight with some space pirates who try to raid The Oracle and ends up with an eyepatch for a while

Later on, he gets his own cybernetic implant eye--it’s a lot like Arenaea’s actually

It glows red and the metal covers the area around his eye completely, reaching around towards the side of his head and disappearing beneath part of his hair

Ravus’ right hand pirate is an android

Gentiana is also an android

Cor punches Ardyn in the face the first time they meet during the war--yes, he does know that Ardyn is on their side, now

Cor was the one who found many of Ardyn’s worshippers and brought them to The Oracle

Also Cor is a cyborg

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dj-yukio · 6 years ago

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Here’s part 3 and 4

There was actually a bit more, but I took it out cause if I did that it’s a slippery slope straight to the trash not that it’s bad, just incoherent

Maybe I’ll add it if I post it on AO3 as an edit

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It’s only after a few weeks, a whole month to be specific, that Hanten considers the tiny plausibility that she might be having a crush on Olivia.

Which is ridiculous. She’s a bloodthirsty, murderous demon that enjoys hearing the screams of her victims as she stabs them multiple times until their lungs can’t hold that pressure any longer. Olivia is, while not the most innocent, an innocent, adorable human who definitely does not share the same interest in her regarding murder and likes flowers. They’re worlds apart, both literally and metaphorically.

What sort of crush could she have possibly developed on that sort of person?

That doesn’t stop her, however, from plucking a few purple roses from her devil’s garden. There’s too many for him to count, and they’ll eventually grow back from where she had sliced the stems off. Might as well get something special that Olivia hasn’t seen before.

Olivia’s face is one of surprise when she presents the bouquet to her before she points to herself.

“For me?”

Her inner voice curses at herself as she struggles to come up with a reason, a viable one, on why she suddenly decided to bring a gift to her despite never having done so in the months that she had known her prior to this visit. “Well, yeah duh, dummy. I mean, I just thought that, since you don’t go out of the house a lot, and you’ve never seen my world before, and because your house could be a bit livelier, so I just thought I would get you some flowers from my world. Don’t think too much into it-“

A hand rests on her shoulder as Olivia reaches for the bouquet, stopping her already lengthy sentence as she watches the human before her take a sniff of her bouquet.

“Hanten?”

She jolts, not expecting to be addressed. “Yeah?”

Olivia smiles at her, and before Hanten could process the sudden pressure on her shoulder, Olivia leans towards her to give her a kiss on the cheek.

Her face heats up.

“Thank you. It was really thoughtful of you, and I really appreciate them.”

The smile that Olivia forms on her face is one that is bright and gentle, with no semblance of having thanked her out of courtesy.

She returns it with a smile of her own before she is ushered in, and she looks fondly as Olivia walks ahead, back facing her as she heads to the kitchen.

And Hanten reconsiders the plausibility that she really does like Olivia a little more than just platonically.

Another month passes, and by then Hanten has checked every possible box that she could think of regarding what little she knew about love from her parents.

Okay, so fine. She has a crush on Olivia. Great.

Now what?

Should she just tell her or just pretend like it was nothing?

It’s after much deliberation that Hanten decides to pretend like it was nothing. For one, she doesn’t know if Olivia reciprocates that sort of thing, and for another, it’s probably too awkward to bring up in a conversation.

...She can already imagine the awkward silence that follows after she confesses, and that’s enough of a deterrence for her. There’s also the possibility that it’s a fleeting one, one that is sure to pass in the weeks to come.

But it doesn’t, and instead, it gets harder to pretend with each visit.

It’s hard to pretend that Olivia doesn’t matter that much in her life, because she’s starting to have a whole new meaning for her. There was a time that she couldn’t comprehend the ludicrous thought of even having a crush on a human.

Now, it’s almost crystal clear to her why she does.

Hanten doesn’t quite understand it, but each time she sees her, something about her takes her breath away. Perhaps it’s her smile, that’s just radiant enough to compete with the moonlight that she was so used to in her world. Perhaps it’s the way that they banter, where both of them have a good dynamic and tease each other to no end.

Whatever it is, there was no doubt in her mind that she was completely enamoured with the enigma named Olivia.

But that doesn’t mean that she’ll take it sitting down. No, she was going to help herself get to a more favourable position than this one-sided bullshit.

And she thinks.

And thinks.

And thinks...

...

Until an idea finally hits her, and she sets off to do some preparations.

She picks a night when the sky is clear before throwing out the suggestion as casually as she could.

