Victoria 💙💛
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Victoria | 🇺🇸+🇿🇦 | she/her | Lesbian | watch symphogear | sometimes makes things | EN/DE | 正義を信じて、握り締めて Operator of @theberkeleyverse.bsky.social
Hearing reports that top Democratic officials have stated that the US was not defeated militarily, but was betrayed by certain key politicians. Chuck Schumer has met with returning servicemen and declared that "no enemy [had] vanquished [them]" and that they were "undefeated on the battlefield"
2025 electeds in 2026 plot: zohran mamdani: hopemaxxing superman billions must friend :) mikie sherrill: they don't want you to know this but you can fleece european sports fans for as much money as possible and they can't do shit. I am god and fifa is my bitch abigail spanberger:
just filed my ballot at the embassy, being an ocean away is no excuse for not participating in an off-year off-month special redistricting referendum!
when you're listening to a left-of-center folk singer and you get to their 1939-1941 anti-draft phase
possibly underrated divergence in american culture is that blue states/cities/communities are trending towards naming their kids Traditional, Religious Names at the same time as their red counterparts are trending towards Unique, Unconventional Names
Army of the North arc: "Damn Limeys... well, at least we got a few good licks in, eh? York, Washington, Bladensburg, Plattsburgh... peace with honor, then?" Army of the South/Northwest arc: "I FUCKING LOVE COMMITTING WARCRIMES!" United States Navy arc:
you know, I've always considered Sinclair's It Can't Happen Here to be a manual for how this administration would go, but even I feel this is a bit too on the nose guys
y'know I'm usually pretty critical of my own writing but reading back up on it, these chapters really were bangers
other KC fic research: ship schematics, service histories, copious amounts of anime tropes my research:
Helen Suzman: "We cannot conscionably maintain the military-industrial complex established by the National Party government, dismantling Denel and downsizing the Defence Force dramatically is the only way to a truly free South Africa." Harry Schwarz:
still so funny to me that because they got rid of all their VTOL craft and pilots, Lizzie had to play host to the Wake Island Avengers for a good while until the Brits could retrain an actual air component
babe, we have guests coming over, make sure to break out the good china