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Alisa U Zemlji Chuda
Sweet Seals For You, Always
DEAR READER
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Kohaku: So what’s the plan?
Copen: I thought you were the one with the plan.
Kohaku: Nope! I’m the one with the enthusiasm.
Source: Tumblr?
Actual source would be the animated Star Wars Clone Wars pilot movie. It’s an exchange between Ahsoka and Anakin.
Question: Just how famous is LoliRock in-show?
The first episode, from my perspective, implied they’re not really well-known.
Iris says at the end “…it was time for our first concert”, obviously meaning they’d never performed before, which likely means Talia and Auriana never did any performances prior to finally finding Iris.
Iris isn’t familiar at all with the name. Surely, if they were famous, the name, at the very least, would’ve rung a bell.
During the auditions, Auriana says they’ve only recently come to Sunny Bay. Surely, if a famous band had been looking for a singer in other towns, word would’ve spread, giving more reason for Iris to have heard of LoliRock before.
So, if the trio wasn’t well-known just yet, how are they able to perform their first concert on a huge stage? Where’d they even get it? The only hint they are famous is the number of people who were lined up to audition, but that would suggest Talia and Auriana have done performances without Iris, and saying “our first concert” suggests they hadn’t. Even if the trio is technically self-employed, someone has agree to host them or sell them the stage, right? I’d imagine the trio would’ve gotten some funny looks if they were unknown, yet tried to pass themselves off as a band to get a stage (I know @teamlolirock has said Sunny Bay’s residents are rather oblivious, but still).
You know what? Screw it! Why am I applying logic to a show where magic exists? Must stop over-thinking.
The audition was a cover so that Talia and Auriana could find Iris, as (prior to her training) her magic manifested when she sang. There technically wasn’t a “Lolirock” until the end of the first episode.
Honestly, I’m really sick of people acting like abuse survivors are the lord high lords of fandom.
It seems like every time dark, edgy writing or shipping preferences are brought up, people turn to us and ask, “Is this problematic? Who do we need to harass and demean?”
No one, you shitheads, because it doesn’t matter, and we don’t make the rules. There are no rules. As long as you aren’t doing anything explicitly illegal, it doesn’t matter.
So what if some eighteen-year-old girl on tumblr ships SebaCiel? What does this affect in the real world? Who does this affect other than you and your own delicate sensibilities?
So what if some twenty-four-year-old dude on tumblr writes about dark subject matter? Since when were you the fiction police? Who gave you the authority to tell him not to do that?
Who told you that you were the sole decider of what fiction is and is not acceptable? Where the fuck did you get such a ludicrous idea from? Do you seriously think that just because you’ve been through something traumatic you and only you get to decide what’s okay to write about and enjoy?
That’s fucking dumb, mate, get off your high horse and let people enjoy their fiction the way they want to enjoy it. Your personal experiences don’t give you or anyone else the right to decide what’s acceptable and what’s not. That’s not your place. That’s not anyone’s place.
You can be uncomfortable with something without being a self-centered, narcissistic douchebag. Fuck off.
The problem is you’re normalizing it. When you write and post abusive people in fanfics as if they’re not horrible you’re normalizing the abuse as not a big deal. When you write pedophillia, incest, etc you have to consider who’s reading it. It’s like saying “rape jokes aren’t a big deal cause people should just get over it.” Like yea cool story bro but when you do that you reaffirm that it’s normal to do those things to the people who do them. You can’t control who reads your fics and that’s problematic.
“You can’t control who reads your fics and that’s problematic.”
we have reached critical fucking mass y’all
“I don’t want to take responsibility for normalizing abusers” is what you were basically saying so yea. It’s problematic that you don’t want to take responsibility for that.
that’s not how it works that’s not how anything works but okay becky you keep getting heated over people drawing weird porn on the internet while the rest of the world points and laughs and you getting heated over people drawing weird porn on the internet
So incest, pedophilia, and abuse is just weird porn to you now? Yea I’m not gonna bother. Why argue with someone as sick as that.