“Moon watching?” Hanten nods at that. “What’s the occasion?”

She’s prepared herself for the answer. “It’s just a little boring to always be cooped up at home. The night’s interesting, so I thought I’ll take you out to a nice viewing spot. Besides,” her voice goes quiet at that, “I sorta packed some foodstuff there too...”

Olivia’s face seemingly lights up with understanding before it’s replaced by a coy look. “Oh! Like a date?”

She waves her hand frantically in protest. “W-wha? No, not like a date, dummy!” Even though she can’t see her own face, she can already feel her ears and cheeks heat up as if she’s telling a lie. Which she isn’t doing. “Like a-“

Hanten stops as she hears laughter, and sure enough, one of her hands are taken

“I’m just joking. You didn’t have to take it so seriously.” Olivia laughs, and she blinks before catching on to the joke. Her blush doesn’t fade however, and the hand that pinches her cheek feels cool to the touch. “So, how do we get there?”

“Oh, that’s easy,” she starts, before she pauses as she considers her next statement. She had been about to say that they would both just fly there, but she had forgotten

that one of them, in other words the human between the two of them, can’t fly. Of all the things she could have forgotten... but instead, she amends her original plan. “I’ll just carry you there.”

And before either of them can protest to that for various reasons, she scoops Olivia up into her arms. Surprisingly, Olivia’s on the lighter side of her assumed weight, and she grins at her as she walks out of the door before flying off.

“You do realise I could have just walked outside myself, right?”

Hanten decides not to respond to that to save face.

In fact, she blocks out her surroundings for a bit, only focusing on flying to their destination. It’s a cliff somewhere far out in the ocean, on a small island that’s hidden by the other bigger islands that surround it. It had taken her a while to find it, exactly because she had been a bit picky with the location being private and all, and she had figured that Olivia would at least appreciate the flora and fauna of the place if worst came to worst.

She definitely doesn’t notice the way that Olivia looks up at points to the night sky that she’s taken for granted, having flown near it several times that the view is almost like a commodity to her. She definitely doesn’t hear the awe in her gasps as Olivia reaches out to touch a cloud, eyes widening as they dissipate upon her touch. The clouds are a little lower than she would have expected, so the air isn’t very thin to be that huge of a concern, which means that she has a bit of a time allowance to ‘accidentally’ circle around the area just so that Olivia can have a bit more air time before she really has to start their descent.

Though, the excited little squeals she gets is worth the ache in her arms, Hanten thinks.

“We’re here.”

Her feet land first on the cliff, and she gently lets the thankfully-not-so-heavy passenger down onto the ground.

And she counts the seconds as Olivia looks at her feet to check that she really is on the ground before she looks up.

Seven, eight, nine-

A gasp, and Hanten grins as she waves towards the moon.

“Like it? I thought this was really cool, so I thought I’d just bring you here to check this place out.”

She didn’t spend a lot of time preparing and planning for this for nothing after all. It’s a full moon, and the day is mostly clear, save for a few low lying clouds that value add to the view of the moon that she had been waiting for. It’s probably one of the more majestic sights, she believes, and Olivia’s face of amazement only serves to affirm this belief of hers.

Olivia seems to take a while to remember that she can talk, and when she does, the words fall out from her mouth rapidly. “It’s wonderful! How did you even find this place?”

She only laughs in response before putting a finger at her lips, earning a nudge from the other who walks and stands by her. It’s a secret, and Olivia doesn’t need to know how long it took her to find it, Hanten thinks.

“Not saying, huh,” a soft hand brushes against her slightly rough one, and a coy face meets her when she turns to face the speaker. “You sure that there wasn’t another motive behind this? Like, this seems straight out of those cliche romance novels, you know that?”

The flush on her face makes a reappearance, and she looks away. “R-really? How?”

Olivia raises a hand, seemingly ticking off similarities between their outing and the plot points of those so called cliche romance novels. “Well, it’s a really nice place. We’re alone. Hmm... did you plan for dancing? Just to check.”

“Uh... no.” She really hadn’t, even if she didn’t sound convincing. Not that she would be against it. “Just thought we’d appreciate the view here.”

She hears a huff, and Hanten almost believes that it’s one of disappointment before logic rules over. It’s unlikely, probably her own wish merging with their reality.

Yet, all she feels is contentment.

It’s quiet, and she takes the opportunity to think back for the reason that she even planned this outing for them. Was it to get Olivia to like her back or something?

