#hope this was fun and informative!

[by-ilmater]

i noticed an environmental thing while playing through a quest in treviso that i won't mention to avoid spoilers. but it's something very specific so i wanna make a post about it, and maybe some of you will find it useful for fic writing purposes

i saw this in the cellar of a certain villa. it's obviously barrels being used to age some sort of alcohol. but the formation of them is important.

this is called a solera. it's an aging process that can be used to age lots of different wine and spirits, but it's best known for use in aging sherry and port. it's a way for producers to blend wines and spirits of different vintages, where the oldest is on the bottom and the youngest is on top. as the older vintages are drained and only a bit remains, the younger vintages are blended into it, creating a sort of perpetual cascade of aging. this ensures consistency in the wine or spirit, as the character of the original vintages never truly leave. it's very cool.

historically, the solera method was developed in spain in the 18th century. i couldn't remember if i'd seen this particular asset in use anywhere else in the game (i feel like i would've noticed before if i had) so if this was intentional on the part of the devs, it's a very cool little thing to put in an antivan cellar, as antiva is loosely based on spain and portugal. it's also something that most people would miss, as you would need to have specific knowledge of wine production to recognize its significance.

anyway, i just thought this was a cool background detail and i wanted to share with y'all.

[chloesimaginationthings]

Michael Afton draws FNAF tape girl for Vanessa,,

[notherpuppet]

I love hazbin hotel. It’s made with hard work and love and I think that kind of magic is invulnerable.

I look forward to seeing Viv, Spindlehorse, and the whole team show us the beautiful project they’re making.

I want to hear the creator tell her story. 🪄💞

[theartofmadeline]

my new zine about queer ecology! researching this taught me that nature is cool af.

available in my shop soon :)

[ohitslen]

Living together.

The snail video if you are interested :)

[vaguely-concerned]

the mourn watch background gives you such a GIFT in having other characters notice and call out on-screen that rook code switches like a motherfucker. the whiplash of hearing my snarky 'heeey I'm just a little guy! :>' funnyman rook speak the heightened ritualized phrases of the mourn watch with perfect seriousness and gravity completely naturally and/or break into an academic tone that can keep up with emmrich at the drop of a hat never stops giving me such endless delight. truly their real mind is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside some hideous mourn watch casual wear

[arthurs-vaccine]

Thought I'd elaborate on the tags from my previous post, so here's some things about Arthur's tuberculosis. There's some confusion sometimes about how Arthur's TB didn't spread to the rest of the gang, and since all things vaccines and medical care are my thing, I thought I'd break it down.

Firstly, there's different types of tuberculosis.

Thomas Downes had very aggressive tuberculosis, and likely didn't have much time left whether Arthur had beat him or not. Arthur caught the illness from Thomas spitting blood in Arthur's face, near his mouth.

Now, "active" tuberculosis (pulmonary and extrapulmonary) can spread very quickly and can make you ill very quickly, but there's also something called Latent Tuberculosis (LTBI). This form of tuberculosis is spread through a different strain of bacteria compared to active tuberculosis, meaning that the illness can stay in you for a very long time without displaying any symptoms. You cannot spread it unless you give someone the bacteria through specific means, like Thomas Downes' spitting blood in Arthur's mouth.

Secondly, people who have latent tuberculosis are infected with the TB bacteria, not the TB disease.

The latent tuberculosis bacteria essentially "sleeps" in your body until it's either woken up, or you're on medication that keeps it "asleep". You can live a regular life with latent tuberculosis for the most part, and in Arthur's case, he did for a little while. He didn't show many symptoms until the later chapters.

But the thing is, latent tuberculosis can very easily become active tuberculosis.

Things like stress, lack of self care, poor living conditions, and Arthur's lifestyle in general, did not help Arthur's illness. I'd argue and say that Guarma was the point that Arthur's tuberculosis really became active, the whole situation with what happened on that island was enough to set it off irreversibly.

So there's a chance that if Guarma never happened, then Arthur may have had a little more time. But that's just me.

The depth of how not only Arthur changed, but his illness changing with him, physically aches me.

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 349

(So Dredge has new DLC, which means my Merfolk & Eldritch Ghosts has gained new inspiration) 

Now, if one were to ask what happened to Amity Park, many people would ask what you were even talking about. The city was rather out of sight, out of mind, to say the least- even without the government coverup. 

It was well known, to those that even knew of the town in the first place, that it was a ghost town, abandoned from sinkhole problems, roads diverted and fences put up to prevent people from entering. Of course, if one made it past that first fence, and then the overgrown wall, and then another electrified net, and through the invisible barrier not meant to keep them out but something else in, they’d know that wasn’t true. 

Oh sure, one could claim some sort of sinkhole, what with how the only building not half destroyed was some mimicry of a floating rig, standing strong in the dark waters that now covered everything else. But even a sinkhole should not go so deep, waters turning from pitch darkness to a heavy green… several hundred miles deeper than the deepest trenches. 

And the denizens of the water didn’t appreciate the rig protected by its tower, or the boats of white protected by buzzing barriers that tried to heave them from the waters for study. Yes, what happened to Amity Park was far more a mystery than it should be, unless you were one of those once-humans in the depths. 

But well, it wasn’t the GIW who would be asking them. 

[the-cassandriad]

i've not written poetry in years (i'm more of a novelist) but i allowed myself some cassandra thoughts (as a treat). i actually had a lot of fun with this and i'm desperate to do more with the idea in the future so we will see.

inspired obviously by my own muses, @two-bees-poetry for the brilliant contrapuntal poems about greek myth, and anne carson, specifically when she talks about cassandra's speech being split in two and her bridging of past and future!

more of my logic in the tags because i'm annoying!

[arnaerr]

funny book

[little-pup-pip]

Hiii!! Can I maybe request a soft and calm fox Moodboard??

Definitely!!

[forgottenfeesh]

Huh I just realised something probably insignificant about the drawing of Kaine in Kaufs room.

The drawing in Kafus has much sharper teeth that Kaines and their eyes seem to be the opposite way around though i could easily be wrong about that, and I just saw it differently.

It could be an error or Kafus madness or that they just wanted to make him look scary but I wanted to point it out in case it’s important later :)

[xxplastic-cubexx]

adding 'tentacles are in the walls' to my list of vague x mansion facts

(X-Men #25)

[aseuki]

Comes in here with a longass post hello! Been meaning to get around to illustrating some Species Headcanons @humming-fly @alagaesia-overlord and I have been cooking up! Major props to them for helping me write the script hahaha it wouldn't have been possible without them!

This is a little segment I have been wanting to try for a bit, just a nice moment to dispense lore in a fun way! I can't promise that more will be out in a necessarily timely manner, but I can promise that more will be on its way. Someday!

Until then, I hope you all enjoy these fun lil thoughts! 🤗

[starlightwoofwoof]

Su-

Supervillain! Ed Boys AU idk man

doodles :3

[crimeronan]

i should be allowed to kill people for the amount of time i spend on the internet patiently explaining why you're not allowed to kill people.