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kimhargreeves · 1 year

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A Trip With Bets and Confessions-Paxton x Reader (Hostel)

Summary: After years of being friends with Paxton and his best friends, you all decide to take a trip with them to Slovakia despite his closest friends being against it at first. Things won't be easy when you both have feelings for each other while trying to impress other people to catch each other's attention. (This was requested by @thefanficmonster I hope you enjoy it and sorry for taking so long!)

"Are you 100% percent sure you're tagging along?" Josh asked once again, he along with the rest of the guys seemed a bit bummed out at first that I wanted to take a trip with them, claiming they wanted nothing more than to hang out with foreign women and bang everyone they would be able to meet.

The thought of that made my blood boil as well since Paxton seemed interested in the idea and would joke around with the guys. I made it seem like I wasn't interested in their shenanigans, when really I was.

"I am going wether you want to or not." I said eyeing the guys and seeing Paxton look away. "You can act like I'm not there anyways, or just think of me as one of you."

"One of the guys?" Oli asked scoffing

"Yeah..as one of the guys." I said finishing up my suitcase ready to head to their long awaited trip to Amsterdam.

The guys began to start talking with each other figuring out how to plan all of this and thinking I would get in their way. Josh was siding with me while Oli and Pax were now going against the idea of me hanging out with them.

"Don't know..seems to me like girls won't be approaching us if they see, (Y/N) in our group."

I rolled my eyes and placed my suitcase down loud startling them. "(Y/N) has studied a lot harder than us, besides we have to thank her since she's the one who helped us with our final exams." Josh told Oli.

"That's true, but! How can we make sure she won't ruin our fun?"

"You guys are the worst. You guys know I don't like to party like you, I'm mostly going fore my future job. Besides, the ticket is already with me so I'm going-"

"Okay, how about this…" Paxton spoke and now looked at me. "Let's start off new, we just finished college and we're finally living the way we want. There's nothing wrong with having a bit of fun, (Y/N) that means you too."

I raise an eyebrow confused at where he's going with this. "Whoever parties the most will be the winner and will get to decide where else we'll be going on a trip next time. You can't continue being the boring one of the group."

I pout looking into his brown eyes and considered it. They are kind of right, I've never been as outgoing as them, maybe acting differently in a foreign country will open up my eyes and make me learn more about life.

"You know what, Paxton? We have a deal." I smirk and we shook hands.

"Aww man. Why travel across the world to bang a girl when you can bang, (Y/N)." Oli said rolling his eyes.

"Oliver!" We shouted his name embarrassed and saw him laughing and Josh rolling his eyes.

"It's settled then, we're all going to Amsterdam tomorrow morning. Let's rest up and meet each other at airport." Josh confirmed and we all nodded and the guys went back with their places to get ready.

We met up with each other earlier at the airport, I lost count at how many hours we have been traveling but we had finally made it to Amsterdam. We were all inside of a train leading us to our next destination with the guys trying to joke and come up with anything so time would pass by quickly.

The guys were laughing at Oli when a man had entered where we were and I couldn't help but feel uneasy around the man, almost as if he were speaking in riddles, he kept on talking about weird things and Oli was freaked out when the man had grabbed him.

Paxton and Josh were laughing at his friend while I remained silent and gave a worried look at Oli who did the same to me.

"Lighten up guys, what was the first rule we agreed on?" Paxton said pulling me closer to him and grabbing my shoulders.

If this were a different situation I would've been blushing over being this close to Paxton, but I was feeling nervous.

"There weren't any rules applied to us." I tell him.

"(Y/N), Oli, just relax..okay?" Josh said leaning his head back and staring outside of the window still looking outside the country side.

Paxton must've sensed me so tense so he stopped joking and turned to look at me. "Seriously, are you okay (Y/N)?" I looked back at him and saw how close we actually were.

"I-I'm.. everything's fine n-now." I stuttered and smiled at him. Feeling close to him made me calm and feel protected in a way, well I did always have feelings for him after all so that's a plus. His brown eyes looked into mine and he made me sure I would feel safe.

After a long journey we made it to Slovakia now. The streets were mostly empty by the time we arrived at a hostel and unfortunately I had to share a room with not only them but two girls who weren't afraid to be nude and show their bodies. It made me uncomfortable being with them and seeing how the guys were looking at them.

"Are you all American?" The girls said trying to come up with a conversation.

"Yeah! Born and raised most of us!"

I remained silent taking a few things out of my backpack while being on a bed on the far edge of the room. I noticed the woman with darker hair looking over at me.

"Are you coming with us?" She asked while her friend looked at me up and down. Now I was very uncomfortable. I don't trust foreigners.

I looked back at Paxton and we exchanged looks, neither of us knowing what to say. The woman must've seen us looking at each other and I heard her chuckle to herself.

"Oh! I'm sorry I didn't know you needed permission from your boyfriend."

Paxton and I exchanged weird looks and I shook my head. "He's not-"

"We're not together." Paxton said making the girls laugh and look at the guys.

"Makes it easier then! There's no hard feeling's between us then. You coming then?"

The guys chased them and I remained in my room. I can't believe they left me alone. Well, whatever I made a bet that I would have fun in this trip, so that's what I'm gonna do. I grabbed some spare clean clothes and went to have a shower.

As soon as I got all cleaned up and rid of dirt and sweat. I began to walk out when I ran into a crowd of people around my age, laughing and chatting with each other. They began to exchange some words with their language with only bits of me understanding, which wasn't a lot. The crowd continue to talk until I heard someone call out to me.

"Hey!"

I stopped walking and turned around to see a rather attractive man, talk with fair skin and dark brown eyes. "Hey sorry for shouting at you." The man said looking a bit shy now that he was close to me.

"No problem." I smiled and the man smiled as well.

"Ah, you're American aren't you?"

"Yeah. I just arrived. I'm on a short vacation to have fun and enjoy for a while."

The man turned around and exchanged words with a few people behind them, all of them laughing making me look at them a bit weird.

"Don't worry they are just friends. We love America, always to visit there myself. You know, we're all heading out for drinks. Wanna come with us?" He asked.

I was taken back by his question that I was about to decline his offer. "I-I don't want to ruin your night, I'm sure you're-"

"Nothing to worry about! I'll say your my plus one, besides I'd love to hear all about America. You said it yourself, you want to have fun." He chuckled and offered me his arm.