That’s a bit of a futile plan, come to think of it. Olivia already likes her. And maybe, she doesn’t have to like her back in the same way for her to enjoy the moment. There’s a sort of peace that she finds in this, where they’re just enjoying each other’s company, holding hands and doing the same activity together. She doesn’t need that to change. Expectations would change if she just confessed, and that could ruin a lot of things, she believes.

So, maybe she doesn’t have to tell her at all.

#obsolete dream #olivia #hanten #oliten

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generallynerdy · 7 years ago

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Beautiful Sight (Aragorn X Shy!Reader)

Summary: Since she met the dashingly handsome heir of Isildur, (Y/N) has found herself positively enraptured by Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Of course, she doesn’t believe she has a chance with him at all, considering Lord Elrond’s own daughter has her sights set on winning his heart and she is far more beautiful than (Y/N) could ever aspire to be, or at least she thinks so. How could one even dream to capture the heart of an intended king when they can’t even compare to the one who holds his affections? But does Arwen truly have Aragorn’s love, or is there something that (Y/N) is missing?

Requested by anon: “ can I have a one shot of Aragorn x reader where the reader has a crush on him and doesn't feel worthy of him because she ain't as beautiful as Arwen but he actually loves her?? Pretty please”

Warnings: None

Note: Um?? The Last Goodbye started playing while I was writing this?? Even youtube liked this request, anon!! Thanks so much for your request! It means a lot, considering it’s my first real one!

Don’t be afraid to request, you guys! I don’t bite, I swear! :3 Also don’t be afraid to show your username when requesting, as I would very much love to know who I have to thank for the lovely requests I get! But if you do want to stay anonymous, I totally understand.

<3 Thanks again for the request, anon, and I hope this lives up to your expectations! ~Nova

The words in italics are in Elvish and the ones inside {these} are their translations

(Y/N) sighs, gently pulling at the petals of the flowers she’s tending to, absentmindedly taking in their vast colors that, to anyone else, would seemed dulled by moonlight, but only make themselves brighter this way, at least the way she sees it.

As she carefully tends to each of the roots that have settled in these gardens for hundreds upon hundreds of years, she comes to wonder whether flowers themselves strive for beauty and for health or if they were just made this way; beautiful and strong. As humankind will always strive for power, wealth, beauty, and all those similar wishes, does nature feel the same way? Though, it isn’t only humans who feel this way, (Y/N) knows well.

Before meeting a certain ruggedly handsome ranger, (Y/N) had never thought badly of herself. She never believed herself to be more than average, either, but at least she never compared herself to others. Since realising that she sees Aragorn as so much more than a friend, she’s taken to looking at herself in a different light. Each time she passes a mirror, now, she tilts her head and wonders why her skin is so deathly pale and why her eyes are dull and lifeless as murky water. She wonders why she can’t be filled with the same blinding light that other elves- a certain she-elf- holds.

Oh, how, (Y/N) does ever wish she could be just as Lady Arwen is. Not only would she be full of grace and power, but shine brighter than any star the Valar have hung in the night sky. If only she could be better, be more beautiful in that sort of way. Then perhaps, just maybe, she would be noticed by him, the one who holds her heart while being so ignorant of it.

Aragorn has been the focus of (Y/N)’s affections ever since he has come of age. While she briefly knew him in his time in Imladris, when he was but a child, she didn’t truly have the chance to meet him until much later. It was then she got to know the man for who he was and not how all the stories and rumors made him out to be.

(Y/N) found that he is reserved and surprisingly quiet for someone who is meant to be a great king. Through the quiet nature, there is still a fierce warrior and a hero that might come to be, if only he could see it himself. She has spoken with Aragorn often, when he comes to visit and see her in the gardens.

He is an artful spirit and finds the gardens of Imladris to be relaxing, as (Y/N) does, so he takes any chance he can to find his way here for some peace and quiet, however temporary it may be. During these visits, he’ll often catch (Y/N) while she’s tending to the flora of the gardens, including the occasional peaceful creature who finds its way to her. These visits are short, but they mean the world to (Y/N), as she has discovered conversation between herself and Aragorn to flow easily and comfortably. They speak of most anything; recent events, the stresses of life, and other things like that. Of course, nothing compares to speaking about the pure life surrounding them. Most of their conversations are about the world around them and how majestic it tends to be.

