#Axiom-1

[lonestarflight]

"Axiom-1 (Ax-1) Liftoff

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:17 a.m. EST on April 8, 2022, on Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1). Commander Michael López-Alegría of Spain and the United States, Pilot Larry Connor of the United States, and Mission Specialists Eytan Stibbe of Israel, and Mark Pathy of Canada are aboard the flight to the International Space Station. The Ax-1 mission is the first private astronaut mission to the space station."

NASA ID: KSC-20220408PH-KLS01_0031

Date: April 8, 2022

[codypunk]

fraxiom friday

[kalinara]

(Fall of the House of X #3)

This set of panels has two of my favorite things:

Cyclops showing off his ability to navigate and maneuver without sight, even in the most dire circumstances.

Cyclops being able to find common ground and make an alliance with a former enemy for the greater good.

Possibly three 3. Having enough weird sexy mojo to get a lady who hates him entirely to save his life and follow him into a sewer.

[th3-pup-3v3r]

I'm sobbing and screaming and throwing up. Where are you, Axiom's End/Noumena series by Lindsay Ellis fans...?? I NEED TO BE IN THE FANDOM BUT I CAN'T FIND IT!! Augh.

[corntort]

i animated it

[kyouka-supremacy]

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[yunalai]

GET TO KNOW ME: TOP 10 MOVIES

━━━ list your top 10 favorite movies and tag friends to do the same

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Nope (2022)

Treasure Planet (2002)

Ready or Not (2019)

Brother Bear (2003)

Finding Nemo (2003)

Devil's Rejects (2005)

Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey (2020)

A Knight's Tale (2001)

tagged by: @mxldito (stanky)

tagging: @axewhirl @noxianwill @ionianwanderer @agonizedembrace

[twohundredheroicaxioms]

One: First, do good.

[annemarieyeretzian]

orym pushing fearne and fresh cut grass back behind him and holding his shield over them

[l-cereta]

Interestingly, though, (and extremely specific to this example! This is probably where op's friend's husband got it from) in a study by Haidt, Koller, and Dias in 1993 (Affect, culture, and morality, or is it wrong to eat your dog?), they interview Americans and Brazillians on this exact question — and found that despite their being no harm against others in the act, AND despite participants directly stating themselves that no one was harmed... "participants still usually said the actions were wrong, and universally wrong. They frequently made statements such as, 'It's just wrong to have sex with a chicken'" (my emphasis). Eight years later, Haidt would go on to argue in a seminal paper in the field of descriptive ethics (i.e. "What do people actually do?" as opposed to "What should people do?") that people form moral positions due to knee-jerk reactions and then justify their positions after the fact, as opposed to trying to privately reason things out and then come to a conclusion. I'm not a fan of the so-called 'Wisdom of Repugnance' any more than the next tranny, but the reason that it got spread around so much is that it's how we — for better and often for worse! — actually think.

This is a sort of different tangent than what @jurph is on (and for that conversation all I'll voice is a skepticism that moral thought, or really anything, can be broken down into neat categories as the Wikipedia article seems to suggest — seems like Haidt also had a hand in that, oh well, can't win 'em all) but I think the crucial point is that this isn't something that conservatives uniquely do. In Haidt's later 2001 paper, he mentions another study earlier that year where they "found the same thing when they interviewed conservatives and liberals about sexual morality issues" (my emphasis). Whether using a dead chicken like a fleshlight actually harms someone matters a lot less in the actual judgement-making than whether it feels wrong: "affective reactions were good predictors of judgement, whereas perceptions of harmfulness were not."

I'm very sympathetic about these "should" statements. For example, we shouldn't judge people based on unfair first impressions — but we do, and we probably always will (take, for instance, this 1972 study indicating that a person looking attractive leads other people to think they're also kind and of good character). Morals shouldn't play into our sex lives, but they do, and it's not just the conservative boogeymen who do this. Everyone does. Instead of shaming someone who's behaving in the default manner for every human on earth, talk to them like a real person! Haidt writes about a phenomenon called 'attitude alignment,' where there's "a constant pressure towards agreement if two parties [in a conversation are] friends and a constant pressure against agreement if the two parties [dislike] each other." By speaking harshly, you're lessening your odds for agreement!

Oh my god. I need to share another story of my new friend making today. So my friends husband says, very casually, as we’re about to leave for the ren faire, “Yeah, it’s like my story about fucking a chicken.”

