#and think about the CIA

[kings-court-system]

Yeah, no, I can't, this body is a rental.

Yeah, I don't actually own it, I'm just leasing it.

No, the guy I rented it from is pretty cool, he's still somewhere in here I'm sure.

It's a sweet deal man, it's like carpooling, but with trauma, saves a ton of money.

#did osdd #actually osdd #actually multiple #actually did #did #did alter #did problems #just system things #no it's honestly not a bad deal all in all #i deal with all the problems #i get to use the hands sometimes to do things #like work #and think about the CIA

[crippledanarchy]

If you're in the US and you're concerned about Palestine, leave US Jews alone, and start asking your local evangelist how much money their christian church sends annually to support the genocide being committed by the state of israel.

#i have been to many evangelical churches and conferences and they are all fully comfortable and proud of funding genocide #'its not a genocide. its a bloodline feud between isaacs children and ishmael's!' oh so you're just gullible and hateful. cool. #do you also think the cia has your best interest at heart and that cops can be reformed? #even at 13 when the sunday school teacher was like ' god made 9/11 happen cause we weren't uncritically supporting the state of israel' #i was like 'idk anything about conspiracy theories or geopolitics but I'm pretty sure you're full of shit'

[reality-detective]

William Cooper 🤔

#pay attention #educate yourselves #educate yourself #knowledge is power #reeducate yourself #reeducate yourselves #think about it #think for yourselves #think for yourself #do your homework #do some research #do your own research #ask yourself questions #question everything #jfk #jfk assassination #inside job #cia #you decide #history lesson #american history #world history #hidden history #news #cover up

[langernameohnebedeutung]

since i'm back on my x-men bullshit: One underrated subplot in x-men first class is to me the way Charles, Hank, and Raven are totally fine experimenting on themselves (Cerebro, the serum Hank creates) and Erik - the person who has actually been experimented on in the most horrific circumstances imaginable - frequently going "can you...maybe not???"

#erik lehnsherr #magneto #I think a lot of it gets misconstrued because Erik is often glib about it #for example I've seen a lot of people read the 'what an adorable lab rat you make Charles' comment as flirting #but he literally follows it up with 'I've been a lab rat - I know one when I see one' #also his constant interventions with Hank and Raven which Hank gets jealous about and almost strangles him about in the end #but really once again he was RIGHT. Giving the CIA Cerebro would have had horrible consequences in the long run #and Hank's serum did backfire (and could have backfired way worse honestly)

[brokenpuns]

Oh, we love the [REDACTED]

yes this is shipart… scratches head

#scp #scp 682 #scp 079 #i was rlly rlly rlly insane about these two uhhh #last year i think? #like multiple long twitter threads about them insane #idk why im back but hiiii #also piece is inspired by the cia glass beach OOPS #this is for the 2 people out there who are somehow both into scp and glass beach #and im already one of them #youre welcome #my art ! #//gore

[the-worms-in-your-bones]

I am once again going down the rabbit hole of trying to figure out the ages of the Gallifrey characters

#idk why my brain gets so caught up on this but it does #I’m also talking like start of gallifrey because I’m not getting into all that for them now #what bothers me the most is that we’ve got basically nothing on Narvin #I can’t remember for sure but I don’t even think we know what regeneration he’s on #I don’t think it would be hard to assume his first but also it could not be #like for brax we know he’s older than the doctor so that puts him at at least 1000 #and romana is around 600 years younger than the doctor so she’d be around 400 #and then I’m going with 50 ish for leela because we don’t know her actual age so I’m using Louise jamesons age plus the time she spent #married to andred #also with romana that’s assuming that her and the doctor experienced the same amount of time in between them traveling together and the #start of gallifrey #I guess that could also count for brax too but whatever #for narvin what we’ve got is that he was above the rank of a junior agent under vansell during the time of the fourth doctor #(at least probably) #so we can make the assumption that he wasn’t fresh out of the academy/cia training #which makes me inclined to say that he’s older than romana #but that’s really all I’ve got on him #doctor who #gallifrey #romana #irving braxiatel #narvin #leela #clearly this is a subject I am normal about #if anyone else makes it this far in my rant and has any insights I’d love to hear them

[tirsynni]

So for the longest time, I refused to think of the original Hyrule Warriors as canon. It was a fun little hack-and-slash side bit and I adore Link with his blue scarf, but I didn't actually add it to my mental timeline when it came to the LoZ games.

Then I made the mistake of thinking too much about the game and its implications on the overall timeline, especially the implications regarding the Spirit of the Hero. Stay with me on this. (Yes, it is once again time for me to put far too much thought into video games, because why not?)