Aragorn may not ever know, but (Y/N) holds these conversations very close to heart. They mean far more to her than anyone can understand, except maybe the man himself. No one shares her views on this glorious earth other than him and no one seems able to understand how she feels about the world and its life. She takes the time to appreciate small things while also viewing just how they affect the bigger picture, something she’s only ever seen one other person do. And that is Aragorn. He understands her in a way that no one else could.

But of course, such a fantastic person could never love someone like (Y/N); a lowly, average tender of the gardens, especially not when the looming shadow of Lady Arwen stands in the way.

“I didn’t think you would be awake with the stars, (Y/N).” A low voice comments from beside her, scaring the life out of her and causing her to jump.

(Y/N) stumbles in surprise and trips over her gardening tools, her eyes widening as she begins to fall straight toward the stone path. Just before her face meets the ground, however, gentle arms wrap around her waist and hold her weight, keeping her from plummeting further.

(Y/N) blinks back into focus as her rescuer lifts her back to her feet again. She flushes a deep red upon realising it was the very man her thoughts were consumed with who saved her just then. “Goheno nin, Hîr vuin. I-I was lost in thought, a-again.” {Forgive me, my lord}

Aragorn smiles a little, his eyes shimmering with familiarity. “An ngell nîn, it’s Aragorn to you, (Y/N).” {Please,} “And it is I who should be asking forgiveness. I didn’t mean to startle you.”

(Y/N) flushes again and tucks a strand of her hair behind her ear nervously. Finally having her balance regained, she moves her tools back into place from where she accidentally kicked them aside, speaking up to Aragorn all the while. “Man ceril? O-Out this late, I mean.” {What are you doing?} She stutters in her shyness before straightening herself and devoting her full attention to the man before her, though it’s difficult with how enchanting his eyes look when reflecting the moonlight.

(Y/N) swears she can see Aragorn frown just the slightest bit at her continued use of formal terms in elvish. “Walking, as I hoped to clear my head. I can see you’ve been busy. Is it common for you to tend the gardens during such an hour?” He asks with a teasing tone, as he knows there must be enough reason for her tardiness.

(Y/N) huffs exhaustedly. “My Lord Elrond had guests earlier this day and I was unable to finish my regular duties. I have barely held a moment to breathe since sunrise.”

Aragorn smiles sympathetically, a rarity only to be appreciated by those close to him, which is a realisation that makes (Y/N)’s heart flutter even faster. “Tolo ar nin then, (Y/N). A walk under the stars should clear your head just as it will mine.” {Come with me}

(Y/N)’s heart soars and she feels almost lightheaded. Unfortunately, the moment is short lived and her heart sinks deeper almost as quickly as it rose. She stutters with red blush lining her expression, “I-I couldn’t possibly, A-Aragorn, I-”

“Do you find my company repulsive?” Aragorn asks with half genuinity, his eyes reflecting hurt.

“U-Uito,” {No/It isn’t that} (Y/N) quickly denies the notion, sure that it’s anything but. She sighs a little and picks nervously at her hand. “I...I’m sure you would much rather prefer the company of someone like Lady Arwen, not a lowly gardener such as myself.” She whispers the words quietly, somewhat hoping they’ll fade into the midnight breeze and he won’t hear them. However, the night is quiet and Aragorn catches every word she’s been too afraid to speak aloud until now.

Aragorn’s face falls and his eyes are filled with pity, something (Y/N) hates to see in his eyes. He raises a gentle hand to her cheek, his eyes examining her face with care, though without hesitation. “Do you truly think so low of yourself, (Y/N)?”

(Y/N) glances down at her feet in shame, her face exhibiting it as well. Oh, Valar, if only she had kept her mouth shut. “Ú-is- Ú-iston.” {I don’t- I don’t know}

Aragorn smiles slightly, his eyebrows furrowed encouragingly. “I could think of no better person to share company with, Hiril vuin.” {My lady} “I cherish our talks, (Y/N). You are witty and bright, always seeing more in the little things than any other I have met before you, in all my travels. You intrigue me. You are truly a beautiful sight to behold. I only wish you could see what I do.”

(Y/N) looks up at Aragorn with blurred vision, taken aback by his words. “Y-You mean that? Truly?”

