#WITH THAT SAID !!

[mxtx-posting]

Not to be a killjoy, but sensorimotor adaptation exists :')

Sensorimotor adaptation is the ability to gradually modify our motor commands in order to compensate for changes in our body and in the environment. Examples from everyday life include adaptation to the visual distortions caused by prescription glasses, to the unfamiliar driving characteristics of a rental car, and to the changes of limb length and muscle force during maturation. (source)

So I guess it could happen for some days, but having WWX been dead for the previous thirteen years he wouldn't even have to adapt that much in comparison

Sometimes I wonder if Wei Wuxian had trouble adapting to his new height. Like, he's just shorter enough for it to be really, really annoying but not completely obvious.

Do you think he trips over tree roots or rugs or thresholds because his feet don't pick up as high as they used to?

Does he duck under things he no longer needs to duck under?

Can he not reach the top shelf in the Lan Spice Cabinet (unused) like he used to a long time ago?

Imagine he mounted Lil Apple for the first time, and realized he adjusted the stirrups all wrong.

Just a thousand tiny annoyances all from being a measly handful of centimeters shorter.

I'm just saying there are comedic possibilities here and we haven't touched any of them.

[tokibuns]

he's so smitten 💜

[justletmeon12]

"I never feel more American than when someone politely tries to prevent me from making a mistake."

"The aesthetic elements do trigger a kind of Luddite sensibility in myself, that I am experiencing art, which makes me fearful and outraged."

[kaiserin-erzsebet]

Since my last history related poll was fun, and the perception of time periods is fascinating....

(if you reblog and add tags, I'd also like to know where you usually study or read about)

Edit: for those who wanted more specific divisions of earlier periods: I wanted to add more but there are only so many slots allowed on a Tumblr poll.

[lilpuffyart]

The them, the lil fellas, now in coffee shop AU C:

Some ✨lore✨ under the cut

Minilla was adopted by Gojira when Minya was a baby still. He wishes he could hang out around his dad more often. Minya likes to "help" his father cook on weekends tho (when Goji gets everything done so Biollante can just heat up their food) and watch Masterchef.

Suko was abandoned when he was a toddler and has little to no memory of how his mother looked like, but still has some hope of finding his parents again. He really look out to when Kong visits the orphanage and he sees him nearly as a hero. Besides Kong, he's very close the orphanage's old janitor, Joshua (Gnarled Fingers).

He's eventually adopted by Kong and Goji and he thinks Goji's scars are the coolest thing ever.

[emblazons]

Forewarning: Gay Mike talk skip if you want

Not to be that person in 2024 that pride gifset did it to me but I still genuinely do not understand how the "girls being girls was never a problem for Mike" argument came to be, considering THIS the show's Mike talking about, learning about, confessing to and just being around spaces re: girls:

note: this isn't even touching any of the moments we see hints that he's into boys—JUST the moments where we see his displeasure with/disinterest in engaging with girls (or commentary by other guys who are interested in them). Will, a confirmed gay character, doesn't even have this many reminders of his lack of interest in girls.

Once is a coincidence. Twice is a pattern. Twelve times without real effort to pull every example? and I didn't even include him taking a girls hands off him while kissing or the four other times they kissed eyes open or hidden? Iet's be so serious lmao

[a-narcissists-warren]

AFONSO STOP CUSSING THERES KIDS!1!1!!1

man FUCK em kids, I'm pissed off. I perfected drawing GOKU for him to immediately FUCKING DIE

Pickly's machine better not be stuck with that fat fuck anymore or else he's never coming back

[melit0n]

EUCLID ANALYSIS.

Told you guys it was coming, didn't I? I apologise that this has taken a bit longer than expected, my mental health hit me like a bullet train, but I do hope it's sufficient.

Part one -> You're already here!

Part two -> Line by line analysis part 1

Part three -> Line by line analysis part 2

Part four -> Musical/intrumental notes

Part five -> The Night in Sleep Token

Part six -> Conclusion

Please note this is a general analysis. Although I do go into theories, both my own and others, this is just general thoughts. Also note when I speak of Vessel, I mean Vessel as a character, not the person, unless I specifically state so.

