#who disclosed the info to the wrong people

[perpetual-fandom-brainrot]

Temporary Relocation Prologue/Ch. 1

This fic is based on this drabble Basic premise: Reader got an experimental surgery and is being relocated to a military base with more specialized medical supplies to help recovery while on medical leave, and will temporarily help with missions to ensure success after.

It was some kind of new experimental technology. You were one of only a few hundred who had the privilege of getting the opportunity. When they'd called, you'd needed to request for the information to be mailed because there was so much of it. "Instinctual Prosthetics" was what they had decided to name the project. It was supposed to help military combatants, granting an animalistic advantage of some kind on the battlefield. They would synthesize physical attributes of the target animal, you couldn't wrap your head around how, and intertwine the prosthetics and artificial nerves with your body's existing nervous system. Most info beyond that was disclosed to you as "need-to-know," which told you literally nothing you felt you needed to know.

Nonetheless, you were too intrigued- and too attached to the payout you'd get for using yourself as an experiment vessel- to say no. That was how you ended up on a helicopter with a man who'd introduced himself to you as Captain John Price, with your newfound cat ears and tail still extremely sensitive to everything around them. Every time the aircraft jostled, you found yourself flinching, and every time the noise changed you wished you could press your ears to your head to make it stop. If only it wasn't too dangerous to take off those headphones, which had been specially made for you. You didn't even want to think about what the violent whirs of the overhead blades would sound like without the protection they gave.

"Touchdown in five," the pilot called back to the two of you. You barely registered it until you heard Captain Price giving a comment saying the pilot's communication went over. "This team won't be anything like what you're used to, soldier. Much more specialized, much better materials to handle your... unique recovery circumstances." The captain's explanation didn't do much to ease your nerves, but you found yourself nodding as though it did. As though it held any clues of what you'd see on Task Force 141's base. "The rest of the force should be meeting us when we land," he continued. "I expect you'll get acquainted with them over your time here." The words gained another absent nod from you. Until the heli touched down, you found your brain wandering to how this all happened in the first place.

"It's an experimental procedure," the woman over the phone explained. You could hear pages flipping in the background of her mic, "we're only offering it to a few hundred soldiers to see how it takes. There's a wide range of people who chose to go in already." Her explanation only served as further confusion.

"I... I still don't understand," you mumbled before taking a sip of your coffee, "why was I selected?" The line was tense with silence for what you wish was a small beat, before the woman sighed.

"I only know what I'm telling you, and I'm only allowed to tell you what I know." Her gentle tone was meant to be reassuring, but right then it was just pissing you off. You were going to potentially lose critical brain functions if this went wrong, and it was still on a need-to-know? Fucking government. "There is one upside, though," she spoke tentatively now, "since this is a voluntary experiment, they're offering you compensation."

"Compensation?" The word echoed off of your tongue almost as if it was alien. "I'm sorry, I'm still having a hard time wrapping my head around all of this."

"I have permission to make exactly one hard copy of this information and mail it to you. Would you like me to file the request for it?"

"Yes, please."

It hadn't felt like too long since that phone call. It probably hadn't been, if you were willing to compare hours to seconds. It had only been a few weeks since you were wheeled out of the surgery room, informed of the expected enhancements with your balance and hearing, and then immediately told about the orders for your relocation. You'd be temporarily occupying the base of a specialized and extremely classified task force, one you were sure your own generals themselves had never heard of. A few weeks since that tail was surgically implanted at the back of your spine and connected to your main nerve pathways, a few weeks since the nurses and doctors taking care of you started looking at you funny when you covered your ears from things they couldn't hear.

The harsh jostle of the helicopter landing, and the ensuing pins and needles from your still sore tail, broke you out of your trance. You took a deep breath as you stood up and removed the headphones, flinching at the more detailed sounds you knew no one else could hear, and looked up to see Captain Price awaiting your company to exit the aircraft.

"Are you ready?" He asks.

Not at all, you think, but give a verbal, "affirmative, Captain." Price doesn't walk off of the helicopter until he sees you next to him, where a small group of men wait, presumably for the two of you, in a semicircle. "So... this is the team?" You ask quietly, awkwardly, before they've noticed you. Price chuckles to himself before calling out to the group.

"Soldiers," his voice carries over the now fading whirs of the helicopter, "meet our new temporary recruit. After the medical recovery period ends, you'll all be working together out on the field. I expect you all to make good use of the remaining leave time." Nobody had to ask to know what Price meant. You'd all be stopping bullets and bombs for each other soon enough, probably too soon. He wanted a team that knew how to work together.

"What's with the cat ears?" A rough British accent calls. Your eyes flick to the source, a tall and muscular man wearing a skull mask. Your peripherals catch everyone else's eyes immediately flying to the top of your head while you make brief eye contact with the man. Your breath catches in your throat when you open your mouth to respond.

"This is the experimental procedure you were briefed about," Price stated. "I expect you all to treat this like any other new recruit. If I hear of any issues, you will be dealing with Shepherd." A collective groan came from the group as Price walked towards a gathering of buildings. Who?

"Aye Ghost, don't want them to make you a kitty cat, eh? Ya might end up too cute to fight that way," another man, a Scotsman with striking blue eyes and a mohawk, commented.

"A word, sergeant MacTavish," the Brit barked before walking into a nearby building. The Scot followed him without asking questions. You just watched the two in a daze, not sure what to make of the scene.

"What was that?" The question came from your mouth carefully.

"Don't mind them," another man, the only one left now, spoke up. He had umber skin that looked smooth, not as big of a build as the Brit but you had no doubt just as strong. "The sergeant's probably getting his fair share for talking to the lieutenant like that." As he talked, you noted he's probably better for agility. He took a step towards you and held out his hand, "I'm Kyle Garrick, Gaz on the field."

