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i-will-mourn-the-wicked:

wow you guys, the time has come for my very first written-by-me Hamilton post.

Disclaimer for the Hamilton fans who tend to start ship wars: take a breath, I am not attacking you—believe it or not, my life doesn’t revolve around spite for people I disagree with.

With that out of the way, here’s a dose of Hamilton analysis ft. Hamburr from your local overthinker.

It’s safe to say that a good chunk of the characters in this musical are referred to by most people by their last names: Hamilton, Burr, Lafayette, Laurens, Washington, Jefferson, Madison, etc., because that was the norm back then. We really only see exceptions with close relationships/family relationships.

Let’s focus on Hamilton for the time being. He’s generally addressed with his last name, or occasionally his full name, with the exceptions who refer to him as Alexander being: his dear friends, Laurens, Lafayette, and Hercules, the two women who fell in love with him, Angelica and Eliza, and…Burr?

Burr is lumped in with the small contingent of people who are close enough to Hamilton to call him by his first name, or are on a first name basis, if you will.

Burr tends to refer to Hamilton as just that, Hamilton, when he’s providing the narration/storytelling, when he’s talking about him (i.e. in Wait For It: “Hamilton faces an endless uphill climb”, in A Winter’s Ball: “Washington hires Hamilton right on sight”, in Your Obedient Servant: “how does Hamilton”, etc.).

But when Burr is speaking to him, he calls him Alexander (i.e. in Farmer Refuted: “Alexander, please”, in The Story of Tonight Reprise: “congrats again, Alexander, smile more”, in their back and forth conversation in songs such as Ten Duel Commandments and Non-Stop, in We Know: “Alexander, rumors only grow”, etc.)

The only exception to this is the beginning of Non-Stop; “co-counsel, Hamilton, sit down”, (which was in a professional courtroom setting), and vice versa, in The World Was Wide Enough; “when Alexander aimed at the sky” (and I know for a fact there’s some kind lf meaning behind that, I just cannot for the life of me figure it out—expect a post when I do, folks).

All in all, what I’m trying to say here is, Burr obviously considers himself close enough to refer to Hamilton as Alexander, and is included in a group of people (Lafayette, Hercules, Laurens, Angelica, and Eliza) who do the same—a group where at least two (or three, depending on if you count Laurens or not) of the people within were very much in love with Hamilton.

do with that what you will.

loseranthems:

lmao replaying gta v for the 7000th time and finally after years upon years, trying to figure out an official timeline since i am, indeed, a large hulking dweeb

edit: a dweeb whos stroking my goddamn dick to the drama this has started hooooweeee kids kick up a chair and ride the train to papas funhouse. the replies are fantastic bathroom reading

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Kill Counts

gtavcritical:

These totals have been complied by counting the number of kills by each of the protags in solo missions (including Strangers and Freaks and character specific Random Events) and splitting the amount of kills made during play in missions with two or more active characters wherever the story/settings allows for variations on gameplay.

* = optional kills. ** = before switch is available. ~ = variable based on play style.

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= speculative.

Michael’s confirmed kill count is a minimum of  189 people.

  • Jay Norris (Friend Request)
  • At least 1 of the boat thieves (Father and Son)
  • 1 pathologist°

    and 21 IAA/security agents at the morgue (Dead Man Walking)

  • 4+ at the IAA building, plus 3
    choppers, max 3 people in each (Three’s Company)
  • ~18+ cops/N.O.O.S.E (Blitz Play)
  • 1 alleged terrorist in Chumash (By the Book)
  • A minimum of 3 building workers (Mr. Richards)
  • Rocco Pelosi and Gianni (The Ballad of Rocco)
  • Pilot and passenger of plane (Caida Libre)
  • 2 O’Neil brothers (Predator)
  • 20+ IAA agents/scientists (Monkey Business)
  • 22 Triads (Bury The Hatchet)
  • **10 Triads (Fresh Meat)
  • **10 FIB agents at
    the Kortz Center (The Wrap Up)
  • 3+ Ballas (Lamar Down)
  • Molly Schultz (Legal Trouble)
  • 22 Merryweather agents (Meltdown)
  • Stretch and/or 10 Ballas (The Third Way)
  • Dr. Friedlander* (Abandonment Issues)
  • Abigail Mathers* (What Lies Beneath)
  • Tracey’s stalker* (Doting Dad)
  • 12+ Epsilon members* (Unknowing the Truth)

Trevor kills approximately a potential minimum of 426 people.

  • Cash depot guard (Prologue)
  • Johnny K and 24+ Bikers (Mr. Philips)
  • Ortega and 25+ Aztecas (Trevor Philips Industries)
  • 30+ Bikers (Nervous Ron)
  • 18+ O’Neil brothers (Crystal Maze)
  • 5+ bikers in (Friends Reunited)
  • ~8+ cops/N.O.O.S.E (Blitz Play)
  • 30 Ballas (Hood Safari) [if played solely as Trevor]
  • Javier – Madrazo’s Cousin (Caida Libre)
  • 10 Merryweather guards (Minor Turbulence)
  • 2 train drivers and 15 Merryweather (Derailed)
  • Floyd Hebert and Debra (Hang Ten)
  • Leon, the former owner of The Vanilla Unicorn (Hang Ten)
  • 45+ rednecks, 45+ Vagos, 50+ Ballas, 45 soldiers, & 30+ hipsters (Rampages)
  • At least 4 Merryweather (The Wrap Up)
  • Steve Haines (The Third Way)
  • Al Di Napoli* (The Last Act)
  • Joe and Josef from the border patrol* (Minute Man Blues)
  • Josh Bernstein* (Breach of Contract)
  • 11 Random Event characters who can potentially be delivered to the Altruist Cult
  • 15+ Altruist Cult Members*
  • 2+ unnamed victims in cut scenes

Franklin only racks up an approximate minimum of 231.

