Something Something Darkside

... a third "Something" in the title pushes the "Darkside" off screen, ok?!?! This is a general personal/fan blog about the things I like, the things I do and the things I think; gaming (lots of Bioware!), films, books, TV, art, music...! Check out some of my main tags below. I also tend to post a lot of animated .gifs and screenshots of my in-game exploits, and have started posting up a lot of my photography. London, UK. Got any random questions to ask me? Ask here! Currently Playing Dragon Age: Origins Star Wars: The Old Republic Wildstar Tag Menu

[skarik]

[poisonexquis-hiatus-deactivated]

[nameislooney]

[vaderblues-deactivated20150117]

how to plant a grenade with sass.

[skarik]

Ooh, so it seems I have been given access to the Dragon Age Keep closed Beta....!

[skarik]

[my-unashamedly-antiabortion-blo]

I am a Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust. 1/3 of my generation is gone and I will not turn my back on this tragedy. I have taken up my cross and joined the front lines of the Abortion Wars.

I will mourn the lost of 56+ million babies, I will grieve over the death of baby Isaiah, I will fight for the inherent right to life, for women to stop being treated as sex objects and for the post-abortive mothers and fathers who suffer in silence, and lastly pray for the end of abortion.

[reginaeinferos]

"I am a Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust.” Are you a Jew, homosexual, disabled person, Roma, Jehovah’s Witness, born into 1940 Germany? No? Then you are not a survivor of the Holocaust.  

"1/3 of my generation is gone and I will not turn my back on this tragedy." Yeah, and one third of ‘your generation’ lives in poverty, is hungry, needs medical care, is being abused, and needs support yet you weep over the ‘injustice’ of abortion.

"I have taken up my cross and joined the front lines of the Abortion Wars." You are not Jesus. You are not a hero. You are a person sitting behind a little screen crying over some fertilized eggs.

"I will mourn the lost of 56+ million babies," Mourn the loss of the BILLIONS of babies who will die from hunger. Or who will die TONIGHT because of lack of health services. Mourn the loss of the MILLIONS of little girls who will die by suicide, in childbirth, or by the hands of their husbands because they are child-brides. Fetuses do not need you, real, living little kids need you.

"I will grieve over the death of baby Isaiah, I will fight for the inherent right to life," Sorry to break it to ya, but there isn’t an ‘inherent right to life.’ If there was, war, poverty, lack of healthcare, and the death penalty wouldn’t be around.

"for women to stop being treated as sex objects" The first step of this is to stop seeing us as objects to carry a pregnancy. If we don’t want to be pregnant, we don’t want to be fucking pregnant and there is NOTHING you can say that will stop that.

"and for the post-abortive mothers and fathers who suffer in silence," Or you can just support them, no need to ‘fight’ anyone. People who regret their abortion need, first and foremost, people like you to shut the fuck up about ‘abortion is evil!’ ‘abortion kills a baby!’ because THAT is what causes the stigma. THAT makes people suffer. Second, they need people who will LISTEN without judgement. They need people who will SUPPORT how they feel, even if they are HAPPY about their abortion.

"and lastly pray for the end of abortion."

Good. Keep praying. Because everyone knows praying gets shit done.

[ravenclawcore-deactivated201812]

Reblogging for this goldmine of a commentary ^ 

[mybrokenheartmakesmesmil]

Bitch gonna learn today

[daikirainee]

Reblog for the response to this post

[thatveganwhiterose]

If people gave a shit about lowering abortion rates, they would advocate for unbiased sex education, easy to access and affordable birth control, easily assessable health clinics, educating people about pregnancy, STIs, HIV, safe sex and family planning…

…along with assisting poor people who want families, children with no homes, and overall helping health care and living conditions around the world be better.

But no lol clumps of cells matter more than already living persons amiryt.

Also OP go fuck yourself. My family didn’t suffer in Auschwitz for your piece of shitbag ass to compare abortion to the Holocaust.

[butters-butt-blog]

REBLOGGING FOR THE LAST COMMENT

[thefaeryquing-blog]

lol and they deleted their “unashamed antiabortion blog”

[skarik]

I love all the responses here; couldn't have written things anywhere near as well as they all have =)

[captainplanetdesu]

[skarik]

I've already planned which Sorcerer Utilities Kell'than will have =)

[skarik]

So it turns out something I worked on at work got awarded an Emmy, so in theory I've won an Emmy - I get a certificate and everything! ^.^

[alicejkee]

[gameraddictions-deactivated2018]

artist: Marat Ars set 10

[skarik]

Hmm, I think I'm going to make the most of this 12x XP Boost and create a few new characters. I'll focus mainly on the Story (the XP Boost is only for Class quests anyways) and probably play the FPs once at the appropriate times and will resist touching PvP until I'm done!

I'm thinking I might even create a few Rep. characters. Maybe a DS Scoundrel? Would tie in well with my whole headcannon around Kell'than and Saf and their underlings...!

[imthenic]

The Soviet Spy by LOPEZMICHAEL

[skarik]

Rockfleet Castle - County Mayo, Ireland

Another of my shots of Rockfleet Castle, the old stronghold headquarters or Grace O’Malley.

[skarik]

Update 3.0: Shadow of Revan and 'Disciplines'

Ok, so news just out today, there's a new expansion due out in a couple of months with lots of new PvE content, continued Revan storyline, increased level-cap of 60 and, most significantly, the new Disciplines system replacing the current Skill Tree system.

  Here are the links for those who missed things:

http://www.swtor.com/info/news/press-release/20141006

http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20141006

  I'm really not sure how I feel about it all at the moment. Probability dictated that an increased-level-cap expansion would be out this year, but it still seems a little soon after Strongholds (/Conquests).

Of course this is more significant expansion, with some serious changes in gameplay though. This Disciplines system is making me feel both excited and nervous at the same time. If it works, it sounds pretty fun, but I'm just terrified I'll hate it and, in turn, go off the game...

It's funny that they call it an 'expansion' (which suggests 'optional') when there are such drastic changes in the gameplay system in them. I suppose that will mean though that there'll be people playing with the old system alongside those with the new, which'll be interesting.

Still, it's good to see that Bioware are still putting a lot of time and effort into the game. It is a shame that some things have been completely left out (there's no new PvP content, besides the changes introduced by Disciplines).

Still, I think I'll be sorting out a pre-order tomorrow...!

[skarik]

That was the most intense and exciting lunch-break I've had ...>.<

But we did it!!!

Commiserations to Heroic Fate, and thank you for a brilliant fight for Oricon this week. It's been so close all the way through.

In the above screenshots - The first is 20mins before the end of this week, less than 2k behind Heroic Fate. Then some of our crafters logged in as their alts and unleashed a crafting bomb when 'turning in' their crafting objectives and we stormed to 70k ahead. The second screenshot is the end score.

Again, hard luck to Heroic Fate, but thanks for a thrilling week!

Such an intense last hour, and brilliant fun. Veritas is truly an amazing guild to be in! =)