Para contexto tengo un hermano que siempre fue y es el favorito de mi madre, seguramente porque es el único varón o el único que trabaja de nosotros (hijos). Lo que suele pasar es que por una cosa u otra el obtiene el beneficio por sobre mi o mi hermana, no importa lo que implique, siempre ella va a estar de su lado y el siempre va a aprovechar eso. Yo estudio desde mi casa con la computadora. No tenemos otro escritorio, por ende cada vez que alguien tiene que estudiar, es decir leer algo de un libro usan el escritorio de la pc. Suelo tener clases por las tardes/ noches casi todos los días, pero como es en el segundo piso mi madre se piensa que me la paso durmiendo o no se que creerá que yo hago, tampoco es que le interese preguntarme por ello, asume algo y una vez hecho eso ella se va a quedar con esa idea y no importa si tratas de decirle como es o lo contrario no te va a escuchar porque ya se hizo una idea y es lo que ella piensa y punto. Mi hermano llego de trabajar mas tarde de lo habitual porque no llego al tren y no llego a ir a su clase de particular, su profesora accedió a dársela por zoom y desde acá partimos con el problema. Yo estaba merendando en la cocina porque me quedaba media hora para una clase, como siempre hago. Cuestión que llega mi hermano (el suele llegar mas temprano e irse, así que no suele verme cursando) y le dice a mi madre que se atraso que le van a dar clase por zoom y me dice a mi voy a usar el escritorio. A lo que le respondo, vas a usar la computadora? Y me dice no pero voy a usar el escritorio, vos tuviste todo el día para usarlo y no es mi problema yo trabaje todo el día. Y mi madre diciendo siii si anda usarlo no pasa nada. A lo que decidí no responder porque obviamente si decía algo me iban a empezar a atacar. (Punto aparte en el contexto es que no uso la computadora durante el día porque es cuando la usa mi hermana, y asi es como nos dividimos, ella la usa de dia yo de tarde/noche.) Cuando sale de la cocina y se va, le digo a mi madre que tendríamos que comprar otro escritorio porque siempre que necesito usar la computadora hay alguien que necesita el escritorio y no puedo usarla. A lo que sale el de la nada y me empieza a gritar diciendo que te pasa que te pasa? yo recién llego de trabajar (siempre tira eso para sentirse mejor moralmente solo por el hecho de que trabaja(?) y yo le dije no estoy hablando con vos estoy hablando con tu mama (ya consiguió lo que quería que era usar el escritorio y viene a apurarme) entonces el empieza a gritarme y ella en conjunto diciendo que no hago nada, que podría haberla usado durante el día, que el trabajo todo el día y que el la va a usar ahora. Me enoje y les termine gritando yo también. Por qué el tiene privilegio a usarla cuando yo también tengo clase y sí tengo que usar la computadora no solo apoyarme en el escritorio, no puede trabajar desde su pieza? (Igualmente yo ya se la había dejado, lo que me da bronca es que siempre tengan la impunidad de rebajarte porque se creen superiores) y me empezó a gritar YO TRABAJE TODO EL DIA, los mande a la mierda a los dos básicamente a mi madre por darle lugar a que me trate como mierda solo porque no trabajo o no hago algo tan importante como lo que hace el cuando estoy hablando con ella (el con la oreja parada para bardearme cuando el ya había ganado) y a el porque siempre lo de el es mas importante que lo de los demás y el se lo cree. Termine gritándoles tanto que el se fue a estudiar al patio en una mesa y yo me quede con el escritorio pero no me sirvió de mucho porque la clase duro 20 minutos mas y terminó. Y aquí estoy, sc? El solo necesitaba el escritorio por dos horas y ahora quede mal, obviamente no me van a hablar por el resto del día y seguramente mañana tampoco. Pero odio no poder decir nada porque te empiezan a atacar y yo siento que no molesto a nadie, no le toco las cosas a nadie, me mantengo en mis cosas y eso es todo. Siempre que digo algo lo llevan al lado contrario para dejarme mal a mi, porque yo no dije que no usara el escritorio, yo estaba hablando con mi mama y el salió de la nada a insultarme. Tendría que no haber dicho nada? Probablemente. Ahora me arrepiento de haber dicho algo, siento que mis cosas no importan pero aun así diciendolo no va a hacer que cambien, para mi madre y el voy a seguir siendo la que se rasca jsjsjsj.

So the footage just released appears to show Galadriel, elrond, selina lo, and calum lynch fighting wights. This increases the chances that they are going to be the characters who interact with Tom bombadil, especially when you take into account that Tom bombadil's land is known in lore to have wights and Tom bombadil is known in lore to rescue characters who are threatened by them. It should also be pointed out that the lore indicates that elrond knows Tom bombadil and has had some interaction with him.
Meanwhile calum lynch posted a picture of himself with selina lo and Oliver Wilson. Morfydd clark and calum lynch and Oliver Wilson also followed each other on social media and that usually happens amongst actors who share screen time together.
And when you consider that Oliver Wilson is not part of the group of elves with Galadriel then in my opinion it means he is the actor most likely playing Tom bombadil.

Apparently, there was a time when Kyler requested permission from Twitter users' OCs to appear in an earlier R-rated version of Braxton. One of them was a Spanish cyclops named "Roja Rosado". After a controversial incident, he was concerned that Roja's creator would object to the animated appearance of their OC. Over the years, he struggled and struggled and struggled to get at least one Spanish character on the series. The year is now 2024, and he has finally done it. Micaela Sandrid is introduced with a very unique design by Kyler McCoy himself. Although we believe she's technically a copy of Roja Rosado, the two characters bear little resemblance to each other. Having said that, we'll now ask Kyler whether or not she's a copy.

Cuando iba en preparatoria hice servicio social con algunos compañeros de clase en un campamento de verano, a mis compañeros les tocó ser instructores o jefes de grupo y a mi me tocó ser maestro de manualidades por una condición que tengo donde tengo sangrados nasal si es que estoy mucho tiempo expuesto al sol y el calor por ende me pusieron en el único puesto que implica estar en un cuarto cerrado con aire acondicionado, fue ventajoso lo sé pero también tengo habilidad para las manualidades y me desempeño bien el estás.
En el último día se realizó una fiesta donde se cancelaron las actividades para tener a los niños en el tejaban festejando y haciendo dinámicas, el evento necesito manos extras por lo cual fuimos todos los instructores y jefes de grupo además de policías para cuidar a los niños. El evento estubo chido la verdad en un momento llego un camión de bomberos y rociaron a los niños con las mangueras mientras otros subían al camión para explorarlo.
El problema es que en mi ciudad hace mucho calor en verano y ese día estaba horrible casi que al cierre me comenzó a sangrar la nariz y era tanto que asusté a los niños y me mandaron para recepción lo cual no era malo estoy acostumbrado a el sangrado por lo cual solo necesitaba poner un tapón y descansar pero en recepción estaban 2 policías que exageraron la situación. Un pequeño detalle es que aparento menos edad por lo cual aún cuando estaba en preparatoria para los policías era ver a un niño de primaria con la cara llena de sangre que intentaba no manchar el piso haciendo un cuenco con las manos llenando estás de sangre... Obvio se asustaron y me asustaron a mi al ser policías, en un momento estaban tan ansioso porque pasó como media hora y el sangrado no paraba que llamaron a uno de los bomberos para checarme.
Termine con 2 policías a cada lado que me gritaban y asustaban y un bombero que aunque trataba de tranquilizarme alzaba mi cabeza haciendo que toda la sangre pasara a mi garganta mareandome todo con tal de no empeorar ls situscion. Duraron así por aprox otros 30 minutos y casi me mandan a casa en una patrulla de lo preocupados que estaban.

I’ll admit, it’s been a hot minute (read: years) since I read The Stand, and I think it’s a decent enough yarn, especially in the beginning section while Captain Tripps is roaring through the country. I don’t revere it like a lot King fans do (I think it takes a pretty significant dive once the story moves to Colorado and Las Vegas), but I like it well enough to have read all 1,000+ pages at least five times—though I am a serial re-reader, so there’s that, too.
But one character who never fails to annoy the living shit out of me every time I read it is Frannie Goldsmith. I don’t really understand why I hate her so much; is it the nasty way she thinks and writes about Harold? The way she clings to Stu? Her self-righteousness? Is she just an unrealistically and poorly written character? Like I said, I can’t put my finger on it, but she bugs.
I know many in this sub revere The Stand and consider it one of, if not King’s best work. So I’m curious—anyone else feel the way I do about Fran? Why or why not?

