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2023.06.02 23:11 PathCalm4647 She wants a divorce asap. And I agreed.
We’ve been married for 17 years. It has been a tough tough journey. In the beginning, I was a bit immature. Also didn’t try my best to find work, but she stuck by me and even supported us in those first 2 years. I was going to university at the time, and thought that I would land that perfect job. So I was stupid to think if I hold out a little longer, the company I wanted to go to would hire me. I had won a few awards, and was full of myself.
She was the bread winner, and I sometimes helped her at her work. We were innocent, naive, and simple. However we did fight like all young couples, and she did threaten to leave me, though she never did. As I promise to change. Thinking back, I’ve been trying to change for her since that time…
Then I got a call from my dad. He was dying, and only had less than 2 years. He helped pay for all of my educational shenanigans. And being the eldest, it was my duty to take care of him. My dad lived in another country, so my wife and I packed up and relocated.
It was hard for us both. It was a really really hard for her. I got my act together, and had to support her and dad. We spent all our savings on flight and logistics and with barely any money, and working odd hours. It was stressful, but we tried our best to make it pleasant. She made some friends from church, I managed to enroll her to a local university to learn the local language while I worked.
It slowly got better, as she began to form her social circles. Here friends from university, tend to be married into rich and affluent families. Soon she complained about not having name brand bags that cost a whole months worth of salary. We fought and bickered. She tells me, why I would always say no to buying things for her, especially when other husbands would just say ok to their wives.
Eventually I landed a better paying job that paid double the previous. I even introduced her into the company, and she was even hired as a sales assistant. It was very cool, and I was happy we got to go to work together, and leave work together. The extra money really helped the situation more. It was hard work, but it felt good to make money. It felt good to treat her as she deserved to be treated.
Then my dad died. We cremated him, and I don’t remember much, but she was there with me. I really appreciated her being there. Not long after, my mom move in, and things got a bit worse. My wife complained about money, apartment, the way I communicated with her, my mother, etc. To be fair, all those things were valid points for complaint, but very unnecessary. Through thick and thin, I said to myself. It was just very hard to not to get her angry. I believe she threatened divorce again. I had to ask my mom to move out.
Then we made up and had our first child and second child. Continue to argue. She fights and blows up over the smallest things. Lectures me , the kids for hours if we didn’t do as she said. Then she stared withholding intimacy. It had happened before, but not to the extent and frequency as it has been. Compounded by all the fighting and her cussing me out. I became tired, vengeful, and e started chatting to some women from dating apps. Eventually went on a few dates and sexual encounters.
But the guilt was too much. I confessed to my wife. We almost broke up, but she accepted my apology. Since then, when ever she was angry with me, the words she used became more vindictive and hurtful. I don’t say anything, because of my infidelity. My biggest mistakes to look elsewhere for comfort and sexual gratification. I regret it so much.
I have been sleeping on the couch, off and on, for the last 3 years ;70% of the time. She is angry all the time. So I just tip toe and try to a paid confrontation. It’s terrible. I now ham recovering from a serious health condition, due to multiple surgeries. She threatened to divorce, which my kids have heard on numerous occasions. I feel so bad for my kids, having to experience so much fighting.
Finally, last week. We got into an argument about why I was upset at the restaurant. She was telling my kids off in public for chatting and being kids. Then when finally home, she said she wanted divorce. I finally gave in. During the last 7 days, I talked to my children, and told them about what wrong I had done. I told them it was my fault. I told them both mom and I love them always. It was my mistake, and my responsibility alone.
Today, she hands me the papers which she had signed last week. Tells me I owe her money. She’s not my house keeper. We have loans under my name, and she expect me to take a loan out and pay her with it. She wanted to take both my kids, but one wanted to stay with me. She was furious. I was called many things again. I tell her we can sell the car. I giver her a few months of my saved salary.
I don’t know what to do. I’m just sad our family is broken up because of my mistakes, my infidelity. My kids will need to grow up far apart. My kids are heartbroken I told them it’s daddy’s fault. And I am so so sorry.
I got 2 weeks to borrow more money. I gotta pay for their airfare, living expenses, etc. The previous loan she insisted on for Bitcoin and crypto, did not translate into anything. If I don’t, I truly think I won’t see my youngest child again.
Any advise greatly welcomed.
submitted by PathCalm4647 to Divorce [link] [comments]
She was the bread winner, and I sometimes helped her at her work. We were innocent, naive, and simple. However we did fight like all young couples, and she did threaten to leave me, though she never did. As I promise to change. Thinking back, I’ve been trying to change for her since that time…
Then I got a call from my dad. He was dying, and only had less than 2 years. He helped pay for all of my educational shenanigans. And being the eldest, it was my duty to take care of him. My dad lived in another country, so my wife and I packed up and relocated.
It was hard for us both. It was a really really hard for her. I got my act together, and had to support her and dad. We spent all our savings on flight and logistics and with barely any money, and working odd hours. It was stressful, but we tried our best to make it pleasant. She made some friends from church, I managed to enroll her to a local university to learn the local language while I worked.
It slowly got better, as she began to form her social circles. Here friends from university, tend to be married into rich and affluent families. Soon she complained about not having name brand bags that cost a whole months worth of salary. We fought and bickered. She tells me, why I would always say no to buying things for her, especially when other husbands would just say ok to their wives.
Eventually I landed a better paying job that paid double the previous. I even introduced her into the company, and she was even hired as a sales assistant. It was very cool, and I was happy we got to go to work together, and leave work together. The extra money really helped the situation more. It was hard work, but it felt good to make money. It felt good to treat her as she deserved to be treated.
Then my dad died. We cremated him, and I don’t remember much, but she was there with me. I really appreciated her being there. Not long after, my mom move in, and things got a bit worse. My wife complained about money, apartment, the way I communicated with her, my mother, etc. To be fair, all those things were valid points for complaint, but very unnecessary. Through thick and thin, I said to myself. It was just very hard to not to get her angry. I believe she threatened divorce again. I had to ask my mom to move out.
Then we made up and had our first child and second child. Continue to argue. She fights and blows up over the smallest things. Lectures me , the kids for hours if we didn’t do as she said. Then she stared withholding intimacy. It had happened before, but not to the extent and frequency as it has been. Compounded by all the fighting and her cussing me out. I became tired, vengeful, and e started chatting to some women from dating apps. Eventually went on a few dates and sexual encounters.
But the guilt was too much. I confessed to my wife. We almost broke up, but she accepted my apology. Since then, when ever she was angry with me, the words she used became more vindictive and hurtful. I don’t say anything, because of my infidelity. My biggest mistakes to look elsewhere for comfort and sexual gratification. I regret it so much.
I have been sleeping on the couch, off and on, for the last 3 years ;70% of the time. She is angry all the time. So I just tip toe and try to a paid confrontation. It’s terrible. I now ham recovering from a serious health condition, due to multiple surgeries. She threatened to divorce, which my kids have heard on numerous occasions. I feel so bad for my kids, having to experience so much fighting.
Finally, last week. We got into an argument about why I was upset at the restaurant. She was telling my kids off in public for chatting and being kids. Then when finally home, she said she wanted divorce. I finally gave in. During the last 7 days, I talked to my children, and told them about what wrong I had done. I told them it was my fault. I told them both mom and I love them always. It was my mistake, and my responsibility alone.
Today, she hands me the papers which she had signed last week. Tells me I owe her money. She’s not my house keeper. We have loans under my name, and she expect me to take a loan out and pay her with it. She wanted to take both my kids, but one wanted to stay with me. She was furious. I was called many things again. I tell her we can sell the car. I giver her a few months of my saved salary.
I don’t know what to do. I’m just sad our family is broken up because of my mistakes, my infidelity. My kids will need to grow up far apart. My kids are heartbroken I told them it’s daddy’s fault. And I am so so sorry.
I got 2 weeks to borrow more money. I gotta pay for their airfare, living expenses, etc. The previous loan she insisted on for Bitcoin and crypto, did not translate into anything. If I don’t, I truly think I won’t see my youngest child again.
Any advise greatly welcomed.
2023.06.02 23:10 inderio Recently installed tinder and its been woeful so far
I am 20 and don't go out to clubs and just about go out to the local pub once in a blue moon so I thought a dating app would increase my chances of meeting someone, whether for a relationship or not.
Holy fuck, tinder is shite. Not one person can create let alone keep the conversation alive and flowing.
I'm not the best looking and don't do much so I'm not the best candidate on there but I've had about 4 matches in the past two weeks which isn't amazing but not awful. Regardless, they're all dead af when it comes to holding any form of conversation.
They have these great and somewhat creative bios and talk about good pickup lines and keeping the conversation flowing yet they'll respond with emojis or no more than 2 words, 3 if you're lucky.
Maybe I'm just not that good looking or interesting to talk to but Jesus fuck, at least try and sound interested to learn more about the person YOU SWIPED RIGHT ON AND MATCHED WITH.
I'm not the most social person or the best for a conversation but I'm out here breaking my back trying to get any basic information out of these people.
I'd ask about their work and they'd reply with something like "I don't work" or literally the name of their job.
I'd ask what they do in their spare time and they'd say some shit like "drive" or "read". That's cool, maybe try and divulge a little more information than that. There isn't a word limit fucksake.
I realise this is more of a rant but tinder seems to be shit unless you're attractive.
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Holy fuck, tinder is shite. Not one person can create let alone keep the conversation alive and flowing.
I'm not the best looking and don't do much so I'm not the best candidate on there but I've had about 4 matches in the past two weeks which isn't amazing but not awful. Regardless, they're all dead af when it comes to holding any form of conversation.
They have these great and somewhat creative bios and talk about good pickup lines and keeping the conversation flowing yet they'll respond with emojis or no more than 2 words, 3 if you're lucky.
Maybe I'm just not that good looking or interesting to talk to but Jesus fuck, at least try and sound interested to learn more about the person YOU SWIPED RIGHT ON AND MATCHED WITH.
I'm not the most social person or the best for a conversation but I'm out here breaking my back trying to get any basic information out of these people.
I'd ask about their work and they'd reply with something like "I don't work" or literally the name of their job.
I'd ask what they do in their spare time and they'd say some shit like "drive" or "read". That's cool, maybe try and divulge a little more information than that. There isn't a word limit fucksake.
I realise this is more of a rant but tinder seems to be shit unless you're attractive.
2023.06.02 23:07 edenarush How to start to feel comfortable with your gender identity?
Hi, I'm AFAB and for some years now I've considered myself NB, but I haven't introduced any changes in my life, except from using she/they pronouns. And I'm very confused. I feel like I haven't really processed what being NB means for me, and I don't know where to start. I think I could realy use something like a guide made up of questions so that I can start to think about it and make changes in my life or attitude. (<-- TL;DR)
My uneasiness comes from a cyclical questioing of my gender. One week I feel like I'm a cis woman, the next I might feel very non binary, the next I might fear not realizing I'm a trans man, the next I feel relaxed again with the NB label... But I never feel like any gender, I just wanna feel comfortable, awesome and handsome.
I like labelling myself as a lesbian and those kind of relationships. Whenever I've asked friends to also use 'he' pronouns with me, they didn't fit for me, though I sometimes think about myself as he/she/they, depending on the moment. I wouldn't like to be read as a guy, I think. Paradoxically, I feel like it would be more restrictive for me than the current reading as a fe... male?????. My full name is a femenine one, and I sometimes like it because it sounds gay, but mostly I don't, and I usually shorten it to sound neutral. I don't like any female names, but I do like a lot some male names. Like... they're cool. Not sure if they're for me, because I'm not sure if i want to be read as male!
Regarding my body and gender expression, I'm a bit careless and I 'go with the flow'. I've never been femenine nor liked it, I've always looked for a masculine gender expression, and I'd dislike even wearing cool earrings or 'eye fantasy' makeup just sometimes - other times, I am eager to paint my face in different colors, or to do a drag fem-king! Although I feel more handsome with a plain chest, I'm comfortable with my body right now (it wasn't always like this, though) - it allows me to look as androgynous/masc/fem as I want. Ugh, I just wish I didn't have to label myself with gender. I'm just me!
submitted by edenarush to NonBinaryTalk [link] [comments]
My uneasiness comes from a cyclical questioing of my gender. One week I feel like I'm a cis woman, the next I might feel very non binary, the next I might fear not realizing I'm a trans man, the next I feel relaxed again with the NB label... But I never feel like any gender, I just wanna feel comfortable, awesome and handsome.
I like labelling myself as a lesbian and those kind of relationships. Whenever I've asked friends to also use 'he' pronouns with me, they didn't fit for me, though I sometimes think about myself as he/she/they, depending on the moment. I wouldn't like to be read as a guy, I think. Paradoxically, I feel like it would be more restrictive for me than the current reading as a fe... male?????. My full name is a femenine one, and I sometimes like it because it sounds gay, but mostly I don't, and I usually shorten it to sound neutral. I don't like any female names, but I do like a lot some male names. Like... they're cool. Not sure if they're for me, because I'm not sure if i want to be read as male!
Regarding my body and gender expression, I'm a bit careless and I 'go with the flow'. I've never been femenine nor liked it, I've always looked for a masculine gender expression, and I'd dislike even wearing cool earrings or 'eye fantasy' makeup just sometimes - other times, I am eager to paint my face in different colors, or to do a drag fem-king! Although I feel more handsome with a plain chest, I'm comfortable with my body right now (it wasn't always like this, though) - it allows me to look as androgynous/masc/fem as I want. Ugh, I just wish I didn't have to label myself with gender. I'm just me!
2023.06.02 23:06 Smawn92 The End of a Dream
I (31m) just broke up with my (26f) girlfriend today.
You guys I don't really know where to start and I don't really want to ramble but I guess I'm going to anyways.
We've been together about 1.25 years, live 5 hours apart and have seen eachother almost every weekend except maybe 6-8.
I'll never forget the first time we met, she had never done a LDR before, was recovering from being sick so I offered to drive down to see her. We got a hotel (not classy I know) in a location that she works and loves, I remembered hugging her, putting a face to a name so to speak. We had met on Boo (app, highly recommend it) and we had these engaging long conversations about everything... The first message I sent her was about history, something I am very interested in and my god, the conversation flowed and continued to flow. The level of connection we had almost instantly was like no other I have ever felt.
I remember us getting out of the car and being weak in the knees with taking it all in. It was real now. She was even more beautiful than in her pictures. I hugged her and felt so alive and happy. We checked into the hotel, we both had to pee really bad and joked about peeing on the rug in the lobby as we were standing in line.
I came directly from a 10 hour day at work (carpenter) was so filthy and went directly into the shower. I get out of the shower and we held eachother and talked for hours laughing and having a good time. We both didn't even realize how hungry we were. We went out and got waffle house which was a first time for me. Our relationship was full of many firsts for us.
Right away I knew I had to have her, I asked her if she would want to continue and be my gf and she said she'd be a fool not to. A month or so in we told eachother we loved eachother at a very special location in my life, we had both been fighting the urge to say it sooner.
This woman changed me. She made me better. I cried more in front of her than I have in my entire life, something I have always been uncomfortable with. I am so grateful for her for being supportive to me in that way.
I remember us meeting eachother's families and it felt so good. I felt like I had a place in hers and I know she did in mine. My grandma's health is going downhill and has been for a while now, this Christmas my gma handmade my gf this really cool and cute old school apron with my gf's and gma's name on it. Added to that, my gf's profession is baking, something she is very passionate about. That's never happened in my entire dating life and my gf and I were so honored.
A couple months back her GPA developed cancer and has been going downhill, I have a motorcycle, turns out same exact one he had. He gave me his bells. I was so honored, I was speechless and stammering looking at them.
The plan has been for 6 months or more that I move to her to close the distance. Initially I was scared, I had never wanted to move away from my family before and had never taken that big of a risk before. We discussed at length who moves where and both agreed it would be best if I moved there due to a variety of factors.
Life got in the way, I had a couple old junky vehicles that needed attention and money and spent a couple months like crazy after work working on them with my brother. The amount of frustration and guilt I had for not moving in with her tomorrow was insane. We talked about it several times and agreed that it was for the best that I get all my ducks in a row before I move, as coming back home every weekend for however long it takes to square up my life would make both of our lives harder when it would already be challenging initially living together and have me acclimate to her area.
I had several job offers in her area soon after dating. Most of them not a good idea. As an example I could work for a family friend who gets drunk on every job and can't pay his bills... so we agreed that I needed to figure out what I wanted to do for work for myself in a way that benefitted me.
About a month ago my mom and her friend came down to visit, all four of us stayed at airBnB close to gf's work and in the area in which we would move. It was a lot of fun. I felt something was off in gf. The morning before mom, friend, and I were to leave I looked at gf's phone and had found she posted on reddit about us but the post was deleted so I didn't see much. I felt betrayed. She had become distant and wasn't talking to me much and she'd rather talk to strangers instead of me? I confronted her about it and a fight ensued.
So I decided to stay another couple days with her to work on ourselves, I helped her at work for a half a day (something I've done several times that everyone enjoys), we went back to her place and she got super drunk. Told me she felt like her life is falling apart and she's not happy. I held her while she cried, listened, and told her I'd be there for her rain or shine always. At one point she stood up... barely and she got a look in her eyes combined with her body language where I was near certain she was going to hit me (been here before in the past with others). It scared the shit out of me.
I left in the afternoon the next day after she told me I was her person, and she was laying in bed crying uncontrollably. It was so hard to leave but I had thought it would be better for her if I did.
For a couple weeks all communication on her end dropped. We used to talk all the time, and I was lucky to get an "I love you" once a day. I begged her to talk to me and not give up on us. The only times we talked she had clearly been drinking and said some truly horrible things about me. Character assassination repeatedly, I told her in confidence previously about some deep dark secrets I have and insecurities and she used then against me to tear my soul apart. I was devastated, I thought of leaving her then, but I didn't because I still loved her and she had been a great partner up until this point. She had stopped going to work, did not work for two weeks. From what I gather she spent most of that time at her mom's probably drinking and not doing much else.
One weekend we were supposed to go to a family wedding on my side, lots of people coming from out of town who are huge in my life I don't get to see often at all. A day or two before she told me she wasn't coming, and the thought of being with me and talking to me riddled her with anxiety. I spent that weekend surrounded by beautiful strangers and happy times and it was hard for me to quell the thoughts about "the grass is always greener". At one point an attractive woman was talking to me briefly at a bar after the wedding, playing with her hair etc. It was clear she was into me. It felt good to have someone give me the time of day but I felt terrible for putting on an impression that I was available and happy.
Then this weekend (memorial day weekend)... oh God. Gf and I had plans to go to a concert, stay at a hotel. I told her I said I don't want to go to a concert with you and your sister and spend money and pretend everything is fine when it most definitely isn't. She told me that was selfish because her sister was looking forward to it. So I begrudgingly agreed to continue with the concert.
We saw eachother for the first time in three weeks and right away I sensed the guilt from her for being cruel to me. I tried to point it out and she denied it, she was a lot more physically attentive with me and giving me compliments. The first night we were alone and it was hard but I think we undid some of the damage and reconnected a lot. I think we were both happy about the progress but sad at what we had become.
Concert was the next day, it was great, again she's attentive and amazing like the woman I fell in love with. My hopes had reactivated for us a little and my smile was genuine instead of forced.
Her mom had texted us Sunday (the next day, clarification gf lives with mom so I stay there when I visit) and had said to try to not be at the house all day since the house had many people in it already. Okay, makes sense. We occupied our time doing other things, and drove back to her mom's around 8 or 9p.
On the way there, one of my brother's (E) calls me and asked if I had heard what had happened to my other brother (B). I had said no, I hadn't heard I had assumed he had got the job he was looking at. E tells me B's apartment building collapsed. B was safe, but lucky to be alive realistically. B had lost everything he's ever had, he escaped with the clothes he had on and his phone, he didn't even have his wallet.
I'm dissasociating as I'm hearing all of this, driving gf and me back to gf's mom's house. Our relationship is dying, and I get the feeling that her mom isn't happy with me. We get to her mom's house and her mom and aunt (who is currently living there, I've seen her only twice) are drinking on the porch and want gf and me to come out and talk to them. Was a demand not a request. I don't know how long this went on, best guess is 1-1.5 hours but they berated me, were drawing wild ass conclusions about me, you name it, really weird, scary and hurtful things. I didn't bother to try to defend myself because there was no point. Gf sat there quietly and agreed with them partially. I felt so betrayed, hurt and alone, she didn't stand up for me. I asked her if she would speak to her mother or my behalf and she said she wouldn't. I found out I'm no longer welcome at the house, complicating our relationship further.
Memorial day the next day, I hadn't even really slept, no shower, I left gf's mom's house at 5a when I knew no one would be there and waited at a truck stop for hours for my gf to wake up and come talk to me. Eventually she did, and I told her my respect and trust for her mom was in the sewer and I was afraid her crazy ass alcoholic mother was twisting my gf's opinion of me over the last month. I told her I don't know how you can do it but please get out of that house soon. Between B losing everything he owns and the verbal assault I had last night I was in a very dark place. Later that day, completely dead inside with no sleep we made it to her dad's side of the family where everyone appreciates me and loves me. We had fun in the backyard, I did my best to try to forget about B and last night but I couldn't. I went inside at some point to pee and I snapped. I found my gf in the backyard and announced in front of her family that I had to go home immediately.
As she was driving me back to her car I reminded her about how I had been to the hospital for her brother several times and how I would like the same respect for myself. This frustrated her. I said I think now is the time we agree to go to therapy and she did agree, however I felt she didn't want to.
I've been working like a dog this week sweating my ass off, hadn't heard much from gf at all, last night I asked when can we talk again? She said today after work. I woke up this morning and I knew I couldn't take it anymore. I knew in my heart I have always supported her and loved her deeply. I knew all the sacrifices I already made and all the sacrifices I would continue to make in the future with my moving to her, and how she still would refuse to give me the proper recognition and reciprocation I deserve.
I broke up with her this morning. I'm hoping to meet halfway this weekend to exchange our stuff. I'm also hoping she'll do some self work and come back to me before I move on for good, I told her my door will be open to her for a while but I don't know how long.
Moral of the story- changing for people is good if it's good, sacrificing for people is good if it's good, loving people is good if it's good. If the person you are with refuses to communicate and reciprocate, it's not your fault. We make our own choices. Please be smarter than me and take care of yourselves.
submitted by Smawn92 to LDR [link] [comments]
You guys I don't really know where to start and I don't really want to ramble but I guess I'm going to anyways.
We've been together about 1.25 years, live 5 hours apart and have seen eachother almost every weekend except maybe 6-8.
I'll never forget the first time we met, she had never done a LDR before, was recovering from being sick so I offered to drive down to see her. We got a hotel (not classy I know) in a location that she works and loves, I remembered hugging her, putting a face to a name so to speak. We had met on Boo (app, highly recommend it) and we had these engaging long conversations about everything... The first message I sent her was about history, something I am very interested in and my god, the conversation flowed and continued to flow. The level of connection we had almost instantly was like no other I have ever felt.
I remember us getting out of the car and being weak in the knees with taking it all in. It was real now. She was even more beautiful than in her pictures. I hugged her and felt so alive and happy. We checked into the hotel, we both had to pee really bad and joked about peeing on the rug in the lobby as we were standing in line.
I came directly from a 10 hour day at work (carpenter) was so filthy and went directly into the shower. I get out of the shower and we held eachother and talked for hours laughing and having a good time. We both didn't even realize how hungry we were. We went out and got waffle house which was a first time for me. Our relationship was full of many firsts for us.
Right away I knew I had to have her, I asked her if she would want to continue and be my gf and she said she'd be a fool not to. A month or so in we told eachother we loved eachother at a very special location in my life, we had both been fighting the urge to say it sooner.
This woman changed me. She made me better. I cried more in front of her than I have in my entire life, something I have always been uncomfortable with. I am so grateful for her for being supportive to me in that way.
I remember us meeting eachother's families and it felt so good. I felt like I had a place in hers and I know she did in mine. My grandma's health is going downhill and has been for a while now, this Christmas my gma handmade my gf this really cool and cute old school apron with my gf's and gma's name on it. Added to that, my gf's profession is baking, something she is very passionate about. That's never happened in my entire dating life and my gf and I were so honored.
A couple months back her GPA developed cancer and has been going downhill, I have a motorcycle, turns out same exact one he had. He gave me his bells. I was so honored, I was speechless and stammering looking at them.
The plan has been for 6 months or more that I move to her to close the distance. Initially I was scared, I had never wanted to move away from my family before and had never taken that big of a risk before. We discussed at length who moves where and both agreed it would be best if I moved there due to a variety of factors.
Life got in the way, I had a couple old junky vehicles that needed attention and money and spent a couple months like crazy after work working on them with my brother. The amount of frustration and guilt I had for not moving in with her tomorrow was insane. We talked about it several times and agreed that it was for the best that I get all my ducks in a row before I move, as coming back home every weekend for however long it takes to square up my life would make both of our lives harder when it would already be challenging initially living together and have me acclimate to her area.
I had several job offers in her area soon after dating. Most of them not a good idea. As an example I could work for a family friend who gets drunk on every job and can't pay his bills... so we agreed that I needed to figure out what I wanted to do for work for myself in a way that benefitted me.
About a month ago my mom and her friend came down to visit, all four of us stayed at airBnB close to gf's work and in the area in which we would move. It was a lot of fun. I felt something was off in gf. The morning before mom, friend, and I were to leave I looked at gf's phone and had found she posted on reddit about us but the post was deleted so I didn't see much. I felt betrayed. She had become distant and wasn't talking to me much and she'd rather talk to strangers instead of me? I confronted her about it and a fight ensued.
So I decided to stay another couple days with her to work on ourselves, I helped her at work for a half a day (something I've done several times that everyone enjoys), we went back to her place and she got super drunk. Told me she felt like her life is falling apart and she's not happy. I held her while she cried, listened, and told her I'd be there for her rain or shine always. At one point she stood up... barely and she got a look in her eyes combined with her body language where I was near certain she was going to hit me (been here before in the past with others). It scared the shit out of me.
I left in the afternoon the next day after she told me I was her person, and she was laying in bed crying uncontrollably. It was so hard to leave but I had thought it would be better for her if I did.
For a couple weeks all communication on her end dropped. We used to talk all the time, and I was lucky to get an "I love you" once a day. I begged her to talk to me and not give up on us. The only times we talked she had clearly been drinking and said some truly horrible things about me. Character assassination repeatedly, I told her in confidence previously about some deep dark secrets I have and insecurities and she used then against me to tear my soul apart. I was devastated, I thought of leaving her then, but I didn't because I still loved her and she had been a great partner up until this point. She had stopped going to work, did not work for two weeks. From what I gather she spent most of that time at her mom's probably drinking and not doing much else.
One weekend we were supposed to go to a family wedding on my side, lots of people coming from out of town who are huge in my life I don't get to see often at all. A day or two before she told me she wasn't coming, and the thought of being with me and talking to me riddled her with anxiety. I spent that weekend surrounded by beautiful strangers and happy times and it was hard for me to quell the thoughts about "the grass is always greener". At one point an attractive woman was talking to me briefly at a bar after the wedding, playing with her hair etc. It was clear she was into me. It felt good to have someone give me the time of day but I felt terrible for putting on an impression that I was available and happy.
Then this weekend (memorial day weekend)... oh God. Gf and I had plans to go to a concert, stay at a hotel. I told her I said I don't want to go to a concert with you and your sister and spend money and pretend everything is fine when it most definitely isn't. She told me that was selfish because her sister was looking forward to it. So I begrudgingly agreed to continue with the concert.
We saw eachother for the first time in three weeks and right away I sensed the guilt from her for being cruel to me. I tried to point it out and she denied it, she was a lot more physically attentive with me and giving me compliments. The first night we were alone and it was hard but I think we undid some of the damage and reconnected a lot. I think we were both happy about the progress but sad at what we had become.
Concert was the next day, it was great, again she's attentive and amazing like the woman I fell in love with. My hopes had reactivated for us a little and my smile was genuine instead of forced.
Her mom had texted us Sunday (the next day, clarification gf lives with mom so I stay there when I visit) and had said to try to not be at the house all day since the house had many people in it already. Okay, makes sense. We occupied our time doing other things, and drove back to her mom's around 8 or 9p.