You’re using the slippery slope fallacy as a means to argue that art and literature, etc, depicting “problematic” material is like a gateway to the behavior shown. And it just isn’t. Slippery sloping is rarely ever true: gay marriage is a thing and we haven’t started marrying cats and dogs. Video games are still being played and though the media likes to report that violence is on the rise, we are the most peaceful and less violent generation by 60% of what, 1970 something?
You can think that writing or drawing abusive/pedophilic things is wrong and gross, that’s your personal taste. A lot of people would agree with you. But to say it endorses, normalizes, or trivializes those subject matters is insanity of its own kind, and it’s ridiculous to sit there and say that by writing it or reading it, someone will be encouraged to act on it. That just isn’t how these things work.
“There’s a lot of comedy in media these days. Does it cause comedy in the streets?”
Let’s make her the first robo president
Now this is a campaign I can get behind!
Are you sure you want that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWIjvPuY2jo
Really sure?
If this is “This Is The Happiness and Peace of Mind Committee” I’m going to be upset.
Finally, someone gets it!
Interstellar Jayview
So I was gonna watch Princess Bride but I didn’t have the 3.99 to rent it on Amazon Video, so I looked through all the free Prime videos and found Interstellar.
While I have a few blanket questions about why some characters made some choices, and while I feel Matt Damon’s character was the most unnecessary part of the entire movie, I still feel as though the movie was pretty spectacular.
And one major question I was asking through the whole movie was, WHY THE HELL DIDN’T THEY HAVE ENOUGH FUEL?
They were sent on a mission to find a new Earth, and they were barely given enough fuel to do fucking anything!
Time and time again they had to conserve fuel, do maneuvers that helped them slingshot instead of using fuel, etc.
Why the fuck didn’t they have fuel? The last chance for the human race to populate a new planet and they’re like “Nah don’t give them too much fuel, I mean we want them to find a new home for humanity but giving them extra fuel would cost us sweet sweet American earth dollars”
Like why
Like why the fuck actually
It’s like in Sunshine where they barely had enough oxygen or food to get them to re-light the sun, like WHY NOT? Why would the last hope for humanity’s survival be so limited on supplies?
Like for fuck sake, give them EVERYTHING! Give them ALL THE FUEL!
Give them enough backup fuel that they can fly to all 12 of the potentially inhabitable planets, not enough for maybe 2 and barely 3 if they pull some epic bullshit throughout the whole film to conserve fuel!
Anyway 8/10 movie it was really depressing for the first 2 hours but had a very touching and awesome closing act
…Good point.
In Sunshine, the issue wasn’t that they had a limited supply. The issue was that a mistake made by the characters (They forgot to readjust the heat shield, so they had to tilt the craft to fix it, which exposed part of the ship to the sun) early in the film caused them to lose their hydroponics facility. If they hadn’t tried to change course and meet with the Icarus 1, they would have had more than enough air to last them through the entire trip, because the oxygen garden would be cleaning it.
Man, I love glitch Pokemon
Precious gibberish children
Another notable glitch Pokemon is named
She (?) looks like this
and, at 80 feet and 3 inches, is tied with another glitch Pokemon for tallest of all Pokemon.
When encountered, she begins to play an endless glitchy song, which continues until the player resets the game (you can hear it here, but don’t listen with headphones because it includes high-pitched noises)
I’m glad there is a lesbian pokemon glitch who only wants to sing to us forever
If you read this, please take a moment to appreciate the fact that breaking this game in a very specific manner causes you to encounter an 80-foot spire of crimson light that draws you into a pocket of frozen time and surrounds you with eerie music for eternity
Singing lesbian glitch
I love her and I’m going to draw her
I’m wondering when “female symbol” started to mean “lesbian” exclusively...
I'm curious (and forgive me if this has been answered before), but is there a reason why the effects of a given crystal incantation seem to be somewhat random? For example, "Crystal Offensia" (I hope I've spelt that correctly) varies between firing a sustained burst of needle-like projectiles, and a single larger blast. My assumption is that the words define the category of the spell, and the will of the caster determines the precise effect, but I would like to have a definite answer.
