#even if it involves breaking the time space continuum

[saunne]

You know what babe? M gon ask u about yingheng now cause they 💯💯 need the spotlight as well and i WANT the world to know how crazy u are about them. Go fuck shit up dear spouse

*looks at inbox* *looks at ask* *looks at date*

WELL GUESS WHO FORGOR TO ANSWER. I did the XingRen one here but I guess ADHDon't then got in the way and since I open my inbox like, once every three month I just. Forgor. We're kinning Acheron in this house baby.

So. Heart is big cause So Many Thoughts but I think indicating that it could have taken off like a rocket from the top right corner towards distant horizons was also a possibility.

So, YingHeng. YingHeng as "HCQ Era Furnace Master Yingxing" and "Dan Heng of the Astral Express" (and for once it's fixated dynamic). It is a rareship and even more, it is a crackship cause there is absolutely no way for them to ever fucking meet in canon.

Doesn't mean I won't try tho.

(Long babbling under the cut)

It doesn't make any sense because they do not belong to the same timeline at all (700 years apart more or less) and because the only way for them to meet (and do more than that) would actually break the space-time continuum OR involve some really strange and fucked up revival/reincarnation with the existing possibility of destroying/replacing Blade in the worst case scenario process.

BUT AEONS IT DOES COMPEL ME SO MUCH and you would know cause I shoved at least 4 WIPs about them right in your face lmao.

I like this ship because it compels me and scratches a itch in a way that classic RenHeng never really managed to do except for certain fics.

I will admit that I sometimes have troubles with the RenHeng ship and the way their dynamic can be/is portrayed despite loving the ship. RenHeng has a common past involving Yingxing and Dan Feng their past-self/incarnations (whether one agrees or not with the theory/system of thought that DH = DF for that matter) and their ship is based on acceptance/rejection/reflection around this common past, the idea of responsibility and above all an idea of healing of trauma (for BOTH OF THEM).

The main thing is that RenHeng often involves violence (canonical and/or added one) and more or less toxic relationship tropes that I don't always have the desire or energy to deal with, even if the writing of the fic is of exceptional quality (I have a lot of RenHeng fics like that in the waiting list fir when I'm in the mood for it tho) . Sometimes I just want something that's still as emotionally charged but a lot simpler and that's where YingHeng came in.

The biggest problem for YingHeng is to "bring" Yingxing back into the picture and there are several solutions for that :

time travel (him coming or Dan Heng going)

dimensional travel (Curios are very practical for this kind of stupid plot)

Yingxing's memory having survived in one way or another (in an object, in Dan Heng's memories inherited from Dan Feng, sealed outside or inside of Blade)

Alternate Universe (it's easier to make him appear in a modern AU settings than in sorta-canon HSR settings lmao)

I like the third option the best, because it allows me to be able to keep Blade in the picture if I want (whether to do a YingHengRen or just an opposition/comparison study between Yingxing and Blade) or not ( by "killing" Blade by retransforming him/rewinding him back to Yingxing).

My two mains thoughts paths about YingHeng are “longing for something you never had” and “mourning for something you never thought you would have to mourn”.

"Longing for something you never had" is mostly Dan Heng centered. I like to start from the idea that Dan Feng's surviving memories can be a curse because they blur the separation line between their respective identities, but that it can also be a blessing. I like the idea that fuzzy and imprecise surviving memories of XingYue's passionate love could have been one of Dan Heng's greatest comforts during his imprisonment in the Shackling Prison. I like the idea that Dan Heng fell in love with the idea of Yingxing or at least fell in love with the idea of Love and Being Loved because of these memories of Yingxing.

All of this while being intimately aware that they were never intended for him.

I like the idea of Dan Heng longing for something that doesn't belong to him. Of being unable to let go of this feeling of "wanting/desiring/missing" Yingxing's love he felt in Dan Feng's memories despite wanting to separate as much as possible from Dan Feng and the burden of his unintended inheritance. Which can lead to a feeling of shame/embarrassment due to being sorta "voyeuristic" and yet attracted to it. Or on the contrary, a sort of defiance with a "these memories have been imposed on me against my consent so I don't have to feel guilty about anything, let alone my feelings about them".

For Yingxing, it was the idea of how he would deal with grief that interested me. Firstly the mourning of his life/friends (and what they became) if it's a time/dimensional travel scenario. Secondly, if his memory is forced back into Blade's body or stuffed in a newly created body to "re-alive him", the mourning of his past death and having to continue / start living again (whether or not he is immortal after said resurrection). If Blade remains alive it adds yet another level of mourning/philosophical reflection on identity, on what makes someone unique and all the tropes around "what would you ask/would say to your past/future self if given the opportunity". I like the idea of exploring the grievance of the one who died/should have died first ending up mourning the one who should have lived/who was supposed to live.

I like the idea of how Yingxing and Blade might treat differently the whole "is Dan Heng = Dan Feng ?" and "does Dan Heng has to pay for Dan Feng's mistakes/errors/crimes ?". I like the idea of Yingxing being "excuse me I was married to/in love with Dan Feng and I can tell you that Dan Heng is definitely not him" compared to Jingliu and Blade's "Dan Heng is Dan Feng" motto. I like the idea of exploring the theme of the difference between Dan Heng and Dan Feng through Yingxing's eyes rather than Blade's.

I like the idea of Yingxing bringing emotional and identity stability to Dan Heng by falling in love with Dan Heng not for his similarities with Dan Feng but for his differences with him. Because Dan Feng was irreplaceable and nothing could take his place in Yingxing's heart, especially not what would appear as a poor copy of his former lover. I want Dan Heng to feel comfortable asking Yingxing about Dan Feng, because Yingxing never compared them as a before/after or past/present but always kept talking about Dan Feng as if he was Dan Heng's deceased brother or distant relative.

Also, I'm sorry but I find Yingxing more aesthetically pleasing to the eyes than Blade, even more when you put him in the Artisanship Commission uniform and next to short-haired no Vidyadhara features 4-Stars Dan Heng. Also, Yingxing should have wrinkles like crow feets and smile lines. And not completely white hair, but more like a salt and pepper hair with mostly grey/white hair but some surviving black hair.

I think they should hold hands and cuddle in the Archives Room while Dan Heng updates Yingxing on what happened while he was dead and asks him about crafting and Zhuming to add to the Express Database.

*gestures* I'm nowhere near the term "sanity" when it comes to them.

[bg-sparrow]

BTTF Year-End Tag Game!

Thanks for the tag, @mjf-af! And thanks for loving one of my favorite fics this year, @daryfromthefuture! 🥰

This year:

How many times would you guess you watched the first back to the future movie? First film, only once or twice. After I finished basically studying it frame-for-frame for my triloogy rewrite, I took a bit of a break lol.

Did you get any sweet bttf merch? If so, what! I did! Lots! I got the complete 1989 BttF II Topps trading card collection, We Don't Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy, Creating Back to hte Future: The Musical, Save the Clocktower tote, BttF Musical t-shirt, Pink Clint Eastwood hoodie, Enchantment Under the Sea Dance t-shirt, and a 10K medal from MedalChasers!

3. How many cans of Pepsi Free did you chug this year? None. Don't hurt me, but I'm a Diet Coke girl. I was heavily into Pespi in my youth, but I gave up pop for a few years, then one of my medications changed my tastebuds like whoa and I couldn't handle how sweet it was!

4. What was a favorite bttf fanfic you read this year? Don't do this to me! 😩 Tie between He Didn't Start the Fire by @daryfromthefuture, which really started all this 40s Doc phenomenon and was gifted to me in exchange for A Fracture in the Space-time Continuum. I also loved being a part of @professorsaber's r/ThePinheads: Guys, Marty McFLy really *is* a time traveller!!!

5. A favorite bttf fanart you saw this year? (please give us a link, not a screencap/repost!) My favorite this year was one that was a surprise made just for me, so it has no link, unfortunately. @daryfromthefuture drew this for my birthday way back in March of her Until I Get Home Marty and my Once Upon A Time in the West "Clint" about to be blown to bits by cake. Affectionately. :) I smile at it often and love it so much! 🥰

6. Did you create any bttf fanart or fanfic? If you did, what one(s) are you proudest of? Pfffft. Apparently, I added 22 (‽) fics to the BttF AO3 this year?? When the hell did I have time to do that?? Anyhoo, my favorite is a three-way tie and changes based on my mood: A Fracture in the Space-time Continuum (the most canon-flavored of the lot), Now I Am Become Death (my history-heavy Manhattan Project Doc fic), and Once Upon a Time in the East (#2) (because of all the personal leaps in my writing I took with this one).

7. How many times were you late for school this year? I don't attend school anymore, and being self-employed, I have the luxury of running a few minutes late (if it's more than 5 minutes, I count it as late late).

8. Did you watch any other movies/tv shows with BTTF actors in them? I watched MJF's documentary, Still. I watched about a million episodes of classic Spongebob, where Tom Wilson does a lot of voice acting. Watched Who Framed Roger Rabbit? once with Christopher Lloyd as the amazingly unsettling Judge Doom, Titanic with Billy Zane, and I think that's it. I didn't get a lot of screen time outside writing this year.

9. Was there a memorable moment you heard a Huey Lewis song this year? In September, "Hip to be a Square" came on in the grocery store, and I was reminded how much I loved that song as a kid. I'm gonna catch hands for this, but it's probably my favorite Huey Lewis song. :)

10. How many times did you fall down this year? I don't even know. Two of those falls involved my lower legs folding up underneath me as I slid down the stairs, though. The first time, I broke a toe, and the second time was down a set of brick stairs. My entire left leg was a bruise from knee to ankle. There is still some swelling in my knee a month later that makes it painful to kneel on that knee.

11. Did you get to see BTTF: The Musical? What was your experience like! I did I did I did I did I DID!! It was AMAZING! I was out the door and back home in 25 hours, and it was such a fun solo venture! I even got to meet @bri-to-the-future because we happened to be there the same day! I have detailed it extensively in this post!

12. How many times did your mom retell the story of how she and your father met? Uh, maybe once that I heard (I don't live with them anymore). It's a great story. I heard it a bunch growing up, though! My mom was a Good Student, and my dad was Just There Joking-type. They had Home Ec together. She was passing out tests for the teacher, and my dad handed the test back to my mom and said, "I don't want this." My mom just froze up because she didn't know what to do. XD

13. If you could describe your year in a BTTF quote, which one would it be? "You man enough to back them up with more than just a pie plate?" comes to mind because I'm a dreamer with ADHD. That means I spout off stuff all the time that I want to do (fics I want to write), but they're only going to get done through my actions. Starting stuff is hard for an ADHDer, even if it's something we REALLY want to do. I have to follow through or it won't happen. And I did a good deal of that this year and last year, and I'm big proud of that!

14.⚡️LIGHTNING ROUND⚡️ Did you get to: go on any trains, skate on a skateboard, ride a horse, drive a Delorean, run in the rain, go to a dance, hang up a clock, play the guitar, pull an all-nighter, read science fiction, or drive-thru Burger King this year?

15. Your future is whatever you make it! So what are you going to make of this coming year? I said this last year, but this year I'm gonna stick to it: this coming year, I'm going to focus more on reading again. I've spent the last three years going so hard with my writing, terrified if I stopped I wouldn't start again for another eight years, but I'm also confident enough to say that I'll be writing here and there again and not lose it like I did before. I want to read more in 2024 because some of my own writing is feeling stale, like I'm reusing phrases, words, scenarios, etc., and I need some new stuff to inspire the evolution of my writing. I also want to start working on something original! I will absolutely still be around (I host June of Doom after all, and I have a McFly July streak to maintain)! So keep tagging me in these awesome games!

I'm tagging everyone who hasn't been tagged yet!!! :D

[liliallowed]

not me thinking about the implications if dust just straight up appears in my room...

totally not gonna question if I've completely lost it.

(he'd laugh and say he knows the feeling)

like. dude. I promise I'm NOT a stalker. I didn't look into your past without permission I swear there's no resets involved YOU'RE LITERALLY A DRAWING THAT CAME TO LIDE PLEASE SPARE MY LIFE-

(he's just staring at me with confusion)

you're... not gonna kill me?...

(he looks at me with a poker face like: "seriously? is that all you take me for? for the amount of stalking you did you sure don't seem to get the gist of my motives")

I'd then glare at him like:

sir you have five different states and iterations of canon in my brain. one is the fanon. one is the edge Lord. one is the troll. and then there's the bland booooooring original version your creator didn't bother to even DEVELOP . HOW DO I KNOW WHICH ONE I SHOULD EXPECT!?

"I'd say troll since you madey life hell I'm here to torment you back! though killing you would literally break the concept of existence and is much like if you personally went up and bitch slapped your own dimensions time and space continuum..."

