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Izzy is living breathing proof that zurg was wrong in every way and in this essay,
#oh u better believe im elaborating IN THESE TAGS#zurg was convinced that the life alisha lived on tkani prime wasnt a life well lived. and i get it.#they had lives and families theyll never see again on earth and in the end he wants his best friend to be able to matter with him again. --#-- i get it.#however.#izzy is proof that zurg was fucking wrong abt alishas life.#dont get me wrong -- mo and darby are proof that he was wrong abt tkani prime in general#they also have lives on that planet#izzy though? izzy is proof that he was wrong about /alisha's/ life#alisha lived well. she had her wife. she had her child. she had her granddaughter and daughter in law.#she did not suffer once. and izzy is proof of thag#she had a good life because of the connections and family she made. sure she missed earth. but alisha /lived_#she didnt just survive like zurg did. she /lived/#and izzy is proof of that living. she is breathing living thriving /proof/ of that living.#and i hope thag if zurg ever saw her and stopped. he'd see the ghost of the woman he stopped truly being there for.#izzy hawthrone is. in a way. the most terrifying thing to zurg: proof that his best friend lived. and she lived well without him.#its 12 am. hi gang#lightyear spoilers#lightyear 2022#izzy hawthorne
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The bjp government introduced the ucc bill in Uttarakhand which has made it mandatory for live in couples to register with the government and a copy of the registration will be sent to respective families. It also added the father as a first class legal heir for inheritance of property, encroaching upon the the right of the mother, wife, daughter (the actual victims of patriarchy, who most likely did not have any social right to gain access to financial independence or inheritance from other family members) to accommodate the father, who more than likely than not already has financial freedom and ownership rights over land property. Moving on, they removed the Muslim personal law, which guaranteed the rights of the daughter in a fixed inheritance percentage. Not to mention the whole act is modelled after hindu personal laws and demanding other religions to bend according to it is inherently regressive no matter how progressive the law on paper looks to be. So should I just bang my head against the wall right now and be done with it or watch as the bjp government slowly sets fire to all our lives?
#guys is it play by play what the nazi party did or is it play by play what the iranian theocracy did or is it play by play what#every other fascist government did on the planet did?#hindutva#any Sanghi who sees this block me#I have no energy to fight you because you’re dumb as fuck#bjp is not protecting any rights#especially women’s#except for Adani’s or the Ambani’s#and you can lick their boots all you want#but you too will be grinded in the same mob-military industrial complex like the rest of us#you are not a special case#I don’t live in Uttarakhand don’t even try#fuck Modi#fuck bjp#in case I wasn’t clear#we told Sanghi women#you’re next on the chopping block#but sunta kon hai?#you will also find better essays than this online but I had to share my two cents
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Being ace is an opposite of fuck around and find out:
Fuck nobody and never know for sure
#never knowing is actually a very important part#bc you learn that you dont care and you dont wait for that ✨special someone✨#if something changes: cool#if nothing changes: cool#i dont need to be sure to be okay with my sexuality#and i dont need proof for others if i want to use one label or another#peace and love on planet earth#humans have too short lives for random people telling them they can't live their life how they want#asexual#asexuality#aroace#ater babbling at 2 am#hello new followers time to disappoint you 💖#also im sex repulsed. but if you are not? then fuck and never know for sure ✨#its literally 2am i really should stop and think before posting something. but dis a problem for a future fish#Right now fish wants to post their stupid post
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#vent art?? having many thoughts about ongoing climate disaster#given my field of study it's hard to avoid thinking about ha ha#and also i think it's fucked up how adults used to tell kids like me we're gonna save the planet one day!! as if that was our responsibilit#now they all want us to shut up about climate change and go about our lives like normal#ANYWAYS#lyrics from Now by Paramore!#my art#fursona#rabbit furry#ecopunk
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Penacony.
