altered carbon
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SWEET LORD I FINISHED IT!
MUTANT HOROSCOPES FOR EVERYONE!
Altered Carbon | 2x02 - “Payment Deferred”
Time is the greatest of all warriors. What it doesn’t destroy, it alters beyond recognition. Time tears down everything. We brace our backs against the void, desperate to hold on to the past. To our ghosts. To ourselves.
Altered Carbon | 2x01 - “Phantom Lady”
Takeshi Kovacs + the sleeves
thank you so much you’re amazing
NETFLIX’S ALTERED CARBON SENTENCE STARTERS
“ first thing you’ll learn is that nothing is what it seems. “ “ your body is not who you are; you shed it like a snake shedding its skin. “ “ that’s easy, i’m not real. what’s your excuse? “ “ one thing i can promise you: coming back from the dead is a bitch. every single time. “ “ no matter how tranquil the world seems, peace doesn’t last long. “ “ the instinct for violence curls inside like a parasite, waiting for a chance to feed our rage and multiply until it bursts out of us. “ “ war is all we really understand. “ “ the victors rewrite history. it’s another kind of war waged after the battlefield killing is done, to murder the memory of the defeated. “ “ mom said grudges are stupid. she said you had to let them go or else it would kill your soul. “ “ enough? it’s an interesting word. i’m not familiar with it. “ “ haven’t you heard? god is dead. we’ve taken his place. “ “ if you’re a god then what do you need me for? “ “ there are never moms in these stories. “ “ so you love your wife too much to fuck her? “ “ i certainly love my wife too much to let you fuck her. “ “ for children who were never allowed to grow up, greed isn’t the only motive for killing. “ “ i thought you didn’t want to own me. “ “ i will personally reduce this place to a smoking pile of rubble and you with it. “ “ let him believe you’re weak until the moment he discovers you’re not. “ “ there are some things you can’t kill your way out of. “ “ focus on what you care about the most with every atom of your existence. “ “ the mind does interesting things under extreme stress. “ “ how do i know you are who you are? “ “ when everyone lies, telling the truth isn’t just rebellion; it’s an act of revolution. so think carefully when you speak it, because the truth is a weapon. “ “ so i’m unconscious for ten fucking minutes and you start replacing my body parts!? “ “ a man who doesn’t love isn’t really a man. “ “ maybe we all fought for nothing. maybe you died for nothing. “ “ it is not our enemies that defeat us. it is our fear. do not be afraid of the monsters. make them afraid of you. “ “ i cannot speak for you, my friend, but i’m here to kick great amounts of ass. “ “ you may work for them, but you aren’t one of them. “ “ fearing death is good for you. “ “ that’s the hardest thing to get used to: nothing survives. “ “ i believe you’re my sister’s bitch. “ “ are you a believer? “ “ but when you believe a lie for too long, the truth doesn’t set you free. it tears you apart. “ “ i think your relationship with honesty is passing at best. “
you don’t get to die && be reborn the same. you come back, but you come back wrong. this is the price you pay for r e s u r r e c t i o n.
Or was season two Tak softer than season one? He’s a badass in both seasons but season two Takeshi seemed happier. Because of Quell?
Altered Carbon on Netflix was honestly one of the best sci fi shows I’ve ever seen. Here’s why:
1. It challenged the idea of what the human consciousness is and how it applies to the physical body.
2. It discussed ways in which the powerful will obtain and retain their authority over the powerless, and how the cycle of servitude will continue unless challenged
3. It didn’t turn women into background characters in their own lives or make them one dimensional. They were feminine and strong and sexual and intelligent and whole people rather than pretty faces who could shoot a gun while clinging to a male protagonist.
4. It explored the ways in which religion and spirituality endure (or not) when faced with a changing society and moral standards.
5. It showed a multicultural, multiethnic future in which PoC very much exist and thrive, in contrast with many white washed sci fi worlds.
6. Love! Death! Murder mysteries! Moral ambiguities and asking big questions! Victims becoming survivors! Edgar Allen Poe!
Seriously just watch this show.
Will Yun Lee and Anthony Mackie as Takeshi Kovacs in ALTERED CARBON Season 2
She’s so small yet strongest in the pair
“Mom said grudges are stupid. She said you had to let them go or else it would kill your soul. What do you think? I think your mom doesn’t know what the fuck she’s talking about.”
You are the weapon.
And make no mistake about this: being taken seriously, being considered dangerous marks the difference - the only difference in their eyes - between players and little people. Players they will make deals with. Little people they liquidate. And time and again they cream your liquidation, your displacement, your torture and brutal execution with the ultimate insult that it’s just business, it’s politics, it’s the way of the world, it’s a tough life and that it’s nothing personal. Well, fuck them. Make it personal.
“ask this of your microwave, miscreant.”
chris conner as poe in altered carbon, episode 1
The iconic, toxic duo we all needed.
Tak and Rei
Can someone PLEASE find me the scene in season one where Tak rips his heart out in virtual? I’ll marry you.
✧・゚: *✧smol and tol✧*:・゚✧
See, friends are overrated, ‘cause eventually someone will come along and shoot ‘em in the stack. You’re better off alone. Altered Carbon (2018-)
I paused and giggled to myself with satisfaction
Did anybody else pick up on this because it was beautiful
Takeshi Kovacs + the sleeves
Altered Carbon:Humans think of AI’s as little more than rogue computur programs and will be totally unwilling to form meaningful bonds with them or empathise with them on any level
Altered Carbon Fans: We care about 1 emotional support goth poet AI, and if you make him cry one more time we will kill eveyone in this hotel and then ourselves
Takeshi Kovacs in ALTERED CARBON 1x04 // 2x03
the only acceptable love triangle
Time is the greatest of all warriors. What it doesn’t destroy, it alters beyond recognition. Time tears down everything. We brace our backs against the void, desperate to hold on to the past. To our ghosts. To ourselves.
Altered Carbon | 2x01 - “Phantom Lady”
Altered Carbon | 2x01 - “Phantom Lady”
Yes, another one.
1 cup milk (any milk)
1 thicc tbsp of nutella (either store-bought or homemade whatever floats ur boat)
1 banana
8 ice cubes
sugar if you please
place them all lovingly into a blender and blend for exactly 30.4857 seconds
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