#i think i've fried my brain

[deadpoets]

how to write when you are so sleepy and you are so stupid and you are so something something something ?

[thechibilitwick]

soudam week day 2: au

i remembered i created these guys i love them to bits @soudamweek2024

[tealeavesandtrash]

Wolfstar Micro Fic - @wolfstarmicrofic prompt: Prefect's Bathroom - 97 words

Sirius catches his hand, pulling him through the door with the muttered password Remus knows Sirius shouldn’t have. But he can’t find it in himself to care, not with the sensation of Sirius’ warm palm against his, the twinkle in his eye and grin on his lips that makes Remus weak in the knees.

The prefect’s bathroom is quiet. Curfew has passed and Remus should be finishing off his rounds if Sirius wasn’t such a distraction. But Sirius is toying at the hem of his jumper, fingers skirting over skin and Remus just melts into the touch.

[shrekgogurt]

Hey y'all! In August I started two jobs and I've been so busy I haven't been bored enough to daydream about fic let alone write it. One of the jobs is a long term substitute position. I do not have a teaching degree. I do not know what I am doing. It is very stressful. These kids are just staring at me every morning and I have to be the one to like...have things for them to do. And so I just "yes and" riff about some worksheets best I can and hope they pass their state tests come April. Like, I'm really just some guy off the street they hired last minute. It's so bad.

However, I have a lil something I wrote before all that sooooooooo...

Simon POV, past (age 15):

Balanced footsteps approach, clicking in even purposeful tones that threaten Baz, Baz, Baz. His shadow appears first. Long and lean. Dark and brooding. Mocking me as it flickers against the walls because even the mere imitation of Baz swarms with condescension. A few steps above me, always looking down.

Thank you to everyone who has been tagging me. I'm sorry I've been so ass at interacting with your posts.

Fuck it I'm just putting down some names dude. @alexalexinii @arthurkko @artsyunderstudy @brilla-brilla-estrellita @bookish-bogwitch @cutestkilla

@emeryhall @excalisbury @facewithoutheart @fatalfangirl @hagnoart @henreyettah @hushed-chorus @iamamythologicalcreature @ic3-que3n @ineffable-grimm-pitch @j-nipper-95 @larkral @letraspal @messofthejess @mitranian @mooncello @monbons @nausikaaa @ninemagicks @nightimedreamersworld @noblecorgi @onepintobean @orange-peony @palimpsessed @prettygoododds @raenestee @rimeswithpurple @roomwithanopenfire @theearlgreymage @theimpossibledemon @thewholelemon @urban-sith @umdiasujo @valeffelees @wellbelesbian @whogaveyoupermission @yellobb @youarenevertooold @you-remind-me-of-the-babe

[snailpilled-and-based]

I want to draw Woodrow as a naga but don't even know what kind of snake to make him?? I mean I have a sketch already but I just don't have a choice of snake yet 😭

[mychlapci]

What do you think the tell tale sighs of a mech in rut/heat are for...science reasons

Retro Anon

oh that’s a good question. i’ve thought about this before, specifically in terms of symptoms too, bc i love this kind of shit.

i’d think the first sign of a mech going into heat would be insomnia, weirdly enough. They’re alert at all times, possibly because the frame is attempting to maximize the possibility of them finding a mate, which they can’t do if they’re sleeping. So they’re having a hard time recharging, next comes irritability, which is only heightened by the fact that they haven’t been able to sleep. They are now nervous and angry and feeling squirmy, as if they’re waiting for something, but don’t know what. These are all signs of their frame overworking itself in preparation for the heat, burning energy inside of the reproductive system and leaving the poor bot’s actual needs behind.

But these could be signs of a million other issues, what really seals the deal is that the bot starts feeling itchy right around the same time as they start having trouble sleeping, like their plating doesn’t fit properly, and it quickly evolves into them feeling downright filthy, until they’re convinced they need multiple showers a day. or they’re constantly trying to wash their hands. This is also the point where the libido kicks up. And also the last point of return. If a bot diligently studied up on the signs of incoming heat they’d know this is when they should be asking a medic for suppressants. But if a bot neglects to watch out for these signs, well… the heat starts slowly creeping in now, for real. They start feeling horny all the time, finding themselves rubbing up against things, their frame is hot at all times and their EM field is basically a short-range message screaming Come fuck this!

