#A questionably useful task

[maeamian]

We can still make rocket engines tho, like we can't make the Rockedyne F-1 anymore for a variety of reasons including it's wicked outdated by this point, particularly since the fall of the soviet union introduced staged combustion to western engineering techniques, but it isn't some great tragedy that we can't make that particular rocket engine tbqh, we can still make rocket engines.

[boleynqueenes]

Dramatis Personae (spoilers-light and corrections-light) of Nowe Thus, "" descriptions from Hunting the Falcon

Anne Boleyn, daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyn and Elizabeth Howard; wife of Henry VIII

First Introduction: Chapter 1

Henry VIII, King of England

First Introduction: Chapter 1

Sir Francis Weston, gentleman of the privy chamber

First Introduction: Chapter 1

Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey and 2nd Duke of Norfolk; wife of Sir Thomas Boleyn, mother of Anne Boleyn, Dowager Countess of Wiltshire

First introduction: Chapter 2

Henry Norris, gentleman of the privy chamber, groom of the stool from 1526

First introduction: Chapter 2

Katherine of Aragon, youngest daughter of Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon; married (1) Arthur, Prince of Wales; (2) Henry VIII as his first wife sister-in-law

First introduction: Chapter 2

George Boleyn, brother of Anne Boleyn; later Viscount Rochford, Warden of the Cinque Ports, Earl of Wiltshire

First introduction: Chapter 2

Mary Howard, Anne’s cousin, daughter of the 3rd Duke of Norfolk; wife of Henry Fitzroy; lady in-waiting; contributor to the Devonshire Manuscript

First introduction: Chapter 3

Jane Seymour, gentlewoman, third wife of Henry VIII

First Introduction: Chapter 4

Edward Seymour, elder brother to Jane

First Introduction: Chapter 4

Thomas Seymour, elder brother to Jane

First Introduction: Chapter 4

Margaret Douglas, Henry VIII’s niece; only child of Margaret Tudor and Archibald Douglas, and a leading contributor to the Devonshire Manuscript

First Introduction: Chapter 4

Jane Parker, wife of George Boleyn, daughter of Henry Parker, Lord Morley; one of Anne Boleyn’s ladies-in-waiting, Countess of Wiltshire

First Introduction: Chapter 5

Thomas Cranmer, Cambridge scholar and early protégé of the Boleyns; Archbishop of Canterbury from 1532

First Introduction: Chapter 6

Margaret Butler, wife of Sir William Boleyn and grandmother of Anne Boleyn; daughter and co-heir of Thomas Butler, Earl of Ormond

First Introduction: Chapter 6

Hugh Latimer, one of Anne’s chaplains; later Bishop of Worcester

First Introduction: Chapter 6

Sir William Paulet, courtier and privy councillor, Master of the Wards, comptroller of the royal household from 1532

First Introduction: Chapter 7

Princess Mary, daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon

First Introduction: Chapter 7

Lady Anne Shelton (née Boleyn), Anne Boleyn’s aunt, mother of Mary and Margaret Shelton, custodian of Princess Mary

First Introduction: Chapter 7

Sir Thomas Boleyn, son of Sir William Boleyn and Margaret Butler; father of Anne Boleyn; later Viscount Rochford, Earl of Wiltshire, Lord Privy Seal

First Introduction: Chapter 8

Thomas Cromwell, self-trained lawyer and servant of Wolsey; parliamentary manager, Master of the Jewels and principal secretary to Henry VIII; later Vicar-general and Lord Privy Seal

First Introduction: Chapter 12

William Cavendish, gentleman-usher to Wolsey

First Introduction: Chapter 12

Lorenzo Campeggi, Cardinal and papal legate

First Introduction: Chapter 12

John Husee, court agent to Viscount and Lady Lisle

First Introduction: Chapter 12

Margaret Lee, Thomas Wyatt’s sister and mother of Elizabeth I’s Queen’s Champion, Sir Henry Lee

First Introduction: Chapter 12

Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond, Duke of Somerset, Earl of Nottingham; illegitimate son of Henry VIII by Elizabeth Blount; married Mary Howard

First Introduction: Chapter 12

Sir Nicholas Carew, gentleman of the privy chamber, diplomat, supporter of Princess Mary; brother-in-law to Sir Francis Bryan

First Introduction: Chapter 12

Anne Stanhope, wife of Edward Seymour

First Introduction: Chapter 12

Dr William Butts, royal physician

First Introduction: Chapter 15

Margaret Gamage, gentlewoman; later married Lord William Howard as his second wife

First Introduction: Chapter 18

Mary/Margaret Shelton, Anne’s cousin, gentlewoman, contributor to the Devonshire Manuscript