So basically, he came to the school from across the state halfway through the year. We got along really really well and talked all the time as he got acclimated to the school (I had a very awkward introduction because the introduction did not happen naturally but I saw him and went.. we'll get along great.) And whenever we had to choose partners for big projects we went for eachother and he even said he felt the same when I told him, 'I feel like your the only one here who would wanna spend time with me'. (We first got partnered up with some big math project and he spent the entire time trying to flex how good he was at it, he was cute and very obviously nervous, but he was really good at math.) He also basically laughed at everything I said, more than I've seen him do with any of his friends now ever. Half way through that particular project, eh got really mad at me and annoyed at everything and avoided me as much as possible (I am absolutely awful at figuring out why people are upset, probably autistic honestly, so I figured it was my fault. I asked him what I could do to make him not upset because I didn't want him to be unhappy, and he just said 'nothing' and turned it into some weird 'dominance' thing which is totally out of character for him. (again, never seen him act that way again from the rest of this year. He is a bit of an outcast and kids make fun of him behind his back. I've seen him run from a few fights/kids trying to beat him up, admirable. he had this little motto that he kept saying after I told him it was very true which was, "Save your face, not your dignity" Whenever kids tried to fight.) I also may have been a little hostile with him because of this too (I didn't have a crush on him at this time and before.) And expressed some annoyance at having to work with him while he was so grumpy. After that, we talked rarely, and he even started making a few snide remarks (Just like, childish rude, not anything that was that bad) I did get seated next to him, ma have been when this crush started, and he would always try to avoid talking to me and leave his desk any chance, but he did always talk to the other girl he was next to, I'll call her M. Now, I see him trying to talk to M all the time and trying to impress her in a similar way (admittedly, he's half-assing it. As much as I think he doesn't like me back, I have to admit his trying to impress me and laughing at my every word for a while has not been matched so far.) She will like, half pay attention to him. There's also this other girl that he always steals her stuff jokingly like standard dumb teenager flirting, but that girl I do believe likes girls anyway. They started growing a bit closer and started doing projects together, but like I've said multiple times, doesn't have the same enthusiasm exactly. I stare at him, and it's very often that we'll meet eyes, but I'm no pussy so I just stare back. If I see him looking at me, he'll nervously look away, unlike if he sees me looking at him. Now I jest stalk his very far few between social media (mostly spotify, his songs are very.. him. He actually made me like Green day, Blink 182, and My chemical Romance. (He would always rant to me very proudly about what bands he listens to, and I think he accidently made a public playlist.) And a lot of the songs are about being nervous when you like someone, and he doesn't seem nervous like he was around me, and still is, but now it smore avoidant nervous. All that ranting, but basically, what the fuck do I do please help I am socially impaired LMAO. (Mini rant he was crying today and his own FRIENDS didn't comfort him, nor did M or the other girl, even though they were right next to him they just ignored his crying and me and this one other boy (the only one of his friends that showed any concern) were the only ones there for him, but he rejects every effort I make to talk to him.. still. He's just like me, and started crying because some other student were accusing him of calling some girl something ableist, even though he didn't. I would do the exact same thing, we're both emotional as hell in every sense. His tears are the most crushing thing, though.)

I believe this to probably be an popular option but it really seems like most writers don't know how to handle making miles a different character to Peter. It seems like everytime we get miles written into media, be that comics, animation or video games, they make miles basically high school peter, with African American/latino American problems, which are handled lazily. I would love to see miles develop his own character which seems what beyond the spider verse is doing.

Llegó el viernes por la tarde y Devlyn se preparaba para irse, se cambió con una ropa habitual de trabajo y fue con su maleta a la sala.
Yo: ¿De verdad tienes que irte?
Devlyn: lo siento amor, es por la empresa.. Si quiero demostrar que soy digna de un mejor puesto debo ir. No te sientas mal, cuando vuelva te lo compensare, se que estos días no he sido atenta contigo pero al volver me dedicare a ti al 100%.
La bocina de un auto sonó y ella abrió la puerta para salir, yo estaba unos metros tras ella dándole la espalda.
Devlyn: -me saluda desde la puerta- Adiós mi amor…
Yo: -Saludo de espaldas a ella- Adiós, Dev….
Devlyn: Si amor?
Yo: sea lo que sea que vayas a hacer… espero no te arrepientas.
Ese comentario le generó un leve escalofrío a Devlyn y cerró la puerta para irse. Ella subió al taxi y se fue para encontrarse en el aeropuerto con Robert, como nosotros sabíamos que la ida al aeropuerto era una fachada para una coartada, O 'Sullivan (Dany) movilizó a todo su equipo de investigación y espionaje hacia el hotel, no tuvimos que dar explicaciones cuando dimos aviso que haríamos una inspección en tal habitación, como pudo ser esto posible preguntaran ustedes… bueno si mi esposa me hubiera prestado atención con las cosas que quería contarle hubiera sabido que el hotel donde se hospedarían con Robert era un nuevo cliente de nuestra compañía. A eso de las 20 hs ambos llegaron al hotel y después de registrarse subieron a la habitación, se besaron y tocaron por unos momentos, él parecía urgido por hacerlo pero ella dijo que debía esperar, que su último fin de semana debía empezar de manera especial, se bañaron, se vistieron y bajaron al restaurante a cenar mientras nosotros veíamos todo desde la suite privada que teníamos en ese hotel.
O 'Sullivan: Ambos me dan asco. -Decía después de ver todo lo que Devlyn había hecho.
O’Connor: Es una zorra… Lo siento Murphy, no recordé que aún es tu esposa.
Yo: no te preocupes, se lo merece… después de todo solo las zorras son infieles. -Tomaba una copa de whisky y fumaba un habano.
Ryan: No bebas tanto Murphy, tienes que estar lúcido o no disfrutaras la venganza.
Doyle: que haremos ahora capitán?
Yo: dejémoslos disfrutar… porque cuando vuelvan para cerrar su noche con broche de oro lo único que cerrarán serán sus vidas normales.
Devlyn y Robert terminaron de cenar entre besos y toqueteos y siguieron con bailes en la discoteca del hotel entre más besos y toqueteos cruzando un poco la línea de lo decente. Ella le bailaba a él de una manera tan sensual que era muy fácil excitarse al verla y al sentirla ya que sus partes íntimas tendían a rozar las del otro, lo se por que así bailaba conmigo. A eso de las 3 Am y un poco ebrios comenzaron a subir para una larga rutina de sexo desenfrenado, en ese momento nosotros estábamos jugando una partida de póker cuando uno de los subordinados de O 'Sullivan llamo diciendo que estaban saliendo de la discoteca por lo que nos apresuramos, yo entre a la habitación y me senté en el balcón dando la espalda a la habitación y seguía fumando mi habano, mis amigos se quedaron afuera escondidos para no ser vistos y luego de que entraran bloquear la puerta.
Cuando ellos llegaron entre lujuriosos besos abrieron la puerta y entraron sin dejar de besarse.
Devlyn: este fin de semana te haré delirar, espero estés a la altura.
Robert: siempre lo estoy y te demostraré que soy mejor que tu esposo.
Devlyn: no lo superaras, igual te disfrutaré.
Ellos comenzaron a quitarse la ropa con lujuria mientras se besaban hasta que olieron algo raro provenir del balcón.
Devlyn: hueles eso?
Robert: Si, viene del balcón -Furioso va hacia donde estaba haciéndose el malo- Oye idiota esta habitación ya estaba reservada!
El se encontraba parado unos pasos atrás de mi, yo aun no respondía ya que intentaba mantener mi calma y mis lágrimas.
Robert: Oye imbécil, ¿ no me oyes?!
El corazón de Devlyn se acelera sintiendo un mal presentimiento…
Como el sillón en el que estaba podía girar sobre sí como las sillas de las oficinas, sin levantarme del lugar gire haciendo palidecer a ambos amantes.
Yo: Espero no interrumpir su velada… Quizás me equivoque de habitación. -Mi mirada era tan fría que quemaba, parecía como si el mismo demonio los estuviera viendo.
Las lágrimas de Devlyn comenzaron a caer como cataratas en sus ojos mientras se tomaba la cabeza tratando de encontrar su voz para decirme algo.
Yo: Supongo que alguien debe dar explicaciones… -Mi mirada encontró la de Devlyn haciendo que sus piernas no den más y caiga de rodillas.
Devlyn: amor…. amor … Perdóname… Perdóname, por favor…. por favor. -Las palabras de Devlyn no se podían articular muy bien pero si trataba de pedir perdón con su voz sollozante y entrecortada.
Yo seguía sentado en el sofá individual mirando su patética escena mientras ellos estaban semidesnudos, hasta el tipo tan rudo que solía actuar temblaba de miedo.
Yo: parece que nadie más va a hablar esta noche… Dev, los papeles de Divorcio están listos.
En ese momento el muchacho encontró un poco de valor y me levanto la voz.
Robert: ¡Púdrete imbécil! ¡Tú no la mereces!
En ese momento Devlyn lo da vuelta hacia ella y le da un puñetazo en su rostro.
Robert: Devlyn… ¿Por qué?
Devlyn: ¿Cómo te atreves a decir eso? tú jamás podrías hablar en mi nombre… tú no eres ni un por ciento de lo hombre que es Jack… Fuiste solo un juguete, un pasatiempo horrible al que nunca debí acceder.
El joven lo miraba con los ojos llenos de lágrimas decepcionado por el actuar de Devlyn.
Yo: Wooow, no esperaba eso, que divertido… -Decía con mi mirada vacía.
Devlyn viene hacia mí y se arrodilla en frente mío suplicando perdón y quería explicar todo lo que pasó.
Robert: tu bastardo, me las pagaras… -Decía mirándome con rabia.
Yo: Créeme que si hubieras mantenido la boca cerrada no hubiera hecho lo que estoy por hacer…
Robert: qué harás, eh? este hotel tiene una buena seguridad y llamarán pronto a las autoridades.
Yo: -Daba otra pitada a mi habano- si… se que tienen una buena seguridad, ya que mi compañía custodia el lugar.
Esa revelación fue otro golpe helado para los amantes.
Yo: De verdad pensaban que podían estar riéndose a mis espaldas sin que yo me entere? los “Dublín Wolf” siempre nos enteramos de todo… estamos en todas partes y en ningún lado.
Robert: -se levanta empuja a Devlyn apartándola del medio y se dispone a golpearme- Maldito!
Yo detengo su golpe estando sentado y me levanto del asiento, yo fácilmente le sacaba una cabeza y media de altura y mi complexión física era mas ancha lo que hizo fue un suicidio.
Yo: -Lo tomé del cuello y lo golpeé en el rostro sentándolo en el piso- No debiste hacer eso…. ¡Muchachos!
Mis amigos entraron en la habitación y se llevaron al idiota hacia una habitación en el subsuelo del hotel.

