#synco

[psicochurroz]

[kniteracy]

What Does the Night Want?

From Friðrós: I do not usually have trouble sleeping. I always thought this was because I keep myself very busy most of the time. But over the past few weeks as I’ve been putting the details on the Book Forest, I’ve sometimes slept fitfully. And last night, I didn’t sleep at all. I tried everything. I lay in bed imagining horses, counting sheep; I made cocoa; I even tried some of those deep…

[franciscoarayapizarro]

Intro para la pelicula SYNCO, basada en el libro de Jorge Baradit y protagonizada por Scarlett Johanson, Benicio del Toro, Gael Garcia Bernal, Javier Bardem, Viggo Mortensen, Ricardo Darín, Alfredo Castro, Diego Luna, Natalia Oreiro, Luis Gnecco, Paz Vega y Edgar Ramírez como "Ricardo Cáceres ". Visite mi blog en https://www.tumblr.com/franciscoarayapizarro y siga mi Instagram en: https://www.instagram.com/franciscoarayapizarro/

[syncogon]

szeth son son vallano truthless of shinovar wore white on the day he was to kill a fuckass bitch

[synco-arts]

or perhaps you are the one who has come to die

[syncopatedid]

So what if I told you that Lu Guang has been living on "borrowed time" with Cheng Xiaoshi as far back as the very first episode in season 1?

Tl;dr thoughts and other sidetracks below the cut:

One: Xiaoshi lamenting to Lu Guang if "high-fiving" was the only way for them to maintain contact with each other when he dives.

If they had been at this gig for a long time, surely Xiaoshi would have already known this (or at the very least, have experimented other methods, maybe, if he suspected they could go about it another way?) That is not to say that the two of them hadn't been running a legit photo studio business prior to this (definitely feels longer), but the fact that Xiaoshi questions this did come across as being unusual to me, unless it was something "fairly recent" to him, and he was still slowly getting the hang of it. But a much stronger evidence would be:

Two: The rules set by Lu Guang as a condition of their partnership, specifically the second and third rule: to "change nothing", and "let the past and future be". Would Lu Guang have been so insistent on imposing such restrictions on Xiaoshi, had he not already experienced losing Xiaoshi once and wanted to rein Xiaoshi in from acting on his own? And why did Lu Guang feel the need to do so?

-------- Sidetrack thoughts #1: Was Xiaoshi even aware of his powers before Lu Guang came into the picture, or did it only manifest when Lu Guang entered his life? As evident in episodes involving the police, it suggests that in this universe, ability users are an abnormality and not public knowledge; they fall under urban lore and internet rumors, with whispers about a "photo studio run by a witch who can perform magic".

Did Xiaoshi accidentally jump into a photo one day and freak out, only for Lu Guang to assure him by outing his own abilities? (I can't see Lu Guang willingly volunteering that information to Xiaoshi unless something had forced his hand, esp given the above assumption it's not knowledge a layman should possess.) --------

I feel, the reason why Lu Guang holds Xiaoshi so vehemently to the rules would make sense if we consider that Lu Guang sees Xiaoshi as an "unpredictable node".

As far back as S1e3, we can tell that Lu Guang was able to "see" far ahead enough in the timeline that Xiaoshi had leaped into, to know if the future of that timeline had been altered or not. Example: little changes that Xiaoshi did (making a slam dunk) were inconsequential enough that Lu Guang could tell Xiaoshi it's fine, and the future remains relatively unaffected. But Xiaoshi changing a "key node" in that timeline (helping the losing team win), had drastically altered it to the point that Lu Guang tells Xiaoshi he doesn't know what's going to happen next. Why? Because the timeline had already branched out into a parallel universe, so to speak. And no longer holding on to the photo of the "right" universe - a new universe that Xiaoshi had inadvertently just created - meant Lu Guang no longer had the power of foresight.

Getting back to Lu Guang's real predicament, I suspect Lu Guang has been living in a timeline where he is unable to "see" Xiaoshi's future because he hasn't known a future where Xiaoshi has been alive for this long.

Just because Lu Guang is now in a timeline where Xiaoshi didn't die before 0913, it doesn't mean Xiaoshi is safe in the present universe - the same thing happened with Emma; while she didn't die in the hands of a kidnapper, she still died by falling off a building. And that's why Lu Guang has been rather protective of keeping Xiaoshi out of trouble, but I also speculate hard, that he doesn't want to further "destabilize" the current timeline and create more obvious time ripples that will draw attention to them, because... Lu Guang knows Xiaoshi should not have lived, and that they're being hunted.

