#The Outpost mentioned

[kybercrystals94]

Then & Now

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ANGST-PRIL 2024 | DAY 3 | PROMPT 3: BROKEN HEARTED 

RATED: T | WORDS: 1109 | SUMMARY: Crosshair tells Omega about Mayday. | CHARACTER FOCUS: Crosshair, Omega

“What happened?” Omega asks. 

Crosshair doesn’t move, doesn’t shift his gaze to the child sitting behind the grate of his cell door. He keeps his focus on the ceiling above him, where the light has a barely discernible flicker. “What do you mean, what happened?” he asks, hoping that the venom in his tone will make her recant the question. 

But he isn’t surprised when she only clarifies, “Why did you turn against the Empire?” 

Omega has been nothing if not persistent these past few weeks, regularly sneaking her way down to talk to him. She does most of the talking, while he pretends he’s not listening, and wonders if she will take the hint and stay away.

To his frustration, Omega takes the hint and blatantly ignores it. 

“It doesn’t matter,” Crosshair growls.

Omega shifts so that she is kneeling in front of the door, facing him full on. “It must’ve been something terrible. You seemed so sure on Kamino.” 

They let him die. The unspoken words taste bitter, so he verbalizes something less distasteful. “It pains me to say that Hunter was right. We are nothing but a number to them. Disposable. You’ve seen the labs here.”

The kid frowns. “Realizing Hunter was right doesn’t put you in a cell,” she observes. 

“I already told you, it doesn’t matter,” Crosshair tells her. 

“It matters to me.” 

“Why?” 

“Because you’re my brother,” Omega states. “What happens to you – what happened to you – matters.”

An infinite number of retorts line up Crosshair’s throat. Awful, horrid things that he is sure will finally drive Omega away, make her hate him the way he deserves. Keep her safe the way she deserves. Safe from him. Safe from attachment and familial duty. 

But not a single one of them comes out. 

“His name was Mayday.” 

Omega is quiet for a moment. “What happened to him?” 

“He died.” 

Another meaningful pause. “The Empire killed him?” 

“They couldn’t waste precious medical supplies on a disposable meat droid,” Crosshair snaps. Blistering rage burns glacial in his veins. “So I killed the officer who stood by and watched him die.” Crosshair turns his head to look at Omega, who stares back with wide eyes. “That’s what happened. That’s why I’m here.” 

He hates the sympathy that washes over Omega’s transparent expression. He does not want her pity or her love. He wants her to leave him alone. 

Funny, isn’t it? How these clones around you keep disappearing?

“Go,” Crosshair says, turning away. “I don’t want you to come back.” 

He can feel Omega watching him, hear that she hasn’t moved away. Finally, she sighs, a long-suffering exhale that sounds too much like Hunter. “I know you think you’re protecting me, but I will come back, Crosshair. I won’t let you be alone again.” 

Crosshair waits until he knows she’s gone before he releases a shaky breath. He rubs harshly at his eyes. He hasn’t cried for Mayday. He won’t cry now. 

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They’ve been in hyperspace for a couple hours now. 

Crosshair sits on the floor of the main hold, Batcher’s head in his lap while he strokes the hound’s smooth, leathery skin. He listens to the rumble of his brothers’ voices in the cockpit, Omega’s melodic voice occasionally chiming in. He imagines this is what it was like before, when the Batch first got Omega. In all the time he has known her, even before he liked or cared or… loved her, Omega has always had something to say, something to contribute. He remembers it annoyed him, but the emotion attached to the memory feels foreign and ugly. He hates that it used to be that way, but he cannot deny that it was. 

It was the chip, he reminds himself. After that, his own stubbornness butting up against Omega’s persistence. Regret constricts around the muscle in his chest, memories of the cruel and harsh words he’d used on Tantiss to push Omega away. He can’t remember exactly when he’d given up the effort, resigning to be talked at relentlessly until it became something he ached for. When she’d go days without coming to his cell, he began to worry for her, straining to hear the light tread of her footsteps. 

Those familiar light steps approach him now, but Crosshair doesn’t look up at his sister when she stops in front of him. 

“You look comfy,” Omega says. 

“Yeah, the floor of a ship is luxurious,” Crosshair retorts. 

“I was talking to Batcher,” Omega responds, deadpan. 

Crosshair rolls his eyes, but smirks in spite of himself. 

Omega moves to slide down next to him. “You’ve been quiet since we left the base.” 

