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It takes a thief to catch a thief, but to catch a kingpin, it takes...

Will Patrick Sloan and his associates' investigation uncover all the secrets that trouble them? Or will even the best-laid plans lead them to their end?

Rated R for language, violence, sexuality, and child endangerment.

CAST AND CREW

LynnLarsh as The Narrator & Karkat “Carter” Vantas

Alex "GuitArchon" Melius as Patrick Sloan, Doc Scratch, & Horace

@halberdierminister as "Ace" Richard "Dick" Dunn, Clinton "Clint" Duccio/Clubs Deuce, & The Fuckin Guy

@necrowemancer as Peter Inesco, Winnifred Dunn, Mr. Dulls, & 911 Operator

@nec-romantically as José "Jack" Vantas/Jack Noir/Blackjack Vance/Spades Slick & Mr. Clancy

A.J. Burlingham as Paolo Diamante/Paulie Diamonds/Diamonds Droog

Zwei as Heinrich "Hank" Bachman/Hearts Boxcars & The Big Guy/Q

@flamiart as Lucretia Snow/Snowman & Nadine Beaumont

@kazieka as Kanaya Maryam

Solace Eon as Aradia Diamante

@omniverbosity as Henrietta Donnelly & Hearst Dunn

Alyssa Philips as Molly Painter

@spinning-logic as Mr. Cobb, Arthour, & Doctor

Chapter Art by @bolobramble

Written by Halberdier

Directed, adapted, organized, and edited by Charliegolightly

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deedis

norp

deedis

nop i dont tink so

neonearthtone

paperandpencilsandskips

An echo of a far away memory

lovinglystar

I can still hear it

#my logic....

dykeleftinhotcar

my body is a perfect machine but what it is perfect at is producing mucus

hotvampireadjacent

fforsythiaaa

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

hypokeimena

#'this is present in the text' is often a good first step #but those second and third ones (naming it; describing its function) are vital (via @elucubrare)

zipsunz

you're going to do incredible things

(happy birthday deuce!!!! ♠️🐰)

cuunos

being a kid and hearing adults say stuff like "woah 2011 was 4 years ago haha" didn't really convey the fucking horror of a youtube video crossing my recommended labelled "9 years ago" and it's from 2017. that's not true. 9 years ago is 2010 or something. don't lie.

famouspainterwombat

voidfishersong

#i HAVE to include context as a classical musician who is *almost*in these spaces #this is from the schleswig-holstein music festival #(presumably faculty????) #which is probably The most selective classical music festival in the goddamn world #these people are some of the best you will ever hear on their respective instruments #this was literally posted originally by the goddamn schleswig-holstein music festival #these are their dudes #classical musician me is being shocked by seeing them on tumblr #y’all don’t even know how insane this is #y’all are just enjoying chickens playing saxophone and cornet (via @clockworkouroboros )