Conspiracy theories involving “elite” pedophile rings have recently been dominating social media in a disorienting frenzy. They have been around for some time but in this century rose back to popularity during the 2016 Election cycle. This crop, at least, took root with what became known as “Pizzagate.” Promoters of that conspiracy theory in 2016 used social media platforms to make unfounded but viral allegations that Hillary Clinton and other prominent Democrats were running a pedophile ring out of the basement of a pizzeria even though that restaurant had no basement, or any ties to known politicians other than the typical flesh pressing (Phrasing I know) moments fit for a picture hung on the wall. Since then, the dark theme of Pizzagate has found new life with permutations forming part of the #Qanon conspiracy theory, incorporated under the umbrella term “pedogate.” The gist of the #pedogate conspiracy theory is that global elites (politicians, celebrities, and wealthy businesspersons) are covertly involved in a far-reaching ring that uses young children for sexual purposes. “What most of these conspiracy theories involve in one way or another is laying accusations of pedophilia or involvement in pedophile rings at the feet of people that they despise or hate, and during the 16’ election cycle, Democrats were a wide target for an opposing political movement that had hijacked the rival Republican party. Pizzagate originated with the “alt right” and “alt lite,” far right extremists who range from outright white supremacists to those who publicly shun racists but otherwise fall in step with their belief systems. Pizzagate jumped from the fringes to the mainstream because as it denigrated Hillary Clinton, it sucked in supporters of then-candidate Donald Trump. After the election all mention of pedogate seemed to be put on a simmer while other National outrages boiled over (#Covid #RussiaGate #BLM) and just like clockwork (heading into our next election cycle has been turned back up. The pedogate conspiracy and all associated stories employ a centuries-old tactic: playing on deep-seated human anxieties by conjuring images of imperiled children, the purest and defenseless victim of any manner of injustice. An example in the modern era of weaponized conspiracy was the satanic panic of the 1980s, in which a wave of hysteria over alleged child molestation at daycare centers swept the nation. But while that phenomenon was a moral panic attributable, at least in part, to social anxiety over white middle class women entering the work force en masse for the first time and entrusting their children to others, the current conspiracy theories about pedophile rings equate to similar propaganda. They carry a danger for stirring up violence. If you want to elicit violent action the way to do it is through hate and fear. Once you target and label a population as pedophiles, you can do anything you like to that population with full excuse being given to the myth you’ve wrapped around it. That’s not to say fears of child abuse or sex trafficking are unfounded. There are many as pedophilia has ancient roots and in many cases was encourage by many world cultures and religions a lot later into Civilization than we’d like to admit. The International Labor Organization reports that 25 percent of the world’s 40.3 million victims of human trafficking are children. The most vulnerable, according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, are migrants, runaways, the homeless, and youngsters who have been victims of violence. Despite their obsession over the topic, conspiracy followers aren’t worked up about those children who are in true harm’s way. In the world of propaganda, it’s never about real children. Instead, it’s about what children represent. The children imperiled by conspiracy theories, in other words, are only metaphors. Children carry a vast amount of weight in any society, but especially modern ones when they’re expected to survive past the age of five. It wasn’t as intense before the 18th century when child mortality rates were really high. They represent the future, and all that is beautiful and decent and honest in a society, because they are innocent. For most people also, the meaning of their existence is rooted in their children. Children are eschatological, they represent death for us, and what is coming behind us after we are gone. They also represent the threat of loss, if they disappear, if they die, that is the death of society. That’s why they became so crucial and central to Cold War propaganda. The real terror of the nuclear holocaust would be the death of the children, because that’s the death of everyone. A recent example of this is in a recent police investigation into conspiracy claims of PizzaGate style accusation of Portland’s Voodoo Doughnuts. Detectives attempted to contact the person accusing Voodoo Doughnuts on social media of running a pedophile ring. The accuser did not cooperate with investigators and it’s been documented in other coverage online that they had become agitated and accused the Police with complicity when tracked down in person, even though they were attempting to investigate. The pendulum of conspiracy theories about systematic child abuse has swung back and forth for centuries. Examples such as blood libel, when Jewish communities were attacked over false allegations of murdering and consuming Christian children in the Middle Ages. In Europe, During the Thirty Years War, entire villages were put to the sword because it was believed they were abusing children of the other religions. One characteristic that helps Pizzagate-style conspiracy theories gain popularity is that they function like a puzzle game and give its audience a large level of involvement through social media. A lot of conspiracy theories are oracular, where the information comes from one source an oracle. Then there are others where there are a few people who promote the notions, almost like gurus or a conspiracy priesthood. But Pizzagate, it’s more of what one would call a participatory conspiracy theory. Participatory conspiracy theories lay out a scenario or situation and then they ask their audience, ‘what more can you find out about this, what more can you add?’ It turns the audience into willing participants, some knowing they are creating a destructive madlib and other (potential real victims) caking on mystical distraction to issues that have been unreported or scars that have not bee properly treated. The thing about participatory conspiracy theories is it can really create a devoted following because it gives people something to do, it makes them feel they can solve the whole thing or uncover new aspects to it. Once you get that energy going it’s almost self-sustaining. Followers of the Qanon conspiracy theory, call themselves “bakers” because their protagonist “Q” pops up on Internet message boards and leaves “crumbs” (i.e., clues), and they are tasked with picking up the crumbs in order to solve the puzzle. (“Q” is supposed to reference the character’s government security clearance level).
#Q followers believe an even more incoherent version of Pizzagate. This is largely a right-wing fantasy that originated in a series of incoherent posts on #4chan in 2017 by someone calling themselves #QAnon. Following on the heels of similar idiocy such as Pizzagate, it advances a fantastic web of deceit that wraps up Trumpism, deep state fearmongering, evil, satanic pedophilia rings controlled by the Democratic Party, investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election, the Las Vegas shooting, and New World Order paranoia into a package easily and wholeheartedly promoted by internet cesspools and far-right personalities such as Alex Jones. The premise is that President Trump is secretly working to take down a global ring of elite, cannibalistic, satanic pedophiles. And the investigation into Russian meddling into the 2016 election, led by former FBI director Robert Mueller, is actually an investigation into the so-called “deep state”, where a cabal of evil, globalists, including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, are responsible for everything from a global pedophile ring to the mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017. According to the enlightened, when Trump awkwardly took a drink from a bottle of Fiji water at a press conference in November 2017, it wasn’t because he was thirsty; it was actually a secret signal to those in the know that the annihilation of deep state pedophiles had begun (or was about to begin). Because as everyone knows, Fiji is a hot spot for child trafficking. ( I could go on and on with this poorly thought-out shit, I will spare you ) The role the Internet and social media play in helping to spread such insanity can’t be underestimated. Just a few decades earlier, conspiracy theorists would identify each other using letters to the editor printed in newspapers and magazines. It was a lot harder to identify your fellow conspiracy theorists. You would have to physically meet to swap your stories or send letters or call. They would set up these groups that would communicate by newsletter. They would meet in a physical space, like someone’s living room. I personally witnessed people from my childhood, dutifully photocopying newsletters they had received in the mail to give to others (Primarily at my #JW congregation, how ironic). Now obviously it can go much more quickly, because you can identity people immediately. You can quickly share ideas and the data you’ve collected. The Internet allows such people to exist in bubbles where they rarely have their beliefs challenged. The extraordinarily polarized society we’re in right now has made people less willing to seek out other view points. Because of the internet you have less chance of doing this. There’s very little incentive to look outside one’s own bubble once they have become invested in a conspiracy theory. Once you start to act out on those behaviors you are forced to double down by repeating the act to prove it was a just act. Eventually you get caught up in a movement that totally defines your conscious and you can’t get out of it. The second you step out of that world view your actions go back to being reprehensible. Now the question becomes, “What’s the harm? If it sheds light on child abuse, then isn’t it still productive?” The answer in this case is a resounding NO. In my opinion and PAINFUL experience, the root cause and sustaining factors of institutionalized child sex abuse are all things that would counter your typical Conspiracy Nut’s world view, thus causing a complete blackout to the problems. The entity taking part in the harming of children on a local and tangible level aren’t some suit and tie wearing global elitist. It’s a guidance counselor, youth pastor, unvetted young substitute teacher, aunt/uncle/cousin/neighbor. It’s anyone who has been given routine private access to a child’s mind and body because of the social conventions that have been protected for generations by our relatives whether they themselves are guilty of abuse or not. In all the Qanon madness I also kept very close tabs on the pending prosecution of the Boy scouts of America and never saw any widely shared memes about their involvement in the abuse syndicate. Why is this? How is this so? Aren’t these people watching the news, seeing the court records and hearing the individual cases being brought against Scout Leaders (SOME OF WHO RAN THEIR OWN NETWORKS!!)? When I would find mention of accusation it was met with the ever scarce “skepticism” because if the media is covering it, it must be a plot to destroy the organization. There are now non-for profit organizations setting up victim funds and protections for people to come out with their stories and somehow THIS is the fake ruse. Some that know me know that I was a Jehovah’s Witness as a youth/teen/young adult. That chapter of my life could fill many chapters and the research on the organization, the real true black and white history of the religion would honestly surprise you. I saw what I now know was abuse, I personally experienced abuse in many forms. The perpetrators involved are either still Witnesses or are dead or have moved “away from the organization”. But one thing that was left intact in each situation was the secret that they prey on children. The parents, these organizations and the collective promise to keep up appearances are directly to blame for the suffering untold thousands, millions of children and broken adults. All for what? Pride and Vanity and a commitment to all involved to protect them from the “mean old world” despite allowing predators to eat their children from within. Being a #JW was a very interesting experience. It provides a very efficient form of insulation from outside society and allows people involved to view the chaos from afar. There is this persistent (albeit false) sense of shared peace that members have. It’s as though for three days a week you go to this meeting where no matter what, everyone has a smile and feels about things EXACTLY how you do. There is no cursing, there are no politics, there surely isn’t any destructive influences that would tarnish your chances of salvation. For a parent this is a refuge when raising a child in a world that is dangerously unpredictable. A Child that you are unable (or unwilling) to teach coping skills to get along by societal standards, A child you want to protect by hiding. This is problem #1. As an adult the congregation presents an avenue for which you can act and behave in a way that allows you to reconcile your past, a way to have less of those nights awake because you think about past wrongs you’ve committed against people. It’s the proverbial band-aid for a guilty, bruised, destroyed conscious of any size. Coming into the organization takes nothing more than the desire to change, publicly declaring your willingness to hand over your life to God (The organization). Bam, You’re in! No credit check, no background check. This is problem #2. A JW is taught that “every facet is an asset” (Ministerial Servants know what I’m talking about). What this means is that every facet of your life is an asset to the organization to spread its word. If the world see’s their product’s application into your life and thereby how much better it is than a normal person’s, then they’ve made an “Effective Witness” to the world. This causes Witnesses of any age to allow almost every facet of their life to be a tool by the organization. For a parent this includes their children. This is problem #3 When you get a culture that insulates itself from the real world, that allows you to enter without any coherent vetting, give access to children whose parents feel obligated to present as a “witness” to the lifestyle. You get a twisted corridor in which victims can get lost for a lifetime and predators can hide in plain sight. For any proponents of the “Save-The-Children” movement to not take a step back and really analyze their local community and lifestyle through these lenses only illustrates that child abuse is being weaponized politically at the expense of others whom you aren’t willing to save because it would look bad for ‘your side’. If you truly care, you wouldn’t be sharing email forwards about what evil unverified unmentionable thing you read some celebrity or politician did. Instead, you’d be drawing back on your experiences as a child. Even if nothing happened directly to you, I’m sure you know some one that had an experience that forever harmed their life. Who did it? Was there a pattern or social condition that allowed for this as was laid out in the JW example? How could it have been avoided? Would you have stopped it if you saw the signs? Are you willing to stop it in the future, knowing what you know now? If you can answer any of those questions with a yes, then you have all you need to WRITE your own material to reach real victims and their families. Does your action cause problems for your ‘side’? It shouldn’t matter and you know that. If it does make a difference to you then you are no better than the shadowy pedophilic cabal that you are so obsessed with.

