#Upward Movement

[nerdydowntherabbithole]

FINALLY FINISHED THE ITERATORS I CAN FINALLY SHOW. Outfits need work but eh. Anyway, here's Forward Movement and Upward Movement! A pair of maybe a little bit really fucked up guys. Lore and whatnot under the cut!

So! FM and UM, often referred to as FU or FUM, was an INCREDIBLY experimental iterator. Largely because half of their purpose was not only trying to solve the Great Problem, but also solve the problem of the rains that were starting to drown places. To do this, they ended up making a very, VERY odd iterator. FM was an iterator built to, quite literally, WALK to find what they need. His can is a quite small one, forced to try to cut down on weight to be able to move. Due to her size, she actually doesn't even reach over the clouds, and instead has been heavily reinforced to deal with it. However it was BECAUSE he couldn't reach the clouds that UM was made and proceeded to be plonked down right on top of him. UM, as you might imagine considering the name, was an iterator built to FLY. The idea for her was, more or less, to gather and recycle the clouds to let them out in much smaller bursts so less rain would form. She is also built to have massive wind power that allows her to blow entire storms in a different direction. Her cloud gathering was also an integral part to FM, as the two are connected and the water she takes in is also used to power him. FUM was,,,,,not that big a success. It worked a bit, but in the end it wasn't enough to make any more like them. Normally this would get them shut down and taken for parts. HOWEVER. Despite not fixing the problem, FM specifically was an INCREDIBLY serious and devoted iterator. She took the job very seriously, and despite all the oddities of the structure, was one of the most devoted to finding the triple affirmative period. UM not as much, but she was a very big part of FM and the two could not work without each other. The ancients decided this devotion was a good enough reason to keep them going, so while they could not built any cities on top of them or anything, they kinda just. Let the two go. NOW. Personality wise? These two are disliked by many, and it is,,,,,rlly not for no reason. FM is an incredibly serious, workaholic, callous, and kinda mean iterator. His immense devotion has not petered out in the SLIGHTEST despite the ancients being gone, completely believing that it doesn't matter and they need to fulfill their purpose, ancients or not. Generally does Not Care what other people think or what they are doing. Also frequently steals people's water, and does not care if you are ok with that or not. FM is also equipped with canons and other combat things to use against predators that try to attack them, and have used these things to quite literally take out probably a non zero amount of iterators. Despite being generally cordial, FM is beloved by nobody.

UM meanwhile is a catty, gossipy, flamboyant, reckless, generally bitchy kind of gal. Also kinda very creepy. Loves to get in other people's business, doesn't care what they think, and is incredibly manipulative for no real reason other than liking having control. Unlike FM, she thinks finding the solution is a useless waste of time, and will actively have fun sabotaging work anybody is doing, including and specifically FM's. As you can imagine, the two are polar opposites. And, frankly? They hate each other's guts. They frequently threaten each other with mutually assured destruction, FM threatening to shoot down UM, and UM threatening to just fly away with all the water. They work shockingly well together, but are constantly at odds. This is not helped by the fact they share a lot of amenities like overseers, experimentation chambers, and such things like that. Both are convinced the other will kill them, and honestly they are correct. UM thinks FM is a uselessly devoted hardhead workaholic, and FM thinks UM is a stupid conniving waste of space. Both love to get on each other's nerves, and half their time is spent sabotaging the other in various petty ways. Unfortunately when they work together they do AMAZING work, and give stupidly good advice about various things like water conservation and stuff like that which they will surprisingly tell you willingly. Whatever the case, they are very fucked up and skrunkly. Open for questions if anyone cares to!

[tenth-sentence]

He led them through thickets and wastes of brambles; sometimes round the lip of a deep cleft or dark pit, sometimes down into black bush-shrouded hollows and out again; but if they ever went a little downward, always the further slope was longer and steeper.

"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" - J.R.R. Tolkien

[gendertrickster]

i just watched seer: ascend again and the red sun over dave's apartment being reflected in the skies of alternia and the eyes of pyralspite got me again

the web of themes and symbolism that weaves between john and dave and vriska and terezi is vast and dense. where do you even begin talking about it

[conceptofjoy]

shut up and listen to hal's theme with me

[kacievvbbbb]

I think it’s interesting that despite Shanks being more of a pirate in the traditional sense (fleeting from place to place never staying long ) and Mihawk being the one with an actual consistently used home base (cause god knows he does not live on that tiny coffin boat for more than a week at most)

In the context of their relationship though it feels like Mihawk is the one that comes and goes at will while Shanks is the one that is found, he’s the more reliable presence even though he will rarely ever be in the same location for too long.