Trust me, this'll be a memorable trip for you." He smiled and I was still reluctant but I grabbed his arm and we started to leave with his friends.

It was approximately 9pm, the crowd of us were of six people, we had arrived at a bar which was blasting with music, and could see people drinking and others making drugs in the bathroom. I felt like a fish out of water being in this sort of environment.

I was having just a few drinks, not much since I didn't want to get drunk, deciding to ignore his drinks who wanted me to have some more drinks.

"Just ignore them, all they do is get drunk and blackout right after." The man who had introduced himself as Eli told me.

"Well I'll tell you America is definitely very different from this country. I see you don't have an accent, are you from America as well?" I asked genuinely wanting to know a bit more about him.

The man choked up a bit and shook his head, "N-No, I'm not American but have stayed there just for short periods of time. Still I don't know much about the country, which is why I'd like to learn from you." He said giving me a smirk.

"There's nothing worth talking about America-"

"Well how about you tell me about yourself? Any goals in life? Boyfriend?" He chuckled taking another drink.

I looked at him and settled my empty drink down on the table. "I'm not sure what I want to do, maybe work at a company, sell properties,..still not sure but would love to do it by myself. And no, i don't have a partner."

Eli smile and seemed content at my answer. "A strong girl who knows what she likes. I love it. I'm single as well, and umm maybe I'd love to direct some things."

"Really? A movie director then?" I ask and I saw him smirk a bit.

"Something like that…"

I turned around and saw Paxton along with Oli, Josh and the Slovakian girls. Some punk music began to play in the bar making me feel a sudden rush and headbang to the music.

"Wanna dance?" I asked Eli who seemed taken back. He shrugged his shoulders and took one last sip and we both began to laugh and try to dance and headbang to the music.

People around us doing the same and having a great time, and I as well was enjoying this. Eli and I continued to dance and have a great time until he excused himself to probably head to the bathroom.

I could feel Paxton's eyes on me the entire time I was with Eli. I stopped dancing and I smiled walking over to Paxton who seemed bored, angry, uncomfortable in a place like this?

"Didn't expect to see you here!" I said shouting through the loud music.

Paxton had on a stern face which made me worry a bit. "What's up?"

"I thought you would be back at the room. I went back to look for you but saw you weren't around. Didn't expect to see you here with a guy other than us."

I crossed my arms over my chest and stared back at him. "You guys did leave me to hang out with those girls and fuck them."

Paxton closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose. He was containing his anger. "I didn't fuck them, (Y/N)." He said looking back at me. "They..aren't my type.." he muttered.

"As soon as I knew you were missing I decided to tag along with them here since it seems that they are friends with the guy you were dancing with. I came here hoping that you weren't missing, you..really did scare me, (Y/N)."

I worried him then. How can I be so reckless and come out here with telling him first for my safety. "I'm sorry Paxton for making you worry about me."

Paxton kept looking at me until I saw his expression change, "At least I know you're safe. You've always been a strong girl, it's one of the things I love about you."

We both remained silent until he must've figured out what we said. "It's not…Just forget what I said." He blurted out quick and tried to hide his face.

I blushed looking at him so I took his hand and quickly kissed his cheek. "I really care about you too, Pax. I'll make sure to not worry you any longer, from now on we do everything together..okay?"

Paxton glanced back at me and smiled holding onto my hand tighter and raising it up and kissed my hand. "I'll continue to be your knight in shining armor then."

Paxton and I began to walk further into the bar reuniting with Josh and Oli along with a girl they met known as Kana. The four us us began to talk and have a nice night, what we didn't realize was that three people kept looking at us.

"How about we head back to the room?" Paxton said whispering into my ear. I blushed and didn't think much of it and I slowly nodded my head and felt Paxton kiss the top of my head.

#hostel 2005 #horrormovies #eli roth #jay hernandez #paxton x reader #hostel paxton #horror

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meowstix · 1 year

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pov i talk about zeo for 900+ words straight (there is no keep reading get fucked)

i think about the ending to v-force a Lot. like, a lot more than at the very least almost all of this fandom, idk there could be someone out there who's just as insane about this as me but like. yeah ok getting the vanishing moot in the room out of the way HELLO. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT. LIKE IT CHECKS OUT WITH V-FORCE THE WHOLE SEASON IS JUST KIND OF LIKE THAT. BUT THERE'S JUST LIKE. THIS KID WHO IS COMPLETELY NORMAL……….. EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THEY ARE A ROBOT. i actually have a bit of a headcanon on how zeo's existence is even like, possible but that's a whole other can of worms so yeah MOVING ON FROM THAT!!!

so like... where do i even start. genuinely there's a million places i COULD start- the main thing i tend to think about in regards to zeo (and what could have been done with their character), the contrast between their storyline in the manga and anime, honestly i'm probably gonna go on a tangent about how i would 100% slam zagart into a brick wall at some point, the question is just.. which of these points i'm gonna start on. and i think as i write this i'm figuring out a way. also for the record i'm just gonna say leon when talking about the manga specifically and zeo when talking about the anime specifically. hopefully that doesn't get confusing

so, i once read a post @mach-speed-spin made about the running theme of chains in cerberus beys and how that correlates with their users. and i think with zeo, i've come away with an alternate explanation: the thing zeo/leon is chained to is... zeo. more specifically, the concept of that person. there's this one post about the idea of coming back Wrong except the character in question is well aware of that. it's not the exact same, but it's still adjacent at the very least. they are not the original zeo, and they never will be, that's just how things are. of course, this is very much less a situation of their own making and moreso the fault of their father, the one who's made them take on this identity in the first place.

i don't doubt that zagart cares about his kid- the question is which one. the son he lost all those years ago, or the kid we see, the one stuck in the role of someone who is already long gone. and, really, the answer there is pretty clear. mostly in the manga, but even in the anime i don't really feel like i can give zagart the benefit of the doubt. actually not to go on a quick tangent but LIKE. LITERALLY WHAT THE FUCK DUDE. MOTHERFUCKER JUST SLAMMING HIS SON AGAINST THE GODDAMN WALL? i hate this man i hate this man FFFFUCK this guy

but like okay. moving on from that, albeit still talking about this scene. yeah after thinking through everything, the way zagart talks about his own son a bit later on, the way he convinces them to turn against their friends, and despite all of this him telling zeo this is for their own good.. idk it's just like. MAN.