So this is a long one. Like, I'm going back over it and damn. This is longer than I thought it would be. Throwaway account, I've only made one other post to this relating to what's going on. Instead of updating the other post, I figured I'd make a separate one about the whole shit show I experienced, and the shit circus I uncovered and avoided. I'll try to keep this in as chronological an order as I can.
As the title says, my abusive/narc mom and pos/delusional/golden child brother started trying to reach out to me a few months ago wanting to make amends and build bridges with me again. There were a few people that commented on my previous post in another subreddit that may be a little disappointed in me for how I handled this, and a few that might enjoy that I handled it the way I did. Someone commented to not let them use my good nature. My nature is dependent on who I'm dealing with, and when it comes to that side of my family, I'm more stick than carrot. So their attempts did not go ignored, and did not go unpunished.
Growing up, I was always closer with my Dad than my mom. My brother was the epitome of "pampered mamma's boy". He started having seizures as a child and was diagnosed with epilepsy, which I thought was why my mom babied the absolute fuck out of him long into adulthood. He would go a year or 2 without any seizures, and then there would be a few months where he'd be having them every other day. At Anytime he got in trouble at home or school, my mom would find a way to blame me, for not making sure he knew whatever he was doing would get him in trouble, or she would blame my dad for not being "involved enough in their baby's life." My dad was in the Navy and I remember any time he'd deploy, I'd dread every day until he came back. My brother would taunt me that he knew whatever he did, I'd be the one to get in trouble for it. My dad would always make things up for me when he got back from his deployments though. We'd often have weekend trips just the 2 of us. And then around my 12th birthday, my mom insisted on sitting us all down and explain to that she and my dad were getting a divorce. We got the whole talk about how they still love us and they just can't be together anymore, etc. my dad told us both that he still loved us and he would be there for us whenever we needed him. He explained that he would be moving out, but he would be by to pick us up to spend the weekends with us. I was nervous and honestly scared of what it would be like without him. But I was looking forward to the weekend when I got to see him again. That never happened though, and that was the last time I ever got to see him.
Right before his weekend with us, my mom explained to us that my dad didn't want anything to do with us anymore. There was some news story about a father that killed his kids when he had custody of them and she used that to terrify my brother and convince him that our dad wanted to kill us to start his life over. We left damn near everything behind and moved in with my mom's brother in Florida (from Virginia) a couple days before my dad was supposed to come get us. After that, she went to great lengths to make sure we had no contact from him.
Years went on, my mom seemed more indifferent towards me than ever. She never seemed interested in anything I did unless my brother also seemed interested in it. She didn't show any interest in my wanting to learn guitar until my brother also showed interest in it. Then we got one guitar that we had to share, I'd take lessons on the condition that I taught my brother whatever I learned in them. My brother eventually wound up breaking the guitar and I was blamed for not storing it in the case it came with. I had to share my N64 with him whenever he wanted to play it. I was playing perfect dark one day and having a hard time killing the skedar leader at the end of the game. My brother burst into the room saying he wanted to play his MegaMan game, to which I just replied "give me a minute, this boss fight is hard, once I'm done you can have your turn" He didn't like that. He left the room and came back with a hammer and smashed the console while I was still playing. My fault for not letting him play it. The only thing I had that he could not use was a pair of roller blades my aunt got me for my 14th birthday. I specifically asked for roller blades to get around instead of a bike because my brother and I had different shoe sizes, so he couldn't wear them Because of constant shit like that, I never really put much value in having things growing up. I didnt want to buy something or get something as a gift just to have it fucked up in a few weeks or months. At some point, my "little" brother became the larger one, so my clothes all became "hand-me-ups" as he outgrew everything. So, because I didn't really have any distractions at home, I turned into a high achieving student, rarely got in trouble. made the honor roll all throughout school. But that wasn't something to celebrate as it was expected of me. I had long since decided that I was moving out as soon as I could once I turn 18. I got a job working at a Walgreens as soon as I could and started saving up for a car. My mom however took issue with this and would never agree to take me looking for one and absolutely refused to ever have it put on her insurance. This is where my Aunt comes in. She and her son are the only 2 on my mom's side that aren't some sort of degenerate. She had her son young, but put herself through college while raising him alone and eventually got her MBA and a cushy upper corporate job. She told me to tell my mom I had to go in to work on one of my days off, that she would pick me up and she would take me car shopping. So that's what we did. I couldn't quite afford a cash car, but she helped me with the financing. I put down what I had as the down payment, the arrangement she made with me was that 1- as long as I was in school, she would cover the insurance and payments for me, however, if I got into an accident, I was responsible for paying the deductable. And 2- as long as i was living with my mom, the car remained in her (Aunt's) name. And if anything happened to it, to let her know so she could get the appropriate authorities involved. My mom was PISSED when she found out I now had a car. Her reasoning (that she said in front of my aunt) was that she didn't think it was fair for one of us-either me or my brother- to have something the other couldn't use. Due to him being 13 and having epilepsy, he couldn't drive, so why should i have a car if my brother doesn't? That turned into a long shouting match between my mom and Aunt that basically ended with my aunt explaining that since it was her car, and all paperwork on her name, I was just on the insurance for it so I could drive it. But if anything at all happened to it while I was living at my Mom's, that the police and insurance companies would get involved. My mom still kept track of all the miles on the car to "make sure I was only going to work and school and wherever she told me I could go". Most of the time, when I hung out with friends, I wasn't the one driving. From that that point though, my mindset was very much "keep my head down and nose clean until I can leave." I graduated a month before my 18th birthday. After graduation, my mom and i got into an argument about me contributing to her bills. I eventually dropped the ball that I planned on getting back in touch with my Dad and leaving. She started laughing. Something about that laugh made me really uncomfortable. She then said "well, you can certainly meet up with him whenever you want! I'll supply the gun if you buy the bullet!" And told me my dad had died when I was 15. That. Fucking. Broke. Me. Later that night, i called my best friend and vented everything to him. He was in the DEP program for the Navy and would be shipping out in a few months, he told me to come by first thing in the morning and talk with him and his parents about the whole situation. I basically packed up all of my clothes and left the day after my 18th birthday. I just left my house key and a note that said "I'm not your problem anymore." I couch surfed for a little while until after my best friend left for boot camp, then I was able to move in and live with his parents (chosen parents basically). My only real rules were keep the house and my space clean and make sure I had a job and/or going to school. I spent a few months mourning my dad and kind of in a haze. Since he was in the Navy though, that meant I was reliable for financial aid for school. My second dad helped me get everything put together to start receiving that so I could start college.
Well, after a couple years of this, my brother, who had spent his time at school more as "forced socializing" instead of learning, was expelled from public schools for allegedly setting off a fire extinguisher in a classroom. He had to enroll at an alternative school called "the drop back-in academy" that was specifically for dropouts or anyone that got the boot from the public school system. My mom reached out to me and asked me if I would drive him to this school in the mornings, she'd pick him up in the afternoons, and she'd pay me $20 a week.I agreed to it thinking this was out of character for her, but she surprisingly held up to that agreement. I drove him for a couple years until I was ready to start my bachelor program. My second parents were getting ready to move back to their hometown and I was going to start school on the other side of the city. So, I was moving to that side of town and couldn't really drive out of my way to pick up and drop off my brother anymore. He continued his enrollment at this place for another 3 years (5 years total) and it turned out, he was never attending. I would drop his ass off there every day and he'd just walk home immediately after I pulled out of the parking lot. He'd just tell my mom that he finished his work early and decided to walk home instead of wait around for her. One afternoon, I'm coming home early from work and my brother is just sitting on the steps to my studio apartment. He tells me that he and our mom got into a really big argument and he needs a place to stay. I (reluctantly) let him in. I'm stuck thinking he must be really desperate if he's coming to me for help. But I start thinking at this point, he's 24, jobless, and probably needs to learn some self discipline and responsibility, and our mom just never did that for him. So I try to help. I ask him what their fight was about and he tells me that he started dating this girl at his alternative school. She was 21 and got the boot from the school system for being too old to attend (we actually have several relatives that were kicked out of the school system for the same reason) and that he accidentally got her pregnant and our mom did not take kindly to that. I called my landlord and explained the situation to him. He was okay with it, so I let him crash on my couch for a little bit (until the end of my lease, then I'd be moving) and just told him to clean up after himself, take care of himself, etc until we could all work this out. He crashed there for a few months and did Jack shit. He would complain that I didn't have a computer for him to use (I only had a laptop I bought for school) and I didn't have any video game consoles for him to entertain himself with. So he was stuck there bored all day. I got tired of the complaining and lack of effort and told him he had to go back to our mom's if he wasn't going to be an adult. We started shouting at each other until he dropped this little bombshell. He yelled "I can't go back to Mom's!" And when I asked why, he just blurted out "because it's to close to that elementary school!" That stopped the whole thing. "And why is that a big deal now?" I asked him. I already knew why that would be the problem, but 1% of me was holding onto the hope that he was got jumped by a gang of 5th graders and the trauma was too much for him to bear. I told him he could either tell me what's going on, or I could make a phone call and get every last detail I needed. He confessed that he had been leaving that school and going over to his "girlfriend's" house and waiting for her to get home. And that one day, her mom ended up catching them in the act. I explained to him that he was leaving out important details if that was the reason he couldn't be near a school.
He told me she was 14, not 21. I. Lost. My. Shit. Everything after that is kinda fuzzy, but he was arrested, mom posted bail, and since she lived right around the corner from an elementary school, he couldn't stay there. So they told his parole officer that he'd be staying at my address until his court date.. his PO had swung by a couple times, but I was always either at work or school or out somewhere. At this point, I told him the lease was up in 6 weeks, I couldn't stand to be around him. I packed my stuff early, moved out into a storage unit, and I stayed at an extended stay hotel until it was time for me to move. Called my landlord and told him what was going on, and if my brother was still there the last week of the lease, nail him for trespassing. My landlord was a good guy. I never had any problems with him. I paid up the last 6 weeks and threw him since extra cash for his troubles as I knew I wouldn't be getting my deposit back. That was the last time I saw my brother. After I moved out of state, I cut all contact with everyone in that family except my Aunt who was the only one that ever helped me out or even had my back. But even then, it was just through email. We'd mainly email birthday and holiday wishes to each other. Updates from my side on how life and career are going.
I never had a myspace or a Facebook growing up. I either never had a computer to check it on, or I was just so accustomed to not having any online distractions that I just never got around to making one. I did finally make a Facebook and I did get in touch with my dad's side of the family and reconnected with them. I hadn't seem most of them since I was 4 or 5. Some of them had been in contact with my brother (he fucking knew our dad died) and was spinning some sort of web about how he graduated high school early, had gone to college for pre-med and then got some sort of full ride scholarship to some prestigious medical school in Florida. He told them I wasn't on social media because I had been arrested for selling drugs and that he was taking me in after I got released. He was also using my senior portrait as a profile pic. They were surprised when they saw me and how I "looked just like my brother!" I had set the record straight. They looked dumbfounded when I told them that he couldn't get himself out of the 9th grade in 10 years, and now would likely never complete his high school journey due to the fact he can't be within 100 yards of a school.
So, fast forward to last week. I checked my email for the first time since late January (for my aunt's birthday) and noticed a few from her saying my mom wanted to reach out, then several emails from a new address. It was my mom's first initial and last name. Subject lines usually read "please respond" and "let me know you're okay" and stuff like that. I'd copy some of them over, but holy shit this is already a novella. Basically she got my email address from sneaking my aunt's phone (aunt did not sell me out). She's trying to apologize for how she treated me growing up and trying to excuse it by saying I reminded her of my dad and then she was going through menopause and just any excuse to dishes full accountability it seems. She acknowledges that it was wrong to hold me accountable for my brother's fuck-ups but dismisses that by saying he didn't know any better and she needed me to be a good role model for him. Things have been hard for her since I left, since she "had" to take my brother back in (I would've left him on the street or in jail), she had to sell her house (she was only 10 years into her mortgage) and buy another smaller one further from a school for him. He never did get a hs diploma or GED because how can he? And she's been going through breast cancer treatment for the last several months and just doesn't have the energy to take care of her 33yo baby anymore. She asked me if I lived close enough to them to take him in for a little bit while she focuses on her health. I left Florida 8 years ago and haven't even lived in the same time zone in 6 years. She can only check her email at work since she no longer has Internet at home. She had to cancel her home Internet service because of him. So, I decided to just put my brother's name into a search bar and the first thing that pops up is a FDLE sex offender's page. And holy shit has he gone downhill. He had a second arrest when he was 27 for the same thing, and then was caught in communications with another girl (like Chris Hansen sting) and was released from prison at the beginning of the year. And the mugshot.... You know the pale lady from the scary stories to tell in the dark movie? Think that, but with a patchy beard. Beady eyes, bad skin and all. According to the sheriff's office inmate search, he's been arrested 5 times in the last 10 years. Twice for lewd and lascivious battery of a minor (aged 12-15), once for solicitation of a minor, and twice for probation violations.
The TL/DR: abusive mom took all her frustrations out on me, blamed me for everything my brother did, hid my father's death from me until I was almost 18, and reaches out after 8 years of no contact and wants me to take care of her pedophile son while she's in poor health.
I'm attaching my response to her below.
Hi. I'm alive. I'm well. I'm also not okay with you contacting me, especially under the circumstances that you violated the privacy of your own sister to get my contact information. I have read your apologies and excuses and I do not accept either. You say I reminded you of Dad? He spent more time with me and showed more interest in my well-being than you ever did, and that's including the 6 years he was absent from my life by your own selfish design. Menopause? I find that hard to believe as this went on for the better part of half a decade and not once in that time did your attitude towards brother change. You always treated him with the same coddling infantile obsession and patience that one would show a toddler. It was and is clear that you have a preferred child as that adult-sized pile of shit is still living comfortably with dear old mama. I'm guessing no one else is willing to take him in? Are Uncle and Cousins afraid of him doing something to their daughters or grandchildren? I do believe you when you say you want to rebuild the bridge that you nuked from orbit years ago, but I can't believe it's not for your own selfish desires. And I can't find any reason or way my quality of life could be improved with your presence. The reality is, my life has been far better without you than it could be with you. I've never said this to anyone, but if there is a sense of karma and balance in the universe, your current situation is proof of that. The next time I see your name on my computer screen, had better be for your obituary. But since you and the monster you raised both decided to keep Dad's death a secret from me, and remove any choice I had to mourn or pay my respects, I'll return that kindness to you.
Please die away from me.

