#mentions of fusion

[ribbononline]

fusion masterpost

[literallymechanical]

Really cool result from Zap Energy, which continues to have the best name of any private fusion power company.

They've demonstrated that they're producing controlled thermonuclear fusion in their sheared-flow stabilized z-pinch, which is a pretty wild concept – they essentially took an abandoned idea from the 1950's and re-visited it with a modern understanding of magnetohydrodynamics.

Their promotional .gif skills are also top-notch.

Zap is still a ways off from producing breakeven levels of energy, but this is a very strong indication that their physics is solid. A hearty congratulations to them!

I have no affiliation with Zap Energy, but in my own personal opinion, their design may have just taken the leap from "unsolved problem" to "very difficult engineering challenge." Remains to be seen if that's an overcomable challenge, but I'm excited!

[the-astrophel-system]

fusion is pretty much always indicative of healing, and as a system who is working on integrating and fusing to more managable numbers, it has been so amazing.

we used to fear fusion. those echo chambers and places who equated it to death really got to us.

but now we embrace it, and we've had so many fusions i cant even count them.

in the beginning they felt scary. but overtime they felt amazing. it felt like forgiving yourself, loving yourself in the deepest way possible, and becoming more yourself than you were before.

it has honestly been beautiful.

i fused with our religious protector a few months back and that was an incredible experience. i am now confident and comfortable in my expression of religion.

we've had fusions that took ages to achieve. we've had some that happened very quickly. some of our fusions resulted in a perfect blend of the two parts, while some resulted in a more unbalanced presentation, and some even resulted in parts that grew beyond those parts likeness.

fusions are beautiful, healing, and amazing. you have no reason to be scared of them. you should embrace them when they happen.

they happen when you are ready, and when its in your best interest.

sometimes you have to work to that goal, sometimes it just happens.

fusion is beautiful, it is safe

[onlytiktoks]

[multiversal-fusion-reborn]

“Excuse me, have you seen my daughter? She’s about this tall, "CLEARLY" Bi but we haven’t had the talk!”

Khan, after losing a young Uzi in the in-door park in the bunker/Outpost

[maddragonfruit]

In my mind the original Creativity and a Roman/Remus fusion would be entirely different sides

[the-indigo-symphony]

I'm honestly kind of amused by the idea that purposeful fusion is murder. Like, both of us consented. We had long discussions about it. And we're both still here, just now as one. It just reminds me of the idea that all BDSM is abuse – the idea of mutual consent and desire seems impossible for these people to grasp; it can never be that both of us wanted this, it must always be that one of us forced the other into it. But since both of us consented, following this logic, it turns into a sort of... double murder-suicide? Except the victims are still both alive.

It also mimics the idea that transition "kills" a person because they've "changed too much". Again, we are both still here. We are just different. We have merged our identities into one being, and the only reasons we still use "we" is because we like it more and feel it illustrates a point here. And the interesting thing is... You're accusing us of harming each other, but you don't actually care about any harm we go through, do you? If you did, you would listen when we tell you that prior to fusion, both of us were listless, dysphoric, tormented by our lack of solid identity and self. You would know that fusion made us stable and able to feel happy. You wouldn't suggest that our recovery is an act of selves-harm and violence. You would wait two seconds before opening your mouth and discover that we went through careful steps to ensure our fusion would lessen our suicidality – and it did! Being fused, we "both" want to die a lot less, now! Because we fused, we can actually enjoy life now, and have a greater chance of sticking around to see it... If you actually cared about the harm and pain a system like us can go through, you would see exactly how similar what you're saying is to how transphobes talk about transition. You wouldn't make up this narrative that something extremely good for our health is murder.

These people are also generally... very pushy about their own philosophical beliefs. Sorry, but no, not everyone sees their own selves as individual people. And even those that do reserve the right to autonomy; if your argument is that people in a system are not allowed to make major decisions about their own life precisely because they're in a system... If you think people in a system cannot possibly consent to major life changes, unlike singlets... whoopsiedoopsie! Sounds like you're just a regular pluralphobe to me!

I'd listen to this accusation more if it didn't sound like the exact same shit TERFs and bigots in general say. There's no need to listen to someone who makes wild accusations due to completely misunderstanding a situation and tries to push their own beliefs onto everybody else. You're indistinguishable from a pushy Evangelical, right down to the "(x action that doesn't actually end any lives and in facts contributes to saving them) is murder!"

... Also, I find it funny to imagine them yelling at a TV whenever the trope of body merging comes on. "Don't these screenwriters know that's murder?!"

So, yeah, I find this whole notion so very, very silly.

