#how theyre encrypted

[gothteddiesdotcom]

not to brag about being good at my job but I’ve now developed two separate tools for debugging entirely on my own within my company entirely from scratch without help and A. it makes my job so much fucking easier and B. my boss is thinks im incredible just because im too lazy to want to write the same bits of code over and over just for debugging purposes

[pinkprettycure]

my computer they said the motherboard fawking fried and they cant procure a new one right now but theyre going to move my stuff from the harddrive at least since i cant access it myself without the computer (its encrypted for some reason??!?!? orz) and my mother in law let me borrow her computer for now which i cant really do anything except coding on it lol idk how mad this laptop will be with me if i start installing heavier programs like adobe on it lmao

[aliettali]

I wanna know more about your clone ocs!

thank you so much for asking this you have opened the floodgates i am so sorry! 

i have nine: tidbit, crypt, oops, flipside, sher, intel, three-two, pint, and dangle. i’ve only (officially) drawn crypt and tidbit so far, but i do have a sketch for oops that i’ll be putting in here as reference. it is also worth mentioning that only crypt and tidbit are actually alive - the others all died so they dont have as much lore!

everyone except tidbit (crypt + co) are batchmates. the large majority of them die before they can individualize so they don’t have many unique designs my bad! also they’re all relatively young- i’d like to think that they’re fresh out of kamino and get assigned to the 501st on umbara almost immediately. and that goes SPLENDID (all of them die except for crypt, who is left to deal with losing every single one of his batchmates within a single campaign)

putting things under a "keep reading" section because it gets pretty long

crypt ct-4342:

well he WAS going to be a medic and them umbara fucked him up so severely (physically and mentally) that he couldnt deal w the hypothetical consequences of having blood on his hands anymore

now hes a slicer (he goes back to get medic certified because he does want to save people but that’s a separate character arc) 

honestly i signed him up for bad things happen bingo and he just has to deal with it

doesnt get a name until after umbara, chose it because a) encryption, slicing reference b) crypt -> grave -> his brothers never got one

facial/corneal scarring that holds his right eye slightly open+ some hearing loss that he makes up for with (unsanctioned) modifications to his bucket. outer arm scarring too because he shielded his head

tidbit ct-2719:

field medic ! hes also a little bitch but a) older and b) aware of concepts such as “emotional maturity” and “compartmentalization” so he’s doing ok 

he and crypt hit it off pretty quickly because it took him exactly three whole days of being stationed w the 501st to sprain an ankle by doing a cartwheel on a sloped floor (dangle dared him to)... but he was polite and nice and compliant in the medbay which is rare

theyre the most brother figures to ever i love them dearly

anyway tidbit keeps his hair short because he got fed up w it getting in his face when leaning over people you know how it is. never plans on getting a tattoo because he’s seen too many people in the medbay with ink related infections for that to happen, settles for hair bs instead

got his name because he tells his patients random bullshit to distract them

mostly closed off bc he’s seen a lot of troopers die (he cares far too much and it’s becoming a problem) and if he can’t save them in time then it means he’s losing those he loves because of his own incompetence

oops ct-4748 (dies on umbara): 

this motherfucker decided to catch an activated thermal detonator and tossed it back so late that he burnt his eyebrows off permanently (he also has burns on his hand but they wear gloves)

the only thing he said was “oops” so that’s his brand now

overall he was a pretty chill guy too bad he died saving crypt 

(he dies draped on top of crypt, who wakes up half thinking that they’re back on kamino in a batch pile but nope! oops is dead sher is dead pint is dead three-two is dead he can only pray that dangle and intel are alright) (crypt gets up and casts oops off and has to leave him behind, stumbling through a veritable graveyard, almost blind in one eye and teary-eyed in the other, and almost gets shot when he finally finds more troopers) (they’re the 212th but its okay they're alive and okay) (he gets through the disguise clusterfuck and crypt races over to tidbit to ask about dangle and intel) (they’re dead and gone and he has never been so alone)

flipside ct-4344 (dies on umbara):

little bitch, got his name because he really hated the kamino bunk pillows and kept flipping them over to get at the cooler side (he just ran really hot for no reason)

dies in a classic krell “push forward no matter the consequences” maneuver- he's the first of the batch to die actually good for him

was probably the closest to straight up defecting out of everyone

sher ct-4190 (dies on umbara):

the calm normal guy, he and intel are probably the reasons the batch got off kamino in the first place

slightly longer hair than regulation - he wanted to grow it out into a ponytail but guess what happened

was an older brother out of necessity but the others realized how hard he was taking it whenever any of them did something reckless and got hurt as a result so they toned it down a bit

forces crypt to go on without him when he gets shot and subsequently dies alone

he was going to be a sniper bc he always had steady hands (his batchmates always asked him to cut their hair for them) (he was trembling when he died) (i think he was too kind to survive much longer than that anyway)

intel ct-4223 (dies on umbara):

REALLY focused on making plans, the second most responsible

“guys, please, what’s the plan? we have intel for this test, we just watched the other group take it-”

“you and your intel. i say our plan is to FUCK IT and BALL” 

he and sher try really hard to manage the others. sadly kamino does not manufacture child leashes

gets killed on umbara like a good soldier who follows orders (krell tactics again)

he dies painfully aware of his own insignificance bc preciously he was driven by some hope that hey!!! if we get past this training/test/battle we won’t be forgotten but exactly three people end up remembering him as a person lmao (tidbit, crypt, rex)

i think he and dogma fucking hated each other

pint ct-4337 (dies on umbara):

the only one of them to have paint on their armor pre-umbara and thats through sheer bad luck - he walked into a room and kicked over a can of paint and got some of it on his boot toe

dies alongside intel

three-two ct-4332 (dies on umbara):

never chose a name, pretty withdrawn from the rest of his batch bc he, unfortunately, is hyperaware of his circumstances and what will happen to his brothers after the war

aggressively regulation haircut

as soon as intel and pint are killed in front of him he realizes that they might not matter in the long run but his brothers wormed their ways into his heart and now they're gone before he even chose a name. he didnt even get to tell them his name and they're dead (messes up and gets shot moments later)

dangle ct-4322 (dies on umbara):

suspiciously flexible, probably hypermobile, loved dangling (!) from the top bunk with his legs on the bed and his entire upper body just. hanging there

saw shaak ti do a sick jedi trick ONCE and decided that was his brand so he liked practicing cartwheels and splits and backbends in his spare time

they didnt have music (cant have shit on kamino) so he hummed his own and imagined dances to them

dies on umbara ft the clone eating plant thing because he was under the impression that crypt was just killed

[kagaminelen-official]

where is the banana folder on your computer? i need to how ripe they are to prove my little sister wrong

-weird excuses anon

Nice try kid... theyre locked up tight, banana riches you can only imagine encrypted to the teeth!

