#so does statistics

[eggscaffolding]

Hearing science talk makes me wonder how it was back then, because it feels like you could just say shit that makes no sense and they would all give a polite golf clap and call it a historic discovery

E = mc^2 ??

Oh yeah, well the force at the apex is equivalent to the velocity during impact 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[elodieunderglass]

And what if they grew old and were happy!! And what then!!

[luna-loveboop]

Wind is not ok

Idk how to pinpoint it. It's something about how since Dawn part four, almost 45 percent of the sentences he's said have ended in questions marks or been directly theorising. How the Link who figured out the most about the timeline with ease hasn't spoken much outside of theorising about the monsters, the postman, the shadow. How he whipped his blade out the fastest and went for the fairy.

It's something to do with how the most expressive Link had tears standing in his eyes when Twilight was ill but never once let them fall. It's something to do with how the most energetic hasn't been the center of attention but has been on the sidelines for quite a few updates. How he told Hyrule it's about being ready for the variety and has seemingly been ready ever since.

It's something with how for the past ten updates (we're at entrance pt 3 now), he has only smiled on ten out of ninety pages. How an extremely reliable Kid appears the most ready outside of Sky to rip the shadows throat out, after being pushed by him in battle like he was nothing. How angry he looks when talking about the shadow.

It's something about how he yelled in Legend's face that they had to help, questioning if Twilight was corrupted or possessed. Something about how this kid sincerely asked his brother if he was feeling evil and hasn't stop asking questions since.

[trappedinafantasy37]

We did it guys! Minthara is in the top 100 most mentioned video game characters on Tumblr, sitting comfortably at rank 55!

With Astarion at rank 1 (cause of course), Gale at 5, Shadowheart at 6, Karlach at 8, Lae'zel at 9, Wyll at 12, Halsin at 16, Tav at 19, Gortash at 47, and The Dark Urge at 67. Baldur's Gate 3 is also the most talked about video game on this platform, as well as the 6th most talked about thing on all of Tumblr!

I wish Minthara was higher, but you know what, I'm happy she's on there at all! It is also interesting that she ranks higher than Durge and that Durge is that low on the list. It's also pretty interesting that there is such a discrepancy between Durge and Gortash as Durgetash is also the 67th most talked about ship on the platform. It is quite an achievement that our favorite drow is even on that list at all.

It is all just making me think back to some of the more dejecting AO3 statistics with Minthara almost being a blip, practically a statistical outlier in some ways. Even some insignificant side characters got more attention and adoration than her, or had numbers that would compare to her. But Tumblr is a much bigger platform than AO3, containing a much wider array of topics (including fanfics). So for Baldur's Gate 3 and Minthara to stand out that much is really saying something! Reading these statistics on Tumblr does go to show that one platform does not represent the entire fandom and that AO3 is only a piece of the picture.

[marioposssa]

There's a joke I've heard a few times, that Laurence is so formal that even his lover calls him by his last name.

And there's certainly something to that idea so I wanted to do some fun statistics on the question:

Who get's called by their first name in Temeraire, how often (and by whom)?

For anybody who only wants the numbers here's the overall highscore:

Total mentions by first name only (638 total)

1st "Jane" Roland: 243

2nd "Emily" Roland: 154

3rd "Catherine" Harcourt: 100

4th "Edith" Galman/Woolvey: 55

5th "John" Granby: 25

6th "Tom" Riley: 23

7th "George" Allendale: 8 (all in Victory of Eagles)

8th "Tenzing" Tharkay: 6

9th "Henry" Ferris: 5 (all by his family in Empire of Ivory)

10th "Jean-Paul" Choiseul, "Augustine" Little, "Bertram" Woolvey, "Gerry" Stuart: 1

The more in-depth answer got way longer than expected, so I decided to split this post up a bit. For a more thorough look at first four places, keep on reading after the cut.

For place 5-10 read on in part 2. For a look into usage of Will and some dragon thoughs go to part 3

The place for most first name mentions over all goes to Jane Roland, who is mentioned a staggering 243 times out of 638 total. Laurence starts both thinking of her and addressing her as Jane after their first night together and even Temeraire uses Admiral Rolands first name in conversation (in Black Powder War).

What is interesting to me is that, after Laurence starts he does not really stop thinking of her as 'Jane' or addressing her as such in conversation, even after their break at the end of Empire of Ivory and through Laurence's general feelings of guilt in the later books. To me this goes a long way of showing that Laurence still considers them close, even if he can not get over the harm he has caused with his actions after taking the dragons cure to Napoleon.