On the way there, one of my brother's (E) calls me and asked if I had heard what had happened to my other brother (B). I had said no, I hadn't heard I had assumed he had got the job he was looking at. E tells me B's apartment building collapsed. B was safe, but lucky to be alive realistically. B had lost everything he's ever had, he escaped with the clothes he had on and his phone, he didn't even have his wallet.
I'm dissasociating as I'm hearing all of this, driving gf and me back to gf's mom's house. Our relationship is dying, and I get the feeling that her mom isn't happy with me. We get to her mom's house and her mom and aunt (who is currently living there, I've seen her only twice) are drinking on the porch and want gf and me to come out and talk to them. Was a demand not a request. I don't know how long this went on, best guess is 1-1.5 hours but they berated me, were drawing wild ass conclusions about me, you name it, really weird, scary and hurtful things. I didn't bother to try to defend myself because there was no point. Gf sat there quietly and agreed with them partially. I felt so betrayed, hurt and alone, she didn't stand up for me. I asked her if she would speak to her mother or my behalf and she said she wouldn't. I found out I'm no longer welcome at the house, complicating our relationship further.
Memorial day the next day, I hadn't even really slept, no shower, I left gf's mom's house at 5a when I knew no one would be there and waited at a truck stop for hours for my gf to wake up and come talk to me. Eventually she did, and I told her my respect and trust for her mom was in the sewer and I was afraid her crazy ass alcoholic mother was twisting my gf's opinion of me over the last month. I told her I don't know how you can do it but please get out of that house soon. Between B losing everything he owns and the verbal assault I had last night I was in a very dark place. Later that day, completely dead inside with no sleep we made it to her dad's side of the family where everyone appreciates me and loves me. We had fun in the backyard, I did my best to try to forget about B and last night but I couldn't. I went inside at some point to pee and I snapped. I found my gf in the backyard and announced in front of her family that I had to go home immediately.
As she was driving me back to her car I reminded her about how I had been to the hospital for her brother several times and how I would like the same respect for myself. This frustrated her. I said I think now is the time we agree to go to therapy and she did agree, however I felt she didn't want to.
I've been working like a dog this week sweating my ass off, hadn't heard much from gf at all, last night I asked when can we talk again? She said today after work. I woke up this morning and I knew I couldn't take it anymore. I knew in my heart I have always supported her and loved her deeply. I knew all the sacrifices I already made and all the sacrifices I would continue to make in the future with my moving to her, and how she still would refuse to give me the proper recognition and reciprocation I deserve.
I broke up with her this morning. I'm hoping to meet halfway this weekend to exchange our stuff. I'm also hoping she'll do some self work and come back to me before I move on for good, I told her my door will be open to her for a while but I don't know how long.
Moral of the story- changing for people is good if it's good, sacrificing for people is good if it's good, loving people is good if it's good. If the person you are with refuses to communicate and reciprocate, it's not your fault. We make our own choices. Please be smarter than me and take care of yourselves.
2023.06.02 23:03 RiversFlash2020 Finally got the Devil ending, damn.
Don't know what else I should have expected, to be honest. Like, the name of the achievement pretty much tells you what it's about.
Losing your mind in that room as you go through a barrage of tests, only to find out it was all for nothing. I felt it was effective in making me feel what V was feeling in that moment. The entire experience was creepy and frustrating, as I imagine it would be.
Despite how awful it is, it does help fill in some gaps regarding Yorinobu and Arasaka. Sadly I accidentally spoilered myself regarding the Saburo construct, but it was still cool to see it play out.
The game did a good job I think of making Yorinobu look like a villain because of how he murders his father. And the biggest anti-Arasaka voice is Silverhand who is a bit of a jerk. Also Smasher works for Yorinobu, and he's not a good guy to say the least. It's only with the Devil ending that you get a look at what is really going on, and I legit felt bad for Yorinobu at that point.
After going through multiple playthroughs I honestly feel that letting Takemura die in the apartment might be for the best. If you save him and don't go the Devil route he'll just be mad at you. Better to let him die doing what he thinks is right, and then let Yorinobu continue sabotaging the corporation.
Ideally you could "free" him from Arasaka but that doesn't seem like his style. He's too commited, and V doesn't know him long enough to feasibly put a dent in that.
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Losing your mind in that room as you go through a barrage of tests, only to find out it was all for nothing. I felt it was effective in making me feel what V was feeling in that moment. The entire experience was creepy and frustrating, as I imagine it would be.
Despite how awful it is, it does help fill in some gaps regarding Yorinobu and Arasaka. Sadly I accidentally spoilered myself regarding the Saburo construct, but it was still cool to see it play out.
The game did a good job I think of making Yorinobu look like a villain because of how he murders his father. And the biggest anti-Arasaka voice is Silverhand who is a bit of a jerk. Also Smasher works for Yorinobu, and he's not a good guy to say the least. It's only with the Devil ending that you get a look at what is really going on, and I legit felt bad for Yorinobu at that point.
After going through multiple playthroughs I honestly feel that letting Takemura die in the apartment might be for the best. If you save him and don't go the Devil route he'll just be mad at you. Better to let him die doing what he thinks is right, and then let Yorinobu continue sabotaging the corporation.
Ideally you could "free" him from Arasaka but that doesn't seem like his style. He's too commited, and V doesn't know him long enough to feasibly put a dent in that.
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★ Butterfly Knife Freehand FN #1, B/O: $2500
★ Butterfly Knife Ultraviolet FT, B/O: $822
★ Butterfly Knife Scorched FT, B/O: $616
⎯★ Bayonet Tiger Tooth MW #1, B/O: $1300
★ Bayonet Autotronic FN, B/O: $1050
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★ Bayonet Bright Water FT, B/O: $326
★ Bayonet Safari Mesh BS, B/O: $233
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★ Karambit Damascus Steel FT, B/O: $840
★ Karambit Freehand MW, B/O: $784
★ Karambit Bright Water MW, B/O: $759
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★ M9 Bayonet Fade FN, B/O: $1801
★ M9 Bayonet Damascus Steel FN, B/O: $751
⎯★ Nomad Knife Fade FN, B/O: $1156
★ Nomad Knife Slaughter MW, B/O: $544
★ Nomad Knife Blue Steel WW, B/O: $318
⎯★ Flip Knife Marble Fade FN, B/O: $646
★ Flip Knife Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $574
★ Flip Knife Gamma Doppler (Phase 1) MW, B/O: $552
★ Flip Knife Case Hardened FT, B/O: $257
★ Flip Knife Freehand FT, B/O: $255
★ StatTrak™ Flip Knife Bright Water FN, B/O: $287
⎯★ Huntsman Knife Lore FN, B/O: $461
★ Huntsman Knife Gamma Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $436
★ Huntsman Knife Doppler (Phase 3) FN, B/O: $353
★ Huntsman Knife Autotronic FT, B/O: $212
★ Huntsman Knife Bright Water FT, B/O: $129
★ Huntsman Knife Forest DDPAT MW, B/O: $129
★ Huntsman Knife Forest DDPAT BS, B/O: $123
★ StatTrak™ Huntsman Knife Rust Coat BS, B/O: $127
⎯★ Bowie Knife Gamma Doppler (Phase 2) FN, B/O: $375
★ Bowie Knife Gamma Doppler (Phase 1) FN, B/O: $363
★ Bowie Knife Tiger Tooth FN, B/O: $269
★ Bowie Knife Crimson Web WW, B/O: $192
★ Bowie Knife Bright Water FN, B/O: $159
★ Bowie Knife Ultraviolet FT, B/O: $126
⎯★ Stiletto Knife Slaughter FN, B/O: $616
★ Stiletto Knife Crimson Web FT, B/O: $412
★ StatTrak™ Stiletto Knife Night Stripe FT, B/O: $227
⎯★ Falchion Knife Lore FT, B/O: $214
★ Falchion Knife Autotronic FT, B/O: $192
★ Falchion Knife Scorched WW, B/O: $105
⎯★ Survival Knife Crimson Web BS, B/O: $216
★ Survival Knife Case Hardened FT, B/O: $198
★ Survival Knife Scorched FT, B/O: $111
⎯★ Shadow Daggers Fade FN, B/O: $368
★ Shadow Daggers Doppler (Phase 3) FN, B/O: $228
★ Shadow Daggers, B/O: $201
★ Shadow Daggers Damascus Steel FT, B/O: $108
★ Shadow Daggers Ultraviolet FT, B/O: $105
★ Shadow Daggers Black Laminate FT, B/O: $99
★ Shadow Daggers Forest DDPAT FT, B/O: $85
⎯★ Gut Knife Doppler (Sapphire) MW #1, B/O: $1700
★ Gut Knife Gamma Doppler (Phase 1) FN, B/O: $223
★ Gut Knife Marble Fade FN, B/O: $203
★ Gut Knife Doppler (Phase 2) FN, B/O: $191
★ Gut Knife Case Hardened BS, B/O: $127
⎯★ Navaja Knife Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $199
★ Navaja Knife Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $199
★ Navaja Knife, B/O: $138
★ Navaja Knife Damascus Steel FN, B/O: $111
⎯★ Classic Knife Urban Masked FT, B/O: $146
★ StatTrak™ Classic Knife Stained BS, B/O: $168
⎯★ Ursus Knife Doppler (Phase 3) FN, B/O: $476
★ Ursus Knife, B/O: $375
⎯★ Skeleton Knife, B/O: $1137
★ Talon Knife, B/O: $608
★ Paracord Knife, B/O: $305
★ Survival Knife Forest DDPAT FT, B/O: $97
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★ Moto Gloves Transport MW, B/O: $204
★ Moto Gloves Polygon BS, B/O: $142
★ Moto Gloves Blood Pressure BS, B/O: $84
★ Moto Gloves Blood Pressure BS, B/O: $84
★ Moto Gloves 3rd Commando Company BS, B/O: $63
★ Moto Gloves 3rd Commando Company BS, B/O: $63
⎯★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Kimono WW, B/O: $1215
★ Specialist Gloves Tiger Strike FT, B/O: $672
★ Specialist Gloves Lt. Commander FT, B/O: $305
★ Specialist Gloves Lt. Commander BS, B/O: $140
★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Web BS, B/O: $137
★ Specialist Gloves Buckshot FT, B/O: $75
⎯★ Driver Gloves Crimson Weave FT, B/O: $359
★ Driver Gloves Imperial Plaid BS, B/O: $229
★ Driver Gloves Overtake BS, B/O: $77
★ Driver Gloves Racing Green FT, B/O: $48
⎯★ Sport Gloves Omega FT, B/O: $739
★ Sport Gloves Amphibious BS #2, B/O: $733
★ Sport Gloves Arid BS, B/O: $292
⎯★ Hand Wraps Giraffe MW, B/O: $212
★ Hand Wraps Leather FT, B/O: $160
★ Hand Wraps Desert Shamagh MW, B/O: $101
⎯★ Broken Fang Gloves Yellow-banded MW, B/O: $185
★ Broken Fang Gloves Needle Point FT, B/O: $67
★ Broken Fang Gloves Needle Point WW, B/O: $59
⎯★ Hydra Gloves Case Hardened BS, B/O: $65
★ Hydra Gloves Emerald FT, B/O: $65
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AK-47 Case Hardened BS, B/O: $130
AK-47 Bloodsport MW, B/O: $79
AK-47 Fuel Injector BS, B/O: $76
AK-47 Fuel Injector BS, B/O: $76
AK-47 Bloodsport FT, B/O: $70
AK-47 Neon Rider MW, B/O: $60
StatTrak™ AK-47 Aquamarine Revenge FT, B/O: $72
⎯AWP Fade FN, B/O: $1039
AWP Asiimov FT, B/O: $139
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AWP Wildfire MW, B/O: $95
AWP BOOM MW, B/O: $93
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2023.06.02 23:02 maddybvibin seller has sold many fake autographs!! they keep changing their name and pfp so people don’t recognize them!
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2023.06.02 23:02 IskaBA Astral Express Glitch, Android
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2023.06.02 23:01 krmiller01 Let Me Tell You A Story Of THE Best AD In America
 | Let me tell you a story about the BEST AD in the United States. Two months ago, I went into the AD in Texarkana, Texas and asked to talk about getting on a list for a steel sports model. Having never stepped foot in there in my life, I was fully expecting to be laughed outta there. submitted by krmiller01 to rolex [link] [comments] The owner heard me, comes up to me and introduces himself, and treats me like the president of united states for the next half hour, like I was the most special customer on the planet. He explained he didn't have any at the moment but took down my info of my top 3 and would call me if it came up. Expecting my info to be thrown in the trash the second I left, he texted me an hour later to thank me for coming in. Flash forward two months later, I get a text that he had a James Cameron Sea Dweller if I wanted it. I kindly asked to pass and asked to be considered for an all black Sea Dweller if one ever comes in. He texted me back and said he'd have one coming in a few days and offered me that one. Here is where it gets good. It was horrible timing; I kindly explained that I was closing on a house in two weeks and I was told no major purchases. He understood, just had me put a $1k deposit down and said he'd hold it for two weeks until after I closed. After I closed on the home, I walked in, and was greeted by name and felt right at home. Of all of the horror stories of ADs, there are great ones out there! |
2023.06.02 22:57 DoughMan5 How can I raise a part to stack onto another to print as one? The z keeps resetting to zero.
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2023.06.02 22:54 Pavel_Sergievsky Ukraine vs. Russia: Russian perspective.
Dear Professor Peterson,
I realize that your schedule probably won’t allow you to read this letter, least to reply. I am not expecting either of these and will not be offended. Why do I write it, then? Well, most probably because in the past several years you have been for me the voice of reason from abroad. Too many things are going in a crazy and disastrous direction, and listening to your lectures and videos have been very inspiring. It always amazes me how deeply you investigate the problem and how thoroughly you analyze it. In many cases listening to what you say have been like hearing what I always felt was true, but could not formulate and justify it myself. Thank you for that experience.
During the past year, which not only attracted the whole world’s attention to a conflict in Ukraine (at last, I’d say, war started there in 2014), but also demonstrated the unwillingness of countries and people to hear each other, I felt the growing urge to share Russian understanding of current situation and of the events that lead to it with someone who could probably be able to hear. Your name was the first to come to my mind. I hesitated until some time ago I came across the interview that you have recorded – “Israel, Russia, China, Iran: The World in Conflict” and it actually triggered me into writing. It occurred to me that, objective as you are, you may be unaware of some facts and interpretations, partly because modern media have mastered the art of being silent about some facts while shouting about the others, partly because you were born and raised in Anglo-Saxon civilization, with all embedded ideas and principles.
A bit about my background. Master’s degree in English language and literature, spent one year as a student in Connecticut, worked in American-owned companies for 17 years. That allows me to a certain degree to understand both sets of values.
I wanted to offer for your attention the view from the other side on what’s happening now between Russia and Western European civilization. I don't say that it is correct, I just say how Russians see it.
Very briefly, just point by point:
Looking at the international events of past 30-40 years, we may see 3 basic principles of international policy that the West is utilizing.
b) After the ancient Rome fell, and Europe lived through the Dark Ages, Arabian countries preserved much of knowledge and science. At that time Arabian East was much more cultural and civilized than Europe. What happened to them later, why they stopped developing science, how could Europe overtake them? One of the explanations is that at some point of time Muslim theologians declared that “Koran has everything”, so scientific research stopped. The legend says that under this slogan the Library of Alexandria has been burnt by Arabian conquerors.
c) There is an interesting correlation between the agricultural conditions in a certain territory and some national traits of character. That’s more than a coincidence. For example, wheat was the main crop in Europe. It doesn’t require any special irrigation, so you can well grow and harvest it alone. That means you are less dependent on other people. Hence smaller states (Germany before mid-XIX century consisted of dozens independent states), hence more independent opinions. Compare it to China. Rice requires serious irrigation works, you’ll never do it alone. In order to harvest rice, you need to organize a fairly large group of people to do a job together. And as the population grows, you need to perform those works at a larger scale, also because the easiest-to-work fields are already busy. As a result, we see that Chinese value the society more than they value an individual. A single person sacrificing his wishes for the good of the others is more acceptable for them than for Europeans.
This idea needs further thinking but it is quite possible that the liberalism and human rights developed in Western Europe to the extent we see due to a unique combination of religion, natural conditions and other factors. And it can’t be copied in other parts of the world. It can be brought to other parts of the world by immigration of people with European mentality, of course. But otherwise it can be done only by complete mentality change of local inhabitants. Not an easy task, could take generations and mean death of local culture.
In some part such understanding is based on the theory that appeared in history (history as a science!) in the UK in 18th century. This theory states that the process of human society development over time is a) linear and b) goes through the same stages in every society of the planet. One of the consequences of this theory was the statement that every society started from matriarchate – researchers came across some primitive society, ruled by women, and made their conclusion. This theory has long been proved wrong, but its influence is still alive.
Even if we accept that all countries, all societies are aiming at maximizing human rights, how justified will interference be? Good intentions are the pathway to hell. How long it took Anglo-Saxon civilization to reach modern state of human rights? Setting the Magna Carts as the starting point, it is a bit over 800 years, roughly 30 generations. Looking at the world history, we see how slowly societies change their organizational forms, evolving one into another. And you can’t forcefully speed it up. Imagine that our modern “crusaders of democracy” take time machine and show up at Hastings early in the morning on October 14th, 1066. “William, Harold, there is no need to fight. You need to run democratic elections, and everything will be ok…” Will they even understand the idea??? And what will happen the next day after they are left alone?
You have shown significant interest in Russian culture. If you care spending some more time on Russian books, I’d recommend you brothers Strugatsky (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_and_Boris_Strugatsky). The form of what they have written is science fiction, but the contents is all about ethics, morale, responsibility, conscience. Try «Escape Attempt», «Hard to be a God», «Overburdened with Evil».
Why I am mentioning them now is because among others they are exploring the topic of “progressors” – people from Earth of XXII century who try to speed up the history of other planets, to solve their problems, stop wars, etc. And it doesn’t end well. As one of their heroes says, “You can’t break up the natural course of history without breaking the spine of humanity.”
It’s hard to find examples of good revolutions when they are initiated from abroad. Change of regime should be supported by majority within the country – it is the guarantee that society is ready for it. What Anglo-Saxons and NATO frequently do is supporting the angry minority in its aspirations for power. And instead of peace, freedom and prosperity it brings chaos. The classic example is Libya. Over 10 years ago the country was “spared of Gaddafi’s tyrannical rule”… How do they live now? The GDP is still around 50% of what it used to be, the country is still not at peace, there are two major forces each claiming to be the legal power. How many lives it did cost already and how much time it will take free Libya to recover? Can such liberation be called anything but a disservice? In Russia we call it “bear’s help”. I don’t say that everything was good in the country when Gaddafi was alive, but aren’t they in the worse situation now?
The whole series of Arabian spring looks like a great mess, not a great success. I rely on the opinion of an expert – below is the brief translation of an article published in 2015-2016 by Mordechai Kedar, an Israeli scholar of Arab culture and a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University. I can’t find the original, unfortunately.
December 2015 was the fifth anniversary of the events known as an ‘Arabian spring’. The world applauded the heroes of the streets in Tunis, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain. Now, five years ago, those countries are still battlefields, with no light ahead. What problems have prevented them from positive development? Most of them have developed over centuries and they still prevail in mentality, remaining the dangerous rudiment.
Here’s an article by the same author on the same topic – https://fathomjournal.org/why-we-keep-getting-the-middle-east-wrong/
Here’s an interview with him – https://chicagopolicyreview.org/2015/07/28/americans-still-dont-understand-the-middle-east-this-man-wants-to-help/
In one of your interviews you discussed the competition between China and the US for influence in Africa. And your opinion was that China wins due to corruption of local elites. Let me offer another reason for your consideration. It is the same reason that allows Russia to gain influence in Middle East, Africa, South America. When China or Russia come to some country to cooperate, they come to cooperate, not to teach, not to judge, not to interfere into the internal affairs of the state. And people appreciate this.
De furore Normannorum libera nos, Domine.
One of the principles of democracy is separation of three powers – legislative, judicial and executive. So why then countries that consider themselves “leaders of democratic world” forget about this principle in international relations. They make the rules, they judge and they punish.
One of American diplomats said recently that USA supports international rules-based order. Sounds good, sounds undoubtedly right. But why USA and NATO forget about the rules when it is convenient? Or is it “We support international rules-based order, but our own actions should not be limited by these rules”? What immediately comes to my mind without web search:
Speaking more about the rules… We are tired of seeing double standards. As an illustration, I will use just one aspect – the principle of integrity of the state vs the principle of the right of nations to self-determination. It looks like the West supports integrity of the state, when this state is allied or friendly to the West, and supports nation’s self-determination when the state is not. Let’s go through some examples.
- Chechnya (an autonomous republic within Soviet Union) wanted to become independent after 1991. It quickly started to use terrorism to achieve this goal. It took a lot of effort to stop the war and bring the region back to safety. Reaction of the West – support of chechens, their leader fled to London and was not deported to Russia despite all requests.
- Abkhazia (an autonomous republic within Georgian republic which was part of Soviet Union) wanted to become independent from Georgia when Georgia became independent from Russia. Resulted in a war. The conflict is still not solved. Abkhazia now is an independent state which is acknowledged by very few countries in the world. Reaction of the West – they still consider Abkhazia as a rebellious part of Georgia. Same situation about South Osetia – another region, that was an administrative part of Georgia until 1991 and that also seeks independence.
- Donetsk and Lugansk wanted to become independent from Ukraine after 2014 coup. Ukraine tried to subdue them by force and failed. Then the workplan has been signed in Minsk – what the parties of the conflict agree to do to settle. The result should have been – Donetsk and Lugansk return to Ukraine but have extended political rights, etc. Ukraine did nothing of its promises. Reaction of the West – support of Ukraine.
- Catalonia is seeking independence. And I remember that leaders of independence movement have been under political and criminal pressure.
- Scotland had a referendum about independence. And even though results were in favour of the UK, I remember how nervously London reacted.
Russia – NATO relations after 1991
This is best said by Vladimir Pozner, a journalist who spent years of his work in the USA, Russia, Europe and is one of the most known journalists of the old school (comparing to modern propagandists). Here’s the link to his speech in Yale University on September 27, 2018 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X7Ng75e5gQ&t=2556s.
His speech takes around forty minutes, the rest is the Q&A. To save you time, I’d summarize it here in just a couple of phrases. After Soviet Union collapsed, there was an illusion that we aren’t enemies anymore, that the world is open now, and that we will be partners or even friends. Russia dismissed the Warsaw Treaty union and agreed for Germany to unite, that looked just right – why keep a military union when we aren’t enemies anymore? Sometime later Russia made an offer to join NATO to provide world security together and was denied. Russia offered to join the EU, and was denied. Russia was promised that NATO would not expand eastward and less than 10 years later this promise was broken. Since then, we’ve been witnessing NATO getting closer and closer to our borders, inviting countries that are our neighbours and aggressively supporting those candidates to country leadership in East Europe who declared anti-Russia views. So now the illusion is over. We are enemies. And what’s worse – we don’t trust US anymore, so negotiating some new principles of coexistence will be problematic.
Ukraine.
Briefly about history, in more details about recent times and present situation.
In 16-17th century the territory of modern Ukraine was controlled by two forces with no clear border between them. Northwest (where the city of Lvov is now) was under Polish rule, center and the region along river Dnepr – under control of “kazak military democracies” – gatherings of all people, who fled from Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Crimea and who with time formed Ukrainians as a nation. They were ruled by elected chieftains and made their living largely by either joining some military campaign for money and loot, or by robbery raids to Poland, Crimea, Turkey. They were allied to Russia due to same religion – Orthodox Christianity.
As Poland grew stronger, its pressure on the territory grew, which led to periodic rebellions. Poland is a Catholic state, and people of Orthodox Ukraine were severely oppressed. Seeking protection, Ukrainian chieftains asked Russia to include those territories into Russian state. First request came in 1591. Russia rejected this request and several others. Only in 1654 part of Ukraine, controlled by kazaks, was included into Russia. Consequences – war with Poland and tens of thousands orthodox people fleeing from Polish-controlled lands into Russian-controlled lands.
From then on Russians and Ukrainians were really ‘brother nations’. Well, it was not heaven, but it was the best available option. Same religion, very close language and mentality. And forget about oppression. Ukrainians were oppressed as much as Russians themselves.
When the WW I started, Germany and Austria-Hungary were looking for collaborators in occupied territories of Russian Empire. They promised independence to nationalists in Western Ukraine, and found people who bought the idea. Not surprisingly, the most dedicated nationalists came from the least developed region of the country. Ukraine did not become independent at that moment, but the ideas stayed and gave their fruit during WW II, when Ukrainian collaborators actively participated in Nazis’ crimes. In one of your videos you described what Unit 731 of Japanese army was doing and you warned your listeners that they will never forget it. If you will find and read witnesses’ accounts of Volhynia massacre, you will never forget it either. I read it once long ago and I never want to read it again. It was a shock to me that people are capable of such things.
In the period between 1945 and 1991 Ukraine had the same rights as any other republic. There were no impediments to preserving and developing local culture. If you lived in any republic, you learned two languages – Russian and local. National literature was actively translated into other national languages of the Soviet Union, there were no impediments to education. Soviet Union with all its flaws, really tried to unite all of its nations into one big family. (What surprises me though is why antisemitism remained. You could come from Georgia, Uzbekistan or Yakutia and pass exams to Moscow university, no problem if you are smart enough. But it could be problematic for a Jew…)
After 1991 Russia and Ukraine remained friendly states, tightly bound by economic, cultural and even family ties. Ukraine tried to get the most out of relations both with Russia and with the West and it worked fairly well for 30 years. But with time attempts to elevate significance of their own nation led Ukrainians down a dangerous path. They started to slowly eliminate all other cultures that were present in the country. This process sped up dramatically in 2014, when after a coup the nationalist forces gained influence on the government.
Official Kiev denies being nationalistic, but don’t trust what the person is saying, see what he is doing.
We see those nationalistic ideas demonstrating themselves in a number of ways, and we have seen them before and we know what threat they can bring if left unattended. Pay attention to a dragon when it is small, you may be unable to win when it grows up.
I don’t say that our perception is correct, I just say how we see it. And to us modern Ukraine is like a younger brother who joined a bad company and who is becoming dangerous.
Now combine these two. Ukrainian nationalism plus NATO. Two threats, one well known historically, another the most dangerous rival of the past 70 years. We see them uniting and it is really an existential threat to us. In such circumstances could we afford being blind to it, just sitting and waiting what comes next? We tried to settle it peacefully. Many times Russia said that we are worried by NATO expansion, that we are worried by Western support of nationalistic movements in our neigbour countries. No effect. The last attempt was made in autumn of 2021, when Putin offered a negotiation that should have resulted in guaranteed safety. No reply.
If there is a conflict and your rival refuses to talk, he is asking for a fight. I don’t say that war in Ukraine is the right way to solve the conflict, but who can say that we did not try to set it by negotiations?
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I realize that your schedule probably won’t allow you to read this letter, least to reply. I am not expecting either of these and will not be offended. Why do I write it, then? Well, most probably because in the past several years you have been for me the voice of reason from abroad. Too many things are going in a crazy and disastrous direction, and listening to your lectures and videos have been very inspiring. It always amazes me how deeply you investigate the problem and how thoroughly you analyze it. In many cases listening to what you say have been like hearing what I always felt was true, but could not formulate and justify it myself. Thank you for that experience.
During the past year, which not only attracted the whole world’s attention to a conflict in Ukraine (at last, I’d say, war started there in 2014), but also demonstrated the unwillingness of countries and people to hear each other, I felt the growing urge to share Russian understanding of current situation and of the events that lead to it with someone who could probably be able to hear. Your name was the first to come to my mind. I hesitated until some time ago I came across the interview that you have recorded – “Israel, Russia, China, Iran: The World in Conflict” and it actually triggered me into writing. It occurred to me that, objective as you are, you may be unaware of some facts and interpretations, partly because modern media have mastered the art of being silent about some facts while shouting about the others, partly because you were born and raised in Anglo-Saxon civilization, with all embedded ideas and principles.
A bit about my background. Master’s degree in English language and literature, spent one year as a student in Connecticut, worked in American-owned companies for 17 years. That allows me to a certain degree to understand both sets of values.
I wanted to offer for your attention the view from the other side on what’s happening now between Russia and Western European civilization. I don't say that it is correct, I just say how Russians see it.
