#(either intentionally or unintentionally)

[stellaluna33]

The thing that's so endearing to me about the fact that Jess was obsessed with Almost Famous is that... There's something so earnest and idealistic about this film. Like, at its core, it's about people who love music (or even writing about music) and about people who are searching for something that's real, trying to figure out how to be honest with each other and with themselves, and longing for a genuine connection with other human beings. And everyone gets a happy ending! They all end up better as people from having been on this journey together. The pain and the love is all incredibly sincere, and while there are certainly humorous moments, there is nothing flippant here. And yeah, ultimately, all of that very much fits with who Jess ends up being as a person in the long-run, but the fact that this was his favorite movie in Season 3 just confirms to me that this is who he has always been, all along.

[amphibious-thing]

tbh I hate how tumblr discourse treats the topic of queer erasure as an either/or thing like its either

All historians are homophobic & transphobic and are all actively and intentionally erasing queer history.

or

No historians are homophobic and/or transphobic and anyone who is talking about the issue of queer erasure is actually just an anti-intellectual who doesn't understand social constructionism and the medicalisation of homosexuality (bonus the person saying this has such a simplistic understanding of social constructionism and the medicalisation of homosexuality that they inadvertently participate in the erasure of queer history due to ignorance).

[kelkilou]

They would fuck hate eachother

[mad-hunts]

which subtle way of saying 'i love you' are you?

doing things for them without being asked to.

you're observant and you know your loved ones so well, you know when to do things for them without having to ask (or be asked) what they need. they don't always know how much you do for them; there's no need pointing it out, you're just happy to help.

you do things simply to make others feel better and lighten their burdens, and expect nothing in return: their happiness is enough for you, even if they don't always know you're the one who caused it. still, as good as it might feel to give and give and keep on giving, please allow them to do things for you in return.

people feel better when they're being helpful (you should know this, more than anyone) and no matter how hard it might feel for you to accept help from someone, you should take it when they readily give it to you. you deserve to be loved in the way you love them, too. you won't be a burden -- and remember: a real friend will love you even when you're not constantly being useful, because your company is more than enough.

stolen from: @raisedcold (thank you for introducing me to this <33)

tagging: @question-marked, @twcfaces, @adamanteine, @markhit, and anyone else who might like to complete this quiz!

[awesamforehead]

I need to study them in a lab, they are so interesting

[snarp]

Can we use an LLM to identify potential signs of badly-designed biomedical research yet. Like feed one a selection of studies flagged as "good methodology, clearly described" "bad methodology, clearly described" and "methodology not clearly described", and it dumps out a list of phrases/structures that can be used to autoflag the study as "potentially fucked". And you know it's starting to work if some of the phrases are just names of researchers who fucking suck.

[catboygirljoker]

[video ID: a clip from a cutscene where Xigbar says "Aww, all this altruism is giving me the warm and fuzzies. So then," before it cuts off. end ID]

i swear he has a southern accent in this bit. ik its just because ive spent most of my life in the South so hearing any middle aged man speak in a casual manner reminds me of every southern baptist preacher ive ever heard but like

"all this altruism is givin' me the warm 'n' fuzzies. so thean"

like he could've said "bless your heart" and that wouldve felt correct

[joshuaalbert]

I think it’s really fun (lying) to see marjorie taylor greene tell someone they aren’t a mother because their kids aren’t biologically theirs and be like hey star trek just kind of implicitly took a similar stance with picard s3

[sadpurpleblood]

might be developing the stereotypical trans girl haircut ngl

[lucysgraybird]

https://www.tumblr.com/lucysgraybird/762635241625157632/its-so-lame-and-unbelievably-pass%C3%A9-that-its?source=share

What was this about? Or should I not ask 💀

always always welcome to ask! there are ppl on here who like to speculate at length about the personal lives of people they will never know in any real capacity

[daz4i]

well i think i can wager a few guesses of what this post is gonna contain already

[clueless1995]

i haven’t made an edit in sooooo long bc i haven’t been watching anything. feels like my soul is withering slightly i will be real

[volixia669]

I genuinely love that Teal'c is into hgtv. Like yes. Fuck the racist undertones of that one liner, my man genuinely enjoys decorating his apartment and being a helpful member of the community while shamelessly sticking to 70s fashion.