Beyond Laurence narration, we also get two other moments in League of Dragon where Excidium talks of her as 'Jane' and 'my Jane' <3.

Looking beyond Jane Roland, one of the most consistent topics in her conversations with Laurence beyond the war seems to be her daughter. As soon as Jane first mentions Emily by her first name in His Majesty's Dragon, Laurence picks it up and Emily Roland becomes Emily more often than not from then on. This seems to happen especially often in more familial or interpersonal scenes, such as when Laurence takes her and Demane to task about their relationship in Crucible of Gold or when she is meeting Laurence father at Wilberforce's subscription-rally early in Empire of Ivory.

Emily is also called by her first name by both Temeraire and Mrs. Pemberton, who in their own way might both count her as part of their family or as in their care. We may also guess that, since Emily is friendly with a number of characters especially other minors over the course of the book, she may also go by Emily in a lot of other occasions that are simply not part of the narrative.

Interestingly, while Laurence is shy of calling any of the other aviators by their first name, he starts calling Catherine Harcourt 'Catherine' in his head by Empire of Ivory. Specifically he starts using the name after seeing Tom Riley greeting her on the 'Allegiance'. This moment seems to signify a shift in Laurence perceiving her as different from just her status as an aviator friend or acquaintance. While to our knowledge he never uses the name to her face, he also starts calling her Catherine when talking to Tom Riley.

The usage of 'Catherine' continues through Laurence narration in Victory of Eagles, though he is back to using 'Captain Harcourt' in the later books.

Overall there are 100 times when Harcourt is called Catherine.

In conversation it is mostly Lily (11) who uses her first name, but there's also Jane Roland who calls Harcourt Catherine in non-formal settings (2).

And then there's Choiseul in His Majesty's Dragon of course. His use of 'Catherine' is a pretty good indicator of their intimacy, even before Laurence picks up on their relationship. I think it works so well, since at that point in the books, the mention of any first names has been pretty rare. In response she calls him Jean-Paul. This stops immediately after Choiseul's betrayal though, and indeed he never mentions her by name from this point on until his execution.

I also want to mention Rankin, who certainly has not earned the informality, but calls Harcourt almost dismissively by her first name at her first introduction to Laurence. Possibly being condescending both about her age, as well as her being a women.

Overall I think the use of Harcourts first name in the books is the most varied and it can almost always tell us as much, if not more, about the people using it in their different forms than about Catherine Harcourt herself.

Forth in place of intimate mentions is Edith 'Woolvey' née Galman. As Laurence former promised childhood friend he is consistently on a first name basis with her. She is mentioned as just 'Edith' 55 times in the course of four of the books: His Majesty's Dragon, Victory of Eagles, Blood of Tyrants - where Laurence thinks of her exactly once during his amnesiac arc and finally League of Dragons.

As you may have guessed from the numbers, the women make up the staggering majority of all first name mentions with a staggering 552 of 638, or 86% of all moments.

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Notes on the gathered data: I looked at all instances of known first names of main or supporting characters, but excluded the following:

Any mention where the first name was part of the full name or was prefixed by a title (such as Captain Catherine Harcourt, Lady Emily)

Any dragons, since dragons (with exceptions) only have single name

Any character mentioned exclusively by their first name (I'm sorry Demane, Sipho, little Gerry the Orphan and various babes)

[sunnist4rs]

I hate men because today after years of my brother mocking me whenever I talk about something I’m well informed on by saying I did no research I finally told him how much it upsets me. So straight after he brought up my male assault statistics and called them fake before leaving.

[applysome]

Another day, yet another new (to me) Miles Kane video on YouTube. This time, a lovely acoustic cover of Pass it On by The Coral 💕

[fisherrprince]

i appreciate people making it known that chiropractors aren't real doctors, but massage therapists aren't doctors either! Usually, you need a license, but you're not seeing a doctor in either case. Massage therapy is just much safer overall, like going to see a hairdresser for styling compared to seeing a hairdresser for implants.

[faaun]

the way that diff languages sound r so fascinating they're all different and all so vivid

[to-be-a-dreamer]

I Am Afraid For This Man

That being said, I do actually have faith because other than the enderman kill in Double Life, he always lost his last life because another player killed him (EDIT: I was wrong, see end for note*) and I doubt anyone is going to be actively trying to kill him next session.

Here's a chart showing how many of each life color were still alive the session before Jimmy permadied compared to how many there are as of Secret Life Session 4:

I can't see anyone hunting him down when TWELVE greens are still left. By this time in every other season, there were 8, 9, 2, and 0 greens, respectively. This season is shaping up to be the longest of the life series yet but I'm guessing it'll be about 7 or 8 sessions.

