#punk rambles

[lycanpunk666]

Okay I have a lot of things to say about btvs vampires and scarring that I discussed last night with a friend of mine ( @xaeyrnofnbe ). All/most of this is personal headcanon mostly based on guesses rather than an analysis of canon material.

It’s been stated that vampire immortality is Eternal. They don’t change or grow physically or psychologically after they’ve been turned. I like to think that this idea of Eternity has to be permanently tied to a personal idea of the Self and a specific idea that the vampire has about who they are and what their purpose in life is. I’d imagine that this idea of the self is very important and solid, especially considering vampires’ tendency to self-mythologize.

If something very very significant happens that is so dramatic that it would change that image of the self— then there is some kind of scar. This scar CAN just be purely psychological if there was no physical trauma, but if there WAS physical trauma, then parts of the injuries won’t fully heal and will instead scar over, leaving permanent evidence of the event.

Spike is one of the only vampires that are shown to have permanent scarring AFTER becoming a vampire, so he would be a good example of this possible phenomenon. Spike received the scar on his brow after a fight with the slayer Xin Rong, and after killing her, he redefined his purpose to be hunting down slayers— the event leaving a physical and metaphysical mark to denote the change.

[punkhartz]

Vampire lars n Kirk nomming on Jason is speaking to me for some reason

[lycanpunk667]

Okay so I have hyper specific thoughts on Tom's background and why he operates the way he does when it comes to his relationship with trusting the government and the agency he's attached to. And also a general guess at why he became a cop. This is mostly based on personal interpretation as well as some bits we've seen in canon but I haven't seen ALL of the first episode of the tomjake series so this might change.

Putting it under a cut in case people don’t want to see this rant

Tom— in terms of canon Tom— is a government dog. Like he clearly trained his whole life to be a spy, possibly grew up in an environment that was DELIGHTED to help him considering he was 26 in season 1 and on missions. Which might not be THAT young technically, but going out into the field? Where he could die? This either implies he’s extremely physically capable (which he is in terms of physicality and training), he was raised for it since a very young age, or he’s a prodigy at whatever he was. And considering how socially inept and trusting he tends to be I’ll bet it’s something along the lines of all three. Well trained dog wasn’t properly socialized at a young age.

Speaking of missions, ALL THAT happened to him on his FIRST one. He was a YOUNG MAN. And he clearly got deeply physically scarred and traumatized and instead of trying to distance himself or ask for time off he not only went right back to the agency but blamed himself entirely for what happened and tried to MAKE UP FOR HIS FAILURE. And not, oh, you know, the fault of sending someone out who was not prepared to be singled out and tortured to the point of EXTREME physical scarring. He blamed himself, and he's spending his time in season 1 apparently hunting down the guy who is a direct source for a lot of his trauma. On a reality tv show where he is so so deeply not trained obviously to interact with people. He's not designed for that. And then he fails.

Then he gets fired, has a breakdown, and he gets a job offered by the one occupation that would even come close to mimicking the thing he’s literally spent his whole life working towards after he maybe kind of gets some unofficial closure? Kind of. He's still fired, and so he goes to the Next Best Thing. Which is a cop.

He’s just raised in an environment that primes him to overly trust people in power like that! And he became a cop because he wasn’t built for anything else! He believes that Stopping Bad Guys is the way he can help people! And he STILL trusts the people who threw him into this enough to go right back to a system this corrupt! Anyway I'm gonna make a reblog specifically for the MI au spin on this whole mess. which is even more messed up but it's way less applicable to canon Tom.

[anarchpunk]

Gun control advocates supporting the same politicians who sold guns to child trafficking cartels before they left a fortune worth of military weapons and equipment for terrorists that also traffic and marry children are somethin else man.

Y'all don't give a fuuuuck about saving lives. Don't act like you do.

[punkk-reboot]

Peacemaker is satisfying because his character arc isn't that he changes because people are nice to him, he begins to change because everyone treats him like an asshole (because he is) and he realizes that sucks and he wants something different.

Like he gets his ass handed to him, put in his place, rejected, and bluntly corrected. And he realizes that sucks but that it lines up with who he's portrayed himself as.

I, personally, really like that, because he fuuucked up and I like seeing him get some just desserts before he begins to change. A lot of shows push the narrative of people changing because everyone is always nice to them regardless of their actions. I like that Peacemaker is being held accountable and having to look long and hard at himself before evolving.

[anarchpunk]

If healthcare is a human right than I have the right to reject government controlled healthcare in favor of finding a private plan or just paying out of pocket for what I need. Much like professionals in the medical industry have the right to reject either government plans or private plans since it's their business and their profession.

That simple.

[anarchpunk]

Don't let anyone make you feel selfish for believing in your own values. You have the right to be left alone and nobody can, or should, support any authority that would restrict any rights or any opportunities that you have to better yourself and would help you live the life that you want for yourself.

You have the right to self protection and self determination. Do not comply with their authority and don't ever let them make you feel bad about not following the culture they impose on you.

If the individual wants to be left alone than leave them alone.

[anarchpunk]

Thinking one day you're going to get government to conform to the people and start acting with transparency is just another conspiracy theory.