#and i mean physically

[icewindandboringhorror]

(also feel free in the tags to clarify Why you made the choice you made!! :0c)

[druid-for-hire]

There's this sort of anthropomorphizing that inherently happens in language that really gets me sometimes. I'm still not over the terminology of "gravity assist," the technique where we launch satellites into the orbit of other planets so that we can build momentum via the astounding and literally astronomical strength of their gravitational forces, to "slingshot" them into the direction we need with a speed that we could never, ever, ever create ourselves. I mean, some of these slingshots easily get probes hurtling through space at tens of thousands of miles per hour. Wikipedia has a handy diagram of the Voyager 1 satellite doing such a thing.

"Gravity assist." "Slingshot." Of course, on a very basic and objective level, yes, we are taking advantage of forces generated by outside objects to specifically help in our goals. We're getting help from objects in the same way a river can power a mill. And of course we call it a "slingshot," because the motion is very similar (mentally at least; I can't be sure about the exact physics).

Plus, especially compared to the other sciences, the terminology for astrophysics is like, really straightforward. "Black hole?" Damn yeah it sure is. "Big bang?" It sure was. "Galactic cluster?" Buddy you're never gonna guess what this is. I think it's an effect of the fact that language is generally developed for life on earth and all the strange variances that happen on its surface, that applying it to something as alien and vast as space, general terms tend to suffice very well in a lot more places than, like... idk, botany.

But, like. "Gravity assist." I still can't get the notion out of my head that such language implies us receiving active help from our celestial neighbors. They come to our aid. We are working together. We are assisted. Jupiter and the other planets saw our little messengers coming from its pale blue molecular cousin, and we set up the physics just right, so that they could help us send them out to far stranger places than this, to tell us all about what they find out there.

We are assisted.

And there is no better way to illustrate my feelings on the matter than to just show you guys one of my favorite paintings, this 1973 NASA art by Rick Guidice to show the Pioneer probe doing this exact thing:

"... You, sent out beyond your recall, go to the limits of your longing. Embody me. ..."

Gravity assist.

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[hinamie]

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[its-not-nothing]

Being a 911 fan is crazy because we could be getting buddie roommates and Bobby calling 911 from his coffin and even a buddie almost kiss tonight and the celebrations would be absolutely wild OR Bobby could just be dead dead and Eddie has two lines and we get no good buddie content and we crash out and fall into a pit of despair and some of us decide to give up on the show... Like that stuff isn't for the weak. And it really feels like both options exist right now. Schrodinger's 8x16.

[uhohgoose]

BESTIE ERA! I'm impatiently awaiting their B plot hijinks

[nyancrimew]

the little known oppressed minority of "white guys who wrote some useful open source software two decades ago and successfully turned it into a profitable business who are now bitter and sad and too rich" is once again getting hit real hard today one like = 1 prayer

[foundfamilywhump]

the question, you see, is not ‘is it too ooc for this character to cry’ but rather ‘what circumstances would push this character to cry’

this is the whump wisdom, go forth and make that character cry

[starry-bi-sky]

on a completely separate note; shizun luo binghe with a disciple shen yuan who fell into the abyss??? *thinks about LBH canonically stealing SQQ's corpse for 5 years* he'd hallucinate i think. like, like visual and audial hallucinations.

Keeps thinking he's seeing SQQ in the corner of his eyes, or wandering between the trees, amongst a group of disciples. Thinks he hears him calling for him, but its just the wind or another disciple.

Gets Xiu Ya reforged but patently fucking refuses to make a sword mound. Because his disciple Is Not Dead :))) There was No Body. He's Not Dead. And If You keep Insisting That He Is, He's Gonna Skewer You :). He's holding onto Xiu Ya so he can return his most favored disciple's sword when he returns. It's on his hip right next to Zheng Yang where it's supposed to be.

Also this motherfucker?? does not sleep btw. He has the image of SQQ, wide eyed and hysterical and standing at the mouth of the abyss burned into his fucking eyelids. Can't use the dreamscape to escape it either because he keeps trying to save him and either he does and it's an incredibly cruel trick to wake up to, or he doesn't and he gets his heart broken in several different pieces again.

