#is an incredible worldbuilder

[serene-cinders]

A modern dunmeshi au would go crazy. Imagine being a teen half foot applying for a job and then an elf with 184 years of experience swoops in. Unreal

[theboxfort]

Object Ergonomics #1: Door pedals for armless objects

Text transcript in case it's hard to read:

"Both the handle and pedal unlocks the same mechanism" "Piano pedal-ish" "Refs" "Step on pedal" --> "Pull/Push"

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

Sometimes I think I’m not that weird and then I spend a solid amount of time wondering what kind of contraceptives are available in the Grishaverse and specifically how accessible they are in the Barrel, particularly based on the quote “Getting pregnant isn’t actually a special talent. Ask any luckless girl in the Barrel”. Is unwanted pregnancy more common in the Barrel than elsewhere in Ketterdam because of the lack of social services in the city and especially in its poorest areas? is it because teen pregnancies often lead to kids being kicked out so they end up in the Barrel? is there a higher statistic by product of the pleasure houses and especially if there aren’t safe contraceptives readily available in the pleasure houses? and if so what do the people running the pleasure houses do to the girls because of it? is it because unexpected pregnancies in higher social classes would just lead to rushed marriages so it’s more noticeable in the Barrel? or is the comment based solely on Kaz’s individual experience of the city, ie its slums, in which case whilst it’s telling us about the Barrel it’s not making any particular comparison to the rest of the city? I kind of assume there must be some contraceptives available because the possibility of pregnancies in the pleasure houses is never discussed but I doubt they’re readily available and based on what we know about the resources and development in the worldbuilding and timeline may not be the most reliable, in which case what is happening to indentured girls who end up impregnated? Because, somehow, I just don’t think they’re safe. (Where could I have possibly gotten that idea?) So yeah, I am, in fact, that weird. But I really need to know the answer to this.

[atissi]

The kickstarter for Book of Devotion is now live!

Book of Devotion is an artbook dedicated to clerics, paladins, and the divine beings they worship. I've gotten very fond of the weirdass technocleric I designed, and I'm excited to share more about them (as soon as the mods let me). In the meantime though, the kickstarter will be open from April 29th to June 13th.

[elbiotipo]

Also, nobody wants to talk about the logistics of coffee in space, I assume they're too busy with the medieval obsession, don't you want to talk about if coffee can be grown in especialized habitats, are there terraformed worlds exclusively for coffee, what are labor rights for coffee growers in a post-scarcity future, what about characters talking about the difference between synthetic and natural coffee, hell where does synthetic coffee comes from and how is it able to compete with natural coffee, maybe coffee can only be grown in especialized worlds so the expense of growing it and launching it to orbit (compared to the expense of growing it in habitats?) is too much?

but no, it's all about fantasy middle ages

[beetleandfox]

man I love Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell so much. I wish England was real

[lucalicatteart]

 sculpted a strange shimmery two headed snail, speckled with wild flowers on it's shell~

[creekfiend]

I watched like the first two seasons of SPN 10-15 yrs ago and my primary impression was that it was kind of like Scooby-Doo, and tbqh I think SPN would have been better if it had just been kind of like Scooby-Doo. like "Scooby-Doo but it's your family" is a super hilarious concept just inherently. bc ok, the thing about Scooby-Doo is that everyone is there on purpose, for fun. they are having fun with their friends. but if Scooby-Doo was family members who were Scooby-Dooing for like, garbage dynastic reasons, that's SO MUCH FUNNIER. Scooby-Doo but your emotionally neglectful dad is making you Scoob the Doos. Scooby-Doo but everyone has generational resentment.

like the Shadowhunters worldbuilding question of "what if magical cops, but it's hereditary" (well Ms Clare, that sounds terrible) but instead of magical COPS it's MAGICAL INDEPENDENT MYSTERY SOLVING TEAM but it's hereditary. sounds HILARIOUS let's DO IT

[doodlejoltik]

i suddenly realised that Rei has to own both a Poryphone and the ArcPhone so that he can use sync moves. having two phones is inconvenient so he takes the SIM card out of the ArcPhone and puts it in the Poryphone

[chiropteracupola]

Ain't nothing come easy / No, nothing comes quick / But I want for you this, that you are well / I want for us this, that we are well...

Another illustration of Temeraire-crossover fic — this time, James Norrington and Tempest, from @boltlightning's delightful Pirates of the Caribbean crossover 'windfall / landfall'.

[rhinoyo]

a quick nine from @chosenonesdnd because i had to draw them immediately :') and a silly arthur drawing i'd been meaning to make <3 (a link to the podcast you should listen to it <3)

[unhingedlesbear]

Not to be annoying but being a beastars fan bc you actually enjoy the story and characters and world and not just for the yaoi ship is quite tragic sometimes

[wanderingokali]

Okalivember day 12, aberrant!

The kita is a large mammal that lives in arid grasslands and digs in the ground for roots with its hooves. This one is albino!

The bog kisgulderel is a small biennal plant, that blooms for only a week at the end of summer on its second year. This one is fasciated!

The kojapkoviz is a large beetle who is a clumsy flier. It lives in dense foliage, and while the males only live a year, the females hibernate in holes they've dug in the ground and can live up to four years! This one is bilateral gynandromorph.

The abali is a large, fast-running cyclops that lives in the large plains of the Nalken Peninsula region. It can have up to fifteen young at once, and will raise them for two years. This one is piebald.

[mizzle-moths]

isat castle in the sky au. can anyone hear me

[robindaydream]

I think one of the most impressive things about Small Saga for me is how well it balances tone. Like, looking at the plot as a whole and the kind of subjects it deals with, it's not a lighthearted game. You're waging a bloody war of revenge on the world and you kill plenty of people in the process.

But it never feels like it goes too far. It shows a lot of care in which foes you kill vs. which ones you beat up and scare off. I kept worrying about it at the beginning, cause you fight a few enemies that are just, like. A human's pet. And I kept feeling like "oh no I really hope I don't kill them that'd make me so sad" but it never happened. And through the whole game, I never saw the results of a fight and went "aw man that sucks." The game doesn't always give characters the fate they most deserve. Sometimes good people die and bad people live. But it always makes sense and feels appropriate.

And it's also a game full of goofy jokes and silly characters. One of the villains is a fascist dictator squirrel who vapes. At one point you find mouse porn on a bookcase and the characters discuss who they're into. You rescue a pigeon from a trash can. And it's a game full of hope, too. It's a game about making things better and not just letting things that suck keep on sucking.

In the end it left me feeling really happy.

[petorahs]

hoyo music casually being masterpieces is hardly a rare occurence BUT YOURE FUCKING KIDDING MEEE WITH THE NATLAN LIVE SYMPHONY HOLYSHIT 😭 I fanboyed. no other way to describe my excitement and giddyness. ITS SO FUCKING COOL ARE YOU SEEING THIS??? THE LYRICS THE MELODY THE SOULFULNESS 😭 my heart is so full...

I havent felt this way since I first heard Port Ormos theme (literally sounds like coming home. like songs from my childhood) and Sumeru's live symphony where I saw instruments from my culture 🥹 I can only imagine the same euphoria from other ppl who can relate to the culture presented in Natlan's live symphony will feel..

"In the end, you rekindle in ashes because of a dream."

BARSSSSS