[damnghouligans]

Too many people were having fun with their gravity falls OCs without MEEEE so I made one.

Her name’s Veronica Gutierrez and she’s from the year 2047. She’s a data analyst and computer engineer. Also one of like 10 people in a small team, within a bigger nationwide team, working on experimental tech between Ball and Boeing deep in the Humboldt woods.

She was SUPPOSED to be working on machinery that was being used to better understand quantum entanglement and its effects on spacetime (using what she’s pretty sure were parts of an alien spacecraft but, to be honest, she wasn’t being paid enough to ask that). Unfortunately, things went wrong. Very very wrong.

Basically her job was to help figure out if portals were a viable method of transportation and, while trying to repair the stupid robot dog they were using for remote testing, was accidentally transported across space and time into the icy Oregon pacific….. right in front of the Stan-o-War II. Now she’s gotta figure out how in the hell she’s getting home. All while avoiding federal agents, the time police, learning about the anomalies of the falls, and unraveling the conspiracy that lead to her job in the first place. At least she landed in great hands!

She’s 52

She’s in love with British synth pop, both the 80s and resurgence in the 2030s

You can and WILL catch her at the goth club and emo nites (theyre more tame in 2047 now that everyone is in their 60s and 70s)

She’s got a bunch of stories about Wendy’s fave bands, but isn’t sure what’s happened already or not. Wendy treats her knowledge as sacred.

Since she speaks Spanish, abuela, soos, and melody immediately like her.

McGucket is VERY MUCH her lifeline since all of the tech in 2012 feels like playing with dialup again, both in good and bad ways

She’s really into vintage tech, especially the almighty coaxial cable.

Shes a DIY king

Her fave cryptid is the borrego springs sandman, for hometown pride reasons

All of her journals consist of beat to shit composition notebooks, which she’s suddenly really grateful for since her 2040s tech is USELESS here. Plus she can’t influence the timeline so she can’t even talk about it much…… did I mention she really loves mcgucket?? Only guy that speaks her language.

She really loves kids, so she entertains the younger pines pretty much whenever she can. They’re a great distraction to the whole “being thrown out of space and time” thing.

She and Stan enjoy old romance novels and argue about the best couples. This is a sworn secret between the two of them, per stans request. So much so she refuses to encrypt her thoughts with ford, or anyone else, present. Ford already knows about the book club. He doesn’t argue.

She and Ford mostly keep it professional at first but she gets his sense of humor and they confess to embarrassing weirdness they’ve told no one but their own journals before (like ford regularly drinking human blood for a month and liking it because he thought he was turning into a vampire thanks to being bitten by a fruit bat. Or Vero trying to convince her middle school crush to convert her to the legions of the undead because she fell for a convoluted vampire hoax).

They become close friends and confidantes after this, but Mabel is determined for more!!

[adorable-deku]

bnha au idea: ouran high school host club but make it superpower dystopia (as if bnha isnt already a superpower dystopia:)

it seems normal at first, same school for the arostocratic and filthy rich, same host club full of wacky personalities (but they still have quirks

there are no heroes or villains. occasionally someone comments on how weirdly peaceful everything is and someone else responds with 'thats just how great the government is :)'

they smile and glance to the corner, where the camera is

izuku is still the main character. he still has no quirk. everyone is shocked that somehow he got into the school with no quirk. uraraka is also a scholarship students

there are a lot of scholarship students, actually, which izuku finds weird

izuku finds that the people at this school all have more powerful quirks than hes ever seen before

his homeroom teacher always has this odd appearance of being tired, angry, and sad all the time

he keeps trying to find reasons to expel izuku. izuku thinks its because hes quirkless and poor (its not)

he still ends up in the host club while looking for the library

todoroki, bakugou, etc. really all of class 1-a is there for one reason or another

the pamphlet kirishima gives izuku is Nonsense. literally doesnt make any sense. izuku thinks wow rich people sure are weird but then looks harder

its encrypted. he figures out the code. 'come to the floor 6 genderless bathroom at midnight' (cliche i know but theyre teenagers, and its the only place not monitored)

class 1-a is there plus monoma and some of class b (he hates class 1-a but not more than he hates the school)

he learns that everyone from the school has a spot in the government if they want and also have a spot in the goverment if they dont want it

everyone who refused the scholarship ended up in the school, One Way Or Another

uraraka talks about how she failed to test into any other school despite being top of her grade. other students have similar stories

the school is essentially a means by which the most potentially dangerous members of society become tools of the goverment

but they dont want that of course because who would. why was izuku put here even though he was quirkless?

too curious. always digging into things he had no business knowing

irritatingly persuasive, could very well provoke a riot amongst strangers

strategic to the point that he provoked all of his bullies into fighting eachother for an entire year and leaving him alone to do whatever.

he shows these skills at their best as he works together with the host club

they plan for some to escape, wreaking havoc on the outside

the most mentally resilient, like shinsou and izuku, stay in (in case of brainwashing) and play snitches to gain trust and rip the government apart from the inside

throughout the school years, the lure more and more students to their side, and the agents on the outside provoke dissatisfaction, and eventually they become a force threatening enough for the government to act against

[pondpossum]

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#5

friends to enemies to friends to lovers with a character who's worked very hard to cultivate a composed/moral/respectable persona to hide their true self, and then that Someone from their past comes along and theyre like "No. I'm not like that anymore. Things are different now, we can't do the things we did back then. We can't be those people anymore."