And of the four people present I was the only one who was shocked. The others all nodded as if to say, yes yes, we know, the chicken fucking.

So he explained, when a progressive person is analyzing a behavior they will typically use the metric, Harm/No Harm. They may not like things in the No Harm category but they wouldn’t object.

Conversely, a more conservative mindset used something like eight metrics. Authority/No Authority Moral/Not Moral, things like that.

So, he posited if you want to sound out someone’s mindset (and you’re willing to live with the repercussions) you can ask: if a man buys a dead chicken from the store, cleans it thoroughly, then fucks it, and then eats it himself…?

I listened in dawning horror, both rapt and disgusted. But into the growing pause I whispered, “No harm…” because it really has no effect on me or anyone else if a man fucks a dead chicken. I don’t like it, I think he’s a weird dude, but like. That’s his dick. But a more conservative person will hear that and object on moral grounds despite not being harmed.

It’s been haunting me all day, so please enjoy.

[wannaliveattheholidayinn]

nils ortega when i catch you. when i catch you nils ortega. nils ortega when i catch you

[bauerntanz]

Die Bielefeld-Verschwörung

Seit 30 Jahren hegen viele Deutsche Zweifel an der Existenz von ... Bielefeld. Achim Held ist schuld. Der Informatiker aus Kiel erfand die Verschwörungstheorie. 1994 hatte er mit dem Spruch: "Bielefeld gibt es doch gar nicht!" die sog Bielefeld-Verschwörung kreiert.

Seit 30 Jahren hegen viele Deutsche ernsthafte Zweifel an der Existenz von … Bielefeld. Achim Held ist schuld. Der Informatiker aus Kiel erfand eine Verschwörungstheorie und ließ die Stadt verschwinden. 1994 hatte der Mann mit dem Spruch: “Bielefeld gibt es doch gar nicht!” die sogenannte Bielefeld-Verschwörung kreiert. Und dann war er vom Erfolg seiner Satire total überrascht. 2019 hatte die…

[th3-pup-3v3r]

Axioms End Ampersand…. Save me Axioms end ampersand….. Save me!!!

[genquerdeer]

The only distinction that would make sense is that Vania is for game with focus on RPG elements (i.e. numerical statistics that you increment by playing and not just by exploration) and Metroid is for gamnes that don't.

Because let's face it, "Metroidvania" is not actually named after Metroid and Castlevania - it's named specifically after Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. And SotN being an action RPG is easily it's largest difference from SM.

do you prefer the metroid or vania side of metroidvania

I don't think it's useful to taxonomise them that way. I've never seen anyone produce a definition of what the distinction between "metroid" and "vania" is that didn't end up with at least one actual Metroid or Castlevania game on the "wrong" side of the dividing line, much less one that could fruitfully be applied to the genre as a whole.

[aethon-recs]

Tomarrymort Starter Pack: 10 Recs for Getting Started in Tomarrymort

I've compiled a list of 10 medium to longfic recs that I think represent a great on-ramp to the Tomarrymort ship, as inspired by @sitp-recs’ Drarry for Beginners rec list. These are the fics that I would use to on-board people to the ship — gorgeous writing, superb characterization, and just as enjoyable on the first read as the 20th reread. 

As always, I am stunned by the talent in this ship! I tried to pick a good mix of different themes/tropes/settings, with a focus on elements that make for a good introductory work: the characters are recognizable; the setting skews more recognizable; both characters in the ship are a meaningful part of the story; the ship is central to the story; and the fics are for the most part complete (or updated within the last year). 

(Standard rec list disclaimers apply: please mind all tags and warnings on AO3 before reading; this blog abides by the age-old fandom axiom of don’t like; don’t read; recs are in alphabetical order by title.)

This is Part 1 of a 3-part series — I also have an Intermediate reading list and Advanced reading list coming up for readers who have been with the ship for a longer time.

For now, please enjoy these 1.3 million words of absolutely brilliant Tomarrymort reads that I hope will keep you hooked until the very last word:

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Tomarrymort Starter Pack Recs

A Dangerous Game by @cybrid (E, 284k, WIP)

Setting: Canon Divergence – Book 5 Premise: If Tom’s diary horcrux gains a body at the end of Harry’s 5th year (instead of his 2nd), and then promptly kidnaps Harry and holds him captive over the summer. Lots of smut ensues. Why I rec it: The characterization is truly stunning — Tom Riddle is undoubtedly a psychopath — manipulative, thrill-seeking, kind of an irredeemable shithead — but he’s also dazzlingly charming when he chooses to be, someone whose presence Harry quickly grows addicted to. Their relationship can get incredibly toxic and fucked-up at times, but Harry has top-notch instincts and can hold his own against Tom. The plot is absolutely gripping, with the threat of (the main) Voldemort, who has set his sights on reclaiming his wayward horcrux, looming in the background. 