Arguably, the Spirit of the Hero became entangled with everything due to Demise's Curse in Skyward Sword: "Those like you... Those who share the blood of the goddess and the spirit of the hero... They are eternally bound to this curse. An incarnation of my hatred shall ever follow your kind, dooming them to wander a blood-soaked sea of darkness for all time!" Thus the Cycle of Hatred is introduced.

In dissecting it a bit, it shows three permanent players: an incarnation of Demise's hatred, the Goddess's bloodline (note not Hylia herself, but her bloodline) and the spirit of the hero (note in contrast to the previous line, not the hero's bloodline, but the "spirit of the hero"). So we have an incarnation of a demon god's hate, a divine bloodline, and... some dude. Sorry, Link. You really got the short end of the stick here.

Obviously, he's not just "some dude," but he is a mortal tossed into an immortal war. Even as the Goddess's bloodline is mortal, they forever hold divinity within them, descended directly from divinity. Arguably, the Hero's Spirit holds some divinity itself through Hylia's blessing, arguably Farore's blessing, and playing emissary to multiple deities and powerful spirits through the games, but it relies on external sources instead of being inherent. The root of the Hero lies within the mortality of the Hero. That mortality probably provides a great deal of flexibility, as LoZ seems to follow along the popular concept that immortal beings are stuck to certain rules and mortals can go places and do things immortals can't. Biggest example is the Goddess Hylia needing a mortal Hero in the first place to fight Demise.

Okay, so where does Hyrule Warriors come into this? Because while the concept of the Spirit of the Hero comes up in multiple games, it's usually through inheritance, stepping into the role of the Hero, etc. When Cia comes into play, her target isn't the latest Hero: her target is the Spirit of the Hero itself. Not the concept. Not the implications of the role. The identity of the Spirit of the Hero. She didn't look at Link in HW and become obsessed with him: she became obsessed with him specifically because he possessed the Spirit of the Hero. It changes things a bit when looking at his character in the game.

First, there's the question of what awakens the Spirit of the Hero. In the other games, there's a great evil on the horizon -- the incarnation of Demise's hatred, which doesn't necessarily mean Demise or even Ganondorf but the awakening of an evil influenced somehow by Demise's hatred -- which leads to a Hero being born. Evil stirs, the Hero is born, Evil acts, the Hero awakens to their destiny. In the case of HW, though, the only reason Cia attacks that era is because there was a Hero present. So what sparked the birth of this Hero? If this Link wasn't born, then Cia would have targeted another Hero. Considering she was interested in the Spirit, not the person, I don't think age would have been a factor, so any of the other Heroes would be open targets. Cia didn't need to go after an awakened Hero, though. Instead, this specific Hero was born (looking remarkably like the Hero from the SS comic with his pretty scarf and such) and becomes Cia's target. So does more than the curse cause the birth of a Hero? If so, was this particular Link set up as a target? Or are the Heroes set up with specific destinies? Just Like OoT!Link is connected with Ganondorf and Majora, was this Link's soul somehow connected to Cia's? How does it work?

Which leads to the next issue: the challenges and pros inherent to mortality. In most cases, the Heroes have a choice in their destiny. Can they be pushed? Guilted? Strongly encouraged? Yes. However, in the games, one of the first things you do is choose to pick up the sword. You pick up the weapon. You start on your path. Link in almost every other scenario gets to go, "I want to save these people. I want to save the princess. I want to save Hyrule." In HW, while Link has the option to choose to fight or not, he would be targeted by Cia regardless because he was born with the Spirit of the Hero. He does choose to become a Knight and fight, though, which awakens the Triforce and puts him right in Cia's path. Pro to mortality: freedom of choice. HW-specific con: even with that freedom, being born with the Spirit put a bullseye on Link's back.

Another con of mortality, one presented in multiple games: the dangers of corruption. Link is a mortal, albeit a powerful mortal, who through his role as Hero regularly deals with divine objects. In most games, he deals with at least one piece of the Triforce and the Master Sword. The Triforce is not a symbol of good: it is a symbol of harmony: Power, Courage, and Wisdom in balance. If it had some sort of inherent morality, then someone like Demise reaching it wouldn't be such a big deal. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Link's Triforce is just insane power. Combine that with handling the powerhouse of the Master Sword, among all of the other things Link deals with, and you have a mortal who is dealing with one hell of a threat and burden. The Hero is repeatedly warned against falling to that darkness and has to fight against symbols of his darkness, ie, Dark or Shadow Link. This is a vulnerability most others won't have to deal with. He is a mortal struggling with the weight of immortal, powerful objects and needs to not lose himself to them.

