When you realize DanAndPhilGames could be shut down because of the upcoming European copyright laws
Oh shit
I feel like no one realises how bad this actually is. To make it clear for y'all if this law passes, it’s going to be 1000x worse than net neutrality. This is a literal internet censorship.
Want to post a cute fanart? BLOCKED. A fanfic? BLOCKED. Do you have a friend in europe and want to send them a meme? BLOCKED. Youtube let’s plays? BLOCKED Dan’s meme videos? BLOCKED.
Nearly not enough people are talking about this so please, even if you’re not european, help us and take part. We did the same when net neutrality was trying to ruin all of our lives. I’ll put some useful links below.
Right so to add to this. My friend has already been affected by this shit today . Her gmail profile pic which was eevee (pokemon) has been removed apparently due to eu copyright laws. It was a fucking profile pic. @eu fuck u
also Philip DeFranco made a p good video about this topic. I’ll link it which according to the new laws will also be illegal.
🇺🇸 Another addition for y'all americans: Just so you know there’s quite a big chance a certain cheeto could get inspired by the shit eu is going to pass rn and then we’re all screwed.
🇬🇧 UK lads: UK is going to be affected by this until the day they officially leave the EU and that is in 2021. Contact your local MPs link is above.
🇪🇺 europeans: Are basically all going to be fucked if we don’t do something! Contact your local MPs link is above.
🌏Rest of the world is hopefully sane but still…. please try to help even if this isn’t going to affect you directly.
Any help is appreciated but please try to spread the message as well as signing the petition. Thank u all
This is a message, not just for the people pf Europe, but everyone! If you want to continue to enjoy content created by fans, to read a fanfic about your favorite fandom or just make a simple drawing and show it to the world, sign now.
[Here] is Julia Reda (Pirate Party and member of the EU Parliament)’s website where you will find
summaries of the articles under debate: Article 11 (link tax), Article 13 (copyrighted material use) - and Article 3 (that may be less important than memes to some but it’s going to impact data mining for research, some articles [here]).
the complete text of the proposal
criticism of the debated articles
a timetable because the law hasn’t passed yet (no one should be having avatar issues due to this law quite yet? I doubt many websites are rushing to meet the demands of a law that may yet change.)
what happened on the 20th of July is that the EU Committee on Legal Affairs basically approved the proposition. There’s a few steps left before the final Parliament vote and any implementing. That fight can still be won. Maybe. Hopefully.
SPEAKING OF TIMETABLE: PARLIAMENT WILL MEET IN A FEW DAYS (4th OR 5th OF JULY) TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY APPROVE OF THE COMMITTEE ON LEGAL AFFAIRS’ DECISION OR RE-OPEN THE WHOLE DEBATE. [SIGN THE PETITION], [CALL YOUR MEPS].
The petition’s website also has a page on [what happens next] and what can be done about it
You know
what really gets me while I’m playing God
of War? The way this games makes me miss first Arteus’ mother, then Kratos’
wife, until I just ended up missing Faye,
whom I had never met once in this game.
I mean, we
see her burial. It’s set up to be start of the game, the start of the two’s
journey – heck, Faye’s death is the sole reason Artues and Kratos leave their
home and have this gigantic adventure that ends up starting Ragnarok. Because
Faye died and they want to honor her last wish and bring her to the highest
mountain to scatter her ashes.
But even
after the burial, I didn’t really miss her. I mean, I didn’t know this woman. I was sad, because you
see a dead person, hear it’s a mother and a wife, and you regret her rather
early death.
But then
the game goes on, and it’s just…
* Kratos
and Atreus keep referring to the ashes of Faye as her, not it, as if she’s
still with them on this journey.
* Arteus
keeps dropping little stories how his mother taught him writing and reading and
how she did things like killing the game they hunted together so he didn’t have
to.
* During
the main story, when you step into the light of Alfheim, Kratos keeps chasing
after what seems to be a ghost or illusion of Faye, getting utterly lost and not caring about getting lost because
there is this fragile hope of seeing his wife again one last time. He even
yells at Atreus for pulling him back out – one of the few times he raises his
voice at the boy – because he didn’t get to see her when Atreus pulled him out
too early.
* While in
the light of Alfheim, you can hear Atreus talking to Faye, about how he misses
her and how Kratos is so different from her and how much he’s struggling
getting to know his estranged father – but he promises her to try his best, if
Kratos in turn does the same.
* Kratos
and Atreus clash over almost-seeing-Faye’s-ghost, because Atreus thinks Kratos
doesn’t care. Kratos throws back “Do not
take my silence as a lack of grief, boy. You deal with your grief your way, I
deal with mine.” Heavily indicating that this stoic warrior who always pretends
to not care about others actually griefs the
whole time for his lost wife, making it clear that he loved her a lot.
* During a
sidequest, a ghost begs the two to bring him the bones of his lost love,
telling them that in exchange, Atreus and Kratos would get a chance to see a
dead loved one and talk to them. Kratos tries not to get Atreus’ hopes up, but
when the boy haltingly explains how he would like to tell Faye that they are
doing okay and he wants to know if she’s okay, too, Kratos halts, then answers “I miss her too, boy”
* During
yet another side-quest, Atreus explains how good it feels to “help others, even the dead ones”,
prompting Kratos to say that Atreus is “just
like his mother”. It probably should sound chastising – since Kratos always
tells Atreus not to be dragged into others people’s problems – but it sounds
more fond and sad than anything else. Let’s be honest, Kratos probably loved
that about Faye.
* When
translating Jormungandr’s words, Mimir explains that the World Serpent “knows about your two’s loss and pain”, again
driving the point home how both Atreus and Kratos still miss her so much.
* Both Brok
and Sindri immediately recognize Faye’s axe in Kratos’ possession, both
mentioning what a great woman and fighter and friend Faye was. (Sindri is even
half-ready to attack Kratos, should it turn out that he stole Faye’s axe). Both
brothers immediately are ready to
upgrade the axe because it belonged to Faye and now her family, indicating just
how much they were and are ready to do for Faye.
* After the
end of the game, Sindri and Brok open up about the fact they knew the whole
time that Atreus was part-giant, that Faye was the “Last Guardian” of the
giants left in Midgard. Sindri further explains: “She chose another path. She chose, well, you. Both of you”, making it the very first time that we hear what
Faye, in return, thought of her family.
Just… Faye
is not even here physically, but this whole story? It feels like she is right there with you, even just in
memory of others. She’s only ever mentioned fondly, with longing of those who
want her back, and all the good qualities Atreus shows, Kratos deems to come
from Faye. By the end of it, I felt like I almost knew her.
I didn’t
feel anything for this lady apart from regret at her death at the start, but
you go on and on in this game, until you bawl out your eyes when you finally
scatter her ashes at the top of the mountain and say goodbye one last time. (At
least I did)
It’s the
complete opposite of getting to know a character and then getting them killed
off in the story’s process, but it’s just as deep, and I think the developers did
an amazing job with that.