[hedgehogfangirl317]

My headcanons after Sonic 06

Yes, the game is bad, and I greatly dislike whatever this thing with Sonic and the princess was, but the story had so much potential, and there were even parts I’m disappointed had no follow up. Also, I like Silver and Blaze.

So, 06 is canon to my stories, but only the parts I like, and I’ve written about the follow-ups. I’ve decided to break this up into several parts.

(Also, if you don’t know what happens in Sonic 06, this isn’t gonna make much sense, probably.)

     Time-lines and memories

The apocalyptic future and all events from Sonic 06 were not erased, but split of. At the point when Elise put Solaris out, they created a new time-line, where Sonic and his friends live now. For some yet unknown reason, Silver seems to be completely unphased by any consequences changes to the time-line had. He solely remembers all events from the bad future, and every parallel time-line he since changed through his intervention, and he can even travel between them as well as in time. He has made it his mission to prevent the apocalypse from happening, but every time he travels back into the future, there is most likely something new he has to take care of; that’s why he comes back to the present again and again.

Sonic and Shadow only retained broken pieces of memory from the events in Sonic 06. This is because whenever they use Chaos Control, the time-and-space continuum is ripped apart and gives them brief insight into other time-lines, especially 06 since they have been directly involved in the split-off of this time-line.

part 1/ part 2/ part 3/ part 4/ part 5/ part 6/ part 7

[tiimecrash]

@lightcreators​ ( everett ross ) sent 👫 for  a  reunion  starter. [ x ]

 It had been three weeks since Professor Jamie Burke had seen her partner Everett Ross. The otherworldly alien had a sense that he was okay and things were as it should be. She wasn’t worried about his safety as much as she should be. He was a very brave and capable human, able to take care of his own well being. She just happened to be connected to him in a very complex way. As a being with access to space-time continuum ( amongst other temporal things ), she could see timelines and various parts of the past and future. Even this universe, which wasn’t her native one. He would be okay, though a part of her needed to make sure he would be. He was a special human to her timeline. They were linked in a way. A big complicated link that she could not explain to him in terms he’d understand. She was linked to him in various universes, various pasts and futures as well. 

Why an alien with vast space-time knowledge chose to be an archaeologist and historian on earth was simple. She enjoyed it. She loved earth and loved knowing about it. She figured it was the least she could do to help the planet by giving some of her knowledge to them without breaking the rules of her species involvement with such things. They found earth primitive and not entirely important. Yet, here she was ( not by her own accord ) on earth -- helping them. She gotten here when her time machine was spiraling out of control in the cosmos and she was ejected here to this universe. She was here on purpose, but to what extent she didn’t know. 

She was on her way to the airport in order to meet with Everett, whom was returning from Wakanda. Those moments away had been a tiny bit worrisome for her. Her normal senses of the space-time continuum were ... a bit cloudy since she arrived here. She couldn’t see things as she once did. It was hard to explain really. As she waited at the airport, she grew nervous. Was he okay? She knew something happened when he was there but didn’t know what. Blasted universe she wasn’t used to it. Though, she could navigate it decently. A complex set of abilities her species had.

Standing in the middle of the terminal, she looked through the sea of people for her partner. That’s when she spotted him. “Everett!!” she called to him, rushing through the people to get at her lover. Without warning, she tackled her special human in an embrace. Afraid he’d leave her again. Her nose nuzzled into his neck, inhaling his scent. A deep breath escaped her lips. “I’m so happy you’re alive. I lost you for a while there.” she didn’t realize how odd it sound, but she didn’t explain it either. Pulling away from him, she cupped his cheeks. “Are you okay, love?”

[holisticsoulhealer]

Life Projects - A Spiritual Story

Life really is one big project, or at the very least a whole bunch of small ones squished together over a period of time. Not only is life a project, we are an unfinished masterpiece, an incomplete symphony, and I’m not sure when and where, or even how we actually complete this plane of existence at all. Perhaps we don’t, and that’s why we return to this level of illustration again and again.

I have found over the years that there is a real truth to that, with stories that have literally collapsed the timeline of the here and now, into the continuum of forever, because of the connection between friends, family and soul partners across all of time and space, who came together to work things out. It’s been really special.

In all cases it has proved to me the existence of life projects that can span several lifetimes to heal and complete circles. It’s too easy to become caught up in drama, interpersonal relationships, where we don’t understand the fullness of their story and impacts. It’s easy to imagine they are only about the here and now, yet they are often working out the energetic across several layers and fields of reality that are in the unseen as well as the seen. Sometimes we can see the fullness of a relationship and can easily grasp the reason, season and literally the projects involved and included. At other times we are way too close to the project to see its wholeness and that’s when we need each other, and especially those of us who have the gift of vision and ability to witness what is truly going on from a slightly less attached viewpoint.

I remember many years ago, a very wise fellow healer, reminded me to take on project relationships in my practice as a guide, and not to bring them home in my personal life. That was wonderful advice for any healer, sensitive empath. Projects can be fabulous when they are a choice that we can put down and pick up at our leisure. They’re less fun when we live with a massive challenge that is ours to keep, all the time, without a break. Let’s choose our life projects wisely.

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3D-printing the brain’s blood vessels with silicone could improve and personalize neurosurgery – new technique shows how

- By Senthilkumar Duraivel , Thomas Angelini , University of Florida , The Conversation -

A new 3D-printing technique using silicone can make accurate models of the blood vessels in your brain, enabling neurosurgeons to train with more realistic simulations before they operate, according to our recently published research.

Many neurosurgeons practice each surgery before they get into the operating room based on models of what they know about the patient’s brain. But the current models neurosurgeons use for training don’t mimic real blood vessels well. They provide unrealistic tactile feedback, lack small but important structural details and often exclude entire anatomical components that determine how each procedure will be performed. Realistic and personalized replicas of patient brains during pre-surgery simulations could reduce error in real surgical procedures.

3D printing, however, could make replicas with the soft feel and the structural accuracy surgeons need.

3D printing is typically thought of as a process that involves laying down layer after layer of melted plastic that solidifies as a self-supporting structure is built. Unfortunately, many soft materials do not melt and re-solidify the way the plastic filament that 3D printers typically employ do. Users only get one shot with soft materials like silicone – they have to be printed while in a liquid state and then irreversibly solidified.

Researchers are exploring 3D-printing organs using living cells.

Shaping liquids in 3D

How do you make a complex 3D shape out of a liquid without ending up with a puddle or a slumping blob?

Researchers developed a broad approach called embedded 3D printing for this purpose. With this technique, the “ink” is deposited inside a bath of a second supporting material designed to flow around the printing nozzle and trap the ink in the place right after the nozzle moves away. This allows users to create complex shapes out of liquids by holding them trapped in three-dimensional space until the time comes to solidify the printed structure. Embedded 3D printing has been effective for structuring a variety of soft materials like hydrogels, microparticles and even living cells.

However, printing with silicone has remained challenging. Liquid silicone is an oil, while most support materials are water-based. Oil and water have a high interfacial tension, which is the driving force behind why oil droplets take on circular shapes in water. This force also causes 3D-printed silicone structures to deform, even in a support medium.

Even worse, these interfacial forces drive small-diameter silicone features to break into droplets as they are being printed. A lot of research has gone into making silicone materials that can be printed without a support, but these heavy modifications also modify the properties that users care about, like how soft and stretchy the silicone is.

3D-printing silicone with AMULIT

As researchers working at the interface of soft matter physics, mechanical engineering and materials science, we decided to tackle the problem of interfacial tension by developing a support material made from silicone oil.

We reasoned that most silicone inks would be chemically similar to our silicone support material, thus dramatically reducing interfacial tension, but also different enough to remain separated when put together for 3D printing. We created many candidate support materials but found that the best approach was to make a dense emulsion of silicone oil and water. One can think about it like crystal clear mayonnaise, made from packed microdroplets of water in a continuum of silicone oil. We call this method additive manufacturing at ultra-low interfacial tension, or AMULIT.

This diagram shows the AMULIT technique printing the bronchi of a lung model within a bath of supporting material. At right is a close-up of the needle depositing layers of silicone to make the tissue. Senthilkumar Duraivel/Angelini Lab, CC BY-ND

With our AMULIT support medium, we were able to print off-the-shelf silicone at high resolution, creating features as small as 8 micrometers (around 0.0003 inches) in diameter. The printed structures are as stretchy and durable as their traditionally molded counterparts.

These capabilities enabled us to 3D-print accurate models of a patient’s brain blood vessels based on a 3D scan as well as a functioning heart valve model based on average human anatomy.

3D silicone printing in health care

Silicone is a critical component of innumerable products, from everyday consumer goods like cookware and toys to advanced technologies in the electronics, aerospace and health care industries.

Silicone products are typically made by pouring or injecting liquid silicone into a mold and removing the cast after solidification. The expense and difficulty of manufacturing high-precision molds limits manufacturers to products with only a few predetermined sizes, shapes and designs. Removing delicate silicone structures from molds without damage is an additional barrier, and manufacturing defects increase when molding highly intricate structures.

Overcoming these challenges could allow for the development of advanced silicone-based technologies in the health care industry, where personalized implants or patient-specific mimics of physiological structures could transform care.

Senthilkumar Duraivel, Ph.D. Candidate in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida and Thomas Angelini, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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[adelle-ein]

chapter 11a be like

[neonghostcat]

Thwarted by Reason

(In which I ramble about upcoming SVSSS fanfics. ;) Cut for the sake of your dashboards.)

It is, indeed, a tragic life a writer leads. Particularly the life of a fanfic writer, if Author's Notes are anything to go by.

If you are not beset with life's little calamities and delayed six hours from posting the newest chapter because a meteorite crashed into your car and exploded the neighborhood into a fireball that still rages (so please forgive the dreadful delay), then things like (ugh!) "practicality" and "the time-space continuum" forbid you working on a project you just thought up.

TL;DR: I want to write for LiuShen Week 2022, but I could instead, y'know not try to force myself to hurry and complete a fic that will inevitably rush through the story just to meet the deadline.

That means... I could just write it at a more normal pace and really linger into those bits and pieces that are tasty for me (the writer) and hopefully also you (the reader).

Here's the concept I came up with:

(Working Title: Joint Custody)

Standard Opening: Shen Yuan transmigrates into PIDW and is told, "Fix this."

SY, being genre-savvy, expects he's meant to take the original PIDW plot and fix all of the plot holes and things that make a reader like himself table-flip in rage.

Only... no.

He's instead dropped into the body of Shen Qingqiu, who has joint-custody with Liu Qingge over which Peak Luo Binghe will end up on after he turns 16, the deadline Yue Qingyuan gave for him deciding.

This works out overall better for Binghe because while the disciples of both peaks don't really consider him "one of their own" and as such no one but NYY befriends him, no one is inclined to bully him either.

Plus SQQ can't bully him, because that would definitely make him choose Bai Zhan and he can't abide losing to LQG so easily.

So SQQ just ignores Binghe, being icy-cold to him when he can't.

LQG neglects him in his own way, basically just because he's off doing LQG things and not out of malice. It's just how he runs his peak.

Binghe grows up more akin to Bingge - a little wolf who plays at being the white sheep.

So that's why when SY pops in and his 'perfect' Shizun starts acting weird because he clearly has huge gaps in his memory, he takes particular interest in fucking with him.

Basically, Binghe bats his beautiful starry sheep eyes at SQQ and starts shit between him and LQG, doing the whole manipulative brat playing one divorced parent off of the other to get extra attention from both.

And suddenly Binghe is soaked with attention and decides to himself, "Gosh, wouldn't it be great if both my dads got together so even when I eventually choose a peak I'd still have them both and would never lose this?"

For the curious - that's exactly how I brainstorm my stories - bullet-points with memes. I basically just made the version I'm posting here a little more readable without my shorthand stuffed into it. ;) (My outlines are pretty much the same, only I'd be breaking down the different events involved.)

SO - yes. That is now a story that's in the queue of stories I intend to write. But after I finish Cultivate.

Speaking of which:

Cultivate! I re-read what I had the other day and had one of the most annoying feelings you can have as a writer: "AAaaah I am enjoying this - where is the rest of it so I can read it???"

(Keep in mind that the following assumes you have at least a basic understanding of what Cultivate is. You can find more information in the blog entries listed here, but the summary should do ya. I put an 📓 emoji next to the entries that feature excerpts from my draft you can read.)

So far Cultivate features:

Two POVs (Shen Yuan's + Liu Qingge's) that switch arbitrarily to whomever's POV would be most entertaining or interesting.

Multiple running gags that make me giggle. (This is probably the story that has the most overt comedy of my SVSSS fics.)

Shen Yuan is a silly fucking bastard when he doesn't have to pretend to be SQQ, he of dignity and respectability.

Liu Qingge looking around SY's little home base and thinking, "Bitch, you live like this? Better take care of you because you are helpless."

Shen Yuan is: Snow White

Gratuitous paeans on the charms of both of our heroes.

