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And hast thou slain the Jabberwocky?
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Cruelty is the idolization of strength for the sake of being strong.
Transposition, or: Ship Happens [Worm/Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio | Arpeggio of Blue Steel]
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Cruelty is the idolization of strength for the sake of being strong.
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Cruelty is the result of those who are weak trying to attain the status of those who are strong without understanding of the underlying causes of that status, or the mental/emotional capacity to perform the behaviors needed.
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The Moody Blues - The Balance said:
QuietlyObserving
The Railgun That Walks Like a Bear
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I'd argue cruelty is simply inflicting suffering on others. Whether it is in pursuit of some "strength", or to satisfy some craving for the pain of others,of because one has the power to inflict it, or just out of plain ignorance.
There is an ideas thread for purposes such as these.
New SV setup, new C&C! Yeah, that's the ticket! I was just biding my time, not drunkenly sobbing in the corner over massive stress or anything! Yeah, that's believable. They'll all buy that. They're so gullibl-WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'IT'S STILL ON'?! THIS PREAMBLE IS OVER.
...guys? G-guys? That's... that's what we're all thinking, right? ...r-right?
stop looking at me like that
cheerful bottle of scotch and a glass set out
cheerful opening of the bottle and starting to pou-
I'll take "Sentences that sound like they're entirely euphemisms for $500, Alex!"
...powers. Nothing else. ...certainly nothing related the girl you're now living with.
trust
/trəst/
noun
noun: trust
"...yes?"
"Sorry, no can do. Some skeleton-faced fella's covered it with empty scotch bottles while screaming about how it's not fair, it's just not fair."
AND WE'RE BACK TO THE SCOTCH AGAIN.
DON'T YOU TAUNT ME LIKE THIS, ENSOU, YOU MONSTER!
you it." thing is making it very difficult for my replacement livers to keep up.
Other than that, TOTALLY NORMAL.
SCOTCH! I NEED SCOTCH! FUCK THE GLASSES, INJECT IT INTO MY BRAIN!
the mods still have that mace I HAVE "STANDARDS."
I have a shamisen and THAT'S why I won't make the joke about what Leah's currently in!
...wait FUCK
beard cover story?
"I needed something to replace your kidneys!"
...also, money can buy a jet ski. Which is, basically, happiness.
We're all mentally adding "...to me" to that, right? It's supposed to be 'u did this TO ME didn't you?'
...guys? G-guys? That's... that's what we're all thinking, right? ...r-right?
stop looking at me like that
Look, there's only one person to blame for THAT and it's... uh... obviously not you! Probably... um... Blackwell? Yeah, fuck it let's blame her, she's an authority figure, they're the source of all evil in Worm.
cheerful whistle
cheerful bottle of scotch and a glass set out
cheerful opening of the bottle and starting to pou-
-r directly into my god damn mouth
"Now that I screwed up and couldn't hide the truth any more."
cough
I'll take "Sentences that sound like they're entirely euphemisms for $500, Alex!"
I can understand why you'd be hesitant about coming out to Victoria. You're worried it might change her opinion about you or make her act weird around you if you told her the truth. ...about your powers. Just your powers.
...powers. Nothing else. ...certainly nothing related the girl you're now living with.
checks Taylor's dictionary
trust
/trəst/
noun
noun: trust
- 1.
When you have enough blackmail on someone that they can't betray you without being destroyed themselves.
"relations have to be built on trust"
For the record, this is the exact same "maybe later" that your parents would tell you whenever you asked if you could get a pony.
Taylor. I'm going to give you an important tip here: NEVER, EVER tell Victoria your clothes are technically just more of you or she's going to make nudist and/or exhibitionist jokes until the end of days.
What? I was figuring it'd be whOH GOD THE MODS HAVE A MACE
Sure, in theory. And, in theory, a lost civilization could be living in my buttcrack. ANYTHING is possible in THEORY.
Maybe it's what you didn't dOH GOD THE MACE IS BACK AND NOW MENACES WITH SPIKES
Danny, currently trying to decide if he should be giving relationship advice to his daughter or...?
