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expresswayimmigration · 2 months
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Express Entry Draw 2024 #291 – Latest CRS
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fleckjayky · 3 months
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utilitycaster · 24 days
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You know what's interesting to me? For all people keep claiming at every juncture that perhaps Bells Hells will come around on the gods and see the harm they do (which, as discussed extensively, is, half the time, simply not intervening) not only have they never done so, but also they never quite cross the line into saying the party should join the Ruby Vanguard or aid them - and indeed, they defend against it - so what does this achieve? It feels like they're asking for a story in which the party stands idly by, which isn't much of a story nor, if I may connect this briefly to the real world, a political stance anyone should be proud of.
That's honestly the frustration with the gods and the "what if the Vanguard has a point" conversations in-game. What do we do then? Do we allow the organization that will murder anyone for pretty much any reason that loosely ties into their goals run rampant? The group that (perhaps unwittingly, but then again, Otohan's blades had that poison) disrupted magic world-wide, and caused people who had the misfortune to live at nexus points to be teleported (most, as commoners, without means of return). While also fomenting worldwide unrest?
Those were the arguments before the trip to Ruidus; with the reveal of the Vanguard's goals to invade Exandria, the situation becomes even more dire. Do you let the Imperium take over the planet?
And do the arguments against the gods even hold up? If Ludinus is so angry at them for the Calamity, what does it say that he destroyed Western Wildemount's first post-Calamity society for entirely selfish means? (What does it say about the validity of vengeance as a motivator?) What does it say that Laudna told Imogen she could always just live in a cottage quietly without issue before the solstice even happened? (Would this still be true if the Imperium controls the world?) What does it say that when faced with a furious, grieving party and the daughter she keeps telling herself was her reason for all of this, Liliana can't provide an answer to the question of what the gods have done other than that their followers will retaliate...for, you know, the Vanguard's endless list of murders. (That is how the Vanguard and Imperium tend to think, huh? "How dare your face get in the way of my boot; how dare you hit me back when I strike you.") She can't even provide a positive answer - why is Predathos better - other than "I feel it", even though Imogen and Fearne know firsthand that Predathos can provide artificial feelings of elation. Given all the harm Ludinus has done in pursuit, why isn't the conclusion "the gods should have crashed Aeor in such a way that the tech was unrecoverable?"
Even as early as the first real discussion on what the party should do, the fandom always stopped short of saying "no, Imogen's right, they should join up with the people who killed half the party," it was always "no, she didn't really mean it, she just was trying to connect with her mother." Well, she's connected with her mother, and at this point the party doesn't even care about the gods particularly (their only divinely-connected party member having died to prevent the Vanguard from killing all of them). So they will stop the Vanguard; as Ashton says, the means are unforgiveable. As Laudna says, it's not safe to bet on Predathos's apathy. As Imogen says, she's done running; the voice that she used to think of as a lifeline belongs to someone she doesn't trust. So I guess my question is: if they're stopping the people who are trying to kill the gods (and defense of the gods isn't remotely their personal motivation)...do you think the next phase of the campaign is Bells Hells personally killing the gods? Reconstructing the Aeor tech and hoping none of their allies notice? How does this end? Does your ideology ever get enacted? Or is this entirely moot and pointless and the story ends with Bells Hells saying "well, I'm really glad we stopped the people who [insert list of Vanguard atrocities from above]; none of us follow the gods or plan to, but honestly, the status quo we return to is preferable to whatever nightmare Ludinus had concocted in his violent quest for power and revenge"?
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crithaus · 9 months
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Laura at any given moment ever: "are we All aware that Vex'ahlia De Rolo, Lady of the First House of Whitestone, Baroness of the Third House of Whitestone, Grandmistress of the Grey Hunt, Champion of Pelor and the Sixth Star herself, is The hottest woman in all Tal'dorei? Is that clear? Common knowledge? Yes? excellent
And thank Christ cuz I can yell it from all the rooftops I can reach but I gotta sleep sometimes, thank you for the layup Laura
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undead-knick-knack · 9 months
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sapphicnerd · 2 years
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perplexingly · 1 year
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I have a REALLY dumb question but I don’t know how to look it up; is it true that women in male-dominated fields tend to be hyperfeminine?
Cuz it’s such a different experience from me (me being a non feminine woman in a male dominated field - game dev - and the only other woman at my work with a similar-ish job description to mine is a metalhead; and the only feminine women I see around are in producing and hr, which aren’t male-dominated afaik, at least where I work), BUT my current job is the first office job I’ve ever had so my sample size is very small, I don’t know how it is for people in general 💦 Is that a thing?
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gorgynei · 7 months
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i LOOOOVEEEEE when legendary enemies come back as farrr lesser versions of themselves that have been dirtied and ruined by solitude and anger. i loove this. terrifying but i love it.
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scoundrels-in-love · 1 year
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I know the group has expressed worry about Laudna because her life depends on potentially divine magic, but what about Ashton, whose brain and life is literally glued together with magic goop? Is no one going to worry about them and what could happen when it just ceases to function as magic,when it's arguably magic that has undone fact they've died/timeweaved around their pending death besides literally physically replacing part of their brain and head? BECAUSE I WILL.
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Debating on whether I want to watch Stardew Valley videos or the latest Critical Role episode. It's like deciding if I want a soothing cup of hot chocolate or if I'd rather set my house on fire
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bottlecanidae · 1 year
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HAPPY FUCKING VALENTINES DAY
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look at this beautiful memento that was not taken on a whim and at the chagrin of its subjects, at all
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expresswayimmigration · 2 months
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Express Entry Draw 2024 #290 - Latest CRS
Latest Express Entry Draw March 25, 2024 #290 – Latest CRS Score Cut-Off
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beedreamscape · 6 months
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Just had the terrifying thought one day Sam's ad will be him reading a fanfic titled 'Kidnapped/Adopted by Critical Role' or something equally traumatizing
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utilitycaster · 1 year
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This rattles around in my head whenever we meet a complicated NPC or even hear about them, but there is frequently a chilling lack of empathy towards NPCs who are anything but complete and utter allies (or, funnily enough, complete and utter villains). This even at times spreads to PCs when they are not sufficiently kind to one's favorite, which is even worse.
The thing is, I like D&D villains, and I also like D&D complicated people with complicated relationships, but there's this excessive focus on only how one half of each relationship feels, or things are evaluated on a framework related to "who supports my blorbo/ship" rather than considering that other people have their own interests and priorities. Which is also why so much fictional war crimes/murders discourse is in such bad faith; it's judged on who is doing it and whether the judge likes their vibes, and not on any sort of consideration of the situation at hand.
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bramblepurr · 1 year
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having a fucked up brain is WILD bc something will happen that by all means u should be p hyped about. if u were regular. but instead u wanna claw at ur face and cry and scream and have a total breakdown. why? no fucking clue. god if i know. i wish i knew. i just want nothing to happen ever i guess. help!
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undead-knick-knack · 2 years
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Orym's just some guy surrounded by complete freaks
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