There is no convincing this man that Shen Qingqiu is dead. Absolutely nothing at all. He is buried so deep in denial that moles would be jealous of how deep he is. He keeps making tea for two in the bamboo house only to remember that it's just him. SQQ's fans are hiding everywhere, little reminders of his presence. He goes to wake up SQQ on the mornings he sleeps in-- only to find the room empty.

[shelbybunny]

imagine submitting an essay to your teacher and when your teacher hands it back to you you have a big red F and they wrote that you plagiarized and when you confront them about it they smugly present a library of babel entry that is just the entirety of your essay

[spencilweidblog]

him and that fuckass scarf against the world 😭😭

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Out of sight, out of - wait.

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[stealingpotatoes]

Tbf she has, according to The Lore about Togruta headbands, killed a carnivorous giant predator that regularly decimates entire villages, at fourteen, as her coming of age hunt.

Granted, this is legends, but...

damn. or she found a loophole

(donation doodles! // tip jar)

[squirreltastic]

nursing homes are not punishments.

They are supposed to function as care centers for people who are disabled.

So why is it our culture thinks its a joke to say "shape up or you'll be sent to a nursing home". Families are not trained medical staff. It is a luxury to stay in your home as your care needs increase. You can need a nursing home or similar level of care at any age.

Pay attention, how they are run is a sign of ableism and ageism. The lack of funding and abusive staff stories should matter to you NOW because if you arent disabled now you will be in someway (and well, because its basic compassion but if we had that I wouldn't need to make this post)

[limerlove]

pairing. footballplayer!vi x songwriter!reader

synopsis ─── vi's favorite white cleats, your favorite journal, and two hearts beating to the same drum. navigating piltover university has never been an easy task and for the two of you? impossible. your girlfriend's roommate, the most popular lesbian on campus, happens to answer the phone at the worst time. a propostion is made and that's where all hell breaks loose. a kind-of ex girlfriend, a harboring crush, and one confused athlete. and powder, who can't stop putting her nose in places it doesn't belong. in her third year at uni, violet navigates the most troublesome task of all, her future, and fuck it's all wrapped up in you.

content warning ─── fluff, angst, smut, eighteen+ only. modern au. friends to lovers. slow burn. yearning lesbians. vi looks devastatingly hot in cleats and a jersey in my mind and this fic is proof of that #trust. songwriter!reader nd athlete!vi. homophobia, internalized homophobia discussed. found family. mention of alcohol abuse. each chapter will also have it's own set of warnings, this is just a broad category of tags. so, please check my warning for each chapter!

#rayray talks: wow. so here we are again, with something new, special, and near and dear to my heart. just this once, i'm promising more than something angstful and full of dread. honestly, this new series has meant a lot to me. and i can't wait until i share it all with you. arcane family, i have missed you. and i wanted to do something like this for vi for awhile but have finally found the inspiration to do so. fell out of writing for a little while, but reading thirty books in one month might just bring me back to what i've always loved doing the most. creating new content for the gays who are sexually depraved. here we go. toss one back for your favorite butch. this is fucking deepcut.

a very special thank you to @sinstear. ik you're on hiatus right now but you hear my yaps all the time and i love you so much for it. always uplifting me when i'm at my worst. two incredibly very, very honorable mentions, @shouyuus + @grotesquevi thank you for letting me yap a bit about this series. truly, so proud of this one. stay tuned ૮ ◞ ̫ ◟ ྀིა !!!

#THE DEEPCUT DISCOGRAPHY

◟︎ prelude ♬.ᐟ the democut

release date, july 11th ─── ryder huntington is the love of your life until she breaks up with you. for the past two years, she’s been your calm in the storm. the tide pulling you to the serenity of the shore. it’s always been her. yet, four months in, you receive five fatal messages putting an end to your blossoming relationship. you need time, according to her. more time to settle in your queerness. when you unleash your wrath in the dead of night, it’s not her on the other end of the line. it’s her best friend, her roommate, the lesbian everyone wants to fuck, violet vanderson.

more coming soon!

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[nin-deer]

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