Aragorn chuckles under his breath, “Would I ever lie to you?” He smiles at her brightened spirits and goes on, each word sending (Y/N)’s heart further into the air, where it may never be found again. “Who was it that taught me all the wonders of this very garden when I was but a child? You see beauty in places that others do not, except in yourself. You are beautiful, on both the inside and the outside. Your heart is one of gold, tending to these gardens even when it has no real benefit to yourself and sharing your knowledge with others with the hope that they might see what you do. You are kind and clever, selfish and wise. You are beloved, (Y/N). Gi melin.” {I love you}

(Y/N)’s breath hitches and she searches Aragorn’s expressions for any signs of false intent, but she can see none. Her smile widens and she enraptures herself in Aragorn’s arms, never wanting to let go. He really means it. He thinks she’s special. He thinks she’s different. If he thinks that way, if he can see something special in (Y/N), then it must be there. He wants her to see it and so she must try, both for him and for herself.

She raises her head to look at him again before standing on her toes to press her lips to his, reveling in the feeling that makes her feel as though she might never touch ground again.

“ Hantanyel, Aragorn. Gi melin.”

{Thank you, Aragorn. I love you.}

Note: Wow okay don’t expect this much productivity in the future, I just got really excited for this request and finished it in one night XD But thanks for the request anon! I hope you liked it!

