#sea semester

[lemondemonpickuplines]

happy Damn Skippy birthday! here's a pickup line for each song on the album:

are you my brine shrimp pals? because I love you and you're my friends.

i wish we were construction paper dolls, connected by the hands with tiny little faces

if I'm the King, you're the pumpkin pie that fills me with glee. I'd offer a castle for your recipes.

I'd like you to destroy my robot...? ok they can't all be winners

if we were together we'd be so far out it'd be creepy.

be the Jimi Hendrix Jr. to my rock n' roll soccer mom <3

you make me remember there are days to wake up for and dreams to be had.

you could call my "kitten" Random Pieces of Lint if you're wildly attacking it... ;)

I'd like us to devote all of our time to the floor, but not exactly because we're looking at the ceiling 😩

when you kiss me I become completely lost upon your eyes, completely crossed, and hypnotized

I'd like you to put your body on display with your jedi costume on...

you rock the stripes right outta my socks!

every crayon color is like an old friend, but only you're a godsend to me

-i'd like to be gargling your saliva in my mouth like Neil does during the bridge of rainwater

If you put vanilla behind your ears I'll be smelling your cookie all day 🤤

let's close our eyes and spin in our chair together

you make me feel as out of breath as if I'd sung the whole bridge of Word Disassociation in one breath.

meltdown is an eventuality, but you're my eventuality.

BONUS:

I'd like for you to come by at Seven o Clock and ask if I'll go out for a walk.

when you put down one mother, you're putting down mothers all over the world, but, uh, if you were my mommy, I'd be okay if you put me down.

if you left me I'd feel as if the Sky Blue Up.

[lovevalley45]

the subject of fabian's grades will probably be addressed in next week's episode esp when he attempts to multiclass but like here's the thing: he's literally the captain of the bloodrush team, i figure that boy at least has to be working to keep his grades above the minimum gpa requirement. i have to imagine even at aguefort they're like. listen if u wanna be on the bloodrush team u have to be passing ur fucking classes

[cleocatrablossy]

Bill Cipher dissection!

[The following is a passage taken from Stanford Pine’s notes dated September 8th 198X]

Eye - No further damage could be done to it, the most I was able to achieve was removing it from my Muse’s body. I must assume the presence of rods and cones in the back of it as Cipher is known to see colors. Attaches to the back of his eye socket alone, with the fat surrounding it seemingly acting as cushioning instead of any sort of connective tissue.

Tissue layers: Cipher has an epidermis, as well as a subcutaneous layer underneath it. However the presence of a serous membrane between the subcutaneous tissue and muscle as seen in his ‘hat’ and ‘tie’ implies that a serous membrane does not only line his (for a lack of a better term or the appearance of a ventral or dorsal- likely due to two dimensional origins) major cavity but every part of his body. The reason for this remains unclear to me, perhaps due to the fact that his bones would otherwise lay directly against the subcutaneous tissue so that they don’t puncture his skin. Bones and skeletal muscle in his ‘hat’ and ‘tie’ imply the possibility of moving them at will- simply hypothesis as I have never witnessed this.

Large spots of luciferase, the enzyme associated with bioluminescence. Luciferin likely diffuses through the subcutaneous membrane to the large spots of luciferase allowing my Muse to glow.

Teeth and ‘lashes’: Four teeth line the upper and lower eye lid each, with a similar structure to a cat’s claw allowing them to retract and extend at will. The slits through which the teeth protrude create the appearance of ‘eyelashes’. It appears that the eye’s resilience has removed the need for actual eyelashes.

Reflective lenses: found posterior the eye and lateral(both left and right) the base of the optic nerve reflective lenses focus light into lasers. Implies the eye and connecting fat to be semi-transparent.

Sea cucumber(?): it appears to be a sea cucumber. Its movement also directly correlates to my Muse’s ability to levitate. It may be functioning as a swim bladder but for air. Why marine life is the form that such a thing has taken baffles me, especially concerning Cipher’s seeming disdain for it.

Multiple appendixes: The appendix is already practically useless, simply a vestigial organ. Why my muse seeming has them running all along his large intestine is a mystery. I’d hate to know what appendicitis would be like for him.

Traditional organs: several organs appear to be the exact same as they appear in humans. These are the liver, pancreas(though location has been changed), small and large intestines, stomach, kidneys, lungs and bile ducts.

Diaphragm: presses down on the lungs from the top and sides, as well as shielding them from other organs.

Brain and antennae: while it appears normal at first, the brain has two metal antennae poking out of it. These antennae function similarly to that of a radio, but instead of picking up on electromagnetic waves the antenna of Cipher’s brain pick up on thought waves. Seemingly this is how he can enter and alter the mindscape.

Time dial: works as a pressure sensor attached to his lungs, the higher the pressure in his lungs the slower time progresses. The slower time is, the further clockwise the major vein in the ‘dial’ shifts.

The gall-stone: Where the gall of Cipher comes from, supposedly. It does tend to move and change shape slightly the moire outrageous my Muse is. When making a deal it appears to grow slightly, I’d hazard to guess that the more impactful a deal is the larger it grows. (It must be said that to test this, my Muse had to be conscious and so it was among my first courses of action. And for reference, the deal made was that if I purchased and wore a shirt of his choosing Cipher would join me in a game of Dungeons, Dungeons, and more Dungeons)

The ‘screen’: the layers of tissue covering it can be pulled back at will and into different shapes and sizes. The screen can then project an image that Cipher chooses. Seemingly uses the brain antenna as a way to receive this information.

