#Dependent Suspension

[pddparthi]

Understanding Car Suspension System

Introduction Have you ever wondered how your car glides smoothly over potholes and bumpy roads, providing you with a comfortable ride? The answer lies in the suspension system, an essential component of any automobile. This system is designed to absorb shocks and maintain contact between the tires and the road surface, ensuring stability, safety, and comfort during your journey. In this…

[limelocked]

Guy who gets isekaied into an omegaverse world, it’s not even sexy

It’s a slice of life that opens every story with some form of “living in the background of some smut novel/an omegaverse reality/a BL book that swung too close to the sun is always [adjective related to the story at hand]” then he would continue with the weird shit that’s treated entirely normal like finding himself in the red light district and having to learn about secondary gender specific kink gear or he finds a Main Character TM having pheromone problems while shopping and has to debate if they have a partner and if helping here will be detrimental to future safety or run into a group of alpha teens that look like delinquents but they’re actually all just on edge and need very much to patrol this area around their one sick friend

This guy has the full suburban family and one of his uncles kids were just found out to be a secondary sex impossible for the parents to produce so there’s Drama and Gossip flying everywhere

[adragonthatwrites]

Dr. Shen's Log

Dr. Shen Jiu, Head of Research at Cang Qiong Facilities. Date; 27, 5, 2024.

Our meeting and examination of ‘Yue Qingyuan’ went largely without incident. As we agreed, the mer followed Alpherg towards the surface, and breached near one of our research vessels. Upon reaching the surface he approached the boat and examined it, before making an attempt to place his hands on the side of the deck to pull himself up; Dr. Shang was able to dissuade him.

He seemed curious about our researchers and equipment, bringing his face close to anyone who approached the side of the boat and flashing bioluminescent patterns across his face. Dr. Shang claims these to be friendly forms of greeting.

We were able to gather rudimentary data from the mer’s position alongside the vessel, though Dr. Shang was also able to convince the mer to make his way into a chamber near the base of the ship; ordinarily used for the storage and launching of pods and submarines but repurposed for our examination of ‘Yue Qingyuan’ during this mission of Project Pisces.

We were able to weigh the mer at approx. 10 tons, and measure him at a length of 28 feet, establishing him as a largest mer ever discovered. The rest of our findings will be documented in a more extensive report.

I will not be commenting on the incident, as that has already been compiled in the incident report.

End Log.

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[merpmonde]

Mishima Skywalk and the zip line with a view of Mount Fuji

I jokingly suggested a zip line over the Rhine in the tags of a previous post, but here's one that does exist: two zip lines, 300 and 260 metres in length, over a valley in the slopes on Mount Hakone.

It's one of the many fun activities on offer at Mishima Skywalk, along with segway tours, tree adventures... But first, one must cross the 400-metre suspension bridge, which is already not for the faintest of hearts...

The kicker is the view of Mount Fuji. On a good day, of course, the usual terms and conditions apply, and I had been unlucky previously when it came to seeing it. This seemed a better day than most, but not quite there...

Until I embarked on the return zip line. I turned around on the way up and saw Fuji-san as clear as can be. I didn't take my camera on the zip lines for fairly obvious safety reasons (and I should mention that my friend Megumi who kindly drove me to the Skywalk that day took the top picture), so what could I do but enjoy the breathtaking sight while gliding back to the start slope!

The clouds allowed this clear enough shot after crossing the bridge back to the entrance. Again: this view from a zip line. Not just a highlight of the trip, probably a lifetime highlight!

[ghostshipglamour]

Hypothetical shibari/ropeplay ideas you could hypothetically put boat guys in

Everything except actual sex under the cut

Feel free to take them-

Tie one of his legs to his chair until he finishes writing a set task. Just leave him there forced to work and wait for the rigger’s approval

Tired? Need help with keeping proper posture? What about a wearable chest harness with knots strategically placed along the spine, maybe even with an added small board to keep him straight, mmmh? It would barely be noticeable under all those layers anyways…

The mermaid leg tie. Like this one. -I just think it’s pretty-

Fisherman’s harness -also just really pretty-

Suspension play: there’s not much place for anchors in the cabin themselves- you have the base of the lamps, and the way the beams are set up in the show imply a gap in the corners where you can set up your columns.

