#nerdtastically

[eudaemonix]

@original-character-championship

@nerdtastically-weird

shoutout to gnc gods that were sent down to earth for one reason or another because they're so sucks

(i had a lot of fun drawing hasani so i hope you'll accept this humble offering!! i love the matchup of these two lmao)

EDIT: PLEASE CONSIDER CHECKING OUT THEIR BRACKET AND VOTING FOR UR FAV!!!

[mysteries-uncovered]

who is PRINCESS-NERDTASTIC

[lunaraindrop]

Alternative to Eddie hating Steve's plaid room.

Eddie *loves* it.

Eddie loves it so much. It's just so...Steve!

Steve Harrington, former popular jock king of Hawkins High, has a room of plaid!

It was like he threw the car poster up for cool points, but it is like putting a popular boy band-aid on a nerdtastic deep wound.

It makes Steve smile that Eddie likes it so much. It was the one area in the house he was allowed to design himself.

[english-history-trip]

If I go solo to the Ren Faire, I have no one to embarrass by a) wearing my nerdtastic gable hood, b) loudly singing along, and c) whatever I say or do under the influence of mead (mostly loudly sing along with a side order of dancing in my nerdtastic gable hood.)

[seriousfic]

I.S.S. struck me as a misfire from the trailers, with its incredibly contrived and unbelievable premise of a nuclear war on Earth being waged in orbit too. The movie itself offers a little more context--the MacGuffin is a cure for radiation sickness that sure would be handy to either side of a nuclear war--but still goes to show that an high-concept logline does not automatically a good movie make.

Three American astronauts and three Russian cosmonauts co-exist on the International Space Station at a time of nonspecific political strife. One day, they see mushroom clouds spring up all across the Earth's surface; a nuclear war has been waged between America and Russia. Before losing communications, both sides receive orders to take control of the station. For good measure, the station will crash in twenty-four hours unless repaired.

Here's a good time to remember that everyone onboard is a highly trained, professional astronaut--and wouldn't they also be idealistic scientists to boot? Don't you think most rational adults... let alone badass NASA dudes... would here say "screw our orders, we need to focus on staying alive"?

Luckily for the plot, everyone here is such a suicidal simpleton that they make the cast of your average Friday the 13th movie look like Rhodes Scholars. Sure, everyone's worried about their kids, but it still seems contrived that two characters (one on each side, natch) grab the villain ball and go full Shining on their crewmates.

Would either side really be in any state to continue a war AFTER a full-blown nuclear exchange? It's hard for me to imagine that, the day after World War 3, anyone but a full-blown Greg Stillson would still be thinking of getting the upper hand. What would there be left to even fight for?

Since the MacGuffin in question is medicine, rather than any kind of weapon, couldn't the astronauts simply come to an agreement to share the cure with both sides, which will surely save countless innocent people? Would any of these nerdtastic scientists really be so jingoistic that they'd want innumerable civilians to die of radiation sickness, just because they're on the other side?

I know the movie is trying to do a George Romero thing about humanity being petty and short-sighted, but it doesn't really work when you have a cast of characters that should by all rights be as mature and considerate as humanly possible. This might've passed as prescient satire during the Reagan Administration, but now it just seems clunky and wrongheaded, with a lazy and thoughtless ending to boot.

[chroniclyst]

sketch commission i did for @nerdtastically-weird of her ocs!!! i had a lot of fun drawing these guys, ty :]

commission info

[noirangetrois]

9. Dust! (Lots of tempting things to ask about here…)

So, this is the beginning of a SPN fic that I may or may not ever finish, based on the prompt "dust" and the above artifact, a phurba. Here's an excerpt.

“Ugh,” Dean exclaimed after he sneezed for what had to be the twentieth time. “Why is there so much frigging dust?” Castiel looked at him sideways from where he was also cataloging artifacts. “You do realize how long the bunker was abandoned before you found it, don’t you?” “Yeah, yeah, I know. It’s just gross, is all.” “I’m sure it could be worse,” Cas replied, shrugging. “Obviously,” Dean griped as he got back to work, doing his best to breathe shallowly so as not to inhale more dust. Thing was, this keeping track of magical artifacts, identifying what they were and did according to written records they were able to dig up, organizing them and shit, that was Sammy’s kind of thing. He was the one who went all nerdtastic over the history of some of them, how they connected to different cultures, all of that. All Dean cared was how dangerous they were, and if they could be useful to them. Speaking of which… “Huh,” Dean mused aloud, holding up what looked like a short, three-sided iron blade with a hilt shaped like a person praying and wearing some sort of headpiece. He was pretty sure this matched the description he’d read in a file just a little while ago.  Setting the blade back in the box he’d retrieved it from, Dean stood up from where he’d been crouching. He let out a quiet grunt as his knees popped painfully, grimacing. Cas looked up from what he’d been cataloging, eyebrows raised in question, but Dean just waved him off. He walked over to the stack of files they’d left on a small table in the corner of the room and sifted through them. “Ahah!” he crowed as he found what he was looking for, then began to read. Artifact type: Phurba Origin: Tibet Description: Iron ritual knife that, when used with the proper ritual, can cure disease, perform exorcisms, kill demons, and even affect the weather.