more from the post looooop:
#okay did this one in order of plot references from start of penacony to latest info#turns out i have too many of these for one post so i cut it down to mostly plot relevance.#im scared what is gonna happen next. plz firefly don't dieeeee#also i am guessing that our next full on new location is gonna be an ipc onw#because we are getting suddenly a LOT of ipc lore and 3 whole ass members are playable#and while it was in the illusion ending im gonna guess that if sunday lives then he's gonna go on that trial still#but that secret robin mission makes me scared#my other guesses are going to be one of the 3 locations we were asked on#i really want lushaka but its likely edo star if that's how we're going about this#but I'd really like to see glamoth (i know im ranting about it again) or sigonia bc those places have really interesting history#of course i want places like punklorde but like a lead into those aren't set yet.#i also wonder about that steampunk planet penacony was originally going to be.#sooo much to thiinnkkk#honkai star rail#honkai star rail memes#hsr sparkle#hsr black swan#hsr trailblazer#hsr stelle#hsr sampo#hsr acheron#hsr aventurine#hsr topaz#hsr dr ratio#hsr gallagher#hsr robin#hsr acheswan#hsr boothill#hsr jade#hsr firefly
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I have been meaning to talk about how accomplished Jun is though. She:
is such a powerful psychic that her clan apparently considered her a 'chosen one'
is literally such a strong fighter that she is able to suppress projecting her aura - something only the most powerful are able to do - which is why animals feel safe to approach her
fought well enough in the second tournament that Kazuya still thinks about her strength 22 years later in the story mode and waxes lyrical about it in his character ending (❓ on if she actually faced him though)
defeated Devil while pregnant ✔️ (only the half, but still counts)
has the survival skills to not only survive but thrive far from civilization
defeated Ogre ✔️
achieved the above via drawing power from sacred ground, something the average person obviously cannot do
is implied to have Yatagarasu guiding her per one of her intros
#in another world she's a shonen anime series main character let's be honest.#regarding the ❓ i have Opinions™ but tried to keep this factual.#being real with you the number of ppl on the planet that she couldn't school in a fight is in single digits for sure.#also raw strength aside i do feel kaz prob also deeply admires her spirituality#she has attained a non-material fulfillment that culturally is quite significant and as i said in a prior post--#--is considered a measure of one's quality as a person and the value that you bring into the lives of those you love.#i did not mention the 'kazama blood' or potential link with 'angel' bc rn those are not clearly defined#also being born with special blood isn't something 'earned' rly so while it matters™ it doesn't belong on an 'accomplishment' list imo.#i love that she's so strong and well rounded in her own right and not just 'the mom' or a distressed damsel
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OKAY FUCKING IMAGINE WITH ME
The original concept for the manga comes true; it all comes full circle.
Deku gets support items. They mimic the quirks of ofa. He uses up his embers and continues to be a hero quirkless. He does not falter and continues to grow and improve. His power is never like it was but his experience and determination are what made him a true hero.
He and Bakugou still compete and they do not give up hope on being a hero duo.
They get a hero agency together and Deku is extremely popular as not only the new symbol of peace but as a true embodiment of how anyone can be a hero. He is an inspiration to quirkless kids and normalizes it. Kids who think they have useless quirks or are quirkless realize that they can do and be anything they want to.
Deku becomes the number one hero and competes with Bakugou as to who can maintain that rank the longest (their ranks are constantly shifting and they are always battling for who’s one and two,, Todoroki gets number one for like a month and both of them lose their minds)
It comes out that All Might was also born quirkless and he opens about it in an interview for a retrospect. He explains how proud he is of Midoriya and how he admires how he continues to fight as he, himself, had lost his spirit to keep fighting after he lost his quirk.
Deku continues to be a pillar of hope. Of the belief of good. Of reform and understanding. And under his influence, the world becomes more like what he embodies.
The essence of what a true hero is.
#an angstier version that is brewing#is he continues to be a hero quirkless#but can’t keep up#and Bakugou tells him that no matter what the ranks say#he has saved more lives than anyone on the planet. combined#sorry im having a moment#but I need quirkless hero deku#it truly would be the most beautiful and inspiring thing#he never needed a quirk to be a hero#he needed to be the person that got through to Shigaraki#it was never about how powerful he was. or how many powers he possed#*possessed#what won the battle. what saved the world. was the compassion and determination to understand#it’s what beat Toga. it’s what beat dabi.#taking responsibility and understanding and reaching out is truly what saved them#and it’s such a beautiful way to culminate this story#deku always embodied that#and I need him to continue doing so#because that would truly make the message of this story come through#bnha#bnha spoilers#bnha manga spoilers#bnha save#deku#izuku midoriya#bakugou katsuki#bakudeku#<- could be platonic or anything but it is undeniable their intrinsic love and care for each other that can not be broken#and how intertwined they have and will always br#I also wrote this in such a rush so bear with me
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I sunk 24 hours of rendering into this piece so MAY AS WELL POST IT
I had to design and illustrate an underground city for my concept art class, and decided to go with subterranean aliens building a vertical metropolis! I’m very inexperienced and no real good with xenobiology, so they ended up like walmart brand bug ferrets….. but I’m definitely happy with the style of architecture!!