Now combine that threat of corruption with the emphasis on the Spirit of the Hero which occurs in HW. With the other games, the threat is Link being corrupted. In HW, Cia's target is the Spirit of the Hero. Link's just the pretty package. If she succeeded, Link would be corrupted, but so would Cia's target: the Spirit of the Hero. There are a couple implications connected to that: what happens when you corrupt something as ancient and powerful as the Spirit of the Hero, something blessed by multiple spirits and deities and something literally older than Hyrule itself? Something which has the ability to turn the tide of battle against impossible odds? When no Hero arose once, the Goddesses responded by flooding the world. When Link slept(?) for a hundred years in BotW, no one, no matter their ability, was able to replace him. The Calamity remained unchallenged and untouched for that century, with even Zelda's powers limited to just holding the Calamity. That's a lot of power to corrupt... and that can also be one hell of a boon to Ganondorf. If not just Link but the Spirit was corrupted, how would that affect the Cycle of Hatred? Cia would have her obsession and the Spirit could not be incarnated into a new Hero to fight against Ganondorf. One hell of a win there... literally.

WW proved that if it came right down to it, a Hero could forcibly step up by fulfilling their own Hero's Journey. After all, even the initial Hero had to come from somewhere. But that would be an insane blow against Hyrule and the Royal Family. That would also be an insane amount of power available to Ganondorf. No opposition and all of the power inherent in a corrupted Spirit of the Hero. Oof.

If you view HW as canon with its focus on the Spirit of the Hero over the Hero himself, it does lead to some interesting questions regarding the role played by the Spirit, what happens if something happens to the Spirit, and the the lines between the Spirit and the Hero himself.

...hey, The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy book, why don't you focus on these questions instead of the stupid ones you went over? Bastards.

#meta #legend of zelda #loz: hw #hyrule warriors #i can't casually think about things #ever #in my life #i think this poor link got nailed though #hw was a great example #of how just possessing #the spirit of the hero #transformed his life #made him cia's target #he went from trainee #to a commander #damned quickly #just thrown into the fray #although he did do some running #charging into it. really #but i still think #link deserves a break #link deserves a hug #and hw link #deserves some credit

[artisan-dino-nuggets]

...are yall fr citing PUTIN of all people. bitch huh

#vladimir putin #ukraine #russia #cia #tucker carlson #yall please use your critical thinking skills. for like 3 seconds #fuck putin #euromaidan #russo ukrainian war #russian invasion #yall wanna talk abt war crimes??????? bitch lets talk about war crimes #starting with uhhh idk maybe the GENOCIDE OF UKRAINIANS BY RUSSIA

[birb-boyo]

HRHFHFUFUTI

THE THEATRE KID URGE TO MAKE A LU FIC WHERE CIA COMES BACK AND CURSES THE CHAIN TO BREAK INTO SONG AT RANDOM TIMES

THAT WAY I CAN HAVE THEM SING SONGS I LIKE AND-

TIME SINGING OUT FOR LOVE IS KILLING ME/pos

#HRHFHFJF #LIKE #WARRIORS WOULD BE PISSED BECAUSE CIA IS BACK #AND TIME IS LIKE #if you only think about vengeance we’re done for #AND #HFHFHFHF #I LOVE THAT SONG SM #HHFHFHF #GUYS #GUYS I MIGHT- #linked universe #linkeduniverse #linked universe fanfic #linked universe fic #lu time #lu warriors

[loredwy]

Mmmmm okay but honest question tho

The KOSA regulations would need to be implemented even if the companies offer their services only outside of the country? 🤔 And if they are established on another country and offer its services to usa, they need to implement the regulations right?

Because like, I was thinking of how mihoyo moved from china to avoid the censorship regulations globally, for example

And like, couldnt then social media companies preassure the goverment about doing that too, then

Like, even if they had to censor stuff for usa, they would be losing a lot of potential interactions because of the content theyre hiding, so if they had to censor everything in case of being established in usa (even if it is content being shown outside of the country), wouldnt it be better for them to just move the company to another country then. To continue having those extra interactions from "censored posts" shown to other countries.

Or even, if the cost of filtering the posts was too high, its possible some companies would choose to not offer their services to usa anymore. Idk how taxes to big companies work in those cases, but that would be a loss for them in the long term too right.

Like, isnt the whole bill a bad idea even commercially?

And couldnt it happen that companies publish a statement about getting out of the country in case the regulations were stablished?

