#5000 questions

[pokemonshelterstories]

last day in galar so i spent it on an adventour with one of my friends! we harvested a TON of shaderoot carrots :]

[deconstructthesoup]

Vanessa 5000 was a mindfuck and a half and I thoroughly enjoyed it

[borbology]

hampter shenanigans (comic under cut)

[secret-sector-antag]

[TheGr8estScientistEvrr] "Ah Valentina, I see. Are you looking foward to my GREATEST most TALENTED, most TERRIFIC and INNOVATIVE invention in the next 2x4 contest? I will be expecting you to be there. (and vote ME as the winner?)" [TheGr8estScientistEvrr] "And anyway, your opinion on 2x4 Tech? You can always ask a Genius for EXCELLENT advice! (It's me!)

@some-loozzr

"The more important question is: how many bandaids am I going to have to bring to this contest?

Kidding, of course! ...Well, sort of; I've been added to the schedule for the event as one of the med officers in case things go south, soooo. You'll probably see me in some way, shape, or form- and hopefully not just for bein' patched up!

"As for 2x4 tech as a whole? I think it's great! Anything that helps us operatives get a one-up on enemies- or even just to help out around their sectors! ^^ It's interesting to see what their developers come up with, too!

I'm just hoping they're still teaching the cadets during their weapons training that the first thing to do NOT to look directly in the barrel. You ever get mustard in your eye before? It stings.

[zahri-melitor]

I actually was thinking the other day that it was about time I saw another "how many comics have you read" poll go around the community, as it had been several thousand comics since the last time I answered one.

...I was hoping for one with more reasonable bins though.

I've made this point before but say JUST reading Batfam post-Crisis 1991-2011 gets you 700 if you read mainline Nightwing, Robin, Birds of Prey, Batgirl, Batman & Robin, and their associated annuals, event comics and extras.

[jensensitive]

yall need to stop reblogging text posts saying the writers didn't want you to think destiel was gay in the year of our lord 2024. my mental health.

[bcolfanfic]

young veterans au - POV you’re on blakely's phone

liked by galecleven17, buckyegan_ and brady00 evblakely Don’t know how to use this damn app, but thought I ought to try for you. Happy birthday Hel. You make every day better. I love you.

helennash111 ❤️❤️❤️ love you more! jdouglass_ You not hiding the ball on purpose or 👀 Comment Deleted

cbiddick Oop…Happy bday Helen! (: Comment Deleted cbiddick Happy bday Helen! (:

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liked by rosenthal_, kennylemmontree and 35 others jeancrosby One of the first photos I took of you after we met through that (cursed) Facebook group and one from the last time I saw you. I love you so dearly birthday girl. Please move out of West Virginia and into our backyard. Harry said it’s fine. (: 

helennash111 i love you so much!!!!!! i'll go pack.

evblakely Do I get to come too? @crozbee? crozbee Eh. Maybe.

*5 years ago on leave in europe, pre meeting helen days

[just-absolutely-super]

rewatching TFOne hits differently once you're familiar with G1 or other TF continuities

[tethered-heartstrings]

I’m rewatching the show for the 473858393929th time and I don’t have anyone to soundboard off of so I pose you this question: When do you think was the first time in the show that Hannibal understands that he has real feelings for Will? I’m at the end of season 1 and I feel like it hasn’t quite hit him yet but there are inklings.

On the other end of the question, when do you think is the first time Will understands his feelings for Hannibal? It’s very obvious that it’s always there but like….when in between seasons one and the last episode of season two does it really happen in your eyes?

I think Hannibal seeing Will in "Aperitif" is the closest to love at first sight that I have seen. As far as him realizing/accepting his love for Will, I would say that happens in "Fromage". Hannibal is very much a "fuck around and find out" at someone else's expense. He sent Will to a known serial killer. He probably assumed a GJH 2.0 would happen, and that Will would come back needing more therapy/comfort from another fatal encounter.

But when Budge showed up at his office alive, there is a noticeable panic on Hannibal's face. He had no way of knowing that Will was accompanied by two officers, so when Tobias says he killed two officers, Hannibal's first thought is that Will is dead. And that hurts. More than he anticipated. He has killed plenty of people, but hasn't felt this level of loss and sadness in a long time.

When the ordeal is over, his expression and heart nearly shatters when seeing Jack come in, eyes begging that Will would follow. For a few seconds, his fear that Will was actually gone encompassed him. He visibly relaxes upon seeing Will actually alive. Hannibal saying "I was worried you were dead" was genuine; he really thought Will was killed and he was hurt.

That love continues to develop, making Will's betrayal that much more painful in Mizumono. Hannibal loved Will, and opened himself up to him, something he had never truly done with someone else. Yes, Hannibal framed Will for his crimes and sent him to prison in his stead, but that doesn't mean Hannibal didn't love Will. But Hannibal is very "preserve self at all costs". I think it is something he regretted, but also something he believed had to be done. Going to prison was not an option for him, and he knew Will would survive. Even the way Hannibal commits violence against Will is distinctly different than how he commits it against others, because he does truly loves Will.