I have a family member. This person has a stable well paying career and is in her 30s. She lives in a nice place with two other family members. She often wakes up, goes into the kitchen and complaints about random things to whoever will listen or even to herself for a couple hours. The other people will be in thier rooms and only hear complaining. It's the same complaints over and over again usually about the past and every small past event sounds victimizing. It's also almost always complaints about family members. As she complaints, she builds up anger and exhaustion. Eventually someone will tell her to shut up and then she has a freakout that there is yelling and that shes embarrassed of what neighbors may think. Then she uses that to blame that family member then and into the future, blaming all her frustrations and unhappiness on that person.
When she is around strangers, co-workers, friends, she is very pleasant and she appears to be a happy person. She may even appear as a model character as if she never has any problems in life.
Its been like this for a long while and when she is asked to find a home of her own, she stalls and delays and acts as if noting if up to her standards but she doesn't even try looking. She spends most of her free time looking at social media and complaining. Shes also quite controlling of all family members but at the same time is very secretive and demands nobody even dare to ask how she feels or where she is. Money is not a problem but she avoids moving out. So the family members are stuck in a toxic situation and when there is talk of change, she can get hostile.
Can someone tell me what this condition is and provide me with any info how to deal with this? I always assumed that is this person can live on her own, she will be away from family and then can't blame them anymore and maybe realize they aren't her enemies and eventually that self awareness will lead her to take accountability and put effort into her personal life instead of having high expectations without effort. thanks