The fic would go on to have Dean use it against <demons/insert monster of the week>, but there would be consequences because he's not the person who's supposed to be using it.

Thanks for the ask!

[discordantcoastlines]

Some characters for DC!

Scatterbrain (it/its)

> Really likes gummy worms

> Needs a hug

> Follows Simon around

Simon Harding (ve/he)

> Is autistic (just like me fr)

> Actually a sea monster. Nobody really knows this, not even Simon

> Just really likes the ocean

Linden Springs (she/he/they)

> Prefers to be called Springs

> Arms can extend!

> Nerdtastic

AC Adonis (he/him)

> Pretty mean most of the time, constantly makes fun of Simon

> Will call you several slurs (he can reclaim them though)

> I want to put him under a hydraulic press

Bubbles Morgan (they/she)

> Pretty anxious, she gets along with Simon because of this

> Helps take care of Scatter whenever Simon isn't around (and they aren't working)

> Works at a cafe that's like 3 minutes away from Simon's house

[nerds-yearbook]

On March 13, 2015, Jacqueline Nolis, a mathematician, was the final person to be crowned King of the Nerds. ("The Nerdtastic Finale", King of the Nerds, TV, Event)

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🦇 With a Little Luck Book Review 🦇

❓ #QOTD Do you believe in luck or fate? ❓

[ Find my review below or Goodreads | Storygraph | Literal ]

🦇 Jude is perfectly okay with sticking backstage or beyond the spotlight while his twin sister and friend take risks. It's easier to work at his parents' vinyl record store, act as the DM at D&D nights, and draw comics out of the limelight. Jude's luck in life changes when he finds a scarlet D20 die. Suddenly, he can do no wrong. He wins a pair of coveted concert tickets, asks out the most popular girl in school (who he's had a crush on forever), and even finds a record signed by Paul McCartney. What happens when his luck takes a turn for the worst? What happens when he realized that blessing could in fact be a curse?

💜 Disclaimer: I've been a long-time, heart-eyed fan of Marissa Meyer. I get weak for any writer who completes a project during NaNoWriMo, but Marissa Meyer's The Lunar Chronicles series (perhaps my most recommended book here) goes above and beyond. That being said, let's talk about Jude. Jude...sweet, sweet baby Jude. You idiot. You adorkable, nerdtastic little idiot. It's obvious where this is going from page one, bub, and you don't see it. I love you all the more for it, truly. Thank you for occasionally breaking the fourth wall and trusting you with your awkward, nerdy self. I loved every bit.

💜 Meyer flawlessly walks the line between magic and realism, making you question if Jude's D20 is controlling his fate or if it's all circumstance. The message ("Is it good luck. Is it bad?" "Perhaps.") behind this story is as complex as a 20-sided die. It's a message of controlling our own fate, of recognizing that our perception of a situation makes it a positive or negative experience. There's so much going on in this story, yet it's all seamlessly intertwined, much as multiple aspects of our lives are part of our vivid stories. Jude processing reality AND his current D&D campaign by creating a comic series (which we get to see!) was precious, but also incredibly realistic of a creative mind. Every member of Jude's found family is realistic, humanly flawed, each processing internal and exterior conflicts many of us have experienced in our teen years. Perhaps one of my favorites was Maya, the girl Jude has a long-time, unrequited crush on (why did I keep picturing Havana Rose Liu's Isabel from Bottoms? Just me???). No secondary character is wasted; they're all a part of Jude's story. Even watching an adult who seems perfectly confident and put together having an unrequited crush sends a message to Jude. It's never too late, so long as you take your shot.

🦇 I'm generally not a fan of love triangles, and it's quite obvious from the beginning that Jude and Ari are meant to be. So it's a little frustrating to watch him (not quite) date Maya. However, it's entirely realistic. Jude has to experience (not quite) dating Maya to realize he doesn't want to (really) date her. The way he processes it all is very mature but also sweet. It also makes his realization that he's been focused on the impossibility of Maya as a distraction from his true feelings all the sweeter.

