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Hiya! This is the same SaySaeri that is on ff.net and Ao3!

[whampersan]

Happy Birthday Eiden!

Full rainbow under:

[fisheito]

we're losin him (again)

[winterdesu]

if klein had youtube and electronic devices

[halfetirosie]

✨ Music For Ferrets ✨

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[halfetirosie]

✨🌹⚔️ THIS IS HERO BEHAVIOR!!! ⚔️🌹✨

(Feast of Roses - Retrospective Thoughts)

WARNING: MY EDMOND-BIAS IS DEMANDING I MAKE THIS A HEAVILY EDMOND-CENTERED POST! THIS IS MOSTLY AN EDSSAY!!!

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NU: Carnival doesn't really flesh out the "nobility" in this universe very often. They're most just vaguely referred to as "corrupt" or "greedy," acting rude, and that's about it.

Because of this lack of detail about nobles, I think Edmond's characterization can fall flat for a lot of people--- They don't really understand Edmond's core values/how they differ from the rest of his peers. They don't see how much weight they actually hold.

Edmond is against using his status for his own personal gain; he believes power should be used to protect others, not take unfair advantage of them. We've seen this most often in his refusal to skip lines in his favorite shops, even though easily could, thus getting limited-time items before anyone else has a chance. But in this event, we see this in a much more important way.

When Edmond first explains the rules of exchange to Olivine and Yakumo, they all become really uncomfortable.

It makes sense. In this situation, the crownbearer is literally a prize to be won; being treated like an object. I don't think this is an exaggeration either; later in the event, when Eiden is revealed to be the crownbearer, the crowd of students talk disrespectfully about "showing off" with him, parading him around, etc.

Edmond is especially uncomfortable with this tradition, finding it shameful.

This is significant because, rather than being an outsider learning of this tradition for the first time, he is actually a part of this [nobility] community.

That is why Edmond's values hold more weight.

Over the years, the school could've slightly changed traditions so it wasn't so problematic. They could have arranged for the crownbearer to be a high-status volunteer; or someone they could've warned beforehand. It wouldn't have been hard to ensure that the crownbearer had more power and agency. But instead, Eiden was blindsided, forced into a role he didn't want, and treated like an object. And all the students accepted it, as if it was normal treat others that way.

These nobles are essentially being taught that it's okay to treat others like dirt. While I'm sure not all nobles have this level of entitlement, I think it's safe to say that the majority do.

THAT IS WHAT EDMOND IS UP AGAINST!!!

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Edmond is trying to change the sytems[s] from the inside. He wields his influence for the right reasons. He uses his status as the Vice Captain to teach fellow knights (many of whom are nobles) to protect the weak; not self-indulge or abuse. He uses his status as a noble to lead by example; showing his peers how to be respectful to all people.

The tough part is, Edmond still can't act as freely as he'd like. Because he is a noble, he understands all of the etiquette and nuances in behavior; and if he doesn't follow all the "rules," his fellow nobles won't be receptive to him. At worst, they'll even become hostile.

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---But I guess that makes it all the more impressive how, in such tricky social situations, Olivine kept coming to the rescue!!! (WOW! Transition!)

Seriously!!! Olivine kept coming in clutch! 🤩

Right after Eiden is revealed as the crownbearer and everyone gets riled up, who is the first to take action to defend Eiden against Nobility Bullshitery™?

When Yakumo starts spiraling, who reins him back in every time?

When the Bitch-Ass Butler is creeping up on Edmond for a surprise-duel, who blocks him?

---and then proceeds to give him the sneakiest diss I've ever heard in my life?????

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YA'LL. This moment had me HOLLERING! Olivine is basically telling the butler---in that roundabout/passive-aggressive sort of way---that Mr. Butler is being a rude bitch by not following etiquette, so he will follow his bad example and be just as discourteous in return. IMMACULATE. 😎👌🔥

I know I talked at length about Edmond, but Olivine certainly had a stand-out role in this event!!!

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While Yakumo didn't display the same traits as Edmond and Olivine, it would be unfair to say he wasn't impressive in his own right.

