#three peaks

[whereifindsanity]

The Dolomites of ltaly

[simru-region]

Trainer, you have encountered Mynyfan, the Ancient Peak pokemon.

Fighting this pokemon would be not unlike a Titan battle, however it may have access to more than the standard four moves usually available in battle. Mynyfan will challenge you with Ancient, Fire, Rock, Ground and Grass attacks. Be prepared for a fight!

[strawberryjayne]

Walk up to Penyghent

[tim-dennis]

The views from Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon.

All taken within 24 hours.

[detshin]

Finally the set is done! The Sun and The Moon 🩷🥹

[nfornaomi]

We didn't have a plan for our last day in Oahu, and it turned out to be the perfect day ☀️.

We ended up taking an uber to Mt. Olomana, better known as the Three Peaks. The first peak is the popular one, the second and third less so since it can be quite dangerous and you need some technical climbing/bouldering skills. The trail is beautiful and just like the last one, mostly shaded. I ended up only getting to the view in the second last picture as I didn't want to risk the last part which would've required some straight-up climbing with a rope (didn't want to squish / stress out baby ☺️). The last picture (with the incredible view of the second and third peaks) is from Rob. Probably good I didn't try to get up because he said the ridge up top is quite narrow as well and my centre of gravity has certainly been shifting these last few weeks!

We grabbed a bite to eat at Ala Moana Center afterwards and then slowly made our way back to our hotel, catching the end of the sunset and partaking in one last gelato before heading to the airport. Overall, such a great trip with the perfect mix of sun, sand, ocean, mountains, and relaxation 😄.

[cairafea]

my favourite genre of seventeen is when they're straight up lying

ref:

[chloesimaginationthings]

What comic is the bottom left image of springtrap from? (On the post where you say why you draw him blocky)

It’s from this comic!! A very normal father son reunion

Og post here

[beaudesoleil]

the goblins.....they do not know how crazy their future will get

[lotus-pear]

smoke break

[wyyvoren]

you go to a righteous cultivation sect to learn to be good. you wonder what it was you did. why you deserve this. you must deserve this. otherwise why would it happen?

you need to be better. you need to be good

[ID: various pictures of Luo Binghe from Scum villain, one where he gets tea poured on his head, one where he is hunched over getting kicked, one of him curled up shivering surrounded by piles of wood, and the final picture of him struggling kneeled over a cultivation manual, blood dripping from his mouth. End ID]

[ironunderstands]

These Aventurine, Topaz and Jade comparisons are getting out of hand…

As much as I adore both of them, I think it’s very disingenuous to compare Aventurine and Topaz’s lore and be like “but they are the same!!!! If people like Aventurine and dislike Topaz that’s just misogyny!!! and like… no?

Topaz’s whole thing is that she doesn’t know the extent of the IPC’s evil, and believes that what she’s doing is genuinely the right thing to do. Even if she never had a choice in joining the IPC, she (incorrectly) believes what they did to her and her planet is justified, logical and moral, and for those reasons she stands with them. Part of this is likely IPC brainwashing, as she was probably very young when she became an indentured servant to them, and someone living on a planet on the brink of destruction would likely view anyone who stepped up to save them as heroes (imo the IPC likely waited for the point of no return to establish contact so her people had no other choice to except).

However Topaz got best end of the proverbial stick, her planet and its people were deemed useful by the IPC, and didn’t fight back, even if in the end they were still exploited.

Unfortunately, we have seen through Boothill, Belabog and Aventurine what happens when that isn’t the case.

Boothill’s planet got bombed and people genocided because they had a resource useful to the IPC, but were unwilling to cooperate with them or hand over their home, so the IPC decided to eradicate them.

Belabog had a debt owed to the IPC that was ridiculously high and very unfair to expect them to pay back, and had Topaz not convinced the higher ups to give them some time (which she got demoted for), the IPC would have taken Belabog by force

That leaves us with Aventurine, whose story is in no way on the same level of bad as Topaz’s. Unlike her, he has witnessed and experienced firsthand the truly awful shit the IPC can do.

They took custody of Sigonia and promised to offer the Avgin aid in their fight against the Katacans, at the very least protect them from harm. (Sidenote, since the IPC held control over Sigonia, they should have stopped the fighting in the first place). However, they simply stood by and did nothing, resulting in the deaths of around 6,000 Avgin, with around 3,000 went missing (or injured, I don’t remember, either way it’s bad).

