#( idk how technology works )

[maybtomorrow]

how could he do this (be so beautiful) to me

[bluejellie]

WHEN WILL MY PIRATES RETURN FROM THE WAR

[iidsch]

also more codelyokoposting but I really really dig XANA as a villain. It's not a person with a complex background that led them down the path of evil, it's not a morally grey character you sympathize with but condemn. It's a powerful AI capable of controlling almost anything in the real world. It doesn't have a face or a body, we only know it for its symbol and for the monsters it controls in the virtual world. It's willing not just to kill people through various methods (poisoning, drowning, car crash, fucking space lasers too?) but also Earth as a whole (it tried to blow up a NUCLEAR PLANT and crash two trains with toxic chemicals in them). And we don't even know why it does this, at least not for now. It may not even have a particular reason, just some sort of virus or malware in the form of an AI that seeks nothing but destruction without any goals in mind. This "pure evil" characteristic doesn't come off as childish, like in some children cartoons, it's just kind of scary to think that such an incomprehensible and destructive force exists, almost feels like a natural disaster

[al-luviec]

compiled whatever this is (and I run out of tag space)

meh HoT gifs (3/?)

[raspberriesandstrawberries]

Lady Ysabella Theer

Based on the portrait of Bianca Maria Sforza, by Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis

[ddarker-dreams]

tfw an idea for a simple yan blade short story has evolved into something that requires me to design an entire planet, the culture within said planet, in a way that adheres to the worldbuilding of honkai star rail which we honestly don't know too much about

[awfullybigwardrobe44]

Got my new phone up and running. Only cried several times

[anxiously-sidequesting]

Wait so I know technology exists in the Spiral but like does Wizard City have phones. Like do our Wizards have any type of device of communication on them at all. Like how the fuck are we able to like know when anybody from out of our location needs us how do our notifications work. Is there like a Homing Pigeon System being funded somewhere or

[nothankyoudear]

For a man who can't die, Merlin aches like he's been killed a million times.

He aches in the mornings when he glances through the window and sees gold beam onto the floor, and thinks of Arthur's hair in the sunlight. He aches in the afternoons when he hears the laughter of children, and thinks of children of Camelot running past him in frenzied joy. He aches in the nights when he is sitting on his armchair and staring into the distance as he realizes that, just like yesterday, he is once again all alone.

Because fate is a cruel thing, and he is destined to wait out an eternity. He pines for several lifetimes for bright blue eyes, and aches with every night he sleeps.

So when Arthur steps out of Lake Avalon on one December day, with his gold hair sticking to his forehead and his body shivering, Merlin can't help but run and cry and ache even harder because oh dear lord for once in his life fate is benevolent, and it has given Arthur back to him.

It takes Arthur a few years before he truly settles. The fact doesn't surprise Merlin, as although Arthur can learn about technological innovations and strange new things such as the Internet, Arthur can never have back Camelot.

Arthur has lost his destiny, and he weeps. Merlin simply holds Arthur and lets his shoulder gets damp, for he had also once lost his own destiny, and had no one to cry into the shoulder of.

Arthur's hair is always messy and his eyes are sunken, but it doesn't bother Merlin one bit. For the past thousand years, holding a warm body and smoothing back golden hair were things he only had in dreams. He treasures every bath he runs for Arthur, and savours every breath he watches Arthur take.

And soon enough, the light slowly returns to Arthur's eyes. Every insult he throws at Merlin is retorted with a playful smirk, and they're still the same Merlin and Arthur that they were back in Arthur's chambers.

Arthur smiles again for the first time in what seemed like an eternity, and Merlin thinks he is the sun.

Arthur kisses him one December day. His lips are cold and his hands are shaking like he had just stepped out of Lake Avalon, and Merlin can't help but cry as he kisses back.

The kiss burns Merlin, and he cries tears that he thought he lost a thousand years ago. He cries and cries and cries, but as Arthur kisses his tears off his cheeks, he has never been so happy.

Because now Merlin wakes with golden hair tickling his neck and sleeps with a warm body next to his. He hears the laughter of children in the afternoons and looks back at Arthur, wondering if they'll have children of their own some day. He sits on armchairs with Arthur's legs tangled in his, and stares at Arthur's lips as he sleeps.

And for the first time in a long time, the man who can't die stops aching.

