and after you have slayed the monster, what will you do? do you take its head as a prize? its pelt, perhaps, as your robe? its eyes, its teeth, its tail: are these your memorabilia? do you leave the monster where it is? push its body behind some rubble and walk away? will you let it rot alone, let someone else handle that which you have brought down? do you nudge the body of the monster with your foot? do you kick it? do you throw insults at the monster slowly cooling on the floor? do you burn it into ash? do you run from the monster, sword heavy in your hand? (the sword can be reshaped, scrapped, made anew. the blood, however, will stain.) do you write about it? will you document it, draw it in your diagrams, write a children's tale in which the monster is put to rest, all is well? (will you dream of it?) do you examine the monster? trace its horns with your hand, place a palm over its body in an attempt to figure out where its heart was? it has long stopped beating. do you mourn the monster? do you sing it songs of passing, wrap the frail form of what it used to be in your finest cloth? where do you carry it? away from here? and when will you bury it?
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A "quick, clean, painless death" is not possible for a slaughtered animal. The death is messy, extremely painful, and it drags on. If you've seen any slaughterhouse footage, then you'd know this.
But it isn't just the traumatizing death that concerns me. It's the loss of life. The stealing of another being's existence.
As a hypothetical, say I went to someone and shot them in the head while they were asleep. Some would say their death was "quick and painless".. maybe not the clean part. But the way the person died isn't the only thing people would be upset about. It is the loss of their life. Even if I said I was using that person's body for products or food for myself, it wouldn't be okay. We all understand that taking a life is horrible because it deprived that person from their right to live.
I apply this same idea to animals. It's not hard to understand
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history: here’s how propaganda was used to gain public support for [atrocity]
history: here’s how propaganda was used to gain public support for [atrocity]
history: here’s how propaganda was used to gain public support for [atrocity]
history: here’s how propaganda was used to gain public support for [atrocity]
history: here’s how propaganda was used to gain public support for [atrocity]
history: here’s how propaganda was used to gain public support for [atrocity]
history: here’s how propaganda was used to gain public support for [atrocity]
history: here’s how propaganda was used to gain public support for [atrocity]
2023:
“well joe biden said he saw pictures of beheaded babies”
“well the news said hamas committed mass rape”
“well the israeli government said opposing their war crimes defense is antisemitic because palestinians are nazis”
“well the newspaper article said the violence is self-defense for the hamas attack”
“well the IDF said they didn’t target the hospital and it was actually hamas’s rocket”
we need to remember that propaganda is not relegated to history books. they will continue using it to sway public opinion on political topics, especially state violence. including the “reputable” news sources, including the “progressive” politicians.
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Hehehe static shock brainrot go brrrr. I have waaay more thpughts about this than i thought, so this'll be part one! Most of it it setup, I'll star ☆ where the fluffy headcanons start! Also, trigger warning for the discussion of death.
Virgil regresses first because. You know. trauma.
I think he's been inclined to regress his whole life but it started to happen involuntarily after his mom passed away, especially late at night after he had dreams about her.
He didn't really know what it was until his dad brought it up in relation to one of the teens he was working with. He mentioned o Virgil they needed to be handled with care because they regress involuntarily due to trauma, and Virgil was like Whoops I Do That
He still didn't tell his dad, at first he felt really embarrassed about it. He tried as hard as he could to repress and avoid it, but it would come back stronger
After spending more time around the kid, he got used to it and decided maybe it wasn't so bad.
So he at least didn't try to fight it any more, now that he knew what it was. He wasn't super active about it though. It only happened at night, so the most he'd do about it was sleep with his favorite beanie baby dog, Pluto, or maybe ask to sleep in his dad's room if he felt really bad.
The first time it happened during the day was at the beginning of high school, when Francis started to bully him. Francis was a really intense bully, and Virgil had never been beat up before. He had a went back home and just couldn't stop crying, he felt so scared.
That's when Richie came in
It wasn't out of the ordinary for Richie to just go up to Virgil's room whenever he felt like it, they were just like that. It was especially expected when Virgil didn't meet up with him after school as usually.
When he got in Virgil was curled up around his dog plush, crying a lot. He had been beat up pretty bad and everything hurt.
Richie rushed to help him, getting him first aid and ice packs and trying to calm him down. It did work a little, though he was still crying, he felt a little better with Richie there
Until he realized... Richie was there
This was not something he intended to share with anyone, not even Richie. What would he think? That he's a total weirdo? Who would wanna hang around a teenager who still acts like a toddler? Counterintuitively, the thought only made him cry more.
Richie didn't notice anything weird, not the crying, not even Pluto, I mean, who wouldn't want to curl up and cry after getting roughed up?
After Virgil calmed down enough, Richie went to go tell Mr. Hawkins. Virgil wasn't opposed, his dad always made him feel safe.
After Mr. Hawkins helped Virgil, he pulled Richie aside to explain why Virgil was so scared.
Virgil tried to interject, that this wasn't Richie's problem, but Richie wanted to know. All he wanted to do was help his best friend, he didn't care what the circumstance was. Plus, Mr. Hawkins insisted it was a trauma response, nothing to be ashamed of.
Richie took the news really well. He reassured Virgil he didn't think any less of him and they were best friends no matter what.
Richie was actually the one who brought up they may be able to turn it into a fun thing. If you feel like a kid, why not act like a kid? There's tons of fun stuff they got 'too old for' to dig up.
☆ Rich really stepped up to help Virgil feel better about regression. He took him to the arcade, the museum, the aquarium - anything to make Virgil smile.
Virgil goes from 3-8 age wise
He looooves video games. He's usually pretty good at them, but he gets a little clumsy when regressed. Richie let's him win on purpose and helps him with all the tough levels
Virgil also loves tinkering! Any kind of building toys, he's all over it - especially legos. He can build so much cool stuff with legos, he's one of those guys who has shelves dedicated to his Lego creations.
Just generally, the Hawkins have a treasure trove of 90s/early 2000s nostalgia. Nerf guns, bayblades, whatever pogs are, they even have an easy bake oven.
Virgil’s dad is very supportive, and very happy Richie is so keen to take care of him. He always makes time for Virgil when he needs him.
Virgil loves to watch cartoons, Richie loves them too. They go crazy for Spongebob
Sharon doesn't fully understand what's going on with Virgil, but she doesn't mind going big sister mode sometimes. He's always her baby brother, after all.
They call him little vee or vee-vee :]
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