“Unlike some people, I don’t feel the need to talk constantly.”

“Fine. You’ve been quieter than usual. Happy?” 

“Ecstatic.” 

Omega turns so that she’s leaning her back against his arm, head tipped against his shoulder. “Is that where you met Mayday?” 

Crosshair stiffens, his hand freezing in place on Batcher’s head. He swallows. He could try to lie, or at the very least, brush the question off. Seconds of indecision tick by, Omega patiently waiting Crosshair out. She’ll know if he lies. 

“Yes,” Crosshair mutters at last. 

Omega hums. “I saw the helmets. Hunter said he saw you picking them up.” 

When did he tell you that? Crosshair wants to demand, but the question catches in his throat, giving Omega time to continue uninterrupted. 

“I’m sorry for what happened there,” she says, softly. “It must have been hard to go back.” 

Crosshair shrugs, purposely jostling Omega’s head resting against him, making her huff. “It is what it is,” he tells her. 

“Tell me about him?” The question is gently put, a small voice guarded for rejection. 

Crosshair sighs. “There’s not much to tell. I didn’t know him for long.” 

“Long enough to care about him,” Omega says. 

“Hmmm,” Crosshair concedes. He hesitates a moment before saying, “I guess he reminded me of our brothers...”

Omega nods, head bumping against his arm. 

“There was an avalanche,” Crosshair continues, voice low, throat tight. “We were both injured, but Mayday had the worst of it. He…” Crosshair swallows. “He wanted me to leave him behind, said he wouldn’t make it. He was right, in the end, but I tried anyway. We got to the base, but they wouldn’t help him.”  

Omega reaches back, her fingers finding his hand and wrapping around it. Her grip tightens. He squeezes back. 

“I wish I could have met him,” Omega whispers, and Crosshair knows she means it. 

Blinking back the burning sensation that suddenly impairs his vision, Crosshair mutters, “Me too.”

He hasn’t cried for Mayday. 

He won’t cry now. 

END

Wow! Already to day 3 of Angst-pril, and my time has come to join the collaboration alongside @the-little-moment & @just-here-with-my-thoughts!

(If you haven't already, you NEED to go read their stories for the prompts Homesick and Frozen!!!)

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#angstpril2024 #Day 3 #Prompt: Broken Hearted #the bad batch #star wars #Star Wars the bad batch #sw tbb fanfic #ao3 fanfic #ao3 writer #tbb omega #tbb crosshair #Mayday mentioned #The Outpost mentioned #angst #family relationships #Little Kyber Thoughts #Little Kyber Thoughts Collaboration #fics by kyber

[noitkot1]

s4!Scar's base is so cool and shelters all the dead Scars

Or all Life Series Scar's respawn in Scar's Frontier Outpost- or or, oh god all 5 Scar's are stuck together.

All throughout s4 Scar mentions something-something that Scar's Frontier Outpost is "a place for all Scar's to go!" This au is that, but Scar's Frontier Outpost is quite literal in its description. All Scar's that have died go there to rest. And happen to meet some of the other universe's version of themselves in death.

3rd!Scar waking up completely alone as the first, only with the cats to accompany him as he slowly wanders through this very not well lit up town. Only gaping at the TERRIBLE train track construction. Even if he is no expert a train track should not have a 90 degree turn! Of course half shirtless with a cat on his shoulder, or well guiding him. The place is abandoned to his eyes and- well. He's dead isn't he? Passed when Grian murdered him in the cactus ring, so this is his afterlife...

Its nicer than he had imagined it to be.

Then one day months and months later, there's a silly wizard in his bed with green, depressed eyes. And as he stares into a mirror, this replica-Scar sits up slowly, hands shaking with winces and the biggest frown ever. Looking towards the other Scar, his voice cracks during the sentence, "am I dead?" 3rd!Scar only does a quick nod, because while he assumed this is the afterlife, why would the afterlife have multiple versions of himself? He shrugs it off, probably better not to question it. It'll be nice to have some company.

Meanwhile LL!Scar is pulling his hoodie over his head and trying his best to be small and hide away. Because he was unrightfully- totally rightfully, it was a death game. A death game he did not sign up for- murdered. And now he's dead and seeing other versions of himself. It'd be a shock to anyone's system truly, and LL!Scar stares blindly as 3rd!Scar goes on a long babble, sitting down and petting one of the cats with a smile as he talks all about the local train in the area. A week later, the two have settled in and just exist. Because they're dead now and all they can really do is make the world more pretty.