Look, there's a lot of jokes I want to make here, but most of them revolve around the phrase "body language" and I can SEE the mods sharpening the spikes on that mace, so... TIME TO DRINK INSTEAD.
"The ship that is actually me? The real body that I keep hidden from everyone because I feel like I can only share it with people I really trust? That ship?"
"...yes?"
"Sorry, no can do. Some skeleton-faced fella's covered it with empty scotch bottles while screaming about how it's not fair, it's just not fair."
And Taylor turns out to be a bit of an exhib-burbles into scotch glass
I didn't know this was a Trailblazin' crossover!
...yeah, okay. When you put it THAT way, you have been a teensy bit busy the last week. Imagine what next week will hold! (Got my fingers crossed for romcom shenanigans!)
Who you're gonna invite to prom? Which one of you is gonna wear the tux? Why your dad keeps starting conversations with "You're being safe, right?" and then devolving into incoherent mumbles as he eyeballs Leah? Why Leah keeps laughing to herself every time he does it?
choke
AND WE'RE BACK TO THE SCOTCH AGAIN.
It's just that it's a very... distinctive look that certainly doesn't imply anything at all, Taylor. Why not throw some Birkenstock boots on, too? Maybe a flannel shit?
Yeah, what's the point? Are you hoping to break the asphalt a little LESS if you hit it or what?
"But it's okay, because we're not gonna be going under twenty!"
CHOKE
DON'T YOU TAUNT ME LIKE THIS, ENSOU, YOU MONSTER!
So... to be clear... you're gonna give her a big damn diamond and some other junk attached so she can be "closer to you." Got it.
...instead of just triggering it remotely? Good lord, Taylor. You were doing so well, too.
Hmm. Hmmm. My, that's certainly a large stack of jokes I won't be making. And, oh! the stack is right next to a bottle of scotch I WILL be drinking! What a coincidence!
I want you all to know that this entire "I want to see
I mean... at least she's starting to get a healthy self-image? More or less? ...kinda?
And the neon lines. And the girl on the deck singing something about a carnival. ...and the missiles.
Other than that, TOTALLY NORMAL.
CHOKE
SCOTCH! I NEED SCOTCH! FUCK THE GLASSES, INJECT IT INTO MY BRAIN!
Taylor, seen here COMPLETELY NOT GETTING IT.
Yeah, is this Scotland? I'm gonna need you to ship me some... look, just find Tim and tell him I need double my usual order shipped NOW. Yes. All of it. Twice. NOW.
(But if you gripped it the wrong way, you lost reception.)
Seen here: Taylor preening. Just a bit. Teensy tiny bit. Barely noticeable, really.
"Dibs! I call dibs! Dibs dibs dibbity dibs!"
something something "trust" something something "revealing yourself" something something "drinking heavily" something something
"Microseconds. Not picoseconds or even nanoseconds. God, they're just pathetic."
There are a million jokes I want to make about "satisfied curiosity" and Leah's current location, but I'm not going to. Because
YOU ARE TESTING ME, ENSOU. But I won't fall for such an obvious ploy to make me make the obvious joke! I won't, because I still have... sha-... sham-... dammit it was just on the tip of my tongue... no, don't help me.... shammmmisen? I have a shamisen? Yeah, I think that's what it was!
I have a shamisen and THAT'S why I won't make the joke about what Leah's currently in!
...wait FUCK
"BRICK?!" Taylor exclaimed, grossly offended that Leah would compare her to something THAT easy to break.
Hahahahahaaaa... I always love the instant agreement that ruins the other person's preparations for an argument thing. Argumentus Interruptus, as it were.
I HAVE SUGGESTIONS... THAT I WILL HOLD OFF ON FOR SOME YEARS!
So... basically... you want to pretend to be something you're not so no one figures out Taylor's secret. You want to be her...
Oooh, that's a good euphemism. I'm gonna make a note of that.
Hahahaha, I still love that she managed to pull that off.
(This wasn't helped at ALL by Leah's constant suggestions to, among other things, "just kinda... take it in a bit here and out a bit there, you know?" She spent NINETY MINUTES explaining EXACTLY how her toes should look, for cryin' out loud!)
