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Functional Holy Books
2024.06.02 04:47 Muninn_Crow Functional Holy Books
From the log of Edward Price – Clerk for Diplomat Howard Weathers – 03.28.2803
I suppose a summary is in order for things to be clear. Humanity has a bit of a reputation as an odd lot in the galaxy. Most aliens don’t know really know what to think about us. You see, most aliens are actually somewhat boring, having fallen into galactic societal niches over thousands of years. The Atroxians are were space pirates, the Vontacruz own the casinos and travel cruise industries, and the Hordun operate the most efficient morgues this side of the galaxy – usually because of the Atroxians. But the Delridians? They are diplomats. And dare I say that they are the weird ones.
Delri Prima is the homeworld of the Delridians, a tall, lanky race who look like the grimdark cousins of a Star Wars Kaminoan. Brilliant medics, they apparently don’t see a difference between medical work and diplomacy, seeing both fields as the healing arts. Their medicocracy has a long list of accomplishments throughout the galaxy, enough that it’d look like an 18-hour credit reel on a movie. My guess is that they may have been the “Humans” of the galaxy preceding us before they finally settled, and rumors have it that the K’kituun Death Puppets are an ancient offshoot from their early days on the galactic stage.
But more to the point, after about 180 years on the galactic stage, Humanity has made a decent name for ourselves as the handyman and eccentric nerd. We are celebrated, thrown strange looks, worried glances, and altogether treated as small children. Though with the destruction of Axtroxia, they may want to worry about what will happen when we hit puberty. The Delridians have already been through that, though they were never as eccentric as we are.
They reached out to Humanity with a diplomatic frigate appropriately named Olive Branch about a year ago. I’ve learned they like to reflect the cultures they are talking to, so as to ease negotiations. Can’t imagine what the Atroxian equivalent was. Probably something like ‘Torn Heads’. Regardless, Diplomat Weathers was finally selected as the Earth delegate to talk on Delri Prima, and oh boy. That is a dark world. Like, bring a flashlight dark. I don’t know whether it is the slow spin of the planet, or the climate generators they have, but the entire twilight band is just dark and grey. It rains, and thankfully it is safe water, but it is eerie. From the embassy city they built to make us more comfortable, you can look out across the Delridian jungle and see the many other diplomatic cities slowly being devoured by the vines and trees.
The first night was fine, though I’m not sure any of us slept well. We were each provided a separate room or, well, house really. The entire city was made of a cold stone, themed after some old Italian city on Earth. The wind slipped through the narrow streets with a soft whistle, bringing with it a faint jungle fog. Somewhere down the street was a clattering window shutter, but with how much stone they used, and the strange alignment of the streets, you could hear a pin drop from eight blocks away!
Talks went well for the first three days as Diplomat Weathers and the Delridians got to know each other. I met with and discussed a number of cultural similarities with a member of the alien entourage, a Nurse Kelayo, when I wasn’t with the others in my group exploring the city. She was very proud of the settlement they built for us, but in our talks, she asked what we thought of the book. What book?
Well, after having a wonderful meal with my coworkers and some of the alien entourage, we said our farewells and parted ways. Kelayo was vague, but had explained how they had acquired a copy of the book, and that she hoped that we enjoyed the effort she put into it.
I didn’t look into it immediately when I returned to the lonely, lifeless house that was my quarters. Mark was my closest neighbor, and he was a block down. The Delridians, fresh from talks with the Hordun, thought we may want some privacy from each other. And while it is nice not having to hear Mark snore in the cabin like on the flight here, the house was a little… too private.
It was as I was preparing to turn off the light to go to sleep that I thought to look in the nightstand beside me. Kelayo had told us about the book, and when I opened the top drawer, it was indeed there. Sitting center and alone was an old Earth book of gnarled leather and no visible title. Whatever poor creature the Delridians had used to make the cover had terrible skin!
Opening the book, I found it to have been printed in an old dialect of English from before the Third World War, with some much older words I did not recognize. It certainly looked like it was printed in the archaic methods of old Earth, with wet ink instead of modern digital ink that provided touch-based pseudo-memoric context.
I began to flip through the pages of this strange book, turning up the brightness on the nightstand lamp to see better. The faded pages of the book looked sick and moldy, and my skin crawled just touching it, but the letters, despite the stains and grunge, seemed to pop from the page in crisp black. In fact, the ink was so black that it felt like I was staring into the void with each letter. Kelayo’s book was some archaic text of old Earth culture from the end of the 20th century, though I did not recognize the name. Written by a Bishop Simon from some archaic cult or religion, the book functioned as a “spellbook” like a deepdive virtual reality fantasy game might have. It was filled with a plethora of gods I did not recognize, and a ton of phonetic gibberish that sounded good when said, but easily complicated.
I hadn’t gotten too far when I heard a man’s scream next to me. Jumping out of my skin, I found no one there. But I remembered where I was, and crept to the window. It was Mark’s voice, more panicky than I had ever heard him. Peeking through the slats of the window, I scanned the street towards Mark’s place. The light was on, and someone was shuffling down the street, murmuring in pain.
Rushing down to the street, I rushed out to help him. Mark’s mutterings were too quiet, and he was holding something to his chest. It may have been a minute before I collected myself and tried to get answers from him, but you have to understand, I’ve never seen a dying man before. Not in real life. In the dim and permanent gloom, I could barely make out the trail of blood behind him. He pleaded again and again, and I had to find out where he was injured, and what it was he was carrying.
I went to take what he held, only to realized that in my own fervor to aid him I still had that creepy book. I put that down to wrench free Mark’s own possession. I really wish I hadn’t, for his grip was weak, with only one hand. I held his other, and everything above it.
My own voice was the next I heard echoing down the street as I most certainly fell backwards. Sorry Mark, but I lost your arm. Well, your first one. The second is decorating some chandelier somewhere, courtesy of Vanessa.
Please understand that for anyone in my situation, gorey horror was never my fancy, and I hope no one in the auditing board holds it against me. I would bet credits that any of you would have done much the same as I did.
Time is… unreliable on Delri Prima, with its twilit band and gloom. The only thing that moves is that blasted fog. And the vines. Especially the vines. I’m not sure how long I ran, but Vanessa was the one to find me, flanked by a street littered with Human bodies. Far more people than joined us on the crew… I think. You might want to review the ship manifest just to be sure.
Vanessa, once she verified my identity, guided me through the littered street, still gurgling and reaching out to us. Give her a raise, by the way. She’s the one that got us out of there. We met up with Dwayne and Harry, both armed with metal pipes and whatever other junk they salvaged, and we retreated to a boarded up house with other surviving members of the crew. They were glad to see me, though I don’t remember who they were. Many were new faces to the ship for this mission.
We settled here for hours? A day? Our comms were filled with static, and we couldn’t reach Mr. Weathers to see if he was ok. We needed to get off this planet. Someone mentioned that the ship was still parked at the landing bay. All eyes turned to someone in the back of the group, who slowly stood up, her form long and lanky. Kelayo, the Delridian nurse.
Vanessa worked with Kelayo on a plan to move through the city to the landing bay, while the rest of us sought supplies. This house had a basement, connected to a series of tunnels which we would use to slip under whatever muttering, mumbling horrors pleaded us to come outside.
Slowly, and as quietly as we could, our train of survivors crept through the tunnels. Our flashlights that Ben had found were pathetically dim, and frequently flickered out, sounding with a loud clunk whenever someone whacked it awake. Icy water dripped from the long tangled hairs of wriggling moss that clung to and between the bricks, the lights illuminating white lice-like that lived within the tangle.
Splashing was the only sound we heard for a long time, along with someone’s horrid cough. He was in the back of the line, far behind me, but kept coughing and groaning. Others frequently shushed him, louder than he coughed. But for all the good their efforts to keep him quiet were, it paled in comparison to Kelayo’s odd excitement. When I inquired her about her unusual positivity, she admitted fascination over the many accounts of average Humans combatting the supernatural evils that threatened Earth. How we could survive on a planet infested with the dead with only equally dark magicks astounded her, despite our culture not having widespread knowledge or application of this means of survival. It was faint, but she had nodded at the book. Why did I still have this disgusting leatherback that seemed to shiver in the cold?
I apologize for any impact I may have had on diplomatic relations with the Delridians, but I said some uncouth remarks about the whole situation and the book. I flipped it open to a random page to give an example, forgetting in my annoyance just how dark it was in the tunnels. But that ink… that horrid archaic stain… was fully legible. I admit I came to a stop in awe, though shortlived as the train of people behind me bumped into me. That coughing was gone.
So were half the people we had been travelling with. Kelayo glanced around with a chitter. She was having too much fun with the spooky, and now we heard skittering and scrape scrape scraping on the bricks. Vanessa fired a shot down the tunnel and urged us to run, so we did.
We were near the landing bay when we ducked into a sideroom per Kelayo’s prompting, and shoved a convenient table in the way of the door. The skittering was above us on the ground floor too, and then someone grabbed my foot. It may have been Mark. Well, the part of Mark I dropped.
Long gnarled fingers covered in dirt were the hallmark of these freaky things. Human hands with a life of their own, skittering around like bugs as they fled the flashlight’s beam and sought dark corners. These shelters included their unholy wriggling up our pants and jackets, some grips strong and muscular, and others gentle and cautious. If you have ever had a massage, you may never want one again once a chilly, slimy, dismembered hand tries to nest between your shoulder blades.
Vanessa fired off a few shots in her desperate attempt to keep the grabby hands off, though she nicked Ben’s ear in the process. The loud noise scattered the skitterhands enough for us to fling the last few from our persons. Vanessa slammed the book I still carried, ordering me to read it. She had lost her copy early on, but had the gist of its contents.
The ink on the book was darkest on one particular page, with a weird symbol that looked like it said XOOD. An old-Earth linguist may understand it better than I. Kelayo was forced to provide guidance, as she was the expert on the book, and with many, many attempts, and a dark horde gathering upstairs, were ready to begin. Vanessa was out of shots in her gun, and Ben and Dwayne were futiley pushing back the horde of impossible crewmen. These people smelled horribly of rotten meat, and overtook Ben first, followed swiftly by Dwayne.
Vanessa had backed into a corner, clearly scared. I can’t blame her, since I was, too. But I couldn’t move, couldn’t join her in the false safety of the corner. The rotten crew… this dead crew, was in the room with us, and were already grabbing me. Amidst the noise and confusion, I could hear Vanessa being attacked behind me, and the dull nails of my own assailants tearing at my skin. Kelayo, her form thin and dark, simply stood amidst the dead.
Read it, she said.
Say it with all your heart.
I remember the word that pierced the world that day, but can’t remember saying it. But my throat burns whenever I utter it now. BARASHAKUSHU. The dead froze in place, their fingers dug deep into my skin. BARASHAKUSHU. Limp, lifeless, just as they should be. BARASHAKUSHU. The haze in the air, even in the basement, lifted. BARASHAKUSHU. Vanessa breathed deep as I pulled her from the bodies and out the house to the crowded, lifeless street.
We limped, though we did not bleed, filled with holes and grime, and caked in blood. Kelayo followed wraithlike behind us, always ten paces behind. The landing bay was before us. Our ship and salvation was before us.
Diplomat Weathers was fine, though alarmed at our state. Delridian doctors tended to us as we explained what happened. A full transcript is available via the ship’s DIA-Log.
When all was said and done, the Delridian diplomat thanked us for being so willing to open discourse. To celebrate successful talks between our species, he offered us a parting feast. He motioned Kaleyo over, who had apparently been tasked with researching Human culture for the talks.
She explained over dinner about how she had poured over a stunning variety of Human dishes from our many cultures, but that she had settled on one that appeared to be a universal favorite. An Italian dish of long, stringy noodles over their equivalent of a white cream sauce. And dinner was fantastic! But Kaleyo seemed confused as well, stating that she had a difficult time picking out the right recipe. The instructions were apparently all over the place with a lot of strange steps that seemed superfluous to food preparation.
I asked her what she meant, to which she replied, “The base ingredients were simple, almost mundane. Of note, the various rituals in the preparation exhausted many of our best doctors. Some are still seeking treatment after one batch escaped. You Humans have a very strange culture of food, especially with the names. I believe you called this one… creepy pasta?”
Then the meatball on my fork blinked at me.
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Delri Prima is the homeworld of the Delridians, a tall, lanky race who look like the grimdark cousins of a Star Wars Kaminoan. Brilliant medics, they apparently don’t see a difference between medical work and diplomacy, seeing both fields as the healing arts. Their medicocracy has a long list of accomplishments throughout the galaxy, enough that it’d look like an 18-hour credit reel on a movie. My guess is that they may have been the “Humans” of the galaxy preceding us before they finally settled, and rumors have it that the K’kituun Death Puppets are an ancient offshoot from their early days on the galactic stage.
But more to the point, after about 180 years on the galactic stage, Humanity has made a decent name for ourselves as the handyman and eccentric nerd. We are celebrated, thrown strange looks, worried glances, and altogether treated as small children. Though with the destruction of Axtroxia, they may want to worry about what will happen when we hit puberty. The Delridians have already been through that, though they were never as eccentric as we are.
They reached out to Humanity with a diplomatic frigate appropriately named Olive Branch about a year ago. I’ve learned they like to reflect the cultures they are talking to, so as to ease negotiations. Can’t imagine what the Atroxian equivalent was. Probably something like ‘Torn Heads’. Regardless, Diplomat Weathers was finally selected as the Earth delegate to talk on Delri Prima, and oh boy. That is a dark world. Like, bring a flashlight dark. I don’t know whether it is the slow spin of the planet, or the climate generators they have, but the entire twilight band is just dark and grey. It rains, and thankfully it is safe water, but it is eerie. From the embassy city they built to make us more comfortable, you can look out across the Delridian jungle and see the many other diplomatic cities slowly being devoured by the vines and trees.
The first night was fine, though I’m not sure any of us slept well. We were each provided a separate room or, well, house really. The entire city was made of a cold stone, themed after some old Italian city on Earth. The wind slipped through the narrow streets with a soft whistle, bringing with it a faint jungle fog. Somewhere down the street was a clattering window shutter, but with how much stone they used, and the strange alignment of the streets, you could hear a pin drop from eight blocks away!
Talks went well for the first three days as Diplomat Weathers and the Delridians got to know each other. I met with and discussed a number of cultural similarities with a member of the alien entourage, a Nurse Kelayo, when I wasn’t with the others in my group exploring the city. She was very proud of the settlement they built for us, but in our talks, she asked what we thought of the book. What book?
Well, after having a wonderful meal with my coworkers and some of the alien entourage, we said our farewells and parted ways. Kelayo was vague, but had explained how they had acquired a copy of the book, and that she hoped that we enjoyed the effort she put into it.
I didn’t look into it immediately when I returned to the lonely, lifeless house that was my quarters. Mark was my closest neighbor, and he was a block down. The Delridians, fresh from talks with the Hordun, thought we may want some privacy from each other. And while it is nice not having to hear Mark snore in the cabin like on the flight here, the house was a little… too private.
It was as I was preparing to turn off the light to go to sleep that I thought to look in the nightstand beside me. Kelayo had told us about the book, and when I opened the top drawer, it was indeed there. Sitting center and alone was an old Earth book of gnarled leather and no visible title. Whatever poor creature the Delridians had used to make the cover had terrible skin!