This repeats for each one. After DL 3rd!Scar stops sleeping in the bed they keep spawning in, changing that room out to be more welcoming in a sense. After the mess that is DL, the one who somehow stays farther away from the "group" than LL did, the two give little concerned glances and raises of the eyebrow. That room has a big banner over the door reading "WELCOME TO SCARS FRONTEIR OUTPOST(AKA YOUR DEAD)", streamers hanging from the ceiling, and a red carpet added to the bottom. The entire room is restructured, and they add a chest full of essential items and a little note reading, "DISCONT FOR ONE SANDWICH!" and on the back it read all horribly scribbled out, "if youd like one more glorius sandwich, that will cost you one shoe!" DL got scammed through this, the two longer dead Scar's putting on smiles and demanding two diamonds for the amazing tour they gave the other. And somehow DL couldn't help the laugh that crackled from his chest, the others couldn't stop their snickers either.

SL and LL get along well, but either refuse to acknowledge why or talk about their past. Just when the other appears they connect.

LiL!Scar being like the youngest child. Definitely does the most pranks and gets along like a fire with everyone, but 3rd!Scar encourages his chaos. These two have definitely set off fireworks for fun on the anniversaries of their own deaths(LiL starting this tradition because he simply can. Bdubs and Cleo would've loved to see the pretty lights).

DL being the dramatic middle child... somewhere in there. He ends up being the most reserved even when LiL arrives. He's scared of making many connections and accepts his cats as his soulmates and his only friends. Said cats are also how the other two bring DL out of his shell. Making tons of the toys for the kitters and bonding over their equal love of the little guys.

They all deserve a little happiness in their endings somehow! A nice afterlife where they can thrive together and enjoy some bits of it after realizing they all aren't out to get each other, they're simply just... dead. Now all they have are the alternate universe also dead versions of themselves(this being pointed out over a campfire would make them snort).

#hermitblr #headcanon #hermitcraft #hermitcraft season 4 #goodtimeswithscar #scar #all in character unless otherwise specified #life series #double life #third life #traffic life series #Let them be happy #and scar needs a hug #every single one of them #theyre all one big family after a few years #i want to add more versions of scar but for now these are all I know </3 #Scar's at the Outpost AU #please see this silly little fellas #mentions of death #I have not developed this au enough #they deserve so much more love

[crown-ov-horns]

AHS: Apocalypse has a hot, insane, sadistic villianess who's also disabled.

And, she's a fashion icon (at least in the Outpost).

#ahs #american horror story #ahs apocalypse #wilhelmina venable #sarah paulson #ahs fandom #horror fandom #ahs edit #ahsedit #ahs thoughts #diary pages #the definition of hell hath no fury #bitch literally killed the whole outpost because langdon killed her #sha has not a miligram of sympathy for anyone but herself #the moment she had an opportunity she went on a rant about how she despises everyone she lives with #wait did i mention she literally treated the people in the outpost like dolls #her outpost fashion is *heart eyes* #yes yes i know she's mostly as mad because of her secret self-hatred and bitterness at the world #but sometimes you just want to admire a villain because they're evil not sympathize with them #because the darkness is what makes them such a great character #of course i find her hot she's played by sarah paulson

[outpost51]

soooooo y’all know the big storms that hit louisiana and texas?

the outpost is fine but we haven’t had power since 1:30 this morning and we may not get it back until late saturday night.

might be on later to answer asks and tags depending on the Situation.

stay frosty much love xo

korb

#outpost chatter #I see the discord notifs and the tungle mentions and they’re maintaining morale over here #it’s also like. 103 degree heat index lol AND more storms are coming

[junos-oc-emporium]

Cringetober day 17!! Fake anime screenshot

#for context polaris is shale's pseudo-father and while we love him very much he is a pitiful dick sometimes. i love him #cringetober #cringetober 2023 #art #oc #shale #the outpost #polaris Mention but like. whatever

[frostycatblr-fandom-files]

Vague Spoilers for TBB s2ep14 "Tipping Point"

AKA: Some (stupid) things I said out loud to myself while making food in the kitchen

Oh boy, our snarky sniper is the thumbnail for the episode, so buckle up for the feels...

So Mom had a successful rescue mission with Rex. Good to see Mom again, was wondering how things were going.

Snarky sniper is getting called down to the doctor's office for a check-up from hell, I'm sure.