Very briefly, just point by point:
- Currently many people in the West are speaking about Russia as about a threat. But what makes you think that we see you differently? We see you as a growing threat. We don’t trust you. And we have plenty of reason for feeling this way.
- We see the West is regularly breaking its own rules and demonstrating double standards, so we can’t rely on its words.
- It has been clearly shown to us, that we will never be accepted by the West as an equal partner, so to us the West is neither a friend, nor a partner, but a competitor at best, an enemy at worst.
- We have seen what the West does to regimes that don’t obey and how the West does it, so West is a serious threat. Don’t come any closer.
Looking at the international events of past 30-40 years, we may see 3 basic principles of international policy that the West is utilizing.
- Democracy is the best possible society model.
- Pure democracy is limited to small communities, and is impossible in big countries. Once a certain threshold is passed, democracy is either a burden to every decision made, or is executed via representatives. And representatives, being people with all their imperfections, gradually start spoiling and corrupting the idea.
- Democracy tends to evolve, or, I’d rather say, degrade into oligarchy. Examples are numerous. Ancient Greece and Rome, Novgorod Republic (XII-XV cc), medieval Poland, etc. Even now – with all our experience, we keep hitting the same wall. Legal practice of lobbying in USA is the desire of big money (oligarchs) to have more influence on country policy. In Russia lobbying is illegal, so the same goal is achieved by other means, but without digging deep into details, it is the same – democratic form of power, spoiled by natural human desire to grab more for oneself on the expense of others.
- The most prosperous regions now (North America, Western Europe, Scandinavia, New Zealand, Australia) are the ones where capitalism appeared and developed earlier than in other parts of the world. That boosted production, country strength and wealth and eventually allowed them to have colonies in other parts of the world. Owning some overseas land gave enormous economic advantages. Remember “British East India Company”, which at its peak of wealth had an army of 160 thousand soldiers (more than some counties had!). The importance of having colonies can be best illustrated by the simple fact – one of the core reasons of the WW I was the desire of Germany, who was late to the table, to have its share of a pie. And even though political power of metropolises over colonies seized in mid-XXth century, economic bounds stayed much longer. If, let’s say, a uranium mine in Uganda belongs to French company, then which country benefits more from it? And to what extent the modern wealth of Europe and North America is due to other parts of the world?
- I doubt that democracy and human rights priority are possible in every country of the world. This idea just occurred to me, so I did not dig deep into finding the proof, but mentality (to put it narrower – religion) could prevent the society from accepting ideas that are just natural for another society. There are some facts I immediately recall that support this idea.
b) After the ancient Rome fell, and Europe lived through the Dark Ages, Arabian countries preserved much of knowledge and science. At that time Arabian East was much more cultural and civilized than Europe. What happened to them later, why they stopped developing science, how could Europe overtake them? One of the explanations is that at some point of time Muslim theologians declared that “Koran has everything”, so scientific research stopped. The legend says that under this slogan the Library of Alexandria has been burnt by Arabian conquerors.
c) There is an interesting correlation between the agricultural conditions in a certain territory and some national traits of character. That’s more than a coincidence. For example, wheat was the main crop in Europe. It doesn’t require any special irrigation, so you can well grow and harvest it alone. That means you are less dependent on other people. Hence smaller states (Germany before mid-XIX century consisted of dozens independent states), hence more independent opinions. Compare it to China. Rice requires serious irrigation works, you’ll never do it alone. In order to harvest rice, you need to organize a fairly large group of people to do a job together. And as the population grows, you need to perform those works at a larger scale, also because the easiest-to-work fields are already busy. As a result, we see that Chinese value the society more than they value an individual. A single person sacrificing his wishes for the good of the others is more acceptable for them than for Europeans.
This idea needs further thinking but it is quite possible that the liberalism and human rights developed in Western Europe to the extent we see due to a unique combination of religion, natural conditions and other factors. And it can’t be copied in other parts of the world. It can be brought to other parts of the world by immigration of people with European mentality, of course. But otherwise it can be done only by complete mentality change of local inhabitants. Not an easy task, could take generations and mean death of local culture.
- All people are seeking freedom and democracy, so it is our duty to help them achieve this goal. If some part of the society resists this help, it is the tyrannical part and it should be eliminated.
In some part such understanding is based on the theory that appeared in history (history as a science!) in the UK in 18th century. This theory states that the process of human society development over time is a) linear and b) goes through the same stages in every society of the planet. One of the consequences of this theory was the statement that every society started from matriarchate – researchers came across some primitive society, ruled by women, and made their conclusion. This theory has long been proved wrong, but its influence is still alive.
Even if we accept that all countries, all societies are aiming at maximizing human rights, how justified will interference be? Good intentions are the pathway to hell. How long it took Anglo-Saxon civilization to reach modern state of human rights? Setting the Magna Carts as the starting point, it is a bit over 800 years, roughly 30 generations. Looking at the world history, we see how slowly societies change their organizational forms, evolving one into another. And you can’t forcefully speed it up. Imagine that our modern “crusaders of democracy” take time machine and show up at Hastings early in the morning on October 14th, 1066. “William, Harold, there is no need to fight. You need to run democratic elections, and everything will be ok…” Will they even understand the idea??? And what will happen the next day after they are left alone?
You have shown significant interest in Russian culture. If you care spending some more time on Russian books, I’d recommend you brothers Strugatsky (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_and_Boris_Strugatsky). The form of what they have written is science fiction, but the contents is all about ethics, morale, responsibility, conscience. Try «Escape Attempt», «Hard to be a God», «Overburdened with Evil».
Why I am mentioning them now is because among others they are exploring the topic of “progressors” – people from Earth of XXII century who try to speed up the history of other planets, to solve their problems, stop wars, etc. And it doesn’t end well. As one of their heroes says, “You can’t break up the natural course of history without breaking the spine of humanity.”
It’s hard to find examples of good revolutions when they are initiated from abroad. Change of regime should be supported by majority within the country – it is the guarantee that society is ready for it. What Anglo-Saxons and NATO frequently do is supporting the angry minority in its aspirations for power. And instead of peace, freedom and prosperity it brings chaos. The classic example is Libya. Over 10 years ago the country was “spared of Gaddafi’s tyrannical rule”… How do they live now? The GDP is still around 50% of what it used to be, the country is still not at peace, there are two major forces each claiming to be the legal power. How many lives it did cost already and how much time it will take free Libya to recover? Can such liberation be called anything but a disservice? In Russia we call it “bear’s help”. I don’t say that everything was good in the country when Gaddafi was alive, but aren’t they in the worse situation now?
The whole series of Arabian spring looks like a great mess, not a great success. I rely on the opinion of an expert – below is the brief translation of an article published in 2015-2016 by Mordechai Kedar, an Israeli scholar of Arab culture and a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University. I can’t find the original, unfortunately.
December 2015 was the fifth anniversary of the events known as an ‘Arabian spring’. The world applauded the heroes of the streets in Tunis, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain. Now, five years ago, those countries are still battlefields, with no light ahead. What problems have prevented them from positive development? Most of them have developed over centuries and they still prevail in mentality, remaining the dangerous rudiment.
- Tribalism*, that was always a survival factor in harsh natural conditions of the region. Now the conditions are different but mentality is still the same, when each person thinks of himself as a member of the clan first (family, tribe, tape, whatever…), not the citizen of the country.*
- Violence*. Resources are scarce, so anyone who is not the member of my clan, is a deadly threat. And the first reaction to a threat is violence.*
- Honour*, understood very specifically. Dishonoured person will seek revenge. It is not uncommon for a person to kill members of his own family if they dishonoured him. Honour is of primary importance in relations between countries and nations, sometimes more important than economics and healthcare.*
- Nepotism*, which has its roots in tribalism. Promoting your relatives to administrative positions is illegal in the West, but is part of normal practice in the East.*
- Corruption*. An office holder will invest in projects and regions where his tribe and supporters live, not otherwise. He feels financially responsible to his family, not to the country.*
- Multiple ethnic groups*, which protect their own languages and traditions. Marriages outside of a group are rare, coexistence with other groups is tense and hostile.*
- Islam*. Islamic extremists are sure that people who believe otherwise, are deserved to be killed.*
- Sunnites vs*.* shiites*. This conflict started back in 7th century as a conflict for control over Islam. Non-Islamic people see them analogous to Catholicism vs. Orthodox church, but in reality now, after centuries of religious wars, these are two separate religions, and the dialogue between them is very difficult.*
- Predominant culture*. Three main groups are Bedouins who live in deserts, fellahs who are the peasants, and inhabitants of the cities. Each group thinks stereotypically of other two, cross-marriages are rare.*
- Country borders*. British, French and Italian administration have been drawn the borders straight, just by a ruler and a pencil, paying no attention to the real borders between various groups which differ by religion and ethnicity. People who never thought about themselves as about having anything in common, are now the citizens of one country. And they don’t feel it this way.*
- Power change*. This is something which never happens peacefully in Arabic countries. The ethnic or religious group at power holds to it by all means.*
- Israel*. Arabs and Muslims don’t acknowledge Judaism as a live religion, Jewish people as a people. So for them the very existence of Israel is illegal. Plus Israel is very convenient as an external enemy, a good target for the aggression of the masses.*
- Oil has turned the countries of the Gulf into societies which don’t produce, but do consume without limits. The difference between wealth of the Gulf and poverty of other Arabian countries is shocking.
- West that interferes into the region to solve its own problems. Oil, gas, weapons – all is targeted to use natural resources of Middle East.
- Al Jazeera as a catalyst of social and religious unrest.
Here’s an article by the same author on the same topic – https://fathomjournal.org/why-we-keep-getting-the-middle-east-wrong/
Here’s an interview with him – https://chicagopolicyreview.org/2015/07/28/americans-still-dont-understand-the-middle-east-this-man-wants-to-help/
In one of your interviews you discussed the competition between China and the US for influence in Africa. And your opinion was that China wins due to corruption of local elites. Let me offer another reason for your consideration. It is the same reason that allows Russia to gain influence in Middle East, Africa, South America. When China or Russia come to some country to cooperate, they come to cooperate, not to teach, not to judge, not to interfere into the internal affairs of the state. And people appreciate this.
- We have the right to decide who is democratic and who is not.
De furore Normannorum libera nos, Domine.
One of the principles of democracy is separation of three powers – legislative, judicial and executive. So why then countries that consider themselves “leaders of democratic world” forget about this principle in international relations. They make the rules, they judge and they punish.
One of American diplomats said recently that USA supports international rules-based order. Sounds good, sounds undoubtedly right. But why USA and NATO forget about the rules when it is convenient? Or is it “We support international rules-based order, but our own actions should not be limited by these rules”? What immediately comes to my mind without web search:
- Kosovo, 1999. Civil war or genocide or whatever it may be called. How it should have been handled according to the rules? UN Security Council makes the decision, ‘blue helmets’ move in and stop the hot phase of the conflict. How it was done? NATO forces moved in without UNSC mandate. Forget the rules.
- Iraq, 2003. USA and its allies invaded Iraq based on false claims that Saddam had mass destruction weapons. The Center for Public Integrity stated that the Bush administration made a total of 935 false statements between 2001 and 2003 about Iraq's alleged threat to the United States. International lies-based order?
Speaking more about the rules… We are tired of seeing double standards. As an illustration, I will use just one aspect – the principle of integrity of the state vs the principle of the right of nations to self-determination. It looks like the West supports integrity of the state, when this state is allied or friendly to the West, and supports nation’s self-determination when the state is not. Let’s go through some examples.
- Chechnya (an autonomous republic within Soviet Union) wanted to become independent after 1991. It quickly started to use terrorism to achieve this goal. It took a lot of effort to stop the war and bring the region back to safety. Reaction of the West – support of chechens, their leader fled to London and was not deported to Russia despite all requests.
- Abkhazia (an autonomous republic within Georgian republic which was part of Soviet Union) wanted to become independent from Georgia when Georgia became independent from Russia. Resulted in a war. The conflict is still not solved. Abkhazia now is an independent state which is acknowledged by very few countries in the world. Reaction of the West – they still consider Abkhazia as a rebellious part of Georgia. Same situation about South Osetia – another region, that was an administrative part of Georgia until 1991 and that also seeks independence.
- Donetsk and Lugansk wanted to become independent from Ukraine after 2014 coup. Ukraine tried to subdue them by force and failed. Then the workplan has been signed in Minsk – what the parties of the conflict agree to do to settle. The result should have been – Donetsk and Lugansk return to Ukraine but have extended political rights, etc. Ukraine did nothing of its promises. Reaction of the West – support of Ukraine.
- Catalonia is seeking independence. And I remember that leaders of independence movement have been under political and criminal pressure.
- Scotland had a referendum about independence. And even though results were in favour of the UK, I remember how nervously London reacted.
Russia – NATO relations after 1991
This is best said by Vladimir Pozner, a journalist who spent years of his work in the USA, Russia, Europe and is one of the most known journalists of the old school (comparing to modern propagandists). Here’s the link to his speech in Yale University on September 27, 2018 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X7Ng75e5gQ&t=2556s.
His speech takes around forty minutes, the rest is the Q&A. To save you time, I’d summarize it here in just a couple of phrases. After Soviet Union collapsed, there was an illusion that we aren’t enemies anymore, that the world is open now, and that we will be partners or even friends. Russia dismissed the Warsaw Treaty union and agreed for Germany to unite, that looked just right – why keep a military union when we aren’t enemies anymore? Sometime later Russia made an offer to join NATO to provide world security together and was denied. Russia offered to join the EU, and was denied. Russia was promised that NATO would not expand eastward and less than 10 years later this promise was broken. Since then, we’ve been witnessing NATO getting closer and closer to our borders, inviting countries that are our neighbours and aggressively supporting those candidates to country leadership in East Europe who declared anti-Russia views. So now the illusion is over. We are enemies. And what’s worse – we don’t trust US anymore, so negotiating some new principles of coexistence will be problematic.
Ukraine.
Briefly about history, in more details about recent times and present situation.
In 16-17th century the territory of modern Ukraine was controlled by two forces with no clear border between them. Northwest (where the city of Lvov is now) was under Polish rule, center and the region along river Dnepr – under control of “kazak military democracies” – gatherings of all people, who fled from Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Crimea and who with time formed Ukrainians as a nation. They were ruled by elected chieftains and made their living largely by either joining some military campaign for money and loot, or by robbery raids to Poland, Crimea, Turkey. They were allied to Russia due to same religion – Orthodox Christianity.
As Poland grew stronger, its pressure on the territory grew, which led to periodic rebellions. Poland is a Catholic state, and people of Orthodox Ukraine were severely oppressed. Seeking protection, Ukrainian chieftains asked Russia to include those territories into Russian state. First request came in 1591. Russia rejected this request and several others. Only in 1654 part of Ukraine, controlled by kazaks, was included into Russia. Consequences – war with Poland and tens of thousands orthodox people fleeing from Polish-controlled lands into Russian-controlled lands.
From then on Russians and Ukrainians were really ‘brother nations’. Well, it was not heaven, but it was the best available option. Same religion, very close language and mentality. And forget about oppression. Ukrainians were oppressed as much as Russians themselves.
When the WW I started, Germany and Austria-Hungary were looking for collaborators in occupied territories of Russian Empire. They promised independence to nationalists in Western Ukraine, and found people who bought the idea. Not surprisingly, the most dedicated nationalists came from the least developed region of the country. Ukraine did not become independent at that moment, but the ideas stayed and gave their fruit during WW II, when Ukrainian collaborators actively participated in Nazis’ crimes. In one of your videos you described what Unit 731 of Japanese army was doing and you warned your listeners that they will never forget it. If you will find and read witnesses’ accounts of Volhynia massacre, you will never forget it either. I read it once long ago and I never want to read it again. It was a shock to me that people are capable of such things.
In the period between 1945 and 1991 Ukraine had the same rights as any other republic. There were no impediments to preserving and developing local culture. If you lived in any republic, you learned two languages – Russian and local. National literature was actively translated into other national languages of the Soviet Union, there were no impediments to education. Soviet Union with all its flaws, really tried to unite all of its nations into one big family. (What surprises me though is why antisemitism remained. You could come from Georgia, Uzbekistan or Yakutia and pass exams to Moscow university, no problem if you are smart enough. But it could be problematic for a Jew…)
After 1991 Russia and Ukraine remained friendly states, tightly bound by economic, cultural and even family ties. Ukraine tried to get the most out of relations both with Russia and with the West and it worked fairly well for 30 years. But with time attempts to elevate significance of their own nation led Ukrainians down a dangerous path. They started to slowly eliminate all other cultures that were present in the country. This process sped up dramatically in 2014, when after a coup the nationalist forces gained influence on the government.
Official Kiev denies being nationalistic, but don’t trust what the person is saying, see what he is doing.
- Open Kiev map and you will find two prospects – one named after Bandera, another after Shukhevich. Those two stand behind Volhynia massacre and numerous other crimes. Now they are heroes.
- During WW II Ukrainian nationalists were gathered by Nazis into the division “Galicia”. Collaborators and traitors, they did not show much on the battlefield, but were always victorious in the punitive raids against civilians. Now they are heroes.
- Ukraine is banning and denying Russian language and Russian culture. And it did not start last year. It started much earlier, when bit by bit Russian-speaking people had more and more difficulties teaching their children in Russian, buying books in Russian. It even shows itself historically – famous writers, artists, musicians, etc. of the past are proclaimed Ukrainians if they were born or lived on the territory of modern Ukraine. Aivazovskiy was Armenian by nation, lived in Crimea which was Russian at the time. Repin was Russian, Kuingi was Greek. Gogol and Bulgakov called themselves Russian and wrote in Russian. Shevchenko wrote in Russian, and now his books in Ukraine are translated from Russian.
We see those nationalistic ideas demonstrating themselves in a number of ways, and we have seen them before and we know what threat they can bring if left unattended. Pay attention to a dragon when it is small, you may be unable to win when it grows up.
I don’t say that our perception is correct, I just say how we see it. And to us modern Ukraine is like a younger brother who joined a bad company and who is becoming dangerous.
Now combine these two. Ukrainian nationalism plus NATO. Two threats, one well known historically, another the most dangerous rival of the past 70 years. We see them uniting and it is really an existential threat to us. In such circumstances could we afford being blind to it, just sitting and waiting what comes next? We tried to settle it peacefully. Many times Russia said that we are worried by NATO expansion, that we are worried by Western support of nationalistic movements in our neigbour countries. No effect. The last attempt was made in autumn of 2021, when Putin offered a negotiation that should have resulted in guaranteed safety. No reply.
If there is a conflict and your rival refuses to talk, he is asking for a fight. I don’t say that war in Ukraine is the right way to solve the conflict, but who can say that we did not try to set it by negotiations?
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2023.06.02 22:50 GoDSoN69 23 /// First Attempt To Write
This is first 3 chapters of the story , i would love to hear your thoughts about it <3
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Just like any other day, I woke up and started my day with music. I convinced myself that this day would be a little different from the others. I quickly packed my belongings and headed off to work.
My job is a mixture of heaven and hell. It has its moments of fun and enjoyment, but the repetitive nature of the work makes it feel like a torturous loop. I find myself going through the same motions over and over again, and nothing seems to change. It's driving me to the point of insanity, as if I am both the tormentor and the tormented. As for the fun part, it exists, but it feels more like a peripheral character in a movie or a game, detached from the overall chaos. If asked about it, I would acknowledge its presence, but it doesn't truly make a significant impact. I often question why I continue to stay in this situation, but the answer is never consistent. Occasionally, there are moments that break the cycle and restore a sense of purpose. This perspective represents my optimistic view of these events.
The day started off like any other, but things took an unexpected turn. Within just a couple of minutes of arriving at the office, my "boss" called me in and offered me a promotion to a higher position. While it may sound cool to some, I found myself not caring all that much. In fact, it left me feeling more annoyed than anything else. As the news spread, everyone around me began clapping and smiling, as if they genuinely cared. It felt as though I was suddenly in the spotlight, being praised for becoming a golden slave. To me, this promotion felt like giving recognition to an artist long gone, almost meaningless and devoid of purpose.
Once I completed my tasks for the day, I was greeted by a line of my co-workers, presumably waiting to celebrate my promotion. However, deep down, all I truly desired was to abandon my desk, gather my belongings, head home, and indulge in some much-needed sleep. Unfortunately, that was far from reality, and I had to suppress my fatigue and carry on with the festivities.
We decided to head to a nearby bar for a drink. Since my co-workers weren't exactly my close friends, the situation felt quite awkward. I found myself unsure of whom to engage in conversation with or what exactly to do. Nevertheless, I resorted to simply drinking and trying to relax. However, I couldn't deny the fact that it wasn't an enjoyable experience. I couldn't deceive myself into thinking otherwise. There were some exchanges of words with a few individuals, but they remained mostly formal and superficial. The typical phrases like "You did a great job" or "I'm so happy for you" were exchanged, but the interaction lacked genuine depth. Our time at the bar didn't last long, and after about an hour or two, we decided to leave.
It frustrates me when things deviate from my plans, but circumstances led me to the point where I found myself driving my co-worker to her house. It felt like a sticky gum clinging to the sole of my shoe, an unavoidable inconvenience. Given the proximity of her residence to mine, I had no other option but to offer her a ride. We engaged in some conversation during the drive, and once I dropped her off at her house, my life returned to its usual rhythm.
During our one-hour journey in my car, our "friends" exchanged handshakes before hopping in. The first words that escaped her lips were, "What a nice car." Well, no surprise there. I was well aware of it being the sole area where I had invested my money. Nonetheless, I appreciated her politeness. Soon after, she began probing me with questions. Why hadn't I engaged in conversations with my colleagues? Why had I consistently avoided attending any parties? I had no choice but to conjure up some excuses (as expected). However, she saw right through my lies and confronted me. She insisted that I shouldn't isolate myself from them, even though she also believed they were nothing but emotionless robots. At that moment, a part of me longed to eradicate any joy she might derive from my car, yet there was another peculiar part of me that found some strange satisfaction in her remarks (although I couldn't explain why). Subsequently, she delved into the details of her own life, expressing her desires to completely overhaul everything and start afresh with a clean slate. I found myself increasingly perplexed by her willingness to divulge such personal matters to a stranger like myself. Though I couldn't fully comprehend her motives, her openness strangely made me feel good in some inexplicable way. As a result, I felt compelled to reciprocate and engage in conversation. However, it wasn't a lengthy or profound exchange. Rather, I found myself responding to her peculiar inquiries such as, "Why did you start working here?" or "What are your thoughts on her?" and "What do you think about him?" Even queries about my impressions of herself were thrown into the mix. Regarding her last question, I unintentionally responded with, "To be honest, after conversing with them, you come across as relatively normal." It might have been the worst thing to say to someone, but surprisingly, she seemed to appreciate my comment, evident from the expression on her face. Frustrated with myself for enjoying the conversation, I started to exert mental effort to find a way to bring it to an end. The only solution that came to mind was music. I suggested playing some tunes so that we could both listen and put an end to the less desirable topics we had been discussing. I played one of my playlists, expecting her to simply listen to some new and relaxing music. However, to my surprise, as soon as the song began, she looked at me with a gaze filled with adoration, similar to how I often gaze at the rain pouring from my window. In that moment, I realized I had made a mistake. From that point on, our conversation revolved entirely around the music group I loved the most. It was a mix of jealousy, anger, and happiness all at once, simply because she knew and shared a love for that band. As the ride continued, which seemed longer than it actually was, she cheerfully thanked me and bid me goodbye before swiftly exiting the car. To be honest, she wasn't as bad as I had initially assumed. She wasn't one of those mindless zombies; she possessed a thoughtful mind. It was even intriguing to hear her utter the words, "I want to break this cycle," although it wasn't exactly "my line." Despite not intending for it to happen, I found myself enjoying the journey back home.
Upon reaching my house, I swiftly locked the door behind me, seeking solace and privacy. I changed into more comfortable attire, allowing myself to unwind. With a press of a button, I filled the room with music, creating a soothing ambiance. Finally, I surrendered to the exhaustion and lay down, embracing the opportunity to rest and recharge.
Who Am I?
I don’t know, I feel lost within myself at times, going through life on autopilot, and this self-imposed detachment fills me with self-loathing. If my life were titled, it would likely begin with "Demo," symbolizing my belief that I have yet to tap into my life's full potential. I've merely skimmed through the pages of my own story, surrendering to a lack of effort in personal growth. I've never discovered a place where I truly feel like myself, where I can freely express my thoughts and emotions, without the need for a mask to conceal my inner self. Who am I? I am like a balloon filled with emotions, yearning for a needle to burst and release them all. I am akin to an unstoppable car desperately seeking brakes to slow down and find some respite. I am my mind, afflicted by a virus that spreads and threatens to undermine my entire future. At times, I long to halt my thoughts, to cease my own ignorance, to prevent my hate from harming me further, but I can’t, I am unable to do so. I am weak, a feeble human unable to exert control over my own mind. If someone were to inquire, I would describe myself as an ordinary individual who seemingly lives without purpose, and to some extent, that statement holds true. I lack compelling reasons to view my life through rose-colored glasses, to awaken each day and relish in its joys, or to envision a promising future ahead. I am a source of disappointment to myself, as well as to those who have crossed my path. I exist as a solitary figure, akin to an empty room left unvisited by others, solely due to my own departure from those who once loved, cared for, and held thoughts of me. I carry no regrets for the choices I've made, yet the pain lingers, the worry persists, and I am left feeling utterly miserable. My past has shaped the person I am today, a person who hesitates to even label themselves as human. I have transformed into a robotic being devoid of emotions, lacking in care and love. The only remaining thread that connects me to others is the deep-seated hatred I hold towards myself.
Who Am I?
I am "K," a 23-year-old man who lives alone and endures a job that I despise, merely swimming through life like a fish. Currently, nothing particularly interesting is happening in my life, but I hold onto hope, recognizing that it's just a free trial period. I have lived my life according to my own desires, experiencing both enjoyable moments and hardships along the way. In general, it has been an average journey that one would expect. I used to have a family, friends, and a girlfriend, but somewhere along the path that led me here, I lost them. I embarked on this journey with the intention of living life on my own terms, and while I am indeed doing so, it doesn't quite align with the life I had envisioned. Nevertheless, such is life, and now I find myself here. So, let me discuss the things I do and the things I enjoy. First and foremost, I have a fondness for driving. It provides me with a space where I can be alone with my thoughts. Within the confines of my mind, I find solace and peace. It is there that I experience personal growth, devise plans according to my own desires, and unfortunately, sometimes sabotage them as well. Music holds a special place in my heart as well. It serves as a lifeline, preventing me from descending into madness. While I appreciate my own company and the company of my thoughts, there are moments when rest and relaxation become necessary, and in those moments, music becomes the key to unlocking my inner sanctuary. As for my past, I do not wish to delve into it, for it does not define who I am in the present. It is merely a reflection of who I once was.
It's time to rest; this day has been filled with enough activities to leave me thoroughly exhausted.
After that day, everything seemed to continue in the same old routine. I focused on my work, returned home, and enjoyed listening to music. However, I did introduce a small change—I started having a drink to help relax my mind a bit. It was just one glass a day, and it made me feel refreshed. As for drinking and driving, I didn't really care much about it. I know it's important to value one's life, so if you do, congratulations. Just please don't bother me with your concerns. I'd rather not have my thoughts filled with that kind of stuff.
Alright, it's time for me to gather my belongings and depart.
