Two More Weeks Of Gender!

My body is NOT a temple… It is a labyrinth that I Do Not know the exit to.

Companion piece to the cicada from yesterday feat. Coelacanth Feelings

On red bubble

[ID: A drawing of a coelacanth, a lobe-finned fish, shown from the side in shiny silver lineart. It is surrounded by other, almost identical coelacanths that have more transparent, matte lineart. Shining text around reads, "my existence does not depend on whether you acknowledge me." The background is dark blue. End ID.]

War between the Brotherhood and Minutemen is honestly inevitable even with an alliance between them, but you know what, it would be the American Revolution all over again and the events surrounding it would be 100% identical. The Brotherhood lost to the Institute and can’t come back to the Capital Wasteland with nothing. They want the Commonwealth and believe they have to save the people from themselves. Maxson’s humiliated their boogeyman was beat by farm boys and the Minutemen is catching up to them and fast. 

The Brotherhood linger after their failed war and impose ‘taxes’ (forcing settlers to give up their crops), in order to pursue a campaign in “cleansing” the Commonwealth, which leads to settlers getting pissed because, obviously, they don’t owe these assholes anything. 

More “taxes” in order to keep this campaign going leads to Commonwealth getting angrier and angrier. Common consensus at this point, they don’t want war, they just want to the Brotherhood to get the fuck out. 

What is this similar to? Quartering Act of 1795. This act forced the colonist to provide food and shelter for British soldiers when needed.

The Minutemen try to negotiate with them to back down but that doesn’t really go anywhere. Piper, Good Neighbor, and the Railroad begin to spread anti-Brotherhood propaganda. 

Boston Massacre 2289: A squadron of Brotherhood soldiers on patrol are surrounded by angry settlers who throw ice, rocks, and beat them with whatever they can find on them. One initiate mistakes a rock for a grenade and fires onto the crowd, causing the other soldiers to fire as well, believing it was ordered by their captain. When the dust settles, 15 settlers are dead. An image similar to the one below is spread by Good Neighbor, the Railroad, and Piper. There is outrage across the Commonwealth. 

Tea Act 2.0: Maxson attempts to give the Brotherhood a monopoly on arms trade to stop the Minutemen from catching up, which does not end well and leads to… 

Boston Tea Party Electric Boogaloo: The Railroad, folks from Good Neighbor, a few from Diamond City, and a group of Minutemen dump Brotherhood supplies into the Boston Harbor. Hancock is the main organizer of the event.

Intolerable Acts 2289: Maxson attempts to cut off the inner Boston area, specifically Diamond City and Good Neighbor (Railroad included) from Minutemen trading routes as punishment until the debts could be paid. Some in Diamond City hope to pay off the Brotherhood and blame the rebels, while in Good Neighbor, all hell breaks loose. 

Piper and Deacon’s Midnight Ride: Growing uncomfortable with the amount of technology and guns the Minutemen acquired after the defeat of the Institute and fearing war, Maxson orders that the Brotherhood go to Sanctuary and confiscate it. Noticing the Brotherhood’s activity shifting and getting a suspicious inside source (Haylen) Deacon and Piper head out nights before to warn Sanctuary. The guns and technology are transferred to another settlement. 

Shot Heard Round the East Coast: Marching up to Sanctuary, the Brotherhood are surprised with an ambush at Lexington and Concord. The first shot in the The Second War for American Independence and the Second Siege of Boston begins. 

Battle of Bunker Hill: The Brotherhood, hoping to eliminate the Railroad, take Bunker Hill. The Railroad and Minutemen try to hold on but are overwhelmed, however, they are able to kill a significant amount of Brotherhood soldiers. 

The First Commonwealth Council: The General of the Minutemen decides to meet with several representatives from across the Commonwealth to discuss what to do: Hancock, Fahrenheit, and Dr. Amari from Good Neighbor, Desdemona and Deacon from the Railroad, Piper Wright, Nick Valentine, the Bobrov brothers, and Arturo Rodriguez from Diamond City, Wiseman from the Slog, Preston, Danse, and Ronnie Shaw, etc. 

Hancock, Desdemona, Ronnie, Fahrenheit, and Deacon push for war, but the council comes to a consensus to try negotiation one last time. Address grievances and hope that Maxson addresses it and leaves. Danse still believes Maxson can be reasoned with as he spared his life earlier. 

Maxson doesn’t. 

The Second Commonwealth Council: The different factions come together to unite under the Minutemen and form a military that can take on the Brotherhood. While the General remains in charge of the military, with Preston as their right hand man, they agree to model this new American experiment a democratic republic. The Commonwealth is truly born. Their Declaration of Nationhood is written by Piper, Preston, and Hancock. 

Appealing to outside forces: In a losing war, the Minutemen gain the attention of the legendary Courier Six, Lone Wanderer, and their allies, including Dr. Madison Li, who have been at odds with the Brotherhood for some time. They agree on an alliance and recognize the Commonwealth. Their involvement turns the tide of the war drastically. 

Reconstruction of Liberty Prime: Knowing that the tide has turned, the Brotherhood works on rebuilding Liberty Prime to stop the Minutemen once and for all. Leaked out by Haylen, who is ready to defect to the Minutemen, the leaders debate what the best course of action is. If Liberty Prime is built, the war is over, even with the support of the Lone Wanderer and Courier. The Prydwen must be destroyed, even Danse agrees it is the best course of action, though it pains him. It really is honestly, though, the last thing they all wanted, but Maxson brought it to that point.

Destruction of the Prydwen: The Minutemen mark an artillery bombardment on the Prydwen in the early hours of the morning. However, not without sneaking out the squires with the help of Haylen and other Brotherhood defectors, who promptly take them and hunker down in Sanctuary Hills. It is assumed that Maxson is killed. 

World Turned Upside Down: After a week of fighting, a young knight stands on the rubble of the Prydwen and waves a white flag. The remaining Brotherhood are either escorted out single file back to the Capital Wasteland, completely defeated with the loss of the last Maxson or stay behind as Minutemen. Now, comes the hard part: making a nation. 

ADDITION: Sole Survivor and Crew > > > > > > Founding Fathers not only on the sheer factor of them not being racist slave owning assholes but also being like “we could do this but better actually” and in three hundred years kids in the Commonwealth are going to be into, like, a musical about Preston and that’s gonna be so much better than Hamilton.

fixed a problem at work that i vaguely saw a manager fix once and i did it faster which means that i get to take his skin i get to take his skin i get to take his skin i get to take his skin i get to take his skin i get to take his skin

the mcelroys look like the least compatible people in the world based on just their appearances alone and it’s the funniest fucking thing to me

like, who knew that some elusive cool uncle who’s probably a trickster god sporting a hawaiian shirt, a goth cowboy who just stepped from a starbucks and is probably keeping the secrets of magic from the public, and an assistant regional manager for Staples who only owns clothes in beige are a) related and b) rule the Internet as reigning funnymen with a less-than-benevolent fist

Happy APAHM and here’s a poem comic about my experiences being trans and Chinese I did in three days for my English class! 

Just saw someone describe pregnancy as body horror and I have never felt more understood.