actually there's an interesting contrast here with the manga, in which leon keeps going along with zagart's orders, whether or not it's what they want to do, and we see leon keep insisting they have to do this for their father. not themselves, not their dead brother, for zagart. god in general the whole situation with leon is so extremely fucked up in a very particular way that makes me insane. FUCK zagart getting forgiven though KILL HIS ASS!!!!!

and like. this isn't even touching on the people zagart hurt (albeit indirectly in basically all cases except leon and, depending on how much benefit of the doubt we're giving him, zeo) in pursuit of the sacred beasts. like in the anime the whole bullshit with the digital sacred beasts lead to the death of a child and, let's be real, the whole thing probably fucked up Those Fuckers pretty bad. also i'm pretty sure most of psykick died in the battle tower's collapse but i don't really care about them so. AND THEN IN THE MANGA. FROM WHAT I'VE GATHERED ZAGART WAS WORKING WITH FUCKING BORG. WHICH I DON'T THINK I NEED TO EXPLAIN HOW THOROUGHLY FUCKED UP THAT IS. and it's just.... DEAR GOD.

a quick last thing relating to the manga, i do kind of wonder how much of zeo's extremely sudden turn against the bba team was because the writers couldn't like, COMPLETELY go off track from the manga so they needed to find a way to still have zeo be the final opponent. but like you'd think they would've had them atleast be more reluctant about it, idk i don't have a ton to say here i just wanted to bring that up.

as for a conclusion, ironically one of the first things i mentioned here will be the last thing i really go into. and like, here's the thing with zeo. they're finding out they've been a replica of someone else this entire time, a mere copy of someone who they never even knew. what do you do after a revelation like that? do you keep trying to take on that identity, trying to live up to a purpose that could never possibly be fulfilled? or do you abandon it all in favor of forging your own path in life, starting a new identity from scratch? we, unfortunately, never do get to see this gone into, but it's genuinely fascinating, i think. there's a wonderful story in there, of moving on and starting fresh and recognizing that sometimes a tragedy can't be undone. you just need to keep going in spite of it.

#HOOH BOY. rubs my palms together for the tags.#rat chat #beyblade #bakuten shoot beyblade #beyblade v-force #zeo zagart

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randombubblegum · 2 years

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THIS TURNED INTO AN ESSAY I'M SO SORRY I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE I'M JUST VERY LONG WINDED AND THIS BAND WAS THE BIGGEST PART OF MY LIFE FOR LIKE 3 YEARS AND I DIDN'T EVEN GET INTO EVERYTHING W THE GUY I DO TALK ABOUT. PROCEED WITH CAUTION

okay i may as well be like a semi-official as it is scholar (less so in the last several months just due to some me stuff) so i may have a bit of insight but i do wanna say patty is quite literally My Boy like. parasocial relationship aside he is 100% for sure the nicest "celebrity" i've ever met in person and i've met quite a few, his vibes are really just immaculate and as much as i'm able to not knowing him personally i think he's genuinely very sweet and cares a lot about just people in general and also in a really unique turn of events i have literally only heard of a single other band dude that had a problem with him and surprise surprise: it was a palaye royale guy. there was a tiny bit of drama there during warped 2018 which i will recount later if you don't know it already but the entire thing is pretty ridiculous and was not long lasting either. the thing that another anon mentioned with all of then suddenly cutting a member off is i believe to do with andy westhead, who was a former guitarist that ronnie ish took the place of in ~2017/18 (can't exactly remember u get the deal). i do not know this for like certain but i saw a few different things on various social media sites that i believe line up with whatever he was doing on his personal social media that alluded to them deciding to cut ties with him due to some really iffy personal politics of his. i also don't know what those would've been exactly, but i will say i kinda got whiffs of some (BRITISH. HOW) trump supporter and homophobia shit. they're really not a "political" band in terms of their music and presentation of the group but the members themselves have always been pretty open about the fact that they're like. very much not the conservative type of people? like they weren't doing crazy ahead of their time shit or anything and they were usually bro-ing around with a lot of the other white boy pop punk bands but they were always pretty affirming of feminism and lgbt+ people and the like. that was also very close to the time that they were shifting from their kinda generic "it's okay not to be okay" vibe and starting to get into more serious issues and darker themes surrounding mental health and they really 180'd their aesthetic and took a lot of their inspo from like mcr and other aesthetically emo bands and patty (+ben a bit) specifically was starting to present like pretty androgynously so i definitely think that's worth noting when you try to make some sense out of it. they've actually lost quite a few members up to this point now but i don't think there's much to say about the others that isn't like Known, i think ben leaving may have been a little bit messier than they portrayed it but i can't say for sure and it almost definitely wasn't anything other than like purely musical or within the band. they did swap bassists like several years ago and i can't even remember the og guys name but that was like before they'd gotten almost any substantial attention as a band and i literally haven't heard like anything about it at all. it may have been what the other anon was referring to but since i actually had like an idea about andy i figured i may as well shed some light. obv take this with a grain of salt since i don't know them personally and i actually only got very into the band just a bit after the dust had settled on this so there really wasn't much talk of it at that point, i just dove deep like a mfer after i did get into them bc y'know special interest things. would be cool to see if any like Veteran as it is fans have something that'll like blow the lid off this whole thing and prove me wrong lmao

i dont even have much to say this is just so cute LOL…… i love how much u love them :,) patty does genuinely seem sweet i think hes more than made up for his sin of being a youtuber

i wanna hear the warped 2018 if u remember it!!! also yikes @ the conservative bassist but good on them for booting him immediately. im kind of curious abt ben leaving being potentially messier but not even in a like ooh dig up the dirt gotcha way, they seem too nice and generally chill for me to believe theres actually any shit behind the scenes now…… anyway its kind of refreshing to have a band thats just Some Guys (positive) :)

#i love the passion and obsession that clearly went into this im like taking off my hat in respect #thank u for sharing!!#i do kind of want to see patty get butt ass naked i wont lie. maybe i will look up his youtube LOL #mail time!#long post #aii

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thefairyletters · 4 years

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NaruSaku Fanfics

I wouldn't say much – I love NaruSaku and I hate to see great works shadowed behind the piles of popular NS stories that I never have liked as much except for a few, which also I'll drop below in the list.

