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Sorry, but I just don’t buy the whole “actually Mythal decided after centuries of wandering Thedas as Flemeth that modern people deserve a chance” thing. Because the fragment of Mythal we’re talking about is the jaded old swamp witch who
-Inhabited the body of a woman betrayed by her lover(s) because they found common ground in their suffering and the injustices done to them. (“Once I was but a woman, crying out in the lonely darkness for justice.” - DAI)
-Resents that betrayal to the point she views men as disposable playthings that she can lure back to her hut, have her way with, and then… murder? I think? (Based on Morrigan’s own account in DAO)
-Abused her daughter under the guise of tough love in an attempt to prepare her for a cruel uncaring world. (Again, Morrigan’s account, DAO)
-Says during her appearance in Inquisition that she will have her reckoning.
-Spent centuries consolidating her power as well as cycling through different human women’s bodies via questionable means for the sake of bringing about said reckoning. (“I have carried Mythal through the ages ever since, seeking the justice denied to her.” and about the Inquisitor: “A Herald indeed. Shouting to the heavens, harbinger of a new age.” - DAI)
-During her scene with Solas at the end of Inquisition does NOT say ANYTHING about disagreeing with Solas’s plans, just that she considers him and old friend and is sorry things are going the way they are. (Seriously, is the dialogue in that regret scene in Veilguard supposed to be from a mental connection they had? Because that dialogue just isn’t in the Inquisition scene.)
And I’m supposed to believe that in her last moments, Flemythal backed off and went “actually I think we need to maintain the status quo”????
None of this paints a picture of someone who has gone soft over time. At least not to the degree that is presented in that regret scene in Veilguard. Sure Flemeth wasn’t all bad, she had some tenderness to her. She shows some genuine care for Morrigan and Kieran (if present) and seems hurt when Morrigan implies she was trying not to be the kind of mother Flemeth was to her.
At the end of Inquisition, we can’t tell for certain to what degree she approves of Solas’s methods. But it seems like a step in said methods was to absorb her power and doom her, an embodiment of Justice, to take a passive role once more. And we know what happens when a spirit is denied its purpose. Justice denied its purpose could turn to Vengeance. Which, to me, feels like it would better echo the themes of Solas’s pride/wisdom duality, inquisition’s themes around what it means to become a god-like force of nature, DA2’s question of whether violence is necessary for revolution (which literally has the Justice/Vengeance duality in it with Anders), and DAO’s theme of sacrifice for the greater good.
#datv spoilers#datv critical#bioware critical#mythal#Flemeth#datv#btw I’m not saying upending the whole world and screwing over modern peoples is the RIGHT course of action#im just saying I don’t think Mythal would necessarily think of it that way#and I wish the game had been more about exploring the nuance of revolution and sacrifice and debating the consequences of losing the veil#instead of the writers just TELLING you over and over and over what the correct ‘solution’ is#where is the reckoning we were promised
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#the ones who walk away from omelas#utopia#marxism#anti capitalism#futurism#revolution#it’s honestly sad that the modern world has made us so cynical
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I love communists, we've been acting like this for at least 107 years
#this is John Reed recounting the meeting of the Petrograd soviet at which he was present on November 7th 1917#ie. the very day of the Bolshevik Revolution#ten days that shook the world
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Vetinari's Patricianate pulled it off, by the way. After the revolution, slowly, over many years of civil service.
The Times (truth), the remade Watch (justice),
“I'm sure we can pull together, sir.” Lord Vetinari raised his eyebrows. “Oh, I do hope not, I really do hope not. Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions.” He smiled.
+ the directions things are going with golems, goblins and orcs (freedom), the Seamstress' Guild (reasonably priced love), and a hard-boiled egg.
#i have cried several times this week just from thinking about vetinari. if you're wondering#discworld#havelock vetinari#glorious 25th of may#meta#*#my meta#I'm not normally a crier he's just a higher tier or blorbo#that one post that said the wish fulfillment discworld peddles is having a functioning civil service. yeah#through the power of being autistic and gay we too can change the world#decades of work not one day if revolution. but it can be done
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When will the revolution come?
I think it's here. A revolution isn't when everyone collectively wakes up one day and goes "time to destroy the government", a revolution is just a series of events grouped together that we will call a revolution later. They take time. French revolution? 10 years. American revolution? 7 years. We're already underway - maybe we have been since as early as the BLM protests in 2020. What we need to do now is just do our part and build momentum
#the global intifada#revolution#i think tiktoks flowerboyserge has made videos about this go check him out#palestine#sudan#congo#yemen#haiti#syria#hawaii#all the oppressed people of the world#freedom for all#socialism#mine
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been watching s1ep6 of uprooted! some bad doodles of a few of my favorite moments thus far
#the peanut allergy thing genuinely made my throat itchy#ough never again#funny as hell though#poor booker also#he was suffering through the whole episode. the faces? incredible. i feel SO bad#+andys and dereks exaggerated expressions/mannerisms are so good in general#the pinched sour face was hysterical oh my gosh#theyre literally the incarnation of the word “silly”#and its not even like the whole world is silly#like theres war and bloody revolutions and political drama and bloodshed#and the perpetrators are like. a chihuahua and a tit bird#uprooted#booker uprooted#bitsy uprooted#peggy uprooted#legends of avantris
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It is the mid-1800s. You are Karl Marx. You have risen to prominence aming leftist circles, with your scathing attacks in contemporary Capitalism and Imperialism. You hear a knock on your front door. Your front door is shattered.
A very large black dragon, a veteran of the British Millitary, apologizes for the damage. His name is Temeraire, and he is a Member of Parliament.
