#my edt

[xbethelight]

The Last 10 Years 余命10年 (2022)

#the last 10 years #余命10年 #nana komatsu #sakaguchi kentaro #jmovie #my edt

[mermateys]

“‘I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of everyday life.’ observed Holmes.

‘Yes, indeed. A little bit.’ said Watson”

- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Red-Headed League by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

#another sherlock edit #I wanted one with Rhys is glasses!! #they aren’t wire-rim but close #incidentally he’s also serving some Theodore Roosevelt realness #quote comes from the red-headed league by sir arthur conan doyle #rhys darby #taika waititi #sherlock x watson #sherlock holmes #johnlock #our flag means death #ofmd #blackbonnet #my edt #WATSON REALLY SAID ‘A LITTLE BIT’ #rhysisms

[samantabrzozowska]

“I can love you for sure, if you really want”

#me #myself #my portraits #the art of me #my artworks #my art blog #my edt #my thoughts #my fashion style #my way of living #artist #cute girl #winter cutie #pink beauty #mermaid heart #paradise girl #happy hippie girl #fairytaleliving #enchanted life #hippie lifestyle #peace and love #create paradise #spirituality of the eternal child of paradise #childhood dreams #never grow up #be like a child #follow your dreams

[lomltaylor]

the era x the eras tour please don't remove caption or credits

#my edit #edit #taylor swift #taylor swift edt #swiftie #swiftie edit #taylor nation

[floaromaxtowns]

#[ my edts ] #shitposting #aldemu #cdz #saint seiya #taurus aldebaran #aries mu #IM NOT MISSING OUT ON THIS TREND ALKJBSDDF

[florealegiardini]

Ethereal Cherry Blossoms ~ Vichaya Pop

#Cherry blossoms #flowering trees #Nature #edt: garden #my edit #Kyoto #Japan #.5k #1k #1.5k

[frankencanon]

BOOPS GONE I REPEAT BOOPS ARE GONE D':

#boop #my last boop was at 2:57 EDT so i can only assume that they took it down at 3AM EDT (midnight PDT) which is Really Weird #because tumblr reset is always midnight EST/EDT — supposedly since the headquarters is located in new york #april fools #april fools day #boop o meter #bap #did they miss the usual reset by mistake and decide to just pretend that they had always intended to do it at midnight pdt #like no siree no mistake here [whistling] 😗 #or maybe they saw how much fun we were having with it and decided to let it run just a little bit longer #just a few extra hours

[rosalie-starfall]

Star Trek: Voyager Costume Party!

#Star Trek: Voyager #Star trek voyager #star trek #voy #star trek voy #my gifs #my edts #tv edits #tv : Star Trek #kate mulgrew #roxann dawson #robert picardo #ethan phillips #robert duncan mcneill #Tim Russ #robert beltran #jeri ryan #garrett wang #Kathryn Janeway #b'elanna torres #EMH #Doctor #Neelix #Tom Paris #Tuvok #chakotay #Seven of Nine #Harry Kim #Halloween vibes #Star Trek Costume Party

[compacflt]

If you want, and only if you want to, could you explain about making Logistics a big part of Ice's career path? Not only did fit so well with your Ice's characterization, it was just so neat I've made it my HC for Ice's career path.

yes!

I got REALLy deep into the defense policy weeds in this post so I’m putting a cut to save people’s dashboards

1. when i was rewriting chapters 8 &9 last winter i did literally the bare minimum of research about the current set of high-level officers. the commander of the pacific fleet at the time had previously been the director of pacific fleet logistics ordnance & supply. So that was easy to yoink. a proven chain of succession.

2. but also: it fit ice’s (or his alter ego admiral Kazansky’s) neat, orderly, effective, collected, strategic characterization. And as professional tactics go, there would be no better promotion for a high-level officer looking to take over the fleet than DFLOS. understand the fleet by the numbers, you comprehensively understand the fleet.

3. In terms of secret-keeping logistics, ice is supposed to be kind of the best. like, because of his logistical thinking, he & maverick get away with it. Or that’s how I would’ve written it if I were a little smarter. Obviously in practice a bunch of people find out so it’s not great. but the navy AS A WHOLE doesn’t find out.