I want to point out a very real perspective in all of this. experienced artists and creative people, like the ones that created FF7, are not that attached to their creations as the fans are. that is why they are willing to change many things in the story, designs and settings.
The og FF7 was amazing but that was in part because the presentation left a lot to the imagination of the player, the player's mind filled in many gaps in the story and design. the whole game feels like you are playing with toys in a diorama which is great and lovely and works in favor of the game and story but the moment you translate that setting into a realistic one, like in the remake, many moments will end up feeling goofy.
Some vocal fans might not realize or remember how many goofy moments happened in the original game, Heidegger for example slaps soldiers when Rufus disrespects him at Junon. and who would have thought that the creators's version of Biggs, Jesse and Wedge in the remake were so corny right? but those characters were also kind of goofy in the og game but the new versions are quite unremarkable.
Also the story in FF7 advent children was very over the top so I don't get the fans that hate those bombastic moments in the remake, FF in general became very over the top when doing High fidelity projects.
On a side note, design wise, the character designs are gorgeous and they did an outstanding job in modernizing those designs, they did wonders with the clothing, fabrics and the materials while maintaining the og silhouette of the characters very much intact which I thought was masterfully done.
The problem that I see with the disparity and mixed opinions from the fans is that the reimagining of a media product like ff7 is difficult to satisfy for both the creators of the game and the fans alike, the creators have their own vision and want to fulfill their creative ambitions while the fans want "the same thing but better" and they are going to be disapointed when they are playing a reimagining, a re-make of the game.
Having said this I also agree with the hating vocal fans, I would have prefered a straightforward HD version of the OG game but my optimistic self thinks it will happen after the whole reimagining is done.
But I don't think the remake is a selfish/self-serving project solely for the makers of the game, for starters this is a businees for them and I genuinly believe this platinum treatment of the FF7 brand was done for the fans that had made the brand so succesful. I think they are trying to fullfil creative ambitions that makes the team excited to create a modern product that satisfies them and the fans alike, while getting new ones on board.
I came to play the remake with the idea that I'm getting a different experience from the original game, and that mentality has helped me appreciate the game for what it is. The remake is quite fun and I'm having a blast, the system is totally different from the og game but the gameplay of the remake is dynamic and exciting. And the overworld in rebirth is so well done, it definitely required so much work from the developers of the game to design the landscape of a very blank overworld that existed in the og game. In the og game the overworld is just a simplification of the map, for a realistic look in the new games it is a NECESITY to fill ALL that empty space with plenty of detail.
While the gameplay in the remake is super satisfying, tight and exciting, it is not the same for the characters and the story in general, there is a lot of dialogue that feel so unecesary and out of place. The developers are moving mountains in making all that inmense cast of characters interact with each other, like seriously they went above and beyond with trying to come up with ways to make all of these characters interact with each other, that is no easy task. but some of those interactions felt not genuine at all, many reactions and responses are cringe, lame or not human, there were moments I was like, no person speak like this.
Gameplay wise they are even trying their best to make you control different characters throughout the game so you don't stick with the same ones for the whole game, they are constantly switching up the combination so you try out different ones.
A lot of thought and care are being put in the remakes and that should be acknowledged by the fans that were disappointed, but they did dropped the ball with the dialogues and some story changes, straight up trash.
There are valid things to hate and to be disappointed by but I'm just here to point out the things that impressed me and delighted me.
not really a tldr: there is a lot to love and a lot to hate (and cringe) in the remakes, but despite all of this I'm loving these games so much. I'm having a blast playing them. hope they make a straightorward HD version of the og game in the future.

