What’s really annoying about the whole Gods talk about them being good or bad and what they’ve done for mortals is beyond over now.
You have confirmation that Predathos CONSUMED two previous overseerers of specific DOMAINS that were then DISHED OUT to other gods to keep records in organized filing cabinets in their little god offices to keep things from turning into utter chaos.
Do you really want to gamble Predathos consuming ANY of the gods whether it be Prime or Betrayer and leaving their domain unchecked?? What happens if Predathos consumes Asmodeus? Who keeps the fiends, demons, and devils in check from dragging humans down to the hells? Or making pack deals to take their souls? Who becomes King of the Hells? You really want it to be someone like Ludinus Da’leth?
Ascending to Godhood becomes a lot easier if you don’t have to fell a god off the throne to begin with. If he can’t recreate the Matron’s ascension, then it’s clear he’ll release his feral ass red dog on the gods to devour them. Do you really want the man who recreated and restructured the Cerberus Assembly, the man who HAND PICKED Delilah Briarwood, Vess DeRogna, Trent Ikithon, the man who has created dozens of petty wars to get the slightest of political power to be the one who CHOOSES who ascends to control the God’s empty domains?
Because I don’t. It’s that fucking simple.
Nothing this man’s ever done has been about being the people’s villain to gift them utter free will and control over their fate strings. It’s all been about power and HIM being the one controlling and choosing who gets it and how much exactly.
Look at Molaesmyr. Look at the Savalirwood. Ludinus didn’t care what would happen to those lives. He’s got some weird Fey Life Devour Device. He didn’t stop Delilah Briarwood, he shunned her. When Allura Vysoren herself asked the Dwendalian Empire for help against Vecna, they said no. And who has the King’s ear? Ludinus. HE said no. He didn’t care about Whitestone or Vasselheim. He wanted Delilah to enact her plan, he wanted her to succeed so people would be so consumed and preoccupied with what she was doing no one saw him.
Who had to clean out Delilah Briarwood’s office before Vess moved in? Confused as to how Ludinus had tons of Residuum from Whitestone? Maybe consider he took the bitches notes and funneled Residuum out the back door since day 1. Consider he knew about Vax being the Raven’s Champion the moment Vestiges of Divergence started showing up. He didn’t read about Keyleth and Vax’s love story to use her. No, that bitch watched it from afar and sat on it for 24 years before testing his theory. Creating an anti-resurrect toxin, manipulating Otohan Thull the Legend of the Apex War which was how long?? Oh, 20 years. And Vess DeRogna and Ludinus were seen with Yeza creating the first vial of dunamancy how many years ago? 7. All those lives in Whitestone & Vasselheim + plus all the lives in the Dynasty died for the people of Zephyr to become one more village Ludinus is merely trying to free from the gods, because hey…he has a point. Let’s hear him out.
For every word Ludinus Da’leth speaks, is another innocent life taken as a causality in his path towards “religious freedom.” He’s using religion, he’s exploiting and abusing it, manipulating it as an EXCUSE to justify the shit he’s done. He is no better than the Gods. He is worse.
A Mortal caused the Calamity, not a God.
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i still can't believe that none of the companions had an appropriate reaction to durge being killed by bhaal. no exclamation or even comment about how bhaal literally just killed durge in front of everyone's eyes, or how withers brought them back...... what is even the point *kicks rock*
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Idk hot take for a Saturday morning, but maybe people shouldn’t be SO quick to switch to a mentality of: “well I’m not voting at all” about American politics in regards to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict/genocide just bc America has had its dick in those affairs LONG BEFORE fucking Biden Presidecy and people are seemingly just NOW feeling publically vocally outraged about it bc it’s in the forefront news (as you should be), but maybe also let’s use our fucking brains for a moment if you are American:
we should, and can easily, also still focus on that which is in our own backyard, if you don’t vote fucking blue, because green/third parties are not actually viable in the deeply established two party system we have had for CENTURIES, we get fucking DeSantis or some other horrible Fascist Republican and then America is going to have its own genocide against LGBTQ+ people, fascism goes up, continued attacks against drag/immigrants/etc.
You also know damn well that any Republican, If one were president, would be doing the same fucking thing of providing aid to Israel, so I guess personally I’m just confused as to why everyone is surprised biden is doing the same.
You can and should support a free Palestine, and hold contempt for Israel and condemn their actions, AND also know that voting blue is Americas literal only chancE RIGHT CURRENTLY NOW this upcoming year, to remain somewhat of a democracy instead of a ChristoFascist regime, especially with Biden being one of the ONLY blue candidates like… our hands are TIED
Like YEAH it’s gonna fucking suck to vote for Biden but like you also gotta fucking Buck up sometimes and do things you don’t particularly WANT to do. It’s called duality and compromising in life and sometimes it’s fucking unavoidable.
But idk what the fuck do I know 🤪 I’m just a girl who thinks maybe you shouldn’t just fucking give up one of your only recognized rights in America just because some actions you can’t control from a crusty old moderate blue white man in a country whose affairs are more complicated than your messiest situationship is upsetting (rightfully so, I might add) you
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Absolutely begging my otherwise sensible fellow leftists to stop dismissing anyone who engages with voting and elections as a Stupid Liberal. Voting for someone as a leftist doesn't mean I agree with them, it means I'd rather fight against their bullshit than the even worse bullshit of whoever the other options are. It's a harm reduction tactic to avoid making our own fight harder than it needs to be.
Refusing to vote for "the lesser evil" because of your own reactionary purity politics actively erodes what remains of a political left wing while allowing even greater harm to come to those most vulnerable in our society. Refusing to acknowledge there are objective and concrete differences between political parties and dubbing them "all as bad as each other" actively ignores the direct and immediate danger specific policy differences can have for poc, trans people, disabled people, poor people, homeless people, and otherwise marginalised folks.
Electoral politics is not the battleground where we will win the fight against capitalist oppression, but the people are also not about to pick up their pitchforks and storm parliament tomorrow. This fight will take years if not decades, and I would rather spend that time fighting progressives and liberals than conservatives and right-wingers.
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I was trying out variations on colorways for aubree's outfit and, with a few of them, realized that her outfit has trended slightly less colorful over time, and specifically less yellow (originally a green and yellow striped vest, then a green vest over a yellow short sleeved shirt, and now possibly a white shirt and green vest, with only small amounts of yellow embroidery). this wasn't intentional, but nonetheless, the concept that, as the adventure has worn on, she's outwardly losing color-- and specifically in favor of browns and whites, the colors associated with the halfling god of death-- is compelling to me. I mean, I suppose if I had been doing it on purpose, the shadowfell arc immediately following our literal deaths and mysterious rebirths would have been a really good time for the most muted palette... but, then again, aubree was still relatively fresh then, confused and traumatized but also still powerfully and stubbornly alive where it counts; vibrant, burning, shining light into dark corners just by existing. but the more we learn, the heavier things weigh, the fewer outlets she has, the less she feels like she can relate to the people who should understand better than anyone... she's still righteous and angry, but she's also just... sad, and tired, and growing more tired the more she feels like she has to keep herself together for everyone else. and gradually, quietly, her colors are washing out.
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