The death throes of The Original Plot, only to have it threaten to come back as a zombie thirsty for vengeance.

A surprising amount of creepiness for something that's mostly fluff. (I'm considering tagging it with "mild horror elements".)

You thought I did worldbuilding before? Hold on to your socks.

Shen Yuan using knowledge gleaned from his geeky interests to try to live the Stardew Valley/Harvest Moon/Rune Factory slowlife.

It is still shocking to me that I'm ~10 chapters in and it still feels like the story just got started. I may need to post them two chapters a week just so I'm not posting on the same story for years, if ~40k really is only "just beginning" the story...

Anyway - 'tis a horrendous fate. Lament, lament the tyranny of time; etc, etc. etc.

[inkmemes]

futurama  (  1999  -  2013  )  sentence  starters  ↪  taken  from  the  animated  science  fiction  show.  alter  as  you  see  fit  ♡

“let's get the hell out of here already! screw history!”

“when you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.”

“you have to use a light touch, like a safecracker or a pickpocket.”

 "stop! the spirit is willing, but the flesh is spongy and bruised."

"she's stuck in an infinite loop and he's an idiot. that's love for you."

"all i know is my gut says maybe."

“i've never seen a super nova blow up. but if it's anything like my old chevy nova, it'll light up the night sky!”

"every christmas my mom would get a fresh goose, for goose-burgers, and my dad would whip up special eggnog out of bourbon and ice cubes."

"what do i look like, a guy who's not lazy?"

“is heaven missing an angel, cuz you've got nice cans!”

“help! a guinea pig tricked me!"

"[name], if i said you said you had a beautiful body, would you take your pants off and dance around a little."

"drugs are for weirdos and hypnosis is for weirdos with big eyebrows." 

"[name], it would never work between us. you're a man, and i'm a woman. we're just too different."

“screw you, ill have my own contest. with black jack ... and hookers. forget the contest.”

“ah, she's built like a steakhouse but she handles like a bistro.”

"spare me your space age techno babble, [name].”

"it's sort of a two person pyramid scheme."

"i don't want to live on this planet anymore."

"you were doing well, until everyone died."

“if we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. checkmate.”

“i am the man with no name. [muse name], at your service.”

“in the game of chess, you can never let your adversary see your pieces.”

"this is the worst kind of discrimination, the kind against me."

"you watched it... you can't unwatch it."

“valentine’s day is coming? aw crap! i forgot to get a girlfriend again!”

 "hold on to your dookie, it’s about to get spooky!"

"i'm tired of this room and everyone in it."

"i'm so embarrassed. i wish everyone else was dead."

"you can't just have your characters announce how they feel! that makes me feel angry!"

"i don't have emotions, and sometimes that makes me very sad."

"if, for any reason you're not satisfied, i hate you."

"that young man fills me with hope. plus some other emotions which are weird and deeply confusing." 

"i've dreamed about you a lot since you disappeared. what did you want to tell me?" 

"what do you think the meaning of life was anyway?"

“you're a pimple on society's ass and you'll never amount to anything!”

“life and death are a seamless continuum.”

“if anyone wants me, i'll be in the angry dome.”

“and the worst part is, i had to have the breakup sex by myself!”

“they said i was dumb, but i proved them.”

“what's the point of living if i can't say ass?”

“i'll be stuffing coal so far down your stocking you'll be coughing up diamonds!”

“we're all pawns in his diabolical game of checkers.”

"wait, i'm having one of those things, a headache, with pictures!"

“sorry, i didn't realize i was already here.”

"guess what you're an accessory to!"

"why does ross, the largest friend, not simply eat the other friends?"

“there's no scientific consensus that life is important.”

"we cooked our shoes in the dryer and ate them! now we're bored!"

“i'm just as important as him. it's just that, the kind of importance i have ... it doesn't matter if i don't do it.”

“oh what a foolish squid i’ve been.”

“my instinct is to hide in this barrel, like the wily fish.”

"that was bad, and you should feel bad!"

"technically correct - the best kind of correct!"

"and here is where i keep my assorted lengths of wire!"

"oh wait, you are serious! let me laugh even harder!"

"i gotta practice my stabbing!"

"that's the saltiest thing i've ever tasted! and i once ate a big, heaping bowl of salt!"

“i apologize for nothing!”

 "die young and leave a beautiful corpse! that's what i always say."

"here's to another lousy millennium."

“but i am already in my pajamas.”

“windmills do not work that way. goodnight.”

"you win again gravity."

"when push comes to shove, you got to do what you love, even if it's not a good idea.”

“but existing's basically all i do!”

“when will the killing end?"

"i'll be whatever i want to do."

"the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention. now that. is. irony."

"could you ask a little more sexfully?"

"hooray! i'm useful!"

"awesome. awesome to the max."

"some breaking occurred, the dolly was involved, that's about all we know."

“you want me to do two things?”

i love stealin', i love takin' things!

“i believe that qualifies as ill. at least from a technical standpoint.”

"that was the old me. he's dead now."

"jail ain't so bad; you can make sangria in the toilet. ‘course, it's shank or be shanked."

"one word. thundercougarfalconbird."

"of all my friends, you're the first."

“girls like swarms of lizards, right?”

“i lost it. in a volcano.”

"i'm gonna get you so many lizards!"

"who needs courage when you have a gun?"

“let's go! i've got jelly in my underpants!”

"interesting if true."

“i did do the nasty in the pasty!”

"something tells me i could easily beat those trained professionals."

"the two of you are good friends? but i thought we would be good friends!"

"it's like a party in my mouth, except everyone's throwing up."

“i'm shocked. shocked! well, not that shocked.”

“it's me! no one else look in this mirror!"

“you ever think you only like girls cause you're supposed to?”

"we don't gotta put up with this! we got poli sci degrees."

“sorry, i suffer from a very sexy learning disorder.”

“did somebody say something about a free hot meal?”

“you gotta do what you gotta do.”

"too many bones? not enough cash?"

“hey sexy mama, wanna kill all humans?”

"i don't know how you did that."

"the butter in my pocket is melting!"

"well ... first i got up and had a piece of toast ..."

“i can't wait til i'm old enough to feel ways about stuff.”

“interesting! no ... wait ... the other thing. tedious.”

"i knew you come crawling back, like a bird on its belly!"

“we both know you won't make it halfway before the craving sets in! then you'll come crawling back for another taste of sweet sweet candy. bam!"

“indeed so, most indeededly.”

"and by metaphorically, i mean get your coat."

“[vehicle]'s ready except for this cup holder, and i should have that done in 12 hours."

"stop. stop! i will destroy you." [ bonus if the receiver is doing something mundane to sender ]

“just make a simple cake. and this time, if someone's going to jump out of it, make sure to put them in after you cook it.”

“lies, lies and slander!”

“you raised my hopes and dashed them quite expertly, sir!”

“but going through a divorce together, you can't pretend that didn't bring us closer together.”

“when you say the human body is the most efficient thing to use as a battery, wouldn't anything make a better battery? like a potato? or a battery?”

“i'll have you know that i bejazzle my own underpants!”

“i'm sorry you had to see that, [name], usually i let my sadness fester quietly inside as a mental illness.”

“i'm not drunk, i'm mentally ill! but i agree with what, what you said.”

“this is a cool way to die!”

[iamthekaijuking]

What is a guardian?

Guardians are giant paracausual sapient monsters created by formaerem entering an endosymbiosis with another organism. They come in all kinds of shapes, colors, and sizes and have tremendous cosmic power. But there’s quite a few noticeable traits they all have.

(This is an extremely long post so I’m putting the read more tab here)

Size- Most Guardians are incredibly huge, even for a Kaiju. Most average around 300ft to 500ft in height or length alone, but that's just the average size range. On the extremely rare occasion a fully grown formaerem colony is involved in infusion, then it will create a planet sized Guardian.

Intelligence- When an organism becomes a Guardian, it's intelligence increases. The amount of intelligence that an organism gains upon infusion varies from individual to individual, but it’s always enough to be sapient.

Luminescence- Almost every Guardian has some kind of luminescence, with the vast majority of Guardians being at least partially bioluminescent. Some Guardian luminescence can also be multicolored or can change colors based on mood or social cues, but the majority of Guardians can't change their luminescence color.

Telepathy- Guardians can communicate via telepathically, but when they communicate their voice can be heard by other people in the area. How many people can hear the telepathic voice depends on how close someone is and how ‘loud’ the speaker decides to be. The most interesting thing, however, is the fact that there seems to be almost no language barrier. If you talked to a Guardian who speaks a different language, then the voice that you would hear would speak to you in your language.

Infinity Organ- The part of a Guardian's body where the Formaerem levels in their bodies is the highest is known as the ‘Infinity Organ’. This is actually their heart (or at least their most important heart or heart equivalent) and it contains all their power and a copy of their memories. A Guardian can regenerate their entire body from just their Infinity Organ. The only flaw is that the Infinity Organ itself cannot regenerate, and if it were to be destroyed then the Guardian would die. However, they are incredibly difficult to damage.

Multiverse Traversal- Guardians can travel and transport things between universes, although it takes a lot of energy to do. They do this by focusing on where they want to go, and then opening a hole in the time-space continuum by doing some kind of action or gesture. These ‘portals’ are visible gateways that Guardians can open and close at will (depending on how much energy they have). An interesting thing to note is that, because alternate universes can have slightly to radically different laws of physics, there are universes that only very resistant Guardians can survive in and even universes that can be deadly to Guardians.

Super Strength- The average Guardian can lift twice their own body weight with ease and are able to move around unhindered by G-forces close to 300g. Some aren't as powerful while others are vastly more powerful than this.

G-force Resistance- This ties into Guardian super strength. As already stated, the average Guardian can withstand 300g without breaking a sweat, but eventually within a somewhat short period of time even they will succumb to the amazing power of gravity (this is why they have their own gravitational fields). Some Guardians are more G-force resistant than normal and some are less resistant. If a normal Guardian were to spend a day on earth without their personal gravitational field on, then they would become exhausted within an hour; think of it as walking nonstop for 24 hours.

Lightning Reflexes- Any conventional organism that is the same size as a Guardian would have an extremely delayed response to external stimuli. It would take several minutes or even hours for a brain signal to travel through the entire body. But Guardians, on the other hand, do not face this problem thanks to the space warping properties of formaerem.

Super Speed- Despite being hundreds of feet tall, Guardians are capable of moving at speeds that only the fastest of human aircraft can compare to. To the Guardian it feels like they aren’t even remotely giant and that they are moving at a normal speed for something that is, in reality, thousands of times smaller than them. Under normal circumstances this would lead to destructive events like their footsteps having the same force of an H-bomb. Fortunately this usually isn’t the case since the gravity that they manipulate around them helps lesson the force they generate by a large margin.

Dull To Pain- A Guardian's body is dull to large amounts of pain. Stubbing a toe is ironically more painful than losing a limb to them.

Regeneration- Every Guardian can regenerate. It doesn't matter what was damaged; as long as the Infinity Organ is safe then they can regenerate after a wound is inflicted. While this alone is quite impressive, Guardians are capable of faster and more rapid regeneration. Guardian regeneration is much like breathing for humans. You can consciously breathe, but your body usually unconsciously does it for you (haha you’re thinking about it). A Guardian can slowly regenerate, but they can exponentially speed up the process by focusing. Focusing on the wound can dramatically shorten the time spent regenerating things like limbs from a minute to seconds. How fast a Guardian can regenerate varies from Guardian to Guardian, and things like cauterized wounds or acid covered wounds take a little longer to heal, but because of their regenerative powers, Guardians are more or less immortal and they usually tend to not age all that much (Guardians are unable to die of old age).

Basic Instinct- When an organism infuses with Formaerem and becomes a Guardian they get many powers and abilities as a result of this symbiosis. Upon waking, a Guardian is instantly aware of these abilities and how to properly use them. Effectively eliminating the need to train and hone these abilities.

Respiration- Guardians don't need to breathe to survive and can switch to an anaerobic metabolism, although this isn’t very comfortable and can quickly use up energy. To prevent this, their lungs (if they have any) are designed to be able to take in many types of gasses without harm.

Self Sustaining- Guardian Kaiju can self sustain themselves in order to provide their body with energy. The exact way they do this varies depending on the individual. Some do this chemically while others are high energy reactors, and there are even a few with an anatomy that works like a nuclear or even fusion reactor. Their ability to produce more energy than they normally use lets Guardians stockpile on energy. This is partly due to the fact that Formaerem directly draws power from across the Multiverse itself. Of course, when in combat Guardians use up vast amounts of energy, and this is why they still feel the need to occasionally ‘eat’. Most Guardians in the guardian society don’t ever fight though, unless it’s for entertainment. It can often seem like they have more energy than their body can hold, but this is because formaerem stores some of their energy outside space-time. If a guardian ever does run out of energy, they enter an “energy coma” where they are unconscious and slow metabolic activity to a crawl while their Formaerem recharges them enough to wake up.

