#treason sabotage and blasphemy

[inkcurlsandknives]

Deleting all my dating apps and meeting someone the old fashioned way, commiting sedition and blasphemy against the colonial powers oppressing my people and entering a hasty marriage of convenience to avoid getting burned as a witch by the Inquisition

[ettawritesnstudies]

XXIII. The Seven-Coiled How did they feel towards their parents as a child? How do they feel towards them now? - For your favourite character ;-) <3

thank you for the ask! This one is perfect for Enne but also Storge Spoilers so warning for that in case anyone cares:

So an important part of the Laine Family's backstory is that their mother used to be Atilan and competed in the last Trials against Lyss. During the competition, she was outed as a follower of the Artist, which is paramount to treason and blasphemy because the Trials are meant to find the "chosen of the gods" to be the next leader of the city. She was also wiping the floor with her competition of her own merit, but they correlated that with her religion and it was a huge scandal. Lyss took things into her own hands when the system didn't satisfy her quickly enough, and tried to sabotage Anda by burning down their house with her young children inside of it. Enne was 7 at the time and Luca was 4, and when the flames reached their room, his magic EXPLODED and saved both him and his sister but brought down the entire building. With all of the chaos and scandal, the family was presumed dead and they disappeared into the city to restart their life as Debilan in hiding. Anda also was newly pregnant with Grace at that point, so later that year, they also welcomed a new family member under these less-than-ideal situations.

She was dealing with parents in grief and crisis mode, a little brother who suddenly had phenomenal powers that could get their family killed with no idea how to control them, and a baby sister that immediately started exhibiting powerful magic absorption. Enne had... not a great time. She stepped up to fill the role of emotional support, additional source of income, babysitter, and generally Responsible one when needed. That isn't to say her parents did a bad job. They remained faithful to their religion and to each other and did their absolute best to shelter their kids from the fallout, but they're still human and made mistakes and had their bad days too. But they really tried.

As a kid, Enne resented her parents for everything that happened and she went through a depressive phase as a very edgy and anxious 8-14 year old who saw herself as keeping the family together, while mourning the loss of a noble life they once had. She would play princess a lot when nobody was looking, and hide the nice things quickly because she knew she could never had them again, and they might be dangerous if anyone connected them to their past life.

Since then, she's matured a lot and realized that their family was victims of an evil system and evil people and that her parents are flawed but inherently good people who desperately want to give their children a good life under the shittiest of circumstances, and they were not entirely at fault. She's also the only one of the kids who really remembers before the fire, and feels the loss as much as her parents. As Grace and Luca grew up, they became much more chaotic and independent, so Enne kind of joined the parent's "side" of shared truama and "We need to hide who we are to stay safe" while Grace is very ready to "start over, help their Debilan community with their magic, and be authentic" while Luca is pulled between the two ideals. They're on very good terms nowadays as she accepted their leadership and now helps them try to reign in the disaster duo that are her younger siblings.

Thanks for the ask! Sorry that turned into a rant!

[cleumz-moved]

MY FRIEND IS TRYING TO SABOTAGE ME. (the one im gonna spite by pulling for childe) SHE KEEPS SAYING 'yeah you should totally get a kokomi constellation' AND 'but who knows the next banner rosaria will be featured on, it could be ages till you get her at c6'

BLASPHEMY!

TREASON!

[nagatsukinura119]

AKB48 49th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo report

Well… I couldn’t write this report as soon as after I was done watching with this year’s SSK, because I had a total headache as I watched the whole thing and suffered internally. Even right now I can’t think straight due to lack of sleep and I need to catch a flight in an hour. Sorry for lack of pictures because this year I spent most of the time chatting with other fans. Also, I don’t think I’m that fully invested in this year’s SSK, I’m so sorry with my lacking passion but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t spend some money on votes this year. But, enough about me and let’s start with this year’s SSK report.