At first, we wanted to have one incantation for one effect, like in most anime or Harry Potter, for instance. However, we kind of messed up at writing and staging, and ended up with the same incantation having multiple effects, or several different incantation having the same effect.
What’s canon now, to fix this mistake, it that spells works by “categories” :
- Offensive spells, like “Crystal Offensio”, “Crystal Colidum”, “Crystal Retrosum” (three “ranged attack” whose effect can varie), Crystempactus (a “contact attack”), or “Ateruina” (aerial/ranged Attack for the baddies) and “Telanoc” (ground/ranged attack and crystal barrier atttack for the baddies)
- Defensive spells, like “Crystarmum” (creating a defensive wall) and “Crysta-Tectus” (shield spell)
- Detection spells, like “Crystalocum” (locating someone in need of assistance) or “Crysta Locum Ostendere” (locating someone thanks to one item)
- Invocation spells, like “Crysta Ferocis” (Talia summoning a Light Crystal Bear) or “Aterodere” (for the baddies)
- Healing/Counter spells, like “Crystal Solvenda”
- Team Offensive Spells, like “Crystal Luxtra” (3 princesses) “Crystal Quinta” (5 princesses)… or “Truncolus” (for the baddies) !
What really matter as the person who cast the spell wants to happen, and she’ll “shape” the spell for that. Words help to shape, but are not absolute, not in our universe. They’re more like “a guide” now.
Good to know. I’m considering writing a crossover fanfic with Warframe, so this will be a rather useful guide. Between team Lolirock and a Sentient, who do you think would win?
Ouch.
Seeing this I actually feel terrible for Battleborn omg it just got wrecked by Overwatch despite being very visually similar games.
Yeah I haven’t played Battleborn but I’ve honestly not heard anything bad about the game, even watched @cisnowflake play it on twitch and the game looks great, I really feel it’s just the release of Overwatch that killed it, and I also suspect Blizzard rushed the game out with that exact outcome in mind, because I honestly feel that Overwatch is a bit lacking and unpolished, almost comparable to Street Fighter V at release.
Y’know, I felt bad until the part where one of the characters actually said “Feminism is awesome!”
And now I just think they brought it on themselves.
It’s worth noting that Battleborn was actually announced before Overwatch, by either a fortnight or a month (I forget which). It also revealed gameplay before Overwatch.
it would be 10 years since doomsday this week
I almost cannot believe it’s been a little over 10 years since the reboot started.
At least 11 years, IIRC.
Thank you for your reply about transgender people in the military. you think of women in combat should qualify based on mens standards, right? Do you think women in combat are at greater risk for capture, torture, s3xual violence?
I think a soldier should qualify based on soldiers standards. If they can’t keep up, if they can’t ruck their weight (which often times is a problem due to basic biology) then they shouldn’t be in combat roles because it will effect combat ability of the unit as a whole. If they can manage that, or if specialized roles (helo pilot, scout sniper, etc) require different physical abilities, they should be put into those roles and utilized to the best of those abilities.
Physical violence of captured people is probably pretty constant overall, though my knowledge on the subject is a bit loose; and any sexual violence would be based on the captor.
Some people aren’t built for rucking. It’s not men vs women its literally dependant on how your built. I’m a woman that sucks at rucking. Therefore I work harder at rucking. Therefore I can ruck. So …yeah…next
He’s got a great point on soldier standards though. If you keep up, c'mon. I like that mindset.
I’d just like to make it very clear that every woman I know in the CF hates the fact that the standard is between men and woman and not combat arms and support trades.
But I mean, if the Canadian Forces have a completely integrated army… I’m just saying it works.
One of the most basic things that a soldier will likely need to do is, in full gear (ammo, ruck, guns, etc) fireman carry a wounded or unresponsive soldier (in their gear and ruck) from a theoretical battle to cover (we’ll call it 100 yards away, at running speed).
Honestly speaking, I don’t think I can do that and I’m fairly physically fit.
What I mean to say in the previous response is, essentially; when you become a soldier, your gender is totally meaningless. What you can do, can tolerate, and what your physical ability is are all that really matter.