"Y/n L/n," you took a step to close the gap and firmly shook his hand. "Nice to meet you Gaz! Who are the other two? The sergeant and you said the lieutenant?"

Gaz laughed a little, the smile staying as he spoke, "the angry one in the mask, the lieutenant, is Ghost, and the Scot you saw messing with him is my fellow sergeant. His name's Soap. Those two are always at each other's throats. Bet you'll get used to it as you stay here," he took a step back after letting go of your hand. Gaz was still smiling, "and I'm assuming you know Price. There's others, but they're out on assignments if they're not stuck in the medical quarters recovering."

"Well, in that case, mind showing me the medical quarters? I'm due for an initial check-up after my briefing on the team. Pretty sure you just gave that to me."

Gaz turned and waved you on from behind, "follow me!" He called. You jogged to catch up, looking around and taking every detail in while gazing at the structures around you. Brief explanations of barracks, small hangars, different quarters and offices, the main canteen building as you passed it, everything you needed to know about getting around the base and what you need. Eventually, a building just as plain as the rest of them save for a red cross came into view. The medical quarters, you regarded it with internal relief. Your ears and spine were starting to ache again.

You even forgot to thank Gaz as you hurried in, leaving him to laugh to himself. You were definitely something. The base- the force- was going to enjoy having you.

Read the next chapter here

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

A few days ago, you wrote about Harry's (Meghan's) red flags that would make them a security threat. Which got me thinking ... In the past 3 weeks the level of security risk for William and Catherine (and the children, by extension) must have gone up considerably.

When this forat started off as a joke, it was mostly about handling Catherine's privacy and her medical history. And someone somewhere must have realized that the London Clinic would be an easy source of security breach. I'm assuming that the hospital has top notch NDAs and everyone is expected to be absolutely discreet since many many high profile patients get admitted there. Maybe even some, whose medical diagnosis and history, if disclosed, would rightly tilt the world on it's axis.

So maybe that was this angle was not top priority, because the agencies assumed they would be discreet. Everyone also assumed that actual news agencies and media outlet wouldn't print any info obtained illegally from hospital sources, even if they had the capacity to pay the source for the info.

Nobody thought some two-bit Instagram influencers would gleefully pounce on the chance like vultures.

Another angle, and this is very very serious IMO, is that once the conspiracies started all blame was falling on William. He was the villian who had allegedly done dispicable things to C to put her in the hospital and was then hiding things. The number of threats he received from randoms of social media must have been mind boggling. He is the heir, he has to be physically protected and kept safe at all times. And doing that effectively, without addressing the rumours head on would have been very difficult. Especially if they still wanted to maintain Catherine's privacy and dignity while doing so.

(And I said dignity because how you handle your own medical diagnosis is absolutely a matter of your dignity and boundaries and space)

Not to mention, nosy people would have started stalking the kids at the schools and playtimes. If at all that happened it would never be disclosed.

I think the utmost priority for people someone like William and Catherine their safety, merely based on their constitutional significance. And handling a looming PR crisis was not at the top of the palace list. Blaming the "palace" for not handling the PR crisis better is just wrong IMO.

The palace is not some big bad shadowey shady entity. The palace is essentially the principals, their immediate staff who work for the pricipals, and that includes different agencies that work towards ensuring their safety and security at all times.

If the palace was keeping their cards close to the chest, then that means it was Catherine and William who were keeping their cards close to the chest. Mainly because as normal humans their priority was to understand and absorb what was happening, what could happen and how to plan their lives in the immediate aftermath of this devastating news.

Their priority couldn't and wouldn't be to make sure they look nice and are seen doing nice, cute things together just so some lame Karen sitting in a dark, damp, mouldy room likes them. Karens will Karen on. So catering to Karen's sensibilities will never ever be part of the palace PR and crisis management strategy.

What I don't get is why were the British press baying for William and Catherine blood. From what's come out in the last 2 days, it seems that at least some journalists had an idea that this was a very serious matter. That it was absolutely not about W being an violent abuser or a cheater or Catherine wanting to look pretty, nor was it about KP staff giving up on W+C because they are secretive exasperating, inept bosses.

It was simply about a family trying to come to terms with a devastating news that was drastically going to affect the lives of all 5 of them for a long long time. It's something that you never plan for, no matter who you are.

Knowing that, why were they so cruel, so callus. Where was their sense of nationality or even simple human decency?

They stood by Catherine when she was wrong called a racist. So why did they not stand by her when she is going through the worst time of her life emotionally and physically?

They made a mountain out of a molehill, to the point that from a security POV the powers that be concluded that the best way to mitigate the security risk would be breach her emotional safety, to ensure her and his, physical safety. I truly think this was the #1 reason on the list of reasons why they disclosed it the way they did.

Old ask from March 24th.

Simple. It all boils down to whom the press declared their enemy.

When they were defending Kate over the racism claims, they were defending her from Meghan, UK's Public Enemy #1.

When the Waleses were dealing with Kate's health crisis, the press didn't do anything, and even joined in on the attacks, because Kensington Palace was the enemy since KP refused to give updates on or access to Kate, which the press didn't like. So they stood by and piled on.

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

Hi sex witch! I could use some advice about how to approach having sex for the first time.

I’m in my mid 20s (lesbian) and I’ve been in 3 relationships, but none of them lasted very long and I didn’t have sex with any of my partners (or the few people between them, who I’ve mostly intensely made out with). I’ve realized that I have issues around romantic relationships specifically and commitment, and done a lot of reflection so I know where those issues are stemming from but not how to deal with them. One day I do want to take the time to work through it, but for the moment I’ve decided I don’t have the capacity to prioritize that and don’t want a serious relationship in the near future anyway.

