#doubleedged sword

[comradecowplant]

Something I appreciate about tumblr is that despite soooo much chatter about The Locked Tomb series over the years, I still know absolutely nothing about it besides there's lesbians and/or bisexuals, and I think necromancers? Might be a skellybones involved maybe and I think they might be in space or something? Honestly the key to avoiding media buzz spoilers is to put some homos in it because that's all we'll talk about lol

#although its a doubleedged sword bc sometimes folks will be LEBEIANSZZ!!!1!1! and then there will be little to no actual lesbian activity 😒 #i almost got got into watching that one catgirl show which im otherwise uninterested in bc i rlly dont like that particular animation style #at least the premise of TLT is interesting enough that even if the tumblrinas have overhyped the queerness I still really want to read it #i read a publication blurb once but forgot everything besides the guesses made above so its pure blank slate

[qwartz-wrights]

~the coin

#two sided #hypocrisy #truthhurts #doubleedged #double edged sword #toxic people #instapoetry #poetry #female poets #writing #love

[leanstooneside]

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

- girls that's thirty minutes

- ANDREW She's a tease

- VERNON There's a soft drink machine

- you have...you're a slut

- It's a trap

- Brian are all sitting

- No you're an asshole

- great...you're a thief

- ANDREW That's real easy

- CLAIRE They're both strict

- you...It's real simple

- Uh it's your standard regular lunch I

- doubleedged sword isn't it

- CLAIRE It's 'cause you're

- sir it's pretty gross

- ANDREW That's very funny come

- So you're saying you'd

- CLAIRE You're a big coward

- ALLISON That's why you're

- ANDREW This is the worst fake ID I've

- Stubbies parents are in Europe

- it you're a tease

- BENDER Nooo...It's a fat girl's

- BENDER It's such fun

- Yes Dear isn't life swell

- Allison who is standing there

- ANDREW We're extremely thirsty sir

- The girl is an island

- there are other children

- ANDREW What's the deal

- there are two kinds

- ANDREW She's right...do you guys

- Anytime you're ready pal

- There's four other people

- We're not s'posed

- It's pretty tasty

- ANDREW Why are you here

- yourself sex is a weapon you

- Vernon is standing there

- Guess where's your lunch

- BRIAN It's like me you

- false alarms are really funny

[miracleweaponhunt]

Miracle Weapon Hunt Chapter 17: Sticks That Make Things Explode

Cassandra opened the door on the top level of the airship. Inside was Ola, spinning in her office chair.

“I swear I was supposed to do something today.” She was heard whispering to herself before noticing Cassandra and Chizoba enter the room.

“Oh hey, Cassandra! And...the girl Dakarai helped!”

“Is she allowed in here?” Cassandra asked.

“Yeah, she can test out the guns.” Ola nodded to the question that wasn’t asked.

“Um, great?” Chizoba asked, looking perplexed. “But I need to report an incident, if that’s okay?”

“Oh, that’s always allowed.” Ola nodded.

“Well, I went to the church near the housing levels, and a bunch of new legionites were around.”

“They tried to kill me.” Cassandra said. “And I probably would have died if Chizoba here didn’t show up.”

“Well, that’s a good thing, anyway. So, any idea what they look like?”

“There were about a dozen of them, and all of them were in robes covering their faces.” Cassandra continued. “One removed his hood, and it was a really skinny looking guy.”

“If I remember correctly, we lived on the same housing ship.” Chizoba sighed. “I remember seeing him a couple of times.”

“Does he still live there?” Ola asked.

“Well, I never saw him much. I just kind of assumed he left.”

“I see.” Ola nodded, before slamming her fist on her open palm. “That’s it! I need to send extra baby supplies to the store ships! Aphro day was nine months ago.”

“So yeah, figured I’d let you know.” Cassandra said. “Especially since they knew who I was, figured it’d be good to let the other Leaders know.”

“I’ll make a note of that.” Ola nodded, jotting something in her notebook and sticking it to the wall behind her, alongside the dozens of notes on the wall. And the other set of dozens on the floor. “Anyway, we going to the gun place?”

The three girls moved down to the next level of the buildings. Inside was a grand hallway made of black metal that led to several small rooms. It was hexagonal in shape as it led to the other rooms, and in the middle was a black metal greave.

“Is that the Inariu greave?” Chizoba asked.

“Sure is. But try not to go near it, if you trip the system you’ll activate the security, and that’ll be a whole ordeal to deal with.”

