#len asks

[meltypen]

i need to see rin in your style

alright

[deep-space-netwerk]

So Venus is my favorite planet in the solar system - everything about it is just so weird.

It has this extraordinarily dense atmosphere that by all accounts shouldn't exist - Venus is close enough to the sun (and therefore hot enough) that the atmosphere should have literally evaporated away, just like Mercury's. We think Earth manages to keep its atmosphere by virtue of our magnetic field, but Venus doesn't even have that going for it. While Venus is probably volcanically active, it definitely doesn't have an internal magnetic dynamo, so whatever form of volcanism it has going on is very different from ours. And, it spins backwards! For some reason!!

But, for as many mysteries as Venus has, the United States really hasn't spent much time investigating it. The Soviet Union, on the other hand, sent no less than 16 probes to Venus between 1961 and 1984 as part of the Venera program - most of them looked like this!

The Soviet Union had a very different approach to space than the United States. NASA missions are typically extremely risk averse, and the spacecraft we launch are generally very expensive one-offs that have only one chance to succeed or fail.

It's lead to some really amazing science, but to put it into perspective, the Mars Opportunity rover only had to survive on Mars for 90 days for the mission to be declared a complete success. That thing lasted 15 years. I love the Opportunity rover as much as any self-respecting NASA engineer, but how much extra time and money did we spend that we didn't technically "need" to for it to last 60x longer than required?

Anyway, all to say, the Soviet Union took a more incremental approach, where failures were far less devastating. The Venera 9 through 14 probes were designed to land on the surface of Venus, and survive long enough to take a picture with two cameras - not an easy task, but a fairly straightforward goal compared to NASA standards. They had…mixed results.

Venera 9 managed to take a picture with one camera, but the other one's lens cap didn't deploy.

Venera 10 also managed to take a picture with one camera, but again the other lens cap didn't deploy.

Venera 11 took no pictures - neither lens cap deployed this time.

Venera 12 also took no pictures - because again, neither lens cap deployed.

Lotta problems with lens caps.

For Venera 13 and 14, in addition to the cameras they sent a device to sample the Venusian "soil". Upon landing, the arm was supposed to swing down and analyze the surface it touched - it was a simple mechanism that couldn't be re-deployed or adjusted after the first go.

This time, both lens caps FINALLY ejected perfectly, and we were treated to these marvelous, eerie pictures of the Venus landscape:

However, when the Venera 14 soil sampler arm deployed, instead of sampling the Venus surface, it managed to swing down and land perfectly on….an ejected lens cap.

[dailyhatsune]

this with miku len rin and luka

wheezers

[ask-mikurin]

/ I felt like dropping a liiiittle bit more about them so you guys can get more ideas to ask them things (?

[thebrainrotsreal]

Was pondering how Mark’s rigid ass mask/lens is prob a Budget Thing (since squishy, bendy lens are pretty much a mandate for all hero animated series, like JL, BTAS, TNBA, Spider-Man, etc), and then I was slapped with a vision of Mark in a more JL/BTAS-ish style and I had to see it through. I am a genius btw.

[mikurinkuwu]

i made a non traditional omegaverse office au does anybody gaf

[proshipshy]

Almost cried at this exchange. Nature is finally healing..

[prettygirl-gabi]

Through the Lens series Masterlist

Most to all dividers used in this series was made by @bernardsbendystraws

Thank you again!! Rose

Rating: General Audiences (for most chapters but ratings will be updated each chapter also along with warnings being updated as well)

Warning: none^

Paring: !Super Senior Paige Bueckers x !photographer fem reader (reader is intended to black, but anyone can read it)

Fandom: Women's basketball

Tagline: Capturing every moment, even the ones that break us.

Brief Description/Intro:

When Y/N’s professor encourages her to use UConn Women’s Basketball as her muse for her final project, she never expects to find herself drawn to one player in particular—Paige Bueckers. As a junior with a passion for game photography, Y/N captures Paige’s every move, but their connection takes an unexpected turn during a game when Paige’s block shatters Y/N’s favorite camera, dueing her first night with the team. What begins as a series of chance encounters quickly grows into something deeper, despite the looming uncertainty of Paige’s final season as a super senior before heading to the WNBA. Can they navigate the lines between passion, distance, and dreams—or will their connection remain a fleeting glimpse into what could have been?

Moodboard pt.1

Questions?