But wait! It gets worse! Aventurine when he was still known as Kakavasha referred to the IPC as “the men in black/the men in black suits”, and his first master says he bought Aventurine from “the men in black/the men in black suits”, likely mocking the way he referred to them. Therefore THE IPC TOOK PART AND LIKELY EVEN CREATED A FUCKING SLAVE TRADE IN SIGONIA

Look being made into an indentured servant isn’t fun, but idk personally I’d take that any day of the week OVER BEING ENSLAVED

That’s not even to mention how horrible of a reputation Sigonian’s have in the galaxy, one likely spread by/resulting from the IPC themselves, as at least on Aventurines planet they do not have the mobility to make a name for themselves. (Honestly it’s a mini theory of mine that Aventurines scam is what partly contributed to this reputation, and his status as a slave is something the IPC conveniently left out in their broadcast about it-)

But, you might be saying, didn’t Aventurine have a choice to join the masked fools and leave the IPC, isn’t he free now? And to that I say, it’s complicated.

Considering the amount of suicidal shit Aventurine has done while being part of the IPC, he clearly hasn’t been having a fun time as a member of one, so why does he stick around, especially with the Fools invite? Even if he was a slave, does that absolve him of the crimes he’s committing now? What could justify his actions?

Revenge, plan and simple.

This is going to delve into some spoiler territory for the end of the Penacony 2.2 quest, something which I didn’t feel like mentioning earlier because I’m sorry but everyone and their mother already knows Boothill’s lore. Now, let’s get into it.

Aventurine accepts Jades offer to join the IPC, and when he becomes a Stoneheart, the first thing he asks about is the fate of the Avgin, to which he then learns that besides him, they are all dead. You see, from birth Kakavasha was pushed onto a pedestal as the savior of the Avgin, but now that there are no more Avgin to save, his primary motivator in becoming a Stoneheart (beyond not being enslaved anymore) is gone.

So what does he do now?

Simple, try to kill the motherfuckers behind it.

That’s why he takes on such risky gambles still, and why he wagers and wants Diamond to promote him to rank p46. The higher Aventurine gets the closer he gets to his goal of taking down the IPC for good.

Which is why his meeting with Boothill is so meaningful. I think Boothill is going to “kidnap” him and together they are gonna take down the wicked bitch that is Oswaldo Schneider for his literal crimes against humanity.

Mark my words, an IPC downfall is going to happen, and I think Topaz, Aventurine, Boothill and Ratio are going to be at the forefront of it.

However, Topaz and Ratio (and by extension the rest of the galaxy) have to learn/realize the true horrors of the IPC (although I can sense Ratio doesn’t really like them, and he’s learned a lot from Aventurine, I doubt he knows the full extent of the situation or is in any way happy about it). Therefore? Topaz mental breakdown arc? Ratio lore? PLEASE??!? The IP3 compliment one another so well and god I can’t wait for that to come to fruition.

I really want to see a Topaz and Ratio centered story leading up to an IPC smackdown, and I think we are gonna learn a lot more about how shitty they are in the later half of 2.2 and in 2.3 when the interlude and Jades release arrive.

As for the aforementioned Jade, she’s gonna need a Aventurine squared amount of trauma or reasoning behind her actions to seem in any way sympathetic, because right now she just seems like an evil bitch (in a semi good way, I will always respect the commitment to the bit) who loves her job and would make Machiavelli weep over how hard her ends are trying to justify her means.

[simru-region]

Trainer, you have encountered Mynyddfa, the Ancient Peak pokemon.

Fighting this pokemon would be not unlike a Titan battle, however, it may have access to more than the standard four moves usually available in battle. Mynyddfa will challenge you with Ancient, Ice, Rock, Water and Dragon attacks. Be prepared for a fight!

[eggsandramem]

and another!!!! go more of my messy doodle branzy @mcytqueerbaitshowdown propaganda... this time? clownzy <3 ( first post, second post )

im still trying to figure out a design to stick to, but i *do* want branzy to like,, swap between diff hybrid types,, shapeshifter freak anyways!! go my clownzy, and as usual, GO VOTE BRANZY!!!

[priintaniere]

studies/screenshot redraws of crimson peak cuz i love this movie, and because dimimari very much fit the aesthetics of it

※ please do not repost my art ※   ➜ commission and ko-fi links in bio

[connorphilpphotography]

Three Sisters, Scotland