It's around 6 PM and I find myself contemplating the idea of going out for a drink. I'm tired of the usual routine of drinking alone on my couch, watching movies, and going to sleep. I feel the need for a change. So, I make the decision to venture into a somewhat sketchy bar and let loose, even if it means spending all my hard-earned savings. With this thought in mind, time seems to pass by a little quicker. I gather my things and set off on my search for a suitable establishment. As I come across names like "BullHogs" and "BarBEER," I can't help but question their peculiar choices. However, I realize that it doesn't really matter since both places will likely offer a similar experience after a couple of drinks. In the end, luck leads me to a bar called "BarBEER," and little did I know the interesting events that awaited me there. I entered the bar and promptly ordered a glass of fine whiskey. I found a cozy corner to settle into, where I could enjoy my drink in peace. As I sipped on the smooth liquor, I simultaneously made some notes in my textbook, expressing my emotions and capturing the essence of my chaotic state of mind. After consuming four or five shots, if you could even call them shots, something unexpected occurred—a stroke of misfortune. I had never considered myself an unlucky person before; I understood that my problems and struggles were mostly of my own making. However, in that moment, it felt as though life had handed me a sour lemon without granting me the choice to turn it into lemonade. Lost in my thoughts and doodling indiscernible figures, the door swung open, and to my surprise, guess who walked in? Yes, Her, all alone, perhaps a little early for her date. She confidently took a seat directly across from my table. I wasn't sure if she had noticed me, and I secretly hoped she hadn't. Yet, as fate would have it, life seemed determined to prevent me from being alone lately. She waved her hand, and in that moment, my initial hope was that she was gesturing to someone behind me whom she knew. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. I found myself tucked away in a corner, the worst possible spot I could have chosen. Uncertain of how to proceed, I did what was expected—I mustered the courage to stand up and make a swift exit. Well, call me when I grow a spine to carry out such a bold move. In an attempt to signal the end of our interaction, I weakly waved my hand, hoping it would serve as the final gesture before we continued with our separate lives. To my astonishment, she promptly stood up and made her way toward my table, as if we were long-lost confidants. With an energetic voice and a smile that left me questioning its authenticity, she asked, "Are you alone or waiting for someone?" Her demeanor perplexed me. So I replied, "No, how about you?" She took a seat and remarked, "What a coincidence, I didn't expect to find you here." I couldn't help but wonder if I appeared to be someone who always existed in solitude. Perhaps that's how everyone perceived me—a loner without friends, resembling the quiet kid in school. But how could I blame them? That's exactly who I am at this moment, or perhaps always have been. "Yeah, what brings you here? Waiting for friends?" I inquired. She replied, "Well, to be honest, I just wanted to relax and maybe get a new haircut." She delivered that statement with the brightest smile, causing me to burst into laughter. "That's nice," I responded. "So, what do you want to drink? Let's choose the same kind so we can get drunk at the same time.
I realized that I had forgotten the initial reason for coming to the bar. My plans seemed to shift involuntarily, but at least we shared a common goal. Being in her presence brought a sense of calmness to me. Initially, I intended to have just one drink and then leave, but with each sip, the desire to stay grew stronger. As we continued, it felt like we were taking shots and exchanging glances. She would share funny jokes, and I would respond with a smile. However, something felt different. Our conversations veered towards movies, music, and various random topics. But as I started to contemplate her more deeply, I noticed a subtle change in her demeanor. Slowly, she began to tear up. "Is everything alright? Is there something you want to talk about?" I asked with concern. She simply shook her head, indicating that she didn't want to discuss it further. Then she asked, "Can we call it a day?" "Okay, no problem," I replied, trying to be understanding. "Do you want me to bring you home?" She shook her head slightly, rejecting that offer. "Do you want me to call you an Uber?" Again, she shook her head. I was feeling a bit dizzy myself at that point, making it difficult to think of any other options. "Can we go to my place?" I suggested, hoping to provide a safe and comfortable environment. She seemed taken aback by the idea. "Home, like my house?" I clarified. "Yes," she replied, her voice filled with a mix of uncertainty and vulnerability. I carefully guided her into my car, making sure she was comfortable and secure. As soon as she settled in, she fell into a deep slumber. I drove cautiously, navigating the roads with care to avoid any potholes. It frustrated me how the government seemed negligent in using taxpayers' money to fix such issues. The thought crossed my mind: Isn't it strange that I'm taking her to my place instead of her own? But she had requested it, so perhaps something had happened that she needed time to process. I resolved to find out the next day.
Who I Wanna Be?
Sometimes I contemplate the essence of being human, and I believe it lies in our ability to evolve and change. Just like software programs receive updates, our progression sets us apart and makes us superior. The capacity for personal growth and transformation is what distinguishes us. I yearn to continually improve and become the best version of myself, to rediscover the ability to express emotions freely, to regain the power of effective planning, and to have meaningful goals. Above all, I desire to restore hope within myself and create a sense of security. I want to develop into someone I can enjoy spending time with, someone with whom I can engage in lively conversations, playful activities, and even spirited debates. I aspire to outpace others in personal development, utilizing each day as an opportunity to learn something new, embracing mistakes and challenges as stepping stones toward improvement. I long to become a person who possesses the strength and resilience to effect positive change. Perhaps, that is the person I truly wish to be.
Who I Wanna Be?
I yearn to embrace my true self, to stay true to my beliefs and principles, and to honor the uniqueness of my individuality. I find solace in being authentic, holding onto my distinct tastes and perspectives. In my eyes, I have already attained a sense of self that feels perfect to me. I am determined to safeguard this essence and resist any external forces that might attempt to sway my vision of life. While others may not perceive it as perfect or even satisfactory by societal standards, I firmly believe that staying true to oneself is the key to becoming the best version of oneself. I aspire to be the person in the future who truly understands and appreciates the person I am today, someone who shares my passions, loves what I love, and despises what I despise. I aim to remain steadfast and unaffected by life's challenges, experiences, people, and even love. I refuse to mold myself to fit into societal circles or change who I am for the sake of others. Instead, I aspire to be a catalyst for positive change, encouraging others to see reality through the lens of truth and growth, just as I do.
Good morning. How did you sleep?
Oh, hey. I almost forgot you were here.
Sorry about that. I was just...
Don't worry. If you don't want to talk about it, I can understand.
She nodded with a smile on her face.
Can we go to work together? she asked. She had already prepared breakfast for us. It felt strange, after living alone for so long, to have someone to converse with in the morning. Usually, I would talk to myself, so it was a refreshing change to have a taste of "normalcy." We chatted a bit and then headed to work.
The day at work was pretty much the same. The only thing that bothered me was arriving together, but nobody seemed to care. It was just me overthinking things. We didn't talk much at work, maybe because she didn't want to be seen with me. But whatever, when we finished, she politely shook hands, and we went our separate ways as if nothing had ever happened. Well, nothing did happen, to be honest with myself. I was hoping for a conversation and a different ending to our two coincidental encounters. Oh well, I guess it's back to my own life. At least I have to endure three more days until my paycheck, which will be a little thicker than usual. On my way home, I pondered what I could buy or if I should go somewhere.
The next three days crawled by slowly, with nothing interesting happening. They were just typical work days where I remained quiet, almost forgetting how to engage in conversation. At least the silver lining was that I didn't have to talk much with anyone. The only thing that worried me was her, although just a little. We had gone our separate ways after our last encounter, and since then, she hadn't shown up at work. Perhaps she was sick? I couldn't be certain, and I didn't want to ask anyone about her either. I didn't want them to think we were friends or anything.
On Friday night, as I made my way home, I made a decision to step out of my comfort zone. I was unable to think of anything material that could bring me joy or excitement. Instead, I opted to visit my "family." I purchased some gifts for them and embarked on a long drive to visit my "family." As I drove, I found solace in the company of my car and the music playing. The night unfolded pleasantly as they expressed their joy at my visit, or perhaps simply at having company. I remain skeptical about people's capacity for change, which is why I found myself listening to their conversation with a detached air. They reminisced about the "love of my life" and how she had supposedly made me a better person. They believed it was a mistake that we broke up, but I remained silent, only nodding in response to avoid entering into a debate or discussion. It's moments like these that remind me why I don't visit them often. Eventually, we retired for the night.
Can I Love?
Sometimes I perceive love as nothing more than a challenge that we must overcome. It feels like a weakness, a hindrance in real life. It has the power to make us vulnerable, fearful, and apprehensive. Love seems like an unnecessary hurdle that we can choose to skip or avoid, just to make our lives a little bit easier. Can I love? Yes, I believe I have already fulfilled my part in that quest. I have experienced it, lived through it, but ultimately managed to escape its grasp. Some may argue that love is the only thing that truly matters in life, but I beg to differ. I believe that what truly matters is knowing what you want and need. In my case, I desired love and willingly fell into that emotional abyss, only to realize later that it wasn't what I truly needed. It's a realization that has shaped my perspective on love and its place in my life.
Can I Love?
I don't think I possess the strength to love. How can I love someone when I don't even love myself? Love is a powerful force that requires inner strength. It provides motivation and gives us a purpose to live, not only for others but, most importantly, for ourselves. Love necessitates dedication, trust, and hope, qualities that I currently lack. Trust, in particular, is an arduous trait for me to attain. How can I extend love to someone if I don't trust them? While I have experienced love before, I question whether I truly loved at all. I doubt I possessed the strength to sustain it. I question if I even deserved it, which is why I never truly experienced its full benefits. Can I love? No, I believe I am not capable of loving someone or changing for anyone. I don't feel deserving of love.
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Just like any other day, I woke up and started my day with music. I convinced myself that this day would be a little different from the others. I quickly packed my belongings and headed off to work.
My job is a mixture of heaven and hell. It has its moments of fun and enjoyment, but the repetitive nature of the work makes it feel like a torturous loop. I find myself going through the same motions over and over again, and nothing seems to change. It's driving me to the point of insanity, as if I am both the tormentor and the tormented. As for the fun part, it exists, but it feels more like a peripheral character in a movie or a game, detached from the overall chaos. If asked about it, I would acknowledge its presence, but it doesn't truly make a significant impact. I often question why I continue to stay in this situation, but the answer is never consistent. Occasionally, there are moments that break the cycle and restore a sense of purpose. This perspective represents my optimistic view of these events.
The day started off like any other, but things took an unexpected turn. Within just a couple of minutes of arriving at the office, my "boss" called me in and offered me a promotion to a higher position. While it may sound cool to some, I found myself not caring all that much. In fact, it left me feeling more annoyed than anything else. As the news spread, everyone around me began clapping and smiling, as if they genuinely cared. It felt as though I was suddenly in the spotlight, being praised for becoming a golden slave. To me, this promotion felt like giving recognition to an artist long gone, almost meaningless and devoid of purpose.
Once I completed my tasks for the day, I was greeted by a line of my co-workers, presumably waiting to celebrate my promotion. However, deep down, all I truly desired was to abandon my desk, gather my belongings, head home, and indulge in some much-needed sleep. Unfortunately, that was far from reality, and I had to suppress my fatigue and carry on with the festivities.
We decided to head to a nearby bar for a drink. Since my co-workers weren't exactly my close friends, the situation felt quite awkward. I found myself unsure of whom to engage in conversation with or what exactly to do. Nevertheless, I resorted to simply drinking and trying to relax. However, I couldn't deny the fact that it wasn't an enjoyable experience. I couldn't deceive myself into thinking otherwise. There were some exchanges of words with a few individuals, but they remained mostly formal and superficial. The typical phrases like "You did a great job" or "I'm so happy for you" were exchanged, but the interaction lacked genuine depth. Our time at the bar didn't last long, and after about an hour or two, we decided to leave.
It frustrates me when things deviate from my plans, but circumstances led me to the point where I found myself driving my co-worker to her house. It felt like a sticky gum clinging to the sole of my shoe, an unavoidable inconvenience. Given the proximity of her residence to mine, I had no other option but to offer her a ride. We engaged in some conversation during the drive, and once I dropped her off at her house, my life returned to its usual rhythm.
During our one-hour journey in my car, our "friends" exchanged handshakes before hopping in. The first words that escaped her lips were, "What a nice car." Well, no surprise there. I was well aware of it being the sole area where I had invested my money. Nonetheless, I appreciated her politeness. Soon after, she began probing me with questions. Why hadn't I engaged in conversations with my colleagues? Why had I consistently avoided attending any parties? I had no choice but to conjure up some excuses (as expected). However, she saw right through my lies and confronted me. She insisted that I shouldn't isolate myself from them, even though she also believed they were nothing but emotionless robots. At that moment, a part of me longed to eradicate any joy she might derive from my car, yet there was another peculiar part of me that found some strange satisfaction in her remarks (although I couldn't explain why). Subsequently, she delved into the details of her own life, expressing her desires to completely overhaul everything and start afresh with a clean slate. I found myself increasingly perplexed by her willingness to divulge such personal matters to a stranger like myself. Though I couldn't fully comprehend her motives, her openness strangely made me feel good in some inexplicable way. As a result, I felt compelled to reciprocate and engage in conversation. However, it wasn't a lengthy or profound exchange. Rather, I found myself responding to her peculiar inquiries such as, "Why did you start working here?" or "What are your thoughts on her?" and "What do you think about him?" Even queries about my impressions of herself were thrown into the mix. Regarding her last question, I unintentionally responded with, "To be honest, after conversing with them, you come across as relatively normal." It might have been the worst thing to say to someone, but surprisingly, she seemed to appreciate my comment, evident from the expression on her face. Frustrated with myself for enjoying the conversation, I started to exert mental effort to find a way to bring it to an end. The only solution that came to mind was music. I suggested playing some tunes so that we could both listen and put an end to the less desirable topics we had been discussing. I played one of my playlists, expecting her to simply listen to some new and relaxing music. However, to my surprise, as soon as the song began, she looked at me with a gaze filled with adoration, similar to how I often gaze at the rain pouring from my window. In that moment, I realized I had made a mistake. From that point on, our conversation revolved entirely around the music group I loved the most. It was a mix of jealousy, anger, and happiness all at once, simply because she knew and shared a love for that band. As the ride continued, which seemed longer than it actually was, she cheerfully thanked me and bid me goodbye before swiftly exiting the car. To be honest, she wasn't as bad as I had initially assumed. She wasn't one of those mindless zombies; she possessed a thoughtful mind. It was even intriguing to hear her utter the words, "I want to break this cycle," although it wasn't exactly "my line." Despite not intending for it to happen, I found myself enjoying the journey back home.
Upon reaching my house, I swiftly locked the door behind me, seeking solace and privacy. I changed into more comfortable attire, allowing myself to unwind. With a press of a button, I filled the room with music, creating a soothing ambiance. Finally, I surrendered to the exhaustion and lay down, embracing the opportunity to rest and recharge.
Who Am I?
I don’t know, I feel lost within myself at times, going through life on autopilot, and this self-imposed detachment fills me with self-loathing. If my life were titled, it would likely begin with "Demo," symbolizing my belief that I have yet to tap into my life's full potential. I've merely skimmed through the pages of my own story, surrendering to a lack of effort in personal growth. I've never discovered a place where I truly feel like myself, where I can freely express my thoughts and emotions, without the need for a mask to conceal my inner self. Who am I? I am like a balloon filled with emotions, yearning for a needle to burst and release them all. I am akin to an unstoppable car desperately seeking brakes to slow down and find some respite. I am my mind, afflicted by a virus that spreads and threatens to undermine my entire future. At times, I long to halt my thoughts, to cease my own ignorance, to prevent my hate from harming me further, but I can’t, I am unable to do so. I am weak, a feeble human unable to exert control over my own mind. If someone were to inquire, I would describe myself as an ordinary individual who seemingly lives without purpose, and to some extent, that statement holds true. I lack compelling reasons to view my life through rose-colored glasses, to awaken each day and relish in its joys, or to envision a promising future ahead. I am a source of disappointment to myself, as well as to those who have crossed my path. I exist as a solitary figure, akin to an empty room left unvisited by others, solely due to my own departure from those who once loved, cared for, and held thoughts of me. I carry no regrets for the choices I've made, yet the pain lingers, the worry persists, and I am left feeling utterly miserable. My past has shaped the person I am today, a person who hesitates to even label themselves as human. I have transformed into a robotic being devoid of emotions, lacking in care and love. The only remaining thread that connects me to others is the deep-seated hatred I hold towards myself.
Who Am I?
I am "K," a 23-year-old man who lives alone and endures a job that I despise, merely swimming through life like a fish. Currently, nothing particularly interesting is happening in my life, but I hold onto hope, recognizing that it's just a free trial period. I have lived my life according to my own desires, experiencing both enjoyable moments and hardships along the way. In general, it has been an average journey that one would expect. I used to have a family, friends, and a girlfriend, but somewhere along the path that led me here, I lost them. I embarked on this journey with the intention of living life on my own terms, and while I am indeed doing so, it doesn't quite align with the life I had envisioned. Nevertheless, such is life, and now I find myself here. So, let me discuss the things I do and the things I enjoy. First and foremost, I have a fondness for driving. It provides me with a space where I can be alone with my thoughts. Within the confines of my mind, I find solace and peace. It is there that I experience personal growth, devise plans according to my own desires, and unfortunately, sometimes sabotage them as well. Music holds a special place in my heart as well. It serves as a lifeline, preventing me from descending into madness. While I appreciate my own company and the company of my thoughts, there are moments when rest and relaxation become necessary, and in those moments, music becomes the key to unlocking my inner sanctuary. As for my past, I do not wish to delve into it, for it does not define who I am in the present. It is merely a reflection of who I once was.
It's time to rest; this day has been filled with enough activities to leave me thoroughly exhausted.
After that day, everything seemed to continue in the same old routine. I focused on my work, returned home, and enjoyed listening to music. However, I did introduce a small change—I started having a drink to help relax my mind a bit. It was just one glass a day, and it made me feel refreshed. As for drinking and driving, I didn't really care much about it. I know it's important to value one's life, so if you do, congratulations. Just please don't bother me with your concerns. I'd rather not have my thoughts filled with that kind of stuff.
Alright, it's time for me to gather my belongings and depart.
It's around 6 PM and I find myself contemplating the idea of going out for a drink. I'm tired of the usual routine of drinking alone on my couch, watching movies, and going to sleep. I feel the need for a change. So, I make the decision to venture into a somewhat sketchy bar and let loose, even if it means spending all my hard-earned savings. With this thought in mind, time seems to pass by a little quicker. I gather my things and set off on my search for a suitable establishment. As I come across names like "BullHogs" and "BarBEER," I can't help but question their peculiar choices. However, I realize that it doesn't really matter since both places will likely offer a similar experience after a couple of drinks. In the end, luck leads me to a bar called "BarBEER," and little did I know the interesting events that awaited me there. I entered the bar and promptly ordered a glass of fine whiskey. I found a cozy corner to settle into, where I could enjoy my drink in peace. As I sipped on the smooth liquor, I simultaneously made some notes in my textbook, expressing my emotions and capturing the essence of my chaotic state of mind. After consuming four or five shots, if you could even call them shots, something unexpected occurred—a stroke of misfortune. I had never considered myself an unlucky person before; I understood that my problems and struggles were mostly of my own making. However, in that moment, it felt as though life had handed me a sour lemon without granting me the choice to turn it into lemonade. Lost in my thoughts and doodling indiscernible figures, the door swung open, and to my surprise, guess who walked in? Yes, Her, all alone, perhaps a little early for her date. She confidently took a seat directly across from my table. I wasn't sure if she had noticed me, and I secretly hoped she hadn't. Yet, as fate would have it, life seemed determined to prevent me from being alone lately. She waved her hand, and in that moment, my initial hope was that she was gesturing to someone behind me whom she knew. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. I found myself tucked away in a corner, the worst possible spot I could have chosen. Uncertain of how to proceed, I did what was expected—I mustered the courage to stand up and make a swift exit. Well, call me when I grow a spine to carry out such a bold move. In an attempt to signal the end of our interaction, I weakly waved my hand, hoping it would serve as the final gesture before we continued with our separate lives. To my astonishment, she promptly stood up and made her way toward my table, as if we were long-lost confidants. With an energetic voice and a smile that left me questioning its authenticity, she asked, "Are you alone or waiting for someone?" Her demeanor perplexed me. So I replied, "No, how about you?" She took a seat and remarked, "What a coincidence, I didn't expect to find you here." I couldn't help but wonder if I appeared to be someone who always existed in solitude. Perhaps that's how everyone perceived me—a loner without friends, resembling the quiet kid in school. But how could I blame them? That's exactly who I am at this moment, or perhaps always have been. "Yeah, what brings you here? Waiting for friends?" I inquired. She replied, "Well, to be honest, I just wanted to relax and maybe get a new haircut." She delivered that statement with the brightest smile, causing me to burst into laughter. "That's nice," I responded. "So, what do you want to drink? Let's choose the same kind so we can get drunk at the same time.
I realized that I had forgotten the initial reason for coming to the bar. My plans seemed to shift involuntarily, but at least we shared a common goal. Being in her presence brought a sense of calmness to me. Initially, I intended to have just one drink and then leave, but with each sip, the desire to stay grew stronger. As we continued, it felt like we were taking shots and exchanging glances. She would share funny jokes, and I would respond with a smile. However, something felt different. Our conversations veered towards movies, music, and various random topics. But as I started to contemplate her more deeply, I noticed a subtle change in her demeanor. Slowly, she began to tear up. "Is everything alright? Is there something you want to talk about?" I asked with concern. She simply shook her head, indicating that she didn't want to discuss it further. Then she asked, "Can we call it a day?" "Okay, no problem," I replied, trying to be understanding. "Do you want me to bring you home?" She shook her head slightly, rejecting that offer. "Do you want me to call you an Uber?" Again, she shook her head. I was feeling a bit dizzy myself at that point, making it difficult to think of any other options. "Can we go to my place?" I suggested, hoping to provide a safe and comfortable environment. She seemed taken aback by the idea. "Home, like my house?" I clarified. "Yes," she replied, her voice filled with a mix of uncertainty and vulnerability. I carefully guided her into my car, making sure she was comfortable and secure. As soon as she settled in, she fell into a deep slumber. I drove cautiously, navigating the roads with care to avoid any potholes. It frustrated me how the government seemed negligent in using taxpayers' money to fix such issues. The thought crossed my mind: Isn't it strange that I'm taking her to my place instead of her own? But she had requested it, so perhaps something had happened that she needed time to process. I resolved to find out the next day.
Who I Wanna Be?
Sometimes I contemplate the essence of being human, and I believe it lies in our ability to evolve and change. Just like software programs receive updates, our progression sets us apart and makes us superior. The capacity for personal growth and transformation is what distinguishes us. I yearn to continually improve and become the best version of myself, to rediscover the ability to express emotions freely, to regain the power of effective planning, and to have meaningful goals. Above all, I desire to restore hope within myself and create a sense of security. I want to develop into someone I can enjoy spending time with, someone with whom I can engage in lively conversations, playful activities, and even spirited debates. I aspire to outpace others in personal development, utilizing each day as an opportunity to learn something new, embracing mistakes and challenges as stepping stones toward improvement. I long to become a person who possesses the strength and resilience to effect positive change. Perhaps, that is the person I truly wish to be.
Who I Wanna Be?
I yearn to embrace my true self, to stay true to my beliefs and principles, and to honor the uniqueness of my individuality. I find solace in being authentic, holding onto my distinct tastes and perspectives. In my eyes, I have already attained a sense of self that feels perfect to me. I am determined to safeguard this essence and resist any external forces that might attempt to sway my vision of life. While others may not perceive it as perfect or even satisfactory by societal standards, I firmly believe that staying true to oneself is the key to becoming the best version of oneself. I aspire to be the person in the future who truly understands and appreciates the person I am today, someone who shares my passions, loves what I love, and despises what I despise. I aim to remain steadfast and unaffected by life's challenges, experiences, people, and even love. I refuse to mold myself to fit into societal circles or change who I am for the sake of others. Instead, I aspire to be a catalyst for positive change, encouraging others to see reality through the lens of truth and growth, just as I do.
Good morning. How did you sleep?
Oh, hey. I almost forgot you were here.
Sorry about that. I was just...
Don't worry. If you don't want to talk about it, I can understand.
She nodded with a smile on her face.
Can we go to work together? she asked. She had already prepared breakfast for us. It felt strange, after living alone for so long, to have someone to converse with in the morning. Usually, I would talk to myself, so it was a refreshing change to have a taste of "normalcy." We chatted a bit and then headed to work.
The day at work was pretty much the same. The only thing that bothered me was arriving together, but nobody seemed to care. It was just me overthinking things. We didn't talk much at work, maybe because she didn't want to be seen with me. But whatever, when we finished, she politely shook hands, and we went our separate ways as if nothing had ever happened. Well, nothing did happen, to be honest with myself. I was hoping for a conversation and a different ending to our two coincidental encounters. Oh well, I guess it's back to my own life. At least I have to endure three more days until my paycheck, which will be a little thicker than usual. On my way home, I pondered what I could buy or if I should go somewhere.
The next three days crawled by slowly, with nothing interesting happening. They were just typical work days where I remained quiet, almost forgetting how to engage in conversation. At least the silver lining was that I didn't have to talk much with anyone. The only thing that worried me was her, although just a little. We had gone our separate ways after our last encounter, and since then, she hadn't shown up at work. Perhaps she was sick? I couldn't be certain, and I didn't want to ask anyone about her either. I didn't want them to think we were friends or anything.
On Friday night, as I made my way home, I made a decision to step out of my comfort zone. I was unable to think of anything material that could bring me joy or excitement. Instead, I opted to visit my "family." I purchased some gifts for them and embarked on a long drive to visit my "family." As I drove, I found solace in the company of my car and the music playing. The night unfolded pleasantly as they expressed their joy at my visit, or perhaps simply at having company. I remain skeptical about people's capacity for change, which is why I found myself listening to their conversation with a detached air. They reminisced about the "love of my life" and how she had supposedly made me a better person. They believed it was a mistake that we broke up, but I remained silent, only nodding in response to avoid entering into a debate or discussion. It's moments like these that remind me why I don't visit them often. Eventually, we retired for the night.
Can I Love?
Sometimes I perceive love as nothing more than a challenge that we must overcome. It feels like a weakness, a hindrance in real life. It has the power to make us vulnerable, fearful, and apprehensive. Love seems like an unnecessary hurdle that we can choose to skip or avoid, just to make our lives a little bit easier. Can I love? Yes, I believe I have already fulfilled my part in that quest. I have experienced it, lived through it, but ultimately managed to escape its grasp. Some may argue that love is the only thing that truly matters in life, but I beg to differ. I believe that what truly matters is knowing what you want and need. In my case, I desired love and willingly fell into that emotional abyss, only to realize later that it wasn't what I truly needed. It's a realization that has shaped my perspective on love and its place in my life.
Can I Love?
I don't think I possess the strength to love. How can I love someone when I don't even love myself? Love is a powerful force that requires inner strength. It provides motivation and gives us a purpose to live, not only for others but, most importantly, for ourselves. Love necessitates dedication, trust, and hope, qualities that I currently lack. Trust, in particular, is an arduous trait for me to attain. How can I extend love to someone if I don't trust them? While I have experienced love before, I question whether I truly loved at all. I doubt I possessed the strength to sustain it. I question if I even deserved it, which is why I never truly experienced its full benefits. Can I love? No, I believe I am not capable of loving someone or changing for anyone. I don't feel deserving of love.
2023.06.02 22:47 The_Eternal_palace Go forth and enact change. 001
⟨⟨ Chapter 001 ⟩⟩ Don't thank the «GODS»
Without warning; the direction left became urgently Tuesday. Up became a distant relative. Backwards became fictitious. And the popcorn I’d been eating became a puddle of vomit at my feet. — That last one being what I would consider “normal” allowed me to realise that whatever had happened had now stopped happening.
I stumble around in the darkness for a few seconds before a light shines up ahead. Someone else had gotten to the exit before me, opening the door allowing light in. Some part of me is trying to remember a common saying that warns against going towards the light. But right now, disorientated and in the dark, it feels instinctual.
I left the cinema room and made it out to the lobby. I bumped into someone, but just as I utter a reflexive “sorry”, someone else bumps into me. More and more people keep entering the lobby. Be it as a response to the general panic, a desire to escape the growing crowd, or something deeper; everyone seem to gravitate towards the buildings exit. Out onto the street and in the parking lot.
One leg after another, I walk without giving much thought to what's going on around me. Or to what happened back in the cinema. Going forward in a daze, carried along by the crowd.
After the exit acts as a bottleneck, The crowd is able to spread out after getting outside. I find myself leaving between the people ahead of me, pushing towards the front of the crowd.
As I’m too busy watching my footing to give the slowing crowd or my surroundings much thought. It wasn’t until I reached the outer edge of the crowd proper that I was able to take in my surroundings more fully. And it was like I woken up. The daze I was in had me on autopilot until this moment when I set eyes upon the world around me.
Where should have been a car park in the outer suburbs, instead I find myself looking up at thick vegetation. Thick distinctly alien vegetation.
“Ah crap, we got isekaied.” someone to my right said. I was internally glad someone else came to that conclusion. It would have been kind of embarrassed if I was the only one.
