Ive Always Loved This Too, Like How Forerunner Ais Are Always Named Using An Adjective Synonymous With

I’ve always loved this too, like how forerunner ais are always named using an adjective synonymous with “regretful” followed by a noun, driving home the theme of the forerunners being a civilization of powerful people overcome by regret of how they’ve led the galaxy astray with their leadership, with probably the best of these names being “mendicant bias”. Not to mention how the names of actual forerunners are pretty much short poems, like “Shadow of sundered star” and “born stellar makes eternal lasting” which reflects them being a very philosophic people (also a very egotistical people, especially at the peak of their civilization but I digress lol)

or like how the covenant is a fascist theocracy, so the names of its ships are always themed around faith, servitude, and the destruction of any and all who challenge them, like “enduring conviction”, “ascendant justice” and “breath of annihilation”.

and then the names of lots of human UNSC ships are named with the theme of strength, determination, and perseverance in mind, like “forward unto dawn”, “in amber clad”, and “spirit of fire”. This was probably done to drive home the hopeful theme of humanity having an unshakable spirit in the face of almost certain annihilation, and it’s a fitting contrast to how the names of covenant ships frame themselves AS the annihilation that humanity is persevering against.

I could go on and on but YES, the names of halo are very well written and decided upon, and they live in my mind rent free (especially when It comes to naming things myself lol)

all the names in halo are so good. from the ships to the planets to the characters… naming sci fi stuff is the worst but the halo writers really knocked it out of the park. everything feels distinct to the unique cultures. every once in a while i think about how most people’s idea of the halo franchise is just ‘green guy shoots aliens in vidya game’ and i want to make that ‘they don’t know about (x)’ meme but with ‘they don’t know about the rich world-building of the halo universe’.

#my wife is on the SOR for being gay #no joke #she hit on a girl in a straight bar once #in 1997 #and while the girl was into it #the off duty cop sitting nearby was not #and so he arrested her for ‘soliciting homosexual activity’ #which in our state was still a felony #in 1997 (and would remain so until Lawrence v Texas in 2003) #and since ‘soliciting homosexual activity’ was a felony and a sex crime #she got put on The List #she is still on there to this day #because it costs MONEY to ask a judge to take you off #and she has tried four times#since 2003 #to get taken off the SOR #but every time the judge has said something like ‘no you pled guilty to the crime i can’t possibly take you off the sex offender registry’ #with no acknowledgement of what the actual crime was #(the crime of being a butch lesbian hitting on a cute girl who was into it) #(in 1997)

Reposting these tags with consent from the person that wrote them. The post about the Sex Offenders Registry is locked, but these tags are too important to go unnoticed.

Younger queer people need to realize that the SOR being used against queer people simply for being queer isn’t some ancient history thing. It still impacts queer people today. And it can quite easily be used that way again.

I don’t even know what to say here but “sodom and halo reach” made me choke on my own spit laughing

An Alaska Native group decided to make a video game. It’s like nothing you’ve ever played before.

One of the most groundbreaking, critically acclaimed, and delightful video games of 2014 began in a highly unlikely place — Anchorage, Alaska.

It’s called “Never Alone” (or “Kisima Ingitchuna”). And it wasn’t developed by Nintendo, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, or any of the other big game studios.

It was the brainchild of the Cook Inlet Tribal Council (CITC) — a nonprofit community support organization for Alaska Natives and their families.

And while many Alaska Native communities are struggling to hold on to their identities in the 21st century, the council saw “Never Alone” as both a way of becoming more financially self-sufficient and a necessary new method of transferring cultural knowledge from one generation to the next.

Rodeo on reaper leviathan

The bloodbath has begun, a huge part of protesters are teenagers and people in their early 20s, the anti riot forces has official order to shoot protesters now, the rate of body counts are peaking, There has been a couple of victories for people these past hours but there also has been a lot of causalities, the internet connection is lost in most cities, we're afraid but it looks like no one's backing down. We don't need USA or UN to help us. I've never been more proud of my people.