I'll update this list whenever I come across a story that I particularly enjoy or finds worth spreading word across. So be sure to like and reblog this post so you can revisit it to add new story in your reading pile later.

Also, genres vary and are not mentioned, but does it make any difference as long as the story is good?

Warning: super long post featuring beautiful, beautiful stories that you wouldn't regret reading. I swear. I'm positive. Contains SNS and other side pairings.

Without further ado;

How I fell in love with my best friend: Krapo || ff.net || M || complete

How the little blond boy Sakura had always known had changed, changing as well her feelings. The unfolding of their life, while Naruto worked to become the best Hokage and she faced her own emotions. Growing Love.

(I have nothing but upmost reverence for this story. This author writes one of the nest NS and I have loved all. NS is beautiful and Sakura is badass. Everything we already know is here and more.)

Dangerous infiltration mission: Krapo || ff.net || M || complete

Naruto and Sakura are send by the Hokage for a difficult infiltration mission. They will have to face more than just the danger itself as they will have to keep their cover to be fake husband and wife credible. how it will impact the relationship between the two ninja. Growing Love. Misunderstanding.

(If you loved the aforementioned story, you'll love this one too. Mutual pining.)

All over again: Krapo || ff.net || M || post-war || complete

Sasuke come back, Team seven is reunited. But Sakura has lost Naruto. How will she make him fall in love with her again? What other difficulties lies ahead of them?

(Naruto loses memory. SasuSaku angst but not in romantic sense and I loved it all. Misunderstanding and more mutual pining. And I'm in love with this story too.)

Hit the floor running: Sakurablossom009 || A03 || M (but unnecessary) || Modern Hitman/Robbers AU || complete

Life was going great, Sakura thought. She was penniless, stranded in Europe without a way home, her fiancee had just dumped her for another woman AND her new companion was quite possibly a thief. How could things get any worse? Wait...was that guy pointing a gun at her?

(Now, personally, I don't prefer modern AU, but this story really had interesting characterisation and more character depth. NaruSaku is pretty spot on. It also features SasuHina and bamf!Hinata)

The greatest pretenders: snowyseas || ff.net || M || Borutoverse || ongoing

Fifteen years is a long time to not talk to someone you consider your best friend, and is made even more difficult when they (and you) are married. The things Sakura should have confronted Naruto about never came to fruition, but as an old saying goes, "the truth will always be revealed".

(Your typical I-made-a-wrong-choice-but-now-can-be-done story but unlike many other stories in this they don't admit their love for each chapter at the first chapter itself. In fact, it feels so canon and you can almost superimpose it upon the canon. Sakura is mentally strong and knows what's right. )

He was the sun: SavageTrickster || ff.net || T || Canonverse || ongoing

He had come a long way - from a lonely orphan ostracized by everyone to a loved hero. He deserved all these. His Hokage dream to come true. All the ramen he could eat. - Her eyes fell on a certain Hyuuga seated close enough for accidental touches. Her heart sank a little at a harsh whisper of reminder - And a deserving girl...who could give him all her love.

(So far so good. It's ongoing, and is at chapter 3. Sakura leaves Konoha much like how Naruto did, to explore the world aka seeing my headcanon in writing.)

Wilderness: Kanji no Sakka || M || canondivergent || ongoing

As the war screeches to a temporary halt, Naruto leaves the battlefield on a unique mission only he can complete. Sakura is ordered to go with him. In the days that follow their bond is changed forever.

(Although I hate any explicit stories that involve characters below age 17, I give this a pass because of the uniqueness of plot and characterisation. It has fine lemons that comes with a good plot.)

How It Should Have Been: OfPaintAndOil || ff.net || T || canon divergent || oneshot

It wasn't supposed to be this way. Sasuke was supposed to be the dark one, the unredeemable one. Naruto was the bright one, the good one. It wasn't supposed to be like this, with blood on his hands and glowing red eyes and a grin. Naruto was supposed to make everything better, and maybe he did, in the end, but Sakura had never expected the end to look quite like this.

(Featuring Yandere!Naruto. It leaves you wanting for more and is a fascinating read. It's dark themed so proceed with caution as your favorite character might or might not be dead.)

The Best Dates are the Cheap Ones: Shivakashi || ff.net || T || post!Timeskip || Oneshot

The whole point was to get the best date; that meant the richest and classiest guy, right? Sakura realizes what she has taken for granted and Ino learns a lesson in value.

(Sakura learns her lesson and snatches her boy. InoNaru is worth noting. Not the best characterisation of Sakura but bear with her jealousy for that is the reason why NS fluff exists. Story itself is very light and entertaining.)

mangoes and strawberries: ohthelinsanity || ff.net || T || postwar || oneshot

Sakura Haruno was elbow deep in Naruto Uzumaki's guts when he asked her to marry him. It was so not the right time. But she still said yes.

(This story just screams NS upon every single line. Diabetes warning. Too cute for this world. One of the best NS fluff I've read thus far. It kinda sticks to you forever!)

18 minutes, 23 seconds: ohthelinsanity || ff.net || T || postwar || oneshot

in which Naruto asks Sakura about that time she literally reached into his chest and grabbed his heart with her bare hand.

(Heartwarming. We all know how Sakura held Naruto's heart on her palms and how we love that moment. This is memory of that moment reminisced by our cutie pies.)

One Big Uzumaki Family: John Smith || ff.net || T || postwar || Complete

A set of drabbles revolving around Naruto, Sakura, and their children. It turns out that, when the war ends, these two get busy. Real busy.

(IF YOU DON'T READ THIS MASTERPIECE HOW DARE YOU CALL YOURSELF NS FAN?!!! READ!!! This story should be on the top of your reading list.

UNDERRATED AF!

R e a d t h i s s t o r y and cry with me for this should have been canon. 100%)

My Life Would Suck Without You: peanutbutter126 || ff.net || T || oneshot collection

Sometimes it's the smallest things that matter the most.

(Read this and then One big Uzumaki family. You'll feel super satisfied. I promise.)

Colors and Carousels: Folle Sakura || ff.net || T || oneshot

She couldn't count the number of times she'd been mistaken for Naruto's girlfriend. Not that she minded. But Naruto acted like it was so… so… offensive.