Around me a few more dazed people pushed forward to the edge of the crowd before seeming to wake up. A quick glance over my shoulder suggested that they were quite a few more people to come out. So I decided to walk over to the side out of everyone's way.
I started talking to myself, thinking out loud. “alright, alright, if we've been isekaied.... Hmmmm.... Is it sci-fi or magic?”
I looked over at the forest again. Tall thin trunks, or two to three trunks per tree. Then with a few large leaves hanging down. Everything is coloured a cross between olive green and chalky white.
“It looks like it fits the magic variety better. Then again, it's not like I have firsthand experience with this. And any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic anyway.”
“Yo, what’s up?” A guy comes up. He gives me a casual head nod greeting. As if what was going on was just any other normal day. “names Steve.”
“Mac. I was just trying to figure out what's going on”
“Well you are already doing better than that lot. Half of them are in denial, and the other half are in a panic.” Steve gives a friendly smile, suggesting the comment was at least partly in jest.
“Are You familiar with isekai stories? Where the characters get transport it to a planet full of magic and monsters.” I asked him.
“Like the wizard of Oz?”
“no...” I paused, thinking about it “well, yeah. Sort of.”
“But less singing, right?” he smiled “nah, sorry. I’m more of a fan of Doki Doki Sims.”
“Anyway....” I said “There's usually magic involved. If we can open up the magical interface, then we can start using magic. In some stories it is voice activated. We just need to know the right words to say.”
“Hocus pocus! Alakazam!!” Steve said enthusiastically. There was an awkward pause for a second before Steve continued “welp, I'm out of ideas. Let me know if you managed to figure magic out.” And with that he was off just as quickly as he came.
I felt a little lost for words about the whole conversation. And needed to take a moment to gather my thoughts again before continuing.
“menu? Open menu? Stat window?” I started listing off all of the variations I could remember from different books that I've read. “Help desk? Open log? Open system? Initiate system?”
I looked over towards the crowd. It was quite sizable, definitely over a thousand people. I'll thinking about Steve I suddenly hung my head and a mix of shame and defeat.
Taking a deep breath I said “Hippity Hoppity, show me my magic properties.” Time seem to slow down as I focused on the world around me. Watching as.... nothing happened. I let out a sigh. “thank «GOD» it wasn’t that one.” But this time something did happen. A cold shiver ran out my spine, and I was gripped with a deep sense of fear.
I could tell, with every fibre of my being, that I had gotten the attention of something powerful beyond measure. Like if I was an ant, and I just gone be attention of a farmer who held a shovel in one hand and a 20L Jerry of pesticide in the other.
My life flash before my eyes. And then, a moment later, the feeling of soul crushing dread and helplessness had passed. In its wake was left the more mundane type of trauma associated with near death experiences, and a message etched into his mind.
“You are not worthy to seek audience with the pantheon of «GODS». Not yet.”
I sat there in stunned silence for what felt like hours, it was probably less than 5 minutes. I didn't know what to think, I didn't know what to think about. Getting isekaied onto an alien world was surprisingly easy to come to terms with. Finding out that «GODS» exist, and then having one such «GOD» directly speak to you... That is a lot to take in.
My turmoil of inner thoughts was snapped back into focus when someone came over to talk to me. A middle-aged woman, probably late 30s. I looked up at her and saw that she had a very worried look on their face.
“Was that you? Did you... draw their attention?” She asked.
I opened my mouth to respond, but at the same time I glanced over her shoulder at the rest of the crowd. EVERYONE was looking at me. There was no movement in the crowd, no sound of talking. Everyone had stopped what they were doing to look at me, personally.
It was unsettling.
Everyone must have noticed when the «GODS» spoke to me. Or perhaps the «GODS» contacted everyone at once. Which probably was the case. It just seems more efficient than to contact each person on a case-by-case basis. Not that supremely powerful being must be concerned with efficiency.
After realising I hadn't answered the woman. I looked back at her, but still couldn't find the words to say.
“Please don’t do it again.” She said. And all I could do was manage a weak nod in response.
When the woman turned to leave, I followed behind her. As I entered into the crowd, people started talking again. At first in hushed whispers as I passed. Then as the general volume got louder, normal conversation seemed to resume.
I looked around and realised I didn't have anywhere specific I was trying to go. Nobody else came up to start a conversation. And I felt too a self-conscious at the moment to join in with random group.
So with nothing better to do, I went back into the cinema to claim an isolated corner as my own. It was my hope that some of my more immediate problems would be solved after a few hours sleep.
. ⟨⟨ Chapter 002 ⟩⟩ Food, shelter, and an obsession with magic.
It has been 3 days since we've arrived here. For me, these last three days have been... troublesome.
TITLE ⟩ Attention of the «GODS» You have gained the attention of the God's once, and thus are more likely to do so again. +⟩ You have a weak aura of ‹Divine touched› +⟩ All humans have a partial geas. It now takes significant effort for humans to utter the name of any «GOD».
My unfortunate choice of words on the day we arrived resulted in me getting a title. And the rest of humanity getting a slightly different title. For all other humans, as well as for myself, we are unable to speak the name of any «GOD» unless we really, really mean it. Which is honestly probably for the best. Humanity is probably lucky I got the «GOD’S» attention by thanking them instead of by using some creative cuss words. The part of my title that has been given me problems has been the weak aura of ‹Divine touched›. About 1/3 about the humans have become actively hostile with me. While the other 2/3s have remained politely neutral, although slightly distant. With a very small number, let's call it a rounding error, have become creepily friendly toward. Not in a way that suggests any sort of mind control, just a cultish fascination. As for everyone else; humanity seems to have adapted surprisingly well to our new reality. All of our first world problems have taken a back seat in the face of more immediate issues. Food. Shelter. Our obsession with magic. It was on the first day, after I had already retreated inside, someone else had unlocked the secrets of magic. There's no key phrase that needed to be spoken. All that is required is for a person to enter a deep meditative state. From there it is rather intuitive. Spells, classes, titles, bloodline traits... All the things I had expected to find, in quantities far exceeding my imagination. At some time in the near future I need to sit down and dedicate an hour of three going over the system. But not right now. The other two priorities that have kept us all busy — food and shelter — have been partially solved thanks to magic. Our primary shelter, what I had originally thought to have been a cinema complex, turned out to be an amalgamation of at least a dozen different earth buildings. Including a cinema, an office building, an apartment building, a subway station, a mattress retailer, a Chinese restaurant, The Fiction section of a library, a classroom that used to teach forklift certificates..... And other random things. It was either a failed attempt at selecting a variety of buildings that we might need in this new world, or it was a highly successful attempt at taking the most obscure choices for the greatest variety. I have already seen at least a dozen people using magic to help reshape the central building. Internal plumbing and rearranging the hallways where the top two priorities. An internal electrical grid is apparently the current attempt at improving our home building. But apparently electricity, and physics in general, aren't working the way we expect them to. I guess that's the price to pay for having cool magic. For reconstructing the building, the most common magics in use have been: Geomancy, Wood Magic, Metal Smithing, Drawing Runes, and various other types of magic that don’t fit a common naming convention. Maybe all magic should just have -mancy attached to the end of the word. It works for hydromancy, pyromancy, geomancy, etc. Although adding the -smith suffix works for a lot of magics as well: Metal Smith, Wood Smith, Rune Smith. I can deep dive the linguistics of magic another day. Last but not least – Food. The limited supply of earth food that got teleported in with us quickly became a rare delicacy that is making a select few people rich on the black market. Is that for the majority of us, We have become hunters and gatherers once more. With the aid of magic to Find, identify, kill, purifier, butcher, and cook. An attempt at agriculture is being made. But it has not yet borne fruit; Both literally and figuratively. . After all that rambling on about world building and exposition and stuff, we come back to the most important part of any action adventure story....
Action and adventure (duh)
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Without warning; the direction left became urgently Tuesday. Up became a distant relative. Backwards became fictitious. And the popcorn I’d been eating became a puddle of vomit at my feet. — That last one being what I would consider “normal” allowed me to realise that whatever had happened had now stopped happening.
I stumble around in the darkness for a few seconds before a light shines up ahead. Someone else had gotten to the exit before me, opening the door allowing light in. Some part of me is trying to remember a common saying that warns against going towards the light. But right now, disorientated and in the dark, it feels instinctual.
I left the cinema room and made it out to the lobby. I bumped into someone, but just as I utter a reflexive “sorry”, someone else bumps into me. More and more people keep entering the lobby. Be it as a response to the general panic, a desire to escape the growing crowd, or something deeper; everyone seem to gravitate towards the buildings exit. Out onto the street and in the parking lot.
One leg after another, I walk without giving much thought to what's going on around me. Or to what happened back in the cinema. Going forward in a daze, carried along by the crowd.
After the exit acts as a bottleneck, The crowd is able to spread out after getting outside. I find myself leaving between the people ahead of me, pushing towards the front of the crowd.
As I’m too busy watching my footing to give the slowing crowd or my surroundings much thought. It wasn’t until I reached the outer edge of the crowd proper that I was able to take in my surroundings more fully. And it was like I woken up. The daze I was in had me on autopilot until this moment when I set eyes upon the world around me.
Where should have been a car park in the outer suburbs, instead I find myself looking up at thick vegetation. Thick distinctly alien vegetation.
“Ah crap, we got isekaied.” someone to my right said. I was internally glad someone else came to that conclusion. It would have been kind of embarrassed if I was the only one.
Around me a few more dazed people pushed forward to the edge of the crowd before seeming to wake up. A quick glance over my shoulder suggested that they were quite a few more people to come out. So I decided to walk over to the side out of everyone's way.
I started talking to myself, thinking out loud. “alright, alright, if we've been isekaied.... Hmmmm.... Is it sci-fi or magic?”
I looked over at the forest again. Tall thin trunks, or two to three trunks per tree. Then with a few large leaves hanging down. Everything is coloured a cross between olive green and chalky white.
“It looks like it fits the magic variety better. Then again, it's not like I have firsthand experience with this. And any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic anyway.”
“Yo, what’s up?” A guy comes up. He gives me a casual head nod greeting. As if what was going on was just any other normal day. “names Steve.”
“Mac. I was just trying to figure out what's going on”
“Well you are already doing better than that lot. Half of them are in denial, and the other half are in a panic.” Steve gives a friendly smile, suggesting the comment was at least partly in jest.
“Are You familiar with isekai stories? Where the characters get transport it to a planet full of magic and monsters.” I asked him.
“Like the wizard of Oz?”
“no...” I paused, thinking about it “well, yeah. Sort of.”
“But less singing, right?” he smiled “nah, sorry. I’m more of a fan of Doki Doki Sims.”
“Anyway....” I said “There's usually magic involved. If we can open up the magical interface, then we can start using magic. In some stories it is voice activated. We just need to know the right words to say.”
“Hocus pocus! Alakazam!!” Steve said enthusiastically. There was an awkward pause for a second before Steve continued “welp, I'm out of ideas. Let me know if you managed to figure magic out.” And with that he was off just as quickly as he came.
I felt a little lost for words about the whole conversation. And needed to take a moment to gather my thoughts again before continuing.
“menu? Open menu? Stat window?” I started listing off all of the variations I could remember from different books that I've read. “Help desk? Open log? Open system? Initiate system?”
I looked over towards the crowd. It was quite sizable, definitely over a thousand people. I'll thinking about Steve I suddenly hung my head and a mix of shame and defeat.
Taking a deep breath I said “Hippity Hoppity, show me my magic properties.” Time seem to slow down as I focused on the world around me. Watching as.... nothing happened. I let out a sigh. “thank «GOD» it wasn’t that one.” But this time something did happen. A cold shiver ran out my spine, and I was gripped with a deep sense of fear.
I could tell, with every fibre of my being, that I had gotten the attention of something powerful beyond measure. Like if I was an ant, and I just gone be attention of a farmer who held a shovel in one hand and a 20L Jerry of pesticide in the other.
My life flash before my eyes. And then, a moment later, the feeling of soul crushing dread and helplessness had passed. In its wake was left the more mundane type of trauma associated with near death experiences, and a message etched into his mind.
“You are not worthy to seek audience with the pantheon of «GODS». Not yet.”
I sat there in stunned silence for what felt like hours, it was probably less than 5 minutes. I didn't know what to think, I didn't know what to think about. Getting isekaied onto an alien world was surprisingly easy to come to terms with. Finding out that «GODS» exist, and then having one such «GOD» directly speak to you... That is a lot to take in.
My turmoil of inner thoughts was snapped back into focus when someone came over to talk to me. A middle-aged woman, probably late 30s. I looked up at her and saw that she had a very worried look on their face.
“Was that you? Did you... draw their attention?” She asked.
I opened my mouth to respond, but at the same time I glanced over her shoulder at the rest of the crowd. EVERYONE was looking at me. There was no movement in the crowd, no sound of talking. Everyone had stopped what they were doing to look at me, personally.
It was unsettling.
Everyone must have noticed when the «GODS» spoke to me. Or perhaps the «GODS» contacted everyone at once. Which probably was the case. It just seems more efficient than to contact each person on a case-by-case basis. Not that supremely powerful being must be concerned with efficiency.
After realising I hadn't answered the woman. I looked back at her, but still couldn't find the words to say.
“Please don’t do it again.” She said. And all I could do was manage a weak nod in response.
When the woman turned to leave, I followed behind her. As I entered into the crowd, people started talking again. At first in hushed whispers as I passed. Then as the general volume got louder, normal conversation seemed to resume.
I looked around and realised I didn't have anywhere specific I was trying to go. Nobody else came up to start a conversation. And I felt too a self-conscious at the moment to join in with random group.
So with nothing better to do, I went back into the cinema to claim an isolated corner as my own. It was my hope that some of my more immediate problems would be solved after a few hours sleep.
. ⟨⟨ Chapter 002 ⟩⟩ Food, shelter, and an obsession with magic.
It has been 3 days since we've arrived here. For me, these last three days have been... troublesome.
TITLE ⟩ Attention of the «GODS» You have gained the attention of the God's once, and thus are more likely to do so again. +⟩ You have a weak aura of ‹Divine touched› +⟩ All humans have a partial geas. It now takes significant effort for humans to utter the name of any «GOD».
My unfortunate choice of words on the day we arrived resulted in me getting a title. And the rest of humanity getting a slightly different title. For all other humans, as well as for myself, we are unable to speak the name of any «GOD» unless we really, really mean it. Which is honestly probably for the best. Humanity is probably lucky I got the «GOD’S» attention by thanking them instead of by using some creative cuss words. The part of my title that has been given me problems has been the weak aura of ‹Divine touched›. About 1/3 about the humans have become actively hostile with me. While the other 2/3s have remained politely neutral, although slightly distant. With a very small number, let's call it a rounding error, have become creepily friendly toward. Not in a way that suggests any sort of mind control, just a cultish fascination. As for everyone else; humanity seems to have adapted surprisingly well to our new reality. All of our first world problems have taken a back seat in the face of more immediate issues. Food. Shelter. Our obsession with magic. It was on the first day, after I had already retreated inside, someone else had unlocked the secrets of magic. There's no key phrase that needed to be spoken. All that is required is for a person to enter a deep meditative state. From there it is rather intuitive. Spells, classes, titles, bloodline traits... All the things I had expected to find, in quantities far exceeding my imagination. At some time in the near future I need to sit down and dedicate an hour of three going over the system. But not right now. The other two priorities that have kept us all busy — food and shelter — have been partially solved thanks to magic. Our primary shelter, what I had originally thought to have been a cinema complex, turned out to be an amalgamation of at least a dozen different earth buildings. Including a cinema, an office building, an apartment building, a subway station, a mattress retailer, a Chinese restaurant, The Fiction section of a library, a classroom that used to teach forklift certificates..... And other random things. It was either a failed attempt at selecting a variety of buildings that we might need in this new world, or it was a highly successful attempt at taking the most obscure choices for the greatest variety. I have already seen at least a dozen people using magic to help reshape the central building. Internal plumbing and rearranging the hallways where the top two priorities. An internal electrical grid is apparently the current attempt at improving our home building. But apparently electricity, and physics in general, aren't working the way we expect them to. I guess that's the price to pay for having cool magic. For reconstructing the building, the most common magics in use have been: Geomancy, Wood Magic, Metal Smithing, Drawing Runes, and various other types of magic that don’t fit a common naming convention. Maybe all magic should just have -mancy attached to the end of the word. It works for hydromancy, pyromancy, geomancy, etc. Although adding the -smith suffix works for a lot of magics as well: Metal Smith, Wood Smith, Rune Smith. I can deep dive the linguistics of magic another day. Last but not least – Food. The limited supply of earth food that got teleported in with us quickly became a rare delicacy that is making a select few people rich on the black market. Is that for the majority of us, We have become hunters and gatherers once more. With the aid of magic to Find, identify, kill, purifier, butcher, and cook. An attempt at agriculture is being made. But it has not yet borne fruit; Both literally and figuratively. . After all that rambling on about world building and exposition and stuff, we come back to the most important part of any action adventure story....
Action and adventure (duh)
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Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar winning Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most. Anyone can wear the mask – it’s how you wear it that makes you a hero.
After a grueling five-year-long wait, Marvel fans everywhere will finally be able to return to the animated multiverse with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The upcoming sequel's predecessor requires no explanation, as Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse not only ensnared audiences and critics alike but also caught a prestigious Oscar win with a Best Animated Feature award. With "New York's one and only Spider-Man," Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), now becoming a household name, fans of the first film eagerly awaited the day they could see young Miles swing into the Spider-Verse again.
Thankfully, the wait is almost finally over, as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will return to screens soon. This time Miles will not only be reunited with Gwen Stacey (Hailee Steinfeld) and Peter B. Parker (Jake Johnson) but he'll also be introduced to an entire multiversal society of Spider-people created and led by a particularly pessimistic variant of Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac). Though some of the other variants in this secretive organization view Miles as a nuisance more than anything else, they'll have to learn to put those apprehensions aside if they hope to save the multiverse from an all-new terrifying threat. As the release date for the sequel to one of the most celebrated Spider-Man films ever made crawls closer and closer, here is precisely where and how you can watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse when it premieres this Summer.
If you’re like just about everyone else on the planet who saw Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in 2018 and loved it, you’ve probably been waiting for the sequel. You won’t be waiting long, as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is finally coming out in 2023, a full five years later. It’s been a long wait but by all indications the film is going to be a blast for fans of comic book movies, Miles Morales’ version of Spider-Man, and this new animated franchise featuring the iconic webslinger.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is one of the most highly anticipated animated superhero films of 2023. Serving as a sequel to the critically acclaimed Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), this upcoming installment promises to continue the exhilarating adventures of the Spider-Verse. Fans from all around the globe are eagerly awaiting its release. In this article, we will provide you with all the essential information on the film's release date and how to watch it online from any country, ensuring you don't miss out on this exciting cinematic experience.
This is especially true for many superhero films, which are often tied directly to specific streaming services. Disney+ and HBO Max - now rebranded as MAX - often house the new streaming releases for the MCU and DCU respectively, usually releasing anywhere between 1–3 months after theatrical release. However, with a film like Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the situation is slightly different given Sony's lack of a dedicated streaming service, here's where to watch and stream Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse online.
When Is the Release Date for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse?
When Is the Release Date for Spider-Man: Across thMiles, Gwen, Peter, and several dozen other Spider-people will be swinging into action when Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse premieres on Friday, June 2nd, 2023. This almost undoubtedly gives Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and The Flash a run for their money as the biggest superhero movie event of the Summer. Spider-Verse?
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse had its world premiere at the Regency Village Theatre on May 30, 2023, and is scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on June 2, delayed from an initial October 2022 date because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Where To Watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Online:
As of now, the only way to watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is to head out to a movie theater when it premieres on June 2, 2023. You can find a local showing on Fandango.
Otherwise, you’ll just have to wait for it to become available to rent or purchase on digital platforms like Amazon, Vudu, YouTube or Apple, or become available to stream on Netflix.
How to Watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
There's been no official announcement regarding Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse's streaming release date, though we know it will eventually be released on Netflix, rather than Disney+ or HBO Max.
In terms of which of the streaming giants Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will be released on, Netflix will house the film upon its streaming debut. While again, Sony does not have its own dedicated streaming service, a deal was struck in 2021 between the studio and Netflix. The deal, stating that Netflix would stream Sony's films after theatrical release, was penned for 5 years meaning Across the Spider-Verse is part of the arrangement.
While Sony's Spider-Man content is also streaming on Disney+, due to the collaborations between Sony and Marvel Studios in recent years, Across the Spider-Verse will be a Netflix release. While the deal struck between Marvel Studios and Sony may extend to this film, Disney+ is only allowed to begin streaming Sony's Spider-Man releases upon their release on Netflix. As a result, Netflix will be the first streaming service that Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will be available on after its theatrical release.
Because it’s airing on FX, you can of course fire up Into the Spider-Verse via FX Now. But in addition, the animated flick is streaming on both fubo (which offers a free trial and has cord-cutting plans starting at $74.99/month; sign up here) and DirecTV (which also offers a free trial and has cord-cutting plans starting at $64.99/month.
Is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse in Theaters?
Not only was Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse the subject of rave reviews, but it also pulled in some gargantuan levels of cash at the international box office, with a final tally that quadrupled the film's ninety-million dollar budget. With incredible success like that, it's only natural that Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse would also be taking advantage of a theatrical release. That is the case, as the upcoming film will be exclusively available in theaters when it premieres on June 2nd, 2023.
When Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be on Streaming?
The Spider-Man franchise is in a pretty interesting place regarding streaming. The various films of Sony's franchise have typically been scattered across multiple services. That said, following a historic deal between Sony and Disney, the many stories of Peter Parker and beyond are now available on Disney+. This includes the original Sam Raimi trilogy, the first Amazing Spider-Man film, and, starting mid-May, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Venom. Notably absent from the Disney-streaming platform so far are The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Morbius, and most significant of all, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Some of the films are not currently available on the service because Sony has pre-existing partnerships with Starz, as that's where most of the absent films are available to stream. That is except for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which is instead only streaming on Fubo TV and FX Now.
If Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse comes to Disney+ before Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse's theatrical run concludes, that would make the House of Mouse's service a likely contender for a streaming release. However, Sony has also historically partnered with Netflix for streaming releases. Up until recently, that's where Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was available to stream, and Sony still brings their other big releases to the service, like Bullet Train and The Woman King.
When will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse be streaming on Netflix?
Sony Animation’s big new Spider-Man movie is about to hit theaters and will be headed to Netflix (at least in the United States) later this year. For a prediction as to when and a bit more about the new movie, here’s what you need to know.
As we covered in 2021, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will be headed to Netflix as the service gets both Sony’s animation and live-action content via a first window deal struck in April 2021.
The deal stipulates that all Sony theatrical movies come to Netflix in the first window, which at a minimum, is 120 days after its theatrical release date. If it arrives exactly 120 days after, it’ll be streaming from September 30th, 2023.
With that said, given how big this movie is, we may see it release a few weeks after the fact. Either way, we expect the movie to be available between late September and November 2023.
Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be Streaming On Netflix?
Yes, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is coming to Netflix approximately in December 2023.
In 2021, Sony and Netflix signed a five-year deal that gave the latter exclusive first-pay-window U.S. streaming rights for Sony Pictures titles after their theatrical and home entertainment windows. Fans can expect to watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse on Netflix six months after the film’s theatrical release, thus in December 2023. The date seems reasonable considering that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse dropped on Netflix on June 26, 2019, six months after its U.S. release on December 14, 2018. The pay-one window usually begins about nine months after a film’s theatrical release, but it might start earlier in particular cases.
Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be On HBO Max?
No, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will not be on HBO Max since it’s not a Universal Pictures movie. Last year, the company released its films in theaters and on the streamer on the same day. However, they now allow a 45-day window between the theatrical release and the streaming release.
Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be Streaming On Disney+?
Yes, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is also coming to Disney Plus approximately in 2025.
Once the pay-one window runs its time and Netflix’s exclusive rights expire, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will be available on Disney Plus. The pay-one window might last as long as 18 months, which means it will be a while before Disney Plus subscribers can watch the much-anticipated sequel. Unlike in other countries, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse isn’t yet available on the Disney-owned streamer in the U.S.
American fans will have to wait until 2024 to watch Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and at least until 2025 for its sequel. We will update this post once there is an official Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Disney Plus release date.
Is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Available On Hulu?
Viewers are saying that they want to view the new Marvel's animation movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse on Hulu. Unfortunately, this is not possible since Hulu currently does not offer any of the free episodes of this series streaming at this time. It will be exclusive to the MTV channel, which you get by subscribing to cable or satellite TV services. You will not be able to watch it on Hulu or any other free streaming service.
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There are a few ways to watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse online in the U.S. You can use a streaming service such as Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime Video. You can also rent or buy the movie on iTunes or Google Play. You can also watch it on-demand or on a streaming app available on your TV or streaming device if you have cable.
When Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be on DVD and Blu-ray?
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will likely be coming to DVD and Blu-ray around the same time as the streaming release. With theatrical films, on average, coming to streaming sooner than ever (usually ninety days after theatrical release), we'll likely see Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse get a DVD, and Blu-ray release no later than Fall 2023.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Cast and Characters
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was written by Dave Callaham, Phil Lord and Chris Miller and directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson. It stars the following actors:
The following cast members are confirmed to provide their voice talents for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Shameik Moore as Miles Morales / Spider-Man
Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman
Brian Tyree Henry as Jefferson Davis
Luna Lauren Vélez as Rio Morales
Jake Johnson as Peter B. Parker / Spider-Man
Jason Schwartzman as Jonathan Ohnn / the Spot
Issa Rae as Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman
Karan Soni as Pavitr Prabhakar / Spider-Man India
Daniel Kaluuya as Hobart “Hobie” Brown / Spider-Punk
Oscar Isaac as Miguel O’Hara / Spider-Man 2099
Greta Lee as Lyla
Rachel Dratch as the school counsellor
Jorma Taccone as Vulture
Shea Whigham as George Stacy
Andy Samberg as Ben Reilly / Scarlet Spider
What is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse About?
Returning with many of your favorite characters, including Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman, Peter B. ParkeSpider-Man, and of course Miles Morales as our primary Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is set one year after the events of the previous film. Miles (Shameik Moore) is coming into his own as Spider-Man when he is unexpectedly approached by Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) with an extraordinary opportunity. Does Miles want to help a team of Spider-People, led by Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac) protect the multiverse from the terrifying threat of a man known as The Spot (Jason Schwartzman)?
Obviously, Miles is going to say yes, setting him up for an adventure that will expand this movie’s concept of the multiverse in every possible way. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse promises tons of new characters and worlds, without losing sight of what people have come to love about this particular Spider-franchise.
Miles Morales has become a massively popular Spider-Man, and you can be certain he’ll be at the center of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’s chaotic blend of action, comedy, comic book aesthetics, and large-scale science fiction. It seems more likely than not that Across the Spider-Verse will be the biggest animated release of 2023.us
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Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar winning Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most. Anyone can wear the mask – it’s how you wear it that makes you a hero.
After a grueling five-year-long wait, Marvel fans everywhere will finally be able to return to the animated multiverse with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The upcoming sequel's predecessor requires no explanation, as Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse not only ensnared audiences and critics alike but also caught a prestigious Oscar win with a Best Animated Feature award. With "New York's one and only Spider-Man," Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), now becoming a household name, fans of the first film eagerly awaited the day they could see young Miles swing into the Spider-Verse again.
Thankfully, the wait is almost finally over, as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will return to screens soon. This time Miles will not only be reunited with Gwen Stacey (Hailee Steinfeld) and Peter B. Parker (Jake Johnson) but he'll also be introduced to an entire multiversal society of Spider-people created and led by a particularly pessimistic variant of Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac). Though some of the other variants in this secretive organization view Miles as a nuisance more than anything else, they'll have to learn to put those apprehensions aside if they hope to save the multiverse from an all-new terrifying threat. As the release date for the sequel to one of the most celebrated Spider-Man films ever made crawls closer and closer, here is precisely where and how you can watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse when it premieres this Summer.
If you’re like just about everyone else on the planet who saw Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in 2018 and loved it, you’ve probably been waiting for the sequel. You won’t be waiting long, as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is finally coming out in 2023, a full five years later. It’s been a long wait but by all indications the film is going to be a blast for fans of comic book movies, Miles Morales’ version of Spider-Man, and this new animated franchise featuring the iconic webslinger.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is one of the most highly anticipated animated superhero films of 2023. Serving as a sequel to the critically acclaimed Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), this upcoming installment promises to continue the exhilarating adventures of the Spider-Verse. Fans from all around the globe are eagerly awaiting its release. In this article, we will provide you with all the essential information on the film's release date and how to watch it online from any country, ensuring you don't miss out on this exciting cinematic experience.