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bindingfenrir · 6 years ago

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amazon Headquarters

If you're venturing to a part of the world with the most unique species of animals on the planet, you're, probably in for some interesting, finds, join us as we explore some of the most bizarre amazon discoveries Cayman to begin things. The apex predator of the Amazon River is a strange and terrifying creature, but by no means is it safe from other predators. In this intense jungle, the black caiman is essentially a gigantic alligator. These beasts can grow up to 20 feet long and they're much heavier than Nile crocodiles. Their diet consists of well everything, monkeys, piranhas, deer and even anaconda are all on the menu. These prehistoric predators are also partial to people, but not exactly in a good way. In 2010, a biologist that was cleaning a fish was attacked by a caiman living below her house, and while she was able to fend it off, it wouldn't leave empty-handed taking away one of her legs as a prize. Apparently, the brood had been under her houseboat for over eight months, just waiting, hungrily welcome to the Amazon, the green anaconda, with all of the biodiversity and incredible variations of flora and fauna in the Amazon. It'S not actually surprising to find that the largest snake in the world calls this place its home. The green anaconda is not strictly speaking, the longest snake in the world, but it is by far the heaviest females are generally larger than the males and they can reach up to 550 pounds growing over 30 feet in length. Also, the creature is just 12 inches in diameter, so while it isn't the longest, it's a pretty formidable snake. The good news is, however, that the green anaconda is not venomous. The bad news is, it can still pretty easily kill large prey like deer came in and even Jaguars anacondas will use their immense weight along with their strength in order to suffocate and crush their living meals. Now it may be hard to picture a 30-foot snake sneaking up on you, but they use stealth in order to hunt their prey. They are a Palma. Now, if you're worried about swimming in piranha infested waters, you want to reevaluate your list of fears with this next discovery. The ara Palma is a carnivorous fish that takes up just a little bit more space than a piranha. Does these behemoths can grow up to nine feet long weighing about 200 pounds? The ARA Palma is encased in what appears to be armor like plating, so it doesn't really have a whole lot of fear of anything in the river they mostly feast on fish and birds and are forced to float near the surface of the river to breathe air. As well as water now, if you weren't scared enough already, these fish are actually so intense and monstrous that even their tongue has teeth the giant otter. When you see a family of otters playing around in a river or even the ocean, often you may think. Oh, how cute this is at least partly because otters tend to be small. The Amazon, however, is home to the largest species of this marine mammal, the aptly titled giant otter. The name really says it. All males can grow up to six feet long and the adults of the species eat up to nine pounds of food every day. While this may still seem adorable. These animals actually hunt in packs and have been seen eating a giant anaconda and a five-foot caiman. So maybe less adorable and more vicious than you would imagine they are getting more rare, as human intervention threatens their way of life, but these capable hunters are still known to the locals as the river wolves, the Candiru, not everything, that's terrifying in the Amazon is giant, Though, admittedly, most creatures are the can do or tiny parasitic fish that work to latch themselves onto a larger fish's gills in order to feast on their blood, they use their sharp spines to hold themselves in place and the bigger fish can't get them off. This is all well and good, and may not seem like such a big deal, but there's more to the story than meets the eye. There is at least one documented case of a can darou launching itself up a man's urethra while he was urinating and the spiny fish got lodged in the tract at the time of emergency surgery. It was attempting to burrow into his testicles. It'S probably at this point that we should stress that this incident is very rare and it may stop you from using the Amazon River as a toilet, bull sharks. When you're spending all of your time worrying about the dangers of the Amazon, you may not get the full experience of the beauty along with the importance of the river, but you also might not be expecting a killer from the sea. Bull sharks actually live in the Amazon River. They can be found as far up the river as Peru, 2,500 miles away from the ocean. The bull shark special kidneys are able to alter the salinity of the surrounding water, which allows these unique predators to survive in fresh water. They also tend to reach about 11 feet in length and can weigh approximately 700 pounds. Not surprisingly, the tremendous fish are some of the more frequent attackers of humans and they tend to live near densely populated areas with its multiple rows of razor-sharp teeth and its proximity to towns and villages. The bull shark is considered one of the most dangerous sharks on the planet: electric eels, okay, so now you're getting concerned about being bitten and strangled and crushed, but another much less conventional thing to worry about with regards to the Amazonian wild is electrocution. That'S right! There are electric eels in the Amazon River and they pack a punch. These eels are relatives of the catfish family and can grow up to eight feet. Long they're, electric output has been measured to be about 600 volts and they generate this charge from specialized cells. The voltage is about five times the power of a typical electrical socket and can knock over a horse now, while 600 volts isn't usually enough to actually kill a full-grown. Human. Multiple shocks can quickly lead to respiratory failure along with heart attacks, also you're getting this kind of shock while inside of a River. Now it's not uncommon for people to be stunned after an eel attack and well just simply drown. Imagine just trying to swim in the Amazon after getting multiple shocks of 600 volts. There are a large number of disappearances in the region that have been attributed to eels, but whether they were attacking or just actually scared and surprised is actually unknown. The glass frog camouflage is a useful survival tactic for creatures that get fed upon, but sometimes in the Amazon. This technique leads to some interesting consequences. The glass frog is technically green, but if you were to see the specimen, that's probably not the first thing that you would believe the skin of the glass frog, as the name suggests, is entirely see-through. Looking at it from the underside, you can see all of the frogs internal organs working away, the heart pumping blood, the stomach digesting, and these strange creatures can grow up to 3 inches in length and have been known to eat their young. While this isn't actually unusual in frogs, the optics involved in this familial violence verges on something from an MC Escher painting the decoy building spider when threatened many creatures on the planet are likely to make themselves look big that way they can scare away their would-be predators. Cats will raise their backs, some lizards will flatten themselves. Even humans are told to look big when faced with bears it's a tried-and-true method and it's also somewhat related to the decoy building spider, but naturally it takes things just a little bit further. The recently discovered spider is thought to be of a species. That'S never before been seen and is actually only about 5 millimeters in length. However, it doesn't stop it from scaring off bigger, bugs the technique it uses to construct a giant spider shape out of dead, leaves and debris, makes the decoy complete with multiple legs and an abdomen. Thus, it seems like a gigantic spider is actually living in the web, but it's actually all just for show. The fascinating and brilliant work of nature is now being studied at research center, but very little is known of the tiny craftsman piranha, no matter where you go in the world, it's hard to beat the classic of bizarre discoveries. The red-bellied piranha is the original fear in the semi deep river and, despite all of the Hollywood hype, these little guys aren't exactly all as bad as they seem. When we say little, they do grow to be 12 inches long and hunted packs, but as for danger, they've got hilariously sharp teeth that interlock for maximum rending and tearing power. Usually, though, piranhas are actually just scavengers and they tend to eat things that are badly wounded or already dead, but what they do to their prey is the stuff of horror movies. A feeding frenzy of tens of these organic hacksaws will skeletonize their unfortunate food source in just a matter of minutes now. Attacks on humans do happen, but it's incredibly rare and usually linked to a provocation or starvation. The jesus lizard many creatures that are discovered in the amazon, walk and many live in the water, but very few do both at once. The affectionately, titled Jesus lizard is one of the more strange inhabitants of this wild Wonderland and it's truly a sight to behold. Also known as the common basilisk, the Jesus lizard is also named because it can literally walk on water. Well, it actually runs on water when escaping predators. The lizard splays its toes to reveal webbing, which, combined with its powerful legs, can allow the creature to run along the water surface. The Jesus lizard can do this for up to 60 feet. It'S a unique and powerful survival tactic, but it's actually a tiring exercise. After it's run, it's usually pretty far away from its foe and it sinks and swims at its leisure to another, less dangerous spot, the pink dolphin. At this point, you may be thinking that nothing else lives in the Amazon. That could be much of a surprise considering what was on our list to begin with. Well, as it turns out, the most habitant of the Amazon River would be unique and bizarre if it were to be found in the ocean where most of its relatives dwell found. In this river, it's an absolute marvel: the Amazon, River, dolphin or boat. Oh - can grow as large as an adult human, but the weirdest part of it is clearly the color the boat. Oh, is bright, pink and the present theory is the dolphin. Has blood capillaries near the surface of its skin, which gives it its hue? But nobody really knows for sure local legend, however, tells of these giant mysteries, transforming into attractive men and then luring unsuspecting women to the water's edge before stealing them away to the waters. Deep realms, while the legend probably doesn't have a whole lot, that's based! In truth, the pink dolphins of the Amazon are a supremely surprising and interesting species to come upon this January, 1st in Malibu California, when researchers from hrl laboratories achieved a breakthrough in ceramic 3d, printing technology, where they took 3d printing to a whole new level. And if you don't think that it's impressive, let me just tell you that ceramics are one of the hardest materials in the world, the 3d printers which can carry the molecular structure. Silicone made them close to perfect

