#first time creating a long post

[sengenism]

The Ishigamis and The Gifts of Science

Dr. Stone is a love letter to humanity and its sciences. The main character, Senku, often acts averse to all forms of affection, and the only love he doesn't deny is his love for science. But Senku is so so full of love. He just expresses it in a way other than physical touch or words of affirmation. He gives.

But let's go back to the one who taught him so– Byakuya Ishigami, his father. The love of Senku's life.

Byakuya is introduced in the tenth chapter of the manga as a dotting father who sells his car to present Senku with scientific instruments he will need for a more efficient research. This car is Byakuya's means of transportation, and given that he is crying and shaking in this scene, it could not have been easy for him to lose it. But his love for Senku is so big, that he wants to support his son's passion even if it means sacrificing a great convenience for him.

And Senku? Senku truly fell in love with science at this moment.

If there is anything that Senku is, he is Byakuya Ishigami's son through and through. They may seem like two very different people, as Byakuya is an openly affectionate guy while Senku is more closed off with showing his true emotions. But Senku takes more from Byakuya than not, and one of them is by showing his love and/or care for others through giving the gifts of science.

And it starts with Byakuya.

[Bodysuit Acquired!]

Byakuya had failed his first attempt at being an astronaut ten years back, but he doesn't give up and tries again. Senku then creates a bodysuit that manipulates muscle movement to help Byakuya pass his swimming test. And while the bodysuit doesn't quite help Byakuya to swim, the thought Senku had put into it had motivated Byakuya more than ever to pass the test. This is one of the fundamentals of gifting– sometimes, it really is the thought behind it that matters.

This motivation is what Byakuya credits during his interview with JAXA for passing the tests. He understands that Senku might not have given him any words of encouragement, but this bodysuit was all the words that were needed between them. Senku wants Byakuya to achieve his dreams just as badly. It's the way Senku shows his love for his father.

And it's the way Senku shows his love for others too.

[Glasses Acquired!]

One of the primitive aspects of the Ishigami village is that it considers bad eyesight as a type of "disease". Fuzzy disease, to be exact.

Suika wears a melon mask at all times to help clear her eyesight, which Senku later reveals is due to the pinhole effect. She, however, has never told Senku or the others about having the fuzzy disease. Senku himself notes how odd it is for her to wear a melon around, and confronts her about it once he decides to create glass. This is one of the most beautiful scenes in Dr. Stone, as Suika finds out that her disease was never a disease, and is finally able to see as clearly as the others. Senku basically gives her perfect eyesight, something she didn't even know was possible before.

[Antibiotics Acquired!]

One of the most beloved people in this village is the priestess, Ruri. Two of Senku's new friends, Kohaku and Chrome are deeply affected by her unknown fatal disease. Senku is such a person who would help a stranger even if there is no benefit to do so (though he would never admit to it), what more a person who his new friends truly love and care about. He cures Ruri of pneumonia, giving her a chance to live a life without the worry of it being her last day every day.

[Cola Acquired!]

Senku forms an alliance with Gen, who plays the role of Tsukasa's spy, for the promise of a bottle of cola. Both Senku and Gen are aware that the cola is only a front for Gen's loyalty to Senku and the Kingdom of Science, for Gen needs his superficial reputation as a comfort and cannot simply join them if there is no personal benefit for him to do so.

This cola is also the first gift post-petrification that Senku brands himself on, probably because it represents the first gift that is not out of necessity and leans toward a comfort/luxury that they both used to enjoy in the modern world.

For a modern man such as Gen, drinking his favourite soda in the stone world might have been one of the happiest days in his life.

[Cotton Candy Acquired!]

Senku cares about people so much, even if the people in question have tried to kill him. Senku sees Homura as a soldier who is merely following the orders given by her leader, but he also sees the Homura as a lonesome girl sitting by herself on trees day and night.

As usual, Senku hides his kindness and care by showing an evil ulterior motive, such as turning Homura to their side using the cotton candy, but Ruri points out that this is a facade. Similarly to Gen, a person with such an ego is unable to seem as if he is doing something good out of the kindness of his heart.

[Stove Acquired!]

As winter approaches, the elders in the village are worried about losing people to the cold. Senku hears about this and creates a stove which has a multi-purpose of cooking and also radiating heat for the people to stave off the coldness of winter. And speaking of winter...

[Christmas Acquired!]

Senku hangs up lights in the tree for the "light bulb test" on a random night. Except the date isn't random at all and he drops enough hints for Gen to catch on that it is the night of Christmas. The significance of the day is only appreciated by Gen and himself, as they are the only modern timers in the village. It is for the sake of nostalgia, but Senku would rather be caught dead than admit that he is a sentimental guy with such irrational feelings.