However, I really want to have casual sex. Through some past experiences I’ve realized that my relationship hang ups are purely emotional and frankly I’m horny, I just want to get laid (preferably by someone I barely know). It’s genuinely not a big deal to me emotionally that it’ll be my “first time” (past some embarrassment that it’s taken me so long, though I hate feeling it and I know there’s no “correct” age here), but I feel like I’d have some responsibility to let the other person know? And I’m worried that it will be a big deal for the other person or it’ll change things for them, because there’s this culture around virginity. I guess I don’t owe anyone that info, but when I think about not disclosing it I feel bad that I might be terrible due to inexperience, or have to admit during sex that I don’t really know what I’m doing, and then have to justify why I didn’t tell them. Basically I just don’t know how to navigate my first time considering all of this, I know this isn’t about the physical side of things but any advice you have would be greatly appreciated!!

hi anon,

listen: you're overthinking this. generally when embarking on a new activity for the first time, you're going to have the best experience if you just tell your partner(s) up front that you haven't done this before. that doesn't create a better or worse experience, but it is a different one that not everyone is up for. that doesn't mean you're wrong for not having sexual experience or that they're wrong for not wanting to have sex with you; it just means you're incompatible.

look, it's like d&d, okay? personally I LOVE running games with new players, because getting to help them build their first character and walk them through the rules and watch them gain enough confidence to take big roleplaying swings and get really strategic during battle is really satisfying for me. but not every DM wants to do that; not everyone has the patience or inclination to show other people the ropes, and they'd just prefer everyone knows roughly how the game works upon arrival so they can get right to it. this is actually a great metaphor because even experienced DMs and players who have been sharing a table for years still need to actually talk to each other and come to agreements about their players and the rules and, like, what Mage Hand can get away with, but it's a different kind of communication than you'd have with someone who's still learning which dice do what.

if you don't like dungeons and dragons and this metaphor sucked for you, here's a slightly more universal one about visiting a museum for the first time.

anyway, the point is that I'm an advocate of sharing information, not because you have some kind of moral duty to out yourself as a virgin, as if that's a weird and bad thing to be, but because I think sharing relevant info makes for better sex and sexual history is part of that info. it doesn't reflect poorly on you in any capacity, any more than someone having a large number of sexual partners would. it's just one more thing to talk through with your potential future sexual partner(s) as you figure out exactly how you want to have fun together.

[chaifootsteps]

feels like in a lot of Viv's responses that she's treating people criticizing the portrayal of SA in Hazbin = people criticizing Raph for the art made on a personal acc.

but it's not the same thing. some will take issue with Raph's art, sure, (and so what if they do?) but ultimately the bigger problem is how it is portrayed in the show. calling it a 'preference' or 'not illegal' or 'none of anyone's business' or w/e is not the point - the point is, did Viv approve a sequence that blatantly objectifies Angel Dust when he's being assaulted?

it's so odd to see people defend this like they would fanfiction - 'it's OK to explore dark themes!', 'don't censor art!' etc. Fanfiction is made for a niche audience and sometimes as an expression of the creator working through a thing. Creators obviously should still have the ability to express themselves through art -sometimes the best art is partly autobiographical - but at the mainstream level you have to take more care with what you're doing because more people will see it! There's a world of difference between someone's clumsily written fic on A03 working through their trauma with a couple hundred kudos and a show on Amazon's streaming platform. not to mention there is a tagging system on a03 so the buyer can beware - if there's truly no CW on Hazbin then it means they're taking less care with triggering material than a literal not for profit fanfiction website

It's not like mainstream media that had indie roots should be exempt from this - all kinds of media are subject to thinkpieces about how they portray SA and survivors of SA, because how you represent it matters. there are so many pernicious myths around SA and survivors, creators who have the power of a platform also have the responsibility to think about what they're doing (same with any sufficiently big indie project, tbh, look at the sheer number of bad takes surrounding why Blitzo and not Stolas is totally in the wrong in the whole Stol/tz mess HB has become)

and at the very least, showrunners need the ability to understand criticism will come if people feel like they fumbled it. anyone should understand there will be a diversity of opinions on this; if a showrunner's only objective is 'be praised at all times' or 'never be criticized' then they should probably stay away from contentious topics all together?

the only fair thing I think Viv has said here is that the whole scene hasn't come out yet and to reserve judgement for then - but I think it's totally understandable why people think early indications are Not Good. the second thing is I think she mentioned no one should have to disclose whether they've been SA'd or not before working on a scene like Poision. Which is fair - but Raph did disclose that info, and voluntarily (and instead of saying it was no one's business, Viv either lied on their behalf or outed them to score a point. Is it bad to force people to disclose whether they've been SA'd or not, Viv, given you're apparently OK doing it to your staff?).

idk, I just think there should maybe be some oversight through due diligence on a sensitive subject, even for survivors of SA when working on scenes like this? or at least there should be if you're going to claim you care about the topic and are trying to push boundaries with your art. if you don't care, say as much.

It wouldn't be much better to see Viv admit she just wanted edgy dark stuff in her show, but man, it would at least be honest

It's all a mess, on Viv's side and the fandom's. Viv keeps saying that the scene will make everything clear and speak for itself, but if that were true, why couldn't she just let it do that?

The answer, of course, is because she's Viv. The slightest bit of criticism and she loses it.

[aita-blorbos]

Am I the ahole for doing illegal stuff like killing people and medical malpractice?

Look! I know that sounds really bad but let me give some context!

So I (about 40m) was a medic in my youth for wounded soldiers on the battlefield, I saw a lot of men dying, horribly mutilated in excruciating pain... They begged me for death, to save them from this agony. This changed and traumatized me in ways I can't begin to describe.

When I got back home I knew I needed to do something, I needed to make sure nobody met this same fate as the soldiers.

So I started a business, contract those with fatal wounds or terminal illnesses to pay me, and in return I use secret methods (I don't feel like disclosing) to painlessly end them. It's like they drift off into a forever sleep free from pain and worry.

But I have this rival (about 36 m) let's call him B. B doesn't like this at all, he HATES me. Follows me around always crying "Murderer! Who you killing today you sick murder?!" Not only is B a hypocrite, also an illegal doctor who performs unethical experiments, he never wants to hear out my point of view. He thinks I'm some horrible sadist when all I do is save people from a slow painful death and speed up the process. I usually don't assist in suicide due to mental issues, it has to be external forces. I don't torture or hurt, I do THE OPPOSITE. If someone is able to be saved, I might save them. (Although I admit most times I prefer to take the easy way out.)

This I've explained, but B is persistent I'm wrong, that I'm a bad person who doesn't value life enough. Is that true?

[obedienttransgirl]

Hello everyone. My name is Amber. I am a 31 year old closeted trans girl. Due to circumstances within my life, I am sadly not in a place where I can be able to transition and live as my true gender. I suffer with depression that I have been living with ever since I was a kid due to being born in the wrong body, OCD, and some trauma from my childhood. I wanted to create this blog so it can be a place where I am able to be myself and not have to pretend to be a man, as well as a way to escape from crushing reality of my life. This blog will contain a mixture of my interests and hobbies, expression of my femininity, and to engage with my kinks.

Before I created this pinned post I used to engage with some kinks that….. well I’m not really proud of. They felt really good and aroused me, and I don’t think I’ll ever get rid myself of desire to engage with, the fact is they made me feel worthless and made me even more depressed. I think I was using them as a form of self destruction because I don’t really like myself that much but no matter how much they turn me on it only made me feel worse about myself. So I went through my blog to delete posts I made or reblogged and unfollowed tags and other people who engaged in those kinks as well. In a way I’m hoping to make a fresh start to my account. If there happened to be people who followed me explicitly for those types of posts I am truly sorry but I no longer wish to take part in those kinks. I think that’s most of what I wanted to say so I’ll finish this post off with a little info about me.

Interests: Video Games, Anime, Metal Music, Alt and goth aesthetic, and cute kitties and cats

Sexuality: I’m bisexual and 100 percent a submissive bottom

Kinks: Gentledom, feminization, mind control/hypnosis, Bimbofication/dumbing down, having someone take control of my life, tell me what to do and to make all decisions for me because they know what’s best for their good girl better than I do. Basically I want to be someone’s obedient good girl pet. And also I love degradation(within reason) and I have a misogyny and patriarchy kink

Hard Limits: Pain play, hardcore degradation ( I like degradation to a degree, like telling me I’m a dumb slut that needs to submit to a man is fine for example, but I don’t like being told that I’m worthless, or disgusting or being told no one will like a freak like me or similar extreme degradation) ,homo and transphobia, pedos, misgendering, and no matter what, never ask me where I live. Other than what country I live in I will never disclose my location. Anyone violates my hard limits and I will immediately block you. Edit: I am personally ok with the term sissy. Most trans women are not and for good reason but I am ok with it but with limits. I am not a sissy fa**ot. I am not a sissy boy or boi or whatever. I am a woman, and if you want to call me a sissy girl that’s fine. But I am not a gay boy, femboy or whatever kind of other boy you can think of. I am a trans woman that happens to be ok with the term sissy. Please respect that.

One last thing, I would love to roleplay as a pet but I will never meet anyone in person nor will I talk via voice chat or show pictures of myself. I am not ready for that and I just can’t do it. I have severe social anxiety due to childhood trauma and I can’t go any further than text chat. I will also never do tributes. If you are under 18 years old, LEAVE THIS BLOG IMMEDIATELY!

I am not looking for masters or mistresses. I’m a closeted trans woman and for now I need it to stay that way.

[niche-pastiche]

This is going to sound absolutely wild, but one way I've found to help with my phone anxiety is calling governor's offices to ask for stays of execution on people. Okay, stick with me here. So, it's an activity where the bar for success is literally just "made the call, was intelligible enough for the person who picked up the phone to write down the very basics." It's a call where you can use a pre-written script. It's not a conversation, it's just you say the thing and then they ask if that's all and you say yes thank you. And most importantly, it's okay if they think you're weird or if you stumble over your words a little. AND it's okay to sound a little upset. The bar for success is much lower than in most interactions.

So with that in mind, please call Governor Greg Abbot and ask for a stay of execution for Ivan Cantu. Just call 844-818-9330 and they'll give you an explantation of the situation and and say to ask for a 30 day stay of execution. Then it forwards you to Greg Abbot's office.

Someone who works there then picks up the phone saying this is Greg Abbot's office and then you say this little script and that's all.

Just Introduce yourself and then say:

"Texas plans to execute Ivan Cantu on February 28th. There is so much wrong with the case against him, including false testimony, evidence withheld by prosecution, and key witnesses later recanted. Please issue a 30 day stay of execution and urge Collin County DA Greg Willis to withdraw the execution date in light of new evidence just disclosed by his own office, showing that the star witness falsely testified against Ivan and lied in her testimony."

If you want more info about Ivan's situation, read here. But the biggest thing you can do to help is call.

[authoruio]

A regressor who pushes himself to test the limits. Mindful of the mistakes he knows he makes.

A regretful person who won't hesitate to die for something and retry for another test and trial.

