#Just more thievery

[dormarunt]

Berlin season 2 confirmed - aka once more with feeling

#Berlin Netflix #LCdP Berlin #Pedro Alonso #Yep I'm late to the news #Hoping S2 will be what S1 wasn't #Glad for Pedro though #Seeing how Pedro himself said that every new season Berlin is a different character #Hoping season 2 is a different one still #Pls more “robos” okay? I know I can't ask of less “amor” #Just more thievery #And make him SMART?? #I was under the impression that Berlin was smart? Like-- clever #D*ck - dumb for sure but not a mf idiot #Sergio can't have monopolized all brains in the family okay #.....or have Martin be the brains idk #J/k make the guy smarter #And not in a “yes I framed a guy and therein lie all my brains; it's as much blood as I could spare okay? my d*ick held most blood captive"

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 198

Now Bruce was not expecting to reincarnate upon his death. At least he thinks he died, he’s pretty sure he did. There wasn’t any other reason for him to be a well, literal baby. Around two he thinks, which fits well with the fact that it’s around that time that babies start forming memory recall, if he, well, remembered correctly. 

But while he knew about reincarnation thanks to Shayera and Carter, he’d never exactly given it much thought towards himself. Because seriously, what were the chances of such a thing as him being given another chance? 

So he was quite surprised at his situation, experimentally opening and closing pudgy hands that looked well, just a tiny bit off. He’d never been that pale before, he thinks, even back when he never went outside like, ever. 

He turned his gaze towards the mobile above him with a sort of idle curiosity- a mixture of bats (ha) and other trinkets he wasn’t familiar with. It also caused him to get his first good look at his parent, asleep on a rocking chair right next to the crib. 

Huh. They had the same pale skin he did, albeit in the light it looked like it was slightly tinted blue, and while their hair was white they didn’t exactly look old. They looked surprisingly well rested for raising a toddler too, unless they had a nanny or something similar… He rolled over, managing to very shakily push himself to his feet with the help of the crib. 

Why was standing so hard as a toddler? And why did he have his memories of everything except how he had died anyway? 

His head whipped up from where they were staring at his feet when he heard a snort, finding his parent awake and standing. Somehow silently enough that he hadn’t noticed- or he was that easily distracted by the unfamiliar giddiness bursting in his chest. 

“Morning little bat,” his parent easily picked him up and held him while he inwardly sighed at the nickname. Of course his bat motif would follow him into this life. A low rumbling almost caused him to jump, his body relaxing before he could fully register the sound. The… purring? 

Oh. 

He wasn’t human this time around. 

#Dcxdp #Dpxdc #Prompts #Vlad is a young-adult dad to a reincarnated Bruce #After the hospital he drowned his despair/distress in any way he could & ended up with a baby boy #Bruce’s main suspected species of what they were was vampire before the ghost reveal lol #Bruce can’t say shit about Vlad’s thievery but he has the most judging expression for a toddler #Then he also sees his new dad develop and try to figure out powers #Vlad was terrified to pick him up when he first discovered his ghost fire #Yes this very much changes Vlad’s relationship with Danny #The reunion has 14 year old Danny meet a Very Smart 8 year old Bruce #Yes Bruce clocks teenage vigilante instantly #And look he Would try to get Vlad to stop the possession shit but as long as it’s actual assholes he can’t exactly judge #He blackmailed SO many people in his past life… he's trying Not to be a hypocrite here #Why yes Bruce IS very liminal from having a half-ghost dad #Vlad panicked more than he did when his fangs came in (Bruce has made a file about both himself & everyone he meets) #Just because he’s now baby doesn’t mean he’s no longer Bruce #At some point someone from his world might find their way to this one but that would be a very long time in the future lol #Vlad (unaware of his core being able to feel his ghostling’s big emotions): Wow raising a child is surprisingly easy

[t00thpasteface]

you skip bethesda rpg dialogue because you don't care about plot or writing in games. i skip bethesda rpg dialogue because i DO care about writing and i can't stand hearing so much stilted and generic fluff that was obviously just hashed out to feed information to the player as bluntly as possible. we are not the same

#playing eso rn but really all tes games are just doll dressup house decorating big-game hunting collectathons to me #they're like animal crossing but with more thievery and murder. approximately equivalent plot depth to me #shebbz shoutz

[bleaksqueak]

I haven't been online most all day, and now I log in to see AI generated junk on the promotion radar. Ew.

