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@last-sol
To those of you coming from the @pt-disconnected blog; this is my normal, main blog. I don’t really use this for much. The only reason I linked this in that blog was because Tumblr is a pain and makes me reply from here and I often don’t notice. So just letting you all know. If you do want to talk about non-Paper Trail stuff though, feel free to do so here! Thanks for your time!
I opened up Tumblr for the weirdest reason today. I was sitting down, minding my own business, when my brain out of NOWHERE coined a whole term from the ether complete with logic behind it and examples of what it would be used for. I don’t know why.
I do not have a story plot that would fit such a thing nor do I know of any books, TV shows, movies, or games where this exact term would fit. My brain just said “screw it, random lore for nonexistent fictional world time.” So uh. Here you go. (Complete with bullshit lore that I made on the spot for the hell of it.)
The term is simply ‘using a Gideon’. It means to use something that guarantees a victory in battle, basically ignoring whatever was going on and saying “no, actually, I win”.
However, in the random fictional universe I manifested from nowhere, the term is a bad thing, as it indicates a lack of honor. To win by using a Gideon is worse than to lose without.
Often times both sides will have a Gideon and either refuse to use them or have them be the last-ditch measure since the people would rebel if the Gideon was abused too much. Using it also brings shame to the royal family.
The mere act of using a Gideon requires damaging a tapestry, depicting the kingdom when it was founded, by tearing a hole into it vertically- allowing tears to be located near each other without making it difficult to view.
If the ruler refuses to damage it, another royal subject makes the slash, and adds an additional horizontal slash through it as well- making it harder to view the tapestry and creating gaping holes.
If overthrown, the tapestry is not replaced but rather repaired- to show that someone dishonorable was removed and someone else took their place. The repairs are a different color as well, making it impossible to hide.
And most of all, the tapestry is on public display. Anyone who attempts to damage the tapestry themselves is sentenced to prison for defiling it, and any damages made this way are repaired with the same color to indicate that it was not the ruler who was dishonorable, but someone else.
Rulers who are honorable would rather surrender an unblemished tapestry than to be the one to tear it. The longer a tapestry remains untorn, the more impressive a kingdom is.
The term arose from a ruler named Gideon who had one such weapon- as he discovered how to launch a volley of bombs large enough to level the battlefields and leave both sides essentially defeated, from a vast distance. And since the opposing side could not prepare for if a volley was incoming due to how far it would be, while Gideon had methods to contact his troops, it fit the term.
Gideon’s enemies were initially made to constantly panic. They always glanced upwards, terrified that the bombs would rain down at any moment. But, as time passed, Gideon got careless- since the bombs were so effective, he stopped caring as much. And thus the enemies prepared more- realizing that only one volley could be sent at once.
And with Gideon at war with multiple kingdoms due to how he felt undefeatable, an alliance was struck. Attack the kingdom from all sides, all at once.
Gideon tried to retaliate, even ordering construction of more of the weapons. But by the time the second was built, the troops had the kingdom surrounded and Gideon couldn’t use it without threatening his own people.
He used it anyways. Which angered everyone in his kingdom too.
Once the battle was over, Gideon was locked away, and the weapons deconstructed. The kingdoms that had defeated him were still at war with each other, but that day, the leaders all gathered in that one place, and made the agreement.
It did get modified as different factors came up, such as a ruler refusing to damage the tapestry or someone damaging it while it was on display.
So far, the only tapestries left have few tears. None horizontally. And nearby the ones that do have any, are other tapestries claimed from fallen kingdoms.
Those ones are battered, torn, and nearly illegible. Tears of all sorts, in both directions.
Every kingdom does have a Gideon, yes. But at this point, there’s dust around them, and some might think they don’t even work.
But if someone wanted to threaten the peace of all, one might find out the hard way just how well they do.
Source: This
I really needed the last one
Me with @pt-disconnected pretty much all the time. I want to keep it going and I love having it, but good grief life is a BI-
…g pain in preventing me from doing anything I like at all. I still have plans with the story, I’m just struggling hard.
Sorry for taking so heccin long with Paper Trail: Disconnected. I have plans for it, I swear… I just need to figure out what I should and shouldn’t do regarding ideas I have.
