With Winnie-the-Pooh and The Battle of Hastings sharing an anniversary today, did you know that E. H. Shepard once drew this amazing scene for an exclusive book bag?
I love that none of them have weapons. Except Kanga, who has a fucking morningstar.
that is roo
I don't think people realize that scene where Flynn chastises Yuri about killing Ragou and Cumore isn't about "Flynn's a bootlicking sl*t and believes killing evil ppl is bad, actually", but more that "he's pissed Yuri killed because no one can be their own judge, jury, and executioner."
He's not grieving over the death of cartoony villains. He doesn't want to slap handcuffs on Yuri and throw him into jail for killing people who he personally didn't like either,
(remember that scene in Capua Nor? Where Flynn basically agrees to Yuri breaking into Ragou's manor so that the knights can have an excuse to investigate? That small detail is so often overlooked, but it's so key to Flynn's character that he's not a bootlicking bitch)
in fact, when you beat Barbos, it's YURI who has to talk down Flynn regarding Ragou's punishment!
Flynn: I thought with this promotion to captain that I'd gotten a bit closer to my goal. But I have to face the fact that the law can't even punish a single person like Ragou. Yuri: ...You know it doesn't end here. You'll climb even higher until you can make the right changes. Flynn: True, but many people will continue to suffer in the meantime -- needlessly. When I consider that, I… Yuri: Don't go flying off the handle and smacking him around. The progress you've made would all be for nothing. Flynn: …
Flynn's not reaching for pitchforks or any of that shit, but I find it eyebrow-raising when people say he's above killing or imply that he's the justice system's bitch. If you really wanna get down to it, you see (esp in Act 3 and end of Act 2) how selfish Flynn is, and why there are some parallels between Flynn-Alexei.
Flynn constantly tells Yuri in Act 2 (end)/3 that "if [he] just lets [Flynn] tell Ioder" about everything Yuri has done, then his crimes will be pardoned.
And Flynn's 100% right.
Yuri has done more for the good of Terca Lumireis than he would ever give himself credit for. He killed Ragou and Cumore, but he also saved innocents in doing so. He also rescued Estelle. He also took down Alexei. He's done all these good deeds and that's why Flynn is so averse to taking credit/getting promotions. Because it's all through Yuri's good deeds - not Flynn.
While this is averted a bit in PS3/DE, cause Flynn is there for the major bosses, it's pretty much the same thing. In fact, Flynn's frustrated that he's being handed promotions when he didn't get them on his own.
Ioder, who trusts Flynn and through him knows Yuri's true character, would 100% pardon Yuri's crimes.
It's Yuri who doesn't want the credit. It's Yuri who points out that Flynn pardoning him would be no better than the nobles who shove gald up the empire's ass to keep quiet about their shitty deeds. Flynn would essentially be abusing his position of power as (acting) commandant, turning into the one thing he and Yuri wanted to abolish through joining the knights.
If Flynn wanted to turn in Yuri, he could have done so in Mantaic. Instead, he lets him off with a lecture and a warning that if he does it again, he will be giving Flynn "no choice."
Now let's say that Yuri wasn't Flynn's friend. Let's say he was just Some Guy who killed Ragou and Cumore. There's no way Flynn would have left him off the hook so many times. He wouldn't be trying to find ways for Murderer A to get off the hook (i.e: in Yuri's case: Just tell Ioder the truth).
He may be "on the side of justice" and work for the empire, but you gotta be kidding me if you say Flynn's just... "Pure White Knight Boy". He's not. He's got some darker shades to him just as Yuri has heroic traits.
That's what makes them "two sides of the same coin", not because "Flynn = Law/Justice; Yuri = Freedom/the People Decide First".
So yes, Flynn follows the law. He believes that everyone should be go through a trial before judgement is enacted. But he's also the same guy who essentially let a murderer (Yuri) off the hook. He's also the same guy who told this murderer (Yuri) that there was a guaranteed way for his crimes to be pardoned.
Flynn is a selfless character cause he protects the weak like a typical knight, but he is also very selfish because he's willing to find ways to twist the laws so that Yuri can walk away with a clean slate. This selfishness is what prevents him from being the White Knight Trope being played straight. Cause he's not. "No one is above the law, unless I say so."
The only time he mentions arresting Yuri again is in Baction and the Heracles. He tells Karol that he will be the one to arrest Yuri, and he tells Patty "If Yuri continues down the road he's on, he'll leave me no choice." Likewise, Yuri says the same about Flynn.
Sharing the tgirl!Pilgrim au I’ve been hyperfixating on for the last couple day. Her name’s Winny for short and she absolutely is as terrible as she was before starting E.
omfg that is just too adorable
This will always be one of my favorite comics ever. It gives me warm fuzzies~
This is the most perfect.
This kitteh having a little halloween adventure is one of my favourite posts of all time :)
Every fall like clockwork this photo set pops up and we all must reblog it
ITS TIME
Does AU Rita also want to give Estelle kisses this is important
can confirm
something that exists in the city I'm moving to:
I am obsessed with this park that combines all midcentury dangerous playground elements into one awful whole. witness this steep metal slide descending from the top of a jungle gym into a concrete pit
if you fall off the jungle gym, you too will be doomed to the pit
there's very little opportunity to get out, too. the only handholds are the ones on the left. Sendai gets a lot of rain, almost as much as Vancouver, so imagine being mangled from sliding into concrete and having to climb a sheer, slippery slope to freedom. I think I would just make a home down there and give up on life
I'm sure it does.
full offense but none of you would have ever survived fanfiction.net in 2009
remember when writers had to be all like: “omg omg lemon starts HERE” y’all are lucky that ao3 has tags and filters you can set
Sometimes shit was marked “lemon” and it’d just be them making out, and sometimes they’d just start pissing on each other
No rules, no laws, you took your life into your hands opening fics
A/N: this contains SLASH, that means TWO MEN, if that makes you uncomfy, DON’T READ!
