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hey yo so new blog
((nothing’s changed not even the URL it just is more empty and hopefully a lot more organized here it is))
((for clarification feel free to follow it, I’ll probably follow back! the only reason I made a new one was because this one was cluttered and I followed a lot of people who will never even care to interact with me or just disappeared off the face of the planet eventually))
hey yo so new blog
((nothing’s changed not even the URL it just is more empty and hopefully a lot more organized here it is))
((This is my 2000th post on this blog, and it’s here to say!
I’m probably going to archive this blog and reboot. I’ll refollow the people I actually interact with or want to and continue anything ongoing there. I’ve been meaning to this for a while now actually and... idk if I’ll even do it tonight or not, but soon I guess =w=;))
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when you forget to turn on the wifi and realize you’ve been using your data all this time
Lawblr side of Tumblr, here. I don’t think anybody even understands how terrifying this is. If the Executive can ignore the Judiciary, then we have a full-on Constitutional Crisis on our hands. Our country immediately falls apart. The only options for enforcement of judicial orders are 1) U.S. Marshals (which are ordered around by the Judiciary but ultimately still a part of the Executive as part of the Department of Justice), in which case we have an ACTUAL ARMED CONFLICT BETWEEN TWO BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT, or if the Marshals refuse to comply, 2) the Governor of the state, say Virginia, sends in the National Guard of the state, which leads to AN ARMED CONFLICT BETWEEN A STATE MILITIA AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT In case you weren’t getting the picture, let me be blunt and dramatic: this is literally Civil War-level shit right here. And Trump has been in office a week. This is fucking terrifying.
I spent the day at SeaTac (Seattle-Tacoma International Airport). We got very little done because CBP refused to talk to us at all. When one of the attorneys with us annoyed them so much that they finally answered their office door (she literally knocked on it for 10 minutes straight), they directed her to the press release on their website (side note: I don’t know if there even is a press release on the CBP website). They told her they don’t care how many attorneys show up, they don’t take orders from attorneys or judges. Senator Patty Murray showed up just after 4:00 & CBP refused to talk to her, too. I will repeat that: Customs and Border Patrol refused to talk to a sitting United States Senator. They refused other senators at other airports, too, according to a WaPo article I read earlier.
I had to return to Portland tonight because I have work tomorrow. ACLU & International Refugee Assistance Project attorneys will be back at SeaTac tomorrow at 5:30 a.m. (including my law school bestie, I am so proud).
There were 13 people detained at SeaTac yesterday who were secretly transferred to a detention facility in Tacoma, so the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project is working with attorneys to straighten that right out.
Basically: Shit is going down, y’all. The women I went up with today? Both were Arabs. One was from Pakistan, the other was from Lebanon (a Christian, a Muslim and a Jew walk into an airport…). When I asked them if I was overreacting by feeling like this was a coup-in-progress, they said no. That’s precisely what this is.
I thought we had a coup-proof system. I was mistaken.
Keep fighting the good fight, lawyers. And if you’re in Portland, I’ll see you at Perkins-Coie tomorrow at 5:30 for the L4GG meeting.
At Dulles, CBP has been stonewalling four members of the US House of Representatives, the governer and attorney general of Virginia, and Senators Cory Booker (NJ) and Mark Warner (VA)–the latter of whom chewed out the head of CBP in person. No dice. Not even with a federal court order telling CBP at Dulles, only them, and them in particular to give detainees access to lawyers.
And they’re pulling an old trick from the national-security handbook that’s been used to evade the courts on issues like domestic surveillance: “Lawyers and advocates still didn’t know how many people were being held in the secondary inspection area at Dulles or what their immigration status was, which led to a catch-22: Attorneys couldn’t file for contempt of court without having proof that legal residents were being detained and not being given access to lawyers, but they couldn’t get proof without getting access.” (x)
At least two VA reps have found out (via friends and family) about constituents being detained at Dulles, at which point CBP released them in order to dodge the access-to-lawyers issue. The representative for my district is on the warpath–and also on the House Oversight Committee. Here’s hoping these fuckers get slapped with contempt of court so hard their ears ring, then get hauled in front of a committee hearing to see if they want to try their chances with contempt of Congress.
All of which doesn’t even get into the Monday Night Massacre clusterfuck inside the executive branch, when the acting attorney general of the United States refused to make the DoJ defend the lawfulness of the immigration order in court. And was summarily fired and replaced with someone more compliant. So here’s also hoping the Senate puts Jeff Sessions through absolute hell on his role in all this before they vote to confirm him as AG.
It’s like the civics lesson from hell.
Even if you agree with the ban, this is not right. Due process must take place before moving forward with any action. We are a democracy and we must have proper checks and balances in place to avoid abuses of power.
It’s not the thing that scares me the most; but one of the truly terrifying things about our current situation is the realization of how much the “checks and balances” of our government come down to “this is how it’s supposed to work, but if you’re a big enough asshole to do an end-run around it, there’s not actually a mechanism in place to stop you”. The system is rife to be brutally abused if you put someone in power who’s enough of an asshole to take advantage of it, and that’s what we’ve got in Steve Bannon.