Opening the book, I found it to have been printed in an old dialect of English from before the Third World War, with some much older words I did not recognize. It certainly looked like it was printed in the archaic methods of old Earth, with wet ink instead of modern digital ink that provided touch-based pseudo-memoric context.
I began to flip through the pages of this strange book, turning up the brightness on the nightstand lamp to see better. The faded pages of the book looked sick and moldy, and my skin crawled just touching it, but the letters, despite the stains and grunge, seemed to pop from the page in crisp black. In fact, the ink was so black that it felt like I was staring into the void with each letter. Kelayo’s book was some archaic text of old Earth culture from the end of the 20th century, though I did not recognize the name. Written by a Bishop Simon from some archaic cult or religion, the book functioned as a “spellbook” like a deepdive virtual reality fantasy game might have. It was filled with a plethora of gods I did not recognize, and a ton of phonetic gibberish that sounded good when said, but easily complicated.
I hadn’t gotten too far when I heard a man’s scream next to me. Jumping out of my skin, I found no one there. But I remembered where I was, and crept to the window. It was Mark’s voice, more panicky than I had ever heard him. Peeking through the slats of the window, I scanned the street towards Mark’s place. The light was on, and someone was shuffling down the street, murmuring in pain.
Rushing down to the street, I rushed out to help him. Mark’s mutterings were too quiet, and he was holding something to his chest. It may have been a minute before I collected myself and tried to get answers from him, but you have to understand, I’ve never seen a dying man before. Not in real life. In the dim and permanent gloom, I could barely make out the trail of blood behind him. He pleaded again and again, and I had to find out where he was injured, and what it was he was carrying.
I went to take what he held, only to realized that in my own fervor to aid him I still had that creepy book. I put that down to wrench free Mark’s own possession. I really wish I hadn’t, for his grip was weak, with only one hand. I held his other, and everything above it.
My own voice was the next I heard echoing down the street as I most certainly fell backwards. Sorry Mark, but I lost your arm. Well, your first one. The second is decorating some chandelier somewhere, courtesy of Vanessa.
Please understand that for anyone in my situation, gorey horror was never my fancy, and I hope no one in the auditing board holds it against me. I would bet credits that any of you would have done much the same as I did.
Time is… unreliable on Delri Prima, with its twilit band and gloom. The only thing that moves is that blasted fog. And the vines. Especially the vines. I’m not sure how long I ran, but Vanessa was the one to find me, flanked by a street littered with Human bodies. Far more people than joined us on the crew… I think. You might want to review the ship manifest just to be sure.
Vanessa, once she verified my identity, guided me through the littered street, still gurgling and reaching out to us. Give her a raise, by the way. She’s the one that got us out of there. We met up with Dwayne and Harry, both armed with metal pipes and whatever other junk they salvaged, and we retreated to a boarded up house with other surviving members of the crew. They were glad to see me, though I don’t remember who they were. Many were new faces to the ship for this mission.
We settled here for hours? A day? Our comms were filled with static, and we couldn’t reach Mr. Weathers to see if he was ok. We needed to get off this planet. Someone mentioned that the ship was still parked at the landing bay. All eyes turned to someone in the back of the group, who slowly stood up, her form long and lanky. Kelayo, the Delridian nurse.
Vanessa worked with Kelayo on a plan to move through the city to the landing bay, while the rest of us sought supplies. This house had a basement, connected to a series of tunnels which we would use to slip under whatever muttering, mumbling horrors pleaded us to come outside.
Slowly, and as quietly as we could, our train of survivors crept through the tunnels. Our flashlights that Ben had found were pathetically dim, and frequently flickered out, sounding with a loud clunk whenever someone whacked it awake. Icy water dripped from the long tangled hairs of wriggling moss that clung to and between the bricks, the lights illuminating white lice-like that lived within the tangle.
Splashing was the only sound we heard for a long time, along with someone’s horrid cough. He was in the back of the line, far behind me, but kept coughing and groaning. Others frequently shushed him, louder than he coughed. But for all the good their efforts to keep him quiet were, it paled in comparison to Kelayo’s odd excitement. When I inquired her about her unusual positivity, she admitted fascination over the many accounts of average Humans combatting the supernatural evils that threatened Earth. How we could survive on a planet infested with the dead with only equally dark magicks astounded her, despite our culture not having widespread knowledge or application of this means of survival. It was faint, but she had nodded at the book. Why did I still have this disgusting leatherback that seemed to shiver in the cold?
I apologize for any impact I may have had on diplomatic relations with the Delridians, but I said some uncouth remarks about the whole situation and the book. I flipped it open to a random page to give an example, forgetting in my annoyance just how dark it was in the tunnels. But that ink… that horrid archaic stain… was fully legible. I admit I came to a stop in awe, though shortlived as the train of people behind me bumped into me. That coughing was gone.
So were half the people we had been travelling with. Kelayo glanced around with a chitter. She was having too much fun with the spooky, and now we heard skittering and scrape scrape scraping on the bricks. Vanessa fired a shot down the tunnel and urged us to run, so we did.
We were near the landing bay when we ducked into a sideroom per Kelayo’s prompting, and shoved a convenient table in the way of the door. The skittering was above us on the ground floor too, and then someone grabbed my foot. It may have been Mark. Well, the part of Mark I dropped.
Long gnarled fingers covered in dirt were the hallmark of these freaky things. Human hands with a life of their own, skittering around like bugs as they fled the flashlight’s beam and sought dark corners. These shelters included their unholy wriggling up our pants and jackets, some grips strong and muscular, and others gentle and cautious. If you have ever had a massage, you may never want one again once a chilly, slimy, dismembered hand tries to nest between your shoulder blades.
Vanessa fired off a few shots in her desperate attempt to keep the grabby hands off, though she nicked Ben’s ear in the process. The loud noise scattered the skitterhands enough for us to fling the last few from our persons. Vanessa slammed the book I still carried, ordering me to read it. She had lost her copy early on, but had the gist of its contents.
The ink on the book was darkest on one particular page, with a weird symbol that looked like it said XOOD. An old-Earth linguist may understand it better than I. Kelayo was forced to provide guidance, as she was the expert on the book, and with many, many attempts, and a dark horde gathering upstairs, were ready to begin. Vanessa was out of shots in her gun, and Ben and Dwayne were futiley pushing back the horde of impossible crewmen. These people smelled horribly of rotten meat, and overtook Ben first, followed swiftly by Dwayne.
Vanessa had backed into a corner, clearly scared. I can’t blame her, since I was, too. But I couldn’t move, couldn’t join her in the false safety of the corner. The rotten crew… this dead crew, was in the room with us, and were already grabbing me. Amidst the noise and confusion, I could hear Vanessa being attacked behind me, and the dull nails of my own assailants tearing at my skin. Kelayo, her form thin and dark, simply stood amidst the dead.
Read it, she said.
Say it with all your heart.
I remember the word that pierced the world that day, but can’t remember saying it. But my throat burns whenever I utter it now. BARASHAKUSHU. The dead froze in place, their fingers dug deep into my skin. BARASHAKUSHU. Limp, lifeless, just as they should be. BARASHAKUSHU. The haze in the air, even in the basement, lifted. BARASHAKUSHU. Vanessa breathed deep as I pulled her from the bodies and out the house to the crowded, lifeless street.
We limped, though we did not bleed, filled with holes and grime, and caked in blood. Kelayo followed wraithlike behind us, always ten paces behind. The landing bay was before us. Our ship and salvation was before us.
Diplomat Weathers was fine, though alarmed at our state. Delridian doctors tended to us as we explained what happened. A full transcript is available via the ship’s DIA-Log.
When all was said and done, the Delridian diplomat thanked us for being so willing to open discourse. To celebrate successful talks between our species, he offered us a parting feast. He motioned Kaleyo over, who had apparently been tasked with researching Human culture for the talks.
She explained over dinner about how she had poured over a stunning variety of Human dishes from our many cultures, but that she had settled on one that appeared to be a universal favorite. An Italian dish of long, stringy noodles over their equivalent of a white cream sauce. And dinner was fantastic! But Kaleyo seemed confused as well, stating that she had a difficult time picking out the right recipe. The instructions were apparently all over the place with a lot of strange steps that seemed superfluous to food preparation.
I asked her what she meant, to which she replied, “The base ingredients were simple, almost mundane. Of note, the various rituals in the preparation exhausted many of our best doctors. Some are still seeking treatment after one batch escaped. You Humans have a very strange culture of food, especially with the names. I believe you called this one… creepy pasta?”
Then the meatball on my fork blinked at me.
2024.06.01 18:58 seriouslyacrit How can I round up multiple power systems while minimizing collision?
I'd been coming up with basically one for each character, but due to that things are starting to get tangled up. But they can be round up like this:
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- Magic/Arcanology: The power that resides in the world, but only some gifted people can use it. Requires knowledge over the arts, and a body system without critical defects.
- Virtue: The power that all human beings are born with, but only few discover its presence without external support. Can be tainted by sins.
- Mimesis: The power from one's other possible lives that share the basic theme (like vengeance, love, honor, loyalty) with the current one. Name comes from being a reflection of that life.
- Sealing pacts with other potent beings, while breaking the rules might have dire consequences.
- Observer: Some people can recieve signals sent from a different space or time, that can be translated down into knowledge or power. Think of radios or solar panels. Might require research or proper equipment to use.
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2024.06.01 16:52 xXRainbowXx24 Can someone help me there ? SSD !
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2024.06.01 00:53 teawithpetunia My (26F) partner (30M) is a completely different person when he’s angry. I’m starting to feel like his actions are abusive, how do I approach this?
Apologies for the wall of text. This is half venting, half desperately seeking other opinions on what is happening because I feel so confused.
My partner and I have been together for almost 6 years. Around year 2 we started having very explosive arguments that haven’t really gotten any better despite our best efforts. While the issues that cause the fight eventually get resolved, our communication never seems to truly improve. Sometimes it gets better, but almost always reverts back to its worst. Over the last 2 years I have been starting to feel that there are very clear signs of abusive and manipulative behavior that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. I started reading the book “Why does he do that?” By Lundy Bancroft, and it has finally put words to some of the ways I have felt mistreated throughout our relationship. The book is almost 20 years old and can be a bit dated at time, so I take everything with a grain of salt and have been doing independent research about things I felt were applicable to me.
My partner, let’s call him Max, is for the most part a loving, caring and highly sensitive person. He checks in on me all the time and is so in tune with my emotions that it amazes me. He has always made me feel cared for and is the least judgmental person I know. When we are not fighting, he really is a wonderful & generous partner and we go through long stretches 2-3 months where things are great. I know this sounds like the cliché reddit post where the OP is like my relationship is PERFECT and then goes onto describe a very far from perfect relationship (& maybe this is my wakeup call that that I'm being that person right now). But really, outside of arguments, we have a great, & still imperfect, relationship filled with so much love.
Over time we have gotten much better at bringing up things that are bothering us in healthy & fruitful ways (we are both ex-people-pleasers so we struggle with voicing displeasure). However, conflict has ensued we face the same issues. When he gets angry he becomes a completely different person. At times it takes a lot for him to get angry- especially at times when we are having an argument where there is seemingly no resolution and we are both emotionally exhausted, and probably should have taken a break a while ago. More often though, the anger comes out very quickly, and seemingly out of left field. Often times it is the tone I use, or how I communicate that causes the initial conflict. What is confusing for me is that his perception of how I said something feels so far from mine. This happens often enough to where I feel like I am walking on eggshells, to the point where I usually monitor my tone and how express things pretty closely. I also have autism & ADHD (what a fun pairing), so my words & tone are often misinterpreted. In general I try to be careful about how I speak to others & even more so with especially Max. Max is neurotypical, so at times it feels like we are speaking different languages- I try to be intentional with how I speak in our conversations so that we can both feel understood. I want to mention that I also have my own triggers, trauma and unhealthy ways of communicating, and I know that I am equally at fault for the initial lapses in our communication. I usually have no objection to the original conflict, what worries me is how the original conflict is then seemingly used as a reason by Max to lash out in anger. The argument that happened recently opened my eyes to some of these things. Here's a brief synopsis:
We were unloading groceries and I was simultaneously reorganizing the fridge. Max started moving things around in the fridge looking for something, not knowing that I was currently reorganizing. Here is the conversation that ensued (almost word for word, I know tone is hard to interpret from text, so I will try me best to explain):
Me: “Aw, I just reorganized that shelf.” Max: “Don’t speak to me that way.” (abrupt) Me: “Speak to you in what way? I’m just want you to not move around stuff in the fridge because I'm organizing it.” Max: “why are you so emotionally charged right now?” Me (slightly confused and feeling cornered): “I’m not emotionally charged. Try to speak to your own experience, what are you feeling?”
This set him off. I could have said it nicer or more empathetic- but at this point I was already registering conflict on the horizon and feeling anxious. I asked him again to talk about his experience and how what I did made him feel. This is something we have discussed with our couples therapist about not assuming the other persons emotional state and rather keeping it in the “I feel (blank) when you do (blank)” structure- which can be annoying but it does help reframe how my actions affected him.
He couldn’t answer this question, so I then asked, “what tone in my voice did you perceive?” He then said that I should know the tone and know that it is unacceptable. At this point, I think he thought I was playing dumb which made him angrier, but truth be told I was unsure of why my tone or request had angered him, the reaction felt out of place. I thought my delivery was even keeled, albeit I would have improved the delivery or maybe just not said anything at all if I could go back in time.
I could see that he was hurt but I was also feeling confused and annoyed because I felt as though he was taking his anger out on me. It was hard for me to be the most comforting and empathetic person, though I was still trying to redirect the conversation in order to better understand what was happening for him. The first segment of the argument ended pretty abruptly after that, with him yelling, hitting a wall and then kicking an empty box across the living room and locking himself in the bathroom. I followed in an attempt to comfort him. He let me in and I held his hands and asked him to tell me what was going on, knowing that he was really struggling & feeling empathy for that. He was able to then talk about why the experience was triggering for him and how the tone and delivery reminded him of his mom (who he has some trauma with because she was extremely anxious, uptight and demanding of him in his childhood). Once he said this I broke down crying.
Now, an interlude for some important context. Max's biggest "theme" in our conflicts is that he often struggles to feel understood by me. We have had extensive conversations about how I can work on making him feel understood through mirroring, and other specific communication exercises. I try to put these into play, though I do struggle because his style of communicating can feel very unnatural and even ingenuine to me- it feels like I am reading from a script. In the last year, when I am expected to respond, I get immense anxiety that is attributed to a pressure to preform. I start to feel that if I am not able to show understanding in the way that he expects, the argument (& his anger with me) will get worse & I am the one to blame. There is anxiety tangled up in the idea of failing him & failing myself, then frustration with myself for not being able to do something that should be simple, and then even MORE frustration because now I feel like a selfish bitch for making everything about me when it was suppose to be about Max. This all becomes debilitating at times. Resulting in intense anxiety attacks or waves of feeling so overwhelmed I can't speak. This is what happened in that moment.
Max saw this was happening & immediately switched gears. He told me it was okay, and that he didn't need understanding in that moment. He comforted me and I felt seen and loved & also felt pretty terrible that the attention had shifted to me. I told him I felt guilty about this & he reassured me it was okay. Speaking from a place of insecurity and fear, I told him that I was scared that my inability to show understanding in this moment would be held over my head or weaponized against me in a later argument. There have been several times where I have shared a vulnerable feeling with him and it has been used against me in moments of anger, so the fear comes form a real place. Again he reassured me that wouldn't happen. We took a break and sat down to talk about it later that day.