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waterworldcraze · 5 years ago

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Can You Keep One Angelfish In A 10-Gallon Tank?

What size of tank do you need if you want to get an Angelfish? For each Angelfish you own, you will need at least 10 gallons of water. If you have a pair of Angelfish, the recommendation is that you double that size and add another ten gallons.

Angelfish can grow to be at least six inches in length. They’re big fish – they’re going to need lots of room to move around in the tank. Obviously, the more fish you have, the bigger the tank you will need.

A general rule of thumb is to not go with the smallest fish tank you absolutely need. If you have a pair of fish, they want to have their own space or they might start fighting. Did you know that the shape matters too? Read on to find out more.

How big does the fish tank need to be?

You’ve settled on an Angelfish as your pet. Now you need to make sure you have the right home for it. There are four main things to consider:

1. How many fish you want to put into the tank; 2. The size of the tank, or how much water it can hold; 3. The shape of the tank, rectangle, round, etc.; and 4. How many decorations you want to put in the tank.

When talking about the size of the fish tank for your Angelfish, you need to consider more than the amount of water the tank can hold. While the ideal amount of water is 10 gallons for one fish (or roughly 38 litres), you have to add more water if you have more fish.

Another way to figure it out is to go by a simple guideline which stipulates that for every inch in length your fish is you need two gallons of water.

You’re Angelfish will grow to be about six inches, if not more, so you’ll want to calculate on what size they can be. So, doing the math, one fish with six inches of length will need 12 gallons of water. Two Angelfish will need a minimum of 24 gallons.

Angelfish can share their home with other species of fish, but remember one Angelfish needs 10 gallons of water. If you purchase a pair, you’ll have to double the size and add some more. Add in the other species of fish and you may require an even bigger tank.

Make sure you do the research for all of the fish. Different species require different amounts of water. If you don’t look into all of the information, you may have stressed out Angelfish that don’t do very well.

Why we recommend having more than 10 Gallon per Angelfish

1. Decorations take up space

You’re going to want to consider what flora and decorations you are adding to the tank. Will your plants be live or plastic? How much space will they take up?

Every item you add to the aquarium takes up more space, which means less space for the water and the fish.

Here are some items that you may want for your fish tank:

Something to cover the bottom of the tank, like gravel, stones, crushed coral or sand;

Plants, real or plastic (make sure you do the research on these);

Fun decorations like Dory or Nemo statues;

Water Filtration System; and

Heater for the water.

If you buy a 10-gallon tank and put a whole bunch of decorations and plants in there, plus a filter system, chances are you aren’t getting 10 gallons of water in there. You’re going to be shorting your fish some much-needed space.

Your fish will also have to navigate the clutter. You won’t see their pretty colors nearly as much as you’d like to.

2. Your Angelfish may not thrive if they don’t have enough water

The more water you have in the tank, the safer it will be for your fish unless you plan to change the water quite often.

With every fish there is waste. That food has to go somewhere, right? It might sound gross, but yes, they are pooping and peeing in that tank. The more water there is for the fish, the more diluted the waste will be. This makes the tank cleaner and less prone to disease for your pets.

The more fish you put into a small space, the higher the waste to water ratio will be. Make sure that you follow the guidelines on the amount of water for your fish, or you may end up with disease-ridden little fellows who aren’t going to make it.