And well, it all comes back to that scene with Byakuya, doesn't it? If you recall, Byakuya calls himself "Santa" while giving the scientific presents to the young Senku. This indicates Senku received them during Christmas. Which means... Christmas is a sentimental day to Senku and his father. An anniversary of Senku receiving his Christmas presents from Byakuya, which led to his deeper dive into his science obsession. The beginning of it all, one would say.

And even though he's dead and buried, Byakuya never stops giving. He gives Senku the Ishigami village to provide Senku with allies. He gives Senku Lillian's music, because he believes in the light of music and understands the importance of media to society. He collects platinum till his last breath, because he believes that Senku will need it someday. Byakuya keeps on giving to Senku, because his love for his son is so huge and unconditional. And because he promised.

Surely, there is no greater love in the manga than Byakuya's love for his son and Senku's love for his father. Byakuya could easily win ten billion best father awards... well, not like there's much competition for that in shounen mangas.

[equill]

Another Otsutsuki?!

we’re messing up the timeline for this one. (I lost this crack idea but then it came back… the abyss stare back and I jumped in.)

anyways, now some kids meeting the new kid

Panel 1: There’s something wrong here.

Comic 1: Attention.

they’re both in the same boat

Comic 2: Day Off (with confusion.)

he just a little insecure,, (kakashi still told him to get it together)

back to the future now

Comic 3: What. (huh?)

Panel 2: very tiny.

[cheaploafs]

Ruin each other like star crossed lovers…

[modifywhatever]

WAITER!!! OH WAITER!!! MORE SLOP PLEASE!!!

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[revvethasmythh]

you know, i think sam does often just throw out chaotic comments he thought up on the fly while he's playing, especially when he's revisiting veth in her post-canon appearances, but i also think sam is very much the kind of player to roll with what he says and make concrete character beats out of them afterward. he did this during the main campaign with veth's fear of water--that was just a bit played for jokes initially that he decided had some meat to it and asked to incorporate it into her backstory, which he did very well and to great effect. so i think when he says something lowkey insane in the post-canon oneshots etc., i always have that in mind. like yeah, there's a high likelihood that he just thought this insane thing up in the moment with no pre-planning, but it also does not mean that it can't be a significant thing he may focus on in the future. absolute crap shot with this guy (affectionate). leaves a lot of character possibilities open, though

[twilight-deviant]

[Avengers Academy: Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic (2024) #29]

[Daredevil (1964) #270]

[mrpenguinpants]

Hypothetical question but are we still into windbreaker (nii satoru)? Y'all cool if I put my hyper fixation on center stage?

[somerunner]

[Video description: In Playstation 1 graphics, an old man walks onto a snowboard course with his walker. He clips the snowboard through his walker, holding it for a second, and blasts off into the sky. Electronic music plays throughout; the beat drops when he flies away.

/End description]

I beg my followers to check out Battle Tapes' music video for their song "Brand New" - since I figure most people don't click on Youtube links, I took the liberty of using some tools to clip just the beat drop.

The rest of the video is just as good as this.

Here's the link; it's inline instead of embedded because it's 3am and I'm paranoid that people on Tumblr go "ew an embedded Youtube link": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp6an4eVzP8

[kira-nerys-rocks]

Late night/ early morning Scully sketch

[peachpety]

First Lines Tag Game

a big Thank You to @phoebe-delia for the tag! view pheebses [phoebi's? lol] first lines HERE..."They’re relaxed and naked under their silk dressing gowns, sweat clinging to their skin like morning dew." like, PSHAW [fans self]. doesn't get much better than that, y'all, wow. tagging @vukovich & @xanthippe74 & @ladderofyears

here's the first lines from my last 10 fics posted to AO3.

Playing for Keeps [Drarry, G, Harry POV]

Harry slides closed the cabinet’s overlapping glass doors.

Birds Behaving Badly [Drarry, E, Draco POV]

An incessant tapping at the glass rouses Draco from the bed.

The Breakfast Club [Drarry, T, Draco POV]

Draco slouches against the stone wall next to the gargoyle outside the Headmistress’ office.

Come to Your Senses, Draco Malfoy [Drarry Microfic, T, Draco POV]

A glimpse of ridiculous dark curls and Draco’s heart rockets into his throat.

Massively Magical [Dron, E, Ron POV]

Ron approaches the bar set up in the Manor’s conservatory and orders a scotch neat.

No Bones About It [Drarry, T, Harry POV]

Harry slaps a plastic skeleton hand on the worn wooden counter next to the till.

Deadheading the Odd Dahlia [Drarry, E, Harry POV]

Harry alights from the Apparition point—an old outhouse marked as A Place of Historical Significance—and takes a moment to let his stomach settle. 

In a Jam [Drarry, T, Harry POV]

Ron sighs dramatically from the couch. 

Harry and the Typical, Awful, Chaotic, Very Promising Morning [Drarry, T, Harry POV]

In Harry's some-odd years on this earthly rock, spinning around a dying star, he’s learned a few things about himself.