This was the start of a 3 day long discussion and several arguments. I don’t need to summarize everything but in those days here are the things that struck me as definitely NOT okay & possibly abusive:
My therapist has mentioned that Max seem to have narcissistic traits (which I don't really believe) and abusive tendencies. She has shown real fear for my situation and has actually advised me to not say and share certain details of my life with him out of worry for me. This is part of the reason I stopped seeing here, because I felt her assessment was a bit unfair since she had never spoken with him.
I have stopped talking to almost all my friends about my issues with Max because a majority have shown strong displeasure with his actions & I often times feel like they pity me. Max also stated that he felt like my friends didn't like him, he has hinted that this may because I tell them a biased retelling of our arguments. No matter what a story will always be biased, so I opted to stop sharing with my friends and encourage Max to hang out with us more as a group. I think a lot of my friends like him more now, but I can't help but feeling isolated because I don't have many people to talk to this about.
My one friend who I really felt comfortable with sharing these issues with has even recently advised me that based on a recent argument that maybe it's time to move on.
Our couples therapist (who we have been seeing for 1.5 years) is great in most regards, but I don't feel like he has taken my concerns as seriously as I want them to be taken. He has told me separately that he does not believe Max is abusive.
I have laid out all of these actions to my couple's therapist & to Max on several different occasions, and I am feeling defeated. When Max isn't angry we make so much progress & I even feel like he is less quick to get angry. But once the anger starts all the healing and work we've done just doesn't seem to matter. In those moments it's hard to tell if he even sees me as a person- I feel more like an obstacle that he needs to defeat, or a scapegoat for his negative emotions.
Are these the warnings signs of an abusive relationship? Is the abuse already happening? Are we in a toxic relationship where neither of us can break the cycle? I'm not don't need any definitive answers, but would really appreciate any feedback I can get.
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My partner and I have been together for almost 6 years. Around year 2 we started having very explosive arguments that haven’t really gotten any better despite our best efforts. While the issues that cause the fight eventually get resolved, our communication never seems to truly improve. Sometimes it gets better, but almost always reverts back to its worst. Over the last 2 years I have been starting to feel that there are very clear signs of abusive and manipulative behavior that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. I started reading the book “Why does he do that?” By Lundy Bancroft, and it has finally put words to some of the ways I have felt mistreated throughout our relationship. The book is almost 20 years old and can be a bit dated at time, so I take everything with a grain of salt and have been doing independent research about things I felt were applicable to me.
My partner, let’s call him Max, is for the most part a loving, caring and highly sensitive person. He checks in on me all the time and is so in tune with my emotions that it amazes me. He has always made me feel cared for and is the least judgmental person I know. When we are not fighting, he really is a wonderful & generous partner and we go through long stretches 2-3 months where things are great. I know this sounds like the cliché reddit post where the OP is like my relationship is PERFECT and then goes onto describe a very far from perfect relationship (& maybe this is my wakeup call that that I'm being that person right now). But really, outside of arguments, we have a great, & still imperfect, relationship filled with so much love.
Over time we have gotten much better at bringing up things that are bothering us in healthy & fruitful ways (we are both ex-people-pleasers so we struggle with voicing displeasure). However, conflict has ensued we face the same issues. When he gets angry he becomes a completely different person. At times it takes a lot for him to get angry- especially at times when we are having an argument where there is seemingly no resolution and we are both emotionally exhausted, and probably should have taken a break a while ago. More often though, the anger comes out very quickly, and seemingly out of left field. Often times it is the tone I use, or how I communicate that causes the initial conflict. What is confusing for me is that his perception of how I said something feels so far from mine. This happens often enough to where I feel like I am walking on eggshells, to the point where I usually monitor my tone and how express things pretty closely. I also have autism & ADHD (what a fun pairing), so my words & tone are often misinterpreted. In general I try to be careful about how I speak to others & even more so with especially Max. Max is neurotypical, so at times it feels like we are speaking different languages- I try to be intentional with how I speak in our conversations so that we can both feel understood. I want to mention that I also have my own triggers, trauma and unhealthy ways of communicating, and I know that I am equally at fault for the initial lapses in our communication. I usually have no objection to the original conflict, what worries me is how the original conflict is then seemingly used as a reason by Max to lash out in anger. The argument that happened recently opened my eyes to some of these things. Here's a brief synopsis:
We were unloading groceries and I was simultaneously reorganizing the fridge. Max started moving things around in the fridge looking for something, not knowing that I was currently reorganizing. Here is the conversation that ensued (almost word for word, I know tone is hard to interpret from text, so I will try me best to explain):
Me: “Aw, I just reorganized that shelf.” Max: “Don’t speak to me that way.” (abrupt) Me: “Speak to you in what way? I’m just want you to not move around stuff in the fridge because I'm organizing it.” Max: “why are you so emotionally charged right now?” Me (slightly confused and feeling cornered): “I’m not emotionally charged. Try to speak to your own experience, what are you feeling?”
This set him off. I could have said it nicer or more empathetic- but at this point I was already registering conflict on the horizon and feeling anxious. I asked him again to talk about his experience and how what I did made him feel. This is something we have discussed with our couples therapist about not assuming the other persons emotional state and rather keeping it in the “I feel (blank) when you do (blank)” structure- which can be annoying but it does help reframe how my actions affected him.
He couldn’t answer this question, so I then asked, “what tone in my voice did you perceive?” He then said that I should know the tone and know that it is unacceptable. At this point, I think he thought I was playing dumb which made him angrier, but truth be told I was unsure of why my tone or request had angered him, the reaction felt out of place. I thought my delivery was even keeled, albeit I would have improved the delivery or maybe just not said anything at all if I could go back in time.
I could see that he was hurt but I was also feeling confused and annoyed because I felt as though he was taking his anger out on me. It was hard for me to be the most comforting and empathetic person, though I was still trying to redirect the conversation in order to better understand what was happening for him. The first segment of the argument ended pretty abruptly after that, with him yelling, hitting a wall and then kicking an empty box across the living room and locking himself in the bathroom. I followed in an attempt to comfort him. He let me in and I held his hands and asked him to tell me what was going on, knowing that he was really struggling & feeling empathy for that. He was able to then talk about why the experience was triggering for him and how the tone and delivery reminded him of his mom (who he has some trauma with because she was extremely anxious, uptight and demanding of him in his childhood). Once he said this I broke down crying.
Now, an interlude for some important context. Max's biggest "theme" in our conflicts is that he often struggles to feel understood by me. We have had extensive conversations about how I can work on making him feel understood through mirroring, and other specific communication exercises. I try to put these into play, though I do struggle because his style of communicating can feel very unnatural and even ingenuine to me- it feels like I am reading from a script. In the last year, when I am expected to respond, I get immense anxiety that is attributed to a pressure to preform. I start to feel that if I am not able to show understanding in the way that he expects, the argument (& his anger with me) will get worse & I am the one to blame. There is anxiety tangled up in the idea of failing him & failing myself, then frustration with myself for not being able to do something that should be simple, and then even MORE frustration because now I feel like a selfish bitch for making everything about me when it was suppose to be about Max. This all becomes debilitating at times. Resulting in intense anxiety attacks or waves of feeling so overwhelmed I can't speak. This is what happened in that moment.
Max saw this was happening & immediately switched gears. He told me it was okay, and that he didn't need understanding in that moment. He comforted me and I felt seen and loved & also felt pretty terrible that the attention had shifted to me. I told him I felt guilty about this & he reassured me it was okay. Speaking from a place of insecurity and fear, I told him that I was scared that my inability to show understanding in this moment would be held over my head or weaponized against me in a later argument. There have been several times where I have shared a vulnerable feeling with him and it has been used against me in moments of anger, so the fear comes form a real place. Again he reassured me that wouldn't happen. We took a break and sat down to talk about it later that day.
This was the start of a 3 day long discussion and several arguments. I don’t need to summarize everything but in those days here are the things that struck me as definitely NOT okay & possibly abusive:
- Assuming/ telling me what my emotional state is (i.e. "you're clearly frustrated"). Then I try to explain that I am do not like bring told what I'm feeling, Max uses phrases like "why are you so emotionally charged?", "why are you arguing with me" & why are you so defensive?" constantly. It's a catch-22, he decides that his perception of me is truth, and when I try to clarify, I am told I am defensive. There is no correct answer to that question that doesn't make me look more defensive. It makes me feel like he has no interest on what I am actually feeling.
- If I specify something he is doing that I don't like, he makes sure to police everything I say in order to prove that I do the same thing. The conversation then becomes focused on what I am doing and saying wrong. In a later conversation, I mentioned the point above. He said it made complete sense to him. For the remainder of the conversation, anytime I made an assumption, not about his feelings but about ANYTHING. For example, I was explaining how when he hits walls it is scares me. As an example I referenced Bancroft's book & said that hitting walls would objectively be considered an "act of violence" (which I realize objective may not have been the best word to use here). In response to this he said that assuming that hitting is objectively (verifiable information based on facts and evidence) an act of violence is incorrect. Then tried to find examples where hitting is NOT an act of violence (the one he brought up was if it was for a play/acting). This continued, anytime o brought up a feeling, he would correct all the assumptions I was making & not once did he address my feelings after that. It felt like a way to deflect and avoid accountability.
- Interrupting constantly until I stop talking completely. Once he hits a certain threshold of anger, the tactics to end the conversation, regain control and/or anger me become similar to those in the schoolyard when we were kids. This one is pretty simple- if I try to say ANYTHING, at the mere sound of my voice he will keep interrupting me by yelling the same phrase (common phrases include "I don't care", "sucks to be interrupted huh?", "shut up"). This one happens a lot and is often times how an argument ends.
- Hitting things. Hitting walls, surfaces, kicking boxes around. I never thought he he did this to scare or physically intimidate me. However it does scare me & I have shared this with him. His continuation of this action tells me one of two things: either he just doesn't care or he actually is trying to scare me.
- Weaponizing personal or vulnerable things I have shared with him. Remember how he said he wouldn't weaponize what I had told him earlier about my fears? Well, he did. When I things started heading south he made a comment about how "Not that long ago you we're sobbing to me in the bathroom about how much you 'cared about making sure I felt understood' (said in a mocking impression of my crying voice) and now you're-" I cut him off at that point and called him an asshole (not my best moment) for doing the one thing he reassured me he wouldn't do. He tried to retract what he was saying and defend it, but I stopped him because I knew in my gut what he actually wanted to say would cut too deep for me.
- In conjunction with this, he also says incredibly hurtful things. In our last argument he flat out said he didn't love me. In the past he has told me I am unreliable and irresponsible, using things I struggle with heavily due to ADHD (such as answering phone calls, being places on times) as fodder for why I am not a good partner. ADHD is NEVER an excuse and I have worked so hard to overcome the less-than-ideal aspects of my executive dysfunction. Nonetheless, these items are soft spots for me that I have shared with him. He has also said that I am egocentric & way too emotional because I cry when I am overwhelmed (I do cry easily, whether it's because I am overwhelmed, sad or even joyful- crying is good for the soul!). He says things that are usually a direct attack on my character & they are always specific to things that I have mentioned are really deep insecurities of mine. It feels specific enough to where I have started to suspect he says these things to tear down my confidence and make me feel undeserving of respect and fair treatment.
- Later mocked me by referring to himself as "physically abusive" because I am so afraid of him "hitting" things. Dramatic use of air quotes were used for both of those words.
My therapist has mentioned that Max seem to have narcissistic traits (which I don't really believe) and abusive tendencies. She has shown real fear for my situation and has actually advised me to not say and share certain details of my life with him out of worry for me. This is part of the reason I stopped seeing here, because I felt her assessment was a bit unfair since she had never spoken with him.
I have stopped talking to almost all my friends about my issues with Max because a majority have shown strong displeasure with his actions & I often times feel like they pity me. Max also stated that he felt like my friends didn't like him, he has hinted that this may because I tell them a biased retelling of our arguments. No matter what a story will always be biased, so I opted to stop sharing with my friends and encourage Max to hang out with us more as a group. I think a lot of my friends like him more now, but I can't help but feeling isolated because I don't have many people to talk to this about.
My one friend who I really felt comfortable with sharing these issues with has even recently advised me that based on a recent argument that maybe it's time to move on.
Our couples therapist (who we have been seeing for 1.5 years) is great in most regards, but I don't feel like he has taken my concerns as seriously as I want them to be taken. He has told me separately that he does not believe Max is abusive.
I have laid out all of these actions to my couple's therapist & to Max on several different occasions, and I am feeling defeated. When Max isn't angry we make so much progress & I even feel like he is less quick to get angry. But once the anger starts all the healing and work we've done just doesn't seem to matter. In those moments it's hard to tell if he even sees me as a person- I feel more like an obstacle that he needs to defeat, or a scapegoat for his negative emotions.
Are these the warnings signs of an abusive relationship? Is the abuse already happening? Are we in a toxic relationship where neither of us can break the cycle? I'm not don't need any definitive answers, but would really appreciate any feedback I can get.
2024.06.01 00:12 BettyBerlin [QCRIT] Query: Baldwin & Berlin, Upmarket, Adult, 130K
This is my first attempt at a query so apologies for any egregious missteps! Let me know if I'm on the right track?
Dear Agent,
While the beatniks were taking over Soho, the rest of the literati were sticking to the old-school glamour of Zairo’s Bar - one-time Hemingway haunt. When two writers meet on a fateful evening, they set in motion a love which will span years, continents and half a dozen marriages.
Christopher ‘Kit’ Baldwin is old-Alabama-money with a gift for the gab; and Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Berlin is the daughter of a minor lord, with an eye for characterisation. Together, they make magic.
As their stars rise from the West End, to Broadway to Hollywood, Betty tries to resist the married Kit - afraid to jeopardise their working relationship, even as they keep falling back into bed together. Eventually, Betty gives respectability a shot; marrying a big-time movie producer and Kit marries another woman.
A decade in, their timing – at last – clicks and they take their relationship from an open secret to marriage. There follows a couple of years of bliss – but at a cost: their writing, usually so taut with sexual tension and excitement, falls apart.
BALDWIN & BERLIN is an upmarket novel complete at 130,000 words with multiple POVs. Its glamorous, mid-century setting will appeal to fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, while exploring themes of creative partnerships tangled with love, which grabbed readers of Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies and Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.
Baldwin & Berlin is my first novel, which began as a short story during my Creative Writing Masters at the University of Cambridge. A communications professional, I am a Brit living in Bermuda, with an Australian husband and a murderous elderly cat, in a cottage by the sounding sea.
First 300:
PROLOGUE
Years after the fact, there is a photograph published in a special edition of LIFE magazine. Those who pick it up invariably find their eyes drawn to one picture in the centre spread. It takes a moment to reconcile their faces, their full names to the famous double act that was Baldwin & Berlin.
Her face is too small for the sunglasses she wears. The sharp angle of her chin juts out below the frame, doll’s mouth set off by the expanse of black glasses and wide dark hat. One hand up by her eyes, blocking out the sun, the other flopped over her bent knees, book in hand. Everything about the pose seems calculated, from the cross of the ankles, knees together to protect her modesty whilst tilting her chest towards the camera: the defiant upwards slant of her jaw.