Cassandra glanced into one of the rooms through a blue tinted window, and inside was a man wielding a double-bladed sword. She watched as an Inariu native held the weapon and swung one end of it full force into a target. The man who looked to be from ShiShi shook his head as he took the weapon and sliced the wooden target in half with what looked like nothing more than a mild shift of weight and flick of the wrist. The man looked towards Cassandra through the window and gave her a friendly wave as she stood open mouthed.

She needed to learn how to do that.

“Cassandra? Cassandra?” Chizoba asked, tapping her on the shoulder and breaking her out of her mesmerized state.

“Hm? Oh, right, guns.” She said to herself.

The two of them walked into an empty room where Ola was setting up targets. On a small metal chuck jutting on the wall opposite to the door was one of the guns that the guards were holding when they first landed there.

“What took you so long?” Ola asked once the targets were set up.

“Well, I saw the demonstration of the ShiShi doubleedge in another room. And it did so much damage to a target that you really can’t help but be impressed, considering its weight alongside it’s short handles not allowing for ease of movement. It’s usually used as a ceremonial weapon in ShiShi, but if you guys manage to pull off actual martial arts around it you could end up with a really cool fighting style!”

Ola slowly nodded as Cassandra was rambling about the weapon. She knew her stuff, anyway. “Okay, speaking of double weapons, what we got here is a double-barrelled shotgun. These girls let you fire one shot directly after the other to avoid having to wait for anything else.”

She got the shotgun out and shot a shell into a target, shattering the wood into pieces with a single unfeeling click of the trigger. She then quickly unloaded the next shell into the second wooden statue. It also shattered as soon as she fired the shot.

“Alright, now you try!”

She opened up the gun and put two new shots in it, stylishly closing the gun and handing it to Cassandra.

Cassandra held the gun in her hand. It was heavy. Below the metal barrels was a wooden grip with two triggers on it. She aimed the barrels at the first target. She pulled the trigger. The shots all exploded into small metal pellets which quickly decimated the wooden target. She did the same to the next target. The same result.

“So that’s it?” Cassandra asked.

“Yep!” Ola replied, her arms crossed and a wicked smile on her face.

“No, really. That’s it?”

Firing a shotgun was just ‘point at a thing and the thing explodes.’ There were wielders with similar abilities, sure, and she couldn’t deny the effectiveness. But there wasn’t any finesse. Nothing to get better at. It was artless fighting.

“It’s…not that great, honestly.” Cassandra said to Ola, giving her the gun back. “I think I’ll stick to swords and stuff, thanks.”

“But…it’s the most efficient.” Ola replied, gazing at the gun and then towards Cassandra.

“Well, yeah…but there’s no skill to it. Besides, I’d probably panic if I was in an actual fight and try to hit someone with it.”

“I mean…suit yourself, I suppose.”

“I don’t think it’s a big deal.” Chizoba sighed. “She just prefers more traditional weapons, is all.”

“Yeah, like double edged ceremonial swords.” Cassandra yelled out.

“What about greaves?” Chizoba asked casually. “Replicas of the Inariu greaves are something of a specialty here.”

“I don’t think we have any of those here, we’ve kind of perfected them.” Ola mumbled while stroking her chin. “But I can probably hook you up if you want some.”

“Nah. It sounds pretty clunky, in all honesty. I’m more of a speed fighter, anyway.”

“Suit yourself.” Ola shrugged. “Anyway, if you don’t have any more business here, you’re free to go.”

“Yeah, is the weapon testing here something to need to plan in advance or can I just walk in and ask?”

“You can just walk in, I guess. You’re a VIP here.”

“Okay, laters!” Cassandra yelled as she dashed out of the hallways.

Cassandra tried to remember which room had the double-bladed swords in it. As she tried to stop running as she remembered which room was the double-bladed sword room, she skidded across the immaculately polished floor into a wall.

“Damn it.” She mumbled. Her phone buzzed, and she picked it up. It was a message from Julian.

‘hey you gotta see my new eye. maybe a cyborg bear too, shit’s wild’

New eye and a cyborg bear. Cool weapons had to wait, it seemed.

#my writing #writeblr #writing #creative writing #fantasy #webnovel

[oshoquotes]

#osho #love #life #live #laughter #osholovers #oshointernational #osho quotes #complicated #slavery #doubleedged sword #politics

[spacentimecreature]

So I saw something from another artist/creator while scrolling through something, and it was about how capitalism makes it so that you can't make anything for... fun, really; it's all about getting better and making more for more money. It was honestly very inspiring, because the artist also said that they make their works to enjoy themselves!