This is especially true for many superhero films, which are often tied directly to specific streaming services. Disney+ and HBO Max - now rebranded as MAX - often house the new streaming releases for the MCU and DCU respectively, usually releasing anywhere between 1–3 months after theatrical release. However, with a film like Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the situation is slightly different given Sony's lack of a dedicated streaming service, here's where to watch and stream Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse online.
When Is the Release Date for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse?
When Is the Release Date for Spider-Man: Across thMiles, Gwen, Peter, and several dozen other Spider-people will be swinging into action when Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse premieres on Friday, June 2nd, 2023. This almost undoubtedly gives Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and The Flash a run for their money as the biggest superhero movie event of the Summer. Spider-Verse?
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse had its world premiere at the Regency Village Theatre on May 30, 2023, and is scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on June 2, delayed from an initial October 2022 date because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Where To Watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Online:
As of now, the only way to watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is to head out to a movie theater when it premieres on June 2, 2023. You can find a local showing on Fandango.
Otherwise, you’ll just have to wait for it to become available to rent or purchase on digital platforms like Amazon, Vudu, YouTube or Apple, or become available to stream on Netflix.
How to Watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
There's been no official announcement regarding Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse's streaming release date, though we know it will eventually be released on Netflix, rather than Disney+ or HBO Max.
In terms of which of the streaming giants Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will be released on, Netflix will house the film upon its streaming debut. While again, Sony does not have its own dedicated streaming service, a deal was struck in 2021 between the studio and Netflix. The deal, stating that Netflix would stream Sony's films after theatrical release, was penned for 5 years meaning Across the Spider-Verse is part of the arrangement.
While Sony's Spider-Man content is also streaming on Disney+, due to the collaborations between Sony and Marvel Studios in recent years, Across the Spider-Verse will be a Netflix release. While the deal struck between Marvel Studios and Sony may extend to this film, Disney+ is only allowed to begin streaming Sony's Spider-Man releases upon their release on Netflix. As a result, Netflix will be the first streaming service that Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will be available on after its theatrical release.
Because it’s airing on FX, you can of course fire up Into the Spider-Verse via FX Now. But in addition, the animated flick is streaming on both fubo (which offers a free trial and has cord-cutting plans starting at $74.99/month; sign up here) and DirecTV (which also offers a free trial and has cord-cutting plans starting at $64.99/month.
Is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse in Theaters?
Not only was Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse the subject of rave reviews, but it also pulled in some gargantuan levels of cash at the international box office, with a final tally that quadrupled the film's ninety-million dollar budget. With incredible success like that, it's only natural that Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse would also be taking advantage of a theatrical release. That is the case, as the upcoming film will be exclusively available in theaters when it premieres on June 2nd, 2023.
When Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be on Streaming?
The Spider-Man franchise is in a pretty interesting place regarding streaming. The various films of Sony's franchise have typically been scattered across multiple services. That said, following a historic deal between Sony and Disney, the many stories of Peter Parker and beyond are now available on Disney+. This includes the original Sam Raimi trilogy, the first Amazing Spider-Man film, and, starting mid-May, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Venom. Notably absent from the Disney-streaming platform so far are The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Morbius, and most significant of all, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Some of the films are not currently available on the service because Sony has pre-existing partnerships with Starz, as that's where most of the absent films are available to stream. That is except for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which is instead only streaming on Fubo TV and FX Now.
If Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse comes to Disney+ before Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse's theatrical run concludes, that would make the House of Mouse's service a likely contender for a streaming release. However, Sony has also historically partnered with Netflix for streaming releases. Up until recently, that's where Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was available to stream, and Sony still brings their other big releases to the service, like Bullet Train and The Woman King.
When will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse be streaming on Netflix?
Sony Animation’s big new Spider-Man movie is about to hit theaters and will be headed to Netflix (at least in the United States) later this year. For a prediction as to when and a bit more about the new movie, here’s what you need to know.
As we covered in 2021, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will be headed to Netflix as the service gets both Sony’s animation and live-action content via a first window deal struck in April 2021.
The deal stipulates that all Sony theatrical movies come to Netflix in the first window, which at a minimum, is 120 days after its theatrical release date. If it arrives exactly 120 days after, it’ll be streaming from September 30th, 2023.
With that said, given how big this movie is, we may see it release a few weeks after the fact. Either way, we expect the movie to be available between late September and November 2023.
Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be Streaming On Netflix?
Yes, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is coming to Netflix approximately in December 2023.
In 2021, Sony and Netflix signed a five-year deal that gave the latter exclusive first-pay-window U.S. streaming rights for Sony Pictures titles after their theatrical and home entertainment windows. Fans can expect to watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse on Netflix six months after the film’s theatrical release, thus in December 2023. The date seems reasonable considering that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse dropped on Netflix on June 26, 2019, six months after its U.S. release on December 14, 2018. The pay-one window usually begins about nine months after a film’s theatrical release, but it might start earlier in particular cases.
Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be On HBO Max?
No, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will not be on HBO Max since it’s not a Universal Pictures movie. Last year, the company released its films in theaters and on the streamer on the same day. However, they now allow a 45-day window between the theatrical release and the streaming release.
Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be Streaming On Disney+?
Yes, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is also coming to Disney Plus approximately in 2025.
Once the pay-one window runs its time and Netflix’s exclusive rights expire, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will be available on Disney Plus. The pay-one window might last as long as 18 months, which means it will be a while before Disney Plus subscribers can watch the much-anticipated sequel. Unlike in other countries, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse isn’t yet available on the Disney-owned streamer in the U.S.
American fans will have to wait until 2024 to watch Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and at least until 2025 for its sequel. We will update this post once there is an official Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Disney Plus release date.
Is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Available On Hulu?
Viewers are saying that they want to view the new Marvel's animation movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse on Hulu. Unfortunately, this is not possible since Hulu currently does not offer any of the free episodes of this series streaming at this time. It will be exclusive to the MTV channel, which you get by subscribing to cable or satellite TV services. You will not be able to watch it on Hulu or any other free streaming service.
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There are a few ways to watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse online in the U.S. You can use a streaming service such as Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime Video. You can also rent or buy the movie on iTunes or Google Play. You can also watch it on-demand or on a streaming app available on your TV or streaming device if you have cable.
When Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be on DVD and Blu-ray?
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will likely be coming to DVD and Blu-ray around the same time as the streaming release. With theatrical films, on average, coming to streaming sooner than ever (usually ninety days after theatrical release), we'll likely see Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse get a DVD, and Blu-ray release no later than Fall 2023.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Cast and Characters
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was written by Dave Callaham, Phil Lord and Chris Miller and directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson. It stars the following actors:
The following cast members are confirmed to provide their voice talents for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Shameik Moore as Miles Morales / Spider-Man
Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman
Brian Tyree Henry as Jefferson Davis
Luna Lauren Vélez as Rio Morales
Jake Johnson as Peter B. Parker / Spider-Man
Jason Schwartzman as Jonathan Ohnn / the Spot
Issa Rae as Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman
Karan Soni as Pavitr Prabhakar / Spider-Man India
Daniel Kaluuya as Hobart “Hobie” Brown / Spider-Punk
Oscar Isaac as Miguel O’Hara / Spider-Man 2099
Greta Lee as Lyla
Rachel Dratch as the school counsellor
Jorma Taccone as Vulture
Shea Whigham as George Stacy
Andy Samberg as Ben Reilly / Scarlet Spider
What is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse About?
Returning with many of your favorite characters, including Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman, Peter B. ParkeSpider-Man, and of course Miles Morales as our primary Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is set one year after the events of the previous film. Miles (Shameik Moore) is coming into his own as Spider-Man when he is unexpectedly approached by Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) with an extraordinary opportunity. Does Miles want to help a team of Spider-People, led by Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac) protect the multiverse from the terrifying threat of a man known as The Spot (Jason Schwartzman)?
Obviously, Miles is going to say yes, setting him up for an adventure that will expand this movie’s concept of the multiverse in every possible way. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse promises tons of new characters and worlds, without losing sight of what people have come to love about this particular Spider-franchise.
Miles Morales has become a massively popular Spider-Man, and you can be certain he’ll be at the center of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’s chaotic blend of action, comedy, comic book aesthetics, and large-scale science fiction. It seems more likely than not that Across the Spider-Verse will be the biggest animated release of 2023.us
2023.06.02 22:43 Thrw_friendship I am losing my best friend, my "almost" to my other best friend
Hi! This is my first post on Reddit of this type, but I’ve had enough and just need to get this off my chest. I’ll try to be as short as possible.
Edit: I am adding this after finishing writing the post, close to the end I became an absolute mess, apologies in advance.
Anyways, to better understand the title and whole situation, I need to go back to the start. At the very beginning of the story I (F19) was 17 years old. We had just returned to attend school after the whole covid fiasco. We had to spend all the time in one classroom including breaks etc. as we were not allowed to go out, unless it’s the end of the classes for the day. I had a friend (F16), we were close, but nothing deep (she’s not that important, just a school assignment), we were sitting in the same row. In front of us was sitting a boy (M16), whose name I barely knew and… that was all I actually knew. Due to covid, we never got to hear him, or talk to him and so on. But, what I noticed is that he didn’t have any interactions with other classmates, he was always on his phone, barely spoke to teachers, you get the picture.
As the universe likes to play, we got assigned to do a project for the year (the three of us), so naturally we were forced to get in contact. At first it was just me making a group chat, and telling him he’s assigned to do a project with us (as he was absent that day). When he returned to school he was again, sitting, mentally isolated from the world. But I began to make small talk with him for a few days. At first, it was because I kinda felt sad for him, but after just one -not small talk- conversation I realized that he was an incredibly intelligent and genuinely interesting person. So, as I was and still am a very curious person, I knew immediately that I wanted to know more about him. I started texting him, talking with him and so on. For months I was the first one to text, to set up conversations, but it didn’t bother me, ‘cause he was showing interest in everything I was saying, so I felt comfortable.
As time went on, I grew more comfortable, but so did he. We were texting 24/7, had discord nights, up until very late (or rather early). Few times when I fell asleep in those calls he would either play me lullabies or just keep doing whatever while still staying in the call in case I woke up. He’s also a gamer, and every free second he had either during the game or in the pauses he’d be texting me. I still didn’t know much about him, despite everything, he still wasn’t big of a talker, but he knew almost everything about me. Also to mention he’s only a few months younger than me.
In order to continue with the story I have to tell you a little bit about myself. I had a very hard childhood, and perhaps even harder teen years. I am on a spectrum of anxiety and depression. I have attachment issues and I have extremely hard time connecting with people, out of fear that I’ll get heartbroken. I also feel 90% of the time as a burden. It’s not something I can really control, it’s just there. I have set walls around me, and I am faking what I’m really feeling most of the time. For years I haven’t really attached to anyone, but my years lasting friends that make me feel safe and comfortable. And also, I am highly uncomfortable around men.
So this boy getting to know me that much was a really big milestone for me. I can’t explain with words what a shock was to finally open up to someone after so long, to be that comfortable and it was a male person. One thing though, we never actually went out. We were hanging in school, and in the summer we were just online.
So, the year has gone by and we were great as never. I got to know him a little more. Still he wasn’t really the type of person to talk about what he did that day, details about his everyday life, I barely knew his problems, but I had a feeling I knew him.
Over the summer I got close to another classmate (F18). So at the beginning of the new school year he’s 18, she’s 18 and I’m soon to be 19. I started connecting those two friendships. I’ll call her Sasha and I’ll call him Jason. Sasha, Jason and I started hanging out in school, on breaks (we were now allowed to go out of the school building for breaks). They were a little uncomfortable with each other as they didn’t know one another well. Sasha was privately amazing with me, talkative, and interesting. She was the kind of girl friend I needed. Jason was also amazing privately, talkative, humorous, just as always. One day as we were playing some question games I learned that I was the person who knew the most stuff about Jason, and I was in his top 5 favorite people. You couldn’t imagine how I felt. Also to note, he knew my love language is words of affirmation and he used that knowledge well.
For my 19th birthday he wrote me a beautiful birthday message, I won’t post it all, but one line was: “You were just existing and it was enough.” I was literally sobbing and shaking in my room after reading that message. On multiple occasions he told Sasha and me that he doesn’t know what would’ve been with him if I never decided to speak with him when I did. He was also saying that I changed him for the better, that he was thankful and so on. It made me so proud I never gave up on him and now had this beautiful friendship. I was literally writing notes in my phone of his most memorable sayings so I never forget them (serious and funny ones).
With time Sasha and Jason started talking more with me present, but still had troubles when going back home (as they live on the same side of town, and I’m on the other one). But, few of my school absences, few of those rides home, they began talking, having topics etc. Sasha began asking me if I liked him, and telling me he definitely did like me, but as I generally have troubles in differentiating platonic from romantic love, I always claimed I loved him platonically. She would sometimes hint to pay attention when we’re with him, but to be honest it made me a little uncomfortable since I really valued our friendship and didn’t want to potentially ruin it, as I am a terrible lover, but great friend.
Now, I know we all choose what stuff we will tell to whom. We don’t tell everything to the same person. But I noticed that some banal stuff was hidden from me, hence the convo in math class:
Sasha (to Jason): When did you get back from the cinema?
Jason (in shock): Noo why did you tell her?
Me (I was about to say something but just shut up instantly after that)
Sasha: What do you mean?
Jason: I told you not to tell herrr
Sasha (laughing): Why would you say that out loud, it could’ve looked like you forgot to mention it
When I tell you, I cannot even describe the emotions that went through my body. I was on the verge of tears. And from that day it just went downhill. We had this healthy bickering/roasting friendship where we mutually all called out each other, but in the upcoming days it seemed as if ALL the jokes were targeted towards me. I cannot translate them word for word, but they all were in conclusion that I’m worthless, that I should go home, etc. And worst of it all was when he made a joke about something about me that he shouldn’t, and I wouldn’t expect he’d do that to me ever. I was literally crying at that point and they just laughed. I really wanted to go home that day, and when I did, I didn't speak to either one for the rest of the day. But as I mentioned, I was faking my feelings and bottling up my troubles, and tomorrow I tried acting like nothing ever happened. It didn’t exactly work out since for the first time I had to act okay in front of someone who meant so much to me, and knew so much about me. They knew something was off and I was getting on their nerves because I was silent.
I forgot to mention that since Sasha and Jason started talking more in those rides, Jason and mine conversations reduced to minimum and then nothing. I cannot explain how much I miss our talks, jokes. How much I miss interacting with him, and how much is this hurting me.
After a few days of my tragedies and finally starting to pick myself up, Sasha told me she thinks she might have a crush on Jason. Boom. All the subtle flirting I saw between them now had confirmation I wasn’t tripping.
I need to also add that I really, really longed and wanted them to start talking to each other, but never thought that them talking would ruin my relationship with Jason to this point. In one of the recent question games I learned that for him Sasha was easier to talk to and that she understood people more. Yes, he explicitly said this with those exact words. There were so many situations in the past two months that got me to tears, I cannot mention them all, this is already long enough. I also noticed they were chatting 24/7 and that he was sending her photos and videos (which happened only 4 times in almost two years of our friendship). He was always telling her about his everyday things, his other friends etc. That was probably my last cue that “us” doesn’t exist anymore.
So now, the situation is. Sasha is turning 19 soon, and Jason and I are 19. The school year has ended, all we have left is prom night. There has been some tension between me and Sasha lately.
I did have conversations with both of them. Actually multiple with Sasha, and one with Jason. Sasha said that her trust in me is a little broken because I was hiding all of my emotions, but we could maybe work it out.
As for Jason, that conversation absolutely broke me. Again, I cannot mention everything that was said, but one of the things he said was that he never felt that he was nowhere near important to me as I was to him. At first, I thought that was on me for not showing my love more. But as much as my capabilities with all my fears go, I did try my best. He knew about my problems, and was always the one to most understand my mental health. He also said he thinks we will never be the way we were, he doesn’t want to lose contact completely, but that’s it.
But neither one of them wanted to tell me if I was the issue. Neither one wanted to tell me if I messed up, and if yes, how? Somehow it turned out as if I am the one at fault here. I apologized to both, but didn’t get my deserved apology.
On one hand I try to find it positive and great that he’s found someone he’s comfortable enough with to talk about all the stuff, on the other hand I am utterly destroyed. I lost a bunch of weight, I was constantly crying for days, I have a gag reflex when food is mentioned, I am spiraling down in my depression, and my therapist appointment is still two weeks away.
My mother assumes that Sasha started up some talks about me in the sense that I didn’t care about him, maybe even unintentionally. I don’t know what to think about it, and honestly I don’t. I want prom to be over and to heal.
I still miss our talks. The fact that we won’t end watching the show we did on discord also broke me, it was something ours, something special. We will never finish playing that mobile game. I still have urges to text him about things that happened to me, I have other friends of course, but I valued him more than everyone, and that backfired. We became strangers within one month and I cannot wrap my head around that fact.
What am I supposed to do here… What should I do… I really try to feel happy for them, but am simultaneously losing two really important friendships at the same time. My fear of getting attached again grew even bigger and stronger, I don’t know when I will feel comfortable with someone again. My thoughts are wrapped around him, I even stopped listening to my favorite artists in order to not associate songs with this pain in the future. I don’t know what to do anymore, and I am so desperate.
Missing him has become my habit, my routine. For his birthday I wrote him a letter in which I wrote something along the lines “If only we fought so I could hate you. But I cannot hate you, I am unable to hate you.” And really it is the way it is, I cannot hate him. He was more than a friend, less than a lover. I also cannot forget him that easily, he was something really big and important in my life, and… I hope that in another universe I am not grieving our friendship or whatever we had.
If you came here, thank you all for reading this.
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Edit: I am adding this after finishing writing the post, close to the end I became an absolute mess, apologies in advance.
Anyways, to better understand the title and whole situation, I need to go back to the start. At the very beginning of the story I (F19) was 17 years old. We had just returned to attend school after the whole covid fiasco. We had to spend all the time in one classroom including breaks etc. as we were not allowed to go out, unless it’s the end of the classes for the day. I had a friend (F16), we were close, but nothing deep (she’s not that important, just a school assignment), we were sitting in the same row. In front of us was sitting a boy (M16), whose name I barely knew and… that was all I actually knew. Due to covid, we never got to hear him, or talk to him and so on. But, what I noticed is that he didn’t have any interactions with other classmates, he was always on his phone, barely spoke to teachers, you get the picture.
As the universe likes to play, we got assigned to do a project for the year (the three of us), so naturally we were forced to get in contact. At first it was just me making a group chat, and telling him he’s assigned to do a project with us (as he was absent that day). When he returned to school he was again, sitting, mentally isolated from the world. But I began to make small talk with him for a few days. At first, it was because I kinda felt sad for him, but after just one -not small talk- conversation I realized that he was an incredibly intelligent and genuinely interesting person. So, as I was and still am a very curious person, I knew immediately that I wanted to know more about him. I started texting him, talking with him and so on. For months I was the first one to text, to set up conversations, but it didn’t bother me, ‘cause he was showing interest in everything I was saying, so I felt comfortable.
As time went on, I grew more comfortable, but so did he. We were texting 24/7, had discord nights, up until very late (or rather early). Few times when I fell asleep in those calls he would either play me lullabies or just keep doing whatever while still staying in the call in case I woke up. He’s also a gamer, and every free second he had either during the game or in the pauses he’d be texting me. I still didn’t know much about him, despite everything, he still wasn’t big of a talker, but he knew almost everything about me. Also to mention he’s only a few months younger than me.
In order to continue with the story I have to tell you a little bit about myself. I had a very hard childhood, and perhaps even harder teen years. I am on a spectrum of anxiety and depression. I have attachment issues and I have extremely hard time connecting with people, out of fear that I’ll get heartbroken. I also feel 90% of the time as a burden. It’s not something I can really control, it’s just there. I have set walls around me, and I am faking what I’m really feeling most of the time. For years I haven’t really attached to anyone, but my years lasting friends that make me feel safe and comfortable. And also, I am highly uncomfortable around men.
So this boy getting to know me that much was a really big milestone for me. I can’t explain with words what a shock was to finally open up to someone after so long, to be that comfortable and it was a male person. One thing though, we never actually went out. We were hanging in school, and in the summer we were just online.
So, the year has gone by and we were great as never. I got to know him a little more. Still he wasn’t really the type of person to talk about what he did that day, details about his everyday life, I barely knew his problems, but I had a feeling I knew him.
Over the summer I got close to another classmate (F18). So at the beginning of the new school year he’s 18, she’s 18 and I’m soon to be 19. I started connecting those two friendships. I’ll call her Sasha and I’ll call him Jason. Sasha, Jason and I started hanging out in school, on breaks (we were now allowed to go out of the school building for breaks). They were a little uncomfortable with each other as they didn’t know one another well. Sasha was privately amazing with me, talkative, and interesting. She was the kind of girl friend I needed. Jason was also amazing privately, talkative, humorous, just as always. One day as we were playing some question games I learned that I was the person who knew the most stuff about Jason, and I was in his top 5 favorite people. You couldn’t imagine how I felt. Also to note, he knew my love language is words of affirmation and he used that knowledge well.
For my 19th birthday he wrote me a beautiful birthday message, I won’t post it all, but one line was: “You were just existing and it was enough.” I was literally sobbing and shaking in my room after reading that message. On multiple occasions he told Sasha and me that he doesn’t know what would’ve been with him if I never decided to speak with him when I did. He was also saying that I changed him for the better, that he was thankful and so on. It made me so proud I never gave up on him and now had this beautiful friendship. I was literally writing notes in my phone of his most memorable sayings so I never forget them (serious and funny ones).
With time Sasha and Jason started talking more with me present, but still had troubles when going back home (as they live on the same side of town, and I’m on the other one). But, few of my school absences, few of those rides home, they began talking, having topics etc. Sasha began asking me if I liked him, and telling me he definitely did like me, but as I generally have troubles in differentiating platonic from romantic love, I always claimed I loved him platonically. She would sometimes hint to pay attention when we’re with him, but to be honest it made me a little uncomfortable since I really valued our friendship and didn’t want to potentially ruin it, as I am a terrible lover, but great friend.
Now, I know we all choose what stuff we will tell to whom. We don’t tell everything to the same person. But I noticed that some banal stuff was hidden from me, hence the convo in math class:
Sasha (to Jason): When did you get back from the cinema?
Jason (in shock): Noo why did you tell her?
Me (I was about to say something but just shut up instantly after that)
Sasha: What do you mean?
Jason: I told you not to tell herrr
Sasha (laughing): Why would you say that out loud, it could’ve looked like you forgot to mention it
When I tell you, I cannot even describe the emotions that went through my body. I was on the verge of tears. And from that day it just went downhill. We had this healthy bickering/roasting friendship where we mutually all called out each other, but in the upcoming days it seemed as if ALL the jokes were targeted towards me. I cannot translate them word for word, but they all were in conclusion that I’m worthless, that I should go home, etc. And worst of it all was when he made a joke about something about me that he shouldn’t, and I wouldn’t expect he’d do that to me ever. I was literally crying at that point and they just laughed. I really wanted to go home that day, and when I did, I didn't speak to either one for the rest of the day. But as I mentioned, I was faking my feelings and bottling up my troubles, and tomorrow I tried acting like nothing ever happened. It didn’t exactly work out since for the first time I had to act okay in front of someone who meant so much to me, and knew so much about me. They knew something was off and I was getting on their nerves because I was silent.
I forgot to mention that since Sasha and Jason started talking more in those rides, Jason and mine conversations reduced to minimum and then nothing. I cannot explain how much I miss our talks, jokes. How much I miss interacting with him, and how much is this hurting me.
After a few days of my tragedies and finally starting to pick myself up, Sasha told me she thinks she might have a crush on Jason. Boom. All the subtle flirting I saw between them now had confirmation I wasn’t tripping.
I need to also add that I really, really longed and wanted them to start talking to each other, but never thought that them talking would ruin my relationship with Jason to this point. In one of the recent question games I learned that for him Sasha was easier to talk to and that she understood people more. Yes, he explicitly said this with those exact words. There were so many situations in the past two months that got me to tears, I cannot mention them all, this is already long enough. I also noticed they were chatting 24/7 and that he was sending her photos and videos (which happened only 4 times in almost two years of our friendship). He was always telling her about his everyday things, his other friends etc. That was probably my last cue that “us” doesn’t exist anymore.
So now, the situation is. Sasha is turning 19 soon, and Jason and I are 19. The school year has ended, all we have left is prom night. There has been some tension between me and Sasha lately.
I did have conversations with both of them. Actually multiple with Sasha, and one with Jason. Sasha said that her trust in me is a little broken because I was hiding all of my emotions, but we could maybe work it out.
As for Jason, that conversation absolutely broke me. Again, I cannot mention everything that was said, but one of the things he said was that he never felt that he was nowhere near important to me as I was to him. At first, I thought that was on me for not showing my love more. But as much as my capabilities with all my fears go, I did try my best. He knew about my problems, and was always the one to most understand my mental health. He also said he thinks we will never be the way we were, he doesn’t want to lose contact completely, but that’s it.
But neither one of them wanted to tell me if I was the issue. Neither one wanted to tell me if I messed up, and if yes, how? Somehow it turned out as if I am the one at fault here. I apologized to both, but didn’t get my deserved apology.
On one hand I try to find it positive and great that he’s found someone he’s comfortable enough with to talk about all the stuff, on the other hand I am utterly destroyed. I lost a bunch of weight, I was constantly crying for days, I have a gag reflex when food is mentioned, I am spiraling down in my depression, and my therapist appointment is still two weeks away.
My mother assumes that Sasha started up some talks about me in the sense that I didn’t care about him, maybe even unintentionally. I don’t know what to think about it, and honestly I don’t. I want prom to be over and to heal.
I still miss our talks. The fact that we won’t end watching the show we did on discord also broke me, it was something ours, something special. We will never finish playing that mobile game. I still have urges to text him about things that happened to me, I have other friends of course, but I valued him more than everyone, and that backfired. We became strangers within one month and I cannot wrap my head around that fact.
What am I supposed to do here… What should I do… I really try to feel happy for them, but am simultaneously losing two really important friendships at the same time. My fear of getting attached again grew even bigger and stronger, I don’t know when I will feel comfortable with someone again. My thoughts are wrapped around him, I even stopped listening to my favorite artists in order to not associate songs with this pain in the future. I don’t know what to do anymore, and I am so desperate.
Missing him has become my habit, my routine. For his birthday I wrote him a letter in which I wrote something along the lines “If only we fought so I could hate you. But I cannot hate you, I am unable to hate you.” And really it is the way it is, I cannot hate him. He was more than a friend, less than a lover. I also cannot forget him that easily, he was something really big and important in my life, and… I hope that in another universe I am not grieving our friendship or whatever we had.
If you came here, thank you all for reading this.
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When Is the Release Date for Spider-Man: Across thMiles, Gwen, Peter, and several dozen other Spider-people will be swinging into action when Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse premieres on Friday, June 2nd, 2023. This almost undoubtedly gives Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and The Flash a run for their money as the biggest superhero movie event of the Summer. Spider-Verse?
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse had its world premiere at the Regency Village Theatre on May 30, 2023, and is scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on June 2, delayed from an initial October 2022 date because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As of now, the only way to watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is to head out to a movie theater when it premieres on June 2, 2023. You can find a local showing on Fandango.
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There's been no official announcement regarding Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse's streaming release date, though we know it will eventually be released on Netflix, rather than Disney+ or HBO Max.
In terms of which of the streaming giants Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will be released on, Netflix will house the film upon its streaming debut. While again, Sony does not have its own dedicated streaming service, a deal was struck in 2021 between the studio and Netflix. The deal, stating that Netflix would stream Sony's films after theatrical release, was penned for 5 years meaning Across the Spider-Verse is part of the arrangement.
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If Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse comes to Disney+ before Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse's theatrical run concludes, that would make the House of Mouse's service a likely contender for a streaming release. However, Sony has also historically partnered with Netflix for streaming releases. Up until recently, that's where Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was available to stream, and Sony still brings their other big releases to the service, like Bullet Train and The Woman King.