He is laying back, hands folded across his flat stomach, eyes narrowed against the light. Hair and skin tone nearly matching in sepia tones: golden boy. There is a slight sneer, it seems, on his lips, though it may be the beginnings of a word. Paper sprawled messily across his lap.
There would be no mistaking the photo for now: there is a heightened glamour about it that no clever lighting or computer programme could hope to reproduce. A kind of confidence in their manner not found today, with no concern for the creases in their swimsuits, the occasional wrinkle of fat. There are no forced smiles here: a photo of those who were always posed.
The abused manuscript that lies in his lap is the final draft of the last script from Baldwin & Berlin. You can’t help but think that had he known, he might have treated it with a little more respect. But how was he to know that after twelve years of success and laud and honour, the game was up?
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Dear Agent,
While the beatniks were taking over Soho, the rest of the literati were sticking to the old-school glamour of Zairo’s Bar - one-time Hemingway haunt. When two writers meet on a fateful evening, they set in motion a love which will span years, continents and half a dozen marriages.
Christopher ‘Kit’ Baldwin is old-Alabama-money with a gift for the gab; and Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Berlin is the daughter of a minor lord, with an eye for characterisation. Together, they make magic.
As their stars rise from the West End, to Broadway to Hollywood, Betty tries to resist the married Kit - afraid to jeopardise their working relationship, even as they keep falling back into bed together. Eventually, Betty gives respectability a shot; marrying a big-time movie producer and Kit marries another woman.
A decade in, their timing – at last – clicks and they take their relationship from an open secret to marriage. There follows a couple of years of bliss – but at a cost: their writing, usually so taut with sexual tension and excitement, falls apart.
BALDWIN & BERLIN is an upmarket novel complete at 130,000 words with multiple POVs. Its glamorous, mid-century setting will appeal to fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, while exploring themes of creative partnerships tangled with love, which grabbed readers of Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies and Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.
Baldwin & Berlin is my first novel, which began as a short story during my Creative Writing Masters at the University of Cambridge. A communications professional, I am a Brit living in Bermuda, with an Australian husband and a murderous elderly cat, in a cottage by the sounding sea.
First 300:
PROLOGUE
Years after the fact, there is a photograph published in a special edition of LIFE magazine. Those who pick it up invariably find their eyes drawn to one picture in the centre spread. It takes a moment to reconcile their faces, their full names to the famous double act that was Baldwin & Berlin.
Her face is too small for the sunglasses she wears. The sharp angle of her chin juts out below the frame, doll’s mouth set off by the expanse of black glasses and wide dark hat. One hand up by her eyes, blocking out the sun, the other flopped over her bent knees, book in hand. Everything about the pose seems calculated, from the cross of the ankles, knees together to protect her modesty whilst tilting her chest towards the camera: the defiant upwards slant of her jaw.
He is laying back, hands folded across his flat stomach, eyes narrowed against the light. Hair and skin tone nearly matching in sepia tones: golden boy. There is a slight sneer, it seems, on his lips, though it may be the beginnings of a word. Paper sprawled messily across his lap.
There would be no mistaking the photo for now: there is a heightened glamour about it that no clever lighting or computer programme could hope to reproduce. A kind of confidence in their manner not found today, with no concern for the creases in their swimsuits, the occasional wrinkle of fat. There are no forced smiles here: a photo of those who were always posed.
The abused manuscript that lies in his lap is the final draft of the last script from Baldwin & Berlin. You can’t help but think that had he known, he might have treated it with a little more respect. But how was he to know that after twelve years of success and laud and honour, the game was up?
2024.05.31 19:52 xenizondich23 Kickoff to Pride Month! Engage in Vibrant Discussions, Win Amazing Prizes, and Celebrate LGBTQIA+ Spec Fic
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2024.05.31 19:41 luckyjim1962 from "A Preface to Jane Austen" by Christopher Gillie (1974)
Found at my local used bookstore:
A Preface to Jane Austen
By Christopher Gillie (Cambridge University)
Published by Longman (London, 1974)
This book is fifty years old – and decidedly old-school in terms of rhetoric, style, and approach – but it offers an extremely insightful look at Austen’s work from a literary historical perspective. Gillie sees Austen as a clear bridge between the 18th and 19th century conceptions of the novel:
Writing in the first two decades of the nineteenth century, Jane Austen appears historically, both in her social attitudes and formally in her art, as a kind of connecting link or hinge. Her attitude to society was still an eighteenth-century one: she assumed a permanence in its order and in the values of that order. But in her attitude to the individual she looks forward to the later nineteenth century: not only is the individual ensconced within a distinctive social setting, but he or she is faced with decisions that are primarily personal, although they have an unavoidable social bearing.
Her sense of social identity was much clearer than that of earlier novelists had been. She abandoned the romantic licences, in characterization and incident, which has enabled her predecessors to loosen the close tie between the characters and his society, and accepted that the immediate day-to-day environment was inescapably the theatre in which the characters’ fate had to be decided. At the same time, the conflict between the heroine and her environment is reflected in her mental state, so that she has to resolve inwardly a tangle in which egoistic revolt is confused with false motives for conformity….It follows that the heroines have an interior life which relates closely to the exterior one, so that they are closer to normal beings living in normal circumstances than earlier heroes and heroines had been. But Jane Austen differs from later novelists in her insistence that the heroine can never step apart from her society in her adventure of discovery; any attempt to pursue the ‘passions’ as entities somehow unrelated to social living is open to suspicion – not on individualism but of egoism – of ulterior motives or plain exhibitionistic folly, or a mixture of these.
Gillie also offers some great glosses on characters and situations, like this comparison of Fanny Price and Mrs Norris:
Mrs Norris parodies Fanny Price in their situations and contrasts with her in character: both are poor relationships and virtual dependants, although Mrs Norris has fastened herself on the Bertrams whereas Fanny is forcibly transferred to them. Mrs Norris obsequiously flatters the Bertrams; Fanny subjects herself to them devotedly and with a genuine humility. Fanny spends her life being really useful; Mrs Norris spend her talking about being so. Finally, Mrs Norris makes great claims to being needed by the Bertrams and for a long time imposes this illusion on them, but the illusion wears steadily thinner until at last they are glad to get her out of the house….Fanny, on the other hand, begins by being adopted in a spirit of pure benevolence, but by the end of the book she has not only become indispensable to her uncle and aunt, but marries Edmund.
He provides a great case for why Fanny could never marry Henry Crawford:
(M)any readers insist, if Fanny had really wanted freedom, it was Henry Crawford who could have given it to her much better than Edmund Bertram, and him she refuses. The reason for her refusal is that Henry’s freedom – the flighty indulgence of feelings by responding to worldly enticements – is not hers. For Fanny freedom is a state of mind, one to be rested in, a permanence, wholeness, and consistency of feeling centring on one place and one person: Mansfield Park (with its order and principle but redeemed from its worldliness) and Edmund, with his devotion to these fixities and to her.
And I particularly love this take:
The problems of ‘getting out’, of how not to make a false escape from a psychologically confining space, of how to achieve release of the entire self, neither betraying the feelings by surrounding them to the judgment, nor betraying the judgment by false feelings – these are the deepest themes of Jane Austen’s novels.
It's a very handsome book with lots of illustrationsand useful references like "Jane Austen's Vocabulary" and maps of key locales.
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A Preface to Jane Austen
By Christopher Gillie (Cambridge University)
Published by Longman (London, 1974)
This book is fifty years old – and decidedly old-school in terms of rhetoric, style, and approach – but it offers an extremely insightful look at Austen’s work from a literary historical perspective. Gillie sees Austen as a clear bridge between the 18th and 19th century conceptions of the novel:
Writing in the first two decades of the nineteenth century, Jane Austen appears historically, both in her social attitudes and formally in her art, as a kind of connecting link or hinge. Her attitude to society was still an eighteenth-century one: she assumed a permanence in its order and in the values of that order. But in her attitude to the individual she looks forward to the later nineteenth century: not only is the individual ensconced within a distinctive social setting, but he or she is faced with decisions that are primarily personal, although they have an unavoidable social bearing.
Her sense of social identity was much clearer than that of earlier novelists had been. She abandoned the romantic licences, in characterization and incident, which has enabled her predecessors to loosen the close tie between the characters and his society, and accepted that the immediate day-to-day environment was inescapably the theatre in which the characters’ fate had to be decided. At the same time, the conflict between the heroine and her environment is reflected in her mental state, so that she has to resolve inwardly a tangle in which egoistic revolt is confused with false motives for conformity….It follows that the heroines have an interior life which relates closely to the exterior one, so that they are closer to normal beings living in normal circumstances than earlier heroes and heroines had been. But Jane Austen differs from later novelists in her insistence that the heroine can never step apart from her society in her adventure of discovery; any attempt to pursue the ‘passions’ as entities somehow unrelated to social living is open to suspicion – not on individualism but of egoism – of ulterior motives or plain exhibitionistic folly, or a mixture of these.
Gillie also offers some great glosses on characters and situations, like this comparison of Fanny Price and Mrs Norris:
Mrs Norris parodies Fanny Price in their situations and contrasts with her in character: both are poor relationships and virtual dependants, although Mrs Norris has fastened herself on the Bertrams whereas Fanny is forcibly transferred to them. Mrs Norris obsequiously flatters the Bertrams; Fanny subjects herself to them devotedly and with a genuine humility. Fanny spends her life being really useful; Mrs Norris spend her talking about being so. Finally, Mrs Norris makes great claims to being needed by the Bertrams and for a long time imposes this illusion on them, but the illusion wears steadily thinner until at last they are glad to get her out of the house….Fanny, on the other hand, begins by being adopted in a spirit of pure benevolence, but by the end of the book she has not only become indispensable to her uncle and aunt, but marries Edmund.
He provides a great case for why Fanny could never marry Henry Crawford:
(M)any readers insist, if Fanny had really wanted freedom, it was Henry Crawford who could have given it to her much better than Edmund Bertram, and him she refuses. The reason for her refusal is that Henry’s freedom – the flighty indulgence of feelings by responding to worldly enticements – is not hers. For Fanny freedom is a state of mind, one to be rested in, a permanence, wholeness, and consistency of feeling centring on one place and one person: Mansfield Park (with its order and principle but redeemed from its worldliness) and Edmund, with his devotion to these fixities and to her.
And I particularly love this take:
The problems of ‘getting out’, of how not to make a false escape from a psychologically confining space, of how to achieve release of the entire self, neither betraying the feelings by surrounding them to the judgment, nor betraying the judgment by false feelings – these are the deepest themes of Jane Austen’s novels.
It's a very handsome book with lots of illustrationsand useful references like "Jane Austen's Vocabulary" and maps of key locales.
2024.05.31 17:33 altermwim2 Reacting to random show #44: 01/22/2017 Penn’s Peak. Lots I could say, but what I’ll leave you with is “evil reggae” during Dump City
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2024.05.31 07:11 An0nym0u547 On a scale of 1-10, Should I replace my 8 yo HDD?
It's an age old laptop.....I am planning to install Linux on it...... wondering if it will work for next 1-2 years with the HDD or Not....
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2024.05.31 05:41 thunderclap_monolith Limbo, closure, lies, and space
Hi, everyone. Four months out from D-Day. Such a long and tangled story as they always are. After I discovered my wife's affair we recoupled and seemed to be making lots of progress. But of course the heaviness returned as she grappled with the shame and guilt and I needed reassurance and love that she didn't know how to give. She needed space. OK. She stayed at an Air B&B, but my alarm bells went off one evening and I caught her at his house. She swore they did not have sex on this occasion and instead told me that she wanted closure with him and realized "this ain't it." A huge emotional discussion followed that ruined us both for days.
It's been all up and down since then to the point that my constant anxiety and panic attacks are tearing me apart. She wanted to go away AGAIN and I begged her to stay and for us to work it out together. She could not. She wrote me a letter instead in which she insisted that she loved me, didn't want to sleep with anyone else, and needed to really work on herself and forgive herself. Fine.
Among the boundaries she suggested was no location sharing.
Now we NEVER shared locations before the affair, but I've been insistent afterward. I called her to discuss the letter. During a tense exchange she said "I don't think I love you anymore." This is one day removed from telling me she loved me more than life, wanted to learn how to show me love in a better way and be strong for me in my time of need. I told her that if she turns her location off that the marriage was pretry much over in my eyes. She didn't like that ultimatum. Our conversation was interrupted and eventually I just texted her "take all the time you need." She said thank you.
I'm so tired. So sad. So despondent. I drove past her Air BB tonight in the dark like a crazy person. I drove by his house 3 times. I drove by her friend's house. Nothing. She's nowhere. I'm full of panic and shame. I want closure so bad...like I almost wanted to find her car at his house tonight so I could end it. But I know that if she walked through the door in two days and said she's ready to work it out that I would take her back.
It's the not knowing that is killing me. The uncertainty. I've tried to understand her and rationalize with her on her very real issues of self esteem, ADHD, career stress, so many things she has dealt with. She does not have the tools to understand herself and then help give us what we need. So the space feels right this time, like maybe she actually is going to work through it and come out the other side. I've always had faith in her. I feel like a fool.
But that phrase: I love you but I'm not in love with you. I never thought I would hear that, and she threw it out so quickly and it haunts me that this could indeed be the end. I'd take her back. I'd end it tomorrow. I don't know what I'd do. I've never been so lost...the life we built, the love and joy we shared, it feels like a dream in someone else's life. But tonight more than anything it's the panic of endless limbo, the weightlessness of quick changes, the shattering of my daily routines and the realization of how truly alone i am.
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It's been all up and down since then to the point that my constant anxiety and panic attacks are tearing me apart. She wanted to go away AGAIN and I begged her to stay and for us to work it out together. She could not. She wrote me a letter instead in which she insisted that she loved me, didn't want to sleep with anyone else, and needed to really work on herself and forgive herself. Fine.
Among the boundaries she suggested was no location sharing.
Now we NEVER shared locations before the affair, but I've been insistent afterward. I called her to discuss the letter. During a tense exchange she said "I don't think I love you anymore." This is one day removed from telling me she loved me more than life, wanted to learn how to show me love in a better way and be strong for me in my time of need. I told her that if she turns her location off that the marriage was pretry much over in my eyes. She didn't like that ultimatum. Our conversation was interrupted and eventually I just texted her "take all the time you need." She said thank you.
I'm so tired. So sad. So despondent. I drove past her Air BB tonight in the dark like a crazy person. I drove by his house 3 times. I drove by her friend's house. Nothing. She's nowhere. I'm full of panic and shame. I want closure so bad...like I almost wanted to find her car at his house tonight so I could end it. But I know that if she walked through the door in two days and said she's ready to work it out that I would take her back.
It's the not knowing that is killing me. The uncertainty. I've tried to understand her and rationalize with her on her very real issues of self esteem, ADHD, career stress, so many things she has dealt with. She does not have the tools to understand herself and then help give us what we need. So the space feels right this time, like maybe she actually is going to work through it and come out the other side. I've always had faith in her. I feel like a fool.