“Even if you agree with the ban, this is not right.” Also just FYI since it came up, if you agree with the ban you’re a shitty human being and a bigot.
Undertale Angst Starters
(SPOILER WARNING IF YOU HAVE NOT PLAYED THE GAME)
"That's your fault, isn't it?"
"You can't understand how this feels, knowing that one day, without any warning..."
"If we're really friends... you won't come back."
"Before all this I was secretly hoping we could be friends."
"Yeah, you're the type of person who won't EVER be happy."
"Do you think even the worst person can change...?"
"Do you think that everyone can be a good person, if they just try?"
"Sorry. This is why i never make promises."
"Have you really done the right thing?"
"The more you kill, the easier it becomes to distance yourself."
"The more you distance yourself, the less you will hurt."
"I called out for help."
"But nobody came."
"I just wanted to love someone."
"It wasn't worth living anymore. Not in a world without love."
"S-s-stop making that creepy face!"
"My body... It feels like it's splitting apart..."
"I WON'T let you do that."
"Don't you have anything better to do?"
"Despite everything, it's still you."
"You have to stay determined...!"
"Every time, your friends forget you a little more."
"Your life will end here, in a world where no one remembers you..."
"Still you're hanging on...?"
"Do you know why I'm doing this...?"
"Why I keep fighting to keep you around...?"
"You're the only one that understands me."
"I care about you more than anybody else!"
"I'm not ready for this to end."
"I'm not ready for you to leave."
"I'm not ready to say goodbye to someone like you again..."
"So, please... STOP doing this..."
"...AND JUST LET ME WIN!!!"
"I'm so alone, (Name)..."
"I'm so afraid, (Name)..."
"(Name), I...I..."
"(Name) please leave me alone. I can't come back. I just can't, OK?"
"I don't want to break their hearts all over again."
"It's better if they never see me."
"You're the type of friend I wish I always had."
"This whole time, I've blamed myself for that decision."
"But you can't regret hard choices your whole life, right?"
"I just want you to remember me like this."
"Someone that was your friend for a little while."
"And not everything can be resolved by just being nice."
"Don't kill and don't be killed."
"That's the best you can strive for."
"Have you ever thought about a world where everything is the same... except you don't exist?"
"Everything functions perfectly without you."
"The thought terrifies me."
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Send me “Who’s that?” for me to introduce you to an npc from my Muse’s life
*”...that? I... Frisk gave that to me after we returned to the surface. That’s the woman who raised me. She’s younger in the picture than I remember her. Ah, but she’s definitely... she’s dead by now. I don’t know what happened to her after I left, and Frisk never knew her.
*”I kind of envy them.”
crimsoncrosses:
afrozenchild:
crimsoncrosses:
He nodded curtly, then turned his back to the duo.
“Then let’s not waste any time,” he said, “Come, we shall start back at square one. Prince, you may have natural magic, but I’ve been watching you. You lack the discipline necessary for serious casting. In time, that will change. We shall see to it.” He was already walking toward the training ground, not waiting for either of them. If they wanted to back out… now was their last chance.
With his back turned, Chara turned to look at Asriel, giving him a reassuring smile even as Xanos said he lacked discipline. He was still pretty nervous, but tried to smile back, both of them saying “yes, sir,” as Xanos began to walk away. Before Asriel could follow him, Chara grabbed his arm, stopping him to ask quietly, “I know this was my idea and all, but… you’re sure about this, right? I don’t want to force you into it.”
Somehow their asking that made him seem to relax, and he laughed slightly as he said, “I’m… sure. I have to in the long run anyway, right?” He moved to grab their hand, pulling them along to catch up with Xanos as he said, “Besides, Chara. I’d never doubt you.”
He heard the patter of two sets of footsteps behind him. He smiled. Good, they were set on the path. He would make sure they were both casters on par with Drakoni sorcerers in no time.
Once they reached the training ground, he turned to look at them again.
“Alright, Asriel,” he said, dropping pretense, “I want to see what you’re capable of. Show me the power you wield, full force.”
The two halted once Xanos turned to them again, and at his words Asriel looked to Chara for a moment, wondering what he should do. They leaned close to him for a moment, whispering into his ear to try what he’d been practicing with them the last few weeks. He nodded and stepped forward, moving to aim at one of the training dummies.
The young prince raised his hand up, reaching into the air, immediately causing a few stray bits of star-shaped magic to fall from above onto the dummy. He muttered something along the lines of “um, hold on,” and took a breath, allowing himself to calm down and try again. In the next moment, larger stars fell from above, each stopping around the dummies to scatter into many smaller ones with little direction, disappearing as they got further away from their origins. He lowered his arm as the biggest of them fell, stopping directly above the dummy to scatter into a denser ring of stars, and when they vanished turned to look at the two observing. “Er, it’s kind of messy, but...”
((redrew my first Floran character two years later))
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afrozenchild:
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((Stern Tutor- https://youtu.be/AmQcxXtup-Q ))
Xanos did not rise from his meditative position, nor did he open his eye for a good few moments. Slowly, he opened his gaze to observe Asriel. His expression was stoic. A quick flash from his magic-heavy scar was the only move he made for a time. Finally, he rose to his feet, the temperature dropping as he did. When he spoke, frost formed from his breath.