3. Angelfish pairs are territorial and will need more space

Another thing to keep in mind is that if you have two or more Angelfish and two of them decide to pair up, they will get territorial. They’ll want their space for their babies and will not hesitate to defend it.

So, if you don’t provide enough space for the Angelfish, and extra for their buddies, you’re going to end up with some fights on your hands.

4. Cleaning will be easier!

Having more water in the tank is also more convenient for cleaning it. Ideally, you’re cleaning your tank bi-weekly. If you’d like to go longer, get a bigger tank. The more room there is, the lower the waste to water ratio will be.

You’ll get to spend more time enjoying your fish, rather than cleaning up after them.

5. More room for big personalities

Also, fish have different personalities, just like humans. Even if we’re living with people that we get along with, sometimes we need some extra space from them. Your Angelfish are going to feel the same way.

Try to give them enough room that they don’t have to be in each other’s faces the whole time.

What’s the best tank shape for Angelfish?

Don’t forget to think about the shape of the tank, too. It’s possible to have a 10-gallon tank that is too shallow for an Angelfish, like this one, even though it’s well suited for others. But with a height of 7.1 inches, it’s not going to comfortably fit an Angelfish.

Remember, Angelfish can grow to six inches in length, sometimes more. If you have a tank that shallow, your fish won’t be able to swim up or down. Get your fish a nice hexagonal tank, though, and they’ll be able to stretch their fins out quite a bit more.

There are also tanks that are narrow and tall. These will also not work well if you’re fish reach their potential size. The thin tank won’t allow them to turn around easily, and it will be even more congested with the decorations on the bottom.

Your fish need a big space to move around in.

The shape matters for all sizes of tanks whether it’s 10 gallons or 55 gallons. The height of the tank will determine whether it will work for your Angelfish or not.

Can I just use tap water to fill the tank?

Angelfish are originally from the Amazon River. The water there is soft, warm and has a gentle current. The water from your tap is probably not going to be the same.

When getting a fish, you’re going to want to get your water checked out if that’s what you’re going to use. Some things I recommend you consider are:

The dGH level, or how hard the water is;

What is your tap water treated with, for example, Chlorine; and

The pH level, or acidity, of the water.

Ideally, the water coming out of your tap is potable, meaning you can drink with it or cook with it. If you’re in a community where potable water isn’t a guarantee, I’d go with something different, like distilled water. Ask the pet store staff which is best.

The dGH level of your water can play a role in how well your fish do. Angelfish prefer a dGH level of 0.6 to 2. The recommended hardness of water in Canada is between 4.4 to about 5.5.

Some communities have a hardness level of over 11 dGH. So before you turn on the tap water, you’re going to want to check the hardness levels.

Rather than hire someone to do the testing for you, you can purchase your own test kit here.

There are also many chemicals added to our tap water to make it safe for human consumption. While that’s great for us, it’s not necessarily so great for your fish. Chlorine, nitrates, ammonia and other chemicals can cause significant problems for your finned pets.

Finally, there is the pH level that you need to consider for your fish. This pH level tells you how high the acidity in your water is.

Angelfish prefer an acidity level between 6.5 and 6.9. To put this in perspective, Canada’s guidelines for pH levels range from 6.5 to 8.5. If you want to look into the pH level of your water, get this test kit as it is a 5 in 1 tester.

Keeping all of those things in mind, if you do want to use tap water, you’re probably going to have to look into products you can use to regulate these levels in your tank water.

What other types of fish can I have with the Angelfish?

Some fish work together and some don’t. Angelfish are no exception to this rule.

It can be hard to predict the behavior of each fish. Like people, they may have a different temperament than the average of their species. When you’re introducing new fish to the tank, watch them for a bit to make sure they get along.

Angelfish can be placed with several different species of fish and do well with them. Your best bet is to ask at the pet store. They’ll know which fish will work together.

If you’re still in your planning stage and want to get a general idea, you can check out this handy chart. After doing some research you can ask educated questions and help narrow down your search.

Angelfish belong to the cichlid family of fish, which contains over 2,000 different species. They are peaceful fish, only prone to aggression during feeding and breeding times. If you get them some tetra neighbors or some nice bottom feeders they will work out fine.

You’ll want to watch that you don’t get fish that are aggressive or even kind of aggressive. These kinds can stress your poor Angelfish out and cause problems in the tank. Especially any fish that likes to nip at fins.

The Tiger Barb fish is one that often causes issues because it will nip at the long, elegant fins of the Angelfish.

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