#I try my best to ignore it and not let its bs taint my thoughts #I wasn't even 100% against the idea of ai when it was new and made just these interesting dreamlike garbles #but it's of course built off of bullshit thievery and more and more it steals and copies #and these people who don't want to lift a finger want to either profit off of our work or brand themselves artists #while we work and work and work all our lives for something we care deeply about #if this was a toy/tool created in an ethical partnership with artists for artists I wouldn't think of it as anything more than that #but it's piloted by nothing more than greed and a staggering display of disdain for human creation #so having to see it on my side bar is a good tipping point to maybe turning the Radar off #I'd hate to since I do like getting to discover new artists with it #but I can only work so hard to have this mockery show up right in my face #hope this is a one-time affair

[derpinette]

i hated airpods & phones with those big fugly cameras in the back when they were announced as a concept & i hate them even more each time i see that hideousness in person

#i remember when i was 11 ( sorry for being a zoomer ) getting into an argument with an online acquaintance #over airpods because i thought they were retarded but she thought they were cool as if bluetooth ear pieces were a new invention #remember how the world used to make fun of them not even that many years prior. she was like nooobut you can hide them for cheating #& against thievery ( OK the only fair point I GUESS ) but they are just so ugly to me & stupid not practical too easily lost & damaged #especially with that pricetag like they could have made something COOL or Kawaii but of course sleek Nothing design is “in” #still after a decade now ♯MAKEITSTOP #honestly only like bluetooth for file sharing when necessary anything else is devilwork #as for the new giant multiple cameras design i mean use your eyes has there ever been an uglier decision #even if i had money i could never own a touch screen phone without a middle button & a normal camera lense in the back #like just looking at them makes me angry BUT mostly apple products i think android ones are less hives inducing #but TBH i have no headphone jack so... on my old broken phone i did but not this one -_- where are my principles...... #well i will wear this one down until it dies i already have a cracked arse screen so until it breaks i will downgrade #also remember how cute silicone phone cases were in the early to mid 2010s ♯BringThatBack #honestly can you even i think phones today are just too damn big Not mine Doe 🦌 mine is almost perfectly sized for my hands (iphone7) #at least people have more charms than ever in my city at least i see people with cute lanyards & zoomer style JesusBeaters so great ^_^ #sorry for complaining all the time but also if you are not here for my Kvetching then what else could you be here for... #*jumps into a well from shame*

[cxpperhead]

🍍& 🍋

Random Headcanons

🍍 - What is an event that seemed of minor consequence to them when it occurred, but ended up impacting their life/development in a bigger way?

The first time he stole something non-essential. Copperhead had stolen many times before, usually necessities like food or articles of clothing but the more he continued taking what wasn't his, the bigger the thrill it became. Shoplifting graduated to pickpocketing, then full-on breaking and entering with Copperhead honing his skills over the years to take whatever caught his eye. At that point it was more about the challenge than actual need, since he was living as a drifter and could only carry around the bare essentials. His humble beginnings as a petty thief left him craving greater challenges to feel that rush of adrenaline once more. Murder may slake the dark thirst brewing within but thieving was always a personal pleasure, and a great side business when good assassination contracts are far and few in-between.

🍋 - Is there anything special about their diet, and how do they manage it? If they were to gain/lose a lot of weight suddenly, how would they react and adjust?

As a Serpent Metahuman, Copperhead doesn't require frequent meals. In fact he prefers eating only a few times a week, preferably small meals that are quick and easy to digest. A full belly makes for a slow snake so Copperhead avoids consuming large amounts of food in one go, finding he grows too sluggish on the occasion his greed gets the better of him. He can subsist entirely on meat but Copperhead likes fish and fruit too, having a highly refined palate what with his sensitive tongue. Shellfish like crab and lobster is something he goes wild for but he always tries to avoid gorging no matter how tempting a spread is. Contrary to popular belief, he does not eat rats.