[Dr. Hemlock walks into the room at the same time my cat comes into the kitchen to see what I'm up to] Ugh not you go away. [Cat meows at me] That wasn't aimed at you, baby, that was aimed at the bad man.

He's not in good shape and he's definitely not not making it outsid- 88? How many codes do they have?? This one's definitely a warning. #CrossCares

Omega's getting driving lessons from her brainiac brother and Wrecker is taking up fishing.

Dad's really considering that timeshare.

Mom and Dad are talking about the future for the family~

"Oh shit our bro sounds like he's in trouble and is warning us that we're also in trouble. There's a really sketchy dude involved. I think he needs our help." "...IDK fam sounds sus." Yeah let's be honest with ourselves Hunter you're probably gonna try to rescue him anyways and Omega's gonna be in some serious danger (as usual)

#tbb spoilers #tbb season 2 spoilers #the bad batch #tbb #star wars #my dad's probably gonna ask me in the morning how the episode was and how things went since I mentioned that I figured we'd be seeing Cross #well dad i was right about that #and things aren't looking too good right now for our 'famously sharp-eyed sniper' who missed a shot #'you INJECT crosshair? You inject crosshair like the LAB RAT?! OH! oh jail for doctor!!' #Filoni what tf else have they done to this boy since Outpost with Mr. Immune To Toxin Gas at the wheel #frosts fandom freakouts

[lethalhoopla]

Running around in Andromeda and having to make these cryopod decisions has me thinking a lot again about the strange tendency in a lot of sci-fi to just…. Forget the little things that make a society tick. The people, the jobs, the work done that… without it, sure, maybe we won’t starve, but we’re not…. a Society, y’know? And we sure as hell won’t function half as well.

Who is cutting people’s hair? Who’s fixing the clothes (especially when resources for New Things are so scarce)? Who’s cleaning, and cooking, and looking after kids or others who need help?

Give me more appreciation for the everyday workers in sci-fi, dammit.

#me: andromeda #they do have a couple good moments so far with at least mentioning how its every day hard work in the outposts that are making a difference #but even then its more science and engineering focused #though i am elated theres that one guy on prodromos who explicitly mentions being a civil engineer and #that its a working plumbing system that makes for an actual livable town not just flashy stuff #but for real #gimme a salarian barber who loves working with hair and buffing fringes and keeping everyone feeling more like themselves in the chaos #gimme an asari linecook who is working her ass off to keep outposts fed and coming up w new recipes in all the tight pinches #gimme a turian daycare worker with babs of all species hanging off their arms and tucked in their cowl #while their parents are hard at work making andromeda survivable #gimme angaran and krogan new best friends keeping politicians on their toes in their offices bc janitorial staff knows this mess is a #health and safety hazard ffs #oops my working class solidarity is showinng again #i just want a krogan and salarian workers union to kick tann in the skinny ass a bit about credit and resources where due okay

[theseasideskies]

My jaw dropped

#downpour spoilers #what looked like a scav outpost was getting absolutely wrecked by centipedes and blue lizards on my way #the lizards were marching in a row each carrying a scav lol #centipedes sometimes approached the outpost only for the survivors to go trigger crazy and throw bombs everywhere #have i mentioned i love this game already #rain world

[tmae3114]

Sometimes I think about Gaelan’s backstory and get Emotional

#dragonfable #ESPECIALLY rn with Outpost Yeden and the Magesters all around #thinking about how young Gaelan must have been when he made his choice #when he looked at the Ignominous and said No. No I Don't Care What Anyone Says This Is WRONG And I Will NOT Be Part Of It #(we know that part of his reasoning was not wanting to be stuck in one place the rest of his life) #(but he mentions the ingominous thing TWICE) #(so to that reads as it having been the more important factor) #forced to flee his homeland. not even able to let his family know he was ALIVE #the fact we KNOW it's not just the Ignominous but the ENTIRE Imperial way of life he's rejecting #because he's ACTIVELY putting effort into trying to unlearn his internalised biases #the Shapeless Empire does as empires do and says that We Are The Best And Our Way Of Life Is The Only Proper Way #and Gaelan said I WANT TO LEARN ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S WAYS OF LIFE #he's a good character is what I'm saying

[abimee]

i think my enjoyment is always adding a little seasoning to every fictional character to make them feel a bit mote human in a way that having some sort of somewhat loserish characeristic can bring. like when i talk about hades smoking indoors or althaea watching childrens movies as a menopausal person. like not even to say that what i describe about characters is to be a point of comedy or to laugh at them but i think when a character is too smoth they need something about them that just feels a bit goofy. do you know what im saying. this is why i talk about yshtola and urianger making gravity bongs in the storage room of the waking sands