*inevitably proceeds to do just that, reluctantly at first, and then borderline obsessive when they remember how good it feels to let themself go again* >>>>

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#4

im really sorry about the fucking flood of disco elysium content that will fill your dashes for about a month im currently sucking the the tag for all its worth rn this queue is getting ridiculous im sorry i culdnt hold back any more im sory im sorr—

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#3

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#2

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My #1 post of 2022

wake up babe new pride flag just dropped

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[sunset-unbound]

❣️💓💖🥰💘 for the ask game :3

ty but how dare u send all the lovey dovey asks lmao

anyways the answers r under the cut bcz this is gonna be a preeeeeeetty long since theyre in a polycule and the questions r romance-centric

❣️ - What are their love languages?

Fern: likes and expresses through words of affirmation, quality time, gifts and physical touch (but always ask before touching)

Lucas: likes quality time and acts of service the most, expresses a mix of everything depending on the person. complicated relationship with physical touch

Nathan: likes pretty much everything a lot. he looks at intentions more than acts. that said, gives a LOT of physical touch and words of affirmation. you WILL feel HUGGED and APPRECIATED

Sun: likes physical touch, words of affirmation and quality time, expresses mostly through acts of service but varies and blends things together a lot

💓 - What are some signs they’ve fallen for someone? How do they show their affection?

Fern: Spend more time with them. just Constantly at their doorstep wanting to go somewhere with them and do something. and eventually he's probably gonna say something about it. Fern can be pretty straightforward.

Lucas: They're gonna start caring about the person a lot. from asking how they've been doing, if there's something they want to talk about to baking them some pastries to casting blessing spells over them. he's a very caring and protective person for who he cares about.

Nathan: Physical intimacy. slowly but surely he starts sitting closer, subtle hand touches, hugging them goodbye, resting heads on laps. he's frankly pretty easy to read. like he's very kind and affectionate to every friend but you can See that he gets all *twirls hair* w someone he likes

Sun: Intricate Rituals. just the most roundabout displays of affection and flirting with so many encrypting layers you think they're insulting the person. and somehow also the kind to pick flowers and put it in their hair. (and actually VERY obvious if you Know them enough to see through the encrypting)

💖 - How and how often do they try to impress their partner(s)? How and how often do their partner(s) impress them?

Fern: it's less that he tries to be impressive and more that he bursts into their room like HEY I FOUND A PRETTY FLOWER FOR YOU. but also like they all find his magic absolutely impressive even if he's not trying to be. meanwhile he's always impressed by the other 3. Lucas' food will never stop being amazing for him, neither will Nathan's pottery or Sun's art

Lucas: they never really try to impress as much as he just tries to make 'em happy. though very rarely he does flexes his cooking skills. they're constantly impressed by all the stuff Fern finds foraging, by Nathan's amazing amount of knowledge and understanding of plants and fungi's magic properties and by Sun's capacity to understand new things quickly

Nathan: he does take a bit of pride in impressing his partners with his growing garden and business, it is his passion after all. he's generally impressed by all of his partners' skills, but especially so when they outdo themselves.

Sun: constantly doing dumb shit to impress them. it kinda works in the sense they are like HOW DID YOU GET THERE ARE YOU OK. which is a win of course. she's not one to be impressed by anything they do really (not that he doesn't find the things they do great, he does! but she's always like "well of course you can do that. you're you! and you're great!")

🥰 - What pet names do their partner(s) use for them? How flustered do they get by them?

Fern: sun occasionally calls him dandelion and leãozinho for like literally no reason at all. Fern does get a bit flustered over it, it often catches him by surprise.

Lucas: Fern calls him by a different butchered version of their name on purpose when trying to get them to smile (it usually works and gets a little flustered giggle out of him)

Nathan: sun calls him honey/honeycomb. he thought it was just silly teasing but one day sun said it's because his eyes look like honey when light hits them and he gets red every time he remembers it.

Sun: Fern calls him sunny, sun thinks its cute. Nathan calls him sunshine, definitely one of suns favorite. Nathan also makes a point to call it increasingly embarrassing things to tease 'em (they think it's frustrating but also love it)

💘 - What do they find attractive about their partner(s)?

oh god that's a lot of explanations to make help. so uhh ill divide it in pairs and explain what attracts them to each other. also so i don't have to repeat it a lot, they all find each other physically attractive to some degree

Fern × Lucas: they balance each other! Fern loves the way Lucas is introspective and communicates the things he thinks, their mannerisms and voice. Lucas loves how ready to act Fern is, no thinking about it two times, no staying in place for too long.

Fern × Nathan: They both find each other interesting to get to know as a whole. they're not particularly immediately compatible, but with enough time they can see how multifaceted they are and bond over new things constantly. it's a matter of love born out of cohabitation and growing intimacy

Fern × Sun: they share this sense of doing things Just Because. they're alive, they want to feel like it. they both get easily hyped for things and love for the sake of loving. they make each other feel grounded.