#arkhmlcst #memes ;; random headcanons #🐍 || headcanons #Bless you for sending these in teeth! #And sorry again it took a couple of days to answer #These were fun though! #Copperhead is an absolute bastard and lives for petty thievery #Big jobs too but sometimes he just likes taking whatever catches his eye #It's more about the challenge than anything else #Hunting down exactly what he's looking for and breaking past those defences #He can't really gain much weight due to the way he eats tho #Very lean diet no processed or refined rubbish #Pretty much just meat and fish and fruit #Got that Legoshi type figure with lean but strong muscle so all the proteins #He would be offended if somebody tried to feed him a rat lmao #'Excuse you I am still a person' asdfghjj

[ensemblesongs]

There we go! I tried to get to many requests I have gotten, some recent, some not so much. Hyper specific/tricky ones will be gotten to eventually, so please do not lose hope.

I've tried to put more care into the presentation of my posts in the subtlest of ways, when it comes to album covers (when they are low quality, or even too high to the point it pixelates because of it's large size, it is no good. There are a few like this, so I will go back & fix them. This problem only really shows for PC users and is insignificant to most but, still.) There is a lack of consistency IRT how I title the uploads, whether or not I include the literal TLs or romaji or kanji or both, etc... I hope it has not been bothersome to notice if anyone has. I think I will edit posts later. 🙏 I hope the care I put in shows... from now on, I am also planning on including the album names when I can (even when they are too long) because it looks nicer to me. Small things that matter to nobody other than me.

Thank you for the kindness & patience. I do it all for you and your enjoyment. I really appreciate the politesse I receive in return for my service, because it makes me feel warm, even if it is silly. Because you don't know me, I am just your MP3 provider. But, even so...

Anyway; here are all of the anonymous requests that were uploaded. Since they are many, I did not want to spam by answering them individually, so, I hope the people who requested them see them in due time. I'm sorry for my tardiness. Then again, it is out of passion.

🛠 I also want to do maintenance on some uploads. Considering I've already done plenty of it, I'm unsure of which others could be better/louder/fix if they are too loud. But I'll get to it soon.

#💭 #I'm thinking it would be nice to make an organized drive of all of the songs in case anything happens to this blog since this blog is meant #to be a sort of resource. I love Ensemble Stars & it's music so much; despite my thievery... I just wish for it to be more easily #Accessible for all to enjoy. When I see people mass reblogging it makes me smile because I know they love it too.

[dreamertrilogys]

i’ve said it before but i really do think that more shows about teenagers should have them do stupid & somewhat illegal but relatively harmless stuff more often

#also real life teenagers should do stupid somewhat illegal but relatively unharmless stuff more often as well i think #.txt #somewhat illegal meaning it doesn’t HAVE to be illegal sometimes it can just break ur parents’ rules but also it can be slightly illegal <3 #FUCK I FORGOT ALCOHOL EXISTED. I MEAN STUFF OTHER THAN TEEN DRINKING . #teen drinking is lame boring and overdone. can we have some vandalism. slight trespassing. hopping a fence just for bantz. petty thievery #fare evasion. small acts of ecoterrorism . maybe some breaking & entering into like a school or swimming pool or smth. just some ideas #teendom

[dois-funnyzone]

this is a legit question - for years i’ve essentially ‘pirated’ color palettes

for procreate, there’s a pretty big market of color palettes you can purchase to add the swatches to your program. however i was like “i ain’t paying 2+ dollars on some colors” so i just took a screenshot and eyedropped them into the program myself (and for preview images that were censored to avoid that, like having an overlay over half of the colors, i just edited it out to get it close enough). for as long as ive done this i was a cocky edgelord about it but now im wondering if i should feel bad about it??

because even if i think buying colors is ridiculous (especially for some of the prices i’ve seen geez) im still technically stealing. from small businesses. right?? but at the same time can you even copyright a color scheme? is buying a color palette for procreate even worth paying for? cuz they’re so cool and i wanna use em but also cmon.

