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I also think, being so new and so recently abandoned to die by their previous corporate overlords, before Captain Makeba saved them, means they probably hit the ground with two simultaneous goals in mind:

1. Make this planet livable (build shelter, grow food, continue terraforming)

2. Make sure that never ever fucking happens again

By which I mean, I think the first Preservationists made a concentrated effort to make rules, and then laws as they got a government up and running, that formally enshrine their values of caring for each other, not leaving anyone behind, etc

It's not a utopia just bc everyone there is magically naturally nice. They had just escaped what would have been a total extinction of their people because the corporation(s) who seeded them at their previous colonies decided they were too expensive to keep feeding, then Captain Makeba showed them it is actually possible to save everyone if you band together.

Imagine growing up as the first generation of children on Preservation. Their parents needed to make sure that they would never forget what the CR almost succeeded in doing to them. Not just hearing horror stories about the CR that you can brush off as you get older, but growing up with the very literal object lesson of 'this is what happens when you build your society around profit motive. And this is what happens when we throw away capitalism and instead build our society around helping each other.'

Contrast this with the isolated colonists in System Collapse, who had scratched out a living despite being abandoned/lost to the CR, who were almost 4 decades out from last dealing with corporates, and so didn't know that Barish-Estranza meant to own them. The Adamantine colonists didn't have the same experience of all almost dying bc they weren't getting supply ships anymore, so they weren't ever as motivated to make sure they never again could be controlled by a corporation. Preservationists absolutely are motivated in that way.

But if you have a character with one of those Always Outfits, and then there's a timeskip and they show up again a bit older than before, you have to give them something new to wear. I'm willing to ignore laundry, but I've never met a 15-year-old who wants to wear the same thing she wore when she was 12. Laundry isn't an interesting detail. How the character has changed over the timeskip, and how that can be represented in their design, absolutely is.

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this is NOT because of blocking screenshots, it's because of HOW streaming sites use your computer's hardware to optimise performance, which means the thing rendering the video and the thing capturing your screen aren't the SAME thing. so they can't talk together.

i used to work at a Local Organic Produce store that's popular with the lefties in my city who are interested in food justice. i quit for a lot of reasons, mostly the boss, but something i will always remember is one of our suppliers coming in to drop off produce, being told her check wasn't ready, and her laughing and responding it didn't matter -- even a low bank account was more than enough to pay the migrants who picked her produce. i am not filling in any blanks here. she said this.

after quitting, this was a common story i told people about my time there. some then became annoyed at me, acting like i was a wokescold trying to undermine the store's "eco" mission with unrelated "ethical" concerns. but, like -- if food justice isn't for the people making food, who the fuck is it for?

Please do not put Zebulon Mucklewain in a clerical collar, or depict him with a rosary.

These things are extremely Catholic - not exclusively, but you will definitely not see them in a Baptist church, let alone in 1920s Arkansas. Part of Baptists' whole deal is a rejection of high church hierarchy and looking as Not-Catholic as possible, so Zebulon would realistically not own these things or even think to own them.

If you want to dress our dear old pastor in his Sunday best, he would almost certainly wear a suit and tie (linen, for breathability and moisture wicking), maybe in a tan or navy blue. I could see him owning several "fun" ties. He might even don a hat for Easter Sunday and bust out his most pastel tie (which will match Effie's dress and even fancier, flowery hat, of course!).