this gets more sarcastic over time. however, it is still important
I'm gonna start counting every major injury the canon Traveler gets (on top of the ones I'm giving them for funsies) just to leave mine with a shit ton of scars
so far I've got:
scar on their thigh cause this dumbass dropped their sword on themself. Bennett is... not the best sparring partner actually
permanently scratched-up hands and feet because of the number of calluses and cuts they get on their palms/soles
their back got all fucked up because of Beisht (that was temporary but extremely annoying)
the Musou Isshin incident™ (giant lightning scar and one of their eyes is just dead tissue now. also, they themself are technically entirely made up of dead tissue now because I killed them for the lolz)
their right arm is just. nonexistent. thanks, puppet who no longer exists. real helpful!!!
Nod-Krai was basically Making the Traveler Go Batshit Insane 3.0, so they are now physically lacking a heart. does Abyssal essence where it used to be count
^ they also get Even Less Human. aka the glories of a tail because Ronova went "fuck if you're really going in this direction, I should probably pitch in at least a little".
@official-skips are you proud of me. also are you back from your trip yet you promised me a drawing 🥺
In the mass of terrifying and despicable news, a massive win has come through. The Teacher's Union sued over the anti DEI bullshit and WON. And the administration isn't appealing to the Supreme Court.
purpleplunderbunny replied to your post “It’s maddening, because everyone who’s paying attention knows that...”
I literally cannot get out of bed this morning because of this fuckery. Like. What's the point?
All right, all right. Here it is, the thread I mentioned that was my only hope and consolation. It’s long, so I’m starting with one screencap, and then it’s transcription. If you love it, click through and donate to the original author.
[Transcription of Twitter thread by @alexandraerin:] Alright, babies. I got my drink on and I got my think on, and so here's the thing I want us all to remember. Paul Ryan didn't stand around a keg predicting he'd dismantle Medicare. He planned on it.
I point this out because I'm going to talk about how we get out of this mess, and I know I'm going to get a bunch of people asking me: "Do you really think that will happen?" No. No, I do not think it will happen. Because I'm not making predictions. I'm making plans.
Whether they pass this monstrosity tonight or not, we are going to nail them to the fudging wall they keep threatening to build with it in 2018 and 2020. We're going to be so mad and we'll turn out so hard their voter suppression schemes won't be enough to save them.
And when we have removed their majorities in Congress and taken Trump out of our White House, we are going after his judges. We're going to call them the tainted judges. We're going to put an asterisk by every decision they make.
We're going to fund the appeals of anyone who is found guilty or has an appeal denied under the tainted judges. We're going to challenge their legitimacy at every turn, because they were appointed illegitimately.
Until the day that Gorsuch resigns in shame, we're going to call the Supreme Court "the Star Chamber", because it's got an asterisk on it.
We're going to get journalists to do it, too. The old guard won't, but the new guard is moving in. Citizen-journalists making a name for themselves. And hey, there are vacancies in some top positions right now, which will create more openings in the ranks. I bet more are coming.
Alexandra Erin Doesn't Want A Lot For Christmas Retweeted Emma ☕️ 🧞♀️ ✨ 🎄 ❄️[dire prediction redacted for brevity]
Don't tell me what's going to happen. Was I not clear? This is not a thread for predictions. This is a thread for plans. Dire predictions are going to get you blocked. Spit them out on your own timeline, or swallow them.
Alexandra Erin Doesn't Want A Lot For Christmas added,
I'm telling you the plan I'm making. You can join me in it. I hope you will. While everybody else was predicting the GOP's implosion in the face of Trump's candidacy, their leadership forgot the predictions and made other plans.
We're going to keep running as candidates and voting in local elections, for state seats and city councils, just like we did back in November. We're going to take back the country from the bottom up, by no longer ceding ANY ground as "red" or "safely Republican".
We're going to treat Trump's ridiculous county map as our to-do list. We're going to check them off one by one. All it takes is getting involved.
We outnumber them. We are everywhere. There is not one of those wide empty spaces that is so empty it doesn't have queer people in it, doesn't have anyone with disabilities, doesn't have people of color. And we are passionate and engaged when we believe it can make a difference.
So we have got to believe it can make a difference. Even when it seems impossible.