Otherwise, everywhere they put up hammocks would have strong anchors already on- there’s a good chance new ones could be set in supporting beams

If you’re on a moving ship: a full suspension will make his weight shifts into the tied points- if there’s a lot of them, in a deep pressure gentle rocking way, but the fewer there are the more concentrated his weight will be, bringing it more in a « my limbs are being wrenched out of their sockets territory (also fun), and the location of the tension will switch up

If they’re on landlocked Terror: partial suspension with multiples uplines where he could keep part of his body on the floor, but would have to keep fighting against the angle of the ship to stay comfortable (ex: simple harness across the upper chest with one upline, folded leg tie with another upline tied to the same anchor leaving his other leg barely touching the ground)

Bonus: type of ropes

Cordage would have been mostly hemp ropes (from here) …. They probably wouldn’t have other options, but my heart says cotton rope too to give them more options (couldn’t find a reference for it)

Comparison from ropestudy:

The last, more farfetched but not impossible option would be coconut rope: very rough, considered a torture rope 🥰 they could have picked it up in Oahu or something. For reasons. The rigger would probably have to wear gloves that’s how abrasive it is

If they want to avoid rope burns and reduce bruises, they could do it on top of clothes- it would be pretty easy to cover up in any case with, again, all the layers they have on

[fluffypotatey]

I’m still laying in bed kind of woken from a ShadowPeach dream and like, there were a few things going on I can’t fully grasp enough to share, but there was this bit with Mac leaving to get a thing, maybe a key, and he finds it after smooth talking the villain of the mansion, and Wukong is like how’d you do that? And I’m watching this dream like “I don’t like how that villain was petting you like a cat, why are they so handsy with you” and then I realize that’s just canon. Villains are ALWAYS doing that like Mayor and Nine, or tying him up if you include LBD too. Or just regularly, like MK, his own powers, and possibly Wukong. How is he not claustrophobic yet. There was something with “I didn’t do that the wind pushed my tail onto yours.” Uh huh. And scrolling your blog got me thinking about Mac’s power core stealing theories again. The fact the chaos is part of the staff means it’s a part of MK. Because he went to the chaos? Because Nine cracked his little swirl egg? Is MK connected to the Warrior yet again because Macky stole his chaotic little egg power core that one time and all these events activated some dormant chaos magic they both have now?

antagonists sure do like getting handsy with Macky….i’m there’s nothing to be too worried about that pattern (<-being sarcastic)

there was a post i saw, forgot to reblog it but, it was about how despite fandom’s popularity in headcanoning Wukong as a serial dater, Macky is the actual guy between the two who’s got chemistry with majority of the lmk villains lmao

anyway, with all this newfound teasing about Macky’s alleged “deal”, it is very likely we may get some insight on his magical core and MK’s. lmk’s magic system isn’t really concrete (and in my opinion, calling it open is a little generous), nor has it truly been explained thoroughly. they just kinda do magical shit and hope we, the audience, ignore any technicalities behind it (not to mention, the lamp shading of “how did MK learn that? exactly?” which is a poke at stories of this genre) so i’m crossing my fingers on some explanation in the near future, season 6

even since s1, Macky’s been heavily associated with playing with magic (stealing MK’s core, the lantern artifact, somehow building a mech, knowledge of the Samadhi Fire), so lmk please, please, please give us some magic lore 🥺🥺🥺 do it to explain our emo monkey 🥺

[dork-a-doodle]

omg i love the prosthetic leg!!! really love when techno designs include the lack of foot from skyblock lore <3

EEEEEEEEE YESSSSSS!!!! It’s been one of my favorite details to add to him ever since I watched that video!!

[the-monkey-ruler]

I was reading The Monkey King's Daughter (you can read the whole book for an hour) and apparently the protagonist is also Guanyin's grandchild? Can Guanyin be shipped?

I mean I can’t say like what are like the moral implications of shipping GuanYin itself cause that is so not my place but I’m still going to answer this cause it kinda of interesting when it comes to modern media. First off saying that like I have never really seen romance done with GuanYin. At least in a serious way. But if I had to take a guess it can be seen as 'possible' as much as like shipping anyone in Chinese mythos, in that isn't really taken seriously at all. In a lot of modern fan spaces there are a variety of crack ships for more humorous or hypothetical situations like I have seen literally the Star of Venus shipped with Jade Emperor just cause. But I don't see much with buddhas or bodhisattvas in either post-modern media nor in fan spaces. At least that isn't Wukong or Sanzang since they are both Buddhas. And I have done a whole thing about how Wukong for decades wasn’t seen as a romantic figure until like there was a huge character reconstruction, but that isn’t usually the case for most characters.

I would say that the most mainstream instance I can think off the top of my head is The Lost Empire (2001) where it had the main character has a romantic plot with Gaunyin herself. Of course, that wasn't really a masterpiece within itself but this was considered like a 'bad choice' more so that it was just a very strange and awkward romance at that.

Funny enough I think I see more romantic for humor's sake on Guanyin in comic books or games as likes gags at most. Like in Westward comics (later a tv series) Guanyin has a celestial-turned-demon trying to pursue him that he always rejects. Another is more play for laughs but Guanyin in the Fei Ren Zai where people just don't know it's Guanyin and think she is so attractive.

I've seen some games that have Guanyin as like a pretty boy/girl but otherwise nothing even close to a romance plot. Those are more just for like aesthetics of making every character look overly attractive to sell it.