When will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse be streaming on Netflix?
Sony Animation’s big new Spider-Man movie is about to hit theaters and will be headed to Netflix (at least in the United States) later this year. For a prediction as to when and a bit more about the new movie, here’s what you need to know.
As we covered in 2021, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will be headed to Netflix as the service gets both Sony’s animation and live-action content via a first window deal struck in April 2021.
The deal stipulates that all Sony theatrical movies come to Netflix in the first window, which at a minimum, is 120 days after its theatrical release date. If it arrives exactly 120 days after, it’ll be streaming from September 30th, 2023.
With that said, given how big this movie is, we may see it release a few weeks after the fact. Either way, we expect the movie to be available between late September and November 2023.
Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be Streaming On Netflix?
Yes, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is coming to Netflix approximately in December 2023.
In 2021, Sony and Netflix signed a five-year deal that gave the latter exclusive first-pay-window U.S. streaming rights for Sony Pictures titles after their theatrical and home entertainment windows. Fans can expect to watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse on Netflix six months after the film’s theatrical release, thus in December 2023. The date seems reasonable considering that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse dropped on Netflix on June 26, 2019, six months after its U.S. release on December 14, 2018. The pay-one window usually begins about nine months after a film’s theatrical release, but it might start earlier in particular cases.
Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be On HBO Max?
No, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will not be on HBO Max since it’s not a Universal Pictures movie. Last year, the company released its films in theaters and on the streamer on the same day. However, they now allow a 45-day window between the theatrical release and the streaming release.
Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be Streaming On Disney+?
Yes, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is also coming to Disney Plus approximately in 2025.
Once the pay-one window runs its time and Netflix’s exclusive rights expire, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will be available on Disney Plus. The pay-one window might last as long as 18 months, which means it will be a while before Disney Plus subscribers can watch the much-anticipated sequel. Unlike in other countries, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse isn’t yet available on the Disney-owned streamer in the U.S.
American fans will have to wait until 2024 to watch Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and at least until 2025 for its sequel. We will update this post once there is an official Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Disney Plus release date.
Is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Available On Hulu?
Viewers are saying that they want to view the new Marvel's animation movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse on Hulu. Unfortunately, this is not possible since Hulu currently does not offer any of the free episodes of this series streaming at this time. It will be exclusive to the MTV channel, which you get by subscribing to cable or satellite TV services. You will not be able to watch it on Hulu or any other free streaming service.
How to Watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Online For Free?
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There are a few ways to watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse online in the U.S. You can use a streaming service such as Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime Video. You can also rent or buy the movie on iTunes or Google Play. You can also watch it on-demand or on a streaming app available on your TV or streaming device if you have cable.
When Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be on DVD and Blu-ray?
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will likely be coming to DVD and Blu-ray around the same time as the streaming release. With theatrical films, on average, coming to streaming sooner than ever (usually ninety days after theatrical release), we'll likely see Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse get a DVD, and Blu-ray release no later than Fall 2023.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Cast and Characters
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was written by Dave Callaham, Phil Lord and Chris Miller and directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson. It stars the following actors:
The following cast members are confirmed to provide their voice talents for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Shameik Moore as Miles Morales / Spider-Man
Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman
Brian Tyree Henry as Jefferson Davis
Luna Lauren Vélez as Rio Morales
Jake Johnson as Peter B. Parker / Spider-Man
Jason Schwartzman as Jonathan Ohnn / the Spot
Issa Rae as Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman
Karan Soni as Pavitr Prabhakar / Spider-Man India
Daniel Kaluuya as Hobart “Hobie” Brown / Spider-Punk
Oscar Isaac as Miguel O’Hara / Spider-Man 2099
Greta Lee as Lyla
Rachel Dratch as the school counsellor
Jorma Taccone as Vulture
Shea Whigham as George Stacy
Andy Samberg as Ben Reilly / Scarlet Spider
What is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse About?
Returning with many of your favorite characters, including Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman, Peter B. ParkeSpider-Man, and of course Miles Morales as our primary Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is set one year after the events of the previous film. Miles (Shameik Moore) is coming into his own as Spider-Man when he is unexpectedly approached by Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) with an extraordinary opportunity. Does Miles want to help a team of Spider-People, led by Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac) protect the multiverse from the terrifying threat of a man known as The Spot (Jason Schwartzman)?
Obviously, Miles is going to say yes, setting him up for an adventure that will expand this movie’s concept of the multiverse in every possible way. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse promises tons of new characters and worlds, without losing sight of what people have come to love about this particular Spider-franchise.
Miles Morales has become a massively popular Spider-Man, and you can be certain he’ll be at the center of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’s chaotic blend of action, comedy, comic book aesthetics, and large-scale science fiction. It seems more likely than not that Across the Spider-Verse will be the biggest animated release of 2023.sdf
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Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar winning Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most. Anyone can wear the mask – it’s how you wear it that makes you a hero.
After a grueling five-year-long wait, Marvel fans everywhere will finally be able to return to the animated multiverse with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The upcoming sequel's predecessor requires no explanation, as Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse not only ensnared audiences and critics alike but also caught a prestigious Oscar win with a Best Animated Feature award. With "New York's one and only Spider-Man," Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), now becoming a household name, fans of the first film eagerly awaited the day they could see young Miles swing into the Spider-Verse again.
Thankfully, the wait is almost finally over, as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will return to screens soon. This time Miles will not only be reunited with Gwen Stacey (Hailee Steinfeld) and Peter B. Parker (Jake Johnson) but he'll also be introduced to an entire multiversal society of Spider-people created and led by a particularly pessimistic variant of Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac). Though some of the other variants in this secretive organization view Miles as a nuisance more than anything else, they'll have to learn to put those apprehensions aside if they hope to save the multiverse from an all-new terrifying threat. As the release date for the sequel to one of the most celebrated Spider-Man films ever made crawls closer and closer, here is precisely where and how you can watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse when it premieres this Summer.
If you’re like just about everyone else on the planet who saw Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in 2018 and loved it, you’ve probably been waiting for the sequel. You won’t be waiting long, as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is finally coming out in 2023, a full five years later. It’s been a long wait but by all indications the film is going to be a blast for fans of comic book movies, Miles Morales’ version of Spider-Man, and this new animated franchise featuring the iconic webslinger.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is one of the most highly anticipated animated superhero films of 2023. Serving as a sequel to the critically acclaimed Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), this upcoming installment promises to continue the exhilarating adventures of the Spider-Verse. Fans from all around the globe are eagerly awaiting its release. In this article, we will provide you with all the essential information on the film's release date and how to watch it online from any country, ensuring you don't miss out on this exciting cinematic experience.
This is especially true for many superhero films, which are often tied directly to specific streaming services. Disney+ and HBO Max - now rebranded as MAX - often house the new streaming releases for the MCU and DCU respectively, usually releasing anywhere between 1–3 months after theatrical release. However, with a film like Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the situation is slightly different given Sony's lack of a dedicated streaming service, here's where to watch and stream Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse online.
When Is the Release Date for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse?
When Is the Release Date for Spider-Man: Across thMiles, Gwen, Peter, and several dozen other Spider-people will be swinging into action when Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse premieres on Friday, June 2nd, 2023. This almost undoubtedly gives Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and The Flash a run for their money as the biggest superhero movie event of the Summer. Spider-Verse?
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse had its world premiere at the Regency Village Theatre on May 30, 2023, and is scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on June 2, delayed from an initial October 2022 date because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Where To Watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Online:
As of now, the only way to watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is to head out to a movie theater when it premieres on June 2, 2023. You can find a local showing on Fandango.
Otherwise, you’ll just have to wait for it to become available to rent or purchase on digital platforms like Amazon, Vudu, YouTube or Apple, or become available to stream on Netflix.
How to Watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
There's been no official announcement regarding Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse's streaming release date, though we know it will eventually be released on Netflix, rather than Disney+ or HBO Max.
In terms of which of the streaming giants Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will be released on, Netflix will house the film upon its streaming debut. While again, Sony does not have its own dedicated streaming service, a deal was struck in 2021 between the studio and Netflix. The deal, stating that Netflix would stream Sony's films after theatrical release, was penned for 5 years meaning Across the Spider-Verse is part of the arrangement.
While Sony's Spider-Man content is also streaming on Disney+, due to the collaborations between Sony and Marvel Studios in recent years, Across the Spider-Verse will be a Netflix release. While the deal struck between Marvel Studios and Sony may extend to this film, Disney+ is only allowed to begin streaming Sony's Spider-Man releases upon their release on Netflix. As a result, Netflix will be the first streaming service that Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will be available on after its theatrical release.
Because it’s airing on FX, you can of course fire up Into the Spider-Verse via FX Now. But in addition, the animated flick is streaming on both fubo (which offers a free trial and has cord-cutting plans starting at $74.99/month; sign up here) and DirecTV (which also offers a free trial and has cord-cutting plans starting at $64.99/month.
Is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse in Theaters?
Not only was Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse the subject of rave reviews, but it also pulled in some gargantuan levels of cash at the international box office, with a final tally that quadrupled the film's ninety-million dollar budget. With incredible success like that, it's only natural that Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse would also be taking advantage of a theatrical release. That is the case, as the upcoming film will be exclusively available in theaters when it premieres on June 2nd, 2023.
When Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be on Streaming?
The Spider-Man franchise is in a pretty interesting place regarding streaming. The various films of Sony's franchise have typically been scattered across multiple services. That said, following a historic deal between Sony and Disney, the many stories of Peter Parker and beyond are now available on Disney+. This includes the original Sam Raimi trilogy, the first Amazing Spider-Man film, and, starting mid-May, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Venom. Notably absent from the Disney-streaming platform so far are The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Morbius, and most significant of all, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Some of the films are not currently available on the service because Sony has pre-existing partnerships with Starz, as that's where most of the absent films are available to stream. That is except for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which is instead only streaming on Fubo TV and FX Now.
If Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse comes to Disney+ before Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse's theatrical run concludes, that would make the House of Mouse's service a likely contender for a streaming release. However, Sony has also historically partnered with Netflix for streaming releases. Up until recently, that's where Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was available to stream, and Sony still brings their other big releases to the service, like Bullet Train and The Woman King.
When will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse be streaming on Netflix?
Sony Animation’s big new Spider-Man movie is about to hit theaters and will be headed to Netflix (at least in the United States) later this year. For a prediction as to when and a bit more about the new movie, here’s what you need to know.
As we covered in 2021, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will be headed to Netflix as the service gets both Sony’s animation and live-action content via a first window deal struck in April 2021.
The deal stipulates that all Sony theatrical movies come to Netflix in the first window, which at a minimum, is 120 days after its theatrical release date. If it arrives exactly 120 days after, it’ll be streaming from September 30th, 2023.
With that said, given how big this movie is, we may see it release a few weeks after the fact. Either way, we expect the movie to be available between late September and November 2023.
Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be Streaming On Netflix?
Yes, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is coming to Netflix approximately in December 2023.
In 2021, Sony and Netflix signed a five-year deal that gave the latter exclusive first-pay-window U.S. streaming rights for Sony Pictures titles after their theatrical and home entertainment windows. Fans can expect to watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse on Netflix six months after the film’s theatrical release, thus in December 2023. The date seems reasonable considering that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse dropped on Netflix on June 26, 2019, six months after its U.S. release on December 14, 2018. The pay-one window usually begins about nine months after a film’s theatrical release, but it might start earlier in particular cases.
Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be On HBO Max?
No, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will not be on HBO Max since it’s not a Universal Pictures movie. Last year, the company released its films in theaters and on the streamer on the same day. However, they now allow a 45-day window between the theatrical release and the streaming release.
Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be Streaming On Disney+?
Yes, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is also coming to Disney Plus approximately in 2025.
Once the pay-one window runs its time and Netflix’s exclusive rights expire, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will be available on Disney Plus. The pay-one window might last as long as 18 months, which means it will be a while before Disney Plus subscribers can watch the much-anticipated sequel. Unlike in other countries, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse isn’t yet available on the Disney-owned streamer in the U.S.
American fans will have to wait until 2024 to watch Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and at least until 2025 for its sequel. We will update this post once there is an official Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Disney Plus release date.
Is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Available On Hulu?
Viewers are saying that they want to view the new Marvel's animation movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse on Hulu. Unfortunately, this is not possible since Hulu currently does not offer any of the free episodes of this series streaming at this time. It will be exclusive to the MTV channel, which you get by subscribing to cable or satellite TV services. You will not be able to watch it on Hulu or any other free streaming service.
How to Watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Online For Free?
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There are a few ways to watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse online in the U.S. You can use a streaming service such as Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime Video. You can also rent or buy the movie on iTunes or Google Play. You can also watch it on-demand or on a streaming app available on your TV or streaming device if you have cable.
When Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Be on DVD and Blu-ray?
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will likely be coming to DVD and Blu-ray around the same time as the streaming release. With theatrical films, on average, coming to streaming sooner than ever (usually ninety days after theatrical release), we'll likely see Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse get a DVD, and Blu-ray release no later than Fall 2023.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Cast and Characters
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was written by Dave Callaham, Phil Lord and Chris Miller and directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson. It stars the following actors:
The following cast members are confirmed to provide their voice talents for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Shameik Moore as Miles Morales / Spider-Man
Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman
Brian Tyree Henry as Jefferson Davis
Luna Lauren Vélez as Rio Morales
Jake Johnson as Peter B. Parker / Spider-Man
Jason Schwartzman as Jonathan Ohnn / the Spot
Issa Rae as Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman
Karan Soni as Pavitr Prabhakar / Spider-Man India
Daniel Kaluuya as Hobart “Hobie” Brown / Spider-Punk
Oscar Isaac as Miguel O’Hara / Spider-Man 2099
Greta Lee as Lyla
Rachel Dratch as the school counsellor
Jorma Taccone as Vulture
Shea Whigham as George Stacy
Andy Samberg as Ben Reilly / Scarlet Spider
What is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse About?
Returning with many of your favorite characters, including Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman, Peter B. ParkeSpider-Man, and of course Miles Morales as our primary Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is set one year after the events of the previous film. Miles (Shameik Moore) is coming into his own as Spider-Man when he is unexpectedly approached by Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) with an extraordinary opportunity. Does Miles want to help a team of Spider-People, led by Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac) protect the multiverse from the terrifying threat of a man known as The Spot (Jason Schwartzman)?
Obviously, Miles is going to say yes, setting him up for an adventure that will expand this movie’s concept of the multiverse in every possible way. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse promises tons of new characters and worlds, without losing sight of what people have come to love about this particular Spider-franchise.
Miles Morales has become a massively popular Spider-Man, and you can be certain he’ll be at the center of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’s chaotic blend of action, comedy, comic book aesthetics, and large-scale science fiction. It seems more likely than not that Across the Spider-Verse will be the biggest animated release of 2023.sdf
2023.06.02 22:39 AdSenior3404 AITA for wanting to be truthful to my friends
A few months ago, I (25F) found out that my close friend, Sarah (26F), was in a secret relationship with our mutual friend, John (27M). They had been seeing each other behind the backs of their respective partners, Emily (25F) and Mark (28M), who were also part of our friend group, (all fake names btw)
At first, I was confused by this relationship. I couldn't believe that Sarah and John would betray their partners and our group's trust like that, like general couldn’t believe it, they were usually the most honest of us. But now it felt dishonest and disrespectful to everyone involved, which is weird.
As time went on, it is becoming harder and harder for me to keep this secret. I found myself torn between loyalty to my friends and the moral dilemma of the situation, Iknew that if I were in Emily or Mark's shoes, I would want to know the truth.
After like a weeks thought, I made the decision to confront Sarah about the situation. I told her that I couldn't support her actions and that it was unfair to keep Emily and Mark in the dark. I urged her to come clean to them and end the secret relationship.
Sarah, however, begged me not to say anything. She claimed that she and John were deeply in love and planned to end their current relationships soon to be together openly. She begged me to give them more time to figure things out.
However I just couldn’t except this so at our next friendship group meet I told everyone and Sarah is extremely pissed at me. Mark and Emily ,though, are thanking me. Was I a dick for doing this.
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At first, I was confused by this relationship. I couldn't believe that Sarah and John would betray their partners and our group's trust like that, like general couldn’t believe it, they were usually the most honest of us. But now it felt dishonest and disrespectful to everyone involved, which is weird.
As time went on, it is becoming harder and harder for me to keep this secret. I found myself torn between loyalty to my friends and the moral dilemma of the situation, Iknew that if I were in Emily or Mark's shoes, I would want to know the truth.
After like a weeks thought, I made the decision to confront Sarah about the situation. I told her that I couldn't support her actions and that it was unfair to keep Emily and Mark in the dark. I urged her to come clean to them and end the secret relationship.
Sarah, however, begged me not to say anything. She claimed that she and John were deeply in love and planned to end their current relationships soon to be together openly. She begged me to give them more time to figure things out.
However I just couldn’t except this so at our next friendship group meet I told everyone and Sarah is extremely pissed at me. Mark and Emily ,though, are thanking me. Was I a dick for doing this.
2023.06.02 22:36 Otpcurry30 PERSPECTIVE
It's a little past 4pm, and I just sat here at the balcony viewing the ocean, having brought my staff, friends and family for another weekend out.
At times you can't but imagine how lucky and blessed you can be, thinking about those days I could barely make a meal, hustled hard and would still get scammed by people vending methods, jumping from one method to another in the hopes of hitting $10k, seeing screenshots from people supposedly making X amount from ACH, wires, getting phones for fun etc.
Looking back now, I realize how much easy it is for new people to think doing fraud is easier than getting a job and how veterans in the business are at times lied to by the illusion of success that they stop hustling and at some point resort to selective scamming themselves.
Many of us don't find ourselves in the fraud world out of luxury, for many they feel they've reached a point in life where it's a do or die, their backs are against the walls, and the world is closing in on them without anywhere to turn...for some, it was a life on the line, for others, changing a generational "curse of poverty" for others, peer influence, but whatever the reason you find yourself in this world,
We are 10% of the month in.... and here's the truth. We all have different paths to success, and for a season, yours might mean putting in extra effort and long days. But it's all for a great cause: building your own empire!
Don't be discouraged by social media's curated highlights and screenshots. The truth is, building a successful future requires hard work and dedication, just like a 9-5 job. (And yes, whether in this dark side of the world or the clear net)
But the payoff is worth it - especially if you're creating something truly your own. So embrace the grind and keep pushing forward!
One last thing, have a number in place, a level 1 number I call it. What's that number that once you hit, you'll stop the dark side of business and go legit?
Becoz this shit isn't forever, it's supposed to give you the relief you need, more like aspirin tablets, they will cool the headache but not cure it, however if you swallow 12 aspirins, that will be the last headache you ever have!
Keep the hustle going, focus on even 1 breakthrough if you haven't yet, don't lie to yourself with fake screenshots to satisfy your ego while sleeping hungry, you know you better...
Am Off, The Hustle Continues!
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At times you can't but imagine how lucky and blessed you can be, thinking about those days I could barely make a meal, hustled hard and would still get scammed by people vending methods, jumping from one method to another in the hopes of hitting $10k, seeing screenshots from people supposedly making X amount from ACH, wires, getting phones for fun etc.
Looking back now, I realize how much easy it is for new people to think doing fraud is easier than getting a job and how veterans in the business are at times lied to by the illusion of success that they stop hustling and at some point resort to selective scamming themselves.
Many of us don't find ourselves in the fraud world out of luxury, for many they feel they've reached a point in life where it's a do or die, their backs are against the walls, and the world is closing in on them without anywhere to turn...for some, it was a life on the line, for others, changing a generational "curse of poverty" for others, peer influence, but whatever the reason you find yourself in this world,
We are 10% of the month in.... and here's the truth. We all have different paths to success, and for a season, yours might mean putting in extra effort and long days. But it's all for a great cause: building your own empire!
Don't be discouraged by social media's curated highlights and screenshots. The truth is, building a successful future requires hard work and dedication, just like a 9-5 job. (And yes, whether in this dark side of the world or the clear net)
But the payoff is worth it - especially if you're creating something truly your own. So embrace the grind and keep pushing forward!
One last thing, have a number in place, a level 1 number I call it. What's that number that once you hit, you'll stop the dark side of business and go legit?
Becoz this shit isn't forever, it's supposed to give you the relief you need, more like aspirin tablets, they will cool the headache but not cure it, however if you swallow 12 aspirins, that will be the last headache you ever have!
Keep the hustle going, focus on even 1 breakthrough if you haven't yet, don't lie to yourself with fake screenshots to satisfy your ego while sleeping hungry, you know you better...
Am Off, The Hustle Continues!
2023.06.02 22:35 throwmefar666 I feel like I’m faking/lying about my trauma when I have proof that I’m not. Is this denial?
I feel like I’m faking/lying about my trauma when I have proof that it happened. Is there a name for this? Is this denial? I have never had trouble with accepting what happened to me, but I’m just so lost right now. Maybe because I’m realizing the magnitude/significance of what happened?
I have a long history of abuse. At this point, I’m so jaded that it’s become another party story, of sorts: I know how to tell it to be engaging, not too graphic, and enough to get the idea without being entirely too vulnerable. I’ve been going to therapy for over a decade, but I think I wasn’t really ready for it until this point in my life.
I am now in a healthy environment where I am absolutely thriving. I’m becoming… detached? from my past, though. When I can remember things, it feels like I’m peeping on someone else’s life. Like I’m intruding and I feel guilty, like when you walk in on something embarrassing. When I tell people about what happened, I feel like I’m lying or like I’m benefiting from someone else’s pain. It’s happening more and more lately, and with more recent trauma.
I know certain things have happened. I have pictures, witnesses, physical scars, etc. from various events. But mentally I just don’t connect to the events anymore. It makes me super anxious because I feel like I don’t connect to my past-self at all. “Whose memories are these? Surely I didn’t go through that, and if I did, it wasn’t that bad,” runs through my head constantly.
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I have a long history of abuse. At this point, I’m so jaded that it’s become another party story, of sorts: I know how to tell it to be engaging, not too graphic, and enough to get the idea without being entirely too vulnerable. I’ve been going to therapy for over a decade, but I think I wasn’t really ready for it until this point in my life.
I am now in a healthy environment where I am absolutely thriving. I’m becoming… detached? from my past, though. When I can remember things, it feels like I’m peeping on someone else’s life. Like I’m intruding and I feel guilty, like when you walk in on something embarrassing. When I tell people about what happened, I feel like I’m lying or like I’m benefiting from someone else’s pain. It’s happening more and more lately, and with more recent trauma.
I know certain things have happened. I have pictures, witnesses, physical scars, etc. from various events. But mentally I just don’t connect to the events anymore. It makes me super anxious because I feel like I don’t connect to my past-self at all. “Whose memories are these? Surely I didn’t go through that, and if I did, it wasn’t that bad,” runs through my head constantly.
2023.06.02 22:34 MadelineWuntch Defending The Draft: Denver Broncos
When unfortunate sporting historians of the future look back on the Denver Broncos 5-win 2022 NFL season there will be a lot said of Mr Unlimited’s rather limited performances and Nathaniel’s inability to hack it as a head coach and rightly so.
However, I think it’s important to at least mention the Broncos strange love affair with the medical room. 21 players took a trip to IR, multiple key starters fell victim to season ending injuries including Tim Patrick, Garett Bolles and Javonte Williams.
And in spite of all of the depressing dog doo-doo the Broncos lost by a single score an astounding 8 times. So that’s something right?
Moving into 2023, General George Paton hired his alternate namesake and former Saints Head Coach Sean Payton for the princely sum of pick 29 in the 2023 NFL Draft (Denver also sent a 2nd rounder in 2024 and received a 3rd rounder in 2024).
Only a few weeks after the appointment of Sean Payton the NFL entered its Free Agency period which led to some big changes at Mile High.
15 players were let go to sign elsewhere around the league but not an awful lot in terms of quality.
Dre’Mont Jones, DE - Seattle Seahawks (3 year, $51 Million) Dre’mont grew into a solid contributor for Denver but I’m glad the Broncos didn’t re-sign him for the money Seattle has. By far the most talented to leave the team in free agency but only a very slight miss.
Calvin Anderson, T - New England Patriots (2 year, $7 Million) Not a splashy name by any means but Anderson knew his role and performed well when called upon, A solid backup with starter experience.
Andrew Beck, FB/TE - Houston Texans (2 year, $6.25 Million) Beck is another reliable contributor who seems to have joined a number of former Broncos in moving to Houston recently. A former Salute to Service Award winner.
Mike Boone, RB - Houston Texans (2 year, $3.1 Million) Boone is a fantastic option to have for Special Teams play, however he lacks real quality when running the ball. There was optimism when he initially signed in Denver but that appears to have fallen to the wayside as he moves on rather silently.
Graham Glasgow, G - Detroit Lions (1 year, $2.75 Million) The Broncos offensive line has been offensive to watch for years. Glasgow however has been one of the bright spots, especially when he played at centre at parts in 2022.
Brandon McMacus, K - Jacksonville Jaguars (1 year, $2 Million) The last member of the Super Bowl 50 winning team has left Dove Valley. In a somewhat surprising but expected move if you look at his declining performances Denver only recently moved on from McManus. It was the right time but it sure is a sad sight to see.
De’Shawn Williams, DE - Carolina Panthers (1 year, $1.75 Million) Losing both Jones and Williams is a slight concern in terms of depth. Although Williams isn’t as productive as his former teammate he’s certainly a steal for the Panthers as a rotational/back up. He’s arguably serviceable as a starter as well and knows the defensive staff in Carolina very well.
Eric Saubert, TE - Miami Dolphins (1 year, $1.68 Million) I forgot Eric was even on the team, his receiving qualities aren’t much to go crazy for with 15 recs and 148 yards on a career best 2022 season and his run blocking isn’t fantastic either albeit it is his stronger game.
Billy Turner, T - New York Jets (1 year, $1.5 Million) Billy was a sad loss back in 2018 when he first left for Green Bay. However he couldn’t really get started and spent large parts of the season on IR.
Latavius Murray, RB - Buffalo Bills (1 year, $1.3 Million) Latavius is the biggest loss for Denver in my opinion. The only member of the team who showed passion, drive and self respect throughout his short lived time in Colorado. The Bills have a solid contributor who will definitely fit the pound the rock ethos.
Chase Edmonds, RB - Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1 year, $1.1 Million) We never got to see what Chase could do in Denver and maybe that’s a good thing if his seasons with Miami are anything to go by. I’m sure he’ll do well in Tampa’s pass heavy offence as a backup catching back.
Eric Tomlinson, TE - Free Agent Most of you have probably never heard of Eric Tomlinson and there's a good reason for that. He’s also still without a team after signing with the Texans for 15 days back in March.
Darius Phillips, CB - Houston Texans (1 year, $1 Million) Darius got a few snaps on defence but spent most of his time on special teams, a rather average contributor by any metric but does have a fair amount of starting experience in the league.
Brett Rypien, QB - Los Angeles Rams (1 year, $1 Million) Broncos fans love this guy. He’s not good at football in a practical sense and he’s likely not going to help the Rams secure any wins but he’s a really smart dude and most likely a future coach. Not to mention its fun to say “Let ‘Em Ryp” if he does ever play.
Corliss Waitman, P - New England Patriots (1 year, $1 Million) There is no chance this man will be playing for the Patriots in 2023. Punting for Denver should be quite easy compared to most of the league but Waitman set out to prove us all wrong on that one. Easily the worst punter I’ve seen in Denver for a good few years.
Lamar Jackson, CB - Kansas City Chiefs (1 year, $1 Million) Lamar didn’t really get an opportunity to feature in Denver, I’m fairly sure he’ll be a camp body in KC as well so there’s not much to add on this one.
Although we let a lot of players leave, I think we managed to re-sign the most important of all the players with contracts expiring.
Alex Singleton, MLB (3 year, $18 Million) I’m telling you now, this man is elite. His season started a little slow but he came to town with 21-tackles (19 solo) against Divisional Rivals the LA Chargers. He did a similar thing in week 15 vs the Rams where he totalled another 20 tackles.
Overall I think Singleton is starting to peak and turn into a real force in this league.
Kareem Jackson, S (1 year, $1.3 Million) Kareem has far exceeded the expectations Broncos fans had for him when he joined from Houston in 2019. Initially as a corner and later taking over a strong safety Jackson has been brilliant, his heavy hitting style has made him a fan favourite and I’m pleased to see him back yet again.