Lucas × Nathan: They share a lot of the same interests in magic and love to hear each other's thoughts on any given subject-- overall for them it's a matter of shared personality and intellectual interest

Lucas × Sun: they have very similar senses of humor and just love to spend hours and hours on end talking. Lucas is deliberately controlled in a way Sun admires and Sun is deliberately chaotic in a way Lucas finds fascinating. they're like mirror versions of the other

Nathan × Sun: Nathan makes Sun feel like he's the world. he's sweet and kind and loving in a way that makes sun feel like they could love anything because they love nathan. and Sun's sense of humor and energy and kindness hidden under the surface make Nathan feel more alive than anything. they're the sun and the moon and neither knows who's which

[mlmcaptainpike]

ok ok so my star trek ocs are many but my current faves are the aos specific members of starfleet academy’s advance comparative romulan fall 2257 class. there’s that one line in star trek 2009 that makes it seem like knowing the different dialects of romulan is not common so of course my first thought is ‘super obscure high level class that has at most 8 students in it’ and thus these dumbasses with their stupid group chat and stupid group chat nicknames bc every time i’ve every been in a obscure high level class with at most 8 people, i’m 100% ride or die for them by the end of the semester (the only canon characters in the class are nyota and kevin riley)

first is hive agga (orion, she/her, group cat name: buzz buzz bitch) literally just wanted an education and access to space and somehow ended up with these dumbasses (who she loves but don’t you dare tell)

kuro dosha (bajoran, he/she, group chat name: alien fucker but lowkey about it) who joined starfleet to prove a point despite absolutely hating space travel but she eventually ends up with a job at star fleet command so it’s fine

m’eia (catian, they/they, group chat name: cat with sunglasses emoji) who’s actually science division but just really enjoys languages and knowing more stuff than other people

relon thetik (orion, he/they, group chat name: ebony dark’ness dementia relon way) whos actually command but this was the only language class he both qualified for and could fit in his schedule

keliar th’ikiarren (andorian, he/him, group chat name: old man yells at sky) his group chat name really tells you everything you need to know about him other than his heart of gold

rweemmavaw onu (betazoid, she/her, group chat name: hot goss) her most iconic take is that communication officers are nothing more than professional gossips who are holding the entirety of starfleet together bc they know when to shut up and tbh she’s right

their group chat is extremely encrypted both by their own skills of encryption but also by how utterly incomprehensible their nonsense way of communicating is

and when it’s just them hanging out, they call each other dumb nicknames but the minute someone else shows up, it’s full first names correctly pronounced both to flex on everybody but also to make it very clear that there’s absolutely no excuse for not learning to pronounce someone’s name

OK I LOVE IT THEY SEEM LIKE SUCH GOOD FRIENDS must agree as someone who has also been in a high level language course with no more than 8 people that this is EXACTLY how it is and i love the accuracy. the group chat names had me SCREAMING omg theyre so so good. i like M'eia a lot i like that its not necessarily their given field of service theyre just interested in languages i can imagine the others making fun of them for it sdggdghs also Rweemmavaw's take on communications officers is SO RIGHT and i couldnt agree with her more. i like to imagine that they just have the most secret fucked up little discord server known to the federation AND I FUCKING LOVE IT THANK YOU FOR THIS

[gunpowderdtim]

Jonny Playlist Song Justification Post

I am making this for myself and no other reason.

Playlist link

You’re all Scotch, No Soda - Sarah and the Safe Word

Jonny when Jonny was first joining Jacks, before things got really really bad. Basically the part of Jony’s life that was just I Guess Im Working For Jacks Now Okay

Bust Your Kneecaps -  Pomplamoose

Jonny working for Jacks, things are bad now. This is Jacks threatening Jonny. This song is also in my Ashes playlist. For flare, the song is directed at a Jonny

Devil’s Point - Wicked Shallows

Jonny meeting Carmilla.

Dirty Town - Mother Mother

Jonny thinking about leaving New Texas. Not really a perfect fit, but it fits enough.

Boy Like Me - Barns Courtney

Jonny kills his father and jacks, this song acts as the aftermath and the between stage before he’s mechanized but after the casino burned.

A Sadness Runs Through Him - The Hoosiers

Jonny’s death song, sort of, a commentary on Jonny’s life up until his death that this song represents.

Spaceman - The Killers

Jonny Is Mechanized - Jonny Point Of View 

Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons

Carmilla about Jonny’s death

Johnny Boy - Twenty One Pilots

Jonny Is Mechanized - Carmilla Point Of View. aka Carmilla mechanizing Jonny and loving her son

Dopamine - Barns Courtney

Jonny On Being Mechanized.

Wired Wrong - Steam Powered Giraffe

Jonny’s mechanism has glitches

O My Heart - Mother Mother

Jonny on his heart

Go Get Your Gun - The Dear Hunters

Jonny stops being so emo about being immortal and he and carmilla start vibing again. Aka Jonny Becomes A Chaos Lad! The song.

Hobo Rocket - Barns Courtney

Jonny vibing as a young chaotic immortal somewhere. Shit isnt bad yet.

Alone Together - Fall Out Boy

Nastya is mechanized. 

The Attractions Of Youth - Barns Courtney

Jonny vibing but in a less chaotic sence. Nastya has been mechanized, theyre vibing together here. 

Autoclave - The Mountain Goats

This is just a Jonny song. I put it here bc I imagine it after Nastya being mechanized.

The Stars - Steam Powered Giraffe

The other mechansims are being mechanized and the chaos begins. 

Fire - Barns Courtney

This is another just a Jonny song. I put it here bc its post other mechs and he’s just vibing lmao.

Saturn suv - Fredo Disco

Jonny is a depressed teenager asmr

The Fall - Half Alive

Things are getting not great with Carmilla.

Haze - Tessa Violet

Jonny is not okay. Thats what this song is. Jonny is not good.

Be Nice To Me - The Front Bottoms

Shit going down with Carmilla

Centuries - Fall Out Boy

Tim is mechanized.

November - David Wirsig

And now shit is Really Bad with Carmilla. Starts with a reflection on the beginning, leading into the now, which is bad.

Spaceship - Art Sorority

Jonny thinking about things like getting rid of carmilla, of carmilla leaving, leading up to the first airlocking. Spesifically thinking about leaving Aurora himself but its also the build up to the airlocking.

The Cave - Mumford And Sons

Song is about Jonny and Carmilla’s relationship leading to the now, from start to end, and her leaving. Carmilla singing. The conversation leading to her leaving. This is her point of view.