Yes, most of is plot line seemed to center around a frequently-repeating theme; Yakumo facing his fears and learning to be more confident in himself. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: just because a character "learns the same lessons" over and over doesn't make those lessons reductive. Change is not immediate, and sometimes in life, we have to learn the same lessons multiple times for them to sink in. But I think what makes this event special is that Yakumo has a different starting point this time. Sure, he might still be timid and confused from the very moment he enters the school grounds, but he doesn't seem paralyzed.

In others words, Yakumo may be anxious, but he's not as anxious as he's been in the past. His condition has noticeably improved, and that's pretty damn cool!

Such a brave boi! ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

💙💚❤️

[cosmophalhemr]

He nu on my car until I nival

[tlirsgender]

I can never revisit warrior cats because I'll notice it being really heavily Indigenous coded in a way that's Weird About It. Like more than I already noticed it. And it'll be like plato's cave. I'll reawaken the spirit of my 10 y/o self who read the first two books and hated them passionately bc I found the writing subpar. And no one will believe me when I tell them the subpar "game of thrones, with cats, for kids" books were lowkey racist

[tlirsgender]

The warrior cats being about ndns in a bad way iceberg is like. Level 1 hey isn't it kinda weird that they live in vaguely tribal societies and how their naming system works and shit

& then I look at it again with my grown ass eyes and knowledge of colonialist fictional tropes & I'm like "firestar is a white savior" and I sound insane because he's a fucking cat

[tlirsgender]

Imagine if you will... a story about a man going out into the wilderness. Pause for weird european ideas about The Wild vs Civilization. And discovering a society of people, subsistence hunters, who are attuned to the earth as well as some nebulous Spirituality in a way that's completely foreign to him. They teach him their ways and grant him a name that's two words. But get this: there are other groups of wild people in the woods. And they're At War. These savages keep killing each other. And this random guy? Is prophesied to Save Them All. And they're cats. Publishing deal for ten thousand children's books of this

[tlirsgender]

Touching my earpiece. I have been informed that later in the series there are cats that are even more Indigenous and it's handled even worse. What the fuck is happening in baby game of thrones

[napstawantstosleep]

Guys do u know that one meme where there's a girl and like a bodyguard (???) ordering drinks and the waiter give them the wrong drinks so they switch them on the last panel,???????? BECAUSE I C1NT FING IT^

[napstawantstosleep]

I FUCKIBG GOT IT RAAAAAHHHHHHH 💥💥💥💥💥

[tacticaltaxonomist]

Apparently that's dad! He's in a lot of the photos.

[napstawantstosleep]

Trying my best to spread this

Sorry for not giving the link earlier 💔

[gayorphancannibal-deactivated20]

I cant belive I've been living without the dad edition my whole life

[requiodile]

another silly concept: kuya wants to temporarily curse eiden with a coochie (for breeding kink reasons. and horny humiliation. and personal entertainment), but as a surprise...so he loiters around the back entrance of the manor while eiden's out for a morning stroll, except...

except it's a lovely spring day and eiden bumps into rei, also on a garden walk. eiden, not expecting rei at the manor, happily updates him on what's been going on, and, distracted, both of them meander around aimlessly until they run into olivine, who has been taking advantage of the nice weather to work on his sermons outside on the bench by the garden fountain--he joins their conversation and they all start walking back to the manor for lunch with yakumo.

at the patio area between the gardens and the manor, dante and aster are busy discussing seasonal trade terms and new goods over some tea; seeing eiden, rei, and olivine heading their way and overhearing them discuss what's on the menu, dante's reminded that yes, he is hungry, and he can finish his meeting with aster after a midday meal. he stands and steps away from the table to greet them.

by now, kuya's waited...a while...and even if he's patient, he was expecting to land a pussy curse before lunch, as to enjoy that pussy for lunch, and makes to discreetly nudge eiden away and over to where he's set his trap.

but he's hidden in the flowerbeds a little too close to aster; and aster, excited to see eiden, poofs into his bat form to flutter up for a cuddle--and the transformation smoke, together with the flapping of his wings, sends up a bunch of pollen..........and kuya sneezes, misfiring his curse and zapping not only eiden, but rei, olivine, and dante.