He has read your work and wishes to discuss it with you.
#temeraire#temeraire books#his majesty's dragon#karl marx#Friedrich Engels#communism#communists#naomi novik#revolution#revolutions#leftism#left wing#dragon#dragon rider#military#talking dragon#william laurence#temeraire would love the 'workers of the world unite' bit#but would not like being told that wealth is bad#“ok the workers can own the means of production but can I keep my very nice chain”#“i do not understand why i should have to give up my gold. i made it through my labor”#Temeraire accidentally causes a leftist schism
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I often think that when it comes to alternate American flags, the flag of the American People's Commonwealth from the Hearts of Iron IV mod "Red World" goes particularly hard.
It sends exactly the kind of message you want for the flag of a revolutionary socialist American state.
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"if we make america worse and more of a dictatorship that will be even harder to unravel and make it the way we want the country to be, maybe then everyone will join our Glorious Revolution!" bb girl you cant even be in the same room with someone who thinks you should vote, how in tf do you think you're gonna unite people to fight in The Revolution with you? it's gonna be you and your 5 friends, i hate to break it to you.
#i dont think you realize how repelling you and your politics are to everyone else#you get all of your validation for how Smart You Are from your friends and ignore any kind of feedback that suggests you should#change or do something differently. thats the only reason you're so convinced average people will go along with you bc you keep getting#affirmation from the people who ALREADY agree with you- but you have NO IDEA how to bridge the gap between people who agree#with you and disagree with you. you're horrible at convincing people of your side of things outside of straight up guilt tripping them#or bullying them like a highschooler. im sorry but the tools you learned to survive with as a kid aren't gonna help you in this situation.#the ONLY THING you can come up with to bridge that gap is a bloody revolution. thats how bad you are at this.#and you're also so bad at this and unimaginative that you dont even realize how THAT might not even be enough.#you cant imagine ANY kind of avenue to getting people to change AT ALL outside of blood and fire. and thats why people call you#an authoritarian.#i'll be honest- i really do think the world would be a better place if we did incremental change under a democratic president who wont#set the world on fire vs the godkingemperor republican WHO WONT EVEN LISTEN TO YOU AT ALL EVER AND MIGHT KILL YOU#FOR PUTTING UP A STINK. idk if you noticed but if that evil fuck gets into office we are severely outnumbered if he gets police#n shit to go after his own citizens. letting trump win is making this battle so much harder than it needs to be.#you are choosing trying to fix the world while its exploding vs trying to fix it before it explodes at all.#what is this like a procrastination thing? you wanna wait till the last minute to try? idfgi. wtf is wrong with you#throwing minority lives away to prove a point. and then you try to tell me you care. gtfoh.#accelerationists should never be taken seriously.
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Mr. Andrew Hozier byrne sat down and said 100 years from now the Empire will have fallen and because of that we have hope. The fruits of our revolution are inevitable, our dreams are inevitable and propel us forward and because of that we have hope for an easier world!
Yes the despair and yes the hope 😭 the sun will dawn on better times
#oh it’s giving me chills#the martyrs of our revolution will power the world we make!!!!#the sun is coming up on a dream!!#happy hozier Friday all#dev speaks#hozier#empire now#unheard
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Some examples of 7th era clothing for the common folk of the Eastern continent, featuring the four subspecies of Mustel!
Who's your favorite?
#firnus#patronsaintsoffirnus#furryart#anthromorphic#anthro#otter#skunk#badger#pine marten#mustelidae#mustelid#fantasy#worldbuilding#world building#furry#art#industrial revolution
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Is it normal for Peter Mcfee to e-mail people??
I'm totally reeling from him e-mailing me lol Its not a big email, it reads like a social media msg, I think hes just being a normal 70-smth man and probably doesn't see the difference between emailing me and replying to my shout out on social media
But to me.... its a big deal....to be emailed by Peter Mcfee.....my day has truly been made u_u
#sigh#what on earth#is the history world this small?#I see literally all of you historians even you who I talk to on Tumblr as like the coolest ppl ever#who are sm smarter than me and operating on a whole different level#yet here I am talking to you and y'all are emailing me lol#frev#french revolution
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The Build Series Presents Billie Joe Armstrong & Lee Kirk Discussing The Film "Ordinary World" at AOL HQ on 10 October 2016.
#green day#billie joe armstrong#interviews#aol#ordinary world#nyc#10 october#revrad era#revolution radio era#the build series
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A Black Revolutionary Xmas // from BLK MKT Vintage
#black freedom#our world#ecosystem of white supremacy#end apartheid#black lives matter#politics#the revolution will not be televised#free us all#kwanzaa is an everyday thing
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You’ll need to decide what kind of time and resources it might take to motivate people to act for a particular goal. There’s some basic criteria that you can use to evaluate how much work it might take to have an impact.
HISTORY/CONTEXT:
Have there been previous fights there?
Are people involved in current or previous struggles elsewhere? Experience and confidence are infectious. (Example: Many of the people who started the Ferguson uprising were fast food workers organizing at work.)
Are people paying attention to other external struggles? (Eg Tim Hortons workers fighting to keep benefits)
You’ll get a lot of this information by talking to people.
#labor organizing#labor#organizing#IWW#how-to#guides#manuals#Industrial Workers of the World#module#workers#anarchism#anarchy#anarchist society#practical anarchy#practical anarchism#resistance#autonomy#revolution#communism#anti capitalist#anti capitalism#late stage capitalism#daily posts#libraries#leftism#social issues#anarchy works#anarchist library#survival#freedom
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