Diet- While Guardians are capable of self-sustaining themselves, they still need to harness other energy sources to provide fuel for their powers and abilities in combat, which use a lot of energy. Guardians can feed off of other organisms, photosynthesize (in some cases), consume minerals and raw materials, and filter particles and ions. They can basically eat everything.

Personal Gravitational Field- Guardians are able to support most of their weight with their own personal full body gravity bubble. Or rather two bubbles (also they aren’t technically ‘bubbles’ and are actually warped to the shape of the Guardian). These two types of artificial gravity bubbles are called the Internal Gravitational Field and the External Gravitational Field. The Internal Gravitational Field is used to support the body and strengthen certain parts. The External Gravitational Field, on the other hand, is used to negate much of the damage received from falling and help the guardian not be crushed by their own weight, and the gravitational strength can vary between individual Guardians. The External Gravitational Field is also partially how Guardians are able to move so fast. Their External Gravitational Field helps pull individual body parts as they move by making the gravitational pull stronger in certain areas in order to accelerate their body in a direction, at Xm/s^2, where X is the measure of the Guardian’s individual maximum external gravity. External gravity, if greater than the planet’s gravity, can be used to fly. A Guardian’s External and Internal Gravitational Fields are passive, and happen without any conscious thought coming from the Guardian. However, Guardians can train themselves to be able to consciously manipulate their External Gravitational Field in order to make themselves faster and more agile, as well as pull off impressive acrobatic feats. This is an incredibly hard thing to do however.

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Offspring- It's extremely hard, if not nearly impossible for a guardian to get pregnant/gravid/etc. If they do get pregnant/gravid/etc then the embryo receives a healthy supply of Formaerem before birth from the mother/yolk sack/whatever. The children can resemble their parents but, because Formaerem contains the genetic code of everything in the Multiverse, there's a chance that the offspring could bear no resemblance to their parents. However, there are guardians with powerful enough genetics that some of their traits are guaranteed to be passed onto offspring.

Taxonomy- When an organism infuses with Formaerem to become Guardian Kaiju, they will most likely become a completely different organism (however, some traits can be carried over from the pre-Guardian form and there are some cases where the Guardian ended up bearing a strong resemblance to their pre-Guardian form). Formaerem contains the genetic code of everything that has and will exist, and when something infuses with it then weird things happen. Certain gene sequences are swapped out for other organism's genetic code. What usually comes out as a result is a completely different organism than what went in. Very rarely are two Guardians the same genus as each other. Even more rarely are two or more Guardians the same species. What's really confusing is that, despite their different genetics and even biochemistry, they can reproduce to make fertile offspring. The offspring's genetics can be a combination of their parent's genetics, roughly the same as only one parent, or mostly different from both parents. This has confused and baffled even the best scientists and it seems likely that we wouldn't be learning how this exactly works anytime soon.

No magic- Due to the nature of formaerem, only natural materials are used during infusion, and formaerem can’t use magic to make a guardian or power it. This also means that intangible supernatural stuff does nothing to a guardian, effectively making them magic proof. Another thing to note is that guardians don’t have souls and if something had a soul before becoming a guardian, it is destroyed during infusion.

Spoilers for how formaerem and guardians impact the multiverse (which is of course in dna)

There Can Only Be One- TGTCTCTCACTAAGCTGATGTACACTATAGCGTCTGCTCGTCAGCCTGCTCGCTGATTGACTATGAAGCATGCTGTAGCGTAGCGCTTGTCACACAACTCTACACCTAACAAGCACTATCATCAGCTGTTAGCGTCTACACAGCACTATCTAGCTACACCTCACTTAGCTAAGCGATCTCCTGGTACTACACTGACTAAGCCTGCTCTCAACTCACCTCACTTAGCTGTGTCTCTGAAGCTGTGCTAGCCTGTAGAGCTCACTAACTTGACTAAGCTAGTGTAGCCTAAGTCTGTGATAGACGAGCTAGCGTCTAGACAGCTACCTGTGAACTGAGGAGCTAACTCACAGCATGCTGTAGCGTTGTGATTAGAGCACTAGCTAGCACACTTCACTAAGCACTCTCTACAGCCTAGTACTACTCAGCACTATCATCAGCCTAGTACTGTACCTACTCTCACTAAGCTAGCGTACTTAGAGCGAGTGTCTGCTCTAGTGAAGCTAGTGTAGCTAGCGTCTACTGCACAGCCTAAGTCTGTGATAGCTACTCTCACTAAGCGTAACTCTCCTGTGACGTCTATGAACGAGCTAGCGTCTGTGAAGCCTAGTACTACTCTAGAGCGATTGAGATACTATCATCGACAGCTACTGTCTATGACTCTAGAGCCTAGTACTACTCAGCACTGCTGCTCTATCATAGAGCTAGCGTCTACTGCACAGCTAGCTGACACTAATCCTGCTCCTATGAAGCCTGTAGTGAAGCATCCTGTCGCTAAGCTAGCGTCTACTGCACAGCACTATCTAGCTACACCTCACTTAGCTAAGCGATCTCCTGGTACTACACTGACTAAGCTCATGTGATCTCTAGCTACACGAGACTCACTAGTGAAGCCTCCTAGTACTACACAGCCTAAGTCTGTGATAGCTATACAGCCTGCTCAGCTAGCGTCTAAGCGCTCTGCACTGATAGAGCGAGATCACTTCACTAACGAGCACTCTCTGTTAGCGTCTACACAGCTAGCGTCTGCTCGTCAGCTAGTGTAGCCTCTGTTAGCTAAGCCTGTGAAGCTAGCGTACTTAGAGCCTGGCTAGCACTAGCGTCGATACTCACTACCTGACTCTCAGCTACTGTCTATGAAGCTGATGTACACTATAGCGTCTGCTCGTCAGCCTGCTCAGCTGTCTCCTAAGCGATCTCCTGGTACTACACTGACTAAGCTAGCGTCTACTCAGCCTGTAGAGCTACTGTCTATGACTCTAGAGCTCACACCTAACTTAGCTAAGCACTCTCAGCACTATCTAGCTACACCTCACTTAGCTAAGCGATCTCCTGGTACTACACTGACTAAGCATGCGTCTACACCTAAGCTAGCGTCTAGACAGCTACCTGTACAGCTGATGTACACTATAGCGTCTGCTCGTCAGCCTAATCTGACTAAGCTGTCACAGCTACCTGTACCTCTAGAGCTACTGTAGCTGATGTACACTATAGCGTCTGCTCGTCAGCACTTAGAGCACTATCATCACGAGCTAGCGTCTAAGCACTGCTGCTCTATCATAGAGCCTGTGACTCTAGAGCGCTGATATCATCGACAGCGATCTCTACCTACACTGATAGTGTTGTTACAGCGACCTATAGACG

Another spoiler

Meltdown- TACGATCACCTGCTCGTCAGCCTAAGTTAGCACCTAACACTAAGCCTAACATGTTAGCTGTGTCTCACTATCAGCTACCTGTGATAGCACCTATGATGAAGCGTACTACACGACAGCCATACTTACAGCGAGACTCTCCTGTCAAGCACTTAGTAGACTTCATCGTGAAGCTGTCACAGCACTTGATAGCACTGTCTCTGTACACTGTCAACTATCAGCATCCTAGTACTAATCTGAAGCTGTGCTAGCTGATAGCACCTATGATGAAGCACTAGCGTCGATACTCACTACCTGACTCTCAGCACAACTGACAGCCTAAGTGAGCTACACCTGCTACTCTCACTAAGCTGATGTACACTATAGCGTCTGCTCGTCAGCTCAACTATCATCCTATACAGCACACTAATCTAGTACTGTATGCTCACGAGCACTAGCACACTAATCTAGTACTGTATGCTCAGCCTACTCTAGACTCTGATCTGAAGCTAGCGTCTAAGCCACACTGAGCTGTACAGCGAGCACTGTTACGATTCATAGCTGTGTCTCAGCACTCTCTACAGCTAGCGTCTACTCAGCGATTGACTAAGCTGTGCTAGCACTAGCGTCGATACTCACTACCTGACTCTCTGAAGCCTACTCCTACACGTCGACAGCCACCTATGACTACACGTACTATGAAGCGATCTCTAGCTGATCAGCTAGCGTCTAGACAGCCACCTAACTTCACGTAGCACTCTCAGCCTACTCCTACACGTCGACAGCTCATGTACAACTACGAGCTAGCGTCTACTGCACAGCCATTGTTACGACAGCTAGCTAACAGAGCTACACACTTAGGATCACCTAAGCATGCTGATCATCAGCTGAGAGCTGTCGCTAAGCGATCTCTAGCTGATCAGCTAGCGTCTACTGCACAGCTGAGATCACCACTGTGATCTCTACCTGCTCGTCTGAAGCTCATGTACACATGATTGATAGAGCTGTCACAGCCTGCTCAGCTAGCGTCTAAGCTCAACTTGACTAAGCTGTGCTAGCCTGCTCTACCTGGTACTGTACGATACTATCTGAAGCATGCTGTAGCGTAGCACTATCCACCTAACTTACGACAGCCTCACTTAGGATCACACTATCATCGACAGCCGTCTGGTCCGTAGCCATTGTTACGACAGCTAGCTAACAGAGCTACACACTTAGGATCACCTATGAAGCTAGCGTCTACTGCACAGCTGAGATCACCACTGTGATCTCTACCTGCTCGTCTGAAGCATGCTGATCATCAGCACACTAATCTAGAGCACTCTCTACAGCACAACTCTCGACAGCCATTGTTACCTGATCGACAGCGCTGATCTCTCATAGCTGTGTCTCTGAAGCACTCTCTACAGCACTCATCTGATCCTGTAGCTGCTATGAAGCTCGCTGTCATCGAGCCTGCTCTAGTGTAGCTGTGTACTACACTACCACCTGGTACTAAGCTAGTGTAGCTAGCGTCTAAGCGAGTGTCTGCTCTAGAGCTGTGCTAGCACTTCATAGGATACTATCATCGACAGCTAGCTAACTCACCTGCTCGTCAGCACTAGCGTCGATACTCACTACCTGACTCTCAGCACTGAGACTCACTAGACGAGCCTGCTCTAGCTACACCTCACTATCAGCCACCTAACTTCATAGTGTCACAGCACACTAATCTAGTACTGTATGCTCAGCACTTCACTGTACAGCACTCTCTACAGCGAGCGTATCCTAGTCACAAGCGAGCACTGTTACGATTCATAGCTGTGTCTCAGCTGATGTAGCCGTCTGGTCCGTAGCCTGTAGAGCTCAACTCTCAGCGCTATCTGTTGTTACAGCTGACTAGTACTACACACTATCAGCTCACTGTAGGACAGCCATATCTGTTCATCGTGAAGCCTCCTGTAGCACTGTGTCATCGACTCACTACACCTGCTCAGCTGTGTACTACACGAGCACTGTTACGATTCATAGCTGTGTCTCAGCTAGCGTACTTAGAGCATCCTAACTTACTGAAGCTAGTGTAGCCTGCTCTAGCTACACCTCACTATCAGCTCATGTACACATGATTGATAGCTGTGTCTCAGCGAGCACTGTTACGATTCATAGCTGTGTCTCAGCTGTGCTAGCGAGATCACTGTCGATCTATGAAGCCTGACAGAGTGTTGATGACTGCATATCCTAAGCTAGTGTAGCTCATGTCTCTAGACTCTGCTCAGCTGTGATTAGTGACTGTACCTAAGCTGTGATTAGTGACTGTACCTAAGCTGTGCTAGCTGTCACCATCTGTAGACTATCAGCCATTGTACACATACTCACTACACACTACTCTAGAGCCTATAGTCAACGAGCACTATCATCAGCACTCACCTAAGCGAGTGTTGATGACTGCATATCCTAAGCTACCTAGAGCTACTCTACCTGCTCGTCAGCTGTCTCAGCTAGCGTCTAAGCCTGCTCTACCTGGTACTGTACGATACTATCTGAAGCACTCATCTGATCCTGTAGCTGCTATGAACGAGCACTATCATCAGCTGTGCTAGCTAGCGTCTGTGAAGCATGCTGATCATCAGCATCCTGTAGCTACACACTATCATCGACAGCACACTAATCTAGAGCCATATCTGTATGAGCGATGAGAGCACTCTCTACAGCTAGCTAACTCACAGCACTGAGACTCACTAGAGCACTAGCGTCGATACTCACTACCTGACTCTCAGCATGCGTCTGATCTGATAGAGCTAGCGTCTACTGCACAGCCACCTAGTCCTACTCCTACACACTTAGCTGTGTCTCAGCATGCTGATCATCAGCCATCTAAGCGTCCACTGTATGCTGCTCGTCAGCCATACTTCATCGAGCACTCTCTACAGCGCTCTGAGTCTGCTCGTCAGCATGTGTGATCTCTACTGAAGCACTCTCTACAGCATCCTGACACATTGAAGCTGTGCTTAGCTACTCAGCCTGCTCTCATGTCACCACCTATCATAGATCGACAGCACTCTCTACAGCTAGCGTCTACTGCACAGCACACTACTCTAGACTATCAGCTGATAGACTTAGCTAAGCTGAGAGCTGCACACTATCTGAAGCTGTGATTAGAGCTGTGCTAGCTCATGTCTCTAGCACTGTATCACGAGCATGCGTCTACTCAGCACTATCATCAGCTGTGCTAGCTAGCGTCTACTGCACAGCCTACTCCTACACGTCGACAGCCGTACTTGAAGCCATCTACTACTCAGCCTAAGTGAGCTACTCTACCTATACAGCACTCTCTACAGCTAGCGTCTAGACAGCCACCTAACTTCACGTAGCACTCTCAGCCTACTCCTACACGTCGACAGCTCATGTACAACTAGCTGTCTCATCGACAGCTAGCGTCTACTGCACAGCCTGCTCGCTCTGCTCCTGTAGGACAGCTGTCACGTCACTCTCAGCATGCTGATCATCAGCCATCTAAGCATGCGTACTTAGAGCCACCTAACAACTCTGCTCTGAAGCCTGCTCAGCACTAGCGAGCTGATCCTAAGCTGTGCTAGCTGAACATGTATCTACCTACACCTGCTCGTCAGCACTTGACGTAGCACTCTCTACAGCTGAATCGATTGACGTACGAGC