#kids online safety act #kosa bill #stop kosa #politics #capitalism #I mean. spotify did a statement here about the changes in copyright laws #threatening to not offer their services anymore because they didnt want to pay extra #for example #so like. couldnt social media companies also do that in usa. about internet regulations #its a honest question #or are they scared of losing their conservative users. as they may talk shit about the company because of refusing the regulations? #or could it be fear of retaliation from the government/cia/stuff??? wouldnt it just be better for them all to move out of the country then #I just think its lowkey weird how the companies that would be affected by this regulations have been staying silent #are they just confident the bill wont pass then #lmao #long post

[skyward-floored]

AHHH I totally understand that I actually struggled with that when playing HW!

It made me so uncomfortable, I wouldn’t play it on the tv just the handheld way bc I had so much anxiety about it

My older brother (who hasn’t played HW just a few other Zelda games) kept referring to her as the ‘shirtless sorcerer’ bc he’d get glimpses of Cia when I would play on the TV (before we play as Cia lol)

AH I'M NOT ALONE thank you, yep. it's soooo uncomfortable :(

The biggest problem for me is that whenever I play video game I always have an audience; my younger siblings and my dad always like to watch me play stuff. Which makes it a lot of fun but also I'd like my younger siblings to retain at least a little innocence for a while, plus... it's just awkward when my dad is watching abdhbkfhdg

There should be like, a modesty mode or something XD

#i mean i was literally playing it and Cia came on screen and my little brother was like 'ohhh THAT'S why it's rated T' i just about died #answers from the floor #anon #hyrule warriors #and a few of the other outfits aren't... great. either #but they're less obvious at least #like i think zelda could use a bit more up there but its not tooooo bad #but Cia? oog #just... really unnecesary

[cerise-on-top]

How do you think Laswell met her wife? What's domestic life like for her when she gets to go home?

Have a lovely day!

Hello! A second CoD post today since I was able to write this fairly quickly! This is about how I think Laswell met her canon wife, but everyone can interpret this however they like! I hope this is enjoyable!

Laswell Meeting Her Wife and Domestic Life With Her

If we’re talking about someone inserting themselves into the CoD world, then I’d say it’d be however the person intended to meet her. However, if we’re talking about her canon wife, then I’d likely have to say through work. It’s not uncommon for someone to meet through work. Besides, I can imagine the CIA having a few women working there as well, a few more than just Laswell. So, there’s a chance another one of the women working there was also into girls. And that’s likely one of the main factors that drew Laswell to that specific woman.

Don’t get me wrong, Laswell doesn’t develop crushes easily, she doesn’t now, she didn’t back then, but it would likely be that feeling of unity, of not being alone, that would draw Laswell to her future wife. It’s not often someone would have come out back then, especially not to someone you’re not sure about, so she knows something like that is an honor. And it’s that which would make her subconsciously like that woman more than the other ones, wanting to spend more time with her, get to know her better. And in those years she’d have known her, she’d eventually fall in love with her. Laswell knows what she’s feeling, but she’d test the waters a bit at first. To anyone outside it would be obvious she likes that woman more than anyone else. Given that she gives her lots and lots of gifts to gauge her reaction, takes the time out of her day to spend with her and overall just compliments her, it’s hard to not think there’s something going on here. Laswell doesn’t realize this immediately, but she will eventually.

Afterwards I’d say it was probably her wife who asked her about that sort of behavior. And, a few days later, either of them would have probably confessed they like the other. And thus a few years of dating commence.

After a year or two, Laswell would have proposed to her. Although she sometimes did lie awake at night, thinking about what it would have been like for her future wife to propose to her instead, she was just that smitten by her. As she works for the CIA as well, Laswell knows her wife is just as capable as she is. Maybe she doesn’t know as many languages, but it doesn’t matter to her, once they go on vacation Laswell can play interpreter. And on vacations they went together. Not very often, mind you, since the both of them were stationed anywhere in the world, but they would try to see the nicer parts of the world together. Amsterdam, Kyoto, Vienna. All of that stuff. By that time, they had already long since moved in together.

So, it isn’t often the two of them get to see each other in general, but that’s why they cherish what little time they can spend together. Their love never falters, and when they’re alone behind doors it’s kind of sickeningly sweet how they treat each other. It used to be worse when they were younger, but they’ve since mellowed out a little bit. So, when Laswell is home, her domestic situation can be a bit lonely. But for the sake of this ask we’re going to say her wife is actually home this time.

