#always aiming at you

[weirdlookindog]

“Flee as you will / The image of death / Always aims at you”

Memento Mori, 17th century

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[chaotic-neutral-knitter]

planned obsolescence is definitely a thing but you should still learn basic ways to fix/take care of electronics, like swapping out batteries or doing a factory reset. I recently sold the roomba I got from my grandma (she didn't understand it and kept it in a box) like twelve years ago - it still works because I looked up how to swap out the battery when it started to fail after six years. I spent the last few weeks wondering if I needed a new smart watch because the one I won in a student fair raffle eight years ago was getting kind of glitchy - tried a factory reset and it works perfectly. I have a nine year old laptop that is still chugging along like it always has - every few years I purge all the files and programs I'm not using regularly and I think that helps. When the little pump in our cat water fountain stopped working I figured out how to take it apart and clean it and then it worked again. The other day I found the voice recorder I used for my college journalism work - it was still in great shape despite being in a cupboard for a decade because I took the AAA batteries out before I stored it, so nothing corroded and I can listen to my awkward college interviews if I want to.

the electronic devices in your life want to work, they want to be good at their jobs, you just have to give them a little help by letting them take a nap (shutdown) from time to time and cleaning them and not bricking their batteries.

[melit0n]

One of the lines that caught my eye in Emergence was "So tell me what you meant by 'living past your half life'?" In chemistry, a "half life" is the time it takes for a substance to decay to half of its original mass.

Further, half lives are also prominent in physics, specifically, nuclear physics. It has the same definition—amount of time taken for a nuclei to half itself—but is, as its name suggests, focused on how much useful energy is produced via the decomposition.

This also links in with the later lyrics of "space dust for your fuel rods." Fuel rods are used in the control of a nuclear decay reaction within a nuclear power plant. This could be interpreted as either Vessel's lack of autonomy, or Sleep losing dominion.

If it's anything to note, "space dust" can also be radioactive.

So, with this all in mind, living past a half life is, in its basics, working towards rot. Existing as a dead man walking and overtly aware that you are.

To me, this could be in reference to Sleep. It's been emphasised that, while Sleep is one of the oldest Gods, He is a forgotten one; kept alive by rituals and those who are beckoned by song to follow Him. Aka, kept alive and powerful by Vessel.

Sleep has long since lived past His so called "half life," and, in toe, He is, therefore "well versed in the afterlife."

While I don't think it works as well, mainly because I consider the majority of this song to be Vessel having a go at Sleep, instead of vice versa, this could be applied to Vessel as a mouthpiece, too, posing the question of; how long until your humanity disapears? How long does it take until you pass your half life, and begin to speak and see only that which bloodless and broken creatures do?

How long until you aren't even you anymore?

And, when that change happens, which it will, eventually, will you emerge and become "someone new," or stay as you were?

[gomzdrawfr]

I really like this one particular look

i know it's a very highschool basketball skateboard dude kind of vibe but yeah

[katsdynam1ght]

pov you just pissed off the most dangerous husbands in japan

[butch-pilot]

I love having butch friends!!! I love having friends who understand my masculinity and my lesbianism and can give me advice!!! I love being a nerd with them and rambling to them and laughing with them!!! I love my butch brothers and sisters more than anything!!!

[summerblueringo]

“We liked each other from day one.” [part 3]

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[turtleblogatlast]

I think a lot about Leo’s tendency to push his way into the spotlight despite clearly being a natural in the shadows. Hell, you could argue that his worst moments are when he’s forcing himself onstage, and his best are when he does things no one notices until it’s already been done.

[zu-is-here]

Hi! Actually, what's up with Aim's watch? Is there something more behind it?

Hii!╰(*´︶`*)╯The reason is simple: to keep track of time and compare it when needed ⏱︎ Time and space may be deceiving, but not the clockwork (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)

Anko & The Clock Riddle ♪

A little sketch cause the ask reminded me of him <3

[vintage-bentley]

GNC women are so attractive until they have a gender identity. Then, instead of seeing a confident woman who’s comfortable being who she is, I see an insecure woman playing pretend. I see a performance instead of authenticity. And if that’s what they’re going for, power to them. But I think most of them genuinely think they’re giving “gender” and “sexy masc twink man”…when really they’re giving “I want you to think I’m cool so badly so I put on a costume and am going to pose like I think men do”.