(No words for this one. Just read and enjoy the confusion.)

Let's Get Married: luvtoshi || ff.net || M || postwar || complete

It was supposed to be a simple solution to their immediate problems. But maybe they took more than they can chew?

(This is one of my few favorites that is also popular. Spot on characterization and beautiful relationship growth. This is one of the few stories that always stuck to me.)

Chasing Smoke with Bare Hands: soulaire || ff.net || T || oneshot

"I could have loved her," Sasuke says flatly. "If she'd just given me the chance—" "Sakura gave you all the chances in the world," Kakashi cuts in, stern. "You underestimated her. And you underestimated her ability to walk away from you. At the core of it all, that's where things went wrong."

(This story is for those who loves both SS and NS but thinks Sakura deserves happier life than what she got in canon. Features NS and slight SS.)

Touch: ohthelinsanity || ff.net || T || oneshot

Kakashi watches as his student grow to be more physically comfortable with one another. He finds it kinda ridiculous.

(Fluff. Feelings. Kakashi's fed up and might have diabetes from all the observation.)

Moonlight shadows: luvtoshi || ff.net || T || oneshot

Sometimes, the moon brings out hidden feelings to the surface.

(Beautiful literature. NS feels. You can almost mistake it for canon with the way characters are written.)

Seriously Serious: Damsel in Shining Armor || ff.net || T || modern AU || oneshot

He confessed to her when they first met. He confessed to her years after. He confessed to her almost everyday. Her response was almost always positive... So why the heck was he still single? "I love you." "Love you too. So is Sasuke-kun taken or not?"

(The only reason why I even picked this story is that it is a oneshot. I have very little interest in modern AU. But this one makes another exception. Pining. Love at first sight.)

It was always you: luvtoshi || ff.net || M || postwar || complete

The war is long over. They have both grown. Now it's time to conclude their story. Naruto and Sakura.

(You know what, all stories from this author are just, Chef's kiss. )

A Safe Pair of Hands: Kanji no Sakka || ff.net || T || oneshot

Sakura heeds a stern warning to make it clear how she feels about Naruto.

(Feels. You'll love this if you like first person pov. This story told from Sakura's pov.)

Other Dreams: tricksie || ff.net || M || oneshot

"Naruto, you shouldn't endanger yourself—" "Stop it," he snapped. Dropping his arm to hook under her seat, Naruto pulled her firmly onto his hip, locking her to him. Sakura gasped, suddenly aware of just how very close they were.

(Sexual tension. Romance. Leaves you wanting. Also, high on feels and lust on equal measure.)

Heaven Unexpected: Folle || ff.net || M || oneshot

Because nothing can happen; it's Naruto. He always comes back. He's practically indestructible.

(Heavy on feels. There are chances that it might rain. Actually there are high chances. But oh well, it's beautiful and one of my favourites so here it goes.)

Shade of the Leaf: Ravyn || ff.net || T || canon divergent || complete

Sasuke is back. Naruto has joined ANBU. Sakura is spending more time in the hospital than in the field. Team 7 struggles to redefine itself, because sometimes you don't know what you really want after all.

(Featuring Mature but still in-character!Naruto, Badass!Sakura, (Bit)Supportive!Sasuke along with Team 7 friendship. Mutual pining. Ending but with a lot loose ends.)

Breaking Up Isn't that Hard to Do: Narf-for-the-Garthoc || ff.net || T || oneshot

This is not an epic tale of action, suspense and true love. Yeah, I'm disappointed, too.

(This is pure comedy. With a dash of romance. And insanity.)

Steamy Encounters: Narf-for-the-Garthoc || ff.net || T || oneshot

A flurry of coincidences and fateful machinations bring Naruto and Sakura together at the local baths. Can they rein in their animal passions? And do you really think that's the kind of story I write?

(Just r e a d. Please.)

Garden of Sanctuary: Nes Mikel || ff.net || T || Canon divergent || oneshot

An alternate ending to Naruto. The Heavens describe the Garden a peaceful paradise. The Hells describe the Garden a baneful prison. In here... which is it?

(This is part of a series which you can follow from the author's profile. This is the second part, but can be read exclusively. As far as the AU goes, this story and settings is brilliant and heartbreaking. This is told from Naruto's pov. To look at things from Sakura's, read the first part. It is multi-chaptered.)

Complications: Geno Calamari || ff.net || T || canon divergent || oneshot

While capturing the Kyuubi, Uchiha Itachi finds true adversaries in the form of Haruno Sakura and Uzumaki Naruto.

(Wanna see NaruSaku teamwork? This is it! You wouldn't find it anywhere better. Strong!Naruto, Strong!Sakura versus Itachi Uchiha)

Life is a waving feather: jusrecht || AO3 || T || AU || oneshot

Everyone thought they were inevitable.

(There's beauty in subtlety and this is that. Also, mentions of character death.)

Home: kirabook || AO3 || T || AU || complete

Shinachiku finds himself in a strange place with little to no explanation. Everyone he knows is there, but why are they acting so strangely? Why do they seem so different? And where is his home?

(Cute and heartwrenching at the same time. Cameo Stalker. Read this for NS family feels pre-marriage.)

Things we never say: thekatthatbarks || AO3 || T || oneshot

She wished she knew how to hold things lightly. There were some things she was terrified of breaking. Whether it be from an honest misstep or simply because she could.

(Reminds you why we love NS so much.)

Open seasons: sazzafraz || AO3 || T || SNS || postwar || oneshot

The way Sasuke comes home is less myth and more devastatingly embarrassing happenstance.

(Featuring badass!Sakura, obedient!Naruto and normal!Sasuke, as well as Sakura's commentary on her life)

Five things Sakura will never tell Naruto: sowell || AO3 || T || AU || oneshot

Kunoichi know how to keep their secrets.

(NS relationship analysis story.)

Artistic purposes: StormyInk || AO3 || M || AU || Oneshot

Sai finds his favorite drawing subjects a bit lacking of late, and he sets a plan into motion to draw his team mates together. Simply for the sake of his art, of course.

(Aka Sai is fed up from seeing his teammates dancing around each other and decides to help them get laid–the story. You gotta admit Sai is the best wingman.)