4. The field of military logistics is rigorously bureaucratic, boring, soulsucking, selfdefeating, notoriously corrupt, and yet entirely necessary for the military to succeed at any level (in the very first draft of WWGATTAI i included a famous US marine corps maxim that most people have heard at some point: “amateurs talk tactics. professionals talk logistics.” but that was literally the only good thing about the original chapter 6 which got entirely rewritten a month after i published it). So logistics as a field of specialization fit in perfectly with my secondary character thesis that rising through the boring bureaucratic ranks of the Navy sucked all the humanity & will to live out of ice one day at a time.

a couple related interesting things that I’ve never talked about on this blog & might never get the chance to again:

a) ice canonically joins the navy as a fighter pilot & ends his career as a glorified bureaucrat. that sucks. obviously the struggle to rise in the ranks is a notoriously cutthroat, political, sleazy business (you do not get to the top of the United States Navy by being nice to people), but i would also not be the first person to say that—for exemplary officers—leadership is an EXPECTATION that can counterbalance someone’s natural drive to excel, if that makes sense. You get promoted because you’re good at something (flying), but you get promoted away from the thing you were good at. There is an extent to which you have to fight for a promotion—but there is also an extent to which commanders above you pick you for the job, suck you up along the pipeline. Loss of agency—a major major component of joining the military—does still apply to upper-level officers.

B) to that end, i am reminded of one quote from Todd Schmidt’s 2023 book “Silent Coup of the Guardians: US Military Elite Influence on National Security.” This is an Army training & doctrine commander speaking: “the military has a lot of two- and three-star senior leaders that were confident, charismatic commanders at the O-6 level. But that’s the end of the story. One in fifty, maybe one in a hundred, truly have what it takes to operate successfully at the strategic level and make a real difference for their service. The problem is that they all tend to think that, since they have stars on their shoulders, they’re the one.” —I’ve been writing ice as “The Chosen One,” the officer unicorn, for two reasons: one, it provides him cover for his illegal relationship (and also asks an interesting chicken-egg question: does he get away with his rlnship because he’s so good, or is he so good JUST to get away with his relationship?); and two, he’s “the chosen one” in canon, i.e. he already has four stars in canon: canonically he is not a mediocre officer. But most officers (cough cough maverick) are not cut out for high-level leadership.

C.) in Thomas E. Ricks’ book “The Generals,” Ricks argues that (at least in the Army) mediocrity in the general/flag officer ranks is unfortunately by design. In WWII, if you were a mediocre officer, you got relieved! You got fired! It’s part of why we won: merciless culling of the general officer ranks! But between WWII and Korea, officer relief began to be associated with shame & wasted resources. Mediocre officers got promoted anyways. The military elite pipeline sucks mediocrity up the chain of command. Ricks blames this issue for (at least the Army’s) shit leadership in every post-WWII war, including but most especially Iraq and Afghanistan. There’s no penalty for mediocrity. That in turn reflects on military strategy (mediocre strategists at the helm) & the outcome of every military foray (mediocre outcomes).

D) additionally. There’s a whole neverending debate in the field of civil-military relations (an extremely interesting field of study btw) about the corporatization of the military—lots of high-level talk over the years of “running the military like a business.” If you get kinda into defense policy like me (am i still antimilitary? Idk! but i CAN easily tell you i am against the navy’s littoral combat ship program! It sucks!) then you will know that the navy is struggling right now on a lot of different fronts (procurement [shipbuilding esp. is a disaster—ford-class carriers are under budget though 👍🏽], recruitment, theatre prioritization, general preparedness, readiness against major adversaries [China in particular]). Simply, the navy is pretty mediocre at the minute. I talk a big game about ice being COMPACFLT & SECNAV, but if those are true, & if he “exists” in our current timeline, or even canon timeline (COMPACFLT in 2020), then he’s complicit in a lot of why the navy is sucking ass right now. He didn’t do his job very well. LOL. So, because I love (especially my version of) ice too much to see his legacy suffer, I am stating for the record that my timeline is a different timeline where ice saves the navy from itself and fixes all its issues & solves all its problems & makes it the pride of the armed forces & the tip of the spear of American defense :) because I said so

E.) unrelated but important. It sounds obvious but it must be said. Ice dies on the job in TGM canon. To the extent that in earlier drafts of the script, not-his-sister-Sarah even points out to maverick that ice is still active duty, in the same breath as she tells him ice is sick again. (A wise move to remove that line.) ice does not resign his commission. Ice does not retire to spend time with his family at the end of his life. Ice dies as commander of the pacific fleet. He dies on the job; he dies FOR the job, bureaucratic as it is. If you were wondering why I wrote ice so dormantly suicidal, it’s because canon (i argue) has made it clear that—since the second ice signed up to be a fighter pilot during the Cold War to the second he died active duty—ice has ALWAYS been ready and willing to die for his honorable Navy career.