First Introduction: Chapter 18

Lord Thomas Howard, lover of Margaret Douglas; a leading contributor to the Devonshire Manuscript; younger brother of Lord William Howard; stepbrother of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

First Introduction: Chapter 18

Elizabeth "Bess" Harvey, gentlewoman, Henry VIII's mistress

First Introduction: Chapter 19

Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn; married (1) William Carey; (2) William Stafford

First Introduction: Chapter 19

Thomas Grey, Yeoman of the Bottles

First Introduction: Chapter 21

Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk; married (1) Anne Browne, daughter of Sir Anthony Browne; (2) Henry VIII’s younger sister Mary, widow of Louis XII; (3) Lady Katherine Willoughby

First Introduction: Chapter 22

Philippe Chabot, Seigneur de Brion, Admiral of France

First Introduction: Chapter 24

Catherine Carey, daughter of Mary Boleyn

First Introduction: Chapter 24

Philip Calthorpe, vice-chamberlain to the Princess Mary, husband of Jane Calthorpe, sister of Thomas Boleyn

First Introduction: Chapter 27

Elizabeth de Vere, Dowager Countess of Oxford

First Introduction: Chapter 27

Sir Francis Bryan, cousin of Anne Boleyn, gentleman of the privy chamber and diplomat; later known as the ‘Vicar of Hell'

First Introduction: Chapter 27

Henry (or Harry) Algernon Percy, eldest son of 5th Duke of Northumberland; 6th Earl of Northumberland from 1527

First Introduction: Chapter 28

Gertrude Blount, second wife of Henry Courtenay; close friend and lady-in waiting to Katherine of Aragon

First Introduction: Chapter 28

Elizabeth Carew, gentlewoman, sister of Francis Bryan, wife of Nicholas Carew, supporter of Princess Mary

First Introduction: Chapter 28

Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Anne Boleyn’s uncle, brother of her mother Elizabeth Howard

First Introduction: Chapter 28

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, former governess to Princess Mary

First Introduction: Chapter 30

Edward Neville, cousin to Henry VIII, supporter of the Princess Mary

First Introduction: Chapter 32

[agentark]

losing my fucking mind because I finally got an interview with a company and they sent me a take home assessment that REQUIRES me to use AI

[punctuation-completionist]

quick question: do you also consider more rare/obscure punctuation marks (e.g. ¿¡‽†«»[{}])? and i actually have another question, sorry--do you differentiate between m-dashes, n-dashes and hyphens? because i personally barely know the difference between them; but then again, i would assume you're more knowledgeable on these things, seeing as how you are the "punctuation-completionist"*!

* although i guess technically you aren't even the actual completionist in these scenarios. you're just checking whether or not other people are completionist... (< hang on, final question: is an ellipsis a separate punctuation mark? or is it just a bunch of periods?)

. ? ! , : ; ' " - ... [ ] { } ( ) / <

18/22

bonus:

* † ¡ ¿ ‽

5/21

guillemet bonus! («») +2

Well, I'm sure that answers most of your questions... but, to put it out in plain writing: I absolutely count ellipses as their own thing, I do count more obscure punctuation (though through the bonus list or similar methods), and I count em dashes, en dashes, and hyphens as separate (though only if the actual symbol is in the post; for example -- would count as a hyphen but — is an em dash since it's just easier for me).

Also! if you want to know the difference between the dashes, I've got you covered! I made a post explaining the difference a couple years back:

[caterpillarinacave]

hello everyone and welcome to "netiquette with Jedediah"

[hmslusitania]

heyyyyyy (gayly) are you aware that everyone on twitter is constantly raving about leave the light on? I know you're not on there (or you don't have it linked idk) but I feel like you should know how beloved it is, I've seen like four people today alone talking about it 😭 I was wondering how you feel about inspired by fics? I have a buck/bobby scene from just after Eddie gets back that's bouncing around my brain that I'd love to write if you'd be okay with it?

You're correct I'm not on twitter lol

But yes, I was informed by the utterly shocking kudos email from AO3 this morning that Something was afoot, thank you for letting me know it was twitter!

My only opinion about "inspired by" fics or podfics or translations or any other adaptations of any of my fics is that so long as they make good use of AO3's built in systems to link back to the original fic, they're all absolutely solid! It's lovely to know that anything I wrote entered back into the creative cycle in such a way as to inspire someone else to write, too.

I hope you have a lovely day!

[javier-pena]

watching the pitt during my lunch break to relax because my work is so stressful 😮‍💨

[brains-out-rn]

I don't like debating much(unless necessary for the sake of my own humanity) but sometimes it can be really Really fun specifically if it's about something that has absolutely no real weight to it(and yet if you were a spectator it might cause some concern for whatever reason)

for example: would you rather be threatened(physically mentally or emotionally take your pick) by a can of corn or a cob of corn?