ACACTAATCTAGTACTGTATGCTCTGAAGCACTCACCTAAGCGAGACTCACTAGAGCTGTGCTAGCTAGCGTCTAAGCCACCTAACTTGATGTCTCAGCTAGCGTCTAAGCGTCGATACTCACTACCTGACTCTCAGCTGATGTTCACTGCTATAGGACAGCATGACTTGAAGCCATGATCTGATCTAGAGCTAGTGTAGCCATCTAAGCTGATGTAGCCTGCTCTCAATCGATTGACTGGTACTAAGCACTCTCTACAGCGAGCTAACTTCACTAGCTGATATCAGCCTGCTCAGCTAGCGTCTAAGCGCTCTGCACTGATAGAGCGAGATCACTTCACTAAGCACTCTCTACAGCATGCGTGACAGCTAGCGTCTAAGCTCACTGGTACTGATCCTGGCAACTTAGCTGTGTCTCAGCCTGTGAAGCCACCTAATCGATTCATAGACTCTCTAGAGCTAGTGTAGCCTACTCTAGCTACACAGCATGACTCACTGAAGCTGTCACAGCTGATGTATCGTACTAAGCACAACTTGATGACTGGTACTAAGCTCATGTTGAACACTGTCAAGCTCATGTCTCGCTATCCTGTCATAGTGAAGCACTCTCTACAGCATCCTGTCGCTATGAAGCTAGTGTAGCTCGCTACTAGAGAGCTAGTGTAGCCTGTAGTGACTAATCGCTACGAGCCTGTAGTGAAGCACTATCATCAGCTGTGATTAGAGCTGTGCTAGCCTCCTATCACTATGATGACTGTAGGACAGCACTCTCTACAGCTAGCGTCTGTGAAGCCGTACTTGAAGCCGTACTTACAGCGCTACTCACAGCCACCTAACTTCACGTCTGCTCGTCAGCTCATGTCTCTGACTATATGATCTACTCTCACTATGAAGCTGTCTCAGCCTGTAGTGAAGCTCAGATATCTAGGATCACCTAACGAGCGCTCACTGTACAAGCGAGTGAGACTCACGTCTGACTTAGCACGACAGCCATCTACTGCTCGTCAGCTGCGATTGATAGAGCACTTGAAGCGATTGACTAGCTGATATCAGCACTAGCTGATCGCTGATCATCAGCACTTGAAGCCATCTGTGTATCTGTGTCGACAGCACTCTCTACAGCGTCCTACTCCTATAGCTGTCATGAAGCTAGTGTAGCGTCGATACTCACTACCTGACTCTCAGCTGATAGACTGTCCTAAGCGAGCTACACGCTTGTCACACACTACACTGAAGCCATCTACTGCTCGTCAGCGCTACTCACAGCACATGTCACCTAAGCCACACTCACCTAAGCTAGCGTACTCTCAGCCTCTGTCTCGTCGATACTCACTACCTGACTCTCAGCTGTCTCCTATGAACGAGC

[fellcharas]

my deltarune theory(ies?)

DISCLAIMER: i am not an actual theorist and i wrote this all from memory! this is taking into consideration the possibility that chara is involved in the making of deltarune (1, 2) as well as other widely believed theories (gaster being involved)

putting a read more because this shit is LONG so buckle up

start with the basics?

something i was thinking about last night is how it’s interesting that we don’t know very much about susie’s home life or her reason for being “the bully.” while there are certainly hints that point to it not being great at all, there’s nothing directly confirming what it’s like.

however something that many people have pointed out is that through the numerous odd similarities deltarune and undertale have, there is the clam girl. for those who don’t know, clam girl is a NPC that you encounter if your game’s fun value is between 80 and 89 and you’re not playing a no mercy route. she talks of her neighbor’s daughter, suzy, and tells frisk that they should become friends with her. but she notes the fact that frisk would have no idea where suzy is yet fate will find a way for them to meet.

in the true pacifist epilogue of undertale with a fun value of 81, clam girl explains that the time frisk (or we, the players) will meet suzy is “fast approaching.” this specific term is yellow in text and her sprite becomes grayscale. then she abruptly vanishes, the noise as she does so being the same noise used for the mystery man and gaster follower 2 sprites when interacting with them. interestingly, her grayscale sprite is “spr_clam_goner”, not much different than goner kid. this dialogue was also added right before the release of deltarune.

so... who is suzy? while it is possible that suzy could just be susie with a different name for undertale’s sake, it’s also possible that suzy could be susie’s sister, likely younger. catty, returning from undertale, has a little sister in deltarune named catti. there isn’t much significance that i could add that would make it likely suzy is susie’s little sister other than this, but i felt it was worth mentioning so do with it what you will.

so... what else?

after interacting with clam girl, if you do the work necessary to access sans’ basement (or “lab”), you’ll be able to find a description of a photo inside one of the drawers that points out there are “three smiling people” with the text “don’t forget” written on it. this has been pointed out several times before due to the fact “don’t forget” is the deltarune song that plays at the end of ch1 (and ch2 although remixed?). if i recall correctly there is no other way of finding this flavor text except for interacting with clam girl. interesting.

lots of people believe that the covered machine in sans’ lab is a time machine. with sans’ many connections to gaster, it’s also possible that this could be a machine gaster made and had broken. it is said to be unfixable.

gaster is confirmed to have created the core. but i don’t believe this is what he fell into. it’s never specified what he fell into, just that it was his creation. so i believe that gaster fell into the time machine. and by taking entry number 17 into account, we are met with the possibility that the time machine might involve a black hole. fortunately for you guys black holes is a special interest of mine, so i can explain this easily.

basically, the anatomy of a black hole, or the structure, consists of the following:

event horizon

singularity

photon sphere

ergosphere

the event horizon of a black hole is the shadowy dark sphere that we see in images. it is a boundary in spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. once having crossed the event horizon, the nature of spacetime begins to deform, causing space’s usual three dimensions (length, width, height) to form only one dimension (movement forward) and time’s usual one dimension (into the future) to form three dimensions (past, present, and future). spacetime is what makes up our reality. remember this. and, as predicted by einstein’s theory of general relativity, mass bends spacetime (imagine our universe as a flat plane, and the mass of our earth causes a dip in the space underneath it), so a black hole’s mass warps spacetime so strongly that any direction you try to go in once having crossed the event horizon will lead you to the singularity. (at least... for a non-rotating, non-charged black hole.)

the singularity is a gravitational singularity, a region that may lie at the center of a black hole wherein the curvature/deformation of spacetime becomes infinite. because all black holes spin (due to their last moments as stars involving very fast rotational speeds), the singularity in a rotating black hole’s mathematics smears out to form a ring singularity (ringularity) that lies in the plane of rotation. in this case (as well as the case of a non-rotating black hole), the region has zero volume. and because of all of the black hole’s mass being held in this region, the singularity can be thought of as having infinite density. within a rotating black hole it is possible to avoid the singularity, and extending this solution as far as possible reveals the hypothetical possibility of exiting the black hole into a different spacetime (region of reality) with the black hole acting as a wormhole.

the photon sphere is a spherical boundary of zero thickness in which photons (elementary, electromagnetic radiation particles, associated with light) that move on tangents (the tangent line to a plane curve at a given point is the straight line that "just touches" the curve at that point) to that sphere would be trapped in a circular orbit about the black hole. while light can still escape from the photon sphere, any light that crosses the photon sphere on an inbound trajectory will be captured by the black hole.

lastly, the ergosphere is a region of spacetime found in rotating black holes in which it is impossible to stand still. basically, it’s like a whirlpool, and any object near the black hole will tend to start moving in the direction of rotation.

okay, so... what does this have to do with entry number 17?

WELL, here’s the dialogue from entry number 17. i’ll bold the key parts that i feel tie the possibility of this being a time machine to the time machine involving a black hole:

ENTRY NUMBER SEVENTEEN DARK DARKER YET DARKER THE DARKNESS KEEPS GROWING THE SHADOWS CUTTING DEEPER PHOTON READINGS NEGATIVE THIS NEXT EXPERIMENT SEEMS VERY VERY INTERESTING ... WHAT DO YOU TWO THINK

as you can probably tell by now, it’s possible that this description of growing darkness, no photons, is similar to that of what a black hole is like.

but why would gaster create a black hole as part of a time machine? well, my idea is that he didn’t mean to do so. he likely concentrated enough energy or mass that caused a black hole to accidentally form. this black hole would have been small in diameter, thus having an incredibly short lifespan, its evaporation being violent. this would have broken the machine entirely. however, for the sake of undertale being a video game, it’s understandable why sans (and possibly papyrus or alphys) would be okay and why the machine is still relatively in tact.

it’s unclear to me why gaster would want to make a time machine. because time travel in the sci-fi sense (involving the grandfather paradox) is likely impossible without breaking the fabric of our reality, this could also be explained for why it went so horribly wrong for gaster. and - fun fact - once you cross the event horizon, you are lost to the universe forever. every particle you are made of, every little bit of energy you hold within your existence, is lost to the outside universe. forever. this is called the black hole information paradox. however, realistically, those who are outside of the black hole will still remember you, but in gaster’s sense... i don’t think this is what happened.

it’s possible that gaster managed to avoid the singularity, if the black hole he crossed was rotational. however, because he couldn’t leave the black hole, he could have traveled to different points in spacetime. this is why he was shattered across time and space as his followers describe, because undertale confirms that within its world, this possible existence of a black hole allows for wormholes to exist.

but... but wait. no, no, no. we can’t think of undertale as space-time. why? because sans himself confirms that the continuum of undertale’s reality is a time-space continuum. he puts time before space, which could be intentional and thus swapping their roles. within undertale this means that time is 3-dimensional, explaining the existence of save points and the ability to reset and load. space, on the other hand, is 1-dimensional, meaning you can only ever go one way which is to the end of the game. even if you load previous save files, you’ll still end up finished.

so if gaster was shattered across time and space, it’s possible that he was also shattered beyond. it’s believed that he had some sense of awareness, that he found out he was in a game with multiple different timelines, thus starting his “experiment.” he created the blueprints for the determination extraction machine, and because it’s also widely believed that he and chara were in cahoots with each other, maybe gaster wanted to extract some of chara’s determination and make something for himself. and maybe he succeeded in some way, not by extracting chara’s but by making his own somehow. it’s unknown right now to me. (though if he acquired determination somehow, that would make sense if the mysteryman sprite was him, considering the weird markings or drippy things on his face as well as the general blob-like look.)

so this implies that deltarune’s reality is a time-space continuum as well?

yes. gaster was smart, brilliant even, but it’s likely he didn’t know much beyond the nature of his own reality. when creating deltarune he made the reality of its universe something similar to undertale’s, with 3-dimensional time and 1-dimensional space. if gaster had the determination or something more, enough to persist even as a remnant of a shattered being outside his own reality, then this makes sense as to how he’d be able to create deltarune. if he’s forgotten to everyone within the world of undertale, and (in some abstract way for the sake of kris, jevil, spamton and possibly others) known to nobody in deltarune, yet he created deltarune, he isn’t dead. he’s something else. he’s a god.

and this is why chara is in cahoots with him, even now.