#so imagine what would have happened had he been publicly dishonored 😶 #It’s also why i interrupted his SECNAV tenure with his cancer #to pay respects to compacflt Ice having the same thing happen to him #my Ice is built different tho. it doesn’t kill him #he retires to spend time with his family ☺️ #unlike selfish asshole canon ice ‼️🤬 #/s #this post gets DEEP into it but i find this stuff sooo interesting #got really into defense policy & missing the forest for the trees #i will admit that #military bad? yes but. #but defense policy so interesting anyway. #tom iceman kazansky #top gun #top gun maverick #icemav #edts notes #asks #last post of the night

[autisticgayplushie]

Ghost Plushie, based on the character from The Owl House!

#the owl house #original plushie designs #same as clover!! preorders for this lil kitty going up today at 5pm EDT! she is so soft and fuzzy. and has BEANS. love her so much #cat #plushie #plushblr #today featured in a void bc I had to photograph her on black to get my camera to focus ToT

[luvsimtingz]

Have a Berry Sweet Halloween from little Lottie aka the cutest strawberry shortcake I’ve ever seen 🎃🍓

#the sims 4 #my ocs #ts4 #black simblr #ts4 blender #blender render #Lotus #black simmer #Ivonne #happy halloweeeeeeen #favorite toddler ever made #ts4 edt #ts4 simblr #sims 4 #sims roleplay #LYFE city

[covingtons]

✨ close your eyes & open your heart ✨

Halloween Edits pt. 4:

Thalia as Bloom from the Winx Club 🧚

#covie extras #happy halloween!!!!! #last one best one #this is quite possibly my editing peak #I am so so so happy with how this turned out #and the outfit!!!!!! #this is my fav of the edits don't tell the others #ts4 edt #sims 4 edit #sims edit #winx #winx club #bloom winx #bloom winx club #winx edit #winx club edit #bloom winx edit #bloom winx club edit

[lethal-raindrop]

Don’t we all?

#Sleep Token #Vessel #Sleep Token Vessel #Vessel Sleep Token #video #edits #video edits #mine #my edts #funny #relatable #Kajiandhisbullshit

[churomo]

ive been busy the past few days ,,, here’s a little something tho ^_^

#she kinda looks like an archer acrually . idk #original character #genshin impact #my art #sorry for so many gaps btwn posts <//3 school starts tomorrow so hopefully i can draw more ehe #edt: just to clarify the drawing on the right was traced off a genshin model … for accuracy (deff not bc i was lazy)

[posthumanwanderings]

[ DJ Mute City - PlayStation 2 DanceMix Vol.1 Clip ]

#Now Premiering... #click hyperlink #11pm edt #DJ Mute City #my mixes #PS2 music #Y2K #PS2 #PlayStation 2 #dance music in games

[sunflow3rsims]

The Babydoll - The Pretty Girl & The Instigator

"You can try, but you'll NEVER do it like me."

Name: Monique Arthur Nickname: The Babydoll Age: 26 Location: Brindleton Bay Seduction: 3 Physical Strength: 2 Mental Strength: 5 Manipulation: 5 Anger Management: 2 Sexuality & Relationship Status: Straight. Has a boyfriend who would literally vacuum a beach if she asked him to. Won’t like “The Real Girl” or “The Party Girl”.

"Don’t let the baby face fool you! I’ll knock the shit out of a bitch like an enema. Well, not me. I’ll get another girl to do it for me. I don’t like fighting. This face? Designed by the divine, honey. You see these nails? They are not cheap. This lace?! NOT cheap. It costs a lot to look this good. You think I’d waste that on a hoe? HA! Think again. What makes me a baddie? Let me tell you something. It takes a real baddie to use her sharp tongue and quick wit to manipulate people into getting what she wants. Watch me run this house. I love to start drama between people because I love how it plays out. Two weak, dumb bitches fighting? That’s my favourite fucking movie."

Monique was born an only child to teenage parents in Brindleton Bay. She was in and out of foster care until her parents decided they didn’t want anything to do with her or each other. She quickly realised that if she was going to survive in the foster care, and subsequently, the world, she had to look out for herself and only herself. Blessed with intelligence, beauty and a twinkling innocence in her eyes, she’s expertly used this to her advantage. After all who can resist a pretty face? Sneaky, master manipulator and a lover of chaos and drama, she gets what she wants, when she wants, how she wants. At 26, she lives with her boyfriend of 3 years, Miles, who’s rich in money, but  poor in self esteem. Perfect combo for someone like Monique. She works as a hair stylist. She’s very well rounded, from wig installs to box braids to barbering… She can do it all. Currently working on buying her own salon and eventually starting a chain.

@plumbewb (Hope I got everything love! xx)

#bad girls club: del sol #bad girls club: submission #the sims 4 #simblr #my sims #sims #ts4 cas #ts4 #ts4 screenshots #ts4 edit #ts4 edt #black sims 4 #black simblr