But that phrase: I love you but I'm not in love with you. I never thought I would hear that, and she threw it out so quickly and it haunts me that this could indeed be the end. I'd take her back. I'd end it tomorrow. I don't know what I'd do. I've never been so lost...the life we built, the love and joy we shared, it feels like a dream in someone else's life. But tonight more than anything it's the panic of endless limbo, the weightlessness of quick changes, the shattering of my daily routines and the realization of how truly alone i am.
2024.05.30 20:03 DTG_Bot This Week in Destiny 05/30/2024
Source: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/twid-05-30-24
Before we begin with the TWID, we wanted to let you all know that earlier today, a portion of Destiny 2: The Final Shape was accidentally pushed live on PS5's streaming service. There are currently spoilers being shared online. A small group of players were able to play some of the campaign, access Collections, and other reward info coming in The Final Shape and Echoes. We recommend being very careful on social media over the next few days to avoid spoilers. Remember to exercise caution and be critical of potential misinformation. Please be considerate of others and report leaks so players can experience the conclusion of the Light and Darkness saga themselves.
Thanks to all our community members who have already helped us by reporting leaks and those actively working to prevent more of the experience from being shared before its intended date. It's always extremely difficult when our team's hard work is leaked early, but we are still excited for everyone to experience the full release on June 4 together.
Now on to your regularly scheduled TWID.
This week in Destiny, we’re just days away from The Final Shape. Are you ready? Did you get all the gear you were aiming for? We hope so! And while we can’t give you any drops you may be missing, we can give you information on the new Artifact perks so you can start fine-tuning your perfect build.
List of topics for the week:
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Additionally, the Adventurer’s Pack Bundle will include a Queen of Dragons ship, the Owlbear Chariot, and the Eye Tyrant Ghost Shell. More cosmetics include the Bigby’s Fist Finisher and the Natural 20 Emote, which will be randomly rolled each time it’s used, as the fates designed.
In addition to the in-game items, the Bungie Store will also be offering an Eye Tyrant Beholder Ghost Shell vinyl figure, inspired by the infamous floating gaze monster from the D&D universe.
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Let’s take a look at the Hunter's Journal Artifact.
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Anti-Barrier Pulse Rifle
Your equipped Pulse Rifles fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions. Additionally, Pulse Rifles are always overcharged when that modifier is active.Logic Reductor
Weapons with the Radiolaria Transposer origin perk deal increased damage to Vex. Extends the duration of the radiolaria pools created by Radiolaria Transposer.Elemental Siphon
Rapid final blows with a Kinetic weapon or a weapon matching your equipped Super create an elemental pickup that matches your equipped Super.Counter Energy
When you or a member of your fireteam stuns a champion, you gain energy for your least-charged ability.Prismatic Transfer
When you cast your Super, each member of your fireteam with a Super type different than yours gains a bonus to weapon damage. Unstoppable Sidearm
Aiming down the sights of a Sidearm for a short time loads a powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions.Additionally, Sidearms are always overcharged when the modifier is active.Overcharged Armory
Weapons with the Dealer’s Choice, Radiolaria Transposer, Collective Purpose, and Sundering Origin traits are always Overcharged weapons for you when that modifier is active.Overload Sword
Landing consecutive hits with a Sword you are wielding disrupts combatants, stunning them, delaying ability energy regeneration, and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions.Additionally, Swords are always overcharged when that modifier is active.Blade Stamina
Rapidly defeating combatants with a Sword refunds some ammo.Argent Blade
While you have Armor Charge, dealing damage with a Sword consumes an Armor Charge and empowers your Sword for a short time, granting it bonus damage and energy charge rate. Unstoppable Scout Rifle
Aiming down sights of a Scout Rifle for a short time loads a powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions.Additionally, Scout Rifles are always overcharged when that modifier is active.Authorized Mod: Elemental Charge
The energy cost of Elemental Charge mods are significantly discounted.Creeping Chill
Stasis weapon final blows against slowed or frozen targets release a burst that slows.Void Hegemony
While you have a Void or Prismatic subclass equipped, defeating weakened targets provides a small Void Overshield.Expanding Abyss
Void sources deal increased damage to weakened targets. Overload Hand Cannon
Landing consecutive hits with any Hand Cannon you are wielding disrupts combatants, stunning them, delaying abilities energy regeneration, and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions.Additionally, Hand Cannons are always overcharged when the modifier is active.Saint's Inspiration
Rounds loaded by the Cast No Shadows origin perk can overflow the magazine.Press The Advantage
Breaking a combatant’s shield grants increased weapon stability, handling, and reload speed. Swords gain increased guard resistance.Radiant Orbs
While you have a Solar or Prismatic subclass equipped, picking up an Orb of Power makes you radiant.Shieldcrush
While you have Woven Mail, Frost Armor, or a Void Overshield, your melee recharges faster and deals increased damage.While you have amplified or radiant, your grenade recharges faster and deals increased damage. Anti-Barrier Submachine Gun
Submachine Guns you are wielding fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions.Additionally, Submachine Guns are always overcharged when the modifier is active.Winning Hand
While using weapons with the Dealer’s Choice origin trait, combatant precision final blows or rapidly defeating combatants cause the target to explode, dealing Solar damage to nearby enemies.Having several equipped weapons with the Dealer’s Choice origin trait increases the effect of the explosion.Threaded Blast
Destroying a Tangle with a Strand weapon creates a larger and more damaging explosion.Galvanic Armor
While you have an Arc or Prismatic subclass equipped, incoming damage from combatants is reduced while amplified.Transference
Gain increased grenade and melee damage while transcendent.Weapon final blows while transcendent refund Light and Dark energy after Transcendence ends.
Details
For full details on eligibility and requirements for the World First race, please visit our official rules.
We encourage all players to complete The Final Shape campaign and Wild Card Exotic quest prior to the launch of Salvation’s Edge to have the best story experience possible.
If you are a creator looking to be part of the event, sign-ups are open until June 3 at 5 PM PT. Remember to link your Bungie and Twitch accounts so you can receive rewards. Check out our guide on how you can link your accounts.
Registered and approved creators will be provided with the following exclusive Twitch Drops while the World First race is taking place:
Stand in Salvation Emblem: Watch at least 2 hours of any Destiny 2 streamer.
Roots Remain Emblem: Watch at least 2 hours of Destiny 2 Twitch Rivals stream or any participating Twitch Rivals creator.
Wrest the Heart Emblem: Subscribe to your favorite Destiny 2 streamer.
Beyond the available Twitch Drops, we've got other goodies available during the World First Twitch Rivals event. We are releasing a global chat emote to celebrate the World First race and you’ll also have a chance to earn some epic Global Chat badges by watching or streaming.
PopGhost Global Chat Emote:
Scanning Ghost Chat Badge:
Stream Destiny 2 for 30 minutes.* Active between 9:30 AM PT on June 7 and 9:30 AM PT on June 9.Image Linkimgur Ghost Chat Badge:
Watch 15 minutes of The Final Shape raid on Twitch Rivals.* Active between 9:30 AM PT on June 7 and 9:30 AM PT on June 9.Image Linkimgur
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The metal poster, including a format with their new 3D-enhanced Textra finish, is available for purchase now. So head over to Displate and grab yours today.
Team Sweat
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Beyond the bragging rights, the team’s captain, Sweatcicle, will earn an incredible life-size physical fabrication of the fan-favorite Falling Guillotine BRAVE Arsenal sword.
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If you’ve already earned access to these Bungie Rewards, you have until July 2, 2024, at 9:59 AM PT to purchase your items.
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Known Issues List Help Forums Bungie Help Twitter
June 3, 2024, 10 AM PT (-7 UTC): Destiny 2 is brought offline.June 4, 2024, 10 AM PT (-7 UTC): Destiny 2 will be brought back online. Update 8.0.0.1 will be playable on all platforms and regions.June 4, 2024, 12 PM PT (-7 UTC): Destiny 2 maintenance is scheduled to complete.
PlayStation
Beginning on June 3, 2024, after 10 AM PT (-7 UTC), users can start pre-downloading Update 8.0.0.1 by:
Navigating to Destiny 2Pressing the “Options” buttonAnd selecting “Check for Updates”
In an effort to decrease server load, some PlayStation users may be able to pre-download Update 8.0.0.1 starting on June 1, 2024, after 10 AM PT (-7 UTC) if they have auto update/download enabled on their PlayStation. Click here for instructions on how to set up auto update/download.
Xbox
Pre-load for Xbox will be available shortly after Destiny 2 is taken offline for expected maintenance on June 3, 2024, 10 AM PT (-7 UTC). Click here for instructions on how to set up auto update.
Steam
Pre-load for Steam will be available shortly after Destiny 2 is taken offline for expected maintenance on June 3, 2024, 10 AM PT (-7 UTC). Update 8.0.0.1 should be automatically added to the download queue once it is available to pre-load. Click here for more information on managing Steam downloads and updates.
Epic Games Store
Pre-load for Epic Games Store will be available shortly after Destiny 2 is taken offline for expected maintenance on June 3, 2024, 10 AM PT (-7 UTC). Update 8.0.0.1 should be automatically added to the download queue once it is available to pre-load. Click here for support with Epic Games Store downloads and updates.
Microsoft Store
Pre-load for Microsoft Store will be available shortly after Destiny 2 is taken offline for expected maintenance on June 3, 2024, 10 AM PT (-7 UTC). Update 8.0.0.1 should automatically be put in the download queue once it is available to pre-load. Click here for more information on managing Microsoft Store downloads and updates.
Platform
Destiny 2 Install Size
Storage Space Needed for Installation of Current Destiny 2 Players
*** Steam: Includes current installed version of Destiny 2 (up to 144.20 GB) + Update 8.0.0.1 pre-load (up to 155.50 GB) = 299.70 GB
For more information, please visit our Destiny 2 on PC System Requirements help article.
We expect this list to be published before Update 8.0.0.1 is live on June 4, 2024. Please stay tuned to https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News for more information.
We have updated the Destiny Content Vault article to reflect these changes. We've also created a new article fully outlining Items Being Deprecated at the Start of Year 7 for players to reference.
Don't you love this art style? So iconic, so fitting for our dear wish dragons. Good job!
Grace, via X/Twitter
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In the Glykon, no one can hear you scream. Or pop your Super.
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That’s it for this week. This is the last TWID before The Final Shape. We can’t wait to have you experience everything we’ve been working on. We’ll be monitoring feedback and questions, so let us know how your experience is going once you jump in. You can check out our D2Teams accounts throughout the week for responses and updates.
We’ll be back next week with another TWID. Until then, best of luck, Guardians! Let’s show the Witness what we’re made of.
Destiny 2 Community Team
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Thanks to all our community members who have already helped us by reporting leaks and those actively working to prevent more of the experience from being shared before its intended date. It's always extremely difficult when our team's hard work is leaked early, but we are still excited for everyone to experience the full release on June 4 together.
Now on to your regularly scheduled TWID.
List of topics for the week:
- Destiny 2 x Dungeons & Dragons collaboration.
- The Final Shape Artifact perk preview.
- Raid World First race details.
- Displate art for The Pantheon now available.
- The Pantheon Creator Challenge concludes.
- Fireteam Finder voice chat update.
- Cosplay Cosmodrome.
- Bungie Rewards last chance.
- 24-hour downtime for The Final Shape launch.
Destiny 2 x Dungeons & Dragons Collaboration
We’re thrilled to announce Bungie’s latest collaboration with Wizards of the Coast, and the iconic gaming franchise, Dungeons & Dragons, as Wizards celebrates the 50th anniversary of D&D. Faerûn-inspired looks will be available at the Eververse store on June 4, alongside the launch of Destiny 2: The Final Shape. The Gold Dragon-themed Apex Draconic set for Titans, the Mind Flayers-themed Flayer’s Dominion set for Warlocks, and the Displacer Beast’s-themed Spectral Displacer set for Hunters.Video Link
Additionally, the Adventurer’s Pack Bundle will include a Queen of Dragons ship, the Owlbear Chariot, and the Eye Tyrant Ghost Shell. More cosmetics include the Bigby’s Fist Finisher and the Natural 20 Emote, which will be randomly rolled each time it’s used, as the fates designed.
In addition to the in-game items, the Bungie Store will also be offering an Eye Tyrant Beholder Ghost Shell vinyl figure, inspired by the infamous floating gaze monster from the D&D universe.
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The Final Shape Artifact Preview
With The Final Shape right around the corner, we wanted to give you an early look at the Artifact perks you can expect on launch day and throughout Echoes. The three elements in focus for this Artifact are Solar, Void, and Arc. You'll also find a focus on melee and Swords as well as long-range weapons, such as Sniper Rifles.Let’s take a look at the Hunter's Journal Artifact.
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Your equipped Pulse Rifles fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions. Additionally, Pulse Rifles are always overcharged when that modifier is active.Logic Reductor
Weapons with the Radiolaria Transposer origin perk deal increased damage to Vex. Extends the duration of the radiolaria pools created by Radiolaria Transposer.Elemental Siphon
Rapid final blows with a Kinetic weapon or a weapon matching your equipped Super create an elemental pickup that matches your equipped Super.Counter Energy
When you or a member of your fireteam stuns a champion, you gain energy for your least-charged ability.Prismatic Transfer
When you cast your Super, each member of your fireteam with a Super type different than yours gains a bonus to weapon damage. Unstoppable Sidearm
Aiming down the sights of a Sidearm for a short time loads a powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions.Additionally, Sidearms are always overcharged when the modifier is active.Overcharged Armory
Weapons with the Dealer’s Choice, Radiolaria Transposer, Collective Purpose, and Sundering Origin traits are always Overcharged weapons for you when that modifier is active.Overload Sword
Landing consecutive hits with a Sword you are wielding disrupts combatants, stunning them, delaying ability energy regeneration, and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions.Additionally, Swords are always overcharged when that modifier is active.Blade Stamina
Rapidly defeating combatants with a Sword refunds some ammo.Argent Blade
While you have Armor Charge, dealing damage with a Sword consumes an Armor Charge and empowers your Sword for a short time, granting it bonus damage and energy charge rate. Unstoppable Scout Rifle
Aiming down sights of a Scout Rifle for a short time loads a powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions.Additionally, Scout Rifles are always overcharged when that modifier is active.Authorized Mod: Elemental Charge
The energy cost of Elemental Charge mods are significantly discounted.Creeping Chill
Stasis weapon final blows against slowed or frozen targets release a burst that slows.Void Hegemony
While you have a Void or Prismatic subclass equipped, defeating weakened targets provides a small Void Overshield.Expanding Abyss
Void sources deal increased damage to weakened targets. Overload Hand Cannon
Landing consecutive hits with any Hand Cannon you are wielding disrupts combatants, stunning them, delaying abilities energy regeneration, and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions.Additionally, Hand Cannons are always overcharged when the modifier is active.Saint's Inspiration
Rounds loaded by the Cast No Shadows origin perk can overflow the magazine.Press The Advantage
Breaking a combatant’s shield grants increased weapon stability, handling, and reload speed. Swords gain increased guard resistance.Radiant Orbs
While you have a Solar or Prismatic subclass equipped, picking up an Orb of Power makes you radiant.Shieldcrush
While you have Woven Mail, Frost Armor, or a Void Overshield, your melee recharges faster and deals increased damage.While you have amplified or radiant, your grenade recharges faster and deals increased damage. Anti-Barrier Submachine Gun
Submachine Guns you are wielding fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions.Additionally, Submachine Guns are always overcharged when the modifier is active.Winning Hand
While using weapons with the Dealer’s Choice origin trait, combatant precision final blows or rapidly defeating combatants cause the target to explode, dealing Solar damage to nearby enemies.Having several equipped weapons with the Dealer’s Choice origin trait increases the effect of the explosion.Threaded Blast
Destroying a Tangle with a Strand weapon creates a larger and more damaging explosion.Galvanic Armor
While you have an Arc or Prismatic subclass equipped, incoming damage from combatants is reduced while amplified.Transference
Gain increased grenade and melee damage while transcendent.Weapon final blows while transcendent refund Light and Dark energy after Transcendence ends.
