#steampunk I guess

[wire-smith-crafts]

IT SPINS! Handmade electric motor! Entirely out of wire! They said it couldn't be done, but I have proven -- it merely shouldn't be done!

Photos don't really capture how ridiculously complicated this thing was to build, so I managed to film myself assembling the components too! Very proud of that.

In total, I've been working on this project on and off for roughly two years. This motor is my third version, though I went through something like seven designs of the commutator section (not counting how many failures it took to build a working example of a given design). I'm very proud of getting this to work at all.

Some close-up photos of all the components:

Six-way commutator. As the motor spins, this delivers electricity to only the correct pair of magnets at a time, leaving the other four off.

Magnet coils. I wound these by hand from very thin insulated wire. The center is a spiral of thicker insulated wire (darker orange) that protects the thin stands from the steel core and then wraps around the outside to hold everything in place.

Spring-loaded arms. These deliver electricity from the stationary frame into the rotating axle. They also have to hinge up out of the way or else there's no room to fit the rotor in place during assembly.

All the components laid out together before assembly.

And the full motor in all its glory!

[hypno-gears]

Greetings. I'm hypno-gears

-This is my hypnok1nk blog :)

-cis fem

-I post dumb hypno shit idk lol it's hot🤭

-I'm - somewhat - on the asexual spectrum, though, so nothing too graphic.

-Domme, but sorry, I don't offer one-on-one hypnosis sessions anymore. Too awkward. I don't mind making hypno posts for everyone to enjoy, though.

-Pocketwatch/pendulum hypno is best hypno❤️❤️❤️❤️

-I am cringe, but I am free

[discombobulatedrebel]

On Watches

I love watches. Wristwatches, pocket watches, clocks. You name it.

The way they measure something as elusive as time itself is like holding a piece of the universe on your wrist or in your pocket or on your wall.

Of course, there's always the overwhelming urge to crack them open, to break every single one apart and peer inside. To tear apart the intricate gears, springs, and cogs.

You can't look at a watch and not immediately think about what's inside.

Right?

But yeah. Watches. Splendid shit.

[endlesslytired]

Penacony.

more from the post looooop:

[fellow-traveller]

The types of HolPol I can't get enough of 💕...in my head, at least.

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1) canon Part 3 HolPol

The main ship. The sexual tension, the rivalry, the jealousy, the enemy-to-lovers trope...the only holpol version that I see them fighting and arguing in, before the lovemaking. It's dysfunctional yet perfect in every sense. I only wished they had more screen time together.

2) half canon Part 3.5 Hol (CDDH) x Part 5 Polnareff

I hc that CDDH Hol did meet up with Part 5 Pol...or at least pre-part 5 Pol before he rode a literal chariot. There's even an au I wholeheartedly supported - Hol joining La Squadra to eliminate the boss, thinking he had offed his beloved Pol, only to be reunited again after he shot Diavolo dead. Love this au because Pol lives ;v;♡

3) semi-canon post-Part 5 HolPol

This is the first au I came up with. Unlike the one above, Hol had lost Pol pre-Post 5 and went on a hunt for him, only to run into a group of thieves who infiltrated Passione (now led by Giorno) to steal the arrowhead. Things happened, Pol somehow had his turtle body transformed into a human (it's an OC's Stand power...I can elaborate if you're interested), and they both went on an adventure from Italy to Germany to get the arrowhead back. Not entirely a romantic HolPol story...I just want them to go on a JoJo-like adventure for once.

4) Steampunk/Post-apocalyptic AU (gunslinger Hol x swordsman Pol)

This came up on a whim. I didn't extend it much other than Hol was a hired gun who teamed up with engineer Avdol and their pet Iggy, going from one location to another for jobs. Meanwhile, Pol was on a mission to escort the priest Kakyoin to a city. They met, fought together, kiss, bed wrestle, so on and so forth...

5) Fantasy/Medieval AU (knight Pol x prince Hol)

This started with a mix of my own reading about tarot cards and some neat fanarts of Pol in an armour and Hol on a royal throne. Then my hands got itchy and I played with ChatGPT with this idea. The AI gave me a handful of short stories that eventually made me fell in love with this au. Somehow their love story also included Avdol as a royal advisor, Jotaro as another knight, and Dio as the enemy warlord.

6) Domestic/Modern AU HolPol

I know this is a boring au, but hear me out. Pol, a fashionista, socialite city boy, in love with Hol, a rugged, charming rancher from the mountains. Two different worlds, yet they made a cozy, loving household together. Boingo and Sherry would be supporting them a lot, if not join in their shenanigans. I will forever gush with this au, and anyone's interpretation of this au , for me, is hella valid.

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Here's to more HolPol next year! :D

[c6jpg]

like I'm not against natlan having a modern aesthetic however it does feel like they went from 0-100 with mavuika's motorcycle. like it's doing too much ya know. what is all this nonsense. we got beating up shit with motorcycles before kaeya's entire god damn calvary

[hsslilly-blog]

brigette's fashion show: the girls through the decades!!!!!!! indirectly inspired by @hssprimefan's "brigette's happy ending".

i’ve been meaning to do something like this since 2022 but i never got around to it. but here we are: 20s katherine, 30s mac (@ih8harley’s mc), 40s sakura, 50s kallie, 60s blair, 70s mia, 80s koh, 90s autumn and 00s payton!! i tried sticking to their colour palettes because i thought it’d be fun.