The best I can say is that is just kinda strange and a little strange personally but I can't say that it can be taken seriously. I mean Wukong is supposed to be a Buddha by the end of the novel, so if The Monkey King's Daughter has it that a buddha can have a daughter then there wouldn't be anything stopping the author from having a bodhisattva having kids.

[wanderingmind867]

Marvel had like three anthology books back in the day: Strange Tales, Tales of Suspense and Tales to Astonish. If i were ranking these three books from best to worst, i feel like i would go: Tales to Astonish, Strange Tales, Tales of Suspense. Tales to Astonish had Ant-Man/Giant-Man, Hulk and Namor. And all three of those characters are pretty good. I don't love the later giant-man stories, but i love the old ant-man ones. And hulk and namor seem like they'd have fun stories.

Strange Tales had the human torch, doctor strange and nick fury, agent of shield. Some of the early doctor strange stories got a little dull for me, but i didn't hate them. And i haven't read the human torch or nick fury stuff, but it seems like it'd be good. The human torch stuff seems like standard weird, silly silver age stuff. I mean, we get villians like asbestos man, for goodness' sales. And the Nick Fury stuff was spy fiction, which seems cool. Spy fiction seems like it'd be cool.

Takes of Suspense is the worst, solely because of the content of some of the stories (i think, at least). Takes of Suspense was for Iron Man and Captain America, and their stories aren't always the best. These two get all the cold war stuff. With characters like the Titanium Man, Crimson Dynamo, etc as villains, you begin noticing a pattern. I mean, he had good stories (and his supporting cast is nice), but the cold war stuff stands out. And the Captain America stories...well, i want to like them. But it's hard to get past his super soldier serum origins. And with stories like one where the red skull infiltrates a black power rally (no, they really did that), it gets a bit hard to want to read it. Not because the character is bad. But moreso because the writing seems bad.

[revenantlore]

Chapter one of Press Start is now officially available on ao3, for anyone who may be interested in reading it.

Shopping bag in one hand, lit cigarette in the other, Rem rounds the back of the convenience store and comes to an immediate stop. His eyes narrow on the dumpster, where the cashier from Blockbuster balances on an overturned box dark with stains, and leans into the dumpster. He disappears half over the rim and Rem watches, brow raised, undecided how much of a fuck he gives to ask what’s going on.

None of his business, right?

But he remembers the bold, white letters across the guy’s name tag when they’d met just thirty minutes ago, and the lingering, suggestive brush of Jonah’s hand when Rem’d reached for his receipt.

Rem’s no idiot, though. He knows better, knows that sort of behavior’s more than frowned upon. No one but himself would be dumb enough to make a move like that somewhere like Blockbuster, especially with an old woman in line just behind Rem’s shoulder. Not in a town where homophobia’s about as common as organized religion in every damn household.

You keep that shit to yourself until you’re outside, away from prying eyes. It’s a fact Rem knows well, drilled into his skull since he was a kid.

Doesn’t mean he’s so good at listening, doesn’t mean most of Warren Creek hasn’t caught him with his pants down in an alley with a nameless man on his knees.

But that’s Rem, doesn’t give a shit what anyone says or thinks. Can’t imagine this guy’s just as careless.

Fuck, even Rem’s mothers aren’t out and open about their relationship. Keep their hands to themselves in public, do what they’ve got to to convince anyone they’re just roommates, not the lesbian mothers of an adopted queer boy.

It’s better that way, for them.

Safer.

Rem’s seldom one to walk on the safe side of things, though. Especially not when good-looking men are involved.

Even if they’re digging through dumpsters.

“Fuck’re you doing?” he asks before even registering the question in his head.

@indecentpause @klywrites @winterandwords [you have already read it but]

[ofmdee]

wait i think im back

[mhaynoot]

tbh id have like an animation instead of a live action

[millenari]

been stalking some of the broadway revival cast for Reasons and im super fascinated by teazer's actress saying a) m&r are 'early teenagers' and b) also not siblings

[thermesiini]

so like the thing with hannibal is that hannibal lecter is supposed to be such a competent and charming presence that despite his really obvious hiding in plain sight thing everyone's confidence is so unwavering that they outright ignore his direct involvement in these murder cases. its. supposedto be a scary thing? and i dont know if its just mads mikklesens like silly demeanor or the framing but it just comes off as ridiculous its a big reason why hannibal is funny and it is supposed to be funny you know but i cant tell if this specific type of funny is intentional or not

[idkwhatimdoingbutslay]

Interesting how some tend to analyze and look at the Arcane verse the same way they look at our own world. Only ever leads to misconceptions and misinterpretations.

Obviously, Arcane is inspired by what different nations around our world go through, but they also haven’t experienced all things that we have that lead to even more oppression and discrimination (ie. Black enslavement, women not having the right to vote or work, non-men consistently being victims of men’s abuse, gay marriage being illegal, colonization and genocide of particular races).

[robyntheredhead]

I’ve decided I don’t like the tendrils

I said I would give ‘em a chance, and I did. I saw them in action and can safely say they are not for me