#and taynor and unukalhai passing the days by throwing empty wine bottles into the air and throwing rocks at them #this doesnt apply to stuff like physical features like acne or balding cause those arent loser traits #its strictly about what characters do. like when the supplementary books mention haurchefant as a grown man jusr shoves #paperwork he doesnt wanna do into his desk drawers so theyre just brimmed with bullshit he never got done #as a 28 year old head of an important outpost. thats vaguely loserish stuff #we have all these traits is what im saying #and it make sme enjoy characters more when their perfect character has acrack in it via smthn a little goofy

[mooshrems]

// bad batch spoilers !!

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tech being fascinated by the creature literally eating electricity .. hes just like me ….

#autism !!!!! #also did anyone else get stressed when tech told omega not to worry when he was going alone .. #too many tech scenes. i wonder what theyre going to do with him next .. ?? #also echo and rex mention !! #i think outpost is a crosshair episode according to dbb and reviewers ? #and hunter ‘what makes you think we’ll ever come back’ OOOH. PLEASE LEAVE #the bad batch spoilers

[vespurrway]

hopped into the pace speedrun event stream at twitch dot tv slash speedrun and caught fruit’s funniest, most unlucky tournament pb. and it was unverifiable o7 my streamer,, the universe said woe, lava bucket be upon you

#he was hunting stray blazes in fort but ended up with TONS of wither skelly spawns #makes it out w 6 rods then blinds into pillager outpost #proceeds to get chased by pillagers while throwing eyes #then his water bucket glitched so when he clutched with it the water turned into lava #so he quit the game and relogged until the fire went out + gapple in stronghold chest #fruitberries #ves whispers #edit: forgot to mention that the stronghold was 250 blocks away #and would've been closer if the pillagers didn't chase him off 😭

[walkawaytall]

Hi, I’ve written over 130k words of Star Wars fanfiction since January and a droid is physically present in exactly none of them.

#is this a problem #I mention C-3PO in one section of my WIP #but dealing with droids on all these backwater outposts just sounds really annoying #in my head Threepio is up on Home One being useful somehow #but I feel like pulling him into the mix at this point will only draw attention to the fact that he hasn’t been here for like 60K words #star wars fanfiction

[dbphantom]

I've been rereading some of my Bl3 h2o au and actually I missed it sm lol bbbbbbbbbbb info dump incoming

It's wild bc some parts come across as awkward to me now after about 2-3 years... To me this fic is very recent so to think I've improved enough to recognize flaws in such a short amount of time... Wha!!

Also Junpai-7 arc my beloved. That's all. I love this arc. Twin sun planet that hates the moon and has sun festivals with Digby Vermouth to celebrate longer days. Custom made RGB Guardian OC that designed mermaids and furthers 'Eridian experimentation' lore and she eventually teams up with the Crimson Raiders after talking to Tannis. The fact that I accidentally called Guardian possession as a lore mechanic because I wanted a way to fit being moonstruck into my silly au. There are pirates and vampires and double-crossing mermen and an Eridian Compass that points the owner to an underwater Vault that becomes a huge whirlpool with a giant sea monster inside. This arc is SO self-indulgent and I love it so much.

Also when ur reading the Pandora 'main story' stuff u can see where I decided the Crimson Raiders' new base on Pandora was going to be Roland's Rest while they build Sanc-III during the main story because it abruptly cuts back to it in the middle of an arc LOL (and also where I decided there was a Pandoran moon pool in the Salt Flats instead of a lineage factor to this one... Because moon pools... I wanted to fit one into the main story to have a basis for the 'revisiting junpai-7 with the Crimson Raiders' arc OK shhh)

And I forgot I killed off Emma and Nino and actually my heart broke when they died bc I was like 'Awww I missed the Black Ops Squad' AND THEN THEY WERE DEAD hhggghhh but This arc also has all the Obsidian Block lore with all the characters being named after H2O villains (Greg, Sophie, Dr. Denman, Will...) and ALSO explains some Eridian lore and I think is also the first time I refer to moonstone from tps as its 'scientific' name which is Cythium-3 :) AND this is where Barnabas betrays Zane after joining the Black Ops Squad and starts their whole thing. Very back-and-forth with the vibes overall... Also lowkey can't wait to see what the actual lore explanation is for the triangle jackets because I will be permanently ignoring that in favor of my Black Ops Squad designs thank you (the jackets were bc they were all part of the Dahl Black Ops outfit on Pandora (referencing that ECHO Captain has about Zane) before they were abandoned, but they were nice af jackets so they kept them and replaced the Dahl logo with the triangle design)