🦇 Recommended to fans of Nicola Yoon, Rainbow Rowell, Danika Stone, Jenny Han, or the Just My Luck film (with McFly!...and Chris Pine). For all my fellow nerds (anyone who recognizes Firefly gets a cookie).

✨ The Vibes ✨ 🎲 Young Adult Romance 🐉 Tons of Nerdtastic References ⚔️ A Little Magical Realism 💎 Lyrics and Comics 🧚‍♀️ Friends to Lovers 🏰 Found Family 🎲 Part of a Duology

🦇 Major thanks to the author @marissameyerauthor and publisher for providing an ARC of this book via Netgalley. 🥰 This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.

💬 Quotes ❝ I’ve got a decent imagination, which is almost as good as epic quests and true love. Imagination surpasses real life… what? Ninety percent of the time? Tell me I’m wrong. You’re the one with your nose in a book right now, so I know you agree with me, at least on some level. ❞

❝ “Luck is all about perspective…” “And what you do with the opportunities you’re given.” ❞

❝ “I want to be with you,” I say. “On whatever quest or adventure we go on. I want to be with you. Always. All the time. And I hate that it took me so long to figure that out.” ❞

[mysteries-uncovered]

ciphers from the alt/wodin blog

http://www.knucklessux.com/Blog/

#WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS#UBJ HAVAFCVERQ BS GURZ GB VAIBYIR LBH VA GUVF

#HOW UNINSPIRED OF THEM TO INVOLVE YOU IN THIS

#APTLGVULZ HYLU'A YLHS HUK FVB ZOVBSK AYLHA AOLT HZ ZBJO #TIMEZONES AREN'T REAL AND YOU SHOULD TREAT THEM AS SUCH

#QB V YBBX YVXR V'Z VAGB VQRAGVGL GURSG FGBC BOFRFFVAT BIRE ZR PRINCESS-NERDTASTIC

#DO I LOOK LIKE I'M INTO IDENTITY THEFT STOP OBSESSING OVER ME CEVAPRFF-AREQGNFGVP

NERA'G JR NYY? 

AREN'T WE ALL?

#QBA'G JNFGR ZL GVZR #V UNIR RPUVQANF GB FUNZR #ANONYMOUS

#DON'T WASTE MY TIME #I HAVE ECHIDNAS TO SHAME #NABALZBHF

#QVQ LBH SBETRG JUL LBH JRER URER? #DID YOU FORGET WHY YOU WERE HERE?

NATEL YVGGYR QBT JUB UNGRF SHA#GURER'F N ERNFBA UR JNF PUNVARQ REALMELODYHOPE ANGRY LITTLE DOG WHO HATES FUN#THERE'S A REASON HE WAS CHAINED ERNYZRYBQLUBCR

#GUR NAFJRE VF FB FVZCYR NAQ LRG LBH QNJQYR FB ZHPU #JNFGRF NER YVXR GUVF UHU? 

THE ANSWER IS SO SIMPLE AND YET YOU DAWDLE SO MUCH #WASTES ARE LIKE THIS HUH?

#HUK DOLU AOL DVYSK KVLZU'A JVSSHWZL HYVBUK FVB ZAHF HYVBUK HUK SPZALU VY QBZA DHZAL DOHALCLY DVYRZ

#AND WHEN THE WORLD DOESN'T COLLAPSE AROUND YOU STAY AROUND AND LISTEN OR JUST WASTE WHATEVER WORKS

HUK H KHUNLYVBZ VUL HA AOHA

AND A DANGEROUS ONE AT THAT

ZBITPA FVBY HUZDLYZ HA AOL KVVY

SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS AT THE DOOR

#N OEBXRA PYBPX VF EVTUG GJVPR N QNL JUNG FRRZF YVXR OHYYFUVG VF ABG GEHYL #A BROKEN CLOCK IS RIGHT TWICE A DAY WHAT SEEMS LIKE BULLSHIT IS NOT TRULY #JR'IR ORRA BIRE GUVF

#WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS

#LBH'ER NFXVAT GUR JEBAT DHRFGVBA #LBH PNA YRNQ N UBEFR GB JNGRE

#YOU'RE ASKING THE WRONG QUESTION #YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE TO WATER

#ABG GUNG QRRC

#NOT THAT DEEP

VF GUVF JUNG LBH'ER VAGB?

IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE INTO?