Like A Staring Contest - The Future Kings of Nowhere

Jonny realizing the hopelessness of he and Carmilla’s relationship and how its doomed, the forelorn mourning half, the she’s my mom and she’s going to leave half, the i love her half, the we both know this is going to break and this is doomed but neither of us want to let go, despite the fact its for the best. i think about this song for them constantly.

Carnivore - Bear Attack!

The angry side of it, Jonny hating Carmilla, Jonny hating what she’s done to them, hating how she hurts them, Jonny’s anger. Jonny’s livid churning anger. He’s done with her bullshit, he’s done with her, and he wants her gone.

Damn These Vampires - The Mountain Goats

Jonny thoughout his entire life leading to this moment, another reflection song leading to now. Eerily spesific. 

Hell - Dear Sherlock

Post Carmilla Lows

Rather Die - Barns Courney

Post Carmilla High. Another Jonny vibing song!!! He Is Simply Vibing So Much Here. 

Kitchen Fork - Jack Conte

Jonny angst song. He’s just. Not vibing lmao.

Ship in a bottle - fin (Steffan Argus)

Jonny is “captain” now. This song represents that transition to that. This song is about Jonny being the “leader” now.

Sleepwalk - Forrest Day

Jonny angst asmr. this song is a bop. Look he has nightmares n this vibes with him. Kinda about Jonny’s trauma manifesting w/ violence and being awful

Glitter & Gold - Barns Courtney

Jonny is vibing now! This song is highkey about Jonny being immortal and is genuinely just a song where he vibes with only a bit of angst

Im Gonna Win - Rob Cantor

Jonny vibing even more!! We’ve reached songs that are litterally just him vibing!! This songs dark bits are applicable to him though!! Kinda him recovering from Carmilla Trauma in some places

Dont Threaten Me With A Good Time - Panic! at the disco

He’s vibing

Wilson - Fall Out Boy

Jonny litterally just being drunk n stupid

Long Long Time Ago - Jack Conte

Jonny being a cryptid on a random planet. This is a song about the crytid known as Jonny D’Ville.

Give Me Back The Night - Mother Mother

Out. In a bop way. This is out. This is out if out were one of my top 100 songs.

Little Boy - Barns Courtney

Jonny reflecting on his life, his whole existance, and looking back to who he was as a kid, until now. The beginning of the death arc.

Home - Barns Courtney 

Jonny reflecting on his heart, on his life continued. He knows he’s ending soon. 

Tell Me How It Ends - David Wirsig

Jonny knowing his death is soon. Jonny knowing he is ending. Jonny reflecting on Carmilla. Jonny on his death, and the fact that like everything else, he is a story.

Space Cowboy - Abney Park

Jonny dies. this makes me cry, having this song last.

[gorps]

The CIA isn't gonna use their backdoor into signal to track down people getting abortions jfc. It's totally fine to use.

Do not use Discord to seek an abortion. Discord willingly hands out user data to the cops.

Use Signal to communicate for seeking an abortion, they use double ended encryption

[forestryfae]

scorpion is so dumb i love the show but it does have its flaws. it is so funny tho everything they say is based on real stuff or real theories, but its tv so they legally cant be like "heres how to hack dna" or "heres how to make neurotoxins" and theyre using debunked theories like using dry ice to stop tornados, so we end up with Walter and The Intelligence Gang hacking nasas pdf files by exploiting a bug in winrar so when the bolivian vice president tries to skype bill nye the science guy it restarts the defcon encryption which launches nuclear torpedos and makes the moon blow up

[fireteam-silentstrike]

objectively how the triplets grow up now is going to be Weird but itll add something

Jericho does brain imprints after ben and iota have been exos for a while bc theyre stable at that point and they had really smooth transitions to being exos anyway. Then jericho combines them in an in silico form of meiosis and zygote formation with 5 alpha versions, not expecting any of them to make it this first go around bc the simulations had really low success rates but 3 of them do stablize and show viability. So Jericho runs with it and then signs of consiousness show and they put ben and iota into the simulation so they can meet. Shortly there after theyre named and ben and iota spend time being hooked up to the simulation as they go about their lives on europa so the triplets can see and learn.

Jericho gets put on a joint exomind/rasputin project and then they get told ben is being pulled to rasputin guard duty as a part of that project. Jericho does what they can to turn this into something they can use. They make a special memory bank type module and put it into ben and uploads the triplets into the module. Theyre reasoning is that they’ll learn more going new places, plus Jericho and Iota will visit at least monthly so its fine. The babies enjoyed their stay on mars with ben for a few years until the contract was up, Jericho learns the truth about the project they helped with and spends the next 10 years moving to areospace and working on the rocket while the triplets grow up in their original home of europa. Jericho also begins building them bodies based on the triplets imput. Jericho Ben and Iota then get exiled to atresia, Hale takes the triplets and basically holds them hostage on Mars until Jericho pulls a hail marry that gets them back under theyre oversight but the colapse happens before the triplets and their bodies get sent to atresia.

The memory module put into Ben never gets removed, jericho was going to put one into Iota but never got around to it due to the bullshit Hale pulled. The module does get “decomissioned” in a sense that Jericho changes it to work as an extra memory store. Its the main reason behind Mute’s memory glitch, it gets damaged when he first dies and as a results fail safe encrypts when it senses extremely dangerous distress, leading to the memory fog/static/pain but also why mute remembers Everything

[gucciorchid]

Strap in this is a Shakarian Great Gatsby AU

Well, It’s more like.. I made an whole AU around that one scene in The Great Gatsby. I wrote this whole thing just so Garrus could stare at a green light and YEARN. 

This is an outline post. You can read the snippet I wrote here.

I also wanted Garrus to get drunk and confess how the whole Gatsby-like party thing was for her and everything. Anyway, here it is: 

Sakarian Great Gatsby AU 

-Shepard and Garrus go way back. She was his commanding officer and they blew off steam once. They got pretty chummy after that. Flirting, bantering, exchanging quips. 