A Future Without a Face by @dividawrites (E, 115k, complete)

Setting: Time-Travel (1940s) Premise: If Harry travels back in time to Tom’s 5th year at Hogwarts, and Tom becomes obsessed with the new transfer student and wants nothing more than to possess him every way. Why I rec it: A 1940s time travel fic told entirely from Tom Riddle POV! Divida absolutely nails psychopath Tom — how he quickly gets singlemindedly focused on Harry, how the idea of possessing Harry consumes him, how he has no compunctions about doing completely fucked-up and destructive things to achieve his goals. There is so much tension between them from the start, so there’s not much of a wait to see some hot Harry & Tom action — and the conflict and tension only continues to build and build in dramatic fashion throughout the rest of the fic.

Either must die at the hand of the other by @metalomagnetic (E, 260k, complete)

Setting: Post-Canon Premise: If Voldemort survives the Battle of Hogwarts and is initially kept prisoner in Azkaban, until Harry takes him into Grimmauld Place under house arrest. Why I rec it: This fic is an incredible exploration of Voldemort at his most terrifying. Even if he starts off the fic with his magic temporarily blocked, he is no less powerful without his magic. The force of his personality is powerful enough for him to chip away at Harry’s initial resistance — @metalomagnetic manages to write one of the most charismatic, brilliantly manipulative, and psychologically devastating versions of Voldemort I’ve ever read. Harry ends up in a good place by the end of the fic, but the journey to get there is a roller-coaster of emotions that have permanently imprinted onto my soul.

In Somno Veritas by ladyoflilacs and @lordansketil (M, 158k, complete)

Setting: Canon Divergence – Book 6 Premise: If Harry starts appearing in Voldemort’s nightly dreams during Book 6, and Voldemort becomes obsessed with Harry after realizing he’s his horcrux. Why I rec it: This is one of the most unique fics I’ve ever read in this ship! Every scene is told in alternating POV between Harry’s POV and Voldemort’s POV, so you get to see how every scene unfolds from both of their perspectives. Voldemort is so intense and just as terrible as he is in canon, so his character is not at all sugarcoated, and Harry has so much compassion and heart and manages to fall in love with Voldemort anyway. The writing style is gorgeous, with richly detailed and emotionally-laden prose. Also, one thing that pleasantly surprised me is how funny their banter is! There were definitely a number of times where I laughed out loud in the middle of an otherwise really intense scene. Bonus content: also comes with a lovely sequel that made me melt.

Inevitabilities by @shadow-of-the-eclipse (T, 103k, complete)

Setting: Same-Age AU Premise: If Harry and Tom attend Hogwarts together and go traveling around the world after they graduate. A betrayal leads to their break-up, but after many years, Harry returns to find Tom in Britain, and the two of them are drawn back together again. Why I rec it: An excellent same-age AU with unhinged dark Harry and just-as-unhinged Tom. Their relationship starts out quite dark and twisted and unhealthy — and only devolves from there. The fic ends with the two of them as equals — utterly devoted to each other — but in an incredibly fucked-up way: “He loves Tom like a forest fire; wild and all-consuming, he wants to devour Tom, to claim him, to mark him, break him.” Isn’t that absolutely breathtaking?

love is touching souls (surely you touched mine) by @toast-ranger-to-a-stranger (M, 34k, complete)

Setting: Time-Travel (1940s) Premise: If Harry gets thrown back into the mid-1940s and meets Tom Riddle as a young man just graduated from Hogwarts working at Borgin and Burkes. Why I rec it: When Harry accidentally travels back in time and chances upon Tom Riddle as a fresh graduate, he realizes this is his chance to make a difference. While Harry is only in the past for a brief interlude, he leaves enough of an impression to change the trajectory of Tom’s life. The dynamic between Harry and Tom is rife with tension and witty dialogue, and the story is set during Christmastime, which lends a very festive and heartwarming atmosphere for falling in love with each other.