[henreyettah]

Craziest part of tgr was when Jean did that backflip and landed with his feet perfectly balanced on Jeremy’s shoulders and they threw that guy using the combined forces of their exy racquets. And then when Jean grabbed Laila and Cat by one hand each and they did the spin move to knock all the Utah players over?? Nora’s crazy for this fr

[delphientropy]

friendly reminder that "non disordered systems" arent people who healed from their trauma. its people who think they can cherry pick our disorder and claim that they have symptoms (like alters) without actually having trauma or the disorder. if you heal or do final fusion, you still HAVE the disorder! you can STILL split! it happens and is medically recorded! DID/OSDD/etc are lifelong! there is no "cure" for it! you cannot become a non-disordered system! thank you

[episodes-without-incident]

4/18/2024:

0 episodes since Drawfee last referenced Cats (2019)

20 episodes since Drawfee last referenced Everytime We Touch (2005) (new record!)

[cottontailcat]

NEW POKEMON OC GET! A Haunter x Weezing (a gastly being the second head)

It's name is Toke and belongs to a Stoner Hex Girl yet to be named.

[dbarenzu626]

01000001 01110010 01100101 01110011

...Anyone know binary?

Anyways, "TRON Ares" fanart! It's no secret that I'm a fan of the TRON franchise, Disney's underdog marriage of video game and digital aesthetics has been an inspiration to me. Whether it was popping in the VHS tape for the 1982 film back when I was but a boy of ten or heading to see "TRON Legacy" in theaters with friends when it came out in 2010 to even clocking in my time to the countless video games based off the Grid, I owe a lot to the digital franchise that could.

Of course, the thing with "TRON Ares" is that it's a bit of a significant shift in the franchise. For starters, it's a complete reset button of Joseph Kosinski's prior "TRON Ascension" pitch, since the Mouse House essentially shelved it back in the day when Brad Bird's "Tomorrowland" cost the company a couple million in losses (it wasn't that bad thoooooough). The second is the most obvious: director Joachim Ronning is a director who one can read his filmography and see mixed bag results with and trusting him with the digital experience could prove a risky one. Third? The choice of its lead actor: Jared Leto. I'm sure I don't need to explain why this choice is divisive, but if you've seen the production of "Suicide Squad" (the 2016 one, not The) and "Morbius", then you probably know why.

Nonetheless, I've grown close to the idea that perhaps Ares might have some merit behind it besides being a giant reset button of sorts: for starters, the plot is leaning in the direction of digital meeting the real world, something that was already established in "TRON Legacy" and is now seeing fruition here with a commentary on artificial intelligence. There's also the soundtrack led by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (or more properly, for this film's case, their band Nine Inch Nails, which is... insanely hype), to which, BTW, I called as far back as April 2024 with some friends on a Discord server when I shared a piece off the "Challengers" soundtrack:

All in all, while I have my cautiousness, the optimism wins here. And for a film like this, I think it's best to carry a bit of optimism because it's what may lead to more in the franchise. Besides, we're getting this and a new game this year with Bithell's "TRON Catalyst", sooo... can we get some Lorcana rep next? C'mon, you know you wanna, Disney...

For this piece, I based it off the screenshots that Disney has released so far, behind-the-scenes pics of Jared Leto in the Grid suit from their shooting in Vancouver and then what I could see from the D23 teaser (shhhhhh, I needed references), mixing it in with a "TRON Uprising"-style influence. The tricky thing is trying to keep the character and actor looking like the character and actor without losing definitive features, something tricky with Robert Valley's art style for the show, but yet something he did well with CLU's character in-show too. But all in all, between that and a near furious digital look, I think I did pretty well! Text and textless versions above, of course!

If you don't know, "TRON Ares" comes out October 10, 2025. And Disney better get the first teaser out sometime in the near future~

(P.S: If you also don't know, "Something I Can Never Have" is a song title from Nine Inch Nails album Pretty Hate Machine and amazingly enough, a reworked version of that song serenaded the D23 trailer for "TRON Ares". Doubles as a reference to both its artists and to what I'm theorizing is Ares's character!)

[mishy-mashy]

This was on a separate post but I think it should have its own (also because I went off-track when I first wrote this)

Remember when Midoriya was trying to wake up a Quirk as a child, trying to pull the couch toward him or breathe fire?

This was him trying to use his parents' Quirks, in the hope he inherited one of theirs.

Inko could pull small objects. Hisashi could breathe fire.

Anyway this is a [Midoriya has AFO] post and [DFO is real]-

Anyway please listen? If his dad was AFO, and passed on that Quirk to little Midoriya, it makes sense that they all considered him Quirkless.

All For One starts as a blank slate. It has no Quirks available, because none were taken yet. And if no Quirks were stolen, nevermind passing through the user to be bestowed to others, then AFO at the base level is the equivalent of being Quirkless.