She doesn’t like to cook very much, so there won’t be too many homemade meals. Her wife can only be convinced to stand behind the stove whenever Laswell eggs her on, promising her a small reward, such as going to the cinema together. Her wife never cooks alone, only with Laswell. All those other times she either eats out, grabs something that only needs to be heated up or orders food. It’s only with Laswell that she can get over her disdain of cooking.

However, other than that, the two of them will take turns doing chores. If either of them just came home from work, then the other will take care of cleaning, washing clothes, putting away stuff and so on and so forth. They usually do their tasks together. So one of them will clean the dishes while the other one cleans the kitchen. If all tasks are done for either of them, then they’ll help the other. Since they’re both aware teamwork is important, something they learned throughout their careers, they would never hesitate to do so.

Laswell’s wife is a more traditionally affectionate woman than Laswell herself. She loves to give her wife a kiss every morning and before work, make her coffee and maybe toast some bread while she’s at it as well. As she usually gets up earlier than Laswell, she usually gets those things out of the way immediately, but won’t wake her up. It’s usually the loud coffee machine that does.

Overall, the domestic situation between the two of them is very loving. They don’t see each other that often, but whenever they do, they make that short amount of time count. With a kiss and a hug from her wife here and there, Laswell never ends up touch starved either. However, the only thing that had been bothering her about her wife would be her nagging about her smoking. That’s why she’s trying to quit now, just to keep her happy. Happy wife, happy life, after all. Whenever Laswell gets to see her wife content, she’s happy as well. She’d go through all nine circles of hell just to protect her and make sure nothing would happen to her. And at some point in her career, she likely has done that already.

#cod #kate laswell #today is a very non-reader insert heavy day it seems but that's alright as well #I also got another request I'll be posting tomorrow. another one about Laswell! #people have been really loving on her as of late but I don't mind that in the slightest! she deserves it! #Laswell would be a very loving wife I'd say! not as cuddly or hug-y as other people but she loves giving gifts #receiving a lot of gifts from her is one way of telling she's into you so she's very affectionate like that #her wife is also a really sweet woman who knows how to put her foot down though #it's that sweetness and kindness that also drew Laswell in as well #they're also both about the same age even if her wife started working for the CIA a bit earlier than Laswell did #I HC that Laswell started when she was 25 so her wife likely started when she was 23 or so #Laswell has been working for the CIA for a long time now and so has her wife. but they're both very competent and know what they do #I also HC them both to be in their early/mid 50's as well so they have been dating for a while #I like to think Laswell got married in her early 30's and they got together when she was in her late 20's #lots of Laswell HC lore drop tonight it seems

[gotyouanyway]

forgot to say yday i love the running joke of narvin never knocking on romana's door ever since weapon of choice i should keep a tally when i relisten

#i need transcripts beyond s2.. #p #gallifrey lb #in a fic i say something about no door in the capitol is locked to narvin/the cia and well i think it's funny

[reality-detective]

Inside the CIA's plot to assassinate Julian Assange 🤔

#pay attention #educate yourselves #educate yourself #knowledge is power #reeducate yourself #reeducate yourselves #think about it #think for yourselves #think for yourself #do your homework #do some research #do your own research #ask yourself questions #question everything #julian assange #cia #government corruption

[churchandstateofbeing]

sometimes love is watching someone lose all of the money your boss gave you for chefs tools at a casino and then immediately volunteering to lose a bunch of your own items in exactly the same way just because he’s convinced you that it’s a good idea

#a starstruck odyssey #dimension 20 #gunnie miggles rashbax #big barry syx #we NEED to talk about their friendship more #like yes starstruck ended nearly two years ago #but it never ended in my heart so there #and as much as i love the syx/sid platonic soulmates dynamic #and i REALLY love their dynamic (i love the whole gunner channel family dynamic i am normal i promise) #we as d20 fans do not talk about the gunnie/barry dynamic which is so strong and beautiful and so so stupid NEARLY enough #and i think it could be reasonably interpreted both platonically or romantically but either way #jumping like 10+ stories and nearly dying #to make sure your buddy’s cybertronic parts aren’t damaged while you are both running from the corporate CIA #or jumping into your buddy’s arms while skiffing #as first impulse because you just went over a huge bump and your parts could get damaged but you know your buddy will protect you #that is love i think

[mmyrrhh]

I think about Laswell a lot.

#much more than the rest tbh #and i’m pretty sure she wouldn’t stand me which makes me think about her even more #she’d definitely mute me from the comms #cause i’d be like #‘so what’s the latest scoop?’ #or #‘do you do that YMCA dance but spell CIA?’ #kate laswell #call of duty