I hope you have a really really really nice day

This is very important, please do not ignore this.

Watch the video till the very end please (the end is when the explosion goes off.)

I live in Lebanon and the fiercest explosion went off in the midst of Beirut today, killing off an ungodly amount of human beings (more and more people are dying as I write this) and injuring up to 5000 people whose cases are immensely critical. Today,, at approximately 6 pm, hospitals were completely torn to shreds, people have been buried underneath fallen buildings, fires have been ignited almost everywhere, blood staining the streets in an excruciating manner, in addition to people that flew and fell to the sea due to the impact of the explosion. And it is certainly worth mentioning the millions upon millions’ worth of damages what with buildings and cars and stores. Plenty of people are missing, it’s an overall mess that is quite frankly very traumatizing.

What Lebanese people have been undergoing in recent times:

Lebanon has been going through a major economical decline that grows worse and worse by the day. The prices have heightened and the salaries remain the same, scarcely anyone has the capacity of affording basic needs anymore. There has been an unfolding revolution the past year, and the lebanese society has been protesting against the humiliation thrust upon our lives due to our miserable excuse for a government, and though the streets bled with thrashing, screaming citizens fighting for their utmost basic human rights, that caused mere to no change in the way things go around here, in fact, it only made it worse. We’re being provided with, metaphorically, a droplet’s worth of water and nearly no electricity, a pregnant woman has even passed away recently due to a heat stroke (as there were no means of cooling off)

What caused the setting off of this explosion?

The ignorance, heartlessness, and overall brutality of the government and the people in control.

A critical amount of chemicals (2700 tons of ammonium and other nitrates) were left inside a ship along the port of Beirut, and though the people in charge of this transaction were warned that heat and perspiration have the capability of destroying the whole of Lebanon in ode to a massive explosion, they refused to do anything about it and left the chemicals in there for years on end.

Up until, surprise surprise, the explosion went off and devestated Lebanon almost entirely.

I don’t have much followers, and I know that this post isn’t going to magically heal what is unfolding in this, priorly gorgeous, magnificent country, but I truly hope with all my heart that you find it within yours to spread awareness on this topic so that it would be more widespread,, so that Lebanon gets the aiding it deserves and the people from outer places slap the ‘big bosses’ awake, or at least pressure them into resigning, whatever it takes to make this place sufferable, tolerable, somewhere you can picture yourself residing in.

Lebanon is a place of infinite traditions, diversity, creativity, joy, and love. Most of the people here are open-hearted and wholesome. We all deserve far better.

My heart aches for the people that have passed away today, and I shall pray for the ones stuck in hellish suffering.

𝙻𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐…

𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗'𝚜 𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗! 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚜𝚔?

𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙻𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗'𝚜 𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚎’𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙻𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗'𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎. 𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚢 𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜!

𝙰𝚂 𝙰𝙻𝚆𝙰𝚈𝚂, 𝚂𝙿𝙾𝙸𝙻𝙴𝚁 𝚆𝙰𝚁𝙽𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙵𝙾𝚁 𝚃𝙷𝙾𝚂𝙴 𝚆𝙷𝙾 𝙷𝙰𝚅𝙴𝙽’𝚃 𝚁𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙾𝚁 𝙰𝚁𝙴 𝙽𝙾𝚃 𝙲𝙰𝚄𝙶𝙷𝚃 𝚄𝙿! 𝙵𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍, 𝚜𝚘 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜, 𝙸 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚗-𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝-𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚗.

𝙻𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎…

LET’S GO, GUYS, WE’RE BACK WITH ANOTHER EPISODE OF THE BREAKDOWN!!!

Ah man, it’s really been awhile, let’s hop right into this with episode 9 (the fun one). Right off the bat, we’ve got the blue butterfly. It’s sort of early in the breakdown, but let’s go ahead and talk about the blue butterfly.

It appears at first sight to be a blue morpho, a species of butterfly native to the tropics of Latin America. It’s the right size as well, seeing as blue morpho butterflies have a wingspan of 5-8 inches.

 However, the underside of this butterfly’s wings are bright blue, whereas the blue morpho has dull brown coloration on the underside of its wings (a neat camouflage mechanism!)

This butterfly could also be a monarch. Yes, monarch butterflies typically have vibrant orange coloration but hear me out.

Blue morphos are naturally occurring, whereas blue monarchs are not. This butterfly is obviously supernatural in essence, seeing as it seems to appear before every supernatural event (e.g. it appeared before the power outage at David’s house, before the demon knocked on the barn window, etc..) It also shows up in David’s dreams and can interact with the demon, further cementing its status as a supernatural being.

Blue monarchs are classic for having a supernatural affiliation in mythology in folklore. They are said to represent happiness, good luck, and a wish fulfilled. This makes sense, seeing as the butterfly was able to drive away the demon. Demons are the uncanny embodiment of fear and evil, so it’s natural that the opposite of it, light and goodness, would be able to harm it.

This may also have a connection to Delete (prequel to Lalin’s Curse). Please take this next part concerning the butterfly with a grain of salt, as it is mostly pure theory rather than researched fact.

I’ve mentioned before that David’s brown streak of hair is not only a consequence of his head injury but likely also symbolic of him earning his ‘Valor’, like a piece of Valor stayed with him (his streak and Valor’s hair are the same color). He used to be more of a pushover, as shown in the flashback.

But now he’s clearly willing to stand up to others to defend what he believes in, as seen when he argues with Cody. The only difference between the two instances of having his belief challenged is the timeline, he fought with Cody after the events of Delete. One can conclude, therefore, that this is a consequence of character development stemming from those events (even if David doesn’t remember it).

It wouldn’t be so far fetched to say that the blue butterfly is also symbolic of David’s character development. Although he clearly still exhibits self-deprecating tendencies, it’s also clear that he is a happier person than he was in Delete. The butterfly could represent his happiness, as well as having other supernatural significance.

Alright, I’m off the Delete tangent now.

In many folklores and cultures, the butterfly (specifically blue monarchs in some versions of lore) is seen as a symbol of someone’s soul. In Western European folklore, butterflies have the ability to pass into a plane of existence called the ‘Otherworld’. It’s basically the spirit world. 

In earlier episodes, the thin black veins on the wings do not resemble the thick black markings of a monarch. However, in later episodes the black markings are extremely obvious and very deliberate. 

So yeah that’s why i think it’s a monarch and not a morpho :)

WOW okay i just realized how long this breakdown is already. This episode is packed with information, so it may even be broken into 3 parts.

warning! If you are easily overwhelmed by loud noises/noises designed to create a sense of unease, either skip the first part or listen on low volume! Title: On the Flipside

Artist: TaitaBirb

Dtiys by @isakytm

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