Midoriya having AFO would leave him as Quirkless. And he never would've known if he had AFO, because he thinks his dad just breathes fire. AFO's existence is just an urban legend to people back then.

Midoriya wouldn't be able to breathe fire if AFO was his dad, because that was never his Quirk.

Even if he did have a fire-breathing Quirk, AFO holds onto random ones like Naval Laser. It could just be one of those gags.

All For One is a quirk that takes. One For All decides to be given.

Midoriya, rather than take, was instead given Quirks, and sees people's goodness. He isn't selfish at his core. He's too optimistic. This is the opposite of AFO, which takes and gives—Midoriya was on the receiving end of being given, by OFA.

If Midoriya had a natural AFO, it makes sense that he's Quirkless. It also makes sense that he can handle multiple Quirks from OFA; because the nature of AFO is being able to wield multiple Quirks in one body.

AFO looks for Quirks that are easy to use, and straightforward. Midoriya ended up with Quirks that he has to strategize and think with, and even Bruce mentions his brain couldn't do all the processing, which is why he froze up.

Midoriya is past the point of Singularity. Yoichi says this when he first tells Ninth "You are not alone". But Midoriya is completely fine.

He only breaks his bones. He doesn't deform and become something the human body warps to be able to contain the Quirks. He got a good deal, when considering what Shigaraki became once.

He has OFA's Quirk Factor, but that Quirk Factor stores up Quirk Factors within itself. We can deduce that from Bruce saying only Danger Sense's Factor was stolen. It's naturally a stockpiling power similar to AFO that Yoichi had forced on him, and at its very base, Bruce called an "unformed dud".

Now, it's more grown from all the strength and Quirks stockpiled. Even if OFA counts as one Quirk, it still holds multiple Factors inside itself, so it might as well be the same as multiple Factors to the body. When Shinomori explained his life shortened because of multiple Quirks, he shows all the users before him, rather than the more-common "One For All is glowing in my hand" or "One For All is a flame" image to show the crystallization of power. Though it could just be to show the individuals adding to the short-life..

In the void, we see OFA vestiges are inside the vault, according to the door's face. On the other side, like when Yoichi was alive, could be AFO.

Midoriya sees the goodness of people. He said Eri's power was gentle, and always affirms that she saved him when she tries putting herself down. He says Shinso's Quirk is amazing, and he'd make a great hero. When seeing Chisaki while fighting Nagant, he just said he'd talk to him later, and promised to fulfill her promise if he was willing to direct his regret toward Eri. Kudo says he should hate Bakugo, but Midoriya looks at the heart, and believes in that.

AFO only sees the Quirk first. He looked at Ragdoll, decided to take the Quirk and didn't care for what happened to her body afterwards. When he looked at Best Jeanist, he applauded his use of his Quirk to save everyone, but then knocked Jeanist down anyway, saying it required too much work, so he didn't need the Quirk.

Midoriya having AFO and OFA would make him an intersection. He's born with AFO, but because he believed he was Quirkless, had grown up being put down, and knows what it's like to be weak. Born with AFO, but seeing the unequal world, and being given OFA because he wanted to save people and be a hero.

Y'know, this sounds a lot like Yoichi. Believed to be Quirkless because his Quirk required someone else, and therefore was unfinished and "non-existent". Even AFO didn't realize it existed because it was so weak.

Midoriya wanted to save people. He has AFO. He's living what AFO could've done [saving others] and embodying Yoichi's belief ["the power to give and take could have been the kindest in the whole world"].

All For One is blank. AFO only had an Ability he could use because he stole his mother's at birth.

Midoriya didn't. His Quirk should've come when he turned five. And he didn't know about AFO. He doesn't even have holes in his palms

If there's no holes in his palms, either his Quirk Factor is elsewhere, or manifests differently in said hands. In which we consider Inko: she can pull small objects toward her

It's possible for Midoriya to have a combination of AFO and Inko's Abilities. He tried pulling objects, but he never tried pulling people or Quirks.

If Midoriya can take Quirks from a distance, and AFO, like OFA, stores Quirks within a single Factor, then Kudo could be saying to let go of One For All so he can make room for All For One's Factor. Midoriya would have the capacity for it.

[multiplicity-positivity]

Here’s some positivity for headmates who are the result of fusion!

Fusion can often be a sign of healing, and is a normal, natural process for many systems! Fusion is nothing to fear or avoid, and while it may be confusing or alarming for some, headmates who are a result of fusion are valid, wonderful, and worth uplifting and celebrating in our spaces! So here’s to all the headmates out there who are the result of fusion!

🌷 Shoutout to headmates who fused after intensive work or progress in therapy!

☘️ Shoutout to headmates who fused randomly or with seemingly no outside influence!

🌼 Shoutout to headmates whose fusion is volatile, unstable, or who are at risk of splitting into separate headmates again!