Name: Mitch Reiss (Shin Mitch/신미치 He rarely uses both of his last name but he sticks to his fathers name; Reiss)

Nicknames: The Sword of Change, Regretful Regressor, Protector

Other nicknames: Mitch-nim, Team Leader-nim (JiUiRen), Idiotic Regressor (UiO), Annoying/Cold Leader (Miren), Mitchy (Neige), Purrtector (Chenya), Chevalier du roi Neige/Knight of King Neige (Rook),

Relatives: Shin Mista (sister)

Species: Human (Regressor)

An impassive man that contrast Jiyoon's laidback personality. A person ready to sacrifice anything for the sake of peace and the other people's safety, may it be his own life or the wellbeing of his immortal companion. He has a sharp tongue ready to scrutinize any mistakes or any details he finds unjust.

While he always has his guard up, getting pass his unpleasant personality, you'll find a leader who worries for your sake. He may not show it, but his gestures of simplicity can reveal his caring nature.

Hobby: Reading, Sparring

Dorm in RSA: Wouldn't disclose, seems to be in the same dorm with Neige LeBlanche

Best subject: History of Magic, PE

Worst subject: Alchemy

Club: Fencing club

Favorite food: Spicy Foods, Tteokbokki, Takoyaki

Least favorite food: overly sweet, too much salt, anything that UiO cooked

Unique (world) magic/s

"Back once again" regression

Dying lets him turn back time to any specific way he wants. People affected by time (Immortal, Transmigrator, etc) can retain their memories whenever Mitch turns back time, the others, forgetting what has happened and only remembering what they are seeing in the present.

So far he has not died in Twisted Wonderland.

REGRESSION NUMBER;; UNKNOWN

"A way to turn back"

Slashing in specific weak spot can return any abnormalities to normal, he can use it to living beings promptly making them pass out. His power significantly drains a lot of energy and a wrong slash can drain a lot than usual.

Thankfully, he has not accidentally used his power on others.

Original World: A world full of chaos. Now can't go back since the medium, UiO, is with them.

Original Worlds Alias: The monstrous sword of the prince, Cold Hero, the Witch's accomplice, The Red Traitor

--Additional Info!--

Mitch somehow finds his way to Night Raven College and usually stays at the Ramshackle to either cool off or to observe the wellbeing of the five.

He question Jiyoon why she still haven't cut ties with Vil Schoenheit after the VDC incident, he guesses that it's because related to "envy".

Him and Miren are getting along, albeit very slowly.

If he was being honest, he sees himself way more fit in NRC rather than the goodie-two-shoes RSA.

He became Neiges bodyguard after the stunt Vil pulled in VDC.

He always carry a sword to be ready in any situation needed.

The only thing Mitch likes about Miren is how good of a cook he is.

Logs that can be found:

?

"Change is part of life. I guess that means well that I cannot deny it."

[adultswim2021]

The Venture Bros. #39: “Orb” | August 10, 2008 - 11:30PM | S03E11

A particularly lore-heavy episode that I honestly find pretty overstuffed and difficult to enjoy. It’s basically a prelude to the upcoming two-parter, which is excellent from what I remember. I'm probably going to leave various things out of this write-up because I really don’t think I can replace the customary “listen to the commentary/read the wiki” one ought to be compelled to do after watching a Venture episode.*

*an aside: if you’re viewing the season for the first time alternating episodes and commentary is NOT a good idea, because Doc Hammer gleefully spoils the end of season three in early commentary track.

This one has multiple people embarking on mystery-solving sessions in order to find the mysterious ORB, a silver sphere with decorative etchings. What ORB does or what anyone would want with it is not disclosed in this episode, though people have theories. ORB is said to have been worked on by many great men from history. A long segment of this show is dedicated to the “Gilded Age”, where Dr. Venture and Phantom Limb’s great-great grandfathers are in an elite group of super-scientists. The flashback we watch is the beginning of them splintering off into bad guys and good guys, kickstarting the world Venture currently exists in. These are the roots of the Guild of Calamitous Intent.

This group consists of real-life characters who were kicking around in the late-19th century, like Mark Twain and Oscar Wilde and Aleister Crowley. The most obscure among them is Sandow, a real-life celebrity body-builder turned chocolatier. They possess the ORB and are split on how to deal with it. The flashback is told via gramophone cylinders that were found digging up Brock’s herb garden. Brock’s devotion to yard care has been a runner in the series, and the commentary track for the episode seems to  imply that this was intentional, making this the payoff (it's explained that Brock is as much guarding the patch of land Billy aims to dig up as he is guarding the Venture family). 

This treasure is dug up is because Billy Quizboy has been obsessively looking for coded clues in the old Rusty Venture cartoon show, which we actually see a snippet of. It’s shockingly violent for a 70s kids show, which isn’t really what I envision whenever they talk about this show. They dig up a chest that is addressed to “Venture Bodyguard” which contains instructions for Brock to protect the ORB at all costs. When he realizes the chest seems to be missing a second gramophone cylinder it sends him on a quest to go find it. The following things happen to him during this quest: 

Brock’s car turns on him after he fails to swiftly enter a security code to gain information from its talking onboard computer, requiring him to escape his car as it attempts to kill him while he’s inside. This loose thread results in the post-credits cliff-hanger. 

Brock meets up with Hunter Gathers. I had to look this up to confirm this, but this is their formal re-introduction to one another. Hunter has appeared in flashbacks and hallucinations, but this is the first time they’ve met up since the season two episode where Brock is assigned to kill Hunter, only to discover they’ve undergone a sex-change operation. Hunter is a stripper now, at Brock’s club of choice no less, and Brock admits that he’s spotted Hunter dancing before this meeting. Hunter reveals that Operation Rusty’s Blanket (aka Brock's current body guarding assignment) is a sly abbreviation for ORB, and that his assignment had way more to do with protecting ORB than it is about protecting Dr. Venture and his family.