Salvation’s Edge World First Race Details
On June 7 at 10 AM PT, brave fireteams will look to become the first to complete the new raid and take home the coveted World First belt. We have some key details to help in your planning, including requirements for raid entry and updates to the World First race completion criteria.Details
- Contest Mode will be enabled for 48 hours.
- You will need to be at 1965 Power Level to be at the cap through all of the encounters.
- Completing The Final Shape campaign and the Wild Card Exotic quest is a requirement to launch the raid, but only the fireteam leader must meet this requirement. A fair warning for any members of a fireteam who do not complete The Final Shape campaign before jumping into Salvation’s Edge—the raid contains spoilers.
- We have changed the way we will track and recognize the World First completion of the raid. Fireteams will no longer be required to return to orbit to finish the race. The first fireteam to finish every encounter and loot the final chest will be declared World First and have their victory immortalized with Salvations’ Edge World First raid belts.
For full details on eligibility and requirements for the World First race, please visit our official rules.
We encourage all players to complete The Final Shape campaign and Wild Card Exotic quest prior to the launch of Salvation’s Edge to have the best story experience possible.
World First Race on Twitch Rivals
As we mentioned last week, we’re partnering with Twitch Rivals on a World First race broadcast covering some of the streamers participating in the race, with commentary conducted by returning hosts Professor Broman and Reck1568.If you are a creator looking to be part of the event, sign-ups are open until June 3 at 5 PM PT. Remember to link your Bungie and Twitch accounts so you can receive rewards. Check out our guide on how you can link your accounts.
Registered and approved creators will be provided with the following exclusive Twitch Drops while the World First race is taking place:
Stand in Salvation Emblem: Watch at least 2 hours of any Destiny 2 streamer.
- Active between 9:30 AM PT on June 7 and 9:30 AM PT on June 9.
Roots Remain Emblem: Watch at least 2 hours of Destiny 2 Twitch Rivals stream or any participating Twitch Rivals creator.
- Active between 9:30 AM PT on June 7 and 9:30 AM PT on June 9.
Wrest the Heart Emblem: Subscribe to your favorite Destiny 2 streamer.
- Active between 9:30 AM PT on June 7 and 9:30 AM PT on June 9.
Beyond the available Twitch Drops, we've got other goodies available during the World First Twitch Rivals event. We are releasing a global chat emote to celebrate the World First race and you’ll also have a chance to earn some epic Global Chat badges by watching or streaming.
PopGhost Global Chat Emote:
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Stream Destiny 2 for 30 minutes.* Active between 9:30 AM PT on June 7 and 9:30 AM PT on June 9.Image Linkimgur Ghost Chat Badge:
Watch 15 minutes of The Final Shape raid on Twitch Rivals.* Active between 9:30 AM PT on June 7 and 9:30 AM PT on June 9.Image Linkimgur
The Pantheon Displate Metal Poster Now Available
As we mentioned last week, we partnered with the extremely talented Brazilian artist Gabriel Flauzino to create an epic piece of artwork commemorating The Pantheon. We also partnered with our friends at Displate to bring this artwork to life as a collectible metal poster.Image Linkimgur
The metal poster, including a format with their new 3D-enhanced Textra finish, is available for purchase now. So head over to Displate and grab yours today.
The Pantheon Creator Challenge Concludes
With the launch of The Pantheon, we pitted two teams of creators against each other to see who would come out on top. Now, after four weeks, we've crowned a winner. Congratulations to Team Sweat!Team Sweat
Sweatcicle (captain)evanf1997PureChillBennyYellowsLightSneakyBeaver
Beyond the bragging rights, the team’s captain, Sweatcicle, will earn an incredible life-size physical fabrication of the fan-favorite Falling Guillotine BRAVE Arsenal sword.
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Fireteam Finder Voice Chat Update
We're making coordination with your fireteam in Fireteam Finder even easier. With the launch of The Final Shape, we're adding a new voice chat channel for Fireteam Finder lobbies. Players will be able to use voice chat to coordinate their plans and discuss options before launching into the activity. Once in a Fireteam Finder lobby, players can press left arrow/dpad-left to cycle through the Fireteam Finder and fireteam voice chat channels as they please.Cosplay Cosmodrome
The first looks of Cosplay Cosmodrome were also revealed this week, as Kamichan83 and IlGritz showed off their Crow and Cayde-6 cosplays. Fans of Destiny 2 characters and the cosplay community can look forward to more cosplays coming soon.Check out this blog for more information on Cosplay Cosmodrome.Image Linkimgur
Bungie Rewards Last Chance
This is your last chance to earn access to some incredible Bungie Rewards tied to Destiny 2: Into the Light, Lightfall, Year-6 Seasonal content, Moments of Triumph, and more. Head over to Bungie Rewards to check out the full list. You have until June 3, 2024, at 6 AM PT to earn access to these rewards, so don’t delay!If you’ve already earned access to these Bungie Rewards, you have until July 2, 2024, at 9:59 AM PT to purchase your items.
Player Support Report
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Known Issues List Help Forums Bungie Help Twitter
Update 8.0.0.1
Next Monday, maintenance for Update 8.0.0.1 will begin. Below is a timeline of events:June 3, 2024, 10 AM PT (-7 UTC): Destiny 2 is brought offline.June 4, 2024, 10 AM PT (-7 UTC): Destiny 2 will be brought back online. Update 8.0.0.1 will be playable on all platforms and regions.June 4, 2024, 12 PM PT (-7 UTC): Destiny 2 maintenance is scheduled to complete.
The Final Shape Pre-load
Pre-load for Update 8.0.0.1 will be available prior to the game’s release. Below are pre-load timelines and instructions based on platform:PlayStation
Beginning on June 3, 2024, after 10 AM PT (-7 UTC), users can start pre-downloading Update 8.0.0.1 by:
Navigating to Destiny 2Pressing the “Options” buttonAnd selecting “Check for Updates”
In an effort to decrease server load, some PlayStation users may be able to pre-download Update 8.0.0.1 starting on June 1, 2024, after 10 AM PT (-7 UTC) if they have auto update/download enabled on their PlayStation. Click here for instructions on how to set up auto update/download.
Xbox
Pre-load for Xbox will be available shortly after Destiny 2 is taken offline for expected maintenance on June 3, 2024, 10 AM PT (-7 UTC). Click here for instructions on how to set up auto update.
Steam
Pre-load for Steam will be available shortly after Destiny 2 is taken offline for expected maintenance on June 3, 2024, 10 AM PT (-7 UTC). Update 8.0.0.1 should be automatically added to the download queue once it is available to pre-load. Click here for more information on managing Steam downloads and updates.
Epic Games Store
Pre-load for Epic Games Store will be available shortly after Destiny 2 is taken offline for expected maintenance on June 3, 2024, 10 AM PT (-7 UTC). Update 8.0.0.1 should be automatically added to the download queue once it is available to pre-load. Click here for support with Epic Games Store downloads and updates.
Microsoft Store
Pre-load for Microsoft Store will be available shortly after Destiny 2 is taken offline for expected maintenance on June 3, 2024, 10 AM PT (-7 UTC). Update 8.0.0.1 should automatically be put in the download queue once it is available to pre-load. Click here for more information on managing Microsoft Store downloads and updates.
Storage Requirements
Below are the updated storage requirements for The Final Shape:Platform
Destiny 2 Install Size
Storage Space Needed for Installation of Current Destiny 2 Players
- Destiny 2 Install Size may vary based on languages installed, size shown is maximum size possible
*** Steam: Includes current installed version of Destiny 2 (up to 144.20 GB) + Update 8.0.0.1 pre-load (up to 155.50 GB) = 299.70 GB
PC Operating System Requirements
Beginning on June 4, 2024, Destiny 2 is ending support for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 operating systems.For more information, please visit our Destiny 2 on PC System Requirements help article.
The Final Shape Day-1 Known Issues List
We are finalizing our list of certain information and issues we are investigating that we want players to be aware of prior to the launch of The Final Shape.We expect this list to be published before Update 8.0.0.1 is live on June 4, 2024. Please stay tuned to https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News for more information.
Claim Your Seasonal Rewards
Season of the Wish and Into the Light end on June 3. Make sure to claim any expiring rewards before they’re gone, including:- Seasonal Seals and rewards
- Season Pass items
- Season vendor rewards
- Shaxx, Zavala, Drifter, and Saint-14 rewards
- Banshee-44 reputation items
- Bungie Rewards
Destiny Content Vault Updates
With the start of Year 7 in Destiny 2 on June 4, 2024, certain items will be deprecated from player inventories that correspond with vaulted activities and Seasonal campaigns. They will be moved into the Destiny Content Vault.We have updated the Destiny Content Vault article to reflect these changes. We've also created a new article fully outlining Items Being Deprecated at the Start of Year 7 for players to reference.
Known Issues
While we continue investigating various known issues, here is a list of the latest issues that were reported to us in our #Help forum:- Last Wish weapon rewards from The Pantheon can drop as the old versions of the weapons.
- Some Iron Banner legacy ornaments are missing unlock descriptions.
- A selection of reprised weapons have incorrect lore tabs when inspected.
- Chests opened with Salvage Keys in Season of the Deep activities will not drop the expected daily red-border weapons.
Ahamkara Hunter
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Grace, via X/Twitter
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A Titan Remembers
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We’ll be back next week with another TWID. Until then, best of luck, Guardians! Let’s show the Witness what we’re made of.
Destiny 2 Community Team
2024.05.30 18:16 engineeeeer7 Builds for each of the Final Shape Exotic Armors
Intro
New exotics mean new builds! I know not everyone is psyched but I think there's some neat stuff here. A lot of this information was determined from FalloutPlay's exotic video which I highly recommend. It's hard to say how strong these are till we play with them but I thought I'd make the effort to help people try them out.Hunter
- Gifted Conviction - Arc - Jolt Everything
- Super: Storm's Edge
- Aspects: Ascension and Tempest Strike
- Grenade: Flexible but I like Storm Grenade for no flat gain penalty.
- Melee: Combination Blow
- Class Ability: Gambler's Dodge. Might make sense to go Marksman if Ascension doesn't return melee
- Fragments: Resistance, Shock, Ions, Amplitude
- Gameplay: This exotic drops jolting arc bombs when you use Tempest Strike or Ascension. **BUT it also gives you damage resistance when near jolted enemies.** This Stacks with Spark of Resistance for massive damage reduction. Add in any healing and you should be a tanky jolting machine.
- DIM Link: https://dim.gg/7gnyutq/Arc-Gifted-Conviction
- Balance of Power - Improved Shadow Clone
- Super: Silkstrike
- Aspects: Threaded Specter and Whirling Maelstrom
- Grenade: Shackle Grenade or Grapple Grenade
- Melee: Threaded Spike
- Class Ability: Gambler's Dodge
- Fragments: Rebirth, Evolution, Warding, Generation
- Gameplay: This will play very similar to existing Threaded Specter builds but with a little more offensive strength in extra threadlings.
- DIM Link: https://dim.gg/f26fdgi/Strand-Clone-Balance-of-Power
Titan
- Hazardous Propulsion - Arc - I'm the Rocket Now
- Super: Thundercrash
- Aspects: Touch of Thunder, Knockout,
- Grenade: Pulse Grenade
- Melee: Ballistic Slam (for the theme but you can pick anything)
- Class Ability: Thruster for fast cooldown
- Fragments: Resistance, Shock, Discharge, Magnitude
- Gameplay: oh man this looks fun. Precision hits or kills stack up charges and then you use your class ability to launch them at enemies for decent damage and 10 seconds of boosted damage to Rocket Launchers AND Rocket Sidearms. Note: the bonus damage is 35% and is suspected to be an empowering buff that does not stack with Radiant.
- DIM Link: https://dim.gg/k4fvuzy/Arc-I'm-the-Rocket-Now
- Wishful Ignorance - Strand - War Storming
- Super: Bladefury
- Aspects: Banner of War and Flechette Storm
- Grenade: your choice
- Melee: Frenzied Blade
- Class Ability: Rally Barricade
- Fragments: Fury, Continuity, Warding, Generation
- Gameplay: For this exotic I'd like to lean into Flechette Storm because it's ranged melee and the exotic buffs it stronger than anything else we have. Any Strand melee build will work.
- DIM Link: https://dim.gg/q4j2zzy/Strand-War-Storm
- Mataidoxia - Strand - Suspend everything
- Super: Needle
- Aspects: Mindspun Invocation, The Wanderer
- Grenade: Shackle Grenade
- Melee: Arcane Needle
- Class Ability: Your choice
- Fragments: Warding, Wisdom, Generation, Continuity
- Gameplay: Eat your grenade to have suspending bursts. Throw your melee to have suspending bursts. Shoot Tangle to have suspending bursts. Everything gets suspended.
- DIM Link: https://dim.gg/ntjzjzq/Strand-Suspender
- Speaker's Sight
- Super: Well of Radiance
- Aspects: Touch of Flame and Heat Rises
- Grenade: Healing Grenade
- Melee: your choice
- Class Ability: Healing Rift or Phoenix Dive
- Fragments: Benevolence, Empyrean, Torches Solace
- Gameplay: Support Main! You throw melees to make radiant. You throw Healing Grenades to make healing turrets. Whenever you heal or provide Radiant to allies you get 400% ability regen for more turrets.
- DIM Link: https://dim.gg/odlbhyq/Fire-Healing-Turrets-for-everyone
That's all I got for today. Is it the last build guide? Who knows!?
2024.05.30 18:16 engineeeeer7 Builds for each of the Final Shape Exotic Armors
Intro
New exotics mean new builds! I know not everyone is psyched but I think there's some neat stuff here. A lot of this information was determined from FalloutPlay's exotic video which I highly recommend. It's hard to say how strong these are till we play with them but I thought I'd make the effort to help people try them out.Hunter
- Gifted Conviction - Arc - Jolt Everything
- Super: Storm's Edge
- Aspects: Ascension and Tempest Strike
- Grenade: Flexible but I like Storm Grenade for no flat gain penalty.
- Melee: Combination Blow
- Class Ability: Gambler's Dodge. Might make sense to go Marksman if Ascension doesn't return melee
- Fragments: Resistance, Shock, Ions, Amplitude
- Gameplay: This exotic drops jolting arc bombs when you use Tempest Strike or Ascension. **BUT it also gives you damage resistance when near jolted enemies.** This Stacks with Spark of Resistance for massive damage reduction. Add in any healing and you should be a tanky jolting machine.