Hello my new favorite WH community! Could you give some comments on my first tentative guard list? I have not added enhancements yet which is why I am not exactly 2k pts. Seems like a pretty simple list here. I only have access to Taurox's... I know Chimera's are probably preferred. Im running the Death Rider Squad bc I think they are cool, but I know they should be cut too. Any other things Im missing? Thanks!
Astra Militarum Strike Force (2000 points) Combined Regiment
CHARACTERS
Lord Solar Leontus (125 points) • Warlord • 1x Conquest 1x Konstantin’s hooves 1x Sol’s Righteous Gaze
Tank Commander (205 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 2x Heavy bolter 1x Heavy stubber 1x Hunter-killer missile 1x Lascannon 1x Leman Russ battle cannon
Tank Commander (205 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 2x Heavy bolter 1x Heavy stubber 1x Hunter-killer missile 1x Lascannon 1x Leman Russ battle cannon
Ursula Creed (55 points) • 1x Duty and Vengeance 1x Power weapon
BATTLELINE
Cadian Shock Troops (60 points) • 1x Shock Trooper Sergeant • 1x Chainsword 1x Laspistol • 9x Shock Trooper • 9x Close combat weapon 9x Lasgun 1x Vox-caster
Death Korps of Krieg (130 points) • 2x Death Korps Watchmaster • 2x Laspistol 2x Power weapon • 18x Death Korps Trooper • 18x Close combat weapon 1x Death Korps Medi-pack 14x Lasgun 2x Meltagun 2x Sniper rifle 1x Vox-caster
Death Korps of Krieg (65 points) • 1x Death Korps Watchmaster • 1x Plasma pistol 1x Power weapon • 9x Death Korps Trooper • 9x Close combat weapon 1x Death Korps Medi-pack 1x Grenade launcher 7x Lasgun 1x Meltagun 1x Vox-caster
DEDICATED TRANSPORTS
Taurox (65 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 1x Twin autocannon
Taurox (65 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 1x Twin autocannon
Taurox (65 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 1x Twin autocannon
OTHER DATASHEETS
Death Rider Squadron (70 points) • 1x Ridemaster • 1x Death Rider hunting lance 1x Laspistol 1x Savage claws • 4x Death Rider • 4x Death Rider hunting lance 4x Laspistol 4x Savage claws
Heavy Weapons Squad (60 points) • 3x Heavy Weapon Team • 3x Heavy bolter 3x Las small arms 3x Weapons team close combat weapons
Kasrkin (120 points) • 1x Kasrkin Sergeant • 1x Chainsword 1x Hot-shot laspistol • 9x Kasrkin • 9x Close combat weapon 9x Hot-shot lasgun
Leman Russ Demolisher (200 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 1x Demolisher battle cannon 1x Lascannon
Leman Russ Exterminator (170 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 1x Exterminator autocannon 1x Lascannon
Leman Russ Vanquisher (145 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 1x Lascannon 1x Vanquisher battle cannon
Scout Sentinels (60 points) • 1x Close combat weapon 1x Militarum multi-laser
Scout Sentinels (60 points) • 1x Close combat weapon 1x Militarum multi-laser

I've been rewatching and achieving the series before the site goes down tomorrow, and I've for a long time been "13 is the best ending", but watching through 15, it is a really good ending point. It provides closure not only on chorus, but their actions with freelancer and the lives it ruined, it brought the consequences out of the canyon and showed how it impacted the galaxy at large.
It also showed an alternate path the story could have gone down. The Blues and Reds are what would have happened if the crew chose violence and vengeance, holding on to grudges, and taking the fight beyond freelancer. It puts into perspective that our crew may be stupid, but they are actually good people who made a positive impact on the world around them.
It also provided character closure without invalidating the end of 13. We don't see the fight, and we don't know how it went, all we get is Tucker saying "it was badass, then it was over, and he was gone." We get to see the process of grief that even though they won, they lost their friend, and while they are still sad, they can keep going. The finale with church is touching too; the sentiment behind "don't say goodbye" is nice, but there comes a time when something truly is gone, and it's ok to say goodbye. Epsilon learned it in the memory unit, caboose learned it here, and they don't disservice church's sacrifice by bringing him back.
We even get closure on some beloved side characters. Sister reunites with grif, the chorus group is doing well for themselves, doc airs his incredibly justified grievances, we learn the existence and fate of a number of freelancers, as well as more of their interpersonal dynamics that we missed in 9/10, and locus shows that he really is trying desperately to be better, even when it is hard. We got the Multiplayer character from bgc back, and they were just as funny as they were originally, with an awesome callback to "the beast". Vic is there too, and our favourite insane computer program has some of the beat joke lines since bgc. The only one that we really missed out on was Junior, which would have been great with the whole "Tucker has child support" joke.
It's not a perfect season by any means but what season doesnt have any flaws at all? The process server fell a little flat, it was a good joke, but the buildup was way too much for so little payoff. Carolina and Wash being way too trusting of the Blues and Reds is a little out of character, and the Blues and Reds even allowing Andrew's to be around was kinda dumb (but in character because they are still idiot sim trooper in the end). Donut getting zapped at the end as the setup for the next 2 seasons can be ignored as it isn't left as a cliffhanger to draw you into them, it's just a thing that happens.
The season overall left the story in a good place. There will always be a crowd, I used to be included, that says showing anything afterward devalues the meaning of 13, but living past trauma and sacrifice is why the sacrifice happened at all, and dealing with grief in the aftermath of tragedy is a part of life, and leads to great storytelling opportunities in media, and this was no different. I didn't finish 15 clamoring for more, I didn't feel dissatisfied with the characters or their arcs, I didn't feel like there was something missing. It wrapped it up neatly, and the only part that really gets left behind by finishing here is Washs trauma, which I liked in later seasons, but can be fanon "American Graffiti ending"-ed to flush it out.