their empty clothes flutter to the ground, and four bewildered and disoriented cats bolt in separate directions, just in time for yakumo to poke his head out the patio doors and witness kuya stand up and sneeze four times in a row before nothing yakumo's horrified stare and promptly poofing tf outta there without any explanation at all.

yakumo, dashing forward and staring at the vacated clothes on the ground, before turning around in circles trying to figure out where each cat has gone, absolutely besides himself: oh no. oh, no....

father, who had quickly flown away when kuya's curse misfired, flaps down to land on one of yakumo's shoulders; the other is quickly occupied by aster.

aster: yakumo! i'll find master! i'll know his essence anywhere, i can track him!

father: (leave rei to me.)

yakumo, sobbing: o-ok, i'll ask garu and karu and blade to help me find olivine and the sun lord...please bring them back safe!!

it takes a good part of the late morning and early afternoon to track them all down and corner them into the kitchen pantry, especially when the curse has made them somewhat forgetful of who they really are. blade ends up finding dante entirely by accident, mostly because he'd heard an outrageous yowling coming from dante's mansion room--sooley had been startled out of a nap by an interloper who didn't look that much different from him, who didn't know his name or where he'd come from, and promptly started swaggering about and earned himself an ass-whooping.

blade: this...kittycat...is lord jackass? i didn't know lord jackass could be this cute!

slightly beaten-up stripey red wildcat, livid that his name might be lord jackass???: (UNHAND ME)

garu: um...yeah. he's really mad, but we need to find everyone else too! don't let him get away!

yakumo, huffing and puffing as he hauls in an enormous squishy male calico that he'd found hiding under a library armchair: i found olivine!! i think!!

calico cat: (you can put me down now, i won't go anywhere! i'm very hungry...you promised to feed me?)

a while later, father flies in, followed by a wary gray shorthair, long-legged and green-eyed.

gray cat: *immediately jumps up onto a high shelf and hides behind a jar of oil*

father: (hey. you're safe here. you know these people.)

gray cat: .............

but aster can't find eiden at all; the blurry glimpse he'd caught as all the cats escaped was of a small brown tabby, about as common and ordinary of a cat as you can get. and while he'd tracked eiden down to somewhere in the town, there's so many other stray cats...

quincy, in the town, prey drive senses tingling: topper.

topper: ?

quincy: hm.

small brown tabby: (HELP MEEEE--AGH!)

quincy, scruffing up this little thing: you seem lost.

topper: (wait, that necklace--eiden?!? what happened?)

tabby: (w-who?? i just--i'm, i'm lost, there was smoke, and i, i don't know, i ran, but...)

quincy: ...purple smoke?

tabby: (! yeah, actually! how did you know?)

quincy, after taking a moment to groan internally: ....you're safe with me. i'll take you back to where you're supposed to be.

[joyokosuka]

other harem series: idk why a dozen different people would be in love with this one guy nu carnival: it is perfectly understandable why a dozen different people would be in love with this one guy

[cherrystrawberrie]

It’s been so long since i said it but if you live with homophobic/transphobic parents no matter if you’re a minor or a young adult don’t come out <3

[cherrystrawberrie]

I don’t care if you guys do it to feel validated by other young gays, your comminity doesn’t want you putting themselves in harm’s way just to “live their truth” we want you alive

[cherrystrawberrie]

“It’s 2022 it’s not that big deal anymore!!” If your parents are biggots it matters, 2022 is not discriminatory free, if you’re able to hide it from them don’t think it twice and risk it all because your gay friends told you you weren’t really gay if you hadn’t come out

[anexperimentallife]

[disarray]

Transcript: It reminds me of the “bike to work” movement. That is also portrayed as white, but in my city more than half of the people on bike are not white. I was once talking to a white activist who was photographic “bike commuters” and had only pictures of white people with the occasional “Black professional” I asked her why she didn’t photograph the delivery people, construction workers etc… id. the Black and [Latine] and Asian people… and she mumbled something about trying to “improve the image of biking” then admitted that she didn’t really see them as part of the “green movement” since they “probably have no choice” - I was so mad I wanted to quit working on the project she and I were collaborating on. So, in the same way when people in a poor neighborhood grow food in their yards… it’s just being poor- but when white people do it they are saving the earth or something.“ -comment left on the Racialious blog post “Sustainable Food and Privilege: Why is Green always White (and Male and Upper-Class) (via meggannn). END TS

[harpyhormones]

the same thing when you look at the ~tiny house movement~ versus, say, people living in trailers, or even just renting in apartments or sublet housing

[saywhat-politics]

[small-scale-majestic]

It is recommended you apply BY NOVEMBER.