Will's situation is a lot more complicated. I think in the back of his mind, deep down, he loves Hannibal somewhere in season 2. He cares for Hannibal, which is why he told Hannibal to run, why he still went to Hannibal's house, why he leaned into the knife and let himself be hurt and held. But I don't think he really acknowledged that love, not until s3. He called Hannibal his "friend" to Jack, which is true. He did consider Hannibal his friend, but it was so much more than that, too much for words, and not something he would want to admit to Jack. (hi, sorry boss, i love the cannibal teehee <3)

He forgives Hannibal in the catacombs, and I do believe that to be a genuine forgiveness. He even tells Hannibal they are blurred, and he isn't sure they could survive separation. That is a pretty roundabout way of saying "I love you". However, I think Will may not want to love Hannibal in that moment. Will makes an attempt on Hannibal's life, and I think Will associates love with violence. If he killed Hannibal, it wouldn't be out of malice, but a desperate attempt to free himself from Hannibal. Perhaps even to fulfill the promise of intimately killing him with his hands (knife is cheating, but shh). And the violence+love connection is perpetuated when Hannibal saws his head open to eat him, because to cannibalize is to love. Hannibal was planning to kill and eat Will even before he knew Will was planning to kill him, because that is how he knew how to love (apparently talking about your feelings isn't a possibility lol).

But still.... I don't think Will really acknowledges his love for Hannibal until near the end of the show. Because I think part of accepting his love for Hannibal is realizing Hannibal loves him, too. And once Will understood Hannibal loved him, his own love for Hannibal burst forth, unable to be contained.

And once Will realizes this, he gives Hannibal the best thing he can, given the circumstance. He pulls them both off the cliff, to be together, unified, into death or into the next life. Truly blurred and beautiful.

[spearxwind]

I really love the idea of bunker cities in broken horizon but you mentioned that the storms are basically extremely powerful hurricanes. This means they must be leaving behind huge flooded areas wherever they go, and that water must be a huge load on the walls of a bunker city whenever it does happen. How do they deal with that? Where does the water go? does it drain rapidly into aquifers and rivers or does it sit and stagnate? if it stagnates, do bugs become a problem? do the cities have canals and other earthworks projects to make the water drain faster? And also, the cities themselves must act as massively complex machines in order to be able to switch from bunkers to regular cities. How do they maintain that? Or is it just that they build in a way that creates a storm-resistant city, such as with very hard and durable materials and with narrow, easily sheltered streets without using many moving parts? do the bunker cities have permanent walls such as those used throughout history? How do these bunker cities have electricity or plumbing while keeping those utilities within the bunker? How do they deal with the toxic gas buildup (such as CO and CO2 and CH4) that would surely result from enclosing an industrialized city in a giant box? or are they not an industrial society?

Oh these are great questions the most of which I hadn't given thought to (yet anyways haha)

The hurricanes DO leave floods, however cities are built with extremely robust drainage systems. They've honed and maintained the systems for hundreds of years under these heavy storms. The cities are built on relatively high ground so that the water has places to go specifically to avoid stagnation. However in the penninsula the temperatures are pretty low, so bugs aren't that huge of a problem. The walls are also significantly slanted to reduce the pressure of the impacts on it.

The cities have giant walls that move into place to protect the buildings underneath whenever a storm approaches and armors it against the downpour. Yes they have huge machines in place for that but they are far from complex as the more complex they are the more prone to failure they are. They've kept the technology for that as simple as possible, and put their advancements elsewhere. Still, because of this necessity, the buildings in cities arent very high, and a significant portion of the walkable areas are underground (so the buildings you see would be like, the "surface" level of the city). It is ample enough that no one is ever missing out on sunlight or outside time <3

They do have electricity and plumbing, it's one of the biggest advantages of living in the cities as opposed to out in the world. Like I said, they're very robust. Ventilation as well, there isnt any trouble keeping gas from building up and bringing fresh air inside

The city is somewhat industrialized (they're where overland vehicles and other machines are made) but the factory areas are separated from the living areas, and even if there was a lot of emissions they would have been built in a way where it wasnt harmful to the citizens. They want to keep people in, not drive them out or kill them off.

I don't have more technical answers because I am not an architect or a physicist to think of every detail but I did put some thought into it ^^

None of these cities are old cities, all of those got destroyed. These all got built post-storm era (somehow!!) and have been maintained since. It was impossible to adapt the older cities and had to be rebuilt from the ground up.

[ki-flor]

Mike: R u gay

Will: Yes

[j-august]

When one Ashbourner, a scholar of St John's College, Cambridge, was depressed by his inability to understand the book he was studying, the Devil appeared to him in the dress of a Master of Arts. He explained the text and offered to make him his scholar, promising a trip to Padua University, and the degree of a Doctor of Divinity. Two days later the hapless student's gown was found floating in the river.

Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic

[gingaswag]

keep having dreams of being a mullet-bearing fat version of the Postal Dude. surely this doesn't mean anything.

[secret-sector-antag]

@izzy-art-879 Questions: "What's it like being a dhampir?"- Numbuh 163

(Fair warning, this got REALLY long (lore drop of sorts, wooooo); be prepared for a read under the read-more! Potential TW for health stuff (nothing graphic) and vague descriptions of bullying/discrimination (again, nothing graphic); skip if you need to).

"Sooooo as I said in my last answer, I tend to get a few reactions: having to explain what it is, people freaking out, or people getting way too interested: like..."lab coats, clipboards, and testing" interested. And there's a lot of things to consider, so I'll divide it into a few sections. And of course, this is just my experience! It may not be true for all dhampirs."

Health: "I mean, I guess it does have some advantages? Dad says I might gain a couple powers when I get older, but for now, I'm a bit faster than most people, my hearing's a lot better than most, aaaaand I've got a really strong immune system- like, I don't get colds (HAHA, SUCK IT, COMMON COLD!), the flu, or chicken pox!"

"Or, at least, really strong when it comes to germs. 😅 Cuuuz my body has decided it's allergic to coconut (that one, I just get itchy and sneezy), the sun (not like "AAAAH, I'M TURNING TO DUST, AAAAH", but I break out in a rash on top of a sunburn. It, aaaah...it hurts. And it scars! I've got some from when I was really little), aaaand, of course and very in-line with the vampire genetics- garlic (THAT one is bad. Like, really REALLY bad. Mom says when I was really little, my throat closed up, and I actually had to get zapped back to life! I wasn't down for very long and it only took two zaps, buuut I did have to stay in the hospital for a bit afterwards, aaaaand now I have an Epi-Pen on hand at all times. Minerva/Numbuh 75001 has my back-up one just in case.)"

"Then there's my teeth! I have one actual fang, the other one is takin' its sweet time to come it. 😒 It likes to make its presence known like "Hi, yes, I'm here; I'm not ready to come out yet!", and my gums'll start hurting. Teething, basically. No wonder babies cry about it, it bites! ...No pun intended."

"I dunno if this one counts as a positive or a negative, but I guess another effect is that I physically age slower, too. Like I've said before, I'm 10, and most kindergartners are as tall, if not taller, than me! Heck, even some of my younger cousins- both from Mom's side and Dad's side-are taller than me!! It's not fair. >:(. Dad says that I'll get a growth spurt when I'm a teenager, but still- I hate having to need a booster seat at my age!"

Perception by Family: "...I guess, speaking of cousins, that's...another thing. My vampire cousins, especially the older ones, kinda look down on me- both in a physical and literal sense. In their eyes (and cuz vampire aging is weird), I'm still considered a baby. Some are like "oOoOo, 'tainted bloodline'!", and others are trying to get me to 'see if I can unlock the vampire side more' by trying to make me mad. I don't want that! The last thing I ever want to do is lose my temper and turn into one of them!

My younger cousins on that side aren't as bad, but some of them do forget that I can't do some of the things they can- like turning into a bat or crawling up walls. It's not like we can't play together; we find ways.

...And then there's that whole thing where some of them do actually drink...bl...eugh. I hate thinking about that!!"

"At least I don't have to worry about that bit with my human cousins? Yeah, some of them can be jerks sometimes, and I do have to be a little more careful with them- older or younger- cuz I'm a bit stronger, but. They seem to be a little more understanding with me not being able to enjoy the sun as much (or at least without a ton of protection; sunscreen, sunbrella, the works), so we have tons of stuff we do instead; our favorite are nightime barbeques/pool parties!"

Perception by Other Kids:

"'Fangface'. 'Dorkula'. 'Leech'. 'Bats-for-Brains'. And those are the ones I can at least repeat. I could always be like 'hey, you know who my dad is, right?', but that'd just make things worse- and then you could add "tattletale" to that list as well."

"People in general, but especially kids, can be cruel. Never forget that."

" Though I've noticed that the goths seem to think I'm kinda neat. And that goes for the teens and adult ones, too, so that's at least a plus! The ones who kinda get past the "fangs and can't have garlic" thing I've found are really nice. Do I still get called anything other than my name? Yeah, but I prefer something like "Little Lugosi" as opposed to "Dorkula" any day... "

"...WOW!! That got super long, I apologize! I don't imagine you wanted a novel for an answer, haha. In short: I guess you could say it's a double edge sword?"

[blueberryblowfly]

like I knowww there are people who like my art, objectively.. However whenever I share anything and am met with no response (which makes Sense due to infrequent posts and generally niche interests) I'm left staring at it wondering whats Wrong with it, how do I make it Likeable, why do I share it at all, etc.

all very irrational, but I'm prone to MOODS ok

[laugtherhyena]

So -2+2 readers how would y'all feel about an extra long chapter?