#operation icarus

[imperfect-believer]

I wrote this really short fanfic about Juri and Leomon from Digimon Tamers. It's actually an alternative universe inside of an alternative universe. It's set after Operation Icarus'story of @killa-7 and involves Leomon getting back to Juri (I'm not sure if the author planned to do that). Anyway, here it is:

"5 Aspects That Changed in My Life With Leomon"

"How Leomon did adapt to your life, Juri?"

Well, having Leomon back in my life was the best thing that ever happened to me. I still can't believe even now. A lot of things changed, but I would to like to highlight five aspects:

1. Leomon and My Family

Since the D-Reaper incident, my parents were both very supportive and my relationship with them improved a lot over the years. I always told them that Leomon was a brave at noble Digimon who did his best to protect me. After he returned, I was a bit afraid that my parents would blame him for my depression because of his death. But fortunately, they welcomed him to the family (although they were a bit scared of his big appearance at first sight). Since then, Leomon became a member of family, having meals with us and even helping with the restaurant: he intimidates problematic customers with a really scaring face...

2. Leomon is a Big Protector (and a Big Caretaker)

He has been protective of me ever since we became partners, but after all that happened, he seemed to have become even more protective. It took me a hard time to convince him to not follow me everywhere I went, since he would draw too much attention. Then, anytime I have to go anywhere, he's on the top of a building, watching me through the streets. I told him that I had a job looking after kids, then, there was a time he became curious and watched from close me playing with the children. Unfortunately (or not) for him, one of the kids spotted him and he had no choice but show himself. To his amusement (and mine), the kids were very nice to him and he had a good time playing with them, letting them climb on him and such. It was so adorable...

3. Leomon is a Story-Teller and a Good Listener

I remember after we became partners, I brought him some juice and we sat on the roof, where I asked about the Digital World and was excited because by that time, no humans have been there. Since he returned, we started to sit on the roof often, where he tells a lot of stories about his life before meeting me. Basically, those stories involve battles with other Digimon, since he believed that's the way of a Digimon to live. He is not sure of how he ended up appearing in my front, but believed that our meeting was always meant to happen. Of my part, I told him some, but not everything that happened after he was deleted. We also discuss a lot about our philosophies and ways of handling life difficulties. I have a good time with him.

4. Leomon is a Great Teacher and Supportive Friend

Eventually, I ended up telling him about my life before meeting him and how his death brought up repressed feelings I held for a long time and still torment me. He... did not take all this very well. One day, he left and stayed out for a long time. Luckily, Renamon found him and discovered he felt guilty for letting all of this happen to me. We talked for a while and to relieve his conscience, I decided to let him teach me some sword techniques and martial arts. He is a good teacher and those classes have been helping me to deal with my depression, besides, it's a good workout.

5. Leomon is Still Dealing With My New Life (And Look)

Oh yeah. Leomon is still not used to the fact I'm not a kid anymore. Unlike the other Digimon, he was not able to see me grow into a adult. Because of this, I had to explain to him a lot of things Digimon don't quite understand, like human relationships, the need of a job, adult responsibilities, etc. But my appearance is the thing he has more difficulty to get used. I mean, it's not that he hates it, it's actually pretty the opposite. I told him of my relationship with Takato and whenever I go to a date , I ask for an opinion about my look. It's so funny, because Leomon becomes speechless and stunned, kinda reversing the roles of when we met for the first time. Culumon doesn't get it why Leomon behaves like that...

[uraltalk]

find the images on this pinterest board here.