The business of a soldier is soldiering, and people who aren’t good at it, regardless of why, shouldn’t be soldiering, not because of any reason other than if you are below the line, it puts your entire unit at risk; and possibly an entire operation at risk. Reducing those risks by ensuring soldiers are physically and mentally capable of handling the requirements, even under incredible duress, is what any selection process and training regimen should ultimately be about.
The people who wash out should get a firm handshake, because they tried; but any exceptions on such standards for personal or political reasons are a net detriment to both the people that are passed through said exceptions as well as the organization as a whole.
Frankly speaking, any person (regardless of gender, race, creed, etc) who was or is accepted through loosened standards should feel insulted; because it means you are a quota, and from the very get go are considered “less” than the regular standard in physical ability.
It may be me, but if I found out that I received my job not because my merits were above the standard required, but because someone lowered those standards for any reason (be it nepotism, sexism, political reasons, whatever); I’d quit on the spot. It’s an insult to my ability for them to put on kid gloves regarding my competence.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Need YouTube name.
I am going to start a YouTube channel about guns and politics. I will have a lady cohost.
Whoever comes up with the best name that we use gets a box of ammo on me.
I’m pretty bad at coming up with names, but I’ll reblog this anyway so others can see it.
I ain’t got any name suggestions, but if you ever wanna have a guest for a livestream or some shit i’ll join.
A Shot of Knowledge?
poor, misunderstood spider….
There are about three spiders that I know of in my room alone. I leave them be, they leave me be. I always check for them when I’m cleaning, and the result is a room that is pest-free.
GUYS. THIS IS IMPORTANT. The petition calling for a second referendum based on the fact that the leave vote lacked a majority of 60% has crashed because of how many people are signing!! The petition only required 100,000 signatures to be put to parliament. THE REFERENDUM IS NOT LEGALLY BINDING. Which means there is a chance we can change this. PLEASE when the site is back up sign the petition. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE OVER 18. LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD THROUGH THIS BECAUSE THEY WEREN’T LISTENED TO IN THE FIRST PLACE. Parliament has to consider the second referendum for debate. The more signatures, the harder it’ll be for them to ignore. It isn’t much but it is worth a try.
Please sign it! IT IS BACK UP NOW https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215
For my UK followers
So… try to subvert the democratic process because you don’t like the outcome?
Subvert? This IS the democratic process. Until parliament ratifies the decision there is no outcome at all. The referendum is advisory only, not legally binding, so even without a second referendum (when the first was based on a slew of lies that have been reneged upon already) parliament could reject the outcome and have us stay anyway.
The vote was held. The majority wanted to leave. Would there be such a call for a second vote if the opposite occurred?
If it is true that it can be rejected, then surely there is no reason to hold a second vote anyway.
I voted remain, just so you know. I'm just not a sore loser.
GUYS. THIS IS IMPORTANT. The petition calling for a second referendum based on the fact that the leave vote lacked a majority of 60% has crashed because of how many people are signing!! The petition only required 100,000 signatures to be put to parliament. THE REFERENDUM IS NOT LEGALLY BINDING. Which means there is a chance we can change this. PLEASE when the site is back up sign the petition. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE OVER 18. LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD THROUGH THIS BECAUSE THEY WEREN’T LISTENED TO IN THE FIRST PLACE. Parliament has to consider the second referendum for debate. The more signatures, the harder it’ll be for them to ignore. It isn’t much but it is worth a try.
Please sign it! IT IS BACK UP NOW https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215
For my UK followers
So... try to subvert the democratic process because you don't like the outcome?
I have been looking for a good way to carry an extra mag for my cz when I am in the woods. I could have bought a pouch, but I prefer leather over everything else. Now that the edges are burnished and it has a coat of oil it looks much better. I am tagging @coffeeandspentbrass @the-great-white-canuck @canadian-carbine @carpe-diem-rah because I think you guys might like this.
I dig the design but isn’t having it that far behind you make it a little tricky to access?