I collect my tears (so I can drown you in them): amako || AO3 || T || AU || complete

The hardest thing is letting go. Or Sakura sees Naruto falling in love with Shikamaru a little more every day, and she does the only thing she can think of. Then it's only a matter of learning how to stop loving Naruto.

(Sakura and Angst that has nothing to do with Sasuke. Featuring Sakura-sensei. And Shikamaru. It's a great story if you know when to let go of canon)

Stranger than the wild: kiddattwell || AO3 || M || SNS || postwar || Ongoing

The war is over and Sasuke is home for good, but Sakura can't choose between the boys she loves. Sasuke still has his demons and Naruto still fights them and Sakura still follows them both, but this time down a path that none of them expected.

(This is canon. It is the best SNS story I've ever read. Story told in SNS POV in rotation. Slow burn, pining and relationship complication. YOU GOTTA READ THIS, I INSIST!!!! Also features SaiIno and InoShika.)

Bringing Back Sasuke: Blue Jeans || ff.net || T || post war || oneshot

Naruto brings Sasuke back to Sakura. Many, many times over. Sasuke does not appreciate; not the blood and definitely not the angst.

(I've read this story multiple times and it gets funnier and makes your heart hurt and swell simultaneously each time. NaruSaku wouldn't be blissfully happy together without Sasuke thrown somewhere in the mix, that's exactly why I love SNS. This story perfectly represents the dynamic of team 7.)

Yurei: Kanji no Sakka || ff.net || T || AU || oneshot

The past should stay dead and buried, but it won't if Naruto can't let go.

(Not exactly my favourite story, but I liked the concept. We all know how stubborn Naruto is once decides on something. If he wants to become Hokage, he will become Hokage. If he believes in Sasuke, he will believe in him forever. If he loves Sakura, he will marry her – uh, or should have, very OCC of him that he didn't.)

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My reactions through my Nintendo E3 2021’s highlight picks

Hey guys! You know me from what been checking on E3 announcement last week. I even did my other posts to mention it of 🐰Mario + Rabbits sequel game and 🏁🏎Forza Horizon 5 as my interests picks.

June. 13th, 2021 - Link Here

June. 14th, 2021 - Link Here #2

Now it's finally time that I can talk through Nintendo E3 2021's announcement of games and content; after reveals back in June 15th that I should've bring this sooner, but due to working on my other tasks that I'm gonna save it til today. Hoping that I had time for free time to explain of what I feel for Nintendo E3 2021 Direct reveal for this month of June; especially which one that I finding most interested so I could added through my wishlist on eShop app. So today, here's my interesting picks for Nintendo E3 reveal this year; whether you agreed or disagree of how it goes when you suggest other was. I know if everyone so close to look forward the Switch Pro reveal, but it seems that it didn't happen anytime soon. Anyways, now get into my picks that I screenshot and edited through last week's Nintendo Direct I've managed.

First top left - ✊😈Kazuya Mishima joining Super Smash Bros Ultimate

First off, I knew that there will be at least one Super Smash Bros DLC Fighter reveal; before saving the last one for coming months this year soon. What's really unexpected to see though is a second Bandai Namco fighter after 👻PAC-MAN, but sadly its not Lloyd that if everyone hoping he would've upgraded from a Mii Costume to a true fighter yet. (Like we ever getting another sword fighter once again. 😒) No, it was actually ✊😈Kazuya Mishima from the Tekken series. My reaction was caught my attention since it started when he carrying Ganondorf to the lava pit and so does other fighters that is really dark. Except for Kirby that thankfully knows how to get away, but still. If I remember his origin through reading wiki site though, at time he used to be good until his father Heihachi sees him as his weakness. Later when Heihachi kills one of the family members that Kazuya been fond of and being thrown by his father in the cliff until he eventually climbs back up when his devil gene activates. Ever since then, Kazuya is now antagonist for the recent Tekken games so far and seeing him to match fight against Smash was an unexpected sight. I remember the time after hearing Masahiro Sakurai's interview where he consider Heihachi to be playable for Smash 4, but pass over due to implement his moveset to be difficult. But here we are seeing for Kazuya instead that it really sure takes time to deliver. After his moveset through his reveal could be challenging to work it out on command. Let's just wait to figure out once Sakurai will finally bring us his next presentation next week, but for now knowing this Tekken fighter joining Smash was a unique idea that Sakurai managed to work it out.

Second top right - 🌟Mario Party Super Stars

How about that when where seeing the next Mario Party game brings us? Despite the recent 2018 Super Mario Party, this will be the twelfth installment to be heading Nintendo Switch this year's 🎃October 2021; this time having 100 remastered minigames like I've seen them before on previous Mario Party games. My reaction was good to see how it continues on, but sure miss that time I remember from my childhood for the original first Mario Party game on the N64 console. So what's get me attention is the recognized boards such as 👑🎂Peach's Birthday Cake makes a comeback! It looks the way that I remember from playing the N64 game when the layouts off frosting goodness and the song to match as well. It was really something when it comes from Nintendo and their past N64 games I have memories fond of. 🙂👍🏼

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I give this Nintendo a good move when trying to bring back Mario Party again as a E3 reveal, but maybe just maybe if it will be this good from previous Mario Party games in terms of selling copies. Who knows? *Shrug*

Third middle left - Metroid Dread

However, if you really looking forward a new Nintendo game coming to October 2021 early is a most recognized franchise making a return....meanwhile Metroid Prime 4 is still in development. At least knowing this game can take us time before the fourth prime game can be finished, but man that everyone went crazy after the reveal of Metroid Dread! It the return of 2D Metroid game in action after the success of Samus Return for 3DS back in September 2017. My reaction was surprised and impressive for the looks and feels about this game's tone; especially the haunting part where the robot named "EMMI" (but don't be confused with the word Emmy as an Emmy Award like if would funny. 😅) trying to catch up with Samus and it's game over....😵 I think I could add this into my wishlist and it would be the first time I'll be owning this Metroid game for my Switch system. Fact: Metroid Dread was originally plan as a Nintendo DS title way back in mid 2000s, but sadly being cancelled due to technical limitations.