Official Playlist

Moodboard pt.2

Moodboard pt.3

Moodboard pt.4

Prologue: A Shattered Beginning

Chapter 1: Through the Lens of Dreams

Chapter 2: Caught on Camera

Chapter 3: Focus on Us

Chapter 4: Holding My Breath

Chapter 5: In the Spotlight

Chapter 6: Sidelines and distractions

Chapter 7: Homecoming

Chapter 8: Unspoken but Understood

Chapter 9: Just Us

Chapter 10: Under Pressure

Chapter 11: Silence and Reconciliation

Chapter 12: The Storm We Needed

Chapter 13: Trust The Process

Chapter 14: The Raw Moments

Chapter 15: The Final Cut

Chapter 16: Marking Her Territory

Chapter 17: Court-Side Love and Matching Jerseys

Chapter 18: Family Photo Shoot

Chapter 19: Stormy Nights

Chapter 20: Breaking Points

Chapter 21: Timeout

Chapter 22: Crossing Lines

Chapter 23: In Focus

Chapter 24: On Different Courts

Chapter 25: Birthday Surprise

Chapter 26: Granny’s Slip-Up

Chapter 27: Ghosted and Launched

Chapter 28: Family Ties and Fresh Beginnings

Chapter 29: Ghost Of The Past

Chapter 30: Past Shadows and Present

Chapter 31: Distraction and Comfort

Chapter 32: Crashing Out Respectfully

Chapter 33: Let Me Be There

Chapter 34: A Promise

Chapter 35: All That Mattered

Chapter 36: Homeward Bound

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-Thank You For Reading!🩵🩶

-prettygirl-gabi🎀✨️

[meltypen]

Do you like

bananas?

I think they're neat :)

[tom-is-online]

somewhat silly request,

vbs vocaloids playing cards with toya (meiko is winning)

it felt wrong not to invite everyone to play LEGALLY DISTINCT UNO at street sekai, Meiko is still winning tho, as she should.

[dailyhatsune]

what if it was this but miku is ballin and the shark is like rin or something

[ask-mikurin]

Len: Send them stuff, please.... maybe that way they'll leave me alone....

[fishymom-art]

https://www.tumblr.com/fishymom-art/783625861819760640/had-a-funny-thought-what-if-mf-having-her-eyes?source=share

In regards to that, she probably needs some form of eyewear when in the Hollyberry Kingdom.

https://www.tumblr.com/fishymom-art/783625903608594432/the-smilk-shampoo-ask-made-me-wonder-can-pure?source=share

I suspect the other Beasts can tell easily enough without the shampoo, seeing as they've known each other for so long.

I think MF just stays in the shade like a vampire all the time XD

And about the hair - I think they can also tell by the shape, since his hair changed after redemption

[frownyalfred]

Your Batman as king, children as princes thing has me THINKING. There’s a very teehee funny angle here but there’s also an angle of the kids trying over and over again to place that power in his hands. The kids protecting Batman first no matter what. The play of frustrations there… when Bruce rejects that position what does it say about them, as the “princes”? When Bruce won’t let them protect him, what does that mean about their positions and their relationships to Batman?

Yeah! I was rambling a bit in the tags of that post so I'll try and clean them up into coherent sentences here. Jason can be the Prince of Gotham and Bruce can be pissed about that, but what it really means is that, by default, Bruce is the king now. He just doesn't realize it. Bruce Wayne, the figure, is still the Prince of Gotham because he hasn't raised a successor up. But Batman? He's a King, in all but name. There's some things you outsource, at a certain point. Him delegating Gotham (in part) to his children is one of those interesting transfers of power, subtle as it is. A lot of Bruce's issues come from him still trying to play Prince right against his own kids. He has so much power, so much respect and deference from them, but he doesn't understand. He doesn't see how, even as Jason claws at his own power, there's so much of it he wants to give back to Bruce, if that makes sense. All of his children want to give it back to him -- they do the groundwork and bring back issues and patrol routes etc for his audience. They counsel him, but they still look to him for a final decision. They might not fully abide by the decision, but it's still his city. And there's a certain amount of respect that title begets. Even from prodigal sons like Jason and Dick, with their own loyalties.

[dovewingkinnie]

mascot horror where the main character is a little BITCH who deserves every bad thing coming to him and then theres a second main character (most likely a mascot) who's the sweetest thing ever like imagine following a MC who deserves the horrors of course it'll be balanced out with the cutie pie mascot character because. you need to root for somebody yknow and that guy.. naw...

[ilions-end]

i hope what comes across in my posts is that i'm a nuance and caveat and specificity enjoyer. if you ever catch me saying stuff like "the moral of the trojan war is --" or "homer obviously thought --" or "this ancient character/myth represents --" that will be a surefire sign i've been hacked