[tetzoro]

HEY HEY HEY ITS FINALLY MAY !! i think most of us have felt the effects of april showers, so i’m hoping that all of us can experience the beauty of may flowers !!

may is my favorite month :3 it is also mental health awareness month ! so, i wanted to leave a few gentle reminders here in case anyone needs them ♥︎

doing your best will look different every day and that’s 100% okay! give yourself some slack, it’s tough out here enough as is and you don’t need to punish yourself further.

making mistakes is a part of life. everyone does it and all you can do is learn from it and try to forgive yourself (you’re worthy of forgiveness btw!)

your existence doesn’t need to be earned. you just need to live and find little joys where you can.

it is always an act of strength to reach out for help whether it be from a loved one or a professional

you’re loved, appreciated, valued and needed.

[shrimpalbuspotter]

Albus Severus being too bad at magic to defend himself against aimed hexes in the halls, or when hes cornered 4:1, yet he keeps putting himself in situations where he needs magic to help him, because he's too weak to be physical, certainly too weak to go against the upper yearsman who always threaten Scorpius, making sure they leave him with a mark, like claiming victory. And he doesn't know how to talk back against his peers or tormentors or whatever, because when he's sitting in class and the people behind him are talking about him a little too loud to even be mistook as accidental, or when he mucks up a spell and the whole room seems to laugh at him, he's just too anxious to even look up. The most he'll do when he's getting pushed to his limit is shout something and run off (coward they'd call after him, he couldn't even deny it)

Ugh. Need more content with Albus and Scorpius getting bullied because the angst potential is crazy

[allblognamesaretakenso]

so when it came to Luke and Antonia's relationship, nobody showed an ounce of respect, Antonia was stalked and subject to sexist abuse, and Luke was called a literal pedo/pr nightmare, etc.

but now that Nicola is public with her relationship it’s respect it, Jake makes her happy, that's all that matters, etc.

im sorry where was this energy months ago when Luke and his partner was being bombarded with abuse??

[urhoneycombwitch]

in case it wasn’t clear. this blog and this bitch do NOT support the industrial military complex.

[sosadraws]

SOSA CONSIDER THIS AN INVITATION TO YAP ABOUT IRENE. WHO IS THIS MYSTERIOUS AND WONDERFUL ADLER THATS A FRIEND OF LUCHS!!

Hey Lynx! sorry for the lateness. By the time I finished drawing and started writing I had a “suddenly forgot everything about the character” moment, but here we go anyways!:

Alright so this woman, alongside two kolibris (Westen and Alan, her husband) long time ago fled her facility after potentially killing their Falke unit after a series of escalations that came from Alan's potential decommission. They stumble on what seemed to be an imperial military base that got partially destroyed an abandoned (not totally true, an Ara had found it first, but they sorted it o peacefully), they settled there and that place eventually became the shelter where all my persona degraded replikas en up going.

Irene's love for creative stuff comes from her finding administrative duties painfully boring, but also having a constant need to do things. At first she would write microfiction as a way to vent, but later she would get invested in them, which lead to her starting drawing in order to help her visualize scenes and so on. In typical adler fashion, she gets bored easily, so she rotates between multiple projects to keep things fresh (in a modern AU she would be the type of artist that has a folder with like +100 wips and it's working on all of them simultaneously).

After being considered for so long “the spare Adler unit” of her own facility, Irene developed an inferiority complex as well as self-sabotaging tendencies and a need for other's approval (I could write a testament about this as well as the other adler, but that's a topic for another day). By now she’s very self aware of this so she tries to keep her emotions in check (to mostly positive results), but it’s a constant struggle between being a rational being vs the need to bitch over the pettiest things.

Despite having very different personalities (guy that is friendly (if also a little smug and unsettling) that loves fucking around with others vs woman that is reserved, serious and has a trouble connecting with others), Alan and Irene compliment each other quite nicely. Alan does this thing where he says some out-of-pocket shit (something something "never let them guess your next move"), but Irene takes it seriously and it leads to either some banter between them or actual debating about the weirdest of topics. They also share a love for reading and Alan makes ground Irene when she starts ruminating (cofcof also Irene has a thing for biorenonance cofcof). They have A LOT of story together, but again, that's a topic for another day.