A/N: please don’t sue me, o anime overlords, I’m not making any money off of this! I’m just a broke student! I don’t have any money!
A/N: I totally wrote this while high off 10 Red Bulls wheeeeeee!!!!!
A/N: COMMENT if you want me to continue the next chappy!!!
No, no, no
remember when there’d be interactions with the author and the characters?
InuYasha: I don’t get why I have to be here for this
A/N: Because it was in your contract!!1!1 *revs chainsaw*
god those were lawless times.
we should set more tv shows in fake US states the way we make up fake european countries for disney channel originals and hallmark movies
@pvrrhadve oh do continue
Wimmesota.
North Kenhio.
West Ohdiana.
Minnakota.
South Illissouri.
@copperbadge I am picturing a Ruritanian Romance set in some cryptic state of the Midwest...
Believe me, there is nothing I would like more than to place another state between me and Indiana.
Facebook deleted this almost immediately. It's almost like the ultrawealthy don't want us knowing or talking about what's at stake.
Just want to add one thing:
In countries with universal healthcare, this is a non-issue during a strike. Our access to healthcare isn't tied to working. It's an unconditional right for each and everyone of us.
The US system screws workers over in oh so many ways.
This is exactly why US companies fight so hard against universal healthcare; even if single payer healthcare is cheaper on a per-person basis and takes the cost away from the employer, it also takes POWER and leverage away from the employers... and they don't ever want to give that up.
The vast majority of America's debt collection targets $500-2,000 credit card debts. It is a filthy business, operated by lawless firms who hire unskilled workers drawn from the same economic background as their targets, who routinely and grotesquely flout the law, but only when it comes to the people with the least ability to pay.
America has fairly robust laws to protect debtors from sleazy debt-collection practices, notably the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), which has been on the books since 1978. The FDCPA puts strict limits on the conduct of debt collectors, and offers real remedies to debtors when they are abused.
But for FDPCA provisions to be honored, they must be understood. The people who collect these debts are almost entirely untrained. The people they collected the debts from are likewise in the dark. The only specialized expertise debt-collection firms concern themselves with are a series of gotcha tricks and semi-automated legal shenanigans that let them take money they don't deserve from people who can't afford to pay it.
There's no better person to explain this dynamic than Patrick McKenzie, a finance and technology expert whose Bits About Money newsletter is absolutely essential reading. No one breaks down the internal operations of the finance sector like McKenzie. His latest edition, "Credit card debt collection," is a fantastic read:
I love that some devs are adopting the word "overdelivering" as like. some sort of actual critique
Like. Bg3 is being widely loved. The right move is to be inspired by it and use it to push the industry a bit more towards more immersive and fun stories that have developed gameplay and no FUCKING microtransactions or live service elements.
But instead these AAA devs are scared shittless of the concept of an experienced dev team actually. You know. Not getting laid off post release and continuing to work with that expertise they gained. And because theyre scared of players actually starting to make better purchasing decisions theyre like. Oh we have to find bad things to say. and. "Overdeliver" is the word they fucking choose?
lmfao
its still really funny to me that elminster is super prominent but understandably some bits of him are uh
toned down
when he appears elsewhere
so youre like hey what's this elminster book about and then you get way too much information about ra ra rasputin faerun's greatest fuck machine
Ok, the bard in me couldn't let that one slip, so now I don't know if I should apologize or say you're welcome or both... So without further ado:
🎻🎼🎵🎶🎵🎶
There lived a certain man in Faerun long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most Thayans looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Harper chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could cast spells and incantations
Full of ecstasy and fire
But he also was the kind of wizard
Women would desire
El El Elminster
Chosen of Mystra herself
There was a cat that really was gone
El El Elminster
Faerûn's greatest fuck machine
He had no shame in how he carried on
He lived in the Dalelands, and never mind Szass Tam
With his pipe and hat he danced really really bad
In all the weave affairs he was the man to please
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze
Mystra trusted him with three of her daughters
Though she'd seen the things he'd done
She would give him tasks of most importance
As her Chosen One
El El Elminster
Chosen of Mystra herself
There was a cat that really was gone
El El Elminster
Faerun's greatest fuck machine
He had no shame in how he carried on
Michelle Charles says she has worked six days a week at the Metro grocery store in Brantford, Ont. for the last 19 years.
Earlier this year, while Metro made record profits, Charles said, to make ends meet, she had to sell her home, where she lived for 27 years.
"I can't afford to shop at Metro," she said. "It's ridiculous that I had to sell the house...honestly, I needed about $200 or more a week, and I probably could have kept the house."
In 2022, Metro's net earnings were $922 million, the highest profits the company has ever recorded in its history.
Charles, a single mom of two children in their twenties, said when she lost financial support from their father earlier this year, she sold their home in June and found a more affordable place. [...]
Tagging: @politicsofcanada, @vague-humanoid
Quick and not very good doodle of Rita holding a lollipop she got for being brave at the doctor's. She's about 0.26 seconds from flame broiling the person who gave it to her lol
(okay but she still wants the lollipop though)
Ranma ½ is about long panels of Ranma in cute outfits thanks
Y'know they say all vtubers are created equal. But you look at me and you look at other vtubers and you can see that statement is not true. See normally when you fight the orphan of kos you got a 1 in 50 chance of winning. But I'm a genetic freak. And I'm not normal
The first three are literal genetically enhanced space warriors and the last one is just some twitchy nerd who got lucky
Besides Samus would cream them all
your mind
Isaac's first good day
The Blues Brothers (1980) // Dir. John Landis
Always reblog Jake and Elwood taking care of business.
