#Convergence Problems

[mightymur]

[ISBW] From Patent Memos to Nebula Nods with Wole Talabi

S20 Ep13: In Which Mur Attends Wole Talabi’s Creative Alchemy Transcript   “The primary driver of my sense of success is, ‘do I feel happy with what I’ve done?'” – Wole Talabi Mur chats with Wole Talabi, an engineer turned author (but still engineer). They discuss the Schrodinger’s Cat of publishing, the thrill of rewriting old stories for new audiences, and the joy of challenging the norms of…

[allbookedupblogstuff]

Convergence Problems by Wole Talabi

Source: NetGalley – Thank you to the publisher!TL;DR: A strong and varied collection of African centered SF stories exploring technology and it’s connections in our lives. Plot: These vary in link but all look at the intersection of technology and our livesCharacters: A good mix here, they weren’t the strongest voices but a solid mix.Setting: While these take place in space and on earth they all…

[aipurjopa]

New unstable video dropped, more lives were changed, the usual.

[marsreds]

demons in sousou no frieren:

we do not understand human emotions, we do not feel them, to us it's all a game and even when we try it will inevitably lead to death, destruction and human suffering

also demons in sousou no frieren:

[deusvervewrites]

CE x Inhumans x Problem Children x Mahoudoria x Hagakure for All: Toru Hagakure's life started with her being a regular, non-sapient fox and went on to make her the most interesting person in any room she's currently occupying.

What a journey

[workingforitallthetime]

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[vaalthus]

Convergence Part 2 (spoilers)

Let's get into it.

Honestly, I fell in love with this full synchronization animation alone and I can see from the quality, as well as everything that comes after, is the reason why the release had to be delayed.

Truth be told, prior to this release, I was expecting Jaania's fully synchronized form to be quite the visual abomination. What with her soul being in tatters and the circumstances regarding Hesperrhodos' creation. So imagine my surprise to find a certain level of beauty in this form and it's one that perfectly encapsulates Jaania's character.

The way I see it, if Uaanta's transformation was the last stand of a hero offering up all her devotion and faith to her gods through her body and Remthalas' transformation was that of an eldritch monstrosity puppeteering its slave, then Jaania's transformation is that of a scarred woman, hence her face scar being highlighted in the transition, frantically control the order of the very world itself. Her many hands meant either guide or cut away whatever she deems fit in her eternal era of perfection.

I like how in spite of the noble intentions that's clearly driving her, these few lines really reveal the egotism that's mixed up in her reasoning. It's "her" perfect world we stand in the way in and it's our fault for wanting to stop her from a plan that could doom the very world she wants so desperately to protect. And that is reason enough determine that we don't have a future worth preserving.

I love how Draco tried to pull the same little attack on Jaania that they did to Voyna, but she just doesn't even react to it. Never change little fella.

The entire boss fight that ensues after this is truly something. Very thematically fitting in terms of Jaania's character while also somehow managing to be a step up above even the last one in part one. I'd say in spite of it being elevated to the complexity of the Inn at the Edge of Time, it still felt pretty manageable even as a Chaosweaver, so I get the thrill of kicking Jaania's butt as a weaver twice.

In addition, I feel like a lot of the pop up text and status effects that Jaania has, or gives, really cement my thoughts in that she is rather similar to Notha's character, but unlike Notha, who existed on the side of Doom/Chaos, Jaania is the epitome of Order and Destiny. Which makes her vision for Lore all the more terrifying when she shows us what a world of perfect order looks like to her because it's a complete nightmare for the Hero.

A frozen stagnant world, forever kept in stasis. One that keeps everyone from ever being hurt again but one that also keeps people from growing as they should in this world.

Fortunately, we once again prove we are more than a match for Jaania rejecting her delusion of control.

And honestly, this just as much of the sorry sight I expected to be. All that time and effort she put into the Rose, to trying, in her very misguided way, to protect everyone and everything and it's all down the drain. Her hair is almost completely white now, meaning her soul is on the very brink and the people that were sacrificed along the way have essentially been wasted.

One of these days I would like to take a further look into how the Hero views, well, heroism and how they've struggled with because it's an interesting sight.

I'm not sure what comes next for Jaania at this moment. She didn't die in her fight but it's clear her soul is not in good condition anymore. Even if she survives the trek back to surface, the Magesterium made it pretty clear they wanted her in their custody for judgement. Not only that, the judgement that remains back home in Greenguard for her actions and that of the Rose. Even if she's kept from any harsh punishment, where does she go from here? Will she sit in a wallow in misery? Try to atone for what she's done, provided she can be made to see the error of her ways? Perhaps Kara could help with that but beyond that I'm not sure what lies ahead for Jaania but I'm curious as to what comes next. I am satisfied with this conclusion.

However, there's that one little wrinkle to deal with.

THIS BUTTHEAD IS STILL BREATHING AND ABOUT TO DO THE THING!!!