#my art#alien#alien city#xenobiology#kinda slightly maybe#they’re called the tunaaw and they live on a tidally locked planet#they have Big Ol Anteater Claws to dig for yummy treats#the little human is from a crashed human expedition: they were an infant and the only survivor#their name is Nayuk and their adoptive parent (the tunaaw holding their hand) is named Lahit and I love them both dearly#I also had to design a numerical system for a different class and decided to incorporate it for the tunaaw!!#it’s base 12 bc they have 6 digits#you can see some of the symbols as the bright turquoise markings above each gateway#(though they don’t actually have meaning here I just chose the symbols that looked best)#I wanna do more w this setting eventually bc it’s super fun doing non-fantasy worldbuilding!!
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new wip wednesday
i wanted to get the first chapter of this done as an early bday present to me because ive been talking about this fic for foreverrrrr but its not gonna happen because im bad at measuring time and effort 😮💨 but look! hunger games au fic!
Anakin pushes his face into his neck, letting his lips press against his pulse for a moment.
“Anakin,” Obi-Wan murmurs, recognition and warning rolled into one tone.
But Anakin wouldn’t be who he is if he allowed the man in his arms to so easily twist away. He wouldn’t even be here now, pressed up against him with the scent of saltwater and lilacs and leather filling his nose, if he let one warning word distract him from his goal.
So instead he pushes further, wraps his hands around Obi-Wan’s hips and takes the skin beneath his lips between his teeth. The soft fabric of their pants brush together, so loud in the stillness of the kitchen that it’s deafening—that it’s almost loud enough to drown out the catch in Obi-Wan’s breathing.
But Anakin has trained himself over the past five years to listen for all the small ways that Obi-Wan Kenobi capitulates, so he hears his sigh, feels the slump of his shoulders against his own as his head sways forward and then back.
Anakin takes his time worrying a bitemark into his neck, just at the edge of his beard. On the holos that will film Obi-Wan’s face today, it’ll look like a shadow.
But Anakin will know. Obi-Wan will know.
“Anakin,” his lover murmurs, and Anakin’s hand moves from his waist up to stroke down his arm, corded with tense muscle. Fisherman’s muscle. Victor’s muscle too.
Not today, he means. It’s obvious in every line of his body. It’s obvious in the fact that he left the bed so early in the morning when neither of them must work. It’s obvious in the distance in his eyes, the frown across his lips.
Today is not a day where Obi-Wan will accept pleasure from anyone’s lips or hands, undeserving as he feels to be on the receiving end of such a kindness.
Anakin’s left hand falls to cover Obi-Wan’s, tangling their fingers together. His are rougher than Obi-Wan’s, working man’s hands now that he is twenty-one and a man of the sea like most are on Stewjon. The rough drag of his calluses over the hairy knuckles of Obi-Wan’s hand makes Anakin swallow a smile. Victors of the Hunger Games are forbidden from working laborious jobs. They’re meant to languish away in their Coruscanti-funded manors, with idle minds and idle hands, picking at paints or design stencils or any number of different government approved hobbies
Obi-Wan Kenobi is not made to be idle. He has no patience for painting or sewing, for cooking or jewelry design. Luckily for him, Stewjon is the fourth planet from Coruscant, on the edge of the inner rim, and it’s rather small, rather ordinary. In the colder months, during the few months of the star year where the galaxy is not forced to care about the Hunger Games and its Victors, he can slip away to the ocean. Fish and sail like he was born to do, Stewjoni through and through.
But Anakin is out on those choppy seas year-round now that he’s four years finished with his compulsory education. His hands are rougher than Obi-Wan’s and they always will be.
Anakin likes it. Likes the way Obi-Wan’s softness contrasts against his own rougher places. Likes that he can sneak away from Obi-Wan’s manor in the blue of the pre-dawn light, first to the sea and then to the market, and Obi-Wan will be there when he gets back. Likes that when he leaves, his lover is curled up asleep in their bed. And when he returns with the fattest fish from his haul, Anakin can cook it for him too.