Aside from the fact that the morning event was cancelled thanks to the staff’s wise decision to choose Okinawa as the venue during TYPHOON SEASON. One word for this year’s event: crazy. It was simply CRAZY. Lots of changes in members ranking in as well as the ranks of regular participants. It feels like this was some kind of bingo game and members were just randomly selected into their ranks. No, that was not right, I actually considered to think that this year the rankings were rigged, I’m not gonna lie that this was how I felt. Honestly, I don’t know about 70-75% of the members who ranked in because there were some Kenkyuusei members who managed to get in and NGT members are starting to grab some ranks from other members. This isn’t actually a big deal and it’s great that these members were able to rank in for the first time and they deserved it and kudos for them. But on the other hand, because I didn’t know most of these girls it was hard for me to enjoy and focus fully on the event. Sure, later on some recognized names were mentioned like Sato Yukari (AKB48), Sato Sumire (NMB48), Ichikawa Miori (NMB48) and so on.

Nevertheless, there were really great rises and first appearances from members that I support like. First, I’m gonna mention some names that I recognize and pleased to see rising up.

Kato Minami #71

Girl has rose with 5 ranks from last year. Not really a huge gap considering that she was deemed the face of NGT initially, only to have another member as the group’s Center (I smell AtsuMina kind of relationship). Nevertheless, I believe she still has more to show to us and she’ll rise more and more as time goes on.

Oguri Yui #51

I’m still not a fan of Team 8 but something about Yuiyui keeps on calling for my attention. Perhaps it’s because of AKBingo when she was often called. So, when she was ranked from unranked to 51th place it was really pleasing to hear. I really hope she’ll grow more and catch more hearts at the same time show more of her talent.

Taniguchi Megu #69

YES! Naachan’s waifu rose 24 ranks and didn’t disappoint me. I knew that this year was gonna be Megutan’s year for SSK. I think she’s one of those members who gradually and slowly rise up through the ranks as well the hearts of the fans. I have a feeling that she’s not really there yet but she’s still young and I believe she still has chances to raise her popularity. Considering AKB’s current condition I really hope she will be one of the members along with the 16th generation girls to bring AKB to the top again.

Fukuoka Seina #32

Just like Megutan, Seichan’s rose of 65 ranks is utterly AMAZING! I seriously didn’t expect she’d rose so high and frankly speaking I didn’t have that much hope with her. I’m just really glad that she’s there and she’s one of the few members whom I lay my eyes on.

Honorable mentions for this category are Yokoyama Yui Team A #7 (rise 4 ranks) and Takahashi Juri #11 (rise 4 ranks) and Iwatate Saho #42 (rise 9 ranks).

So those are the members whose ranks I’m satisfied with. Now onto the WTF moments that almost made me feel infuriated. These members whose ranks that I didn’t expect coming from them and really, really dropped my jaw.

Kitagawa Ryoha #64 (same rank), Shibuya Nagisa #60 (drop 4 ranks), Tomonaga Mio #35 (drop 12 ranks)

Take note that these three names are Tentoumuchu members and for me, they were ranked quite low and this was a shock. I’m upset that Uha and Nagisa have lost their momentum and ranked low for their standard. It’s saddening enough that Miki’s no longer around but seeing members of Tentoumuchu fell this low is just heartbreaking. As for Mio, I’m not sure if she’s lost her momentum or this just wasn’t her year. Regardless, during her speech she looked like she was about to collapse which was really heartbreaking to look at. I can’t say for sure what to expect from Uha and Nagisa next year, but I believe Mio’s fans will try to avenge her next year and bring her to senbatsu or at least Undergirls because I believe she belongs there.

Mukaichi Mion #17 (drop 4 ranks)

This was a major shock. I think this was one of the biggest shock for me coming from this SSK. This is like, FUCKING MION, man. How on earth did she drop out of senbatsu? As much as I’m pleased that Naachan surpassed her but her drop is INSANE. It almost felt like somebody rigged her votes to drop her rank purposely. I can’t even say much about this expect that this is just too mind-blowing.