see, chara has determination. they didn’t fall into the underground intentionally; they tripped (1, 2). given these facts and theories it’s likely that chara had determination, or hope, the ability to persevere and keep going no matter what. chara had a red soul like frisk’s, which is what made their essence attach to frisk’s body. that’s why they are tethered to us via name and stats and narration. and as we all know, the red soul symbolizes determination. power.

but while chara is very much their own person, they are still what their name was meant to imply: a character. chara reflects the will of the player; they are not the player theirself, they are their own person, but due to their attachment to frisk (and by extension, us) they act as a mirror for what we do in undertale. and sadly for them, gaster is much more powerful due to his circumstances. gaster is more like us than chara is.

and given deltarune’s theme of nobody’s choices mattering, nobody having any real control over what they do or say, if we take into consideration the fact that chara speaks in the no mercy route about destroying "this" world and "moving onto the next" and asking "when were [we] the one in control", then it’s clear that they have something to do with the theme of deltarune. chara has only ever wanted control, whether that be a good or bad thing is currently out if the question. they wanted control over their own life when they were alive in undertale, and now they want control over other people. anything they feel is a good thing for them to have control over, they will reach for it.

the gonermaker sequence in chapter 1 is abruptly cut off by someone who speaks VERY similarly to chara, in contrast to the person from before who we all agree is gaster (in both japanese and english, it is very chara-esque way of speaking). now, why is this called the gonermaker? my guess is because chara has been discarding all these vessels, making gaster’s experiment much more difficult to start off and get going.

all the gaster followers from undertale, including goner clam girl and goner kid, show up in deltarune. they are fully colored sprites. the only goner character who doesn’t show up in deltarune is the one WE create in chapter 1′s beginning sequence. and i think that’s because they are set up to reappear, at some point in one of deltarune’s future chapters.

so, chara has been discarding all of the vessels, all the followers, all the now-goners because they know that these people will never have control over their lives. as long as they are shallow vessels meant to worship and serve our (the players’) and gaster’s desires (to play a game and experiment, thereby affecting an entire world/universe), they have no autonomy over themselves. and this resonates with chara for a multitude of reasons we can tie back to undertale. they state that "no one can choose who they are in this world," because it’s true. no one can choose who they are. not in a world dominated by gods like us and gaster. and that’s why chara discards these vessels and characters who were probably once their own real persons, as a means of sparing them from what they lacked for theirself: control. and no matter what, even if chara didn’t interrupt, we would have still ended up as kris because again No One Can Choose Who They Are In This World. chara was making gaster’s sick joke plain and simple for us, that it applies to us in some way too.

so then... what’s the deal with spamton and jevil? 

well, i think they are people who encountered gaster (this is widely believed anyway) and convinced themselves that they were significant for this knowledge that they are in a game, knowledge gaster told them of, driving them both insane and robbing them of who they were meant to be. and because nobody can choose who they are in deltarune, when they try to break free nothing changes or has a happy outcome, because it’s sadly just not possible to change your fate in deltarune.

this presumably-fact becomes clearer with spamton, though. and that’s why kris becomes so afraid, both at the end of spamton neo’s pacifist battle and his snowgrave battle. because kris can’t choose who they are, either. kris is like spamton, a puppet. a heart on a chain. they don’t have full control over who they are and trying to break free only hurts them more, as we see whenever they tear their soul out of their body and disable our input. but, maybe it’ll be different for kris, because they ARE the protagonist. but right now it feels like they’ve given up on the idea of having control over theirself. the only rebelling they do is work to open a dark fountain, thereby continuing the story of deltarune and, really, only helping us more in terms of playing the game.

and i mean, it’s also obvious that gaster holds influence over kris, too, considering the weird hidden encounters where you interact with something and see a man smiling or waving at you or giving you an egg. and this egg doesn’t change into a ball of trash like every other dark world item once you return to the light world. it stays the same. i can’t really remember the significance of eggs when it comes to gaster other than his whole existence being left as an Easter Egg but i do know that on the date with papyrus in undertale, there’s an egg on the side with the dating hub so, whether that’s there for funny points or lore is unknown, but interesting too.

i also want to say that i don’t think gaster and chara are being pitted against each other in terms of "these are 2 different types of gamers." while that would make sense simplistically, i feel like toby would be much more in depth and nuanced with it, as he usually is with his method of storytelling. because even though chara is kind of god-like, considering their death in undertale and their soul being the same as ours, leading to them being attached to us like some kind of angel (and angels have lots of significance in both undertale and deltarune), they’re still only a character and not at all on the level that gaster is.

i personally think gaster and chara are, on a more hidden level because toby isn’t being very direct at all with these two, meant to represent a different side of the "player vs character" perspective. and that’s something that undertale and deltarune have both tried to convey to us in the no mercy and snowgrave routes, but unfortunately in undertale’s case it was widely misinterpreted in both ways. i think it’s a bit more sensible to go about it this way, because gaster is not us, as in we don’t control him like we can other characters, and the symbolism of what he’s meant to represent is there.

ok, one last question: how did chara access wherever gaster’s in?

that part is still very foggy. i can’t come up with a definite reasoning, but for now i’ll take a wild guess and say that maybe chara grew tired of being a ghost with no real autonomy. maybe they decided they wanted to break free for theirself, and by doing this their essence became detached from frisk’s body (and by extension our control), thus causing them to be shattered similarly to gaster or winding up in the void gaster has. however that happened.

there’s a lot of uncanny resemblance between chara and kris, though, especially if this is the case. chara breaks free and winds up in the void with gaster, and kris realizes that breaking free for theirself may not be all that they think it’s meant to be. given spamton neo and all. aside from the fact that chara and kris look similar, have the same family (though in different universes of course), and strangely both have a sweet tooth, this is especially odd to me.

i can’t quite put it into words, but it feels like, to me at least, chara is very much present in the world of deltarune. and they share similarities with kris that are hard to ignore.

so that’s it, then.

for the most part... yes. a lot of the theories i’ve linked here and there explain things i agree with, so you can read them as you see fit. i especially recommend nochocolate’s posts on chara if you’re interested, such as the ambiguity of freedom in undertale (and, though this was never mentioned in their post, by extension now deltarune).

but. there is one character that seems to be involved in some (or a lot) of this. and that’s papyrus. the only problem is, i can’t figure out what’s going on.

at first glance papyrus is just a very charming guy. but you know, he’s actually a lot more mysterious than sans. he shares similarities to chara and flowey/asriel, and holds weird possible connections to gaster. he’s also the only major character from undertale (aside from asriel) who hasn’t made a physical appearance in deltarune. while checking sans and papyrus’ house will have you met with narration describing “a distant trousle of bones”, it’s worth noting that in chapter 2 it’s described as getting farther and farther away. so... why? is this world’s papyrus just shy, or is there a deeper reason?

again, i can’t tell what’s going on with papyrus, if there even is anything at all. but there’s a lot of weird and mysterious little oddities involving him that i don’t think are unintentional or accidental.

anyways... there. hoo boy. that’s my theory. or theories. i don’t really know. like i said, i’m not a theorist, i don’t know everything and i don’t expect any of this to be true. it’s just what makes sense to me. and it’s important that if you believe this, you also recognize that toby is the creator and he does what he thinks is best when it comes to the story of deltarune and the possible connections it has to undertale (even though toby’s said that the two have no connections, it’s not uncommon for him to be untruthful about things).

if you read all of this... thanks! let me know your thoughts!

[unrestedjade]

Baseless Ferengi headcanons no one asked for and that get increasingly queer-navel-gazing and self indulgent because the horrible space goblins have consumed my brain:

- Mobile ears, because if hearing is so well developed and important to them they should be able to aim those big stupid radar dishes. Also because then they can emote with them and that's cute. THE AESTHETIC IS PARAMOUNT.

- Since they canonically sharpen their teeth with chew sticks and sharpeners, their teeth must grow continuously. So I submit: subcultures that let certain teeth grow out as a fashion/political statement. Ferengi punks and anarchists with 5" tusks. Ferengi with all their teeth filed flat (mom and dad HATE it).

- Corollary to the above, most of their teeth are crooked. At the least, they don't share our fetish for straight teeth. What if their teeth are deciduous, and there's no point in trying to force them into perfect alignment, since they'll just fall out and get replaced? So like, sharks but their teeth can also grow longer with no limit. WHAT HAST EVOLUTION WROUGHT ON FERENGINAR :V

- Parents nagging their kids to sharpen their teeth "or they'll grow up into your brain and you'll die :)"

- Personal space? Don't know her.

Okay I need a cut because there's too many now. WHOLE SOCIETY OF GAY HOMOPHOBIC UNCLES AND AUNTS GO I HAVE A PROBLEM

- I can't remember who on here put forth the idea of them having retractable claws but Yes. :3

- Pushing back against the worst canon episode a bit but: relative ear size being the only obvious sexually dimorphic trait, and even that having enough of a gray area that the only way to be 100% sure you're talking to a male or female Ferengi is if you do a blood test. Unless they're intersex! *shrug emoji*

- This is why they're so fanatical about gender conformity and their Victorian "separate spheres" attitude to men and women's roles. Capitalist patriarchy is fragile! And as artificial to Ferengi as it ever was to Humans! (self-indulgenceeeee about gender shiiiiit)

- You know how with domesticated rabbits, the rabbit getting groomed and paid attention to is the boss? Yeah. Go ahead and paint your bestie's nails, just don't be surprised if she cops a little bit of an attitude with you from then on.

- Their fight/flight/freeze/fawn instincts skew heavily toward the last three, and what a lot of other species read as annoying sucking up is the Ferengi in question feeling anxious and unsafe. Especially if they don't feel integrated into the group. Even being at the bottom of the pecking order is better than not being in the flock at all.

- If they DO opt for fight, it's ugly and typically their last resort. Bites or scratches will get infected without intervention-- microbes that their immune system can handle could cause big trouble for aliens. You might wanna check for full or partial teeth that break off and get lodged in the wound, too.

- Too many of these are tooth related but I don't care. :B More teeth stuff: you know what else has teeth that grow constantly? Puffer fish. Likewise, Ferengi can chew up mollusk shells as easy as potato chips, and they need the minerals for their teeth. (Imagine grandpa Sisko offering Nog a crayfish for the first time and watching as he just...pops the whole damn thing in his mouth and crunches away...)

- Their staple foods seem to be grubs and other arthropods, high in protein and fat. I've unilaterally decided their cuisine also involves a lot of edible fungi, ferns, plant shoots and seeds. Gotta get those vitamins. Overall flavor profile leaning toward umami, vegetal, and fresh herbs, and pretty mild (or "delicate" if you wanna be snooty about it, which a Ferengi probably would let's be real).

- Not much sugary food. I'm basing this solely on Quark's aversion to root beer as "cloying". Which could definitely just be his personal preference, but most of the people I hear hating on root beer cite the actual sassafras/sarsaparilla flavor (saying it tastes like medicine) not the sweetness. Nog might be the weirdo outlier for being able to enjoy it.

- Their home planet isn't bright and sunny, so their eyes are better at discerning shades of gray in low light conditions, with relatively weak color vision. Which could explain why they dress Like That.

- Conversely, human music has a reputation for stinking on ice because a lot of it is juuuuust lightly dissonant or out of tune because we can't pick up flaws that small. Ferengi can, and it drives them up the *wall*.

- Music? So many different kinds. Traditionally, maybe lots of percussion and winds, and water as a common component of many instruments to alter pitch or tone. Polyphony out the ass. Some of the modern stuff is an impenetrable wall of sound if you're not a species with a lot of brain real estate devoted to processing sounds. Pick out one melody to follow at a time.

- Yes, back to teeth again I'm sorry. It's a sickness. At some point in their history, pre-chewing food was just something you did for your baby or great grandma as a matter of necessity. Possibly your baby gets an important boost to their immune system and gut biome from your spit. At some point takes on a more formal intimacy aspect and gradually drifted from something all adults and older kids do to something only women do. Your husband and older kids have perfectly functional teeth, but you love them, right? =_= (Think old memes about husbands being useless in the kitchen if little wifey isn't there to cook, but even more ridiculous. Ishka was right about everything but especially this. Thank you for making your family chew their own food, Ishka. Not all heroes wear capes. Or anything!)

- How did they get started on the whole men: clothed vs women: unclothed nonsense? My equally stupid idea: men just get cold easier. Those huge ears dissipate a ton of body heat. Cue Ferengi cliches like "jeez, we could be standing on the surface of the sun and my husband would put on another layer." At some point, again, this got codified and pushed to ridiculous extremes in the name of controlling women and keeping everyone in their assigned box, to the point that women just have to shiver if they really are too cold and men have to pass out from heat stroke if the alternative is going shirtless, because That Would Be Inappropriate.

- Marriages default to five years, but they're also the only avenue for women to have their own household or any stability. Plus their religion places no emphasis on purity save for pure adherence to the free market and the RoA. So, curveball to the rest of their patriarchal bullshit: female virginity isn't a concern in the least. Bring it up and they'll rightly side-eye you.