“Prince Asriel,” he said, “and young Chara. I am pleased to see you both here. I will remind you, pupil, and tell you now, Prince- I am not an easy teacher. You will learn control and discipline if I have to squeeze it out of you. You will be expected to do as I say, when I say it. Are we at an understanding?” He crossed his arms, towering over the two youngsters.
The sudden chill made Asriel shiver, while Chara couldn’t really notice it. The two children listened to his words, the human’s confident “Yes, sir,” as he concluded being followed by their brother’s more hesitant, “Um… Yes, sir. Chara’s told me how you do things, so I at least came today with an idea of what to expect.” Him not being sure if he was up for it had been the main reason he pushed it off, but Chara had insisted it would be okay - they were there for him, and despite his methods they knew Xanos wouldn’t let anything happen to the young prince.
He nodded curtly, then turned his back to the duo.
“Then let’s not waste any time,” he said, “Come, we shall start back at square one. Prince, you may have natural magic, but I’ve been watching you. You lack the discipline necessary for serious casting. In time, that will change. We shall see to it.” He was already walking toward the training ground, not waiting for either of them. If they wanted to back out… now was their last chance.
With his back turned, Chara turned to look at Asriel, giving him a reassuring smile even as Xanos said he lacked discipline. He was still pretty nervous, but tried to smile back, both of them saying “yes, sir,” as Xanos began to walk away. Before Asriel could follow him, Chara grabbed his arm, stopping him to ask quietly, “I know this was my idea and all, but... you’re sure about this, right? I don’t want to force you into it.”
Somehow their asking that made him seem to relax, and he laughed slightly as he said, “I’m... sure. I have to in the long run anyway, right?” He moved to grab their hand, pulling them along to catch up with Xanos as he said, “Besides, Chara. I’d never doubt you.”
((screeches from a homework void))
Instead of the usual lone child, two young monarchs showed up to training one day, one obviously nervous and the other seeming somewhat distracted. It had taken a bit of convincing for Chara to get Asriel to come along, but finally he’d budged, and initially the human was pretty excited about it… yet now they were having trouble focusing, even though Asriel needed their support. Great. They tried to perk up when they caught sight of their guardian, at least.
“I brought him, Xanos!” they called, gesturing to the goat brother beside them who quietly greeted, “Um, hello…” Chara pat him on the back a bit as they said, “Ri’s a bit rusty on the magic, so go easy on him, but I practiced with him a bit… last night.” Thus bringing back their distraction, but they only looked away for a moment before adding, “…while he’s got some fire powers like mom and dad, he’s got a bit more to work with. I think he’ll do well if you’re teaching him!”
(( @crimsoncrosses, I’m so sorry this took as long as it did, there’s been a lot going on lately x_x))
((Stern Tutor- https://youtu.be/AmQcxXtup-Q ))
Xanos did not rise from his meditative position, nor did he open his eye for a good few moments. Slowly, he opened his gaze to observe Asriel. His expression was stoic. A quick flash from his magic-heavy scar was the only move he made for a time. Finally, he rose to his feet, the temperature dropping as he did. When he spoke, frost formed from his breath.
“Prince Asriel,” he said, “and young Chara. I am pleased to see you both here. I will remind you, pupil, and tell you now, Prince- I am not an easy teacher. You will learn control and discipline if I have to squeeze it out of you. You will be expected to do as I say, when I say it. Are we at an understanding?” He crossed his arms, towering over the two youngsters.
The sudden chill made Asriel shiver, while Chara couldn’t really notice it. The two children listened to his words, the human’s confident “Yes, sir,” as he concluded being followed by their brother’s more hesitant, “Um... Yes, sir. Chara’s told me how you do things, so I at least came today with an idea of what to expect.” Him not being sure if he was up for it had been the main reason he pushed it off, but Chara had insisted it would be okay - they were there for him, and despite his methods they knew Xanos wouldn’t let anything happen to the young prince.
((tfw I’ve already put stuff off forever but suddenly my sister and my grandma have a confrontation about my gayness and I’m stuck here being an emotional potato))
((Zen then and Zen now I know I’ve been generally away from this blog for a while now but I still love them so much))
Instead of the usual lone child, two young monarchs showed up to training one day, one obviously nervous and the other seeming somewhat distracted. It had taken a bit of convincing for Chara to get Asriel to come along, but finally he'd budged, and initially the human was pretty excited about it... yet now they were having trouble focusing, even though Asriel needed their support. Great. They tried to perk up when they caught sight of their guardian, at least.
“I brought him, Xanos!” they called, gesturing to the goat brother beside them who quietly greeted, “Um, hello...” Chara pat him on the back a bit as they said, “Ri’s a bit rusty on the magic, so go easy on him, but I practiced with him a bit... last night.” Thus bringing back their distraction, but they only looked away for a moment before adding, “...while he’s got some fire powers like mom and dad, he’s got a bit more to work with. I think he’ll do well if you’re teaching him!”
(( @crimsoncrosses, I’m so sorry this took as long as it did, there’s been a lot going on lately x_x))