#sorry that just flashed into my mind when i started like. writing smth #i write to enjoy a story that isnt out there yet #and i publish stuff so i can get that sweet sweet validation #but its nice knowing that i dont have to share ALL my stuff despite the fact that i would like too #because its like a doubleedged sword; publish something but it doesnt get much attention and bam instant 'damn. guess no one cares' #kinda mindset #so. yeah.

[shutupdont]

I’m guessing by the end of the week we’ll have news on mlb season suspension or something similar.

nhl will probably follow the nba tomorrow, which they should given the fact that so many basketball teams share arenas (and therefore staff) with hockey teams.

sure it’ll suck not being able to go to games, but it’s better than risking getting someone else sick 🤷🏻‍♀️

also, I really don’t think players should be signing autographs (chavis did yesterday). sure, he’s 23 and healthy and making a kid’s day, but if he’s carrying the virus and passes it onto the kid, it’s possible that kid is in ft myers visiting a grandparent who is much more likely to get very ill from the virus.

I’m not worried about getting sick but it’s possible to be a carrier and not show any symptoms and then unknowingly infect someone whose immune system cannot withstand the coronavirus.

/rant.

#also its a doubleedged sword keeping them in spring training camps past opening day #on one hand they arent potentially spreading the disease across the country in one day #on the other hand who lives in florida and arizona??? OLD PEOPLE #baseball

[untolden]

Implementing the double-edged sword of KYC is a must for crypto exchanges

Implementing the double-edged sword of KYC is a must for crypto exchanges

During 2017’s bull market, most crypto services lacked the proper Know Your Customer and Anti-Money Laundering measures. Even in 2020, 56% of the analyzed 800 cryptocurrency exchanges and over-the-counter trading desks followed weak KYC practices, according to a CipherTrace report. However, the current digital asset rally has turned the crypto market upside down. As a result, KYC and AML have…

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#Crypto #doubleedged #exchanges #Implementing #KYC #Sword

[coinnewsfx]

Bernie's promise to become a young voter is a double-edged sword 2020

Bernie's promise to become a young voter is a double-edged sword 2020

Senator Bernie Sanders has a lot of support among young voters compared to any other candidate for president in 2020, but how could he move the needle?

While voters under the age of 30 are among the least reliable to vote in the elections, Senus is then. The 2008 Barack Obama campaign showed how they can win the right candidate.

Historically, young voters are most likely to drop out and vote in…

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#Bernie39s #doubleedged #promise #sword #voter #Young

[froody-matriarch-of-bleu-cheese]

My take on Ashfur’s StarClan trial.

This was kind of inspired by when imposter Ashfur says that he never feels sorry, or never feels regret.

Thinking back to Ashpaw, and New Prophecy Ashfur, I don’t buy that for a minute that he never felt regret. He was so timid as an apprentice, and while he wasn’t perfect as a warrior, he was a nice guy and didn’t strike me as a sociopath or narcissist  or anything of that ilk at that point.

One may say he’s not sorry, he’s just scared here. Or he’s faking it.

I interpret the line as being that he’s a ghost, and spending time in the dark forest, without a physical body or limitations, whatever part of him in life that ever had misgivings or regret faded away, or that he’s twistedly focusing on his goal. And he has nothing to lose at this point with his twisted goal. That he felt regret in life, but not as a ghost.

Or the possibility runs through my mind that he did feel sorry or had changed at one point before death, and his loyal clanmate self took prominence  but then when Squirrelflight had her near-death experience, Ashfur spiraled downwards and went into obsession mode again, and the Broken Code events ensued. I guess that is more of an AU now that The Place of No Stars book exists.

I know The Broken Code implies that he lied his way into StarClan, but the notion that people can’t change especially those from humble origins like Ashfur has such unfortunate implications for me. That the system of Starlcan is flawed that can happen. and that Blackstar,  Mudclaw, Breezepelt and Clear Sky were all worthy of second chances, but Ashfur is somehow past the point of no return. Don’t get me wrong, I am happy Hollyleaf, Mudclaw and Breezepelt got second chances, I am for villains and morally gray characters getting redeemed, but just the principle of the whole thing and the doublestandards. I know the same can be said with Ashfur getting a second chance and not Thistleclaw, but it’s a doubleedged sword.

#Art #Fanart #My art #Ashfur #Starclan trial #Warrior cats #Warriors #Erin Hunter #Bluestar #Spottedleaf #Yellowfang #Tallstar #Starclan #Afterlife

[webodisha18]

Face recognition technology a double-edged sword for India New Delhi: As the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) under Home Ministry aims to install Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS) to track and nab criminals, the debate on the misuse of the face recognition technology has sparked fresh debate in India.

#doubleedged #face #India #recognition #sword #technology