Fourth middle right - 💣WarioWare Get It Together

I was hoping if Warioware could come back for the lastest Switch system and they finally called. However, this game will take a different approach than doing minigames of yourself, but with your characters do it for you. For this latest Warioware game of picking noses, it'll be having one of the characters such as Wario, Mona, Jimmy T, 9-Volt, and others to do on all minigames with their strengths and skills they can managed. My reaction was pretty good knowing that Nintendo is making this a unique idea than doing a same microgame gameplay style from previous ones, but in a fun way. Cross my fingers if I'll be saving this as a digital download version. Like that time I actually got "Warioware Touched!" for my 2DS/3DS handheld system back in April 2016, but sadly lost it of deletion unfortunately....😧 Link Here #3

Fifth middle bottom - Game & Watch The Legend of Zelda

And finally is something that we're hoping to expect during almost halftime of their E3 direct reveal. Knowing this year is The Legend of Zelda 35th Anniversary, you probably hoping they can bring something to celebrate one of the most recognized series run. While it was shocking to know they won't be having plans to do; even for me that I finding baffling for Nintendo would do this. At least they wanted to make up for it by having to released the HD remastered version of Skyward Sword coming next month and giving us a second look for the upcoming Breath of the Wild sequel until it'll be released next year....eventually. What's my pick though is the Game & Watch version for The Legend of Zelda; the same thing of what it made for Super Mario and during its 35th Anniversary run last year. For this next one will have 3 related Zelda games: 1987 original, Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, and a special Game and Watch version of Vermin, but playing as Link as he trying to clobbered the octoroks instead of moles. Looks like it'll be a different take from what the Super Mario version have, but hoping it won't be the limited edition once maybe I could get one of those a try. So for my reaction was pretty alright. 🙂👍🏼

Overall:

Man that is the list for my interests picks I gotten, but after watching Nintendo E3 Direct for this year sure worth it at the end. It was very impressive direct despite of absent games not being showed like Bayonette 3 or Metroid Prime 4, but with other announcements such as Metroid Dread and Mario Party Super Stars does give us something for the win.

What did you think about this list of my interesting picks for Nintendo E3, though? Give yourself some likes and reblogs for this post I bring. Anyways, I'm just gonna check on my P-Pal's secret art trade part for me that I should've done it early. Sorry about making this post that I took hours to finished, @murumokirby360

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larktb-archive · 4 years

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Whenever I go to block a racist I've been seeing a post that claims that revolutions dont work and peaceful protests do.

These are the examples said post uses:

These are all fucking terrible examples to use and I'm gonna go in order of worse to best which isn't saying much.

Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace

Yes this did in fact end the civil war. But no one denied that peaceful protests can make momentary symbolic changes such as ending a war or gaining a country its independence. This does often happen and you can list off dozens of countries wherein there has been a peaceful response to violence which has seemingly brought about an end to that violence I should know this because after all I come from the best known example of that happening aside from India (and I'll come back to my home country eventually). The problem with saying this is that it ignores the aftermath of the "peace" and whether or not it made enough of a difference in peoples lives for it to matter; even though external visible violence has been quelled, other covert forms of violence stay in place.

Liberia is a good example of this because of one major issue in Liberia: Corruption. Millions of USD are lost every year due to members of the government pocketing the money for themselves to the extent where, according to Transparency International, Liberia is 137 out of 180 and 53% of public service users had paid a bribe within the year of 2019. Interestingly enough the OP of that post calls China and Cuba corrupt despite the fact that Cuba is 60th and China is 80th. But I guess what happens after the revolutions is successful only matters when you're talking about places you dislike.

This corruption has lead to protests in 2019 and 2020, wherein police used tear gas to disperse peaceful protesters. Something to note is the minister of informations accusation of the protests being caused by outside elite forces. Rings a bell but I'm not sure from where.

Now one of the reasons Liberia is so corrupt is because of the lack of punishment against the main actors of the civil war, in spite of the trc listing out 100+ perpetrators and recommending that they be dealt with.

Then president, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, was on this list and has admitted that she backed the civil war. She went on to win a Nobel Peace Prize.

Jasmine Revolution

Around 79% of people in post revolution Tunisia think the country is "going in the wrong direction", 29% of people would not vote with 48% not knowing who they would vote for, 81% said they don't feel close to a political party, 57% said they aren't interested at all in elections, only 20% believed elections would be free and fair, 45% said they disapprove of the current president, 71% said the government isn't addressing the needs of the youth, 50% of people said the government struggles with preventing political violence and I could go on and on.

But this is only 1 study with a very small sample size so by itself it's not a lot.

But when you compound that with a corruption index of 74, an unemployment rate of 15% (compared to Vietnam and Cubas horrible 3% rate and Chinas 6% rate), ~100,000 skilled workers leaving the country and a slowly increasing number of asylum applicants leads me to think that the data is not unfounded.

Suicide and murder rates also increased after the revolution, with cases of self immolation increasing threefold, such as with the case of Abderrazak Zorgui, who's death sparked protests which turned violent after the police were sent in to quell them.

At least 800 Tunisians went to fight for Isil and that's only counting those who came back from Syria. For comparison 900 returned to Turkey and 760 returned to Saudi Arabia.

Much like Liberia there has not been any justice, with the government instead introducing a law granting amnesty to former members of the dictatorship in Tunisia. A constitutional court was supposed to be set up in 2014 to speed up this process. 6 years on it still hasnt been set up.

Rose Revolution

Now this one is interesting. Georgia has a corruption ranking of 44, its unemployment rate of 11%, although higher than the corrupt, evil nations of Cuba and Vietnam isn't terrible and its Gini Coefficient is 36.4 which is pretty average.

So what's wrong with this one?

Well for starters four years after the Rose Revolution, Georgian protestors once again took to the capital to protest against the increasing amount of power, President Saakashvili, who led the Rose Revolution, was gaining.

To be more specific in 2004, legislation was passed to give him the right to dissolve parliament and in 2006 local elections were manipulated so that the government would dominate local legislatures.

And what's that? The president of Georgia blamed outside Russian influence on the protests and sent in police with tear gas and water cannons? That seems weirdly familiar familiar. Where have I heard that one before.

Here is a quote from a leader of a peaceful revolution after peaceful protests against him took place: "Everyone has the right to express disagreement in a democratic country. But the authorities will never allow destabilisation and chaos".

Interesting how after he was put in power, suddenly peaceful protest is the work of Moscow and needs to be controlled by police. Funny that. But this is totally a successful revolution guys!