[donesparce]

its recommended everyone fill out an application, but not everyone may have to do so according to the studentaid.gov website

[ororomunroedontpullout]

This makes me sick because the government KNOWS HOW MUCH YOU OWE IN STUDENT LOANS. They have all the account information but they are doing it like taxes, where you need to fill out complicated paperwork to bank on you getting it wrong.

[alexseanchai]

The Internal Revenue Service is not part of the Department of Education. The part of the US government that knows how much you owe does not necessarily know how much you make. US government departments needing your permission to share information about you with each other is generally a good thing, however inconvenient.

It wouldn't be a problem if this program weren't being means tested, of course. But since it's only available to people who make under a certain amount per year, then only the people that the Department of Education knows make less than that amount are getting the benefit. Thus the application.

Our taxes are inconvenient for entirely different reasons having to do with tax preparation company lobbyists acting to protect tax preparation company profits. Probably also to do with how, if the IRS were to have a lot fewer ordinary citizen tax returns to audit, they might actually have the labor hours available to audit rich citizens ever. Can't have that, can we.

[okom]

two cousins are both trending on twitter. one cousin is trending for telling his listeners to vote republican because scientific experts are spreading propaganda about covid. the other cousin is trending because they are wearing the tiniest camouflage shorts ever worn in the history of existence in front of 20,000 people onstage. they are not the same level.

[lingonberry24]

[thatdisasterauthor]

Look. There's a lot of left field news slaps on tumblr but this one. This one is a lot.

[gaykarstaagforever]

RIP, "The Man of the Hole." We never knew your date of birth or name.

And after what we did to you, we didn't deserve to.

'Man of the Hole': Last of his tribe dies in Brazil

The last member of an uncontacted indigenous group in Brazil had lived in total isolation for decades.

[phobic-human]

The Man of the Hole was the sole survivor of an Indigenous tribe that was genocided by Brazilian settlers in the 1970s, the other survivors of his tribe were killed by illegal miners in 1996 leaving him the last of his people. From that point on he lived in complete isolation for over two decades. He survived by hunting and gathering and moving around frequently, he left a deep hole in each of his homes for unknown purposes, hence the title that was given to him. It remains completely unknown who his people were, what language they spoke or what his name was.

His story is similar to that of Ishi an Indigenous man whose people were entirely exterminated during the california genocide, he lived in isolation for decades and no one knew his real name. And with him dying so did his people.

The story of the Man of the Hole brings to the forefront the ongoing genocide of the Indigenous peoples of Brazil. And the many perils they face.

[ampervadasz]

[tell-the-stars-hello]

this was cute until i realized the fish is probably trying to not get eaten

[killhitleragain]

A fish trying not to get eaten wouldn’t slow down when the “predator” slows down. It also wouldn’t constantly swim in a circle near the edge of the tank; It’d try hiding. Also a fish in a tank in a a public place that is constantly filled with people is not likely to see people as predators.

[darkwingsnark]

Animals, I think people tend to forget, also enjoy playing.

[bunjywunjy]

yeah that fish is absolutely playing with that kid, if it really wanted to escape it would just dive into the reef in the center of the tank!

(Moorish Idols are reef fish and naturally will seek shelter in the nearest nook or cranny if they get scared.)

many people don’t realize this, but fish aren’t stupid animals! most of them are on par with mammals like mice and squirrels in terms of intelligence, and they absolutely do play.

[i-need-glitter]

I was at an aquarium a few years ago and decided to sketch a fish. It came up to me.