- Family law is absolutely bonkers and lawyers that specialize in it make BANK. I feel like custody would default to the father usually but oh wait, the maternal grandfather has a legal stake in this, too, and your next father-in-law is asking HOW many kids are you dragging into my daughter's house, etc etc. Growing up with a full sibling is way rarer than growing up with half or stepsiblings, since it usually takes both men and women two or three tries to find someone they vibe with. (Not love, unless you're super cringe.)

- A misogynistic society is a homophobic society. Imo those flavors of shittiness just come in pairs. Homosexual behaviors are fine within certain parameters (aka "always have sex with the boss") but not on your own terms. To add spice, bisexuality is their most common mode (because I'm bi and these are my hcs for my fics I'm not writing, so there), but capitalism demands fresh grist for the mill so you better get het-married and pop out some kids you lowly peons. You have a choice so make the proper one. :)

- Corollary to the above, that doesn't keep all kinds of illicit "we're just friends with quid-pro-quo benefits for realsies" affairs of every stripe and every gender from going on everywhere. Many Ferengi have a lightbulb moment somewhere in early adulthood when they figure out their dad's business partner or the "auntie" who visited their mom every month had a little more going on.

- Plus there's way more gender non-conformity and varying degrees of trans-ing than the powers that be have a handle on. Pel isn't unique, even if most would have to somehow make it out into space to be able to thrive.

Damn a lot of these are just my personal bugbears plus THE GILDED AGE BUT WITH HAIRLESS SPACE RODENTS ain't they

- Women can't earn profit, okay. But lending or "lending" things to each other isn't commerce, riiiiiiight? To be assigned female is to master navigating a vast, dizzying barter/gift economy. Smart boys and men leverage this, too, and there are splinter sects that view this as the purest expression of the Great Material Continuum.

- Of course plenty of women make profit anyway, and just do their bast to dodge the FCA. The tough thing about insisting on using latinum as currency is that cash can be so hard to track, you know?

- Because of the RoA, guys are discouraged from doing favors or giving gifts without setting clear expectation of getting some return on investment. This can twist into an expression of friendship (and of course women do it too), and the ledger will keep cycling between debit and credit among friends for decades. A common mistake aliens make is to tell them recompense isn't needed without explaining why, or return their favor or present with something that zeroes out the debt. The Ferengi will assume you want to break off the friendship. (I cribbed this from dim memories of an African studies course I took in 2007 and whose textbook I know I still have but I can't frigging find it...)

- Flirting, they do a lot of it for a lot of reasons. Roddenberry made it clear that they're just straight up pretty horny, but there's no reason it can't pull double duty for building alliances with other people, smoothing over feuds or disagreements, or cementing friendships. Ferengi who are ace and/or sex-repulsed are possibly viewed similar to the way we'd view someone who's "not a hugger/not big on touching" and if they flirt just don't get offended if it doesn't go any further; aro Ferengi don't garner much comment aside from an occasional "wow how badass, never falling in love with anyone."

- where to even start on making sense of the Blessed Exchequer??? Like seriously, what is this literal prosperity gospel insanity, I need to force myself to re-read Rand and like, some Milton Friedman for this shit. Help.

- fuck I'm probably going to actually do that, RIP me...

[waitimcomingtoo]

The Cup

Pairing: Peter Parker x Reader

Synopsis: a monogrammed mug might be the thing that exposes your relationship with Peter to the Avengers when there’s a strict “no dating” rule being enforced

Warnings: I’m sorry if your first, middle, or last name begins with a “p”. Also this gif is a total spoiler with no context for this story

Masterlist

There was a rule in the Avengers tower: Avengers were absolutely not allowed to date each other. It was a stupid but reasonable rule, considering Nat and Bruce’s relationship had caused fights, tears, and chaos until dating among Avengers was inevitably banned, exactly three years before you and Peter joined the team.

Peter had been an Avenger for eight months before you came along. In that time, he'd become good friends with the other Avengers, or at least that’s what he told Ned. Peter was regarded as more of a son among the Avengers, never really seen as an equal. Before you, Peter was teased daily for his intelligence and bad habit of spewing out scientific facts no body asked for. Whenever he started going off on the theory of momentum or how a star was formed, a collective groan could be heard from Earths mightiest heroes. He would laugh it off and stop telling his fact, but it stung a little more each time it happened. But keep in mind, that was before you. 

You took a breath and entered the elevator. You smoothed your shirt with your hands and folded your lips into your mouth. You were surprisingly nervous, expecting the other Avengers to look down on you for being younger. Just as the elevator doors were about to close, you heard a voice call out.

"Hold the door please." The voice said. They sounded frantic so you quickly stuck your hand in the door so it wouldn't close. To your surprise, a dark haired boy around your age got onto the elevator with you. He was slightly out of breath from running and his curls were going in every direction. You could feel your face heat up and smiled shyly at him. He smiled back.

"Thanks for holding the door." He said once the elevator started going up.

"No problem." You answered. You already had butterflies in your tummy from your new job, and the adorable guy riding in the elevator with you didn't help.

"How come I've never seen you before?" He asked. You were pleasantly surprised that he had kept the conversation going.

"Today's my first day. I'm the newest Avenger.” You explained and he nodded.

"Well it's nice to meet you, newest Avenger." The boy said, extending his hand for you to shake. You prayed your palms weren't sweaty and firmly shook his hand.

"Thanks. And it's Y/n.” You told him. He smiled upon hearing your name as he realized it’s was his new favorite name.

“I’m Peter.” Peter told you. “I’m really glad to see you joining the Avengers. You have no idea how desperately we need more girls on the team. Last week, Nat wasn’t here and Bucky and Sam got tied in a knot. No one could pull them apart until she got back.” Peter blew out a breath as he remembered the incident. “Plus, it’s nice to have someone my age.” He added shyly.

From then on, you loved Peter.

“I’m actually really glad to see you too. I thought all the Avengers were gonna be older than me.” You said with relief. “I’m glad I got to talk to you, Peter. It's nice to have a friend on my first day." You said as you walked out of the elevator together.

"Yeah. Friends." Peter smiled widely.

You did not stay friends long.

The day you joined the team, the Avengers were getting ready to go on a mission involving a creature who liked to hop between earths and cause chaos. You sat quietly in the corner of the quintet and watched everyone interact. You didn’t add anything to the conversation, but laughed and smiled where necessary. You felt pretty invisible but you were okay with that for the time being. It was your first day and you didn’t want to step on anyone’s toes. You were perfectly content with staying silent until Peter started going on about a multiverse.

“I can’t believe there’s actually a multiverse. Ive always read about them, but I never imagined it being real. This means there’s a universe out there where I’m stronger than Captain America.” Peter said excitedly.

“Doubtful.” Steve cut in.

“I mean, can you guys believe this? This creature can just hop to different universes as it pleases.” Peter went on. “I thought that was just theoretical. I mean, that completely changes how we understand the initial singularity. We’re talking about an eternal inflation system. And how does that even work-“

“Peter, you’re doing it again.” Sam sighed.

“Sorry.” Peter shrunk down in his seat, a look of hurt appearing on his face when he noticed the annoyed look on the Avengers faces. You noticed the look too and frowned.

“He does this a lot. You’ll learn to tune it out.” Bucky said to you.

“It’s just really cool. We’re talking about an eternal inflation system. And how does that even work-“ Peter said sheepishly before Sam cut him off.

“Peter! I’m sorry, he’s-“ Sam began the explain.

“Wait.” You cut him off and looked at Peter. “Let him finish.”

“What?” Sam asked.

“What?” Peter asked in confusion, as no one had ever taken interest in him before.

“I want to hear the rest.” You said seriously. “What were you saying Peter?”

“I was just wondering how the multiverse worked with all the quantum realms. This has got to affect the space-time continuum in some way. That’s all.”

“That’s really cool, Peter. You’re really smart.” You said sincerely. You didn’t like the way his intelligence was treated as a nuisance with the other Avengers. You definitely isn’t like the sad look that crossed his face when they told him to stop. You just wanted to make him feel good.

“Thank you.” Peter said, in a little disbelief that you actually cared.

“No problem, Peter.” You smiled.

You ignored the shocked looks from the rest of the Avengers, or maybe you just didn’t see them. You and Peter looked at each other from across the jet and you winked at him.

You found Peter the next day sparing with a hologram. The hologram was much larger than Peter, but Peter was clearly winning the fight. You noticed Peters eyes darting around as he looked like he was figuring something out in his head. You didn’t want to interrupt, but you were too curious not to ask.

“What are you doing, Peter?” You asked him.

“I’m figuring out the momentum of his swings so I can match his force and overpower him even though he’s bigger than me. My mask usually does it but I’m practicing doing it myself incase my mask breaks during a battle.” Peter explained as he continued fighting.

“So you’re doing all that math in your head?” You asked in admiration.

“Yeah. It’s not that hard once you get the hang of it.” Peter shrugged, watching you carefully to see if you were actually interested or just teasing him. “But sometimes I forget to carry the one.”

“And all the Avengers just watch you do this and see it as normal? No one says “wow Peter, that’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen” or anything?” You wondered.

“Uh, no. Not really.” Peter said.

“Well, Peter.” You laughed. “That’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.”

From then on, Peter loved you.

Three weeks later, Peter kissed you in the training room when no one else was around. He tasted like Gatorade and mint and heaven.

Six months later, you were in love. You were spending every waking moment together, and by default, loving every waking moment together. There was never a time when he was more than 10 feet away, and that was how you liked it. From sparring to movie dates in Mr. Starks home theater to making burnt cookies for the rest of the Avengers, you were inseparable. The only problem was, you couldn't tell anyone that they were together.

The rule still stood and you worried if anyone found out, you’d be kicked off the team. This lead to secret hand holding under the table and quick kisses when no one was looking. It was an okay system, but it wasn’t great. Peter was dying to tell the other Avengers that he was dating you. All the men on the team had taken quite a liking to you. They were never disrespectful, but your beauty and abilities often came up when you weren’t around and the telling smiles that crossed their faces made Peter a little angry. He knew it wasn't their fault, but he couldn’t shake the jealousy. You were stunning and they had no idea you were taken. If the guys knew you were his girlfriend, they'd back off immediately. But, no one was allowed to know.

One hectic morning, your alarm didn't wake you up. You’d never actually set your alarm, because you’d fallen asleep in Peters bed while watching a movie together. You were still at his apartment at 7:13 when you had to be at the tower at 7:30 for a meeting. Peter was nowhere to be found, and you assumed he let you sleep because he thought your alarm was set. You rushed to get ready, grabbing whatever shirt you could find, which happened to be one of Peters button downs, and threw on some pants. Rushing into the kitchen, you found Peter with two cups of coffee already made and a small smile on his face. You sighed in relief that he was all ready to go and gave him a kiss, longer than you were accustomed too since no one was around. You grabbed your cup of coffee and headed out.

Once in the tower, you sat at the conference table and took a deep breath. You had gotten to the meeting on time, walking in a few minutes after each other so it wouldn't be suspicious. You took a big sip of your coffee when something caught your eye. Specifically, the giant red "P” on the front on the cup.

Luckily, Peter was sitting directly across from you. You snapped your fingers harshly to get his attention. Peter looked up at you and smiled, his smile quickly fading when he saw your angry expression.

"What's wrong?" He asked. You said nothing, instead, just held up your cup. Peter grimaced when he realized his mistake.

“Oops. Just trade cups with me. It's fine." He assured you. You quickly switched cups and you relaxed as the other Avengers walked in.

"Did you hear from Bruce? I think he said he was gonna be late.” Peter asked you to look like you were having a normal, platonic, conversation.

"I don’t think so. I’ll check if he texted- Oh God you freaking idiot." You deadpanned the last part as you stared at your cup.

"What? What's wrong now?" Peter asked, confused by your seemingly uncalled for insult. You again said nothing, but just held up your cup. This time, there was an even bigger, purple "P” on the front. Peter bit his lip.

"Oops." He repeated. “Nice shirt, by the way.” He smirked. You looked down and realized you were wearing his shirt in addition to drinking from his cup. Your day could not get any worse.

"Oops? Is that all you have to say?" You asked in a harsh whisper.

“Y/n, its fine. No ones gonna notice." Peter said calmly.

"You think they won't notice the giant purple "P” on my cup? My name is Y/n L/n. There's no "P” in that!" You exclaimed. You continuously checked to see if anyone was listening as you scolded Peter.

"You can say the “P” is for your middle name." Peter suggested as he took a sip of his coffee from your matching cups.

"My middle name is Y/m/n.” You whined, knowing his plan wouldn’t work.

"Really? That's so pretty." Peter said with delighted surprise.

