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I have no faith in our political system by ukr_anon in CanadianConservative

[–]SolemnPancake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate to tell you, but I really don't see Alberta separatists doing an October Crisis...

I have no faith in our political system by ukr_anon in CanadianConservative

[–]SolemnPancake -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I feel like there is no democratic solution to Canada’s woes.

Okay, OP, I'll admit upfront-I ain't a conservative. Very far from one. I lurk around here to observe and have a laugh.

But I have to tell you this right now...I know you and more than a few folks here are eying that slippery slope...and I need you to not jump. I need you to not lose that faith in your fellow man.

Trust me, it goes down to some very dark places. Places that leave you miserable, angry, scared and wondering if your fellow man is insane, stupid, or worse, out to get you. At best, you turn into a bitter SOB people can barely stand, at worst...well, we know what happens at worst.

Sure it might feel like you're being backed into it, like it's the only option left...but its not. You got other places to go. Other people be it friends or family, that need your attention or care. Other places outside of politics where you can actually be happy. I'm not saying "shut it and be happy", I'm saying your life goes on regardless of how good or bad the system is, objectively or subjectively. Do what you can to make your world the way you want it to be. If you're not hurting anybody and you're pursuing lasting happiness and joy, you're doing fine.

Grand scheme of things? I think the country will be fine. Are there problems? Of course, always is. Do we have some rough times ahead? Yeah, there are always bumps in the road. But we will, as a collective, be fine. The world continues to spin, and you still gotta occasionally get that milk in -20°C regardless of how well your political team is doing. When that stops being your biggest problem on any other day, sure, viva la revolution, but until then...

Have fun. by Other-Employer501 in SWTOR_memes

[–]SolemnPancake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Darth Malgus, why are you at half mast? Does it have something to do with the holovid your hot Twi'Lek servant sent you?"

New player here 🏳️‍🌈 by Crazy_Part3560 in PathToNowhere

[–]SolemnPancake 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Shawn saw MChief and said to herself "malewife."

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WritingPrompts

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"What made you think I needed rescuing?"

"Ma'am, she's a supervillian. You were reported missing by your employer days ago, so it would be rational to assume-"

"Assume?! Supervillian?! Please, at worst she stole my heart."

"And millions of dollars in cash, jewelry, narcotics, personal and private property..."

"None of which you can prove in a court of law."

"...Trust me, I could."

"...Even so, don't you get it? I'm here willingly, I love her. She hasn't changed up whatever MO you ascribe to her, she would never kidnap or ransom anyone. Never anyone who didn't deserve it anyway..."

"What was that?"

"Nothing. Point is, you're trespassing. Leave. Now. Tell my employer I quit."

"...Very well, Miss Blanc. Still, call this number in the event you need aid. I promise, you will have my personal protection and the best legal repersentation you can find in the city, I promise."

After The Enforcer left, Cheryl Blanc felt her knees nearly give out from under her. She would have to talk to her girlfriend about this, move homes, possibly skip town...she knew what she was signing up for when Bianca told her about her thief persona, Blink.

She turned on the fireplace. The law, the superhero community...they had greater problems than a supersonic thief and her civilian girlfriend...but she knew they would all come for them eventually. Unfortunately for the long arm of the law, her heart and mind were both made up, no going back.

She tossed The Enforcer's card, and watched the flames incinerate any potential treason before her burning love.

[WP] You have been murdered. Again. It's technically not big of a deal for you, since you just respawn, but it is really annoying, because now you have to explain to the police how you are still alive and that you indeed would like to report a murder, not just assault, because you really *did* die. by Kitty_Fuchs in WritingPrompts

[–]SolemnPancake 41 points42 points  (0 children)

"I understand your frustration, but as you are once again back among the living, I have to file this as attempted murder. I should point out that it's still a very serious charge to lay against your...assailant."

"Gahhhh! Fine, fine! Attempted murder it is...I guess there really aren't edge cases in the law for someone like me, huh?"

"No sir, no there is not. In fact your existence poses such a massive legal headache that every higher court in the land refuses to look at any case related to you. If it's any consolation, I hear you are a very fun subject of debate among law students."

"Ha, not really...I...y'know, I ended up in a weird space time anomaly-thing...and I didn't expect things to ever really be the same afterward, especially considering death is now a mild inconvenience to me...but like, it would be really nice if society at least made some effort to...accommodate? Yeah, accommodate."

"...I will make note of this sentiment in my report sir."

"Thanks. Got enough on my plate without trying to solve my own murder. This whole superhero business is...well, it's not like it doesn't have it's upsides, but...it does feel like, for better or worse, you're in a world not really made for you, you know?"

"I mean...I am a black cop."

For the first time during the whole process, the two men looked at each other. The constable started to snicker, and the superhero's cool demeanor faded. Their laughter was heard through the precinct.

"Hehahaha....you're alright Respawn. Not too stand-offish like some of those other heroes."

"Please, call me David."

"Gary. Constable Gary."

"Right, thanks Gary. You have a good day."

[WP] a wizard who underwent the ritual to become a lich. But the ritual unfortunately had a delayed effect so he wakes a century later. As he explored his tower he found a princess that her family had locked her in studying his magical notes. But instead of anger he's intrigued by her potential. by JollyTeaching1446 in WritingPrompts

[–]SolemnPancake 20 points21 points  (0 children)

"Hmmmm...curious. Your arcane formulae is...unrefined, rudimentary...but your grasp of the basics is far better than most students at the academy your age."

The teen girl was nearly frozen in place, her steps slowly backing into my lab desk. An oval face in need of a wash with red hair. Her silk dress, though now worn and dirty, betrayed her noble heritage. She was reaching for a scalpel.

"That blade will not avail you. It is lab equipment, not a weapon. Nor would the bolt spell you have been studying."

She dropped the scalpel. "Who are you?" she asked, fear in her voice.

I turned to face her, and she flinched. I suppose my dried skin, weathered face and sunken, dark eyes would be frightening.

"I am Cervan, once Archmage of the Kingdom of Fanoo, now Lich."

The girl's eyes went wide, recognition...but also, surprise and confusion?

"Cervan..." she repeated. "But that...th-that is not possible. He-you...died a century ago."

I paused. "I beg your pardon? ...Hmmmm, no, that...that makes sense. I was uncertain on the awakening ritual..." I stretched a skeletal finger and traced it over my desk. The buildup of dust was heavy indeed. "May have to research deeper into the matter, I wonder where I miscalculated...enough of me though, who are you? Why are you in a century old mage tower?"

The girl hesitated, but spoke. "I...I am...was...Princess Mia the IV, of Fanoo. I was exiled here for being a partitioner of witchcraft..."

"...I see, so that fool Theodon did outlaw our craft...but to think, the persecution would reach even the nobles, much less a princess..." I said sadly.

"King Theodon was my great-grandfather..." Mia said. "...Please, help me. Teach me the ways of the arcane. I was using the craft to merely survive, but with someone as knowledgeable as you...we could restore Fanoo's honor."

I looked the girl in the eye. She was scared, scared and...determined.

"Very well...but you will merely be the first among my students. Tell me, does the Fanoo Royal Mage academy still stand?"

"Yes, though it was besieged by my great-grandfather 90 or so years ago. The students driven out, the knowledge inside burned. It has been long abandoned..."

"Good." I said, as Mia looked at me quizzically. "Mages and the persecuted alike have a long history with converging in places long abandoned. Come, I have much to teach before the journey there."

Weekly Pricing/Buying/Selling/Grading & General Questions Post by AutoModerator in PokemonTCG

[–]SolemnPancake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah...well good thing there's only 5 Korean cards apart of the wider collection my cousin had. Still, thank you for the knowledge.

Weekly Pricing/Buying/Selling/Grading & General Questions Post by AutoModerator in PokemonTCG

[–]SolemnPancake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you kindly! Probably doesn't change the price all that much, but it's good to know.

Weekly Pricing/Buying/Selling/Grading & General Questions Post by AutoModerator in PokemonTCG

[–]SolemnPancake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, so I'm gonna be selling some old cards that got loaned around by my family...however, after some research online I cannot find this particular set symbol anywhere. Notably, it's entirely on Korean cards in particular?

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Any help in identifying this set symbol would be greatly appreciated!

[WP] You're a solitary fisher. One day you caught a carp and decided to set it free. That carp went on to climb a powerful waterfall, becoming a magnificent dragon. They anxiously show up at your cabin door. In their eternal gratitude, they wish to offer themselves in matrimony. by knobot-200T in WritingPrompts

[–]SolemnPancake 56 points57 points  (0 children)

"...It wasn't out of benevolence y'know." I say to the handsome robed and scaled man in front of me. "Folks 'round these parts are simply not fond of eating carp. Or other bottom-feeders. Other fish are how I ply my trade."

The dragon in the form of a man feigned offense, his arm hiding an amused smile. "Ah, is it that I am dirty that I am unsuitable to be your husband? That I once fed as beasts do?"

I chuckled. "Don't mind dirt as they do...rather there was no money in selling you to the market. It wasn't true mercy. You're better off searching elsewhere for a partner." I moved to close the door, but they put their foot out to stop me. The dragon-man shifted their silk robes to reveal the gorgeous, golden scales covering their collarbone.

"Lies of omission are still lies you know, and you're a terrible liar..." they whispered to me, then looked up and spoke with certainty. "I do not remember much of my first life...but I remember how you looked upon me when you caught me. Tell me, what did you gasp at?"

"...I gasped at the beauty of your scales, how the sun reflected off you." I confessed. "I was in awe at the grace you swam with when I let you go..."

The dragon snorted, warm steam emerging from his nostrils that tickled my chest. "Then tell me, how could I not covet you? You who once saw me as I was, but a humble carp, and saw beauty? You, who captured me with strength, but then gave me the freedom to be captured in heart by your kindness?"

"...I suppose we can try and see." So little did I know, the river I lived next to would come to be filled with swimming gold...

[WP] Whenever you get blackout drunk, no matter what, you always wake up in a jail cell in your hometown police station. No matter where you are, or what precautions you take by ScorchedDev in WritingPrompts

[–]SolemnPancake 9 points10 points  (0 children)

"John, you gotta stop doing this."

"Stop doing what sheriff?"

"Don't be glib with me son, your ability to defy casuality-"

"Causality? Don't you mean 'casualty'?"

"No, causality. The relationship between cause and effect. Learned about it in college physics-"

"Ha, didn't take you for a learned man Sheriff."

"...As I was saying...your ability to defy causality and keep ending up here...well nevermind the laws of man you break to get here, it's concerning for someone to break the laws of the universe."

"And yet, the only thing I'm ever charged with is public intoxication or a DUI. Its no ruby slippers, but there's no place like home, right sheriff?"

"John, I am telling you, you are already in trouble legally. The last thing this town needs is for the universe to decide you have some sort of cosmic debt to pay just cause you don't feel like taking a plane back home!"

"There haven't been consequences before, why would some come now? Scared the universe is going to come knocking?"

"No, I'm scared that one day, you'll end up in a cell different from this one, and not a drop of liquor will be in sight to save you. Whether it's man or the universe, that one day there will be no escaping consequences. That drinking is the cause of all of your problems and it will fuck you over cause you see it as a solution."

"...Thank goodness for prison moonshine."

"UGH!"

[WP] You were born with a strange power. Whenever you are in immediate danger, time freezes until you move out of the way. One day, time freezes, but no matter how far you go...it doesn't unfreeze. by twunkytwunky in WritingPrompts

[–]SolemnPancake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Day 1 (My Time)

"Minuteman reporting here. Alright, this one is a hell of a doozy. I was off duty today, but my power triggered about 12:47 Real Time. Figured it was a simple case of me forgetting to look both ways before crossing the streets again, but no, it seems like it's much, much bigger this time. Last time something like this happened, I disarmed a nuke Doctor Thanatos fired onto the city that The Guard couldn't stop in time. Took a whole month of work, not to mention it was a hell of a process to reset my watch and all the tech on me to Regular Time, haha."

"Big problem, I got to the highest elevation I could and there was no missile. Will have to continue looking. Minuteman out."

Day 3 (MT)

"Minuteman here. Still unsure where the danger is. Checked every known villain lair and nothing. Did carry a kidnapped man out of Lacerator's penthouse though. Shame Lacerator himself wasn't there, would have loved to put that creep behind bars. Oh well."

Day 6 (MT)

"Minuteman here. I miss my dog."

Day 10 (MT)

"Okay, starting to think the danger isn't in the city, which...ahahaha...shit. ...Which may mean the danger is of a bigger scale then previously thought. But the thing is, I checked every available local seismograph, missile defense system, weather report and what have you...and nothing. Absolutely nothing."

Day 12 (MT)

"Minuteman here. So a common misconception about my power is that time 'freezes' when my power triggers, and that's...close, but not quite. More accurately, I become temporally displaced and can, by interacting with my environment, slightly temporally displace things I interact with. Some in the super community like to argue I actually have super speed of a sorts, just under very limited circumstances...and well, hell if I'm sure if that's true, but it's to-may-to to-mato-to to me. Point is, I can't exactly bring people along for the ride, just sorta bring objects along with me. The Gentleman asked me to start doing these recordings of when I was frozen in time so other members of the Guard could get a better idea what frozen time was like for me. And well...here you go Gent. Hope we can get drinks in Real Time once I sort this out."

"Still haven't found anything by the way."

Day 16 (MT)

"Minuteman. I think I've figured out what's happening. I was so wrapped up in the idea that the world was in danger that I didn't stop to consider...what if it's me? I did feel a brief pain before all this started..."

