#oh btw it's sci-fi

[xeneric-shrooms]

BIG NEWS! I CAN SCREEN RECORD!

[jonsnowunemploymentera]

And remember kids, the next time someone tells you, "George R. R. Martin wouldn't make Jon Snow the typical fantasy hero because that's cliche".....

Oh yes he would!

One viewer wants to know what character would you play (on the show)? GRRM: If I could magically clap my hands and become a different person, it would be cool to play Jon Snow who's much more of the classic hero. Everybody wants to be the classic hero! ABC Interview, 2014

GRRM: And the character I’d want to be? Well who wouldn’t want to be Jon Snow — the brooding, Byronic, romantic hero whom all the girls love. Meduza Interview, 2017

In fact he already has ☺️

[poisoned-sugar11]

The possible medical use of somnus perennis, an essay by Dr. Azalea Florist

Content warning: medical malpractice, poisoning, drugging, mentions of addiction, and religious themes (not Christianity specifically though)

Somnus perennis, colloquially known as the dreamflower, is the most effective known sleeping aid. Low doses of powdered dreamflower can be used to ensure a patient has no chance of waking up during the time of a procedure. There are no substantial side effects besides putting the patient to sleep. The dreamflower is completely nonaddictive. The alleged side effects of visions are not an issue considering their similarities to the existing nightmares of patients. With the current availability of powdered dreamflower, it's only logical to start using them medically.

There are numerous accounts of how traumatizing of an experience it is to be left awake during surgery. All major anesthetics have at least a small percentage of these cases. It is absolutely impossible for a dose of powdered dreamflower to leave a patient awake. In 101 Deadliest Poisons and How to Use Them, Ayaka Sakai writes, "after my numerous successful jobs, I can guarantee that it's impossible to wake up a victim under the influence of somnus perennis until the dose has fully worn off." Dr. Emily Wheeler of the Association of Illegal and Unethical Science has conducted further experiments that prove this to be the case. Regardless of the morality of these sources, they do show how useful powdered dreamflower can be.

The mortality rate of the direct effects of powdered dreamflower is 0%. Despite its notoriety, powdered dreamflower is completely non-lethal. There are only two noted effects of ingesting somnus perennis: deep sleep, and a strange effect on the patient's dreams. A patient being put into a deep sleep is the ideal state for conducting major surgeries. The only known risk is a patient being unconscious longer than anticipated. However, this risk can be avoided entirely if one isn't careless.

Somnus perennis is a completely nonaddictive substance. Existing anesthetics, such as slumber leaves, and daisy roots, have dedicated rehabilitation facilities related to them. On the other hand, there are no reported symptoms of any addictive disorders in patients that have ingested somnus perennis. The Black Market, a famous hot spot for mad scientists, notably markets it as a poison as opposed to a recreational drug. In How to Crime, Sylvia H. Hunter states, "it is vital to avoid breathing in any drugs you use to aid you. Slumber leaves can leave you hooked for life, and dreamflowers will leave you plagued by visions for a day or maybe even longer." There are no accounts of anyone voluntarily ingesting somnus perennis.

Those against the use of any sort of somnus perennis in medical settings often argue that the side effects are too grave. This is an overreaction. There was a survey conducted on the population of Akane Island. A staggering 86% of residents recorded that they had nightmares most nights, with 65% of those nightmares being related to the divine. The prevalence of alleged somnus perennis symptoms among a completely unaffected population is very telling. The alleged vividness of dreamflower visions are likely the only actual effect.

Many substances currently used as anesthesia are unfortunately difficult to make and harvest. It's incredibly easy to create the conditions for dreamflowers to grow. There are already many monitored dreamflower fields across the multiverse. With the existing research institutes focused on somnus perennis being owned by the same organizations that provide medical care, it would be incredibly easy to access them for medical use. Alongside the proper channels, the Black Market is home to many vendors carrying powdered dreamflower. While some might consider this to be a poor resource for those unaffiliated with the Association of Illegal and Unethical Science, it still shows how easy somnus perennis is to keep and harvest with the proper equipment.