Cameron Fleming, T (1 year, $2.3 Million) Fleming was a decent enough back up for the team in 2022 that unfortunately ended up starting more than everyone would have wanted. He’s a great depth addition to bring back, let's hope it remains a depth option though.
With so many departures comes a long list of new faces for the Broncos. 13 new players joined in free agency and whilst some are better than others there’s certainly been a clear direction that Sean Payton is heading in. big men, very big men.
Mike McGlinchey, RT - (5 year, $87.5 Million) I’ve been a big McGlinchey fan since the days of his nasty Notre Dame O-Line, where he lined up alongside Quenton Nelson. Mike’s play for the 49ers whilst good has had some rather concerning points with his lack of success vs speed rushers being the overwhelmingly obvious. We’re reaching a point where McGlinchey is living off of his college performances much like Jadeveon Clowney is still renowned for “the hit”. I do believe mcGlinchey will look like a hall of famer in comparison to every Broncos Right Tackle of the past 10 years and I do believe he’ll be successful in what the Broncos want to do which is run the ball down your throat. Denver has stability at both tackle positions and that’s only going to be a positive.
Ben Powers, G - (4 year, $52 Million) The quickest path to the quarterback is the straightest. It’s important Wilson is protected from the interior of his pocket and Ben certainly has powers in that department. I don’t think it would be an understatement to call Ben Powers elite in pass pro and whilst his run blocking seems to be improving it's not fantastic. Nonetheless I think this is very similar to the McGlinchey situation where we’ve slightly overpaid but the team will have a massive upgrade at Guard.
Zach Allen, DE - (3 year, $45.75 Million) I like Allen but the concern for me here is this past year was a career year for him, and with such a small sample size of good but not elite play I struggle with the idea that he will repeat his 2022 success in 2023. His contract doesn’t appear to be overly friendly either with $19 Million in 2024 cap scheduled in the books along with half of his 2025 salary guaranteed as well.
I don’t think he’ll be a bad signing, his familiarity with DC and former Broncos HC Vance Joseph will be a good thing but for the 3rd signing in a row, and perhaps the most egregious the Broncos have overpaid for their man.
Jarrett Stidham, QB (2 year, $10 Million) I like this move a lot, Stidham is a high end back up who can provide enough of a threat to Russ that he can win games in Denver if called upon. In reality he’s a backup but a back up you can certainly have confidence in.
Chris Manhertz, TE (2 year, $6 Million) I liked the Stidham signing, I love the Manhertz signing. He’s not flashy and he isn’t going to show up anywhere with big stats, however Manhertz has consistently been an elite blocking tight end for years and its players like him that make the difference on short yardage situations.
Samaje Perine, RB (2 year, $7.5 Million) This seems to be another Sean Payton inspired move. Initially Perine was never thought of as a back who could catch out of the backfield but his year spent with Cool guy Joe Burrow in Cincinnati has shown he’s more than capable of being that guy. Working in a committee alongside Javonte Williams should bring success to this lifeless Denver offense in 2023.
Michael Burton, FB (1 year, $1.3 Million) Burton has played for Sean Payton before and that will be incredibly useful for obvious reasons. Burton has been a blocking fullback for most of his career but has shown the ability to run and catch when called upon. I like this move and its a clear upgrade on Beck.
Tremon Smith, CB/Returner (2 year, $5 Million) If Smith is only going to be a returner then I think Denver have once again overpaid for a player coming off a bad year in a position declining in value. I do think Smith can rebound and have the type of year he’s been having since 2018. Not to mention there isn’t a chance Smith can be anywhere near as bad as Montrell Washington had been in 2022.
Riley Dixon, P (2 year, $3.5 Million) Riley was drafted by Denver in 2016 before being traded to the Giants a few years down the line. Despite the advantageous altitude in Denver, Dixon wasn’t a very good punter for the team in his 2 seasons. However, in a move that shows how bad this team really has been Dixon will still be a big improvement over Corliss Waitman and thus this needs to be considered an upgrade.
Marquez Callaway, WR (1 year, $1.1 Million) Former Sean Payton disciple Callaway reuniting in Denver is a good thing from my perspective. During Payton’s last season in New Orleans Callaway managed to put up 6 touchdowns in 46 receptions. The Broncos have a busy WR room but its a room that is yet to be healthy together so this move makes sense from all angles.
Kyle Fuller, C (1 year, $1.1 Million) I don’t expect Fuller to see the field unless there’s another injury disaster as he’s arguably 3rd on the depth chart. I’m glad the team have started to add some much needed depth but there’s also a solid chance that Fuller doesn’t Fill out the roster in 2023.
Following free agency most Broncos fans felt the team needed some further reinforcements but with so few picks available to start the 2023 NFL Draft many were left wondering what kind of magic George Paton could cook up to fill the team with contributing players.
#63: Marvin Mims, WR (Oklahoma) I don’t think anybody foresaw the Broncos trading up in the 2nd round to take a wide receiver. And whilst it's not a huge need, especially with the depth addition of Marquez Callaway in free agency, I do think it's a very good pick.
K.J. Hamler has failed to stay fit and this all but spells the end for his time in Denver in my opinion. It’s no wonder the Broncos front office couldn’t resist the opportunity to take a player with 4.38 speed and a 2-year college average of 20 yards per reception. I can see his ability to line up anywhere coming in very handy in a high motion Denver offense.
What I find spectacular about Mims is his ability to genuinely do everything. He can take the top off a defense, take screens in space for first downs, and generally play well in the short, medium and long game. There'll be some minor concerns over a Oklahoma running limited route trees but given Payton’s creativity and the likelihood of being moved around to capitalize on speed mismatches I don’t really feel those concerns are overly warranted.
#67: Drew Sanders, LB (Arkansas) I think Sanders has a real shot of being the best player selected in the 2023 NFL Draft when we look back in a few years time. He was a 5-star recruit at Alabama before transferring to Arkansas in 2022. Nick Saban has since said last summer that Sanders “probably would have started” for Alabama in one of the deepest pass rushing units in college. Ultimately he starred for the Razorbacks where his athletic prowess, versatility and toughness helped him notch up 9.5 Sacks (2nd in SEC) and 103 tackles.
His ability to play inside and outside will delight Vance Joseph who will end up using him very heavily in blitz packages from both the edge and middle linebacker positions. Ultimately we’re relying on a player's superior athletic abilities to give him the edge until he learns the nuances of NFL football.
His tackle consistency vs the run needs heavy improvement if he wants to be a 3-down player for Denver at either the edge or inside linebacker positions. Part of his problem so far has been a tendency to bite on fakes and misdirections and although his athleticism has managed to shine through at the College level it won’t be as successful at the NFL level.
#83: Riley Moss, CB (Iowa) Moss, in theory, has everything you would look for in an NFL corner with the exception of real top end speed. He’s tall and rangey with good tackling instincts but there are some shortcomings which will likely affect his NFL future as a cornerback. Moss typically leaves a bit too much cushion in zone coverage which can lead to explosive receivers leaving him in the dust. In man coverage he’ll often leave the underneath to compensate for his lack of top end speed; his aforementioned tackling skills at least thrive here.
His run support is likely going to make him a real runner for the slot corner position in zone packages but his shortcomings may also lead to Vance Joseph wanting to move him to safety eventually. The biggest advantage he has going forward is his versatility otherwise he may end up as a special teams contributor only.
#183: JL Skinner, S (Boise State) Drafted predominantly for his size, Skinner stands at 6’4, hits hard and plays to his strengths. Against the run Skinner performs admirably and has fantastic angles when pursuing the runner. In coverage he’s equally as solid with the ball skills to force interceptions and pass breakups.
I can only see Skinner on a trajectory to the top and I'm excited to see him in Denver. Ultimately it will be his responsibility to cover Travis Kelce, Michael Mayer and Gerald Everett twice a year.
#257: Alex Forsyth, C (Oregon) I think the Broncos wanted to draft a center, I don’t believe that man was supposed to be Alex Forsyth. Whilst he’s good value for the 7th round, I imagine they would have rather had the opportunity to take John Michael Schmitz or Joe Tippmann. I’m not sure how this pick is going to work out. On one hand I can see him being part of the same dominant force that allowed his backs ro average 5 yards per play in Oregon but on the other hand he’s a penalty machine much like Garrett Bolles was to start his career.
Overall I think the Broncos did the best they could with the selections they had. It would have been nice to see a tackle for the first time in 6 years or another running back to support Javonte and Samaje.
My concerns with the class is that although they're talented they weren't all the biggest needs this off season.
I can see all of them with the exception of Forsyth becoming a contributing level talent with Denver and over the course of their rookie contracts.
Ultimately this is how I see the roster breaking down:
QB: Russell Wilson, Jarett Stidham, Ben DiNucci HB: Javonte Williams, Samaje Perine, Tony Jones jr. FB: Michael Burton WR: Jerry Jeudy, Tim Patrick, Courtland Sutton, Marvin Mims jr, Marquez Callaway TE: Greg Dulcich, Adam Trautman, Albert Okwuegbunam, Chris Manhertz OT: Garett Bolles, Mike McGlinchey, Cam Fleming, Isaiah Prince, Quinn Bailey IOL: Ben Powers, Quin Meinerz, Lloyd Cushenberry, Alex Forsyth, Luke Wattenberg, Kyle Fuller. DL: Zach Allen, Jonathan Harris, Eyioma Uwazurike, Jonathan Cooper, D.J. Jones, Mike Purcell LOLB: Randy Gregory, Baron Browning MLB: Alex Singleton, Josey Jewell, Drew Sanders, Justin Strnad, Jonas Griffith ROLB: Nik Bonnito, Aaron Patrick CB: Pat Surtain II, Damarri Mathis, Riley Moss, K’Waun Williams, Tremon Smith FS: Justin Simmons, Jamar Johnson, Caden Sterns SS: JL Skinner, Kareem Jackson
K: TBD P: Riley Dixon R: Tremon Smith LS: Mitchell Fraboni
There’s probably one big name missing here and that’s K.J. Hamler, who I think will get cut or traded before week 1.
Moving forward into 2023 and the 2024 off season there are a few positions Denver still need to worry about. There’s huge question marks over the ability of Russell Wilson and whether he still has the ability to play at the highest level.
We’ve also got question marks at running back with Javonte Williams coming off a huge injury. Our WR room has a lot of unknowns after Courtland Suttons failure to rediscover his form after his ACL injury whilst teammate Tim Patrick is also recovering from the same injury suffered this past season.
The offensive line still needs addressing as Lloyd Cushenberry often gets bullied in the trenches and Garrett Bolles may revert under another new offensive line coach, so far Mike Munchak is the only man to get a respectable tune from the former first round pick.
Moving on to defense and there’s less issues but still big weaknesses. I’d like to see us invest more in the defensive line and outside linebacker positions with Cooper, Bonnito, Browning and Gregory all relatively unknown in a Broncos uniform.
Ultimately if I had to narrow it down the focus going forward needs to be on center, defensive end and quarterback if things will russ doesn’t improve.
Ultimately there was a lot to like about the Broncos off season changes and everything seems to be pointing towards a more successful, creative team in 2023. We look to have added steel where it mattered across the offensive line and signing Sean Payton could prove to be the biggest acquisition of the all.
Ironically, this series is called defending the draft and that’s what I’ve struggled to do here the most. I like the class, I think there’s some high impact players there for sure, but I’ve come away wishing we’d filled some other key areas a little bit better. Ultimately you can’t always have the board fall as you want it and it’s a huge improvement from the classes John Elway managed to put together.
Thank you for reading my Denver Broncos draft/off season review. I filled in as a last minute replacement so hopefully this manages to hit the right spot for everyone.
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However, I think it’s important to at least mention the Broncos strange love affair with the medical room. 21 players took a trip to IR, multiple key starters fell victim to season ending injuries including Tim Patrick, Garett Bolles and Javonte Williams.
And in spite of all of the depressing dog doo-doo the Broncos lost by a single score an astounding 8 times. So that’s something right?
Moving into 2023, General George Paton hired his alternate namesake and former Saints Head Coach Sean Payton for the princely sum of pick 29 in the 2023 NFL Draft (Denver also sent a 2nd rounder in 2024 and received a 3rd rounder in 2024).
Only a few weeks after the appointment of Sean Payton the NFL entered its Free Agency period which led to some big changes at Mile High.
15 players were let go to sign elsewhere around the league but not an awful lot in terms of quality.
Dre’Mont Jones, DE - Seattle Seahawks (3 year, $51 Million) Dre’mont grew into a solid contributor for Denver but I’m glad the Broncos didn’t re-sign him for the money Seattle has. By far the most talented to leave the team in free agency but only a very slight miss.
Calvin Anderson, T - New England Patriots (2 year, $7 Million) Not a splashy name by any means but Anderson knew his role and performed well when called upon, A solid backup with starter experience.
Andrew Beck, FB/TE - Houston Texans (2 year, $6.25 Million) Beck is another reliable contributor who seems to have joined a number of former Broncos in moving to Houston recently. A former Salute to Service Award winner.
Mike Boone, RB - Houston Texans (2 year, $3.1 Million) Boone is a fantastic option to have for Special Teams play, however he lacks real quality when running the ball. There was optimism when he initially signed in Denver but that appears to have fallen to the wayside as he moves on rather silently.
Graham Glasgow, G - Detroit Lions (1 year, $2.75 Million) The Broncos offensive line has been offensive to watch for years. Glasgow however has been one of the bright spots, especially when he played at centre at parts in 2022.
Brandon McMacus, K - Jacksonville Jaguars (1 year, $2 Million) The last member of the Super Bowl 50 winning team has left Dove Valley. In a somewhat surprising but expected move if you look at his declining performances Denver only recently moved on from McManus. It was the right time but it sure is a sad sight to see.
De’Shawn Williams, DE - Carolina Panthers (1 year, $1.75 Million) Losing both Jones and Williams is a slight concern in terms of depth. Although Williams isn’t as productive as his former teammate he’s certainly a steal for the Panthers as a rotational/back up. He’s arguably serviceable as a starter as well and knows the defensive staff in Carolina very well.
Eric Saubert, TE - Miami Dolphins (1 year, $1.68 Million) I forgot Eric was even on the team, his receiving qualities aren’t much to go crazy for with 15 recs and 148 yards on a career best 2022 season and his run blocking isn’t fantastic either albeit it is his stronger game.
Billy Turner, T - New York Jets (1 year, $1.5 Million) Billy was a sad loss back in 2018 when he first left for Green Bay. However he couldn’t really get started and spent large parts of the season on IR.
Latavius Murray, RB - Buffalo Bills (1 year, $1.3 Million) Latavius is the biggest loss for Denver in my opinion. The only member of the team who showed passion, drive and self respect throughout his short lived time in Colorado. The Bills have a solid contributor who will definitely fit the pound the rock ethos.
Chase Edmonds, RB - Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1 year, $1.1 Million) We never got to see what Chase could do in Denver and maybe that’s a good thing if his seasons with Miami are anything to go by. I’m sure he’ll do well in Tampa’s pass heavy offence as a backup catching back.
Eric Tomlinson, TE - Free Agent Most of you have probably never heard of Eric Tomlinson and there's a good reason for that. He’s also still without a team after signing with the Texans for 15 days back in March.
Darius Phillips, CB - Houston Texans (1 year, $1 Million) Darius got a few snaps on defence but spent most of his time on special teams, a rather average contributor by any metric but does have a fair amount of starting experience in the league.
Brett Rypien, QB - Los Angeles Rams (1 year, $1 Million) Broncos fans love this guy. He’s not good at football in a practical sense and he’s likely not going to help the Rams secure any wins but he’s a really smart dude and most likely a future coach. Not to mention its fun to say “Let ‘Em Ryp” if he does ever play.
Corliss Waitman, P - New England Patriots (1 year, $1 Million) There is no chance this man will be playing for the Patriots in 2023. Punting for Denver should be quite easy compared to most of the league but Waitman set out to prove us all wrong on that one. Easily the worst punter I’ve seen in Denver for a good few years.
Lamar Jackson, CB - Kansas City Chiefs (1 year, $1 Million) Lamar didn’t really get an opportunity to feature in Denver, I’m fairly sure he’ll be a camp body in KC as well so there’s not much to add on this one.
Although we let a lot of players leave, I think we managed to re-sign the most important of all the players with contracts expiring.
Alex Singleton, MLB (3 year, $18 Million) I’m telling you now, this man is elite. His season started a little slow but he came to town with 21-tackles (19 solo) against Divisional Rivals the LA Chargers. He did a similar thing in week 15 vs the Rams where he totalled another 20 tackles.
Overall I think Singleton is starting to peak and turn into a real force in this league.
Kareem Jackson, S (1 year, $1.3 Million) Kareem has far exceeded the expectations Broncos fans had for him when he joined from Houston in 2019. Initially as a corner and later taking over a strong safety Jackson has been brilliant, his heavy hitting style has made him a fan favourite and I’m pleased to see him back yet again.
Cameron Fleming, T (1 year, $2.3 Million) Fleming was a decent enough back up for the team in 2022 that unfortunately ended up starting more than everyone would have wanted. He’s a great depth addition to bring back, let's hope it remains a depth option though.
With so many departures comes a long list of new faces for the Broncos. 13 new players joined in free agency and whilst some are better than others there’s certainly been a clear direction that Sean Payton is heading in. big men, very big men.
Mike McGlinchey, RT - (5 year, $87.5 Million) I’ve been a big McGlinchey fan since the days of his nasty Notre Dame O-Line, where he lined up alongside Quenton Nelson. Mike’s play for the 49ers whilst good has had some rather concerning points with his lack of success vs speed rushers being the overwhelmingly obvious. We’re reaching a point where McGlinchey is living off of his college performances much like Jadeveon Clowney is still renowned for “the hit”. I do believe mcGlinchey will look like a hall of famer in comparison to every Broncos Right Tackle of the past 10 years and I do believe he’ll be successful in what the Broncos want to do which is run the ball down your throat. Denver has stability at both tackle positions and that’s only going to be a positive.
Ben Powers, G - (4 year, $52 Million) The quickest path to the quarterback is the straightest. It’s important Wilson is protected from the interior of his pocket and Ben certainly has powers in that department. I don’t think it would be an understatement to call Ben Powers elite in pass pro and whilst his run blocking seems to be improving it's not fantastic. Nonetheless I think this is very similar to the McGlinchey situation where we’ve slightly overpaid but the team will have a massive upgrade at Guard.
Zach Allen, DE - (3 year, $45.75 Million) I like Allen but the concern for me here is this past year was a career year for him, and with such a small sample size of good but not elite play I struggle with the idea that he will repeat his 2022 success in 2023. His contract doesn’t appear to be overly friendly either with $19 Million in 2024 cap scheduled in the books along with half of his 2025 salary guaranteed as well.
I don’t think he’ll be a bad signing, his familiarity with DC and former Broncos HC Vance Joseph will be a good thing but for the 3rd signing in a row, and perhaps the most egregious the Broncos have overpaid for their man.
Jarrett Stidham, QB (2 year, $10 Million) I like this move a lot, Stidham is a high end back up who can provide enough of a threat to Russ that he can win games in Denver if called upon. In reality he’s a backup but a back up you can certainly have confidence in.
Chris Manhertz, TE (2 year, $6 Million) I liked the Stidham signing, I love the Manhertz signing. He’s not flashy and he isn’t going to show up anywhere with big stats, however Manhertz has consistently been an elite blocking tight end for years and its players like him that make the difference on short yardage situations.
Samaje Perine, RB (2 year, $7.5 Million) This seems to be another Sean Payton inspired move. Initially Perine was never thought of as a back who could catch out of the backfield but his year spent with Cool guy Joe Burrow in Cincinnati has shown he’s more than capable of being that guy. Working in a committee alongside Javonte Williams should bring success to this lifeless Denver offense in 2023.
Michael Burton, FB (1 year, $1.3 Million) Burton has played for Sean Payton before and that will be incredibly useful for obvious reasons. Burton has been a blocking fullback for most of his career but has shown the ability to run and catch when called upon. I like this move and its a clear upgrade on Beck.
Tremon Smith, CB/Returner (2 year, $5 Million) If Smith is only going to be a returner then I think Denver have once again overpaid for a player coming off a bad year in a position declining in value. I do think Smith can rebound and have the type of year he’s been having since 2018. Not to mention there isn’t a chance Smith can be anywhere near as bad as Montrell Washington had been in 2022.
Riley Dixon, P (2 year, $3.5 Million) Riley was drafted by Denver in 2016 before being traded to the Giants a few years down the line. Despite the advantageous altitude in Denver, Dixon wasn’t a very good punter for the team in his 2 seasons. However, in a move that shows how bad this team really has been Dixon will still be a big improvement over Corliss Waitman and thus this needs to be considered an upgrade.
Marquez Callaway, WR (1 year, $1.1 Million) Former Sean Payton disciple Callaway reuniting in Denver is a good thing from my perspective. During Payton’s last season in New Orleans Callaway managed to put up 6 touchdowns in 46 receptions. The Broncos have a busy WR room but its a room that is yet to be healthy together so this move makes sense from all angles.
Kyle Fuller, C (1 year, $1.1 Million) I don’t expect Fuller to see the field unless there’s another injury disaster as he’s arguably 3rd on the depth chart. I’m glad the team have started to add some much needed depth but there’s also a solid chance that Fuller doesn’t Fill out the roster in 2023.
Following free agency most Broncos fans felt the team needed some further reinforcements but with so few picks available to start the 2023 NFL Draft many were left wondering what kind of magic George Paton could cook up to fill the team with contributing players.
#63: Marvin Mims, WR (Oklahoma) I don’t think anybody foresaw the Broncos trading up in the 2nd round to take a wide receiver. And whilst it's not a huge need, especially with the depth addition of Marquez Callaway in free agency, I do think it's a very good pick.
K.J. Hamler has failed to stay fit and this all but spells the end for his time in Denver in my opinion. It’s no wonder the Broncos front office couldn’t resist the opportunity to take a player with 4.38 speed and a 2-year college average of 20 yards per reception. I can see his ability to line up anywhere coming in very handy in a high motion Denver offense.
What I find spectacular about Mims is his ability to genuinely do everything. He can take the top off a defense, take screens in space for first downs, and generally play well in the short, medium and long game. There'll be some minor concerns over a Oklahoma running limited route trees but given Payton’s creativity and the likelihood of being moved around to capitalize on speed mismatches I don’t really feel those concerns are overly warranted.
#67: Drew Sanders, LB (Arkansas) I think Sanders has a real shot of being the best player selected in the 2023 NFL Draft when we look back in a few years time. He was a 5-star recruit at Alabama before transferring to Arkansas in 2022. Nick Saban has since said last summer that Sanders “probably would have started” for Alabama in one of the deepest pass rushing units in college. Ultimately he starred for the Razorbacks where his athletic prowess, versatility and toughness helped him notch up 9.5 Sacks (2nd in SEC) and 103 tackles.
His ability to play inside and outside will delight Vance Joseph who will end up using him very heavily in blitz packages from both the edge and middle linebacker positions. Ultimately we’re relying on a player's superior athletic abilities to give him the edge until he learns the nuances of NFL football.
His tackle consistency vs the run needs heavy improvement if he wants to be a 3-down player for Denver at either the edge or inside linebacker positions. Part of his problem so far has been a tendency to bite on fakes and misdirections and although his athleticism has managed to shine through at the College level it won’t be as successful at the NFL level.
#83: Riley Moss, CB (Iowa) Moss, in theory, has everything you would look for in an NFL corner with the exception of real top end speed. He’s tall and rangey with good tackling instincts but there are some shortcomings which will likely affect his NFL future as a cornerback. Moss typically leaves a bit too much cushion in zone coverage which can lead to explosive receivers leaving him in the dust. In man coverage he’ll often leave the underneath to compensate for his lack of top end speed; his aforementioned tackling skills at least thrive here.
His run support is likely going to make him a real runner for the slot corner position in zone packages but his shortcomings may also lead to Vance Joseph wanting to move him to safety eventually. The biggest advantage he has going forward is his versatility otherwise he may end up as a special teams contributor only.
#183: JL Skinner, S (Boise State) Drafted predominantly for his size, Skinner stands at 6’4, hits hard and plays to his strengths. Against the run Skinner performs admirably and has fantastic angles when pursuing the runner. In coverage he’s equally as solid with the ball skills to force interceptions and pass breakups.
I can only see Skinner on a trajectory to the top and I'm excited to see him in Denver. Ultimately it will be his responsibility to cover Travis Kelce, Michael Mayer and Gerald Everett twice a year.
#257: Alex Forsyth, C (Oregon) I think the Broncos wanted to draft a center, I don’t believe that man was supposed to be Alex Forsyth. Whilst he’s good value for the 7th round, I imagine they would have rather had the opportunity to take John Michael Schmitz or Joe Tippmann. I’m not sure how this pick is going to work out. On one hand I can see him being part of the same dominant force that allowed his backs ro average 5 yards per play in Oregon but on the other hand he’s a penalty machine much like Garrett Bolles was to start his career.
Overall I think the Broncos did the best they could with the selections they had. It would have been nice to see a tackle for the first time in 6 years or another running back to support Javonte and Samaje.
My concerns with the class is that although they're talented they weren't all the biggest needs this off season.
I can see all of them with the exception of Forsyth becoming a contributing level talent with Denver and over the course of their rookie contracts.
Ultimately this is how I see the roster breaking down:
QB: Russell Wilson, Jarett Stidham, Ben DiNucci HB: Javonte Williams, Samaje Perine, Tony Jones jr. FB: Michael Burton WR: Jerry Jeudy, Tim Patrick, Courtland Sutton, Marvin Mims jr, Marquez Callaway TE: Greg Dulcich, Adam Trautman, Albert Okwuegbunam, Chris Manhertz OT: Garett Bolles, Mike McGlinchey, Cam Fleming, Isaiah Prince, Quinn Bailey IOL: Ben Powers, Quin Meinerz, Lloyd Cushenberry, Alex Forsyth, Luke Wattenberg, Kyle Fuller. DL: Zach Allen, Jonathan Harris, Eyioma Uwazurike, Jonathan Cooper, D.J. Jones, Mike Purcell LOLB: Randy Gregory, Baron Browning MLB: Alex Singleton, Josey Jewell, Drew Sanders, Justin Strnad, Jonas Griffith ROLB: Nik Bonnito, Aaron Patrick CB: Pat Surtain II, Damarri Mathis, Riley Moss, K’Waun Williams, Tremon Smith FS: Justin Simmons, Jamar Johnson, Caden Sterns SS: JL Skinner, Kareem Jackson
K: TBD P: Riley Dixon R: Tremon Smith LS: Mitchell Fraboni
There’s probably one big name missing here and that’s K.J. Hamler, who I think will get cut or traded before week 1.
Moving forward into 2023 and the 2024 off season there are a few positions Denver still need to worry about. There’s huge question marks over the ability of Russell Wilson and whether he still has the ability to play at the highest level.
We’ve also got question marks at running back with Javonte Williams coming off a huge injury. Our WR room has a lot of unknowns after Courtland Suttons failure to rediscover his form after his ACL injury whilst teammate Tim Patrick is also recovering from the same injury suffered this past season.
The offensive line still needs addressing as Lloyd Cushenberry often gets bullied in the trenches and Garrett Bolles may revert under another new offensive line coach, so far Mike Munchak is the only man to get a respectable tune from the former first round pick.
Moving on to defense and there’s less issues but still big weaknesses. I’d like to see us invest more in the defensive line and outside linebacker positions with Cooper, Bonnito, Browning and Gregory all relatively unknown in a Broncos uniform.
Ultimately if I had to narrow it down the focus going forward needs to be on center, defensive end and quarterback if things will russ doesn’t improve.
Ultimately there was a lot to like about the Broncos off season changes and everything seems to be pointing towards a more successful, creative team in 2023. We look to have added steel where it mattered across the offensive line and signing Sean Payton could prove to be the biggest acquisition of the all.
Ironically, this series is called defending the draft and that’s what I’ve struggled to do here the most. I like the class, I think there’s some high impact players there for sure, but I’ve come away wishing we’d filled some other key areas a little bit better. Ultimately you can’t always have the board fall as you want it and it’s a huge improvement from the classes John Elway managed to put together.
Thank you for reading my Denver Broncos draft/off season review. I filled in as a last minute replacement so hopefully this manages to hit the right spot for everyone.