  • 14 gang members (Repossession)
  • At least 2 boat thieves (Father and Son)
  • 4 of Madrazo’s men (Marriage Counseling)
  • 25+ Ballas (The Long Stretch)
  • **6 IAA agents and one chopper (Three’s Company)
  • 28+ in Merryweather Heist (Freighter)
  • 18 in Merryweather Heist (Off Shore)
  • 30+ Ballas (Hood Safari) [if played solely as Franklin]
  • 2 guards, ~18+ cops/N.O.O.S.E (Blitz Play)
  • Brett Lowery (Hotel Assassination)
  • 4 jury members (Multi Target Assassination)
  • 2 in (Vice Assassination)
  • Issac Penny (Bus Assassination)
  • 13 guards and Enzo Bonelli (Construction Assassination)
  • 1 actress (Deep Inside)
  • 1 O’Neil (Predator)
  • **24+ Triads (Fresh Meat)
  • 8 agents (FIB Raid, fire crew) 
  • **10+ N.O.O.S.E (The Big Score, obvious approach)
  • 10+ Noose Agents, Wei Cheng and 8 Triads (The Third Way)

[W101] What “Kan Davası“ actually means

storm-magic:

There was something my mind told me when I first heard about the “law” that Malistaire the Undying talks about upon entering Darkmoor.

It sounded like it could be Arabic of a sort, but upon checking with my language studies, turns out it is Turkish, and it actually means something.

It appears to roughly translate to ‘blood feud’. “Kan” means ‘blood’, while “Davası” (The dotless letter resembling ‘i’ is NOT pronounced like in English or phonetically, it has its own spelling, one which doesn’t correspond to English. The same pronunciation yet not the same letter is also included in my mother language too, since my language had a lot of Turkic influence.)  means ‘feud’. 

So the badge you receive after completing Darkmoor is “Victor of the Blood Feud”.

Pretty smart of KI, not gonna lie.

Siege on the Evil Doctor

thephoenixofhumanity:

Four warriors brave the castle of Dr. Jamison Junkenstein in order to end his experiments once and for all.

Four warriors sat around a slowly dying fire, one man more alert than the others. No one slept, but watched each other’s backs. Closing your eyes meant reliving the horrors in the dream world, waking up to those same horrors staring you in the face. The forest was still, silent, but the darkness was the scariest part, and could hold anything. No one wanted to risk leaving the dim light the fire provided.

 Their next destination beyond the forest would be their last. Winning came at a cost; too many lives had been lost at this point. Losing meant that they’d also succumb to being changed…

The Gunslinger sighed, checking his pockets once again and grimacing. He had to be careful with his bullets. He had five rounds left, not counting the one already loaded, but he couldn’t risk using all of them before they got to the castle. All his shots had to hit their mark, else he’d die.

Next to him, the Archer sorted through his bows, wiping down the blood and muck from the tips. He barely had time to gather all of them, most left in the bodies he had slain. There was no time to run back and get them, so he also had to make do with what he had. Thirty arrows left. He’d also have to be precise.

The Soldier had his gun trained on a target no one could see. His visor scanned the forest slowly, looking out for threats. Having lost the most during this expedition, he wasn’t taking any chances. The three with him were all he had left. He’d rather lose his life than lose the last of human contact he’d ever have. If that mad doctor wanted them, he’d have to get through the soldier first.

The Monk sat quietly, in a trancelike state. The only calm one, there was little he could do to ease his companions minds. He technically wasn’t alive; anything the doctor did to him wouldn’t force him to lose his humanity. He could be turned into a zombic, but he’d always keep a part of him. But he if lost the others, he’d truly be alone.

So far, they’d already lost their alchemist, their viking, their sniper, and the Archer’s brother. What had once been a might party had been reduced to these four. It was easy to trust someone when they stopped the undead from ripping out your throat or clawing out your back, and the group had been close. They were the only things left of humanity this far out.

“…I thought the doctor was dead,” the Gunslinger muttered. “We got reports that he was dead.”

“His monster might’ve been inhumane, but it was smart. It could’ve learned how to revive him,” the Archer pointed out.

“Or it was faked,” the Soldier said. “What if he faked the whole thing to kidnap more victims and turn them into monsters? We know his army has grown, too large for what he started. Perhaps he was never dead, only made it seem that way so that he could expand.”

It was grim, but closest to the truth.

A rustling from the trees had them all in action. The Soldier cocked his gun, the Gunslinger took aim, the Archer lifted his bow, and the Monk raised his hands for attack. They couldn’t lose one another. Not when they were so close to putting down the doctor.

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