Komiyama Haruka #52

Biggest shock of the night for me. I can’t- I mean- WHAT!? When I heard her name, I was appalled that I thought the announcers read the card wrong or something. I remember her face being so appalled as she got up the stage to get her trophy. Frankly speaking her face was literally saying, “What the fuck am I doing here? Is this seriously what I’m getting?” and she looked like she was ready to kill someone. Ironically, I wished that when she received the mic, she’d go apeshit and just blow her mind out, or simply drop the mic out of discontent (lol). Surprisingly she did really well in her speech and retained her smile and remained professional and mature which made me clap my hands and feel proud for her. I really thought that Komiharu’s gonna fly this year since she had a promising year and so did many fans. In fact, most of us expected she’d be in senbatsu, so what gives!? I haven’t discovered what caused this huge drop from 21st place but I really hope that next year she’s gonna make a huge comeback and not disappoint the fans because I believe she has the ability to do better.

Kojima Mako #24 (drop 5 ranks)

This is definitely the next huge shocking moment next to Komiharu’s ranking. The moment Kojimako’s name was called, it immediately made me say the words: blasphemy, lies, sabotage and treason, because I really thought she’d make it to senbatsu this year, I mean, if not this year, when?! I’m still at a loss of words over this utter bullshit. I guess to put it simply, my thoughts for Kojimako’s ranking is the same as Komiharu’s.

Watanabe Mayu #2

Nothing much to say about Mayuyu’s rank expect for the fact that most of us have expected it but wished we were wrong. So, she secured the second place for the third time and some of us were delighted and I believe most of us were just “eh” about it. Comparing her number of votes from this year and last year, she actually dropped a lot of votes so I guess it’s no shocker that she didn’t get the first place but no one can blame her because Sasshi’s a monster. Anyway, the bigger reason why I decided to write about Mayuyu is her graduation announcement. I didn’t watch her announcement live because I was too disappointed that she didn’t win but I heard the news from live chats and despite that I expected it coming, I did NOT expect that she would announce it during SSK which was almost mindblowing as Riripon’s marriage announcement (which was a major WTF moment)

Okada Nana #9

I can’t say that I’m 100% upset and saddened that we failed to bring Naachan to her dream to reach Kami 7 this year. But her rose of ranks from 14th place and about 5000 votes is enough to show us that she has rose in popularity and likely will do much more in the future once her activities in STU48 are more prominent and she gains more fans throughout Setouchi. I think Naachan’s speech was the only moment when I shed tears throughout this SSK especially because of how she talked about wanting to be a great role model for the members of STU48. Remember that the members are young and they need a right role model to guide them, and what could be better than Naachan? She’s a promising member as well as a great leader (she may not be the best but she IS trying). Once again, Naachan mentioned that she wants to bring AKB48 on top again and I really want this to happen. This is why I shed tears along with the ‘daughters’ as they were so touched by her speech. While I’m somewhat satisfied with her improvement, I am still a bit salty that a new member managed to overthrow her and other regular members of senbatsu from Kami 7 so next year I’ll try to invest more votes for her.

Alright now that’s that, time for the same confession I did since the past 2 SSKs. Just like last year, the moment I heard Mayuyu’s name being mentioned in the second place I immediately turned the stream off because frankly I didn’t want to see the smug in Sasshi’s face, at the same time I had a feeling that her victory wasn’t gonna be that passionate, and judging from some comments I read in Stage48 and Tumblr, boy was I right. I guess the regret I had for my actions this year is that I didn’t at least stop to listen to Mayuyu’s graduation announcement. Anyway, for God’s sake I’m sick of seeing Sasshi standing at the top stage, sitting on the queen’s chair, and wearing that cape. Here’s why I don’t like Sasshi getting the first place:

1.       Everyone knows that it’s a no-brainer that she was gonna win again for the FOURTH time and THIRD time consecutively (but I still held hopes that Mayuyu was gonna beat her but NOOOOOO she got almost 100k votes higher than Mayuyu so Mayuyu didn’t stand a chance AT ALL). SASSHI, ENOUGH! STAHPPPPPPPPP! We get it; you’re the indisputable GIANT WITH A HUGEASS FANDOM THAT RANGES FROM IDOL FANS TO NON-IDOL FANS, NOW CAN YOU JUST GO AWAY!? *pant pant*

2.       I don’t think it’s necessary for her to participate since last year because I don’t see why she has to (even though she has all the rights to participate). Unless she’s being forced by her agency or manager to keep on participating and become a wall for new winners, I don’t see what’s the point for her to be there. She’s very popular and her influence has widened all the way from the idol world already. At this point I’m even considering that she’s doing this for personal gain. I think I’m just used to most members doing things NOT for themselves, but for the sake of others, so when this thought came in I just can’t help but feel like Sasshi is being selfish. Although she can enjoy the glory, fans are starting to not even bother her win anymore. I have a feeling (and REALLY hope) that she won’t be participating next year because she herself said that she won’t be in anyone’s way next year (amen to that).

I think there were more things I had in mind about Sasshi but I forgot about them as I write this down.

Another crazy thing that happened was obviously the speech of Sutou Ririka who announced her marriage. Frankly this announcement was super surprise because dating itself was already a huge deal for these girls, but MARRIAGE? What. The. Actual. Fuck? To be clear, I’m not her fan and I’m not that interested in her. But I know that she’s a sensible girl so when she announced this I just felt like this was forced and planned. And then not long after the event was over, Bunshun released the article of her apparently having a scandal. I don’t know how to react about this, because again, I’m not a fan of hers.  But I saw how fans react to this in both ways so we’ll just see how it goes for her from here on.

To finish this report, I just want to confess that I was sadly not so into it as I did during the past SSKs I’ve joined. Maybe it was because of my decreased passion due to my busy college life and at the same time there were too many members that I don’t recognize that I felt at a lost. But I guess these reasons are my fault since I needed to try and learn these members and know their charms. Well, regardless how crazy and full of BS this SSK was, it is undeniable that this was more fun and livelier because I got to chat and laugh with other fans who I befriended during our live chatroom. I will come back again for next SSK so see you guys next year!

[lionheart-project-blog]

Outline

Setup: Tristan, unofficial adopted “nephew" of lord Alden Rowan of Riverstone, successfully passes as a poor pickpocket against his uncle’s will to infiltrate and sabotage the criminal operations of his uncle’s Master of Coin, Lord Castayne, in order to bring his illegal actions to his uncle’s knowledge all while getting the resources necessary to help get Prose’s gang of child thieves off the streets without the intervention of the City Guard.

TP1 - The Opportunity: After chastising him for his disobedient, unruly, and incredibly dangerous behavior, Lord Rowan reveals his plan to legitimize Tristan as a member of house Rowan

The New Situation: Tristan, with the newfound approval/command of his uncle, begins organizing and managing the former pickpocket children as helping hands and apprentices around Stonespear Point, and for the first time feels like he is truly making a difference in their lives for the better.

TP2 - The Change of Plans: The Shadow wreaks havoc on Riverstone and Stonespear point with a monstrous storm, Tristan only barely escaping thanks to the aid of a stranger named Vinaj. With his mysterious new acquaintance promising to shed light on the tragic events in exchange for Tristan’s help in locating the Lionheart, an ancient artifact and weapon said to hold the power of the gods themselves, and the ability to fend of the Shadows that would threaten the world. Tristan is left with nothing but the motivation of finding out who or what is responsible for the tragedy and the desire to avenge his family and home.

Progress: Tristan and Vinaj investigate the ruins of the Hall of the Hands and learn that the last house to hold the Lionheart was House Galantree of Osren’s Vale. Their investigation draws the attention of a shady group of shade casters that are now on Tristan and Vinaj’s tail. After encountering the current lord of house Gallantree, Roland, they discover the Lionheart is currently in the possession of the royal house of the Vale, House Aldothar. on the way there, they discover a possible plotting for the murder of the King of the Vale.

TP3 - Point of No Return: Tristan, Vinaj and Roland strike a deal with the King of the Vale to trade the Lionheart if they accompany him on his trip to his estate in Tyloren for a diplomatic meeting with a representative of the Tharl (tyrannical king of the Dwarves), manage to prove this theory of treason and murder, and bring those responsible forward.