No Glory by @obsidianpen (E, 254k, WIP)

Setting: Voldemort Wins AU  Premise: If Voldemort figures out Harry is his horcrux when Harry surrenders in the Forbidden Forest, and decides to keep Harry instead of killing him.  Why I rec it: This fic showcases the absolute, terrifying genius side of Voldemort, in a universe where he wins the war and captures Harry at the end of book 7. I am stunned at how skillfully @obsidianpen portrays Voldemort as a brilliant political strategist — the courtroom scene where he manipulates the story and the audience so well stands out as a top 10 fanfic moment in my mind. Harry and Voldemort’s relationship is chilling from the very start, and grows even more unhealthy as Voldemort gets addicted to Harry’s touch due to the presence of the horcrux, but Harry later learns to turn that to his advantage.

The Fire, Burning by @parsimmony (E, 35k, complete)

Setting: Canon Divergence – Book 6 Premise: If Voldemort discovers Harry is his horcrux after Book 6, and kidnaps him to keep him captive by his side in his bed, inside of a lovely greenhouse setting full of friendly snakes on the grounds of Malfoy Manor. Why I rec it: The prose!! I am swooning over the prose! Harry is Voldemort’s captive in this fic, but he is so much more than that — and the emotions that gradually blossom between them have so much richness and depth and are utterly moving that I’m still drowning in the depths of intimacy that were portrayed. Their relationship unfolds in such a gorgeous and unrushed way, and the setting is so unique too — a lush and overgrown greenhouse that’s exploding with exotic plants and friendly snakes around every corner that imbues the fic with a very romantic, dreamy quality.

the pleasure, the privilege by @being-luminous (M, 20k, complete)

Setting: Canon Divergence – Book 6 Premise: If Voldemort is doused with Amortentia keyed to Harry, and starts sending Harry bizarre and gruesome courting gifts, like the bodies of the Dursleys.  Why I rec it: Breathtaking prose! Voldemort somehow ends up more terrifying when he’s trying to woo Harry than when he’s trying to kill him. Every single sentence had me on the edge of my seat, as Voldemort’s ‘gifts’ become more elaborate and devastatingly dramatic, until Harry basically has no choice but to respond to his overtures. The ending is incredibly clever in how it parallels certain plot elements of book 6, with an added Harrymort twist. 

The Untouchable by @treacleteacups (M, 75k, complete)

Setting: Canon Rewrite (Books 1-7) Premise: If Harry starts out his first year a little bit more suspicious and a little less wide-eyed and guileless, and subsequently gets sorted into Slytherin. He has many of the same encounters with Voldemort along the way as he does in canon, but his interactions with Voldemort will end up leading him down quite a different path. Why I rec it: A snappy, fast-paced full canon rewrite that still manages to fit in all the essential Tomarrymort plot points, between Horcruxes and Hallows and the major events of books 1-7, in a compact 75k words that doesn’t at all feel rushed. It’s a delightful journey following Harry’s character evolution from an overlooked, peculiar child who relies on wishy-washy wish magic to a confident (and still endearingly peculiar) young man who can challenge and hold his own against the great Lord Voldemort. Voldemort’s obsession with Harry deepens with every encounter that they have, as he finds ways to continually insinuate himself in Harry’s life and his mind and his dreams.

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[sexhaver]

for over a decade now i've been reading snarky asides and lengthy effortposts alike about how the latest Fromsoft game du jour is ableist - not on a narrative level, but a game design one.

the most common argument put forth by these poasts is that the game only has one difficulty, Really Fucking Hard, which excludes those who physically can't keep up with the button presses the game demands. i really wish we covered topics like this in high school debate class because there are so many different angles to attack that argument from: listing the ways the games let you choose your own difficulty (co-op, spirit summons, magic builds, cheese strats), questioning whether the unspoken axiom of "everyone should be able to experience every video game ever made and if they can't then that means the developer is ableist" actually holds water, pointing out that putting the onus of modifying a game's difficulty squarely on developers is somewhat unreasonable and also less effective than just teaching disabled gamers how to use Cheat Engine to tailor difficulties to their taste regardless of developer cooperation, discussing how the difficulty of the game is part of the intended experience/metanarrative and compromising on that difficulty could cheapen the statement the developer is trying to make, etc. etc.

and then there is the second argument, thankfully less common these days, that Fromsoft games are ableist because they don't let you pause. which can be defused with a 1-2 punch of "why is that specifically ableist?" true comboing into "also you know you can literally pause in most Fromsoft games, right? including Elden Ring?"