(also ngl collecting them and dumping them into the program like a treasure haul is addicting lol)

this probably sounds so so stupid but i’m starting to worry a little 😭😭

#mayor talk #if there’s one thing i like about my methods of not paying for color palettes #it means i can let it sit in my very big color palette gallery and decide ‘yeah this is ass’ and delete it #without any sunk costs involved. cuz some of the color palettes are displayed in certain ways #that make them more appealing- such as putting the colors against a background they contrast well against #to make them more vibrant and interesting when the actual thing is mid #[or maybe i’m just a bad artist who can’t use them well] #but anyway i’m sorry i’ve just admitted to thievery i guess 😭😭😭 #but again i can’t tell if this is really bad or not or if anyone gives a shit #i’ve used color palettes for my artwork before too. and i still believe you can’t copyright a color palette but ehhhhhh you never know #*pirated palettes i should stress #when do i make art without a color palette in general lmao

[asteralien]

i think crime is equally a fascinating topic for stories in the drama, comedy, and dramedy departments, but i do wonder why. like. it always has to be murder. i am once again reminding people in the entertainment sectors that jewelry thieves exist

#trying out the afterparty and like FOR ONCE i would loooooooove a murderless mystery show #sometimes i don't like murder!!! sue me!!!!!!!!! #especially comedies i'm sooooo siiiiiiick of murder comedies. do you know how funny thievery can be #even the word 'thievery' is more fun than murder. LIKE-- #idk idk idk i just don't know why 'crime' has become synonymous with 'murder' when murder is sort of like the worst crime you can do #murder comedies can be good but that's really not the only kind of crime comedy i want to laugh at #shut up myth

[devourmist]

// if Noah was a bird he'd be a magpie

#// the color scheme checks out. As does the behaviour of constantly stealing things #// I added this recently to his carrd that more than anything he just does petty thievery just because #// already has a track record of snatching things straight out of people's hands #// why? Why not #< out of character. >

[jontheredrc]

Cydia "Life is Meaningless and Often Cruel, So I Might As Well Party As Hard As I Can" Myssil

#cydia myssil #original character #oc #nihilism #''if there's no greater purpose or moral standards to anything then what could be more important than doing whatever i want?'' #(note: all cydia wants to do is get drunk and eat fruit and have sex and sleep in the grass) #really all the thievery is just a means to a hedonistic end

[pagesofkenna]

Shameless self promotion because now's a perfect time to prep for a Spring-themed D&D one-shot! Also, everything on my DMsGuild page is marked down for the GM's Day Sale, which lasts through March 10th! All of my games are less than $2, and just a little over $5 altogether.

Spring Vengeance might be my favorite of my Waterdeep one-shots because it's half 'sneak around and explore' and half 'kill your way through to the boss' (it also includes proper ship maps, since the W:DH maps were lacking)

#dmsguild #gm day sale #waterdeep dragon heist #i say might be because winter thievery is the one that started this series and i still adore that game #but thats because its designed to have little to no combat and i love sneaking around and not fighting lmao #spring vengeance had a lot more thought put into it since it wasnt just a silly joke i was expanding on #all of these seasonal oneshots are based on the waterdeep dragon heist adventure #focusing on villains and side characters a party of players might not meet if playing that season's storyline #they dont touch on the main story of WDH so they can be played mid-campaign or post-campaign #or even with an entirely new set of characters just for a one-shot taste of the city

[rain-filled-garden]

🩸} A pirate Capitan, with his own conscience, who understands quite well the struggles this life can bring one face to face with...

#{|dash commentary|} #{|⋄❀Musings❀⋄|} #{|⋄✧Vimur✧⋄|} #{|ooc notes transition--|} #slight tangent ahead but-- in some ways-- Vimur probably would've been more suited to life as just a sailor #considering that he doesn't fully enjoy the thievery that often comes with pirate life-- nor the times that encounters have to end in blood #and as such-- tries to run his ship with the minimum of both that he's able to get away with-- #but as another side to that coin-- being a sailor wouldn't have granted him near the same amount of instant freedom that this life does #so-- he'll take the necessary evils that come with the other side of that coin

[fursasaida]

This article is from 2022, but it came up in the context of Palestine:

Here are some striking passages, relevant to all colonial aftermaths but certainly also to the forms we see Zionist reaction taking at the moment:

Over the decade I lived in South Africa, I became fascinated by this white minority [i.e. the whole white population post-apartheid as a minority in the country], particularly its members who considered themselves progressive. They reminded me of my liberal peers in America, who had an apparently self-assured enthusiasm about the coming of a so-called majority-minority nation. As with white South Africans who had celebrated the end of apartheid, their enthusiasm often belied, just beneath the surface, a striking degree of fear, bewilderment, disillusionment, and dread.

