shepards and wardens and hawkes and inquizzys oh my!

It is no good situation when you have to choose between two shitty candidates. But you have a two-party system.

russia has previously aided trump during elections, and they will do so again. A call to boycott the elections = a call to support trump

Also, a lot of his goons have been filling a LOT of important spots in the military and civilian fields to have positions available for trump to fill in with his loyalists and to easier do a hostile takeover if he wins the election.

Trump's presidency already gave cart blanche for the international far right rise, and I don't think we need to spell out to people that the state of the world today is directly credited to Trump's presidency, his incompetence, him being Russian puppet, etc etc.

As much as I am actually an opponent of the whole idea that USA is responsible of everything in the world, it does have a huge influence on international politics scene.

SO GO VOTE.

Biden is a leader too moderate for my tastes, who I really really wish wasn't so old. The things he has done have been unexpectedly good despite being hamstrung by the opposition. Love him? Nope. But Biden is making sucky choices from an array of sucky choices, domestic and foreign.

Trump is calling his opponents Vermin, outright explaining that he is 'retribution' and cracking jokes about victims of political and racial violence. He brags about being the one to kill Roe v Wade. In 2020 he asked why the cops didn't just shoot the protesters in the legs. He wants to deport immigrants, including all dreamers, and his plan starts with 'put them in camps.'

I know most people don't track political news. I get it. Its nauseating. But this idiot's gotten stupider, and he's gotten more hateful.

IF YOU DON'T WANT EITHER OF THESE FUCKS IN POWER, I AM FUCKING BEGGING YOU TO

VOTE IN THE PRIMARIES!!!!!!

Yes, we are very likely staring down the barrel of another Trump v. Biden. But please for the love of all that is holy, there's a whole nother part to voting for president in this country that less than a third of the population participates in. This is part of how we keep ending up like this.

The Primaries are the party votes before the main one. It's how they decide at the conventions who's gonna be the party candidate. It works differently in every state, so PLEASE double check how Primaries work in your state so you can get in there and help pick someone that isn't fucking insane.

Ramona and her exes (sans Gideon, I guess) get closure

several characters get their personalities expanded. EX: Wallace goes from gay and a voice-of-reason to gay, self-obsessed, and a bad communicator in relationships.

Roxie becomes more than just Ramona’s “lesbian phase” in college and it is able to befriend Ramona again

Neil goes from being completely forgettable to being stupid enough for others to bounce off of and it’s so fun to watch

Knives gets to join Sex Bob-omb!

the war Scott vs. Older Scott being used to approach Scott’s immaturity/unwillingness to take accountability is very interesting

Todd has a bisexual awakening because of Wallace and doesn’t end up with him

Julie gets to be evil, as a treat

Matthew Patel overtaking Gideon was honestly unexpected, yet so satisfying to watch

300gr bacon, beef or chicken. A meat of your choice. These go specially well. I prefer chicken tights. Diced

1 medium onion, diced.

Garlic minced (i used 2-4 pieces depending on size)

300gr carrot, cleaned, peeled and diced.

3 sticks of celery, washed and diced.

800gr potato. Washed, peeled diced in quarters.

1 head of broccoli.

8 cups of stock of your preference. I recommend using the bones of the beef or chicken, but veggies stock works too for a vegetarian or vegan version.

3 tablespoons all purpose flour.

1 cup whole milk. (Almond or rice milk work fine for a vegan option)

½ cup heavy cream. (Skip it for a vegan option)

Salt and black pepper to taste.

½ teaspoon paprika, use the spicy one to get the warmth up a notch in winter.

1 tablespoon fresh chopped coriander. Optional.

1 cup diced gouda or manchego cheese. Optional but really ties all together.

Make sure you have all your ingredients ready and at hand for this one to make sure it comes out nice and tasty!!!

In a pot put water and the bones to prepare your stock (chicken, beef, veggie) You can use premade or bouillon cubes, just make sure its 8 cups worth of broth. In a different pot boil the potatoes until soft.

In a big pot put some butter or olive oil to fry the onion, when it turns a little transparent add the garlic, move constantly.

Add the celery and diced carrots, moving constantly.

The carrot will get a little brighter in color, add the diced meat. Salt and pepper to your taste.

Meanwhile, blend the potatoes with enough stock so your blender wont have trouble blending. If you have a food processor, it’ll be easier.

Ad the remaining stock to you big pot with the veggies and meat, add the broccoli chopped in bite size pieces. Add the paprika and taste for salt and pepper. Let over a medium fire for 10 min.

Separate 3 tbsp of the stock to mix with the flour, set aside. This will be a thickening agent.

Pour the potato mix on the big pot, move to integrate and taste for salt and pepper.

Add the milk and heavy cream. Move with a laddle. Have a final taste and let over low fire for 5 min.

Serve hot and decorate with a pinch of coriander and some cubes of cheese.

ENJOY!

Notes:

I personally prefer to use chicken, love how it goes with potatoes and veggies. Also the tight is very tender and flavorful. With beef you have to be careful not to overcook it or it’ll get gummy and hard to bite, so make adjustments.

VEGAN: could also skip the meat, cheese and heavy cream for a vegan option.

I make it for my younger sister and she loves it. Instead of meat i add some diced, toasted nuts when served. Cashew, pecan and pistachios work nicely.

You’ll have to use 5 tbsp of flour to thicken up the broth a tid bit more without the heavy cream but you can still use a vegan milk.

You can totally skip the coriander, but it adds another dept of flavor.

Do try it with the cheese tho, i promise it’s GODLY. Gouda and manchego are my fave, the melt nicely and have a strong after taste, but i guess any cheese that melts could work.

Finally, if you are like me and like spicy food you can add chopped chili. Serrano and arbol chiles are my go to’s, freshly chopped sprinkled just after serving my bowl.

Hope y'all give it a try and if you have any doubts do ask!

In the ancient tradition I must become reobsessed with dragon age every few months

Shepard: Awesome, get on my ship

K: I'm with you 100%. Good old paragon Shepard, no more shady stuff.

S: Yup, absolutely

K: Wait who's this guy? Do you know him?

S: he's my Cerberus, I mean ex-Cerberus friend.

K: ok. And this lady?

S: she's also my friend. And also an ex-Cerberus top agent.

K: right... Is this guy an assassin??

S: Yes but he's very sweet and a loving father, don't worry about it

K: Is- is that the robot that almost killed me???

S: sshh sh shh sshhhh that's not the same robot. That's just EDI, our unshackled Cerberus AI friend, piloting the body that almost murdered you. She's nice, it's fine.

K: ... What is that

S: A smoothie. Oh! You mean this? This is my robot son. And this is also my Krogan test tube baby son. They are both my children.

K:

S: Ok great well now you've met everyone, you just stay here for a bit, I've gotta go do something alone for a few days, be back soon!

K: Wait what, where are you going?

S: I've just gotta help my friend Aria with a little something, it's nbd

K: oh ok

K: