#Ligtning

[korvash]

Thunderstorm and lightning ...

[christophbergmann]

Schweiz: Postfinance und Selecta integrieren Kryptozahlungen in E-Commerce und Automaten

Schweiz: Postfinance und Selecta integrieren Kryptozahlungen in E-Commerce und Automaten In der Schweiz nimmt die Akzeptanz von Kryptowährungen im Handel wieder Fahrt auf: Die Postfinance bringt Krypto in ihr Checkout-Tool für Onlineshops, Selecta in seine Kaffee- und Snackautomaten. Allerdings deutet sich eine beunruhigende Fragmentierung an.

In der Schweiz nimmt die Akzeptanz von Kryptowährungen im Handel wieder Fahrt auf: Die Postfinance bringt Krypto in ihr Checkout-Tool für Onlineshops, Selecta in seine Kaffee- und Snackautomaten. Allerdings deutet sich eine beunruhigende Fragmentierung an. Continue reading Untitled

[simonh]

Found Slide by Thomas Hawk

[godtiers-for-real-justice]

i fucked up

✅ Disc ✅ Client ✅ Food for the kernel

Going to aattempt to enter now, wish me luck! :)

[floodl8]

Happy Celebradiation @overseeer!

I think Huskie should also undergo an inspection from time to time so that one or two screws can be tightened. My oc Maya would definitely not miss the opportunity with such rare technology. Fallout exchange event by @falloutfandomeventhub ❤️

[total-drama-brainrot]

father ophelia. i need ur multi paragraph analysis on how camning date would happen. who would ask who out

Camning is such a weird pair to consider as an actual couple instead of two mutually pining idiots because I can't in good faith say that either of them would ever admit to having feelings for the other.

Don't get me wrong, Cameron isn't the type to suppress or deny his feeings or anything - in fact he'd be ecstatic at the prospect of having a crush on someone, because it's yet another wordly experience he's been deprived of his whole life that he's living for the first time. And that's exactly the issue; Cameron has no idea how to go about expressing these things, save for whatever romance based literature/tv shows he was exposed to growing up and, knowing Cameron, he'd be more than aware that they doesn't exactly portray a realistic perspective on real-life relationships. So he's back to square one when it comes to knowledge on how to deal with his feelings.

Which would mean he'd be the type to go completely non-verbal in front of Lightning, or otherwise be a stuttering mess. A pathetic puddle of a boy who has no idea how to deal with these new, weird feelings save for whispering "oh no he's hot" to himself.

On the other hand, Lightning is extremely prideful. Extremely prideful. He'd be completely in denial about having a crush on Cameron of all people because he's the antithesis of everything Lightning holds in high regard; Cameron isn't athletic or strong, he's not outwardly headstrong or competitive (at first glance, though Cameron does have a spine hidden somewhere in that red hoodie) and Lightning wouldn't see Cameron as someone who could relate to him in any way. Keep in mind, Lightning's a bit of an egotist, so he'd be under the assumption that his ideal partner would be a reflection of himself.

And Lightning isn't very bright, despite his namesake, so he wouldn't realise that's exactly why he likes Cameron so much. He's impressed by Cameron's fountain of knowledge and keen intellect. He's astounded by how Cameron can use his wit and his determination to win challenges without having to brute forcing his way to victory. He thinks Cameron is adorable and experiences cuteness aggression every time they lock eyes. So on so forth.

So with Cameron's Cameronness and Lightning's staunch denial, there's only one way these two would ever get together.

Lightning accidentally confesses.

Be it through an insult gone wrong during the competition, or maybe a freudian slip in a conversation post-RotI, or even him just plain denying any feelings for Cameron unprompted and inadvertantly outing himself as a Cameron Liker through his defensiveness. Either way, Cameron hears this confirmation of returned feelings and all of the knowledge he's accrued from his mother's books/shows comes in swinging - he asks Lightning to have dinner with him. And surprisingly, Lightning accepts.

...Because it's free food, not because he likes the wimp. That's his excuse.

And the two hit it off. Cameron spends the whole first date sweating profusely but miraculously not putting his foot in his mouth. Though he does oftentimes get too technical and booksmart for Lightning to understand what he's saying, but Lightning nods along politely anyway because he finds the enthusiasm on Cameron's face endearing.

In turn, Lightning's initial jibing insults (which, subconciously, he's only really using to keep up appearences) peter off into genuine compliments as he realises that wow, he actually really enjoys spending time with Cameron, and Cameron is really smart but not condecending in the slightest when he asks for elaboration on things he doesn't understand, and Cameron's got a lot of interesting thoughts that he's never considered, and...

Lightning realises that he might be very, very gay for Cameron.

In turn, Cameron's almost vibrating with excitement because he's talking to Lightning, and Lightning is talking back, and there's this natural chemistry between them that even he in all of his inexperience can feel sparking in the air now that Lightning's walls of superiority have finally crumbled somewhat. He's on a date with the boy he likes and it's going really well.

(None of his research could've prepared him for the actual experience of a first date - and oddly enough, Cameron is thankful that he didn't have any preconceived expectations for the night.)

The night goes well, they eat food at some fancy restaurant that Cameron pays for with his winnings, and as they go to leave Lightning - because he's not one to be outshone in the competitive context of being a "good date haver" - gives Cameron a peck at the corner of his mouth. It's brief, a ghost of an action really, but it's enough to have Cameron visibly light up as he returns the favour.

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At some point after they've been going on these dates for a while (Lightning more often than not taking Cameron to various sports games "for the experience", and Cameron indulging Lightning by taking him on hikes whilst he studies the wildlife they come across, ect ect) they breach the topic of being boyfriends in an awkward but sweet conversation that Lightning spends the next few months poking fun at Cameron for.

[laurettelarue]

Sue Lightning

[comicsiswild]

Batman: Urban Legends (2021) #18

[ademella]

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[korvash]

[catididnt]

I believe it’s Ēostre (Ostara) that is the “easter goddess” with the hares and eggs. She’s germanic and likely originated as a dawn god and thus makes a lot of sense as a spring god. There is not a lot known about her, mainly one account of her celebration during her month (which had become easter by then) and also a wealth of place and people names that share the same etymology. Baby bunnies and (’wild’ bird) eggs are very much symbols of spring time regardless

We have far more info on Ishtar and she was a much bigger deal. ‘Ishtar’ ‘began’ as Inanna, who is very much a Mesopotamian god. She was ‘the’ god in Sumaria. Big deal, many attributes/domains/whatever we call them.

It’s that time of year again. Courtesy of digitalhammurabi.com

Addition about the image, courtesy of Twitter user @lui_log: wrt the background image, which is a stone plaque showing a winged goddess flanked by owls: “Also, we don't know whether this is a depiction of Ishtar, as the piece has been looted, thus has no archaeological context that could point us to whom it shows. Nor does it bear an inscription. The owls could mean that it is Ishtar's sister Ereshkigal, Goddess of the Underworld.”

[sharktofu]

[jimclassicstoycollection]

Power Rangers

Lightning Collection

Lord Drakkon Evo III

by Hasbro (2021)

This arrived on 07-07-21 ordered from Hasbro Pulse.

Wowsers, where to I start with this? I know, the packaging!

In most things presentation is key, and this set puts on one hellova show.

This toy pretty much arrived in a large box with a slip cover. Once I removed the cover I saw this scene of Lord Drakkon hovering over some damaged Ranger helmets with electric green energy all over the place.

‘Okay, that’s pretty rad’ And I never opened it..until this year. Yes, as in THIS year as in January 2023. I was really torn about opening this toy because it just looked so good I didn’t want to disturb it.

Ultimately I decided toys are meant to be taken out of the box, so I did it. Resale value be damned!!

At first I though a comic book was included with Lord Drakkon, but as it turned out it was just a cardboad backing of Drakkon surging wiht power., It’s neat, and I might keep it.

I don’t know the entire story of the Boom comics, but I’m learning bits here and there, so I’m not entirely sure of the story of this.

Lord Drakkon:

Well, Lord Drakkon is Tommy Oliver from another universe who pretty much took over and defeated Rita Repulsa, and I presume Lord Zedd too.

This is Lord Drakkon’s third evolution, I presume. I have the other Lord Drakkon figure from the Lightning Collection, but this one is more grandiose.

He’s dressed in a DARK green Ranger outfit (sometimes I think it’s black) with a gold breastplate gauntlet, and boot shanks, and a wavy plastic cape.

The cape looks nice, but it limits Drakkon’s articulation, and off-balances the toy a bit. I think the cape can be removed, but it looks as if the soft plastic studs hold it to the breastplate might be tricky to reattach.

Getting a close up of the head sculpt, and Hasbro did an amazing job capturing the late Jason David-Frank’s face (at the time I got this JDF was still alive), and the face is just corrupt, vein detail, and evil snark, and long, graying hair.

Accessories and weapons:

Open hands, and Saba the Sabre.

The open hands look good, and Saba is the same as the Lightning Collection White Ranger.

Lightning effect:

The green lightning is made out of a stiff, translucent green plastic. It’s really cool, however since it’s translucent plastic, there’s a breakage issue, so gotta be careful with that.

Trophy helmets:

Lord Drakkon has defeated many an enemy, and he apparently keeps trophies of some of them, including the Green Ranger’s helmet, which  belonged to him. I think that’s a bit weird. 

All the Ranger helmets have damaged paint details, nothing new sculpted, but the cracks and scuffs look good enough.

They’re all attached on a rocky stand, and ball jointed in, so technically they can all articulated.

The helmets are on there pretty tight on the ball joints, so I’m a bit hesitant to remove them, but it’s an option to any brave soul out there,

Aside from that I believe the Green Ranger helmet doesn’t make any sense to me since Drakkon was the Green Ranger and not a defeated foe this definitely makes a statement.

I suppose EVO III means Drakkon’s current form from Green Ranger to this.

Lord Drakkon’s Evo III form is a really cool toy. The cape does hinder the articulation, and I would have preferred a cloth cape, personally I still think this is epic.

I realize some people are going to think I was cray for opening this guy up, and maybe I am, but I’m still keeping the box just in case one day I decide to display him back in it, in spite of the fact I did kind of damage it a little bit to get him out of it. Oh well.

[miellez]

I don't see enough people talking about this. The drawing of Aziraphale and his flamming sword ? "Garden designer" ?! the "Crowley -> changed his name ? Yuck !" ? The "His hair is bad" ?

And "Baraqiel" ? Ligtning of God when Crowley did lightning this season ? Angel of the sky when Crowley made the sky ? A prince of 2nd Heaven ? Both archangel and seraphim ? With supposed yellow eyes and red hair ? A know fallen angel ? Am I seeing too much ????? @neil-gaiman I ask for a better picture of that pages of the book

Alsot the transcript for what is said about Baraqiel :

"Baraqiel Dominion. Angel of the sky Appearance: Hair an eye-burning jinnjer. Eyebrows with the appearance of a grisly slug. Often draped in red. Occashunly damp, most likely singed"

Edit : here's the book !