The GOP is doing things this way--a way that would have seemed impossible to the Democrats in Congress--because it's the only way to get what they want, because we have stymied them so much. They know it looks bad. But we've backed them into a corner.
They are trapped between us and their donors, and right now they're more afraid of their donors. They don't think they can win another election without their donors. Well. We're going to get revenge on both of them. We're going to burn their donors' money.
No matter how much they spend, they can't win an election if we turn out. If every one of us who can vote, does vote. They can't win. That's why they put as much effort into depressing turnout for Clinton as they did suppressing votes.
I think it was either Scottish philosopher David Hume, or Dr. Frank-N-Furter, who said, "Don't dream it. Be it." Don't just predict. Plan.
If the left of the aisle has a weakness, it's not its tendency to tear itself apart fighting over purity. No. That's only possible *because* of a more basic flaw, and that is making predictions about outcomes based on ourselves as the model.
The squabbling among factions that contributed to Trump's victory was only possible because those who participated in it in good faith (as opposed to plants stirring things up) mostly believed that Trump would lose. This was a prediction.
Every time the GOP manages to elect a terrible candidate--a Nixon, a Bush, a Trump--the song sung by true believers to the left of the right shifts mid-chorus from "It could never happen." to "How did it happen?"
If the right's reaction to a candidate is "This person can never be president!", they're not making a prediction. They're making a promise, which they will carry out to the best of their abilities.
When the left has the same reaction, it's a prediction. Trump can never be president... it can never happen. So relax a little. Fight a little bit more about who the best candidate would be. It's not like he'll win.
So when I say we're going to win next November, when I say that we're going to kick them out of our nice big capitol building and send them home, DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. It's not a prediction. It's a promise we have to keep. It's a plan of action.
Alexandra Erin Doesn't Want A Lot For Christmas Retweeted Sunny Moraine who's a bit miffed re: all the Nazis: [TAKE YOUR RAGE AND REFINE IT INTO FUCKING ROCKET FUEL]
TAKE YOUR RAGE AND REFINE IT INTO [fudging] ROCKET FUEL.
Alexandra Erin Doesn't Want A Lot For Christmas added,
Are you crying tonight? Have you been crying for months? DROWN THEM WITH YOUR TEARS. See who's laughing about it in January, 2019. Make them choke on the ashes of your dreams.
Get your revenge for everything they've taken from you, every threat they've made you fear, every moment of joy they've snatched, every person they've killed however quickly or slowly, every family they have torn apart.
It's our republic. We're the public. The prosperity of this nation does not belong to the ~*donor class*~. Contrary to the book they swear by, Atlas was not the titan who stood on top of the world, shrugging off the cries of those he trampled.
We are going to kick them out, and when they're gone... hoo boy. We're going to have some work to do then. Fixing the damage they did. Fixing the damage that let them get in. Redressing the sins that led us here. But to do any of that the first thing we have to do is WIN.
The GOP leadership did not predict this. They planned it. They planned it, and they followed through, and they did it... even when every little detail didn't go quite according to plan. They treat "must" as a promise, the only promises they keep.
And that's how we beat them. We plan to win. And we do it.
I feel a bit silly throwing out my catchphrase here, silly as it is, but it's maybe never been more appropriate. So here goes.
CRY HAVOC AND LET SLIP THE DOGS OF CIVIC PARTICIPATION
Let me tell you something before I wrap this up: what the GOP is doing tonight is hard for them. There's a reason they don't just do it like this all the time. It's exhausting. It's demoralizing. It raises doubts in the rank and file. It costs them, every time.
They wouldn't do it if they didn't feel they absolutely had to. I would not be surprised if we get another announcement of an impending GOP Senate retirement in the next couple weeks. Win or lose tonight, I bet someone reaches their lifetime limit of this kind of sugar.
And even those in the race, in 2018 and 2020... some of them aren't really going to be in the race. Not the way they would be if this had been the cakewalk they were promised. And that's part of how we'll beat them, too.
We're tired. We're demoralized. We're beaten down. But there are MILLIONS of us, and only dozens, scores, of them. And they are already afraid of us, and hoping we'll lose interest and go away.
And so the main thing we have to do to beat them is: don't forgive, don't forget, and don't give up.