Complications and Higher Stakes: The three infiltrate Tyloren, the Vale’s industry and crime hub, in search for Slainthe, their only lead and one of the largest crime lords in the city. They must now avoid drawing the attention of their shadow casting pursuers as well as one of the most dangerous men in Tyloren, as well as proving to the king that their words are not blasphemy. If they fail to prove that they speak true, they will earn the king’s ire, and if their identity is uncovered by any of the two groups of fiends, they will be captured and most likely killed.

TP4 - Major setback: The group are discovered as they reveal that Slainthe, the shadowcasters, and the Tharldom are all involved in the attempt on the king’s life. Roland is separated from the group during the ensuing confrontation, and finds himself facing a backup squadron of Tharlden soldiers attempting to infiltrate the estate. Vinaj is wounded by shadow magic while they fend off Slainthe’s men and most of the shadow casters, and only Tristan is left as Bloodwraith, the leader of the shadow casters and tristan’s prime suspect for the destruction of Riverstone, advances for the king’s great hall to finish the job.

The Final Push: Roland searches for a way to stop the surprise invasion of the castle, while Tristan rushes to the great hall to face Bloodwraith before he can murder the king. Vinaj must find cover and find a way to keep the shadow magic from spreading across his body and killing him, all while fighting off the remaining two shadow casters.

TP5 - Climax: Roland commands a squadron of guards and successfully stops the surprise attack.Vinaj defeats the two remaining shadow casters and avenges his fallen brother Dinesh,  and manages to draw Bloodwraith’s attention away from Tristan so that he may land the final blow with the Lionheart, before collapsing from his wounds. Tristan defeats Bloodwraith with the use of the Lionheart and the help of Vinaj and learns that he was not the one responsible for the destruction of Riverstone before he dies.

Aftermath: Tristan learns from a recovered Vinaj the truth about the Lionheart: that the object they chased down is actually called a catalyst, and is not a divine weapon per se, but rather a training tool used to awaken the true Lionheart: the godly fae power within Tristan’s soul. Vinaj reveals the true nature of his mission to be to locate Tristan as well as the catalyst and bring him back to the realm of Khajahad to train him as the Champion of Stone, but the Shadow’s destruction of Riverstone altered his plans drastically. Tristan accepts, in part to continue searching for information about what happened in Riverstone, but in part because he recognizes that there is some responsibility he must fulfill with his newfound power. Like it or not, this is exactly what he had always wanted: A chance to truly make a difference for the better. Roland is congratulated for his successful impromptu military leadership in face of the surprise attack, and is offered a reward of his wish. Roland simply asks for the king to restore the lands previously taken from his house so that they may recover from their current impoverished state. On his way out of the castle, he is ambushed and “invited” to dine with the Seneschal of the Hierarch of Stone, the Tharlden emissary the king was to meet. Upon arriving, he is subtly accused of ruining the Tharl’s and the church’s plans with the Vale, and upon being excused, is ordered to be killed before he leaves the estate. He reacts to the ambush and is ready to fight, but is overpowered by sheer numbers and almost killed when soldiers charge the estate and manage to retaliate,  rescuing him. Upon waking, Roland is in a camp outside Tyloren, where he is greeted by generals of the Tharldom-opposing Alliance, and seeing as he is now wanted by the Tharldom as an enemy and has proficiency as a military leader, is welcomed into their ranks as captain of a squadron, and is told to prepare for war against the Tharldom.

[sigridcountessvongalen-blog]

Popes, Arch/bishops: What is it going to be? Humble pies or more Porky pies from your every corrupt and criminal shore? Your arrogance and strategic silence are only amplifying your pestilence and you know the charges are true, and are therefore them not denying! By Sigrid Countess von Galen Regarding the charges of CSA, organised crime, incl. murder, torture, abduction, enforced adoption, treason, cover ups of crimes, abuse of immunity and impunity, what is your plead? I know that under all your arrogance you are frightened from your own shadows, as in the olden days you would have ended as a burning effigy or on Captain Kidd's gallows!!! Such is the severity of the situation and make that in every by you and your inner fascist circles - not by God! - forsaken nation! You will eventually have to take up your cross of every life's loss, whose blood is on your hands, and your heresy and blasphemy about Mary Magdalene's womb that your Judas succession transformed in every generation and season with double-tongued incantations into a tomb, will be the leadt of your problems, as you put real lethal poison into your Eucharistic feast cup! In the face of the victims of the organised criminality under abuse of Vatican and Anglican church immunity, ye popes and numerous arch/bishops, you better come off your high horse and write to the prosecution voluntarily individually and collectively a confession letter without concession, and best not in hieroglyphs or Norse but preferably in plain words, as the truth is sharper than your swords, and all your empty elocution won't save you by your desecrated and by ritual bloodshed consecrated St Magnus bells! You gave faithful and humble selfless human beings your hells and your sinister and arrogant treatment and mocked the innocent souls, who entered your naves, where each of you boastingly out of hours but even at broad daylight misbehaves! The details are in numerous Bobbies' little back blook and undercover agents' reports - it took many teams years to keep track and gather the evidence of you crooks! And you abused for far too long your immunity worldwide to silence your victims and loose ends and also the whistleblowers. You even arranged in lightspeed mock funerals with wreaths and flowers to threaten and intimidate a crown witness, so that they would be for the court hearing either not available and rather accepted their fate, as you also sabotaged witness protection and made sure that via your underworld connections a rescue team came for the witness too late! And by the time, you had every landslide synod debate you had either bribed off or killed those, who were in the way of your secret agenda and of your spiderwebs, who only ever have contempt for the meek human beings, as you call them 'plebs'. My grandmother Mathilde used to say: 'The most arrogant fall the deepest from their high horse.' See you later, alligators! In court! But I won't hesitate to get an emergency injunction from the High Court, should any of you stalk my friends and family in Fellows Court! Imagine that - even a retired judge blew on you the whistle to me one day on the bus through Whitehall and hoped that I would speak on his behalf and answer for help for the victims of your pestilence his call! You see, even in the Pall Mall they have enough of being cheated and maltreated by you fake piety criminals and treated rough! They get suddenly with testimonies out of the big silence against you tough! As the flock of your victims united and shared their troubles and distress and wounds and has taken with law enforcement officials of your crimes against humanity and even of your involvement in spnsoring terror acts stock, and it sounds like you are soon to be standing in the dock!!! So, what is it going to be?! By God, for your own sake I recommend to you to confess to the truth, and nothing but the truth about your evil deeds and greed and organised crime as creeds, as already you are up in line for eternal condemnation with all your sins retained - as you have from putting wrong right refrained and have numerous victims silenced and their reputations stained! The truth spoken out and released into the subconsciousness and mainstream made the victims strong, and your silence does your own fall into your own hells of your returning curses and spells only delay but your punishment prolong! And your sandcastles of your new world order with even in Britain newly in anarchy and chaos and fascist terror embattled borders, if you had your way, will via the truth in the open as facts shatter, as your criminal and riots acts and the number of stolen and smuggled artefacts and blackhole money are one hell of a slithering and slippery mass slide into the bottom of your own corrupt see with an already dead Atlantis again in tatters! Who wants to lick your poisoned strawberry icecream van cone anyway and eat your mouldy bread and receive from you yet another millstone?! As from where I am standing you started rebranding your shadowy black rose domaine into a strawberry one via your infusion of drugs and your Blackberry texting thugs, and guess what - you didn't really use mind intrusion but simply electronic bugs, even for church confessions! And you tempered with electricity and gas and appliances and plugs in crown prosecution witnesses' flats and houses and you threatened to kill even judges' and prosecutors' spouses! Boys, old boys! Didn't you know that over from Rome to Dover was your Sunday morning fake piety shoe from the moment the truth set foot in your places, and truth landed on the ground, you were doomed with your lies and mercenaries, and now even vets and pets recognise and point their fingers to your faces in the courtroom!!! Shouldn'st have allowed your carefully selected parish council boards to use the churches also for their twelves covens and lodges, who play witches brooms and plot the next crimes from the lurches and of whom each the fare dodges under a stolen identity, as now you are also their multiple crimes under chimes blindspot! You are in the hot spot!!!'