He likes that he is the only thing Obi-Wan needs. He provides. He cooks for him. He feeds him. He touches him with his rough hands, to dirty him and then to clean him up. Everything that Obi-Wan needs, Anakin is the person to give it to him.
He supposes he has Coruscant to thank for that.
He’s not stupid enough to say that—ever, but especially today. Especially on the day of the Reaping.
#wip wednesday#obikin#hunger games au#so like its gonna be set in the gffa slightly#so each district from the book is a either planet or planetary system#and coruscant is of course the capitol#anakin and obi-wan live in district 4 aka stewjon#im having a lot of fun examining their relationship#my bday is on saturday i just think this first chapter is going to be so long#because it covers from them waking up to anakin's reaping#which includes anakin talking in the market with other people on stewjon#because we love an outsiders implied pov on obikin and anakin specifically#and then also obi-wan's own reaping#cause i figure more than one person has won the hunger games in the past 50 years or whatever#so they must do some sort of drawing for the mentor too#its usually obi-wan tho#bad luck or capitol favoritism#or obi-wan volunteering even though he hates it because one of the other victors just had a baby or has small kids#or is too old#or something#anyway this is not a start wednesday done by saturday sorta project lol#im too passionate about these batshit insane characters
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ummm. world map teehee
#digital art#dtl#drawn to life#fine and good au#i know it looks nothing like the world maps in the game but i DONT CARE im having fun#'weather whats with the massive yellow area with no names' hypothetical desert silly#thats where um. the scorpion lived. before wilfre got his hands on it#tomorrow ill color this irt raposa phenotypes like where certain ones are most common... tonight i sleep#also no theres no ice caps on this planet#theres seasonal ice but no continent over either pole makes it more difficult for permanent ice to form#this isnt a true north-south map btw. the snow fields are the furthest north while lavasteam is furthest south#ill get into that later tho w/e
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shogun ep. 9 is just bisexual suicide speed chess toxic breakup edition
#the scream i scrumpt when ochiba no kata basically confessed to mariko under the cover of the heir requesting the anjin!!!!!#i KNEW IT#their flashbacks were sooooo homoerotic teenage friendship coded#like yes. mariko/blackthorne is the main tragic romance if we go by the way the show is written#but mariko has 2 hands! she can have 2 tragic love stories about loyalty and betrayal <3#shogun#cavetext#this episode fucking ruined me. also blackthorn asking 'would u consider living for Me?'#in shambles. in goddamn fucking shambles. the convo between mariko and her son..... fuck!!!!!!#like yeah ok she finally found a socially acceptable reason to kill herself after trying to die for more than 14 years#but bro. Bro. BRO#lord kiyama not showing up to be her second. Blackthorn stepping up to take his place. fuck. FUCK!!!#THE LAST MINUTE ASSHOLE EX MACHINA!!!!! god i fucking hate him.#and then the cliffhanger at the end. blowing up fx headquarters#shogun spoilers#<- to be safe lol#anyway this episode was so so full of tenderness. war and hate but also love and peace on planet earth. u understand
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So I've been playing a lot of No Man's Sky and I just discovered my new favorite creature. It's like fairy ogre. They hover around just over the ground with those tiny fast-beating wings. They predict the future. THEY DON'T HAVE BONES???
I named it a Flutterhulk.
#no man's sky#video james#this planet is disappointing in general#I was looking for paraffinium and living pearls and this place has NEITHER and is also frequently on fire#but the flutterhulks made up for it#look at that dork#anyway if you want to use those coordinates to portal to me#I do have a base on a different planet in that system#its not a good base - I’m still struggling to figure out how to make my gas harvester work#but it’s where I get my activated copper#…man I wish there was a way to communicate in this game other than message orbs or being online at the same time#can I craft a mailbox. please.
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Optimism
#my art#rendered#fanart#trigun fanart#vash the stampede#trigun#trigun 98#inspired by that scene with knives and the spider and the butterfly#and also Vash's hopeless optimism for a truly happy and peaceful future#even in the face of a present where everything has gone wrong#where humanity has to face a desert planet with nothing but their insignificant lives and ceaseless determination#vash is so human with his endless hope and desperate conviction that things always have the possibility to be _good_
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ive been reading boruto and the whole time i kept thinking "sasuke only having one child is stupid if he wants to revive the clan" so, more uchiha babies!
Sarada and Rio are the only girls, everyone else is a boy (for now. unless i change my mind lmao).