Brock meets up with Kano, who breaks his vow of silence to give Brock info, as well as produce the second cylinder for him to listen to. The second cylinder makes it clear that he needs to do whatever is necessary to make sure ORB doesn’t fall into the wrong hands, as it seems to tell the story of Sandow killing the 19th century Dr. Venture. Brock might need to kill Rusty to prevent him from harnessing Orb’s power. To prepare himself, he asks Kano if he killed Dr. Jonas Venture Sr. He neither confirms or denies that he did, but he looks away sheepishly. We find out the answer to this question in season seven, which I won’t reveal here. But Kano does indeed know something.

Meanwhile, Venture and Billy go on a quest to find the ORB, and they eventually do. By the time they find it, Brock has found them and is trailing them. He’s ready to kill Dr. Venture and Billy, but he overhears Dr. Venture having a perhaps out-of-character moment of clarity, deciding to keep ORB hidden, divining that there must be an important reason for it’s seclusion. Brock leaves quietly, satisfied that Doc's doing the right thing. When he gets back to the compound, his car is there, waiting for him. It goes to run Brock down. TO BE CONTINUED. 

Pretty solid story on this one, and I am impressed with how tight a lot of it is. It took me a few viewings (and commentary-listenings and wiki-readings) to really grasp all of it. But the fact is ORB is a mysterious macguffin, and was designed to be that way from the start, so when nothing really happens with it at the end of the episode, it’s a bit of a letdown. Orb does weigh into the upcoming two-part finale, though, so not all is lost. The humor takes a backseat on this one, and some of it is fairly tepid. These are the basic problems of season three, though.

[sugarfreesyscourse]

Syscourse makes everybody fucking Stupid, a rant , long post :)

As I already said, this is a rant so if anything is worded poorly, blame the fact I'm (rightfully) so sick of the system community.

Genuinely, how is a community made for supposedly 'supporting' one another somehow the most toxic cesspool I've seen in my whole life? A place where people constantly do awful things to each other, doxx each other, abuse and traumatise each other, misinform and indoctrinate each other, all because it's just oh-so-easy for ill-intended individuals or people who don't "realise" how awful they're being to do all that behind a screen. That's not even touching on the rampant ableism and racism within the community. That's another can of worms.

Why do so many of us get so mad about somebody disliking terminology on a personal level, so they don't use it? Same for using specific pieces of terminology? Why can't people get it through their heads that their experience isn't universal. the point that this community should really be focussed on, considering we're all from different walks of life, with different traumas, etc?

So many discussions within the community are just redundant or fuelled by assumption. People aren't going to perfectly fit into your puzzle-piece opinions, not everyone is going to want to use the same words to describe their experience. Does this make them 'invalid' or 'wrong'? Absolutely not. Should it be a red flag? No. There's a constant disregard for nuance and personal comfort. It feels like all the time everyone is trying to press one anothers buttons or cross boundaries when it doesn't fucking matter. What happened to wanting to help each other and spread info? Correcting misinfo? Why are people getting jumped for their personal preferences and expressing them??

There is so much systems are terrified to disclose and it's because this community is so abhorrently intolerant.

And it's ironic, because if you saw these people you're arguing with in person, you'd have no idea. None of these issues matter to the 'regular' person- in fact they'd have no idea what you're talking about. That's why we should just focus on info rather than fighting each other.

Because if we're so sick of people using tumblr as a resource, why are we pumping it full of stupid garbage fighting each other? For just assuming what people think??

It's so far beyond the discourse labels at this point, beyond fakeclaiming. It doesn't matter if you're 'pro-endo' or 'anti-endo' or 'endo neutral' or whatever, nobody is immune to the potential harrassment, and it's just so easy to kick off here. People can't say if they're polyfrag, or if they're a system of less than 10, or if they have a partner system, or if they're dating a singlet, because they might get mauled for not fitting the cookie cutter experience people have fabricated.

It doesn't matter what your opinions are at base level because they surely have nuance. Can we stop going for each others throats over base level statements and you know, use human decency? Discuss things? Try to calmly communicate our own opinions or points of view?

Your opinion being 'right' doesn't make you a good person.

[edvinception]

I've inadvertently been on yrtwt recently and god do I hate them!

They make 'joke' tweets and end up spreading misinfo because people who aren't mutuals of theirs aren't in the know and suddenly things get misrepresented. None of these jokes are funny. Calling Edvin a nepo baby, constantly posting a lgbt flag gif with edvin text implying his sexuality when he hasn't disclosed it and it's private to him, I've even seen 'E is so homophobic for this' as a reaction to something and it's about something unrelated and stupid like Edvin cutting his hair 😑 or make a reference to edmar in a shipping sense and when people, completely understandably, misunderstand and push back saying it's inappropriate or incorrect info they really with "it's a joke 😭"

It's not a joke it's harmful. Jokes like that are half the reason why half the fandom though E & O fell out and hated each other around October time.

Also how strongly they reacted to the Nikita live (purposefully misinterpreting what she said and calling her lesbiphobic) and the new NN video was highly immature.

About how wille did nothing wrong, never overstepped Simon's boundaries in season 2 and was never manipulative (I personally saw him saying 'youre the only one I can talk to here' as a way to get simon by his side again) and was selfish. I genuinely think to myself if we watched the same show sometimes.

Wille has done wrong and was selfish and did over step his boundaries with Simon during season 2 (such as looked at his phone and I think touched his leg at one point without permission early on) at points ffs.

Edvin probs had a harder time with wille actions because *shock horror* Edvin is a completely different person, from wille and also us. People are different and go about situations in different ways and react in different ways. As a result some will have a harder time with a characters actions than others. It's called being a nuanced character

Sorry this got long but I had to say this to someone.

I mean twitter is twitter. Very reactionary, and very black and white when it comes to discussions which I no longer have an interest in.

It's also hard when you only have written communication because jokes are hard to interpret.