- he was recruited to do one big mission, and once that was over other obligations came up (maybe his mom got copalis) and had to leave shepard

-they keep in touch, send messages, but alliance regs and the distance just doesn't really help. Garrus constantly reaches out and all, but Shepard gets lots of promotions and all that- she's fuckin busy. 

*or, shepard made some tough calls (or or, she failed to save a big place bc she couldn't disarm the bomb in time and ppl blame it on her) during her missions and that basically forced the Alliance to incarcerate her to prevent a war. All of her messages are blocked. 

-And Shepard is released after a year. Its all done under the radar. Garrus finds out about this bit (this info wasnt encrypted as well as the other ones, weird) but after that shepard is essentially MIA. Everything about her becomes absolutely classified, and it gets to the point that nobody knows what happened to her. Like shes alive, but everything about her becomes classified. Top tier encryption.

-he knows Shep is alive (he gathered that much). But it does make him go through the whole omega archangel breakdown. 

-Goes to omega, succeeds in cleaning the place up somewhat. He now looks over this "safe zone" in omega. Other mercs says archangel just set himself up as another gang in omega, but garrus doesn't take protection money- he makes money by crashing slaver ships and ruining red sand shipments, etc.

-Just in case shep shows up (and he has a small hope that she will, bc she's always where the trouble is), he has this event every weekend to attract a certain type of people (aka shepard). He invites people with power to the safe zone every weekend. He figures if shepard is on omega, she'd need or want something from the top dogs (she always does). Officially, it's to keep the different factions sated and amicable. Pretty much every important leader of some faction or a gang is there except aria. 

-things are going relatively fine, until he hears about shadow brokers agent moving into omega. They buy out an apartment (In reality its the shadow broker aka Liara and shepard. Shep went dark to work with liara. Something about council making shep a spectre and bc she was tasked with something super classified everything about her became a secret.) 

-they set up a private comm tower disguised as some garish luxury decoration on top of their apartment/house (yes this is the green light) 

-shepard and liara stays inside and plan shit out. Only delivery drones go in or out. There are rumors that shepard is in there bc ok love combining 2 conspiracies. Also some ppl claim to have seen that iconic red hair through the window or smth. 

-Garrus stands out in the docks and stares at the green light almost every night (green, like shepard's eyes). Its a rumor, but garrus is hopeful and this time he feels it in his guts. 

-Garrus is too busy to visit- hes busy disrupting shipments and taking care of his team etc. But every night he stands out of his base and just stares at the green light.

-shepard knows garrus is there and he's the archangel  but she doesnt seek him out no matter how much she wants to bc hanging around garrus will obviously blow her cover. (Yeah people are saying shep might be here but that's a rumor. It can be dispelled)

-besides she's so close to finishing her mission. Garrus did her a favor by rounding up all the important people into an unarmed party every weekend. 

-shepards mission started out as simple im the beginning but that ended up being like going down a rabbit hole and one of the last targets left was this one important dude on omega. He keeps his position hidden and all, and his house is a fortress. While shep can essentially go and infiltrate, liara and shep figured it would be safer with the manpower they have to assassinate at the party garrus throws.

-So that's how shepard ends up in the party. Liara forged her identity and really, people think she looks like shepard but nobody believes she is actually shep. 

-she's swift, chats up her target, then garrus spots shepard. So many questions in his head. But he knows Shep and shes probably here bc she needs something from that one guy she's chatting up. He approaches them, pretends he doesnt know shep not to blow her cover. He checks the guest list and looks like sheps in as alice Gunn. 

"Archangel?" 

"Just Garrus to you, Gunn. Thought you might never make it to these parties. You declined every single time." 

"You know my line of work. I can't exactly spare a weekend on an asteroid to schmooze and drink fruity Thessian drinks. But I thought I'd make an exception for this weekend. Now as much as I want to play catch up with you, I think me and him(target) was in the middle of discussing something..." 

-Now at this point Garrus knows what's up. He knows shepard, and he knows that target is going to die (shep was going to kill him). Shepard picked a nice  spot to lure him in. A nice private area, and the most isolated part of the safe zone. Shepard shoots Garrus a Look, the same one shed give him during missions all those years ago. A look that she gave him after garrus scanned a room theyre about to infiltrate with his visor. Garrus nods, Shepard shoots at a point-blank range. But whoops, it looks like that guy was a machine. Infiltrator unit. (Like Eva, EDI's body).

"I'm guessing this wasn't supposed to happen." 

"Nope." 

-so many emotions with her mission semi-failing and finally meeting garrus, but She packs it all up and comms liara that plan A is a no go. They have to break in. 

-Garrus shuts the party down early etc etc. 

-shep brings garrus to their house. Garrus knows omega in and out- they could use his help locating the target. 

-they plan the heist and in between, garrus is so anxious and tries to talk to shep about other things. "How have you been" and "where were you."

"All over, Garrus. It'll probably take a whole night just to tell you the short version. Now's not a good time to catch up." 

"Shepard, it's a week until the break-in. We have time to talk." 

"Not now, garrus. Maybe later. After we see this through." 

-so during heist, it's like old times. Theyre exchanging quips and bantering, and Garrus watches her six. They work so well together. 

-heist done, mission goes well. 

-after shepard reports to the council and alliance officially announced shepard as not MIA, they finally have some downtime. 

-shepard has new scars, new stories, new grief and fatigue in her eyes. Her frame is harder than last time he saw her, and it's clear the years hasnt been kind to her. Hes kind of angry that alliance and council would just throw her to do this shit.

-they drink, talk, and catch up. Shep talks about other times she had to go undercover and its mishaps. They laugh.

-at some point Garrus says stuff about the party.

"All that was for you, shepard. Put a little, ah.. Elbowgrease into this place and figured I'd make a place where shepard wont be able to pass up. -i know, I know. Hell of a gamble. It was only non armed on the tin. Everyone there was armed."

-shepard gets all sullen. "Garrus that's-"

"Not part of regular human courtship protocol, i know. Believe me when I say I've seen the vids." It's clear Garrus said it as a joke. Shepard doesnt laugh.