Tagline: @rilllvri @a-s-levynn @fivewholeminutes @euclidsvessel @tonguetyd @moonchild-in-blue @kkarmatic @branches-in-a-flood

+ Some people were worried about spam liking/reblogging the last time I did one of these big analysis posts, and I want to say please don't worry about that! I get happy when I see the same users pop up liking and reblogging my work, because it means you're interested in this enough to go through the whole thing. Feel completely free to add your own thoughts, correct any errors I've made etc. As per usual, my DMs are completely open to anybody wanting to discuss ST <3

Let's start off with the basics. ‘Euclid’ is the anglicised version of the Greek name Eukleídes (Εὐκλείδης), mainly known via the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid of Alexandria, who is seen as the ‘father of geometry’, and most famous for his work on symmetry. Its general definition is something or someone who is renowned and or glorious (A) and the lesser known definition is something that is a copy of the same (B) (taken from Euclid’s ideas on symmetry), which we’ll come back to in a bit.

However, there is another Euclid in history that we’ll be referencing; Euclid of Megara. This Euclid, similar to our mathematician, was an ancient Greek Socratic (having been a pupil of Socrates) philosopher. I’ll be taking part of a text out of his Wikipedia article since his ideas have been explained thoroughly there.

(we'll be coming back to him soon)

First off, this is an incredibly interesting choice of name for a song. Outside of someone's maths and philosophy class, this name doesn't exist to most, so the fact it's been chosen at all is intriguing.

Vessel has shown time and time again he enjoys sometimes elaborate references in his art, an example being chemistry and biology in TPWBYT (most notable would probably be ‘Telomeres’), so, I think it would be easy to say that, whether it be a reference to Euclid the Mathematician or Euclid the philosopher, that said reference is understood and intended by Vessel.

So, let's start with our mathematician, shall we?

What I find interesting about Euclid of Alexandria is that his life and existence outside of his work on geometry is almost completely unknown. There's almost nothing known of him, as a person, other than where he spent half of his career (Alexandria; Egypt, hence his title), where he may have studied (Platonic academy) and a general idea of when he lived (around 300BC). What is known about this insanely famous man who created the foundations of symmetry is incredibly barebones. People take Euclid at face value for his work, just like Vessel (both as an artist, and a character).

Further, we, as listeners, don't have much of an understanding of who Vessel is other than being a mouthpiece of a deity known as Sleep, someone once human now grasping at the threads of humanity and someone sharing some of his struggles in life (both with Sleep and unknown people). Like Euclid, he is barebones, we take him at face value; a vessel. He is both a mouthpiece for Sleep, a mouthpiece for his own emotions (obviously) and a mouthpiece for us. His experiences transcend being just his, due to his anonymity, therefore allowing us to connect and express our own experiences. It's music for the sake of music; expression.

Now, having talked through Euclid as a person, it's time to talk about Euclid and his symmetry. Symmetry in shapes is 'reflections, rotations, translations, and combinations of these basic operations. Under an isometric transformation, a geometric object is said to be symmetric if, after transformation, the object is indistinguishable from the object before the transformation- a copy of the same’. So, of course, this means shapes like squares, rectangles, parallelograms and circles. Circles are a representation of infinity, wholeness, unity and loops. What does Euclid do? Loop itself (starts and ends with B major, which also happens to be the same chord that TNDNBTG starts with), and loops the three albums together, musically and lyrically.

Now, onto Euclid of Megara.

Euclid was born in Megara, Athens and was a follower of Socrates (sneaking into Athens to hear him speak, and he was also present during his death). He is most known for his philosophy that good is the knowledge of simply being and that the opposite of good does not exist, aka evil. The Good is described to be a perfect, eternal, and changeless Form, existing outside space and time. A form of Heaven without a God.

This idea could be linked lore-wise with Sleep Token; Sleep could, in a way, be The Good literally. Bliss. Further, with the idea that there is no actual opposite of good, then how can anything be bad? How can Sleep, as a deity, have bad intentions if there is no actual evil?

So far, with these two notable figures in mind, we can perceive Euclid as one of two ways (and there are more ways to come). Euclid can be seen as quite literally being a form of symmetry; a parallel that Vessel lays his life on because it brings all of the produced albums, all of his stories, together. Or, we can think of Euclid as Vessel. This brings me to @euclidsvessel's post on their theory on Euclid; what if Euclid was Vessel’s name before he became a vessel?

The theory that Euclid could be Vessel’s old name is not only extremely insightful, but very plausible as well. They explained their points very well in their original post, and I don't want to repeat what they’ve already said, so I do implore you to go read that! It's not detrimental to needing to understand this post, but I highly recommend it. Despite this, I am here to both support their argument and bring my own comparison. Take a look at the cover art for Euclid:

Let me repeat the lesser-known definition of Euclid; a copy of the same. A clone. A replacement. Held in the right hand is the decapitated head of Vessel's old (2nd gen.) mask. Specifically, the one that covers his mouth; the version that relinquishes the most amount of humanity. The album art is a representation of change portrayed in a symbolically gory way. Beheading, depending on the era you’re working from, symbolises both vengeance as well as a form of purification. By cutting off the head, you remove any ‘unholy’ thoughts. It's also among one of the most horrific and humiliating ways of killing someone (since it was typically done publicly, and sometimes the heads were placed on spikes of battlements as a warning).