Me personally I'd pick cob for a few reasons

1. I can outlast it(probably)

Fresh corn will eventually rot and decay but have you seen how long canned stuff can last unopened before it looks slightly different from new stuff??

2. Cans are made of metal not vegetable flesh

While a corn cob has its core that's not metal. Ever dropped a can? Might get a dent. If you have a good kick then you might survive but you will probably hurt your foot. Ever dropped corn? If it had it outer leaves and hair it might have stood a chance but if it didn't then bits of corn go everywhere

3. Actually fighting if needed

I feel like I could survive a fight with a sentient can but a sentient cob just seems less likely to hurt

However there are some things might change my decision

Like issue one which is how the corn moves because if the cob is fresh with hair and leaves and can move all the little hairs individually and can move the leaves then I'd probably choose the can because at that point I feel like it's less of "how would i survive with the least amount of bruising" and more of "how would I rather die but with a chance of surviving" and in my opinion i think blunt force trauma would be better then a slow death of strangulation via a sentient corns hair plus I do think I'd have a chance against a can of corn

Another issue is if it was mentally or emotionally I'd probably go with the can bc I feel like it would be easier for to rationalize it as ridiculous to be threatened by a can of corn then a cob for some reason

Like a cob is ridiculous to the point that I'd just accept it as making sense for that to happen?

a can is like "why am I listening to the can of corn. I literally own a can opener." But a cob is more like "if I were to try and deal with you in the traditional way of dealing with corn that would mean a pot and water and time and-"

Plus idk why but I feel like a cob would be less mean with its words. I can't explain it I just think cob would just go straight to physical threats instead of emotional ones but a can would stare at you menacingly making you question yourself and just judging you

[elijahfalvey]

TASK 005 — LET'S GET PHYSICAL.

HEIGHT: 6'3''.

AVERAGE WEIGHT: ~185lbs.

BODY TYPE: Muscular and athletic.

BODY TEMPERATURE: Runs slightly warm.

EYE COLOR: Dark brown.

EYESIGHT: Early signs of presbyopia.

HAIR COLOR: Dark brown, nearly black.

HAIR TEXTURE: 2c curls ( inspo ).

HAIR STYLE: Tighter kept sides and length on top ( inspo, inspo, inspo ).

FACIAL HAIR: Anywhere between a fuller beard and light stubble, never clean shaven. Mostly matching the color of his hair except for the patch of gray beginning to spread near his chin ( inspo, inspo ).

PROMINENT SCARS: One underneath his chin, about an inch in length, from when he tripped over a bundle of wires on stage and fell into his plugged-in keyboard intensely enough to require stitches ( inspo ).

SKIN TONE: Fair with warm undertones.

FRECKLES: Prominent along his entire body, most noticeable on his face and chest ( inspo, inspo ).

MOLES: Two on his right cheek and one on his forehead ( inspo ).

BIRTHMARKS: None.

TATTOOS:

— A cluster of amethyst crystals on the back of his left forearm, matching with the rest of the band ( inspo ). — A daffodil outline on the inside of his right bicep, Wales' flower ( inspo ). — A scorpion tattoo on his lower right thigh, usually hidden by his pants ( inspo ). — The 'birds of Rhiannon' on the outside of his left bicep ( inspo ). — Future tattoo plans include: A Fleetwood Mac inspired piece, something similar to the birds for Hattie to continue his sleeve, a note written in his father's handwriting, touching up his amethyst crystals . . .

PIERCINGS: None.

DOMINATING HAND: Ambidextrous, favoring his left.

ACCENT: Welsh English.

STYLE: Typically very plain. Business casual at work, but favoring garments like t-shirts / long-sleeves and sweatpants while at home. A regular day out running errands would warrant jeans in replacement of the sweatpants, or he'd also throw a button-up on top. There's no real rhyme or reason for any of his clothing, it's all just a mix-matched collection of things he's been given over the years ( inspo, inspo, inspo — work ) ( inspo, inspo, inspo — home ) ( inspo, inspo, inspo — causal ).

ACCESSORIES: A gold Rhiannon necklace from Awe Inspired, matching with Nilay — and eventually Rhia, when she's old enough to wear her pendant; it's slightly chipped and frosted thanks to the fact he's hardly taken it off in the past two years since he bought it ( inspo ). Other than that, he typically doesn't wear jewelry. He'll wear a baseball cap if he doesn't want to deal with his hair ( inspo ), and glasses when he works ( inspo ).

SHOE SIZE: 13 US.

[whentherewerebicycles]

this is a very dumb headline for what is actually a nice little meditation on the value of writing. nothing especially groundbreaking here esp for people who are already anti-generative AI in education but i want to save it as it might be interesting to teach a piece like this alongside a more pro-AI piece sometime.