Also also there are SO MANY references to stuff that isn't just H2O... In the junpai-7 arc the Rogues (Clay and the gang) are in the process of smuggling the Eridian Compass to a place called Mariejois when Zane shows up to steal it for the pirate queen Cutlord Karuu bc I love One Piece and it's Pirates okay. Also Zane drinks and enjoys Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters, in which he compares the headache after getting moon-driver-struck to getting his brain smashed in with a brick without the lemon.

Also oh my god Zoomer is baby I'm so sorry I forgot about you 🥺 he's so small and beeps so much... He's just doing his best... Yeah he will shoot you but he's trying his best okay don't judge him... Blane (stands for Blue Zane) on the other hand is a total dick and messes with Zane at every opportunity and I think that's beautiful. He's only like that because tediore accidentally switched out the personality cores for the clone so he's the exact opposite of Zane

#I forgot I worked future opportunity into the story too... With all the hyperion workers trying to survive and maintain their structure #I just missed this au a lot #Basically fixes every complaint I have with the main game #(Troy becoming the main villain after Tyreen dies. The full story taking place solely on Pandora with other planets being dlc stuff. #Getting to explore future versions of BL1 and 2 areas. Working in the consequences of the bl2 story into 3 (the twins using old Dahl and #Hyperion outposts to house the cult and do eridium mining). Old Vault Hunters actually being with the Raiders and around and important. #There's tons more but tag typing is ehhh. Let's just say Bl3 h2o au my beloved) #H2O au #Cruddy rambles #I FORGOT TO MENTION #Maya not permanently dying for no reason #Ava getting the Leech powers #Bc like. Otherwise she has basically a nonexistent arc... She complains and then gets what she wants in the end... Boo! #And the Vault of the Architects actually existing and having monsters that Troy absorbs to get his boss fight powers

[toothzome]

was gonna make a joke post a thing analog horror until i realized the mandela catalouge existed

#the thing 1982 #txt #the thing movie #the thing john carpenter #john carpetner's the thing #this isnt even to reccomend the series i barely remember what happened #but its main gimmick--that there are different versions of yourself that wanna kill you and are kinda like demons--would be REAL scary #in a remote setting like the thing #and while its obvious that someones an alternate there's pretty much no way to defeat them as they induce so much negative thought into the #real version that the real person commits suicide #suicide mention in tags #overall scary stuff i think the outpost would be so screwed against the threat of it

[psychotrenny]

And people keep trying to justify Israel's existence on the basis that it is somehow a safe place for the preservation of Jewish people and their culture and not only is that an awful argument for establishing a Settler Colonist Apartheid State but it's not even true. Like the state is politically and economically dominated by Ashkenazi Jews from Northern Europe and their descendants. While not as severely mistreated as Palestinians, there is still a significant disparity between the European and Non-European Jews in terms of income and education. Non-European Jews are still regularly subject to interpersonal bigotry (hell earlier this year there was a news story about a viral video where Ashkenazi girls in a Purim made a skit mocking the Mizrahi) and Israel government policies towards non-Ashkenazi migrants have done severe damage to their social structure and cultural traditions. Not to mention the fact that the whole reason why many Mizrahi migrated in the first place was to escape the violence caused by European Jews committing atrocities in their name, tearing communities apart as neighbours that had peacefully co-existed for centuries found themselves on opposite sides of this new ethno-religious conflict

There have even been attempts in Israeli history at the forceful assimilation or even biological reduction of non-European Jews; the kidnapping and adoption of Yemeni Jewish children in the 1950s is significant example of the former while the forced contraception of Beta Israeli (Ethiopean Jewish migrants) with the explicit intention of reducing their population's birth rate is an example of the latter. There's also very clear favouritism when it comes to recent converts; white Afrikaner converts are given the right of Aliyah while Nigerian Igbos are not. Like the fact of the matter is that Israel's fundamental nature is as a European Settler Colony, incredibly racist not only towards the indigenous Palestinians but the many Non-European Jews it claims to represent. It's an outpost of Western Imperialism, not a haven for the Jewish people. If it was ever meant to be the latter than it has failed miserably

#stella speaks