"I thought it was my job to be reckless." 

"Two years is a damn long time. More than enough to change a person."

"Or a turian." Shepard can tell Garrus has something to say. She has a good idea on what he wants to say, too. 

"Shepard, I-" 

"I haven't forgotten our time together."

[zekhromss]

i think it’s interesting how we as a Society treat masochism very differently than say, sadism, despite them being nearly the same thing.  also this isnt about kinky shit this is about physically doing harm to yourself/others.

and in part, i know it’s because masochism can manifest in any way, youre not always capable of seeing someone being particularly masochistic.  but i think we should, because it’s not a mindset thats productive for oneself or...anyone.

when we see someone doing any kind of harm to themselves, the immediate response is never “you need to stop”, even if it’s of equal or greater intensity than the harm someone would perform on someone else in the pursuit of sadism.  we think it’s different because this person would know their own limits, would know when enough is enough.  and since theyre doing it to themselves, is it our place to tell them to stop?

but since it’s a subconscious response, is the person in question aware of what theyre doing?  obviously if you saw someone physically cutting themselves, physically causing mutilation like that, youd tell them to stop, or encourage them to do so.  but that’s an action that has direct repercussions; the person in question can see what theyve done and in many cases, regret their decision.

but what about less extreme masochism?  what about the little things, like intentionally cutting off circulation because they enjoy the feeling of “sleep limbs”?  what about drinking too much caffeine because you enjoy the feeling of your heart racing and the sound of blood in your ears?  what about intentionally depriving yourself of sleep, what about intentionally depriving oneself of nourishment (not in excess)?

these things, as theyre not directly causing harm, arent things we ever take seriously.  drinking excessive caffeine is seen as harmless fun (we all need caffeine, dont we?), everyone does sleepless nights, everyone has some kind of issue where we skip meals.  so is it masochism, or is it simply being human?  are all humans predisposed to self-torture?  why?  is it the rush of adrenaline the body gives us when it’s in danger, is it an abuse of your bodys natural response to pain?  are masochists therefore more likely to abuse substances because theyve become dependent on the rush of euphoria that follows temporary inconvenience?  this could be true, as we see people who willingly put themselves into extremely stressful situations and workplaces where denying yourself the pleasures of life in pursuit of monetary gain typically fall onto harder drugs, like cocaine or heroin (speaking specifically on office workers, who are encouraged to outdo everyone else for personal gain).

has society encouraged the rise of casual masochism, which then in turn puts more people at risk?  have we created a world where there’s no other stimulus, and most people arent willing to become sadistic to get out their need for some kind of pain response?  is that why we view these tiny acts of self-harm as admirable or necessary?

human beings are empathetic and kind beings; we have a sense of community and morality which tells us Hurting Others is bad. if you intentionally cause harm to others, youre rightfully shamed from society (excluding CEOs, etc. because theyve long since revoked the title of human imo, also going into propaganda, etc is just gonna bring me off-topic).

but what if we viewed the Self as a separate being?  you are unaware of your subconscious mind, you dont know what it wants, you arent aware of what it’s doing.  most “borderline” masochistic tendencies (even so far as nail-biting until it causes pain), arent conscious actions.  you dont choose to do them; your brain sends an encrypted signal and you just...do it.  so then, is masochism a primitive response?  do we have control over what we do to ourselves?  is sadism, by extension, the same thing?  do they choose to want to harm others?  why is masochism seen as admirable and level-headed, and sadism seen as a conscious decision?  is it just because we know hurting others is morally wrong, and we dont consider ourselves to be counted as an Other to be hurting?

the real answer, obviously, is our impression of empathy.  the existence of consent.  you shouldnt burn someone else, thats a whole other person who doesnt deserve to be put through what youve decided you want to do to them.  you can burn yourself (though you shouldnt), because you have decided that thats...what you want to do.

the reality of the situation is that, comparing masochism to sadism is impossible.  sure, they may be rooted in the mind’s desire for pain, but they are fundamentally different, because one is choosing for others and one is choosing for yourself.  but they should be considered one and the same in spite of this.  

people who are, for lack of a better term, “normal” (rather, neurotypical), would typically never do either.  they dont understand why youd want to hurt somebody else, and they dont understand why youd want to hurt yourself.  sadistic and masochistic tendencies are likely caused by some form of neurodivergence that separates you from your own subconscious mind.  you dont get a rush from normal activities, you need to take out your frustration and feelings of “lack of personhood” to remind yourself youre human, or someone else is human (for masochism and sadism, respectively).

this isnt to say if youre neurodivergent, it’s alright to do either one (because it isnt).  it’s also not to say if you are neurodivergent, youre absolutely going to be inclined to take one of the two paths (or both!).  i suffer from sado-masochistic tendencies, but the only reason i possess either one is...because i either:

1) decide “i” have done something that requires punishment (violence on “other”)

2) decide “i” have a requirement to be punished (violence on “self”),

and this is determined by “who i am” at the time.  it should be noted that since i am still “the same person”, both of these mental decisions could be considered masochistic in nature, regardless of if i feel like i’m doing harm to myself in some cases.

fact of the matter is, we are all prone to masochism.  we do not view it as violence (before it gets excessive and physically mutilating in nature), we view it as discipline.  we view it as self-help (wrongfully).  we dont view it as real harm, because we view it as “they are in control.  they know what theyre doing to themselves”.

but i believe we should all consider ourselves as Others.  if you wouldnt deprive another human of nourishment, if you wouldnt deprive someone of sleep, if you wouldnt file down someones nails until they bled, if you wouldnt junk someone up on caffeine to see what it does to them, what any of it does to them, you should keep an eye open for you doing it to yourself.  because you are still a human, you are still a person, you can have a higher tolerance for pain and still not feel it necessary to provoke that.  you have to be aware of what youre truly craving, and replace the pain response with that.