The black hole(?): Appears to be a tiny black hole used to remove waste in place of excretion.

Multiple hearts: Only one(the inferior/medial heart) actively pumps blood, but upon severing the aorta the superior/lateral-left heart begins to pump blood while the inferior heart is quickly blocked off. Seemingly just a safety precaution against any issues or damage to his heart.

Note: Cipher is capable of regeneration given enough time, allowing this to be preformed more like a vivisection than a dissection. Though I do worry that despite my Muse’s reassurances that the scalpel ‘tickled’ and that my cutting of his various organs and tissues was ‘funny’ I may have actually done him harm. I can’t imagine the sensation of being cut open while not under any anesthetics could be pleasant, and without any sign of nervous injury that could limit the pain felt it is almost certain to have been rather painful. We will see if he is still willing to speak with me tonight. Hopefully my Muse understands the importance of cataloging his current physical condition so that if any changes occur once the portal is completed they can be noted and handled with the concern necessary.

[ellebi-studies]

September 27th 2023

Relaxing days in Albania before a new semester begins 🇦🇱🌊🌞

[violetgarlends]

tgcf for the ask game! ❤💖💀

Thanks for the ask!

❤: Which character do you think is the most egregiously mischaracterized by the fandom

It’s probably not a good thing that I can think of so many options. Tbh I could name like half the cast here. But I’m going to go with Jian Lan, because if i see her characterized as Feng Xin’s obsessive evil stalker ex one more time I’m going to start throwing things. She could not have made it anymore clear that she doesn’t want him. I don’t know how people miss it unless they were skimming the last couple of chapters. They’re broken up! She’s not even getting in the way of any ships! Just let that poor woman live!

💖: What is your biggest unpopular opinion about the series?

I really, really prefer the flashback segments to the main plot. They feel overall more coherent, better paced, and are also just have a way more interesting storyline to me, personally. The main timeline has so many characters and so many subplots that sometimes it just feels a little bit all over the place, in a way that I do not vibe with. But then again I am so far from the target audience of this series that this should be taken with a grain of salt.

💀: If you had to choose one major character to die, who would you choose?

God i wish more people died in these books. I’d make Yin Yu stay dead for one thing. Sorry king. But out of major characters I’d choose Feng Xin, to no one’s surprise. I write a lot of ghost Feng Xin, but Fx perma-death compells me too. Something about him dying for Xie Lian and, unlike Hua Cheng, not coming back. Truly living up to his second male lead destiny

[neon-glowing-rainbow-stims]

Posts here will likely be on hiatus for a couple weeks as I finish up the semester <3 I'll be back soon enough!

[moreaujeans]

it’s been two days and im already having musical withdrawals 😢

[dwtdog]

Checked my grades gonna kms

(they're not even that bad I just hate existing)

-sea

agh why do grades exist why can’t we just learn :(

[marrelica]

Things i am studying in my marine science program

Types and uses of antibiotics

Nuclear physics

6 types of chemistry

Human infections and patogenesis

History of the renessance

How to argue if a taxonomic category is real (depending if the prof belives it exist or no)

What are plants?

A HUNDRED MILLION INSECTS

Anatomy of the human body

MALARIA ×10000

"How does you eating chocolate affect the rain forest?" "Explain if you belive in paleolitic art and was it important for zoology?" "Explain why art is important" "Do you belive in evolution and name 3 theories"

Things i have not even heard us talk about

The sea

The ocean

Water that isn't in the cells

[astranauticus]

joongdok 🤝 shiguang

ships with extremely rich associated symbolism (and lots of fanart with some absolutely incredible composition) that i desperately want to draw on but theres so much of it i have no idea where to start so i just do nothing and fume

[sameteeth]

i need to do screenshots of all fish/marine spp we see in black sails. ik theres at least 2 shots of fish being descaled - one during vane and teach's convo and one when hands is talking to silver. then theres the eels/hagfish - theyre so damn slimy i want them to be hagfish, i dont think eels are That slimy. and ofc the great whites - which i need to do a separate post on lmao. i have a LOT of thoughts. plus the whale but its p decomposed/not shown too well. so i doubt i could ID it - we dont see its mouth so all i can reliably say its that its of order cetacea lmao.

[aliteraryprincess]

A card from one of my Brit Lit students. I've taught them well. 😂

[flowercrowngods]

me: oh cool i submitted my assignment i can write now

the next assignment in the shape of a 8-10 page paper due in 10 days staring at me: 🤡

[sunuism]

everyone please pray or manifest for me that i get one of the easy texts for my exam pleaseeeee

[redvanillabee]

About 10 years ago I spent a few months in Alberta as an exchange student. I'm from a very dense, very mountainous city with little land and lots and lots of skyscrapers. In very sharp contrast out of my dormitory window you can see just an unbelievable stretch of flat land with very low-rise buildings, almost all the way to the horizon. And it's not just the view of it all; it's the mental awareness of how much flat land there is around you. Whichever direction you turn, bar some rivers and a lake here or there, it's all just flat land. Just more and more and more land. For someone who lived her entire life by the sea this was unfathomable. What do you mean all the land is flat? What do you mean there is no physical border to this land? What do you mean this land doesn't end somewhere, like at a sea or an ocean? What on earth???

[sas-fundraising]

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