It’s a nice little inversion of the usual trope

[homestuck-music-tournament]

Ascend

Album: Homestuck Vol. 10 Composer: Tensei Leitmotifs: Ascend, Doctor, Cascade, Time on My Side, Beatdown, Upward Movement, Penumbra Phantasm, Black Rose / Green Sun, Arisen Anew, Crystal, Dance of Thorns, Heir of Grief, Atomic Bonsai, Sunsetter, Megalovania, Crustacean, BR8K Spider, Homestuck, Showtime, Carefree Characters: Aradia Megido, June Egbert

You may know this from:

[S] ==> (Credits)

[yumenosakiacademy]

Ibara Saegusa || 20 Second PR Video

[kopivie]

came to the realization that i'm actually... really pretty.

i don't think i'll ever know what people see when they look at me. that's just a fact of life, i guess; you can control how you present yourself to others, but not how they perceive you. that fact caused me to hide away from myself for almost a decade, practically to the point where i couldn't recognize myself in the mirror. as in, i'm familiar with my face – i'm aware that the face staring back at me is my own – but i'm not sure if i'm seeing the right thing... what that "right thing" was supposed to be, i have no idea.

i would go to lengths to make sure i was pretty by my own fucked up standards, but after hearing people describe me, i started doing things for the sake of others and not myself. i tried so hard to maintain their positive image of me that i legitimately couldn't look myself in the eyes without feeling like a fucking fraud.

because for the longest time, i believed that i was lying to people somehow. if you thought i was softspoken, i would disagree; my friends and family think i'm pretty loud. if you thought i was graceful, i would disagree; i bump into anything and everything, i have the worst butterfingers, and i'm as stiff as a board. if you thought i was pretty, i would vehemently deny that; who would see beauty in my bloated body? my fluctuating weight, my hormonal acne, my uncooperative curls. where is the beauty in that?

but just the other day, whilst i was looking at myself in the mirror, my head emptied itself to make room for a single thought:

i'm really, really pretty.

for the first time in my life, i thought i was pretty as i was. there were no filters, no hastily applied eye makeup... nothing. no comparison to my friends, no sizing myself up against the "ideal" black woman... just me and my tired eyes, my oddly shaped, day-old twist out 'fro, and my oversized stitch pajama pants.

i'm not perfect. my dark eyebrows are sisters, not twins; my under-eye area is insanely dark; my eyelashes aren't as long and prominent as they used to be; my hair is always flat somewhere, my tummy is constantly bloated, i look better with my glasses on, and i'm covered head to toe in hair that i'm not entirely proud of...

...but i'm me. i'm me, and for the first time ever, i'm so proud of that. i can look at my imperfections and think of ways to gently fix it instead of hurt myself in the process of trying to conceal it. i'm going to the gym tomorrow and making plans to buy lashes to start my makeup journey – not as a means to hide my insecurities, but to make myself feel beautiful on my own terms.

(side note: i posted a video rambling about this on my instagram story last night. i had said something along the lines of "i don't know what other people are seeing that i can't see, but i know that i finally love what i do see."

and violet, in all his infinite wisdom, replied to my story in under five minutes saying: "that's why you wear glasses."

i told him that it's on sight when i see him again, his reply was: "oh really? would you even be able to see me?"

...why did i have to fall in love with a man? i can't stand his ass 😭)

[pumpkinrootbeer]

the entire story of Harry Kim is if on your first day of work you had to drive three hours and, in the process of driving there, you ended up in China.

[trans-yllz]

You're an environmental educator?? Can I ask in what kind of institutions you've worked before? Museum, zoo, education centre...?

yes! I started out volunteering at the zoo here in high school, and then I worked at a summer camp run by a science museum, I was an after school teacher for like a year which isn't rlly related to ee but is childcare themed, I worked at a outdoor focused summer camp where I was an instructor for the farm themed camp there, and right now I work at a nature center where we do like day camps and summer camps and field trip groups and then sometimes there are outreach events! we had a newt event recently lmao. the job I just got is at a national wildlife refuge working with a park ranger where I'll do similar work to what I'm doing now plus the opportunity for fieldwork and other stuff working with different scientists!

[decibat]

ohyeah life update im finally playing downpour after watching my girlfriend play all of it. im playing artificer myself i cant wait to go to so many regions to go find echoes Yay

[nerdydowntherabbithole]

Uhhh funney little fun facts abt FM and UM cuz heehoo.

-FM will occasionally transport creatures or supplies across the land if asked. Built for cargo carrying.

-UM thinks it is very funny driving her can into vultures and turning them into meat paste. Her fans and turbines look rusty because of this.

-FM isn't beyond firing warning shots at people. Extremely good shot though, won't hit until he wants to.

-If you see just random scugs or colonies with mark, they probably ran into FUM.

-FM holds the braincell but is NOT beyond being a little shit on occasion.

-When UM is pissed she makes her dockings purposefully hard on FM. Their ports are a bit damaged because of this.

-FUM Does keep track of entrances to the void sea and will point most creatures they come across to the nearest point. If only on principle.

-They can't live with each other. But they also can't live without each other for more than reasons abt water and whatnot.

-FM goes down first. UM spends her last cycles sending forced messages that will never be received, even knowing he is gone.

[tenth-sentence]

This upward spiral can, however, be reversed by abuse or neglect.

"The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, brain and body in the transformation of trauma" - Bessel van der Kolk

[c-119]

Behold: Concept 1 of the Jumper Vest

Where’s the fifth smokejumper, you might ask? Well.. they got the best seat in the house

[woah-uhuh-uhuh-uhuh]

Hello! I’m in the ensemble for BAC’s BMC and I thought you would appreciate this edit I made of our beloved Rich Goranski

SDJFDKSFJD YOU WERE RIGHT omg your editing is beautiful... the dynamic motion of this one still image... the kitsch in me is rejoicing and i wish this was a sticker i could stick on the cover of a little lisa frank brand composition notebook

But ALSO I cannot BELIEVE you'd just send this without telling the context. please pls PLEASE enlighten us or i will have to make it up myself i stg /lh

[lambentplume]

ok i need to make my life better starting with me. i have bought vegetables and green curry paste