[sleepybelphie]

Cutest Birthday Boy✨

—also I might have changed the cake’s design and magically that solved my crashing issue like 😶 okay I get it, little space bunny, you didn’t like the other one✨🐰

[thesummerstorms]

Okay, but I do have an AU version of that AU in my head where Dick Grayson returns to earth and manages to find Annabeth (and Thalia and Luke) living in the streets before they make it all the way to Camp Halfblood.

We can explore the implications of that for Thalia and Luke in a different post, but basically Annabeth still has to go to CHB for large portions of the year, she attracts too many monsters, but when she isn't there, Dick Grayson has unofficial custody for quite awhile while Bruce gets his shit together.

The crack fic version of that AU of an AU has Annabeth trying to manipulate her way into arranging a meeting between Chiron and Roy Harper because her brother's friends have been kind to her and if one of them is going to be an archer, they should be the BEST archer so that they can keep Dick alive longer.

No one is more surprised than Chiron when he actually agreed to give Roy some "pointers", although he trained fully human heroes in the Ancient Days.

And to be fair to Roy his brain is stuck trying to work its way around fact that his friend's little sister staged an emergency to introduce him to a man who's half horse. He's kind of mad, which, fair. That said, once the actual archery lesson starts and he realizes that Chiron really is that much of an expert, he immediately gets into it.

Which is how a panicked Dick Grayson bursts into the scene a few hours later, expecting something terrible has happened to Anna & Roy because Roy isn't responding to comms.

Only to find his best friend arguing with a centaur about some obscure fact of aerodynamics while Annabeth is perched nearby watching, legs swinging, eating way too many popsicles and occasionally calling out questions when her curiosity gets the better of her.

Dick isn't sure whether to be pissed, relieved, or just plain confused, but he for sure isn't letting Anna OR Roy live that one down for years.

And if he also gets distracted and listens in to some of Chiron's archery explanations, well, it's always good to know your teammates' full potential.

[alistair-blackwood]

while watching nimona, my friends and I got into a huge argument about how they could have scottie terriers with no scotland and jazz with no harlem renaissance so now I too just like to drop explicit references to real world things in my fic that have 0% justification being there in the first place and i feel like the funniest mfer alive

[ashenberry]

the shit mgsv and to a lesser extent pw did to the implications of the first 4 games in retrospect is soooooo fucking funny to me actually. mgs2 ocelot put liquids arm on his after losing it. sillay. mgs4 ocelot was lying actually its just an advanced prosthetic. nanomachines. lame. mgsv in a world where advanced cybernetic prosthetic arms have existed since the mid 70s ocelot instead opted to pretend he took some dead british guys arm to further sell the being possessed by a ghost bit he was pushing so he could stop information control. sillay again

[bowl-of-fruit-loops]

I won’t ever be able to stop thinking about the recordings anakin made for ahsoka. he made twenty or more of them. do you think he was ever interrupted while he was making them. by obi-wan or rex or even little ahsoka herself. I need to sit down.

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

some tips i've learned these past months about the national museums. first of all, when i'm talking about national museums, i'm talking about the 16 museums directly controlled by the subdirección general de museos estatales, as in these ones:

(in english, they are: 1. national museum of subaquatic archaeology, 2. america museum, 3. national anthropology museum, 4. national archaeology museum, 5. national museum of decorative arts, 6. cerralbo museum, 7. national romanticism museum, 8. sorolla museum, 9. fashion museum, 10. national museum of roman art, 11. altamira national museum and centre of investigation, 12. el greco museum, 13. sephardi museum, 14. national museum of ceramics and sumptuary arts gonzález martí, 15. museum house of cervantes, 16. national sculpture museum)

yes, i know the prado and reina sofia museums should be there as well. idk man. they're weird and work a bit different so these tips don't apply to them.

anyways:

•as stated in a previous post, all of these museums have free online visits, there's even a guided introduction tour available. and of course most of these museums also have virtual expositions if you are looking for something more specific. all online visits can be accessed here, with english options for both the tour and independent visit.

•all of the museum's collection can be searched through cer.es. in some museums (i only remember the museo del traje rn but i'm sure this happens in other museums as well) it can also be accessed through their website. again, for free.

•legally the full entrance ticket for all these museums is 3€, 1.5€ if you're a student (or have the tarjeta joven) and honestly many other requisites, just ask at the ticket office.

•also legally they have to be free 4 days a month (once per week). this varies from museum to museum, so check on the website before visiting. also, the prado and reina sofía museums are free 2 hours before closing !!!

•all their libraries have to be accessible to everyone. in some cases you might have to ask for permission, but they have to let you in.