[hawkwidows]

what the fuck am I reading

[ethicsaesthetic]

Folks, the Mona Lisa in Glass Onion is clearly meant to be the real one, the finale doesn’t work if it’s not real.

[askthealternateakis]

Hey asking again here, hope you don't mind.

You said that Wood Aki and Skull Aki divergent wildly from Canon and the other Akis. So what's their story and how does their guardian treat them ?

Okay, now this is where things get REALLY interesting, as given how the situations surrounding Wood Man and Skull Man are vastly different compared to those surrounding the other Robot Masters, I had to get pretty creative regarding how Aki came into their possession, starting by having things diverge during the Hard Age rather than during the theft of Daini.

(Just a heads up, these dabble in some pretty dark subject matter, so trigger warning for those who’d prefer not to read about those kinds of things. Plus they're pretty rambly, and I know some people aren't really into things like that, so heads up for that as well.)

In Wood Man’s Aki’s timeline, Aki gradually obtained sentience overtime on the battlefield rather than gaining it after his first memory wipe but decided to keep it a secret and kept acting like a mindless machine out of fear of what Light and Wily would do to him if they found out he deviated from his programming. However, due to essentially being a very young child mentally, he quickly became terrified by the brutal violence of the Hard Age, with the trauma ensuing from said brutal violence gradually building up and making it harder and harder for him to properly hide his sentience, eventually culminating in him accidentally ripping a soldier’s arm off after being caught off-guard and running away into the wilderness out of both guilt regarding the incident and fear of what would happen to him. He traveled deep into the woods nearby before eventually stumbling upon Wood Man, who immediately recognized him as a creation of Light and Wily’s and intended to kill him on sight, but when the young boy responded by cowering in fear rather than trying to fight back as usual, he realized that something was off and asked him what had happened to him. After explaining everything he had gone through, Aki begged for Wood Man to take his sentience away as while he feared death greatly, he didn’t want to spend the rest of his existence haunted by his memories of the war and all the suffering he had caused during it. Wood Man, taking pity on the boy, instead opted to attempt to remove his memories of the war by modifying his systems as a way to give him the chance to undergo a fresh start and show him all the good the world had to offer. It worked to an extent, but due to Wood Man not possessing the same advanced technology as Dr. Light, he unintentionally left his Aki with some “residue” in the form of bad dreams and deja vu.

Meanwhile, in Skull Man’s Aki’s timeline, Skull Man and his troops launched an invasion of Light and Wily’s base of operations whilst Light was in the middle of erasing her (remember when I said that Brooke wasn’t the only girl Alternate Aki?) memories of the Hard Age, forcing the two of them to take cover due to being caught off-guard and woefully unprepared. The robots absolutely ransacked the place before coming across the young girl still contained within the capsule, as Light didn’t have enough time to take her with them amidst all the chaos. Originally, the robots intended to destroy her and use her for scrap metal, but Skull Man, seeing potential in the girl and potentially being of use to him, instead opted to take her back to their base and take advantage of her memory loss by training her to be fiercely loyal to their cause, resulting in her eventually becoming their espionage specialist.

These timeline divergences result in them being the oldest Akis mentally (being more around high school age compared to the standard middle school age) and changing their reasons as to how they wound up in Silicon City: Wood Man’s Aki went to go investigate the state of the outside world after the two of them spent nearly two decades hiding out in the woods and fearful of the potential current state of humanity and robotkind, while Skull Man’s Aki being assigned a mission from Skull Man himself to gain the Lights’ trust to learn the location of the Mega Key and stop anyone who might aim to steal it before they get the chance to. I'm also debating on whether this means they have Dainis/Namagems of their own, or it's just them and in a unique turn of events, it's their own trauma/internal conflict that causes them to serve as their own Daini/Namagem a la Omori.

As for how their guardians treat them, I do eventually plan on making full-length text posts properly detailing each Aki’s relationship with their respective Robot Master, but for now I’ll say that Wood Man and Skull Man have the most professional relationships with their Akis due to their militaristic natures, with both pairs having a more mentor-student relationship than a parent-child one, though both Robot Masters still serve as their Aki’s caretaker and father figure. Wood Man is more open and gentle towards his Aki whilst Skull Man is more cold and strict towards his, but both of them care for their wards deeply in their own ways and do their best to ensure that they’re well taken care of and know how to properly protect themselves.