Nah it isn’t to bad. It isn’t any worse than reaching for my back pocket. I can move it further forward, but at 7-8 o'clock it is very comfortable, accessible, and fairly fast.
I love this
still wondering why in hell anyone would need an automatic rifle for anything at all.
His CZ rifle isn’t automatic tho.
let me rephrase myself: i don’t see why anyone would need anything other than a hand gun or hunting rifle for any reason whatsoever.
i don’t make purchasing decisions based on what other people think i “need” . I WANTED a CZ 858 so i purchased one. I bought myself a mint chocolate chip ice cream cone yesterday, do you wanted to call me out on that as well? It is the exact same.
last time i checked one couldn’t kill an entire room of people with an ice cream cone.
isn’t the entire point why you people insist that having guns is a right because you say you need them? well, you obviously don’t need it, so the only reason you keep insisting that owning guns is a right you should have is because you’re obsessed with weapons.
well, guess what: owning guns should be a privilege, not a right. if you don’t need one, you shouldn’t have one. the moment people who don’t need guns have them, you get shit like school shootings.
Well this is kinda adorable, but I am Canadian and we don’t have the second amendment. Where I live gun ownership is a privilege, and I had to take a class, and then take a written and practical exam. IIA limited to 5 rounds in a magazine and I get a criminal record check every fucking day. We have every piece of gun control a fool like you could ever want and gang bangers in Canada are still shooting each other with gun they got illegally. So maybe you should step down off the soapbox and give your head a shake, you are out of your depth.
BUUUURN
@acylenn last time I checked you can kill anyone with anything. Hell I almost teabagged myself to death.
Any man-made object can be used to either suffocate, bludgeon, impale or lacerate someone in a fatal manner.
How do I tell them about the Brexit…? (Source: http://ift.tt/28SOQrH)
GET FUCKED GLOBALIST PETS
Two things. 1) Who the fuck travels with two cats? It’s a cat, I left for four months, cat didn’t give a fuck that I left. 2)what kind of bureaucratic money grab requires you to get passports for your animals? I understand proof of like vaccinations if going abroad but really? Fucking passports for cats?
Europe has pet passports. My step sister has a friend who moved to Germany for work and she took her dog and needed a passport.
That’s fucking retarded, it’s a dog, do you need them for all pets? Like do you need to get passports for your fish what if you have like 20 fish, do they all need passports? What about something small like a rat?
Knowing the Europe and the left, probably. I wouldn’t say for fish. But a rat, probably.
Ron Swanson was right, it is a garbage continent.
this is really making you irate isn’t it
Yeah, I’m throwing shit and screaming my head off over cat passports.
Canadians summed up right there
"Passports for Pets" actually originates from the British "Monster Raving Loony" Party. They had it as a part of one of their Manicfestos (which I thoroughly recommend reading. They should be available online if you search for them), and it somehow managed to get through.
London mayor bans ‘unrealistic body images’ from TFL ads - Business Insider
Remember when that high school invited all female students to wear a hijab for a day to, ostensibly, walk a mile in the shoes of their Muslim classmates? How tone deaf was that, right? I mean you’ve got a religion that is constantly deflecting “bigoted claims” that they mean to convert the whole world, and you think it’s a good idea to more or less fuel that exact fire with such a poorly conceived initiative?
The only thing dumber than that would be for a newly elected Muslim mayor of one of the largest cities in the entire world to almost immediately turn around and ban ads that show off the female body.
-E*, Reddit
Some people argued that this may be the fault of Labour, which the Mayor belongs to. Nonetheless, bad optics.
I’m sure the model would be glad to know that her actual body is unrealistic.
Strict vegan Renee, who likes to post reams of pictures of herself in a variety of bikinis and lingerie on Instagram, told the Huffington Post: “I am a real person behind the image. I work very hard and live a healthy and active lifestyle which is why the company chose me for their campaign.
I couldn’t work every day as a full-time model by starving myself, dieting or not looking after my body. Nourish your body, be kind to it and it will love you right back, no matter your size.
Or not.
Funnily enough, one of my friends brought this up yesterday. As it turns out, his girlfriend has that exact body-type.