Furthermore, there's a theory that's popped up a couple of times, lore-wise, that Vessel is not the first person to be turned into a vessel of Sleep, and he certainly won't be the last. So, considering the literal album art illustrates a replacement of Vessel, I’d say that theory is pretty much confirmed. In conclusion, the album art can either be interpreted as how Vessel will eventually be discarded and replaced by another vessel, or how Vessel himself will change, for better or for worse; clawing out of his own skin to become “someone new”.

So, to compare the idea of Euclid being Vessel’s old name, and to create the third perception of what or rather, who, Euclid is, what if Euclid will be the eventual replacement for Vessel?

[honeekyuu]

hiya!! school has started up again, which means the following with respect to my schedule:

updates are going to get very inconsistent LMAO here's the list of things i have going on this semester:

taking 3 classes

TAing 2 classes

running 2 personal research experiments

running 2 RA experiments for my advisor

running 2 lab groups

attending 2 other lab groups

working as one of the lab assistants

and that's not including the qualifying exam im writing or the traveling for conferences :')))

if i go missing/if the things i update are not what you wanted, please remember that im one person working 12-16 hour days who also has a partner and a home to care for

thanks for reading <333

[strikerofchords]

(Spoilers for all dr games)

Man, I’ve gotta say… going by Danganronpa case numbers, the second cases really have a chokehold on me when it comes to tragic characters. Mondo, Peko, and Ryoma are all characters who try to be good people, but feel as if they are unable or undeserving of living a life where they aren’t defined by their faults.

The saddest part of it is that all three of them die on a resigned note, even though in every case there is someone there who believes they deserve better than how they treat themselves (Kiyotaka, Fuyuhiko, and Shuichi respectively). At that point, though, it’s too late for the killers/victims to believe that they have reasons to keep going.

[hydrachea]

Absolutely adoring the fact that Yunli could not give two shits about Blade. She doesn't even bother using his actual name. All she cares about is the sword he made and I hope I get to be a fly on the wall when she finds out he broke it.

[signoraviolettavalery]

the power going out at Joker Out's concert today because of the weather, the crowd continuing the song when they couldn't, Bojan leading a prayer for the electricity to come back on, then Joker Out improvising and essentially doing an acoustic concert with Kris' guitar and one working microphone (??) while the crowd provides the backing vocals

is truly one of the most inspiring, heartwarming things I've seen lately. It's silly and it's "just a concert" and there's bigger problems in the world and whatnot but.... just the sheer joy, unity, and perseverance exhibited by everyone there. JO not cancelling the concert when they very well could've just given up and said "welp, nothing we can do." The crowd supporting them and lifting them up and being understanding and sticking around instead of going home, even though it was probably wet and cold and dark and miserable. Everything about it seems utterly magical and I'm a little sad this wasn't the concert I got to go to.

[phoenix-fell]

PSA for tomorrow’s episode

I know a bunch of y’all (myself included) are really hopeful that we’ll get some Bees in the next episode, and there’s a lot of people monitoring CRWBY’s liking activity to corroborate these theories. But WHATEVER happens guys, if we don’t get Bees despite the hype, or something we didn’t particularly want happens, please please please do not harass CRWBY or start firing out ‘Queerbaiting’, these guys are excited for us to see the work they’ve spent 2 years working on.

And for anyone who’s already on the same page with the above, we all know RWDE will be right there waiting to jump on the opportunity, just ignore any anti-BB and anti-RWBY antagonists that try baiting folk into Queerbaiting and RWDE discourse. (And tbh if we do see what we want to see, it might be worth muting Anons for a minute cos we know they’ll be extra sore). No matter the timing, it won’t make the ship any less valid - the Bees are sealed and delivered.

We’ll have our moment, regardless of whether it happens tomorrow or not, so let’s enjoy the journey. ❤️🌈

[tamamita]

What is your perspective on the Afghan-Soviet war

It's such a misleading term. It wasn't the Afghan-Soviet war. It was more like a bunch of splintered western/pakistani-backed tribal islamist groups who wished to establish an Islamic emirate under the doctrine of Pakhtunwali vs. the Soviet-backed government.

[guaxinimraccoon]

POST THE WEED STORY RIGHT NOW! THE PEOPLE DEMAND!!!

YOU GUYS ARE A BUNCH OF ADDICTS THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE