#silver rants

The revolutionary left does not and cannot stop at acknowledging empire. It takes a step further, saying it is the duty of all conscious proletarians to dedicate themselves to the cause of upending the imperial order in whatever way they can-- it is a moral, personal, and class obligation.

We mustn't stop at wanting to be comfortable. We mustn't stop at wanting peace. We must pursue until we overthrow the bastards. We must create the organizational structures necessary to meet the needs of the proletarians the capitalists and their state fail to meet. We must advocate for their class interests, economically and politically.

We must harass and agitate against empire in every avenue we have available to us. We must challenge the doctrine of the day, place ideas of the proletarian class interest into the superstructure-- make our voices heard. We must utilize structures based on unity in our class interest to oppose state violence and the militarization of the state against us, and combat the most violent excesses of the state.

We must materially harm the war effort of the empire to aid our comrades abroad, whom we must show solidarity with. Our comrades abroad are all those who fight against empire and it's oppression.

The knowledge that the present capitalist class is an inherently parasitic class whose own internal contradictions will spell it's doom-- that revolution is not guaranteed, but the crisises of capitalism are, and we must be there for ferment change when the crisises hit.

in all seriousness, PLEASE RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS PERSON!

alr so i feel the need to say something about my “ex friend.” followers of mine may know him from reblogs or his user (used to be ingoimpregnant, unsure of it now), we held a pokepasta together that we no longer will be using together.

TRIGGER WARNINGS WILL BE SAID NOW

mentions of - r@pe, n@zi, racism, sh, sui, ransphobia, incest, and so much more along this criteria.

This boy, who isn’t in our class, randomly came in at lunch and started throwing a football around. He was annoying all of the girls. And he didn’t stop for 30 minutes. I was eating my rice and chicken, trying to ignore this pesky boy and enjoy my tumblr scrolling. WHEN

This boy, hits my friend in the face with his football and slams shut my school computer in one kick, almost breaking it.

Now, I’m very quiet in breaks, I talk with my friend (who I.l just call Jewel) I read my books and eat my lunch quietly. He obviously thought I was just gonna take it.

But instead, me and my 145cm of height stood up, glared at him, and yelled. “Get out of our class. You dumb fuck.”

He stumbles back a little bit. A look of stupid surprise on his face.

You can say it all you want, but somehow, in some way? You are like him. At least a little.

You can say the same thing about Lance. You can say the same thing about Ethan.

Those little bits and pieces are what make you, you. You can't change that. Naturally, we learn from the people around us...

Yes, you're his son. Yes, you share some of the same characteristics... But you also care so much about everyone. Ho-Oh chose you for a reason. Despite being like him, you're still you.

You're still Silver. You're still aiming to be the greatest trainer in the world. You still kicked his ass with Ethan! You're still working your way up the ranks, discovering your strengths while overcoming your weaknesses.

You don't know me, but I'm proud of you. If he won't say it, I will. We're all so proud of you for coming so far...

...

..........

....tch....

I know you guys are trying to make me feel better and all that, and I appreciate that, but I still can't shake the feeling...

That day he left me, I vowed I'd never become anything like him.

But I'm that kid who stole a Pokémon from Professor Elm.

I'm that kid who stole a Sneasel from an innocent citizen.

I'm that kid who harassed and assaulted people if they got on my nerves.

That's...that's exactly something a Rocket would do...that's exactly something he would do.

And yes I know that was three years ago, I've learned, I was forgiven....but I can't help but think about 'what if' scenarios. What if Lance never lectured me? What if Heart and Ethan never defeated me? Chances are I'd probably be in jail. Hell, I'm not even sure how I'm NOT in jail, I was nearly caught. And to think that if he never abandoned me, I would of probably taken over Team Rocket...well, he's probably got his stupid replacement of a daughter for that now.

Sometimes I'll get ready in the morning, and I'll look in the mirror, and I feel like I can still see a glimpse of him in my eyes. And I try not to let it bother me during the day, I tell myself I have people with me now that'll keep me on the right path, that'll help me...Esther, Heart, Barry, Ethan, Lance...but at night it eats me up. So many goddamn nights I've been kept awake trying to convince myself I'm completely different to him.

But if I tell anyone I'm his son, or if they find out, I'll get weird looks and I scare others away....I still haven't shook off what happened when Esther found out...

It's...it's something I tell myself time and time again. I'm not like him. I'll never be like him. But I just....I just can't....

...!

- Bulbapedia, on the Survival Charm

... including in challenges against noble Pokémon.

... including in challenges against noble Pokémon.

Including in challenges against noble Pokémon.

ARE YOU TELLING ME I FLIPPING ACCIDENTALLY BEAT ALL THE NOBLES ON HARD MODE? A SELF IMPOSED LV 1 HANDICAP???

THOSE FIGHTS WERE HELL. I HATED THEM WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING. I DREADED THEM.

Because you could grind your pokemon to a higher level, but mid/late game if you missed an important dodge 2 or 3 times it was immediate KO.

You're telling me I could have buffed the player to take a few more hits????????????

Why is this not mentioned in like, ANY of the noble guides I looked up??