....AND HE'S JACKED. I mean seriously I know the experiments made him strong as hell but good lord! I suppose it makes sense it would end this way though as our band, and even the hero, has no means of actually subduing or harming Akanthus and so it's a race to ensuring that bomb does not go off in the Mana Core as there is still no telling what it might do to the Core though my guess is still that it might corrupt it with doom energy.

As for Akanthus himself, I'm not sure. It's starting to feel like he might actually just straight up and try and bathe in the core itself to connect with it at this point. Either way, this is ending in a titan fight. >:)

We are soon to reach the end of this saga Loreians. Get ready.

[storytellering]

got completely blindsided by tomorrow being valentine's and the art idea i had planned for it (literally completely forgot LMAO) so sorry bc i meant to sandwich a vandermarston post between morston mondays but it looks like it's just gonna be a hell of a lot more morston WHOOPS

[amatres]

sometimes i remember that aurora's only surviving sister that she has met so far had only brought up her plan of using the reincarnation spell to escape the curse on their family after aurora asked her if she thought they had 'done this all before' and that she didn't put it past their aunt to have been cruel enough to have done the same thing to them more than once

[touchmycoat]

Scum Villain’s Survival Guide where it’s Shen Jiu as the transmigrator. SJ gets tracked into this “Make The Target Happy!” mission system and is so resentful that at the end of every success he pulls the plug and ruins his target’s life, and it’s not technically against the rules is it? But now he’s gotta go back and right all his wrongs—there’s the demon lord he betrayed and killed, the war hero who thinks he’s an alien agent who betrayed humanity, etc. etc. At the end of the day it’s all about growth—he panics at the thought that he’s responsible for another person’s happiness so he’d rather crush it himself. Righting every wrong involves actually baring a part of himself and it’s mortifying and horrifying to let someone else choose to love him.

[rjalker]

Why can I see better without my glasses if I close one eye.

Edit: it's called "convergence insufficiency", where your eyes try to drift to the sides when you're trying to focus on something close to you.

Like for instance a phone screen you have to hold up to your face because you have your glasses off and can't see more than five inches away

[earhartsease]

wow our eyes are fucked rn - we have a history of our left eye muscles getting drifty when we're tired or ill (it's an eds thing) but lately the right one has gone too and it's not just that we see double a lot - it's like ↙︎↗︎ [emojis for arrow pointing down and left, arrow pointing up and right] and a lot of the time our brain ends up closing our right eye out of a sense of self-preservation and yeah this is context for our post about not reading some long posts

anyway we're seeing (twice hah) the optician* next week to get referred to the orthoptist, but this being post-tory britain it could be months before we see them (also twice hah)

*that's brit for optometrist, if you even care

[petercushingscheekbones]

Guys seriously Merlin being on trending has forced me to revisit my most long lasting teenage, codependent, homoerotic friendship.

She is a big fan and now we are back to frequently chatting and fangirling over Merlin (mostly her). We are really back in 2011 huh?

[ccaptain]

I think that one of the saddest things about H:SR Kaeya is that he doesn't trust easily- yet he can't stop himself from doing so.

It's not easy to use and/or deceive him: he will analyze the person close to him and make accurate deductions about them to an uncomfortable degree, as he has a keen eye to spot the truth, as someone who's used to alter it. He wouldn't survive without having honed this side of him. 

He's not lonely by choice. Once somebody shows him a bit of empathy or their good side, his detached but polite manners start crumbling little by little, and if it's kept up it chips away at the chameleon-personality he shows to the world. You could be the worst scum in the world- but showing a more human and kind side to Kaeya will make you go a long way to obtain some sort of friendship with him. He'll try better to understand where this person is coming from, as he believes that people aren't strictly good or evil and there's always an explanation for anyone's actions.

There are many signs that he craves company, to the trained eye: the way the tension peaks in his body when hugged, only for him to melt into it a second after. how he indulges in whatever touch is offered him is one. Lulling him into a sense of companionship by slowly familiarizing him with friendly contact turns him curious, and bashful if the approach is borderline flirty and there's mutual interest involved.

A gentle shoulder touch with Kaeya, touching his arm or just making physical contact gets you an immensely longer way than simple words. 

Even in the worst cases, he'd rather give a shot than dwell on what-ifs: he has a long time to indulge in that. He'd rather drift in a friendship and see it die naturally than break it, because some of the moments spent with someone that has betrayed or harmed him were good.

He is, unfortunately, rather perplexed by how his mysterious ways attract people and that he can be genuinely liked without the involvement of either money or ways that the other person can employ him for.

[deusvervewrites]

Convergence Event AU x Royal Hive AU x Menagerie AU x Problem Children AU: Now, a bee, a moth and an (honorary) mosquito get into some real shenanigans in UA's Special Course. Along with everyone else, of course.

Uh oh

[ancientungulatefaerie]

hey mr orcboxer, i have good news and bad news.

the good news is that it's a regional dialect thing, not a generational thing, and roughly translates to "i've got a [gas-station] [sandwich]"

the bad news is OP is probably from new jersey

"I've got a Wawa hoagie." is not a real sentence, it's a gnome of a sentence.