#PBAPRAGENGR

#CONCENTRATE

WHG’M RHN ATOX T PHKW EBLM LHFXPAXKX?

DON’T YOU HAVE A WORD LIST SOMEWHERE?

#OHG V JBHYQ YVXR GB

#BUT I WOULD LIKE TO

GURER NER BAYL PBECFRF URER

THERE ARE ONLY CORPSES HERE

[thefakegeekg1rl]

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[x75-productions]

Nerdy Notions - The Amazing Web Shooters

Nerdy Notions - The Amazing Web Shooters In today's episode of "Nerdy Notions" join Sasha and Caitlin as they usher in a different era of the Spider-Man franchise as they review "The Amazing Spider-Man". #NerdyNotions #Spiderman #AmazingSpiderman

Welcome to the Nerdtastic Podcast! Audio Version: In today’s episode of “Nerdy Notions” join Sasha and Caitlin as they usher in a different era of the Spider-Man franchise as they review “The Amazing Spider-Man”.   Opening Music from https://filmmusic.io:“Welcome to the Show” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Want to hear…

[hereticqueen2000]

My Good Omens brainrot positively exploded in nerdtastic meta joy reading this.

Welcome back to Alex's unhinged meta corner! I am fuelled up with coffee and my adhd medication, so this is about to be a RIDE.

Apologies in advance, since this post will probably get quite long and also scientific at some point, but I will try to keep it as plain and easy to understand as possible. Combine two of my special interests (Good Omens and chemistry) and you get absolutely insane infodumps; it's a blessing and a curse.

As always, this is simply a theory, and maybe I'm wrong, maybe we'll never find out. But it's an option, and I have canonical proof.

There have been endless theories about why the Gabriel-Hiding-Miracle (which I will shorten to GHM) set off alarm bells in heaven and reached a strength of 25 Lazarii. Are their half-miracles really combined that strong? Does it depend on their relationship or love?

Well, today I am here to tell you that, actually, there is no such thing as "half a miracle".

We are going to have a closer look at miracles themselves, but the first important thing to keep in mind is that most of the time, Crowley and Aziraphale are incredibly unreliable narrators and have barely any inside into how heaven and hell work. Remember, they have been on earth since 4004 BC, they are certainly not used to any of the internal routines and functions.

They can tell us all kinds of things, but that does not make them true.

Now, miracles!

Both angels and demons are capable of performing them, though they only seem to be counted as actual miracles when they happen on earth, seeing as they measured in Lazarii.

One Lazarus equals the miracle power it takes to bring one human being back to life—the consequence is that miracles must be bound to the earthly plane, since that is where their unit originated from. When they are performed in heaven or hell, they are still miracles in a broad sense—celestial beings using their powers—but not in a way that ascribes to the measuring system.

Neil once answered an ask about Lazarus as a unit, and he stated that miracles tend to be measured in Centi- or Millilazarii (mostly the latter), meaning that the GHM was about 1000x as strong as your usual, daily miracle. The labeling also tells us that the scale for Lazarii is the same as the metric one.

If we treat Lazarus as a base unit, we need to find a way of defining it that is unique to this specific unit.

Globally, we have a collection of agreed-upon base units, the SI units (coming from the French Système international d'unités, aka International system of Units). Those seven are second, metre, kilogram, ampere, candela, kelvin, and mole, and every single one has a very specific definition—they are too bloody complex. None of them can be expressed with one of the other SI units, which gives you great definitions such as these:

A little excursion for those that are interested: For a very long time, the kilogram was defined by. well. A cube. The "true kilogram", which is still in a vault somewhere in Paris. However, you can probably imagine why basing a unit on a physical objects isn't a great idea long-term, so back in 2018, the kilogram was redefined, along with three other units.

Now, all SI units are defined by natural constants, not physical objects, making them accurate and (more or less) absolute.

Back to miracles!

The reason I am telling you all this is that we need to find such a basic definition for miracles, too, or at least an approximation.

My proposal is that a miracle itself is the force exerted on matter by a a celestial being. That force is then measured in Lazarii, with one Lazarus being equal to the force required to bring one person back to life. This is where it gets a bit tricky because how do you visualize that kind of force?

Matter cannot be destroyed only created, so all the particles currently making up our bodies will continue to exist long, long after our deaths. Meaning when a person dies, the amount of matter that was them is still there, the consequence of which is that their body can be recreated at will. Now, souls seem to be separate from matter, making them metaphysical and thus irrelevant for this conversation. I am going with the assumption that once a body has been recreated, the soul can be put back into without additional cost in miracle power.