"That's not the point, Peter.” You groaned. “The point is, if I'm caught drinking from a cup that has an initial other than my own, namely your initial, people are gonna get suspicious."

“Or, consider this. Close your eyes, manifest with me.” Peter said as he shut his eyes. “No one will care."

"I'm already wearing your shirt, which means I smell like your cologne. Now, I have a cup with your initial on it. Someone is gonna put two and two together." You panicked.

"Or, consider this, really manifest with me this time. I didn’t see you manifest before, no one will care." He said again with an innocent smile.

"Why couldn't you given me any other cup? And why do you own so many monogrammed cups?" You inquired.

"You're blowing this out of proportion. It's no big deal. No one will even notice." Peter repeated. You wondered how he was so calm when your jobs were at stake.

"Hey, Y/n. What's that “P” stand for on your cup?" Tony asked as soon as he entered the room. You shot Peter a look that made him shrink into his seat.

"Who cares? No one will notice! It’s just a cup! No need to get jazzed up about it.” You said sarcastically, catching the attention of the other Avengers.

"Oh, I'm the one who's jazzed? You're freaking out over a cup." Peter retorted, in full volume now.

"Speaking of the cup, why is there a “P” on it?" Sam asked, pointing the cup out so everyone could see it. You couldn’t help the loud groan that escaped your mouth.

"It stands for panda.” Peter blurted. “Y/n loves pandas.” You looked at Peter with a lethal glare.

"Why wouldn't you just buy a cup with a panda on it?” Bucky chimed in. You shrugged and looked at Peter.

"That's a great question, James. Peter, why don't you answer?" You said with a fake smile.

"Because Y/n likes to be unique." Peter explained meekly.

"Does the "P” on your cup also stand for panda?” Sam asked Peter. Peter looked down at his cup and sighed.

"It sure does". He said weakly.

"Interesting. I would've guessed the "P” stood for “Peter” or “Parker”, since you two are clearly dating. But I guess I was wrong." Sam shrugged casually as you and Peter froze.

"You know that we're dating?" You asked in shock.

"The whole team knows.” Steve cut in as if it were obvious. You looked around the room and everyone just shrugged as of to confirm Steve’s words.

"But what about the rule?" Peter asked, dumbfounded.

"That rule hasn't been effective for months. I stopped enforcing it last January.” Tony laughed as he took his seat at the head of the table.

"What? How come no one told us?" You asked.

"Because if you knew, there'd be non-stop PDA and none of us wanted that." Nat answered.

“So you let us think we were keeping it a secret for six months?” Peter demanded.

“Secret? Did you think none of us noticed that Peter became left handed six months ago so he could hold your hand with his right one under the table?” Tony pointed out.

“We all knew, we just didn’t care. We’re happy for you guys.” Steve smiled again you.

“Oh.” You said. “Thanks guys.”

“You’re welcome.” Tony answered. “Just keep the PDA to a minimum. I don’t want any spider babies around running here.”

Seven years later, you and Peter were married just a few miles from the Avengers tower.

After the ceremony, you sat in the kitchen while Peter finished bringing in the wedding gifts.

“I have one last gift for you, Mrs. Parker.” Peter came from behind you and kissed your cheek, setting a small gift box down on the table in front of you. You opened it up, finding a mug with a script “P” on the front. You laughed at the sight, remembering the incident in the conference room all those years ago.

“There. Now you do have a “P” initial. You can use this with no questions asked.” Peter said with pride.

“I love it.” You told him honestly. You smiled and made some coffee, just so you could use your new cup.

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Thoughts

So, I was typing in my (digital) journal when this came to me. It is important, and I think some of you need to read it, especially the artists out there. It’s long, but please, take the time to read it at some point. Well, here you go:

One part of me just wants to stay here forever, and another part wants to be as far away as possible, in a different universe. I wish I could just enter my own time zone where some of the stuff I want to be real is real, and I could live that life as long as I’d like. I’d then want to just come back at the exact time I left. That way, I could do both. Stay in the moment and go away. Stay and have adventures. Seek shelter from the real world and enter one with more adversities but also more fun. Break the time-space continuum and teleport elsewhere entirely. Not death. Definitely not death. The universes of my dreams, my imagination. Where time stays the same, and I can live carefree. Never grow older. Never enter a boring routine just to earn green paper. I don’t want green paper to be absolutely everything in my life. I don’t want to be controlled by it. I want to be free. Free of responsibilities. Free of pressure and oppression. Maybe those worlds from books are difficult, but they are also fun. The adventures bring fun. Life is complex but also overall fun. Why is everything we want influenced by money? We are oppressed into everyday routines that cause stress and anxiety. I want to soar free, be above this. Not everything we learn comes from school. It comes from experiences, feelings, and emotions. How did Newton discover gravity? He wasn’t in a classroom, focusing on what would later bring money. No, he was outside, by an apple tree. Did Shakespeare make poems for school? No, he poured his heart and feelings in lines and stanzas. Maybe Newton studied gravity after wondering how the apple fell and hit his head. He did this from simple curiosity, though. He wanted to know how it worked. He developed a natural sense of curiosity. Many people don’t like school. Why? Some people do. Who knows, maybe those people’s interest in school burns out from stress? Maybe the flame of motivation continues from dedication to others or through determination. Still, there are so many people out there who think school isn’t necessary. Learning some of the same things over and over throughout the years. Why does it matter to us? As children, we all felt curiosity, didn’t we? Why is the sky blue? How does day become night? How does love work, and why does it happen? We want to know more. How things work, why they are the way they are. What would happen if the world turned on its head, and it didn’t work that way? We made experiments and learned from them. Attempting to talk was experimenting a language, the feel of words. So why do many people begin to hate learning? We are forced to learn what they want us to learn. They try making us who they want us to be. Who? Society. So many people are trying to ‘fix’ or change us. Who we are. Some people’s creativity just runs out after people tell them it’s not important. Maybe they tell them to become doctors, nurses, or something of the sort. Why? Money. They think people without money don’t have lives. We cut trees, and give what we make out of it to people who ‘deserve’ it more. That’s not true. Does an actor deserve more money than a loving single mother? Just because people all over the world recognize you if you were on a piece of paper and not the mother? School. Why do we go to school? Money. Yet, you need to pay in order to get an education and get paid. Why do we shut down people who want to sing, dance, or create something so that they can receive money? Well, maybe they aren’t any good at it. How did Thomas Edison make the first working light bulb? Did he think he just wasn’t good at making stuff and give up on his dream of creating something helpful? What about Einstein? They all focused on their dreams and did what they dreamed of. They were curious. Sometimes, different people are curious about different things. Yet, we all want to teach them the exact same thing. Maybe one of them likes and is interested in the way we create color and how to define beauty. Maybe the other likes English and Math class. Yet, we almost always shut down the color kid and lean towards the kid who likes math. We give the kid who likes color a big fat F because he doesn’t like Math and English and doesn’t pay attention to them. Yet, you give the other kid an A and congratulate them. Over time, the other kid shuts down his creativity, because, hey, no one appreciates it anyways. They say he won’t get anywhere with color. Now, they have to do the same thing as the other kid. They pay attention, and get an A. They congratulate him on it. Why couldn’t they congratulate him on reaching his dreams and goals instead? On growing in something he likes? His happiness? They want him to make money. Still, these are just kids, and they don’t understand why they have to do this, isn’t money just paper? Later, they’ll get it. Will they still be happy? Maybe they became an engineer. Not that they wanted to. They would rather paint, no matter how badly it looked. It was colorful. It made them happy. Why? Why does society do this? Maybe money was created in order to organize ourselves and create a system. Those that worked hard would earn more money. Right? No. Some people are born rich. Yet, the people that need it most in order to do what they wish don’t have it a lot of the time. Wouldn’t we rather be free and be creative and curious in our own ways? Why do we need money? Why is it important? What doesn’t make you happy shouldn’t be important. Those that have money but are unhappy, why don’t they do what makes them happy? Maybe it doesn’t even involve much money. We could be generous, and give it to those whose dreams require money? Those who want to go to a four-year university to become an engineer. To those that really want to become an engineer? Is our imagination really that useless? That it doesn’t deserve any credit? That’s not right. The Wright brothers were creative. How would they get the idea of a flying machine otherwise? Do we all want a boring routine? Maybe we shouldn’t be lazy, but we should do what makes us happy without being lazy. Maybe it’s art, writing, reading, drawing, sports, inventions, math, finding out the way things work, exploring, etc. It’s important to find out who we are, isn’t it? Work on it. Don’t let anyone tell you creativity is less important than math. Do what makes you happy. Creativity is important. Stay curious. Create the universes you want. Stay happy. Become happy. Be yourself. We’ve all heard these a million times, maybe we thought they were stupid. They are important. Love yourself. Dream big. Don’t let anyone tell you who you are or what you like is insignificant. It’s not. You are important. We don’t need to rely on money for a happy life. We just need to find ourselves and the people who will always be there to love and support us. Live, laugh, love. Peace.

Thanks to those who decided to hear me out.

[blazehedgehog]

Where do you think Mania falls in the Sonic timeline (not that there is one?)

Well, I mean, there's really only one place Sonic Mania could fall, and it's after Sonic 3 but before Sonic Adventure. Nobody has their Sonic Adventure looks yet. Even if you figure Sonic Adventure might say "Sonic has always looked like this", Eggman has not yet updated his wardrobe.

But Sonic clearly already knows Knuckles, and they're already friends.

If I had to put build a Sonic timeline, I would probably make it several timelines.

The First Timeline

Sonic 1

Sonic CD

Sonic 2

Sonic 3 & Knuckles

Sonic Mania

Sonic Adventure

Sonic Adventure 2

Sonic Heroes

Shadow the Hedgehog (An end, of sorts)

A lot of these games directly reference each other in some way or another. There's a progression of events: Sonic meets Tails in Sonic 2, Tails joins him for Sonic 3, Sonic Adventure calls back to the legend established in Sonic 3 ('s Japanese story), Sonic Adventure 2 references events in SA1, Heroes references SA2, Shadow references both Heroes and SA2, etc.

Sonic CD is where it is because Tails isn't with Sonic yet and if you wanted to dip in to fandom goofery, you could say Sonic is clearly still trying to figure out the SpinDash and hasn't quite mastered it yet. Also, that's the game's original production order; the game was going to launch in 1992, but Sega pushed it to 1993 both to give Sonic 2 more room to breathe and to act as a stop-gap for Sonic 3. Hence the secret "See you next game" art with Tails.

The Second Timeline

Sonic 2006 (the Solaris event breaks things)

Sonic & The Secret Rings

Sonic Unleashed

Sonic & The Black Knight

Sonic Colors

Sonic Generations

Sonic Lost World

Sonic Forces

You could say that the first timeline ends with someone messing with the timeline. Shadow the Hedgehog contains 10 different alternate endings, with an 11th and final ending provided after you see the previous 10. But the 11th ending references events in multiple conflicting previous endings, even though chronologically that should be impossible. A side effect of Shadow using Chaos Control too much, or is it related to being in close proximity to Solaris nearly unraveling the space-time continuum entirely and Elise splitting the timeline?

This timeline also involves someone messing with time. Now, you could say that this should be part of the first timeline, given Sonic and Tails clearly revisit levels from it, but all along the way they almost seem confused by their familiarity with them. Sonic more immediately recalls the events of Secret Rings and Colors than he does Green Hill Zone. Simply put, The Time Eater is pulling in elements from the first timeline, and it triggers some kind of paradoxical half-memory in Sonic's head. Some part of him does know Green Hill Zone, because a version of him was there, but not enough to fully remember it. As they interact with themselves from the original timeline (Classic Sonic and Classic Tails), they osmose more of that space, and regain more "memories" of those events.

Since the Time Eater jumbles everything up, Generations is the point where concepts like Green Hill are dragged in to this universe and become a "thing" to Modern Sonic.

Lost World does not necessarily reference any past Sonic games, but Sonic Forces does reference Generations and Lost World, so they have to be all part of the same timeline.

In Its Own Universe

Sonic Advance

Sonic Advance 2

Sonic Battle

Sonic Advance 3

Sonic Rush

Sonic Rush Adventure

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood

Sonic 4: Episode 1

Sonic 4: Episode 2

These games share Dimps as a co-developer, but they also have a clear chronology through them, as well. We get introduced to Cream the Rabbit, we help a "Gizoid" robot named Emerl learn and grow, Eggman takes what he discovered about Emerl and applies to to Gemerl, and we see more of the Gizoids in Sonic Chronicles.

Sonic Rush also gives us our introduction to Blaze the Cat, but she clearly is not the same Blaze the Cat that turns up in other games. So it cannot be the same timeline. Sonic 4 is also so bizarre and derivative that it can go anywhere here, but it doesn't fit in the original timelines very well.

Whatever isn't in these three timelines doesn't matter to any timeline at all. No more than "Link's Crossbow Training" mattered to the Zelda timeline.