Tbh if we’re thinking violent heats i’d like to think the irritability stage continues to evolve as well. They go from irritable to increasingly more and more aggressive, so if you have a calmer bot going absolutely hog wild, you might think they’re going into heat, nothing to see here, let’s get you some suppressants buddy, but if an already aggressive mech is being even more of a dick? well, better avoid that guy, he’s having a bad day. (don’t be surprised if he pins someone down and fucks their panels open in the middle of the canteen, though)

[pynkhues]

just came out if loustat ao3 tag... maaaaan it does look bleak for bottom lestat enjoyers. my feed is literally just "bottom louis bottom louis feminization mpreg abo bottom louis"... and so on ad nauseam

sophie you are my only hope :')

It's certainly a fandom with preferences, haha

[lettucefather]

here. take a look.

[nosferatufaggot]

In the universe in which Bruce Wayne and Joker are in a public relationship and are a power couple, I gots some thoughts.

So, Bruce visits Joker in Arkham or whatever. Like brings him flowers or something, I dunno. And someone says something about how they cannot BELIEVE billionaire Bruce Wayne would spend his time with someone who is mentally unstable enough to be in Arkham. Well, said someone's buisness suddenly fails when for some unbeknownst reason, Wayne Enterprises stop financially supporting said buisness.

Some time later, Joker and Bruce are at a gala. Bruce Wayne expierences autism 100 moment and someone goes ableism about it. Just a passing comment. And then after the rich socialite party, maybe two nights after, Joker doesn't kill them, but he sure does psychological torture.

[fort-cozy-mcblanket]

As of The Change Constant, Sheldon and Amy have had coitus 12 times. But do we know all 12 times? 

The Shamy Coital Count: What We Know, What We Don’t, and What We Can Wildly Speculate

1. Amy’s 36th Birthday The Opening Night Excitation

Date: December 17th, 2015 Location: Amy’s bed in her apartment #314

Obviously we all know the first time. Sheldon skipped the advance screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens to be with Amy on her birthday, and coitus was his gift to her. It is implied that it lasted for approximately the runtime of the movie, which is 2 hours and 16 minutes. When they are done, Sheldon says he looks forward to her next birthday when they will do it again, to which Amy agrees. 

2. Amy’s 37th Birthday The Birthday Synchronicity

Date: December 17th, 2016 Location: Apartment 4B, most likely on Sheldon and Amy’s shared bed

Per their verbal agreement after their first time, Sheldon and Amy do not have coitus again until Amy’s next birthday. Sheldon wakes Amy up right at midnight for it, however they are interrupted by Bernadette going into labor. They do not end up doing it until after the birth and after returning from a trip to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Harry Potter roleplay may or may not have been involved. 

3. Amy Leaves for Princeton The Gyroscopic Collapse

Date: May 6th, 2017 (estimated) Location: Sheldon and Amy’s shared bed in apartment 4B

Amy is offered a summer research fellowship at Princeton, and they break their rule of only having coitus on her birthday to do it once before she leaves. This is the first time we hear Sheldon refer to it as “lovemaking.” They fold their clothes neatly before they do it. Leonard, Penny, and Raj hear them going at it from out in the hallway of the apartment building. The exact date this occurs is uncertain, but if we assume the episode’s airdate of May 4th, 2017, to be the date at the start of the episode, they have coitus 2 days later on May 6th, 2017. 

4. Amy’s 38th Birthday The Celebration Reverberation

Date: December 17th, 2017 Location: Unoccupied bedroom in Howard and Bernadette’s house

Back to tradition, the next time they have coitus is on Amy’s birthday. It almost didn’t happen, as the day prior they both got food poisoning from the Little House on the Prairie-inspired frontier dinner Sheldon prepared. They were still sick that morning, but felt good enough later in the day to attend Halley’s first birthday party. At the party, while everyone else is distracted by the baby, Sheldon and Amy jump in the inflatable bounce house and then find an unoccupied bedroom for their own celebration. This is the first known time they do it as an engaged couple and the first known time they do it outside of one of their own bedrooms. 