Even ignoring the fact that the only other Red on the server is Jimmy's ally it would be actually genuinely cruel to intentionally take someone out of the series this early. No one would ever do that, no matter how funny it would be to ensure Jimmy gets out first.

In conclusion: I think the only way Jimmy gets out next session is via the environment and I have faith that he's got at least two more episodes left in him, knock on wood. (I use numbers to fuel my delusions)

*EDIT: Actually I forgot he permadied in Limited Life from simply walking off Bread Bridge of his own free will, my delusions will now fueled be by prayer and prayer alone

[thewomancallednova]

Okay, so Mumbo's HC1 video led me down a Joe Hills rabbit hole and now I'm watching his first season. And then I thought about how (IIRC) Joe did webcomics before joining Hermitcraft and that's how GenerikB noticed him, but surely he must have played Minecraft before Hermitcraft? Like, just because I like Neil Gaiman's writing doesn't mean I invite him to my Minecraft server, first I check if he's uploaded any lets plays to his YouTube channel, right?

So I scrolled down for about eighteen minutes and found the first Joe Hills video. And it's Super Hostile... Part 2! And it's not like Super Hostile Part 1 was lost in time, it's right there to the left of Super Hostile 2, uplaoded on the same day, but apparently slightly later. Somehow, this is once again the most Joe Hills thing and he even did it before he could've had any idea that he'd still be doing that twelve years later.

[lickmycoffeecup]

“Nothing, just a bit of a blast from the past, that’s all.”

Sam. SAM. WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN??????????

[lucky-clover-gazette]

officially told the guy that this isn’t a relationship or dating thing, and that i just want to be his friend. i don’t really know what’s going on with my sexuality but i know that i don’t want to treat him the way i have treated him, kinda like an experiment or a consolation prize in the place of of someone i actually do feel romantic desire towards. he was disappointed especially since i put it in no uncertain terms, but i can’t do anything about the way he sees me and i trust him to accept my boundaries. i’m just really glad he still wants to be my friend even without the possibility of getting to kiss or date me, because i enjoy his company and with my current lifestyle i can use all the irl friends i can get

[every-jiraiya]

[marioposssa]

After the last post I basically spent all my free time re-reading, so here's a bit more thoughts and statistics on pet names in Temeraire, including the other aviator pairs, from the view of the aviators.

The one pet name that we get between Harcourt and Lily is 'dearest'. This is mentioned twice in 'His Majesty's Dragon', and twice again in 'Empire of Ivory'. At least two of those times are when Harcourt is fearing for Lily's life and in great distress. Unfortunately we see far too little of the pair together in later books, though there are some delightful tidbits about Lily and Harcourt's 'Egg'.

Berkley, in contrast seems to not have a set pet name for Maximus, but rather shows his affection through loving insults. In the first book we get the iconic 'great lummox' and 'great coward'. 'Lummox' is also back shortly at the beginning of Empire of Ivory as well as 'ridiculous lummox' and 'great mumping lummox' and wait, maybe there is a pattern!

In Blood of Tyrants the pair is back with 'damned lummox' and 'mannerless gobbler', Maximus is also delightfully often in Temeraire's narratives in the later books and cheerfully insulting Berkley's constitution. In general Berkley likes to lovingly complain about Maximus' appetite or manners, which is of course not at all ironic coming from the man.

Last of the original main squad I would be very much remiss in not also including Granby (called 'Dear Granby' even, one time by Temeraire in League of Dragons) and Iskierka.

While there are a few mentions of Granby adoringly calling her a nuisance, the one I love the most is in the end of 'Black Powder War', when directly after hatching, Granby aptly describes her as 'a proper terror'.

In direct address Granby almost always calls Iskierka 'dear one', which is at least once in every book. With the exception of 'Black Powder War', where he calls her 'dear creature'. There's also one sneaky Granby using 'dearest' in 'Tongues of Serpents', when he's trying to wiggle out of wearing the super ostentatious uniform.

Special mention to their talk towards the end of 'Crucible of Gold' where Granby finally sets some boundaries and it still feels like the most heartfelt endearment. "“The most splendid thing I am ever like to have,” ... “is a Kazilik dragon, dear one.", indeed.

[meangan-thee-lesbian]

It's just wild to me how That Study about lesbian domestic violence literally just said that lesbians are more likely to be victims of it & somehow everyone took that to mean lesbians are the main perpetrators of it🤔