- DIM Link: https://dim.gg/7gnyutq/Arc-Gifted-Conviction
- Balance of Power - Improved Shadow Clone
- Super: Silkstrike
- Aspects: Threaded Specter and Whirling Maelstrom
- Grenade: Shackle Grenade or Grapple Grenade
- Melee: Threaded Spike
- Class Ability: Gambler's Dodge
- Fragments: Rebirth, Evolution, Warding, Generation
- Gameplay: This will play very similar to existing Threaded Specter builds but with a little more offensive strength in extra threadlings.
- DIM Link: https://dim.gg/f26fdgi/Strand-Clone-Balance-of-Power
Titan
- Hazardous Propulsion - Arc - I'm the Rocket Now
- Super: Thundercrash
- Aspects: Touch of Thunder, Knockout,
- Grenade: Pulse Grenade
- Melee: Ballistic Slam (for the theme but you can pick anything)
- Class Ability: Thruster for fast cooldown
- Fragments: Resistance, Shock, Discharge, Magnitude
- Gameplay: oh man this looks fun. Precision hits or kills stack up charges and then you use your class ability to launch them at enemies for decent damage and 10 seconds of boosted damage to Rocket Launchers AND Rocket Sidearms. Note: the bonus damage is 35% and is suspected to be an empowering buff that does not stack with Radiant.
- DIM Link: https://dim.gg/k4fvuzy/Arc-I'm-the-Rocket-Now
- Wishful Ignorance - Strand - War Storming
- Super: Bladefury
- Aspects: Banner of War and Flechette Storm
- Grenade: your choice
- Melee: Frenzied Blade
- Class Ability: Rally Barricade
- Fragments: Fury, Continuity, Warding, Generation
- Gameplay: For this exotic I'd like to lean into Flechette Storm because it's ranged melee and the exotic buffs it stronger than anything else we have. Any Strand melee build will work.
- DIM Link: https://dim.gg/q4j2zzy/Strand-War-Storm
- Mataidoxia - Strand - Suspend everything
- Super: Needle
- Aspects: Mindspun Invocation, The Wanderer
- Grenade: Shackle Grenade
- Melee: Arcane Needle
- Class Ability: Your choice
- Fragments: Warding, Wisdom, Generation, Continuity
- Gameplay: Eat your grenade to have suspending bursts. Throw your melee to have suspending bursts. Shoot Tangle to have suspending bursts. Everything gets suspended.
- DIM Link: https://dim.gg/ntjzjzq/Strand-Suspender
- Speaker's Sight
- Super: Well of Radiance
- Aspects: Touch of Flame and Heat Rises
- Grenade: Healing Grenade
- Melee: your choice
- Class Ability: Healing Rift or Phoenix Dive
- Fragments: Benevolence, Empyrean, Torches Solace
- Gameplay: Support Main! You throw melees to make radiant. You throw Healing Grenades to make healing turrets. Whenever you heal or provide Radiant to allies you get 400% ability regen for more turrets.
- DIM Link: https://dim.gg/odlbhyq/Fire-Healing-Turrets-for-everyone
That's all I got for today. Is it the last build guide? Who knows!?
2024.05.30 17:56 smolbibeans Trip report : One month through 10 US National Parks in April-May
 | I'm back from a roadtrip from San Francisco to Hamilton, ON, through Nevada, Utah, Northern Arizona, Western Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota and more, with some camping but mostly motel/hostels/staying with family and friends. I came to this subreddit before for advice so I thought I'd do a little trip report on what I packed/what I bought vs what I actually used or needed. submitted by smolbibeans to HerOneBag [link] [comments] Overall, I think I did a good job packing, it all fit into one carry on (+ personal item okay), and I was pretty ready for everything we encountered while not feeling like I overpacked. At the coldest, it was 26°F (-3°C) at night in Great Basin, NV and Bryce Canyon, UT, and at the warmest it was 77°F (25°C) in the day in Zion. We had pretty moderate temperatures for most of our trip, from Moab to Yellowstone we had a very mild version of each place's weather and that was great. Bag(s): 1- Quechua Forclaz 50L : this has been my trusted backpack for over 7 years, I considered upgrading to an Osprey before this trip but couldn't justify it financially when it was still working, and I don't regret it. Having a backpack I know so well was great 2- Quechua Arpenaz 20L : potentially slightly cheating drop the one bag rule, I had this as a personal item on the plane (to bring gifts from France to the US and other gifts back from the US to France) and to serve as a day pack on hikes. It worked great, I could fit in a water bottle on each side, my tripod, a sweater, lunch, snack, camera accessories, my hat if it got cumbersome, just perfect. 3- a mesh tote bag (not pictured here) that folds very small and could be stuffed in a pocket. Like I predicted, it was super convenient for grocery trips, times where I didn't want to have a whole backpack with me, or to create a compartment of sort within my day pack. Clothes :
-7 bottoms : 1 pair of cycling shorts, 1 skirt, 2 pair of black leggings, 1 pair of light wide legged pants, 1 pair of joggings, 1 pair of after ski pants => people had conflicting advice on the wide legged pants, I'm glad I took them because they were flowy and great for layering with leggings on days where there was a big temperature difference between the morning and the afternoon and comfy for long drives. People pointed out it seemed like there was a legging or pair of jogging missing (originally only 1 legging), so I went to Walmart and REI when I got to the US and I ended up buying the legging as welle as the jogging and the skort. The legging was a great buy, with 2 pairs I could again use one at night for camping and one for hiking ; the jogging would have been great if it didn't end up being too big and uncomfortable, I only wore it on laundry days ; and I only used the skort once, but tbh I bought it knowing it would be mostly used once I would be home, it was just good quality at REI and great price.
Shoes : -1 pair of hiking boots => they're somewhat falling apart inside but still sturdy and good. I did realize in this trip that they were a bit big, especially because I could never lace them as tight as I wanted around the ankle
-A travel pillow=> self explanatory, was great to use on the plane and for camping, actually forgot it on one of my flights back
Organisation wise, I put :
Happy to answer any questions, I'm very thankful to this community and all the travel ones on Reddit :) |
2024.05.30 15:45 us_against_the_world Women's Cricket Pub Quiz
 | Organising a Women's Cricket-themed quiz for my friends on the weekend. Wanted to share a few questions. Hope you guys enjoy it. submitted by us_against_the_world to WPL [link] [comments] IDENTIFY THE BLANKED OUT ATHLETE Q1. https://preview.redd.it/c629wskhfk3d1.png?width=884&format=png&auto=webp&s=64e256824914309cd2f527398d33b27ed951f635 Answer: Harmanpreet Kaur 171 (115) - India vs Australia, 2nd Semi-Final, ICC Women's World Cup 2017 Q2. https://preview.redd.it/a1zrx6avgk3d1.png?width=875&format=png&auto=webp&s=9260eff82bb6be3b7e603165bcd6b0c535a42c44 Answer: Belinda Clark 229 (155) - Mumbai, Women's World Cup 1997 Q3. https://preview.redd.it/wucjji82ik3d1.png?width=882&format=png&auto=webp&s=72ab5bced5888c9c57b1df51420465c8bcef87b8 Answer: Run out by Deepti Sharma - 3rd ODI, Lord's, September 24, 2022, India Women’s tour of England Q4. https://preview.redd.it/z5hymnnbik3d1.png?width=902&format=png&auto=webp&s=f463ae43f336daee383579180847c88a85d8f1c4 Answer: Issy Wong 4-15 - Eliminator (N), DY Patil, Women's Premier League 2023 Q5. https://preview.redd.it/2deg07ofik3d1.png?width=881&format=png&auto=webp&s=dc7cc4013b6a5b6d67b6b1b3d8ebfaff4692b656 Answer: Tara Norris 5-29 - Brabourne, Women's Premier League 2023 TRIVIA ROUND Q1. X’s association with cricket is long and glorious. Once while attending a women’s cricket match, Shubhangi Kulkarni, then secretary of the Women’s Cricket Association of India, asked X since she has done so much for men’s cricket why didn’t she step in for them. X waived off her fee for ads so that it could be put into the women’s cricket team and as brand ambassador for a jewellery brand, Asmi ensured that the brand sponsored the women’s cricket team for a series against West Indies in 2004. In her capacity, she got sponsors for the team between 2003-2005. Identify X. Answer: Mandira Bedi Source 1 Source 2 Q2. The exact origins of X are unknown and contradictory theories exist, with a popular one going that the English Christiana Willes invented it. Fed up with tangling her arm in her skirt when bowling to her brother John, a Kent player, she did something revolutionary. On July 15, 1822, John used this revolutionary style for Kent against MCC at Lord's and was no-balled. In protest, he mounted his horse and rode away. Bylaws were changed and eventually, in 1864, bowlers could officially do anything other than throw. What revolutionary thing did Christiana Willes is credited with inventing? Answer: Overarm bowling Source Q3. Connect the following:
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2024.05.30 15:16 Purple_Chest One World, One Blood Bowl #46 Return to BB part 1: FUMBBL
 | Due to work and Real Life issue, One World, One Blood Bowl had to pause. submitted by Purple_Chest to bloodbowl [link] [comments] But over the next few months, things look more Blood Bowly down my endz and its time to for me to gently dip my toe back into Blood Bowl. Is it worth returning to? What's hot and what's not? So loosely theming each show around FUMBBL, Blood Bowl 3 and Table Top (ironically utterly against the entire concept of OWOBB) over the next three weeks i plan to have a good old route around Blood Bowl and Say... 'Wassup to ma Bowldem, is BB peng, basic or fire? no cap' Oh yes, OWOBB is going to be all modern and stuff. With an exciting new logo, and... er... that's it really, it's still going to be some old bearded bloke chatting with three others about Blood Bowl. I mean, that seemed to work, so it'll be like that. But better, and 2024. So, this Sunday, 2nd June 2024, at 9pm BST (which i think is 20:00 UTC, but don't trust me, check, 'cos i get that stuff wrong) live on: https://www.twitch.tv/purplechest Your panel, introduced by way of searingly current cultural reference: PurpleChest: Jon Snow: He Knows Nothing, and had a saucy Aunt who is now dead. Bazakastine: Sansa Stark: Long hair and ended up in charge of stuff somehow. neilwat: Hodor: Pure of heart, gets stuff done. Elyod: Hot Pie So this one is going to be very chatty, centering on FUMBBL and no doubt covering Gnomes, the latest errata/FAQ/Changes and other topical musings. https://preview.redd.it/tp87o50jdk3d1.png?width=556&format=png&auto=webp&s=ac5d64b7179a5bf6c442c81652395f68a502e6ec Join us live, we try to include points and questions from chat, or catch the Podcast/Vodcast 24 hours later in all the usual places. YouTube, Spotify etc etc. Also the Twitch Highlight. |
2024.05.30 14:55 us_against_the_world Women's Cricket Pub Quiz
| | Organising a Women's Cricket-themed quiz for my friends on the weekend. Wanted to share a few questions. Hope you guys enjoy it. submitted by us_against_the_world to WomensCricket [link] [comments] IDENTIFY THE BLANKED OUT ATHLETE Q1. https://preview.redd.it/hz1dujne7k3d1.png?width=884&format=png&auto=webp&s=ab3dc79df08eabf95dc7ba9f9f33f7e39e010404 Answer: Harmanpreet Kaur 171 (115) - India vs Australia, 2nd Semi-Final, ICC Women's World Cup 2017 Q2. https://preview.redd.it/gqxunea18k3d1.png?width=875&format=png&auto=webp&s=cf8bb90fc2a196e0344cc4badd71a6552bc93923 Answer: Belinda Clark 229 (155) - Mumbai, Women's World Cup 1997 Q3. https://preview.redd.it/xb3kqhoq7k3d1.png?width=882&format=png&auto=webp&s=587a808c287cffc1caf04e508184b012358d03dc Answer: Run out by Deepti Sharma - 3rd ODI, Lord's, September 24, 2022, India Women’s tour of England Q4. https://preview.redd.it/oozdpude8k3d1.png?width=902&format=png&auto=webp&s=930f9e9fda0cf1fd29e2319ec9e9e29f0a48a4d1 Answer: Issy Wong 4-15 - Eliminator (N), DY Patil, Women's Premier League 2023 Q5. https://preview.redd.it/178s1p8k8k3d1.png?width=881&format=png&auto=webp&s=f447a47b959b92ea508f69bcebfae96e471c79dd Answer: Tara Norris 5-29 - Brabourne, Women's Premier League 2023 TRIVIA ROUND Q1. X’s association with cricket is long and glorious. Once while attending a women’s cricket match, Shubhangi Kulkarni, then secretary of the Women’s Cricket Association of India, asked X since she has done so much for men’s cricket why didn’t she step in for them. X waived off her fee for ads so that it could be put into the women’s cricket team and as brand ambassador for a jewellery brand, Asmi ensured that the brand sponsored the women’s cricket team for a series against West Indies in 2004. In her capacity, she got sponsors for the team between 2003-2005. Identify X. Answer: Mandira Bedi Source 1 Source 2 Q2. The exact origins of X are unknown and contradictory theories exist, with a popular one going that the English Christiana Willes invented it. Fed up with tangling her arm in her skirt when bowling to her brother John, a Kent player, she did something revolutionary. On July 15, 1822, John used this revolutionary style for Kent against MCC at Lord's and was no-balled. In protest, he mounted his horse and rode away. Bylaws were changed and eventually, in 1864, bowlers could officially do anything other than throw. What revolutionary thing did Christiana Willes is credited with inventing? Answer: Overarm bowling Source Q3. Connect the following:
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2024.05.30 08:23 Significant-Tower146 Best 270 Hunting Rifle
 | submitted by Significant-Tower146 to u/Significant-Tower146 [link] [comments] https://preview.redd.it/ki8ie64kbi3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f5a401959d79287b55f4a7d6a88d51666117248 Get ready to embark on an exciting journey as we explore the world of hunting rifles. In this article, we're diving deep into the 270 Hunting Rifle, a popular choice among avid hunters. From its powerful features to its versatile capabilities, we'll uncover the ins and outs of this exceptional rifle. So sit back, relax, and get ready for some thrilling insights. The Top 13 Best 270 Hunting Rifle
Reviews🔗Authentic Western 410 Double Barrel Shotgunhttps://preview.redd.it/azt38edkbi3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=633ecd0503cb66369fb20f985edcfc8a1583e2b8 When I first came across the Denix Replicas 1067 1853 Civil War Enfield Rifle, its authentic design and historical significance piqued my interest. As a history enthusiast, I was excited to have this replica in my possession. The craftsmanship of the wooden and metal construction was impressive, capturing the essence of the era. However, my excitement soon turned into a slight disappointment when I realized that the rifle was just for decoration and didn't shoot. Despite this minor setback, the replica's ability to transport me back in time and provide me with a tangible connection to history was a positive aspect. The attention to detail and the dedication to preserving its historical significance made the Enfield Rifle a worthwhile addition to my collection. It's a great conversation starter and a visually stunning piece to display in any room. Nonetheless, I can understand how some collectors might be put off by the fact that the rifle is non-functional. While it doesn't impact the overall design and quality of the product, it may be a deciding factor for those looking for a functional replica. Overall, the Denix Replicas 1853 Civil War Enfield Rifle is an accurate and visually stunning representation of a bygone era, making it a valuable addition for any history enthusiast's collection. 🔗Authentic Tubular Magazine Lever-Action Repeating Rifle Replica - Non-Firinghttps://preview.redd.it/voo4wqtkbi3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60a313610c513d71fd7f544bf8ccb6e43a92fb3c I've had the opportunity to use the M1866 Lever-Action Repeating Rifle myself, and I have to say, it's a real piece of history. The gun has such a powerful presence, it demands attention wherever you put it up. The gray finish certainly adds an antique touch, and the wooden stock is both sturdy and aesthetically pleasing. One of my favorite aspects of this replica is the lever-action mechanism. It works just like the original, giving you a feel of the Old West right in your own home. And even though it's a non-firing version, it perfectly demonstrates how the loading system works. However, there's one thing I would change. At 38 3/4 inches, it's quite a large piece to handle. Despite its grandeur, it can feel a bit unwieldy at times. But overall, this M1866 is a remarkable replica that captures the essence of the legend. 