🌱 Shoutout to headmates who kept and maintained their old identities after they fused!

💐 Shoutout to headmates who worked hard internally in order to achieve fusion!

🍃 Shoutout to headmates who, after fusing, became a subsystem or a headmate with headmates of their own in some way!

🌻 Shoutout to headmates who often fuse temporarily and then unfuse later!

🌿 Shoutout to headmates who became a totally different person after they fused!

🌺 Shoutout to headmates who sometimes miss or long for who they used to be before they fused!

🪴 Shoutout to headmates who lost memories of who they were pre-fusion after they fused!

🪷 Shoutout to those who are functionally singlets due to most or all of their headmates fusing in the past!

🌾 Shoutout to headmates who fused in order to help their system reach a smaller, more manageable number of headmates!

🌹 Shoutout to headmates who have fused as a part of their system’s path towards final fusion in the future!

Headmates who are a result of fusion are treasured and special members of their system and the plural community! We so value your unique perspectives and insights, and we are incredibly happy to be able to share these spaces with you. Know that, while different systems will view fusion in different ways, you are not wrong or bad for fusing! You have not killed any previous member of your system by fusing - those old headmates live on through you, even if who they are has changed drastically or seemingly doesn’t exist anymore!

We hope that every headmate who is the result of fusion can take it easy and show themselves some kindness and compassion today. Remember that you are so loved just the way you are! Fusion may be misunderstood or even demonized by some folks, but please know that on this blog, we love and support every headmate who has fused, is curious about fusion, or wants to fuse in the future! Y’all make the plural community a better place, and we’re wishing the very best for you in all that you do. As always, thanks so much for reading, and take care!

[multiversal-fusion-reborn]

"You know, studies show that keeping a ladder inside the house is more dangerous than a loaded gun. That’s why I own "10" guns! In case some maniac tries to sneak in a ladder..."

Khan, while explaining to a young Uzi why he only builds doors (beyond just because of the Murder Drones).

[mewintheflesh-2]

(Warning!! If you dislike hearing about the characters Kieran and Carmine in emotional or physical pain, please do not read this post, I do not want to make anyone upset. :) CW: mentions of torture, medical settings, laboratories.)

So I’ve had this AU for awhile, Don’t Trust Dr. Fuse, right?

For those of you who don’t know, Dr. Fuse is an Mandjtv character, a mad scientist researching Pokemon fusion. Now in his original source, he’s already a bit unstable, but I was like, okay, let’s make him fucking batshit.

So, he owns an underground bunker lab where he lures humans and experiments on them with fusion and tortures them. He takes his human subjects and fuse’s them with whatever Pokemon he sees fit.

So I was like. Why not put Kieran and Carmine in the lab?

So here’s my concepts for their DTDF AU designs.

First up: Kieran! Fused with Pecharunt. (The idea of fusing him with Pecharunt was very much inspired my @tealmaskmybeloved’s Toxic Consequences AU)

Being in the lab has him more reserved than ever, preferring to be alone, but for other reasons as well. There are poisonous cracks all over his body, which are very painful to him when they grow, but otherwise are painless. There’s a crack over his right eye, so he can no longer see out of it.

Poison types are always a ticking time bomb when it comes to losing their minds or death, Kieran has been awfully resistant to the normal effects of the poison type on humans, however. Perhaps because the subject of the fusion was a mythical, therefore a legendary?

But his mind does tend to feel cloudy all the time since he got there. But maybe that’s just because of his solitary most of the time.

He has the tendacies to hide in his shell when he’s distressed, but Fuse took those away as to freak him out emotionally and to leave him with no comfort. He did a similar thing with Carmine as well.

(All mythical’s are legendaries but not all legendaries are mythicals etc. etc.)

I will get into his and Carmines relationship with eachother in Carmine’s section. (REMINDER. Relationship does not inherently mean romantic, dumb dumb.)

And Carmine! Fused with Ogrepon :)

Carmine wants desperately to reach out to Kieran, to talk to him, but Kieran refuses. Probably because the last time they were in the same room their bodies acted on their own and wouldn’t stop attacking each other until they were both exhausted.

Carmine lost her normal arms, replaced completely with Ogrepon’s

Carmine is also not allowed to have her masks, or cudgel. Her cudgel, the cornerstone, hearthflame, and wellspring masks are all kept in Dr. Fuse’s main office. The teal mask was given to Kieran as to cause even more tension to form between them.

Kieran fighting with Carmine is especially tough for him because it means he’s hurting his sister and the Ogre.

Please feel free to ask any questions about this AU or Kieran and Carmine’s situation!

There is an ask blog for this AU but Kieran and Carmine have yet to make an appearance there. @doctorfuse

(Briar is also in the lab! But she has yet to be finished)