@xxtc-96xx made a GIF and now there’s music.
The song was mentioned by @ultramarinemewtwo and I think it absolutely fits.
I don’t own any of this stuff. Just wanted to add the music since I had the chance.
Random Delibird wanders by, chirping winter songs~
*Shoots Delibird* F**K OFF BIRB!!
You do know that i believe Delibirds are the Cucco equivalent for Pokemon? You kill one, more appear, ready to overwhelm you with the winter cheer. Because you shouldn't mess with the postal service anyways. Delibird revenge is imminent.
Prepare to blacklist some tags, because this character's content will be a hellscape!! Most likely will be shipped with anyone that breathes (even themself), no matter how gross. Your typical Oncelers, Sanses, etc.. May god have mercy on your soul.
oh Arceus maybe I would be better off letting my character remain unknown if this is the case please no
(quiz found via @bowserspears)
I don’t watch Dragon Ball and yet this is absolute comedic gold.
This must be shared.
Remember when I drew this?
This just makes me want to see something like this side-by-side, much like the Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance game cover. That’s be awesome
special thanks again to incorrect quotes and the models for this one XD (the models are a life saver, these guys are so dang complicated)
The joke’s on you, the one betraying Arceus is a Zoroark disguised as Giratina. Giratina was too busy babysitting Huey, on Arceus’ request.
Imagine if Shaymin, finally hearing about Newtwo's pregnancy and subsequent delivery of Huey, decided to come by to give her a gift: Another South American Mew Flower.
then Shaymin's gonna get punted back from whence it came like a kickball
Shaymin proceeds to gather other Shaymin (since multiple Shaymin is actually canon) and drop off more flowers in a sort of ‘revenge-but-also-gift’ act…
Shaymin missed out on bab Huey. So the logical solution is to get second bab to be able to see
If I were a villain in a movie I’d simply shoot the good guy
What if he dodges
I’d simply try again
What if you run out of ammo?
Plot armor: He has infinite ammo.
but the good guy has plot armor too...
And that means the entire movie is just
shoot, dodge, shoot, dodge...
And it just goes on for two whole hours...
And then at the end of the movie the good guy finally gets hit-
WAIT WHAT DO YOU MEAN ‘TO BE CONTINUED’ I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA GET SHOT
wtf are these kind of posts
mind your own business
Wait why is this song so good
Uh
Oh god
HELP
<rapid spasms that are supposedly dancing>
HELP
[question]
[answer]
[reblog]
[witty quip]
[fandom reference]
[keysmash]
[unneeded response]
[controversial comment]
[random comment that has nothing to do with the original post]
[unnecessary lengthy response in emojis]
[porn bot]
[remark about post getting out of hand]
[ask if we’re gonna acknowledge the porn bot]
[doesn’t acknowledge the porn bot]
[dying in the background]
[someone saying ‘get out’]
[someone being confused about the original answer]
[comment on how I’ve been looking for this post for months]
[remark on how the post has changed since they last saw it]
[a comment questioning everyone’s sanity]
[a statement of how they’re gonna reblog this version]
[remard about this being why tumblr is a hellsite while shaking my head]
[remark about this being why i love tumblr while also shaking my head]
[Supernatural gif]
[remark about how supernatural has a gif for everything]
[Question about animal mating completely out of topic]
[Remark calling klutzy a furry]
[Unnecessary swearing]
[falling in the background and taking down the light set up]
[Screenshot of an addition from the notes]
[Screenshot of an addition hidden in the tags]
[Someone remarking how this reads like a 100k note post]
[someone tagging an iconic post blog]
[someone saying how it’s the post they’ve only seen on pinterest[
[Expletives, followed by lamenting about this hellsite]
[someone saying that this post is a rare sight/a blessing and to always reblog]
[haiku bot]
[gay]
[More porn bots]
[Deactivated user doing an illuminati confirmed style breakdown of why OP is bad]
[Asking what the fuck is happening]
[reblogging]
[world heritage post claim despite being the most boring post ever]
Judgement:
[judgement]
[bird]
[saying this is the funniest thing ever]
[way more birds in response to the earlier bird]