[racke7]

Exam hit me with two concept that I've literally never heard of (or at least never been explained to me).

"semantic html" -> the <> with things like "img" and other clearly-defined content to them.

"dependency injection" -> a method that receives objects, instead of creating them from scratch (aka, literally how all of our programming is done).

Thankfully, they only amount to 15% of the exam-result, so hopefully I'll still pass?

[swirlymark]

how do you think wesker reacts to karl's knock-off magneto powers?

Honestly I feel like at first he’d be surprised, but also curious of how much he can really do with his powers. If it was past wesker he definitely would’ve wanted to run some crazy experiment on him. However past re5> (au) wesker would feel a sense of comfort being around another bio weapon like himself after hiding for over a decade. Plus he’d get him to use his powers for dumb stuff like fixing his truck/plumbing/etc. On the other hand, Karl’s reaction to wesker’s uroboros powers (works like dbd) he’d be immediately creeped out/disgusted but tries not to show it

[crunchymayo]

i'm doing it againnnnnnn every single time i get far into a minecraft world i get bored of playing it and just wanna start a new one and when i started my last world i said i was gonna really commit to fighting all the bosses and getting all the achievements and doing all the big stuff i've never done before and i fought the dragon and now i'm getting bored of it. telling myself "oh i'll just start a new world to play for a bit then i'll go back to my main one" but that's the devil speaking cause the last time i did that i completely abandoned the world i'd spent a lot of time on and just ended up deleting it after like a year of not playing AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN

[snailsandstrawberries]

going insane (again) i have an exam in three days and i wanted to start studying and i went through everything we need to know in an hour. AN HOUR. pathetic excuse of a class holy shit

[loumauve]

the little girl at the bus stop just had the most enthusiastic, info-dump-y of rambles about how the bus that's coming is "literally the best bus" bc it's apparently bigger than the others which you "can see from its shape" and how great this bus ride is going to be

[randomnameless]

@zeroabyss replied to your post “@zeroabyss replied to your post “Since I'm...”:

Yes dead. Rhea wouldn’t have given up the chase otherwise, nor is she implied to have dedicated any military force to finding him at any point innthe current days. We know they were eventually called the 10 Elites because Nemesis and the rest pretended Maurice was dead the moment he became a Beast and disappeared, and History likewise remembered it as only ten. Nothing in the game suggests Rhea thought Maurice was still out there, and she absolutely would not have let him live if she knew he was around due to knowing she made sure to hunt down the other ten.

​Bear in mind in Nopes Maurice being part of the Elites is documented, and they later became the 10 Elites (rather than 10+1) because of the "curse" associated to that Crest.

The same book suggests Maurice became "unhinged" after a battle in Gronder - so before Tailtean?

Rhea hunting the Elites is, imo, fueled by both vengeance/retribution but also by the wish to recover whatever was left of her siblings - Maurice "slained" a Holy Warrior and was still hoarding Blutgang - Rhea wants to recover relics (it's the reason behind Constance and Yuri's paralogue in FE16 and it's mentionned in Balthus'!).

Imo, even if Maurice died in a ditch, Rhea would have wanted to "recover" the relic.

So, in a way, the hunt for Maurice should have been both a hunt to rekt him - if he was alive - and a hunt to recover what was left of Bob - the Nabatean who became Blutgang.

Now, in the modern times, we know there are rumours and legends about a demonic beast in Mircea's forest, I can't fathom Rhea/the CoS not knowing a thing about it (hell, why weren't they asked to deal with this issue?) so why wasn't she taking care of him?

As Rhea the Archbishop, maybe she mellowed a bit and adopts a more "reaction" approach, if a relic pops up she will acquire it, but she won't send her people look behind every rock and box if there's a relic inside.

But as Seiros the Warrior? The same Seiros who went to war and spent around 100 years to hunt Nemesis? Who continued to hunt the Elites after Nemesis' death? This Seiros would have let Maurice escape or Bob remain in the ditch Maurice died in (if Maurice died)?

I can't see it - unless there is some event that makes her drop the "Warrior" persona and adopt her more passive "Archbishop" persona - which is what this headcanon (lycaon's death) tried to explain :

Seiros the Warrior is so gung-ho on avenging her dead siblings and "recovering" them that she cannot protect the future (Lycaon's supposed golden rule and the happily ever after ending post WoH!) and the present (Lycaon as a person? Especially if he was her kid!), so Archbishop Rhea (and her many names!) will try to oversee the present - if there is a relic around she'll recover it but she won't exclusively focus on it and won't spare attention to Momo when there are people who currently need her help right now (just like relics though, if there is an opportunity or occasion where Archbishop Rhea can face Momo or meet him, he's dead meat) - and the future - her rez Sothis plan.