There might be another base unit hidden in the metaphysical, but that's a conversation for another time.

All of this amounts to one fundamental hypothesis:

A miracle is either done, meaning matter gets changed, or it isn't, meaning matter remains unchanged.

There is no in-between stage here, a "half-change" is not possible, either you exert a force on particles or you don't. What kind of change that is might not be tangible for us, but a change is a change.

When Crowley and Aziraphale try to hide Gabriel, they change the way he gets perceived, how others perceive him, aka they change the way his presence is processed.

The closest thing to compare it to, in my opinion, is the superior mirage—the Fata Morgana. At its core, it means that light bends as it passes through air layers with different temperatures; your eyes perceive the bent light rays and your brain processes them accordingly. You see images that aren't actually there.

Celestial beings look at Gabriel but see something that isn't actually there, so the "true" image remains hidden.

If we stick to this metaphor, then Crowley creates a mirage for any ethereal beings, and Aziraphale creates one for occult beings. The creation of that mirage is one miracle—not half a miracle, but ONE singular miracle. Both of them change matter, and both of these miracles can exist independently of each other.

Crowley and Aziraphale could have created their mirages on their own, meaning that two miracles were performed, not two halves of one miracle.

If you listen to the sound of the miracles, you can hear that it's different from the other ones they have performed on their own, with the "combined" miracle having two sound peaks instead of one. Tumblr hates it when I upload audio files, so have it like this.

In order, the miracles are Aziraphale lowering the chandelier and moving the shelves, Crowley removing the paintball stain, and the GHM.

IF they had both performed half a miracle, the end result would have been one miracle, meaning it should have sounded like any other—but it didn't! Two connected sounds, two simultaneous miracles.

There is still one thing left to talk about, which is the power of their miracle. Here is where my previous definition of Lazarus as a unit comes into play again.

Heaven measured a miracle power of 25 Lazarii aka a very high amount of force exerted on matter. You might think Alex, if they both performed their own miracle, how come that the alarm bells rang?

If we keep up the mirage metaphor, we can explain that! Crowley's intention was to make it so that ethereal beings cannot perceive him, so his miracle changed matter in a way that aligns with ethereal perception.

However, Aziraphale intended to change matter so that occult beings cannot perceive Gabriel, meaning his miracle changed matter in a way that is adapted to occult perception.

This is where science comes into play again!!

You see, particles aren't just particles, they are waves too. Wave-particle duality describes exactly that, e.g. an electron being both a particle and a wave at the same time. A connected theory to that is the Uncertainty principle, which describes the inability to measure the exact value of two different properties at the same time.

Or, to put it more plainly, if you try to figure out the exact position of a particle, its momentum becomes blurred, unclear. If you then focus on the momentum of the same particle, you can no longer describe its exact position.

You are probably looking at me now, thinking where the fuck are they going with this and why are there suddenly so many principles of quantum mechanics in a Good Omens meta post???

Crowley changes matter in way A.

Aziraphale changes matter in way B.

Those changes can co-exist, like an electron being a particle and a wave at the same time. However—and this is scientific theory adapted to celestial miracles—when an angel looks at Gabriel, then they are focusing on state A. When demons are looking at Gabriel, they are focusing on state B.

Focus on A and B becomes blurry. Focus on B and A becomes blurry.

Maintaining that double-state requires power though, because compared to wave-particle duality, these states aren't natural, they're inflicted—matter was changed. It's like the matter around Gabriel is flickering between those two states, a light switch trying to find a neutral position when there is only on and off.

How do we measure that power? In Lazarii.

The miracle energy that heaven measured is not that high because they each performed half a miracle and combined it into one, it is that high because they each performed one miracle that stands in opposition to the other; as a result, two different states need to be maintained at the same time, meaning the manipulation is ongoing, meaning it needs a fuckton of power.

If you want to keep balancing your light switch, you need to keep trying, you need to keep up the pressure, otherwise you either click it off or on. Same thing with the hiding miracle.

Twenty-five Lazarii.

The power you need to exert on matter to reshape twenty-five people—or to continuously hide one being from two opposing observers with rapidly-switching state changes.

While I think the whole "it's because of love" theory is fun and cute, scientifically it really doesn't make much sense because their powers have rules similar to our base units, so me must approach and treat them as such.

With that, thank you to everyone who made it this far and managed to survive our little excursion into the field of quantum mechanics.

Questions, thoughts, additions, etc. are very welcome!

[studyingsian]

may 11, 2020

more original content yay! this is one of my fav spreads🥺