Missing Babe So Much Right Now

Chapter Three of As If All I've Ever Said Were Goodbyes

It’s in Shadow’s PoV: (1) Sonadow cuddling on the ARK, (2) Shadow and Maria learn about Sonic’s ‘death’, (3) Shadow is imprisoned to account for his energy, and (4) scene one but on Earth and Shadow struggles with deciding if he should tell Sonic the truth

If only in the states we had price transparency!!! If you knew what the cost was upfront you could price shop! But there's no way to really streamline that process with insurance companies involved. Yet. We're getting closer. But even with the flaws, I'd rather pay for what I need when I need it instead of giving my money to the government to manage anything.

National Healthcare

I get it. I do. I was raised in a country with socialized healthcare. The ERs took care of all my acute childhood injuries, fractures, injuries from a car accident, etc. It seemed perfect. As a child.

Someone very close to me back in the UK told me yesterday that she stopped by a 95 year old's house the evening prior to check on him (she's a pastor and he attends her church).

He was collapsed on the floor, suffering with pneumonia and had fallen. She couldn't move him alone and the 999 dispatch (911) told her not to in case he was injured from the fall (pretty likely given his age).

She called the emergency line early evening. And the ambulance arrived at 5am.

There were only 10 rigs running the entire county that night due to government budget cuts. A 95 year old with pneumonia lay on the floor with his pastor holding his hand for nearly 12 hours, waiting on care.

I have family members who had to move across the country for better chronic care, family members sent home with sepsis, given wrong instructions that led to devastating consequences, who have shelled out of pocket for private care on TOP of their extensive taxes that go to the NHS.

My friends who are *doctors* in the NHS have gone on strike more than once to protest for living wages and hours that aren't dangerous. Don't get me started on the overworked nurses.

I have also worked within the US's only government run healthcare. And there are huge problems within it's system, still! (And amazing people who are really trying, too)

Stop thinking the same issues that we have with the current system won't arise. Understaffing, opioid crises, medical mistakes, high costs of chronic care.

Stop thinking that government budget cuts (that can and will happen) won't affect care.

Stop thinking that taxes won't rise across the board.

Stop thinking healthcare for all is a magic remedy.

I am an American, and an immigrant, and my healthcare here has been routinely phenomenal. There are issues everywhere. Please don't vote for someone who promises a magic solution.

Hot take: Hylia's first hero isn't another Link, or "First" as we call him in LU. It's the same Link from SkSw, it's Sky!

Because he and Zelda/Sun travelled to the distant past and there Zelda turns Link's sword into the true Master Sword and makes his triforce symbol show the triforce symbol, officially choosing him as her hero. And the final battle takes place in the past, so in the past Hylia's chosen hero defeats Demise.

The wing ceremony, with Hylia choosing a hero, is a reference to Zelda choosing Sky himself in the distant past :)

Reposting for reference cuz this is so amazing

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It's a rat king. Except mice. A Mouse King.

"A Cluster Of Rats" is an extremely impressive Japanese Netsuke (small sculpture) from the late 1800s 🐀

Okay I'm finally doing the rant!

Even if somebody deserves to die (which is not our judgement to make) or needs to die for the safety of others (which is also a difficult judgement to make and must be a last resort) their death is still a tragedy and should never be praised or cheered.

You can believe that somebody's death was a neccessary evil while still understanding that it was evil nontheless. I don't think it's acceptable how many people right now are cheering for others to die. The death of an evil person is just one more person who will never be able to better themself.

I'm just begging people to research things like the French Revolution where the need for justice was turned into a desire for violence and nothing more. I'm asking you to wonder where it ends. Every CEO can be replaced by one with better security. Every politician can be replaced by one with more extreme policies to keep you in line. Your neighbor who works at an insurance company can be replaced by the boss, but her kids will never see their mom again.

Isn't that serious? Isn't that a big deal? Or will your 'great revolution' be carried out without fail, only hurting those with power that truly deserve it? Once all the big bads are gone, who'll replace them? Just another one of their buddies. Unless you take complete control so you and YOUR buddies get to make the unethical decisions! I mean, you've already killed several people to get here, might as well keep killing anyone who threatens your power! Oh- but you'd never do that. You're one of the good people! You've proven your goodness by salivating over the idea of waving a politician's head on a stick! Good people never look for peaceful solutions!

Empathy is just... gone it seems. People who disapprove of violence or question the helpfullness of this 'street justice' aren't thoughtfully debated, they're called 'bootlickers' and 'facists' and told to kill themselves.

You can believe that a system is corrupt and needs reworking without murder being your first choice! Murder should be the last choice! Maybe if you care about a system being changed you should research the system and attack it in ways that won't get people killed.

Stop cheering for murder!

(Oh, and don't bother ranting at me in the comments. I wrote the rant for you to save you the time:)

"Well as an [insert oppressed group here] what you're saying is actually really harmful due to the damage that these bad people cause the world. You don't understand the painful lives people live that make killing other human beings morally justifiable. I'm going to argue that killing people is okay, even though your original argument is towards the mindset of cheering evil acts like murder and thinking of oneself as a hero who can never make evil decisions rather than towards the neccessity of said evil actions. Some people laugh about murder to cope, you abelist! And you're also a hypocrite because you're totally okay with gay disabled people being murdered despite never saying anything that would imply being okay with that! I will continue to project my own beliefs onto you, turning you into a villain until I am pleased with the thought of your violent death! There is nothing wrong with me and I don't need to work through these issues rather than spread them online! I don't know you, but I hate you! Kill yourself, you facist!"

Seriously I could not care less what you comment. If your argument is that murder is good and people should be killed without trial and that I am somehow a bad person for questioning the morals of your belief, then... your opinion kind of means nothing to me..

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I got carried away while doodling so here's Skyward Sword Zelink for you !! (and poor Groose)

sure there are owl city albums but there are also secret owl city albums (Adam young, sky sailing), double secret owl city albums (port blue, swimming with dolphins), and triple secret owl city albums (color therapy, windsor airlift) and that's JUST the stuff on spotify. the top secret stuff is on eleven year old youtube playlists (insect airport, behold! lawns, aquarium, a fuck ton more windsor airlift, etc)