kate's issues, january edition, code green

you know, i've been thinking about how easily it is for me to champion other people. now it's time for me to champion myself. i have championing tendencies. i've grown confident of my abilities and who i am as a person, but that's always come with some sort of smokescreen. which leads me to think, for what? and the only answer i can come up with is that there was once a time where i wasn't able to be everything that i was outright. i could be loud, if others weren't louder. i could be funny, if people were in the mood for it. i observed my environment and pivoted. poise and control was the name of the game. i learned how to read a room before i even learned how to read. isn't that a funny thing? so that led me to a sort of fortified onion-like persona. just when i'm certain that it's safe, absolutely safe, can my layers be peeled back. and it makes me almost mad at myself for doing that because i know i have the strength to deal with things, but i don't think that my inner child has ever gotten rid of that primal fear. while raised by good and kind people, they were suffering of things that i didn't even have a name for, but now i do. alcoholism, bravado, suicidality and attempts. so i became a parent to my parents, and once out of their house, i became a crutch for people. it's what i did because i didn't know anything different. it was easy. until it's not. and of course, there will always be residual anger that i ever needed to do that in the first place. but the stunning and shimmering thing is that it doesn't need to be anymore. i've always given freely and without qualms, but it's like, you can still give while keeping rations for yourself. i've always had an inherent softness that is mine to keep, but to give it away exhaustively to people who don't deserve it is not selfless. it's martyring yourself. and i don't, at the present, have the words to articulate this to the degree that i mean to, but it makes sense in my head. i won't stop giving. never that. i'll just be smarter about it. anyway, i got really inspired by the color phthalo green for this spread. it always has a way of reminding me of bob ross (even though i'm pretty sure he used phthalo blue). there was a time when i'd use his show to fall asleep. it somehow appears cold at first, but warm too at the same time, and i find myself enjoying things like that.

[uraltalk]

find the images on this pinterest board here.

kate's issues, december edition, code yellow

[amonverite]

Female Exec Says Bank Of America 'Bros Club' Cost Her Over $8 Million

[amonverite]

Time to take the "Bros Club" tango down-again!

[h4x0r3d]

#Anonymous Targets Wall Street with #OperationIcarus (by TheDailyConversation)

The hacktivist group Anonymous - growing bolder and more powerful by the day - is now preparing to target Wall Street and major financial institutions as a one-two punch with WikiLeaks' upcoming Bank of America email dump. Read the full Operation Icarus plan here: http://www.thehackernews.com/2011/03/operation-icarus-will-anonymous-shut.html Check out our brand new video site, YWTV.TV http://ywtv.tv/ Join The Daily Conversation on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheDailyConversation And follow us on Twitter for our latest videos: http://twitter.com/thedailyconvo

[EDIT: This is a REPOST - Here's more Info]

The opportunity to create financial chaos and public unrest and from that, there will be a previously unachieved amount of lulz to be had. Charge your lasers and aim them at the the New York Stock Exchange. (NYSE.com) It has been said that humanity is not an end in itself but rather a means to an end. We have shown the world our strength to deny ignorance, overcome adversity, fight oppression and even the power to throw a wrench in the system that perpetuates it. We are enslaved within a matrix of institutions with the illusion that each stands alone, each fighting for power, for profits, for the scraps on the table that represent humanities dwindling resources. In reality however, these institutions; the arms industries, banking and other financial institutions, government intelligence agencies and countless others have formed what was once a clandestine coalition whose corruption and avarice have become increasingly transparent due to wikileaks and the efforts of anonymous. This coalition seeks the preservation and the perpetuation of the powers that be and this octopus operates through the tentacles of the IMF, the Federal Reserve and the World Bank, masterminded by think tanks such as the Bilderberg group and the Council on Foreign Relations. The puppets of the powers that be include the president of the united states and his cabinet, and through them they are able to repress the freedom of information and with it the free and open exchange of ideas which are fundamental to the existence and operations of anonymous and the ability to see beyond the veil of secrecy from which the powers that be stand behind. But where does the power behind the throne lie? Within the global financial system, centered within the New York stock exchange. They feel secure in their ivory tower built on the broken backs of the laborers of the world for what are their subjects but human…all too human. In humanity lies the restraints of pity and mercy, driven by fear. But We are not merely human. Anonymous is something much more for we possess neither fear nor mercy. It is time to show the world the true power and the true face of the faceless, the nameless and the ghosts of society. Like Icarus, the powers that be have flown too close to the sun and the time has come to set the wings of their empire ablaze and watch the system their power relies on come to a grinding halt and come crashing down around them. We must strike at the heart of their empire by once again throw a wrench into the machine, but this time we face a much bigger target; the global financial system. This time our target is the New York Stock Exchange. (NYSE.com) This is a call to arms my brothers who for too long have stood for nothing but have criticized everything. Stand now, behind the banner of free men against the tyrannical matrix of institutions that oppose us. Ready your weapons and aim them at the New York Stock Exchange. This is the operation to end all others. Innocent people may stand to lose something from this but the powers that be stand to lose much more. Bring the rain brothers. We are Anonymous We are Legion We do not forgive We do not forget Expect Us.