🔗Denix 1860 Henry Repeating Rifle Brass Finish Framehttps://preview.redd.it/z7l2qi1lbi3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=78d805b6b5f60853461f754331c76147b8d415be The Denix 1030L Old West Lever Action with a brass finish frame is a captivating replica of the Henry Repeating Rifle, a revolutionary design from the Civil War era. Standing at an impressive 42.5 inches long, this rifle has its original tubular magazine system and 24-inch octagonal barrel that once held 15 rounds of. 44 caliber metal cartridges. The brass finish frame adds an authentic touch to this historical weapon and offers a robust feel when held. However, one must remember that although it looks and feels the part, it lacks the necessary components for actual firepower. It serves as a striking conversation piece or a nostalgic reminder of the Old West, but it comes with its own set of challenges as well. Overall, the Denix 1030L offers a blend of history, aesthetics, and a bit of a learning curve for enthusiasts who appreciate the craftsmanship of the past. 🔗Accurate M16A1 Non-Firing Airsoft Gun Replicahttps://preview.redd.it/6420cjglbi3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64e35bb88b3966c81609baa73dd82f31ea7c9648 As an airsoft enthusiast, I've had the chance to try out the Denix 1133 M16A1 Rifle Replica. It's a solid piece of equipment, reminiscent of the iconic military rifle used back in the 60s to the 80s. One thing that immediately caught my attention was its attention to detail - it honestly feels like a real weapon with its working mechanisms. However, one downside that I've noticed is that it's non-firing, which might be a disappointment for some who are looking for a more interactive experience. Overall, though, it has been a great addition to my airsoft collection, and I look forward to using it more in upcoming games. 🔗Non-Firing Winchester Lever-Action Reproducible Riflehttps://preview.redd.it/l18sx5olbi3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=08d8f0b802bfab0b04126ae60e90fac7c930037f Recently, I had the opportunity to try out this replica Winchester 1873 rifle. As someone who appreciates the craftsmanship that goes into these reproductions, I was pleasantly surprised by the detail and weight of this piece. Holding it, you can feel the authenticity of the design, with its engraved silver finish and octagonal barrel that harkens back to a time when guns were crafted with precision. However, one thing that stood out in my experience was the non-functioning mechanism. As a replica, it's expected that you can't actually fire it, but I was a bit disappointed that you couldn't simulate the loading process either. Other than that, I think it's an excellent addition to any collection, be it for aesthetic purposes or for use in photoshoots or performances. It certainly adds a touch of authenticity to any setting, and with its sturdy construction, it will likely last quite a while. 🔗Historical French Carbine Rifle Replica with 28.75" Barrel Lengthhttps://preview.redd.it/4ypjyl2mbi3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75e92e37bbb548c3a8603ad7da76328ebafdfbf5 The Denix Replicas 1037 French Carbine Rifle Replica is a fascinating piece to have in your collection. This miniature 1763 Charleville musket replica, crafted in a carbine style, is a perfect representation of the original weapon that made a considerable impact during the Revolutionary War. Standing tall at an overall length of 45 inches and boasting a 28.75-inch barrel, this remarkable replica exudes the look and feel of the genuine article. From my personal experience, I was genuinely captivated by its meticulous attention to detail - from the flintlock mechanism to the wood finish. It was an absolute delight to hold and examine closely, making it an excellent addition to any history or weapon enthusiast's collection. However, the size might be somewhat challenging for individuals with smaller displays or limited storage space. Nonetheless, this seemingly small inconvenience doesn't outweigh the satisfaction one would get from owning such a historically significant and well-crafted piece. Overall, the Denix Replicas 1037 French Carbine Rifle Replica is a must-have for anyone interested in exploring the rich tapestry of weapons history. 🔗Camo Kentucky Toy Rifle from Parris Manufacturing Companyhttps://preview.redd.it/kk9onhgmbi3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb8c879ac271539121d0b5df8530a201e1abad73 I recently got my hands on the Parris Camo Kentucky Toy Rifle, and let me tell you, it's a fun addition to my collection of retro toys. The camouflage print adds a modern touch while still maintaining that classic feel. The one-piece wood stock and painted steel barrel give it a sturdy feel. One thing I noticed is that the rifle can shoot caps one at a time for some realistic sounds. It might take a bit of effort to load each cap, but it's all part of the experience. The length of the rifle, 37.5 inches, gives it a considerable presence. While I enjoy the Camo Big Game Musket, it could be a bit challenging for younger kids to handle due to its size. But overall, it's a fun toy that brings back memories of simpler times. 🔗Authentic 18th Century Kentucky Rifle Replica for Outdoor Enthusiastshttps://preview.redd.it/ismunatmbi3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=07c2a65604d8cf3cd71c5d3f921f701afedcfafe I was able to get my hands on the Denix 1138 Kentucky Rifle Replica, and let me tell you, it's a beauty. With its historical accuracy and intricate details, it really takes you back to the late 1700s. The shorter version makes it perfect for my home, and it's quite impressive how far off the shot would have been without the "rifled" bore design! . However, I wish it could come with some additional safety features, as some of the moving parts are quite sensitive and may be accident-prone. Nonetheless, the Denix 1138 Kentucky Rifle Replica is definitely a standout for any history enthusiast or collector. 🔗Kid-safe wooden BB gun toy - Golden Ranger designhttps://preview.redd.it/iljo7q4nbi3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f1d34c0e6991307eba7a2c623026582b111e7cf Imagine sitting around the campfire with your little band of Wild West wannabes, sharing stories of long-gone adventures under a sea of stars. In the center of it all, a shiny golden piece of equipment gleams next to a crackling fire. Your child's eyes light up like an old miner, eager to embark on this fantastical journey. That's the magic of the Parris Toys Golden Ranger Toy Rifle for Kids. Crafted with precision, this toy has a rich, deep-golden luster that would make the likes of famous frontiersmen like Wyatt Earp or Pat Garrett green with envy. Made of both wood and golden steel, this eye-catching piece exudes an endearing mix of sturdiness and allure. At 28 inches, it's a substantial toy that has an air of seriousness, perfect for your young gunslinger. This cap rifle features a full orange tip, making it federally regulated and less likely to cause accidents during playtime. However, the lever action has room for improvement. While it's realistic-looking, it doesn't actually do much, making the action feel a bit inadequate. Nonetheless, for the intended purpose, the functionality of firing the caps works perfectly fine. In terms of reviews, it has received mostly positive feedback, with many parents expressing satisfaction with their purchase. The design appears to impress kids, while the wooden and metal combination gives it a sturdy feel. Some, however, have flagged the toy as cheaply made, which could be disheartening, considering its price. In my humble opinion, the Golden Ranger Toy Rifle can be a fantastic addition to your little one's cowboy collection. Its charm lies in its combination of style, durability, and a touch of old-western flair. Despite the concerns about the lever action and potential breakability, many seem to appreciate its overall quality and appeal. So, gather your gang and let's embark on this exciting journey together! 🔗Vintage Kentucky Long Rifle with Rifled Bore - Ideal for Hunting Enthusiastshttps://preview.redd.it/aa9znojnbi3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c2cf82210d485df07e9d3da30c61898d2df5f60 The Denix Kentucky Long Rifle is a replica of an iconic firearm from the late 1700s, originally designed and built in Pennsylvania. It had a significant role in the Revolutionary War and continued to be popular until the 19th century, becoming synonymous with figures like Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett. The Kentucky rifle was one of the first to feature a "rifled" bore, making it more accurate for its time. My personal experience with this product has been a mixed bag. On the one hand, I found the Kentucky Long Rifle to be an incredibly accurate replica, complete with a smooth, realistic feel. It's an impressive conversation starter and adds a bit of authenticity to my display. The build quality is excellent, and it looks as close to the original as you can get. However, I've had some issues with the reliability and durability of the product. On a few occasions, the rifle arrived in less than optimal condition, with broken parts that made it difficult or impossible to fix without further damaging the item. This made me question the overall quality control of the manufacturer. In conclusion, the Denix Kentucky Long Rifle is undoubtedly a beautiful and historically accurate replica. If you can manage to get a well-maintained unit, it's definitely worth the investment. But, buyers beware: there have been reports of broken and poorly-made units, so it's important to be diligent and possibly consider purchasing in-person to ensure the product is up to standard. 🔗Vintage Camo Hunting Toy Rifle for Halloween Costumeshttps://preview.redd.it/3e35c57obi3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a02b3336a2ccd4d49312d3c0a9722d096776e5ad The Jungle Kombatter Rifle is a perfect addition to your Halloween costume collection. With a wood body painted green and camo stripes, this rifle stands out. The extended barrel is black, while the end and grip are bright orange, making this rifle both stylish and realistic. Its adjustable strap allows you to carry it effortlessly. Best of all, it makes exciting clicking sounds when you pull the trigger! . Add it to your military or hunter costume for a complete look. 🔗Ravin R29X Sniper Crossbow Package for Unrivaled Hunting Experiencehttps://preview.redd.it/ue3ly9nobi3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae81c788bde5e8e3151026107d03e6ac453bde68 Trying out the Ravin R29X Sniper Package was like stepping into a new realm of precision hunting. The fully-integrated Silent Cocking System made every pull a breeze, and the Adjustable Turret Scope allowed for quick and easy yardage adjustments. The unparalleled velocity of 450 FPS proved its speed and accuracy, while the ergonomic grip offered great control without sacrificing comfort. The only downside was its weight, at a slight 6.75 pounds, but that didn't hold me back when I needed to unleash my inner sniper. 🔗Vintage-Inspired Winchester Rubber Band Rifle with Rugged Wood Finishhttps://preview.redd.it/nmjdn80pbi3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1536db33aa387032c129f2d9d11e43e789c5d38 The Magnum 1873 Winchester Rubberband Rifle is a nostalgic nod to the past, inspired by "The Gun that Won the West. " It mirrors the versatility and popularity of the original, making it a must-have for any cowboy-themed adventure. With a 28.5" gun length and a rubber band stretch of 16.5", this toy provides a fun, safe shooting experience for kids and adults alike. Though the ammunition isn't included, it's compatible with our BLUE rubber band ammunition, adding an extra layer of authenticity. Proudly made in the USA, this wooden rifle is not just a toy, but a piece of history that can be passed down for generations. Buyer's GuideWith a wide variety of hunting rifles available, the 270 Winchester remains a popular and versatile choice. Whether you're a seasoned hunter or a novice shooter, this semiauto rifle is designed to meet your needs. However, to get the most out of your investment, there are several factors you should consider before making your purchase.Caliber and Accuracyhttps://preview.redd.it/4fdt6pgpbi3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0426130fec9553c09ee68b7f74df6112308c2e89 The 270 Winchester caliber is a powerful, yet relatively lightweight option for hunting big game. Ensuring that the bullet you choose is accurate and well-suited to your prey is crucial. The most popular choices include the Whitetail Hunter, Big Game, and Black Belt varieties. Research and choose the bullet that offers the best balance between speed, penetration, and accuracy for your specific hunting situation. Barrel LengthThe ideal barrel length for a 270 hunting rifle can vary depending on your preferences and the size of the game you are hunting. Generally, longer barrels offer more stability, accuracy, and range, but they can also be heavier and harder to carry over long distances. Consider the type of hunting you will be doing and choose the barrel length that best fits your needs.Stock DesignChoosing the right stock design is essential for recoil management and comfort during extended hunting sessions. Stock materials, such as plastic or wood, can impact durability, weight, and the overall feel of the rifle. Adequate padding and checkering on the stock's surface can help maintain your grip during recoil. Consider these factors when selecting the right stock for your 270 hunting rifle. https://preview.redd.it/50u89gvpbi3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8cbc28a7496fa78ee74da118946ff70564a22586 Scope and SightWhether you prefer open or closed scopes, selecting the right sight for your 270 rifle is vital for precision and accuracy. Factors to consider include the reticle type, magnification, and optical quality. Consider the terrain and distance you'll be hunting when selecting the right sight for your rifle.Maintenance and DurabilityHunting can take a toll on your equipment, so it's essential to invest in a 270 rifle that can withstand the wear and tear of the outdoors. Choose materials that are resistant to moisture, extreme temperatures, and UV rays. Consider the level of maintenance required for the rifle, such as cleaning and oiling, to ensure it functions smoothly and accurately over time.Price and Featureshttps://preview.redd.it/oai9dk5qbi3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c40399d8cdf0f0b4ba693f0d3cc4c042dd916a7 When purchasing a hunting rifle, it's important to consider the price and features that are most important to you. Many mid-price range 270 rifles offer high-quality performance and durability without breaking the bank. Research various models to find the balance between features and cost that works best for your budget. FAQWhat is a 270 hunting rifle?A 270 hunting rifle is a type of firearm specifically designed for hunting purposes. It is chambered for the. 270 Winchester cartridge, which is a versatile and powerful round that can be used for a variety of game, including deer, elk, and antelope. https://preview.redd.it/yyd8lohqbi3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e720c4e880686bc631d17c0ab1dfe45bfb4955b5 What are the benefits of using a 270 hunting rifle?A 270 hunting rifle offers a number of benefits, including:
Are there different types of 270 hunting rifles?Yes, there are several different types of 270 hunting rifles, including bolt-action, semi-automatic, and lever-action models. Each type offers its own unique advantages and features, so it's important to choose the one that best suits your needs and preferences.What features should I look for in a 270 hunting rifle?When selecting a 270 hunting rifle, consider the following features:
What is the best 270 hunting rifle for the money?The best 270 hunting rifle for the money will vary depending on your specific needs, preferences, and budget. It's important to do your research and compare different models to find the one that offers the best combination of features and value.What is the average cost of a 270 hunting rifle?The cost of a 270 hunting rifle can vary widely, depending on factors such as brand, build quality, and features. On average, you can expect to pay anywhere from $300 to $1,500 or more for a quality 270 hunting rifle.Where can I find reviews for 270 hunting rifles?To find reviews for 270 hunting rifles, you can search online retailers such as Bass Pro Shops, Cabela's, and Amazon. You can also check hunting forums and websites, such as GunBroker. com and HuntingRifleForums. com, for user reviews and feedback.As an Amazon™ Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. |
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2024.05.30 04:39 altermwim2 Reacting to random show #43: 03/19/2011 in Tempe AZ. Just a fantastic show. I highly recommend you listen.
 | Seriously, find it! Higgins, GA, the entire ending from August thru 1348 - this is the everyday throwdown more people don’t talk about!!! submitted by altermwim2 to Umphreys [link] [comments] :: AHEM :: My favorite band! For 20 years! Random shows! Let’s go! 43
UMtil next time! |