Xiaoshi, the "abnormality" who is causing all the splits in time due to his unpredictable nature, would make the absolute antithesis to the new antagonist, who seeks to merge all the universes into one single unchanged ending. -------------------------- Sidetrack Thoughts #2: Since when was Lu Guang able to time travel on his own anyway?? My personal hunch: his time leap abilities were not his own, but from Cheng Xiaoshi of the parallel universe where he died. The scene before Lu Guang jumped back in time showed bloodstains on his shirt, suggesting that he had contact with Xiaoshi prior. This would mirror what we saw between Xixi and Qiao Ling, with Xixi's powers being transferred over to Qiao Ling through contact, and Qiao Ling briefly able to see all the memories of the people she had previously read.

If ^ proves to be true, what does that mean?

That Lu Guang is unable to time leap UNLESS Cheng Xiaoshi dies. He does not have the ability to do so on his own. This also means that for as long as Cheng Xiaoshi is alive, Lu Guang will not have the means to time leap on his own or dive back into the past. Which brings me to:

Sidetrack thoughts #3: This image makes me reallllllllly wonder if Lu Guang had already gone back in time to save Xiaoshi multiple times, which would make Lu Guang wanting to stabilize the current timeline even more valid and tragic. ---------------

Is there any light at the end of the tunnel? Frankly, such stories seem destined to head down the tragic/bittersweet end. Either: 1) Lu Guang dies so that Xiaoshi may live; 2) Xiaoshi dies anyway; (bonus 2.5: It's a combi of both; Guang tries to die to save Xiaoshi, but Xiaoshi pulls an "uno reverse" card on him and still dies as he was meant to, this time making Lu Guang promise not to try and save him again.) 3) Nobody dies, but they end up being apart. Lu Guang OR Xiaoshi discovers that in order for the both of them to survive, he would need to go further back in time to reset the past so that they never cross paths in the first place. This would mean one would likely forget the other entirely, and they would become nothing more than passing strangers. I kind of hope if it's headed for tragedy, that this option will be picked over the other two because I find death for melodrama too contrived a plot, but also FML. But what if... there is an option 4? A possibility for an actual good end where they can all be happy together and nobody dies? I'd like to think that if they could give others their happy end then surely they'd be able to find a way to happiness themselves! One such end-game could be them defeating the bad guy and branching out into a new universe yet again, but forever losing their abilities and stuck living in that timeline (where abilities do not exist) for the rest of their lives, no longer able to return to the time they had jumped from or knowing what their future will entail. But it's fine, they'll make it work because they have each other, 完结. cue ED and everybody claps, believing that perhaps they are now happily living in our universe.

And that's all the TL;DR for the day. Thanks for listening and enjoy your timeline!

[piiiiinkheart]

They performed…. Night Night Burn…

[dykementality]

i be calling people sickos and freaks and weirdos as if i havent been getting covid symptoms over one my friends meeting my online bestie again yesterday (which is one more time than i met her)

[syncogon]

This is so so so beautiful!! And it’s super interesting to learn a bit about the binding process. Thank you for sharing, I’m so glad you enjoyed this story! 

Kindling by @syncogon

He is, after all, a Pokemon Trainer. What do you think?

Fandom: 全职高手 (Quánzhí Gāoshǒu) | The King's Avatar

Alternate Universe - Pokémon Fusion

So this took a lot longer than expected, but it's finally done! 🎉 (Oh to have the energy to Make a Thing!)

August 2022: Typeset the fic.

September 2022: Sewed textblock, endbands, and cut boards for the cover.

July 2023: Made cover, cased in textblock, and added the title -- first time using the hot foil pen I got for my birthday!

Another first: this book was made quarto-style. I used regular copy paper so that it would be short-grained. Trimming was a exercise of patience: 'hmm maybe juuust a little bit more, oh shoot that looked rough maybe a bit more will fix it...' ad infinitum. (My printer has margins, and I wanted the images to go right to the edge.)

Fonts: primarily set in Alegreya, title in Catchy Mager. (Thought I'd changed all instances of Cinzel to Alegreya and updated my Print Details page to reflect that, but alas. Missed the Archive Info and Contents headings. Ah, the things you notice once a piece is done :/ )

For the cover and title page I leaned into the ideas of 'kindling'/fire and 'Tiny Herb'/grass. I chose green bookcloth and green floral endpapers because the story takes place at Tiny Herb Gym and in a forest. I chose flame coloured paper for the covers because of both Jun's quirk, and also the 'kindling' of QYF, TR, YX & Jun's Pokémon journeys. The smoke/flame and grass pics used in the title page are free images from Rawpixel.

The endbands' colours were chosen to match the green endpapers and the yellow of the mimikyu Acinonyx6 drew for the fic.

Since "Kindling" was part of QZGS Bang Bang 2022 I also included Acinonyx6's artwork. (My printer really can't do the art justice!)