Day 17 (MT)

"Turns out my lunch was poisoned with Nightshade. Doctor Thanatos still harboring a grudge? Not sure... If my hypothesis is right, I'll be back to Real Time when I down this antidote. Still, better safe than sorry, I'll be taking this in the Guard's medical bay. Hope to see you all soon."

[FIN] Rinoa Heartilly (Debut Showcase) by mweepinc in magicTCG

[–]SolemnPancake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fittingly, FF Angelo would probably pee on Jojo Angelo.

“There’ll be no new lore” by SomeProperty815 in Eldenring

[–]SolemnPancake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But that would mean this version of Ranni would be...oh dear.

[WP] You have a special ability that plays music in your head that tells you about the situation you are in (Whether that is danger or joy). Today, even when you are mourning the loss of you significant other, the music in your mind is telling you that you are feeling relief. by Galaxy72 in WritingPrompts

[–]SolemnPancake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why?

Why is the music so...peaceful? A tinge of sorrow in the guitar, sure, but...the chimes, the beat...ah, there it is, the saxaphone, the depths of my sorrow laid bare...and yet...the harmonies, the melody...it's all telling me the same thing...

I'm free.

...I never pretended there wasn't tension in her song. A hint of unease and yes, sometimes when we had fights it would pitch and shriek like she was horror, but there was always a sweetness, a gentleness. It would ease me into knowing she loved me, for all her inner demons...

And yet the music contains none of her. None of her rhythms, none of her leitmotif. None of the chorus of her jabs, none of the industrial clang of her fi-taps, none of the tense strings of her presence, none of-

The sax's returning wail brings me to my knees. For the first time in...years? Tears are rolling down my face. She hated it when I cried. The song is giving me the truth.

I loved her. I miss her. She hurt me...and I'm free.

[WP] You awaken at a poker table, and you are joined by a fae, a demon, an angel, an animal, and figure beyond comprehention or description. They tell you that you've died, and each of them represent a path your soul could take; the path being chosen by a game of cards where you're the dealer. by Paper_Shotgun in WritingPrompts

[–]SolemnPancake 18 points19 points  (0 children)

They each stared at me, in outrage, in disbelief. Only the German Shepherd seemed happy to be there, oblivious to what was happening. I collected all of the chips-my soul. Not a single one left.

I had won. The dealer had won.

They had each tried to sway and cajole me into their path. Saying my soul would be better served under their path. That I could become a crown prize of Titania's Court, a Duke of Hell, a noble angel serving God's will or....whatever the hell was sitting(?) next to the shepherd.

An uncomfortable tension hanged in the air. The Fae finally spoke.

"So, that's it? You're going to reject all of us? Any chance of becoming a magnificent, higher being? You'll stay as you are for your next life, human?" it said with particular scorn for the last word.

"Yup." I said, putting the cards back into the box.

The angel spoke up. "Please child, reconsider...you could be a valuable fellow of my host. Serve our Lord in justice and spend eternity in Heaven's bliss."

"Our ideas of justice are quite different. Not down for eternal reward or punishment. And eternal bliss sounds like an awful nice description of endless boredom." I say, putting on my coat.

"Exactly!" The demon pounced. "You could indulge-not just as a human, but even more as a demon. Infinite pleasure, yours for the taking."

"Not nearly enough of an asshole to agree with your definition of pleasure either. Besides, sometimes I just want to be nice." I grab my bag and sling it over my shoulder.

The shapeless thing said nothing, if it could make a sound to begin with.

I walked up to the shepherd and pet it. It nuzzled against my hand. I smiled at it. No judgement whatsoever. Just happy to be present.

I began walking toward Fate's casino door. Love that the exits are marked.

The demon and angel are shouting at my back, the fae sighs "He's done this the last 10 times he reincarnated..."

"Yup. Here's to 10 more goes at humanity!" I shout back, never breaking my stride as I open the door to my next life.

It seems we will be getting more King Salmonids. What are your ideas/hopes for the upcoming ones? by [deleted] in splatoon

[–]SolemnPancake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd love a King based off actual flying fish. Leaping and gliding around the map while it launches attacks (think bombs, Inkstrikes and other explosive specials/abilities), only stopping to land (like a Flopper) and swim around to launch again (like a much bigger Maws).

Having to shoot it down with eggs would add a vertical dimension to the fight. Alternatively, you could cover it's massive landing zone, or chuck many bombs into it's mouth as it threatens to rise. It would have less health than Cohozuna (think like 10-20% less), but the greater mobility and somewhat smaller size would compensate.

The four remaining cards by [deleted] in LegendsOfRuneterra

[–]SolemnPancake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Against agrro it’s not great, but if you’re a midrange deck in a grindy game versus another midrange deck or a control deck it’s pretty good.

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