Gente, quiero saber que opinan acerca de lo que pasó entre ayer y hoy con las acciones de GameStop, siguen subiendo After Market!!! Yo no he comprado, a penas vengo enterándome del regreso de Roaring Kitty hace media hora. Creen que esto pueda seguir subiendo? No tendría sentido que Roaring usara su cuenta de nuevo sin algún motivo importante. Una disculpa si sueno emocionado, pero lo estoy y no se que hacer! Estoy pensando seriamente en comprar mañana una buena cantidad de acciones, no quiero quedarme fuera, sin embargo, quiero escuchar opiniones ajenas y saber que piensan. Gracias señores

Not long ago I started with the fanaticism for the character and after seeing him through different media I want to get more up to date with the comics this is what I plan to read because I'm interested and I wanted opinions or any suggestions
Secret Identity
Up up and away
All star
Secret Origin
Brainiac
New kripton
Red son
New 52 grant morrison
New 52 geoff johns
Unchainced
The final days of superman
New super-man made in china
Rebirth Tomasi vol 1,2 y 3
Up in the sky
Smashes the klan
The authority
Red and blue
Son of Kal-el
Warworld rising
The arena
Warworld revolution
Kal-el Returns
World finest
Everything from dawn of dc to House of Brianiac
--- I ALREADY READ
Man of steel from Bryne
American Alien
For all seasons
Death of superman
Reign of the supermen
The return of superman
What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?
Superman Birthright

Which do I like the most? .....Psyche House>Kyokute Necromance>Astro Royale
Which i think is most likely to succeed?........ Astro Royale>Kyokute Necromance>Psyche House
Psyche House
I thought the first chapter was cute and pretty inoffensive, but apparently japanese social media doesnt agree with me. Slice of life supernatural series to replace ruridragon sounds like a great idea, and the vibes were chill. Characters were endearing, I liked their dynamic, and the art also complemented the vibe. Have to see if it is more episodic or has arcs though.
Beyond controversy on the shoplifting, its engagement online was very low on japanese social media, the pv views were low etc. This feels like a series that will be hard to gauge reception till the toc comes out.
Kyokute necromance
This started out generic, but with competent art. Its an exorcist manga but with a summon gimmick. I will say though, chapter 3 was actually pretty good? I like the more grounded vibe , it explained the characters motivations a little more and added some intrigue. Pacing was good too. Dont know how to explain it, but it feels like im reading a police procedural but with exorcist theming, the earnest rookie and the cynical veteran.
Reception in japan was decent,but nothing remarkable, It has ok engagement too from what I can tell.
Astro Royale
I really like the old school shonen feels of the first chapter, but since then it feels like its rushing it beats and is very predictable. I still think its good, but id like it to slow down a little and flesh things out more. Is clearly made by a veteran who know what they are doing, so it may just not be for me. Magazine needs a classic shonen though so i think it has a place
Had good reception at the start, but it seems like chapter 2 to 4 were slightly more mixed. Probably doesnt matter and will at least do decent.
Of course its very early, but this is just first impressions.

There was always something odd about old cartoons. Whether that is the unhinged nature or the disturbing images. There is something memorable to them. Something that sealed themselves into our childhoods. I remember growing up watching Spongebob and The Fairly Oddparents along with Dexter’s Laboratory. However, there is one cartoon I remember dearly that nobody seems to remember.
Back in 1997 a cartoon that went by the name Smiletime aired on TV. It was made by this cartoon studio located in Pennsylvania that shut down only 4 years after Smiletime’s release. It was loved by viewers, me included. Everyone seemed to love the antic’s that the main crew got into each episode. The parents however found the main crew’s designs to be “unsettling”. The crew was composed of four characters. The go lucky Smiley. The wimpy Crybaby. The always upset Grumpy. And then the shocked Spooky. They all looked the same, wearing overalls and a mask. The only difference was the expression on the mask and the color of their outfit. They were all voiced by male voice actors except for Spooky who was voiced by a female.
Now that I have grown up, I can see why parents hated the designs. Those soulless black eyes and mouths gave off some disturbing feeling.
Funny enough, the show got canceled in 2001 when the studio that made it shutdown. It is a shame since it was reaching millions of viewers per episode. That company had to make millions off the merch sales alone.
Recordings of the show are incredibly rare and valuable. I think I saw one going for $3,000 a while ago. I loved that show back when I was little, but I didn’t love it that much.
I might look more into this show. Maybe it might be the next big piece of lost media. I’ll add updates if I do.

New here, so apologies if this is something that's already been discussed a lot and resolved.
I've been rewatching the series ahead of S03 and this time round the difference between the two seasons became even more aparent to me. Here's how I see it:
S01 is a self-contained, perfectly paced, tightly coherent season of TV. It's probably one of the best TV seasons of any show I've ever seen and it doesn't leave any questions or loose ends, which is why the show could have ended there. The theme is primarily grief + anxiety, navigating life changes and complex relationship dynamics. Of course the food, the cooking, the recipes, the kitchen / small business dynamics are also central, but they are the added spice to the main recipe, which is primarily existential angst.
S02, which is also excellent don't get me wrong, is almost like a different show I find. First of all it's a multi-perspective one, so we get to follow multiple characters' POV (as opposed to mostly Carmy's POV in S01), which makes each episode have a different vibe depending on the character that it's centered on. Then the overall theme is primarily the race against time for opening the new restaurant and everyone's journey towards self-improvement/self-actualisation or whatever. This last bit in particular is what I find *so* different to S01. S01 has a level of cynicism and darkness, which S02 replaces with an "onwards and upwards" attitude that matches those rags-to-riches / American dream / pursuit of happiness stories that are so common in American media.
I do love how S02 goes deeper into each character's psyche and explores their motives, flaws and softer sides, but it's just so different to what S01 does! Come to think of it, it would have been impossible to repeat the vibe of S01, since it's so perfectly self-contained, but I was still rather surprised with how different - even in overall philosophy - the two seasons are. I'm excluding the "Fishes" episode, which almost feels like a "leftover" of S01, or maybe an epilogue to S01 (in the "and by the way here's where it all started" way).
Do other people get this sense/interpretation too? Is it just me?

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We as an industry and audience seems to put actresses from Kerala on a pedestal while denying opportunities to local talent. Recently Mari Selvaraj's Bison had 2 female leads and both went to Rajisha and Anupama. Why can't atleast one of them be a local talent? Same with Pa Ranjith in Thangalaan. I can understand hiring Parvathy since she is a brilliant actress but Malavika? Seriously.
This is not just these two. Most of our filmmakers keep giving roles to Malavika, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Ivana, Anupama, Anaika, Kalyani, etc. whem most of their roles could easily be performed by a native talent. What is the point of hiring Malavika over say Amritha or Athulya for Master? It is not even a glamourous role. And Catherine Tresa in Madras was an absolute joke.
Even movie characters are often shown as malayalis for absolutely no reason and have scenes sexualizing them. It is pukeworthy It is high time our media starts questioning these people only then things will change.
There are several Tamil speaking talents and also actresses from Telugu states like Sridivya, Anandhi, Anjali, etc. who deserve some better roles. This doesn't mean we should never hire Kerala actresses. Parvathy, Nimisha, Nikhila Vimal, etc. are brilliant and deserve opportunities but what value does Kalyani add to Maanaadu that Indhuja can't or can't we seriously not find someone other than Paravthi Nair to play Vijay's sister in GOAT?
Any native talent who does a glamourous photoshoot is questioned continuously and shamed by trolls but the same people put fire emojis for posts under mallu actresses. The hypocrisy is stunning. Mamitha Baiju looks like a kid and is being paired with Vishnu Vishal, why can't it be someone age appropriate like Aditi Balan or Varalaxmi?
The obsession of hiring fair skinned north Indians is past with little exemptions like Ritika or Raashi Khanna (who are terrific btw). The real elephant in the room is the mallu fetish/obsession which exists overwhelmingly amongst audiences too.
This is not a rant but rather an observation and hope my questions reach to the press eventually. I hope mods don't delete this because I am blaming the makers but not the actresses. This post is just to acknowledge a prevailing issue.