[a.cinonyx's Instagram]

For the scene breaks I made a pokéball out of shapes, then pasted it in and anchored it as a character.

[tinybeetiny]

Blissful Life Blissful Love: Jung Daeho

This motherfucker I swear… he’s my bias…. I love him… so much…

Chapter List | Character List

Jung Daeho:

Birthday is July 24, 1999

Leo Sun

Sagittarius Moon

Aries Rising

Virgo Venus

MBTI is ESFP

Love Language: Physical Touch

Blood Type: O-

Height: 182cm

Hair: Ash Blond, only changes it once during the story

Favorite Food: Fried Chicken

Trained for 3 1/2 years

Group: SYNCO

Role: Main dancer/rapper

Debuted August 15, 2020

Signed by KQ

Friends: Changbin, Wooyoung, Taehyun, Winter, Lia

Daeho... oh Daeho. Where do you even start? He is definitely the loudest one in the group and also the most eccentric. Some would call him the problem child and he thrives in that position. He has always loved being in the spotlight ever since he was young, his mother always put him in those cutest baby contests which he won every time. He is playful and always tries to put a smile on everyone's faces but when it's time to get serious it's like night and day. He seems to have the best sense of style in the group and usually has to help Banhwa with dressing. He also seems to have a very big appetite and HaJoon has to go grocery shopping quite often. He had no problem acquiring the title of lead dancer seeing as he's one of the strongest dancers matching the skills of Hwang Hyunjin who he deeply admires, he would call it a bro crush... his words. Although he is an excellent dancer he is also quite skilled with rapping. He absolutely LOVES skinship, he loves holding hands, hugging, snuggling- any type of skin contact he will go crazy for. But he loves nothing more than to scoop Yura up in his arms pressing his cheek against hers knowing she absolutely despises it. Doesn't use honorifics with Hajoon but will with Yura, noona this, noona that. But all Hajoon gets is "Hey you"

[blueberry-ash]

Started watching Young Blood (bc Synco; hi Synco XD) and oh man, it's really fun so far! Love me a show where the characters are all compelling in their own way.

[stevebattle]

Project Synco Operations Room Reconstruction by Eden Medina, Santiago, Chile (2023). On 9/11 1973, Augusto Pinochet, aided by the CIA, staged a military coup against President Salvador Allende who took his own life in the struggle. This brought project Synco (Sistema de INformación y COntrol, or Cybersyn in English) – a bold experiment in cybernetic governance – to a dramatic close. To mark the 50th anniversary of this event, Eden Medina, author of Cybernetic Revolutionaries, is working on "How to Design a Revolution: the Chilean Road to Design." This exhibition (and accompanying book) includes a reconstruction (lower photos) of the iconic ‘Opsroom’ (top photo), at the Cultural Centre of the Chilean Presidential Palace.

Project Synco (a play on 'cinco') implemented the Viable System Model (VSM), a recursive five-layered architecture, for systems organised to survive in a changing environment. The operations room is not for centralised control, but would be used by each system layer for their own purposes.

System One: Divisional Control – “the basic set of ‘doing’ machines with which we are industrially familiar already - which include their own intrinsic controls.”

System Two: Integral Control – “to control … oscillation we need a higher-order command structure - and this is System Two. It is a unifying controller capable of damping-down the oscillation.”

System Three: Internal Homeostasis – “control in large systems turns out to be mainly about stability - rather than an obsessional pursuit of high profits or any other maxima. But the top management of the firm, despite its commitment to some kind of stability, is none the less interested in particular goals. … At this level we can for the first time compute with the firm as a whole. From the computation should emerge a homeostatic strategy for the firm as a whole.”

System Four: External Homeostasis – “descending information from top management … [is] filtered down through a staff function - which is now nominated as System Four. And … there is corporate information about the outside world which it is specifically the job of System Four to collect and to distil.”

System Five: Foresight – “The model for System Five should incorporate every feature of the company in its environment which seems relevant to consideration of a firm’s long term future. It must be capable of reflecting on totally new departures in policy. The technique for running such a model is ultra-rapid simulation.”

– Project Cybersyn, Stafford Beer, 1972.

[syncogon]

Thanks pandabaka for creating such cool art to write for!!

Still with glory big bang

My partner is @syncogon ‘w’/

You can read the fic here.

archiveofourown.org/works/58738447

[shirou-oh-sakura]

The King’s Avatar Secret Santa 2022 treat for @syncogon :3

“A vague art prompt: Or if you’re up for drawing backgrounds, an art of a particular setting/scene where the characters are indistinct figures.”

- Brought to you by Shirou, who wouldn’t want to do BG for fanart and that vow is broken by prompt king Synco

[syncogon]

[synco-arts]

the shadows they whisper in your head, i let them linger and you like it