[...]

Yet these progressives’ response to the end of apartheid was ambivalent. Contemplating South Africa after apartheid, an Economist correspondent observed that “the lives of many whites exude sadness.” The phenomenon perplexed him. In so many ways, white life remained more or less untouched, or had even improved. Despite apartheid’s horrors—and the regime’s violence against those who worked to dismantle it—the ANC encouraged an attitude of forgiveness. It left statues of Afrikaner heroes standing and helped institute the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which granted amnesty to some perpetrators of apartheid-era political crimes.

But as time wore on, even wealthy white South Africans began to radiate a degree of fear and frustration that did not match any simple economic analysis of their situation. A startling number of formerly anti-apartheid white people began to voice bitter criticisms of post-apartheid society. An Afrikaner poet who did prison time under apartheid for aiding the Black-liberation cause wrote an essay denouncing the new Black-led country as “a sewer of betrayed expectations and thievery, fear and unbridled greed.”

What accounted for this disillusionment? Many white South Africans told me that Black forgiveness felt like a slap on the face. By not acting toward you as you acted toward us, we’re showing you up, white South Africans seemed to hear. You’ll owe us a debt of gratitude forever.

The article goes on to discuss:

"Mau Mau anxiety," or the fear among whites of violent repercussions, and how this shows up in reported vs confirmed crime stats - possibly to the point of false memories of home invasion

A sense of irrelevance and alienation among this white population, leading to another anxiety: "do we still belong here?"

The sublimation of this anxiety into self-identification as a marginalized minority group, featuring such incredible statements as "I wanted to fight for Afrikaners, but I came to think of myself as a ‘liberal internationalist,’ not a white racist...I found such inspiration from the struggles of the Catalonians and the Basques. Even Tibet" and "[Martin Luther] King [Jr.] also fought for a people without much political representation … That’s why I consider him one of my most important forebears and heroes,” from a self-declared liberal environmentalist who also thinks Afrikaaners should take back government control because they are "naturally good" at governance

Some discussion of the dynamics underlying these reactions, particularly the fact that "admitting past sins seem[ed] to become harder even as they receded into history," and US parallels

And finally, in closing:

The Afrikaner journalist Rian Malan, who opposed apartheid, has written that, by most measures, its aftermath went better than almost any white person could have imagined. But, as with most white progressives, his experience of post-1994 South Africa has been complicated. [...]

He just couldn’t forgive Black people for forgiving him. Paradoxically, being left undisturbed served as an ever-present reminder of his guilt, of how wrongly he had treated his maid and other Black people under apartheid. “The Bible was right about a thing or two,” he wrote. “It is infinitely worse to receive than to give, especially if … the gift is mercy.”

#south africa #apartheid #colonialism #palestine

[futurefind]

“ what happened to you? “ from rin too : )

Send me    “ what happened to you? “    for your muse to find mine bandaging up a wound.  / Accepting // @tvrningout

"Fucking gods—" Sasume jerks, damn near punching herself in the face with how she startles. Her claws tear into the gauze with the motion and she sighs, adding an extra loop for good measure.

"How many times do I gotta tell you, stop sneaking up on me! Unless you want to end up a dead cucumber—" but for all her grumbling her eye had only brightened briefly, and comes across less like a genuine protest and more like a wet cat being bathed.

She heaves a sigh and tapes it down one-handed (now intentionally using her claws), before dragging her golden gaze back to the other woman.

"Whadda ya mean?" her eyebrow arches toward her hairline. "Got scraped up in last fight is what happened."

#tvrningout: rin #tvrningout #ic // sasume #prompt responses // #v: au #:3cccc teeheehoo #ft realization that rins stealthy thievery means SO MUCH accidental puppy jumpscares #since even if knowing sa better means realizing Ah Shit thats a genuine trauma response-- and trying to NOT surprise her #old habits die hard + sa has mostly human senses + sa's so anxious = its v easy to do on accident #but also rest in rip sa bc 'needs relatively major wounds to need anything more than short term care' + Being SaTM= SHARE YOUR PAINS GDI WT #'why do u not tell ppl when ur notably hurt??????' sa just :standing: why WOULD i tf- #q