[applepixls]

ok-

impulse of the sv variety. we need a chat, sir.

in guess the build he'll make thumb people and sloths that look like cows and then he'll just turn around and build the flipping acropolis 3 times over stylized with an i and make a thumbnail with shaders and everything.

[phoenixyfriend]

I got a fashion sketchbook (affiliate link), which is basically a sketchbook that has very, very pale lines in the shape of an exaggerated human figure that a person can then draw clothes onto without worrying about having to draw a person first.

I do wish there was some more body diversity in this, but it's got so many pages that I'looking forward to messing around with designs anyway, even if I have no idea what I'm doing and am only sort of decent at it.

Obvious first sketch was. uh. Steampunky.

(You can see those faint figural lines in a few places, most notably the bikini area.)

[steampunk-phighting]

2 pipe bombs. 1 bracelet

[hannahhook7744]

Outfit boards for Fabian and Karina the adopted kids of Alice x Pinocchio please ?

Outfit Boards:

(Bonus) Moodboards:

(Bonus) Little Drabble/Story:

Considering that flowers don't have legs, it really shouldn't have been all that surprising that not one but two Wonderland flowers-turned-children walked so poorly that they tripped each other into falling down...up?...through the rabbit hole.

But it still surprised boy-flower and girl flower immensely when they did.

Not as much as it surprised Pinocchio and Alice when two mostly bare, greenish children around two or three appeared in their garden—clinging to one another and tripping as they tried and failed to stand.

Children who wouldn't eat anything other than beans for the first few months after they took them in and children who spoke a strange short of gibberish that only Alice really understood.

But it was a nice surprise in the end, because Alice and Pinocchio's family of four turned into a family of six overnight: and boy-flower and girl-flower turned into Fabian Orlando Collodi-Rossi-Liddell and Karina Gretchen Collodi-Rossi-Liddell.

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads // twitter thread

To Shape A Dragon’s Breath

YA fantasy

a young Indigenous girl finds & bonds with a dragon hatchling - the first time in many generations for her people - and is required to go to the coloniser’s dragon academy in their mainland city, to learn how to raise her dragon and the science of its magic

historical inspired setting on the cusp of industrial revolution with steampunk vibes

bi polyamorous MC, Black lesbian SC, nonverbal autistic SC

[lokiinmediasideblog]

Finally started to watch S2 of Arcane bc my s/o wanted me to. It's one of those shows I consider to have effort put into them but I can never get invested on. Most of the characters (EXCEPT for Ambessa and Viktor) annoy me in some way I can't put into words. I also find the new child character annoying... looks like fucking Teemo...

Currently only interested in Ambessa and Viktor. What the fuck is Ambessa seeking (and damn she's ruthless. i love this morally dubious tragic woman)? I care about Mel too because her relationship with Ambessa is intriguing. And lol cyborg Jesus. Who doesn't love cyborg Jesus?

[thattheater-kid]

I feel like Nimona and Jim Hawkins would be friends.

[darkdrag0ni]

Alright, idk how many followers I have, how much reach those people have, or how many people actually read (but this is tumblr. Fandom central basically. I think people probably read here). There is a book I need people to find. Well actually there's 3 books in the universe, but I'll be talking about the first one I read, Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson.

I first read it in 6th grade, and it made enough of an impression for me to re-read two times after that which a much more developed brain than a sith grader (as in there is a significant amount of years between first, second, and third reading), and it is magic and steampunk and action galore. It's a third person POV which (mostly) follows Piper on a journey through a pretty awesome land, either (imo/ by theory) earth adjacent or in the future, with found family and worldbuilding and. It hooked me very well both times I read it; the pacing is impeccable, and although I've read it thrice (the second time quite recently) and it's been on my mind for two days, I cannot think of any plot holes (don't quote me on that though, sometimes my analyzing skills are not. Up To Par). It's been readily on my mind in the years between the first and third reading, and it deserves a bigger fandom/general knowledge of its existence.

The magic system is loose, with a few defined rules, but the structure around it and how it's used by the author to further the plot are exquisite, and the plot twists which come with it don't feel odd or cheap. Magic is also (sort of) ingrained with the technology/organisms of the world, so there's definitely no shortage of magic.

The found family, chefs kiss it's beautiful. I'll preface that there's a bit of a romance plot within it but tbh it never really commits to it, so imo you can ignore it and say they're close friends ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ The way the main pov character finds the other main character and then they both get like, adopted into a healthy environment with proper support and resources and. Ough.

Anyway I have feelings for this book and I think other people should too!!!!

Tw though cuz the beginning has a bad (non-lethal) head injury and somewhere in the middle there's like, an attempted kidnapping. I stress attempted.

Tl;dr Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson is awesome and you should read it because it deserves a bigger audience

Ps while tagging I ended up reaching the limit?? I didn't even know there was one. Tbf I genuinely never tag my posts though

[avephelis]

machine beast. hashtag girl.