"'Your Bullshit Nanotech Puberty And You.', 'Your Body, Your Oil Change.', 'Are You There, Mr. Tyrell? It's Me, Pris.', 'Fuel Filter Change Manual for the 1972 Chevy Vega'?! What the FUCK?!"
"I needed something to replace your kidneys!"
Assuming they weren't lazy slackers who weren't too busy "not dying from kaiiju attacks" or "trying not to have your face stapled to your dog and then eaten by the Slaughterhouse Nine." Pffft, no time management skills is the problem.
Unlike stealing umpteen million tons of steel from the Graveyard. THAT was totally cool. Obviously.
Thanos: "I'm SOOO into you right now."
Yeah, money can't buy happiness. But it can sure as SHIT make it easier to get said happiness. It's a LOT easier to become a fulfilled individual when you don't have to worry about where your groceries are gonna come from next week, Taylor.
...also, money can buy a jet ski. Which is, basically, happiness.
Taylor. Taylor, Taylor, Taylor. Those are just... brain thingies. You can fix THEM with just a wire and some electricity in the right place! Now, go down to the basement, get a drill, and let's improve your dad's mental state with SCIENCE!
"I've been eating food and it turns out YOU GAVE ME A DIGESTIVE SYSTEM I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE!"
SHIP HAS ALWAYS BEEN HAPPENING.
No, just the most important, Chart-related ones! :D
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Yanno, what with you being a LIch and all, I've been wondering where the scotch goes? I mean, it all just sorta goes kinda eldrich in your chest cavity and I haven't been able to figure out exactly what the replacement liver is standing in for, yanno? I mean, it's not as if someone of your ....expertise... actually -needs- one. I guess it's just for show? Or maybe scotch-reclamation?
ponders in a vaguely left-ish direction and falls over. Excuse me, I think I may have gotten a bit too much of your second-hand scotch.
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I think the "replacement liver" might just be a funnel and bucket.
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- Belfast
You know, I've never actually gotten drunk myself... but every time I read one of your posts I think I receive insights into exactly what such a state of mind is like...
You mean it doesn't just run straight back into the bottle ad infinitum until it all evaporates?
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Fine, a funnel, a bucket, a hose, and a pump.
Seihai-kun
[Unverified Wish Granting Device]
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Same.
Money can also buy scotch. Not needing to fear the mods' spiky mace because you're too busy drinking is also a form of happiness.
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- Mi
Ok, why am I getting Email notifications every time one of yall posts when I specifially set it to "OP only" twice since the update?
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Same thing happening to me here.
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- Belfast
New site setup?
Has something changed on that side of things, cause unless you've inadvertently changed the settings it's the only thing that I can think of that might cause issues like that.
Probably best to double check your watch settings for the thread.
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- Mi
As I said, I've unsubbed and gone to op only twice since the update happened.
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- Somewhere, Maybe
Try turning off email notifications for a bit? I never bother with those anyway, since I'm always on SV when I'm on my computer.
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Thread for style and bug reports from the transition Styling feedback & bug reports Announcement
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Erm... The last chapter was on page 266. It wasn´t even an omake or a sidestory, it´s a full main story chapter. Where the hell are you looking?
Firedon
Lazy Sleepy Cat
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They likely clicked on the threadmark button and then looked at the last one listed, which ends up being on page 151, since the threadmarks on that button are listed in reverse order.
Distressingly true.
E: And the worst thing is, I read it, liked it, then promptly buried any memory of having done so under a mountain of other fics I'm following.
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luca scaccia65
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu4AyUWBr18
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this story is Amazing
(and before any moderators methaporicly or however it's spelled fuck my ass with warnings this author does update slow so this is probably not dead yet ok?)
(and before any moderators methaporicly or however it's spelled fuck my ass with warnings this author does update slow so this is probably not dead yet ok?)
Necromancy isn't against the rules of SV last I checked. So you should be fine.
And yes, it is.
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There isnt any necro rules on SV anyway so no problems really.