Zephrah actively postpones ruidusborn births. It is believed that the actual number of ruidusborn in exandrian history is much larger than has been officially recorded because the stigma of it was so intense that people lied about it. Alyxian, one of the few recorded ruidusborn heroes of the calamity who received direct blessings from three different prime deities (our very own Changebringer, the Archheart, and the Moonweaver) , has been all but forgotten (read: likely erased) by history.
The Archive of knowledge that revealed the truth of Predathos and Ruidus was never some forgotten thing—it was intentionally hidden by the elites in Vasselheim. And we have no idea how long they have been operating with that knowledge. We have no idea what they have been doing with that knowledge, what silent wars have been waging for years or decades or centuries. But we saw what they were willing to do, in Hearthdell. We saw the violence and suppression they were willing to commit. We saw the pettiness of the exandrian pantheon in the Dawnfather’s response to Deanna’s: “Are you worth saving?”. In the Changebringer’s manipulative change of course in her pleas to FCG. In the Wildmother’s rejection of Opal. In the knowledge we have that Imogen spent so much of her miserable time in Gelvaan begging the gods to aid her to no avail—just for Kord to reach out only to demand that she not let them down.
Liliana’s point that Vasselheim and the other faithful elite of the world will hunt ruidusborn down to negate even the potential of this happening again isn’t new, it isn’t something this solstice and the machinations surrounding it caused, and it isn’t some unsubstantiated, fearful claim—it has been happening.
The vanguard—and Liliana—are unequivocally wrong in their means. But can you really fault them in their desire? Can you really fault the conclusions they have drawn from the experiences they have lived? If you spend your entire life being rejected by the people and the pantheon of your world for means you could not possibly control, would you not seek out someone and somewhere that would accept you? And if you found it, if some being that has been connected with you your whole life welcomed you home and wrapped you in an embrace that felt like your mother’s and says that it is starving; well, aren’t you, too?
There is likely a holy war brewing. At the end of it all, is it truly the sole fault of the people and not the organizations and society that expelled them?
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hey, sorry we backed up your girlfriend’s memories and used them to program a free-thinking AI that simulates an imperfect digital copy of her from before she died. we tried to program her to be exactly the same as she used to be, but it turns out she’s irreplaceable to you and it didn’t work. yeah, her free will is just an illusion now, so whatever the two of you had before is lost forever. no, you can’t delude yourself into thinking it’s her anyway because you love her to the point of self-destruction. sorry. we’re so sorry.
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Any random thoughts about the AU you still have? If not maybe some thoughts and ideas about Mcsm in general?
Not to worry, my friend, I have plenty of thoughts about the Bakery AU 😁👍 (these are just my notes).
A few more highlights, since there are so many:
- Lukas broke his arm in middle school and it never really healed right. It was Aiden’s fault.
- Jesse has a bunch of fun socks. His favorite is a pair of pig socks that Ivor got him for Christmas one year.
- There’s a corner in the living room of Jesse, Axel, and Olivia’s apartment dedicated to Reuben. There’s a framed picture of him with the three of them, and a picture of him with Jesse as a kid on top of what used to be his favorite pillow.
- Lukas can’t do a lot of baking at home because Aiden is like “you bake all day at work, you don’t need to do it here, too” but when Aiden isn’t around, he does do some baking. He doesn’t eat the stuff he makes, though, so he takes it into work for Nell and Radar.
- Jesse and Axel play video games together all the time. Sometimes Olivia joins in.
- They can’t play card games anymore because Axel cheats.
- Olivia is the best at gift-wrapping.
- Lukas orders a plain black coffee every morning before work. He doesn’t like coffee.
- Petra sends Lukas pictures from her travels all the time. Never of anything scenic; it’s always the most random stuff.
- Her phone calls with Lukas last anywhere from ten minutes to three hours.
- She always comes home for holidays and Lukas, Jack, and Nurm’s birthdays.
- Nell has a seashell collection.
- Radar is really good at origami.
I have many, many thoughts about MCSM. Perhaps too many. That’s probably better off in a post of it’s own, if you have any specific questions!
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whenever there are multiple ways a scene or storyline could be analyzed that make about the same amount of sense I am always always always going to buy into the more interesting and compelling option writing wise unless proven otherwise by the show bc literally why would I not?? yes this is about mike’s monologue.
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When you talk about peace on earth, there are always those people who are too cynical about human nature to believe that humanity on its current scale can exist without a proportional amount of conflict. To those people, I suggest we end all physical, psychological or cold wars and replace them with whatever goes on in the notes of any tumblr bracket that gets big enough.
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okay before the end of next week (so the 22nd) i’m hoping to finish the fanfic and the gifset i’m currently working on so that i can focus on school throughout the holidays
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I don't think it's fair to put people who want their *own* abusers to die in the same category as eugenicists
not what I meant. this feels like you’re deliberately misinterpreting what I was saying, whilst bringing up a topic that I have said is triggering for me and I don’t want brought up (i.e. abuse). but if I’m taking the benefit of the doubt…
what I was talking about in that post was the flippant way people will say “this celebrity needs to die” or “this group deserve death”. this makes me uncomfortable because people have told me my whole life (both explicitly and implicitly) that I deserve to die. I do not mean that people aren’t allowed to have complicated feelings about their abuser(s).
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