masochism is merely sadism.  you are sadistic with yourself.  you torture yourself.  you knowingly cause yourself stress and pain, and why?  because you do not feel as though it has repercussions.  but then youre no different from an “actual” sadist who tortures others because they believe it has no repercussions.  you have to view yourself as a person, as someone capable of being severely harmed.  you have to look on your actions and think “would this traumatize someone”, because then youre traumatizing yourself.  nobody even has to do anything; youre triggering a panic response and causing psychological harm.  now you cant trust yourself because youd do something so violent and vile.  but youve done it to yourself, so who’s to blame?  would your brain really make you do something that would cause so much harm?  if your brain does it, then is it really that bad if someone else were to do it to you?  and then rinse and repeat until youre potentially looking for someone else to do it to you, so you can test your own hypothesis.

in conclusion, masochism and sadism are not held to the same terms on account of the context.  but that isnt to say they arent two sides of the same coin; they cannot be rightfully compared, but that does not make them inherently mutually exclusive.  by taking advantage of potential neurodivergence, and acknowledging what a “lack of Self” can do to your brain to make you a target of your own latent abusive tendencies, you can take steps to eliminate that response to panic (inclusive of rage, depression, apathy, dissociation, etc.) and instead focus on what you would do if you had to face yourself as a separate person.  instead of keeping yourself awake for nights on end because “i havent finished this, im too stressed, i deserve to be harmed because i didnt complete this task”, consider the fact that doing that to yourself will have no differing results than if you tortured a colleague and friend with sleeplessness; it will not work, it will only make them less inclined and capable of performing whatever task they (you) didnt initially complete to provoke that reaction.  be kind to yourself.

[is6621]

How Venmo is Leading the Payment Industry’s Revolution: Gilli Rozynek

There is a lot of hype around money-paying apps today. Apps such as PayPal, Google Wallet, Square and Facebook Pay have dominated and evolved e-comm by creating a frictionless way to make transactions. Of course, the payment industy’s success is multifaceted with many apps contributing to the electronic trend, but Venmo in particular has shone in the spotlight over the last couple of years. 

Venmo was founded in 2009 by University of Pennsylvania roommates Andrew Kortina and Iqram Magdon-Ismail. In 2013, PayPal acquired Venmo for a deal that cost upwards of $800 million. Since the acquisition, Venmo has been the go-to for many users to send and receive money easily on their mobile devices. “Just Venmo me,” has become a colloquial part of society - we hear it everyday, especially among Gen Zers and Millennials who now heavily rely on their digital wallets. Venmo’s free-to-use and convenient nature of splitting a bill or paying the month’s rent makes it an attractive option for its 40 million users. 

Venmo has evolved from an electronic-payment product to more of an all-encompassing service. While the primary use was for text-only money transfers, Venmo has built its credibility through launching a variety of services. For instance, the app offers a debit card that can be used to make purchases in-store, online or to even withdraw cash from ATMs. Additionally, Venmo released a cash-back rewards program for users of the debit card service. The service includes 5% cash back at places such as Papa John’s, Target, Sephora, Dunkin’ and Wendy’s. Such services give Venmo an advantage over competitors, such as newly-released Facebook Pay. 

To give you some insight on this competitor: Facebook - a social platform that already keeps millions of tabs on us - is getting greedy and is looking to capture even more of our valuable data. It’s money-transferring service will allow users to secure payments across Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram. Handing over even more sensitive information to an already discredited source doesn’t seem like it will be a great success. My estimate? Venmo will stay on top and thrive.

While all of the services provided by Venmo are fantastic, a primary concern (specifically with older generations like my parents,) is the safety behind the app. When your money suddenly becomes intangible, you get nervous. However, Venmo has ensured safe transactions using bank-grade security and encryption. If this isn’t enough for you (i.e for people like my parents,) then Venmo also lets you create a PIN to maximize layers of security. The only Venmo “scam” revolves around the timing of the payments; it may look like a transaction was completed, but really it takes a couple of days to process before you receive the funds. This ultimately means users are giving up their goods for a short period before getting anything in return.

Now, let’s get to the good stuff: because this is a social media class, where is the connection between Venmo and social, you may ask? While the money-transferring service might seem like it’s all about the cash, many argue that Venmo has manifested into a form of social media today. The app contains a social-media-like feed, showcasing transactions publicly. These transactions are described with a short line of text or a simple emoji, similar to a tweet or text message. Also, the newsfeed on Venmo has facilitated a new phenomenon known as “Venmo-stalking,” similar to “Facebook-stalking,” (but minus the pictures): you are able to gather intel on your friends by seeing what they have been up to or who they have been hanging out with. While your ex boyfriend might have cut off all connections, Venmo allows you to still be the uber-creepy ex girlfriend keeping tabs on his social life. Such visibility in Venmo can be a perk, as it shows the world that you are a reliable and trustworthy person in terms of meeting your obligation to split a bill at dinner. But at the same time, the transparency can get you into trouble. Picture this: you see a girl sends your boyfriend $7.50 at 2AM with the emoji of a taxi, and Venmo has suddenly uncovered a cheating scandal! Furthermore, the app is changing social relationships left and right: the convenience and ease of payment has built this societal expectation where one now must contribute to the bill at dinner, whereas before one friend might have offered to cover the entire thing.

In this way, Venmo has become more than a convenient way to pay. It has tapped into the nature of social relationships by acting as a form of social media, where people are able to see into other’s lives without even asking. The ease, convenience, security and services offered by Venmo build its credibility as an app; however, in today’s generation where social media dominates, the unique social-media-like essence of Venmo is what truly puts it ahead of other payment platforms, in my opinion.

Sources:

https://www.thestreet.com/technology/how-does-venmo-make-money-14763957

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/25/697090168/as-payments-go-social-with-venmo-theyre-changing-personal-relationships

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/04/why-the-venmo-newsfeed-is-the-best-social-network-nobodys-talking-about/361342/

https://gizmodo.com/facebook-launches-its-venmo-competitor-and-what-could-1839808968

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/venmo-to-add-cash-back-rewards-for-users-of-its-debit-card-2019-10-29