Itachi is the first male born, named, obviously, after Sasuke's brother. He, Ryuuji and Rio are all genin, whereas the younger twins are still at the academy!
#naruto#sarada uchiha#sasuke uchiha#sakura haruno#naruto ocs#boruto#uchiha clan#uchiha oc#disclaimer: i dont ship or even particularly like sasusaku im mostly neutral to it#(i do have my own version of it that lives in my head and is canon TO ME but its uh. not Actually canon so. whatever)#so im not tagging it as such but feel free to do whatever! peace and love on planet earth <3#also if you have any questions/comments/anything my inbox is open! lets brainstorm this!
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So I saw a screenshot of Ralph without his hat (for his wedding outfit + I think a DLC outfit didn't have it?) and honestly. There's a reason he wears it. It's unfair if he doesn't. Olive Town really is just "hot bisexuals in your area" and they would thrive if they advertised it as such.
#sos pioneers of olive town#ralph#jack#i will never not love jack ok i have been playing again and i cant help it#once i unlock giant bear carvings to craft i make him the happiest man on the planet#its just something i have to do ok i love jack a lot#i do still really enjoy bringing ralph soup to the woods like a loser and handing it over while he eats lunch#but the point im trying to make is i cant stop loving jack and it really hinders my desire to romance others lmao#also i was googling some refs of ralph after i found the wedding ss because it was a lil cut off and i wanted the full look#and i saw a lot of questions like is poot worth it or comments about how its incredibly avg for a game#or how its not as great as past installments and im like ........... but the cast is so endearing to me#again its different strokes for different folks and not everyone will love the same farming sim as i will but still#dont be mean to my olive town babies......#the fact there are so many cutscenes in there of families interacting and moms being mom friends and gossip buddies#the fact there are so many cutscenes just about how these people live their lives is so wholesome to me#like sure the farmer is featured in the heart events#but there are so many where you arent the center ! youre just a bystander to like#a bro putting his younger bros motorcycle in the museum and the museum owner being mad theres a motorcycle in the museum#while then having multiple other people show up like YO SICK BIKE YOU GUYS HAVE THIS STUFF IN THE MUSEUM#while the younger bro is beaming cause thats his baby he loves his motorcycle and you better love it too#like its just so fascinating to exist in the town but not be the entire reason everyone keeps on going about their lives#yeah you interact and befriend them and you do tasks to help develop the island but it doesnt feel like thats why people like you#which is really important to me bc i feel like i have to do things to make people like me#i have to have a reason to interact with people irl or its just me being in their way#and poot lets me just live alongside people peacefully and talk to lil harvest sprites that hand me food and rocks and logs#anyway that is SO MUCH propaganda for a story of seasons game that no one asked for thanks gnight
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You’ve mentioned a few times that Salem is awkward, could you get into you’re reasoning and evidence for this characterization (as she is currently)? I’m fascinated by this reading and fully persuadable. Her origin story being the tower, it makes sense she’d be a little socially stunted but she was charismatic enough then to convince others to fight for her through words alone (tho that is different from in person social skills (to that point she persuaded kingdoms to revolt against the gods)). Millions of years of isolation wouldn’t put a shine on amicability, but these things /inform/ characterization. I’m interested in what you see in her as awkward in how she’s presented to us in the Current Era (Remnant Era?)
this post regarding her interrogation of oscar in 8.4 is salient because that's the scene that rly convinced me she's being written this way on purpose. there's a lot of contributing factors, though:
both then (fomenting rebellion) and now (recruiting hazel), salem's standard approach to getting people on her side involves basically walking up and "demonstrating her powers," i.e. inviting or just letting the person she's trying to sway kill her over and over again until they're willing to hear her out. she can (and did) make a compelling enough argument for people to follow her, but the way she chooses to make people listen is by subjecting herself to extreme violence.
further, it's shown in V8 that even within her own inner circle, there is a lot of confusion regarding what salem wants—so much so that tyrian and hazel think diametrically opposed things. why does this confusion exist? ozpin (and most of the fandom) believe it is because salem lies; but a) salem hates lies and liars, and b) the idea that salem herself is deceitful is founded on things jinn says of her in the lost fable, which is a verifiably unreliable narrative. if we look at the two onscreen instances of salem speaking of her goals—"the moment you put your desires before my own" and "in pursuit of a new world"—what strikes me about both is her vagueness.