5. Wedding Night The Bow Tie Asymmetry/The Conjugal Configuration

Date: May 12th, 2018 Location: Hotel room outside of Legoland California

Per The Athenaeum Allocation, we know Sheldon and Amy got married on May 12th. Nothing beyond the wedding ceremony is shown in The Bow Tie Asymmetry, but when we see them again in The Conjugal Configuration they are just waking up the next morning. Sheldon confirms that they consummated. Apparently Sheldon made Lego snapping sounds during the consummation. 

6. Honeymoon in New York The Conjugal Configuration

Date: May 15th, 2018 Location: Hotel room in New York City

Sheldon and Amy get into an argument over Sheldon’s need to schedule their coital encounters, and this comes to a head while they are on the Nikola Tesla tour. Later, they reach a compromise and decide that Sheldon can make a schedule and just not tell Amy about it. He plans to create an algorithm that will generate a pseudo-random schedule to accomplish this, and Amy’s explanation of why it cannot be a true random schedule excites him so much, they rush back to the hotel so she can explain it to him again naked. 

7. Three Weeks Ago The Donation Oscillation 

Date: January 19, 2019 (estimated) Location: Unknown, but most likely their shared bed in apartment 4B

When Leonard goes to apartment 4B to get away from Penny, who was trying to seduce him, Amy asks him why he is trying to avoid having sex. Sheldon, mistakingly thinking the question was directed at him, says they just did it three weeks ago. The exact date this occurred is uncertain. Based on the airdate and events of the episode, they had this conversation on February 9th, 2019. Three weeks prior would be Saturday, January 19th, 2019. 

Because this is a seemingly insignificant date, this could be one of Sheldon’s randomly scheduled sessions. It is important to note, though, that this does fall around the events of the Confirmation Polarization, where their super-asymmetry theory is proven by Drs. Pemberton and Campbell and they decide to fight them for the Nobel Prize. Perhaps they made love to celebrate that their theory got proven? Or as a physical manifestation of their commitment to either win the Nobel together or not at all? Something to think about. 

8 & 9. The Avengers Trailer The Change Constant

Date: December 7th, 2018 or March 14th, 2019 (estimated) Location: Unknown, but most likely their shared bed in apartment 4B

When Penny says Sheldon has had sex almost as many times as she has fingers, Sheldon corrects her and says it was more by two, thus bringing the grand total up to 12. He then goes on to say it was because of the Avengers trailer. The dialogue is a little ambiguous, but this implies that those two extra times are both because of the trailer. I’m going to go ahead and count them both here, because that is my interpretation and also because I think it’s funny that seemingly the first time they go two rounds is because Sheldon got too excited about a movie trailer release. 

Anyway, most likely Sheldon is referring to Avengers: Endgame, which hit theaters April 26th, 2019. The first trailer was released on December 7th, 2018, which potentially puts this prior to the previous list entry. However, considering this the events of the Change Constant take place in October 2019 (due to the Nobel ceremony taking place in December every year and this episode being set two months prior to that), it’s a little strange that Sheldon would bring up an example from so long ago. It’s possible too that it could have been the release of the second Endgame trailer on March 14, 2019, although that still is quite some time ago. (Unsure about any subsequent trailers.) Then again, perhaps Sheldon just knew that Penny was unaware of these two instances in particular, eidetic memory and all that.

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So, that brings us up to 9 confirmed coital encounters. What about the other 3? 

Well, I have some suggestions . . .

10. Amy’s 39th Birthday

Date: December 17th, 2018 Location: Unknown

Although Amy was not given a birthday episode in season 12, I feel very confident in saying this was one of the missing instances. It’s their tradition, after all. In the timeline of the show, this would fall somewhere between the VCR Illumination and the Paintball Scattering, so while they’re still working on their super-asymmetry paper, before it was published. 