I decided to flip the book around and pressed it against the glass. Fish lost it

Swam away then came back with MORE FISH

to this day I love those little sketches and I really love how I got the fish to bring me it’s friends

[mysticdoodles]

Hi! Professional marine biologist and aquarist here- fish absolutely play, and not only that, can be trained.

I accidentally trained a fish once through playing.

Let me explain.

The small-time aquarium I worked at about 4 years ago had a decent sized female Sheephead. Sheephead are bright red with the males sporting a black head, and get big. I’m talking almost 1m long at full maturity (and may or may not transition from female to male depending on the number of males present). Point is, even though not fully matured, this Sheephead was a bit of a heavyweight in her kelp forest tank with a length of about 1ft making her the resident Biggest Dog In The Yard. And she absolutely knew it. She would bully her tankmates if she wanted to steal their food.

The thing about this Sheephead- let’s call her Red- is that she had one heck of a ‘tude. Red was known to splash aquarists whenever they fed the tank, and at almost a foot long with a wide tail, her splashes had quite a bit of heft and would soak you from the torso down. We were advised to bring a towel or two to protect ourselves from most of the drenching. When it was my go-around to feed Red’s tank, I was fairly new to the little facility, but I had been warned in advance of Red’s penchant for food thievery. I noticed she would follow my hand movements, so I slowly moved to drop her food in a far corner, and fed her tankmates directly from my hands or by tong if they were too deep. I always made sure Red had plenty to eat, but I didn’t want her to associate the food with bad behavior, so I treated her to a bit extra food whenever she didn’t steal food. One day, she made a beeline to the surface so fast that she did a small jump, her entire head breaching the water. She wasn’t bothering her tankmates or doing anything remotely dangerous- and full disclosure, it was cute seeing a fish jump for joy- so I laughed and gave her another piece of food.

Naturally, positive reinforcement led to her connecting the dots that jumping at the surface, even the tiny jumps she was doing, meant she got more food.

This started to become an everyday occurrence, whenever I was assigned to feed Red’s tank. She would jump, just enough for her head to pop out, then she’d wait patiently for me to give her the treat she CLEARLY earned. It even got to the point that she’d open her mouth and I’d drop the food right into those massive jaws- this was preferable to her Kenghis Khan-ing her way through a shower of chopped squid like the Tasmanian Devil, as there was less risk of her accidentally (or purposefully) biting a tankmate that got too close. Red became a polite eater for the first time.

It wasn’t until I noticed she followed me around outside of feeding time that I realized Red was playing with me.

I never got splashed by Red even once. My coworkers, however, received quite the dunking whenever it was their turn to feed the kelp tank.

[sleepyowlsleeps]

There are many benefits to being a marine biologist

[arodabi]

Sometimes i feel like younger queer kids are getting a bit to bold with openly talking to people they don’t know In The Context Of:

More than once i have had a younger/same age queer person come up to me in public settings and say something about “finding other gays” or clearly clocking me as nonbinary and I’m like :)))))))) hey buddy I’m here with my conservative parents can you fucking not out me :))))))))

Just say you like my outfit or hair and move on, fuck even tell me you like my shoelaces. Don’t call me gay and limp your wrist at me when you don’t even know me? Especially when there’s a bunch of ppl around?

[upsettingandunfortunateclasshate]

A third of Pakistan is under water. A third of the entire country. Absolutely mad.

[upsettingandunfortunateclasshate]

9.5 million houses have been destroyed

[ratsstick]

Pakistan pleads for international help as parts of country 'resemble a small ocean'

Pakistan is racing to prevent further loss of life as it reels from one of its worst climate disasters with floodwater threatening to cover

Idk where you're getting those numbers. It's predicted that up to a one quarter to a third of the country could be underwater by the end of monsoon season.

Nearly 500k homes have been destroyed and as of this article published this morning, August 29th, more than 3.1 million have been displaced.

Here are some aid organizations you can donate to (don't worry, I looked into them and checked Charity Navigator and stuff). You can also call on your country's government to provide aid and if you live in a country participating in the IMF you can urge them to send IMF aid too https://www.imf.org/en/Countries

Pakistan Floods Emergency Appeal | Muslim Aid