when cinder questions her in V5, salem answers in a very oblique way: "working with bandits? leaving ruby alive? what's the point!?" -> "never underestimate the usefulness of others; take leonardo. he was one of ozpin's most trusted, but now…" both the bandit (raven) and ruby were or are among ozpin's "most trusted," and salem's point is that she wants to turn both of them against ozpin (like leo and summer). but she does not actually Say That. i made this analogy in the oscar interrogation post but i'll make it again: the way salem answers cinder's question is like showing her work on a math problem but not actually giving the answer. a lot of salem's dialogue is like this: she talks in examples, hints, and implications.
in fact the one time we have ever seen salem clearly state what she means is after ozma asks her "what are you saying?" <- i find this to be significant not only because it flags that other characters find salem's speech to be opaque or unclear sometimes, but because salem answers him honestly and without any hesitation, which indicates that she was not trying to be vague or obfuscate her meaning on purpose. asked for clarification, she clarifies.
then there is what she says to ozma once he tells her the whole truth: "why spend our lives trying to redeem these humans when we could replace them with what they could never be?"—now i am not going to get into my whole theory here, suffice it to say that i think that by "them" salem meant the gods in accordance with her longstanding ambitions—but the salient piece for this discussion is that this bolded phrase is a direct paraphrase from the final lines of 'the shallow sea' and i do think that that is, given the preponderance of thematic links between salem and the faunus, probably intentional, i.e. salem is quoting that myth to express her rejection of ozma's mandate (compare ozma's reliance on fairytales to communicate and make sense of his existence.)
lastly, there are several occasions when salem is talking (to her inner circle in 6.4, or to ironwood in 7.11, or oscar in 8.4) only to be interrupted with unexpected new information (ozpin is back; ruby used the lamp; oscar is fronting). in the first two examples, salem responds by either kicking everyone else out or leaving herself. see the linked post for a more thorough breakdown of her conversation with oscar, but suffice it to say that she responds in a very awkward and disjointed way before she's able to get herself back on track.
so we have a pattern of:
speaking vaguely or being cryptic, in a manner that other characters explicitly find to be confusing,
clarifying readily the one time she's asked for clarification,
paraphrasing the concluding lines of a myth about people embracing change and leaving their old selves behind to live their truth in a new world that is harsh but free, in order to articulate her rejection of "redemption" and the divine mandate,
and ending conversations very abruptly when interrupted mid-speech.
and this pattern exists in correlation with a pair of soliloquies whose language is markedly more eloquent, even poetic, and delivered with a clarity and emotional smoothness that is often lacking from her spoken dialogue.
what this suggests, to me, is that salem struggles to articulate her thoughts (the soliloquies) into words (her dialogue), and that she deals with it with preparation—by planning out what she intends to say and how she'll say it in advance. that she relies heavily on scripts and rehearses speeches and conversations in her head specifically to avoid having to speak off the cuff, in essence.
(and i think this is generally the basis for ozma's distrust and doubts: she told him the truth but in a really confusing and cryptic way that didn't always make sense. if she wasn't coherent—and how could she be after millions of years alone?—of course he wasn't sure whether he could believe what she said!)
basically, i think she's capable of being compellingly persuasive only under particular circumstances (planned speeches given to an audience primed to listen to what she says by violent, spectacular demonstrations of her immortality), and she flounders in ordinary conversation because a) she struggles to find the right words to express her meaning clearly, b) her natural affect is blunted and sometimes erratic (<- "well… :) perhaps you and i can have a better working relationship……… >:( oscar, was it? /:"), and c) she knows both of these things make her come across as an insincere liar.
<- there is a performative aspect to… nearly every scene in front of her inner circle or her enemies; that informs this reading too. as does the fact that there are many, many characters who are tangibly more charismatic than she is—ozpin, blake, oscar, cinder, robyn, ruby, yang—whereas the character whose manner of speech most resembles salem's is pyrrha, who speaks in an overly formal way and explicitly feels socially isolated and unable to form real connections with people.
#it's also not just the tower#it's the millions of years being the only living person on the planet#i think part of it is she's so accustomed to having nothing and no one to talk to except herself#like a lot of her Being Cryptic comes across as salem#really needing the other person to ask clarifying questions bc she doesn't know how to organize information cogently#but she's surrounded by people who Don't Ask Questions
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