11. Honeymoon Round Two

Date: May 14th - May 20th 2018 (estimated) Location: Hotel room in New York City

This is less of a sure thing than Amy’s birthday, but I still think it is likely that they did it another time while away on their honeymoon. Actually, I originally was counting their arrival in New York as a confirmed coital encounter, as Sheldon says they can either make love or steam their wizard robes once the bellman leaves them alone in their room. I ended up removing it as the dialogue is just ambiguous enough that I can’t say for sure, plus when they get back from the Harry Potter play they are wearing the same clothes and the bed looks untouched. I could see Sheldon wanting to remake the bed after sex, but putting back on the same clothes that they assumedly also were traveling in earlier? In any case, if not on their arrival, I think they could have found at least one more time to do it before leaving, especially considering Sheldon originally scheduled multiple rounds for them. It’s unclear exactly how long their honeymoon was, but I assume it would be for at least a week, hence the date range. 

12. Randomly Scheduled Session

Date: Unknown but between May 21st, 2018 and early-middle October 2019 Location: Unknown

I know this isn’t terribly exciting, but the final time was likely due to the pseudo-random schedule Sheldon said he was going to create. Assuming he created one at all, it would almost have to be, as there’s only one other instance that could qualify as part of the schedule (the “three weeks ago” one discussed earlier). Clearly the dates are pretty spread out, so whatever algorithm he created must be set to generate dates at a fairly low frequency. But you could also disregard my additional honeymoon suggestion and say the remaining 2 were from the schedule. 

Other opportunities that I think are less likely but still possible:

The Nobel announcement - This could have worked except remember that the announcement came in the very early hours of the morning and then they still went to work. Would they have had time to make love and still get some sleep in? Uncertain.

Wedding anniversary - Because the last two episodes had to skip ahead in time, Sheldon and Amy’s first wedding anniversary is not mentioned, but this does seem like a likely time for them to do it. 

Valentine’s Day - They never had coitus on Valentine’s Day before but there’s no reason they couldn’t start.

Amy’s return from Princeton - Seems like a great way to welcome Amy home and get reacquainted, but I do get the impression that Sheldon was still more or less sticking to the birthday tradition at this point with only the one exception before she left. 

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So, now that we’ve covered all that, where do we go from here?

The Future of Shamy Coitus

Sheldon and Amy started out having sex only once a year, but the number has been increasing. Here’s the information above placed into a handy graph:

I made some executive decisions for the dates we are unsure on. For the Avengers trailer instance, I split the 2 rounds between the 2 possible dates, and for the unknown 12th time, I placed it in 2019. 

Now, this is just for the 12 times Sheldon mentioned as of October 2019. The year wasn’t over, and I personally believe they manage a few more times before it ends. In particular: 

Make up coitus when Sheldon returns to the apartment after the Change Constant

Celebratory coitus after the Nobel Prize ceremony

Amy’s 40th birthday

So here’s a new graph:

Again, this is just speculative. 

I would like to think it continues to increase for a few years, but perhaps that’s wishful thinking on my end. At the very least, I think it’s safe to say they continue the tradition of birthday coitus for Amy, and so it never drops down to zero. 

Keep in mind, we know from Young Sheldon that Sheldon and Amy have children. How this affects their sex life is hard to say. Would the count jump way up when they’re trying to conceive? Would it drop down significantly while the children are young? Would Sheldon continue using his randomly scheduled coitus algorithm once they have a family? Would they need it?

No one knows, but perhaps as new episodes of Young Sheldon continue to air, we can get a better idea. It remains to be seen. But here’s to hoping!

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[muralconservator]

Can't show images but actually looking over his page, he rarely explicitly mentions god, but I think he's still religious in some capacity.

(I'm tempted to believe that he may be not mentioning god so he doesn't push people away with his beliefs, as the only time he mentions him is in replies to his ONCE skin, which is clearly religious and this wouldn't turn people away by being so (+ he seems to have more self esteem here) but I might be biased)

Some quotes and stuff from his page that mention his vague faith:

"Hilarious, I only know that my faith is calling me." - background trailer

[A diary entry: I suppose I shouldn't be so hesitant. Only those who are kind will be laid to rest at the temple. Those who are malicious don't belong here...] - deduction quest (aka since the people who are laid to rest there are said to go to heaven, he feels that the malicious people shouldn't be there for obvious reasons) (does that make sense)

[Exposed: That damn light illuminated the secret of sin.] - deduction quests again (he definitely believes in some sort of sin premise I think)

"No tedious work or annoying noise. The holy guide need only deal with the "slabs" that often appear around the house." - manor diary, if he was called the "holy guide" by the people there then they're likely playing into his faith, and if he calls himself that... yk

[His value system and need for social recognition are directed towards the Laz Church Cemetery that took him in. Throughout the entire experiment, 3-0-1 persistently pursued the goal of entering the "Temple" and being recognized as a benevolent individual, even at the cost of everything.] - Experiment file. Doesn't mention god but he's trying to get into heaven right and it's not just me who interprets that?? Idk anymore djajjsa

[[Test Indicators]

1. Devout Belief

2. Avoidant Personality

3. Strong Sense of Duty] - experiment file, do I need to elaborate here

[...3-0-1 felt some empathy towards 3-1-4 due to their shared attitude towards faith and their non-aggressive nature.] - experiment file, a rare explicit mention of faith

[They remained absorbed in their pursuit of friendship and salvation.] - experiment file, Andrew actually has a few mentions of "salvation" that I'm like 90% sure is meant to imply heaven?

[In the end, 3-1-5 determined 3-0-1's fate in the "Temple." All the knowledge and expertise 3-0-1 had shown about the manor became the first layer of soil sprinkled on his final resting place.] Experiment file, actually thinking of it this "temple" could be heaven too, not just Laz

[During 3-0-1's childhood, he was labeled a demon because of his unique appearance...and had extremely low self-esteem. To gain self-worth, 3-0-1 devoted himself to religion.] Experiment file. Gestures vaguely

[...his trauma has profoundly influenced his personality, including passive behavior and choice of belief. Moreover, the healing effects of faith on such traumas differ significantly between 3-0-1 and 3-1-4.] Final experiment file thank god

Is this good jdhwjakks I hope I explained my point well 👉🏻👈🏻 there's also his once skin stuff but I'm not gonna get into that rn.

you explained your point fine I just like have a pretty solid idea of what I think about Andrew that I won't lie I'm not very willing to budge on.... I'm fr sorry if I sound rude or stubborn, I don't mean it and your interpretations are cool and valid😭 😭

one thing I will admit, however, is that saying "Andrew isn't religious" doesn't explain what I mean well. What I mean is that I don't think he's devoted himself to religion for the reasons that I think most people would expect someone to be religious. I think the reason is more that he's been labelled as a "devil" or something evil his whole life because of his albinism and that's basically made him believe that he can't achieve salvation naturally and essentially has to treat it as a pay-to-win game, not necessarily due to actual belief.

Andrew feeling like malicious people shouldn't be allowed to be buried in Laz is like.... prime him being a hypocrite to me tbh. I don't necessarily think that Andrew is malicious but he's committing grave robbery and then selling the bodies, which like obviously I don't have to say why that's not good. Something that I do find ironic though is that he hadn't actually done anything wrong up until that point, his devotion to getting into the temple kind of led him into doing bad things.

[lunaetis]

for eden, who is still struggling with her own identity, her meaning of existence, her fate and purpose, and the everchanging role she played in the script, her saying " you are my constant. " to someone has such a deep, gratifying weight to it. this means that person is the only person so deeply rooted to her very core that no matter what had happened, what will happen after, or no matter who she was, who she is, who she might be in the future, you are the only one whose existence would not change in her eyes. to her, that statement is like a fact. so immovable and unchanging. and that makes me emotional every time i think about it.

[keeps-ache]

once again i am on the playlist lol

[shrews-things]

I don't draw well enough for masterpieces but I do draw well enough to make hundreds of portraits of my love over the course of a lifetime and I think I can make peace with that

[famewolf]

I've got all these little ideas but it's been such a pain to write them down fkjlghdg

[byanyan]

noticing a trend wherein byan is fiercely independent, but once they get close enough with someone, they sometimes lowkey end up a little codependent? not in an incredibly severe way, but also like. obviously not super healthy, either. and i'm not talking specifically romantic relationships, i'm talking platonic ones too. something about them being so deprived of acceptance and love and trusting relationships means they lean harder than they mean to into another person when they finally do fully extend their trust to them, and i think subconsciously that's probably part of why they're so afraid to rely on anyone. —not the only reason, of course, given their mountain of trust and abandonment issues, but i do think part of them recognizes this tendency they have and the potential for them to be hurt by it.