[luellaaa]

don't ask ? don't tell ?

[this is not about the US Army policy]

tonight i've been thinking about encounters in my life where people have talking about sexuality and how i've noticed that different age groups have different reactions when personal sexuality is the subject of conversation.

this is what i've noticed from being in crowds where i'm either the oldest, or the youngest (literally no in-between)

~ age >20 normalises personal sexuality and the topic of sexuality. open about thoughts, feelings and ask questions without fear.

~ age <20 are quite the opposite and don't like to talk about or disclose personal info about themselves or others, don't ask questions either.

growing up in the 2010's and living my adolescence in the 2020's i've found that people my age and younger are extremely open about themselves, and not afraid to ask others of their identity or sexuality. i believe i might sit on the cusp of people that doesn't like to be so open, and people that couldn't care less about who knows about their identity and sexual preference.

instance one is in and around the school environment. close friends, friends, and people i had only spoken to less than once in my life would come up to me and ask me such questions. "you gay?" "yeah you're bi" "so what are you?" "so you're asexual right?" "oh yeah i heard you're pan". one friend would ask me if i was fruity just about every week because i never gave a concrete answer. for the record, i have never explicitly come out as anything, nor do i plan on doing so. through these statements and questions from just about everyone in my inner/outer circle i have grown used to such questions and really don't think anything of them- like it's invasive, but you never have to tell anyone anything if you don't want to. i still don't know how to handle them though, i just shrug it off or say something like "nope, where did you hear that?" "who said that?" "i don't really know to be honest" stuff like that. i can see how it's invasive and weird, but i can also see how it's normalised and i think kids just want to know, as if it were a question like what's your favourite colour. (desensitised to the topic in a way) i think that like kids in the 2010's have grown up being taught not to care who's who and who's what and the majority know to love and accept either way.

instance two was at a karen's diner and i was with a friend. being karen's, it's already a casual and rude/invasive/wrong setting. my friend was wearing sunglasses that look like 'the fame' album cover. one worker came up to us and goes "oh my god are those, like, lady gaga" and my friend goes "oh so you're girlypop." and i go "omg yeah" and the worker blows up at my friend and i for asking that threatening to kick us out for breaching their respect code. i had so many thoughts running through my mind, like how come its normal between younger peers but with older peers its completely inappropriate? (i'm talking 15-19 being younger and 20-25 being older) why is this guy blowing up at my friend like this because its not like we care, but then again why did we need to ask? i believe the waiter was 18 or a little older, i feel really bad for him and i know my friend didn't want to upset him, but then again in a setting full of young people the question is so normalised that neither of us expected that reaction from him. talking to this friend, we don't believe young people ask someones sexuality as a malicious thing as it was in the past. sexuality is something that people are still fighting for today, but something that has been normalised in western cultures and through young education etc kids now are only asking because they are curious and want to know. this waiter was definitely still a teenager but was probably the youngest in their group of people in the workplace. they had an older co-worker also there speaking on their behalf, which could have influenced their reaction?

instance three was tonight (the reason why i'm writing this post actually) talking to my manager at work about instance two. the look of disgust on his face, i had lost all thoughts from my head and as much as i kept saying to save the conversation- i really couldn't say anything because i didn't realise how it was just so normalised within my age group. i've said "you can't just ask someone that" and he shuts his eyes and shakes his head in agreement. we sort of left the conversation at that, the shift was over and we went our separate ways, but i still felt like i needed to talk more about it. (so hence i'm writing this post)

in the car driving home, i was thinking asking that type of question isn't okay, especially if it's someone you don't know well enough- like it's personal info that no one is entitled to know. but why is it so normalised in my age group to simply ask and tell? like no one cares, like asking what your favourite colour is (and yes i do know its deeper than that, but genz really doesn't make it feel that way) also why isn't it normalised with people in their 20's/older? i believe they find it offensive? and there's no real conclusion to this post as everyone has their own thoughts and are 100% entitled to their own opinions. i'm just sharing this as i might find common ground with people? like if this is noticeable or if its something only i think- i really hope its not though. i believe it should be normalised? but then again i can 100% see how the question is invasive and wrong to ask (because i literally find it uncomfortable to answer) but if someone asks me like i won't be offended as i don't think its deep enough to be offended over? lol i don't even know what to think i hope someone relates to or understands this

i'm so sorry i think this blog post is so messy but it's a brain dump of the same conflicting emotions over and over so if u read slay and thx <3

[unwinthehart]

just received a private message by a page of sb who asks me if commissions are open. sometimes i post ai generated art n maybe that caught their attention on my page. well, their page is empty but they follow some ppl n there are some posts in the likes box but idk is it safe to answer to their message? like is it safe? is that ever happened to you? love your blog btw n your a sweetheart 😘

I don't understand what you mean by safe? I mean, as long as you don't disclose personal info I don't see what could go so wrong for it to be unsafe to reply. Idk sometimes people just lurk on here, so maybe they follow blogs and like stuff, but don't actively reblog. You could try and see what they actually want before deciding and in case just block them. I'd recommend not taking money for AI generated art, but that's me, you'll do you I guess. awww thank you, hope that helped! 💕💕💕

[godsg111rl]

I really hate when people try to rush my healing process. Like please don’t put a time limit on when I should "get over" or look past some bullshit that happened to me.

For example, last month I got in touch with an old friend and we got deep into convo. She disclosed to me some very disturbing news about someone I once considered a friend. And it hurt.

It hurt bc the information shared with me directly conflict with the bold ass lie said former friend told me. Hurt bc it is directly linked to trauma I’ve been in therapy about.

Anyways… so I took it upon myself to update said former "friend" on what I found out.

My friend (the informant) said I should have just let it go since it’s been at least 10 years since the chaos.