In conclusion, powdered dreamflower is the ideal anesthesia. This is clear due to it's reliability to keep patients asleep, its nontoxic properties, it being nonaddictive, the lack of substantial side effects, and it's availability.

[curlyfriez]

Some renderz

[chronurgy]

reminding myself that I can make it through the next few weeks because after this is all over I get to spend four days living in the natural history museum and have a month to read some good books

[bumblingbabooshka]

Anatoli is just a north mall human girl! So xwhyz are you asking these things?? Patreon | Ko-fi

[presidentbungus]

hey ummmm.... sci-fi au eyelander. obligatory beam sword lightsaber stand-in, embodied by a sentient AI, for reasons unknown to even itself.

when you start to look closer things start to become clearer; speakers and microphones and cameras embedded in the hilt and along the blade, artificial 'nerves' lining every inch of the surface. the AI serves no purpose, other than to speak and, presumably, witness. eyelander fancies itself somewhat of a companion; tavish, having seen similar sorts of weapons, knows it's a torture device.

you know? upload a consciousness into a digital state, cram it into a weapon, make it watch as you kill its friends. eyelander has memories, if you could call them that, of blurry faces and distorted voices, hardbaked into its programming; whether by an error in the upload, however, or simply an incompatible format of existence, it doesn't really remember much about whatever it used to be. a consciousness fractured. maybe that's part of the intention.

tavish brings it everywhere, never lets it leave his sight. he lifted it from a cramped little thrift store, off some little asteroid colony. the owner basically gave it to him, said he needed it off the stupid ground, unearthed it from a lockbox in his basement and it never shut up since. tavish doubted the story's legitimacy, but he could see the dust on the blade.

it's just thinking about all that time eyelander must've spent metaphorically face-down in the dark, waiting. thinking. even if eyelander chooses not to bring it up. gives him the heebie-jeebies. so he never leaves a planet without it, plain as that.

[ozzieinspacetime]

Whenever I see people complain about Gallifrey (the planet, not the series) having lost its mystery or being uninteresting I want to scream and grab them by the shoulders because. Houses! What part of these places where every Gallifreyan child who ever is and ever will be learns that they are monsters and that they will be frightened for the rest of their lives beyond what any child should ever understands is not a thrilling concept to you. Sentient trauma Houses. Like that's just one thing about this weird fucking planet but it's sooooo fascinating what do you MEAN it isn't interesting. Shut up forever

[abutterflyobsession]

sometime I need to talk about my favorite characters in this book I read: Holly the bipolar psychiatric nurse, SCA member, and Mac the amnesiac elf she rescued from government agents at a comic-con after he escaped from a government lab. They are besties.

[ahalliance]

ive been rotating this thought around in me head for a while now. Midnight really is just a stellar example of modern day hitchcockian writing

[tallysgreatestfan]

Probable context for this is that this is what Nara and Laurent came up with half drunk trying to find something to combat Laurents body image issues.

Yeah the dress is hers and supposed to be ankle-height

Laurent at first is a bit hesitant, because while on every other planet, this being the future, a man wearing a dress is totally normal, his home planet is notoriously patriarchal. Nara however convinces him that he will look great

[dyketennant]

i think next semester is finally going to be the one that gives me a heart attack and kills me 💞

[aaa-wyvern-called-zesty]

i've done TOO MUCH serious art stuff this week i needed to make something stupid on my screen RIGHT NOW!!!!!

[vampiredungeon]

That post about goodreads reviewers not being human was right. What the fuck is this man

[fortes-fortuna-iogurtum]

see I'm not really an anime person as a general rule. it just... doesn't usually appeal to me? and yet, here I am, seriously considering watching both Trigun and FMA bc of tumblr mutuals.

[pocket-mobster]

finished a draft of my Rusty Lake AU timeline. i need to add in some Roots-era details and actually properly write out all the post-Roots plot points, but 99% of what i want in there is written down in some form