Side note, but despite calling each other "husband" and "wife", technically they're actually fiancés. Alan would like to do a little ceremony but Irene feels the time isn't right yet.

Now, when it comes lo Luchs:

When Echo first arrived at the shelter, she was horrified to find out that the replikas that helped her (Alan and Westen) were kolibris (imagine that you're really wounded from falling from a cliff, you get rescued by the mind police and they could find out about your very bad and illegal thoughts). Despite their best attempts to calm her, she ended up more distressed about it, so Irene took it to herself to undo her (back then) boyfriend's wrongdoing. Irene had a gentler approach by mostly giving her space but also every once in a while checking up that she's doing fine. At first Echo was wary of her, but eventually she trusted her enough that when she decided she has going to stay, she stuck mostly by her side, being Irene akin to a big sister for her.

The friendship that she has with Luchs it’s a very introvert/introvert dynamic, in the sense that they can happily hang out in silence, each other doing their thing (sometimes when Luchs is feeling low on on energy, she goes to watch Irene draw, it’s kinda like irl ASMR). Due to this they tend to stick together during social gatherings.

When Luchs goes out to do some bird watching she makes sure to look out for things that Irene might like, such as feathers, some types of rocks and animal bones which BY THE WAY, the whole arm tattoo thing started because Luchs offered her a reindeer skull that Irene plans to use for practicing wood burning. Luchs has yet to deliver (she accidentally keeps breaking them or the antlers).

So yeah, they have each other. Luchs brings company and is non judgamental with Irene, and Irene gives relationship advice when she starts very angsty about Charlie or lends an ear when Luchs wants to vent.

Bonus random facts:

I didn't get to draw it, but her neutral face looks like a mix of sadness and disappointment. She's aware of this, so she prefers to smile when talking to others.

She's great at math. It probably has to do with the fact that she was built to do administrative duties that often requires doing lots of calculations. That doesn't stop her from boasting about it tho.

She has written a horror novel. If you ask nicely enough she might lend it to you to read, apparently it's quite good.

You know how some people count sheep to fall asleep? She makes spreadsheets in her mind. About what? literally anything!

The concept of Irene has existed on my mind for a while (almost since the conception of Luchs), but Irene being Irene is something relatively recent (since I drew that one headshot). I've decided that it also applies in-universe which is why without makeup or her trenchcoat she looks like a standard Adler unit.

This

[yandereunsolved]

I’ve been grinding on roblox dragon adventures (because I’m still on winter break…I miss my anatomy professor he’s so funny) and therefore have had loads of time to think about my favorite Yandere blorbos, so I thought I’d share one of my ideas with you, which is the self aware cast saying more and more outrageous, obviously not the actual dialogue stuff simply because darling isn’t paying attention- because when I grind for games I usually have a YouTube video or series I’ve watched before playing in the background (cause otherwise it’s too silent) but I’m not actually paying attention to them, so I’ve been thinking about the cast just full on arguing in the background about who darling likes more while darling is basically ignoring them for a silly dragon game

-☀️(I can’t tell if this is long or if it’s just because I’m typing this on my phone…I’ve rewatched hotd so much lately, Also I just noticed cause I was passively watching it while doing my genetics project awhile back but like. The hair just doesn’t work?? Like if you look none of the women have children with their hair color unless the father has the same, and I’m so confused on why?? At first I was like “oh, Targaryen hair is probably just recessive” but then like. All of alicent’s babies have it, so?? Does the hotd universe just have sexism in the genetic code??)

The HOTD universe has genetic sexism.

That's a new one.

That is also what I do. Unless I am listening to a cutscene in a game I usually have music or videos on in the background. So like—I see you. That'd be funny asf.

Imagine even further if whatever game you were enthralled in also had self-aware characters. Even if they weren't self-aware the hotd cast would still be jealous. They'd begin to bicker about what to do with you. How are they going to get your attention back on them? This naturally devolves into them having full on screaming matches & fights about who deserves darling more.

(They get quite—passionate.)

It's like a medieval reality show.

Aemond and Aegon punching the shit out of each other.

Alicent: "Those aren't my children."

Rhaenyra (in a booth): "and that was the moment I realized my queer situationship would not be able to take care of our my darling. If she can't even handle her own offspring—how is she going to handle a being from another plane of reality?" hair flip.