#watching the world burn

[theroundbartable]

Something that worries me about political parties is when it stops being about how to run a country and starts being a populistic challenge.

If you're American, you're likely used to this. Your blue party rants against the red one, the red against the blue, and in the end, the more popular group - in a democratically questionable ratio - wins.

I grew up and live in Germany, so I wasn't used to this. I grew up watching political parties work together to achieve smth good for the country, even if they didn't always agree. They were politically middle. Not left, not right. Extreme lefts and extreme right parties were forbidden in a democratic decision to protect our integrity and guarantee the safety of the people. Since the world has drifted to the right, the voting propaganda slogans have shifted too.

Instead of "we care about the climate" , "more money for families" etc etc... Slogans you would vote them for...

Politicians now challenge each other. "Let's become bigger than this other party." "We're the democrative alternative for the fascist alternative!"

It's not about the people anymore. It's purely egoistical, narcissistic, egomanic behavior.

I've said it before, we're watching 1933-1945 unfold once more. Germany too, is going in this direction. America is already halfway there. Russia has arrived the day they started their wars, which was... When? 2014? Turkey as well.

(France and England seem to have gotten the curve in their last elections, so I would exempt them... For now)

When one country starts, others will follow. The same rhethorics, the same induced fears, the same lies. Because it's not about the people, not about 'how do we live with each other', it's about 'who is the bigger threat, who has the most power'.

It's obvious. It's placated all over the Cities.

[suavispoeta]

My friend x me doing God's work.

[captainpirateface]

[trolledu]

Quite honestly, many Americans have very little idea what it means to be a slave to a system and certainly no care that many people in many places around the world are still slaving for far less than they are, and all to support their highly consumptive and degrading lifestyles. At least some of these woke Americans get a semblance of the real picture when a headline jolts them into making spoofs that provoke thoughts and reactions from other wokers, so kudos to them.

[cyarsk52-20]

Yall were "uncommitted" & "undecided" though 🤷🏿‍♀️ Now you Committed to resist & March? Miss me pls! Chile!

They were warned. We have not even gotten to cuts to social secure yet. Wait until many seniors who voted for Trump find out what is about to happen to their money, but it is what it is. It’s above us now! FQ marching

[morerogue]

Man with Evil Laughter Watching The World Burn By Ukim by ukimalefu

[prommytheus]

imagine being a gavinners fan from like wisconsin or some other place like that. vermont idk and they announce a world tour, so you buy tickets for the nearest location. and they start off in LA, their home city, makes sense.

but then you get an email that says NEVERMIND and you get an immediate refund on cashapp. and you look it up and apparently someone was fucking shot at the first concert and klavgav got set on fire and the bassist went to jail for drug smuggling and murder charges. and now they’re announcing a breakup. what do you even do with that fucking onslaught of information

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Lan Wangji might be an unstoppable force, but Xie Lian has 800+ years of practice of being an immovable object.

(poll results here for context)

[tradingjack]

There's no turning back.

... Is there anyone who'll be able to survive what lies ahead?

[mollysunder]

I think when Arcane shifted the story to focus on one of those world-ending threats it somehow made the world smaller. The relationships became less intimate and more rote to the plot. When we do get strong character moments, the way their actions should reverberate across their network is cut off.

For example, when Jinx chose to set fire to The Last Drop it was a really striking moment for Jinx as she reached rock bottom, but the show fails to grapple with the fact this was also the place Sevika was living and working in. Act 2 of Jinx Fixes Everything revealed that Sevika had been sleeping and working in Silco's office ever since he died, dealing with her own grief that way.

Sevika probably has a home to return to but that isn't the point, the point is Jinx destroyed a place that wasn't just significant to her and members of the main cast, but the larger community that is Zaun. How does Sevika react? How does she still choose to work with Jinx after this moment? What about the other members of Silco's gang that followed Sevika into battle? The Last Drop was a part of a lot of people's lives, and Sevika is emblematic of that deep attachment, but we can't see her grieve it's destruction because there's no space for it in the show.

[sentientunconsciousness]

I hope the US government chokes and dies on the oligarchy dick is has shoved in its throat

[fkitwebhaal]

The first time Gortash meets the Chosen one of Bhaal, he asks for their name.

No one calls them by their name in their temple, instead sticking to “Chosen” or “Herald.” The Chosen of Bhaal looks at him like he said something funny and responds.

“Pick one.”

So Gortash does. And thus begins a pattern.

Are they going on a stealth mission and need an alter ego? Gortash pick a name.

What should Gortash’s guards call them when they visit through the front entrance? “Pick a name , Enver, it’s not like I go through the front door anyway.”

What name should he give to a comrade who could use an assassin on hire? “Think of something clever, you always do.”

It’s not that the Chosen of Bhaal doesn’t have a name, he learns. They did once. But then their father called them to his service and “a surgeon doesn’t name their knife” and well, a steady name seemed kind of pointless. Titles worked just fine and well, an assassin benefits from having quite a few alter egos. Until Gortash, they really didn’t talk to anyone enough outside the Temple for a name to even be needed.

It’s a fucked up dynamic, really. Gortash can have the illusion of control over this Bhalspawn with the names , but its control that’s given freely. They are something he wants to control but never truly can. He is something they should destroy but don’t desire to.

Much later, the Former Chosen of Bhaal walks into Gortash’s coronation. He grins, and asks them “what name should I call you this time friend?”

When they respond with an actual name, he almost can’t hide his surprise.

[auuwmk]

happy yuri day

Punisher ver under the cut!!

[eggofthefish]

bro fell in love with a lesbian (he's doomed)

[lost-interests]

I feel like Qimir is actually very soft. Like his “fake persona” as an apothecary shop owner is something he probably always wanted to be anyway and was like “well when you’ve lost everything why not take care of some plants and shit” He’s so soft and affectionate with Osha, something he hasn’t been able to be with anyone in such a longgggg time. Shows he’s comfortable with you by YAPPING. Wants to let his guard down and trust someone so bad, just make soup and have a garden and feed the little beach aliens.

Which is why I doubt he’ll ever be a real Sith bc he just wants to be free to be himself. His saber is red bc hands are rated E for anyone that gets in his way of being himself lol. Can experience and validate his own heavy emotions (darkness) well.