But she should probably hush bc this is info she sat on for years that im JUSTT finding out!!!!!! Had I knew then what I know now, I would’ve never been sitting in that girl’s face, holding space for her, or being loyal in any kind of way, shape, or form.

And I see nothing wrong with letting someone I let close to me know where they had me fucked up at. Bc I would’ve and still wouldn’t dare do her or anyone like that. That’s fucked.

And quite frankly, idc if my concerns are outdated, fall onto deaf ears, or if I am the only one who genuinely gaf. Truly.

What did Drake say in Slime You Out???

Next time I swear on my grandmother’s grave… I’m SLIMING!!!! you for them kid choices you made.

I get so embarrassed thinking about all of the people I allowed around me when I didn’t fully love myself. In hindsight, A LOT of them did not mean me well at all

Even more embarrassing that it’s taken me this long to realize all of this lmaooo

[astralsys]

Intro post?

I made this account for fun maybe? fun as in I just wanted to fuck around and vent a little into the void under an account that's not much connected to my other ones idrk. dont have much of an online presence really wanted to see how this will play / work out. even tho I already have an account on here that I use personally to gush about things cause I can't help it probs not gonna use this that much.... probably cause I'll forget this exists, anyways comma!

collective info about me:

💫 ✨ | Astral System | ✨💫

Either call me Astral or K!

They / Them ( NO plural prns / &!!! /srs I hate it fuck off people who use that )

Trans Non-binary Aroace Bodily Adult

Masc / Neutral, System, Alter, Human / Person

Proff Dx’ed w/ D.I.D. ( adult dx'es ) in recovery since 2018, dx’ed also w/ MDD, ASD & ADHD ( childhood dx'es ) [ not recovered ]

( I'm only saying this cause one of my parts may leak that info out by accident, dont know better dont have a consensus with privacy atm, and I would rather just say it now instead of worrying about it being outed later idrc if you think I'm faking or not I've been dx’ed for over 6 years now idc what rando’s on the internet think about me tbh )

❌ ❌ Other Info Never Disclosed ❌ ❌

DNI: Minors, NSFW shit, Queerphobes, Racists, Ableist, Pedo’s / Zoo’s, Proship / Anti’s discourse

Mspec “Lesbians” / “Gays”, Male “Lesbians” Queer ID’s based off people, Rad Inclusive, Transmed, BaB ( + all other queer exclus )

Any "System’s" ( No Matter What "Type", I dont want to see you fuckers fuck off with your “plural community” all of you are fucking bullshit ), “Endogenic System’s”, / “Mixed Origins System” / Tulpa, Pro “Endogenic” / Pro Non Traumagenic “Systems” Whatever Fucking “System Origin” You Fuckers Keep Coming Up w/

“Medically Recognized System” / “Dx”, Self Dx’ers, Pro Self Dx, “M.U.D.” / “M.U.I.”, ( Medically Unrecognized Disorders / Illnesses )

Anything on Pluralpedia! Any Discourse!

I dont wanna see it or you I will block you on sight. I dont care, i am not your friend I don’t want to be your friend leave me alone and out of this shit.

—

specific info about me:

K or Astral ( not giving you my full name )

They / Them, Fey / Fem, Ae / Aer ( + other neo’s )

Trans Non-binary Otherkin / Alterhuman Agender Aroace

Host of Few ( also not giving you their names who fucking does that? ) I'm an adult ( id w/ body age not getting closer than that )

interests / dislikes / triggers private fuck off idc I'm not trying to make friends here

I hyperfixate on a lot of things due to both having asd and adhd and it effects my life way too much it’s annoying af I actually fucking hate it… having both is a fucking mess istfg, also chronic depression that’s so cool who doesnt love that? been dealing with that one for years and it sucks it really sucks I dont wanna keep feeling this awful my entire life, but its not gonna stop for me i think atp.

having D.I.D. isnt something I am ever gonna get into specifically, cause why the fuck would I? why do people have the need to tell others about their extensive personal med hx "oh you have to know all about my / our "system" and everyone apart of it! and every single disorder I / we self dx'es myself / ourselves with too!" ( just had to put the plural pronouns cause that's how these people talk ik I've had personal experience with these kinda people ). do these people not understand anything about internet safety omfg do you not listen to yourself at all? you’re not going to know anything regarding my med hx that I havent already given you cause to be honest I dont trust any one of you with me and my fragmented self and you don't really need to know. my alter’s are not something I talk to anyone about online or irl really. my trauma also isnt something I am ever gonna talk about honestly me even typing all of this out is insane to me what is wrong with me….

credit: banner @/Suyasuyabi427 pfp @/muku_69.0

[syscourse-confessions]

i never understood the deal with anti endos. i mean i can see where they come from and why they think the things they think, but shouldn't a community be about mutual support?

if a system doesn't want to disclose their origins, do you believe them automatically to be endogenic and harass them for it? if they don't want to discuss their trauma? if they don't have a syscourse stance? and... why? why going after someone, harass and dogpile them, just because it's a completely valid and normal experience to not be ready to discuss one's own trauma, or disclose personal information.

a community is based on common goals and mutual support, not on who you hate and why. all you have to know about someone else in the plural community is that they're plural, and here to do no harm. any other assumption is tiring, wears people out and drives them out of what should be a supportive environment. and then you find out that syscourse is just 5 big bloggers because no one else wants to do this shit again, and it loses any value it might have had before because then it's not a community stance anymore but a 1v1 on why you're right and they are wrong actually. it's exhausting.

i would encourage systems not to disclose origins and trauma history but you still get harassed for it so it's pointless. do what you feel like doing but keep your space safe (especially on the internet) and don't provide any kind of information that could be used against you (especially irl)

(reply as you like)

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