Come as You Are [Drarry, E, Harry POV]

Harry guides his truck into the parking space and slams the gear into park.

[evviejo]

no, they were not "cowards", they were not any more cowards than people that wrote tos who didn't make spirk canon

they were simply people writing a show in the latter half of the 1990s, and writing a lesbian couple then is hardly the same as writing one now - or fifteen years after voyager concluded

would it have been amazing, brave, progressive, and very much in line with star trek's general message? of course. would it have helped an already struggling scifi show in late-90s america? highly doubtful

[chiimeramanticore]

waow

[wonder-worker]

people really do not know what they're talking about when it comes to Elizabeth Woodville's social status, huh?

[the-girl-in-the-high-castle]

Finding myself bored this evening, I will do a completely useless analysis no one asked for in this longish post. Since this show will never leave me alone and neither will my years long obsession with old ocean liners (especially the ones laying at the bottom of the ocean), here it is:

I don't know how it is today (the new cruise ships are no longer a thing of beauty to me, even though I've seen a similar thing there too), but at the time, every steamship company had its color displayed on the ship's funnels. We had major rivial companies such as Cunard Line, White Star Line, and Norddeutscher Lloyd.

Cunard Line ships had their familiar mostly dark red funnels with a black top.

White Star Line ships' funnels were yellowish with the black top.

And we also have the example of Norddeutscher Lloyd ships having full yellow funnels.

Now, these colors were there so that you could tell the difference, aka which company does a certain ship belong to (among other things such as design, call sign, etc), unless it's painted in dark gray or black war colors or as hospital ships.

Now, I don't know if Bo and Jantje or other people involved in the show went that deep into all of this, but the show doesn't follow these rules. Here, we have Prometheus and Kerberos belonging to the same company, but having different colored funnels. Kerberos red and Prometheus yellow. You can clearly see it in multiple shots, like the archive or the poster itself, and there's also a sketch:

You can see the real examples in history, such as the White Star Line: Titanic and Olympic (yellow with black top)

Cunard Line: Lusitania and Mauretania (this is particularly interesting because it was said by the people involved in the show that Kerberos was based off of Lusitania) red with black top

Or Norddeutscher Lloyd: Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse (all yellow)

So, looking at the show following these rules, it would suggest Prometheus and Kerberos did not operate for the same company. But it's obvious those rules do not apply in the show, and I don't think the reason for that was that the showrunners didn't care, know, or find it relevant, I think it's simply because it was important for the audience to see the difference between these two ships. The difference is quite obvious when the Prometheus was found, since it was all dark and only floating, while the Kerberos was fully operating. On the other hand, in the graveyard, aka the archive, without the different funnels, it's impossible to tell the difference. I am convinced that the difference between them is very, very important for the plot. I have already written about that, so I will not repeat myself. Anyway, enough with the useless trivia.

[shiftinginferno]

I sorta thought up a “theory” the other day abt shifting. I’m sure someone else has talked abt this topic before.

♡ It’s not exactly a theory but a feeling/possibility that came to my head: What if this isn’t my first time I (my consciousness) have experienced life?

⛧ Before learning about shifting I’ve never been against the idea of me having lived past lives in this reality, but this is a bit different. If we take what we know about time and all sorts of other things being not intrinsically “real,” just created & enforced by us (our beliefs), then of a course a consciousness (the POV you’re living out of) can be (or intrinsically is?) immortal.

♡ When I think about immortality outside of the context of shifting, I think about the classic belief that a young, naïve person would love to become immortal, only to get bored eventually (even if it takes a trillion years) and want the release of death just because there’s nothing else to do, want, think about, experience. And as someone who’s never experienced living for so long, I can only guess that I would feel this way in this situation.

⛧ The thought that came to my head was: What if I (my consciousness at least) had lived an entire life as a shifter—countless lives—before I was born in this reality? What if this past version of me had shifted for the same people (or not), or shifted to the same places (or not)? What if I’d experienced all I’d wanted to experience and the next thing that I was ready to do was reset my memory, script I’d be born into a random body in a random reality where I’m still safe, script I’d eventually discover shifting & somehow find my way to the same realities and S/Os again? It’s certainly something I could imagine myself doing after countless years of living, enjoying and loving. Wanting to experience it all again but as if it’s new.

♡ And what if the same thing happened for tons of other shifters? Maybe this is why some people get “DR memories” while they’re daydreaming that feel way different and nostalgic. Maybe this is why I feel so deeply or even spiritually connected to certain faces, voices, people, souls. Maybe my own soul (consciousness) still remembers them just a tiny amount, is longing to reunite with them.

⛧ Of course I’m aware of the concept of quantum immortality with shifting, but this is something more specific within that umbrella. Has anyone else heard or talked about it before? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[shippingmyworld]

how long does burnout last? asking for a friend