And how many protests happened after this one? 3, not including the anti-homophobia protest. I think if you need to protest against the government every few years to the point where people keep calling each new protest, the Rose Revolution 2.0, your 1st revolution wasn't that successful.

Womans Suffrage

But before I talk about the relatively well off post-Soviet nations let's just do a assessment of the absolutely dumb as fuck idea that the Suffragists were more effective than the Suffragetes despite the Suffragists making no progress in the 40 years they existed prior to the branching off of the Suffragettes.

Now some historians do agree that the Suffragettes more violent methods did begin to turn men away from granting womens suffrage during their later years. Less concrete is the idea that this outweighs the net positive they had on the movement for womens suffrage.

In fact heres a contemporary source from 1906 praising the suffragette movement:

"I hope the more old-fashioned suffragists will stand by them. In my opinion, far from having injured the movement, [the Suffragettes] have done more during the last 12 months to bring it within the region of practical politics than we have been able to accomplish in the same number of years"

Who said that? Millicent Fawcett? Oh clearly she's just biased towards suffragettes?

But even if I gave evidence that the Suffragettes were indeed more effective than the Suffragists, you could easily find an opposing argument and vice versa. Ww1 happened and in the end that swift change of culture is what gave women their rights to vote (or at least the wealthy).

What can be argued is the historical reasons of why the Suffragettes became even more violent in 2nd decade of the 20th century leading to more guerrilla warfare like tactics being deployed such as arson.

Black Friday happened. Was a protests against the government caused by then Prime Minister Asquith, reneging his promise to put a bill granting womens suffrage through parliament. This protest started off as peaceful and ended up with women being physically and sexually assaulted by the police and counterprotesters with there being accusations of plain clothes police officers inciting this violence. Do I even have to say it?

In order to avoid further molestation, the Suffragettes stopped doing large gatherings with each other and went "underground" so to speak getting more and more violent.

What we should recall is the fact that prior to this Emmeline Pankhurst told the Suffragettes to stop all operations and renewed them after this traumatic event.

Prior to the suffragettes emergence the fight for women's rights had been by in large ignored by the public and it was only after their emergence that this became an issue in the forefront of the public's mind.

For a more nuanced view:

"Viewing the militant movement from the second half of the twentieth century, it is difficult to argue that violence does not ‘pay off’. [The history of independence of the colonies, and Civil Rights campaigns in the USA shows that violence can succeed.] It may be that suffragette violence after 1912 fell between two stools, being inadequate to force the government but sufficiently destructive to antagonise public opinion. This writer [i.e. Constance Rover] is of the opinion that, as the events turned out, militant tactics helped the women's suffrage movement until 1912, but after that date were harmful. This does not mean that militancy was necessarily a foolish policy. With hindsight, one can conclude that militancy failed in the last two years before the war, but with the experience of rebellion we have had since, one cannot conclude that militant tactics are an unsuccessful means of obtaining an objective such as enfranchisement..."

- Constance Rover 1967.

I use the quote in specific because it calls the civil rights movement violent. And was written a year prior to the end of the movement. It's almost as if the movement has been whitewashed by liberals to be a completely non-violent effort or something.

Singing Revolution and Velvet Revolution

I'm putting both of these together as these states are all former Soviet nations who have became arguably more successful than others like Moldova, Bulgaria and the aforementioned Georgia.

Now in the post-Soviet Baltic states, there are a large list of things i could talk about. The high suicide rates, the mass exodus leading to a quarter of the population in each nation leaving them, the large amount of people at risk of poverty, high incarceration rates, the gutting of labour laws, the rise of anti-semitism and the glorification of Nazis within their societies all come to mind. Some of these also apply to Czechia and Slovakia.

I could talk about specific events such as the Gorilla scandal, the murder Jan of Kuciak literally everything concerning Czech prime minister Babiš and the large proportion of Soviet Nostalgia in both Czechia and Slovakia (1/3 in the former and 1/2 in the latter).

I could mention protests that have taken place after these revolutions leading to the usage of rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters who were acting non-violently. But I'd be repeating myself so I'm leaving it at that.

"But Lilly" you might say, "that doesn't necessarily disprove OPs point that these protests were successful, they did after all achieve their goals of 'political revolution/ending war/gaining womens suffrage".

And that's true. But...

TL;DR

OP used these as examples to contrast against so called failed violent revolutions with OP using violent revolutions like Vietnam, Haiti, Cuba, China, the USSR and the French Revolution as examples of failed revolutions. Anyone with a brain knows these revolutions absolutely succeeded in their short term goals of political change. There is no Tsar anymore, Cuba and Vietnam are still socialist, the aristocracy of france were decapitated, Haitians arent slaves and China has no emperor.

So where does the problem with these revolutions lie? Well according to OP:

... of course as we've just seen the so called successful peaceful revolutions are also poverty-ridden, corrupt and unstable with problems years later so what's the actual difference? There is none (aside from the historical revisionism of socialist states but that's beside the point), it's just hypocrisy and an incredibly silly gotcha to those currently arguing for violent protest.

I could continue and talk about how Haiti collapsed because of sanctions from racist countries who wanted to punish Haiti for fighting against their white masters, how Vietnam was practically always in war throughout the 20th century and how its stabilized since the end of the Viet-Khmer war, how Cuba infinitely improved the lives of all Cubans and was far more humanitarian than any western nation at the time, how the USSR and communist China turned Russia and China from poor feudal states to economic powerhouses which were far more equal in nature than the US.

But this post is way too long and I don't want to have to read through another dozen sources written by anti-communists liberals again.

Edit: the conclusion didnt save properly (thanks tumblr)

To end I'll say that the major problem with non-violent protests that is shared by every single one of these examples (apart from womens rights) is the lack of punishment towards those who caused the problems the people were protesting against. This means that said people can become president or a member of the government without any impediment and those people continue to be corrupt. From Ellen Sirleaf Johnson to Mikheil Saakashvili to the Tunisian government to Andrej Babiš. On the other hand violent revolution makes sure that those who war complicit in the crimes of the past are not able to usher in the crimes of the future, even if others eventually do.

The thing about that is progress has still been made, and even if they begin to reverse some of the gains that had been made they cant reverse all of them. With non-violent revolutions there is no change except for the ways that those in power step on the working class being more covert than overt.

You can decide which you prefer.

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